T.H.E (Trying Hard Everyday) Team - Week 13

LosingIt4good

That a girl Nita!!!

LOL Im such a space case!!! I need to pull out my walk away the pounds video and do that today while the little ones are napping!! Thats what I got it for... those days Its hard for me to make it to the gym when I have them. That way if Im just too tired after chasing them all day, at least I know I got my workout in! Thanks for the reminder!! I'll still plan on water aerobics tonight, but if Im just too tired at least I know I have that done. Ahhhhhhhh I can relax now.. :laugh:

LosingIt4good

Prayerful- How did the marathon go on Sunday??? You still alive and kickin?? :drinker:

jamielbeck

Good News! I am caught up! :happy:
Welcome tonijrn! :flowerforyou:
Prayerfulmom - how was the marathon? Hope you did great!
Indianagrammy - Its wonderful to hear you are seeing results in things like your ankle bracelets. This means your hard work is making a difference! Great job! Hope you had a great night at work! Oh and the bf didn't get to finish tournament. Its a 2 day event and rain came Sunday that cancelled the rest of it.
Nitag - Go! go! go! (how's that for motivation?) I find whenever I don't feel like working out those are the times I need to go! I feel so much better afterwards!
Sheila - You daughter is adorable! And by the way you look AWESOME! :happy:
Lulu - Yes I agree with you. I think my body needs to give me a report daily saying what it needs :laugh: That would be great!

Happy Tuesday Team!

LosingIt4good

Jaime- at 6', I wear talls too. In fact Im afraid that alot of my Capri's that are long on me would be more like Jeans on Adopt4 or the other shorty's in our group There are a few pairs I am going to save as well, mainly because I spent too much money on them last year. Most of the stuff I bought, I bought small... mainly because I refused to admit that they didnt fit right.. (I shoulda been buying a 20 and refused to go any higher than an 18 LOL) So it hasnt been until just recently that most of my pants and shorts are getting looser. Still wearable for a while, especially since I cant afford to buy a new wardrobe yet. About the only stuff I have to pass on are some stretchy workout pants. 2 capri style and 1 pair of pants. If anyone is interested in those, they are welcome to them. Nothing fancy...but they are functional. I have no elastic or super stretchy pants that are not workout clothes anymore.

prayerfulmom

Wow you ladies are a chatty bunch.....and I love it. Awesome on all your losses and maintaining.

Here is the lowdown. I started a migraine mile 5 and by mile 9 I was absolutely miserable. I finished 13.1 miles which is a half a marathon and my body felt strong. I just knew I'd finish but the head was not willing. It was very emotional for me to put 1,000 miles on my feet in training and not be able to finish it. I had promised my family that that would be my first and last marathon because I consumed tons of hours training. So I am now at peace with it. I'm a prayer and I prayed that I would be stopped if I was going to do damage to my health and I just believe it was an answer to prayer. My longest run accomplishment was 20 miles and that is nothing to be ashamed of.

Now I'm ready to regroup. Start weighing in again on Fridays. Exercise to lose weight instead of eat for sports performance. Will be exercising 6 days a week still but not as many hours and with activities my family enjoys to do like cycling and swimming. I'll have to do early morning runs because no one likes those. I expect to see a good loss this week then my goal is .5-1 lb a week which is healthy for my health condiiton.

adopt4

WTG Prayerful!!! I'm so proud of you for all the work you put into this and the great accomplishment you did! It's so totally awesome!!! YGG!!!

nita, glad you're back in exercising. I understand about the funk and not wanting to move. I can't imagine having to move repeatedly for work. That's very stressful. But you're doing great at not giving up and not overeating (77 is NOTHING) and you rock!!

jamie, we're all waiting to hear how you change things and what happens... I know it will be a few weeks, but it's like, what's the magic trick for jamie??

toni- welcome! I did the WW points (no meetings, just bought the book and the cookbooks and the little calculator) and lost 25 pounds that way, walked with a neighbor. Then I hit a plateau and didn't know what to do, was there for 6 mos, then gave up. Gained a little of it back and it's been a few years before I found this site. Now I know why I plateaued, and what to do about it when it happens again. I think it was a great system for us (hubby and me) especially with the cookbooks, it's good food and easy recipes... WW may be a suport group, accountability, etc. but they don't seem to give you as much information as I learned on here (friend went to meetings, etc. so she reported back to me). Nothing wrong with using all the tools you can find, as long as they don't conflict!

