BLACK TEAM WEEK 8

musicmom04

good morning black team! well, vacation week is over, dh is back to work, and we're back to our routine. it figures the sun is out and it's a warm beautiful day. we had an awesome time on our little trip to new hampshire, we at a little too much and i was afraid to peek at the scale to see the damage. before we left i got down to 156.0, and i figured now i was probably gonna be up at least a couple of pounds, but i got on the scale this morning and it said 156.4! i'm so relieved and hopefully i can get back down to that 156.0 by weigh in on wednesday. i just got back from walk with the kids in the double stroller. i figured i'd walk till i hit 300 calories, then turn around, but when i got to 300, i had just past the 1.75 mile marker on the bike path, so i thought i've come this far, might as well go the other .25 miles. so today i walked 4 miles for the first time and burned the most calories ever in one day...700! have a great day, everyone

72lori

Way to go Beth!

Marla, your adventure doesn't sound like fun to me. At all. Corn fields have critters. I don't like critters. They also have poison ivy.

I went golfing this AM. To put it lightly, I stunk. I haven't been in a year. DH said I have to figure out how to golf again without so much bewb in the way. If it's not one thing it's another.

I'm not so proud of my food choices but I have been trying to get in some workouts. I just reminded myself it is VACATION. Not that I want to come back up 5 pounds, but I can also relax a little. It's hard to ge that mindframe. It's hard to take a vacation when you've been trying so hard.

Most of my family has been great, told me I look great. I got a few of those 'if you lose any more you'll waste away or blow away' things. I also got a few who refused to comment even though I know they noticed. Whatever for those. They can do it too if they tried. I appreciate the ones that tell me I look good. It's nice to hear.

We are hanging out for the next couple of days with not much on our schedule, then off this weekend to the Poconos. I'm really looking forward to that. Just DH, me and old friends of mine.

Marla64

Way to go Beth!

Marla, your adventure doesn't sound like fun to me. At all. Corn fields have critters. I don't like critters. They also have poison ivy.

I went golfing this AM. To put it lightly, I stunk. I haven't been in a year. DH said I have to figure out how to golf again without so much bewb in the way. If it's not one thing it's another.

I'm not so proud of my food choices but I have been trying to get in some workouts. I just reminded myself it is VACATION. Not that I want to come back up 5 pounds, but I can also relax a little. It's hard to ge that mindframe. It's hard to take a vacation when you've been trying so hard.

Most of my family has been great, told me I look great. I got a few of those 'if you lose any more you'll waste away or blow away' things. I also got a few who refused to comment even though I know they noticed. Whatever for those. They can do it too if they tried. I appreciate the ones that tell me I look good. It's nice to hear.

We are hanging out for the next couple of days with not much on our schedule, then off this weekend to the Poconos. I'm really looking forward to that. Just DH, me and old friends of mine.

Have a great time, Lori--

Here is a picture of my lovely corn/wheat field. The corn is so far back you can't even see it.

My 15 year old took this from the top of her favorite tree-- :noway:

Lovely to look at, hell to walk through at midnight, lemme tell you--

PS: this is the view out my window-- just beyond my kids swingset. Very peaceful-- sighhhhh.

arewethereyet

Way to go Beth!

Marla, your adventure doesn't sound like fun to me. At all. Corn fields have critters. I don't like critters. They also have poison ivy.

I went golfing this AM. To put it lightly, I stunk. I haven't been in a year. DH said I have to figure out how to golf again without so much bewb in the way. If it's not one thing it's another.

I'm not so proud of my food choices but I have been trying to get in some workouts. I just reminded myself it is VACATION. Not that I want to come back up 5 pounds, but I can also relax a little. It's hard to ge that mindframe. It's hard to take a vacation when you've been trying so hard.

Most of my family has been great, told me I look great. I got a few of those 'if you lose any more you'll waste away or blow away' things. I also got a few who refused to comment even though I know they noticed. Whatever for those. They can do it too if they tried. I appreciate the ones that tell me I look good. It's nice to hear.

We are hanging out for the next couple of days with not much on our schedule, then off this weekend to the Poconos. I'm really looking forward to that. Just DH, me and old friends of mine.

Have a great time, Lori--

Here is a picture of my lovely corn/wheat field. The corn is so far back you can't even see it.

My 15 year old took this from the top of her favorite tree-- :noway:

Lovely to look at, hell to walk through at midnight, lemme tell you--

PS: this is the view out my window-- just beyond my kids swingset. Very peaceful-- sighhhhh.

I am SO going to come see you

arewethereyet

Oh I just wish someone would come get these ribs, potato salad and macaroni salad and dump em in the ocean. I LOVE this food............now I know how I gained so much weight!

