britne

Eek! My first race ever! Anyone else in the area planning on running (or coming to cheer and throw color? )

Oooh... I have 20.2 pounds to lose until my goal weight of 150. Count me in! I weigh in on Tuesday mornings, and yesterday I was 170.2.

I wish I could find people with their TH out like that so I could trophy farm. Trying to get to 1250 for the gems, then I don't care about trophies.

Food porn! Paleo dinner tonight of tomato, garlic, and basil chicken; paprika, cinnamon, red pepper, and almond sweet potatoes, and Brussels sprouts. Yum! (Okay I used a pinch too much paprika and my mouth is on fire. )

I think this nails it, and when it annoys me, it's usually in a certain context. Like when I choose an apple and greek yogurt for breakfast in the cafeteria, and someone else goes right for the donuts, then says something about my "willpower". Or when I pass on ordering dessert and they order the biggest, most sugary thing on the menu... I feel like telling them they could make a healthier choice if they wanted to! I want to be more sympathetic, but I feel like I'm not doing anything they couldn't do too. I have to try to keep it in perspective sometimes... it's not an easy (or obvious) choice for everyone. Thank you for the kind words though! I shouldn't let it bother me.

I at least need my sports bra or else I'm going to hurt myself. Or someone nearby. O.o

As promised, my food porn from last night. Lemon pepper pork chop, baked sweet potato, steamed green beans and broccoli, and fresh fruit. So many colors!

Ooooh... this sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing! And keep up the great work! You slipped off track for a little there, but you've been doing great at recognizing it, making a plan to get back on track, and sticking with it! Awesome job!

I get this a lot... people have been telling me I have such great willpower, they don't know how I do it, etc... while I'm sure they're genuine, I feel like all I'm doing is making a goal and sticking with it. Willpower isn't that difficult if you're doing what you want and it makes you happy! I enjoy eating healthier foods and being active, and it's something I'm going to keep doing, even after I've lost all the weight that I plan to. I think maybe it's just too much "willpower" for some people to give up their unhealthier ways?

So much good info in this thread! This is something I struggle with too... I've been losing weight and don't want to lose muscle along with fat, but eating at a deficit + lifting is tough! I've settled into doing more body weight work and running for the time being while still working on the weight loss, but once I hit my goal weight, I'll switch my focus. Just wanted to say thanks to Alex and everyone else that provided such great info in this thread, and Steph for sticking with it and being motivation to the rest of us! (Sorry for the delayed response, I've been really behind on my forum reading lately. Oops.)

I love it! This is going to be my new workout when I get bored. How long until my neighbors get annoyed with me?

Still hanging in there, sorry I haven't been updating much. Been crazy at work, plus packing for our move next weekend. Let's see... 2 weeks behind? Week 4: Goal 1: Pass Made my increases, 2 days of 2 circuits of the BBWW this week. I like doing the C25K on M/W/F (although I skipped Friday for lunch with coworkers, but walked more in the evenings this week to make up for it!) and the BBWW on T/H. Goal 2: +2 Paleo dinners on Wednesday (stir fry) and Thursday (grilled shrimp, sweet potatoes, broccoli) Goal 3: Nothing new. Glad I found time to try so many things early on. Life quest: Got all the letters mailed and tracked them all week so I knew they made it. Week 5: Goal 1: Pass Another increase, I'm up to 3 sets of the BBWW! (Well, 3 on Tuesday... I was feeling sick on Thursday but still got one circuit in, because I would have been mad at myself if I didn't at least try.) Moving right along with C25K, finished week 1 finally (only took me, what, 3 weeks? LOL) but jumped right in to week 2. I'll finish that today, since it's Monday and therefore a running (okay, jogging) day. Goal 2: +3 Paleo dinners on Tuesday (tilapia, sweet potatoes, cauliflower), Thursday (stir fry - so glad this recipe was a hit! ), Sunday (pork chops, sweet potatoes, green beans, fruit - food porn incoming!). Oh! +1 more, for having left over stir fry for lunch on Sunday. Goal 3: Nothing new, sorry! There are so many more things I want to try, but at least until this conference is over I'm going to be spending lots of my free time working. And fun stuff always costs money I don't have. Life quest: Starting to get some replies in about the letters! Since we're moving this weekend, they're just going in the paperwork box for now, but I think another phase of this life quest will be to organize the heap of papers I call a file cabinet and keep better records. Oh, and that little challenge my director was doing for our department? As of the end of last week, I'm the only one still in! Which means I just have to finish the month and I get the gift card. Woo! I can't believe this is the last week of the challenge! Time to start thinking about my next quests... (P.S. I know I usually link all of my workouts in my posts, but I need to get back to work. You can all snoop on my workouts from the links in my sig!)

My link is in my sig... adding all of you! I'm a walker/hiker working my way up to running... slowly but surely!

I think it's in my sig but I can't see it on the phone. I'm Melisende.

Casual being... those that don't check on our villages while at work? Of course I would never do such a thing...