fit4luv

Joanna ~ I hope that your week goes well and that you can get yourself out of the "dump".

Quinn ~ I really hope that you can soon fight away those 5 lbs! Those pounds sound so stubborn. Great going on your Monday goals!

Cassie ~ Thanks for the extra push for this week. It means a lot to me to see others enthused.

Terri ~ Just want you to know that I'm cheering for your success with each of your goals this week. I'm sorry for difficulties you are experiencing. BTW -- Did you get your exercise in today like you wanted?

Mike ~ OK, that's what I must have read earlier. That is, about epidurals for your back. I just read through a book by Harvey Walden IV. It's called, No Excuses! Fitness Workout. His go-for-it attitude reminds me of you.

Oh sheeesh! 64 oz Water daily ?! And here I thought I was challenging myself.

Well -- I did it thanks to you! I drank 64 oz water today. (smiling here)

Lizzie ~ Yay! for your 1.5 lb wt loss. Now for another week of loss . . .

Pam ~ I too enjoy Mike's & Tori's bantering. Your words gave me the mental energy to focus on exercising today. I'm able to walk fast, but am avoiding twisting/lifting at this point due to weak lower back.

Awesome going on your goals these last few weeks! Sounds like you have an exciting event this coming Sat.

Darlene ~ Thanks for the encouragement. It truly helps me to stay motivated. 5 lbs gone -> Awesome!

almeeker ~ Oh well. I guess some people like to talk, but find it hard to act. I know that's how it's been for me, but I knew better than to whine about my own inaction.

Tori ~ Hope your night is nice and peaceful. I see some green shining through your goals!

Connect1-Alison ~ Welcome Back! Yea, this bunch is a chatty bunch -- seems like there is lots going on.

Mern ~ Thanks! Look at all your green - so cool. Oh my word! That's just too wonderful about your eye pressure. That really encourages me to continue with my Flax seed/Fish oil plan. I've glaucoma in my family history --- really prevelant. I'm so happy for you. All your diligence is paying off.

fit4luv

FitDay Challenge
Check-In: Mon -
Daily = x6 wkly

FIT
FOCUS {1}
*Audio Bible (10 Chapt.) =

INTAKE {2}
*Veg (4 servings Low Carb daily) = Yes -
*Water (32 oz daily)= 64 oz -

TRAIN {2}
*Aerobic (150") = 30"
*Pedometer (12 mile) = 1.6 mi
*Tone = ON HOLD 'til back is better.

DAY - wkly
DAZZLE *Clean/Declutter (FlyLady Zones - 1' 15") =

ADMINISTRATE *Paper Trail (25") =

YARD (Outside) *Clean (20") =
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Amy I can’t imagine asking parents to change something they have no understanding of. I once witnessed two moms discussing heatedly why one child’s peanuts were a dangerous snack to have around her severely allergic child and the parent of the non allergy child actually said she should keep her child home if it was so dangerous.

Tori I hope your knee is better soon that really sucks.

Quinn Nice actuals today.

Mern I hope it was at least a good busy day. That’s great eye news and another great day for you.

Kay Wow 5 miles in 64 min is awesome.

Alison Glad you are back and happy you enjoyed your vacation.

Terri Give that pizza to your boyfriend just say “no”.

Fit4luv Thanks for the clapping smiley it made me grin.

I was distracted today by amazing cute little balls of fur we went out and looked at a few different puppies as it was recommended that it may help our dalmatian come out of her depression, yes I have a dog who's so neurotic that we are concerned about her. Supposedly most dogs mourn for about 5-7 days and then usually bounce back but she seems to be getting worse yet she acted like a puppy when playing with the pups at the vet today, so he said the distraction of a new friend may be the answer. So we may have narrowed it down to this little girl.

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She is 8 weeks old and awfully cute my concern is that my cats are bigger then her. Have a great night.

Goals:
Walk 25k: M=3.1k
Exercise 5 days: M=walk
Squats 5 days: M=N
Ab work 5 days: M=N
Calories less than 1400: M=1183
Calorie deficit of 5000 for week: M=-689
No sugar: M=N(cinnamon hearts)

almeeker

Bantam.

almeeker

Monday Check-in

Health:

1. Calories 1,400 M-Th & Sun, 1,600 F&S. 1,400
2. Water 100 oz daily. 100+
3. Calorie deficit 5,000. -1,228 (total -1,228)
4. Protein 25% or higher. 36%
5. Workout 6 hours. 75 min (total 1:15)
7. Steps on the pedometer 10,000 daily. 14,203
8. Log and report in daily INCLUDING WEEKENDS. Y
9. Take measurements on 2/1/12. Tomorrow

