From a Christmas Pudding to a Christmas Cracker - Weight Loss Motivation

@Jude13 I’ll be joining the pints and naughty food train later on 😆

@DvB are you fairly close to your goal/ideal weight? Could this be why it’s a struggle to get over the line?

Happy days. Not a million miles away really. One thing I’ve found as I’ve gotten older is that I’m far less naturally active so if I don’t go out of my way to get some exercise in then I have to closely watch my food intake or the weight piles on. Losing weight is all about food really as we all know but if you’re only 5lbs off those handles could be attacked with weight and cardio training. Best of luck with the PT. Tell him to swivel if he/she mentions burpees

Yeah my PT mentioned them in our first session and I told him out straight 'not gonna happen' i

It's like a hive mind or something for PT's

Feel the same about burpees but still struggle through them.

I have not had the chance to hit the gym, which is a lie straight out, I have been too lazy/tired/guilty to go to the gym. I see the youngest for 5-10 mins in the morning, then the same at night, when I actually get home before bed. That's been like that for the last 9 days. I am hoping to get some down time near the end of next week.

I still cannot run due to an ankle/metatarsal injury, i tired the bike and cross trainer but its aching after that. I am wearing a proper work shirt today and the buttons are about to pop. Weight in tomorrow. I would say I'm a kg up.

Avoided the alcohol yesterday, despite craving a couple of beers terribly after a heavy gym and house cleaning session and heading to the gym again in a few minutes... have cut my eating down to brekkie, lunch and dinner with nothing in between other than fresh fruit so hoping it'll all start helping that last big push. We've stuff on the next 3 weekends in a row that will involve food and drinks so need to have my head in a positive place going in to that or it'll be too easy to give in to a 3 week binge on junk food...

Just back, having a coffee... pushed really hard today and already feeling it. I'll be buzzing after a shower though...

I wear a fitbit but only use it for steps as the cal tracking is way off on mine. It over estimates for me massively.

No gym for me until the day after tomorrow. Late night at work planned, have a break between meetings now, so wont see the little one this evening. I have a submission by the end of the day tomorrow and then want to spend time with the wee one so the gym will have to wait until Tuesday.

Jaysus, that’s some going. I’ll have to up my game 😲

To be fair I've been training all my life (the odd slob spell aside) so tend to push myself alot. Go big or go home type of vibe. It's just my competitive background I suppose, it's hard to lose so push hard, problem is as I got older is the body is less willing, legacy injuries galore have taken their toll and I like a beer or two and fruitcake 😀

@Jude13 can you use the cycling or cross trainers? They might be easier on an injured foot as there's no stepping so to speak? Can burn some serious calories on both.

I find the same, my back/hip really get at me when I am not lifting.

I need to get back in to the DvB machine frame of mind.

Planning on heading down myself again this evening after work, though I find Mondays the hardest day to motivate myself to get to the gym as I tend to go twice over the weekend. Kudos to anyone who can do 5 days in a row or suchlike... my BIL is one of them, he goes the gym 6 or 7 times a week... have no idea how he manages it, I simply wouldn't have the energy levels to maintain anything like that without it seriously affecting my work.

The kids are back training this week also, and will have matches on Saturdays so my time will be squeezed from here on, that means less gym time so I'll simply have to get my act together on my diet, it really is my achilles heel... If I don't it'll all have been in vain.

Good weekend overall?