For Katrina, Me, C, and Gina...and anyone else who wants to

ckmama

And i'm going to exercise as soon as I get off of here. I think today I may try a Tae Bo tape, I hope I can finish it.

I am aiming for 500 calorie burn today.

Yesterday I ended up riding the bike too and that over did it for me. I was glad for the calorie burn, but I was hurting.

LuRox

Yes, two meals...I'm going to eat smaller each time I hope I can...I don't want to be stuffed at lunch...I'm cooking a lot for tonight so I have to remember that and not go crazy at lunch! We are eating lunch at 12 and supper at 6 so maybe in between I'll work up another appetite!

I'm impressed by your exercising! I wish I could do that today, it just ain't gonna happen.

I got my two chocolate pies done for lunch today...I hope there is some left for tonight, but I'm gonna make a cake of some kind today too...I'm thinking maybe a yellow cake with homemade chocolate icing. sounds pretty tasty...

Anyway, Happy thanksgiving! Love ya!

ckmama

New day. Trying not to eat too many left overs. Thank goodness no casseroles, gravy, or dressing left over to eat. Just ham and gumbo. Oh and cake and candy:explode:

Going to gym after breakfast.

LuRox

There is a HUGE ballgame on today! (AL vs. AWWWWBarn and Scam Newton) Roll Tide! But after the game, I hope the weather is nice enough I can go for a nice walk. I'd like to walk for 1 hour today. I still won't promise, but it would be nice!

I have a few leftovers, not too many, and nothing gross fattening. I didn't gain any weight, but I didn't lose either...but to me that is a good thing.

Lucy went to do the Black Friday shopping last night at midnight at Wally world...I'm not getting out in that mess...I like Amazon.com! LOL

She got everything but the la la loopsy doll she was looking for.

Now I'm going to try to log what I ate yesterday! I really don't think i did too bad...we'll see.

LuRox

I didn't get to walk, I forgot it gets dark early now! That ballgame didn't get over until it was already dark...Dang it...we lost...by 1 stinking point. Oh well...next year! LOL

I also ate a big mac for supper...with large fries. I wanted them...they weren't good but I wanted them and ate all of them. Tomorrow is a new day.

Tomorrow I am GOING to go for a nice walk. I promise!

ckmama

So it is Saturday and now FREEEZING outside. Did you go for a walk yet? I'm fixin' to get dressed and go workout. My calorie burn goal for today is 600.

I am also going to eat right all day. I promise me, I promise Baby, and I promise you.

I can do it. I can write myself a check that won't bounce.

Oh yeah, do ya'll say fixin' to up there?

LuRox

Oh yeah, we say fixin to do all kinds of things! LOL How do you fix to do something? An old Blake Clark joke! I'm fixing to make a confession. the only walking I did today was while i was shopping. And that wasn't that much, but i did do it. Pushed the buggy too. Does that help? I've kinda got a case of the mully grubs today. The blahs, the just don't care anymores.

I made a promise and I didn't keep it. For some reason I'm feeling a touch of depression today. I don't want it to take over and seep into full blown. I feel like I have accomplished nothing. although, each time I weigh, I have NOT gained at all...I guess that's pretty good isn't it?

I know that when i get back to work I'll be more on a better schedule to exercise...I had worked my way up to 2 miles in 38 minutes and now I'll have to start back over. Stupid me.

Tomorrow we will have an eating at church... then we'll decorate 3 trees. Then I can veg out and sleep the rest of the afternoon. I should go for a walk. We'll see what happens. But I'm not going to promise at all. I'll just break it. That's the way I'm feeling about things now!

I'm cold, and I can't get warm. I had to go find my long sleeve tshirts and I had to pull a coat out of the closet. It just doesn't usually get cold enough around here to need one.

OK enough rambling...I don't want to depress you! ♥

ckmama

Would it be or would it have been that time of the month. I think the female body always has issues around certain times of the month. Even while pregnant I notice my mood is very down when it would have normally been my period.

Not that doesn't make medical sense but it does it like clock work.

