No November Nonsense! Week 2 Review

So another week is done in the No November Nonsense Challenge and im proud to day i have only let "nonsense" get the best of me once which was this past Wednesday. Here are my stats for this week:

Weight: 142.8 (same from last week BUT im pretty sure i am retaining water in sore muscles from yesterday because Sunday morning i weighed 140.6...so i just hope to show a pretty good loss on the spreadsheet next week :o)

Measurements: Loss of 2.25 inches!!!!!!!! Whoop! Right here is the proof im doing SOMETHING right. :o)

Though i am proud of my accomplishment i have a moment yesterday where i was furious with where i am! As most know i took my Zumba instructor training yesterday which as held at a local gym. Of course, as in most group x rooms in a gym, the room was full of mirrored walls...ugh! I try to not pay attention to them but at some points when i was in the front of the class how can you not catch a glimpse of yourself...*pouts* I feel great when im at home and feel like im getting somewhere but seeing myself in the mirror made me feel like i was still the same size. Just makes me realize i stil have a lot of work to do and plan to use this frustration to my advantage instead of causing me to fall off the wagon.



Goals for the week:

1. Still need more water, need to heal my muscles and allow the scale to show me the 130s next week!!!

2. Failed on the "add strength" goal from last week. My workouts consist of mostly cardio, and i thing i would see great things if i added more weight training....so ill add a day or two this week and see what happens.

3. I hope my leg allows me to run 3 days this week for my C25K program. I dont want an injury that pulls me out of all activi so i will try and run and if there is still pain i will stop.

4. Pretty sure this goal is not going to happen but i can try lol: Try and burn more calories than last week = 3,664. Holy cow! lol.


This is the last week before Thanksgiving, so im hoping to keep up the momentum and have enough self control to indulge with out going overboard...which can easily be done. Lets have another great week Nonsensers!!!

<3 Meg

No November Nonsense! Week 1 Review...In Retrospect!

As with the last post, this is a post from MFP. These posts may read a little strangely as they are also used to motivate others that are within the No Nonsense November group but are more for me to reflect on the past week and put goals in writing because that makes them more concrete. Here is a review of week 1:

November 7th, 2011:
Let me begin by posting some stats from this past week:

Weight: Loss of 0.8 lbs

Measurements: Loss of 0.25 inches

Ok, i am aware these stats are far from incredable, but the numbers are moving in the correct direction and that is all that matters. As we continue our journey i hope this is something we all learn...to praise ourselves for even the smallest victory! I know in the beginning i thought i would be getting the ginormous results that i have seen on Biggest Loser...LOL! Silly, nieve, little Meg!!! I have quickly learned that % is probably a better way to gage what i should reasonably work toward. With that said i have made a November goal of a 5% loss....7.1 lbs this month. WOW! With a tiny loss this week i better kick it up a notch if i expect to see my goal!!

Mini Goals for this week:

1. Continue to kick arse with my C25K training!

2. Water, Water, Water!!

3. Integrate more weight training into my routine...after prelogging this weeks activites i see i have all cardio.

4. Have better nutrion ESP. over the weekend!!

5. Burn more than 2282 calories this week (week 1 total)

Hopfully if i can stick with these small goals i will finally see the 130s again!!! Keep up the good work everyone and thank you for keeping my butt going even when i im "not in the mood"

Alright, enough reading!! Go work out!

<3 Meg

No November Nonsense! Day 1...In Retrospect!

The next few posts will be from my blog i have on MyFitnessPal.com. I have used this website everyday since Sept, 18th and have had some success and will continue to use it. I wanted to transfer my posts from there onto my main blog because i would like to have a record of my success here in my perty blog so i can reflect on it now and then. To explain what No November Nonsense is...I enjoy a friendly competition and decide to create a daily accountability challenge among the MFP community and Starting November 1st we would have 5 weeks of logging some kind of activity daily for 5 weeks. As i post this we are in the beginning of week 3 but this is my post from day 1. (ps, any mention of October Shredders is a group that i was a part of prior to creating my own group)

November 1st, 2011

September 18, 2011 was the day i decided to make some changes in my lifestyle and become the fit Mamma i want to be. I started out a little over 6 weeks ago and so far have dropped 6.8 lbs and a few inches here and there. This is pretty exciteing because within those 6 weeks were 2 pretty big obsticles. #1 was my birthday which accounted for 3 dinners eaten out at a resturant and atleast 2 cakes (our family has many brances and tend to celebrate seperately...) and #2 is my wisdom teeth extraction 1 1/2 weeks ago which brought on exerciseless days and not being able to eat too many healthy options. Yet here i am still acheiving goals!! Makes me realize that if you put your mind to it, anything is possible.

Today is Monday which is my FAVORITE day to start new. Yes most people hate the dreaded Monday because it is the end of the weekend but it really feels like a new start every week! With that said today marks the first day of the No November Nonsense Daily Accountability Challenge! I am SO completely pumped for this! Today is the first day since i got my teeth out that i am going to be active and i plan to stay that way the entire month of November continuing until AT LEAST December 3rd when the challenge ends.

My Plans/Goals:

#1. Zumba 3xs a week

#2. Begin C25K and complete it the required 3xs a week

#3. I aim to lose 5% during the challenge which is 7.1lbs. (This is pretty hefty for a monthy challenge, i will be happy with 4lbs which is 1lb a week)

#4. Keep any and all motivated that are willing to be pushed! There really is no excuse for not being able to get moving when all im asking for is a 10-15 min WALK. Just move and do the work and the results will show!! I PROMISE!

#5. I need to really drink more water!!! Last week when i was recovering all i did was drink water and i continuted to lose weight even though i wasnt exercising or eating properly, that right there says something! Bottoms up!!! :o)

#6. I Started the 30DS with a great group last month but only made it to L2D2. I would like to start over and add that to my daily activity also.

Anything is possible! Any who are participating im too excited to have you aboard! All that were involved in the October Shredders already know we are a great group and i can only hope the newbies will only add to the excitment and laughs! :o) Love you guys....Now go work out!



PS: One more exciting thing this month! Next Sunday November 13 i take my Zumba Instructor Training!!!!! Whoop! I am too excited...wait till i log that day, 4+ hours of zumba!? Crazy burn! :o)