SCgirl--You get an A for effort I got to jumping on my trampoline and forgot to try.
Get moving, Rhonda! You will feel so much better when you get going with the exercise again. Think of all the energy that will be coming your way soon!
I am feeling sleepy today for some reason, like I just can't wake all the way up. I've spent my morning so far chatting on the show thread...now I need to get the laundry thrown in and scrub the dining room floor before hubby wakes up, though all I really want to do is curl up next to him all warm and sleep. He leaves today for another long trip and I'm going to miss him Maybe the floor can wait, actually.
Morning Everyone! (Now that I remember we have a man on our team!)
Ok so I finally got on the treadmill last night after I watched TBL (which was about 10:30) and powerwalked on 3.5 for 25 mins. I was so proud of myself for actually getting up there and doing it! I haven't exercised in well over 8 months so I know I'm doing the right thing. I really need to get my TV stand in my "fitness room" so I can plug in a dvd player to the tv in there. I was walking just staring at the closet last night. Not fun! I also still have my PUSH dvd's coming in everyone month so I'm going to start doing those once I get that room finished.
My husband has a two inch tear in his lower back muscle from moving stuff around on Saturday. So he's pretty much out of commission and I'm stuck babying him until he gets better.
I was a good girl this morning with my breakfast! I was tempted to get the french toast sticks out of the freezer but I didn't. I have oatmeal, a scrambled egg and an english muffin.
Work is going to be slow today, so I'll probably spend the majority of my day blogging, starting my novella, and reading my new book. My blog link is in my signature. Its a WordPress blog... just not through 3FC so I'm not sure if you can add me to your blog roll or not.
Did I mention I'm freezing? Anyone have some or hot chocolate they want to pass along?
John - I'm SO happy you are checking in with us! We're hear to give you that boost of support you need. Don't make me go all Jillian on you with some exercise!
QOTD for Weds for you all! Do you have a morning routine? What is included in it - hygiene, fitness, breakfast, anything else? How long does it take?
My morning starts like this:
5:00 am - Alexia is waking me up cause she needs to potty. So Im running to the laundry room for sweats and a jacket and I'm outside for all of 5 to 10 minutes just to go back in and go to bed.
6:35 am - First alarm goes off... If I feel like waking up I do.
7:00 am - Second and final alarm goes off... This time I have to get up cause work needs me there at 8.
7:00 to 7:15 am - In this time I manage to potty, brush my teeth and hair, get dressed, take out the Alexia AGAIN!, cook and eat breakfast and maybe pack a sammich for lunch.
So if you really look at it... the major functioning parts of my morning only take 15 to 20 minutes
Glad to hear that most everyone is feeling a litle better, or on the way.
Glad to hear that a lot of us got in some good exercise last night.
Since today is my weigh-in day, I posted my new weight for the week. Hopefuly, a 2.6 pound drop will be of some help for the Blue Team (it was a 1.05% drop for me this week).
Have to get back to work, but wanted to answer the QOTD.
My morning schedule (except for Tuesdays when I workout in the evenings with TBL and Wednesdays, which are my no workout morning)
5am - Alarm goes off and I get up
5:15am - Down in the basement in the workout room
5:15am to 7:00am - Workout (on Tuesday and Wednesdays, I get up and clean and do laundry - stuff like that)
7am - 7:45am: Get the DS up to get dressed, shower, dress, hair and makeup, make breakfast, make his lunch and mine, feed the dogs
7:45ish: Out the door to drop him off at school and head to work
I just checked to see if my wordpress blog would let me add some of your blogs to my blog roll just by clicking on the Add to Blogroll thing but it's not letting me doing it the quick way. So I made a 3FC Blog and added my general blog link on there... or you can get to it from my signature
OK, I know I'm just kind of popping in, in the middle, but I'm been one of those blue team members who is hear but hasn't been chatting. I'm very sorry, I have a 4 mth old and a 2 yr old, my husband has a full time job and is a on-call firefighter so he is ALWAYS gone, combine all those factors and finding time to write is a bit well, challenging . THat and I looked at the chat in the first week and there were already 14 pages and I was rather intimidated by that fact.
