THE Team ~ Week 7~ March 20th - 26th

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  • swignal
    swignal Posts: 441
    Oh yeah, and the scoop from last night is this:

    My son's band "Learn to Love It" was sooooooooo great!!!! There was a super turn out including a ton of his friends from high school - and even a bunch of parents of friends. We had so MUCH fun!!! My son was in HEAVEN and the stage was pressed with fans screaming and reaching up toward him and jumping up and down and waving their arms about ~ people were dancing and smiling and joyful and my own smile hurt my face and I could barely see for the tears in my eyes because I was so proud of him and his beauty and talent and graciousness ~ it was amazing! And okay, I'll stop.

    I thought of a reference for his type of music though, it you're at all interested - think Jack Johnson or Jason Mraz with a heavier funk sound or base beat and there you have it (ish).

    So, last night in a club until 2:00 a.m. listening to my son, then tonight in a church all night listening to my husband ~ he is the lead singer in a Southern gospel group (we met 25 years ago this month when he sang at my church and we married 3 months later:bigsmile: and no, I wasn't pregnant! and I can't believe how many people actually ask me that:ohwell: )

    Anyway, instead of bar-hopping this weekend, I went club-churching. I'd say that makes me pretty well balanced.:glasses:

    That is funny I met my husband on Vacation In jamaica he was my waiter and I worked for the airlines at the time so I could go when ever I wanted.. me and my friend went Feb 9th 2000, I met him feb 10th 2000..When I left the first time I went back 3 weeks later and we decided we didnt want to be apart anymore and we planed our wedding for May 20th 2000... We are now going on our 9th wedding aniversary and still maddly in Love... he has been by myside with all my sickness and my gaining of my wieght and my mood swings.. I swear God sent him to me from up above.. cuz I love his family just as much as him.. They all treat me and my children wonderful when we go back.. I still cant believe it will be 9 years it really seems like yesterday we met.. We said when we reach 10 years we would renew our vow's I really want to do it in Jamaica on the beach this time... and that is one reason I need to be so determind to loose weight so I can look good in that dress on the beach!!!! and strut myself on the beach LOL.. We did meet in Feb and I got pregnant in March married in May and had our daughter together in November... but she is a blessing...# 4 for Me...

    Sheila
  • lulubar
    lulubar Posts: 739 Member
    Prayerful ~ good for you for giving up soda! You make me proud. I gave up DP the day I start MFP on Jan. 7. I was a heavy drinker - 4 to 6 cans a day! I very rarely now have a diet 7up, like once every week or two ~ but really, stick to the array of water beverages Anita mentioned as well as green tea. I love fruit in my water: lemon, lime, orange, mango.... mmmmmm.
  • dewdrop
    dewdrop Posts: 1,715 Member
    My son's band "Learn to Love It" was sooooooooo great!!!!

    Been wondering about it. So happy it went well. But you've got to give us the link to their website, when they've got it up and running. You just have to! :tongue:

    So this is how a happy and proud mum looks like, huh? :wink: I sure hope I'll able to make my mum at least half that happy. :flowerforyou:

    Sheila, so happy about your news too - glad it all went well at the doctor's. And, hey, having him say "WOW" at your weight progress is... WOW!!! :happy: . :drinker:
  • DWray44
    DWray44 Posts: 76
    I know I just joined this website on Friday, the 20th...but I started my weight loss plan on Monday, and I'm pretty excited because I've lost 3 lbs this week! I've been walking every day, and Sheila suggested water aerobics for me as well. I've got some issues with deteriorating cartilage below my knee caps, so eliptical and running are out of the question for me! Any other suggestions? Thanks everyone, you guys are great!
  • LosingIt4good
    LosingIt4good Posts: 1,214 Member
    Hey all!

    Well... yesterday my daughter had her 1st track meet for the year. Her team did great in the 4x relay and took 5th out of 12 teams racing. She ran her mile in 5 minutes, 30 seconds which is just 20 seconds shy of the school record. Im so proud of her! She didnt do so good running the 800 tho. She hurt her back at some point during her warm up and finished 8th. Not her best and she was disappointed she didnt do better since that was the big event she was waiting for all day. Anyway, her back is killin her and her coach thinks its her hip flexor muscle. Poor child has to have my genes.. :grumble:

    My youngest daughter went to a sleepover last night and the oldest went out with her friends to eat dinner after the track meet, so I decided to take my son out for dinner. We went for mexican food at a restraunt within walking distance of the house and I got some steak fajitas (and brought home at least 2/3 of my order to have today for lunch) and drank 1/2 a carafe of sangria. I havent had alcohol in a long time, and they make thiers themself so it was reallllly good and definitely a good thing we walked!! I was a bit happy by the time we left..:laugh:

    I slept good last night. The neighbors behind me were having a party and being loud so It was hard to get to sleep. I didnt complain tho cuz god knows we have some loud ones during our summer bbq's and these are the nice neighbors.. lol! Anyway.. I woke up about 5:30 this morning and forced myself back to sleep. Woke up around 9am and by 10ish I was talking myself out the door to go to the gym. I did weights for 1/2 hour and then spent 1/2 hour on the treadmill and my hrm said I burned a whopping 1019 calories total. WHOA! How on earth Im gonna eat all those today is beyond me!

