MJ Yoga "Noga"

I have a yoga milestone. Really an easy one. Yoga every Saturday for a month. I had this milestone last month and put it off until this month. There was a time when I could do this--->

I can still do it but I wouldn't want anybody to see me because I wobble all over the place. Here is my yoga update:

November 1st

I found my favorite yoga workout video.

I wrote Yoga on my To Do list.

I got a schedule from the rec center and noticed they do yoga every Saturday morning.

I thought about all of those yoga stretches that I really enjoy.

I underlined Yoga on my To Do list

I looked at the yoga video case and thought, "I love this workout."

I put the yoga video down and got sidetracked.

November 2nd - yesterday

I did not do yoga.

Today

I remembered my milestone.

I felt guilty.

I thought about blaming it on the weather. (Jj. wink wink)

I know it isn't because of the weather.

So I did some yoga breathing in the car on the way back from picking up the kids.

Now you know why I might as well call it Noga.

This is not a W post. I just wanted to put it in type to remind myself to do it!!! No more Noga for me! Yoga from here on out! I will be subtracting $5 from my total every week if I don't get the yoga in.

xoMJ

Maria's Week 8

I felt like it was a good week for me. I look back on my BodyDaemon journal and I missed several work outs (or else I missed logging them because I don’t feel like I missed that many work outs.) But good results this week so I’m happy. I lost inches almost all over, but I will only report what is significant. I lost another inch from waist – that’s a milestone! But more importantly, I am an inch smaller than I was in high school (and then I was SUCKING IN!!!!!!! This time I wanted it to be accurate so there was absolutely no sucking of any kind.) I didn’t specify a milestone for losing inches from my butt, but I’m going to count it anyway – I lost 1 ½ inches from my butt! This is like losing inches off my chest – a little bittersweet. We all know I didn’t have much of a butt to begin.
Good thing I hit those weigh and measurement milestones because I’m sucking it up on my newest ones. In fact, I completely forgot that I had set one not to eat out for two weeks. Hmmm … may need to rethink that one.
Had my bodyfat % tested – FINALLY! And I so wish I had done this before I started working out. But I am extremely happy to report that it was 3% less than it was when I had it measure in high school and again in college. WA-HOO!!!!!!
Finally, there is this ultra fit and thin woman in my classes and the past two classes I’ve had with her she’s commented on how great and how thin I look. You gotta love that – it never gets old!
Depositing $12.50
Oh, and adding new milestone - every 1% of bodyfat lost.

MJ

OK, I'm -1 inch this week on my lower abs!!! That makes 4 more for a milestone! Sometimes I feel like I'll never get there. Can I just tell you that I was walking with my friend Monday morning and the most discouraging thing happened! We walk on an indoor track at the local rec center since it's too cold to walk outside in the mornings. She was in the stroller lane and I was in the next lane. We were walking at an average pace and talking about something or other when we got passed by a white haired gentleman. He must have been in his 70's! AHHHHHHHHH!

I can't tell you how much I would love to RUN around that track! But if I do, I won't be able to walk the next day. I wish I didn't have this hip injury. Anyway, it made me so mad that I went down to our gym that night and walked at a 15 incline (the highest one on that treadmill) for 45 minutes. He might pass me every morning this winter but his butt and legs will not look as good as mine!!!! (Hee hee hee. Of course he is around 70 years old so I've got an advantage!)

$10

xoMJ

I hate to say it . .

(bad word warning) . . . but I have TOTALLY plateaued. I haven't lost any weight or inches (if anything I've gotten a little bigger but nothing really measurable) in about three weeks. How is that possible when we're only on week eight now?? I blame the weather and it sucks. Anyway, last weeks report . .

