GKU gets healthy - Pi day edition.

[rooskie]

We forgot this last week! Is everyone still on track two months into 2016?

1. Did you accomplish your goals the last two weeks?

2. What healthy changes are you making this week?

3. What is a short term health/fitness goal for the week?

4. What is a long term health/fitness goal?

5. Bonus Question: what have you done to treat yo self lately?

[requiressnacks]

rooskie, thanks for posting this today. I need it!!!

1. Did you accomplish your goals the last two weeks? NO! My diet is completely off the rails. I need to get back on track - stat.

2. What healthy changes are you making this week? I am going to track EVERYTHING on MFP. No alcohol during the week. It's MH's birthday on Thursday so this is going to be so hard.

3. What is a short term health/fitness goal for the week? See above. Just trying to get back on track.

4. What is a long term health/fitness goal? I've been in a weight loss competition since January. In that time, MH has lost 28 pounds and I've lost 8. It's so disheartening. I wish I had done better.

5. Bonus Question: what have you done to treat yo self lately? I got the upgraded "spa" pedicure on Saturday. It was basically an hour of total bliss.

[notagoddess]

1. Did you accomplish your goals the last two weeks? I did well with exercise last week, getting my step goal 4 times and getting in Bodypump and cardio. The week before was not so great. Diet has been up and down. I went to NYC over the weekend and ate a bunch of less-than-healthy stuff. I'm scared to weigh myself!

2. What healthy changes are you making this week? I want to continue with my exercise goals. Most importantly, I want to get back to healthier eating.

3. What is a short term health/fitness goal for the week? Cook dinner at least 3x. Continue having healthy smoothies daily. 
I want to get in yoga, Bodypump, and some cardio. I hope to meet the step goal 3x. 

4. What is a long term health/fitness goal? I got through the winter! My new goal is just to stay healthy and maintain my weight, for now.

5. Bonus Question: what have you done to treat yo self lately? I bought a bunch of cute workout clothing from TJ Maxx.

[notagoddess]

requiressnacks, good luck getting back on track! And 8 pounds is no small feat.

[littlelion]

1. Did you accomplish your goals the last two weeks?  Umm nope. I have fallen way off as well. Not even good at drinking the water. One day I swear I went straight from coffee to alcohol. 

2. What healthy changes are you making this week?  Resume drinking more water and incorporate smoothies into my diet. DH bought a nutribullet for half off on Saturday. 

3. What is a short term health/fitness goal for the week? Go at least once to Zumba.

4. What is a long term health/fitness goal? Weight loss is the goal but I'd also like to start an exercise routine at home. 

5. Bonus Question: what have you done to treat yo self lately? I bought some new pants and a sweater 

[requiressnacks]

littlelion, let's both get back on track! (P.S. I love that you went straight from coffee to alcohol. But I see how that's not the healthiest choice. LOL)

notagoddess, I love TJ Maxx. They have everything!

[icedtea]

Mar 14, 2016 8:52:48 GMT -5 notagoddess said:

requiressnacks , good luck getting back on track! And 8 pounds is no small feat.

+1 own that accomplishment! 

[pivot]

requiressnacks 8 pounds in 2 months is pretty awesome!
notagoddess congrats on hitting the exercise goals!
littlelion let me know how you like the nutribullet. I've been on the fence about getting one!

1. Did you accomplish your goals the last two weeks? Yes! Finally! I made up my mind 2 Sunday's ago that shit has got to change. The first week was hard - last week was easier. Down 6 lbs. since two Sunday's ago!

2. What healthy changes are you making this week? Eat healthier this weekend.

3. What is a short term health/fitness goal for the week? Workout 4 times this week.

4. What is a long term health/fitness goal? Lose 18 more lbs. & get a faster mile this summer by a minute.

5. Bonus Question: what have you done to treat yo self lately? I did really good these past two weeks during the week days and treated myself to cookouts the past two weekends. It was fun, but definitely can't do it every weekend.

[bex15]

Thank you for starting rooskie!

1. Did you accomplish your goals the last two weeks? No, I've been a mess recently, I was so good at the beginning of the year and have totally undone the good habits I was getting into, I always do this, it's frustrating

2. What healthy changes are you making this week? I plan to walk or ride my bike 2-3 nights this week and do something longer on Saturday

3. What is a short term health/fitness goal for the week? Just to be more active and no eating out until Friday

4. What is a long term health/fitness goal? Lose 50-60 pounds

5. Bonus Question: what have you done to treat yo self lately? I had an amazing pedicure last week, I will be more regular about those going into spring/summer!

[BabyStandish]

1. Did you accomplish your goals the last two weeks? Well 2 weeks ago dh and I got a bad stomach bug the day/night before our marathon so it sucked having to skip that one. Other than that I've been doing pretty good.

2. What healthy changes are you making this week? No real changes..just continuing what I'm doing.

3. What is a short term health/fitness goal for the week? We have a half marathon Sunday. I'm hoping to run 3-4x, gym 1-2x and yoga at least one day. DS is sick so I couldn't go to yoga this morning. Hopefully tomorrow it'll happen though.

4. What is a long term health/fitness goal? PR in the half and full marathon.

5. Bonus Question: what have you done to treat yo self lately? I got a pedicure with my neighbor last Thursday. I normally don't do things like that, but she's super pregnant and I knew she wanted to go with someone.

[jubilantsquirrel]

1. Did you accomplish your goals on the last two weeks?
Yes and no. I ran my half marathon last weekend and did better than I thought I would but I've literally done nothing since then.