Don't get too down. I've been watching fit TV to get motivated and looking up new recipes online to keep things going.

LuRox

I was just thinking that same thing. TOM...I'm always cold right before, I am always emotional right before, and I get grumpy with PMS symptoms right before. I don't have my calendar with me (I keep up with that on my work calendar) But I am willing to bet it is supposed to hit sometime in the next few days! LOL

Like I said, once I get back to work, I'll get back in my routine for that. I'm just out of sorts.

I also found out today that one of my aunts (my mom's sister closest in age to her) passed away after suffering a stroke. She was in terrible health but I never thought about her leaving us yet. She's 7 years older than my mom. Out of 13 kids...She was one of the last 3. My Mama Roxie didn't have any kids for 7 years and at age 40...my mom came along. Then 2 years later at 42, she had my last uncle. Aunt Carolyn lived in New York state but I was closer to her than some of them that live here. She always sent me clothes that she made (crocheted) for Lucy and Lettie...I cherished them then, but now they are really special. it makes me sad that I can't go say goodbye to her. But she's not suffering any more.

OK, enough....good call Katrina!

ckmama

Went bargain shopping at the pharmacy's today for deals. I usually plan it out then don't go. Saved lots of money. I'm only one of those people that buys what I use, but I guess if I could get it for free I could always donate the items to a shelter or something.

Went walking burned 460 calories in 48 mins, then did a bollywood type dance from Fit tv, while I still have it free, of the 30 min show they only actually show 20 mins worth of the workout, glad I had recorded it to fast forward .

So the 2 burns together came to 647 calories. YAY me.

And i'm going on 2 days of meeting my calorie target. Yesterday because of exercise and today because I haven't gone over.

My sodium is high but not as high as it has been. Ready for the start of a new week.

It warmed up here today, we are supposed to get a strong cold front in on Tuesday and it should get freezing again.

I'm debating on when to freeze my gym membership?/?? I've paid for it in full until December 2011....but I can freeze it for up to 9 months. Most of my working out has been at home, but I've been going about 2 times a week.

LuRox

AWESOME job Katrina! I'm so impressed that you didn't get lazy like me...I just did NOTHING. And I'm gonna pay for it today. It's looking like it may rain here today. I hope I can at least walk at lunch. I don't need another excuse to do nothing! I could always do my WATP Express in my office, but for some reason, those are just not doing much for me anymore.

I slept late today, or I could have gone and hooped for at least 30 minutes. Oh well. It will work out. I'm still contemplating doing the protein shake thing. Not real sure I can do that though. I will have to figure out exactly what protein mix to use. I've done slim fast before, but it doesn't keep me from starving. Who knows...I'll figure it out.

I know nothing about Gym memberships. If I spent that money, it would be a waste. Although I can pay $40 for 10 Zumba classes at the only gym we have here. You are lucky you live near shopping and stuff like that...I have to drive 30 minutes to just do any of that...the only thing here is fast food and the university! LOL (not entirely a bad thing mind you)

So ok, I promise to walk today. For at least 30 minutes. One way or another I will get it done!

♥ and Hugs!

ckmama

Well all my exercise and watching what I ate the 4 out of 7 days paid off. I didn't gain a pound last week WOO HOO.

I've already hit the gym for a short workout. very short I just wasn't feeling it. Burn of 200 calories.

The manger at the gym has been pregnant and is due a month before me at the end of February. I walked by her office and she had her baby on 11-11 it only weighed 2 lbs and 2 oz.

They said she had come in and her stomach was hurting and she was in labor the whole time by the time she got to the hospital the baby was crowning. He is in NICU. I hope he will be okay, she is such a sweet girl and this is her first baby.


The weather is yucky here, but is supposed to turn nasty with storms later. I have a WATP video I think I will do too today. Can you believe I burn more calories doing that for 30 mins than tae bo. I would much rather do a WATP then TAe Bo.

I expect to see a check in later with a walk...The Atkins shakes have more protein in them. It might be a good substitute for Dinner or lunch. I find Night time is my hardest plus I cook for everyone else and usually eat that.

