Black Team week 2

ksproston

Good Morning! I just had to say that this challenge has been great for me. I do not have a scale to weigh my meat, but I have been measuring and logging. We were camping this weekend so I wasn't able to log it into MFP, but I did write it all down and entered it yesterday. I learned a lot about my self control (or lack thereof) while were gone. Despite it all, I was pleased with the scale when I took a peak this morning. I hope to hold steady for tomorrow's weigh in.

Anyway, I'm just chatting about nothing.....have a good day friends!

annaliza

Good afternoon everyone!

Haven't checked in here in awhile...it's so easy to get lost in all the posts. :laugh:

I've been doing good with my eating though yesterday was tough. Cookout food just isn't all that great for you when youre eating with people who do not care about quantity or calories. :laugh: I did good, though....kept my portions small and within my allotted calories.

I'm still wishing it was the weekend....especially sinces it's my day to work 14 hours (I do that on Tues and Thurs).

Everyone have a great week and see you at weigh in tomorrow!

jimswmn

Andrew - hope you don't get the kids cold. I just started feeling like I might live today..

Bobbi - don't worry, you'll be back in no time, just listen to your body - the last thing you need is an injury

Janie, Thank you for the encouragement. I definitely do not want any injuries.

Andrew, Vitamin C. You don't need a cold.

jimswmn

Lynnie, I love your bike. Hubby read the post and now he is walking around humming the song. We got ours out of the basement and are getting ready to ride too.

72lori

Happy day before our weigh in black team!

I am still battling with myself over getting back on track. I'm not doing terrible, but not great. I need routine and it's been so jacked up the past 3 weeks. I'm not using it as an excuse, but I know that about me. When I get out of my routine I find myself floundering around and doing things I usually won't do. (What I really meant to say is eating like crap and not exercising!)

I am the kind of person that needs to plan ahead, needs to think through things, needs to stay on the path I made, etc. When I'm busy and other things are requiring my attention, I find I don't put myself as a priority and then bad choices are made.

I spent my walk this morning thinking about where I'm going wrong and what I'm still doing ok. Thanks for being here black team. It's good to have a place to reflect!

lynniejones

Lynnie, I love your bike. Hubby read the post and now he is walking around humming the song. We got ours out of the basement and are getting ready to ride too.

Awesome Bobbi, I am getting ready to ride. I am in love with riding. I think I am going to put an odometer on the bike. BI-cycle, BI-cycle!

laniirvin

I need some cardio advice. I have tendonitis in my knees.....I am trying to walk through the pain, but it feels like someone taking an ice pick to my knee caps! Has anyone experienced this. Doc told me to ice and rest it, but I don't want to go off the wagon on my cardio, I feel like if I go off of it I won't come back to it. He doesn't understand. UGHHHHHH!!!!

Marla64

Lynnie, I love your bike. Hubby read the post and now he is walking around humming the song. We got ours out of the basement and are getting ready to ride too.

Awesome Bobbi, I am getting ready to ride. I am in love with riding. I think I am going to put an odometer on the bike. BI-cycle, BI-cycle!

I want to-o ride my-y bicy-y-cle, I-I want to-o ride my-y bike--

Vanessa414

Hey all!!!!! How's everyone?

Lori - I'm the same way. I know that once I get out of routine, I just tend to make bad decisions. You'll get back there though! For sure!!!!

I so don't want to be at work right now. At least it was a beautiful weekend and I got to spend lots of time with BF, who I'm just going to call Jim now, because that's easier. He works nights so we don't really get to see alot of each other because even on days he doesn't work, he's asleep during the day. But he had this weekend off too and we got lots of family time in. It was great.

Last chance work out tonight, then weigh in tomorrow. This morning I was back down to 210, which is last weeks weight. I hope to be down more by tomorrow though. Water water water!!! :drinker:

We'll see how it goes. I'm not expecting miracles (this week, anyway. :laugh: )

renae77

Hey all!!!!! How's everyone?

