Tuesday QOTD Do you have other ways to measure your progress besides the scale?
How my clothes feel and if I need maalox. If I don't need maalox that day, it's been a good day. With my clothes, I have a few staple wardrobe pieces that I leave hanging around to try on every once in a while
Hope that you don't need maalox too often.
Wow Connie, you're telling my story! My DD is the same way with her bedtime and I also am always trying to fit in a run. 5am is just too early for me, though at least now it's light out at 5am so it's safer. But if I don't go at 5am, then it has to be 9pm after she's gone to bed
and that's the LAST thing I feel like doing after a LONG day. So I feel your pain!
My solution is that I tend to put DD in the jogging stroller and bring her with me when I get home from work. I also put the dog's leash on the stroller and she comes with us. I make sure I end my jog at a park so that I can let DD out to play afterwards.
Also my DH is reaaally good about taking care of DD when I get home so that I have time to go run (I'm only out for about 40 minutes). He's a real asset to my whole weight loss program
Wow! Talk about multitasking walking the kids and the dog and working in a trip to the park.
Would someone please remind me that just because my hubby is being nice and bringing me home a McDonald's sweet tea I don't have to actually drink the darn thing?
Give him a big
, say thanks, and figure out how to make it last like Cam suggested. Then wait until tomorrow and suggest that might not be the best choice for you now -- he obviously loves you and wants to give you a treat, he just might need a little guidance on how to do it.
Can you drink just some of it, mixed with water or unsweetened tea and leave the rest in the fridge to drink over the next day or 2? Could you make a pitcher of sweet tea for the fridge using that as the "base"?
This was a great idea, Cam!
Yeah, I definitely couldn't do this with out DH's support.
When I go run these days, I'm gone for about an hour or a little more and they do enjoy hanging out together. It's just that I ALWAYS do the bedtime routine. Of course, it has been three years... maybe he's ready to take a turn. But, am I ready to let him? I'd hate to give up my story time and cuddle time before lights out. (It's only 2 evenings a week - I'm sure I could adjust.
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, your DH really can get your DD to bed and you might be right that it is his turn. You're not really missing out when you are sharing that special time of day with your DH!
And copying from a page in my BL page-a-day calendar:
Successful weight-loss frame of mind:
Believe you can do it.
Don't forget to eat.
Write down everything you eat.
Learn new cooking techniques.
Handle cravings sensibly.
Tame your temptations.
Look at healthy foods in a new light.
Face emotional eating head on.
Thanks for all the cool statistics, Shannon, and
THANK YOU, THANK YOU for being our weightkeeper!
You will always find a link to current results and COW in the first few posts of this thread.
I'm always amazed when my clothes get a bit looser, or I fit into something I could not wear before. I also measure my progress by the workouts I'm able to do -- time and distance. When I increased my weekly long runs to 9M, I was really proud!
Connie96 -- I am one of those 4:30 am people. The hardest part is getting out of the bed -- and I am very lucky because I have a TM in my basement/guest suite (that's our fancy name for in-law!). I only have to go downstairs and I'm good to go. It was hard to shift myself here and I still have days when it just doesn't happen. I'm just much happier if I get my workout in before the day starts. I do not like working out after a long day at my desk. I try to be in bed with lights out at 9:30 every night. This works well because my dh heads for the gym in the evening. And it also works because I have one ds12, who goes to bed at 9. I can still get him settled -- it's pretty much hug, kiss and "Did you brush your teeth?" at this point, and then relax with a book and cup of hot tea before I go to sleep. I Tivo if there is something I really want to see. I can be off the TM by 6, and in the shower, and then ds can get in at 6:30. Like I said, it's not perfect, but it generally works for me.
Isn't it fun to fit in something that you didn't think would fit?
Do you do some of your running outside, Maria? Our weather is bad so often we really are going to have to get a treadmill or I am going to have to join the facility with the indoor track. It would be nice to swim, strength train and do other things, but it is
so hard to beat the convenience of home!
Thanks, Worfie. I have done the 4:30 thing in the past, but that was for workout videos in the living room and not running the neighborhood in the dark. I may get a treadmill someday, but it's not in the budget right now and I really SO much prefer being outside. Having a treadmill would take away any excuses when it's pouring rain or thunderstorming. Unless the power goes out, of course!
Thanks to each of you for sharing your run-schedule solutions. It's just one of those things that I'll have to keep changing until I get it right so that I'll stick with it!
That's the ticket! And it may turn out that you don't work out at the same time every day either.
I was at home before lunch today and found myself thinking about carry-out from a restaurant that is very close to my house. I had developed a habit of getting it on Mondays for lunch. Today does feel like a Monday too! And let's just say it's not health food! But I decided instead to go to the freezer and get the Lean Cuisine Lasagna and make that instead. It was very good, and I was satisfied and didn't have that overstuffed feeling I would have had from going to the other place.
I have been using "Lose It" on my Iphone for a couple of weeks now, but have been on it for a few days, and then off for a few. Today was another fresh start. If I'm going to lose 20 pounds before Disney I need to start making better choices more often. And so this afternoon I did!
Yay me!
Yay you!
Way to resist that temptation!
OMG that is a weakness. for awhile I would go to mcd's for breakfast every morning and order a Large sweet tea along with a buscuit with bacon and cheese, no egg and a hashbrown. Can you believe that. I could just vomit right now thinking about it. I swear they put secret addicting potion in the tea. I would crave it if i didnt have it. I am proud to say I have not drank one in over a month. Woohoo! I am at the point where I dont even think about stopping when I drive by the thousands of fast food places I pass on the way home. I just have to think of all you guys and the inspirational stories and support I have and I just cruise on by.
Isn't it amazing that what you could eat without blinking an eye sounds totally unappetizing now?
MondayQOTD: I have zero willpower (as evidenced by my overindulgences this weekend!) so I'm telling everyone who will listen that I'm dieting. It does help when my cubemate raises her eyebrow at me if I head toward the candy dish! Even more important though - if DH knows I'm "being good" he won't bring me home treats or suggest we go get pizza for dinner.
TuesdayQOTD: I can feel when I'm treating my body poorly. My skin is greasier, I'm lethargic and moody, and I don't sleep well. When I'm eating right, drinking water and exercising I just feel better and sleep so much better! Makes me wonder why I do eat badly so often
That is a good strategy because one of those helpful people will pipe up if you start to lose your willpower!
pjlla, glad you were able to get in a workout yesterday. I know how much you needed that!
Bree, glad that you had a great birthday week-end!
It would be cool to try for another picture and say hello!
That had me spitting out my coffee this am! Too funny, totally like what I would do!!!! Good luck on ROFR! Hope your tummy feels better, mine gets that way sometimes. Try some yogurt, it seems to help me. 
Scale is finally moving to drop the weekend weight, and if I keep it up, I might actually have a loss this week! I was hoping for a big one, as only 2.5 weeks until Disney, but after Monday's weight, I'll take a small loss! Still can't convince Dh to drop DxDP, but he did say that he won't be upset if I don't "order my money's worth." I was afraid he would start fussing if I don't order desserts, etc, b/c we had paid for them, but he said he didn't care if I don't eat at all, as long as he can. He wants to get serious about weight loss, but is giving himself until after Disney to do it! 
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CharityLynn! Thanks for joining our challenge! 
It is hard to lose weight and to work exercise into your daily routine. You might not figure out how to do the first, second or even fifth time you try. But every day that you don't give up and you do something to help yourself, you will be one step closer to your goals. The only time that we fail is when we give up. You can do this! 
Hi carmiedog! Say "hello" to the winner of our BL 9 Spring Challenge! 
) But Boy I don't think I would miss the pod cast cruise if I had a chance to go and Disney in December is just Magical. Just hang on for a while it's still early you could still cancel later.
(and modest, too. 
