Your challenge this week....well it isn't really a challenge....but I want to hear from everyone....how were the holidays for you and doing badonkadonks at the same time??? You can click on comments at the bottom and let me know.
Some of the Challenges that will be coming up are:
Eating only whole grains for a week.
Getting 25 Grams of fiber each day.
adding an additional item from the extra credit for a week.
Talk to you soon!
Jamie
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Holidays were fab!!! Love the holidays and the food too. It was really hard for me with everyone dropping off homemade goodies. Having the week of Christmas was craziness too, I ate tell there was no end (not good at all). Trying and ready to be back on track. Holiday's were wonderful around our home and we had a great time this year. Hope everyone is doing well :)
ReplyDeleteThe holidays were brutal! I tried really hard to be good during the holidays..for about a day. I ate whatever, but probabaly not as much had I not had Badonkadonks in the back of my mind.
ReplyDeleteAside from the food aspect of the holidays, they were great! I loved seeing my kids open their gifts and get so excited. I love the food, traditions, family gatherings, nativities, lights, etc. I am excited to move on and start a new year and set new goals (hopefully I will achieve some of them - Hee! Hee!)
Holidays were CRAZY!!! After our week off (and feeling guilty with ever treat-thinking of how much work it was going to be later) we had company. I don't know how many of you have tried to workout with a pair of 4-year old twin girls following you around asking what you were doing and wanting to work out with you-needless to say, I found myself working out around midnight.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to be back into more of a routine without the constant presence of snack foods and goodies (curse you football watching snackers at my house!) threatening to derail my efforts. I'm back on board with renewed enthusiasm and rededicated to my goals!
All I can say is Thank Heaven we had the week of Christmas off. I took full advantage and ate lots of cheese, sour cream, candy, and desserts. And... I didn't exercise once. I actually think I ate more than I normally would have because I knew I had to get as much in as I could before the week was over. Pathetic I know. Miraculously I didn't gain any weight. New Years wasn't too bad being that I couldn't eat half the things at the party because of gluten. I have learned that I must have my free day on Sundays or I loose too many points. 4 desserts = -8 points this last Sunday in less that 4 hours. NUTS!!!
ReplyDeleteMy four year old say it.. This is was the best Christmas ever. It was nice having the week off. I ate myself sick the whole week. It has been great getting back to watching what I eat. I love doing this just for the fact that it helps me pay attention to what I eat.
ReplyDeleteWow this week has been really hard for me. I'm about ready to throw in the towel. My major reason for joining was to motivate me to loose the last 10 lbs to get me to my goal weight. I'm not getting there the way my mind is working with points. If there is anyone that would like to add a weight lose challenge on the side. I think that might be the only thing to motivate me to stop eating all day long. I'm not eating the bad stuff just lots and lots of the low fat stuff which is probably worse.
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ReplyDeleteIt is so interesting how a competition like this can do that to you. It is so hard. I learn so much about myself every time I try and lose weight! It is so much about getting your mind right.....I wish I had go advice as to how to do that! I have good times and then bad times....but man if we could just have the desire to eat only what was good for us life would be so much easier! And we wouldn't have this tug of war game every time we eat something! If it makes you feel any better this has been a hard week for me too....having a week were it didn't matter throws you off for sure!
I think I'm OK now. I asked one of the instructors at my gym if I could weigh myself in front of her every Friday. Crazy what it takes for me to be accountable for what I eat. The poor instructor must think I'm nuts. But, now that my focus is on not gaining weight I think it will help me have an attitude to eat and exercise for weight loss and not for points. Thank for the advise. Loosing weight and being healthy is totally about having the right frame of mind. I just hope my mind can stay as positive as it has today. I'm back on the wagon:)
ReplyDeleteSo I have a crazy question? How do all you mothers go to the gym? I have tried to balance my schedule while having my two kiddos and it has been different and crazy all the time. My husband goes to work at 6:15 AM and has school two nights a week (so we basically don't see him those two days). I was worried before to leave my kids in the daycares they provide because to me they were to little and would freak. In the next few months that may now be a possibility. Any who...... The only time I have been able to exercise is at 6 AM before the kids wake, during nap time (and at that time I have to shower for the day too or I never get ready), or at 9 PM at night. How do you other mom's do it? Just learning as I go. It might get easier for my now that Faith is 3 and Owen will be 2. I trust to leave them with someone more so now but doing it 3 or more times a week is going to be interesting. Any tips will help. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteAt the beginning, when people were dropping treats off I would look at the treat and decide whether it was worth 2 points. Most of the time it wasn't. I loved having the week off. I ate like a pig and enjoyed it because I didn't indulge like that the weeks before and felt I had earned it. I have liked doing this competition during the holidays (although hard!) because it has really made me think about what I am stuffing into my mouth and really deciding if treats/candy/snacks are worth the negative points. I need discipline and this has been good for me!
ReplyDeleteA comment to Mandi's question about the gym and small kids. My kids have always been dragged to the gym. They have never liked it and they cried and whined when we drove there but they survived and are no worse for having been there. I have always felt that a happy mommy makes a happy home. The gym is my outlet and my sanity and my kids have survived the gym. You have to decide what is best for yourself and your family. All families are different. Choices are different and individually based. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteMandi! I totally understand were you are coming from! I have agree alot with what Jen has said. My kids actually miss the daycare and ask me to go back:) Golds gym makes it totally affordable. Clint used to work that early to..so if I wanted to get it done I had to wake up so early...I found that it wasn't worth it..so I joined Golds and I LOVED it!!! It became my outlet like Jen's and I felt like I was a much better mom! However now I have a crawler....I didn't like the idea of having a baby in the gym and I still don't like the idea of her crawling around...however I can hardly wait until she is old enough! It makes life just a little easier! I am in the stage to where I am trying to find any time to fit it in that makes sense....and it is hard!
ReplyDeleteWe had a great Christmas and New Years. I turned off my phone and made myself do some relaxing. Along with relaxing was all the goodies I enjoyed. It was tough standing back on the scale. Unbelievable that is takes several weeks to lose a few pounds and only a few days to put it all back on. PRETTY CRAZY!!! I should have pretended is wasn't an OFF week because I made some poor choices, but I'm back in. My husband and I are heading to Puerto Vallarta tomorrow. Possibly another bad week ahead??? but I'll sure have fun!!!
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