Lori - I'm the same way. I know that once I get out of routine, I just tend to make bad decisions. You'll get back there though! For sure!!!!

I so don't want to be at work right now. At least it was a beautiful weekend and I got to spend lots of time with BF, who I'm just going to call Jim now, because that's easier. He works nights so we don't really get to see alot of each other because even on days he doesn't work, he's asleep during the day. But he had this weekend off too and we got lots of family time in. It was great.

Last chance work out tonight, then weigh in tomorrow. This morning I was back down to 210, which is last weeks weight. I hope to be down more by tomorrow though. Water water water!!! :drinker:

We'll see how it goes. I'm not expecting miracles (this week, anyway. :laugh: )

Vanessa you will get there girl! You have done soooo awesome!! You are a force to be reckoned with! Keep on a trucking girl! You can do this!

csnealey

Happy day before our weigh in black team!

I am still battling with myself over getting back on track. I'm not doing terrible, but not great. I need routine and it's been so jacked up the past 3 weeks. I'm not using it as an excuse, but I know that about me. When I get out of my routine I find myself floundering around and doing things I usually won't do. (What I really meant to say is eating like crap and not exercising!)

I am the kind of person that needs to plan ahead, needs to think through things, needs to stay on the path I made, etc. When I'm busy and other things are requiring my attention, I find I don't put myself as a priority and then bad choices are made.

I spent my walk this morning thinking about where I'm going wrong and what I'm still doing ok. Thanks for being here black team. It's good to have a place to reflect!

Lori,

I know what you mean. I have found myself in the past 2 to 3 weeks struggling off and on:sad: . I can really sympathize with you. But I know that if we keep on pushing ourselves we will get back on track. Keep up the good work and don't give up .

We've come to far to turn back now!!!!!!!!!!

janiebeth

Happy Tuesday black team.

Back to work and not liking it... :grumble: :indifferent: :grumble:

For all who have issues with bike seats, try the padded bike shorts. They sell them at most store that sell workout stuff. Would never have survived Spin class without them.

How does that go, Marla - in, out, in, out? Mine so far is like: in, cough-sputter-cough, in, cough-sputter-cough-wheeze-swear.. but I'm working on it..

Have a great day all. :flowerforyou:

Janie

lynniejones

Happy Tuesday black team.

Back to work and not liking it... :grumble: :indifferent: :grumble:

For all who have issues with bike seats, try the padded bike shorts. They sell them at most store that sell workout stuff. Would never have survived Spin class without them.

How does that go, Marla - in, out, in, out? Mine so far is like: in, cough-sputter-cough, in, cough-sputter-cough-wheeze-swear.. but I'm working on it..

Have a great day all. :flowerforyou:

Janie

I'm am just picturing my thunderthighs and muffintop in a pair of rubbery looking shorts.:huh:

72lori

Sherry- yes we have come too far to give up. I'm not giving up, cause if I gain the weight back I'll have to wear bed sheets! I refused to keep the bigger clothes around.

I think after you've been doing it for awhile (this is month 9 I think) it's hard to stay 100% motivated all the time. Plus, I'm close to my goal weight, fairly happy with things (as happy as I'll ever be without surgery to fix stuff) and in no race to get to the end.

I do get irritated with myself if I slack off, but by the same token, this is for life. Nobody can stay spot on for life can they? There will be times that it's ok to ease up. The trick is to make sure the easing doesn't take you back to where you started.

I was 153.8 when my hubs came home from Iraq exactly 3 weeks ago today. We have eaten out more times than I can count (he's been deprived of all that he loves and I'm getting thrown under the bus with him... but that's another story), my parents came to visit for a week, I've been at the school a lot for end of the year stuff, we've gone to several cookouts to socialize, my hubs has also been off work this whole time, etc. My food has been off, my exercise has suffered. I feel pudgy, I feel fat, I feel gross. HOWEVER, I was 155.6 this morning.

