Summer Fitness Challenge - Apr. 4-10/05

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allwildgirl

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Well, the start of another new week. Hopefully this one will be better than last. The weekend was HORRIBLE for eating. I think I ate every BAD carb in a 5 mile radius. I was like the black hole for carbs. Ugh. Last night I was so disgusted with myself. But I did the Kickmax Bootcamp premix and KPC abs and that made me feel a little better.

Tonight I'm going to do MM. I am determined to eat well this week. I made sure I made myself a good lunch for today, so I won't be tempted to go buy something.

Hope everyone is doing well!
 
Shelley, this is the first time I have seen your pics! You look fantastic!! Your abs are great! You look very fit! Your little girl is precious.

Well, I have been very very bad myself with the junk food. I can't seem to stop. Last night was M&M's and ice cream.

Today I plan on running. I will check in later.

Lori
 
Hey, Shelley! I completely feel your pain. I also feel absolutely DISGUSTED with myself. I was eating pretty well all weekend and feeling good about myself but yesterday I had TONS of movie popcorn. The rest of the night I was miserable and bloated. I still feel yucky this morning. Why do we do that? Why do smart women self-sabotage their diet?? Weekends are the worst.....

At least you worked out! I rollerbladed for only 1/2 hour yesterday morning but that's it. I even overslept this morning so I have to catch up tonight on my workout. Blech....not a good start to the week.

Have a great workout with MM tonight and enjoy that healthy lunch!

Angie
 
Tough love!

The way I see it, is you have two options. You can be pragmatic and say, bad eating days happen and begin anew. You can say, I dislike being disgusted with myself so I am not going to have a binge day again. Better yet, do both. But if I catch you posting like this again I am going to show up at your door and either kick your butt or hug you. I'd like to do the first but that would be mean and you are doing a bodacious beating yourselves up anyway. NOW STOP IT! I apologize for yelling but, come on!

I have loads of garbage in this house. It's for my kids and it won't last but a few days and then they have to wait until the next shopping day for more. My daughter baked homemade cookies last night. I have a chocolate stash in case of a natural disaster. I didn't touch any of it, and it's not because I am the smartest, it's because I know it will satisfy nothing and make me feel like a loser! I ate really balanced, nicely spaced meals yesterday and it turned out I didn't even want the one piece of dark chocolate I eat after dinner some evenings. Since I can have it any ole time I want, what's the big deal? Are you, 1. planning healthy, balanced meals and eating them at regular intervals? If you are and you eat crap on top of it, you need to quit it and if you aren't, and you are letting the crap talk you into eating it INSTEAD, then go back to sqaure one, but leave off the crap.

Here comes the tough love; When I hear a woman say she couldn't not eat a bunch of junk, I think the heck you couldn't, you CHOSE to eat it. You were in control at all times. You ARE smart and you have as much self-control as anyone else, so don't do that to yourselves! I'm not the epitome of self control but once burned, twice shy. You ALREADY know better. I looked at those cookies this morning. (My daughter bakes really well.) I didn't say I couldn't have a cookie, I told myslef to wait and see how I felt after some complex carbs and lovely clean protein for breakfast. I don't want a cookie. It's lovely but it's got butter and white flour and chocolate chips and there's a time and a place but not now and if they are all eaten boefore that time arises, it's not the last chocolate chip cookie on earth.

Now when you work out you are going to be doing so to burn those junk calories instead of for the simple beauty of working out to maintain a healthy lifestyle and and slim figure. You cheated yourselves of the good feelings and you didn't really enjoy the food. Did you? Cheating is for pleasure and uless you enjoy feeling disgusted, don't do it for any other reason. There is pleasure in savoring a small piece of chocolate or whatever it is that floats your boat. I am forever on the lookout for chocolate cake, one slice, devoured with love. I am not a desert martyr, thinking I must never eat a sweet treat again and I am not a junk food binger, out of control, stuffing my face like there's no tomorrow. I am a balanced eater in control of my food intake. Why aren't you?


Bobbi http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/chicken.gif "Chick's rule!"

Tell me, what it is you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver
 
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Good Lord, woman! Look at me feeling suitably chastised! However, you made one serious error in your post. The thought of you showing up at my door with a hug OR a kick in the butt just makes me want to post more self-pitying drivel!;)

I agree with all you have said. I didn't say I couldn't NOT eat it. I could perfectly well have NOT eaten it. However, I did eat it. The thing I hate most in this world is lack of self-control. Therefore, when I exhibit such loathsome behaviour, it makes me disgusted with myself, NOT because I ate what I shouldn't have, but because I didn't CONTROL myself. And I know I'm perfectly capable of that control. So let's amend and say I'm not unhappy I ate what I did, because it was all delicious (particularly the soft pretzel I had at the movies), but that I am ashamed of my lack of self-control, when I am constantly berating others for the self-same thing.

