Morning SPill!

OK ladies IM BAAAAAACK...your more tan, very sore now a little richer (yeah right) breath of fresh air! Steamboat was beautiful...although I did not get to see too much of it as I was working. Put in about 32 hours this weekend as I found out last minute I was the tournaments sole photographer. I would say I took 5000+ pictures! But more money in my pocker which is soooooooo neeeeeeeeded. Also booked a wedding so hopefully these financial problems I have been having will be a thing of the past.

The good news is the damage was minimal only 1 lb gained and pretty sure I know where that came from (starbucks is the devil...) So back to my routine this week. Gotta get a run in tonight and hopefully some strength training I have been kind of lax in that area.

How did everyone's weekend go?

My weekend zoomed by -- I actually didn't know it was Sunday until about 1145 at night! I did a bit of drinking, a fair amount of walking, but I wanted to run and did not. Today, unless I lose my nerve, I am going to swim at my local pool. On the way to work today, I realized I have not actually swum anywhere since Winter/Spring 1997 -- freshman year of high school!!!

Oh, and I bought a dress in M yesterday. Granted, the fabric was very stretchy, still -- it fits perfectly!

Hi!!

i have two cats and they are so friendly at odd hours of the night. One decided to purr on my chest at 3am and although it's cute at other times I would much rather be sleeping at 3am. I love my little cats though! they are so cute!

Good morning! I'll write more later, but I have a REALLY long meeting in a few minutes. Is it just me or do you feel sometimes like no matter how good you eat and how much you work out your body keeps telling you "how comfortable it is right where it's at (weight wise)" and while great you're not gaining, but damnit you just can't lose either?

Spill- It is definitely time for me to kick my butt back into high gear!!

Stephie- I think it is really cool that you`re a photographer. My bff is studying to be a commercial photographer now and she usually ends up at peewee football games and bike races. It must be awesome to be able to be creative for a job.

Lady- Ooh.. I love shopping. And I love being able to wear M's!

Ahh!! Work is driving me crazy. Out of three printers, I can't get any of them to work and nobody is here to help me. Anyone seen office space? Thats what I feel like today.

This weekend wasn't great. The party friday night ended up being pretty fun, but I drank too much when I got there because I was nervous and none of the people I knew were there yet. Also, because they are my almost-bf's friends and I already know that some of his female friends don't like me very much. The "Mrs. Smith" costume was perfect though! I got hit on by 3 different guys there. That's what he gets for not calling me his gf.

I'm ready to get back on track. For some reason my roommate is refusing to give me back my scale even though it has been 2 weeks. He says I told him a month, but I distinctly remember saying 2 weeks. Maybe he's become a scale addict too. I think if I was really tall and skinny it would be more fun for me as well.

Back to the gym tonight and I'm going to try really hard to avoid alcohol until my birthday.

Happy Monday everyone! Spill you are right, it is time to get my butt back in gear! This weekend was my birthday (yay), but that meant drinking and eating alll day Saturday! I hid from the scale this morning, but I'll hop back on tomorrow. I actually don't think I did too much damage, because I was really good Friday and Sunday. The weather here has been beautiful and I'm hoping it will get me in a good state of mind to eat right and workout, knowing that even though I am working tons it is still bathing suit season!!

Wasted Thermos -- Your costume sounds great! I love dressing up

Stephie -- I am so glad you had a great time! I love weekends that put my mind in a better place than when I left work on Friday. And I agree..Starbucks IS the devil!

Hello all! I got up and walked 45 minutes this morning at 5:15... the only time of the day that it isn't 400 degrees outside... but at least a start... I want to do a bit of strength training- I've been QUITE lax so Stephie, don't feel bad!

Lizzie: I LOVE OFFICE SPACE!!! I think about that movie every time any piece of equipment is on the fritz at work!!! I always fantasize about re-enacting the scene where they take the printer out and proceed to smash it to smithereens!!!

hi all

very busy this weekend. i am now an official member of a gym (which is a little scary). it means an absolute committment on my part otherwise it is money down the drain which would not go down well with OH or me for that matter.

i have tried for the past two days to get up at 5.30am to be at the gym for a 6.00am start (it opens at 6.00am on weekdays), but have failed. Must solve this problem.

i am off tomorrow for my appraisal and then back on thursday for a run through of their recommended workout. i have a feeling it will go to the back of the cupboard though - they are never very good. besides, i feel like i know more about health and fitness than all the personal trainers in the world! i mean, i have read every book, article, website - so i must do right? then why am i still fat

stephie - sounds like your weekend was great. the high flying world of a photog. i am keeping an eye on your minutes of exercise - we are just about even at the moment

ladyjames - i so want to get back in the water! that overwhelming concern of blinding people with my snowflake white thighs and the possiblity of someone calling for whale rescue seems to win over though. i love swimming. i hope you go!

wastedthermos - LOL at your scale dilemmas! that is a true friend

michelle - glad to hear you had a great birthday

Hey Daisy- do you ever wake up before your alarm goes off and just go back to sleep because you can? I recently heard about an alarm that senses your circadian rhythm and wakes you up in a half hour range of when you would need to wake up. Well, I don't have the alarm but I tried this. I sometimes wake up about 10-30 minutes before my alarm even goes off and I would normally go back to sleep, cause, hey, it's like 3 a.m. I recently started to get up when my eyes would open and it works really well. Of course, I HAVE to get up or I don't get paid, but it goes much smoother now. If I do wake up when my alarm goes up, I drag myself out of bed and that works well, too. I was just become a slave to the snooze button and was messing up my universe.

