30 Day Challenges

[ToddE]

Day 26 = done. Heading out to indoor water park now, with the boys. Did ice skating last night, with them. Just a relaxing fun weekend in the works.

[Millie]

Ok.... I am having trouble getting my steps in... Only have about 4000 so far today... On the plus side, I have been good about the food today (but Sally, I was bad yesterday foodwise.. I gotta cheat every now and then or I will go nuts.)

Tim, I got a chuckle re: your MFP names. I am a huge Princess Bride fan. I am also crazy about This is Spinal Tap. I can quote many many lines from both of those movies and watch them over and over and over .....

[Sally]

Millie - I must have missed the post on your dog - I'm so sorry:[ I love my dogs - they are my world (well at least when my children aren't in it LOL)
This has been a slow weekend - sequestered in the basement doing work from 6am till 10pm)- very few steps....
On the food front I am waffling, but will hit it big time again on Monday...nothing major (other than that Big Mac - which let me point out I don't normally eat fast food and have no clue why that was my craving of choice - but it was good - maybe because it was so decadent LOL) haven't gained any weight, but haven't lost any...

Have a great Sunday everyone - tomorrow is a new day and a new week:]

[Millie]

11666 steps today. Only so so with the food choices today.. I must do better tomorrow..

[ToddE]

day 27 check. Good workout today. Post more tomorrow though.

[Sally]

this weekend has been a bust...we are getting major snow and today school was called off - yeah baby!!!
I did not get any exercise in and gained 2 pounds back:[ But today is Monday and I will eat better...doubt I will get out of the house for exercise - maybe I will try that venture to the gym if the roads clear up....maybe...

[Millie]

13060 steps today. Wooohooooo.

Major snow is an excuse to go sledding, having snowball fights, building snowmen, taking pictures (I love to take pictures of the snow).. Of course, we don't get much snow where I live..so it is always a treat when it happens.... I gained weight over the weekend. I overdid it with the food on Friday (ate over 2400 calories that day per MFP.. ate lunch out and then we had dinner event to go to and I splurged on it all including dessert. I've been good since, but still haven't recovered from Friday. I am hoping I will at least be back down to where I was last Wednesday for weigh in and would prefer to be at least .5 pound lower. We shall see.

Sally, thanks for comment on my sweet dog. I miss him everyday. I have his ashes on the mantle right now. The plan is to make a memorial garden stone with my daughter and then either bury or scatter his ashes outside...

[rosbertstern]

I have never completed any full 30 day exercise program. I've been going to the gym for the last 14 years but only 2-3 few weeks straight and then stop for 6-8 months and repeat the process for 14 years until now. This is a good time to start my day 1 since having a healthy lifestyle is listed in my new years resolution this year.

[Millie]

Great idea.. We need more folks joining us on the challenge AND it does help. My husband has joined me on the get healthy/lose weight kick and he has, for the most part, stopped drinking alcohol just because he doesn't want the calories...

I am like you.. I would get all gung ho on a new exercise plan/eating plan, just to get sidetracked because of a vacation or illness, etc. and then just stop for months and months and months. Knowing this about myself has strenghtened my resolve for this NOT to be just a "january" thing..

[ToddE]

Hey all,

Day 29. I think will roll into another 30 day set after this and up my minimum workout time. Actually I want to make it at least 90 days, since I'm on a roll. We'll see about that though. I prefer consistent over lofty goals. lol.

Oh, I got that cookbook in on Saturday Millie. I haven't had much time to look it over, but looks pretty good what I did glance at anyway. Have you cooked anything from it yet?