I forgot to record my food for a couple of days but I've got a general idea of what I ate and I know I didn't go over so I'm just going to let it slide this time. I'll be depositing $7.50 for my workouts. I've also screwed up my water and F&V milestone so I'm starting over . . again. It's the weekends that get me! Obviously, since I've plateaued I haven't hit any milestones so I've got nothing exciting to report. Wow - this is a really pathetic and depressing post. So sorry.

Anyway, I think I'm going to take a few days off on the calorie/carb watching so I can get over this hump. I was hoping to make it last so I could take the week of Thanksgiving off but I can't stand the idea of having to go another two weeks without any progress. I think I'd totally give up if I went that long. So I'll take a couple of days and see if it does me any good. Just out of curiosity I'm still going to record what I eat but I'm not going to count it for or against my deposits. Hope no one minds. Here's my question though . . and I guess Maria would probably be the one to answer it . . what about my workouts for these next couple of days? Should I keep going like normal or take a break from them too? Or maybe just change the lenght of time or something like that??

Rachel is here

Depositing $8 this week.
Heading off to the doctor's office to see why my littlest dude is having blood in his poop! There it is folks two weeks in a row talking about bowel movements.
Keep us in your prayers that it isn't anything too serious and that he just needs to up his water, fruits and veggies. Maybe I should pay him to eat his 4 a day!

Winter Makes Me Fat and Lazy . . by Jj

This has been the worst week as far as food goes. I didn't even try to track or wonder about what I ate on Friday. I figured there would be tons of junk at the party and I'd go to town, turns out none of it looked good to me (which really, now that I think about it is no surprise cuz I HATE eating in public - unless at a restaurant - more than I would hate being being pantsed in the middle of a party. It's weird and I have issues. Deal with it). So really, I didn't end up eating anything there but didn't track anything else I ate that day. And since I knew that I wasn't too bad on Friday, I didn't bother on Saturday either. I blame the cold. I lose all motivation when I'm cold. Winter is not my friend. It's weird and stupid and probably 97.6% mental but I find being cold to be absolutly painful. Guess I'll never move to Alaska.

Anyway, so as far as workouts go, I did pretty good there but didn't lose any weight. I blame the crappy eating but at least I didn't gain anything. I also didn't lose any significant inches either, but, again, I didn't gain anything. Hope I'm not hitting one of those bad words that Maria mentioned. Is that really possible when you've only been really trying for about 2 months? I have done much better with my water and my fruits and veggies since making it a milestone but Sunday sucked cuz it was Fast Sunday and it's really hard to get that many servings into one meal (digital eyeroll). So I'm not counting Sunday as a negative. I'm just going to ignore that day all together. And with that, I'll be depositing $9.50 for my workouts and F&V's. Sigh. One day I'll hit another cool milestone that I can brag about.

PS I've got a movie line stuck in my head . . is it from Saturday's Warriors? I see a blonde writing a letter, getting annoyed and just saying, "Try harder." That's how I feel right about now.

The effects of water on Rachel

We're into to this 5/6 weeks(I've already lost count!) I'm already feeling better and healthier. The best part is that I can see my desire to be active and fit is influencing people around me, especially George. He was doing really well in exercising until the death of our baby. He has now joined a league basketball team with people from work and goes and plays church ball more often. I know that my kids are watching and I'm working out how to do more active things as a family. My mom has even commented on my desire to exercise. I hope this helps her to find the motivation. I'm so excited!

Now on to the effects of H2O! I don't get as much as I should every day but I know that I'm drinking more. Also, my kids are drinking more because they see me drinking water. Actually they just take gulps from my water bottle! Oh well... but that will have to change soon with flu season on us. I like to share but... the flu? No thanks. Another change that I think has come from water is my bowel movements. Since having kids I've had a difficult time staying regular. So I would add more fiber rich foods and more fruits, even prunes! Nothing worked! Now that I have been drinking water regularly I don't have that problem.

So for this week I will be depositing $8 for the workouts and toning. Nothing for fruits and veggies because, even though I've been good, I think Halloween canceled out the goodness of eating them.