I'm finally here
I didn't forget about my friends!
How about yoga, static stretching, or body weight exercises (squats, abs, pushups, chair dips, planks, etc)?
If you go to active.com and click on the lifestyle tab (
http://www.active.com/fitness/strength-training), there are a number of different things you can do. I incorporate a couple of different plans I found there to keep things interesting and my muscles off balance.
It helps to break up the monotony.
Thanks for the suggestions. I guess I just need to find the motivation. I need to strength train since I'm feeling flabby!
Good Thursday morning everyone.
It has been pretty quiet here this week.
Question of the Day
Rose is talking about a solo trip and I am planning a quiet trip with only my dh to Disney World.
Could you go with only yourself or your dh?
Have a happy and healthy day.
DH and I went May 2012 for a long weekend to celebrate our anniversary early. We did make comments about how this kids would like this or that, but we had a great time. We enjoyed adult only relaxed meals (Sanaa~excellent), toured other resorts, and made our way around World Showcase at our own pace & had a few (or more) drinks. We also enjoyed lounging poolside and not having to constantly watch DSs. I would love to go solo, but maybe after the kids are older. They love Disney as much as me )
I'm having the same issue. I don't swim so that's out. Videos are ok but the only place we have room is the boys room and they have taken over the tv in there for video games. I'd like to join the gym but again, what do I do with the kids?
Let me know if you find anything.
I think I am going to head back to the gym for weights, spinning, and/or yoga. But, I like to workout early in the summer & those classes are in the afternoons. I have ideas, it's just the lack of motivation to do it
Found a good quote today, one I can surely use
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.- Colin Powell
Yes!
Hi, I'm taking over QOTD from today. Have just stepped on the scales to find another 3lb gone...that's 6 in 2 weeks. Just goes to show that good diet and a little exercise is the way to go!!!
QOTD 12Jul13
I know that we are all looking for long term solutions on this thread, but if you need to shift a few pounds quickly (to get into a particular dress for an event, say) what is your favoured method???
Mine is to up the water intake and eat mostly fruit and vegetables.
Off to do my 2 hours Food Hygiene Supervision exam now, so will check in on you all later
Congrats on the loss!
QOTD~I will go low carb or make smoothies for 2 meals and eat a sensible dinner.
I am happy to report by refocuing on my eating habits (back to low carb atkins style) I am down a few lbs..
Hope everyone has a great weekend and see you all Monday!
Congrats on the loss!
Sooooo, I ate a fortune cookie yesterday and my fortune said "never give up" OMG, love it when my fortunes speak to me. I really really needed that at that moment because I have lost my way.
So I went for a run. Well, wog. I went 2.6 miles in 35 minutes. My pace was my best ever at 13:26. I don't think I could maintain that for the 1/2, yet. But damn it felt good. At this exact time last year my pace was 17:47
I could definitely maintain for the 5K, right now. I know I could maintain for the 10K by the time the race comes around. Just need to work on my endurance for the 1/2.
That's a big improvement and you have so much more time to train. You'll be cruising through those races!
i'm still here!!! my DIS time has been on the cruise board
we leave in like 11 days! woohoo!!
and i'm down 1.5 lbs since my last weigh in two weeks ago! I missed the week of the fourth, was out of town.
Congrats on the loss and yay for the cruise! How exciting!
Hello! I am down 1.2 this month--not great, but it is not up! So I will take it.
I ran 2.3 painful miles yesterday and walked another 2.4 with Mike last night. Probably over doing it, but I am feeling human today and not so cranky, so very worth it. The knee is not feeling too bad today either, so that's very encouraging!
The solo trip morphed into a trip with DS.
He is going to fly down from SC and meet me for the weekend. I am really very happy about this. We have not spent any time together just us in a very long time and as he gets ready to start grad school, and then law school this might be it for a while. I was kind of surprised he wanted to come. He is going to be homeless/ couch surfing for a few weeks, so this will be a good thing, I think. All of his roommates leave at the same time and I know he is going to miss them. He is being roommate matched for the fall, so he has no idea who he is living with. I am really looking forward to just hanging out. Not even sure how much we will do other than sit at the pool and eat.
I think we all need to make a water pledge for the weekend. I have been doing terrible with that! It's almost scary how little water I am drinking some days.
So my plan for the weekend:
drink that water
put those chips down and grab some fruits or carrots
and enjoy summer! We are finally having some good weather. No storms, no clouds. Just sunshine and warm temps! So exciting!