    The rest of the day is a lazy day. Im babysitting till 9 tonight and my daughter is recuperating and being lazy with movies and a ice pack. I stopped at starbucks for a skinny mocha with no whip on my way home. Just too lazy to make coffee today and it sounded good. I have some cleaning to do later, but for the moment, Im lounging and being lazy myself with motrin and the heating pack trying to ward off aunt flo's cramp curse. :sick:

    DW... congrats on the 3lb loss!! That is GREAT!! As for working out with the knee issues...slow and steady wins the race. Do whatever doesnt cause you pain. Water aerobics are great for you since it is low impact. I love them since its not a sweaty workout but I do really feel it once Im done. Its great that you are walking every day too!! The elliptical is hard at first, but actually less impact than the treadmill, so when your ready for a change in routine you might try that out too, but again.. do whatever doesnt hurt you.
  • dewdrop
    dewdrop Posts: 1,715 Member
    Wow, LosingIt, you sure THE! :laugh: (Try Hard Everyday, I mean :flowerforyou: ) Tell our daughter peeps on MFP are proud of her and WOW, isn't she great! :flowerforyou: As for hurting her back, poor thing :cry: - I'd say she left place for improvement :wink: and next time she'll just do better! Bottom line, well done! and you're a terrific mom!

    DW, well done on the 3lbs! This is great! :flowerforyou: Are you going to the gym? I'd think weights for the upper body should be fine, right? I know cardio and sweating is what we all want to do to melt those pounds, but what you want after all is to be fit, right? Maybe ask a trainer at the gym? They should know.

    I went jogging. Running is GOOD (though I sometimes find it boring, but sometimes just challenging to keep on running when you feel like stopping). However!, running on an empty stomach is not the best thing ever :angry: So it doesn't feel as great as it should afterwards, but still... I am happy to have done it :).

    Have a nice Sunday, everyone, and keep THE! :happy: (Trying Hard Everyday :glasses: ).
  • LosingIt4good
    LosingIt4good Posts: 1,214 Member
    Awwww.. dewdrop... thanks! I love being a mom... my kids are good kids and make it fun :happy: I will definitely pass the message on to Shelby (my daughter). She likes to know people are cheering her on! Im gonna sign her up on MFP so we can make sure she is meeting her food goals. She definitely doesnt need to lose any weight but It would be a good tool for her to use to make sure she is getting the nutrition she needs since she is running alot.
  • LosingIt4good
    LosingIt4good Posts: 1,214 Member
    OK, read through the post for my morning gigle. Have to post quick and get to church.

    Yesterday I got in a 15 mile run. Hubby was suppose to lead a bike ride after church but has to work. Pray for me 'cause my legs are sore today. I've got to pull off about a 25-35 mile ride today. I was secretly praying for the rain. But its as clear as could be. :sad:

    Gave up diet soda. Decided to move away from the chemical sweetners. My drinks now are only water, coffee, and tea. Made me think of it while reading through the thread and reading dr. pepper. Oh what a fan of DP I am.:cry:

    Love to hear everyone who's setting the scales aside. Makes it easier on my decision and helps me not succumb to my addiction.

    Have a blessed day ladies and gent.

    Good for you mom giving up the soda!! Im not much of a soda drinker myself and never was a diet soda drinker. Now I only drink diet dp every great once in a while....like 1 every couple weeks. Im with you on the water & tea. I barely drink coffee anymore since hubby is gone. Even when hes here I only drink 1 a day but Im finding it easy not to drink any... mainly cuz Im too lazy to make it :laugh:
  • stillkristi
    stillkristi Posts: 1,135 Member
    Hey, gang - I have discovered something many of us have in common! Dr.jpg

    Prayerful, sorry about the lack of rain, we had it here, and I would have prefered to send it your way. We are susposed to have snow tomorrow, though yesterday, it was about 75 degrees. Welcome to SLC weather!

