No More Excuses - Week 11

AmandaJ

Weeek 11 - Here we go!

AmandaJ

Okay guys I owe you all an apologize, I have had my head in a hole but while it was in the hole I was stuffing food in it. It has not been a good week and I really realized again that I eat when I am stressed and can't control things!

Grandpa is home and doing good, they were here for dinner last night. They did something to him to get his heart back in rhythem, the top half was beating in a different rhythem than the bottom half.

Emmy is doing good, extremely fussy and loud and falling but good.

My foot I really have no idea what I did to it, wish I knew. I finally broke down and went to the express care and they are not sure. I decide to wait on x-rays because the doctor didn't think they would show anything. Take it easy is all she told me. Ice and heat, well taking it easy got me no where last week except fatter so I am going to exercise anyway. I will live with the consequences of my actions.

Have a great week and congrats everybody who last weight, which I think was everybody except me. You guys are doing great.

tamelab

Good evening all...Had a good day today. Finished off the leftovers from last night but watched my portions. I have been eating a Healthy Choice frozen meal for lunch this past week and it seems to be helping. I got them on sale BOGO at Bi-Lo and they were only $1.75 each for the larger meals including dessert. I'll have to come up with a new plan for the next grocery cycle because I can't afford $3.50 a day for my lunch. Maybe I'll find them on sale somewhere else. I did L2D1 of 30 Day Shred today and it kicked my bootie! Hope everyone is doing well.

Christy...Glad to hear from you. It sounds like you are super busy now. Take it easy when you can.

Renae...Thanks for the recipe. I printed it and I plan to try it soon.

Amanda...Thanks so much for doing our chart. I'm glad that your grandpa is so much better. Try to take it easy on your foot. Maybe riding your bike wouldn't hurt it as much or do you have an indoor swim center near you? I will continue to pray for you and your family.

G'night everybody. See you tomorrow.

justjack51

Amanda, great news on your grandfather and sorry to hear about your foot, you have clearly been spending too much time in medical facilities lately. I bet your weight gain is only temporary.

I noticed this week, while I was eating poorly that I had measured at or above my weight from last week. Yesterday, I went cold turkey on sodium finishing the day under by 1000g. This morning I woke up and I had lost 2 pounds on the week and 3 pounds since yesterday, and thats after eating really poorly this week. I think your 3500 calorie challenge is what helped me counter all that bad eating,

Tamelab, Great Job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, looks like you have imunity this week.

Everyone else did great, I don't think we have had so many people lose weight in the same week. (now where is that clapping smiley) :flowerforyou:

smboyle

Great job guys! Keep up the good work! :happy:

amaline

Hey guys

So. I have to admit, the last 3 weeks I have not been good. I know I was on holiday and sick etc but the name of our group is No More Excuses and I should be sticking to that! I have been eating pretty healthily (to be honest unhealthy food just does NOT appeal to me anymore) but I haven't been watching my portion sizes as strictly as I should and I have really slacked off on the exercise. I haven't even got on the scale in a while as I don't want to see what it says!

SO. This is my recommitment to you all - I WILL get back on track. I am going to exercise for at least half an hour everyday this week and stay in my calorie goals for at least 6 days of the week. And I am going to weigh in this Sunday instead of avoiding it. Time to face the music!

Looks like you all had a great loss last week, well done!

Amanda - please please take it easy on your foot if you need to! You can do long term damage if you don't give your injuries time to heal properly. I agree with Tam - can you go swimming? or concentrate on upper body work and abs this week instead?

Christy - I think I missed the big news! Congrats on your pregnancy!

Keep up the good work everyone

AmandaJ

Amanda, great news on your grandfather and sorry to hear about your foot, you have clearly been spending too much time in medical facilities lately. I bet your weight gain is only temporary.

I noticed this week, while I was eating poorly that I had measured at or above my weight from last week. Yesterday, I went cold turkey on sodium finishing the day under by 1000g. This morning I woke up and I had lost 2 pounds on the week and 3 pounds since yesterday, and thats after eating really poorly this week. I think your 3500 calorie challenge is what helped me counter all that bad eating,

Tamelab, Great Job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, looks like you have imunity this week.