How can I gripe too much? Yes that is a gain, but it's really not all that bad. It's a head game for me. I think I've done terrible, so in turn I allow myself to feel terrible. I also think there is that part of me that knows how easy it is to gain back and it scares the beejeebers outta me. In reality, I took a 3 week hiatus to live a little! Just gotta keep telling myself that. If I say it enough, maybe I can start to believe it.

72lori

I'm am just picturing my thunderthighs and muffintop in a pair of rubbery looking shorts.:huh:

Well.... if you get high waisted ones you can tuck in the muffin top and it might work like a girdle and if they are long they can conceal and suck in the thighs! Just a suggestion. Always trying to help! :laugh:

Furthermore, Lynnie is hot not matter what.

lynniejones

I'm am just picturing my thunderthighs and muffintop in a pair of rubbery looking shorts.:huh:

Well.... if you get high waisted ones you can tuck in the muffin top and it might work like a girdle and if they are long they can conceal and suck in the thighs! Just a suggestion. Always trying to help! :laugh:

Furthermore, Lynnie is hot not matter what.

Hmm I'm wondering if I can tuck my bewbs in too.

csnealey

Sherry- yes we have come too far to give up. I'm not giving up, cause if I gain the weight back I'll have to wear bed sheets! I refused to keep the bigger clothes around.

I think after you've been doing it for awhile (this is month 9 I think) it's hard to stay 100% motivated all the time. Plus, I'm close to my goal weight, fairly happy with things (as happy as I'll ever be without surgery to fix stuff) and in no race to get to the end.

I do get irritated with myself if I slack off, but by the same token, this is for life. Nobody can stay spot on for life can they? There will be times that it's ok to ease up. The trick is to make sure the easing doesn't take you back to where you started.

I was 153.8 when my hubs came home from Iraq exactly 3 weeks ago today. We have eaten out more times than I can count (he's been deprived of all that he loves and I'm getting thrown under the bus with him... but that's another story), my parents came to visit for a week, I've been at the school a lot for end of the year stuff, we've gone to several cookouts to socialize, my hubs has also been off work this whole time, etc. My food has been off, my exercise has suffered. I feel pudgy, I feel fat, I feel gross. HOWEVER, I was 155.6 this morning.

How can I gripe too much? Yes that is a gain, but it's really not all that bad. It's a head game for me. I think I've done terrible, so in turn I allow myself to feel terrible. I also think there is that part of me that knows how easy it is to gain back and it scares the beejeebers outta me. In reality, I took a 3 week hiatus to live a little! Just gotta keep telling myself that. If I say it enough, maybe I can start to believe it.

Bed Sheets-:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: --now that's a good one. I know what you mean. I need to get rid of my ooolllllllllddddddddddd bbiiiiiiigggggg clothes:laugh: :laugh: . I was a size 20 in February when I started and now I am in a 16.

I lost my mom tomorrow will make 4 weeks ago and it has been tough. My exercising and eating have been off to and I know what you mean about the scared feeling of gaining it back. I just told my husband that same thing this morning. It is also hard sometimes to eat right when you are the only one out of six people in the house that is trying to make a difference by eating right and exercising:grumble: . But I know that I have to do this for me because no one else can do it for me. I am diabetic, so it is very important for me to keep going forward and not backward. We can do it!!

PS--Thanks for the laugh (bed sheets :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: ). I needed that.:flowerforyou: :drinker:

Marla64

How does that go, Marla - in, out, in, out? Mine so far is like: in, cough-sputter-cough, in, cough-sputter-cough-wheeze-swear.. but I'm working on it..

Pssh-- amateur.:noway:

Marla64

I'm am just picturing my thunderthighs and muffintop in a pair of rubbery looking shorts.:huh:

Well.... if you get high waisted ones you can tuck in the muffin top and it might work like a girdle and if they are long they can conceal and suck in the thighs! Just a suggestion. Always trying to help! :laugh:

Furthermore, Lynnie is hot not matter what.

