7 Day Motivational starting 4/15: Don't Give Up!
 

My goals:
1) new plan: 5 small meals or snacks (100-150 clas) plus dinner
2) 8 glasses water
3) stretch
4) get out of slump

And you?

No Slumping!
 

Reordered my priorities:

• Workout > 150 min/wk:
• Calories Avg. < 1400 /day:
• Cholesterol < 200mg:
• Vegetables > 3 / day:
• Protein > 50 g / day:

Good morning ladies. This weeks goals for me:

1. DON'T fill in scheduling spaces with work/tasks. Go for a walk or do yoga instead.
2. Homemade lunches and suppers.
3. Take good care of my back.
4. Drink green tea.

Let's have a good week!!!

ps. Hope I would love to meet you in NOLA for yoga :) :).

:Slinking back in with my head down: Is there room for one more?? I know I've been MIA, I'm sorry. Life has been kicking me lately and it shows on the scale. I've gotten WAY slack in my eating habits. I haven't consistently logged my food or activities in months, and I have no one to blame but myself. Well, that's not true, I ALWAYS have others to blame, but I'll take responsibility this time. So....goals

1-log EVERYTHING, including on the weekends
2-preplan most meals. Especially breakfast and lunch
3-walk 3 times for a minimum of 30 minutes each
4-post updates daily

I'll do my best to catch up with everyone later. Mondays are usually busy, and I don't get home until fairly late. But if I have time to play games on my phone, I have time to log in and post, right?

Okay, back to work for me. Have a great Monday y'all

These worked well for me last week, so why mess with success?

Goals for the week:

• Log everything, no exceptions (nibbles and "tastes" count!):
• At least 1500ml water per day:
• Maintain 7-day calorie rolling average under 1550 (day/7-day average):
• Maintain 7-day sodium rolling average under 1500mg (day/7-day average):
• No red entries on this report:
• Study every day:

(Ok, so I added extra goal :)).

Let's make it a GREAT week, folks! And, hey, today is Tax Day (in the US). Everyone done?

Hi there, Tori! Welcome back!

I loved the heading (which didn't copy): No Slumping!!

Right? Though the food there is too tempting... I would never fit my yoga pants!!!

I love the nibbles and tastes part.


Tori, we always have room for you. It's great to have you back!!!

Thanks epi and Hope for the welcome. WHN and I had a talk the other night about his weight affecting his everyday life, and as I sat with my bowl of ice cream last night I found it VERY hypocritical of me to lecture him on his weight when I've let myself slip too. So I'm back. Doing it the only way I know how to.

I haven't set a calorie limit and probably won't. Just need to start being accountable for what I'm eating again. I am going to add a water goal. As those who have been around a while know, water is my nemesis....

Okay. Again, back to work for me.

Goals for the week (similar to last few)

1) Clear good liquids intake - 3L / day
2) More veggies - add at every meal - green shakes -
3) Keep to paleo plans - no milk / cheese apart from in tea or greek yogurt -
4) Mid week cookup! - Wednesday/Thurs planning a few different mini meals for the rest of the week
5) Eat all the celery I bought.....seriously...who needs this much celery...ah well!

Hi, everyone. :) I like that so many of you are posting simple goals.

Thanks again to everyone for your encouragement last week.

Hope, thanks for starting us off.

Episode, yeah, I've got my refund from federal and state tax returns already. :)

Tori, raise your head up. I've returned here from life kicking me in the a$$, too, but the point is we DID return. LOL on always having others to blame but you'll tke responsibility this time. I know EXACTLY what you mean.

I'm having a spectacular day so far and am using it to psych myself up to get back on the wagon 100% ASAP:
--woke up refreshed before the alarm
--DH drove the grandkids to school for me
--weather is perfect--cloudy but perfect temp for jeans and a short sleeve top
--treated myself to a shampoo and haircut (I usually shampoo it myself before I go to Great Clips) and the new girl there gave me the best cut ever, even though I tell them the same each time I go. I"m always satisfied, but this girl made the same cut look better.
--thoroughly enjoyed a leisurely shopping trip to Walmart for some small things I wanted for myself like some home office supplies, memory disks for my cell phone and digital photo frame
--then treated myself to a Subway steak and cheese salad to bring home to enjoy with my own low carb dressing.

