Jennybeeb

Hello All!

I haven't gone through all the posts, but wanted to say Hi for the first time this week! My work schedule is crazy, this working 60 hour work weeks is starting to get a little old, to say the least.

I am also looking to start P90X soon so I really need to figure out my time management to make sure I'm going to have enough time to Sleep, Eat Properly, Workout AND Relax outside of work!

I'm doing pretty good, I'm up another pound this week at 209 but that could have been my weekend...I ate out one too many times. I said twice, and I ended up going out to eat 3 times, 4 if you count the time that I got an ice cream cone (I told myself I would count even the little things!)

Nonetheless...Doing pretty well this week:

Health Goals:
1. Drink 100oz of H2O - Yes, Yes, Yes
2. Keep calories between 1300-1500 - Yes, Yes, Eeked over at 1525 today!
3. Complete Body Measurements this week & log them into Fitday - Not yet!
4. Try to keep a more balanced Pie Chart (40% Carbs, 30% Prot, 30% Fat) - No, No, Yes
5. Get at least 7 hours of sleep - Yes, No

Personal Goals:
1. Stop at Pier1 sometime this week to look at Lanterns for Wedding Decor
2. Stop at Post office to send things out
3. Work on getting my Hostas planted
4. Purchase Worms and Composter Box, and Nematodes

I'm sitting here laughing at my personal goals because it seems more of a To Do list than goals for everyday, but lately if I don't write these down somewhere and have them as a "goal" to do, then I most likely will let them fall by the wayside. So this is hopefully going to keep me a little accountable!

Hope everyone is having a great week so far! I will hopefully be able to stop in tomorrow

MollySue2

Hi all,

just wanted to check in in order to stay on track. Will hopefully find the time to read all of your posts this afternoon.

Molly

Wednesday Report Card

Fitness/ Diet goals
- up protein intake yes yes yes
- go running at least twice this week (at least 6 ks each) yes (if only 5 ks)
- go swimming once
- drink at least 1.5 litres of water every day!! yes no no
- try to do a bit of stretching/ yoga 5 days this week yes
- log in all food eaten* yes, for the first time in months. And boy, was it an eye-opener! Had forgotten what an afternoon/ evening/ late night eater I am. I can easily consume an extra 1000 calories afer 5 pm without batting an eye. Should probably try to consume my proteins in the evening rather than at lunch. That might keep me going longer. Also, I need to stay away from those candies!

Non-fitness goals
- get spring cleaning done this week At least I got started... Did another room
- get some work done on my dissertation (at least do some research five times this week) no, not yet. Damn it!!
- finish at the very least one book

wildbeanerz

Weight Goals:
1. Calories under 1600 day - already blew that with a trip to the chinese restaurant for lunch with the hubby. We do that about once a month. M(NO), T(NO), W(yes!!)
2. Drink 80 oz water daily - M(no, 70), T(no, 70), W(yes, 112oz!)
3. Work out M, W & F - M(no), W(yes)
4. Stretches & relaxing T & T - T(no)


Non-weight goals
1. Don't let my younger son get to me - M(yes!), T(yes!), W(yes!)
2. Look further into foster parenting (classes start tonight) - M(yes), T(nothing to do), W(read through some of the orientation manual)
3. Spring clean (including closets...off Thurs & Fri for this)
4. Outside yard work this weekend

I feel like I need to correct something that I said....I didn't mean that anyone on this site doesn't know what it is like to need a healthier life even if they only need to lose 5 lbs. But in daily life, there are those people who have always been small (even on the commercials) and talk about just needing to lost those five lbs. Well once they have lost them they will be even smaller than they already are. I don't think 'they' know what most of us are going through. Sorry if that still comes across wrong.

And I have nothing but respect for those of you who suggested getting the unhealthy food out of the house. Right now my hubby is still on the fence with what he needs to do and I can't force him to eat healthier so he has to come to that decision on his own. Until then there will always be tempting things in my cupboards & fridge. I am just learning to reach past those foods for something healthier and most times not to snack at all in the evening whether healthy or not.

Sorry if I stepped on anyone's toes. Not my intention at all. I enjoy being here but sometimes my mouth (fingers) are faster than my brain at thinking through what I am saying and how it may look to someone else.

yunalee

hey guys, yesterday was a really lazy day for me, doesn't help that it was snowing allll day yesterday, so i just stayed in my room all day.

on the lighter side of things i didn't get the full co-op that i wanted, but the studio did offer me something. it'd be 3 days a week starting in June. my Co-op corrnator says that they're a great studio and even tho it wouldn't cover the 420 hour i'm pose to do, that he'll make it work for me. i'm going to talk with him today to get some more info and i'm probably going to take this.

onto my horrible fit day yesterday

Fitness Goals:

