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Hi again--quick check-in before work. After work tonight no work-out, meeting a friend for a movie (He's Just Not That Into You), and so no gym, but my co-workers at this place are some of the ones who want to do a lunch-time walk so I will get in at least a 30 minute walk. Two places I work at (Mondays and Thursdays) have girls who want to walk at lunch--just started this past week b/c spring is just around the corner, we can all sense it, so that is really good for me and I've started bringing my (healthy) lunch with me to eat so we can get out and walk. Although it is supposed to be raining today, and all week-end, off and on, clear here for now, though.....
Anyway, will have more time this week-end to write more. Apple-a-day--check...... all other challenges--check.... Apple--don't you know beer is liquid bread? That's what my dh always says. Take out your bread or tortillas for the day, and substitute. Or if unplanned, just cut back on the "bread" tomorrow..... It could be incorporated just fine. It's just my trainer had told me and I had read, that the process of metabolizing the alcohol supposedly slows down the fat-burning process greatly. I don't know why--not really a bio-chemist so don't understand the biology of that statement. Could be b***s**t, for all I know, something they love to tell you to scare you away from having unnecessary calories and also, losing all inhibitions to eat more, and unhealthy food at that. I've read enough "scientific" research to know that we don't really know the whole truth about many, many things and you don't have to be a genius to soon realize that half (or more) of the "studies" we read about don't prove a thing that's absolute. "Needs Further Study/Research" is such a common catchphrase it is added invariably into almost every article I've ever read..... |
Made it through yesterday but my attitude is faltering badly. The apple and journaling challenge were good and I'm going to OK the attitude because I did make it to the gym and jogged and did some weights and did the other challenges. AND, I tried to analyze what I needed to focus on with the attitude. Two things, I need to keep foremost in my mind "An Expectation of Success." Not, the questioning, can I do it, will I do it? Just knowing of course I can, of course I will.
And the sugar is a downfall. The last of The Box from my sister calls me every night and I answer with "yes." But worse, I am buying sweets and things and eating them. When I write the calories I see a good 500, often more that I surely would have saved if I had not eaten sugar. Maybe I would have had other things, but I know it's not hunger at all that's driving me and I don't think the satisfaction from the sugar is enough. Obviously, if it were I could stop at just a couple hundred calories. Also, it makes me not like myself, to be eating sugar. It makes me feel like I've given in. Otherwise, I think I'm doing well, but I'm not going to see the weight loss unless I cut out sugar. Besides, it's nutrition devoid, just like alcohol. I think I'm going back to cutting it all out, but may just make it sugar until I get the weight coming off again. So, all clear on Day 4 of my three challenges. :dancer: ************** mod -- Good for you for making all your challenges! :bravo: Apple -- Where are you? Hope you're OK. :listen: |
Quick post to make one for today--went out for happy hour and so had drinks--also had food but fairly healthy food, fish, salads, etc. so just bad about the drinks. Oh well, I had built in 1 day/week to drink, so tonight was it. Tomorrow I plan a "good" workout at the gym to make up for tonight. Talk to you all tomorrow!!! Happy Valentine's Day!!! :love:
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battles lost and won....
Well, I have to be both proud and angry at myself today. I was so good yesterday. I couldn't get to the gym in the morning before work but I lugged all my stuff to work to go to the sports center at break and that includes taking shoes so it was a haul. I wanted to blow it off but I didn't. I went and worked up a good sweat on the exercise bike, then did some weight training. It wasn't a long workout but it was something. Later, I had a good salad with brown rice and just overall was doing great. I decided not to totally cut out sweets because I get such a little happy feeling when I allow myself something. As long as I can stop at a little I will allow it. The angry part came later. Instead of going straight home and enjoying my success I opted out for drinks with coworkers and we went all night. All I got for the evening was a wasted day off and feeling very ill. Ok, enough of that. I am off drinking for the next three weeks except for one allowed evening. And that's it! :mad: Though I kind of blew it in the evening, I think I learned some very valuable tactics. During the day, I had been thinking it would be so hard to distract myself from eating at work because I can't do things I want to do, but I found there are things I can do. Also, I've started taking the stairs instead of the elevator. Here's to continued won battles. I also made a point of buying and eating my apple. It's so easy to forget, but I haven't. Hurrah! :cp: Day 5 is done on all challenges. Starting two new challenges. No alcohol Day 0 completed -- 1 pause allowed No cigarettes -- Day 0 completed -- no pauses allowed ************** mod -- You sound like you much the same kind of day as me, but I was far worse. :( But good for you for planning the workout. That's the attitude!! |
Well, all challenges met. No major mess-up for VD--and got to the store and bought a bunch more healthy stuff. Bought some more apples--even DH is having one every so often! It's been blustery, wet, and cold here, makes me want to stay indoors and curl up on the couch and read or veg out in front of the television. Right now it is raining at a pretty good clip. I really don't want to go to my swim class but I will try to make it still......
Red--it was bound to happen sooner or later. We can't live in a shell, really we shouldn't. We need to socialize and even let loose every so often. It came with more insight, didn't it? And the in-between times, when you are practicing your healthy lifestyle habits with discipline, that is very valuable, as well. We may soon forget why we are doing what we do if we didn't re-visit every so often what we used to do, or what we know isn't good for us. (Am I making sense here?) Anyway, I can see you struggle like all of us to keep yourself on track and I truly believe we are growing stronger, smarter, and healthier every month, every year that we continue. Well, I need another cup of tea before I leave. TTYL |
clear on all fronts...
Well, I had a great weekend as far as getting back on track went and saving the remnants of what could have been a totally wasted Saturday. Getting to the gym Saturday evening despite the fact that I had spent the entire daylight portion of the day recuperating from the excesses of the night before was major. And then Sunday after riding I came home and went out again to the gym and jogged and did weights. Today, I am extremely sore and I know my weight will be up because of the soreness but I am going to stick it out with food and drink and the fat WILL come off. This much I HAVE learned. Key is not getting upset because the scale doesn't immediately reflect my effort. Yesterday the platform (this is my Mary Lou Weigh platform) said I was 2 pounds under my starting weight, and I had been expecting to be even higher, so I'll take it. It's about denying what looks to be gain or no progress and keeping pushing until I see the proof of progress. I've stuck to my challenges, all of them, including eating an apple an day. Hurrah!! Day 6 completed on the first three (journal, attitude, apple) Day 2 completed on no booze, no smoking ************** modcat -- Kudos to you for sticking to your challenges! :cp: And thanks for the nice post. Yes, you can say we have to socialize but I overdo things and I was really, really ticked with myself for blowing Saturday. But, yes, I am acknowledging the changes and they are HUGE. I used to think I needed to stay out to morning. I used to enjoy it. Not any more, not at all. And you're right, perhaps I had to do it again in order to realize it's no longer what I want. If I hadn't done it, I may constantly hold it up as some sort of sacrifice I'm making by not going. Now, I went and I can see, it's a thing of the past, or at least not a thing I want now. And not wanting it means change, inside there is change and outside it's right around the corner. And the discipline beforehand is not the kind where I'm forcing myself to do stuff. I actually WANT to do it. Major change. It's my attitude challenge. Every time the negative self-dissing talk comes up I shoot it down because I know it's not me. It's whatever crud has stuck on me from the outside, the environment, whatever. Losing weight is hard but it's not something beyond me. Not in the least and I will fight tooth and nail to get this 30 pounds of lard off me. You bet. Apple, where are you? :listen: miriam, you said you were coming back.... |
Hey all. I guess I took a few days off...:^:
I'm back to restarting everything. I really think that the 15 run is with-in reach. It didn't work out well last time because of that pause way in the beginning. It's an important one to me, because I really like doing it. So I'm sticking to it. I can modify the beer one, but I KNOW I really shouldn't be drinking the stuff. It's like a lot of people challenge them selves to stay off soda, or chocolate. I don't especially like soda, and I can live with out chocolate. That wouldn't be challenging. No beer is. and I will benefit from staying away.So on with that one too. Apple a day, in with that one too. I'll see how it goes with crunches. We are having a family challenge to lose weight by Aug 5th. There are 7 of us in the challenge. $100 each.We need to set a goal, and meet that goal to recover some of the money. The rest goes to the person who gets there first. I don't know what happens to the money if no one, or only some of us reach goal. Well, details still need to be worked out, but I hope this will be great motivation, especially for my husband. (He could stand to drop 50 or 60 lbs) I have decided to enter a triathlon in August, so if training goes well, this shouldn't be to hard. Red, it really sounds like you are getting ahead. That is great and keep up the great work!!:cheer2::cheer3: Mod, you are doing great too. My littlest one really needs to go to bed RIGHT now. BYE |
15 minute run, lift off, 2 pauses allowed
20 min additional exercise, lift off, 2 pauses allowed Crunches, lift off, 2 pauses allowed No beer, lift off, 2 pauses allowed Apple a day, lift off, 2 pauses allowed Are you guys doing pause days for the apple a day? How is everyone? Did you have a nice week-end? I had kind of a crummy one, glad it's over, but the week isn't shaping up to be much better. :mad: Hopefully I can get going on these challenges and eat well, so at least I can feel good about that aspect of my life. See ya tomorrow! |
Hi guys. I am feeling not so good today, and so did not get much done. I did eat my apple, actually ate 2 today. Weather was crummy here and it even hailed! We had thunder and lightning, and heavy rain most of the day--very unusual. I have had a low-grade headache and just feeling low energy, so no real exercise.
My challenges--good on the eating and apple, not so good on the more veggies and exercise. I think that makes it Day 15 on the eating less, Day 14 on the more veggies, Day 11 on the exercise, and Day 12 on posting here. Still slogging along--I'll feel better tomorrow, I'm sure. Drinking tons of water today--hope that helps! Hi Apple--good to see you. We all have our bad days or week-ends, huh? But, we haven't quit. We WON'T quit! Right, Red? |
15 minute run, Day 1, 2 pauses allowed
20 min additional exercise, lift off, 2 pauses allowed Crunches, lift off, 2 pauses allowed No beer, Day 1, 2 pauses allowed Apple a day, lift off, 2 pauses allowed Well, not much of a lift off, since I forgot 3 of 5 things. But I got the 2 most important, and the scale read out this morning was favorable. My DH is being argumentative about how much he should lose. I think, because of his size, it will be easier for him to lose the same 20 pounds I need to lose, so he should try to lose twice as much. He disagrees and thinks we should all shoot for % of weight. Well, as long as he loses a bit of weight, I'll be happy. Its actually more important for him than for me. I'm off to eat an apple. |
eight on the three...
Heh all. I'm still here, still chugging along with the three challenges. Beer and cigs fell and I'm going to let them lie because I know I'm just not committed to them now.
So, I guess that makes it... Day 8 completed on the three. The three (journaling, apple, attitude) are hard. I'm getting good with the journaling and have remembered the apple but sometimes I had to eat it pretty late at night. The attitude is the tough one because I do the negative talk with everything in my life, not just diet and exercise, and they're all interconnected, so one affects the other. Anyhow, will keep it up. I think it's helping. Good luck, Apple and mod! |
hmmm....not bad, not great...
Another day down. Where is everyone again? :?:
Day 9 completed on the three. I even got to the gym again at work break. That takes a lot. I can never stay too long but I work up a good sweat (they keep the temperature high :^: ) so it's certainly better than nothing! Oh well.... |
15 minute run, Day 2, 2 pauses allowed
20 min additional exercise, Day 1, 2 pauses allowed No beer, Day 2, 2 pauses allowed Apple a day, lift off, 2 pauses allowed I'm taking crunches off the list for now. It's like Red said, I'm not committed to them. My old dog is sick and I'm afraid he may be headed to "the farm" I hope it's just the rainy wet weather.:( |
OK, I fell off the track for a couple of days--just "wasn't feeling it". But today, felt much better and did go to the gym and had a good work out and a healthy dinner, so I'm back on today. But I'm starting over......
Eat more veggies--Day 1 Eat less overall--Day 1 Exercise every day--Day 1 Apple a day--Day 1 Yes, attitude is very important, Red. I usually have a good attitude, except for my down days. I am the eternal optimist, generally speaking. But, I also have a lot of self-defeating thoughts to derail me, excuses why I can't/won't stick to the "plan". Whether eating or exercising or whatever. I am constantly working on those, not letting them creep into my life and make me go off the plan. Apple-- I hope your dog gets better. I hate to have to say goodbye to a dog--or a cat or any pet. It has happened too many times already in my life and it never gets any easier. Yet, I feel lucky to have known all of the ones that were/are in my life...... Well, super tired now, so I'll check in tomorrow....... |
nearly halfway....
Got through another day. I am eating too much junk again. Come home and end a good day with too much snacking, sweets too. :( Oh, well, it's the last of The Box.
Day 10 completed on the the three ************** mod -- Too bad about the fall, but you got right back on so great going! I thought I was optimistic but I can see that my self-talk is anything but. Just stopping the downer talk is a big plus for me. It's so easy though. Where do we really get any encouragement? Gosh, none. Apple -- Sorry to hear about your dog. I hope it's nothing. I have an old cat. His sister died at the end of last June. I know how it feels. I do hope he gets better. Keep up the good work! |
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