I'll be honest, I'm not feeling all that woohooy. I'm feeling groggy this morning from the pain meds I took last night and because they are T3s I can't work with them so I get to be in pain all day. I guess I have been doing well with my eating and have lost the pound and a half I gained from it being that time of the month. So I guess that's good.
I'm sorry to hear that you're not feeling great, but woohoo for doing well with your eating and losing some weight!
Not much to personally WooHoo here. I'm doing ok with my exercise routine but I'm having trouble with my diet. I'm not sure I'll meet 5lb goal for this month.
WooHoo for doing well with the exercise routine! Getting the diet under control can definitely be hard (for me that's always been the hardest part), but try your best and hopefully you'll start to see some results! Even if you don't make it all the way to your goal, any progress is an awesome thing - so keep working hard and you'll get there eventually!
Let us know if there's anything we can do to help!
That being said it is still WhooHoo Wednesday and I believe in celebrating the small victories. So, my WhooHoo for this week is going to be that DD2 is doing amazing with potty training. She just started wearing big girl panties during the day and we haven't had a accident in over a week!
WooHoo!! That is awesome!
Personal:
I ordered my graduation stuff today - cap, gown, and hood (it was about $150 - ouch!) I'm intrigued to see what the color "drab" looks like for the hood - Google says it's a light beige.
WooHoo!
Even if the hood isn't the prettiest thing ever ... it's still pretty awesome that you're getting it and celebrating your graduation!
Don't forget - if you're wearing a dress, try it on with the gown to make sure it's shorter than the gown both sitting and standing. You don't want a dress peeking through in your pretty pictures!
Healthy Life Style:
I've noticed big changes in my muscles and recovery time. I had limited soreness after my half this weekend and yesterday was a big leg day at the gym and yet I have no soreness this morning. Things that I couldn't do a week ago are now able to be accomplished, such as holding myself up on this crazy ab machine that looks like a jet pack. Each day I work to better myself.... I see myself getting stronger and improving. It's amazing what you can accomplish when you stick to your goals and have a plan in mind.
WooHoo! It's amazing to see and feel yourself getting stronger and to see how much you're improving day to day and week to week!
I'm running a 5K and Half Marathon this weekend (Saturday and Sunday) in Dallas. I'm trying to get that 40 minute 5K and a 3:12 Half finish time. I'll keep you all posted as to what I get!
Good luck! I can't wait to hear all about it!
Woohoo Wednesday! I am happy to Woohoo at the fact that I went to trampoline class yesterday for the first time in three weeks.
WooHoo! It's always nice to get back to an awesome workout class after some time away!
I'm woohoo-ing that my new fitbit came today. I had to replace my flex earlier in the month when it unexpectedly stopped working. I got the charge HR, thinking I'd really like all the features but found out right away that I didn't love its size. I circled the 30 day return time frame date on my calendar and gave myself a few weeks to see if I learned to love it.
Meanwhile, Fitbit released its newest tracker, the Alta, this week. It's like flex 2.0. It has a screen and is a little more fancy than the flex, but has a similar design.
I never really got used to the size of the Charge, so I ordered the Alta.
It's here and I love it. The Charge HR is going back to Target.
WooHoo!
WooHoo for a new Fitbit! I'm glad to hear you like the Alta - sounds like its the perfect Flex replacement for you!
We leave Tokyo on Sunday and get to LA on Saturday night-- how funny is that?! That's one of the reason's I'm able to squeeze in the trip since I am gaining a day LOL Anyway, we arrive Saturday 4/23 probably around 8pm by the time we get the shuttle and all so I'm just going to play it by ear that night and maybe explore DT. Then we will be in the parks 4/24 and 4/25. I got park hoppers but I'm thinking I will dedicate the majority of each day to just one park and hop as an after thought if we want. I'm definitely going to have to look up the dates of the festival. With all the planning in so little time, I've just been researching basics-- I don't even have a plan for 60th stuff or festivals! *googling right now!*
I've been to DL twice, and we usually pick a park for the day and then just hop if we have something in the other park that we want to do or we run out of things that we're interested in doing at that time. Park hopping is super easy, but don't feel pressured to do it - do it if you feel like it's appropriate, but don't feel bad if you don't end up doing it at all or just end up hopping for one or two attractions (or a show/parade).
I'm sure I'm not making any sense, but whatever.
Good afternoon. I know I have been missing the last couple of days. I am on spring break and it has given me too much time to think.
