Marching Our Way to a Healthy Lifestyle ~ March 2016 WISH Challenge

[piglet1979]

My accomplishments are small so far. Yesterday was rough. I ended up with a migraine. But I did get the store and start the Easter shopping for the kids. I got them their favorite candy, Malley's. It is the best chocolate I have ever had. I also got an outfit for my daughter to put in her basket.

Today didn't start out great. I had to take my daughter to the doctor. Go news is she is fine. Hopefully this will make way to a better afternoon where I can get to the rec and get my steps in.

 

[DVCFan1994]

WooHoo for today. Ran 4 miles pain free this morning. Also did some strength training and a class called "Butts and Guts" for the first time. I was not super impressed, but I will probably give it another try or two.

Also, I am excited to go away this weekend with my family and my friends family. We used to be neighbors, but they moved over an hour away. She is the person who convinced me to give my gym a try and got me to take spin classes. Although I did the hard work, I am super introverted, and likely would never have become a regular gym person and lost 40 pounds if it weren't for her. Her kids and mine are the same ages essentially and they are close like family. We haven't seen them in months, so we are all super excited

Of course, in addition to skiing there is an indoor water park involved and she is a competitor in those fitness bikini (super muscular with no fat) contests. Just who I want to hang out next to in a bathing suit

 

[ski_mom]

It's been a tough few days. We had a student where I teach take his own life Monday and it's been hard on everyone. The high school where I teach only has 390 students, so it's a small community. The student was a senior, well liked, played football and baseball... very smart and was going to study pre-med at Southern Illinois University. It really has shocked everyone.

Everyone is trying their best to move on. I think it's motivated me even more with the diet and exercise - helps to escape a little in the workout. I'm at the point now where I have to start buying some smaller clothes - I guess that's a woohoo, although spending the money isn't! I've been doing some 30 min workouts on the elliptical and I like the sweat I get out of it. I'm really trying to mix up the cardio. I’ve been thinking about trying to find someone to play some tennis with - I get bored with the treadmill after a while!

So sorry about the student at your school. Having a high school senior and college freshman, I can't imagine what the other student and community are feeling.

Know I'm a little late, but I'd like to join in, if that is okay.

I'm Amanda. I'm currently at 199. I'm trying to take my weight loss at 20 lbs at time, so I have 11 lbs to make my first goal.

1. My Goal for the Month is to lose a pound a week
2. I am eating healthy, not having drinks with sugar, and exercising 5 times a week : (running and crossfit)
3. My biggest obstacles are my sweet tooth and my laziness/lack of planning. Since I'm on my own, I find it hard to motivate myself to cook and I often skip meals and then end up eating junk food because I get too hungry to wait for something good. My plan to combat the second part is to make a meal plan and stick to it. Still trying to find ways to control my sweet tooth, but hoping not letting myself get too hungry and having health snacks around will help.

My Woohoo would be I am finally under 200 lbs

I can't wait until I am under 200 although it will be awhile. Hopefully August or September - it seems so far away, but better than never having it happen!


My Woo-Hoo Wednesday would be the my oldest DD is coming home from college Friday for her spring break. She hasn't been home since January 18th (MLK weekend), so it'll be good to have her home for awhile!

 

[DVCFan1994]

Know I'm a little late, but I'd like to join in, if that is okay.

I'm Amanda. I'm currently at 199. I'm trying to take my weight loss at 20 lbs at time, so I have 11 lbs to make my first goal.

1. My Goal for the Month is to lose a pound a week
2. I am eating healthy, not having drinks with sugar, and exercising 5 times a week : (running and crossfit)
3. My biggest obstacles are my sweet tooth and my laziness/lack of planning. Since I'm on my own, I find it hard to motivate myself to cook and I often skip meals and then end up eating junk food because I get too hungry to wait for something good. My plan to combat the second part is to make a meal plan and stick to it. Still trying to find ways to control my sweet tooth, but hoping not letting myself get too hungry and having health snacks around will help.

My Woohoo would be I am finally under 200 lbs

Welcome!

It's been a tough few days. We had a student where I teach take his own life Monday and it's been hard on everyone. The high school where I teach only has 390 students, so it's a small community. The student was a senior, well liked, played football and baseball... very smart and was going to study pre-med at Southern Illinois University. It really has shocked everyone.

Everyone is trying their best to move on. I think it's motivated me even more with the diet and exercise - helps to escape a little in the workout. I'm at the point now where I have to start buying some smaller clothes - I guess that's a woohoo, although spending the money isn't! I've been doing some 30 min workouts on the elliptical and I like the sweat I get out of it. I'm really trying to mix up the cardio. I’ve been thinking about trying to find someone to play some tennis with - I get bored with the treadmill after a while!