I'm still not back in full-swing, but am doing way better than I was a few weeks ago. I'm back to watching my carbs carefully and drinking more liquids. Need to start logging again to monitor my cholesterol and sat fat, though. Light Laughing Cow cheese is great, but not if one is eating three or four wedges a day like I have been. :o It's amazing that I lost three pounds last week the way I've been eating it. Maybe my usually mean scale thinks someone ELSE is stepping on it. LOL

My simple goals this week:
1. get back to logging everything
2. water, water, water
3. just some light, therapeutic exercises--stood up funny again and twisted my back again, but not badly enough to require any pain medicine. Someone said it to me a couple weeks ago and she was right--can't remember, maybe episode or robin--back is probably easily messed up these days BECAUSE I've been slacking on exercise. Point taken, and thanks for the heads up on that.

I'm a little late to the party. I didn't make it in the 170's YET. I was up to 180.2 this morning.

Same goals again this week.

Monday 3/11/13 - 197.4
Monday 3/18/13 - 188.8
Monday 3/25/13 - 184.0
Monday 4/01/13 - 186.0
Monday 4/08/13 - 183.4
Monday 4/15/13 - 180.2

1) Lose 3 pounds
2) 100+ ounces of water per day
3) post daily
4) take all vitamins daily

Mern, you crack me up. The scale thinks you're someone else. I hope your back is OK; maybe I can send you healing energy form my acupuncture today?

Tori, I am not much of a water girl either but we gotta do it.

Glad you guys are here!!!

Welcome back sis and everyone else!

Okay, if Tori can sneak back in...so can I. And Tori, I think we need to do something like remind each other if we don't get on for more than a day.

I am to a point where I know what I need to do and am barely doing it. I am not really losing but more like maintaining my weight and my weight is up about 26-28 lbs from when I could proudly say that I lost 100lbs in the beginning of August last year. So here I am. Last week I walked 9.75miles on my lunch breaks. Would have been more but was in all day training session Friday so couldn't walk. Gotta get back to working out before work instead of being such a tired ass and staying in bed until the last possible moment. So here are my baby step goals for this week.

1. Water, lots of it
2. Walk 10 miles this week M: 2miles,
3. Planned food except dinner (since I'm not the cook)
4. Work out before work twice
5. Work out after work twice

Hi. Just checking in. Feeling rotten today, really run down.
Welcome back Tori and April!!

I'll post goals tomorrow.
Jenn

April, welcome back!!!! So glad to see you. The walking is really good!!!

Jenn, what's up? I hope you feel better!!!

Epixi, I just noticed your post from the last thread. It really touched me that you looked fibro up. How caring is that? VERY. Wow. Thank you so much also for acknowledging how hard it is. I appreciate it more than I can say. And yeah, Armand Jr was a "pissa."

Goals:

Average under 2500 calories per day
Lift weights 3 days
Walk 3 days with my daughter
Don't drink any beer when I go play golf on Wed. That's a hard goal for me :D

I'm going to grocery shop after work today and get some decent food back in the house. Lack of healthy options at work and home was a big issue for me last week.

I'm excited about getting some excercise this week with my daughter, we both need it and it will be more fun with her going with me.

Goals...
1. Water, lots of it M: yes,
2. Walk 10 miles this week M: 2miles,
3. Planned food except dinner (since I'm not the cook) M: yes,
4. Work out before work twice M: No, T: Yes,
5. Work out after work twiceM: Yes,

Got in a late workout last night for about 30 mins and made myself do one this morning even though it was only 20 mins it was better than laying in bed doing nothing. I'm tired right now and feel like I could take a nap at any minute. I know I need to push through this to get back to the point where the exercise increases my energy instead of wearing me out. May not get to walk today because it is supposed to rain. May have to just go get my nails done instead....that's an even swap, right?

You guys are kind of quiet this week. What's everyone up to?

My goals:
1) new plan: 5 small meals or snacks (100-150 clas) plus dinner -yes
2) 8 glasses water -no:( 6 or 7
3) stretch - YES SUPER STRETCH
4) get out of slump - yes acupuncture and started writing a bit

Off to class, more later.

Hi Mern, April, Tori; welcome back :D

And hello to everyone else and thanks for getting us rolling yesterday. I kept meaning to post and stuff kept coming up, but not an excuse. At least I logged and kept to goals, mostly. I will keep them the same this week, pretty much, sticking back with the basics.

