Motivational Starting May 5, The wagon awaits, jump on
 

Hi all! Up early, so I will start:

1) calories below 1600
2) stretch
3) walk when I can
4) rest when I need to
5) meditate
6) Don't get discouraged


Congratulations, Mike!!!! This week you will be a married man. Much love to you and your DW!!!!!

I'm on. My goals for this week. Lose 2 pounds. Paint my bathroom and laundry room. Clean the house for guests on the weekend. Plan healthy meals so I don't gain on the weekend.

Welcome, Mary!!! Good goals!!! Enjoy your guests!!!

Anyone want to join us? Plenty of room on the wagon!

If I hop on the wagon, I don't have to walk!! :D

I'm coming along for the ride!!! My one and only goal this week is to get past the plateau!! Oh, that and also to stick to the new 8 week challenge I'm doing. I've got 4 days until weigh day....do you think I can get past the plateau this week!?!?! :rolleyes: Who knows....the only thing I know is I'm going to give it may all!! ;)

Hope, Mary and Bea - Glad to see you here on the wagon! :D

Who else is joining in for another week?!?!?!

1. Stay at my current level of 2,100 calories a day.
2. Keep going to my weekly Tues/Thurs Les Mills workouts.
3. Do not miss any more lunchtime walks on the treadmill during the work week.

My employer even gives me 20 minutes of free fitness time I use during lunch.


Steve


Starting weight on 4/8/2014: 319.2
Today's weight on 5/5/2014: 308.2

I like this!!! My type of thought!!!

So glad you are along for the ride!! You definitely can bust the plateau!!! And I am hoping I can get rid of the fluff.

These seem like very good, very attainable goals.

Everyone has good goals this week. Hello to you all--Mary, Hope, Debbie, Steve, and Bea!

Trying to get back with the plan this week.
1. Stay under 1400 cal/day
2. Exercise to 21 Day Fix at least 4 times
3. Increase my endurance time on each workout until I can finish the Total Body Cardio Fix workout.
4. Find balance within for my mental/emotional/physical well being.

My goals this week are the same as last--to log food every day, eat on plan, drink 64 oz. water, but this week I'm going to do some walking on a treadmill at the Y or on my street, not just walking to videos. At my age, I can tell there's a difference in real walking--my hip sockets get more of a workout with actual walking. I need to get my hip sockets used to longer distance walking (longer than just around the house or at the store) in prep for a day trip with a friend in August when we will be walking around a small town.

I had a wonderful, relaxing weekend at home with just myself and DH. This morning I made the easiest pot of healthful low carb soup ever--that was my unconventional breakfast today. Yesterday I had stewed some chicken, strained and saved that broth. In that broth this morning I cooked some rough-chopped cabbage, and added the weekend leftovers of black soybeans, green beans, and chicken/low carb pasta casserole that also had spinach, tomatoes, and zucchini in it.

Hope, best wishes on your nice simple goals this week.

Mary, wow, you have a busy week ahead. That painting and cleaning will surely enable you to lose two lbs.

Bea, you are so funny! I laughed aloud over your comment that if you hop on the wagon you don't have to walk. Maybe you and I should agree to chain ourselves to the back of the wagon so we can keep up with the others while having to walk behind the wagon. LOL

Debbie, I am rooting so hard for you to break that plateau. Sometimes breaking one also includes a quick whoosh of weight loss--better than you had hoped for. Wishing that for you! :)

Steve, nice goals this week. That's wonderful that your employer gives you 20 minutes of fitness time. I see you're down on the scale again and that you've lost 11 lbs. in a little less than a month! Congratulations! :D

OK--I going to grab myself a bottle of water right now and head out the door for a walk in the neighborhood.

I just want to say hi and am jumping on the wagon. I had a good week end and want to continue this all month.

Goals
Drink water
Eat fruit and veg
Exercise 3X
Go to bed on time

Have a good week.

Aww shucks Mern! Thanks for the whoosh wish :p ;) I'm sure if you stick to a regular regime of outdoor walking, you'll be ready for your August day trip! That soup sounds like an quite the concoction! Unconventional breakfast indeed! :D

It's been SNOWING here for the last 3 hours :( I thought it was spring....

OMG Bea! That's crazy!!! Although I wouldn't be surprised if it snowed here in Ontario one last time! It's still quite cold in the mornings....the leaves on the trees are just starting to sprout from the buds! I hope we all have a nice long, warm summer after this long crappy winter!

Since we are all on the wagon and a couple of you are tied on behind I shall tell you a story to show thinner is not always better. When I was in high school my thinner best friend came home with me after school. We rode the sleigh through the snow back to the sugar bush to "help" with the maple syrup. She borrowed a pair of my slacks as in those days we couldn't wear pants to school. On the way back she fell - or more likely was pushed off by my brothers - and grabbed the back of the sleigh. Her problem was the too large pants were being dragged off by the snow as she hung on to the sleigh. She had to let go or flash the amused sleigh full of people. So thinner is not always better.

So you guys at the back make sure your belts are on tight.

hehehehe Mary!!