Hmm I'm wondering if I can tuck my bewbs in too.

Only if you can fit the lizard in, too-- hee.

Marla64

Sherry- yes we have come too far to give up. I'm not giving up, cause if I gain the weight back I'll have to wear bed sheets! I refused to keep the bigger clothes around.

I think after you've been doing it for awhile (this is month 9 I think) it's hard to stay 100% motivated all the time. Plus, I'm close to my goal weight, fairly happy with things (as happy as I'll ever be without surgery to fix stuff) and in no race to get to the end.

I do get irritated with myself if I slack off, but by the same token, this is for life. Nobody can stay spot on for life can they? There will be times that it's ok to ease up. The trick is to make sure the easing doesn't take you back to where you started.

I was 153.8 when my hubs came home from Iraq exactly 3 weeks ago today. We have eaten out more times than I can count (he's been deprived of all that he loves and I'm getting thrown under the bus with him... but that's another story), my parents came to visit for a week, I've been at the school a lot for end of the year stuff, we've gone to several cookouts to socialize, my hubs has also been off work this whole time, etc. My food has been off, my exercise has suffered. I feel pudgy, I feel fat, I feel gross. HOWEVER, I was 155.6 this morning.

How can I gripe too much? Yes that is a gain, but it's really not all that bad. It's a head game for me. I think I've done terrible, so in turn I allow myself to feel terrible. I also think there is that part of me that knows how easy it is to gain back and it scares the beejeebers outta me. In reality, I took a 3 week hiatus to live a little! Just gotta keep telling myself that. If I say it enough, maybe I can start to believe it.

Bed Sheets-:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: --now that's a good one. I know what you mean. I need to get rid of my ooolllllllllddddddddddd bbiiiiiiigggggg clothes:laugh: :laugh: . I was a size 20 in February when I started and now I am in a 16.

I lost my mom tomorrow will make 4 weeks ago and it has been tough. My exercising and eating have been off to and I know what you mean about the scared feeling of gaining it back. I just told my husband that same thing this morning. It is also hard sometimes to eat right when you are the only one out of six people in the house that is trying to make a difference by eating right and exercising:grumble: . But I know that I have to do this for me because no one else can do it for me. I am diabetic, so it is very important for me to keep going forward and not backward. We can do it!!

PS--Thanks for the laugh (bed sheets :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: ). I needed that.:flowerforyou: :drinker:

Bless your heart, Sherry-- so much that you've gone through, and still trying to forge ahead.

I am so impressed. So many people use their pain as an excuse-- I'm so proud.

Keep going forward, woman-- we're here to help.

God bless you!!

Marla64

Well, hello, my black team!!!

Sarah comes home tonight-- yayyy. We bought her her favorite cake and ice cream to celebrate and are giving her a hero's welcome-- she hung so tough.

Her daddy gave her a squishy-wishy nice pep talk last night, talking over her mistakes with her, but praising her for the good-- saying he was proud. I hugged him afterwards-- he's a curmudgeon at heart (Walter Matthau is his idol-- :noway: ) but he has a heart of gold.

He told me he only went soft on her because he was hoping to impress me and get lucky-- ha!

Had a tough day at work-- this is who I transcribed today--

Ignacio "Nacho" Figueras, a professional polo player from Argentina--

Oh, to be a horse-- aye yi yi!!!

Dirty job but somebody had to do it--

Neighbor called the police today accusing us of stealing their cat-- this poor kitty who showed up on our doorstep, with no claws, begging to come in. Cat has been coming inside and sleeping with the girls for a couple weeks. He was emaciated and we fed him. He even broke through the screen downstairs to get into the girl's bedroom (yeah, safe windows-- pfft) to sleep with the girls.