So I am off to exercise and pray I dont eat more food!!

I did stay within my cals every day but yesterday and then I ate maint. plus my exercise cals.

and it was GOOOOOOD!!

:drinker:

Tri_Dad

Evening black team!

First day back to work and man is my brain tired. Feeling out of sorts tonight. I'm skipping the gym am tonight because I have been feeIling like I need some rest. Been pushing hard this past week. That and I rode the bike to work today so I did 10 miles today. Anyhoo, I hope you all having a great night guys!

:drinker:

Marla64

Way to go Beth!

Marla, your adventure doesn't sound like fun to me. At all. Corn fields have critters. I don't like critters. They also have poison ivy.

I went golfing this AM. To put it lightly, I stunk. I haven't been in a year. DH said I have to figure out how to golf again without so much bewb in the way. If it's not one thing it's another.

I'm not so proud of my food choices but I have been trying to get in some workouts. I just reminded myself it is VACATION. Not that I want to come back up 5 pounds, but I can also relax a little. It's hard to ge that mindframe. It's hard to take a vacation when you've been trying so hard.

Most of my family has been great, told me I look great. I got a few of those 'if you lose any more you'll waste away or blow away' things. I also got a few who refused to comment even though I know they noticed. Whatever for those. They can do it too if they tried. I appreciate the ones that tell me I look good. It's nice to hear.

We are hanging out for the next couple of days with not much on our schedule, then off this weekend to the Poconos. I'm really looking forward to that. Just DH, me and old friends of mine.

Have a great time, Lori--

Here is a picture of my lovely corn/wheat field. The corn is so far back you can't even see it.

My 15 year old took this from the top of her favorite tree-- :noway:

Lovely to look at, hell to walk through at midnight, lemme tell you--

PS: this is the view out my window-- just beyond my kids swingset. Very peaceful-- sighhhhh.

I am SO going to come see you

Yayyyy!!! :happy: :happy: :happy:

Marla64

Evening black team!

First day back to work and man is my brain tired. Feeling out of sorts tonight. I'm skipping the gym am tonight because I have been feeIling like I need some rest. Been pushing hard this past week. That and I rode the bike to work today so I did 10 miles today. Anyhoo, I hope you all having a great night guys!

:drinker:

Just rest in the batcave tonight, Andrew-- get some rest.

I pulled a quadricep today-- or did something to it. It was feeling tight last night after my previously mentioned adventure.

Today we had to push my son's car to the shop, up hill much of the way-- ugh. And running after him downhill, something started to hurt.

So I'm resting tonight, too-- feeling wayyyyy sleepy, and I have the crappiest typing job on the planet tonight-- :grumble: the boring ones with lousy audio just totally tick me off. I know, I know if it was fun, it wouldn't be called "work." Shut up.

Later, gators.

lynniejones

Is anyone else using a HRM?

musicmom04

Is anyone else using a HRM?

dh uses a polar f6 and i have an f4

loreeb18

Is anyone else using a HRM?

Dave and I both have Polar F6's. (Mine is pink.)

Vanessa414

Hey guys,

Sorry I haven't been around. It's been a pretty insane couple of weeks.

I attempted to quit smoking and just like every other time I've tried to quit smoking I started making really poor food choices and stopped exercising, then felt bad about myself for that so I gave up on trying to quit smoking too. :explode:

Not to mention that on top of that Owen was very sick for 2 weeks and then it was my turn! I'm still not quite back to normal, but not throwing up everything I eat anymore.

Fortunately I only gained 3 lbs total. I also gave up on my scale challenge when I figured out that wasn't working either. :laugh:

I'm completely back on track as of today though.

Thanks Renae and Shuntae for checking in on me! You guys made me feel special :flowerforyou:

I hope everyone is doing well and I'm glad to be back! :drinker:

Marla64

Hey guys,

Sorry I haven't been around. It's been a pretty insane couple of weeks.

I attempted to quit smoking and just like every other time I've tried to quit smoking I started making really poor food choices and stopped exercising, then felt bad about myself for that so I gave up on trying to quit smoking too. :explode:

Not to mention that on top of that Owen was very sick for 2 weeks and then it was my turn! I'm still not quite back to normal, but not throwing up everything I eat anymore.

Fortunately I only gained 3 lbs total. I also gave up on my scale challenge when I figured out that wasn't working either. :laugh:

I'm completely back on track as of today though.

Thanks Renae and Shuntae for checking in on me! You guys made me feel special :flowerforyou:

I hope everyone is doing well and I'm glad to be back! :drinker:

Well, this is going to sound trite-- but I was going to ask today where you were-- hadn't seen you around.