Also, I've recently started working out before 7 am and it's really nice (once you get into the groove of course!) to have it done for the day. Also, I've noticed more results as well.

The science of all of this stuff makes my head spin.

Morning ladies. Yesterday was a big old flop. Calorie cycling is the name of the game today starting with skipping this mornings cuppa coffeeeeee (yes I know sad) Some friends came over last night so did not get my run in. I am sooooo bummed. I am going to try getting it done on my lunch hour, but it has been super hot here so we will see. Then maybe I can fit some tennis in...it has been ages since I played.

The scale is still behaving at just the one lb gained this weekend...3 days to turn it around. I think weekly weigh ins are really helping.

ladyjames - hope your swim in the pool went well. Oh and congrats on your M!

cookie - Doing good and not losing has been my life for the last two months. I only just broke that plateau last week finally.

Lizzie - Yep I love my job Always interesting. Thats funny that your roomate is ransoming the scale.

miss michelle - Happy Belated Birthday! Bathing suit season is such a huge motivator...keep up the good work girl.

abakerchick - up at 5:15 execising? Ok maybe you all have talked me into it and I will TRY a morning routine.

Daisy - Nope your beating me chica. Although it gives me more motivation to step it up a notch as far as minutes are concerned. Congrats on your gym membership.

Morning Ladies!

Yes, Cookie, I have really felt like that this past year. I've really wondered if I'm at my ideal weight, since I haven't budged in almost a year. I think Oprah had a show about your Ideal weight....I don't know. I know I used to be a lot more fit and tiny in HS, so I think maybe I would be lying to myself if I allowed my body to sit comfortable at this weight...plus I have flab, so that isn't ideal to me.

Daisy boo: the earlier you can get to bed, the easier it is to get up. Just do it! that's what my bf said to me, when I spent a couple of days hitting the snooze, I was awake, but it was easier to lay there until its time to get up for work. Also, try getting up earlier every day, instead of jolting your body up at an extremely early time...you know, set small goals. You can do it, you are worth it!

I always tell myself, that I don't want to get big again, so I have to do this, for myself. I deserve to look fit and healthy in my twenties.

Hi guys
This morning I weighed in at 140.1 (I know, the tenths of a pound are ridiculous but whatever!) I actually got off the scale and got back on because I couldn't believe it. I don't really want to change my ticker because I feel like if I update it I'll have to live up to that number by eating reallly well this week. Funny how sometimes losing can make me even more worried about losing the weight than when I am just maintaining! Anyway, I'm going to update my ticker so that I have that reminder...only two pounds away from my goal!! CRAZY. Anyway, I hope everyone is having a wonderful day and staying on plan!

Spill -- I know what you mean about being comfortable at a weight. Since I've started losing, I've probably gone through three or four BIG plateaus (as in several months), but usually after a little break from dieting I want to get back in it until I am totally happy with myself

stephie -- I HATE when things get in the way of my workout! But at least it was friends and not work, right?

Daisy -- GREAT JOB joining a gym!! Every once in a while I will see a trainer doing a new move with a client and it inspires me to try it..maybe you'll learn something on the tour that's new! At least that is nice of them to give you a recommended workout (trying to see the silver lining...)

June -- That only happens to me when I consistently get up at the same time every day (as in for a month or two). Just one day sleeping until 9 and I am back to waking up with the snooze!

Oh, I just realized after updating my ticker that I've lost 50 pounds! WOO HOO!!

So.. after a long battle with my roommate over the scale, I finally got it back from him last night. The whole conversation made me really sound like a scale addict! "When am I going to have my scale back? I need it for in the morning. I promise I won't weigh myself tonight. Please please please can I have it? Please. I need to see if I've lost anything. Please." Finally he gave in. I'm a great whiner.
I weighed this morning and in two weeks I lost 2.5lbs! Of course I wish it was more, but I'm taking anything I can get at this point. It wasn't a perfect 2 weeks by any stretch of the imagination so again I'm left wondering what the scale would have said if it would have been. Oh well, the only thing I can control now is what I do today. And today, I'm eating healthy and working out.

Abaker- Wow, you are dedicated to get up so early, but I'm sure it is worth it not to be in the heat! I woke up at 5am this morning too, but only because I got a hang up phone call. grrr. I see people walking around town and I feel so sorry for them. The heat index here makes it feel like it is about 105 degrees. Yuck.

Daisy- Congrats on becoming an official gym member! I know what you mean about not wanting to waste the money. I had to pay to go to my university gym over the summer and so now I feel like everyday I don't use it, I'm just throwing away my hard earned money. Also, I've worked with a trainer a few times and the best advice I got from them was really the best techniques to use. You probably do know a lot more than most!

June- I just took a look at your pictures. You`re so pretty and inspirational!! You really do look great. The science of everything amazes me too. Understanding how my body actually works is starting to make more sense though, which helps me to make better decisions.


Spill- You, your bf, and nike are right. Sometimes you really do have to just do it. Sometimes it is easy to get off the couch (or out of bed) and head to the gym, but most of the time it isn't. It can be frustrating for me when people say they don't work out because they don't feel like it, because I want to be like.."Yea, I don't feel like it either, but I do it anyway." Of course there are those days when I just don't feel like it either. Hopefully those are getting less and less.

Michelle - @ losing 50lbs!!! That is GREAT! And you're so close to your goal too! Awesome.