APRIL WISH Goals - Monthly Thread

I am not very woohoo today. With a hurt back over the weekend (it is better now) and today I have a massive headache, I am just not in the mood. I am really just ready to go home and go back to bed. Thankfully I have an awesome DH. He is going to take DD to her riding lesson and take DS with him so I can be at home in quiet and sleep. I am going to one of my migraine pills at about 6 tonight so hopefully it will knock this out. This is the worst one I have had in a very long time.
 
I am not very woohoo today. With a hurt back over the weekend (it is better now) and today I have a massive headache, I am just not in the mood. I am really just ready to go home and go back to bed. Thankfully I have an awesome DH. He is going to take DD to her riding lesson and take DS with him so I can be at home in quiet and sleep. I am going to one of my migraine pills at about 6 tonight so hopefully it will knock this out. This is the worst one I have had in a very long time.

Sending you a big hug!! :grouphug:
 
I am not very woohoo today. With a hurt back over the weekend (it is better now) and today I have a massive headache, I am just not in the mood. I am really just ready to go home and go back to bed. Thankfully I have an awesome DH. He is going to take DD to her riding lesson and take DS with him so I can be at home in quiet and sleep. I am going to one of my migraine pills at about 6 tonight so hopefully it will knock this out. This is the worst one I have had in a very long time.

Ugh. So sorry. Feel better.
 


I track everything always. Sometimes it's not pretty, but it has to be done! Then when things are done for the day I have a spreadsheet that I put my calories under (or over!) in. At the end of the month I tally things up and take an average. It helps. The holidays were not pretty, though, and being under an average of 5 calories a day is nothing to shout about! :smooth:

Wahoo I got to sleep in today! Not wahoo the reason is because DS2 got 4 staples in his head last night and I wanted to be sure he woke up this morning!! He was helping me in the attic and as he came up the stairs a very old little TV we had up there fell down the stairs. We're not sure how that happened because nobody was near it, but it is what it is. I heard a crash and started backing out of the spot I was in, hollering to him the whole time! I wasn't sure if he fell or something else fell. He was fine and not bleeding too much considering it was his head! Got him cleaned up and decided I wanted a second opinion so off we went to urgent care. They cleaned him up some more and put four staples in his head and a tetanus shot in his arm (he was due). He hasn't complained of anything, not even a headache. Today he also seems fine except he noticed a scrape on his arm as well. I figured one had to be there because there was a hole in his shirt last night! So that was my excitement and the reason I didn't buy a new scale!

Flossbolna I'm glad you found a healthy meal with your friends!

Piglet1979 sometimes what I've found for a super bad headache is to stick my feet in hot water and put a bag of ice on my neck. Weird, but it works!

Hope everybody has a great day!
 
My motivation this week has been that back injury I got last week - I don't want it to happen again - especially when I can do something about it.

In other news I finally had the appointment with the endicrinologist again. I am totally healthy. No sign of being pre-diabetic at all. More the opposite. I tend to have rather low blood sugar levels. So, that's not why I have difficulty losing weight. Ultimately it appears to be just a question of what I eat and it seems that I eat too much. While I loved hearing that I am healthy, I am also a bit frustrated. But I guess if I want to see results I will have to make some uncomfortable decisions. Like starting to skip my lunchs with the colleagues and bring my own lunch instead. Having more control over my food appears to be something that I have to do in order to better control my input. I hate it if my weight loss infringes on my social life, but I can't run around and complain about not losing weight and then not do what is necessary to acchieve my goal.

I made a really good and healthy choice at lunch today!! Remember how I was complaining about eating out for lunch and my difficulty with it. Today it was really easy to make the sensible choice, even though I wanted to the bad choice!

Glad to hear you are healthy :-) Glad to hear you were able to lunch and stay on track - because if you have to miss socialising too much I suspect it will get boring real quick and you will stop bringing healthy lunches anyway. You work really hard and sometimes we need that downtime with friend's colleagues for our overall health and wellbeing. It is hard sometimes though to make healthy choices when out with others - we get influenced by their food choices or we think oh well I'm out I might as well have a treat! Hope you can keep finding that balance.

Do you think tracking food is an important part of your weight loss journey?

Yes - I also am not good at doing it consistently but - it has been important in that it really showed me the stark reality of the calories I was consuming mindlessly at the start of my journey.

Woo Hoo Wednesday!

This Saturday we are meeting up with our old neighbours for a picnic lunch in a park in the hinterland - so friends, fun and exercise.
Monday I had to do a camp review in preparation for a student to attend next term - woohoo for the beautiful view of the coastline I got and to be out in the fresh air - a mix of woohoo and not woohoo about it was it was very hilly and very steep in some places - so it was really hard in some places, I struggled and needed rest breaks (which when you are with 3 younger fitter people - is a little embarrassing!) but I got it done and it was a good workout for the day! The review ended with a short walk on the beach to check access for that to - blue sky and water - just wish I could have gotten my feet in the water but I didn't have a towel in the car. Not a bad mornings work :-)


I am going to one of my migraine pills at about 6 tonight so hopefully it will knock this out. This is the worst one I have had in a very long time.

Hope it has passed and you are feeling better :hug:

They cleaned him up some more and put four staples in his head and a tetanus shot in his arm (he was due). He hasn't complained of anything, not even a headache

Ouch! Glad to hear he seems ok with no concussion.
 


Is it odd that I actually like calorie counting? I just know where I am at, keeps me aware. I use mfp and really it takes me about 2 minutes a day. Today all my meals are like they were on Tuesday - I will just copy them and for dinner I have the recipe saved. I only have to keep an eye on snacks tonight, the rest is 30 second job
 
Happy Thursday everyone!

It is summer here in Germany! A month ago it was still winter with freezing (below 0° Celsius) temperatures, today the high will be 25° Celsius (mid 70s in Fahrenheit I think). Crazy. But I am loving the weather!! Of course I am stuck in an office, but it is still nice and cheers me up! At least I have a window!

The scale was friendlier today, down from yesterday's shocking weight, but still up since 4/7 when I first stepped on the scale again for a long time. Can't understand why as eating has been really great and I have been regularly exercising. But I will keep to my motto from Monday: "It's a slow process, but quitting won't speed it up!".

Is it odd that I actually like calorie counting? I just know where I am at, keeps me aware. I use mfp and really it takes me about 2 minutes a day. Today all my meals are like they were on Tuesday - I will just copy them and for dinner I have the recipe saved. I only have to keep an eye on snacks tonight, the rest is 30 second job

I don't think it is odd. It gives you security and that is something to be valued in itself. I can see the good side of it, too. And don't feel like it is a horrible chore. It is just something that easily gets forgotten when I have other things occupying my mind (like being on vacation). I have actually meaning to pick your brain about MFP. I am considering ditching the fitbit app for food tracking and move over to MFP. But I find it rather tedious with all the commercials. I was wondering if you (or anyone else) pays for premium just to get rid of the adds? I am also a bit hesitant about their database. It seems like it is filled with a million things that just some random users put in there and some of the calorie counts seem to be off sometimes. Is there any way to restrict the database that is used for searches? I do like the ability to copy meals and such (something fitbit only offers to some degree).
 
Thanks everyone. I still have the headache today though it is much better then yesterday. I am just waiting for the Pharmacy to open to see when I can start taking Advil again since I took a migraine pill last night. I do need it to go away quickly as we have my DS birthday party at our house on Saturday and we need to get cleaning and set up done.
 
I don't plan my weekends. We usually go out to eat once over the weekend and the rest is usually cleaning and running around. Maybe I should plan for them a little bit better.
 
I don't plan for my weekends either, and even if I do plan something, like going for a walk, there's a 50/50 chance it will or won't happen. I do usually go out for lunch both days, Saturday is mostly errands and Sunday is usually whatever.

I've been getting my 8000 steps in each day but haven't made up my deficit yet, and eating has been all over the place. Grrrr... yesterday there was stress eating, which just makes things worst. Why do I keep doing that? Going for a stress walk would be so much more beneficial. The house also feels very disheveled and overflowing with stuff again, so its time to do another sort/purge. Time to buckle down and do what needs to be done. I know that if I can get the house sorted out that will me sort myself out as well.
 
TOPIC THURSDAY!

How do you plan for a successful weekend?

I do plan for my weekends. On my commute home Friday, I think through the activities I'm going to do, and figure out: 1) when I'll get my exercise/steps in; and 2) what I'm doing for each of my meals.

If we're eating out, I go to the restaurant's website and download the nutritional info, trying to plan my full meal ahead of time. If we're at home, I plan the dinners I'm going to cook. I also plan my alcohol in advance as well.

I also weigh on Friday mornings and on Monday mornings, which keeps me accountable through the weekend.
 
Happy Thursday everyone!

It is summer here in Germany! A month ago it was still winter with freezing (below 0° Celsius) temperatures, today the high will be 25° Celsius (mid 70s in Fahrenheit I think). Crazy. But I am loving the weather!! Of course I am stuck in an office, but it is still nice and cheers me up! At least I have a window!


I don't think it is odd. It gives you security and that is something to be valued in itself. I can see the good side of it, too. And don't feel like it is a horrible chore. It is just something that easily gets forgotten when I have other things occupying my mind (like being on vacation). I have actually meaning to pick your brain about MFP. I am considering ditching the fitbit app for food tracking and move over to MFP. But I find it rather tedious with all the commercials. I was wondering if you (or anyone else) pays for premium just to get rid of the adds? I am also a bit hesitant about their database. It seems like it is filled with a million things that just some random users put in there and some of the calorie counts seem to be off sometimes. Is there any way to restrict the database that is used for searches? I do like the ability to copy meals and such (something fitbit only offers to some degree).

It's summer here too - LOVE IT! One morning I was wearing my winter north face parka but lunch time it was summer!

MFP takes some time to get used to. I don't have the premium subscription, I fear it will make me focus on the small details too much and I feel there will be more benefit in focusing of the big picture.

It takes awhile at the start but once you use it for some time it's much easier. There is a lot incorrect info but I nearly always find the correct too and from years of trying I spot them easy. I know tomatoes are about 18/20 per 100 gram, salmon 180, rice/pasta 350 dry weight. Bananas 95, berries about 30. Potatoes 80ish. Most days my breakfast is yoghurt and fruit and I have that listed as regular item and if not it would be egg veggie omelette. At the start it does require little more effort. I cooked my lunch earlier this week and the calories are already added as recipe - I can just add it today. I will add my breakfast, berries and greek yoghurt or smoothie little later. Snack is tomatoes and egg muffins i made (using skinny taste frittata recipe). Again, already saved recipe - quick few seconds add. The undecided today is dinner. It took longer at the start but now it's less than minute each day
 
lovesmurfs you're so good to weigh on Friday and Monday!

Weekends I know I'm going to have tea both mornings, something I can't do working in a school office! It's hard enough finding time to run down the hall as it is, I can't imagine if I drank tea. I usually have to be very mindful of getting my steps in because I tend to go into sloth mode on the weekends. There's not too much planning aside from that!

We also have spring today! So lovely. And it's going to last a few days. It's so nice to dry out. Our lawn will get a haircut and some weeds will disappear this weekend! Can't wait.
 
Happy Friday! Let's do a Face-to-Face Friday. Unfortunately, I can't load pictures at work, so let's do it philosophically (or go ahead and load yours if you can do photobucket or the like).

Think about what you were able to do when you first started. How did you feel? Why did you begin your weight loss journey?

Now, think about how you feel today, no matter where you are in your journey. What can you do that you couldn't then? Do you have more energy? Are you eating healthier?
 
Well this is a tough one. When i started I just felt uncomfortable sitting. I did really good and over a years time I lost 10 pounds. I was feeling much more comfortable and clothes were fitting really well. Well over this past year I have gained it all back. This week i can feel that same uncomfortable feeling. I know I can get back to it but I need to find my new routine. 2 years ago the kids were not in as many activities so i had more time. I need to the time now. It would also help if the weather would improve. We had snow again yesterday. It looks like we will be in the 50 and 60's next week so I am hoping it stays that way. On days that it is nice I will be able to go for a walk around the neighborhood on days I can't make it to the rec. They close at like 8 so I need to be there by 6:45 7 to get a workout in. So this makes it hard. But walking at home can work for this. Also, when Dh goes with me he walks fast and is also a foot taller then me. SO then I am doing a good fast walk. It helps. Soon we will be able to do this.
 

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