I am so sorry to read this. What a tragedy for everyone involved. I am glad working out is giving you some stress relief, and congratulations on the need for new clothes

 

[Oneanne]

Know I'm a little late, but I'd like to join in, if that is okay.

I'm Amanda. I'm currently at 199. I'm trying to take my weight loss at 20 lbs at time, so I have 11 lbs to make my first goal.

1. My Goal for the Month is to lose a pound a week
2. I am eating healthy, not having drinks with sugar, and exercising 5 times a week : (running and crossfit)
3. My biggest obstacles are my sweet tooth and my laziness/lack of planning. Since I'm on my own, I find it hard to motivate myself to cook and I often skip meals and then end up eating junk food because I get too hungry to wait for something good. My plan to combat the second part is to make a meal plan and stick to it. Still trying to find ways to control my sweet tooth, but hoping not letting myself get too hungry and having health snacks around will help.

My Woohoo would be I am finally under 200 lbs

Sounds like we're in just about the same place... I just broke the under 200 barrier, I'm a sugar addict, I used to never cook for myself... now I can throw down a complete Thanksgiving dinner for 10 no problem, but planning ahead and cooking for myself anything that involves more than a warm up in the microwave, is an entirely new life experience.

 

[Oneanne]

My Wednesday WOOHOO:

We've been going thru a significant restructure at work, but this week started to have meetings with our new Sr Director and he seems awesome... I'm being included in the meetings which means I'm staying in my job, also awesome... he's really in to Continuous Improvement (something I live for) and has offered to help me get in to an internal CI program, which means I won't be signing up for the external course I was thinking of taking in April (that cost $1600)... super awesome.

 

[courtneybeth]

It’s WooHoo Wednesday - what’s your WooHoo for today?

Sadly this week has been rough - so I won't delve into my BooHoos. Instead, my WooHoo is in celebration of my beloved friends Jason and Laura, who shared with me their first ultrasound photos. Their 'bean' is 6 weeks today and it makes me so happy that this may actually happen for them after 18 months of ups and downs in trying.

 

[flvy]

It's been a tough few days. We had a student where I teach take his own life Monday and it's been hard on everyone. The high school where I teach only has 390 students, so it's a small community. The student was a senior, well liked, played football and baseball... very smart and was going to study pre-med at Southern Illinois University. It really has shocked everyone.

Everyone is trying their best to move on. I think it's motivated me even more with the diet and exercise - helps to escape a little in the workout. I'm at the point now where I have to start buying some smaller clothes - I guess that's a woohoo, although spending the money isn't! I've been doing some 30 min workouts on the elliptical and I like the sweat I get out of it. I'm really trying to mix up the cardio. I’ve been thinking about trying to find someone to play some tennis with - I get bored with the treadmill after a while!

I am extremely sorry to hear about the loss of that student. That has to be such a hard thing for the whole community to deal with. I can't imagine.

 

[SarahDisney]

to all the newcomers!! It is always great to see new people joining this wonderfully supportive group!

Of course I am also happy to see all the returning people!

I think I still need to introduce myself a little and then answer yesterday's QOTD. So, my name is Magdalene, am in my early forties, I live in Germany (and am from there, so with our resident Australian @4Mickeys , I think we are the internationals in our little group here!). My boyfriend is American and lives there and this morning I said goodbye to him at the airport until July! I know, it sounds crazy to have a long distance relationship across the Atlantic, but somehow it works for us. While it was wonderful to have him here, this also caused me to not be around on this thread so much for the last two months. And with Christmas, travel, getting sick and dealing with thyroid problems, I hate how much of the wonderful progress I did at the end of last year has been destroyed... But better to get back on track now instead of in another two months. Of course, boyfriend lost 15 pounds while staying with me, eating my lovely low calorie meals...

Goal:
Overall I do not have a lot to lose. I am at a BMI of 25.9 currently. And when I saw my doctor in February he mentioned that newest research shows that actually people with a BMI of 25 to 27 live the longest... However, I am vain and want to look better and I know that I look better with less weight. Originally I had hoped to get to my goal weight by the start of July, but that does not look possible anymore. I have 12 kilos (about 26 pounds) down to my goal weight. And I am thinking that I will try to lose 2kg (4.4 pounds) every month which makes goal weight a nice 6 months project. So, that's my long term and monthly goal!

Plan:
I am using the fitbit app to track my calories. I find that it works really well for me as it has a pretty good database. I also like how it integrates with my other fitbit statistics. I am aiming at a calorie deficit of about 750 kcal a day and I like how fitbit always gives a projection of how much I will still be able to eat that day depending on my activity level so far. I know that it is all just estimates and not a very precise science, but I have been doing very well with this in second half of 2015. So, hopefully it will work again!! I also have an exercise plan of running three times a week. I usually run for about 30-35 minutes and am planning on slowly increasing my distance over the next few months as I signed up for a 10k in June. So, my weekend runs should become the long runs and then I am hoping to start speed work again on one of my weekday runs as I know that that is what makes me faster. My last 10k had a time of 1:10, my last race, a 6k had me at 36 minutes and I would love to get a time under one hour for the 10k!! Not sure how doable that is, but one can dream!!

