~*~Tuesday's Getting Healthy Check-In~*~

musicalsilver

Merry Tuesday Ladies!

I like the shortened format from last week's check-in ;-)

Last week:

This week: 

Goal:

Are you already planning for this year's Halloween?

And for the leaderboard this week:

Our leading ladies have 10 weeks under their belts!

@ItsStackie - Good job getting the miles in!  I like the averaging a mile a day goal!

@kdc2007 - Hope you were able to get to the gym every night!

@phishgirl29 - I hope your surgery went super well and that the recovery is a breeze!

@Pitchslap - I hope your 5k was awesome!!

@tiffletons518 - Sounds like PiYo is really working for you!  Keep up the good work, and I hope your basement magically un-disgustings itself quickly!

With 9 weeks - @WorkInIt - LO doing yoga with you continues to be the cutest mental image ever!  Keep up the good work!

With 7 weeks - @WasNotWas - Huzzah for weight-loss!  Boo for it being because of being sick.

With 2 weeks back in the saddle:

@calikat80 - I hope you found more time for running!

@megandchase - That half marathon is creeping up on you!  Good luck getting back to the running!

@mshukh - I wish you much luck changing your snacking habits - it's a hard one!  Maybe try just not having unhealthy snacks in the house - hard to eat something if it's not there!

And a warm welcome back to @Lizzybizzy80, @No longer the best and @RedCherry1109!

@Lizzybizzy80 - Congratulations on making your dietbet goal!!!!!

@No longer the best - Of course you're welcome back - and this is certainly not a drive-by!  Keep up the excellent progress!

@RedCherry1109 - That's fantastic weight-loss!  The guy on the banner on that diet website is kind of freaky looking though ;-)

WasNotWas

Last week: Lost another lb and kept off the sick weight (13 lbs total). Only ate out three times and drank three nights. Lots of walking.

This week: Reduce to two times eating out and drinking. I want to get some runs in and maybe get back into weights (I've been feeling weak with getting sick and my period and such)

Goal: Lose 30 lbs (43% completed!!). I would love to lose 7 lbs by Memorial Day.

Are you already planning for this year's Halloween?: I have been planning for this year's Halloween since Nov. 1 2013!!

phishgirl29

Last week: gym everyday until Thursday when I had my surgery. Recovery is as well as to be expected. Still achey and bleeding but hopefully this issue is resolved and I can move on!

This week: walking a bit. At the gym now but still trying to take it easy!

Goal: tone up!

Are you already planning for this year's Halloween? I haven't ironed out our plans yet, but DH will be out if town so I'm flying solo that weekend. Boo!

mshukh

Last week: Well, somehow I think I lost 1 lb...at least there was no gain at all. I missed one day and then did extra on Saturday / Sunday to make up for it. I've lost a total of 15 lbs I think (my starting point varies in my head lol). 

This week: I worked out yesterday and am hurting all over today, so that feels good. I overslept this morning, so I'm making myself go home early to hit the gym for an hour. I also got a massage on Sunday which I have been promising myself as a reward. Now I'm focusing on my next reward - some new bright shoes and some more workout gear to get me motivated.  I also found a decent plan I think I like on bodybuilding.com ( Lee Labrada's 12-week Lean Body Trainer) that I will stick with for the next 12 weeks starting today.

Goal:  I am refocusing my goals. I will focus on small goals first. Drop below 130lbs is goal number one. It's only 2 lbs away, but I've been relatively stuck for months. So I will reward myself with some fun buys every time I reach a mini-goal. I also have to remind myself that thought the progress has been slow, I have been very consistent and I definitely have progressed. And I have been trying different strategies to cut down night time snacking. It's hard to track at night trying to get LO fed and putting him to bed etc. I always snack healthy, just end up going over calories. My strategy that seems to work is to come up with things that keep my hands busy until I go to bed (do my nails, read, etc.) and drink lots of water. So I'll give that a go for a week. Report next Tuesday. Take it day by day. 

Are you already planning for this year's Halloween?

Not really. I'm sort of excited about the costumes, but then I realize that we will have to figure out the candy stuff. I don't want it in the house for ourselves and I certainly don't want to give it to LO. So...maybe we'll just stay in and give out candy to the older kids coming by. 

RedCherry1109

Last week: didn't do much of anything, been busy with the kids. I did good on staying on track with my food!


This week: still eat Healthy and get back to walking again while the kids are napping.


Goal: 1st goal- lose 20 lbs. 2 lbs away!


Are you already planning for this year's Halloween?
I've thought about a few times, trying to do a theme for all three boys. Dh wants to do super heros again but I'm over it and ready to do a different theme.

Lizzybizzy80

Last week I did pretty well but DH was off the weekend and I overindulged.

This week I want to keep up the early morning walks and hit 10,000 steps/day.

Thanks for the congrats, @musicalsilver ! I started another dietbet. I won a whopping $8 last time but the motivation was the real prize.

We get a ton of trick or treaters and I'll be on my own that night. Will pass out candy until B goes to bed and then lights out.

itsStackie

Last week: I only got 2 runs in, just was in a slump. I ate relatively healthy except my Friday night drinking, and hangover cure of a large McDonald's coke.  I'm at 9 miles for the month.

This week: Catch up on the miles. Continue to eat well. I'm also back on regular BC, so I hope it doesn't effect me too much.

Goal: Half Marathon in November.

Are you already planning for this year's Halloween? Nope. We are usually the people that set up a lot of stuff, and even had a maze.  Now, I'm unsure what to do with LO.

needanustart

Last week: I ran 3 short runs, 1 14 miler and swam 50 laps. It was a good week for working out for me!

This week: more of the same. Except my long run is shorter which is good for my knees. Work on diet as always.

Goal: marathon

Halloween: I am planning from November 1st. Love it. I am in the process of sculpting chicken wire into ghost like blobs and spraying them with glow in the dark paint for our lawn. I make our house a haunted yard and porch

needanustart

Um this threat made me realize that a Nov. 2nd marathon out of town means we have to leave the morning after Halloween to get my bib at the Expo. Eek! Looks like it will an early night for our family.

nikel13

First time I've posted in this!

Last week:
Started a 30 day challenge with my mom. It's called The Little Black Dress challenge. It's not bad.

This week:
Same challenge. Trying to eat less sweets and more fruits.

Goal:
Tone up and try to make the extra skin disappear. Also, I just want to feel good.

Are you already planning for this year's Halloween?
Yep. I've got to get the pieces of her costume together.

tiffletons518

Last week- I was sick so all my runs were miserable, but I got them done!

This week- So far with the great flood of eastern Michigan my workouts have been... non existent. Unless you count all the up and down the basement stairs and cleaning as a workout?

Goal- Get back on track training for my half

GTKY- We don't do Halloween

@pitchslap So proud of you for your 5k!! You did awesome!

needanustart

@tiffletons518‌ good for you for running while you are sick! I wouldn't have been as disciplined. And stairs totally count, they are like my hardest workout sometimes.

I seriously feel so bad for you and @workinit and your basements full of poop. I don't have a treadmill but I would be so sad if I had one and lost it in a shitstorm.