10. Weigh and post daily. 165.8, 163.2
Other Stuff:

1. Call mom about babysitting Friday night. N
2. Housework 30 minutes daily + 1 load of laundry. YY
3. Finish rabbit cage and start 2 more. Painted and bought plywood.
4. Plan Girl Scout calendar for February. N
5. Order GS badges. N
6. Keep spending to a min. $168.25
7. Send in prescriptions. BOO-YAH

I did pretty well yesterday, put in a good workout, kept calories to a minimum, drank my water, plus I got a ton of things accomplished, although I did not call my mother about Friday night. Oops! Maybe today I'll get that taken care of. Hopefully today will follow yesterday's example. I know it looks as if my spending goal got blown out of the water, but that was groceries for the week, a tank of gas, lumber for rabbit cages and a large piece of vinyl, and almost all of it executed with some serious coupon and/or sale shopping.

Mern, about this glaucoma pressure reversal with diet and supplements, that's fantastic! Please tell me more, my mother's side of the family runs rampant with it. If there is a way to avoid or at least lower the chance of getting a bad case, I'm in. I already do flaxseed and tuna roughly 3-5x/week, but I have never taken a fish oil supplement. I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only short legged woman that thinks the treadmill should take your stride length into account. Although I have to admit my stride is longer than yours, but I intentionally concentrate on "long fast steps" when I'm working out. I easily keep pace with my workout partner and she's 5'-8".

Tori, sorry about the knees, hope they feel better soon. Dr. Amy prescribes "Ice, Elevate and Nsaids". I can commiserate with you on the "Hungry Monday", all day long yesterday I was singing "Sunday Bloody Sunday", only changing the words to "Monday Hungry Monday".

Mike, go Mike go, Boom Chicka Boom, go Mike go, Boom Chicka rock. Awesome!

Kay, yeah on the skinny skirt! I love it when that happens. And wow on the treadmill speed, I def would have to be running to make that pace.

Quin, sorry to hear that your buried in work, although I'm not surprised. Maybe you need to send in for a Wonder Woman costume for days like that? Okay maybe not that practical in your frozen climate, but it would be funny. Some job/task comes flying at you and you just whip up a bracelet and deflect it. Tink, ting, HA, take that!

Luv, awesome job on the 9lbs!!!! Whooo hooo hoo woman, so what are you doing to celebrate?

Pam, run Pam run, boom chicka rock. Good luck Saturday and I don't blame you one bit for not worrying about the calories this week.

Darlene, awesome job on the 5lbs. I wish I could say the same for my Christmas weight, very jealous of you here in Michigan. And I have to say that your potential new baby is absolutely adorable, but are you sure it's a dog? It looks more like a polar bear cub. Oh the dreaded peanut allergy, people that treat that like it's a joke should suffer an episode of it. My dd has a "peanut free" classroom, and there is a "nut-free" table in the cafeteria. But I've had to listen to more willful stupidity on that issue, than I care to think about. It's good I don't carry a stick, or I might be in prison. For the record I have never sent a "nut" treat to school, and I never will. It's flat out just not worth the risk.

Cassie, do you have kevlar gloves? Where do you get such a thing anyway? Well at least when you start the week like that, it stands to reason that the week will get better anyway.

Terri, is it possible you have "Fear of Success"? 10lbs woman that is dynamite, now get cracking. Don't make me come down there and drag you out to the gym, cause I would make Bob Harper look like a cream puff trainer. Okay that's it, I challenge you to 4 hours of exercise this week, no more excuses, no more whining, get your lazy butt off the couch and get 'er done! And if BF is going to be clingy, drag his slacker butt along with you, it'll do him some good.

Connect, I too use the "water spacing" plan, 1 bottle before breakfast, 1 between breakfast and lunch, one between lunch and supper, 1 after supper. Personally I like the Ice Mountain brand, not the water so much, but the bottle. It's a squeeze bottle, which somehow or another makes it easier to choke it all down more rapidly.

fit4luv, when my back hurts I find that it really helps to do abs (crunches only) and leg stretching (especially the hamstrings and calves). It has something to do with certain muscles getting stronger and the opposite muscles not being as strong, so the abs and the stretching help balance them out. It sounds crazy I know, but it always helps.