1. Keep cals below 1300. 793
2. Some form of exercise daily. Short session with weights
3. Say no at least once. Yes, and it was not pretty
4. Stay caught up with work to keep weekend reasonably free. So far, so good
5. Take vitamins and supplements. Forgot fish oil; others yes
6. Do something fun at least 4 times. Watched a bit of Netflix with the boy; rest of day = decidedly unfun.

Nagging things I never do:

1. Email coach.
2. Update Linked In profile.
3. Contact plumber.

Monday Report
 

Monday:

• Workout > 150 min/wk: 55
• Calories Avg. < 1400 /day: 1110
• Cholesterol < 200mg: 146
• Vegetables > 3 / day: 3
• Protein > 50 g / day: 45

Pad See Ew Chicken for lunch, w/one small soft spring roll, & a cup of pho, turkey, carrots for dinner, bread & butter ~pickles~ for desert! [No ice cream!] No bread or butter were eaten during the course of these meals, (however, animals were harmed.)

Mern: Glad you had a spectacular day. I good haircut goes a long way in the self-esteem department. I thought of you when I say the question AmyRose posted in another thread about eating too much protein. I believe you would be the excellent source to opine on that subject - Do you think one can eat too much protein?

Mike: Good to see you made your -3 goal. You're a shoo-in for another 3 this week.

Epi: I'd like to do rolling averages, but ~that~ is just too much work.

April, Tori: Glad to see you back!

Hope: No slouching!
Having said that, I should probably put 'watch your posture' on my goal list next week, but ... nah ... sounds too crotchety.

- Donna

Hope, my whole body ached yesterday. A little better today as it's just my neck but it makes it hard to do anything.
Goals will be simple this week
1. eat sensibly
2. drink 6 glasses of water
3. 4 servings veggies/fruit

All the water must be helping because I'm back down to the weight I was.

Jenn

Jenn, Maybe you're like me, allergic to cleaning! Or maybe it's the flu? ...

- Donna

Yesterday wasn't so great, I'm up .8 this morning.

Same goals again this week.

Monday 3/11/13 - 197.4
Monday 3/18/13 - 188.8
Monday 3/25/13 - 184.0
Monday 4/01/13 - 186.0
Monday 4/08/13 - 183.4
Monday 4/15/13 - 180.2, Tues. 181

1) Lose 3 pounds +.8
2) 100+ ounces of water per day not sure (it was close)
3) post daily yes
4) take all vitamins daily yes

Mornin' everyone!

Welcome back, Wildbeanerz! Wow, if those are your "baby steps" goals, I can't imagine what your full-bore goals are!

Donna, you're off to a great start! Gotta love the Thai food. There was a fab place I used frequent long ago, but I doubt it's even there now. I haven't had Thai in years. Oh, and Rolling Average really isn't difficult -- there is a report in the Reports section of Fitday that calculates it for you! Reports > Nutrition Facts. You can choose week, 2-week, 4-week, etc. Rolling Average helps me remember there is a big picture here. For me, trends are more telling than any individual day.

I hear you about saying "no", Cassie. It's tough!

Gentle, virtual (((hugs))) for you, Hope! What's Super Stretch?

Jenn, you set "eat sensibly" as a goal. I like! When you boil it all down, that's really what it's all about, isn't it? I hope your neck is feeling better today.

Hey, LiquidLizard, need a 4th for your round? I'll bring water bottles :). I'm really itching to get back out there this year. Gotta clean those clubs off first, though. /runs off to find out how many calories are burned by cleaning golf clubs...

Goals for the week:

• Log everything, no exceptions (nibbles and "tastes" count!): yes
• At least 1500ml water per day: 2000ml
• Maintain 7-day calorie rolling average under 1550 (day/7-day average): 1496/1415
• Maintain 7-day sodium rolling average under 1500mg (day/7-day average): 1426/882
• No red entries on this report: all blue
• Study every day: yes

Weight popped back up this morning. It was to be expected. Sunday's spaghetti-fest is catching up with me (but it was oh-so worth it, yum!). Still, it was nice to record such a big loss on my "official" day yesterday. It reminds me that results like that CAN happen and, as long as I stay the course, it WILL happen again (with any luck, sooner rather than later).

