heathengirl

Hi everyone, I managed to complete my new recruit challenge but failed in my first challenge as a Druid. I'm calling this respawn 2.0 I'm going to continue with the same smart goals as before as I still find them quite challenging and they haven't become habits just yet. Main Quest: Drop a dress size. So this will be going from a size 18 to a size 16. I successfully lost a dress size the last challenge so I feel like it's doable again. Quest #1: Workout 3x per week (whether it's strength, cardio a mix of both or just yoga) Quest #2: Continue working towards modified paleo (I'm keeping dairy for now) which I consider very challenging as I travel a lot for work, so there is lots of crummy hotel breakfasts and restaurants to deal with. I'm starting off at a disadvantage as I'm traveling 6 days in the first two weeks and eating paleo while travelling has always proved itself to be very difficult for me as I am also responsible for entertaining clients so if they want pizza and beer... pizza and beer it is. Yikes. Here is to a great 6 weeks

I get long random nose bleeds when my sinuses are infected. Not that is what is necessarily going on with you, but it's a fairly tell tale sign for me, so I thought I'd put it out there.

Last night at the gym while running my c25K my right shin started really killing me. Enough to where I had to stop jogging and walk. This was really disheartening as I've made it through week 3 which is the farthest I've ever gone. I'm googling stretches for shin splints now to see if that will make a difference. Bah!

So last week eating was a total failure. I'm not normally working with such social people so I ended up eating non paleo pretty much all week, since lunches and a few dinners were restaurants picked by my clients. I did manage 3 workouts and 3 yoga days and was able to mediate 2 out of 3 times so not too shabby. Yesterday I batch cooked a bunch of chicken and veggies so I have my lunches for the week all premade. I'm bound and determined to make the best out of the rest of my 5 weeks of the challenge (only 2 more work trips this challenge).

This challenge is not starting out well for me. This business trip I'm with a very friendly and social host company and they have chosen where to eat both days for lunch. Burger bar yesterday and pizza joint today. I'm managing to stay within my calorie goals thanks to workouts both days (yay at least that is not falling apart), but it's very definitely not paleo around here this business trip. Luckily tomorrow I'm on my own for meals before another two days with people. Off to meditate...

I think your goals are great steps to get you pointed in the direction you want to head. I do 20 squats every time I go to the bathroom. LOL They all add up, I do about 120 squats a day this way.

Hard boiled eggs are great, so are raw veggies. Our micro at work is broken so I've had room temperature chicken and veggies all week. It's not as bad as I thought it would be.

I take mullti's, loads of iron (I'm severely anemic), vit D and Vit B. But only because all my labs are low and on advice of the Dr. Back in the day when my labs were good I didn't bother since my diet was sufficient.

that poi video was so much fun to watch!!! Good luck with your challenge, I'll be following along.

You have such inspiring goals. I for one have a Cross Stitch project I've been working on for about 2 years. It's been sitting put away for awhile now, your goals are a great reminder for me to get it out and work on it when I have idle time.

Hi everyone, I just completed my first challenge with the recruits and while I fell off the wagon the last few days, overall I think I was pretty successful. I'm going to continue with the same smart goals as before as I still find them quite challenging and they haven't become habits just yet. Main Quest: Drop a dress size. So this will be going from a size 18 to a size 16. I successfully lost a dress size the last challenge so I feel like it's doable again. Quest #1: Workout 3x per week (whether it's strength, cardio or a mix of both), with yoga 3x per week. Quest #2: Continue working towards modified paleo (I'm keeping dairy for now) which I consider very challenging as I travel a lot for work, so there is lots of crummy hotel breakfasts and restaurants to deal with. Quest #3: Meditate 3x per week. Last challenge this was my hardest quest to meet as I've gotten extremely lazy with my sit practice. This challenge I'd really like attain my mediation goals.

sauteed zucchini w/ mushrooms and a little bit of garlic. I could eat it almost every day. I also love roasting vegetables (carrots, cauliflower, onions, bell peppers, garlic, sweet potatoes all together yum!)

I bake egg "muffins" on the weekend by putting ham or sausage and some veggies in muffin cups then topping with beaten egg (or egg substitute) and bake until set, then eat a couple every day warmed up for breakfast.

So far this week I have worked out 5 days, but only done yoga once. Yoga is hard for me because I prefer to do it right before bed so I'm all stretchy and relaxed before I go to sleep, but I seem to be more interested in getting into my bed rather than getting onto my mat. Will obviously need to try to do some yoga after my morning workouts since before bed is too hard. Have meditated my 3x this week, and have eaten about 85% paleo. Scale has been kind of stuck this week but I'm still plugging along.

I have the Polar FT4 and have never had connectivity problems and I do plenty of jumping jacks. (I even swim with it)

I'm struggling with the same thing, and I have set up mini rewards for when I hit certain milestones. This way I still have something to look forward to when the grind of every day is wearing thin.

You are doing so great you are an inspiration. I am working on my swimming as well, though I only get to the pool about once a week. Congrats on your gains!

I don't know if this is an option for you but I use MFP and when I do my workouts I wear a cheap heart rate monitor that gives me a more accurate calorie expenditure that I put into MFP. Then when I put my exericise in MFP I manipulate the minutes worked out to get the calorie count that my heart rate monitor gave me. In many things I cut the minutes by half to get the accurate calorie count in MFP...

I've lost 130 5 years ago (now doing NF to lose another 30), and my sagging skin never went away. I had it chopped off by a PS. I think everyone's body is different as far as bounce back goes.

Just another tomato saying that I get it too. My face (and chest) stay red for awhile too after I'm done. I've always been this way so just attribute it to being normal for me. And everyone at the gym knows I'm working out harder than them because they aren't a tomato head like me. LOL

I do the hotel workout a lot because I travel so much for work. I quite like it. I've been trying to get into cycling but I live in a really hilly area and it kicks my bootie. I hope you get your bike fixed soon! And don't give up yet on your measurements you've still got some time left in the challenge.

Super excited to post that I bought a top in a size smaller than I was when I started this challenge. It is especially good news as I bought a new scale and it showed a 2 lb increase compared to my old scale. Maybe my new top will give me some extra motivation because I haven't been super motivated these last few days. I don't know what happened but I've lost my mojo. I'm still eating clean, and working out, I'm just not feeling it. :-(

Really freaking proud of myself. I missed last night's workout due to parent teacher night at school, and I normally don't work out on Friday's because I play cards with a group of women. So I slept in my workout clothes and got up at 5am to do a c25k workout. I am not a morning person at all so this is a huge feat for me!

Just checking in, I actually got all my workouts and yoga in, and additionally I completed the first week of C25K. All in all I'm pretty proud of myself for all of that. Though I'm a little nervous about what week 2 of C25K is going to bring. I'm definitely not a runner, but it would be nice to be able to do a 5K with my son (he runs Cross Country and Track). On the food quest I did pretty poorly. My adult son and his family was here for a visit this last few days and we ate at a lot of restaurants. I did my best choosing proteins and veggies, but there was definitely some over indulgences. I'm back on track and focused today though so that feels good. Tonight I'll be doing some food prep for breakfasts and lunches so I will be more in control. I'm also doing the cooking this week at home for dinners I also got all my meditation done for the week. Calm and centered that's me.

I cook a lot of curries and a step you may be missing is marinating. Many indian style curries require you to marinate the meats in the spices before cooking them this allows the spices to infuse the meat with serious flavor before you ever get to cooking them. I find that my curries taste better if I marinate everything overnight, or at least for several hours. I also cook them low and slow allowing the flavors to develop. Hope that helps.