1. COngrats on the loss.
2. A trip with DS sounds like it's just what both of you need. You'll have such a great time!
3. Great plan...I say that as I drink my water and eat grapes instead of the cookies DSs are eating!
I am back and almost totally recovered from jet lag. Travelling for 24 hours and a nine hour time change is tough on the body although I did weigh in the same as I left on Wednesday. Then picked up a mystery pound and half but I think that will be gone soon.
We truly had the trip of a lifetime and got to see so many interesting things. DS also developed a new appreciation for the country of his birth.
I will do a weigh in and set a goal since we still have half of the month to go when I go back to WW next week. Onward and downward!
So glad you had a great trip! You need to give us a mini trip report so we can all be jealous
Ran 4k Thursday, 1k yesterday (just to the store and back to get pickled radish to make sushi for the kids). I know I'm never going to win a marathon, but would it be too much to ask to be able to keep up with my 7 year old?
I know, right!?!?
Happy Sunday all!! Finally awakening to SUNSHINE! It ended up being a nice day yesterday, but it was super cloudy around my house until mid-afternoon. I've got the washer chugging along with a load of towels that I will put on the line (plus a second load as well probably) before I head back to the seacoast for the last day of this week. Thankfully next weekend's meet is only about 30 minutes from home and is only 2 days.
Ended up out to dinner again last night. We had a mini TigerSharks reunion of sorts with some folks from DD's previous swim team.... just 4 other families, but it was SO NICE! I really miss that team. We just stopped for pizza, so it was low key, inexpensive, and easy. I had a large greek salad but dumped off about 3/4 of the feta and used only about tsp. of dressing (they didn't have any light options other than just plain vinegar) and I had 1 1/2 slices of a small thin crust cheese pizza. A bit over my points for the day, but I was so hungry by that point! It was 9pm!! I rarely eat dinner that late! What really threw me over my points was the late-afternoon snacks I had to keep starvation at bay! I knew this meet would run late, but I didn't realize it would be that late! My original dinner plan was that DD and I would share a baked potato and small chili at Wendy's.... that is sort of our "go to" post-meet meal (cheap, fast, and relatively low Points and healthy). But I really didn't want to miss this opportunity to visit with friends.
But that was eating out and over my points TWO DAYS in a row.... so I must be carefully for the next week.
Mmmmmm.... I can smell the coffee! Hold on.... gonna grab a cup.....
Yum!! Not sure what the rest of breakfast is going to be yet though. Yesterday was oatmeal and blueberries. If we have any strawberries left, maybe today will be greek yogurt.
DS helped me reinstall the front porch lights yesterday. They look great with the new paint job and worked right the first time! Then DD helped me finish pulling weeds from between the bricks on the front walk and she put a coat of paint on part of the mailbox cover. At this rate we may actually be ready for this party!!
My parents are coming up the Wednesday before the party to help, so I know that the last minute cleaning will definitely get done. Now I'm just worrying about getting the last of the "big" outdoor projects done. Still have one last big flowerbed to finish weeding, edging and mulching. We started it WEEKS ago, but it has done nothing but RAIN since then it seems! And the two flowerbeds right in front of the house got weeded but never mulched, so now they need to be weeded AGAIN before we can spread the mulch. Dang rain!
Somehow in all of this I need to fit in some exercise this week. I can't keep using the housework/yardwork as an excuse! I was down another pound on the scale yesterday and I desperately need to hang on to that!
DD is up and moving, so I will go eat with her and hopefully have time to complete one task on the massive to-do list before showering and heading out! TTYL......................P
Awww...your reunion dinner sounds so nice. I'm guessing this was with girls that DD swam with before she went to this new team? I remember how hard it was for both of you, so I'm glad you are still in touch with her friends.
Not much going on with you, huh?!?!
Always busy, busy, busy. DDs party sounds like it's going to be a good time.
Happy Sunday everyone!
I finally cleared out my PMs and hope that the first page is up to date! We have a lot of purple there this week - meaning people that are already more than 50% on their way to their goal! Congratulations to all the losers and those who struggled: Don't give up! The only way to make progress is to stay focussed and not fall back into old habits!