Obstacles:
Unfortunately the month already starts with the first obstacle: I got a cold! Argg!! No running today. I hope that this is the last cold of the season as being sick always throws me off my plans. And the only way to tackle it is hoping to get better soon and then get back on track immediately! As many others have said, my biggest obstacles is myself and my lack of self control when it comes to eating. I feel that I am doing better. I am planning on trying to a lot of cooking for the freezer to have easy meals readily available for when I come home from work to help with that. I also need to work on a better snacking plan as I often eat a very early lunch (noon) and then won't be home for dinner until 6:30pm. I still haven't found the perfect afternoon snack. So far most things have no effect so ever on my evening hunger level.

Ok, this got long, sorry!! I am happy to be back on the DIS however!

I think you have a very attainable goal, and hopefully your plan will get you there.
And I would love to get below an hour for a 10K ... my current training record is like 1:14 and race racord is like 2 hours (it was a Disney 10K, much of that time was spent in character lines). Hopefully you can do it!!

It’s WooHoo Wednesday - what’s your WooHoo for today?​

My WooHoo is actually from yesterday, but ... I'm excited to report 4 consecutive runs with no unplanned walk breaks! I always have planned walk breaks (I've found that run/walk really works well for me), but for the past month-plus I've been struggling a lot and have been taking a lot of unplanned walk breaks as well. Last Wednesday I made it through a 3 mile run with no extra walk breaks ... then I did it again for my 4 mile run on Thursday ... then again for my 5 mile run on Sunday. After that, yesterday's 30-minute run was not that hard to get through without the unplanned walk breaks.
Here's hoping I can keep it up tomorrow!

My woohoo for today is that my foot is almost back to normal.

That is awesome!!! Hopefully you'll be back to 100% soon!

First of all...... LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this theme! I am a huge fan of Disney parades! Cannot wait to share a few pictures!

Yay! I'm looking forward to seeing all of your pictures!

My POUNDS goal for March is 4 pounds. Lofty goal for me, let me say that! It may sound super whimpy, but at this point I lose so incredibly, painfully slowly, this could be a real challenge! I kind of wish we reported percentages these days.... that would make it sound better! Four pounds (since I am having to re-lose what I gained at the end of February), would put me a bit BELOW my maintenance goal number (my OWN number, not my official WW maintenance number). It would put me into my "happy place" as far as how my waistline fits in my pants and shorts. My ULTIMATE goal is to hit DIsneyland in September at 5 pounds BELOW my maintenance number. I've been there before (and actually maintained it for a long time) but somehow it slipped away and I haven't been there in quite a while (probably since I gave up running.... coincidence??? ). But oh my, my..... how I LOVE to be there!

I think that's a great goal (and we also want to hear about your steps goal progress, even if that's not an official goal). Getting back to your maintenance number when you've gotten away from it is definitely hard (something I know from experience), but if that's what brings you to your "happy place," that's a great motivator!

I had an interview yesterday that went very well! I know that if I don't get the position I don't feel like there's any more that could have been done and that's a great place to be.

I hope you get the job (but even if you don't, you have a great attitude about it!)

I also peeked at the scale this morning and I'm already down the 2.5 pounds that I gained last week! Hopefully that means between now and Saturday I can knock off another pound and really kickstart this month.

That's awesome!

Don't feel like woohoo today after my boyfriend left and won't be back until this summer... BUT in the spirit of the day, I will say that my woohoo is that tonight I can do whatever I want without any regard to someone else!! Already planned a dinner that he would not like!!! To be honest, I am someone who can enjoy solitude and my own company. So, this is really something I can woohoo about. But I would prefer if he would just go on a one week business trip and I had him back a week from today already....

It's definitely sad that your boyfriend is gone, but it's always nice to have time for yourself!

So I have a WooHoo then a BooHoo followed by another WooHoo.

Sometimes my forgetfulness works in my favor. I wanted to watch the EPL game that was on TV yesterday afternoon (That's soccer since I know most Americans don't follow it), so I vowed to get my 15,000 steps in before 1:45pm. I got it and sat down and did computer work while I watched the game. Then I remembered that one of my kids had turf training (for soccer) for an hour after school. It's such a short time, that I usually stay there (and use the treadmill/track) or run errands instead of coming home. Awesome - think about all those steps - probably an extra 5-6,000 just while I wait for him to finish training. WooHoo!