[_Erin_]

Day 1! (Told you I'd surprise you, Millie Vanillie.) The infamous Jillian and her 30-Day Shred have struck again! I've got me a workout buddy on here and she and I are going to rock this 30 days. I'm a bridesmaid in a wedding this summer, and we're going dress shopping on March 2, so my 30 days will end when February ends. Can't be all flabby standing up in front of a crowd in what will probably be a sleeveless and/or strapless dress. lmao

[Sally]

WOW - I can't believe the month is almost over...it went by fast. I logged 15,680 steps yesterday, am up to 10,531 so far today and may just walk around the lake since it is not snowing or raining (that will add another 5 miles to the mix)....I am going to keep up the workouts, but will probably not log...just too busy these days...take care everyone:]

[Millie]

I've been slacking last two days, but am ready to crank it up for February... Yay Erin. you may even inspire me to pull out the shred. I've a wedding to attend in May...and want to be making faster progress. That B$&@) Jillian is probably just what I need. I hate her guts though.

Sally, I think you should keep posting.... I've found if I don't post, I don't remain as accountable. If you don't want to do every day..update us when you post weekly weighin numbers..

[_Erin_]

Day 3... just so you know I haven't given up yet

[_Erin_]

I think we are all in agreement that Jillian is the devil... but she gets the job done. Bitch. lol

[Millie]

Erin,
Are you still doing the shred?? I haven't had the guts to pull it out yet. I did go to the Y tonight and work out. I am going through the normal February slump after starting gung ho after the new year. LOL. I am beginning to think getting into the good habit of exercise is even harder than NOT drinking. My Lazy/fat voice is louder and more persistent than the AV. I am plugging away though... Gotta lose the 30 by my birthdayl.

[_Erin_]

Day 7! I'm not doing only The Shred, though, I'm switching it up between a few different things. The Shred is by far the most brutal, though. Today I did Level 3 for the first time... totally kicked my ass, totally wore me out... but I loved it. I needed to push myself past the first two levels I've been doing over and over for months... I was afraid of what the third level had in store. lol

Get your butt in gear, Millie! Progress happens by change, not by keeping on the same path we've always been on!

[_Erin_]

I don't think I am "a lot" younger, but if we calculated age by fitness level, you're probably younger. Truth is, I've spent 20 years being lazy and really only tried to change the pattern in the past two years... and that's off and on. REALLY trying to change that "off and on" part. Especially now that I have a wedding to be in coming up in July. lol I've got 20 years of damage to undo in 6 months. :P

Have I mentioned how much I am NOT looking forward to that wedding??

[Millie]

Erin,
what wedding? whose wedding? What???
My stepson is getting married in May, so i want to lose my 30 pounds, or at least be well on my way, by then.

Tim,
At least you have a history of fitness... I probably was the fittest in Jr. high when I swam on the swim team. Since then, I have never been very fit. I have had periods of time where I got fitter (worked out regularly for a couple of months, for example) just to get off track and become a slug again. So, I have years and years and years of bad habits in the fitness area.. I can be pretty darn stubborn, and not in a good way, too. I remember hiring a personal trainer once, and, although he was costing me bucks, I just refused to put in the effort he demanded and was just a whiny butt.. ("i am paying you...you can't tell me what to do..lol")
I truly believe cleaning up this area of my life is going to be harder than giving up the drink.. I am hoping that my stubborness will work in my favor this time. I have young kids and am no spring chicken. I must get healthier... Plus, I've always wanted experience life as a skinny fit chick; NOW is the perfect time to get it done.

[_Erin_]

NOT MY WEDDING, I can assure you that. Long story short, it's a friend of mine who I refer to as my little sister, because she says I was more of a sister to her than her real sister was growing up. She wants my little girl to be her flower girl, too, but Kinzie isn't worried about how she'll look.

Day 8, gave Level 3 another shot today... and I still liked it! Something is wrong here... this is not me! This is not my beautiful house! This is not my beautiful wife! (Sorry it reminded me of an 80's song. lol)

Anyway... I like when I get "the workout mentality" back... I am enjoying the feeling of accomplishment, being worn out after a workout, how my thinking automatically shifts back to positive, and especially the not-scalding-hot-because-I-just-got-out-of-bed shower I'm taking every morning. The water is lukewarm and a great cool-down.