You grew up in sugar maple land?!! awesome

I went to the Y and walked on the treadmill. I can do my aerobic walking DVD equivalent of 2 miles walking in 30 minutes which is 4 miles an hour, but had to slow the treadmill down to 2.5 miles an hour which gave me a more tolerable stride and hip socket workout--uncomfortable but not painful. That speed netted me just 1 1/4 miles in half an hour, but it was half an hour of good exercise, so I'm proud of my accomplishment. Going back tomorrow. I will increase my speed as I am able, but am in no hurry to do that.

Debbie, you are welcome for the whoosh wish. :) Oh, how fun that will be when you hit your goal and go on the shopping spree!

Bea, snow! What a shame! Our snow a couple weeks ago ruined the newly-bloomed daffodils but we have other flowers starting to come out now.

Mary, thanks for the good laugh over the story of the too large pants on the sleigh. I'll be sure to check my belt. LOL

I was working on a quilt for most of the day today. Designing is not so easy
but I will have an original creation when I am done.

Goals
Drink water: M-Y
Eat fruit and veg: M-Y
Exercise 3X
Go to bed on time

Have a good week.

Hi all! Checking back in with my workouts for the day...a nice 5 km run in the sunshine then 30 minutes on the elliptical followed by a quick ab workout. Not too shabby for a Monday workout ;)

Libby - You should post a picture of your original quilt! What is the colour scheme? My uncle made me a quilt for a wedding gift. I just love it...mostly because I know he spent so much time making it for me, plus it's so cozy in the winter months. There's nothing like a hand made quilt!

Have a good evening all!!

Don't hold your breath. My daughters quilt took me ten years to finish. I have thrown out more ideas than I care to mention. It keeps me out of the kitchen which is a good thing.

Libby, anything that keeps us out of the kitchen is a good thing!
Debbie, you got a lot in today!
Mern, sounds like the treadmill was a good thing for you. So what if you don't go quite as far a certain amount of time. You should be proud of your accomplishment!
Bea, send some snow to me! It's already 100F here!

I didn't get my workout in as I had planned tonight. I was looking forward to today being the re-commitment to my new workout program. Life got in the way though. I wanted to work out this evening, but right after dinner my daughter informed me that she needed to go shopping for school supplies for a project that is her entire grade for the quarter. Came home and had to make some things for her take to school to work on her project in class. By the time that was done dh was already in bed and I couldn't watch my video and be jumping around or it would wake him up (and his alarm goes off at 3:45a.m. so he needs some sleep). I'm very disappointed, but my daughter is more important than a workout.

My eating was good today calorie wise, but my ratios were horrible. Too much fat and not enough protein. But the only snack I had was a single serving of pretzel sticks...not sugary junk. :) That's one for the win column.

Good morning!

I am still alive (this was in question going to bed last night)

You know how, on occasion you are doing something, and all the while thinking, you idiot! Don't DO IT.......

Well, I had taken chicken breast out for supper last night, when I opened it up to saute quickly, I thought......hmmmm, this is funky, but only slightly, perhaps cooking it will make it better!! :D

You know where I am going with this, I was hungry... it was still funky, and I was hungry.. so I ate it!

No bad repercussions so far, so I think we dodged a bullet!

Today's goals!
No funky chicken, or any funky food for that matter.

Bea, so glad you made it! Watch out for that funky chicken. Oh, man. I had food poisoning once, and it was so horrible I seriously didn't care if I died that night.

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How is it possible that I ate about 1000 calories yesterday, not a lot of salt, and I gained 1 1/2 lbs since Sunday night!!!??? I'm up over 3 lbs since Friday's weigh in. Sure, I went a little overboard on the weekend, but not enough to warrant 3 lbs. Sodium is the usual culprit but I haven't had a lot of that. This had better go away quickly!

Monday report:

I have to start getting my protein shake earlier in the day to get my calories and protein up.

Calories 1200-1500: 1077
Average saturated fat maximum 12% of total calories: 10%
Average net carbs maximum 25g: 23g
Average dietary fiber minimum 25g: 23g
Average protein minimum 110g: 97g
Average dietary cholesterol maximum 200mg: 172mg
Water 64 oz. YES
Exercise 5 days or 150 minutes per week: YES

Oh my gosh Jenai I had that a couple of weeks ago when I was eating the right amount of carbs had done serious yard work (about 40 mins 3X that week) and gained 1.5lb.

I'm going to have a busy week so I'm just going to work towards getting more exercise in. Banking this morning (going over investments and such), and Dr on Thurs.
Jenn

That happens to me when I eat Chinese food.

1) calories below 1600 -yes
2) stretch -yes
3) walk when I can - yes
4) rest when I need to - no
5) meditate - yes
6) Don't get discouraged - yes

Do I know how ON OCCASION (haha) I am doing something etc... Only too well!!!! Like all the time!!

Glad you escaped "the funky chicken."

And glad you are still alive lol!!!!

Jenn, this must be going around. Even when I am "good" I am still fluffy and even occasionally when I lose and watch myself, I find I have gained again!!! What's up with this? Must be going around...could be sodium, one of my favorite food groups lol....

