Healthy Eating - Fitness - WW Peas - 02.05.15

I was up at 5:30 to go to the gym. I find the whole process easier if I lay everything out the night before so I don't have an excuse to crawl back into bed. The one thing I forgot was to check the battery level on my iPod so I had to 'wing' the C25K this morning. Anyway, even without being able to walk the last few days and the raging PMS, I'm down another two pounds. One more before I reevaluate my goals again. At some point I'll have to start eating at a surplus if I want to build muscle.

Meals

Breakfast: crumpets, cashew butter, raspberry jam, coffee, cream, sugar, and a protein shake
Snack: veggies & hummus
Lunch: cottage cheese, peaches, hemp hearts and walnuts
Dinner: I'm seriously craving a steak but I think I'm out of charcoal and the store didn't have any last night. . We'll have to see.

Great job on the loss and the cleaning - I'd say four hours of deep cleaning is worth some activity points!!

This evening is weigh in, so I will be going light for breakfast and lunch. My fiance weighed, and he is down another three pounds this week - so proud of him!

Have a great Thursday everyone!

Great job everyone!

This morning I am shaking my head at the scale. Our bodies REALLY are crazy. I officially weigh in on Tuesday, but do step on everyday. On Tuesday I was the same as last Tuesday. But I knew that I was really down some because mid-week I showed a half pound loss and I haven't cheated. Maybe sodium? Yesterday was also the same, but today I am down 3 pounds. Did I really lose 3 pounds in one day? NO. I lost 3 pounds over the last week and a half but it's just now showing itself. I WISH I could only step on the scale every two weeks or so. But that damn thing calls to me when I wake up every morning. But at least I know if I am on plan that slight ups and downs are temporary.

Anyway, I had a protein shake for breakfast. Not sure about lunch, but dinner will be pork loin, broccoli and some baked red potato.

Everyone have a great day!

Hi everyone. I posted last night that I was joining the group but my post was pretty negative. I have been feeling really unhappy with myself for not following through with my weight loss plans but I know that things will not change unless I make changes. You can't expect different results when you are doing the same thing!

Anyway, I proposed a challenge to my DH. My birthday is May 16. From Monday, February 9 until my birthday, every lb lost will be worth 100 pts. Every minute spent exercising is 1 pt. Every day that I eat at least 5 servings of fruits/veggies and drink at least 64 oz of water is worth 5 pts. If I earn at least 4000 pts by my birthday I will get $100 to spend towards a fancy pair of jeans. I need to check my math since I estimated the number of days and weeks, but that is where I am at right now. I want to make the goal attainable but not too easy.

Are most of you doing WW?  I've done WW in the past but think I will just stick to eating as little processed food as possible and logging on MFP.  

I am not doing WW.  I am logging on MFP.

Good luck with your points system!  My short term goal is just to stay at my calorie level on MFP and not go over until our cruise at the end of March.  I'm 2 1/2 weeks in and doing well.

I've been sore from mopping the past few days. It really gets to my lower back! I have no 'core' strength at all, which makes it worse....

I was patting myself on the back yesterday for not getting a Pepsi when I was driving around. I got iced tea instead!

The chicken livers I had for supper last night weren't the healthiest choice, but at least I had no sugar yesterday.

ETA : I've been using back pain excuse for not working out, but I really should just get on the treadmill. It would probably loosen things up. Tell me I should do this, ladies. Please!

Yeah, I have even gained weight over the last few months. I have very few things that I feel good in and lately just want to wear fleece that is baggy. I don't have to dress up for work most days, but usually look more together than I have been lately. Just no motivation to do so.

I'm doing "lift heavy shit and put it back down".  I'm also on MFP so, iamkristinl16 (or anyone else), if we're not already friends there, let me know. 

A trip is my motivation too - St. Lucia in July.  As well as looking good in a bikini, I want to be able to schlepp my own SCUBA tanks without breaking a sweat.  'Hangry'?  I'm using that.

Hey everybody!

Late getting to this today for some reason.

I'm with those of you who think the scale is crazy stupid. I was down just 1 pound on Monday (my official day) and yet Tuesday and yesterday, the scale had me down another 2 pounds. So crazy! I do think I need to get a new battery for it though, it has been years since I've owned it and I've never changed the battery.

Today was a good on plan day:

Breakfast - coffee & a smoothie (mixed berry, yogurt, almond milk, spinach & ground flax)
Lunch - slices of kielbossa, cheese, cucumbers & a wedge of cantaloupe
Dinner - sausage & zucchini noodles (everybody else had regular noodles)

I'm thinking of cracking open a bottle of wine and having a glass this evening too!

After crashing and burning the end of January, I feel a fresh start for February. I changed up the workouts and changed some weight bearing exercises around.
Maybe I need to do that every month.

I gained 5 pounds but still net a deficit so that is what I think about.

Food was pretty good today.
Spicy tomato soup for a late lunch and leftover salmon with a salad for dinner
I fill I with decaf coffee and lots of gum.

Late, late day but I wanted to check in anyways. You guys are motivating! 

My take on the scale--put it away. I only step on it if I'm focused on something specific. Last year I did a two month nutrition challenge at my gym. I had to step on the scale every day and I HATED what it did to me mentally. 

At the end of the challenge I hadn't lost a single pound. NOT.A.SINGLE.ONE. You know what I did lose? 9% body fat. NINE. I was doing CrossFit 3x a week, running when I could, which is what I'd been doing before, and the only big change I made was I bumped up my protein intake (the rest of my diet, including calories, etc., was pretty much in line with where my coach wanted me to be). 

The scale does not define your successes. Write it on a sticky note and put it on your scale. Staple it to your forehead if you need to. 

Two days of Oly training down this week and at only 3 weeks in, I'm already seeing some great improvements in some of my deficit areas. I don't weigh myself, but I have a couple pairs of pants that are fitting better at the waist, and one pair that I may have to give away because it does not fit my quads/booty at all (which is fine by me!). 

Tonight for dinner I had scrambled eggs with a mix of mushrooms, garlic, bacon, and rosemary. I topped it with some smoky BBQ sauce I still have in the fridge from deconstructed burgers I made a couple of weeks ago. Delicious. 

Hang in there everyone...Friday is on the horizon!