Need some motivation to get started? Having trouble being consistent with your nutrition and exercise routine? Check out this article from CrossFit Norcal about the progress one of their clients made in just a few months. The "before and after" pictures are amazing. The moral of the story: Begin Now and Be Consistent!
http://www.norcalsc.com/index.php/post/what_are_a_few_months_if_its_important_to_you_begin_it_now
Shana, thanks for sharing this article!
http://www.norcalsc.com/index.php/post/what_are_a_few_months_if_its_important_to_you_begin_it_now
Shana, thanks for sharing this article!
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Note to self: Eat what I've planned to eat and stop eating when it's all gone!
Melissa, did you read yesterday's CFED blog post about partnering up? Want to be my partner?
Yes Pat, I will be your partner.
So, here is my report on my Weight loss this week. I weigh in on Thursday mornings. I only lost 0.5 lbs this week. I peaked earlier in the week and the loss looked like it would've been better. HOwever, mother nature had other plans so to speak. That started yesterday. Flippin GREEAAAT!
Anyhoo, it's still a loss...I guess.
Melissa, thanks. After reading your story in yesterday's blog, I thought you would be a great partner for me. I really related to what you wrote. I'll email you about it. Congrats on the weight loss!
Okay Pat. E-mail to the Homedepot address please. I can't get the aol address until I get home.
Having you as a partner will really help me too. I've been e-mailing with my mother and her friend in CA as well who are both doing Weight Watchers. The one in CA HAS to lose weight for her health. She had Polio as a child and has a really hard time walking with the added weight. My mother has known her since elementary school. So, it really helps my mother to stay on track to know that she is ultimately helping her friend as well.
I haven't been counting points, just writing down what I eat.
My confession for the day: I drank one glass of red wine last night, not so bad...I had one slice of Key Lime pie=BAD. I'm sure that didn't help with any loss at all.
Ladies,
Thanks for sharing your stories - challenges and triumphs.
Melissa - I also turn 30 this year (December)and would like to drop some lbs before then. I do know that I have gotten stronger though, which is great for me. Prior to starting CF, I could not lift my suitcase into the overhead compartment on the plane. I would always check my bag unless my husband was traveling with me. I now not only can get it in the overheard, but I often swing it a little too high. It is a great feeling to know I do not need to rely on someone else to lift heavy things, open jars, etc.
I do need to get my diet in check. I am addicted to sugar. I am sitting at the Audi service center now and they just have sugared drinks in the cooler (out of water I guess) and donuts. I really really want one, but know I will feel so much better if I resist the temptation...and if not, I will have to tell you all that I lett he donut defeat me and that is not going to happen.
So, thank you all for giving me the strength to resist the donut (and the munchkins...oh, how I love the munchkin donut hole things...)
Sorry for being so long-winded - but it keeps not eating the donuts....
Let's all remember that guilt about falling off the wagon is non-productive! It only takes ONE meal to get back in the Zone! No guilt!! Only positive expectations for moving forward.
You can do it Gnomes! No little donut is going to get the best of you!
Good point, Shana. This is a guilt-free zone!
Oh how I love the munchkin too! Though, I cannot remember the last time I had a donut. They were in front of me last week, but I had just finished my breakfast and had the least bit interest in them.
Shana~ You are right with the guilt. Instead of throwing the whole day away, it is just one snack or meal that maybe wasn't the best choice.
My lunch box today is an array of shoveled in foods. Literally shoved them in as I was running out of the house.
Have chicken breast, BBQ sauce, artichokes and green beans, carrots sticks, 1/2 avocado, Molly Mc Butter sprinkles, All natural oatmeal with olive oil, and 100% Whey protein powder. Oh, and an apple. Doesn't sound too bad I guess. Though, I don't think I will be eating all of it.
Eh...I don't really want any of it, but....
Just typed a whole response and lost it...GRRR!!!
STILL have not made it to the grocery store. Justified my non-action by telling myself that it just doesn't make sense to go yet since I'm out of town tomorrow through Sunday. I ALWAYS have a reason. =(
Also have not stepped on the scale in over a month. Afraid of the number I'm going to see. Think I will face my fear on Monday, though. Much like seeing my Fran time get so much worse this week, seeing that I've gained a good bit of weight recently may piss me off enough to get me back on track. I hope.
Pat and Melissa, way to supoort each other! And Pat, it's easy to see how much progress you've made, but you still are BEAUTIFUL in that picture!
Pat C I'm so excited you have this site up and running. I have been on the Zone for the past 6 weeks. I have lost 2 lbs not counting blocks but just balancing 80% of my meals. I just wrote Shana yesterday that I was frustrated. I definitely am an emotional eater and when I am exhausted (which seems to happen frequently) I can undo weeks of good things in a day.
Shana suggested yesterday that I work again to get off of sugar substitute. I have to go buy somemore coffee/tea today and am going to start tomorrow and maybe try to go cold turkey for atleast a couple of days.
My real need for support is not to beat myself up for not doing this perfectly. It always backfires.
Thanks Pat C for putting this blog together. I'll definitely by on and reporting.
