This week's progress

TUESDAY

Everyone Kicked butt!

Last week we announced a contest where everyone who reported a LOSS had their name added to a drawing for a lot of 100 Mary Kay samples! The motivation worked! Nearly everyone reported a loss this week. So we will have the same contest this week. Just remember that maintaining doesn't count, sorry!

The names of this week's "losers" were dropped into a coffee cup and this week's WINNER is Ciara!

And check it out! We had an over all loss again this week! Congrats to Cheryl for being this week's biggest loser of 4 pounds!! Be sure to cruise over to her blog and congratulate her!

Chris - 4 GAIN
Tammy - 1 LOSS
Life With Hashi-Thyroid Blog - 0.4 LOSS
Grace - no report
Leigh - 2.0 LOSS
Clara - no report
Dette - 0.5 LOSS
Julie - 0.8 LOSS
Cheryl - 4 LOSS
Audrey - 0 CHANGE
Christy - 1.6 LOSS
Tina - 1.4 LOSS
Danielle - 1 LOSS
Jessie - no report

And please give a warm welcome to Steph who lost 2 pounds this last week!

This week's total - 10.7 LOSS!!

I did very little exercise this week Tomorrow is my Long Walk! - 9 miles.

Sunday

Today I walked 8 miles. It took me 2 1/2 hours. It was a tough walk - I had to push my self mentally to follow through. I am happy with the time considering my recent hiatus! Saturday I did 2 miles. I am back on track.

TGIF

Yeah! It's Friday.
My eating was poor but I did get in a workout!

Friday's Progress
Activity: Walking
Distance: 4 miles
Time: 1 hour, 10 minutes

Update tonight

I couldn't take it anymore - I walked 2 miles since my last post! I have to get back into the swing of things. Thanks everyone! You really helped to motivate me by your dedication and progress!

Monday

Hello,
It has been a long time since my last post. Not a good week. I exercised once. Work has more pressure. My eating has not been so great. I was supposed to walk up to 7 miles today but instead watched 3 back to back episodes of project runway! I have to turn it around - especially since I have October 26th coming up so soon.
Take Care
Cheryl

Training Progress

I have to catch up on my training progress! Here's a run down of how I did:

Wednesday
Activity: 2 miles
Time: 30 minutes

Thursday
I did not train (was supposed to do resistance training)


Friday:
Walked 2.5 miles in 48 minutes

Sunday

Glitter Text Generator

Activity: Walking
Distance: 5 miles
Time: 1 hour 35 minutes

Today was rough, but I completed my walk! I am fortunate that my sister in law is going and will be running the 1/2 marathon. This really keeps me on track. Now if I get the eating in line I will be set!

This weeks training

Wednesday:
Walking: 4 miles
Time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Thursday:
Rest

Friday:
Walking: 3 miles
Time 57 minutes

Sunday

Progress Report on Training:
Activity: Walking
Distance: 3 Miles
Time: 54 minutes

Overall my time has improved. Eating is poor but I am getting the miles in. I am still reading the book "You on a Diet" Excellent book! I really get into the whole biology behind weight gain. It is an easy read and really gives great information on the whole subject. I highly recommend it. I am about 2/3 of the way through the book. Here is a link to the book: You: On A Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management Whether you get it from your local library or from a bookstore, it will be a worthwhile read!

Tuesday & Wednesday!

TUESDAY'S RESULTS

Wow! Everyone is doing a great job so far. What an amazing group!!!!

Chris - 2.8 LOSS (-5.8 overall)
Tammy - 2 LOSS (-7 overall)
Life With Hashi-Thyroid Blog - 2 LOSS (-2 overall)
Grace - 1.6 LOSS (-51.6 overall)
Leigh - 4 LOSS (-31 overall)
Clara - 1 GAIN (-9.5 overall)
Dette - no report...?
Julie - 1 GAIN (-4.1 overall)
Cheryl - 2 GAIN (+2 overall)
Cyn Blue - no report
Audrey - 2.6 GAIN (-0.4 overall)
Christy - 0 (-11 overall)
Tina - 1 GAIN (0 overall)

Totals:
this week - 4.8 LOSS
over all - 120.4 LOSS

Tuesday's Progress for Exercise:
- Walking, 3 miles, 50 minutes
- Resistance band training

Wednesday's Progress:
- Worked unitl 8:30pm, did not exercise.
- I need to change some priorities!

It's been a while

It has been a while! I had a very rough week. Our agency had to close 2 programs. Fortunately none of my programs were affected. Unfortunately I had to be part of the layoff process. Very, Very, Very scary times in the non-profit world!