LuRox

Well, I broke my promise. I didn't do any walking of any kind. Apparently, I just don't care anymore. Actually, the weather was bad here, and I really needed to get some things done. so I ran errands during my lunch. I did eat food that I took to eat, instead of eating fast food. So that was a good thing. I've actually done really well with my calories and I'm not gaining weight, just maintaining. But then again, I maintain when I think I've done so well. So what's the difference?

I looked at several different diet products at CVS last night. I saw the Atkins shakes. I don't know if that is what I need to do or not, but I am considering doing it for one week and see what happens. Can't hurt can it?

That is scary about the girl at the gym having her baby already. I actually know a girl that had three kids, 2 boys and a girl. Both of the boys were born 3 months early and both of them weighed around 2 1/2 pounds...the girl she carried full term and she weighed 9 lbs. The doctor said that her body rejected the boys for some reason...how weird is that...today they are all grown and doing great. No bad stuff or anything...they were just tiny when they were born...maybe that is what happened to her. I pray the baby does fine!

I'm making NO PROMISES for awhile because apparently they mean nothing to me and I don't like that. But if I do any exercising, I will be sure to check in with it! LOL

I'm actually missing using my endomondo app, but we are having the bad weather too...not looking good for today but we will see!

And Oh Yeah, YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY for not gaining this week!!! AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

LuRox

OMGOMGOMGOMG....I can't believe what I just did...and I can't believe the AWESOME calorie burn I got from it!

When I turned off my computer 30 minutes ago, I thought, hmmmmm I have time to do 15 minutes of just dancing around. So I did it...I put on my HRM and went to it...just crazy dancing around, with KC & the Sunshine band songs in my head, then I switched over to Sheryl Crow's "Members Only"...man I was having a good time, and when 15 minutes got here I said, I can do 15 more and I DID!!! My total Calories burned in that 33 minutes was 536!!!! WOWZA!!!! That is WAY more than I get when I walk! I may have just found my new favorite exercise. and man, I am sweating! Of course it's hot as all get out here too. Storms are moving in...Fun Fun...but I know I didn't promise I would do anything, but I am SOOOOOOO glad I actually did do it!

Have a great day!

♥

ckmama

I'm so proud of you. You sound like me. I get to 15 and think I can do 15 more...that helps me.

The weather was yucky here this a.m. Some how we missed the severe weather it went around us, praise jesus, cause I was up all night worried about it. I hate that too. It's not like I can make the weather change. doh.

But I went to the gym and did 45 mins, 35 cardio and 10 weights. I am going to do another 10 or 15 minutes of something, cause I wanted to hit the 500 calorie burn for the day, but only got to 400 at the gym.

My HRM needs a battery so I hope it is reading correctly. I need to google how to change it. I haven't eaten breakfast, I over ate last night I made pork chops with rice and gravy, then ate banana nut muffins for dessert. Good thing I worked out or that would have been 1000 over for the day.

Have a great day. You've done a great thing this a.m. and now you can enjoy the rest of your day.

LuRox

WHEW! Man am I tired...but MAN do I feel GREAT! I'm so proud of myself for doing this! I'm calling it my Crazy Lady Dance Craze! LOLOL

I was only going to do 30 minutes but my calorie burn at that point was only 453 so I made a goal to reach 600 in 45 minutes...I reached 615! I did 45 minutes...It doesn't feel tiring when I'm doing it, but boy oh boy when I'm done, I feel like I could crash...I guess that means it's a pretty swell workout doesn't it?

Today is our Christmas Dinner in the Cafe at work. I'm looking forward to the Collards of all things...they have GREAT tasting collard greens! LOL Actually our Sodexo is pretty good. It used to be gross but now they make everyone that lives on campus have a meal plan and more people eat in there, I think that made the food better!

Anyway, I am done with my exercising for today, well, I will walk to the cafe but probably won't count it...although I could!
That would be 1/2 mile in walking. We'll see...I might fire up my endomondo and see what happens!