1. Drink 3 of my blue water bottle a day yes!no (only 2), no
2. do my workout 6/7 days Yes!yes!no
3. 10,000 steps a day yes (10,017)no 5500 apox, no (didn't even count)
4. start cal counting again, limit 1900 no 2,136, no 1936, no didn't count (so close)
5. no fast food yes,yes, yes
6. (forgot to add before) go swimming once a week no, no, no

Non-Fitness Goals:

1. finish my current homework do to list finished one thing but it was pose to be done long agono,no
2. put away clean laundry done about time
3. put away dirty laundry easy once clean laundry is put away
4. clean off floor and vaccum it. picked up a few things still have some things to clean up, and still need to vaccumno, no

Crimpet

This week I'm still making an attempt to hold up to at least some of my goals, but was inhibited from doing my new jump rope regime due to health reasons. Hopefully next week.

This Weeks Goals:

1- Start my new Jump Rope exercise regime 4/5 days a week (no snow no excuses) No Unfortunately though I tried
2- Add more green vegies to my diet through green smoothies. No No Yes Yes
3- Start Calorie counting and weighing food again Yes
4- Avoid breads and sugary sweets which have gluten Yes No No Yes
5- Start logging food and activity again Yes

Non-Fitness Goals:

1- Finish my needle lace project for class Almost
2- Clean Home & finish laundry for Spring Cleaning
3- Hang New Curtains I got yesterday Yes
4- Re-Organize Closet
5- File for Husbands Passport

acameron34

Behaze- Haha shopping orgy sounds great but most of the money is going towards the wedding... though maybe a few nice new pieces

This week's goals:
1) Min 62oz of water each day M: yes T: yes W: yes
2) Limit to 2 coffees all week: M: 2 coffees already T: no W: pepermint herbal tea
3) Keep a 1000 cal deficite: M: close T: yes W: even better!
4) Get in 2 runs (min 10Km): M: no T: no W: no
5) No carb Wednesday and Friday T: almost except for the all bran bar W: yes!

Random goals:
1) Get 2 essays finished: worked on 1 but no where near finished
2) Print out "before" picture and post it on the fridge: I NEED to do this... ice cream is haunting me in freezer!
3) Put a dent in the laundry pile : DONE!... now to put it all away

quinnesec

I was kind of thinking of a "Girls of Fitday Gone Wild- Spring Break Edition"...

Unfortunately, it would probably involve eating really bad foods rather than doing really bad things... LOL

quinnesec

My son, who works in CIS, just emailed me "340 Restaurant Recipes"...
Pretty much every bad for you restaurant recipe in existance... sigh.....

Thanks, son... now all I can think about is "Applebee's Spinach Dip"... UGH!!!

binatangmerah

I'm a daily reader of this thread, though I rarely comment on the forums, but I did want to respond to this discussion. At 5'4 and 30 years old I've never weighed more than 126lbs. I started Fitday again in January weighing 122 with a goal of 105 (a healthy weight for my small frame). So far I've managed to lose 10lbs.

I know that people with more weight to lose probably think I have no idea about their struggles and personal food demons, but that couldn't be further from the truth. I grew up with a morbidly obese father and began internalizing his issues from the age of 10. Somehow I thought that if I could control my eating I could help him, and I spent many years obsessively restricting food. As an adult, I've increasingly struggled with binge eating. It's cyclical, but more often than not it rules my life. I watch a lot of documentaries about morbidly obese people because everything they say about their relationship with food resonates with me. Psychologically, I'm no different; only circumstances and perhaps genes have kept me from going down that road yet, but it is not an improbable future.

Weight aside, many of us on these boards understand that disordered eating is symptomatic of deeper psychological issues. Ultimately, I think we all share the same goal of addressing those root causes.

taubele

lnbrock: Welcome! Good luck with your goals!

almeeker: "I choose not to have this" -- it's an interesting mental set, and there is a lot of power in the words "I choose." I'll keep those wise words in check whenever I feel like slacking - especially today, I totally CHOOSE to work out, because I must! And UGH, I am jealous of your math brain, haha. I have a tendency to do these quick rounding-off steps that are totally wrong, but for some reason I keep thinking I have to do it/ can do it. I'm glad you use the skill practically though! You've found out what works for your brain, just go with it. I try to just tell myself that I'm like Einstein. They say he was bad at math too...(Though he sort've wasn't...oh well, I choose ignorance in this case, lol!). And when I am a parent, I hope to follow the example of you and others on here who so obviously care about their little ones

jj - AAAAAAAACK! Oh my goodness, just don't rip your hair out and call it a success!!!