Is a desert martyr someone who refuses to drink water when they are trekking across the Sahara, or are you just using that because you live in Arizona?;)

Thank you for metaphorically kicking my butt. I promise that in future I shall behave and choose my words much more carefully. I am not risking incurring your wrath again. Now. How about that hug?:)
 
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Wow, Shelley, I guess we've been "cyber-slapped"!! My bum already feels sore anticipating the butt-whooping from Bobbi! Youch!

You're right, Bobbi, I agree with what you said....it is my choice....I'm just curious about the subconscious reasons I make the choices I do. Do I sabotage my diet because subconciously I feel I'm not worthy of feeling healthy? Does my body crave something it's not getting? Or is it simply I eat unclean out of habit and convenience? Or am I being too hard on myself and like you said, should actually enjoy the occasional treat instead of beating myself up for it? Whatever it is, I'm like Shelley - for a normally very in-control person, I am ashamed of my lack of self-control and am tired of telling myself: "this week will be different!"

OK, this week WILL be different. I CHOOSE not to feel like this again. It's just gross.

Thanks for the tough love, Bobbi. Can I just call you "mom"?!?!? :)

{{GROUP HUG}}

Angie
 
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Hi Everyone,

Words of wisdom from Bobbi! I agree totally with everything you said and I don't understand it either.There are times I will eat certain things and I will feel like crap, then the next day....I could do it again! One good thing is I never tend to go towards greasy, deep fried stuff.I will just pick at stuff in my house instead (sweets)Then again, I don't know if one is worse then the other.

On that note, the scale was nice to be today.:) Thats what night shifts do I guess.I don't eat all night and then I sleep 1/2 of the day so really I only eat 2 meals a day if that.Hopefully I can keep that in check the next 2 days until my night shift again on Wed night.Then when I leave for the city on Friday I should be down another lbs.Not that it matters a whole lot but when I am getting ready to go out on the town, I may not look any different but for some reason b/c I have 4 lbs gone, I think I look hotter.Part of being a women I guess!

I am not sure what todays workout will be.I have 2 shifts left at my other job:) One tonight and one tomorrow morning.So I need to workout soon b/c I have to work at 7:30. I think I am going to do GS Ches and Tri and Cardio.

I will check back later,
Lori:)
 
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Hi Everyone,

First, I need to thank Bobbi for chiming in here. Maybe that is just the motivation (or being afraid she will be knocking at my door) I need to get going this week. I did not workout this weekend at all, and I also ate pretty crappy to boot. Anyway, I'm moving on to today. It is 70 degrees and I am heading out for a 6 mile run. Also, I made up 4 days worth of healthy lunches yesterday so there will be no excuses there.

Have a great day everyone,

Diana
 
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Was that too strong? That was too strong, wasn't it? :7 Please, call me mom! And it is okay if no one listens to me; it's quite normal. (Sniff) I have a bee in my bonnet because someone dear to me says that over and over and has gotten Ephedra online rather than dealing with it! It's a lot easier to sit and type out a lecture than to try to talk to someone who won't listen and might argue, let me tell you.

Angie, I think these are the self-fulfilling propehcies we use to not deal with the horrible relationships we have with food and our bodies. But it is true. You never have to feel disgusted again! Food isn't an enemy. Attitudes do us in. It's the feeling that you've blown it a little and you're bound to blow it alot and then you do. But you can rescue yourself after one cookie but lots of cookies make it hard and you feel defeated so you say, what the hell, let's binge. Eating was the last thing I let control me. But I got sick of it, of feeling horrible, of telling myself negative things and calling myself terrible names. I wouldn't do that to another soul and it's not okay to do it to oneself. We love us! The power of positive thoughts is amazing and I know I can go online and say "help" right here as easily as I can sit down with all the cookies. I have been praticing being positive and my husband thinks I am on drugs! :) But it works! It stave off all sorts of behaviors I know are going to make me feel like dirt. I am not dirt and I don't want to feel down on myself because I try hard! You do too!

So, will you please stop it?
Bobbi http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/chicken.gif "Chick's rule!"

Tell me, what it is you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver
 
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YES, MA'AM!

