Hey Gang,

Well I'm sweating my butt off at the gym this week. I have 150 minutes left (2 1/2 hrs) to meet my goal. I think I'm going to make it. If I just work out over the weekend...which is usually tough for me.

Remember, it's important that when you fall off plan to get right back on again. I know it's easier said than done & I don't always "practice what I preach." But, just think about how far we've all come!

Have a great Friday & weekend!!!

jenjen & Troo! KEEP GOING!! It would be great if you guys got your stars!!

I had a very good, OP day, yesterday. It felt good to turn down steak at my sisters and have turkey instead. Empowering.

Staying On Plan is all about perception, really. You can focus on the bad things about it or you can focus on the good. I'm going to focus on what I LOVE about healthy living. :)

I'll be out of town for most of the weekend. I'm due back Sunday night fairly late. Let's just keep this thread going for the rest of this month. :)

ooooook same goals, 4 servings of veggies/day 4 weights days/week 200 minutes cardio/week and 2000 average cals/week good luck everyone
8/18- 1965 cals 1 weights 6 servings of vegetables 45 minutes of cardio
8/19-
8/20-
8/21-
8/22-
8/23-

I want to:

1. Stay within my WW weekly Points total.
2. Exercise 4 days this week. HARD cardio. Biking, running or FIRM tape.
3. Take my vitamins and floss every day! :)

Happy Monday!!

Monday: Goal achieved! *Points consumed: 26 (21 daily + 5 flex), *Vitamins taken and teeth flossed!, *No exercise

Tuesday: Goal achieved! *Points consumed: a TON . . . I only have 9 Flex Points left!, *Vitamins taken and teeth flossed!, *No exercise

Wednesday: Goal achieved by the skin of my teeth!: Points consumed: a TON . . . I have no flex points left!, *Vitamins taken and teeth flossed!, *Yet another day with no exercise. No more days off for me!

Thursday: Goal achieved! *Exercise! Ultimate Fat Burning Workout (319 calories), Completely on plan, Vitamins taken & teeth flossed. :)

Friday:

so far so good today! how is everyone else doing?

gg: did you have a good weekend out of town? i went out of town on saturday to whale's tale waterpark in lincoln, nh we had a great time(my daughter, my friend, her daughter and myself) but the food selection YOW! fried, fried and pizza lmao oh man it was awful. next summer kate and i are going to get summer passes to storyland in nh and they offer healthy food such as apples and carrots...it could be easier to bring my own but i dont feel like lugging around a cooler and what am i supposed to do with it when we go on rides together if its just my daughter and i so its easier just to eat there but at least at storyland i have some better options!

Things are good here!!

I completely sympathize with going out and staying on plan. It's AWFUL. And you're right, lugging around a cooler is the only other option. I adore waterparks! I bet you guys had a wonderful time. I also love NH. I've only been to Manchester on business, but the people were lovely and I loved the architecture.

When I cleaned my son's room I found a backpack he received for Christmas one year. Too small to carry his school books, but inside it there was a little square cooler bag. I've confiscated it as my own! ;)

I haven't exercised, but I have been busy. Walking around, shopping, dancing in my kitchen while I make jam. :)

Well, I was confused and didn't remember to change my goal for this week, so I guess my goal is the same: 1.5L+ of water a day. I think, if you include diet soda, my fluid intake was atleast 1.5L...does that count or should I not include the soda? Next week, I'm going to be more creative in my goals.

Haley: I haven't been to a waterpark in so long. I bet it was fun. What is storyland? Is it an amusement park? It sounds fun...I remember when I was a kid we went to some place that had things to climb on having to do with stories, for instance there was an "old woman who lived in a shoe" shoe that you could go inside. I forget what that place was called. When I go to the zoo, I usually pack stuff in a backpack but then it gets all warm. You could always leave a cooler in the car, but then again, I don't know if it would stay cold enough?

hey troo! ya storyland is an amusement park in glen, nh. they have the park split up into themes and there was an old woman in the shoe! they also have 2 water rides and a sprayground so storyland is just the best lol as far as the water thing...personally i wouldn't include soda but then again that's me and it's your goal so it's really what you are happy with. there have been days where i ate over but then did extra exercise so i thought well maybe that exercise can cancel out some cals but then i felt like i was cheating myself of really trying to only eat a certain amount. does that make sense?
good luck!
where are you from troo? i live in vermont but im originally from new jersey and they have the land of make believe but i dont remember if they had the shoe lady lol

Hey!

Troo - I think soda counts for daily fluid intake as long as it isn't ALL soda. :) I would be happy if you added flossing teeth to your goals, too! :) Last night I was in bed, ready to fall asleep and I realized I hadn't flossed, and taken the night time vitamins. I drug myself up and got 'er done!!

I would love to go to a park based on stories. Climbing on a huge shoe would be a blast.

I've been in the "waiting" mode all week and I hate it. Waiting for my sister, waiting for friends that never called. I was frustrated yesterday and drank wine and made BAD food choices. I only have 9 flex points remaining and I need to save those for Saturday night and a bachelorette party.

How are you guys doing??

So far so good. I'm barely holding on, but I'm determined. Today I'm going to the county fair. I'm hoping to avoid all the fried food! Wendy and I are hiking Tubb's Hill so that will be my exercise.

One day at a time . . .

hey how is everyone....me well im not getting a star lol but ive been doing a lot better with my veggies and writing everything down regardless of how much it is lol at least im honest with myself lol

The weekend started and my entire plan was flushed down the toilet!!

No star for me.

I'll keep pretty much the same goals:
*Workout 5 times this week.
*STAY ON PLAN!!
*Not drink until the wedding on Saturday.
*Floss teeth & vitamins daily

It's a brand new week!!

Haley: that sounds like a fun place, whether you are a kid or an adult! I don't think I am going to include the sodas since I said WATER intake, not fluid. I agree with Mindy, I think it might count if I said fluid. I think I was just trying to "bend the rules". :lol: I am originally from Ohio but now I live in San Diego. The closest thing to a place like that around here would be Legoland, which isn't anything like it. :dizzy:

Mindy: As I said above, I agree with you as far as if I were counting my fluid intake. BUT...I said water intake and I guess soda isn't water, so I'm out of luck and no stars for me this week! I will be adding flossing to the goal this week, that dental work I got recently was EXPENSIVE. ;) Good for you for dragging yourself out of bed to do that, I would probably be too lazy. How was the fair? I haven't been to the fair in years but I like to go. Maybe next year. I like to look at all the stuff and now I will only be able to smell the food, but that is good enough? How was the hiking too?


GOALS THIS WEEK:
--- stay OP
--- drink atleast 1.5L of water per day
--- floss every day!
--- drink ONLY on Friday and Saturday nights :)

I am leary about having so many goals, but they are all important goals so I should atleast shoot for them. Things have been going good lately as far as staying OP. The rest of the goals weren't going so good, I guess that's why I made them!

Happy Monday, everyone. Is that an oxymoron?

Hiking was FUN! We have a little mountain that juts into the lake. It's called Tubbs hill and there are trails all over it. We walk the lower loop clockwise, and then walk it again counter-clockwise. It's probably a little over 5 miles total and it's all right next to the lake.

The fair was really good. I ate a gyro with no sour cream and a teriyaki chicken stick. No fried food for me!! Then I went home and got into the wine, which was where my downfall into the weekend of never-ending partying began!

I think Happy Monday is a great way to start the week. :) My boys come home on Sunday! Whoo-Hoo!!

Wouldn't it be great if we all three earned a star??

hey all, im so nervous about school starting next week all i want to do is eat!!! but ill try my best to get a star this week i really will lol im going to make sure to have a gym bag in my car at all times so i can use the schools gym after class. i have classes 5 days a week so i can easily go to the gym but im gonna see about shoving my gym clothes in my backpack because my car isnt on campus ill figure something out. good luck everyone!