Rowdybliss Sorry for your fight, I know what its like. As for the gym don't over do it and get an injury!

Since I worked out so much in the last couple days, I took today off. I had a test for a job I would really love to have. There is nothing like taking a test full of stuff you learned (and forgot) in high school.


No exercise, and I skipped breakfast and I ate out so I am afraid to go to fitday, but I will do it. I am going to eat a good dinner so I don't throw myself off too much, plus I am hoping to go for a walk/jog tonight!!!

i started out good and then binged on some high sugar gum and a 3 layer sandwich with p.b. and orange marmalade. im planning tomorrow and saying.....i can do it. i can do it. i bought 2 slimfast bars for break. and lunch. im going to do it. hopefully......no i will do it. ....... im getting a stair master soon. does anyone have it and use. how long will take to burn 500 calories on that thing.

Giovanni: YOU CAN DO IT!! I love to plan. I go to fitday.com plug everything in first thing in the morning then I don't have to use my imagination later on! Make sure you get enough protein (I don't know how much is in the slimfast bars, but there is only 10 grams in the shakes). I don't know how long it takes on a stairmaster, but it takes about 35-40 minutes on my stationary bike at a very vigorous speed.

Hi everyone. Well it's Thursday, another week flying by exactly 4 weeks til turkey day. I can't wait til Monday to weigh in. I'm doing real well on the food this week - exercise not as good. But I did walk 32 mins this morning at the fastest pace I've walked in years. So that was good, I guess. I'm so annoyed - the one good black turtleneck sweater that I have and isn't too ridiculously big on me - I just ruined with bleach, what a clutz I am and I was so careful too, apparently not .Now I really have next to nothing that fits me, but I'm hesitant to go buy new stuff, trying to hold out a little longer, although I did buy 2 new skirts. We shall see.

Rowdybliss: I think it's a hormonal thing - they just can't apologize - too much testosterone or something. I do hope it's all blown over by now. And thanks for not thinking I've got a big fat mouth with the "I know it's gonna happen this time" stuff.

Jcatron: You're doing such a great job on this challenge I hope when we're done with the Thanksgiving challenge you'll start a New Years Day Challenge.

Have a great day everyone!!

Fedup: have you thought about going to thrift stores? When I run out of clothes that fit me I am hitting the one here, at least to get me until I am maintaining, then I will go buy some new clothes. I would love to do a new years day challenge. After the Halloween challenge, Walktober challenge, and Thanksgiving challenge are over!!! (and thanks for the vote of conficence I really appreciate it.)

That reminds me my husbands grandmother (who is very very critical of me) gave me a nice compliment on my weight loss yesterday. It was very shocking!!

Oh, man, a New Year's Challenge would be awesome! I will keep my eyes peeled for it.

Everyone sounds like they're doing well, which is great! I can't believe Thanksgiving will be here four weeks from today... bring it on, Tom Turkey..!

I admit that I am dreading weigh-in tomorrow. I don't feel like I have lost ANYTHING this week and I'm really kind of beating myself up about it (although I know I shouldn't). We'll see what the scale says tomorrow... I'm bracing myself.

At the advice of jcatron243, I took it easy last night and did NO workout, choosing instead to sit in my recliner with my knitting and a glass of port wine (my favorite). Sinful - but sooooo good. DH also was feeling badly about the fight, I think, and so he made dinner last night. This means that it wasn't necessarily healthy... he made steak and buttered noodles, big-time comfort food! :ink: So I accompanied mine with a HUGE butterleaf salad with oil/balsamic to fill me up so I wouldn't want to gorge myself on the unhealthy stuff. I still feel guilty because I did eat the steak and the noodles, but probably not as much as I would have if not for the salad. Plus, we have to treat ourselves every once in a while, in GREAT moderation.

Did the gym this morning with NO upper-body weight-training so as not to injure the back further. Did the normal breakfast (slim-fast), and am about to do lunch (Michelina's Lean Gourmet - but I forget what I grabbed out of the freezer so it will be a surprise!). I have also been pounding down the water and peeing every fifteen minutes. :lol:

Today's Inspiration:(and if I'm annoying anyone with these, please stop me!) :^:

I heard a great quote yesterday:

The difference between try and triumph is just a little "umph!"

We are ALL trying to triumph in our challenge, short and long-term, and I think this is a great thing to remember! Our fitness regimens will do nothing for us if we stagnate at the same level and do the same things over and over again; we cannot improve if we don't raise the bar and force ourselves to put a little more "umph" into it! I'm going to try and see where I can add a little more "umph" to what I'm already doing... increasing the intensity of my cardio, being a little bit more steadfast in my willpower when passing the bowl of M&Ms on my co-worker's desk...

What kind of "umph" will YOU add to your routine?

Have a great day, everyone!!!

UMPH!!!

Those compliments on the weight loss are SO great to hear - very motivating!

I'm supposed to see my dad and his girlfriend on Nov. 4, and I haven't seen them since my uncle's funeral on Oct. 5, enough time for some significant physical difference - I hope to hear something like what your DH's grandmother said to you!!

glad you took the day off!! Are you married to my husband?? That is what he cooks me for dinner~ :)

I added umph on monday and Tuesday, with how long I worked out (and on Tuesday instead of walking I jogged almost the entire time!!)