SO here is me in a nut shell, if you see my ticker you can see I oviously have lots to loose, I was a very fat child but managed to loose a LOT of weight (about 75ish pounds) in early 20s before getting married. I than got married, and very unexpectedly got pregnant right away, gained a lot of weight! gained even more in the 2ish years between my children and you guessed it gained more with my last pregnancy. So here I am I'm 26 and pushing 300# and am scared out of my mind! I'm also a nursing mommy so I have to watch calories to make sure I consume enough to produce milk for my little boy who screams at the sight of a bottle (the whole reason I'm not working right now). I was on weight watchers right after I had my son but after 3 mths of faithfully following and gaining 25#, they kicked my out, so I"m trying calorie counting!
I'm trying to find time to exercise, but to be honest that seems to get pushed to the bottom of the list of things to do a lot! SInce starting this challenge though I've managed to fit it in a little more often.
Anyway best of luck to everyone, and wish me luck, hopefully I will have time to pop back in again, in the days ahead. I'me very thankfull for this challenge it helps keep me pushing even when I don't want to because I know I have to post those numbers for eveyone else to see at the end of the week!
QOTD: My morning routine is going to be changing in a couple of weeks when I get the new puppy, but for now, it goes a little something like this:
6:15 -- alarm goes off, I stumbled into the bathroom, weigh myself, and put my contacts in
6:20 -- in the kitchen making coffee, scrambling Egg beaters and toasting an English muffin; also put down food and water for my dog
6:30 -- eat breakfast and watch the morning news
6:40 -- let my dog lick the yogurt container clean and cuddle up with her for a while
6:55 -- Franny goes out to do her morning business
7:00 -- wash my face, brush my hair, put on some make up and generally try to make myself look presentable
7:20 -- fix "to go" cup of coffee, fill Franny's Kong toy with kibble and peanut butter to give her something to play with while I'm leaving
7:30 -- give Franny her Kong, grab my lunch (made the night before) and coffee, and head out the door
7:45 -- arrive at work for a day spent checking email, looking at this website, and trying to fit in actual productive work-related stuff
Marianne: your morning routine sounds like mine! I have a bad habit of turning off my alarm without fully waking up, so I'm 0 for 3 so far this week with getting to the gym early in the morning. I've been rolling out of bed at 8 (2 hours after the alarm) and not making it to my 9 am class on time, so that's bad news. To get myself into the weight room at my gym I really need to get there by 7 am (or it's packed with a mix of scrawny and beefy undergrad boys).
My ideal morning routine would be:
6 am - get up, throw on gym clothes, walk to gym, lift weights and do 20-30 mins of cardio
7:30 am - come home, shower, dry my hair, put on makeup, eat breakfast, pack lunch
8:30 am - leave for class or go to library on days w/o morning class
Rhonda: you'll have to keep us posted about how the calorie variation thing goes - I'm always tempted to try and do that, but it just sounds like a lot of work to plan it out. Hope it pays off for you!
Eviesmommy: I don't think there's any need to apologize - you are a champion for finding the time to get online and work so hard at weight loss with such little kids and your husband away a lot. Good luck with the calorie counting, and I hope you are able to use the support you find here to help you out.
Selina: I'll just echo what everyone else has said - I'm really sorry to hear your family is having a tough time, and you definitely deserve the accolades for staying on track and not letting a bad situation derail your determined attitude.
Kelly: Way to go on the 2.6 lb loss!
Everyone else: I wish there was enough time in the day to greet everyone individually. Hope everyone is having a terrific day!
Yesterday was a really good day for me - I didn't get angry and leave when the gym was packed (and for some reason cardio room #2 was "closed" and only 3 people were in there when there are like 25 machines, grrr). I planned to do a training run (for my marathon training) so I signed up for a treadmill with a 30 minute wait, and spent that time doing some lower-body weight machines. I'm definitely feeling that in my calves and hamstrings today!
Today, as I said, I didn't make it to the early morning gym session, so that's unfortunate, but tomorrow I have more free time so I'll definitely get my training run in. Haven't watched TBL from last night yet (I'm downloading it now, shh) so I'll probably catch it later this evening. I think this season is a snoozer.
I've officially started on my mini novel and I'm going to be working on it through my blog. If you want to take a look and the first page you can see it here!
Its a little sad in the beginning but trust me! It will be getting much much better.
Do you have a morning routine? What is included in it - hygiene, fitness, breakfast, anything else? How long does it take?
5:20 - Alarm goes off. Smack DH until he hits snooze.
5:29 - Alarm goes off again. Smack DH until he hits snooze again.
5:30 - Get up. Go to the bathroom, weigh myself, throw on a robe, let the dog out.
5:32 - Yell at the dog to stop chasing rabbits, cats or whatever else is out there. Feed/water the dog.
5:35 - Fix myself a glass of skim milk with No Sugar Added Nesquick.
5:40 - Locate gym bag and dress for the gym.
5:45 - Wake DH up and tell him I love him and I'm leaving for the gym.
5:50 - Wait til I hear DH start shower and then leave the house.
6:00 - Get to the gym for an hr of cardio or 1/2 hr cardio/1/2 hr weights
7:15 - Get home from gym, decide what to wear if I didn't decide the night before.
7:25 - Shower
7:45 - Get dressed, do makeup. I don't bother with my hair, it dries on the way to work.
7:55 - Throw lunch in my bag and get ready to leave the house.
8:00 - Tell the dog that I love her and to be a good girl.
8:30 - Arrive at work, fix some breakfast, get ready to work or surf the net.
I'm here, I'm alive. . . I haven't bought a new scale. Though, I wonder how in God's green earth I gained 8 pounds in two weeks. And, no, it wasn't TOM. I'm frustrated as ****. I'm so ridiculously frustred.
I'm not off track per se, but I'm also not very motivated with these bad results. I initially thought being 130 by May 30th would be no big deal. Now I feel like it's impossible.
I'm here, I'm alive. . . I haven't bought a new scale. Though, I wonder how in God's green earth I gained 8 pounds in two weeks. And, no, it wasn't TOM. I'm frustrated as ****. I'm so ridiculously frustred.
I'm not off track per se, but I'm also not very motivated with these bad results. I initially thought being 130 by May 30th would be no big deal. Now I feel like it's impossible.
I'm just not motivated at all.
Amber - Wouldn't you have had to have taken in something like 28000 extra calories to gain those 8 pounds? Sounds unlikely to me. Is your scale digital? It might be time to replace the batteries.
Thanks for the insight on your morning routines, folks. Keep 'em coming! I did a little bit better today, and actually had time to make and sit down to eat breakfast! Tomorrow I'm going to try to get up 30mins early and do one of the yoga routines I downloaded on iTunes.
Amberelise - I am sorry to hear you so frustrated. Sometimes it's just NOT as simple as calories in/calories out, eh? Have you spoken with your doctor about your frustrations? Maybe there is something else getting in the way of your efforts.
Dee - How do you manage the 5am wake up? What time do you go to bed?
Chelle - I've added your new blog to my blogroll! I'm excited to follow your novella!
Rosalie - Ok, I'm glad I'm not the only one who turns off the alarm in their sleep.
Dionne - Don't fret about chatting! Just check in when you can, even if it's just to update us on you!
Erin - Sounds like you have your morning routine down to a T!
EviesMommy - We've all got busy lives, and we fit in the chat when we can - DON'T worry about it! Also- I cannot believe WW kicked you out!! How rude of them!
Kelly - Congrats on your 2.6lbs!
Theresa - Aww hope you got a snuggle in with hubby before he left.
Rhonda - Can you answer the negative thinking with "maybe not, but it might WORK, too, so I'm going to try!" How was the treadmill today?
jordan - Glad to see you checking in. I'm with you on being really pleased at how well everyone is sticking with the challenge!
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Chelle - I've added your new blog to my blogroll! I'm excited to follow your novella!
I saw you had added me!
I added a lot of people to my Blog roll on my 3FC blog I just have to move their links over to my general blog too.
It's such a PITA that I can't just have one blog that's easy to link from here. I know I have it in my signature but who really ever looks at that you know?
PS: feel free to comment on the novel... input is always great
I got to jumping on my trampoline and forgot to try. 
Get moving, Rhonda! You will feel so much better when you get going with the exercise again. Think of all the energy that will be coming your way soon!
Maybe the floor can wait, actually. 
Anyone have some 
or hot chocolate they want to pass along? 
I am sorry to hear you so frustrated. Sometimes it's just NOT as simple as calories in/calories out, eh? Have you spoken with your doctor about your frustrations? Maybe there is something else getting in the way of your efforts. 
Congrats on your 2.6lbs! 
