Merry Christmas to Yourself Challenge (Page 11)

mammaJaS - I do plan to do another half-marathon!  In fact, I have entered one in February.  I talked my husband into taking me to Austin for Valentine's Day to run in the one there.  I am hoping that it will help me stay focused and disciplined through the holidays.  Then I want to work towards some sprint tri's in the spring and an Olympic length in the summer.

I hope everyone managed to give away all of the candy tonight!!!  : )

Hang tough... Keep a positive attitude... 

I had a hectic day at work yesterday - I hardly even had a chance to eat anything.  When I got home after 6:00 PM I still had to eat over 1200 calories to hit my 1600 calorie daily target.  So what do I do?  I eat an entire frozen pizza by myself!  I figured what the heck, I have the calories.  By 9:00 PM I had successfully met my 1600 calorie target, but I felt like total crap.  So rather than go to bed, I did a half hour of strength training, a quarter hour of stretching, and a half hour walk in the dark.  While out walking the darkened streets of my neighborhood, the city police stopped and questioned me as to what I was doing.

The lesson: Plan out your meals for the day and take the time to eat, otherwise you too may have a brush with the law.

Unlike some people (Cody!) I have NO self control and ate candy until I thought it was going out of style!  I was doing great until my dear ole hubby opened the bag at lunch and left it sitting there.  No, I'm not blaming him (well...maybe just a little!) and unfortunately I know I'll see it on the scale come Monday since this has been a hard week for me anyway and i've been eating crappy foods!  ERRRRRRRRG! 

OK...done having a pity party and will go do something about it now ~ thanks for listening!

11/3 - 217 - Down from last week, but feeling like I am on a plateau. 

October 25 - 155 lbs

Ocober 27 - 152 lbs and 35% body fat

November 2 - 149 and 34% body fat

So far, so good!  This forum has really helped me be a lot more disciplined!  I am also more motivated now that I am actually seeing the scale more for the first time in six weeks of trying in a very haphazard way. 

My biggest challenge of this week was not actually Halloween, but a big workday on Saturday with the kids' team that I coach.  I brought a bunch of healthy stuff for them, but I definitely ate too much of it!!!  But over all, I have been much more aware and careful about how much and when I eat around workouts and at the end of the day - the hardest time for sure!

Goal 170 lbs, 7% BF

• 9/22 187.5, 13.5 % BF
• 9/29 179.5, 12 % BF
• 10/6 182.5, 12.5 % BF
• 10/13 182, 12.5% BF
• 10/20 183 11.5% BF
• 10/27 182 11.5 % BF

• 11/3 181 12% BF

11/02/2008: 215 

Pretty happy, this week with the results. 15 pounds to go in two months to meet my goal!  Feeling like the little train that could "I think I can, I think I can..."

scale says my weight hasn't budged. Heading out to fill my fridge with veggies!

wt:210

Christmas goal: 199 

10/27/08: 207.6

11/3/08: 203.6

Down 4 lbs

But I found out I will most likely need to have surgery this month...so hopefully I won't be out of commission too long and can continue towards my goal of under 200 by Christmas!

10/27: 127

11/3: 125.8

Moving the right direction. I think putting a weight chart at the top of my log has helped keep me motivated

Great job everyone!

I was unable to post last week because I went on vacation. Not quite sure how I lost weight on vacation but I'll take it!!!

10/20 - 181

11/3 - 179

-2

10/27 - 151

11/3 - 149

-2lbs which is great seeing we've had several family events to attend. But I have been rigorous in maintaining my workouts.

Up 1.5 lbs for me. 

Wrong direction!

10/13- 259
10/20 - 259
10/27 - 258
11/3 - 259

+1, definitely on a plateau here, also "that time of month" may be having its say. Was so good staying away from excessive candy consumption... Time to tighten down the hatches even further. Plateaus are so dang frustrating. Arg. 

I think I'm doing something wrong.

Starting weight - 152

Oct 20 - 153.6

Oct 27 - 150.2