Today I am going to jog on my treadmill instead of walk! thats my umph for today!

So glad to see how well everyone is doing so far! I'm kinda dragging along and cannot believe that Thanksgiving is only four weeks away.

Didn't make it to the gym and pool Tuesday night because I worked super late. Then when I got home, I remembered that I have a houseguest coming in tonight, so hubby and cleaned last night and this morning. Thus, no exercise time. But I made a yummy and healthy greek pizza for dinner last night. We love it and I cannot believe it's so healthy. Will share the recipe if anyone is interested.

jcatron, congrats on the compliment! That is so awesome!

RowdyBliss, don't feel too bad about the steak. Depending on the cut, it might not have been as bad as you think. Watching my weight has given me a good excuse to only eat tenderloin! ;)

Ran across a funny article this morning. Maybe yet another reason to lose weight: http://www.latimes.com/business/prin...ck=1&cset=true

Hope everyone has a terrific day!

Oh yeah and Rowdybliss - I ABSOLUTELY LOVE your bits of inspiration - keep um coming!!!

yay, i did it. for breakfast and lunch, i had a slim fast bar. i think it has 6 grams of protein each. for dinner i just made pasta with tomato sauce and meatballs. i stick to 1500 a day andi have 420 left. im about to go get some more slimfast bars. 1080 calories today(is that too low) and 39 grams of protein. i feel good today.

tomorrow, my sister is having a halloween party at her school, and you know what that means.....donuts,cookies,candies,bagels,chocolate. .e.t.c.... wish me luck. they were out of slim fast bars..so i got this natures valley apple cinnamon bar for brekfast and an atkins smore bar for lunch, im not on low carb but its low calorie and sugar free. and a sensible dinner....no cookies....no candy...no chocolate....lol
-gio

Happy Friday! Another weigh-in day...
 

giovannip811: Welcome! It's good to have another on board with us for the journey! :) As far as caloric intake goes... be very careful you don't go too low, especially if you are undertaking an exercise regimen, as well. The general consensus is that it's better to have a bunch of frequent, small, low-calorie meals to keep your metabolism chugging away through the course of a day than to eat tiny meals far apart from each other. I'm sure you probably already know this, but doing that could slow your metabolism down and put you into "starvation mode," which could end up working against you. And I know what I'm talking about here... Confession: I suffered with an eating disorder for a few years, and when I finally got treatment and got my mind into a healthy place again, I packed on the weight really quickly because my metabolism was really messed up. Now that I'm healthy again emotionally, I'm determined to lose my weight in a slow, steady, reasonable way, and that includes eating ALL my calories (I personally stay between 1200 and 1500, but it's different for everyone) and exercising regularly. It's coming off slowly... and yeah, I would love for it to come off fast, wouldn't we all?? But sometimes, the things that are really worth it take lots of time and patience.

Sorry if that sounded like a lecture - I would just hate for anyone to end up in the vicious cycle I ended up in. In today's world, and especially in our society, it's an easy pit to fall into... and an awful place to be.

jcatron243: I think men are genetically programmed to make steak. My husband gets this glint in his eye when he starts marinating the steaks, and he even has a little "Meat Song" he sings while he's doing it. I wish I was kidding about that, but I'm not! I think they make meals for us that they know that THEY would like for dinner... which, if you think about it, that's kind of sweet. :D

sf40: As a matter of fact, they WERE tenderloin cuts! Awesome! And when you put it like that - an excuse to eat only tenderloins - I don't feel nearly so guilty!

OKAY... Fridays are my weigh-in days, and I got on the scale this morning (after laying in bed for an hour stressing about it) to discover I'd lost another pound. YAY! Just call me One-Pound Suzy. Seems like that's the rate I'm going to lose weight at, and that's just the way it's going to be - one pound a week! Of course, at that rate, I will not make my Thanksgiving goal... but that is OKAY and is a healthy rate to lose at, and I will continue to try anyway and see where I end up. Since my bosses are out today, I'm going to see if I can't use a little of my free time today to do some internet homework and see if there's something more I could be doing (more "umph!!") to ramp up the ol' metabolism and maybe bump my loss rate to 2 pounds a week. If I have any epiphanies, I'll bring them here to share.

HAPPY FRIDAY, everyone!!! Keeeeeeep going!!

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:hug: to you, RowdyBliss; I'm in the same place, sort of. I'm fighting to get my metabolism re-awakened after several months of starvation-level caloric intake and a lot of bulimic episodes. It's still hard as anything to make myself eat more than 1000-1200 calories a day, but I know that if I don't, or if I throw up my food, I'll never be back to burning fat. *sigh*

callystia: :hug:

Oh, I know it is SO hard... I have been where you are. If you are not seeking treatment already, get thee to a doctor! What I discovered when I went was that I had a lot of deeply-seated psychological issues that needed working on... and once I got all that straightened out, it became much easier to eat and actually ENJOY eating without feeling terrible. It's a long process, but you will get there... be patient with yourself. If you ever want to PM me to talk about it, please feel free.