I'm on the treadmill and hit the app on my phone - 17,xxx steps - great. A little later, I hit the app - 18,545 steps - great. A little later, I hit the app - 18,545 steps. What? Why won't it synch? Oh well, I can't troubleshoot now. I continue to walk until the end of practice. I troubleshoot - turn my bluetooth off, then on. Close the app completely and reopen. Turn the phone off, then on. Nothing. Then I tap my flex - NOTHING. It was completely dead. I had just charged it that afternoon during the soccer game. It actually died, with no warning, when I was on the treadmill. Took it home and tried to charge it - nothing. So sad. It lasted almost 18 months to the day. BooHoo!

I panicked because #1) I'm bummed it missed at least 2,000 steps and #2) because I have a streak of getting 10,000 steps a day since July 30th!

So, what's a girl to do? Well, take your 13 year old to volleyball practice and head over to Target and buy a new one of course! So, I picked up a new Charge HR (which is really large compared to the Flex, not sure I love it) and got it all set up so it will be counting my steps today. WooHoo!

Wow, that was definitely an up and down day. But at least you got tons of steps in (even if they weren't all counted), and shiny new gadgets are always fun!

First of all..... my woohoo for today is kind of a combined woohoo and wahhh.... I'm home today. So woohoo on having a day to relax a bit and get stuff done around the house.... but waaahhh that my next paycheck will be pathetic!

Yay for time to relax and get things done! (Focus on the good part - there's nothing you can do about the not-so-good part)

when DD and I go to Disney, we LOOOVVEE taking pictures with the characters..... all of them, but the male face characters are always the most fun.... they get silly and flirty (especially with DD). During our trip in 2013 it took MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS before we were able to meet Princess Tiana and Prince Naveen. We kept getting to their meet-and-greet spot and JUST missing them.... or it was just her (we like her, but wanted a picture with both)..... or the line was closing. When we FINALLY got to meet them (by this time their "friends" knew us well) we took our time interacting with them...... and got some great pictures. This was our LAST DAY (in fact, we were leaving in just a few hours) and that made it a bit more special.


Anyhooo..... we got some great pictures with them and then went on to finish out our day. We had tentatively planned to spend our last hour watching the 3pm parade (Celebrate a Dream Come True), but it had started raining about 2pm and we figured we were SOL. But they announced that the parade WOULD take place and start about 10 minutes late. Since time was of the essence, we scoped out a spot to watch the parade at the top of the train station. That would allow us to see the parade and then make a mad dash for the monorail to get to the airport in time for our flight home. We positioned ourselves right at the railing (I think many folks had left because of the rain) and enjoyed the parade. Well.... when the float with Prince Naveen came along, wouldn't you know he SPOTTED US!!!! He gave EVERY INDICATION that he remembered us (not that we are that special, but a mother/daughter pair wearing matching outfits, both with waist length blonde hair who took extra time to interact.... I suppose we were memorable!)... pointing, waving, etc! Didn't catch the EXACT moment on camera, but here is a picture of the float as he looks RIGHT AT US (missed the moment he pointed and waved.... oh well). DD and I went a little "fan girl" at that moment! But it was so FUN and special! GREAT way to end the trip! .........................P

That is an awesome story!! I'm a big character person, so I always love hearing about fun character interactions.

I have a HUGE woohoo for today--- and one that only Disney fans can truly appreciate! DH and I found round trip airfare out of Los Angeles to Tokyo for $461pp. No that's not a typo. And I get to use my SW points to get to LA for the free!!! (Well for $22 in fees but whatever) Our planned trip to Italy in the fall was cancelled, flights to Japan were booked yesterday, and today it's official!!!!!!! We are headed to Tokyo Disney and Disneyland California in 44 days!!!!!

It's my most ambitious travel plan to date-- 10 days in Japan followed by squeezing in two days in California. I am still in shock and haven't even told my family yet because it still doesn't seem real! So if I'm MIA on the thread, it's because I am planning like a mad woman!

Disneyland veterans: All recommended one day plans for either Disneyland or California Adventure are SUPER welcome!!!! As are Tokyo tips if you've been or know someone who's been or have been to Japan or anything! I need help getting through my typical 6 month neurotic planning in only a month and a half!

OMG!!!!!!! I'm super jealous!
I've never been to Tokyo (Disney or otherwise), but I'd love to go one day. I love Disneyland/California Adventure and while I can't imagine doing it in only one day, I'm sure you'll have an awesome time. I always tell WDW regulars who are visiting DL for the first time to do things that they don't have in FL - either things that were taken out of WDW (like Mr. Toad, Snow White's Cary Adventures, etc) or things that are unique to the West Coast (Roger Rabbit's Cartoon Spin, Matterhorn Bobselds, and the Monsters Inc ride are among my favorites).