I know, kinda convenient since here you are-- :ohwell:

I was wondering about Owen-- glad to hear he's better--

Get back on track, woman--

Nonibug

Good morning Black Team! Just wanted to stop in for a minute and say hi to everyone Good luck with the last chance workouts today and hope everyone has a great weigh in tomorrow!:drinker:

ksproston

Happy Tuesday friends!

Vanessa - Glad Owen is doing better. Sorry to hear you caught it too though. Glad you're mending now. Today is your day to get your groove back. You can do this. I know you can.

Marla - What a beautiful view! Good for you for stepping out of your comfort zone. I'm definitely a comfort zone stayer.

Beth - Great walk you had my dear. Sounds wonderful!

Lynnie - I have a $30 hrm/wrist watch from Wal-Mart. It does okay. My one complaint and it's huge is that I constantly have to take my heart rate to get an accurate calorie count. I can't imagine that the others are that way too (the more expensive ones). I wish it were able to take my hr automatically. Maybe it can. Maybe I should read the instructions better....

Loree - How was your party?

Lori - Glad to hear your vacation is going well! How are the Poconos?

Shuntae - I would definitely put a jogging stroller on your baby registry when you decide to have babies.

Jeannie - Can I send our leftovers to you so you can throw them in the ocean too?

I hope everyone has a wonderful day!!!!

loreeb18

Loree - How was your party?

I overate, our fireworks blew up in the back yard because some ash fell on the bag. Oh, and Dave's friend's dad passed out in our yard and then threw up all over Dave's leather recliner Steeler chair that I got him for a wedding present. So great. :grumble:

Actually, before the passing out and puking, it was really fun. Lots of people came, it wasn't super sunny or hot, and the food (while I overate) was all great. Next time, Dave's friend's dad is just not allowed over. (Actually I told Dave he is never welcome at my house again.)

lynniejones

Is anyone else using a HRM?

dh uses a polar f6 and i have an f4

I have an F4. I don't think it is accurate. It shows my resting heart rate at about 41-44. April and I rode our bikes up to the drugstore and took our heart rates on the machine. Mine said 80 bpm on the machine but only 57 on the polar. Am I doing something wrong? I've checked my settings correctly for my age, height and weight. So what gives... am I supposed to times it by 2 or something? And since it isn't accurate I can't count on the calorie counter to be correct. I'm frustrated!

Okay leaving April's and going to ride our bikes to my house and then get in th pool. I day off!

April says Hi Hi Hi

ksproston

Loree - How was your party?

I overate, our fireworks blew up in the back yard because some ash fell on the bag. Oh, and Dave's friend's dad passed out in our yard and then threw up all over Dave's leather recliner Steeler chair that I got him for a wedding present. So great. :grumble:

Actually, before the passing out and puking, it was really fun. Lots of people came, it wasn't super sunny or hot, and the food (while I overate) was all great. Next time, Dave's friend's dad is just not allowed over. (Actually I told Dave he is never welcome at my house again.)

Sounds interesting to say the least. Glad it was very good, up until it started to turn somewhat bad. When I was young, one of my parents' friends stayed over after they were up all night drinking. He decided that puking in my tennis shoes rather than the garbage was the way to go. I've never let my parents live that down.

arewethereyet

Is anyone else using a HRM?

dh uses a polar f6 and i have an f4

I have an F4. I don't think it is accurate. It shows my resting heart rate at about 41-44. April and I rode our bikes up to the drugstore and took our heart rates on the machine. Mine said 80 bpm on the machine but only 57 on the polar. Am I doing something wrong? I've checked my settings correctly for my age, height and weight. So what gives... am I supposed to times it by 2 or something? And since it isn't accurate I can't count on the calorie counter to be correct. I'm frustrated!

Okay leaving April's and going to ride our bikes to my house and then get in th pool. I day off!

April says Hi Hi Hi

return it and get the f6..............it isnt working correctly. I have had no issues at all with the f6 and I checked it with my LPN daughter checking my pulse. There is def something wrong

arewethereyet

Loree - How was your party?

I overate, our fireworks blew up in the back yard because some ash fell on the bag. Oh, and Dave's friend's dad passed out in our yard and then threw up all over Dave's leather recliner Steeler chair that I got him for a wedding present. So great. :grumble:

Actually, before the passing out and puking, it was really fun. Lots of people came, it wasn't super sunny or hot, and the food (while I overate) was all great. Next time, Dave's friend's dad is just not allowed over. (Actually I told Dave he is never welcome at my house again.)

