M1 oatmeal,Choc protein
M2 banana, string cheese
M3 turkey sandwich on ww bread
M4 efl lettuce wraps, in small corn tortilla
M5 shake

Exercise walking at work

Gratitude: my family is busy and doing well. I am rebuilding my confidence in commission sales, 10 months in this job. God has blessed my life.

Brad

Hey gang! Had a wonderful call last night with Brandon - coach from T360 camp. He really got me pumped up and steered in the right direction. So looking forward to the weeks ahead. 12 weeks does not mean it's over. It's just time to evaluate progress, review goals, rewrite those goals, and keep moving forward. Everyone have a great day!


Meals today:
M1 - 2 eggs, oats
M2 - RightLight
M3 - Turkey sandwich
M4 - RightLight, granola bar
M5 - EFL Chicken Enchiladas
M6 - Protein shake


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Great perspective, Jonathan.

Brad, solid plan. Good luck with those sales.

Tom, keep on knocking off those successful days.

Phillip, great job of motivating yourself!

Hal

Happy Thursday!!!

This morning I went to the gym to do a makeup class because I missed bootcamp on Monday. It was great!!! I am seriously thinking of switching to the two a week weights class instead of my bootcamp. Although my hubby did mention that he might like to get back into going to the gym too so that is something we need to consider.

I am feeling really great today, on top of the world sort of thing... I have a plan and I see it coming together. I ordered some swimwear this morning for our upcoming vacation and that was fun! I know I have one suit from last year that just won't fit and then there are a few of these two piece things lying around my house that I might be tempted to wear... I have several weeks of high intensity workouts ahead of me before I have the body and confidence to venture out in those. But a goal of wearing a two piece thing isn't out of the scope of possibilities right now. So my workout mantra for the next several weeks is going to be "INTENSITY" Maybe on Saturday AM I will be brave and head out for a running HIIT. Saturday will be a crazy day for me so a high intensity workout in the morning might be just the thing I need.

Food is on track and will stay that way. I am finding myself walking into the kitchen at night, cussing at myself (in a good way, I promise!) and walking back out to find something to keep my hands busy. It is a double positive for me if I don't eat and do something productive like fold laundry. YEAH!

Today I am grateful for AM workouts, positive energy, blue skies, boiled eggs, pears, possibilities and as always the people in my life. Its a happy day!

This will have to be a quick post today. It is husband's day off and we are headed out the door to run errands.
Today is my husband's birthday so we are doing our free day for this week.

So excited, I did my waist measurement this morning and it measured a whole Inch smaller than a week ago!!

Wonderful posts from everyone this morning filled with motivation, here's wishing everyone an awesome day!!

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Originally Posted by IdahoBrad UBWO & 20 min hi it on the bike today. Tweeked my exercise plan just a little. 4 workouts per week to fit my work schedule. Eating...I'm planning, shopping, and cooking, but still messing up with late evening sugar snacks. I will work on this. I prepared the fortified fudgesicle, and I'm not a fan. First meal I have not liked from efl. So, with the popsicle molds I purchased, I'm working on my own recipe of yogurt, fruit, protein powder. I will keep you posted on how it tastes. Great to see the awesome group of people here!!! Have a good evening. Brad

Brad, if you find a good recipe let us know, I struggle with sugary snacks as well and would love a good healthy choice.

Great day today so far.

I hope everybody has an awesome day! Had a great nutritious meal 1 this morning and a protein shake with strawberries and banana for meal 2. Had a great 5/25 cardio this morning for what I am able to do with my back injury at the moment. I have an extruded L5 disc, so very painful and limiting on things. Just wanted to post quick before heading out the door. Have a great day!

Hello All,

I must confess I messed up last night. It was a stressful day yesterday and I had a few jelly beans which rapidly turned into about 300 calories of jelly beans. I didn't have a Right Light because I didn't want the calories, but in retrospect, I would have been better to have the shake. I was very disappointed by this slip, but I woke up this morning and decided I was not going to let this stop my progress and I ran an extra mile at a very challenging pace. I told myself that was payment for those jelly beans.