    Anita, cracking me up!! You have more kinds of water than Forrest Gump has shrimp.! How are the scale withdrawals going? scales-2.jpg Ride the crave, it will get better. However, I've got some bad news for you....... The night sweats are hear to stay, girlfriend! Let me introduce you to some friends of mine......... dwarfs.jpg Yeah, good luck with that!

    Swignal, I love your love story! Its nice to hear a happy story once in a while! Actually, from what I gather, all you married types are pretty content in your relationships. Thats very nice!

    Dwray - smiley_aakq.gif

    Everyone else, time to check in and tell us what you are up to !!!
  • stillkristi
    stillkristi Posts: 1,135 Member
    Almost forgot, li4g, congrats to our running girl! Sorry about the visit from aunt flo. Though, the alternative is my seven aforementioned friends.......
  • adopt4
    adopt4 Posts: 970 Member
    Man what a weekend! Celebrated all the boys' bdays together (they're a month apart really) because 2 of the 3 don't understand what it means... Took them to Build A Bear and they did their own bears... Then to McDonalds and I ate Panda Express (turns out the one thing I thought was bad, the noodles, was actually the lowest calorie thing I ate!). Then meltdown with eldest child so home for naps. Had cake and ice cream last night - BOTH hubby and I were sick after that. He was lamenting that I'd detoxified him... neither one of us want cake and ice cream again! Went over some on cals, shoud have broken even for the day with the built in deficit. Did hit the gym in the am, thank goodness.

    Realized last night as I leaned over my son in bed to kiss him goodnight that part of my hip problem is a problem I haven't had in a few years - it's out of place. So no gym for me today, need to get to a chiro first thing in the am and get that fixed so I can go back to the gym. Maybe I'll go do weights and maybe walk or ride bike tomorrow, but today, there was no way to do that type of repetitive motion. I did do a second coat of paint on my dining room, have one more wall to do a second coat on and then I'm done and can put up all the decor I got in Africa... looking foward to that!

    Didnt' log my calories today but think I did ok, made a sort of chicken chili for dinner (made it up in the crockpot, and I'm not a cook unless I have a recipe, so the fact that it was edible is amazing!). It's hard on days I don't have gym though, so if I went over, it's only a little. No more splurging after that cake last night...groan...

    I know when I put my hip out too, when I was trying to do those d*&&^^% dance videos with LI4G on a day we had a short workout. I'm too old to do that with my hips, apparently. I knew at the time I'd hurt myself and stopped... but didn't realize the elliptical and walking would continue to make it worse.. I'm so hoping i can get it fixed tomorrow, it's killing me tonight... Have to call dr for some muscle relaxants or something so I can do my workout without pain!

    So that's where I've been... Back to the grind tomorrow!
  • LosingIt4good
    LosingIt4good Posts: 1,214 Member
    Almost forgot, li4g, congrats to our running girl! Sorry about the visit from aunt flo. Though, the alternative is my seven aforementioned friends.......

    LMAO.. omg kristy....who says they are an alternative?? I told hubby this morning on the phone about the aforesaid mentioned visitor and I could tell he was like "Thank god Im not there... poor kids!" :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • LosingIt4good
    LosingIt4good Posts: 1,214 Member
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  • stillkristi
    stillkristi Posts: 1,135 Member
    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    It would be even more funny if it weren't so true! :angry:

    And I mean that! :explode:

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

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  • LosingIt4good
    LosingIt4good Posts: 1,214 Member
    this one too... lol...
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  • swignal
    swignal Posts: 441
    Good Evening Everyone.. It has been a very busy weekend but I still managed to get to the gym for 1 hour of cardio... I did the eliptical but I broke it up I did the weight lose program for 25 then I did cross training 1 for 25 minutes and then I did highly elivated for the next 10 man what a challange...

    I cant believe I only have 8 more pounds to go under 300.. I cant wait for my victory dance...

    well I just want to say good night ... gotta go spend time with my better half

    Sheila
  • stillkristi
    stillkristi Posts: 1,135 Member
    Sheila, you are making us look bad! :wink: Here, I am passing you a deep fried snicker's bar.

