Healthy Living Check-In

MrsG80inTN

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We are a group of women striving to live healthier lives, whether that means losing weight, gaining weight, sticking to a specific diet, counting calories, avoiding counting calories, starting to exercise, continuing to exercise or anything in between.

We check in on Mondays and follow up with an accountability on Fridays (our favorite post of the week, because we love encouraging each other and celebrating all our successes!).

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Many of us are using MyFitnessPal to keep track of our eating and our exercise. MFP is a great tool to keep yourself accountable, and because it is set up as a social network site, we can cheer you on there as well as here. If you are using MFP and have not found us yet, let us know so we can friend you!
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Current participants - if I miss you (or if you're new), just jump in ---

@MrsG80inTN, DenaMaree, MrsKush1014, @megrae12, @km380, @Baby5395, @sunflwra, @CFearsy, @Amybunny30, @buttercup509, @ambmama, @Menrandes, @ashleyshedd, @readinglove, @stinybean, @Nieko0423, cherylanddoug, @Elliecat17, @BLuvsE,@kistyW13, @furrypawsPowerOfBaconsmagglebitnami97, @rmpar29  

So, tell me:

The Good:

The Bad: 

The Proud:

Your Plan:

Question of the week --- What are you reading right now? If you're not reading anything, got any good recommendations?

Inspiration for the week:

Menrandes

@MrsG80inTN Hey Hey! Thanks for the check-in
@furrypaws Yum! hummus and carrots. That's a good snack choice!


The Good: Last week was a good week for me. I've discovered a love of snacking on tomatoes and goat cheese. Oddly satisfying and it keeps me away from the bad stuff.

The Bad: I can't think of anything really bad. We were a household of people with colds for a few days, so we didn't use our bikes for our errands as much last week.

The Proud: 2 pounds down since last monday!

Your Plan: I'm going to keep doing what I'm doing! I feel good!

Question of the week --- What are you reading right now? If you're not reading anything, got any good recommendations? I am actually rereading the Little House books that I recently came across again. As a general recommendation, if you enjoy fantasy or like books about Irish lore, I love the Sevenwaters series by Juliet Marillier. The first book is Daughter of the Forest and love these books so much!

ctk181

Hi ladies! I would like to join you all! We plan to TTC again next cycle, but before I do that I really want to lose about 10 pounds and also get back into fitness/working out again. I think this group seems like a great motivator, so I would like to join in if you'll have me. :-)

tigerlynx31413

Hello ladies! Sorry I have to post and run today.

The Good: I figured out a plan

The Bad: I never got back at it last week, then got derailed even more with sinuses and a head cold

The Proud: I am more dedicated to my plan this time

The Plan: All of the "small" changes I keep re-making each time I do this stop/start crap I am doing all at once. They've been done before and it shouldn't be a hurdle to get back in the habit of them so then I can adjust and change other things. 

The small changes I usually make are tracking food, stop drinking pop, having 8+ glasses of water a day, taking stairs every day. I have accomplished these so many times it shouldn't be anything but the usual. Now I need to start adjusting what I'm eating to drop some calories and then adding exercising. No more excuses! I need to work through to make it habit!

QOTW: my one friend lent me "If I Stay". I haven't started it yet, but plan to soon. Reading usually helps me relax.

rmpar29

@MrsG80inTN - :-h lady!  I'm glad to see that you survived your business trip.  How are you?
@furrypaws - Sounds like wonderful healthy snacks.
@Menrandes - I hope everyone is feeling better.  Way to go on your weight loss!
@PowerofBacon - Good plan to ensure that you won't buy more at McDs.
@ctk181 - Welcome!
@Nieko0423 - Good luck sticking to your plan.

The Good: I'm down a pound from last week.

The Bad: Nothing terrible, had a piece of cake yesterday, but it was my aunt's birthday and I did eat really good when we went out to eat.

The Proud: I went to Denny's last night and ordered broccoli with my sandwich instead of french fries. I'm super proud of that! I also finished phase 1 of my EA Sports Active 2 training, now on to phase 2.

Your Plan: Just keep it up!

Question of the week --- What are you reading right now? If you're not reading anything, got any good recommendations? I don't have time to read.

Km380

Hi ladies :-h sounds like everyone had good weeks! =D>
@MrsG80inTN‌ how are you after your trip?
@ctk181 welcome! Be sure to set achievable goals for yourself

The good: acceptance of my current physical state and weight (does that count lol)
The bad: lots of weekend snacking
The proud: uhhh nada
The plan: continue to eat a good breakfast, bring lunch at least 3 days a week. Try to be better on the weekends

QOTW: I'm reading "A Winters Tale" and I do not understand what's going on! I am determined to finish it, hoping it's like a Tarantino movie and at the end I'll be all ohhhh I totally get it"

Belle0720

The Good: I did a lot of walking last week

The Bad: I didn't track good this weekend

The Proud: The scale is down a couple of pounds!

Your Plan: Go on 5 walks, Work out 2 times, and Track food every day

Question of the week --- What are you reading right now?  If you're not reading anything, got any good recommendations? I just started reading Caroline Manzo's book the other day and I want to read Gone Girl next. I always recommend The Hunger Games trilogy if you haven't read it yet, I almost love it as much as Harry Potter.

eliida

Hi everyone! Do you have room for one more? I just moved back to the States and am trying to form an exercise habit. (Also trying not to eat everything I see that I couldn't get in South America for the past three years...) Thanks in advance! Hope you all are having a great start to the week.

Elliecat17

The good: Still taking the stairs and eating healthy.

The bad: this seems to be one of those plateaus. also totally smashed tonight, but hey it's been a rough AF. Cramps the entire time. I feel like I deserve it.

The Proud: I am doing good at not having too much sugar and pop.

The plan: I am going to try to get in more exercise then I have been.

QOTW: I have become very bad at reading. I love it, but don't have time. But I have been slowing making my way through book 1 of the House of Dede.

stinybean

I'm sorry in advance for not responding to everyone I'm feeling like crap tonight! There's more tthan one thing going around my school. I hope I have the lesser of them all.

The good: I set up my fitbit Saturday night! I'm super excited to say I walked over 7, 000 steps today! Oh and I'm back into calorie counting!
The bad: I am so exhausted/yucky tonight that my plan to get back to cto5k with have to be deferred again.
The proud: hmm, same as the good.
The plan: Continue on the right path! I really love how much info the fitbit gives me. Now all I have to do is correct to MFP because I like the food tracking there way better.

Qotw: I just finished Fault in Our Stars. It was infuckingcredible! I cried a lot but I loved it.