Woohoo Wednesday!!! I'll have another one later but procrastinating led me to being @JacknSally 100th order!!! Yessss!!!!

That is awesome! It's always nice to support a friend and get some awesome stuff all at the same time!

I was able to squat a new post-illness personal best of 80 pounds last night!

That is AMAZING! Congrats!

I was just hanging around the house yesterday and then working at the show. Before I went to bed I looked and saw that I had gotten 10,000 steps in for yesterday. First time in a while. I think it will happen a couple of other times this week before we go into Tech week next week with the show opening next week.

That is awesome! I really hope you can get in the 10,000 steps a few more times this week!

I will have to post some pictures of MSEP. A few years ago my family stayed with my sister's family at BLT with a MK view (they are DVC members) Dh and I were the only ones of the group to sit through the parade twice. Once I took pictures and the second time I shot a video. It is one of my favorite parades.

MSEP is my absolute favorite and I never get sick of it. I'm really looking forward to seeing your pictures!

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Okay, I'm sitting at Starbucks trying to catch up right now. I'm almost there ... hopefully I can finish replies before the laptop battery dies and I have to leave (I finished my coffee 20 minutes ago, so I've been here a while).

 

[5xdisneyfans]

@Dr Gunnie sorry to hear of the loss So hard and as an adult I am realising it is a good thing I didn't go through with it when I was a teenager. Very close many times. Mental health issues suck and feel for all of your school and his family.

Not much to feel woohoo today. I think my closest thing to a woohoo was last night I really wanted to binge and managed to stay in control and only went over my calorie goal by 100. The new cherry cola tictacs helped me satisfy my sweet craving. So nervous to step on the scale this Friday. Got my first 5.1k for this months goal.

 

[flvy]

Alright I've got a woohoo that's not me bragging haha

My body feels fine three days post half marathon. Even the blisters are doing okay. The big one is rubbing little but all in all everything is good. I've had issues being trashed and useless after other races so I'm super happy I got to a point of fitness where I'm okay after a race.

 

[JacknSally]

My woohoo is that all of the thin mints are finally out of the house (though they may possibly in my stomach....) and I'm not allowing anymore to be bought! DH's work friends' daughters have all been supported now so we are done. Haha. I'm also woohooing that I hit 100 orders in less than 2 months of my shop being open - I don't know how that compares to most shops, and I would probably get really depressed if I found out, but I'm very proud of it! Also super woohooing the SUNSHINE outside today. I've been able to open up the backdoor and windows and let fresh air in and I could not be more thrilled. I'm going to have to turn into a snowbird, I know it. Every year I'll just move to Disney for January and February at least.

 

[courtneybeth]

My body feels fine three days post half marathon. Even the blisters are doing okay. The big one is rubbing little but all in all everything is good. I've had issues being trashed and useless after other races so I'm super happy I got to a point of fitness where I'm okay after a race.

I'm in the same boat. I am not sore and feeling energetic. We will so be ready for Avenge The Strip!

My woohoo is that all of the thin mints are finally out of the house (though they may possibly in my stomach....) and I'm not allowing anymore to be bought!

This made me laugh so hard. Darn those Girl Scouts!

 

[pjlla]

I have a HUGE woohoo for today--- and one that only Disney fans can truly appreciate! DH and I found round trip airfare out of Los Angeles to Tokyo for $461pp. No that's not a typo. And I get to use my SW points to get to LA for the free!!! (Well for $22 in fees but whatever) Our planned trip to Italy in the fall was cancelled, flights to Japan were booked yesterday, and today it's official!!!!!!! We are headed to Tokyo Disney and Disneyland California in 44 days!!!!!

It's my most ambitious travel plan to date-- 10 days in Japan followed by squeezing in two days in California. I am still in shock and haven't even told my family yet because it still doesn't seem real! So if I'm MIA on the thread, it's because I am planning like a mad woman!

Disneyland veterans: All recommended one day plans for either Disneyland or California Adventure are SUPER welcome!!!! As are Tokyo tips if you've been or know someone who's been or have been to Japan or anything! I need help getting through my typical 6 month neurotic planning in only a month and a half!

WOWWOWWOWWOW! Congrats on both the TRIP and the airfare prices!!

It's been a tough few days. We had a student where I teach take his own life Monday and it's been hard on everyone. The high school where I teach only has 390 students, so it's a small community. The student was a senior, well liked, played football and baseball... very smart and was going to study pre-med at Southern Illinois University. It really has shocked everyone.

Everyone is trying their best to move on. I think it's motivated me even more with the diet and exercise - helps to escape a little in the workout. I'm at the point now where I have to start buying some smaller clothes - I guess that's a woohoo, although spending the money isn't! I've been doing some 30 min workouts on the elliptical and I like the sweat I get out of it. I'm really trying to mix up the cardio. I’ve been thinking about trying to find someone to play some tennis with - I get bored with the treadmill after a while!

