7-Day Motivational Thread Starting 5/16/11
05-17-2011, 11:49 AM
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How do I do it? One very deep breath at a time, coupled with the occasional pub crawl. The DD's are 9, 7 and 4, and unfortunately a whole lot like their mom. OY what have I done? Here's the scary part, in addition to mine I watch an 8 year old boy, his almost 2 year old sister, a 7 year girl with special needs and a screaming infant. Never a dull moment.
05-17-2011, 11:55 AM
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I have not really left myself enough calories for dinner, which is a problem. I'm contemplating going over just so that I don't wake up starving in the middle of the night, I need a good nights rest in the worst way. On the flip side I did the Bob Harper yoga for the Warrior abs this morning and every last bit of my flabby belly is on fire, come morning that's bound to be worse so I really don't want to have to do 50 push-ups in this condition. So I'm going to try and stick it out and eat after 8:00pm, hoping that can of tuna will hold me till morning. Wish me luck.
05-17-2011, 12:12 PM
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So yesterday wasn't that great. I brought food from home but after eating cereal for breakfast I was still STARVING, waited a while, had my yogurt - still hungry... ate some chocolate, waited a while - still hungry, and ended up eating my sandwich a bit early. So then I wasn't totally hungry when my normal lunch time came around, but an hour later I headed to the cafeteria anyway because I needed a break and had a bagel with some veggie soup.
05-17-2011, 01:01 PM
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Headed out to final band concert, award ceremony and reception...posting to hold myself accountable to report back any goodies that happen to find their way into my mouth at said reception...
Last night was the academic awards and land o' goodies. Spare me this time of year
Last night was the academic awards and land o' goodies. Spare me this time of year
) Then, add to the equation, 3 track meets and a photo shoot Saturday besides my usual weekly insanity.... ugh...Doing pretty well with my single goal of eating clean, though... with the exception of a small dish of ice cream tonight, I think I did pretty well. The respiratory bug seems to be lifting pretty quickly, thank goodness. With a heavy-duty dose of Nyquil last night, I slept like a baby!
almeeker,
I'm going to give your grain-free breakfast a try for a few days... it makes a lot of sense to me. I'll let you know how I do.
05-17-2011, 01:17 PM
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I give up. :(
I can't get motivated to do P90X. It's getting more and more difficult to bring myself to doing it. I think I'm just going to bite the bullet and join the gym. That's where I belong!
05-17-2011, 01:28 PM
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Tuesday Report Card
Health & Fitness Goals:
1. Eat clean and kept calories 1,350-1,600, 50 push-ups for days I'm over. 1,490, 1,598 (fingers crossed)
2. Drink 96 oz of water. Y, Y
3. Exercise 6 hours. 60 min, 60 min (total 2:00)
4. Calorie deficit of 3,500 for the week. -835, -989 (total -1,824)
5. Carbs 45% or lower, Protein 30% or higher. 43c-36p, 47c-31p
6. Log food and report every day even weekends. Y, Y
7. Fix elliptical. N, N
Non-Fitness Goals:
8. Get coupon binder sorted out. N, N
9. Call the autobody place and change loaner car arrangement. N, N
10. Clean out DD's dressers. N, N
11. Smile more, bitch less. Y, Y
12. 1 hour of cleaning in the basement. N, 10 min
13. Get veggie garden started, weekend project.
14. Housework:
Monday: down-stairs bathroom, up-stairs bathroom, laundry
Tuesday: kitchen, stairwell, hall, laundry
Wednesday living room, bedroom, laundry
Thursday dining room, bedroom, laundry
Friday den, master bedroom, laundry
Saturday, front porch, basement, laundry
Sunday, 1 closet, 2 cupboards.
Quinn I would love it if you tested my grain-less breakfast theory, some feedback would be lovely.
Sorry to hear you are having trouble with the P90X workout Mike. I'm starting to feel like I need to design my own workout program. Every morning I end up standing around waiting for this or that to load, and I could have been 3-4 exercises in to it already.
I'm dead tired and tomorrow looks to be much the same as today, so I'm off to bed, 'night everybody.
Health & Fitness Goals:
1. Eat clean and kept calories 1,350-1,600, 50 push-ups for days I'm over. 1,490, 1,598 (fingers crossed)
2. Drink 96 oz of water. Y, Y
3. Exercise 6 hours. 60 min, 60 min (total 2:00)
4. Calorie deficit of 3,500 for the week. -835, -989 (total -1,824)
5. Carbs 45% or lower, Protein 30% or higher. 43c-36p, 47c-31p
6. Log food and report every day even weekends. Y, Y
7. Fix elliptical. N, N
Non-Fitness Goals:
8. Get coupon binder sorted out. N, N
9. Call the autobody place and change loaner car arrangement. N, N
10. Clean out DD's dressers. N, N
11. Smile more, bitch less. Y, Y
12. 1 hour of cleaning in the basement. N, 10 min
13. Get veggie garden started, weekend project.
14. Housework:
Monday: down-stairs bathroom, up-stairs bathroom, laundry
Tuesday: kitchen, stairwell, hall, laundry
Wednesday living room, bedroom, laundry
Thursday dining room, bedroom, laundry
Friday den, master bedroom, laundry
Saturday, front porch, basement, laundry
Sunday, 1 closet, 2 cupboards.
Quinn I would love it if you tested my grain-less breakfast theory, some feedback would be lovely.
Sorry to hear you are having trouble with the P90X workout Mike. I'm starting to feel like I need to design my own workout program. Every morning I end up standing around waiting for this or that to load, and I could have been 3-4 exercises in to it already.
I'm dead tired and tomorrow looks to be much the same as today, so I'm off to bed, 'night everybody.
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05-17-2011, 01:37 PM
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No cake! No cake! I had NO CAKE! Yay!
(and I am also the proud mama of the Most Outstanding Brass Student for his past three years of middle school, so I am obviously hyper without sugar)!
Wow, what an emotional farewell evening. Gotta get to work now and not let the emotions and the stress send me into the pantry.
(and I am also the proud mama of the Most Outstanding Brass Student for his past three years of middle school, so I am obviously hyper without sugar
)!Wow, what an emotional farewell evening. Gotta get to work now and not let the emotions and the stress send me into the pantry.
05-17-2011, 02:27 PM
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No cake! No cake! I had NO CAKE! Yay!
(and I am also the proud mama of the Most Outstanding Brass Student for his past three years of middle school, so I am obviously hyper without sugar)!
Wow, what an emotional farewell evening. Gotta get to work now and not let the emotions and the stress send me into the pantry.
(and I am also the proud mama of the Most Outstanding Brass Student for his past three years of middle school, so I am obviously hyper without sugar
)!Wow, what an emotional farewell evening. Gotta get to work now and not let the emotions and the stress send me into the pantry.
)Congratulations!
