Health & Fitness Thread - 6/1

Man @brand327, I wish I had my laundry all caught up. It is a never ending fight. LOL!

Did well yesterday, and I hope to today. Have to take another daughter for her Botox injections today (32 of them) for her migraines caused by her Chiari. It is during my other daughter's cardiac rehab so either we have to go early today or skip it. I don't know what she has decided yet. She hates to miss but can't drive so . . .

I hope to walk a doggie in a moment. It's already so humid. I love Spring and Fall but man, summer kills me. I am still trying to figure out how I handled TX for 14 years. LOL! Have a great day everyone!

Ugh. I am so tired. My stepmom and sister came up last night and didn't get here until after 1:00 am. I am hoping to get my workout in after dropping the kids at school but right now I'm dragging.

I had a good eating day yesterday and have my food planned for today. The major hurdle is that the kids asked to go to Dairy Queen last night, but I said maybe we could go to Cold Stome tonight instead since sister and stepmom will be here. Any suggestions on healthier options? We don't go there often so I would like to have at least a little bit of ice cream but we will see.

I better go get the kids up. Have a good day everyone!

Cold stone does have the sinless sweet cream ice cream and I think a few kinds of yogurt. I was looking on the website and there is no nutrition info. I wasn't sure if mfp was correct (and was hoping it wasn't since what I usually get--the pie who loved me in like it size--was over 600 calories.

My stepmom is notorious for doing that. They don't plan ahead Very well and something always comes up. They live about 5 hours away but end up getting here a few hours after they say they will. It is frustrating but I'm glad they came. I had a hard time getting to sleep after they got here so didn't get much sleep.

Booty Boot Camp this morning - 225 hamstring curls & 150 deadlifts. I won't be taking the stairs any time soon.

Breakfast - crumpets with coconut butter and jam, coffee (of course)
Lunch - probably a chicken sandwich
Dinner - I'm sitting choir auditions tonight so I'll have to grab something on the go.

It's OK to drop your speed You're doing it! Don't worry at all right now about speed. Five minutes of running is a big deal. The group I'm mentoring in has five minute run intervals this week - and it's their ninth week. You're on week four and doing that already!


That's good. Gives your body time to rest and recover. Recovery is really important. My DH was doing a running streak this year, but he kept getting injured. He finally took some time off to rest - after 148 days.

I'm reading this book right now: Meb For Mortals: How to Run, Think, and Eat like a Champion Marathoner It's a fairly quick read. He does talk quite a bit about the products he uses, but he notes which ones are his sponsors.

That is awesome! Wow!!! Way to go!!!

I ran with my running group last night and then went to the gym to swim laps. Had my best swim to date and really surprised myself. Today I'll practice dog agility with my border collie.

Today is Global Running Day! Enjoy!

My thighs just spasmed in sympathy. 

Hello ladies! I had a great weekend but perhaps not totally great in the eating department. My husband made ribs and pulled pork on the smoker and there was fro-yo and chicken wings in there somewhere as well. I took Saturday off from working out as I hadn't had a day off in two weeks and my hips were bothering me at night (enough to wake me up). It worked out well as I feel like a new woman and had two great workouts Sunday and Monday (probably due in part to all the carbs!)

The good news is that I had no problem dialing in back in for other meals and starting back Tuesday on a more healthy direction. Even better is that I weighed in this morning and was the same weight as last week. I have several events coming up in the next couple weeks -- my nephew's graduation party, my in-laws are staying with us for a couple of days and my husband is taking a week vacation which tends to lead more to eating out. But then ... Monday June 20 is day one of Whole 30. I've been reading and planning and cutting back on some things so It isn't such a shock to my system. (They say you can have a couple days of misery near the beginning, carb flu I think they call it?). Anyhow, I'm going to try hard to not let the that two-three weeks turn into a eating disaster partly because I've been doing so well and mostly because it makes me feel terrible (physically mostly but also mentally).

Off to walk the dogs :-)

Hi everyone,

Sounds like so much progress has been made! I am so proud of everyone in this thread!!!

I'm chugging along well myself. Still not exercising, but I'm still on track with my eating. I'm choosing to be proud of myself for the good eating habits rather than beat myself up for failing to exercise.

I've been thinking about goals for the month of June, has anyone else set any for themselves?

Good afternoon ladies,

I have to thank you all. This post gives me some accountability, which I need to make myself do miserable things. It makes me keep going on the mornings when I really want to turn off my early alarm for another 30 minutes of sleep. Reading your successes and struggles makes me not feel like I'm fighting the weight battle on my own. So far, it's made a difference. I appreciate it.

This morning was Day 9 of BBM for me. A cardio day. Cardio days are tougher for me than strength days. I enjoy the strength days. But, by the time I was done, I was feeling pretty good. A couple hours later, I'm questioning which move I did that is making my butt sore. Ha. After this week, I think I'm ready to increase my free weights up to 10 lbs from 5. I started low so that not every single muscle in my body hurt at the same time!

I sinned big and ate Culver's for dinner last night. It rained out the meal I had planned and it was a crap day at work. I work in the insurance industry. The day after a long weekend is hell. Top it off, I had to file a life insurance claim for a great client who died very unexpectedly about a week ago. His widow visited the office yesterday to let us know. It was heartbreaking. DH had a craving and I just went with it. Oh well. Back to the good stuff today. Lunch was leftovers from the fajitas I made the other night, grilled chicken, peppers and onions, mixed in with a little brown rice. Heated it up and sat in the park by the river for lunch. Tonight, I get a salad with the last of this fajita chicken. The men can eat heartier fare.