I am SO VERY sorry to hear that sad news! Will definitely send a prayer out for the student's parents and the whole community.

I get bored with the "dreadmill" as well.... but I am bored pretty easily these days. My mind wanders just too easily. I try to watch a good movie or tv show while on the TM to help the time go by quicker..... and I often use a small towel to cover the display so I cannot see the time lapsing slowly!

So sorry about the student at your school. Having a high school senior and college freshman, I can't imagine what the other student and community are feeling.

I can't wait until I am under 200 although it will be awhile. Hopefully August or September - it seems so far away, but better than never having it happen!


My Woo-Hoo Wednesday would be the my oldest DD is coming home from college Friday for her spring break. She hasn't been home since January 18th (MLK weekend), so it'll be good to have her home for awhile!

My college DD comes home this weekend as well! Sadly, she comes home Friday night and then has a Diving conference all day in Massachusetts on Saturday and Sunday, will be home with me Monday and Tuesday and goes back to school at that point to work the rest of the week in the wet lab. So I won't see much of her. But I will probably go down for an overnight visit later in the week. Have fun with your daughter!!
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Hey friends! Not a lot of steps done today, but I got a lot accomplished. I did some online work for WW today, so at least I had a LITTLE bit of income even though I didn't work at school today.... plus I cleaned out the kids' bathroom closet and part of my bathroom closet and did some laundry..... lots of sedentary stuff, but I still feel accomplished. DH is out the door to the gym and DS isn't home from his Math Meet yet, so I'm off to get a FEW steps in on the TM before I feed everyone some dinner!

I will be back in the morning before work to say hi!.................P

 

[SarahDisney]

Know I'm a little late, but I'd like to join in, if that is okay.

I'm Amanda. I'm currently at 199. I'm trying to take my weight loss at 20 lbs at time, so I have 11 lbs to make my first goal.

1. My Goal for the Month is to lose a pound a week
2. I am eating healthy, not having drinks with sugar, and exercising 5 times a week : (running and crossfit)
3. My biggest obstacles are my sweet tooth and my laziness/lack of planning. Since I'm on my own, I find it hard to motivate myself to cook and I often skip meals and then end up eating junk food because I get too hungry to wait for something good. My plan to combat the second part is to make a meal plan and stick to it. Still trying to find ways to control my sweet tooth, but hoping not letting myself get too hungry and having health snacks around will help.

My Woohoo would be I am finally under 200 lbs

Welcome to the challenge, Amanda! I'm so excited that you're joining us this month.
I think that meal planning can be hard at first, but you will definitely benefit from it! It's a lot easier to have a healthy meal if you have it all planned out in advance.
And I wish I had tips to help you with the sweet tooth, but that's one of my biggest problems. Hopefully healthy snacks will help you!

It's been a tough few days. We had a student where I teach take his own life Monday and it's been hard on everyone. The high school where I teach only has 390 students, so it's a small community. The student was a senior, well liked, played football and baseball... very smart and was going to study pre-med at Southern Illinois University. It really has shocked everyone.

Everyone is trying their best to move on. I think it's motivated me even more with the diet and exercise - helps to escape a little in the workout. I'm at the point now where I have to start buying some smaller clothes - I guess that's a woohoo, although spending the money isn't! I've been doing some 30 min workouts on the elliptical and I like the sweat I get out of it. I'm really trying to mix up the cardio. I’ve been thinking about trying to find someone to play some tennis with - I get bored with the treadmill after a while!

Wow, I'm so sorry to hear about your student. That's always something rough to hear, and I can't imagine how hard it must be for you and everyone in your school.
I think it's great that this is motivating you to work harder with the diet and exercise. Sometimes it's hard to pull something good out of a tragedy, but anything that gets you up and moving is a good thing.
But yay for being ready for smaller clothes! The expense part definitely isn't fun, but it's good to know that you have a good reason for needing to spend that money!

My accomplishments are small so far. Yesterday was rough. I ended up with a migraine. But I did get the store and start the Easter shopping for the kids. I got them their favorite candy, Malley's. It is the best chocolate I have ever had. I also got an outfit for my daughter to put in her basket.

Today didn't start out great. I had to take my daughter to the doctor. Go news is she is fine. Hopefully this will make way to a better afternoon where I can get to the rec and get my steps in.

Making progress on your Easter shopping is definitely a great thing - the sooner you get the shopping done, the more time you will have to dedicate to taking care of yourself!

WooHoo for today. Ran 4 miles pain free this morning. Also did some strength training and a class called "Butts and Guts" for the first time. I was not super impressed, but I will probably give it another try or two.