2. What healthy changes are you making this week?
Start running again and get my diet back in check.

3. What is a short term health/fitness goal for the week?
I'm climbing 69 flights of stairs on Sunday. So I need to get ready for that.

4. What is a long term health/fitness goal?
Lose 20lbs

5. Bonus Question: What have you done to treat yo self lately?
Not much. I should probably get on that! Maybe a shopping trip for some spring/summer clothes!

[daisy818]

1. Did you accomplish your goals the last two weeks? Nope. Other than my goal to eat all the yummy things. I was very successful with that goal.

2. What healthy changes are you making this week? I need to get back to walking at lunch. There have been events near the mall the last two weeks that have packed the mall where I walk with hordes of annoying teenagers who make walking difficult.

3. What is a short term health/fitness goal for the week? Eat less ice cream.

4. What is a long term health/fitness goal? Start exercising more and lose another couple of pounds.

5. Bonus Question: what have you done to treat yo self lately? See answer to #1 - I ate all the yummy things.

[bex15]

I'm so impressed with you half/full marathoners BabyStandish, jubilantsquirrel!

[bex15]

I'm thinking of joining a bodybar studio but I'm nervous that I will be really bad

[rooskie]

1. Did you accomplish your goals the last two weeks? Last week was bad. My boss bought me Chipotle twice for lunch, so I didn't walk those days and I went out for drinks after work on Friday. I'm just going to blame the week on him. I am still only 5lb away from my vacation goal though!

2. What healthy changes are you making this week? Walk,walk,walk. And more water.

3. What is a short term health/fitness goal for the week? Walk or run 5 times and try to watch what I eat. No lunches out. Except maybe breakfast tomorrow.

4. What is a long term health/fitness goal? I want to get to my normal healthy weight before Vegas, and then after Vegas, and try to get my body in better shape before treatments.

5. Bonus Question: what have you done to treat yo self lately? I'm getting my first massage ever on Thursday. I'm so excited. But I have no clue what to expect.

[icedtea]

For anyone who likes gamified things, habitica.com has been a nice encouragement for me to make better choices, drink water, etc. And you get cute animals.

[icedtea]

I'm not answering all the questions because I'm ashamed of how little I've done, but I did make it to yoga last week! I'm hoping to go again Wednesday and really get back in the groove.

[sloopy02]

1. Did you accomplish your goals the last two weeks?
 No.  I've been sucking at working out.


2. What healthy changes are you making this week?
 Green smoothies and trying to incorporate more veggies.


3. What is a short term health/fitness goal for the week?
 Start couch to 5k again.


4. What is a long term health/fitness goal?
 Lose weight.


5. Bonus Question: what have you done to treat yo self lately?
 um ice cream.  instead of working out.

[whatsit]

I hope it's ok that I jump in.


1. Did you accomplish your goals the last two weeks? Yes- I wanted to win my weekday challenge on Fitbit.

2. What healthy changes are you making this week?
Trying to add small snacks in throughout the day- eat every few hours so I'm not starving at mealtimes.

3. What is a short term health/fitness goal for the week?
Meeting my step goal every day this week. Drinking more water.

4. What is a long term health/fitness goal? I would like to get to a healthier weight. My starting goal is 20lbs (because 60 seems like a lot - start with small increments ).

5. Bonus Question: what have you done to treat yo self lately? The fact I can't think of an answer makes me realize I should do something for myself this week.

[wannabmama]

@bec15 Is bodybar the same/similar to barre classes? If so, I do bar method and absolutely love it/am obsessed. I'm horrible, 40lb heavier than everyone else and 10 years older...but I still love it. I can't do it while stimming and I'm missing it terribly...and I generally hate working out.

1. I did hit my steps four days, so that's something.
2. I am watching portions, reducing carbs and increasing protein.
3. Since I'm stimming, I can't do much exercise. As soon as it stops raining I'll do more walking at least.
4. I have a kickboxing groupon I need to use, it's been hard with treatments, but if this cycle fails I want to try that out and get back to jogging...a little. Still hoping to lose these 30-40 extra lbs, but during IVF cycles it's just darn near impossible.
5. I have been taking time to read. I haven't done that in a long time and it's been so nice.

[rooskie]

whatsit - We have a GKU Fitbit group if you haven't joined yet. It gets pretty intense.

www.fitbit.com/group/22FJ8B

[whatsit]

Mar 15, 2016 8:25:34 GMT -5 rooskie said:

whatsit - We have a GKU Fitbit group if you haven't joined yet. It gets pretty intense.

www.fitbit.com/group/22FJ8B

Thanks! I joined but am now super intimidated.

[littlelion]

Mar 14, 2016 9:56:29 GMT -5 pivot said:

littlelion let me know how you like the nutribullet. I've been on the fence about getting one!

It looks like there are 3 versions, each a little pricier as the power watts increase. We got the medium one at 600 watts. And it works even better than the Ninja system we also have. But I do think the Nutribullet is louder. My coworker has a nutribullet too and hers has started to get leaks lately. So, I'm waiting to see how her customer service and warranty work out.

[requiressnacks]

Mar 15, 2016 10:42:58 GMT -5 whatsit said:

Mar 15, 2016 8:25:34 GMT -5 rooskie said:

whatsit - We have a GKU Fitbit group if you haven't joined yet. It gets pretty intense.

www.fitbit.com/group/22FJ8B

Thanks! I joined but am now super intimidated.

These bishes walk a lot. I'm always the slacker. Haha