I'm really hoping to see some results from this with these kinds of burns! It gives me hope anyway! I really need to lose 10 lbs quick! And then another 13 more to make my 10% loss. 23 lbs. That's a lot for me, but it would also put me at 206 lbs. Which would be awesome for me!!! I think it would get me solidly into 14's too! I mean I can wear 16's very easily, and some are even too big, I don't really know if I can wear 14's or not because I don't have any to try out. I need to buy a cheap pair just to try on every day! LOL I think I will!

Katrina, good job on all your exercising! Your persistance is paying off. I do hope your doctor congratulated you and said good job! If they didn't you need to mention it yourself! You deserve a pat on the back at least!!!!! YAY!!!!

OK, Gotta go get ready for work now!

Have an awesome crazy lady dance craze day!

LuRox

Well, today I did 55 minutes of crazy lady dancing...and my calorie burn was only 420...I gotta say I'm a bit disappointed. But then again, I burned 420 calories. Which means that in the 3 days I've been doing this...520, 615 and 420, is over 1500 calories I've burned in 3 days!!!! WOW!!!! Which averages to 500 per day which really is my goal...isn't that what it takes to burn off a pound? 500 per day over and above what you eat? So if I can have 1400 calories per day, which is 9800 calories per week to maintain, I need to burn 3500 calories to lose a pound, right????????? Which gives me a total of 6300 calories for the week I will actually get, or 900 calories per day...WOW is 900 calories a day all I need? Hmmmmmm this really gives me something to watch. I want to see what happens next Monday on the scale. I plan to do this dancing everyday...I have no excuse, I just have to do it instead of sitting in my chair doing nothing. It doesn't even take any space to do it...just enough for me to stand there and shake it! LOLOL

OK...now to get ready for work! Before I get too involved in thinking! LOL

ckmama

YEsterday ended up being an aweful day all the way around. I ate my emotions. Nicholas and I had a bad day, and my body paid for it.

Not TODAY!!!


Yesterday I watched the doctors and saw a diet called the 17 day diet, mostly focused on veggies and eating clean. I'm going to look into it. I think it has stages or something.

I need to get a new battery for my Polar HRM I don't think it is reading properly anymore. I just feel like the calorie burn is too low, but it might be right on target.

Debating on walking or gym today. I think walking it is cold but beautiful outside, the gym is just boring.

I haven't been to the doctor yet for weigh in. I go in 2 weeks on teh 15th. I'm hoping to not have any weight gain when I go back because I already had a 24 lb gain when I weighed 2 weeks ago. She thinks it is only 16 because of when my first appt. was and that stupid doc type scale. I hate those scales all her partners use digital I wish she would.

LuRox

I took the battery out of my old polar today. It's out of warranty so I'm not worried about doing it myself. I just need to get the right battery. But it's been blinking on and off so Its time! I may have had more of a burn today than I thought actually.

I watched that Doctors show yesterday but I was busy at work and couldn't pay as close attention to it as I wanted to...but did you see them doing the moving around exercises?? It was right before a break and they made everyone get up and do it? That's pretty much what I'm doing when I am doing my crazy lady dancing...I thought it was neat that they were doing the same things I do alot of !

I had a cookie for breakfast. And I'm going to eat a naval orange...according to weight watchers that orange doesn't count! LOLOLOL

LuRox

I had a sucky burn this morning. SUCK EEEEE...

I used the HRM that I changed the battery on...but I don't think that has anything to do with it. I couldn't feel it today. I was tired when I woke up and I just couldn't "feel" the music in my head today...but I trudged on and got 50 minutes done, with 330 calories. My goal is 500 per day so I'll have to go for a walk today and get in the rest. Not a problem 30 minutes and I'm done! I'll get a mile and half and about 225 calories.

I've come up with a theory about my HR...when I'm tired I just can't get motivated. When I'm up and ready to go I don't have as much problems. So tomorrow, I'm going to get up and get on the computer and do all this for a while before I start my exercising. I think it makes a difference. But I have changed all my goals on here to be 500 calories per day (5 days but I'm going to try for all 7 days unless I just feel like I need to rest.)