Had to knock the neighbor upside the head when she showed up to pick up the cat, and started yelling at my kids. Hey, I'm their mother, ONLY I get to yell at them, thank you very much.

Idiots--

No work for this evening, so I may get my run in before hubs gets home. Truly, it's the only way I'm guaranteed to get it in. My running has not been nearly as faithful as I want it to be since he began running with me. Silly old man.

Hope everyone has a good day--

72lori

Lynnie- a pair of padded rubber shorts for the bottom half and an Enell sports bra for the top half. Those 18 (just a guess!) hook and eye clasps up the front will be totally hot! Plus, it will keep the girls nice and snug. This will be Lynnie's new hottie outfit:



Sherry- glad I could make you laugh. You do need to take care of yourself, keep up the good work. You will get back on track, it's might take you some time, but I know you will do it!

lynniejones

Sherry- yes we have come too far to give up. I'm not giving up, cause if I gain the weight back I'll have to wear bed sheets! I refused to keep the bigger clothes around.

I think after you've been doing it for awhile (this is month 9 I think) it's hard to stay 100% motivated all the time. Plus, I'm close to my goal weight, fairly happy with things (as happy as I'll ever be without surgery to fix stuff) and in no race to get to the end.

I do get irritated with myself if I slack off, but by the same token, this is for life. Nobody can stay spot on for life can they? There will be times that it's ok to ease up. The trick is to make sure the easing doesn't take you back to where you started.

I was 153.8 when my hubs came home from Iraq exactly 3 weeks ago today. We have eaten out more times than I can count (he's been deprived of all that he loves and I'm getting thrown under the bus with him... but that's another story), my parents came to visit for a week, I've been at the school a lot for end of the year stuff, we've gone to several cookouts to socialize, my hubs has also been off work this whole time, etc. My food has been off, my exercise has suffered. I feel pudgy, I feel fat, I feel gross. HOWEVER, I was 155.6 this morning.

How can I gripe too much? Yes that is a gain, but it's really not all that bad. It's a head game for me. I think I've done terrible, so in turn I allow myself to feel terrible. I also think there is that part of me that knows how easy it is to gain back and it scares the beejeebers outta me. In reality, I took a 3 week hiatus to live a little! Just gotta keep telling myself that. If I say it enough, maybe I can start to believe it.

Bed Sheets-:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: --now that's a good one. I know what you mean. I need to get rid of my ooolllllllllddddddddddd bbiiiiiiigggggg clothes:laugh: :laugh: . I was a size 20 in February when I started and now I am in a 16.

I lost my mom tomorrow will make 4 weeks ago and it has been tough. My exercising and eating have been off to and I know what you mean about the scared feeling of gaining it back. I just told my husband that same thing this morning. It is also hard sometimes to eat right when you are the only one out of six people in the house that is trying to make a difference by eating right and exercising:grumble: . But I know that I have to do this for me because no one else can do it for me. I am diabetic, so it is very important for me to keep going forward and not backward. We can do it!!

PS--Thanks for the laugh (bed sheets :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: ). I needed that.:flowerforyou: :drinker:

Keep doing what you are doing, showing them results. Soon they will be joining in with you. Hubby has finally been won over and his trucker belly is almost gone.

lynniejones

Lynnie- a pair of padded rubber shorts for the bottom half and an Enell sports bra for the top half. Those 18 (just a guess!) hook and eye clasps up the front will be totally hot! Plus, it will keep the girls nice and snug. This will be Lynnie's new hottie outfit:



Sherry- glad I could make you laugh. You do need to take care of yourself, keep up the good work. You will get back on track, it's might take you some time, but I know you will do it!

Frick that was funny!
I would totally wear that look!

jimswmn

Happy day before our weigh in black team!

I am still battling with myself over getting back on track. I'm not doing terrible, but not great. I need routine and it's been so jacked up the past 3 weeks. I'm not using it as an excuse, but I know that about me. When I get out of my routine I find myself floundering around and doing things I usually won't do. (What I really meant to say is eating like crap and not exercising!)