We had three great shows of the Music Man this weekend and then I was going to be off from teaching college and working on costumes until brush up on Thursday night. On Monday I had a melt down. With everything that has gone on in the last month with my mother in law and getting the show running I think everything hit the fan. I was near or in tears the entire day. I realized that a lot of has to do with my sister in laws and holidays. I have been the main person who has cooked for the last 10 years. I have even gone as far as cooking everything at my house (my mil had no stove(don't ask it is a long story)) and bringing it 40 minutes to inlaws house. My sister in laws DON'T entertain so everything has fallen on me in the last 10 years. I don't want to do Easter because I have already done Thanksgiving and Christmas (not to mention set up and take down mil's tree) I am at a loss. We have been married almost 38 years and we have never spent Easter at our house for dinner and I really don't know what to do. I will figure it out but thanks for listening. (Dh has heard me and he has told me that he doesn't want all the family entertaining to be pushed on to me)
Tues I was a little better and we went to see Zootopia at the movies. I spent the evening sewing. Today I went grocery shopping, made Irish Soda Bread and Corned Beef and cabbage for dinner. SO I am feeling better. Tomorrow morning I am going to quilt some things and get those out of the way.
My have been putting everything into Sparkpeople and have been in my calorie range every day this month except Sunday. It is the only day I have missed since I started on Feb 1st. Not bad.
Off to get some things done.
Thanks for listening.
I'm sorry to hear that you're going through this, and I hope you can find a good solution soon. Dealing with family can be really hard sometimes ... I hope everything works out okay and you can get through the holiday without too much stress.
I'm glad to hear you've been feeling better over the last few days ... hopefully this means everything will work out okay.
Thanks for the encouragement. Based on past experiences with WW it always takes me a few days to get into a good rhythm and to stick to my points. I'm not giving up and hopefully I will drop a few pounds. This is the start of a healthier me! If I miss my goal this month I will just have to hit it that much harder in April.
I think posting here is helping. I know my family will support me but I've decided not to announce that I'm trying to lose weight. The last time I did they tried to "help" and it put a lot of pressure on me.
By posting here I feel like I am being held accountable and have support with out the constant pressure and judgment.
Thank you everyone!
It's definitely hard when your family puts pressure on you ... but I'm glad to hear that posting here is helping you stay accountable!
1) I just finished typing up 3 days for my trip report from this past summer. Soon the next summer will start, so I need to get the trip report finished!
WooHoo! I've been falling so far behind on the trip report I'm working on ... those things take way longer than you'd think!
It is roasted veggies (zucchini, red pepper, carrots, purple sweet potato), tossed with some vegetable oil, salt and some herbs. I had them with a dip made from a German dairy product called Quark mixed with some garden cress. And in the background you can see my lovely "Romance in Paris" Minnie and Mickey placemat from
Disneyland Paris. So, there is even some Disney in the picture!
The veggies look beautiful ... and I love the placemat!
Personal Woohoos -
- Potential Disney trip on the calendar
- HAIRCUT. Seriously. You don't know what a difference layers can make in a girl's life. I feel SO MUCH better right now.
- Sunshine.
- Puppy.
- I'm almost caught up on orders, which will give me more time to work on new stuff!
Weight-Related -
- I exceeded 10,000 steps for the last two days! I am SO PROUD of myself for it, and I honestly already feel great because of it. I've got a ton of paintings to do tonight, though, and with DH working until 10pm, I'm not sure how to get my steps in today. I think I'm hovering around 1,000 right now.
I'm going to try to make myself hit the treadmill at some point (our city isn't the safest so I'm not comfortable walking the neighborhood without DH) but it's hard to do it when I know I need to spend the time getting orders out.
- This weekend my scale read 218. BUT YESTERDAY IT READ 215! I'm super hoping that this weekend I'll be able to actually give a percentage here. We'll see!
OMG so much WooHoo!! Yay!! It's awesome to see that you've got so much exciting stuff going on!
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Okay, guys. I'm trying not to complain too much about my life on here because ... whatever. But I just need to say something, and I think that this is as good (or bad) of a place as anywhere else.
I applied for a job yesterday that I think would actually be great for me - it's an office management job at a biotech company, which basically incorporates both my experience (office administration & management) and my education (biology & healthcare). And I think that if I can get over my nervousness at interviews, I could really convince them of that if they want to interview me. But I hate sending people my resume because my work history has been so unstable ... if I was hiring someone and saw my resume, I don't know that I would want to interview me. So I really wouldn't be surprised if they have no interest in hiring me.
So I'm going to be a little frustrated until I hear something, which could be a while. Uch.
Sorry to hear you had a bad day. Holidays can be very stressful. I hope you get to have a holiday at home with your family.
Sending you some pixie dust and good luck for your job application. Interviews can be really hard. I hope they give you a chance.
) put yourself in at a 11-12 minute time and stay to the side of the road when running to start a few minutes earlier and hope to get some pictures. I am not one who likes to get pictures when I run so I put myself where I feel comfortable and won't "get killed" by the faster runners as we take off at the start line. The moral of the story: You do what you feel is comfortable.
... I've got some work to do to make sure my weigh in doesn't reflect that!). All of this which is not a woohoo, did however facilitate an extra job/over time bonus this week though. So I am woohooing working harder and making more money for our trip!!!