Also, I am excited to go away this weekend with my family and my friends family. We used to be neighbors, but they moved over an hour away. She is the person who convinced me to give my gym a try and got me to take spin classes. Although I did the hard work, I am super introverted, and likely would never have become a regular gym person and lost 40 pounds if it weren't for her. Her kids and mine are the same ages essentially and they are close like family. We haven't seen them in months, so we are all super excited

Of course, in addition to skiing there is an indoor water park involved and she is a competitor in those fitness bikini (super muscular with no fat) contests. Just who I want to hang out next to in a bathing suit

Lots of great WooHoos there!
It's always nice to see old friends ... and it's awesome that your friend is the one who got you to go to the gym in the first place!

My Woo-Hoo Wednesday would be the my oldest DD is coming home from college Friday for her spring break. She hasn't been home since January 18th (MLK weekend), so it'll be good to have her home for awhile!

Yay!!! It's always nice to have family together, and hopefully you guys can do some fun stuff while she's home!

Sounds like we're in just about the same place... I just broke the under 200 barrier, I'm a sugar addict, I used to never cook for myself... now I can throw down a complete Thanksgiving dinner for 10 no problem, but planning ahead and cooking for myself anything that involves more than a warm up in the microwave, is an entirely new life experience.

Cooking for yourself is definitely harder than it seems, but it's worth it. There are a lot of great single-serving recipes out there - try to find some and cook for yourself as often as you can!

My Wednesday WOOHOO:

We've been going thru a significant restructure at work, but this week started to have meetings with our new Sr Director and he seems awesome... I'm being included in the meetings which means I'm staying in my job, also awesome... he's really in to Continuous Improvement (something I live for) and has offered to help me get in to an internal CI program, which means I won't be signing up for the external course I was thinking of taking in April (that cost $1600)... super awesome.

That's awesome! It's always nice when your management sees things the same way you do. And it's awesome that you're getting into the internal CI program so that you don't have to go elsewhere for it.

Sadly this week has been rough - so I won't delve into my BooHoos. Instead, my WooHoo is in celebration of my beloved friends Jason and Laura, who shared with me their first ultrasound photos. Their 'bean' is 6 weeks today and it makes me so happy that this may actually happen for them after 18 months of ups and downs in trying.

I'm sorry to hear that it's been a rough week for you.
But it's always nice when you can celebrate good news with close friends!

Not much to feel woohoo today. I think my closest thing to a woohoo was last night I really wanted to binge and managed to stay in control and only went over my calorie goal by 100. The new cherry cola tictacs helped me satisfy my sweet craving. So nervous to step on the scale this Friday. Got my first 5.1k for this months goal.

Staying away from a binge is always a big woohoo! As is any progress towards your goal!

Alright I've got a woohoo that's not me bragging haha

My body feels fine three days post half marathon. Even the blisters are doing okay. The big one is rubbing little but all in all everything is good. I've had issues being trashed and useless after other races so I'm super happy I got to a point of fitness where I'm okay after a race.

That is awesome! It definitely makes it much easier to get through the races when you know that you won't feel totally like crap for the next few days!

My woohoo is that all of the thin mints are finally out of the house (though they may possibly in my stomach....) and I'm not allowing anymore to be bought! DH's work friends' daughters have all been supported now so we are done. Haha. I'm also woohooing that I hit 100 orders in less than 2 months of my shop being open - I don't know how that compares to most shops, and I would probably get really depressed if I found out, but I'm very proud of it! Also super woohooing the SUNSHINE outside today. I've been able to open up the backdoor and windows and let fresh air in and I could not be more thrilled. I'm going to have to turn into a snowbird, I know it. Every year I'll just move to Disney for January and February at least.

Lots of WooHoos in there!
And those Girl Scout cookies are nothing but trouble. Thankfully, we don't get them anymore, but when we did ... trouble.

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Okay ... I'm finally all caught up. We've got a pretty active thread this month, which is amazing (but a little hard for me to keep up with some days ).
Not my best day today, which is a little disappointing because I have a little bit of a busy day tomorrow and I wanted to be really productive today, but I wasn't. Oh well, as long as I can get my "essentials" done before bed, I'll be okay.
The good news is ... I stuck to plain coffee at Starbucks. I'm pretty close to renewing my Gold status, which means I don't have to worry about the stupid new rewards system for another year. (Anyone else really annoyed about Starbucks changing up their rewards? It feels like the new system is meant to reward people who buy the really expensive drinks ... and since those are also the high-calorie ones, I definitely shouldn't be buying them!)

Have a great night, everyone!!

 

[5xdisneyfans]

@SarahDisney I am not happy about the new rewards system either. Booooo

 

[JacknSally]

@SarahDisney I am not happy about the new rewards system either. Booooo

@SarahDisney Me either!!! I only ever spend $4.60 or $7.20 (lol) at a time.... Not $20 like some people. I like only needing to earn 12 stars!