Sounds like fun:laugh: Can I come next year

SatelliteCrush80

Hey guys,

Sorry I haven't been around. It's been a pretty insane couple of weeks.

I attempted to quit smoking and just like every other time I've tried to quit smoking I started making really poor food choices and stopped exercising, then felt bad about myself for that so I gave up on trying to quit smoking too. :explode:

Not to mention that on top of that Owen was very sick for 2 weeks and then it was my turn! I'm still not quite back to normal, but not throwing up everything I eat anymore.

Fortunately I only gained 3 lbs total. I also gave up on my scale challenge when I figured out that wasn't working either. :laugh:

I'm completely back on track as of today though.

Thanks Renae and Shuntae for checking in on me! You guys made me feel special :flowerforyou:

I hope everyone is doing well and I'm glad to be back! :drinker:

Glad to see you back lady...and yay for you and Owen doing much better!

72lori

Happy Tuesday all. Having a good vacation. Did make it to the gym this AM. Watching the scale creep up every day a little bit. Grrr. Gotta love vacation. I really haven't eaten that much, just some bad choices along the way. I'm not even sure how accurate my parent's scale is compared to mine, but I know it's higher now than it was when I got there. I am not using it to weigh in tomorrow, I know that. It also gets me out of reporting a higher number. Easy way out. Yep.

Have a great day all. We are headed out golfing again today. I was so terrible yesterday can't even believe I want to do it again, but off I go.

musicmom04

Is anyone else using a HRM?

dh uses a polar f6 and i have an f4

I have an F4. I don't think it is accurate. It shows my resting heart rate at about 41-44. April and I rode our bikes up to the drugstore and took our heart rates on the machine. Mine said 80 bpm on the machine but only 57 on the polar. Am I doing something wrong? I've checked my settings correctly for my age, height and weight. So what gives... am I supposed to times it by 2 or something? And since it isn't accurate I can't count on the calorie counter to be correct. I'm frustrated!

Okay leaving April's and going to ride our bikes to my house and then get in th pool. I day off!

April says Hi Hi Hi

i would say it's not working right, too. my f4 always has my resting heart rate around 70-80.

Marla64

Is anyone else using a HRM?

dh uses a polar f6 and i have an f4

I have an F4. I don't think it is accurate. It shows my resting heart rate at about 41-44. April and I rode our bikes up to the drugstore and took our heart rates on the machine. Mine said 80 bpm on the machine but only 57 on the polar. Am I doing something wrong? I've checked my settings correctly for my age, height and weight. So what gives... am I supposed to times it by 2 or something? And since it isn't accurate I can't count on the calorie counter to be correct. I'm frustrated!

Okay leaving April's and going to ride our bikes to my house and then get in th pool. I day off!

April says Hi Hi Hi

i would say it's not working right, too. my f4 always has my resting heart rate around 70-80.

Either that or she's half dead--

:bigsmile:

renae77

Hello all! Just wanted to drop in and say hello! It's been quiet in here for the past few weeks so I guess I will stay away. :sad: Hopefully everyone hasn't given up just yet!

Lori-sounds like you are having a great vacation!

Lori-sorry to hear about the puke. And I wouldn't want them back at my house either.

Lynnie & April-hope ya'll had a great bike ride! Get you a better HRM girl! You know you are burning tons of calories

Vanessa-glad to see you back! Very glad you and Owen are doing much better!!!

Hello to everyone else! Hope you are all having a great day!

familygirl37167

Hi Renea i am here just holding my friends 2 week old baby girl, i am babsitting.Also went for a five mile walk this morning. Hope everyone has a good weigh in tomorrow.

renae77

Hi Renea i am here just holding my friends 2 week old baby girl, i am babsitting.Also went for a five mile walk this morning. Hope everyone has a good weigh in tomorrow.

You are doing nothing but spoiling that baby rotten!! LOL!! Sounds fun to me! Thats great for the walk. I have been running my butt off today and then came home to finish cleaning house. Now I am burning CDs for a friend's MP3 player. And I gotta get my butt in the shower too! Too much to do and no time to get it all done!

arewethereyet

:glasses:

arewethereyet

Tri_Dad

Evening black team,


Welcome back Vanessa. Most important thing is that your back in the game. Glad to hear little owen is feeling better. Lori-Glad your enjoying your vacation. I havnt golfed in quite some time and I am sure I would be terrible. lol Hope you played better today! Marla-Thanks for wishing me some rest. I went to bed at 8:30 last night and I am still feeling exhausted today. No idea what the deal is with that. lol Anyway Just wanted to check in and say Hi to all my peeps. Hope everyone is doing well!

:drinker: