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Forgot about yesterday.
Day 3 and 4 are done. And the weekend is almost here. Just a couple of hours to go for me. Red - obliques sound good. Good for you. We will be cheering on the challenge from the sidelines. Hey if you do to many do you get a wasp waist?? |
Tia - Glad you're doing so well!
Red - Congrats on the cigs...and the weight loss! :cp: :cp: Good for you for going to the gym. The Roman chair sounds so tough! I've never seen one like you describe. But I have used one where you essentially you're in a standing position, but you're feet do not touch the ground/machine or anything. You support your body weight on your forearms and then pull your legs up (either with knees bent or straight) to work the abs. If you pull your knees/legs up at an angle, it works your obliques. I'll have to check out the you tube video at home. Karen - Way to resist temptation and enjoy a healthy meal instead. Shad - Hope you have a wonderful weekend and a fabulous Mother's Day! ******************* Another crazy busy day ahead for me at work but it makes the time go by fast, so that's okay. After work, it's Zumba - I'm trying to convince a co-worker to come with me. Tomorrow is more Zumba and then grocery shopping and lots and lots of cleaning. Sunday the aerobic exercise will be more cleaning, including scrubbing the floors. DH and DMIL arrive Sunday at approx. 5 pm. Oh, almost forgot to mention...at weigh in yesterday, I was down 0.8 lbs. :woohoo: Journal everything, count and stay within WW points - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 4/21 80 ounces of water - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 4/21 6 servings of fruits and veg - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 4/21 No food and only water after 8:30 pm - 0 of 3 pauses taken - Day 4/21 45 min. (at least) of cardio - 0 of 3 pauses taken - Day 4/21 50 crunches - 0 of 3 pauses taken - Day 4/21 5 minutes of Pilates - 0 of 3 pauses taken - Day 4/21 2 minutes of planks - 0 of 3 pauses taken - Day 4/21 15 minutes (at least) of decluttering/cleaning - 0 of 2 pauses taken - Day 4/21 |
Happy Mother's Day to all!! :sunny: Just want to say that I have lost 8 lbs since Valentine's Day.... :) Now to fight to break through the 70 kg line!! :strong: |
8lbs since Valentines day????????? :faint: That's amazing. How did you do that Red??
My challenge derailed over the weekend. Not that I didn't exercise - I did and how! but not by walking. So we will start again tomorrow. I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day. We are a bit unemotional about it at my place. It's lucky that I don't get upset that no one buys me a card, chocolates, flowers or the biggest diamond in the world because if I did, I would be an emotional mess about now. Instead I got a 'happy Mothers Day Mum' thrown at me in between tossing boxes and other junk into the back of the Ute from DS2 and a phone call from DS1 who was running late for a dinner with his partners Mother at the local pub. At least they acknowledged me. That's got to mean something. |
Red - :bravo: on losing 8lbs since Valentines Day!! That's wonderful!! I'm so proud of you!!
Shad - Sorry to hear you didn't at least get a card on Mum's Day. But you're right...at least they didn't forget. **************** I'm truly exhausted. After an hour of Zumba on Friday, 1.5 hours on Saturday followed by a few hours of cleaning, and more cardio cleaning on Sunday - along with crunches, Pilates and planks, I think I will skip Zumba for tonight...and maybe just do the crunches-Pilates-planks and play Wii bowling with DMIL, who arrived last night from CA with DH. Journal everything, count and stay within WW points - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 7/21 80 ounces of water - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 7/21 6 servings of fruits and veg - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 7/21 No food and only water after 8:30 pm - 0 of 3 pauses taken - Day 7/21 45 min. (at least) of cardio - 0 of 3 pauses taken - Day 7/21 50 crunches - 0 of 3 pauses taken - Day 7/21 5 minutes of Pilates - 0 of 3 pauses taken - Day 7/21 2 minutes of planks - 0 of 3 pauses taken - Day 7/21 15 minutes (at least) of decluttering/cleaning - 0 of 2 pauses taken - Day 7/21 |
The walking plans are in limbo for the time being. I am working on trying out something else to take it's place. I enjoy the walk, but it is not happening at the moment. Too much to do at work and home.
I'll be back |
Shad - With all the work you're doing around your home and DS2's house, I'm sure you're getting your workout in. Don't be gone too long, we'll miss you.
A big :wave: to everyone! I hope you're all doing great on your challenges and in general!! :hug: ************** Yesterday came and went without any exercise. :( I took DMIL grocery shopping, and then mowed the front and back lawn. If we had a push mower, that could count as exercise...but not when I was on the riding lawn mower. Anyway, it was fun doing donuts around the trees! I had to come into work early and may leave late, but thank Goodness, there is Zumba tonight, along with Pilates, crunches and planks, and if time permits, I'll do some weights as well. Journal everything, count and stay within WW points - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 8/21 80 ounces of water - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 8/21 6 servings of fruits and veg - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 8/21 No food and only water after 8:30 pm - 0 of 3 pauses taken - Day 8/21 45 min. (at least) of cardio - 1 of 3 pauses taken - Day 7/21 50 crunches - 1 of 3 pauses taken - Day 7/21 5 minutes of Pilates - 1 of 3 pauses taken - Day 7/21 2 minutes of planks - 1 of 3 pauses taken - Day 7/21 15 minutes (at least) of decluttering/cleaning - 0 of 2 pauses taken - Day 8/21 |
Shad, diyana, thanks! Eight pounds in three months isn't really much, is it? Well, it's not bad because I'm not that far from goal and being so short it does show, BUT, yeah, well, with all the stuff going on in my life I guess I just haven't been eating. It has not been a terribly healthy time but it was the best I could do in the circumstances.
Now, I want to keep the weight off while getting healthier, which means better food and less poisons in my system (alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, sugar). So, along those lines, today for one I'm going to start moving in that direction. Wish me luck! And good luck to you all too! |
8lbs in three months is a darn sight better than I am doing at this time. I seem to be stuck and I know it is because my life is not in balance.
I'm hoping with a return to good food, I might just lose some. But I know the exercise will have to come into it somewhere. Life is so darn hard at times. |
Shad, I hope you can return to good food. I always gain on "good food" and lose with an unhealthy lifestyle, which is where I am now, very unhealthy.
I'm at a point right now where I'm too depressed over where I am, trying to dig out of debt ...no, before that, just trying to not increase the debt, as well as having no work I like and my horse is now too far (too much money) away to visit, let alone ride. I am heart-broken. And I am smoking a ton, feeling awful because of it, both mentally and physically, and yet find myself going back to the cigs over and over again despite knowing it is dragging me down I guess this is what they call addiction, where I wasn't before even when I was smoking just when I was out drinking with friends. Now, it's changed into something worse and I'm just feeling old and ugly. Damn. Life has gotten too hard, too unfulfilling for me. Where do I start to get things back on a track that brings some color into my life right now? Maybe I just shouldn't think about things so much.... :cry: Maybe I just crack the whip...but I feel too weakened to do that. Ok, don't mind me...maybe it's the moon. |
Shad - You're so busy at work and at home, it's no wonder you're having trouble fitting in exercise. Can you walk in the mornings before you leave for work or in the evenings after you get home? I've decided I need at least 40 hour days so that I can have a work-life balance and get everything done. :lol: Or I just need to clone myself. One to earn the money, one to keep the house in order, and one to exercise and have fun. :) You'll get it sorted out.
Red - Don't be so hard on yourself. I've lost 6.5 lbs since Valentines Day and am thrilled to have lost that much. Plus, you are a lot closer to your goal weight, so it's more difficult...and you've been going through such a difficult time. When I've been in such stressful, depressing times, I was grateful if I didn't gain (and I usually did gain - A LOT!). I would suggest that rather than trying to quit all poisons at once, pick the easiest. Make that your challenge. Once you get one down, add another. As for bringing color and joy into your life...are you getting outside at all? The sunshine can definitely improve your mood. Can you go for a walk or a bike ride? I wish I could offer more suggestions. I know you're in such a tough situation. I wish I could do something to help. :hug: ***************************** Yesterday was very stressful. But at least I did an hour of Zumba, along with the core exercises, to sweat away the stress!! :dancer: I got up at 3:15 today and got to work at 4:40. I think I could use an IV of coffee - I'm so darn sleepy. :tired: DMIL and I are going to take the dogs to the vet today for their booster shots. Journal everything, count and stay within WW points - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 9/21 80 ounces of water - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 9/21 6 servings of fruits and veg - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 9/21 No food and only water after 8:30 pm - 0 of 3 pauses taken - Day 9/21 45 min. (at least) of cardio - 1 of 3 pauses taken - Day 8/21 50 crunches - 1 of 3 pauses taken - Day 8/21 5 minutes of Pilates - 1 of 3 pauses taken - Day 8/21 2 minutes of planks - 1 of 3 pauses taken - Day 8/21 15 minutes (at least) of decluttering/cleaning - 0 of 2 pauses taken - Day 9/21 |
launch day!
I am feeling decidedly better than yesterday. Thank God! AND!!!!! my weight crept a touch lower this morning. 70.6 kg. Enough to say 155 lbs!! A recent low!! :dance:
As I said, it's largely from the unhealthy lifestyle (I even dreamt about eating fruit last night!), the smoking, the not eating when I should. I think a large part of my shaky mood yesterday was because I wasn't eating, which is very unusual for me. After I forced myself to make something to eat I felt infinitely better....but then continued to smoke my last cigarettes to prepare for today and the new beginning. So that's it, for today I will start with the no-smoking challenge. NO SMOKING CHALLENGE 0 DAYS COMPLETED Wish me luck!! :yes: And, I've changed my avatar photo to mark the new start. From the French film...I (as the red balloon) am here sheltered in the care and kindness of friends! Thank you. :thanks: ************** diyana -- thanks for your kind words and advice. I think I had come to a similar decision about the challenges. It is now Thursday morning and I was going to start them all but then thought, no, I'll just start the no smoking one and let the others kick in as I go along. Kind of a like a Christmas carol.....what do they call that where different voices come in at different times and continue singing together from that point? I wouldn't say the no-smoking is the easiest by any means. On the other hand, like the singing, it is the key voice, the key element. It is the most extreme poison and the nicotine is truly and highly addictive so that junk needs to go first! For some reason, I felt so depressed yesterday. I do not handle change well and the recent changes are the hardest, ones that are directly connected to the things I love. I don't have any problem with changes in environment as far as places or things go, however. In fact, I NEED that variety to keep from being extremely bored I guess that's why I could live in so many foreign lands. In fact, I thrive on things like new languages, new faces and learning about new things. Anyhow, it sounds like you are doing very well with your challenges. Getting up at just after 3 a.m. sounds very difficult, largely because getting to bed early enough to get enough sleep must be next to impossible. It's no wonder you're tired. What time do you usually get to bed? Thanks again! Keep up the great work!!! :cheer2: |
"What is defeat in life? It is not merely making a mistake; defeat means giving up on yourself in the midst of difficulty. What is true success in life? True success means winning in your battle with yourself. Those who persist in the pursuit of their dreams, no matter what the hurdles, are winners in life, for they have won over their weaknesses."
and.... "Between tomorrow's dream and yesterday's regret is today's opportunity." :bubbles: |
Red - Love the new avatar the quotes. And I especially love the new challenge! YGG! I know you can do this. I'm so glad you're not taking on too many challenges....the smoking is a big enough challenge, and you will ROCK this!
*************** No exercise for me yesterday....The days and evenings have been crazy busy. Not sure when it will ease up. Since you asked, Red, I typically fall asleep betwene 9:30 and 10. So, you are correct, I am not getting enough sleep this week. I need 7 hours per night and am currently getting 6 or less. Hopefully this will improve by next week. Here's where I'm at.... Journal everything, count and stay within WW points - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 10/21 80 ounces of water - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 10/21 6 servings of fruits and veg - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 10/21 No food and only water after 8:30 pm - 0 of 3 pauses taken - Day 10/21 45 min. (at least) of cardio - 2 of 3 pauses taken - Day 8/21 50 crunches - 2 of 3 pauses taken - Day 8/21 5 minutes of Pilates - 2 of 3 pauses taken - Day 8/21 2 minutes of planks - 2 of 3 pauses taken - Day 8/21 15 minutes (at least) of decluttering/cleaning - 1 of 2 pauses taken - Day 9/21 |
Liftoff!!!
Well, I did it!! :dancer: It was incredibly tough and touch and go for a while. I really, really was having every button pressed. The adrenalin was flooding my system and I was TICKED to put it extremely mildly. I was absolutely livid and thus craving a cigarette. Withdrawal exasperated!! Things in my life are just too crazy. This was what led to me smoking again after having quit for 15 years. Then it was work problems. Now, it's personal things. I won't go into details. BUT, the main thing is that somehow I managed to NOT smoke yesterday. Now, to keep it up... NO SMOKING CHALLENGE 1 DAY COMPLETED Also, I was shocked this morning to get on the scale and though still clothed see a lower weight even than yesterday. Yes, my weight seems to have plunged yesterday. I had little sugar so maybe some bloat is gone and the other night I had eaten a lot of very salty things (but still the scale had been down). I ate very little yesterday too and got to the gym. All in all, for whatever reasons, I now weigh UNDER 70 kg!!! Is that incredible or what??!?! My weight was 69.8 or just under 154 lbs. Since I have now crashed the 70 kg mark, my next goal (besides maintaining that) is to get under 150 lbs so I can say I am closer to 100 than 200! :dance: ************** diyana -- Too bad about the exercise but you're still going strong and have one pause left there. The sleep is important so you don't get sick. I hope things will become less crazy for you soon. As always, thanks for the support! :yes: :kickcan: |
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