OK, Oranges for breakfast and that is all!

Off to get ready for work, it's FRIDAY!!!!

LuRox

OK I went for my walk...the best part of it was that it's a beautiful day. I just wasn't feeling it. I think today is a blah day for exercise for me. but I've got in 568 calories for my burn today...I'll take that. Surely I am going to see a change in the scales after this week, if I don't then I give up; Completely. There will be nothing else I can do.

Interesting news article on the midday news today. It was talking about the lap band surgery and how the fda is going to approve lower weights to be insurance eligible for them. I could not qualify right now because I am 5' 6" and only weigh 229 lbs. The weight for my height is required right now to be 247. With the new guidelines they are saying they will lower it to 219 for someone my height. Hmmmmm...that's making me think about maybe trying it. My surgeon does those and she is really good. She told me it was a good device if it was used right.

My two friends that got them over a year ago, lost about 40 lbs and 60 lbs respectively. But they haven't lost any in a long long time. And they don't do anything to help it along. I don't want to go to that extreme. But if my bumped up exercising and really watching what I eat doesn't work then I may have to consider it. It's that bad for me. I don't want to end up with diabetes and I don't want to have to continue taking BP meds all my life. I just don't. I don't want a foreign piece in my body either but somethings gotta give!

OK I'm done.

LuRox

I was lazy yesterday, and didn't do any organized exercise. I did go shopping so I counted an hour of 2.0 mph walking. That's about all I could count out of those 4 hours. I still went over on my calories...but I don't care.

I'm still feeling a little down, and I don't know why. TOM hit Friday so maybe that is it...but I should be over that already at this point. Stupid little things are making me cry. I do NOT want to be depressed again. I don't like me then. I do NOT want to be on meds for that again. NOPE, I don't .

OK. I'm trying to talk myself into getting up and doing my crazy dancing lady exercise. I keep seeing that commercial for the zumba fitness game on the playstation and stuff. We don't have any of those things so they do me no good, but it is showing me that what I'm doing is exactly what they do at Zumba. So I guess I could say I'm zumbaing! LOLOL

I looked in the mirror this morning and I could swear my stomach is getting smaller. But it may have just been that I was looking in a mirror I haven't looked in like that before...it could be a skinny mirror. You know? I'm going to measure today though...last time I did that my waist was 48 inches...that is soooooo unacceptable!

Anyway, That's where I'm at in this.

LuRox

Katrina, have you left me? Am I all alone again? LOL

I've done my exercise this morning...my crazy lady dance...didn't get a good burn at all. I just can't get my heart rate up. I am thinking I need to set my limits differently again on my hrm...but I'm not really sure what I should have them set at. I need to research that.

Anyway, I did 1 hour this morning. and only got 343 calories burned. That sux! But I measured my waist (that was 48" the other day) and it was 44" yesterday! That's 4" YES!

Off to get ready for work now!

ckmama

I was coming to tell you sorry i haven't been on all weekend. I have been an slovenly eating fool. I have eaten so much and done so much of nothing.

I am feeling pooped out today too. Maybe I need to take a vitamin. Just feel tired. Plus the cold doesn't help. I have made a promise today to get my house cleaned up. I just did the never ending dishes. Now on to clothes and hopefully complete my Christmas decorations. All I have up is 1 tree. Been super lazy with that.

I also promise to do at least 30 minutes of exercise today and eat within my calorie target. The week is so much easier than the weekend for me.

Don't get down. Hormones and holiday's the 2 H's doesn't help. And with your exercising it should help widdle that waist and help produce the happy hormone, so don't stop. 3 weeks until christmas, then new years, then a refreshign start for 2011.

