Good morning/ afternoon (I have no sense of time today...)
So my original plan has been thrown out, and I've stepped things up a bit more. I'm now aiming for 390 minutes of exercise a week ( I may not start reaching this until next week - as I'm waiting for things to arrive in the mail).
I'm also now a Monday weigh in chicka. I figured I'd weight in today anyway, and then I can start Mondays this coming Monday.
Today: 210.2 (another in the profile, yay!)
Left until Thanksgiving goal: 5.2lbs (I hope to surpass this... but we shall see!)
Thanks for the encouragement dancer - where's the runners' thread? I would like to stop in - I don't really have a plan or strategy I'm following, just hopping on the treadmill and doing whatever so I should probably look to create more structure.
I have to say my motivation yesterday was working out at the gym with my best guy friend - who is a 20 year old hard core athlete with 8% body fat (I'm NOT exaggerating!). So watching him whip out 5 minute miles with a big old incline is pretty inspiring. The great thing is that he is encouraging to me even though I'm totally in a different level and he is genuinely kind about my weightlifting and aerobic even though he is way stronger and faster. That's the kind of work out partner to have!
blueridge - wow! that's quite a workout partner! holy cow! The runner's thread is in the exercise section and is called October runners or something like that and was started by mkroyer. And the way you're going, doing so well, you don't need to follow someone else's plan if you don't want to - just do what you feel comfortable doing.
Well, some of you who are on the runners' thread might have read my news already, but I want to share it here, too: I ran/walked 5k on the treadmill last night! My time was 35:40, which isn't too fast, but I am just pleased that I was able to complete it since I'd never tried for more than a mile.
Another success is that I baked a ton of chocolate cupcakes for a halloween party and didn't eat any of them...and when I went to said party, didn't eat any candy or sweets.
Haven't been weighing all week and finding it pretty liberating and definitely better for my mental health than being a scale-hopper. I don't know what the scale will say come Monday morning, but no matter what number I get I'm pretty pumped with my recent running achievement. I feel like I can't necessarily control the number on the scale, but I can control portion size, workouts, etc so that's where I'm trying to focus my energy...and just hope that the numbers come in time.
Been pretty successful at staying away from the Halloween candy so far... but the trick or treaters need to start arriving so I can get it out of here!
jillsusan - welcome! Glad you're joining us. That's an ambitious goal for 4 weeks or so - what's your eating and exercise plan?
thanks! I am on dr siegel's cookie diet, and although it is early days yet, it is really quite managable, I'm down 5lbs so far. As for exercise I do the eliptacle 3-4 x aweek at 35 min a pop. Take care and Thanks for the warm welcome!
I'm very glad halloween is over and there won't be so much candy around - it's been a test for my will power for weeks. I've been lazy about working out this week, using the snow as an excuse since my usual run is outside in the park but this week I'm going to try to pick up the pace a bit.
What's everyone else doing this week to make sure they meet there thanksgiving goals?
I'm very glad halloween is over and there won't be so much candy around - it's been a test for my will power for weeks. I've been lazy about working out this week, using the snow as an excuse since my usual run is outside in the park but this week I'm going to try to pick up the pace a bit.
What's everyone else doing this week to make sure they meet there thanksgiving goals?
Me too..we got rid of most of the candy but there's still some lingering. Off to work it goes tomorrow so everyone else can eat it!
I've really got to step up my running for the nex four weeks.. lately I've only been running twice a week and adding in a lot of strength training... the weights are so great for losing inches but the cardio is what makes the scale move for me. I went on a 5k run tonight as the sun was setting (isn't the weather lovely lately, dancer??) and it was really just what I needed to start the week off right!
well, Monday morning weigh-in after my experiment of not daily weighing this week and no weight loss to report. But it's TOM so I can't say that it's a surprise - I'm going to weigh tomorrow to see if my water retention goes down at all and maybe have it count as a loss even though it would be a day late. Still, I'm just pleased with my exercise achievements of the week (thanks for the bravo, dancer!) and my avoidance of all halloween treats with the exception of one, 100 calorie popcorn ball.
So, can I pull this off by Thanksgiving? Maybe, maybe not. I guess I'm less focused on the scale and more focused on staying on plan. My goal this week is to get to the gym four times for good, hard workouts each time and to keep up with my food log - ideally, writing things down right after I eat them instead of waiting til the end of the day and trying to remember. And I'm conscious of trying to increase my water intake, too. So that's the plan from me! Have a great day, everybody!
in the profile, yay!)
woohoo - girl, you are a RUNNER! And way to go on the cupcake resistance!