So, the good news is I hopped on the scale after this morning run and breakfast and found that I was at 151, I'm getting very close to the 140's and super excited about it. So, now my motivation is at an all time high!!

So Workout - DONE 4 miles, one mile super fast.
Nutrition:
M1: Right Light with Fruit blended in
M2: Oatmeal and Egg Whites
M3: Grilled Chicken Salad
M4: Forgot my Greek Yogurt I'll have to wait until I get home.
M5: Chicken Breast, Veggies and Coucous
M6: Probably another Right Light Shake

Jonathan and Terra: I'm so glad to hear you guys are mentally in a better place, so am I. I don't know what it is, but I too was feeling kinda iffy and unmotivated. I know we had sickness going around our house and maybe that contributed. Anyways, so glad you guys found your way to a better place!!

Everyone else, so good to read your posts and thank you so much, you motivate me every day!!

Sincerely,
Robin

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Originally Posted by Robin1970 Brad, if you find a good recipe let us know, I struggle with sugary snacks as well and would love a good healthy choice.

I found a brownie recipe that looks awesome but haven't tried it yet. They are made with black beans and all of the reviews say they are delicious. I will post the recipe link if anybody wants it. I also know that a lot of Bill's recipes are awesome for late night meal 6 snacks out of Eating for Life. Those pudding and cheesecake recipes saved me many times in the past.

Robin, way to bounce back from the jelly beans!

I hit a wall today. After a strong 5/25 HIIT I laid down for a nap. I woke up 5 hours later and had an unplanned free meal with my son tonight.

I'll be back in the groove with nutrition tomorrow.

Best wishes everyone.

Hal

Hey everyone! Well, I got up and got my workout in! I ended up not being able to go to the pool so I just ran here on the treadmill. It is a little difficult to run while watching 4 kids (4 years old, 3 years old, and 2 babies that are 1 year old). I was watching my friends kids while she went and swam. Hm.....well at least I was helping someone get their swim workout in! lol.

I am in Utah about an hour north of St George and I signed up to be a volunteer for the Iron Man! It is two weeks from Saturday (May 5th). I am way excited. Last year we volunteered at a bike station and then went to the finish line around 10:00pm. It was SO inspirational to watch all the athletes and to cheer them on. I have been watching Youtube videos on the Ironman and talk about motivating!!! If you are ever in a slump from training for something....watch one of those videos. Amazing.

I was so inspired yesterday I thought about training for a half Iron Man at the end of August. But doing more research, I don't know if this is the right time in my life to devote myself to that. With 5 kiddos (the oldest is 8), it is hard to even get one workout a day in, let alone 2 that you are suppose to do for training. So, I am thinking the smart thing for this year is to focus on training for an Olympic, which was my original plan. )

Man! I have a lot to share today! ) Eating has been clean. I have been REALLY tired, but I am just moving forward. Hopefully I will feel better tomorrow.

Have a great evening everyone!!!

NIKI- 10 days without a free meal?!? That is awesome! Can you tell me your secret cuz I keep wanting to do that but I am never able to. Great job! Keep going strong!!!

HAL- You are doing amazing things! Good job sharing all the great info you have learned. When I share with others it always makes me happy. )

DISCODANCER- I can’t believe the progress you have made! I love seeing you on this group. Good to have someone else from Utah. ) How’s your wife?!? She’s so fun. Tell her Hi from me.

BRAD- yogurt popsicles sound good. Yes please let us know how that turns out. And as for tweeking the workout, that is awesome. Do what you need to do for your schedule.

TOM- Man! Sounds like you had a crazy day!!! Hope it all went well.

TERRA- Way to get out of bed when you didn’t want to and get your exercise in! TOTAL WIN yesterday! And as for today….you are on FIRE! Keep it going hot!

