Being accountable.

I need to face up to it.
I'm getting a little chubby. In fact I saw some photos of me recently and it looks like someone has put a hose up my butt and blown me up.
Not Good. I need to lose about 10kg and gain a whole heap of muscle.

I've joined the gym and to keep myself accountable I'm going to update my location when I go to the gym on my FB so if you're on my FB and you don't see me at the gym 5 times a week please tell me not to be lazy.
I'm getting a ticker and if my weight isn't dropping please ask me if it's because I'm not updating it or because I'm not working hard enough.

Also DH has asked me to spend less time on BB. He is concerned that I'm giving too much of my time/self. (they weren't his exact words but you know with the auto-censor and not being offensive that's a good translation)
So I've turned my little green light on for the first time in about 5 years. If you see online for too long please post here or PM me to get off.

I'm hoping that by putting it out there I will be embarrassed if I slip up :redface:.

I think that is a great first step Onyx.

The journey has got to start from within :).

Good on you gorgeous one. Go you!!!!!

How far away from home is the gym? Mine is a 10-15 min walk so I now walk there instead of driving and will be able to build up to running there, also works as part of my warm-up.

Maybe also try changing the way you eat, eat your bigger meals earlier in the day.

One incentive for the getting fit is to think of it as your way to get in perfect condition to ski this season, seriously that is one of the biggest motivators for me, is to drop the weight I need to be able to go skiing and not run the risk of an injury because I'm a little bit too heavy (ok the risk of injury because I've not been skiing for a few years is another issue I have to tackle :rofl:)

Hey your green light is on... GET OFF AND GO TO THE GYM!!!!!!

Just checking if it works.......:p
Good luck babe..... you can do it!!!!!!!!:cheer::cheer::cheer:

No way! You looked great when I saw you last. But I will be good and tell you to get yourself to the gym if I see you on here.

Good plan. The exercise will make you feel awesome too.

Nice work hun, your welcome to join us in the summer health thread.. lots of us ladies in there 'working on ourselves'.

I need less time on BB aswell but without the BB girls i wouldn't have some walking buddies :)
Keep it up hun, i found i needed to eat MORE, i wasn't eating enough, funny how that works

Good stuff Onyx. Being accountable to others really helps to get you moving.

Your light is on :p.

Just something that might help... you can download software which controls your internet access and only allows certain blocks of time per day on particular sites. You can bundle sites together (e.g. facebook, bb, google) so that you spend no more than (for example) an hour a day on all three sites combined, after which it will block access to those sites.

Helpful if you need that extra accountability.

PM me if you want details, won't post here.

xoxo
M

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it looks like someone has put a hose up my butt and blown me up.

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Sorry but that made me laugh :)

Good on you for taking that all important FIRST STEP!! Wishing you all the best and I will try to keep an eye out for you and tell you to log off (in the nicest possible way of course hun!!).

Good on you Onyx, I need to do the same. I have gotten a little chubby and would love to lose about 15 kgs. I just need to wait for some discs to heal in my back after a car accident. If you have any tips, please do pass them on.

How's it going, hun?

It's a hard slog, but you will get there :D

If only dancing emoticons could burn calories on our behalf ... :happydance: :dance: :happydance:

I've lost bugger all weight but I have grown a bicep...

yay for biceps!!!

are you wanting to be held accountable still ... ?

I'm doing well at they gym but I probably need a kick in the butt to get off the computer sometimes.

*ahem* Get off the computer :-D

Are you at the gym yet Onyx? GET ON THAT TREADIE!

I have to say.... although it can help to be accountable to others - you have to be accountable to YOURSELF. You CAN do this, sometimes it's just because we choose not to.

I see green light ...

I assume you're on the computer *and* the crosstrainer?? ;)

*kicks Onyx's butt*

LOL. I figured out how to get onto BB on my phone so sometimes I browse between sets at the gym.
Not that I was doing that this afternoon lol :redface:

You shouldn't have time to browse between sets!! The best way to shift fat is cardio so get running on that treadmill, cross trainer, rowing, bike etc. The only time you should have in your recovery is time to breathe!!

Yeah I do cardio but I like weights as well. I usually only have time to read one post between sets unless they are short or I click the link and do a set while it loads.

Onyx, the green light is still on :ROFL:

GL hun with the weight loss!

:o onyx's light is off ... :o


onyx is at the gym!!!!!

:hooray: :happyforyou: :bluecheer:

isn't she?

At 7:48 on a Sunday morning it is probably safe for you to assume that I'm in bed :p

and at 4.07pm ?

:p

I've already been to the gym. And now I'm watching the boys play football. Except I'm not watching. I'm playing on my phone instead.

Nice work! Yay for you!!

I hope you're feeling motivated, not picked on ;)

There's a 24 hour gym near my work, which I'm considering joining ... I was at Fernwood for years, but with my current hours, I only get there once a week (on the weekend) tops, but with a 24 hour one, I could go before or after work 3 or 4 times a week, without it impacting my main quality baby time.

How's the gym going????


Love MN ;-)