Hi WEEDies! I missed you all over the holidays...trying to recover from the week long binge....naah it wasn't that bad really. A few (really) bad days but even the bad days started with oatmeal/fruit/lots of water, even if it ended with Bud Light and wings or Christmas cookies galore. The good news is that I cannot even LOOK at another damn cookie!
This week is weird....DH took the kids yesterday down to Columbus to visit his sisters for a few days and I couldn't go because I have to work tonight. So I have a few days of just me time....so I went and played poker yesterday (lost my butt but had fun) which resulted in drinking too much and waiting too long to eat so ended up at McD's drive thru and eat a HORRIBLY dissatisfying greasy salty double cheeseburger and cold limp fries and couldn't have felt worse about it. Which is funny because to me, no matter how "good" I'm doing or how good I feel, CrackDonald's is ALWAYS yummy to me! I read posts about how disgusting it is to healthy people, but to me it was always a treat.....last night though, it just tasted awful. All I tasted was the grease, coating my mouth and throat. So maybe I am breaking this habit.
So today is all about me day. I have to work tonight but today I am going to eat well, clean the house and get to the gym. I want to start C25k today. Day 1 Week 1....here I come. I think I'll do best starting on the elliptical. Oh wait, this is starting to sound like my WEED, so let's go there...
W- 4-5 liters (one down already)
E- PLAN IT OUT! Slept in today (for working tonight) so I had my FiberOne cereal and a banana, lunch/dinner will be Subway I think so I can take the other half of the sub for lunch tonight and I think I'll make a pot of my famous cheese/vegetable soup...I have some lovely apples(ambrosia apples are my latest passion, YUM!) and peaches....I think I'll cut up some cukes, lately they've tasted so GOOD to me.
E- PLEASE, please please take this body to the gym! W1D1 c25k.DO IT!
D- Multivitamin a day (done!) and remember how crappy McD's tasted last night...kick the crackDonalds habit. Start putting Christmas presents away, catch up with laundry and housework.
WELCOME Onlywomaninthehouse and Bikini Ready! I can't wait to hear more from you guys!
I love your screen name, OWITH...sounds like you have your own set of challenges with two very small children at home. We post our WEED daily, usually, even though they are usually the same every day, but however you like to do it is fine. Get away from the cookies! Wrap some on a few holiday plates and send them to your loved ones or neighbors! (that's what we did, we made a TON of cookies and candies) Tell us more about those babies!
Bikini Ready you are killing me~!!!! You already have most of your WEED in for the day by ONE o'clock!?!?! WOW! Whatta gal, and having not gained throught the holidays is just admirable. Bravo...you in this challenge is just what we need to inspire us!
Jeni (JCat) I've been thinking about you this season! I did not realize you haven't worked out since OCTOBER! How the time flies. And I knew you were going through so much lately with the flaky-sister thing and your health. But you are and always have been a WARRIOR. I love that you jumped right back into your running like you'd never been away from it at all. did you see above that I'm going to start c25k...!? So I'm shooting for being on YOUR level by summer time. I want to jog on the beach. Did Tommy and Mackie have a great Christmas? I just know you loved it this year...it gets better every year. Sorry to hear M got sick at the Y...it's a lot to take all this excitement! And about the whole diabetes thing....just get thyself back into your habits and you'll be just fine, no doubt. And I expect you to check back in here often! xoxxo
NixMom, I'm thinking about you today. I know you are saying goodbye to grandma and I know it's hard. Remember what she wanted for you, and let her inspire you to keep at being healthy like she did. You will honor her best by living healthily and taking care of yourself, her legacy can live on through you. Hers can be that little voice you hear when you want to pick up a cigarette or blow off exercising or eating badly. You're tough enough to get through this as well. But hugs
anyways.
Clykky, how bout you!!!! joining a gym!!!! WOOHOO! Do you get time with a trainer to show you the ropes? Is it a gym gym or a Y or community center? What kind of cardio are you working on? Are you lifting weights or doing machines? Tell us about your workout! Do they offer aerobics classes? Whatta gal! Oh and don't be deterred....the gym IS going to be crowded this next month or so...all the New Years resolutions posers LOL they'll all be out in hoardes but it will taper off by February. So you might have to wait for some things/machines/equipment, but don't worry.
Amy, I better see you post SOON and set your goal and get back into posting. How was Christmas at your house? How are you and hubby getting along? Did Santa come for Captain this year? How bout your Cowboys? I won't mention how the browns got smacked down by the Steelers this weekend, how embarrassing....speaking of which, LUMI, you better be on board this challenge too!
Mindy hope you are doing well this season, do you get the whole time off too or do you have to do report cards/lesson planning stuff so that it's not a real vacation? I almost feel like I do better when I'm working a lot, its more of a routine, a schedule, and when I'm off for a week or even a few days it's easier to get lazier and not work so hard. What do you think? Are you more on plan now or when you are working? Personally, I'm rooting for your goal to be 194....because that seems more like over the 195-200 slump. Just squeak under there and you'll beat it, ya know?
Speaking of which....I need to set a goal too! OK, I weighed 256 this morning, which I was kind of happy about...only about one pound up from before Christmas....though I may have been dehydrated from alcohol last night, but I'll take it. I may have been discouraged if it had been 258 or something. So 16 pounds....240 will be my goal for this challenge. At this size, I'm pretty sure I can do that. Off to make a ticker. And submit this post before I lose it. OMG its 2:10 already?! I got stuff to do! I hate to think I'm missing anyone....MMavis, you're on board right? Grazer? AUDAUDAUDAUD....oh Aud how we all miss you!
xoxoxo Michelle xoxoxoxo