JASON- Glad to have you here! Keep posting!!!

PHILLIP- Congrats at getting the workout in! Evening if it was a pain!!! I love hearing the fat cry! )

ANDREA- Great progress! Keep it up! Hope your hubby had a great birthday!

ROBIN- Those DANG jelly beans!!! I think you are awesome for not letting it get you down and doing an extra hard mile today!!! Thanks for sharing that story.

JOHNATHAN- Thanks for all your motivating thoughts! Keep them coming buddy!!

To anyone I missed...sorry, I am running on low fumes and need to lay down for the night....but I still think you are awesome!!! )

Angela

I have so much to be grateful this morning:

I am grateful for my Facebook friends.
I am grateful for my family.
I am grateful that my brother went for a walk after work yesterday.
I am grateful for the rain we got this morning.
I am grateful for the Gratitude in Action team.
I am grateful for my AP, Darcy.
I am grateful that it's Friday!

Hal

Overall Notes: This weekend, starting today, I will have a serious nutritional challenge. I'm going on the church's Men's Retreat to a big retreat center in Georgia. Readers may recall numerous times in the past couple of years when I went for a retreat, but was able to get through it with my nutritional plan intact. There's a difference this time. Those previous events were at a small retreat center where the folks in the kitchen were friends and were responsive to my food issues, plus I could bring some of my own food, store it in their refrigerator, use their microwave oven, etc. No so this time. This retreat center is huge. The mealtimes serve hundreds of people (no exaggeration) cafeteria-style, there's no one to be responsive to any special requests such as "I'd like to be wheat-free, please", the health department says I can't come near the kitchen and they don't want me cluttering up their professionally organized kitchen with my little bag of stuff. The place is pretty expensive, too. I was raised by "Depression survivors" and old parental tape recordings in the back of my head are already addressing the idea of paying for food and not eating it (that's all I need - my mother's voice added to the committee-in-my-head). I'll bring some protein shakes and appropriate snacks that don't need refrigeration, but it's going to be a tough weekend, nutritionally speaking.

I'll try to get in a session in the home gym before I leave today - and I'll try to get in my long run of 8 miles while on the retreat (if there is a big enough hole in the schedule and I can find a suitable safe route to run). If I can't get in my run on Saturday, I'll have to do it on Sunday afternoon after I return.

Yesterday, my personal chef was out of the house for dinner and I was planning on opening a packet of smoked salmon for my meal, but changed my mind when I realized that I wouldn't eat the whole thing before leaving for the retreat - thus wasting food (there's my dad's voice in my head now). With a last minute decision like that, I kind of "picked around" in the 'fridge for a meal. It wasn't well thought out OR well executed. I found myself very hungry later on and instead of a good and reasonable snack, I ate a bowl of cereal. That's right - I gave access to my system for both wheat and sugar at the same time. Disaster! I felt sick and bloated for the rest of the evening, I had night sweats so bad that I soaked the bed and had to change clothes in the middle of the night, and this morning - well, let's just say that if some natural gas company could figure out how to harness this source, we'd have no renewable energy problems in America. (Too much info?) I hope that all this is not a preview of a weekend with the retreat center's meal plan. Sigh!

Did I stick to the food & exercise plan yesterday?? Yes for exercise, no for nutrition (see above)

Today’s Exercise: Stretching/Core strengthening routine; LBWO (Lower Body Workout) in the home gym
Countdown: 38 days until the Memorial Day Half Marathon in Owensboro KY

Today’s Food Plan: Wheat-free & Low Glycemic Index (until I get to the retreat - then it's anybody's guess)

Tom

Today I weighed in and dropped 6 lbs!!!

It's amazing how my body responds positively and negatively to changes. I'm so grateful for Bill, the Transformation process, and this community full of wonderful, supportive people. Getting my mind back in the right place, focusing on my efforts, keeping my WHY in front of me at all times, has really helped me this past week stay on track and push hard in the gym. Heck, I was working out with 50 lb dumbbells the other night and it felt great!

I realize the 6 lbs I've lost...I have already lost months ago! LOL But that's ok. This transformation journey I'm own...is just that a journey. Along the way I'm learning what works, what doesn't work, and how quickly I can slip back into "old Jonathan" if I lose focus. Being able to evaluate, assess, adjust, and continue is key. I'm excited for the weeks ahead. I can't wait to see my results blow right past any perceived mental plateaus I "think" I have. LOL

Here's to an awesome weekend!!!


Meals today:
M1 - RightLight
M2 - RightLight
M3 - Turkey sandwich
M4 - Granola bar
M5 - Free meal
M6 - Protein shake



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Hal, great work on the Gratitude in Action Challenge. Your new photo with Bill looks great. Thanks for your commitment to this program.

Angela, raising five kiddos all under 8 years old must be a Challenge! We have two older teenagers and my family is the greatest thing in my life that brings me happiness and insanity, sometimes at the same time. lol. Great work on your program!

Robin, great work with your running. I've always thought running is one of the nicest things you can do for yourself. I bought the yogurt and fruit for popsicles and wii make them Sunday. If it tastes good, it could be a regular evening snack for my family and me, well at least me if my family doesn't like them.

Wahoo! Doing the happy dance here for my AP Jonathan!!! Wahoo!

Today I'm in a happy and excited place. I have a massive lactic acid burn going on in my quads and hamstrings so any time it sit, I get up walking like a duck. And I'm loving it. I am on the verge of changing my once a week bootcamp class to a twice a week lifting class (at 5:30 am, yikes) because weights are one of the things I am missing in my workouts. Cardio at home is pretty easy but I have struggled to do the weight workouts for the last year!!!

Food is on track and will stay that way. Tonight is a free meal since I am working a purse show party at a friends house and won't have control over the food. (Love my purses!!)

Today I am grateful for exciting news from Jonathan, lactic acid and knowing what the burn means, new friends on facebook and as always my wonderful family and friends!!!

Friday
I will be closing the store this weekend which allows me to have my mornings open to get some rest and hit the gym a little later in the A.M. Wishing everyone a great weekend!!!

Nutrition
Pre-Workout Supplement: N.O. XPLODE, creatine, Amino Acid
M1: Right Light mixed with Amino Acid, creatine, mixed in water
M2: Grilled chicken salad, and water
M3: Right Light mixed in water
M4: Protein Bar and water
M5: Grilled Chicken salad and water

ExerciseRx
Men Fitness Model Greg Plitt Ultimate Leg Workout

Angela- My wife Bobbie is doing well. She is going to school to get into the nursing program and working at the IHC Hospital on the Intensive Care floor.

Hal- inspired by your Gratitude.

Tom- have a wonderful time on your retreat with your church. Enjoy!!

Hello All,

Just checking in real quick, busy day and this weekend I'll be preparing for my daughters birthday party. 5 screaming 9 year old will be spending the night. I'm thinking a lot of time in the pool would be a good thing!!

Working out when I get home tonight and nutrition is on track. Thanks for all the support regarding the evil Jelly Beans. Looking forward to an 8 mile weekend run and keeping things on track so that I can break the 150 mark.

Blessings to all of you, have a great weekend.

Sincerly,
Robin

Hey friends! Today has been a little crazy...like usual. I love it. ) I got an UBOW in and then after the gym I spent the whole morning shopping for Punk #3's birthday party. It is tomorrow....Power Rangers birthday party!!! I bought 20 foam swords....should be fun! Hopefully no one gets too injured. I might regret that purchase. )

As for eating clean, I am doing good, but a little struggling on feeling cravings for stuff. I think it is because I waited too long to eat. So I am going to MAKE SURE I get my other meals today ON TIME. The key for me is to remember I don't want all that crappy food, I am just extremely hungry so I want anything!

I will let you know how the party goes!!!

Angela