kdickin3

Such a bad week for cheese and breads, but good for no liquid calories. On a positive not I've lost 7 pounds this month by just making a few changes.

Ok I'm going to attempt doing some type of log again. Knowing me it will probably only be a couple of words every few days lol. But something is always better than nothing. SW: 175 lbs CW: 165 lbs Height: 5'2 Current goal: flat stomach I'm cutting way down on fast food and liquid calories. Limiting breads and trying my hardest to cut down on dairy to clear up my skin. But man is it hard - I really love cheese, milk, and hot chocolate lol. Eventually I'll incorporate exercise as well, but I want to focus on food first. It always seems that when I try to do everything at once it only lasts for a month or 2. So this time I'm taking a different approach.

Ok so my first challenge was a complete success, however that was months ago and I've fallen off the wagon. So here I am ready to start again. (This is on my phone right now, so any parts I've missed or inproper format I'll add later) Goal #1: Increase my endurance-I am an ex smoker who isn't used to exercising. So needless to say my endurance is horrible. Plan: Zombies 5k - this will be a challenge because it is still very cold, and I have no faith in my ability to run on snow or ice. So treadmill if I have to! Goal #2: Eat better - this was part of my first challenge and I did well, but lately have gone right back to my usual diet. Plan: eat more meat, veggies, and fruit. Less bread, dairy, and pasta (those are my weaknesses). Goal #3: Lose weight - I did a great job of losing weight the first challenge but gained some back. Not setting an actual pound goal, I just want to go down. Plan: very simple stick to the plans for goals 1&2, and add some body weight training on the days i'm not running. Life goal: pay off as much of my student loans as possible. Plan- no unnecessary spending, and put the money towards it as soon as possible (no waiting) OK so that's it for now, I'll fix any mistakes or add missing elements later.

K....wow I have been neglectful of my Challenge lol. Ok so I haven't been exercising at all, been going to bed really early lately and just haven't done it. I have been doing pretty good with my diet. I don't eat much bread or pasta, and I have been eating smaller portions. But the best part is that I not only got an interview, but I got a great job as well. After a whole year of being unemployed and applying to jobs non-stop lol, I got a full-time job as a Corporate Purchaser (even though I have next to no purchasing experience). So basically I've been pretty excited about this new job, and let my exercising slide. So that's about it. So I probably wont make much progress weight loss wise this challenge, but I figure as long as I don't regress than I'll be happy.

Yay

Hey are any of you guys planning on doing this upcoming challenge?

Ok, so my first challenge was a pretty good success and I'm hoping to repeat this time . MY MAIN QUEST: My main quest would be to lose weight, become healthy, and fit into a size 5. MY MISSIONS: * Do a walk/run on the treadmill at least 4x a week. * Do some type of Strength Exercise 3 days a week * Continue to cut down on bread/pasta/processed food, also work on eating less (my portions are pretty big) LIFE QUEST: * By the end of 6 weeks I want to have another interview (having a lot of trouble finding a job) MY MOTIVATION Get rid of back pain Run without getting out of breathLook good in clothingIncrease my energy (will try to update my progress at the end of each week) Starting Weight: 152 Starting Pant size: 8

lol I hate when that happens, but great progress.

So overall I got a B. My goal weight was 154 and I got down to 152, so yay me. So overall a success. I think my next challenge will have similar goals.

Week 6 1. Strength - C (skipped quite a few) 2. Cardio - B (skipped a couple) 3. Eating better - A (some how stayed on track with my limits) 4. more time with my daughter - B (did a couple of things)

My last week was horrible, don't think I met any of my goals. But overall i'd say it was a pass. I weighed in at 152 lbs this morning, so 8 lbs in 6 weeks not too bad. I will do the next challenge, but I think my goals will be similar.

I'm doing alright I suppose. Last week was by far the worst lol (I had a Big Mac haha), but oh well I'm not going to worry about it. I've still lost weight over the 6 weeks, so I must be doing something right. I've been trying to do my body weight exercises but lately I just don't feel like it, so I just walk on my treadmill instead (way too cold out at night now to walk outside).

Week 5 (lol not a great week) 1. Strength Routine - missed one B 2. Cardio- missed 2 C 3. Eat better- was within my limits on bread and pasta, but had quite a few sweets B 4. Get out with Daughter - spent a whole afternoon at a farm (corn maze, play area, and got more pumpkins), also did some crafts B So really not the best week, but guess I could have done worse. So B-

Well good luck with avoiding the sweets, I would have a lot of trouble with that too. As for snapping on him, I think most people would have too in that situation. So I don't think you should count that one against you

The only reason I did well is because I was REALLY good during the week; no pasta, bread, grains, or junk food. And then I had a REALLY bad day on Saturday with bread, and cookies lol. And 1 cookie may have slipped into Sunday as well.

You certainly have more will power than me!!!

Well it certainly flew by, that may have been because I was getting everything ready for Thanksgiving but meh.

Week 4: (Time is starting to fly by now) Goals: 1. Strength Training: I missed a workout (Damn you holidays lol) B 2. Cardio: Missed one walk, but did do a lot of cooking and cleaning that day so I think its ok A- 3. Eat better: Did really well all week so that I could be bad on the weekend lol, so I was within my limits A+ 4. Take my daughter out more: We only got out a couple of times, but we did do a lot of crafts so I guess B So overall for week 4: B+

Don't really have any tips, but on the bright side it could be worse. You could live where I do and get "cold and rain" for 4-6 months, and "freezing with snow" for 3-4 months.

Thanks Guys, we had our dinner last night. It was so good, juiciest turkey I have ever had. And our parents thought we were going to screw the bird up, because they weren't here to cook it. But of course this weekend has been pretty bad for me, ate a lot of dinner rolls and haven't exercised lol. Holidays are going to be difficult.

I think you could walk everyday if you wanted too. When they say not to do too much cardio I think it means not to do over do your cardio. So don't spend 1-2 hours everyday running on a treadmill, or going crazy on the elliptical, etc. I try to walk everyday, I do strength training on Mon, Wed, & Fri (followed by 30min walk) and on the other days I go for longer walks with a bit of jogging.

Ok...so far this week I haven't had any bread or pasta . Which is probably really good considering were ordering pizza tomorrow and we will probably have dinner rolls for Thanksgiving dinner on Saturday.

Yay for antibiotics lol, and hopefully you get better soon.

Lol sorry didn't mean to give anyone heart attacks. And the first workout I did was the BW workout with the exception of one exercise. I guess I just like that this one has progressions, and tells you when to move up. But if you like your workout then keep doing it. It's only when you aren't making progress that you should consider changing it up, at least that's my thoughts on it.

Ya this is a really busy time of the year. Then with our family my sisters birthday is the end of October, mine is 1 week later, and my dad's is a month later. But that is awesome that you reached your goal, and if you do have strep just take a rest if you need it. I get strep about once a year, it really is a pain.