Roll Call 5/1/09 IT'S FRIDAY!!!

[EverLosing]

Great news!!! It's Friday AND we get a new month for even better results!! I'd like to welcome May with open arms, knowing it HAS TO BE better than April was to me!

Excited about the weekend off work and looking forward to lots of gardening and yard work!

Have a great one and stay on plan!!

[OzLover]

TGIF!!!
Have a wonderful low carb day & don't forget your H20.

[kellymch2006]

I grew up in Georgia and Kentucky and May has always been my favorite month of the year. First of all, IT'S BIRTHDAY MONTH. WOOHOO.

And secondly, the weather is perfect. Spring has been sprung. School gets out. All the fun stuff starts. Memorial Day means summer vacation is here.

So, 11 years ago I moved to Florida and May lost a little of its shine. One word: LOVEBUGS.

Kind of ruined May for me. So, I'm so excited about spending my first May out of Florida for a long, long, time.

So bring it on.

Hello May. Glad to see ya.

[kellymch2006]

Oh, I kinda forgot that this was a weight loss board so let me add that I'm going to Asheville the first weekend in June with some friends from high school (21 years ago) so that's my May motivation.

[Slapshot]

Down 2 lbs today! *woot*

I normally weigh on Saturdays, but I'm leaving for golf at 5:00 am tomorrow and won't be able to weigh before I go.

Today is errand day. Going to get an ipod Shuffle to make it easier to wear while working out/lifting. Have to clean floors in the house, hang a curtain rod, await a furniture delivery, go to the wholesale club, and clear my decks for tonight's Bruins game on TV.

I'll get my workout in at 8:30 this AM. I was going to get up at 6 to get it in, but those Celtics kept me up too late !
The day always seems so much easier/pleasant when I get my workout in first thing in the AM.

Have a great FriMayDay everyone!

[kellymch2006]

Ok, Slapshot, can you enlighten me on the whole workout in the morning thing? I do the treadmill in the evening and I'm thinking of starting jogging but I think I'd have to do it in the evening too.

When do the rest of y'all do your workouts?

[kibskix]

i'm down a solid -18 today! hope everyone has a good friday cause i know i will!

[looksdeceiving]

Peeks in and waves. Hi all, May 1 is my first day restarting Atkins. I am taking it one day at a time so these rollcall threads are awesome. My goal today is to drink 128 oz of water -- i have a 64 oz cool lil drinking thing so i have to drink 2. I am starting on a Friday in hopes the caffine flu as i call it lol kicks in over the weekend and i will be okay by Monday full of energy.

Hope everyone has a great day, i look forward to finding a lot of motivation and fun here, i was here a long time ago and it really kept me motivated and focused enough to lost 50 lbs in 2 months without a lot of struggle.

angel

[Slapshot]

Originally Posted by kellymch2006

Ok, Slapshot, can you enlighten me on the whole workout in the morning thing? I do the treadmill in the evening and I'm thinking of starting jogging but I think I'd have to do it in the evening too.

When do the rest of y'all do your workouts?

Actually, I was a little late today. I'm normally on it by 6:15...

For me, it's simple: if I don't get my workout in before work, I'll never get it in. As an attorney, sometimes 4pm quickly turns into 8pm and there's no way I can work out at 8pm and still see my family/get enough sleep, etc. So, when a crisis hits at 4pm, I don't lament losing my workout for the day (and thus feeling tempted to cheat).

Aside from the work issue, I find that I eat better when I've worked out because I don't want to "undo" all that hard work in the morning.

I go to bed around 10, and get up at 6. I will confess, however, that I am fortunate enough to have a Stairmaster and elliptical in my basement. Although the Y is just down the street, there's nothing like rolling out of bed, putting sneakers on, walking downstairs and putting my ipod on. I will say, also, that doing an early workout in the spring/summer is *much* easier than in the winter when it's dark out until 7 or 7:30...

Speaking of ipod, I've discovered how to transfer TV shows from my Tivo to ipod. So, every morning, I'm watching last night's TV. (e.g. this morning I watched last night's episode of the Office).

So, in a longwinded, roundabout answer, that's my early morning workout background

[kellymch2006]

I see! I'm always contemplating a morning workout but haven't done it yet. Last summer when I did my little running spurt, I had to do it in the morning because no way I'm running in the afternoon, in June, in Florida. So, I'd get up and run first thing.

But that's during the summer when I don't have to work. Right now, I have to leave my house no later than 7. I think my treadmill is a little loud to be on at 6 in the morning so I'd have to take it outside. Still kinda dark in the woods at that time.

So, I'm hashing it all out. I think I would like it, it's just finding the motivation to DO IT. I know some people do morning and evening workouts. Why can't I get addicted to exercise like I can get addicted to everything else I've ever tried???