We're missing some people posting this week, aren't we? I need to make a list and see who's dropped off...

chantybear

Hey everyone,

I do not post much in this thread anymore, because there is too many people chatting now, and I cannot keep up. Oh well, I will still say hi randomly. Everyone is welcome to PM me, or add me as a friend (if I am not already).

Great job prayerful on the run! It is always best to stop before you are injured, even if it is before you wanted to. I learned that the hard way

DWray44

Good Morning everyone! Not sure how the weather is in your parts of the world, but here in TN, it's crappy :sad: We've had rain almost non-stop for over a week now, and today is supposed to be the only day without rain for the next week. Unfortunately, it IS raining, so who knows! LOL

Thank you all for posting the helpful information, espeically you LI4G...I have a hard time figuring out how many calories I should be eating each day, to take into consideration my exercising. I always heard contradictory statements, but what you posted finally makes sense to me!

As for the Traveling Pants, Lord, mine are so big, I doubt anyone is going to be losing weight to fit into them...but I've got a closet full of stuff I can't wear, and by the time I can, I'll want new stuff :bigsmile: So, if anyone's interested, I'll check out the sizes. I'm pretty sure they're the 16-18 range, from stylish stuff to dress clothes, so just let me know!

I have my appointment this afternoon, so hopefully I'll have some good news soon!
OH, and welcome to the new people! :drinker:

stillkristi

Morning gang!

I am sitting here waiting for the appliance repair guy to show up, cuz my dryer just quietly stopped running yesterday. My washer has been hopping around the room for a while, so it likely needds new bearings. :grumble: :grumble: I feel like I can't start my workout, cuz he is bound to interrupt it. :grumble: :grumble: All in all, I am in a quasi :grumble: mood, which isn't like me. However, I will prolly be over it in a minute. Shoulder is a lot better this morning, but I will still baby it during exercise. Maybe do the motions without the weights.

Everyone sounds good. chanty, we'll miss you, and I hope you will still stop by often.

Gotta go, think the repair guy is pulling up!

LosingIt4good

Dwray, I could totally use the 16-18 size casual or dress shirts. Thats pretty much the size Im in right now. I have alot of 18-20's to pass on to Adopt4, but cant until I can get more shirts that fit. So, whatever ya dont want... send it on over. Even jeans, If I cant use it, I can pass it to adopt4. One of us is bound to put it to use eventually. :laugh:

LosingIt4good

Prayerful-

Wow, sucks about the migraine but I am just in awe about all the miles. That is sooooooo cool!!
I did week 4, day 1 of the c-2-5-k yesterday and it felt great. The trainer at the gym was like "So when you doing your 5k?" I was like...."ummmmmmmmmmm i dunno" Never really started this to do one, just to get in better shape and be able to run. Now my daughter is harassing me also. Wants me to run a 5k with her this summer. Well, not "with" her...shes wayyy faster than me and would be going for speed and time so Id be on my own. Of course... 3.2 miles is pretty scrawny next to your 13!!! :laugh:

Congratulations on finishing 1/2 of it. You are such an inspiration!!!

AJWaddlesOn

Runners and woggers~ I am so inspired by you! One of my LONG term goals is to someday run a 5K - now I'm just hoping to walk one. I have a physical memory of when I was a freshman in high school and experienced my one and only runner's high!! What a feeling! Oh to be there again!

Congrats Prayerful! What an amazing experience.

LI4G- You should totally do a 5K and tell us all about it!! DO IT! DO IT! DO IT! (no pressure )

AJWaddlesOn

Hi

I'm new to this site, just joined on Sunday, and have journaled for 2 days now, and walked for 30 minutes.
I have a long way to go 93 lbs, but I'm going to look at the small successes.
I'd like to join this team, however I weigh in at WW on Sat. I question if I'm going to continue with that though as I've never been happy with the points and that it doesn't really give you nutritional info like this site does.

