Motivation

Deanna, northern California has been socked in with fog and high of 41 degrees for the 2nd day in a row, and I DON'T LIKE IT ONE BIT!!!!!!  UGH!!!  BUT happy you are having great weather and outside to enjoy it!

Spring, you can vent away anytime you like, that's what this site is for, we all get what you're saying and it feels good to get it off your chest!  But like Suzanne said, take it easy and let your immune system rev up...I knew when I saw your post on FB about getting sick that it was from the gym!  YIKES

Take good care. 

Increased my time on the elliptical another 2 minutes today -- 21 minutes!!  Finally broke a mile, too!  Time went by fairly fast since I had just made my flight and hotel arrangements for Stage 2, so mostly my mind was wandering.  Discovered that we will be in NO for the first of the parades!!  Has anyone been in town during any of the Mardi Gras?  Is it TOO crazy to be safe?

You go, CrunchyMamma!  Sounds like you've got a plan AND the motivation -- it's always great when when those two are paired up!!  I've got to say this is the first time I've ever been part of an on-line weight loss motivation forum and it definitely is keeping me motivated.  My intentions are ALWAYS strong but I wither and bomb out soon after I begin.   Thanks to all of you who take time to report on your workouts -- with your help, this may just pay off.

Keep up the good work everyone!  When I get on and see everything that has been done, makes me stay motivated. 

Las Vegas is beautiful today. My friend and I walked for a couple of hours this morning,so much fun.  Tomorrow is the gym and ab machines, UGH!!!

BLECH BLECH BLECHHHH!!!!! I ate like a pig yesterday (including nasty, carcinogenic Domino's pizza late last night!!) and my weight sprang up 3 pounds this morning!! What a crushing blow... when that happens, it totally kills my motivation and makes me think "screw it" and want to pig out even more.

Must not do that... MUST work out today... but my motivation is shot. Someone give me a swift kick in the boohonkus and tell me I need to at least get some cardio in!!!

edited to add: This is exactly what I was talking about when I first joined this thread, that I start out all gung-ho and then something happens and one mistake or day of weight gain causes me to fall off the wagon big-time... wish I had better internal motivation!!

I love the new Domino's pizza!  I try to eat a salad when we order it to keep myself  from going for "one more piece", but, you can't deny yourself pizza all the time, too hard to live with that strict a diet.  My theory is a little stress (not major, but little) is good for the body, helps it keep ready to handle big stress.  So, little pizza sometimes is good for it.  My story and I'm sticking to it.

Sounds like a good day for the 10 min rule.  Start out doing 10 min of something.  If you end up doing more fine, but, if its just 10 min its fine, you'll do more tomorrrow.  Ten min is enough to keep you in the habit and your body thinking it is going to get exercise every day

10 min rule had to suffice today for me.  My legs are still shot

Julia you can get right back on--trust me I know.  Throw in a LOT of vegies today and tomorrow and you should be able to get right back on track.  Also I find that I weigh myself on one day a week and put the scale away the rest of the week, especially if you've been bad.

Thanks, girls, so much!! I forced myself to exercise... Kate, I did the 10-minute rule (but set the Stairmaster to 30 minutes "just in case") and did the full 30 minutes... I felt so much better afterward! My eating has been right back on track today too.

Spring, that's a good idea to make my own pizza... on Wednesday I am buying raw grass-fed cheddar from one of my local farms as well as a half-gallon of grass-fed milk (to make yogurt and possibly mozzarella with), and I have wheatberries that I can grind into flour, so I might try it later this week!

I do weigh myself daily... mainly because I went through a phase where I decided not to weigh myself at all, and the next time I weighed myself a couple of years later I had gained over 30 pounds (eek)!! I do tend to be a little OCD about it, but it usually keeps me on track better than not weighing daily. The thing I'd fear with weekly weigh-ins is that I might have a weigh-in on a "bad water weight day," and feel hopeless about it. If I weigh daily, I can see more easily what is water weight vs. real weight loss/gain.

You all are probably right about the salt making me retain water this morning, excess dairy clogging my bowels, etc... maybe for dessert tonight I'll whip up a chocolate smoothie with coconut water, raw organic cacao, stevia, and a bit of psyllium to help clean out the Domino's!! LOL

Way to go, CrunchyPoodleMama -- 30 min on the Stairmaster!  What a comeback!

Oh I SO did not feel like going out in the freezing rain and to the gym after work today.

Mondays, BLACH!! But!

I went to gym (packed! Insane!) and did my weight routine and 35 minute on the stationary bike. I excused myself the last 10 minutes because my nose was dripping out and I didn't have a tissue! I kept snorting it in and thought, "this is insane! I'm going to get chest congestion next"!!  TMI, I KNOW!

No baby yet Kari!! Must be any day now??? Great !you sound great -- with all that energy! WOW!

Julia, you sound back on track! YAY!

Little tidbit that keeps me motivated:

There is NO food that taste as good as the feel you get when you lose enough weight to change pant size!

dianenv: what a friend you are!  So who's your sister?  Would be a hoot if I actually knew her!! 

LOL Stubborn girl!

Diane, maybe you will learn to love bike riding as Spring has!  Did I tell you that my sister told me her husband asked for a divorce a couple weeks ago?  I think she's going to stay in Las Vegas though, she's made some friends and will try and find a job.  I can't believe this is happening to her, especially after we just moved them there!  UGH!

I walked briskly at lunch for 30 min and last night did stretching and a few perfect pushups, that really pulls my tight scar area, but felt good to accomplish!  I'm feeling more refreshed STILL!!  Still staying up a little later, I think I was getting to much sleep when my DH was home during the week and wanted to hibernate, LOL!!  

Edited to add:  No baby yet, my DD called me earlier and said last night she was having 20 min interval contractions, but then they went away.  I wanted her to have the baby today - 1/11/11 !!  That would be easy to remember! 

dbdaze her name is Darcie.  If you know her---such a small world!

Kari I remember you just moved her down there.  At least she has a support group to help her.

Off to DD basketball game.

Happy Tuesday everyone!