Fabulous is Fabulous

I am really enjoying my Fabulous app.  I have started every day with a glass of water.  Yea me!  In order to get my morning exercise in and done.  Here are a few tidbits they have advised:

Monday Motivation

I really need to believe so that I can achieve!!!

Sunday Weigh In

According to the scale, I gained 2.4 pounds.
According to Happy Scale, I lost 0.1 pound.
I'm going with Happy Scale!!!!!

This idea of averaging out is brilliant.

Funny Friday

Can someone please make me this sign for the half marathon?  If we have to go up a hill????  Thanks!

expensive and puke-like

If any of you are eating a GOOD tasting, high protein, protein bar, please let me know. Heather suggested I get some for the 4:00 sugar dip so I bought 4 different flavors and two different brands.  They are about $5 each so it is not a cheap option but if it works....

So, I tried 2 of the four and they were disgusting!  Dry tasteless ugh!  I can't believe this is a thing.
Who can make chocolate peanut butter taste bad?  A protein bar!
I'll let you know when I try the rest but so far it has been an expensive yucky experience.

Water recipes

It sounds so funny to have a water recipe but I am making a concerted effort to get my tap water goals met.  I am trying to make it pretty and different tastes.  I think I need more herbs.  Mint and cucumber would be super refreshing!!!

Monday Motivation

In a nod to the hill on Saturday... (hills will be the theme this week)

Sunday Weigh In

So this is all so super weird.  In normal days I would say - yea! I am down 1.2 pounds and that is perfect.

But firstly, I am suppose to be maintaining weight.  So I'm not suppose to be down.
And then according to Happy Scale, my weight loss is only .4 because of the moving average.
I am still over the moon with the loss as I have been eating until I am full and doing a good job of my water.

Achy breaky or why you don't talk to a running partner just in case they misunderstand

One of my big goals today was to get all the way around the Tan.  I have been going to the Tan to walk but I would go 10 or 15 minutes and then turn around so it was an easier and quicker walk than going all the way around.

That was my goal - walk the 4km.
Penny came with me.  It was a stunning day and I was feeling great. So, I told her I was going to run FROM the top of the hill to the end.  What she heard was that I was going to RUN THE HILL!!!!!  When we got to the hill, I didn't want to be the weak one, so we did it.  She made it to the top.  I had two stops. It was incredible to me that just a little while ago I could run it TWICE!

So I was achy but I did it.

BEFORE the hill -

AFTER the hill -

Funny Friday

I have been dressing super fancy. ;)

Thursday Thoughts

I am not doing Thursday Thoughts anymore - its too hard!
You try and name 10 seriously good things you think about your BODY!  The task it too great.

I am trying to think of some other positive post to have in its place, but...hmmmmmm.

I need to start gettting on to the running so maybe Thursdays could be my running updates. 
Update-
So, yeah.  I haven't run since late November.
Have barely walked.

Goal - start running again this weekend.
Get a new goal sheet.
I DID sign up for May the 4th Be With You Neon Run 5K.  So, about 14 weeks to get to a 5k.  Doable.

Second call with Heather

I am really excited by the coaching with Heather.
I have my Voxer set up.
I am weighing in every morning and recording it on Happy Scale.
I am logging all my food into My Fitness Pal.

Today we discussed trying to find out EXACTLY what is my maintenance weight.  I thought it was 1800 calories but the calculator says 2160.  That seems like an enormous number!!!!!  Here is the recommended calculator if you're interested - http://www.thedietfix.com/calculator.aspx

I will track this for two weeks and then we will see how I go.
It is so weird to be eating to stay the same instead of eating to lose weight!!!!!

Meanwhile I have discovered the Fabulous App and possibly, maybe...I finally have found an app that will help me with my habits.  After 4 days I just LOVE it.  It does cost a few dollars every month but if I drink my water and start sleeping better, it will be worth it!!!

Monday Motivation

This saying has a lot of meaning to me.  I watched a speaker about 15 years ago and he was very moving.  I then read his book and one of his main mantras was - choose to be happy.  I told that to my boss at the time and it has become one of his mantras.  So, this is not a meme off the internet.  I was at TJ Maxx while on holiday and they had this little desk thing with the saying so I had to take a picture.  Here it is.  Choose to be happy!

Sunday Weigh In

I'm back!

And I am so excited about the new year.  Always a time to reevaluate and a great resetting point.  I am SO THRILLED for my first weigh in.  I was not GREAT with my diet and I was non existent with my exercise but I attained my goal of staying the same.   I did a good job of listening to my body so I didn't go as crazy as I had in the past.  Technically, I am down but I guessing I am completely dehydrated so lets assume as soon as I drink some water, I will be up at least two pounds.  But staying the same is AWESOME.