I must say that I need some encouragement as well. I had lots of stuff going on where I was not so much in control of what I would eat. I think I made halfway reasonable choices and I still kept tracking. I ended up using all my extras and half of my activity points last week. So all in all it was not too bad. Yesterday however, I ended up eating a large portion of cashew nuts which certainly was not good at all... Today I am back to tracking however - and am confident that I will stay within my points!
The scale has been annoying me recently as I started the month with a very low weight - and then immediately on July 2nd the scale jumped up 2 pounds which I have been working on ever since. And now I have been ignoring the scale since Wednesday. I really need to get back on it and just deal with whatever number it is showing. I am so close to my lowest weight ever in this century and I so want to get past that barrier! It's only 1.5 pounds below my July start weight and I was counting on being past that by the start of August...
Next week will still be difficult in parts, especially next weekend I will be travelling...
Enough about that - as I said, the only how to get where I want to be is keep going!!
Keep doing what you're doing and move forward. I swear, pounds just jump on and off sometimes. You're headed in the right direction and I'm sure you'll see even more progress.
Hi Everyone
Back from my 2 days away. OH and I went to stay with some friends and took advantage of the heatwave we've been having over here (28degrees!). We spent the weekend just hanging out in their garden enjoying the sun.
Saturday evening we bought an Indian takeaway in. Had onion bhajis, Chicken pakora, fish pakora, chicken shami kebab and vegetable samosas as starters, then a chicken and spinach curry with basmati rice and garlic naan breads. I had decided weeks ago that I would just have a night off plan and enjoy myself...and I did...even had a couple of lite beers too.
Back on plan today though as it's official class weigh-in tomorrow night!
Which brings me on to QOTD (hope this one will do for Sun/Mon??)
As we all seem to be having a heatwave at the moment, what are your favourite drinks for hot weather (1 alcoholic, 1 non alcoholic)
Mine are a good mojito, and sparkling water flavoured with lemon and lime. (and lots of ice with both!!!) The water is great for the diet, the mojito not so much!!!
Your dinner sounds wonderful!
QOTD~I drink tons of water, but I love iced tea on a hot day. I just mine plain or with lemon. As far as an alcoholic drink, I will say any kind of margarita. The margaritas in La Cava del Tequila in the Mexico paviliion are the best if anyone needs a suggestion lol. I personally like the avocado and the jalapeno ones. Yum!
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Ahhhhh...I finally found time to sit, relax, and DIS! It sounds like everyone is doing pretty well in July. I just can't believe my summer is half way over
We've been busy with little day trips, so I am trying to stay closer to home this week. We are picking blueberries tomorrow at my grandmas (she has a TON and we've already picked 4 containers and eaten them) and then going to visit with my aunt and uncle who are here from FL. Tuesday we have a swimming birthday party at 11 am. We have no other plan the rest of the week. Whoop! I am hoping to get this house deep cleaned. In fact, we need to shampoo our carpets, so maybe we will do that tomorrow night.
It's hot and HUMID again here which makes exercising ouside yucky. I can do with hot, but this humidity is for the birds. Who wants it? I'll send it your way!
It took me so long to catch up on 3 or 4 pages, that I have to go do some laundry before the kids head up for bed. We are shooting for an earlier bedtime tonight since they've been to bed very late the last few nights. I think I'll shoot for an earlier bedtime as well! I'll check back tomorrow. Have a good night.
Jill
) and not just the current weight.
(We also have friends who live nearby that often go with us as well). I could absolutely go by myself also, but it's always more fun with the DH, even if he's not a major Disney Dork like me. 
Thanks, Buffy! 
for your July weigh in for WW.
since vacation (another .2 this week 
). BUT, instead of my typical Friday morning pity party, (worsened by the fact that I worked out EVERY day since last Saturday), I jumped on the WW website and read some encouraging articles. So, even though my pants feel crazy tight today, I'll keep up with my water and fruit and veggies and see where it takes me. I've officially started half marathon training again, so I'm hoping that will help as well.
so I am doing my happy dance! I think it should definitely be off the schedule for the kids after a 4 day meet weekend! She does do doubles most of the other days of the week, so no guilt about missing today.
I guess that is good.. 
), the next time I step on the scale, it has almost always paid off. I think it really does matter where your head is at! 
So for the next couple of weeks I'll still workout like usual, watch my food, but not make myself crazy about it, and see what happens. I'm just going to monitor how my clothes fit and how I feel as that's always a great gauge for me . Magdalene, I probably won't submit another weight until the 25th, when I go away again for a few days. Thanks! 
