Diet and Exercise Accountability Thread

[maestranba]

I need to get back in the groove here with working out. What can I do to motivate myself???? When I get home from school I'm exhausted and have no desire to start jumping around or doing anything but take a nap. At night I have to make dinner, correct papers, take a shower and go to bed. And forget about getting up earlier...I can barely handle 5:30. Gotta get outta this rut I'm in...only a little over a month til I gotta put on the bikini!

[jamesblonde]

Originally Posted by maestranba

I need to get back in the groove here with working out. What can I do to motivate myself???? When I get home from school I'm exhausted and have no desire to start jumping around or doing anything but take a nap. At night I have to make dinner, correct papers, take a shower and go to bed. And forget about getting up earlier...I can barely handle 5:30. Gotta get outta this rut I'm in...only a little over a month til I gotta put on the bikini!

Nancy, I know exactly where you're at. I have been so bad. I won't even step on a scale. I don't have to. Today I threw on my jeans and had to jump up and down about 5 times to wedge everything in. Sad, very sad. My plan is to go to the gym tomorrow and start the healthy eating again. My motivation so far is nil. I just have to keep telling myself that "you don't have to be good to start, but you have to start to be good".

[Jacko]

Originally Posted by jamesblonde

Nancy, I know exactly where you're at. I have been so bad. I won't even step on a scale. I don't have to. Today I threw on my jeans and had to jump up and down about 5 times to wedge everything in. Sad, very sad. My plan is to go to the gym tomorrow and start the healthy eating again. My motivation so far is nil. I just have to keep telling myself that "you don't have to be good to start, but you have to start to be good".

You should have seen Linda laughing on the floor when I tried to put my "once a year" tux pants on for New Year's Eve! they just were NOT going to go on....The vest was even funnier...I looked like strained stitching on a turkey! Good thing I had another black pair of pants that had "stretchy waist" sewn into them..

At any rate, I am staying pretty steady stretching, then walking on the treadmill and using hand weights on a near-daily basis.....A solid hour on the treadmill and 2.5 miles. I do it first thing in the morning....but I am lucky..I don't have all the responsibilities that Nancy/maestranba has....

I am eating better now too....well, mostly...

[jamesblonde]

Originally Posted by Jacko

You should have seen Linda laughing on the floor when I tried to put my "once a year" tux pants on for New Year's Eve!

Yeah, I believe that I may have seen Kevin's mouth turn up at the corners a bit. But then I gave him my "if you smirk you will never see me out of these pants again" look and it vanished

[Susie Q Roo]

It's Monday. Ugh. I'm going, I'm going!

[jmac]

k, I went & did it. Was kinda sick all last week, so no workie out. Felt like a sack of hammers but I got it done!!!!!
20 mins treadmill with incline intervals (4-6%)
free weights & stretching. AAAggghhhh, it's a bugger coming back from not feeling well.

[Shammy]

Originally Posted by Susie Q Roo

It's Monday. Ugh. I'm going, I'm going!

I don't have to go until 5:00pm - stop rushing me!

[Jacko]

Originally Posted by jmac

k, I went & did it. Was kinda sick all last week, so no workie out. Felt like a sack of hammers but I got it done!!!!!
20 mins treadmill with incline intervals (4-6%)
free weights & stretching. AAAggghhhh, it's a bugger coming back from not feeling well.

BUT YOU DID IT!!! Glad you are feeling better!

[LiveTo Travel]

I made it! I got my butt back to Yoga yesterday. Of course, I skipped it today, but feel ok about it because I did about 100 crunches when I woke up. Back to yoga tomorrow

[Shammy]

Originally Posted by jmac

AAAggghhhh, it's a bugger coming back from not feeling well.

Oh I agree, it really IS difficult!

I took a week off in Oct to go to Punta Cana and got sick as soon as I got home, really sick too. Lost another week there and when I got back, it was like starting from scratch. Couldn't lift half of what I had been lifting, I felt like a baby! Then went to Playa in Dec so took another week off. And of course, got sick when I returned and lost another week. I pushed myself back quicker this time though, who has the time to waste? Not me! When I broke my thumb and had surgery last April, I was told to be out for at least 8 weeks. I was back in the gym two days after surgery doing cardio (step/treadmill) and was back with my trainer 2 weeks after surgery. I had to hold the weight in my right hand in a really usual way (between my pointer and middle finger ) but I was not going to lose 8 weeks. Can you even imagine how hard it would have been to come back after being away that long?

[Shammy]

Originally Posted by LiveTo Travel

I made it! I got my butt back to Yoga yesterday. Of course, I skipped it today, but feel ok about it because I did about 100 crunches when I woke up. Back to yoga tomorrow

I think I am going to give this yoga stuff a shot on Wednesday (don't hold me to that though ). My neighbor teaches a class at my gym and she has been hounding me to go, but I am just not the yoga type, I'm too hyper. I'm more of a pilates person, even though I'm not too fond of that either (but I have taken it). But I guess it can't hurt to at least test the waters. As for crunches - I just bought a weight bench the other day, with the leg attachment. My trainer taught me how to do some fabulous abs on that thing, and that's what I bought it for. I'm looking at it as I type - haven't used it yet today - but I'm looking at it!

[Susie Q Roo]

Originally Posted by Shammy

I don't have to go until 5:00pm - stop rushing me!

If I had to go at 5pm, there's no way I'd make it! But I went this morning. Have to admit, it should have been a lifting day but I just wasn't up to it. Did 20 min of interval training on the elliptical, then another 20 of medium intensity. So 40 min of cardio doesn't suck. Tomorrow, I will get to the weights. Swear.

[Doggiemom]

I was good this morning, got up, walked for 45 mins! Did some light wt training, packed a good lunch/dinner for today! I have a GREAT support system!

[Shammy]

Originally Posted by Susie Q Roo

If I had to go at 5pm, there's no way I'd make it!

I used to never go at night, but there's this one step instructor that teaches advanced classes, and they are on Mon. and Wed. nights at 5:30pm. I can't take regular step anymore, it's just not enough of a work out, I need the challange of advanced step - and she is SO good at her job so it's worth going. You snap out of the tired once you get there, and I always wake up with the mindset that I am going at 5pm and even if I have to walk away from my desk mid e mail, I'm going!

And no, getting the cardio done does not suck, doing it kinda does! It's so easy for me to do the weight training, that's what I have Grace for but I really have to push the cardio out (and I SO need it) - my knees are just badddd and I think I may now have a stress fracture in my right shin from pounding on the damn step!

[Shammy]

Originally Posted by Doggiemom

I was good this morning, got up, walked for 45 mins! Did some light wt training, packed a good lunch/dinner for today! I have a GREAT support system!

Support, schamort (yes it's a word ) .

No walking girl - get out there and run Forrest, run!