Karey~ yes it is some what normal for your weight to go up when you start lifting. If you lift correctly you cause your muscles to have little tears (that sore feeling you get the next day). Your body will then take in extra water and nutrients to fix these tears and to make your muscles stronger.
I didn't get my run in this morning, didn't get home from my meetings last night until 9:30pm. But I am soooo proud of myself...at my first meeting someone always brings treats. Last night someone brough donuts. To me donuts are one of those things I think I want them until I take 2-3 bites then I feel guilty cuase they don't taste that good. Well last night I was able to say no!!!! At my running training I did have a slice of bread and some cheese, but that's a healthy snack. Food was very good yesterday, just that 1/2 cookie that wasn't good. Otherwise calories were in check. My hips are sore from my strength yesterday, but it's probably a good thing, I know I need to build up more strength in the core, arms and hips. Have an 8 mile run tomorrow, going to be warmer but windier, so it'll feel just as cold.
Hope everyone has their weekend plan!!
weight was hovering at almost 144, but I would say 145 to be safe so down 1 pound but no exercise, if I would have exercised I probably would have been down more to like 143, oh well I'm feeling better so hopefully can get back to exercise.
It's been COLD here.......
Have a great weekend, I"m off Monday...I'm sooooooo glad....it's been a tough week.
Cassy - Ug. so much math for a running schedule! j/k when I started reading the up 10%, down 80% it just reminded me that I should be studying. I didn't get my run in this weekend so I am a little bummed, but I am reminded that it is really hard to get into a running schedule in the winter... soooo cold outside! ... oh and I feel the same way about doughnuts.
Karey - I finally went through the candy bucket and weeded it down AND moved it away from my couch potato position. The worst part about it was that I was eating candy I didn't even like. :( About the lifting... I think it is normal to go up in weight when you are building muscle. With the 3 month hiatus, getting back to exercise meant I saw a spike in my wieght the last week or so. It has gone back down, hopefully not because I lost the muscle already :P
I realized on saturday that I must be eating way too much. I got up and started cleaning the house (I was avoiding the books) By the time I looked at the clock it was 3:30 in the afternoon and I wasn't the slightest hungry yet. I was running all over the house scrubbing for 6 or 7 hours!
I have a week and a half left before my exam and then I can get back into a normal routine AND stop justifying eating like an idiot....
Jessica~ glad I could help you motivate to study, LOL. I'm sure after your exam you will be able to set up a ruitine and get back into the groove of things.
Sherry~ hope you got your butt moving at some point over the weekend.
I did pretty good with food all weekend (for once). I did an eight mile run on Sat. morning and did it at pace (yeah!!) and then did a six mile run this morning (again close to pace). I also got my core workout in yesterday too!! So I'm starting the week out on a good note, went grocery shoping yesterday and got a ton of fresh veggies and a whole box of clementines. I did even buy some tv dinners (weight watchers type) for when I'm to darn lazy to cook so I can eat healthier then eating th crap the kids want. This week is not nuts with me running all over the place so I should be able to eat healthy and keep the eating out sodium low.
Sherry~ Hope you were able to get some exercising in on your day off today!!
Jess~ Gald you were able to move your candy bucket! That's always the worst when you eat the stuff you don't like just becuase it's there. LOL Glad your weight went back down... probably only retaining water. That's probably the case with me too. I hope. Good luck with the exam and getting back on track!
Cassie~ Awesome job on your eight mile run! And the six mile! You go girl!! You sound like you're doing great! Woohoo!! I think you're right about the muscles holding water after lifting...
I've been doing well... ate healthy all weekend, even. Been trying to make sure I'm eating a healthy diet and my protein intake is up so that I can actually build some muscle! Took the weekend off of lifting to give my muscles some extra rest and am getting back to it tonight. I'm lifting today, so it's my high calorie day... 2200. Not going to be hungry at all today!
Well I don't even want to talk about eating this weekend, it was fine until Saturday night and then I just lost it......yesterday wasn't that great and nope I was running around but no exercise, hoping to make myself do something tonight as my stomach is screaming at me, it liked how it felt Friday, not too full not too hungry, just right and I could tell my pudge under my ribs was decreasing well now I'm all bloated just because I thought that food was going to run away from me!! It makes me feel awful so why do I eat it? Good question.....