If I choose to stay with WW weigh in's, I'll post my Sat weight for the following Fri.

Thanks for your helpful tips, and encouragement with this team

Welcome Toni! Took a peek at your profile and saw you were a nurse. Me too! Did work NICU but now own my own Pediatric telephone triage service. You will love it here. I do and I have only been here 2 weeks!

AJWaddlesOn

I have my appointment this afternoon, so hopefully I'll have some good news soon!

D~ Sending good thoughts your way for your appt! Keep us posted!

LosingIt4good

LI4G- You should totally do a 5K and tell us all about it!! DO IT! DO IT! DO IT! (no pressure )

Well Im hoping to. I just have to finish this couch-2-5K first. If I can make it through this, then I will definitely do one this summer with the daughter. Im about 1/2 way now and each week it gets harder and harder.

Last week the intervals looked like this:
5 minutes walking
3 minutes running
90 seconds walking
90 seconds running
3 minutes walking
3 minutes running
90 seconds walking
90 seconds running
4 minute cool down

This week it was the same cept instead of 3 minute runs, it was 5 minute runs and I was scared! What happened to 4 minutes?? LOL!! After the first 5 minute run, I was looking at the interval times on my ipod and was like "oh..its over? I can do this!!" then after the last run of the interval my thighs were burning and I was VERY happy it was over with! :laugh: took a break and did 15 minutes on the elliptical to reach my workout goal (1000) for calories according to my HRM. Its amazing how easy that elliptical is after a hard wog!

At anyrate, Im gonna take it slow and see where I am at. I may have to repeat a few of the weeks as I get a bit further so Im giving myself more than the 9 weeks if necessary. If I do make it in the 9 weeks, I'll be done by June 12th, so I may take it slow just to get through it, then work on speed. We'll see

LosingIt4good

Ok, checking in my exercise for today....

1/2 hour on the treadmill and 1 hour of water aerobics. The water aerobics tonight was realllly good. Lots of stretching using the noodles in the pool. Gonna have to remember those! It felt terrific.

Sat in the Jacuzzi for about 10 minutes. One of the girls in there asked me what I am doing. She said she remembered me from a while ago and that she could tell Id dropped some weight. I told her exactly this...

"Go to myfitnesspal.com and sign up. Its free and they will set you up with a free profile to lose weight. Just eat good, log your food and workout 3-5 times a week. Do the water aerobics on your off days to relax...."

She said she is doing weigh watchers also, but said she would check it out..

Oh... then... I explained the....


"Drink Chocolate Milk!"



Kristi, you shoot this cow and I'll have to sick coojo on you....

prayerfulmom

LOL at your chocolate milk and Kristi's attack.
I think you should do a 5K. Its a great challenge. You'll get hooked.

AJ- I love walking best. I can do it anywhere without changing (maybe shoes). Walking those races and challenging yourself is a great reward.

Off to lala land.

stillkristi

Ok, checking in my exercise for today....

1/2 hour on the treadmill and 1 hour of water aerobics. The water aerobics tonight was realllly good. Lots of stretching using the noodles in the pool. Gonna have to remember those! It felt terrific.

Sat in the Jacuzzi for about 10 minutes. One of the girls in there asked me what I am doing. She said she remembered me from a while ago and that she could tell Id dropped some weight. I told her exactly this...

"Go to myfitnesspal.com and sign up. Its free and they will set you up with a free profile to lose weight. Just eat good, log your food and workout 3-5 times a week. Do the water aerobics on your off days to relax...."

She said she is doing weigh watchers also, but said she would check it out..

Oh... then... I explained the....


"Drink Chocolate Milk!"



Kristi, you shoot this cow and I'll have to sick coojo on you....

Just when I thought it was safe to go out in the pasture....... :noway: :laugh:

healthymom2009

:drinker: :drinker: Hurray to all the woggers and exercisers today.

Anita - way to go for getting back on the treadmill so to speak!

:bigsmile: prayerfulmom - thanks for sharing your stories with us. I would never have the courage to join a 5k run but now I am seriously thinking about it. (it's ok to do it alone but embarrassing to wog with other people).