Last week was horrible, talk about stress eating! I had my annual physical - according to my scale I gained 2 lbs! According to my doctor's scale - I lost 6 since my last visit a month ago. I like her scale better! I also stopped exercising last week. I am hitting the gym tomorrow though. I am officially starting my training schedule for the 1/2 marathon.

I hope to have some chocolate recipes posted this week. I was thinking of making Fridays - "Chocolate Fix Fridays" and have lower cal/fat/sugar types of recipes posted.

Take Care

Motivational Monday

Greetings!
I hope everyone is doing well. Here is a great 2 minute movie that is very inspirational. I hope you enjoy it! Here is the link http://www.success.com/definingmoments/


Training Progress

Activity: Cross Training Day - Turbo Jam
Time: 40 Minutes

Sunday

I need to get the eating in order. I did so so with this. I did get my exercise in. I am happy about that.

Progress:
Activity: Walking
Distance: 4 miles
Time: 1 hour

I took all of my supplements!

I came across a new website on walking. They have some good basic walking information and a variety of locations to walk. The site is The Walking Connection.

A long day

What a long day. I am spending way too much time at work. I am going on vacation next week. Which of course means extra long days before and after vacation. I really need to cut out soome time to focus on my business. I did manage to exercise! (Hopefully it off set the 3 chicken strips I ate from KFC - Ugh!) Now I can't sleep because I think I exercised too late!.

Progress Update:
Activity: Strength Training (I got these great bands from bodylastics) and Turbo Jam - 20 minute work out.

Quick progress update

Activity:Leslie Sansone - Walk Away the Pounds Express - Super Challenge
Date: 7/4/08
Completed all 4 miles!


I love this video. It is all cardio and it is at a much faster pace than many of her other videos. You have the option to stop after each mile or do the whole thing!

I plan to walk on Saturday at the gym.

Back in the Swing of Things

Greetings!

Activity: Walking
Distance: 2 miles
Time: 30 minutes

Just a quick note - hope all is well.

It's been a while

Hello Everyone,
I have been away for a bit - things are a bit hectic at work. I also admitt to letting my training go for about a week and a half! Talking with my sister - in - law and niece really helped me re-focus! They both are training for Niagara Falls as well.

Check out this link - carefull, it may make you dizzy It is El Camino Del Rey I love to hike, but I don't think I could handle this one!

Take Care Everyone!

Believe in Yourself!

Activity: Walking
Distance: 2 miles
Time: 36 minutes

I finally developed my full training schedule for the 1/2 Marathon. I used the one at The Walking Site. I adjusted it to fit the date of the marathon. I created a calendar and used clip art to decorate it - make it fun! I will post it on the refrigerator.

You know how you read something or hear something over and over again. Then one day, you hear the same message but with a different twist and WHAM - it hits you! If finally sinks in! well that is what I recently experienced. I was listening to a 4 part teleconference training through Seriesse - A company I have joined. I am lucky to be on the McCortney Team- Mindy had arranged a teleconference with Author, coach, and Speaker David Benzel. He did an excellent teleconference on achieving what you desire in life. I have done a lot of goal setting in my life - actually this was influenced a lot by Anthony Robbins. What struck me was the power of BELIEF. I understand how your belief system develops and can shape your life. He said some things that really had impact. I found out this was one reason I typically would fall short of achieving some goals Through listening to this, I created a positive belief that I am now repeating throughout the day. I say this to myself as if what I desire is already occurring - don't say / write something as if it may happen.

Here is my new belief:
"I am an Athlete training for a 1/2 Marathon. I eat, train and make choices for peak performance"

This is working for me. Repetition is the mother of skill - I have been stating this several times throughout the day.

I highly recommend David's books and websites:

David Benzel's newest book - you can get it at Amazon:
From Chump to Champ: How Individuals Go from Good to Great

Here are 2 of his websites:
http://www.davebenzel.com/
http://www.fromchumptochamp.com/index.htm

Take care and have a wonderul holiday

Update on Training

Daily Progress
Activity: Walking
Distance: 2 miles
Time: 4o minutes (yikes!)

I have to start following my training schedule more closely. I have a tendency to skip a day and try to put in all of my walking in at the end of the week. My diet was alright today - I focused on healthy choices and have increased my water intake. I am taking a few days off for the holiday which will reduce my stress level.

Take Care

Starting to Train

Hello, I have actually started my walking program today! 2 miles down! There are a lot of free training schedules on line for walking the half marathon. Most are based on a 16 week training schedule. I have started early. I am slowly working up to the pace of the 1st week of my training schedule. I am using the schedule at Marathon walking.com There is also a great book out called "The absolute Beginner's guide to Half-Marathon Training, Get ready to run or walk a 5K, 10K or Half-Marathon (Hedrick, 2005). It has some great information that would benefit anyone interested in doing this type of thing!
Well that's it for today!
Take Care