Meeks~ I can totally relate with the not beating yourself up. I am my own worst enemy...ALWAYS. I really *should* be my own best friend. I even cried through FRAN. Partly because I was tired, but mainly because the time was soooo bad. It didn't seem to matter to me that I actually did it Rx. Everyone else was excited about that. All I cared about was that my time was awful.
I think that is where I need support too. Though, it's hard to use that support. For some reason, I can get compliments all day long, but I will ALWAYS find some way to point out what I did wrong, even though I also may have done something right.
I'm not sure how to fix that issue, but I am working on it.
I'm planning on going to the Farmer's Market on Saturday after the WOD. Anybody interested in going with me? I'm gonna get some fish, raw nuts, fruits, and veggies, and maybe some herbs.
Meeks, welcome to the blog. I'm glad you think it can help you. It's helping me already.
And the blog is not a secret...feel free to share it with others with similar goals.
Melissa, we change negative thought patterns the same way we change anything else...through practice. Practice being positive and accepting compliments. When you find yourself being negative, stop and turn it around. Don't give the negative stuff a voice...when you give it a voice it grows stronger. I've been working on this for a while. Having friends that call you on it is helpful. Shana has called me out many times for making negative statements about myself. And it helped...now I often catch them before they come out of my mouth, and my thinking is much more positive.
So now I will practice what I preach. Thanks for the compliment , DaniB! :-)
So, we have Pat and Melissa partnered.
Other people I believe are interested: me, DaniB, Sheryl ... I think DaniB asked ScottG if he wanted to partner...
Meeks, Gnomes, you in?
Also, Marshall may be interested as he's trying to Zone and Pat, I guess you got Ashley's email last night?
If there's anyone's email you need just let me know...
OH! And, DaniB, step AWAY from the scale. Probably the only thing it will accomplish is giving you something to torture yourself about. Don't DO IT!!
I made it out of the car dealership place without eating a donut or drinking sugary fruit juice! Yippee!! SM people, SMs (that's short for small miracles).
I think Rae mentioned that she was interested as well.
Gnomes~ YAY! for you're SM!!! :o) Woo-hoo. What a great start to your day!
Shana, I emailed Ashley last night, but I have not heard back from her.
Just returned from my Weight Watcher meeting. It was really good today (I'll probably use today's subject as the topic for tomorrow's blog). Three of my WW buddies expressed interest in the blog and they may be joining us here. (Johnnie, Terri, and Becky). We're planning to get green wrist bands to wear as a reminder of our commitment to reaching our goals. Our slogan is "Renew, Refresh, Re-Up". English teacher Johnnie will correct me if I don't have this correct. :-)
So far today: fish and coffee for 5:10AM. Echk.
2 eggs & 2 pieces ezekiel toast 9:30AM.
Fish & salad 1:45PM.
I'll be having fish for dinner. I gotta get on board with the bison and ostrich.
Glad it went well Pat. I look forward to the topic tomorrow.
Oooh, I'm not sure I could do fish that early in the morning. That might be a bit rough.
So, here's my question of the day I suppose...
What does everyone eat before their workout? Anything? Morning? afternoon?
Shana, I don't know how you eat fish at 5 AM!
Melissa I typically have a balance bar when I get up (unless I didn't go to bed until really late and had a midnight snack). I then eat a PB and J when i get back (almost flipping my mid morning snack and b'fest). I then am usually full until lunch time.
If I go to the gym in the evening I typically have my balance bar as a late afternoon snack and then eat dinner when I get home.
I don't eat in the morning before workout. I don't have the energy. When I get home, I have my coffee, the other day I had a turkey sandwich (yes, for breakfast). Sometimes I have those Jimmy Dean Delight things - I think they are ok. I also love yogurt. I know it has sugar, but it just tastes so good and is easy to eat in the car on the way to the office.
I've read that you burn 300% more fat if you workout first thing in the morning on an empty stomach. Not sure how true or untrue it is. It was in the Body for Life book.
Unless it is a very short workout, I have trouble working out on an empty stomach. Hypoglycemia gets the better of me.
I have been having a snack between three and 4pm in the afternoons before I workout at 5:30p. The snacks/small meals vary. Yesterday was an apple sliced and dipped in organic almond butter. Previous day was all natural oatmeal witha tsp of olive oil added to it, and 2 turkey sausage patties.
Always something with at least a little bit of protein.
I usually work out later in the day and try not to have anything 2.5 to 3 hours before my workout. It used to be 2 but that just doesn't cut it. Lunch today was at 1:45ish... workout will be at 4:30ish... I WILL be hungry before dinner at around 8:30 ... forgot to bring a snack to the gym. Sometimes I'll have a little protein post-workout to take the edge off. I'm trying to stay around 11 blocks. Yesterday I was kinda hungry but successful.
Today, I'm okay. Not too hungry. I ate a lot of bulky greens for lunch and that did the trick.
The hard part is not having any dessert. That tends to be what really kills my eating - wanting dessert after dinner. Last night was gonna have coffee but had green apple slices instead, then went to bed.
Fish at 5AM = NOT delicious.
We need to make sure Erica gets the invite to this blog... she's the expert!
Shana, if you will send me Erica's email, I'll send her the link. Or you can send her the link. Either way.
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