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

Motivational Monday

Here is a motivational video. Click on this link --> Nature of Success. I love these little movie snippets. The pictures are beautiful and I love the quotes, inspirations etc.

Training Progress:
Activity: Cross Training Day - Leslie Sansone 3 mile video
time: 45 minutes

Training

Progress for Sunday
Activity: Walking
Distance: 6 Miles
Time: 1 hour 50 minutes

Progress for Saturday
Activity: Walking
Distance: 2 miles
Time: 34 minutes

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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

Motivation Monday

Need a dose of Motivation, positive thoughts or inspiration? I found a good site. I am into reading quotes and bits of wisdom. To me it is a quick boost! The site is www.motivateus.com Here are a few quotes that I like:

" It's amazing how many cares disappear when you decide not to be something, but to be someone."--- Coco Chanel

" Your past is not your potential. In any hour you can choose to liberate the future."Marilyn Ferguson

" The superior man is modest in his speech, but excels in his actions."Confucius

I added the website to my favorite's list. I guess I like the fact that you can get bits of wisdom in small pockets of time!

TRAINING PROGRESS:
Exercise: Leslie Sansone 3 mile walk
Time: 45 minutes

Sunday

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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, hard and stressful day

Working in the non-profit world is rough right now. I am extremely exhausted and stressed out. Of course I turned to my way of coping - stress eating and working too late (trying to accomplish what seems to be a never ending / growing amount of work). Enough whining though - I am blessed to have a job. Thanks to my hubby and best friend, I am reminded that I have the power to change things. Which is why I am involved involved with Seriesse! I am soooo excited to be attending a meeting tomorrow morning with this group of wonderfully positive people.

I did not exercise - My eating was poor - chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate. (I did take my supplements though!) I will get a good night's sleep and get back on track Saturday.

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.

Motivational Monday

Here is a link I received from my mother. It is called Finding Joy. Here's the link http://www.thejoymovie.com/ I hope you enjoy it.

Quick update on my training progress!

Exercise: Turbo Jam Cardio Party 40 minutes!
I managed not to gain during the holiday weekend (which I was quite happy with!)

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.