Funny story, so we bought that new buck bunny right? He's young so not yet "proven" in the procreation department. And the first couple of times we put the doe in with him, he just froze. It was sort of funny because the doe started sniffing his ears, which made him freeze all the more. So the plan has been to just keep putting her in his cage 1-2x day until something happens. You can't really leave them together all the time because does are territorial and sooner or later she will get aggressive towards him. Anyway, last night our dd put the doe in with the buck, and a few minutes later she runs in the house with the doe in her arms, screaming "mom, mom there's a problem". So she goes on to explain that the buck chased her bunny around and around really fast and then he jumped on her! DH and I just looked at each other and laughed our heads off. I eventually explained (trying very hard not to laugh) that his behavior is what we'd been waiting for, DD flounced off to put the doe back in with the buck, saying we really should have told her that before now! So I guess we'll have to put the doe back in with the buck again today, as DD probably interrupted at a somewhat critical moment. If I had just changed the "Birds and the Bees" conversation to "Rabbits" I suppose she would have been more prepared lol.

zyxst

Monday check-in:

From what I remember my goals being, I did great, even cleaned the shower. The downside is my computer and mouse died after I went to bed last night. Technically, it's my graphics card, but since I can't see anything on the monitor, it may as well be the whole computer. This would not be a problem because I could use hubby's computer, except he killed his mouse by accidentally dumping a glass of water on it. It's now living in a Tupperware container filled with rice. So I'm stuck using the laptop. I can't type properly due to the stupid touchpad (hover near it and the cursor moves) and I have to type with my hands too far away from me.

I'm drinking my last chocolate breakfast shake. It was a good idea to stop, but with this, I'm regretting it. Anywho, I think I caught all the spelling mistakes, but if I didn't, my apologies.

Mern

Kay, OMG, you are some walker! 5 miles in 64 minutes is really impressive!

Tori, your Monday report is grrrrrrrrrrrreat!

Connect, it's nearly impossible to keep up afer missing just one DAY of posts here. Don't be concerned about catching up after a whole week of vacation. You did a fine job on food control, even considering the chips at the movie. Be proud of that! I know what you mean about burning the calories. I sweat like crazy just walking two miles on the treadmill to burn so few calories. But I still find myself cheating on the food from time to time. Wow, that's great that you can avoid stress overeating when you identify your stress!

Terri, nice tips on getting in the water in the workplace. Congrats on coming here to avoid the leftover pizza.

Luv, thanks for your kind words on my green Monday. My glaucoma is hereditary, too. My Mom went blind from it after she quit using her eye drops, due to losing her memory to an unlabeled form of dementia. She lived out of state with my step-father and we didn't know that was going on until it was too late. I had no idea that exercise and Omega-3 can further reduce eye pressure while using the eye drops until my new eye doctor's technician asked me what I've been doing differently in the past six months. I told her about my recommittment to a healthier lifestyle and when I told her what that entails, she said bumping up my exercise and increasing my omega-3 would account for the 3 point drop in my eye pressure in the past six months compared with the point at which it had stabilized over several years with the drops alone. I also don't have dry eye syndrome any more since bumping up my omega-3 fish oil. Our tears are made from omega-3.

Darlene, yes, my Monday WAS a GOOD busy day. Thanks. Gotta confess I was kinda "full of myself" about my better eye health, even though I had no idea it was a bonus from my healthier lifestyle for the past several months--I was almost strutting around like Mike with my chest puffed out. LOL OMG, the puppy is ADORABLE! I hope she works out. The cats may accept her as a kitten. LOL

Mern

Amy, with the type of glaucoma I have, the vision loss is irreversible and the glaucoma incurable, but I've been keeping my pressure down to around 18-19 for several years with the drops. You know it's the excess pressure which causes optic nerve damage that results in permanent vision loss. I was diagnosed with glaucoma with an eye fluid pressure of 22 (I don't know how that number goes--PSI or something?) The pressure unintentionally reduced to 15 with omega-3 just gives me a better hedge on my pressure creeping back up to a dangerous level. I have no idea about lowering the chance of getting a bad case of glaucoma with omega-3. All I know is what the technician told me yesterday. But I DO know patients with my type of glaucoma MUST faithfully use their eye drops to prevent going blind. The omega-3 just helps according to my doctor's technician. Woohoo on keeping up with your longer-legged workout partner on the walking!

kimbur96

I'm a little late getting started here I apologize. I had such insomnia sunday night i got up yesterday,monday, with like 3hours sleep under my belt. I made it to work and home to nap,then had some dinner and back to bed. I can't believe how exhausted i was. I think the new workout schedule/intensity is wearing me out too. I know i will adapt but it was obvious yesterday my body say hey were taking to day off wether you like it or not. lol

Anyway for this week my goals are pretty much the same:

Health
1) calorie 1600 or less per day
2) 64oz water or more
3) 5 x cardio
4) 5 x weights
5) eat more fruit and vegetables

Life
1) Be positive in my outlook
2) start a packing list for next weeks trip
3) balance the checkbook

quinnesec

Another crazy, busy, day unfortunately. But, I just wanted to stop in to remind myself of what I need to focus on first, which is my own health and stamina. And of course to wish all of you a fantastic day free of temptations, of the food kind! lol

It's going to be unusually warm here for the next few days, so I'm promising myself a hike in the woods as a top priority.

Enjoy your day!

quinn