Mike: Toaster Strudels are totally food porn, I agree. And oddly enough, they have become a romantic gesture between BF and myself (long story) so sometimes he makes them - and I have to eat one, for romance's sake! lol

Mern: We're very much on the same page. I love my father. That whole side of his family has diabetes and/or heart disease, and I take after them in a lot of ways (except for low blood pressure, that I get from my mom's side). Seeing it growing up has forced me to realize that I have to be accountable for myself - no one else can do it, and a pill can't do it either. What I hope my dad sees one day is that the junky food he so "needs" is potentially depriving him of his life and time with people who love him. That switch has to get flipped, and I hope it's not too late. On a happier note, though, awwww Toto!! I have to tell you, I love dumb dogs, lol. Shyla was very smart, but there's something about those goofy ones that makes my heart melt. I'm glad you have so many good memories of him!

behaze: lol, sweet and sour chicken is not allowed in this house!!!! It's my downfall too. I can avoid noodles and sometimes rice, but that sweet and sour chicken and that sauce they give you with it- ugh. Laser is a fantastic name for a dog, and he sounds whip-smart. Shyla was like that too. She learned SO MANY words (squirrel, walk, car, food, treat, snack, vet...) that we started to spell them. And then she learned how to spell, nutty dog. We couldn't say "S-Q" or "W-A" or she'd be off like a shot to the back door, patiently waiting to be let out to walk or chase squirrels. And "V-E" meant she'd run upstairs and we had to haul her out from under the bed, since she thought she was going to the vet. She was a mutt too, some sort of terrier/lab mix. I miss her and love her still - and she was much the same. She hit 15 and couldn't walk, had fatty tumors over her body and terrible arthritis. When she could no longer climb the little stairs in our house without sounds of pain, my Dad took her in and gave her kindness.

yuna: Congrats on the opportunity! Sometimes the doors we think we want to go through are closed - but you can find that behind them are the doors you need to open. Maybe having less time at one studio will present you with the ability to try more than one sort of job in the extra time!

Wednesday Report Card

Fitness, Exercise and Lifestyle Goals:
1) Under 1400 cals every day and log EVERYTHING. M: yes, 1200 on the nose T: yes, 1120 W: yes, 992
2) Average 30% daily protein for the week. M: 23% T: 30% W: 32% (weekly average 28%)
3) 96 oz. of water EVERY day. M: 104 T: 72 W: 96
4) No weighing until Friday! M: N/A T: No weighing! W: No scale
5) Work out 5-6 hours, split between weights and hard cardio. M: Day off T: No exercise W: No exercise. Again. Sigh.
6) In bed by 11:30 every night M: Yes, I promise I will! T: Close, but no cigar W: No
7) Buy a heart rate monitor this weekend. M-F: N/A

Non-Fitness Goals:
1) Finish edits to my scientific manuscript (this manuscript is the culmination to my dissertation, I want it out in the world!) M: No T: Good chunk of it done! W: Slightly more progress
2) Make efforts on my appearence every day - hair, makeup, clothing. M: Yes T: Not really... W: No
3) Get every scrap of laundry hiding in the closet cleaned. M: No T: BF took care of it! W-Sun: N/A
4) One hour of needlework every day. M: Yes T: No W: No
5) Have an "outside date" this weekend (the weather is SO beautiful). M-F: N/A
6) Buy new makeup. M: No T: No W: No

Another unexpectedly long work day yesterday - and my trend of not eating when zealously focused continues. Only 992? Wow. That's very low for me. I think the most substantial thing I ate yesterday was some leftover meatball soup. Other than that it was snacks - some greek yogurt, an apple, etc. You get the idea, and I had only a light salad for dinner as I got home late. And, as usual, after a few days of 1200 or less calories, the hunger monster is out to play today. I've tried to ward it off with my "high protein" breakfast (eggs, a couple strips of "lean" bacon and milk) but I'm already hungry only an hour after eating. Need to stick to my guns. Hopefully, water will be my savior today!

Also need to work out. Yes, I'm at work a lot so at least my time is productive, but I hate getting out of my routine, and I hate getting home late and basically eating, showering, catching up with BF and doing nightly chores. When I don't work out now, I get this annoying "second wind" around 11:00 at night that makes sleeping difficult. (Normally Mondays and Thursdays are planned "days off" from the gym, and my body is used to that). I'm trying to tell myself that shaking it up and making myself work out for the next four days in a row will be good for me, but not looking forward to it.

To chime in gently on the subject of weight loss - everyone's journey is personal. I don't care if it's 50 or 500 lbs. As long as you're doing it for the right reasons, we're all in this together. Maybe someone was never obese, but that doesn't mean that they don't have body image issues. My sister is tiny - 5'2", maybe 100 lbs. soaking wet - but I know that she looks in the mirror every day, wondering how to make her body better. I told her she should start by cutting out the cheeseburgers but...in the end, we all just want to be healthy, right? Whatever number that is, and wherever you start from - high fives on that goal!

I hope everyone has a lovely Thursday

~Terri