I had oatmeal and slice of toast with muscadine jelly for breakfast, taking an apple for snack if I need it before 12 and will have a can of soup and jello for lunch and will take yogurt for afternoon snack, which I will eat I have to be at work a little later than usual, have to go to our main office for our annual employee meeting....blah blah blah blah.....so I think I'll be making hamburger helper when I get home but I'll probably scramble and egg and some salsa...
Here's hoping for a better short week....oh and yes we have another birthdya at work Friday...more food...mexican....just kill me now....
Congrats to everyone on their wonderful weekends and staying on track; y'all are AMAZING WOMEN!!!!
Karey~good job moving that candy bucket. If you think my 6 and 8 mile runs are awesome wait until I start running 9 during the week and 18-22 on the weekend, lol. boy, 2200 calories...I couldn't even get 1800 in yesterday and desided to eat cheesecake to help get that last 400 calories in.
Sherry~ get yourself back on track and forget about the past. You can do this just keep focusing foreward.
Yesterday I started to really track my calories again and figure out exactly where I need to be for calories. Figured out that I should have 1800 calories everyday (so much easier then 1400 one day and 2700 the next). Did get my 45 min of cross training in this morning, will do strength training here this afternoon. I feel like I'm eating every couple hours (about 200 calories each time) so I don't think I'm going to feel hungry ever again, lol. Tomorrow is another cross training day. So happy the weather is a lot nicer this week, granted it's supposed to get colder again this weekend. Guess that's what I get for living up here.
Trying to drink lots of water to get my system straightened back out...it's getting there...eating has been fine....tonight I made tenderloin in the crock pot with cream of mushroom soup and served it over rice and green beans...lunch was soup and sugar free jello and an apple, breakfast was oatmeal with 1 slice toast with jelly.....I probably did eat a littl emore rice than I needed probably a cup total but I was hungry...
I'm cold and tired tonight....
Cassy- great job you are one focused woman.
i'm so ready for the weather to be nice.
Sherry~ keep up the work with the food but you need to start working on the exercise too.
I ended up staying out later on Tuesday then I wanted to (after 9pm) so I took yesterday as my off day and slept in. I had a heck of a time getting to sleep last night but I still got out of bed at 4am this morning and got my 5 mile tempo run in this morning. I felt REALLY good about it and the tempo run didn't wear me out as much as I thought it would. Even though I am still sore from my strength training season on Tuesday and I have another one today. I have been doing pretty good with food. I have started Journalling again (most just my foods) so I can keep track and make sure I'm getting the right foods every day.
Cassie~ You sound so focused on your goals, getting your runs in, and eating right. You're doing awesome!! :) Keep it up, girl!
Sherry~ Good job on the eating, but you need to get your butt in gear, woman! You really need to get some exercise in... just eating better foods isn't going to get you to where you need to be. It's a start, but you really need to get that body moving. Pull out that elliptical and hop on for 20 minutes, at least it's a start. Good luck!
I did my lifting workout last night and it was pretty intense... my muscles are pretty sore today. Decide to start out with a protein shake and will be sure to get some more healthy protein in later. Going to do a bit of yoga and some walking today... easy stuff so my muscles can heal again for tomorrow. I can tell that I am getting stonger though. :) I decided to check my weight today and it's actually down to a new low - 130.8! I was really surprised... not sure how that happened. I've been eating quite a bit too.
In other news, my hubby and I just booked a cruise to the Eastern Carribean! We're going along with my sister and her boyfriend. It's not until late April though, so I've got awhile to wait still. :( I'm soooo excited though!! I already bought two new bikinis to wear on it... I would look okay in them now, but by April I'm hoping I'll look really good in them. ;)
Karey- YOU SUCK!!!! Can you fit me in a suitccase, I want to go to the cARRIBEAN TOO!!!! i'M so jealous!!!
Okay gotta run:) Not literally.
Sherry~ I don't know... how flexible are you? LOL! 
Karey~ plz pack me with you too, I do yoga and can kinda be flexable, lol. I'm sure you are going to be so smoking hot by April your hubby will be afraid to let you walk around in those bikini's ;) He'll be afraid about the rest of the guys not being able to keep their hands off of you, lol.
I am so excited....I get to go to my sister-in-laws this weekend. I'm going to leave sometime this afternoon and then head for home Sunday some time. I will get my run in tomorrow and she said we were going to go to her gym to so I'll get a good strength training workout in too. Besides that I'm sure we are going to eat fairly healthy and do a lot of drinking, lol.
Hope everyone has a great weekend and stick to your plan!! Mine is to workout hard and party hard 
Cassie~ How flexible can you be? I'm sure I'm going to have really full luggage, so you gotta be able to really squeeze into a small area. LOL What you said about me made me smile! :) Hopefully I will be... I'm gonna try. Hope you have a blast at your sister-in-laws! That's cool that you guys hang out together! Party hard!! ;)
I'm pretty disgusted with myself....got to get in a zone, the weather was nicer yesterday but it's back to cold and windy today.....
Eating was not great yesterday believe it or not weight is still holding at 145, which is the highest i want to be so i have to kick it in gear!!
Cassy--hope you have a great time with your sister in law, have a drink for me...
Karey- okay so maybe I'm not that flexible but girl your body is going to ROCK!! by April!! Stay focused you can do it!! So proud of you....one of these days it's going to kick in for me:)
I'm thinking I just need to suck it up and join the gym...I just hate to spend the money each month but I'm sure not doing anything to help myself right now, i would really like to save enough to pay outright for the membership I just need to check out how much it would be....then I could work with a trainer for a little while to really get in shape, my friend is a trainer there and yes I'll have to pay but won't be embarrassed about how out of shape I am!!!
I'm trying to find my happy place again......just bear with me;0 I'm my self's worse enemy....
I'm also stuck at 145, as of last Tuesday when I weighed myself. I plan to check the scale again tomorrow and hopefully I've dropped a pound or two. For months now I have been hovering between 142-147 and it is driving me nuts!! I can't wait to hit the 130's! :)
Brittany- just stay focused or switch something up to give your body a kick....you can do it don't give up.
Me on the other hand.....blah blah blah blah blah.....what is happening in my head....this weather is killing me!!! I'm having withdrawals from lack of sunlight....we are supposed to be getting ice tonight...not sure what the weather will bring, it doesn't sound good....I just don't know if we will be missed on this round of weather.....hoping for the best.
I'm ready to get outside and walk! JOG!!!!I'm soooooooreadyyyyyy....I need to feel good about myself.
Sorry need to get my big girl panties on and deal with it.....:0
Original Post by srogers75:Sorry need to get my big girl panties on and deal with it.....:0
LOL!!!!
Karey~ you are already a hot chick, so you will be smoking hot by the time of your cruise. My sister-in-law and I are the sisters we always wanted but never had, lol. We are both the "baby" with two older evil brother's so we have A LOT in common. When she comes back home she will blow off her friends to hang out with me, I'm her older sister that loves to party with her (but not so much older that it's weird)
Sherry~ maybe spending that money every month will give you the incentive you need to get active. It worked for me after I had my daughter and I ended up losing like 15 pounds too.
Brittany~ I know how you feel, I have been struggling to get my weight back in check for about the last year. Everytime I seem to make some good progress then I have a weekend where I allow myself to indulge and then I gain it all back.
Well I did have a lot of fun ove rthe past weekend. I got my runs in and even got to do some strength and stuff at her gym. As far as food I did really well, just the large amount of alcohol calories that makes me feel all bloated. Then this weekend is my birthday....so the hubby and some friends are planing to take me out and make sure I "have a great time" tho I think I'm going to allow myself to have one "like it" Coldstone ice cream treat. I haven't had one of those in like 2 years and they are OH SO YUMMY!!!!! I ran 4 miles Monday, skipped out on yesterday and did 45 min on my elliptical this morning.
Well the ice hit, thankfully it wasn't as bad as it could have been, our lights went out yesterday morning but were back on last night...no heat...no fun....about 30 minutes form us got it alot worse.....we don't get just snow, we only get ICE and lots of it!!!! Pray that it will warm up soon and everyone can get their lights back on. The trees are beautiful....but it's scary when they are leaning like they are.
I am fighting a cold I think...just have that drained tired across the shoulders feeling....
Cassy- you are probalby right, I need to see about doing the 30 day trial again and maybe that would do me.....we will see. WTG on your weekend you rock!!!
Karey- yeah I know I'm goofy...I've been feeling so blah and I think I just need to come to grips with a few things...like the weather will get better and I have control over what I put in my mouth!!! You will be killer come vacation!!!! I'm so excited for you.
So you can keep track of what you eat - which enables you to analyze your foods and receive the following:
- Health Score of your overall diet
- Warning when you approach your daily calorie limit
- Overview of the good and bad nutrients