 

[SarahDisney]

@SarahDisney I am not happy about the new rewards system either. Booooo

@SarahDisney Me either!!! I only ever spend $4.60 or $7.20 (lol) at a time.... Not $20 like some people. I like only needing to earn 12 stars!

Good to know I'm not the only one! This really annoys me and apparently none of my friends care about it because I haven't seen that many people complaining about it.

 

[4Mickeys]

I've gotta ask.... what the heck is "kj"???

lol KJ = Kilojoule - apparently kilojoule is the metric equivalent of calorie according to google. MFP shows kilojoules for me to track my food.

I had an interview yesterday that went very well! I know that if I don't get the position I don't feel like there's any more that could have been done and that's a great place to be.

What a great positive attitude - interviews and waiting to hear are so stressful - good luck I hope you get it.

Know I'm a little late, but I'd like to join in, if that is okay.

I'm Amanda. I'm currently at 199. I'm trying to take my weight loss at 20 lbs at time, so I have 11 lbs to make my first goal.

1. My Goal for the Month is to lose a pound a week
2. I am eating healthy, not having drinks with sugar, and exercising 5 times a week : (running and crossfit)
3. My biggest obstacles are my sweet tooth and my laziness/lack of planning. Since I'm on my own, I find it hard to motivate myself to cook and I often skip meals and then end up eating junk food because I get too hungry to wait for something good. My plan to combat the second part is to make a meal plan and stick to it. Still trying to find ways to control my sweet tooth, but hoping not letting myself get too hungry and having health snacks around will help.

My Woohoo would be I am finally under 200 lbs

Welcome - glad to meet you - good luck with your goal for the month.

It's been a tough few days. We had a student where I teach take his own life Monday and it's been hard on everyone. The high school where I teach only has 390 students, so it's a small community. The student was a senior, well liked, played football and baseball... very smart and was going to study pre-med at Southern Illinois University. It really has shocked everyone.

Everyone is trying their best to move on. I think it's motivated me even more with the diet and exercise - helps to escape a little in the workout. I'm at the point now where I have to start buying some smaller clothes - I guess that's a woohoo, although spending the money isn't! I've been doing some 30 min workouts on the elliptical and I like the sweat I get out of it. I'm really trying to mix up the cardio. I’ve been thinking about trying to find someone to play some tennis with - I get bored with the treadmill after a while!

So sorry to hear this has happened in your community. It just shows that we really don't know what may be happening with people around us and that even those of us who appear to have it together may be hiding a darker truth.

It seems a few of a us are off to a wobbly start this month - I also don't have a woo hoo for yesterday - I started it with a panic attack - which I haven't had it quite some time. My triggers are something happening to me (healthwise) I think its related to being a solo mum and feeling the weight of the responsibility of being there for my kiddos there is not an ex in the picture to share care with so it is all me - I had what I thought was an insect bite of some kind near my jaw on Sunday and yesterday morning, it felt tender and then when I rubbed under my chin it hurt then I noticed a big lump under my chin. I had already dropped the kids at the bus by this time so was home alone when the panic attack hit - I was able to drive to the Drs using self-talk the whole way to calm down. He says the lump is the lymph node - he has swabbed what we think is a bite - still waiting for results. The lump is still there and I am still nervous about the whole thing. But I get so frustrated with myself when I have a panic attack like that. I also think its a sign that there are lots of other little stressors happening around me at the moment that are affecting more than I care to acknowledge.

Hoping for a better woohoo Wednesday next week.

 

[SarahDisney]

It seems a few of a us are off to a wobbly start this month - I also don't have a woo hoo for yesterday - I started it with a panic attack - which I haven't had it quite some time. My triggers are something happening to me (healthwise) I think its related to being a solo mum and feeling the weight of the responsibility of being there for my kiddos there is not an ex in the picture to share care with so it is all me - I had what I thought was an insect bite of some kind near my jaw on Sunday and yesterday morning, it felt tender and then when I rubbed under my chin it hurt then I noticed a big lump under my chin. I had already dropped the kids at the bus by this time so was home alone when the panic attack hit - I was able to drive to the Drs using self-talk the whole way to calm down. He says the lump is the lymph node - he has swabbed what we think is a bite - still waiting for results. The lump is still there and I am still nervous about the whole thing. But I get so frustrated with myself when I have a panic attack like that. I also think its a sign that there are lots of other little stressors happening around me at the moment that are affecting more than I care to acknowledge.

That definitely sounds rough. I've had a few mini panic attacks and they're not fun, so I kinda get what you're going through. It's definitely hard to identify everything that's causing you stress, but it can be important to try to acknowledge those smaller stressors so that you can try to do something about it.
I hope the lump ends up being no big deal!