Did my usual 60 minutes on the bike path. It was a beautiful day finally ( after several rainy cold ones).
Stayed under my calories for the second day in a row. I've been going over way too much lately.

healthymom2009

That a girl Nita!!!

LOL Im such a space case!!! I need to pull out my walk away the pounds video and do that today while the little ones are napping!! Thats what I got it for... those days Its hard for me to make it to the gym when I have them. That way if Im just too tired after chasing them all day, at least I know I got my workout in! Thanks for the reminder!! I'll still plan on water aerobics tonight, but if Im just too tired at least I know I have that done. Ahhhhhhhh I can relax now.. :laugh:

Li4g - I can identify with your situation - I recently started babysitting and can only work out after supper. Uggg. After 3 weeks I'm starting to like it. I eat smaller suppers too! :drinker:

LosingIt4good

Yay mom!!

ok... so I have a delima. Chocolate milk=200 calories over tonight.... or no chocolate milk and Im 86 under....

Decisions, Decisions..:frown:


Edit: OK Ive made a decision... Im having 1/2 a glass! LOL 57 calories over I can live with. :blushing:

stillkristi

Yay mom!!

ok... so I have a delima. Chocolate milk=200 calories over tonight.... or no chocolate milk and Im 86 under....

Decisions, Decisions..:frown:


Edit: OK Ive made a decision... Im having 1/2 a glass! LOL 57 calories over I can live with. :blushing:

Once again I am sitting here with my glass of choco milk. Reading your post. Good compromise. Here is what I think of your BIG cow.



I do not fear your cow at all!

prayerfulmom

:bigsmile: prayerfulmom - thanks for sharing your stories with us. I would never have the courage to join a 5k run but now I am seriously thinking about it. (it's ok to do it alone but embarrassing to wog with other people).

Did my usual 60 minutes on the bike path. It was a beautiful day finally ( after several rainy cold ones).
Stayed under my calories for the second day in a row. I've been going over way too much lately.

I double dog dare you

prayerfulmom

OK Ive made a decision... Im having 1/2 a glass! LOL 57 calories over I can live with. :blushing:

Great decision!

Have a great day. Off to work. Will make good choices in intake and output. Challenging you all to the same=)

swignal

Good Morning Team,

Sorry I didnt post yesterday but I got up ealry to take my daughter to see her new school for next year, Then I ran a little behind.. got home in time to cook dinner and try some clothes on while cooking LOL then my daughter had her corus concert at school so we ate and left then didnt get home until late and had to watch the biggest looser that I recorded while I was gone... omg I cryed like a big baby... three of those contests are from Michigan!!!! that is where I am from.. I never payed attention to that.. cudo's to them for finishing those 26 miles... they did awsome.. anyway I have to read and catch up but I am kinda busy this morning.. with only 1 week and 2 days before I leave and all... I am getting so excited.. I tryed clothes on that were in my closet... everything is so big but I am just going to have to wear them and just get a belt or something LOL... I need to spend lots of time at the gym..

anyway I missed you all yesterday hope all is well with everyone... dara how did you mri come out??

talk more later.. going to he gym and getting my hair done this evening with highlights and low lights... and maybe a trim LOL I would love to cut it but hubby like my hair long... so I should be nice to him ha ha

sheila

indianagranny

Hey

Sheila - I bet you are one busy woman getting ready for that trip and keeping up with the kids. It is probably hard to get everything done in the day.

Prayerfulmom - WTG on the marathon. Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for posting your experience. It is a good inspiration. I am thinking maybe maybe in the long run this might be a possibility.

LI4G - thanks for posting the intervals - it only looks more tempting to eventually try - hopefully. I can't go to work without my chocolate milk now. I work out , shower, eat - drink my milk and go. I think it helps fuel the beginning of my night.

Anita - - WTG - getting back into the exercisings. you never know it might of shook things up - show in the numbers on the scale.

DWray44 - how the appointment go?

Has anyone sent a message to Cyndeebee? I thought about it but didn't know how many messages had already been sent

Well gang - have to be to work early early tonight!!!!!!!!!!!! So I have decided to hit the sack here in just a few and get up earlier to do all my exercising - usually 90 many of tapes and a short walk on the treadmill. I can't go without it today. I will try to post right before I leave. I am so excited - I can't wait til Friday HAHA - I just hope it stays the way it is going.



Have a great day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LosingIt4good

Once again I am sitting here with my glass of choco milk. Reading your post. Good compromise. Here is what I think of your BIG cow.



I do not fear your cow at all!

Kristi- I feel sorry for the cows in your pasture. Dont they eat grains? That meat looks really gross! Makes me wanna go vegan...:sick:

nitag

Once again I am sitting here with my glass of choco milk. Reading your post. Good compromise. Here is what I think of your BIG cow.



I do not fear your cow at all!

Kristi- I feel sorry for the cows in your pasture. Dont they eat grains? That meat looks really gross! Makes me wanna go vegan...:sick:

I showed this to my husband last night and he thought it was so funny.... That is actually gross but so funny... I was telling him about Kristi shooting your Chocolate Milk cow, maybe that is why the meat looks bad, its chocolate milk...

I am home today. yeah.. laundry time...

Talk to you all later..

DWray44

Morning gang! Hope you're all well today!

LI4G-I will TOTALLY go thru my closet tonight and see what I can find to send your way! Could you email me your mailing address?? I'll let you know what I find, hope you and adopt4 can use some of it!

It seems I have to have knee surgery in a few weeks :sad: It's not that major of a surgery, but, it's still surgery and I'm not too thrilled about it. Apparently, I have a tear in the miniscus on both the outer side and inner side of my knee, as well as a "displaced" knee cap, which has caused my tendon to do more work than necessary, thus creating tendonitis(as well as arthritis on the other side of my knee)
SO, they're going to go in and run a scope thru my knee to find the damaged cartilige, and shave off the damaged area, and re-position my knee cap. Yes, it's going to be that much fun! :laugh:
On the bright side, I'm going to have it done on a Friday so I can have the weekend to not have to worry about work. Tony will still have to go to the Opry on that night and Saturday night, but my little sister is coming from IN to stay with me that weekend, which is super sweet! I'm looking forward to being able to fully use my knee again, and am hoping for a speedy recovery...so keep your fingers crossed for me!

On the bright side, the 10 lbs that I've lost so far is really like 60lbs to my knees! Not sure if you all know that, but each time you bend down or take stairs, you put 6x your body weight in pressure on the backs of your knees! Just something to think about!

stillkristi

Ok, before anything else, I wanted to say that I snuck out to the scale and weighed this am. And........(drum roll please)............... Am down to 425 - something like 4 lbs since last Friday! I have not adjusted my ticker, we will see where we are on Friday! :bigsmile:

Once again I am sitting here with my glass of choco milk. Reading your post. Good compromise. Here is what I think of your BIG cow.



I do not fear your cow at all!

Kristi- I feel sorry for the cows in your pasture. Dont they eat grains? That meat looks really gross! Makes me wanna go vegan...:sick:

I showed this to my husband last night and he thought it was so funny.... That is actually gross but so funny... I was telling him about Kristi shooting your Chocolate Milk cow, maybe that is why the meat looks bad, its chocolate milk...

I am home today. yeah.. laundry time...

Talk to you all later..

Thats it! this meat is from Chocolate milk cows! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

You'll never go vegan. you love the grill too much!

That is a gross big pile of meat however, isn't it! :sick:

Prayerful, I been thinkin about your marathon. It reminds me of a quote I like: "You can't control the wind, only the set of your sails." I love how you have taken control of your sails. You're an inspiration.

DWray - bummer dude! I have torn miniscuses and it is painful! Losing weight is sure making it feel better, and at some point, I will get to the point where I can have new knees. Then I will be bionic. But, if this surgery can help you avoid that, I say, embrace the knife! Good luck!

Sheila, keep packing! Have fun. Take sun screen. Take pictures. Take us. We will be very quiet and hide in your suitcase.

Healthy mom - I have been having this itch to get out my bike, hose off the cobwebs, pump up the tires and then stand there and admire it. It may get further than that, even! Thanks for the inspiration!