LuRox

Oh I"m not alone!!! LOL I figured you were just caught up in the weekend! I'm so sick I come here all the time...I have no life...LOL

I'm actually just checking in because I just did 30 more minutes of exercising. I did the 1 mile WATP Express tape, then I did 15 more minutes of my crazy dancing...I'm still not getting a great HR read...and I'm using my other HRM...so it just has to be that I'm a bit laid back today...but in 90 minutes today I have burned 548 calories today! Of course I at all of that at Breakfast...I'm not hungry now, but I will probably eat something small just so I won't be starving at supper...Lucy wants to go eat. Sushi actually sounds pretty tasty but who knows...

Maybe one of those $1.99 sandwiches at Subway...turkey and break sounds pretty good actually.

OK...I've made my goal in exercise for 7 out of the last 8 days (at least 500 calories per day!) I should be seeing some weight loss...but so far all I've done is gain. I"m NOT going to let depression take hold of me...I've got too many blessings to be thankful for!!!

♥

LuRox

Avg. HR 119, Max 133...WTFreak ya'll...why can't I get my heart rate up??? I am sweating like I don't know what...I was working it hard this morning...I'm feeling pretty good and thought I'd do really well. And although I did do much better than yesterday, it still isn't to the caliber it was when I started this. My heart rate just won't go up where I want it to. My max out is 175, I'd like to get it going in the 145 - 155 range...and I don't know what else to do other than go outside and run up and down my hill...but geez...I can't do that first thing in the morning when it's 25º outside...well I could but you know...LOL

Anyway, I burned 410 calories in 1 hour. I'll have to do 90 more calories from somewhere...I will...I will make my goal for today! So far I've only not made it one day and I intentionally didn't do any exercise that day! (Saturday)

That's all I got this morning!

LuRox

My mom gave me insight into why I may be having trouble with my HR getting up! It's my BP medicine. It may be working too good! I take a beta blocker and that is what they do, they slow down your heart rate. So that makes sense and it would also explain why sometimes my heart rate is on up there (after a day I forgot to take my meds the day before or something.)... Anyway, just wanted to share that.

I also just did 15 more minutes of Crazy lady dancing...and I got 545 calories burned for the day! YAY!

LuRox

I GIVE UP! I"m not doing this anymore. There is no use. I'm not making any progress and I'm gaining weight so why bother. I can eat what I want to, not exercise and gain weight.

I'm done. :-(

LuRox

OK Not really, I'm wishy washing...but I am going to just go with the flow and see what happens. I'm tired of trying!

I'm still going to log and I'm still gonna exercise when I want to...but nothing like what I've been doing these last 2 weeks. I can't do it. Maybe I don't need to do that every day. Maybe 3 days a week or so...

I'm just tired of "dieting" if I haven't changed my habits by now, I'm not ever gonna. So there! I'm giving my accountability.

ckmama

I GIVE UP! I"m not doing this anymore. There is no use. I'm not making any progress and I'm gaining weight so why bother. I can eat what I want to, not exercise and gain weight.

I'm done. :-(

OMG that is exactly what I told Rick last night. As I cried over all my hard work going down the drain. 2 1/2 year to lose 83 lbs and now it is almost gone.

I cried, and got mad at myself, just plain ole angry. I know my belly is growing and I except that, but most of my weight gain is because, if I must be honest, I am eating way too much food. WAY TOO MUCH.

Today I decided to give up my HRM for a while. When I lost weight initially those years ago, I didn't know how many calories i was burning and didn't care. I just worked out for about an hour a day and ate my calorie target. I lost weight abotu 6 lbs a month. I think I've made it too complicated. So today I'm not going to look up how many calories i burned walking and weights. I don't care, cause I feel good. I feel refreshed for now. I might not feel this way tomorrow, but for right now, i've made some good choices on breakfast and my morning snack. Plus I've had 48 oz of water already.

I love you and I don't want you to give up on yourself. Just give yourself a break. Do what you feel like doing set smaller goals, and once you start keeping those move up to bigger ones. Maybe set a 21 day goal or something, where you say "I will do such and such only for 21 days, I will not obsess, I will not worry about whether I am losing weight, but I will worry about getting healthier"