I am the kind of person that needs to plan ahead, needs to think through things, needs to stay on the path I made, etc. When I'm busy and other things are requiring my attention, I find I don't put myself as a priority and then bad choices are made.

I spent my walk this morning thinking about where I'm going wrong and what I'm still doing ok. Thanks for being here black team. It's good to have a place to reflect!

Lori,

Here's a suggestion, try putting your exercising on your schedule. I know this may not always work but its worth a try. Every day between 4 and 5 pm I walk, jog , run, whatever. If not then , then its very close on either side of it. Hope it helps.:flowerforyou:

jimswmn

I need some cardio advice. I have tendonitis in my knees.....I am trying to walk through the pain, but it feels like someone taking an ice pick to my knee caps! Has anyone experienced this. Doc told me to ice and rest it, but I don't want to go off the wagon on my cardio, I feel like if I go off of it I won't come back to it. He doesn't understand. UGHHHHHH!!!!

Sports injury 101...RICE....Rest...Ice...Compress and Elevate. A good form of cardio that doesn't involve the knees is a shadow punch. You can do it in a squat, or sitting position.

jimswmn

I'm am just picturing my thunderthighs and muffintop in a pair of rubbery looking shorts.:huh:

Well.... if you get high waisted ones you can tuck in the muffin top and it might work like a girdle and if they are long they can conceal and suck in the thighs! Just a suggestion. Always trying to help! :laugh:

Furthermore, Lynnie is hot not matter what.

Hmm I'm wondering if I can tuck my bewbs in too.

All of that sucking in and I don't think you'd be able to pedal. :laugh:

Girlmom282109

Lynnie- a pair of padded rubber shorts for the bottom half and an Enell sports bra for the top half. Those 18 (just a guess!) hook and eye clasps up the front will be totally hot! Plus, it will keep the girls nice and snug. This will be Lynnie's new hottie outfit:



Sherry- glad I could make you laugh. You do need to take care of yourself, keep up the good work. You will get back on track, it's might take you some time, but I know you will do it!

I actually own one of those bras. Takes 10 minutes to button up all those clasps!

I haven't had to use it in a couple months though thank god. It's strange it mad them feel like they did after surgery when they were up at my throat and hard as a rock.

Had a great day today! I mowed the lawn and Burned an awesome amount of calories. 912 give or take. According to self mag. website that is how many I burned for my weight.

Had 558 calories left for dinner before I even used my exercise calories. Might not use all of those calories. :noway:

scale also said I was down almost 2 pounds as well! So all in all today was FANFREAKINTASTIC!!!:bigsmile: :bigsmile:

renae77

Lynnie- a pair of padded rubber shorts for the bottom half and an Enell sports bra for the top half. Those 18 (just a guess!) hook and eye clasps up the front will be totally hot! Plus, it will keep the girls nice and snug. This will be Lynnie's new hottie outfit:



Sherry- glad I could make you laugh. You do need to take care of yourself, keep up the good work. You will get back on track, it's might take you some time, but I know you will do it!

Frick that was funny!
I would totally wear that look!

Lynnie you could rock that and make it sexy as all get out!! That is sooo funny! you ladies crack me up so much! Thanks for making me laugh! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :bigsmile:

Tri_Dad

I'm am just picturing my thunderthighs and muffintop in a pair of rubbery looking shorts.:huh:

Well.... if you get high waisted ones you can tuck in the muffin top and it might work like a girdle and if they are long they can conceal and suck in the thighs! Just a suggestion. Always trying to help! :laugh:

Furthermore, Lynnie is hot not matter what.

Hmm I'm wondering if I can tuck my bewbs in too.

Only if you can fit the lizard in, too-- hee.

If lynne has a lizard in her pants that makes her one pretty tranny....ok I took it too far.

:laugh: