Swat Walking Group - August - New Members welcome!
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Welcome Amanda! It's open to anyone. We choose our own goals for walking/exercise each month and then state them on this thread. Some of us use exercise tickers from tickerfactor.com to track progress for either miles walked, minutes of exercise, etc. You check in as often as you want to report your progress but we also talk about our day, jobs, family, fun things we do, frustrations, etc. and praise or encourage one another when needed. It's never too late to join us...
Jenny0 -
:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Welcome, Amanda!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
Sandy--It's your first day at the new job! I hope you have a great day!
I'm hanging in there and walking, though not as much as I should! Been having a tough time with minor aches and pains. My DD thinks I should try her inversion table and hang upside down for a bit every day, Thinking about it.
Have a wonderful day, all, and I will try to get back later (but not promising anything!).0 -
Hi Everyone and Welcome to the group Amanda! :happy:
First day on the job was great. I really think it's going to work out. I guess I was just a little gun shy after the last one. It's a very small office and it will be just me and one other woman in the accounting department besides the controller.
Alice, I can actually wear blue jeans to work everyday and most of the guys had on shorts! I think I've gone from one extreme to the other but I'm really feeling good about it so far. The only problem is now I have to restock my wardrobe with the casual stuff! Darn! I guess I'll have to go shopping!
I've really got to get back on the exercise track. I"m still going on vacation next week but I plan to do lots of walking on the beach like Teresa! I knew August was going to be hit and miss for me and the exercising but I really didn't think it would be this much miss.
It's so nice to come here and see everyone moving along, it makes me realize more how much I'm missing.
Keep up the good work and thanks for all the positive thoughts today!0 -
Thanks all,,, well I've struggled to work out the past few days... Got a nasty sunburn( first and only this year) ... Completely whipped me out... Can't wait till I'm back to normal...thanks I can use all the support I can get!!
Hugs,
Amanda0 -
Hello, Everyone.
I'm envious of the cooler weather some of you are having --- still in triple digits here in Phoenix --- and the vacations ---- schools start at the beginning of August (not after Labor Day) here in Phoenix, so even though it's still hot, hot, hot, "summer" is over. :glasses:
On a happy note, after a month stuck at 99, I finally got my badge into the triple digits for My Weight Loss Progress!. HOORAY! It's been over a year, but I'm really hopeful that slow and steady will allow me to win the race in keeping the weight off. I've gone from no exercise to using the Walk Away the Pounds one/two mile tapes a few days a week to using the three/four/five mile tapes five/six days a week. It's the one program I have found that I can and will stick with. In fact, yesterday I went to the Diamondbacks game (we won!), and the old me would have just gone home after and watched TV and lazed around, but the new me wanted to get my exercise in, so I popped in a Sansone tape when i got home.
Stay strong, everyone, and stay focused on your goals.
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2 fast miles in this morning0
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Hello,
How do I go about joining this SWAT Walking Group? And what is the challenge or what does it consist of?
Thanks
Anita0 -
Congratulations on making the 100 club AZ! I knew you would do it! :flowerforyou: I know it's a good feeling when the scale finally realizes you mean business!
Anita, You don't have to do anything special to join us. You make your own goal and just check in here when you can. We're here to support each other no matter what our individual goals may be. We usually start fresh each month so we can adjust our goals as we need to. If you'd like to jump in just set a goal for the rest of the month and get to work. Some of us walk, some do other stuff and some of us do a variety. Whatever you like is fine. Welcome to the group! :happy:
I finally got in a workout with the Jenny Ford. I think some of the guys around my house are going to have to start doing some of the cooking, 9:00 is too late to be finishing up dinner. Now I"m pooped!
Nite all, see you tomorrow!0 -
did good this morning got 3 miles in this morning.0
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Hello Everyone!
Welcome to the group Amanda and Anita. This is a great place to get the support you need.
AZ - Way to go on reaching the 100 pound loss. Keep up the good work and I know you will be able to keep the weight off. :flowerforyou:
Sandy - I'm glad your enjoying your new job. I'm so jealous that you get to wear jeans to work. I would love to quit wearing hose.
Leslie - Great job on your miles. You're doing great!
Well, I've been doing some walking since the beach, but it has been at a very slow to moderate pace. I've been getting in about 1-2 miles every other day. I hope to increase it next week to 2-3 miles each day for at least 5 days. Keep fingers crossed!
Everyone have a great evening!
Ann0 -
You all are doing great! WTG! Now I need you all to line up and then give me big kicks in the behind to get back on track and exercise regularly! The heat continues to zap me and I continue to use it as an excuse to be lazy. I know if I would just be active again I would be back on track but right now I'm playing mental games with myself.:grumble:
So no exercise in the last two days for me. I need to get on my bike this weekend and also go to the gym. I will commit to doing it!
Jenny0 -
Welcome, Amanda and Anita!:flowerforyou:
AZ--Congrats on reaching the 100 mark! Great job!
Jenny--I need to get back on a real exercise schedule, too. I don't know why but, lately I have to force myself to do anything! It's annoying and frustrating, too!
I can't blame it on the heat, either, as we have not exactly had much of a summer. Just a lack of motivation, I guess. I need to push through this.0 -
felt froggy this morning got 5 miles in. Will be feeling that tomorrow
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I'm here but not too active yet!
Jenny0 -
Happy Friday Everybody!
Well I made it through the first week at the new job and feeling pretty good about it. The drive isn't too bad and everyone has been very nice so far.
I did get in my Jenny Ford workout yesterday but almost forgot to log it in. I didn't workout tonight and I'll probably spend most of tomorrow packing and getting everything ready to leave Sunday for the beach! YaY! I can't wait. I'm not sure I'll get to log in while I'm gone and if I do I won't have access to the message boards. My phone app only does the food & exercise journals.
I hope you all have a great week. I'm really going to have to get back on track for September. I've been goofing around for most of this year. I need to get serious and knock off a few more pounds. But you know, I'm still happy with my results. I"ve never been able to maintain a weight loss for any amount of time so hanging around the same weight is a good thing too. And I've NEVER exercised regularly in my whole life so this is new ground for me.
Hang in there everybody, fall is on the way. I think I'm more energetic when the weather is cooler.0 -
Have fun Sandy! I am still here just to busy to post. Did a Latin Core workout today. An old dvd, killer moves! Oooow.
Still have the aches and pains but on my feet and in the game. See the Dr. the 31, by then all will be well, I just know it!!!!!!!!!!
Onward and upward, Alice0 -
Ok I finally went out for a walk. It's much cooler out now and felt really good. We walked for 40 minutes and I will do so again tomorrow!
Jenny0 -
Go Jenny!!0
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Sandy--So glad your first week went well. Have a wonderful vacation!
Yesterday I did a fast mile with Leslie then a lot of cleaning.
Took the bus to Target to check out their new fresh foods section. Prices aren't bad but the best thing--for me, anyway--is that they don't spray water all over the veggies periodically the way grocery stores do. I hate that! The produce goes bad a lot faster (which I' sure is part of the plan!). I complain about this but ...!
(I just cannot afford to have my produce not last even a few days! I used to be able to buy it once a week but that was YEARS ago! Now I'm lucky if it lasts 2 days before it starts getting icky! I just don't like going to the store that often!
Okay, didn't mean to start ranting but that has been a pet peeve of mine since the stores started doing it.
Got in lots of walking on my shopping trip and today I plan on weeding the side yard and front garden.
Have a great day, everyone!0 -
Farmer's market this morning and just got done making mini egg crustless quiches in a muffin tin. 103 calories each. I froze 8 and put 4 in the fridge so we can each try one with toast and fruit tomorrow. Now out to weed my gardens and grate the Irish Spring Soap on top:o)
Kathy, do you have a small farmer's market near you? We've found that produce locally grown and not sprayed with all the bad stuff lasts so much longer. We just buy a few things each week (broccoli, onions, carrots, spinach, peppers, etc.) We try to meal plan and then we know what to buy and try to use it up before we go again...
Going to put on the HRM for weeding...
Jenny0 -
Jenny--I make those egg 'muffins' a lot! They make a quick breakfast that we can just grab and go. I've even eaten them cold from the fridge and they are good that way, too!Farmer's market this morning and just got done making mini egg crustless quiches in a muffin tin. 103 calories each. I froze 8 and put 4 in the fridge so we can each try one with toast and fruit tomorrow. Now out to weed my gardens and grate the Irish Spring Soap on top:o)
Usually I do buy from the Farmer's market but this year has been SO bad, weather-wise, that the local pickings are slim and VERY expensive. (Gov. Gregoire has ask the federal government to declare the entire state of Washington a farming disaster area because of the cold, wet weather we had for most of the growing season. My own garden is producing very little--a few tomatoes and strawberries, possibly a couple of peppers but no squash at all so far--all the blooms rotted before the veggies could form. It's really bad and food prices are already climbing.)Kathy, do you have a small farmer's market near you? We've found that produce locally grown and not sprayed with all the bad stuff lasts so much longer. We just buy a few things each week (broccoli, onions, carrots, spinach, peppers, etc.) We try to meal plan and then we know what to buy and try to use it up before we go again...
Going to put on the HRM for weeding...
Jenny
Ah well, we all just do our best with what we have, right?
Got in the 3Mile Walk off 10 Pounds this morning. Felt good!0 -
Kathy sorry to hear your weather never improved and your garden didn't yield some good stuff to eat:( It's been soooo hot and humid here but with the right amount of rain so I guess I shouldn't complain too much because the veggies at the markets look great! I gave up on a veggie garden years ago. I liked planting it and picking the veggies but hated the weeding. The bugs got so bad and with the humidity I would give up. Now I just focus on my few perennial gardens which don't always look so good either:( We bought mulch today (replacing the old) and that will help finish off the bushes and flowers and keep the weeds to a minimum I hope.
Lots of gardening today and burned 734 calories! Burned off my breakfast of eggs benedict florentine (spinach and tomato in place of the canadian bacon).
Well time to relax while doing some laundry.
Jenny0 -
Only 257 minutes this week mostly walking and gardening. Also did a Latin Core workout. Ouch, found some forgotten muscles.
I think I am over the worst of this bug and ready to get on the move again.
Sorry to hear of the garden problems. Food is so expensive. It is so dry here and after our really wet summer the plants are struggling. Some of the bushes in our nursery beds are drying out right before my eyes. Quite hot and windy no rain in sight. I have been walking up and down the hill moving water lines and hoses. Then I go back to the house and switch the irrigation on the nursery beds for the flowering plants. They all get 1 hour and then I make the trip again. 1004 calories so far today. Good for the body hard on the plants.
Time to make the trip again. Alice0 -
Today I walked with a friend around a city lake 1.5 miles and then went to lunch. Hot out but sunny and beautiful...
Tired from the heat so now time for a nap!
Jenny0 -
Good evening, Everyone!
I love going to our farmers market, they usually have lots to pick from, but this year, the fruits and veggies have been scarce here because of the heat or I just pick the wrong time to go and it's all picked over. I'm going again Wednesday and hopes to find some good food.
Jenny - the egg quiche's sound great. Do you have a recipe? I have never made quiches before are they simple to make?
Alice - Great job on the core exercise and glad your feeling better. It's always good to work those muscles you didn't know you had.
I hope everyone has a great evening and a wonderful Tuesday!
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Hello, Fellow Walkers.
August is winding down. Thank goodness for the five mile walk tapes so I can catch up on missed days to stay on target. :laugh:
I know what you mean, Sandy, about having more energy when the weather is cooler. It seems like the heat just zaps us, especially here in Phoenix. We are in another excessive heat warning week; each day we've been setting new records. Thursday is supposed to be 116 degrees! :glasses: I did go up to Flagstaff for the weekend. It was nice to get out of the heat.
Thanks for all the support on my 100 lb milestone. I will admit that I gained a pound last week, not terrible, but still. :sad: Wednesday is my weigh in day, and I'm not sure how I did this past week, either. Although I'm eating healthy, I think I'm eating too much fruit. It is just so refreshing in the summer. :ohwell: Also, today I had lunch at Hillstone with work colleagues. I had the Seasonal Vegetable Platter (which was DELICIOUS and filling), but I'm not so sure it was really as healthy as you would think a vegetable platter would be. I think the corn was cooked in butter, the California rolls were wrapped in avocado (healthy fat, I know!), and the couscous was with lemon vinaigrette. I usually try to look up the nutrition before I go to a restaurant, but I didn't know where we were going. And, when I looked it up after lunch, the Google search brought up the controversy with this restaurant posting it's nutritional values: reports said that the law requires chains of 20+ restaurants are required to post, so the parent company, Houston's, kept 19 Houston's restaurants and reopened the others under the name Hillstone with some minor menu changes. I think if I had known that, I wouldn't have wanted to go and/or suggested a different place. I will say the food was amazingly delicious. My boss had a prime rib sandwich that he said was so tender it melted in your mouth; it came on their own freshly baked bread. Two others had the grilled chicken salad, which I found online for over 400 calories and 30+ grams of fat, :sad: but they both raved about its taste. One had the Thai noodle salad with steak, which she did say was too many competing flavors. And the last had rotisserie chicken and broccoli from the gluten free menu, which he said was juicy but bland, but did say he was so sick of salads that it was a good lunch. All in all, a great atmosphere and good food, just wish the restaurant was more up front about the nutritional values.
Anyone have similar challenges with restaurants?
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so glad that the first day of school is over with..... She was driving me nuts :bigsmile:
got 2 miles in this morning.0 -
I'm trying hot yoga today for the first time. I have a Groupon to use so I will try a class today. A little nervous...hope I don't pass out! I'll update you later on what I thought of it.
Jenny0 -
Back from hot yoga! Wow!!!!!! 108 degrees in the room. I suppose working in an office this summer in this heat wave with no AC has conditioned me to tolerate hot yoga! I'm beet red but feel great. I drank lots of water before, during and after. Dripped sweat and constantly needed to towel off but the stretches and relaxation felt so good. I'm going back on Thursday. My Groupon gives me until 9/30 before I have to pay for any more classes...
Beautiful day out here today. Time for a shower and lunch.
Have a wonderful day!
Jenny0 -
It's been a few days since I have had the time to post. I am giving up on my exercise ticker for this month (and maybe for good) because I keep forgetting to update it and now I have NO idea how many minutes I have exercised this n=month. It's not a bad number, thou, I don't think, as I have been trying to get in between 20 and 45 minutes everyday.
I have today off so I took my grandson in the stroller and walked to Safeway to pick up some light salld dressing for our salad tonight. They had cole slaw mix on sale, as well as eggs (repacked large ones for $1.39 a dozen) so I picked some of those up, too. 2.63 miles walked, including the shopping. Not too bad for a day off!
Ann--here's the recipe I use for the mini quiches (we call them egg muffins):
Egg Muffins
(Makes 12 muffins)
12 eggs
1-2 tsp. Spike Seasoning*
1-2 cups grated low fat cheese (I like sharp cheddar or a blend of cheddar/Jack cheese, use less cheese if using meat)
Optional, but highly recommended, 3 green onions diced small.
Optional: chopped veggies such as blanched broccoli, red pepper, zucchini, mushrooms, etc. (Using veggies will reduce the fat content)
Optional: diced Canadian bacon, lean ham, or crumbled cooked turkey sausage
Preheat oven to 375 F.
Lightly oil muffin pan(s).
In the bottom of the muffin cups layer diced meat, if using, vegetables, if using, cheese and green onions. You want the muffin cups to be about 2/3 full, with just enough room to pour a little egg around the other ingredients. Break eggs into large measuring bowl with pour spout, add Spike, and beat well. (I used to add a bit of half and half or milk, but lately I like the way they turn out without it.) Pour egg into each muffin cup until it is 3/4 full. I like to stir slightly with a fork. Bake 25-35 minutes until muffins have risen and are slightly browned and set.
Muffins will keep at least a week in the refrigerator without freezing. Egg muffins can be frozen and reheated. For best results, thaw in refrigerator before reheating.
* I don't know what Spike Seasonong is, I just use salt and pepper and whatever else I want!
I also use whatever veggies and meat I have on hand. This is just a basic recipe and can be adjusted easily to your own taste!0
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