Then suddenly in week two - 4 pound weight drop! And it's been steadily continuing since then.
That's fantastic - glad you are seeing good results.
I have to go with Flynn. He's charming and witty and in the end genuine and I like that.
I'm with you about Flynn
I do deadlifts, back squats, bench presses, rows, barbell glute bridges, push ups and that type of thing. No lunges as they don't suit me
Always starting with plans
Great work!
I'm really terrible at including strength training
You are not alone - me too
I had my second 10K this weekend and it went well! Again, really pleased with the results. The course was actually the 5K course twice which I contend is just torture no matter how easy the course is. Because there's nothing new to look at the second half of the race! But the race is done which makes me happy. I only have one more 10K to go and then I'll have 2 weekends to push my distance to prepare for my half marathon. Which is hard to believe that it's that close! I'm already starting to freak out.
Congratulations on your run. Deep breath - no freaking out you got this - you are on track!
I try and do squats, lunges and some core work in the exercises ball. I should be doing more though.
You are doing more than me lol - so great work!
Ha! This made me laugh... and I needed it, I definitely have a case of the Mondays today.
Glad I could help with Mondayitis - it was only fair considering how girly this month is!
Hit the scale at 198 this morning. I found an old lacrosse program from my freshman year in high school that had me listed at 199. I weigh less now than I did my freshman year in high school. Unbelievable. When I started this whole thing I was just hoping to maybe get in the 240's. I used to think how great that would be... can't really comprehend seeing my weight begin with a 1! Anyway, this puts me at 100% of my September goal!
Great work on being at 100% for the month. But more importantly the fact that you are getting into better shape than you were when you were younger is awesome and such a big achievement.
I've been crazy busy this weekend and MIA -- DH and I closed on a small business on Friday so it's a nut house over here setting it all up on our end.
Congratulations! Good luck with the business.
I basically don't strength train at all--- and I know I should.
Aahh this is me exactly - there are a lot of things I know I would be doing but aren't.
I haven't done much of it recently though
Did it help with your running speeds? You can always get back on plan
I gained 2lbs back and I am not happy
Its all good - as I see Courtney gave you the same encouragement I was going to - you still have time you aren't completely derailed.
Unfortunately I haven't had many women help me along the way (outside of this group) my mom is the jealous type when I lose weight and I am not close with other women in my family. I spent a lot of time with my grandmother but she was not very healthy and we bonded over food so while she meant well I think that is where my food troubles began.
I am sorry that you haven't had many good female experiences (sometimes we can be so unsupportive of each other) - we are all here for you.
I use exercise bands for my strength training a couple times a week.
Oooh another good option.
This weekend we finally got the kid's pictures taken and they turned out amazing! I was also able to get in a 7 mile run.
I bet they look gorgeous! Yeah for the run.
I struggle here! I TRY to include strength training in the form of DVDs that involve light weights. However my running comes first. So since the kids have been back in school I've gotten all my runs in (which was my goal), all of my Yoga workouts in but the strength training days are the ones that have suffered. I think I've done 1 in the last month. Next month I'll try to work that into my goal.
I am super impressed with all that are already fitting in and that is a great goal for next month.
Well my weekend didn't turn out like I had planned. Saturday we decided to go to eat for dinner. Well I got macaroni and cheese with andouille sausage, broccoli and red peppers. I knew I should not have gotten it for two reasons. 1. It is not that healthy but not horrible. I could have done worse and 2. I know my digestive system does not like cheese. I ended up not felling good Saturday afternoon. I must have wanted to punish myself because I ate the left overs on Sunday for lunch. Yep, I paid for that. I was sick all afternoon. Thankfully I was planning on being home all day and watching football so I just laid on the couch all day.
We have all been there at some stage. No more beating yourself up about it though - move on to positivity this week and you can make different choices.
I need to work on getting my steps in. I did go for a walk on Friday with a friend. Our sons are both in the same class that I am having an issue with. It was nice to catch up and vent about the class. She is having issues too with the class. Her and I need to do this more often. She only lives about a 2 minute drive from me. I got over 14,000 on Friday. It didn't even feel like we were walking that long.
It really helps to walk and chat and to find that you are not alone with issues with the school.
Here is an update on my son's English class. Still no answers. I am getting even more frustrated with the lack of communication. The team lead has not emailed me back so I have now sent an email to the principal. This is not what I wanted to do. I hate having to talk to the principal. I have never had to before. I feel they have better things to worry about. Especially since my son has now told me about 2 different first fights at school. Seriously, the kids in the school are 10 and 11. Well, hopefully I will get some answers soon so the principal can get back to mare pressing issues.
Sometimes you do need to go to the Principal - I hope you get some answers and a response that is helpful.
I went for a run!!! I am soooooo happy!
its great that you are starting to feel better enough to get back to running.
Forgot the QOTD: I do not really do strength training as such, but the Jillian Michaels DVDs that I like do have some strength exercises (more toning than strength exercises) and I really like the effect those have on my body. I am going to re-start doing the again now and hope to get to improve my shape a little before my cruise... I also need to do strength training specifically for my foot. But those exercises are boring and tiring... However, they are necessary and I should be off doing them so that I can go to bed to keep up with my good intentions about early bedtime!
You definitely need to look after that foot - throw on something fun to watch while you do it - then it won't be so boring.
Crazy day today, first day of the new team structure and of me being the day time on call. I've survived tho.
I think you could say there's strength training in pilates but other than that I don't do any.
Favorite prince... The guy in Frozen with the reindeer was pretty cute. For a cartoon charector.
Results aren't good, weight is up a couple pounds and step count has been off due to a sore toe so I'm at 0%. .
Glad you survived the first day post work changes. Pilates definitely counts! Hang in there about the results - I am still at 0% too. How did the tattooing go?
I had a great day yesterday! I feel I got this.
So glad you had a good day.
Sooooo jealous!
I want to be healthy so I can do more and have more fun, not so I can be skinny and drained, hungry and cranky
lol - this made me laugh - but it is so true - skinny doesn't always equal healthy.
I just had a lovely breakfast of scrambled eggs. All in the quest of eating more protein.
Yummy
I had my fourth or fifth night of perfect sleep now. I am still managing to get to bed around my planned time (yesterday was a little late) and I am now waking up at 6:30am well rested and happy to start the day!! I think one of my problems is that I can manage on less sleep quite ok. But it really is only ok and not good. So, more sleep makes me happier!! Need to keep working on that!!
Way to go with the sleeping!
I need the support more then ever as I have been down this road before and when I think I no longer need it, and I am perfectly ok bad habits creep back up.
We are definitely here to support you - we will try to remind you about balance and the big picture when you start sounding like you being too hard on yourself and pushing yourself too much.
Okay I tried to use emojis to make my posts friendlier - but they didn't want to play with me tonight! So just imagine lots of smiley faces and cheering!
well at least the emojis are working for me again!
The DIS seems to hate you at the moment. So sorry about this because the thread is quite lovely! 
Everything about it looks amazing.