    Seriously, good job girl!
  • chantybear
    chantybear Posts: 343
    Evening Ladies (and zano):smile:

    Just got back a bit ago from a 5 mile run. Good day today, even though tom and bio lab, but it was the last one for the semester yay! Hope everyone else had a good day..!
  • swignal
    swignal Posts: 441
    oh I am sorry I dont want you to feel bad or look bad you guys are going great also... Kristi you are soo silly you make me laugh... I love all your little pictures.. I just dont know how to send them back LOL

    I just thought if I share my accomplishments that it would motivate others to accomplish their own goals... I guess I am just excited to being able to do that under 300 dance soon...maybe a week maybe 2 weeks maybe 3 weeks... I just see in the near future..

    sheila
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    oh I am sorry I dont want you to feel bad or look bad you guys are going great also... Kristi you are soo silly you make me laugh... I love all your little pictures.. I just dont know how to send them back LOL

    I just thought if I share my accomplishments that it would motivate others to accomplish their own goals... I guess I am just excited to being able to do that under 300 dance soon...maybe a week maybe 2 weeks maybe 3 weeks... I just see in the near future..

    sheila

    Sheila,

    Sometimes we hijack our own thread with chit-chat stuff. I, for one, am very glad you continue to post about your exercise and weight-loss successes. I need to be reminded that it is important to keep moving, and if it wasn't for those type of posts, I would spend all day on here being silly and sitting on my butt. The fact that you are working out inspires me to get out there. Thanks for being you. :flowerforyou:
  • stillkristi
    stillkristi Posts: 1,135 Member
    oh I am sorry I dont want you to feel bad or look bad you guys are going great also... Kristi you are soo silly you make me laugh... I love all your little pictures.. I just dont know how to send them back LOL

    I just thought if I share my accomplishments that it would motivate others to accomplish their own goals... I guess I am just excited to being able to do that under 300 dance soon...maybe a week maybe 2 weeks maybe 3 weeks... I just see in the near future..

    sheila

    Not to worry!!!!!!! You are VERY motivational! Keep it up. I'm just joking about the fried snickers. I saw it on the receipe thread.... :wink: When you are ready for the under 300 dance, let us know. I will be dancing right along with you. Here is me, practicing......fatbellydancer.gif
  • swignal
    swignal Posts: 441
    oh I am sorry I dont want you to feel bad or look bad you guys are going great also... Kristi you are soo silly you make me laugh... I love all your little pictures.. I just dont know how to send them back LOL

    I just thought if I share my accomplishments that it would motivate others to accomplish their own goals... I guess I am just excited to being able to do that under 300 dance soon...maybe a week maybe 2 weeks maybe 3 weeks... I just see in the near future..

    sheila

    Not to worry!!!!!!! You are VERY motivational! Keep it up. I'm just joking about the fried snickers. I saw it on the receipe thread.... :wink: When you are ready for the under 300 dance, let us know. I will be dancing right along with you. Here is me, practicing......fatbellydancer.gif

    LoL Love that dance... Your a much better dancer then me... LOL
  • stillkristi
    stillkristi Posts: 1,135 Member
    ITs because of my.... er.... foundation garments! :laugh:
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    bwah ha ha - I just found this....


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  • dewdrop
    dewdrop Posts: 1,715 Member
    Here is me, practicing......fatbellydancer.gif

    HAHAHA :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • dewdrop
    dewdrop Posts: 1,715 Member
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    This is just too great! Glad it's not just me :explode:
  • LosingIt4good
    LosingIt4good Posts: 1,214 Member
    swignal- lDont ever stop sharing your success with us!! I love hearing about you bustin a move! You are doing a wonderful job and thats why we are here! To support eachother and motivate eachother into doing what we are all here to do... get healthy! Keep on keeping on and sharing your days with us.

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  • DWray44
    DWray44 Posts: 76
    Thanks everyone for your advice, I'll definitely start doing some upper body weights. It's really bad, but I must admit that I've been paying for a gym membership monthly, and haven't been in 6 months. Until last week that is! I've enrolled in some water aerobics classes on M, W, F nights, and plan to do some cardio on those mornings. Also, think I will use Tuesday and Thursday to do some upper body toning...is that a good plan? I'm all about plans, and if someone tells me that's a good one, then I'll do it!:happy:
  • swignal
    swignal Posts: 441
    Good Morning Team...

    Well I am up moving around... About to head to the gym around 2pm so I can do my workout on the machines before I do the water areobics... so I need to get my breakfast going at 11 am omg I cant believe it is this late... LOL the kids all went to school and didnt even wake me up... thank God my mother was here to make sure my 8 yr old matched LOL...Talk to you guys this afternoon

    Sheila
  • LosingIt4good
    LosingIt4good Posts: 1,214 Member
    Thanks everyone for your advice, I'll definitely start doing some upper body weights. It's really bad, but I must admit that I've been paying for a gym membership monthly, and haven't been in 6 months. Until last week that is! I've enrolled in some water aerobics classes on M, W, F nights, and plan to do some cardio on those mornings. Also, think I will use Tuesday and Thursday to do some upper body toning...is that a good plan? I'm all about plans, and if someone tells me that's a good one, then I'll do it!:happy:

    Sounds like a great plan to me!!
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