Ephedra...yuck....I'll take your kind of positive attitude drugs anyday, MOM!! :p

Your attitude is very contagious, Bobbi, and you're absolutely right. The main reason I workout consistently is to ward off depression anyway so the negative talk when I binge is just offsets my progess! From now on, I am COMPLETE CONTROL!!! And you know why?!? Cause I'm WORTH IT!!! Go me!!!

Love ya, Bobbi!!

I LOVE ME I LOVE ME I LOVE ME I LOVE ME I LOVE ME I LOVE ME I LOVE ME!!!!!

Angie :D
 
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Hi all! We started P90X today! We're doing classic so I did Chest & Back today - whoah! I usually can't do a good pushup to save my life but I ended up doing a total of 64 toe pushups! I am bvery pleased with myself about that! This is a tough program and I am going to be pushed to my limits - I can tell. I like Tony! He makes me laugh! :)

I'm on phase 2 of the diet, but I haven't really started it yet. I took a break from the diet over the weekend and that spilledinto yesterday; Gotta get back on track today!

I'm looking for some fun stuff to do in my recovery weeks (after P90X) - trying bellyancing and thinking about Brazilian dance. Some pilates and yoga too.

Hope you're having a great day!

Lisa
 
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Good Morning......my eating went well over the weekend. I was not perfect, but good, and I did not binge. This is the first time in about 3 weeks. Yesterday I did Low Max, and today will be HSC.

Great words of advice Bobbi!!!!
Lori
 
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You are worth it, Angie! And, you know when we get down on ourselves we take all the BS that gets flung our way at times too darn seriously. Get the atttidue in place and no one, not even the folks who know which of our buttons to push, can make you feel bad, sad, guilty or mad, even if you didn't get a darn thing done yesterday and got the "What did you do today?" the moment you walked in the door. This place was like an insane asylum yesterday evening!


Yikes, I misspelled dessert and I missed your joke too, Shelley! I had about 5 minutes to peek at the forums and those I should not have spared. I think I need a hug. Yesterday was one of those days. Saw the dentist. A hundred and twenty-five bucks to say everything looks good? Visited my mom and sister, which is always fun but by the time I got home I had enough time to clean up and head out to yoga and I got home to find my sulky husband unloading the dishwasher, obviously unhappy because I was running behind schedule. Very martyred looking, worked all day and had to come home and slave over a dishwasher full of clean dishes while one teenager surfed the web and the other watched an unauthorized bio pick about Robin Williams? If he was doing it for effect, it wasn't very effective. Honey, let me get you a pillow so you can put your poor tired feet up; I've been eating bon bons and hanging our online all day in my cushy life as SAHM. Come on!

By the time the teenage girls got into a nasty name calling fight and Sam showed up at the dinner table naked, I was not feeling very positive at all. Or was that after Sydney broke a cup and Sam tried sneaking his dinner upstairs, to have dinner naked while watching cartoons in my bedroom? I thought I had managed to break him of the constant nakedness when he was 3. So a couple of the little buggers came up against the sharp edge of my tongue, blunted a little, but I could feel myself getting bug-eyed. Where do they get those mouths???

Speaking of bug eyes, I did try to talk to HER about the ephedra but to no avail. She's an adult so... But I did let her know that I didn't want to hear about it as I feel it's not the right way to lose 10 pounds but since she wants it to be the thinnest of her sisters when she goes home for a visit, theres no point. She's very slim and looks great. She's been talking about losing weight in a very disordered way for quite a time but talk's cheap; it takes money to buy whiskey. So I told her it could have an ill effect on her health and shut up. By the time I hit the hay, I'd been up for 19 hours and felt like I'd been "rode hard and put away wet, pardner."


Bobbi http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/chicken.gif "Chick's rule!"

Tell me, what it is you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver
 
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Okay Bobbi. After a day like that, I'm willing to forgive you any typos and the toughest of tough love.

Last night I made yummy brown rice and steamed veggies for dinner, then we went for a walk because it was so darn NICE outside. Hit the mailbox to mail some letters, then to the cornerstore where Miss Sophie got to buy something with her own money she brought from her piggie bank (well, technically, it's a snail bank). She chose a Klondike ice cream cone. Ate about 6 bites off the top and then gave it to me to "hold but you can have some if you want!". I had one taste and then gave it to my SO to hold. I was quite proud for remaining in control.

I did Musclemax last night. I adore that workout and when I was doing the push-ups, I noticed something. I'M GETTING A BICEP VEIN!!! I promptly ran into the family room to show it off. Chris (the SO) was suitably impressed.

Anyway, after I was done I was starving so I had a little cereal and skim milk.
 
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Very nice! Control in the face of a Klondike bar is tough. In fact, you just ruined this grapefruit for me. Brain's thinking Klondike, tongue balks at grapefruit and I love grapefruit. They came off my sister's tree and that reminds me, I need to water my lemon tree.

And it is being watered now.

SHUT UP! You ARE NOT getting a bicep vein! I am so jealous! It's the one thing I MUST have since I have given up on my abs. And you have a six pack! Man, it's just not fair!

Let's see positive thoughts, positive toughts. http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de//party/cheeburga.gif Just kidding!

Let's make this challenge about food AND exericise. I do not want to challenge you for biceps veins. I think you have the potential to be a hard body and I will experience that vicariously through you. We are going into summer. Ours is in full swing by May, and I want to get to work on my puny self and lay down more muscle. I need motivation not to blow off my Hardcore workouts and just do yoga. When I head out the door for a class, I leave all my cares and woes behind. At home, it's hard not to merely see all that needs doing and I am slipping behind. I always wan to blow off working out so I can get started sooner on the To Do's. But the next three days are busy and they can be Hardcore days because there's no way I can get out to yoga. I was very wakeful last night; the time I was very wide awake was long before 4:00 but I am pretending it was four which just yesterday was unacceptable. Not before 5:00! I am doing dinner for 13 tomorrow and Ali has a teeth cleaning appt., Sam soccer practice so I have to be on top of things by 2:00 PM today! I will feel happier if I do the workout because blowing it off is like over-eating in a way. Negative self-feelings! I can't afford that. It would be hypocritacal for one thing, so, Dude, I am checking in and if I don't get three Hardcore's in in 3 days, all of you have to come and kick my butt and then hug me!

Okay?


Bobbi http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/chicken.gif "Chick's rule!"

Tell me, what it is you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver
 
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Oh, it wasn't the mere BAR. It was a cone. With the chocolate and vanilla ice cream, the nuts, the sugar cone. I HELD IT IN MY HAND AND I WAS VICTORIOUS!!!!

Mmmmmmmm.... fresh grapefruit. And fresh lemons! You're so lucky!

"Is that a challenge Scar?" "Oh nooooooo, Mufasa, I wouldn't DREAM of challenging you...".;)

Yes. Diet and exercise combined sounds great. So get cracking there, missy! Off the computer and onto the exercise floor. DROP AND GIVE ME 20!!!

I'll see you back here later and I expect good news. Otherwise, there will be much butt kicking. Followed, of course, by some major hugs.
 
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Hey, Lisa -

Brazilian dance sounds like fun. You'll have to let us know if you try that!

WOW! 64 toe pushups is AWESOME!!! I'm impressed!

Angie
 
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Holy cow, Bobbi - do you ever just sit on the couch and veg out? It sounds like your typical day is a workout in and of itself!

OK, we'll keep you accountable for those workouts! Get cracking, missy, and we'll all have a sweaty group hug at the end!! VICTORY!!!

Have a great day!

Angie

*pouting* I want a bicep vein, too!
 
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Good Morning Ladies,

This morning I did power hour. It wasn't as difficult as I remember it being. I used to dread when this came up in a rotation. Must be getting stronger huh!! Oh, and thanks to Bobbi, I went to my weight watchers meeting last night so I am definitely back on track. I also ran 7 miles yesterday instead of 6. Here's to positive thinking!

Have a great day everyone.

Diana
 
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One down and two written on my calendar. Your get cracking got me in gear! This isn't too typical. I made the kids cleaning appts. three months ago and never thought to call sister Jan to see when she was coming with my mom. I can be grateful I didn't schedule all three in one day since all the kiddos go to different schools. Sydney and Sam have appointments tomorrow. I also think I am opting to grill chicken which is much simpler that what I was going to make.

The world is always a better place after you sweat. And I have had breakfast and second breakfast since meals eaten before 10:00 AM don't seem to qualify as anything else. If I put my petal to the metal, I think I can be done by 12:00. This house isn't as horrific as it seemed early this morining. I have basic organization underlying all the things that need putting away and I have decided to work around them and make the kids pet them away. They accidentally forget, you know? I am going to acidentally forget to pick it up for them because I don't want to have to look at it. The play me like a violin! And my mornings are all In's, except Friday when I go say goodbye to my mother, which is always tearful and gut-wrenchng. She always cires and then we all do. My other sister and I always try to see who can hold out the longest.

Shelley, what are you some kind of robot! Nuts and a sugar cone! (Long, slow whistle...)

Bobbi http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/chicken.gif "Chick's rule!"

Tell me, what it is you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver
 
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