Hello all! Another good day....minus the wine I'm sipping on that's supposed to be reserved for weekends only! :rolleyes: However....I did fit in a 6 km run + a super intense 12 minute HIIT workout...followed by a booty firming workout! Got my sweat on as usual

Hope- keep doing what you're doing...that fluffiness can show itself to the door along with my plateau! :p

Steve - Chinese food is the sodium mother load....but so darn good right!?!? LOL!

Jenn - Did you manage to get in some exercise today like you aimed for?

Mern - nice report so far this week...keep it up girl!

Mary - how are you?

Jenai - I know that scale can be a roller coaster ride at times...try not to let it get to you! Stay the course and you're weight WILL come down! ...I should take my own advice right ;)

Bea - Close call with the chicken! You're either very brave or possibly crazy to have eaten funky chicken!? Oh right....I forgot you're Canadian! Too darn nice to toss that funky chicken in the compost! LOL!

Libby - How's it going lady? Glad your quilts serve more of a purpose than keeping you warm in the winter ;)

Mike - hope you're having a lovely honeymoon with you bride!

Aimee - how are you doing?

Becca - Friday weigh in is just around the corner....how are you doing this week? Has work let up at all?

Have a great evening all!

Today is a huge milestone. It is my 20th anniversary with my amazing husband. I came home to find a card on my desk with a little love note. And what was under the card? A giant Hershey's Symphony bar with toffee bits and almonds. It is times like this that I get sooooo frustrated! I had one servings...5 squares...and gave the rest to the kids. But just those 5 squares are 200 calories. sheesh.

Fortunately I have stayed on track the rest of the day and so this is not going to kill my day. It's just the principal of it....buying a fat woman chocolate. Don't get me wrong, the thought was wonderful and I'm so lucky that he remembered (I have to admit that I lost track of the days and forgot :( ). I just wish it had been anything non edible.

Hope everyone is having a good day.

I was up till 3am designing and choosing material. Then I got up at 8am. to cut out some of the pieces. I was on track with my calories but still no exercise.

Goals
Drink water: M-Y T-Y
Eat fruit and veg: M-Y T-Y
Exercise 3X:
Go to bed on time: HA

Have a good week.

Will have to catch up with the group tomorrow. Closing down the kitchen for the night. I did well today:

Tuesday Report

Calories 1200-1500: 1077, 1269
Average saturated fat maximum 12% of total calories: 10%, 12%
Average net carbs maximum 25g: 23g, 26
Average dietary fiber minimum 25g: 23g, 22g
Average protein minimum 110g: 97g, 123g
Average dietary cholesterol maximum 200mg: 172mg, 101mg
Water 64 oz. YES, NO
Exercise 5 days or 150 minutes per week: YES, YES

Thanks Debbie. We're having a great time.

Mike- glad to hear you guys are having a nice time. I'm surprised you have time for us ;-) Hee hee hee!

Debbie- thank you for asking. I am still plugging away but need to buckle down better.

Jenai- Happy 20th anniversary! I soooo hear you on the chocolate bar evil temptation....good for you for being so good!!!

Mary- that was a hilarious story you'd posted about the skinny friend's pants falling down. Lol.

Mern- looks like you're doing great this week!

Libby- sounds like you are still doing well even if you didn't get to exercise. Eating well is half the battle.

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I did 30min on elliptical this a.m. and then I ruined it all by having the most sinfully good lunch with my evil husband.Then I topped it off with chicken pot pie for dinner...ugh...Yeah...need to get my eating habits back on track for sure!!!

Good morning everyone,

I feel hopeful strong and optimistic! (this has resulted in injury previously!)

We have a local boardwalk down by the water, it is a combined 2.6km (1.3 down and back). I THINK I want to try taking my 5lb dumb bells with me this evening for my walk. I can't seem to ramp up the speed to where I want,due to mass I am sure, but I am strong and very healthy, so I think adding the weight for the walk would get my heart racing.

My concern is, this is almost exactly how I tore my achilles tendon 4 years ago (I used a weighted backpack that day) and I was down and out for 2 months! I don't want to do that again! But I am hoping holding the weights, will keep me better stabilized. Thing is, if I get halfway down and begin to feel the pull........ I have to get back......

So....


Could I possibly join ya'll, either this week or next week? I feel like a ninja...

Terri, welcome back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Of course you can join us ANYTIME, Ninja woman!!!

Good morning all!

Bea - I've read that it's not recommended to carry weights to increase the intensity of a walking workout, but rather wear ankle weights. I'll send you the link...I can't post it here because it is a competitor site. That boardwalk sounds lovely...by the water! You've mentioned it before so I've made a note that if ever I'm in PEI, I will check it out! Enjoy your walk!

Hope everyone has an awesome day! Let's make it a good one for the books! ;)

Happy anniversary, Jenai!!! He meant well. Tell him next time to "say it with flowers." Or just a card.

Happy honeymoon, Mike!!! Say hi to your beautiful wife for us.

Mern, you're doing great.

Debbie, I know I am going to have to change my ways to see a change in weight.

1) calories below 1600 -yes, no
2) stretch -yes, yes
3) walk when I can - yes, no
4) rest when I need to - no, yes
5) meditate - yes, yes
6) Don't get discouraged - yes, yes