I'm going to try to make myself make soup tonight. I have all the ingredients, just don't feel like doing all the chopping/work. Lazy 'Pixi! But I have to do it before the vegetables go bad. I'd rather chop them than throw them out. That's just wasteful.

Have a great day, everyone!

Thanks! ... I do go at it pretty strictly when I get back to it. These are mostly things that I do without really thinking about them anymore. I just really really need to be mindful of what I eat because when I let it slack, I stop losing weight. Then I start to let the exercise slack and I start to gain weight.

I see your goal is to lose 75 lbs. Nice work so far!

Here I am! I haven't forgotten to log in, just been super busy. I tried to post last night but kept getting gateway errors.....anyway. Will post a full update when I get home. Just keeping myself accountable.

It was raining this morning so I made my nail appointment. Then when it was lunch time and I went to get my nails done it was sunny & 75* out there. Oh well, I will just have to step up the distance the rest of my days this week if I want to meet that 10 miles goal.

Having a productive and frustrating day simultaneously. Insurance companies are the devil (no offense, Mike; perhaps I should say medical insurance).

I'm getting ready to head over to the region semifinal for my son's team. It they win today, their state playoffs will be at home instead of 4-5 hours away...keep your fingers crossed!! Yes, I am a nervous mom today; it never seems to go away :o.

Food's been on plan, but no time to work out yet. I hope I still have the energy later...

I also do medical, not that often though. It is quickly becoming a nightmare.

Jenn, I am so sorry to hear. "Just" your neck can still be a lot too. And when one part of the body is out of line, it can affect others as well as mood. I hope you find relief. Simple goals are a good idea.

Hi all. I’m late to the party this week. Was super busy with work yesterday. Popped in and read for a while. Then I couldn’t log in. Anyway, I ended last week with going 300 over on my calories on Sunday (a late-night pretzel & cheese encounter), so am trying harder this week.

LiquidLizard - ***I'm going to grocery shop after work today and get some decent food back in the house. Lack of healthy options at work and home was a big issue for me last week.*** That’s really key, isn’t it. I’m as happy munching on celery or kale chips as potato chips -- but they have to be right there in front of me.

Epi - good going on the weight loss.

Tori - Hi there! Who is WHN? White hunky numbskull? Wealthy macho nut?Wide-eyed massive nerd?

Kali - I love to munch on celery. It’s not so much that I like it, but I think, at least for me, chewing helps to satisfy hunger. I don’t think I’d do well on a liquid diet.

April - wow - you did a lot of walking last week.

Jenn - hope you’ll be feeling better soon. I don’t know what the problem is with your neck, but have you tried wearing a neck brace (the kind you can buy at the drug store)? I once suffered with a sore neck for 3 weeks. Finally went to the doctor. He told me to wear one of those braces at night. Two days later I was fine. The dr said during the day healing occurs because we conciously limit movement; at night, we re-injure ourselves.

Mern - glad you’re sounding so energetic and chipper. And a 3 lb loss - wonderful!

Sorry I didn’t respond to everyone - have to go now...

***
1. Calories under 1300: 1020
2. An hour extra movement a day: Y, Y,
3. No sugar, white flour: Y,
4. Small bites and put fork down between bites.- still not a habit - sometimes I start a meal doing this, and then by the end am shoveling it in - not because I’m hungry - just because I’m eating mindlessly

I'm struggling to get the water in, today, folks. Didn't get my first sip until 4. You see, if I know I'm not going to be near a decent bathroom, I try to avoid water-loading (TMI? Maybe ;)). Ladies, you know public ladies' rooms can be a bit... dicey... and today was one of those days when public was all that was going to be available. I'll go parched, thank you. Anyway, with such a late start, I'll do good to get in the 1500ml. I have 1000 in already, so it's possible.

On a more pleasant note, I said I was going to get that soup started tonight and, indeed, I did! It's cooling now so I can portion it out for the freezer. I'm not sure how it turned out -- I used a few different ingredients. I sampled a bit (and yes, I will be logging those nibbles and tastes :)), but it was a bit too hot and new to be able to really get a feel for it. Crossed fingers it's good.

See you tomorrow!

Oh, this is sooo me. Some days I do evals in the jail, and even in the intake area where I am, the only toilets are stainless steel and connected to a sink. Thoroughly foul and I don't drink anything until I'm out of there for the day!

Hope you enjoy your soup!

1. Keep cals below 1300. 793, 1187
2. Some form of exercise daily. Short session with weights, C25K
3. Say no at least once. Yes, and it was not pretty
4. Stay caught up with work to keep weekend reasonably free. So far, so good, Same today
5. Take vitamins and supplements. Forgot fish oil; others yes, Yes
6. Do something fun at least 4 times. Watched a bit of Netflix with the boy; rest of day = decidedly unfun, Three hours of exciting HS tennis

5'2"
44" - 46" 04/16/2013 Waist
225lbs - 221lbs 04/16/2013 Weight
Age 22

Calories - Under 1700 - No 2008 - No Major, Full English Breakfast and a KFC. - No 1909 - Yes 1399
Fruit & Veg - 3 or more - No 1 - No 1 - No 2 - Yes 3
Exercise - 30 mins a day - Yes 45 - No 10 - Yes 60 - Yes 30
Exercise - 10 sit-ups a day - No 3 - No 0 - Yes 15 - Yes 10
4 Glasses of Water - N/A - N/A - N/A - Yes 5
No Fizzy Pop - N/A - N/A - N/A - No 1/2 a bottle
No Tea - N/A - N/A - N/A - No 1 cup

I now have my ab circle pro, let the tummy disappear.

Tues.
 

Tuesday:

• Workout > 150 min/wk: 55, 20
• Calories Avg. < 1400 /day: 1110, 1468
• Cholesterol < 200mg: 146, 144
• Vegetables > 3 / day: 3, 3
• Protein > 50 g / day: 45, 65

Goals...
1. Water, lots of it M: yes, T: yes and then some!,
2. Walk 10 miles this week M: 2miles, T: 0,
3. Planned food except dinner (since I'm not the cook) M: yes, T: yes,
4. Work out before work twice M: No, T: Yes, W: No,
5. Work out after work twiceM: Yes, T: Yes,

Yesterday's nail appointment may have killed my chances for a 10 mile week since it is sprinkling rain today again. I hope it clears up for lunch time like it did yesterday. And maybe if it is just light like it is this morning I will brave it for a bit with an umbrella. That would be a first but it could be done. Since I can make laps around our building (each lap = 1/4 mile) I am always about 1/3 of the way to an entrance in case it would rain hard suddenly.

Worked out again last night for about 40-45 minutes. Did a warm up for 5 minutes then put on the video I had decided on and it had a warm up included so just went through it too. Then pulled up a cool down video. Question??? Do you guys make sure to always cool down after a sweaty workout? The guy (Daniel) on my workouts says it helps to release all of the toxins and lactic acid that is built up in your body from exercising. I need to google this I guess but just wondered if anyone here knew about it.

Mike.... Do I need to add my 16yr old son to my car insurance now that he has a driver's permit or is that a state specific law that I should call and ask my agent? I don't really want to pay extra for him if I don't have to yet. LOL

Good job on the workout, April!

As far as cool down, I just do some stretching for 2-3 minutes (depending on the exercise and how vigorous). I know that one time I did a cardio workout, was tight on time, so I just showered and sat in my office for the rest of the day, and I was wicked sore (more than the normal good sore from a workout) for days. So I do at least a little stretch.

Our experience with the license was that we called our insurance and added him to the policy with the learner's, but he was not a "rated" driver (had to pay premium) until he actually got his license. Good luck...I hope you enjoy that process with your son. Our driver's manual said to look at it as a bonding experience :p.

Goals for the week:

• Log everything, no exceptions (nibbles and "tastes" count!): yes, yes
• At least 1500ml water per day: 2000ml, yes
• Maintain 7-day calorie rolling average under 1550 (day/7-day average): 1496/1415, 1350/1422
• Maintain 7-day sodium rolling average under 1500mg (day/7-day average): 1426/882, 1900/938
• No red entries on this report: Monday, Tuesday
• Study every day: yes, yes
  

So far, so good. I need to keep the sodium low for the next few days, though. Tuesday was a high sodium day (and I know why -- a piece of yummy Naan bread), but the 7-day average is still respectable. A few lower days will/should compensate.

Happy Wednesday, everybody!