Drazen- Football season starts with a bang tonight- Hurricane football, then tomorrow the season opener,and then Sundays for the rest of the year before football vegging out days. I just have to make sure that I don't sit & mindlessly snack- time to get a cross stitch project started to keep my hands busy.
Michelle Y- Welcome to 3FC & Welcome to the Challenge! Good to have you with us! This is a great group to be a part of- hope to see you at the next 2, as well! Keep up the running- before you know it, you'll be able to go futher & do it longer.
Gabwill- awesome going with the workouts. You asked about tips- the only one that I know works for me is to keep changing the routines up- the minute it feels like a "routine" I have to switch tapes around, or add something new. It's easy to get bored doing the same thing over 7 over, and your body gets more efficient, so you end up buring fewer calories to do the same things as time progresses. Keep it fresh & that should help with the interest level. Excellent job keeping on track! Awesome!!!
Hollyhock- I know that for me, food & water can be perfect, but I don't lose a darned thing unless I keep the exercise up. It can be as little as 15-30 minutes a day, 3-5 times a week, and that's when the weight starts to fall off. Keeping all 3 going is hard, and the exercise is always the hardest part for me. Hopefully you can find some motivation here with us...or start a friendly competition with one of us, and try to match exercise stats.
MsRD- That 30 mins, even broken up, is great. When I first got my act in gear in January, I couldn't even get through half a mile of the Walk Away the pounds video without huffing & puffing & feeling like I was going to have a stroke. It was horrible- I had to stop & sit down. Work at it slowly- you'll be amazed by how quickly your body responds & improves. I promise!
Julie- sorry to hear you weren't feeling well. IT WAS THE CAKE!!!!! (shhh, agree with me. It was the cake
don't eat more of it...CAKE GIVES YOU RUNS!!!!) Leave me a key under the mat..I'll see where I can run to first
Elisha- Yup, calorie counting, balanced diets, everything in moderation. I totally agree. Even if it's not the most nutritious meal once in a while, you have to have the ability to eat the "forbidden" things, or you go insane wanting it.
Lucia- thank you for your prayers- pray harder!!!
I keep watching the path, and every path still puts it coming onshore in FL again...maybe if we all came down here, stood on the shore, and blew really hard, we could keep it offshore. Yeah, I'm a little punchy- we're all still in flight mode, and it's making us all a bit weary.
NLuv- thank you! I do it so that we've got our support system- and I'm so much more accountable when I have others "counting on me." Psychology of the messed up chickie, huh?
Aerobic cleaning is when I try to get a million things done in the house- I end up going up & down the stairs a hundred times with laundry, the vacuum, cleaning supplies, and go through the house like a whirlwind. By the time I'm done, I feel like I did a full workout circuit. Whew.
Birdie- one of my favorite "I'm hungry but shouldn't really be eating anything" food is sugar free jello, with fat free sugar free cool whip. An entire box of sugar free jello has 4grams of protein, and few calories, so you could go bananas & not really do any harm. I also make the jello with about 1/3 a cup less water, so the flavor is more intense & gives it some substance. The WW people may have some good low-calorie ideas- 1 and 2 point snacks for them.
Aquareggie- hehehehe- you noticed the angst?
We've got a very small office here, and most of the people who work here are related, so you have mother & son teams, sisters working together, 4 husband & wife pairs, and then a few of us "non-related" and we seem to be the only ones who are held to any kinds of standards. Some days I have to really try to keep my composure....but it's a job, and the job market here sucks big time. Job, benefits, and I do have a lot of down time, usually, so it will do for the time being.
Sparked- practice, practice, practice. Every day is a brand new chance to get it right. It's not easy, and takes planning, so don't beat yourself up. Kick butt sneaking in the ground turkey!
I have issues with continuing to eat even though I am full. Almost as if I have to finish it now, like it's not going to be there the next day. And restaurant eating- I have to work to overcome the "I paid for it, so by golly, I'm going to finish it" mentality.
Lucy- if Julie forgets to put the key out, we may still come out there
Well, by the time we get there, it'd be time to turn around & rush back. How about potty privelidges, and some snacks for the return trip?
Hope you are feeling better, chickie. Sick = miserable, and no fun at all.
Redzam- if your trainer gives you any good ideas, post them, please?
Any little bit helps & having a professional suggestion or opinion, heck, can't turn that down!
Lisa- that sounds like an awesome dessert & low cal snack. More ideas! Birdie is looking for some!
Kick tushie with the bike riding! That book will be done in no time at that pace!
Midwife- makes perfect sense....by the time the head realizes you are full, you're stuffed waaaay to far above that, right? It's hard for me to slow down- you get used to shoveling it in at high speed & to actually eat at a slower pace feels unnatural.
Lauren- Welcome! We're glad Gabwill brought you over here!
And we'll keep you in line- some of the challenge veterans can attest- I've got a tazer, and sometimes we have to take turns zapping each other back onto the straight & narrow.
Well, it's a picture of a tazer...no real shock involved, but it does the trick!
Ok....now for the Daily Question: What do you love about your body? Again, not just how it looks, but how it feels, what it does, anything.
Wow, that's tough. There are so many things that I don't like. I'd have to say I like my strength & growing endurance & cardiovascular health. I can do so much more than I could 8 months ago. I love my height- like Elisha, I am 5'10" and tower over others. Of course, right now I'm about as round as I am tall, so I look shorter. I like the muscles that are developing under the layers of fat. I like the way my shoulders & collar bones look, now that fat is melting off. And the day will come that I look at my post-loss body & love every single thing about it.
I'll try to be back this weekend, if I can get everything up & running.
Have a wonderful night & weekend, if I don't make it in.