Everyone else did great, I don't think we have had so many people lose weight in the same week. (now where is that clapping smiley) :flowerforyou:

Thanks Jack! I am pretty sure that sodium is to blame for my weight gain also, at least part of it!

tamelab

Amy...Glad to hear from you. I'm glad you are feeling better and back on track. If you don't exercise and post about it this week, I will come looking for you

Thanks, Jack...Congrats on your loss too.

AmandaJ

Hey guys

So. I have to admit, the last 3 weeks I have not been good. I know I was on holiday and sick etc but the name of our group is No More Excuses and I should be sticking to that! I have been eating pretty healthily (to be honest unhealthy food just does NOT appeal to me anymore) but I haven't been watching my portion sizes as strictly as I should and I have really slacked off on the exercise. I haven't even got on the scale in a while as I don't want to see what it says!

SO. This is my recommitment to you all - I WILL get back on track. I am going to exercise for at least half an hour everyday this week and stay in my calorie goals for at least 6 days of the week. And I am going to weigh in this Sunday instead of avoiding it. Time to face the music!

Looks like you all had a great loss last week, well done!

Amanda - please please take it easy on your foot if you need to! You can do long term damage if you don't give your injuries time to heal properly. I agree with Tam - can you go swimming? or concentrate on upper body work and abs this week instead?

Christy - I think I missed the big news! Congrats on your pregnancy!

Keep up the good work everyone

Amy, so glad to see back. I almost didn't post my weight this week but then I thought about all the times other members had posted theirs even with a gain and thought that every time I see it, it will just pi** me off, so that will motivate me.

AmandaJ

Good evening all...Had a good day today. Finished off the leftovers from last night but watched my portions. I have been eating a Healthy Choice frozen meal for lunch this past week and it seems to be helping. I got them on sale BOGO at Bi-Lo and they were only $1.75 each for the larger meals including dessert. I'll have to come up with a new plan for the next grocery cycle because I can't afford $3.50 a day for my lunch. Maybe I'll find them on sale somewhere else. I did L2D1 of 30 Day Shred today and it kicked my bootie! Hope everyone is doing well.

Christy...Glad to hear from you. It sounds like you are super busy now. Take it easy when you can.

Renae...Thanks for the recipe. I printed it and I plan to try it soon.

Amanda...Thanks so much for doing our chart. I'm glad that your grandpa is so much better. Try to take it easy on your foot. Maybe riding your bike wouldn't hurt it as much or do you have an indoor swim center near you? I will continue to pray for you and your family.

G'night everybody. See you tomorrow.

Nope, no indoor swimming pool except the one my daughter does PT in and they won't let me in it. All that pool, offered to pay to swim and nope, not open to regular swimming during that time. No wonder, they are always operating in the red.

AmandaJ

Okay just played the Wii for 10 minutes and now I can't walk this is going to be such an interesting week.

Goals:

Watch my calories very carefully, very carefully.

Exercise what I can do

Drink lots of water and no pop - Big one for me!

I guess that is it, don't think I will be able to get the 3500 calories in this week. :grumble:

justjack51

Okay just played the Wii for 10 minutes and now I can't walk this is going to be such an interesting week.

Goals:

Watch my calories very carefully, very carefully.

Exercise what I can do

Drink lots of water and no pop - Big one for me!

I guess that is it, don't think I will be able to get the 3500 calories in this week. :grumble:

Ok, here are some ideas. Since you are off your feet, it is time to pump you up.

Push ups from your knees
sit ups/crunches
lots of stretching from off your feet,
seated arm curls
seated triceps extensions
seated military press

Here are a couple sites you can get ideas from:
http://exercise.about.com/cs/exerciseworkouts/l/blobeseexercise.htm
http://www.bodyresults.com/E2seatedcoreexercises.asp

amaline

Okay just played the Wii for 10 minutes and now I can't walk this is going to be such an interesting week.

Goals:

Watch my calories very carefully, very carefully.

Exercise what I can do

Drink lots of water and no pop - Big one for me!

I guess that is it, don't think I will be able to get the 3500 calories in this week. :grumble:

Ok, here are some ideas. Since you are off your feet, it is time to pump you up.

Push ups from your knees
sit ups/crunches
lots of stretching from off your feet,
seated arm curls
seated triceps extensions
seated military press

Here are a couple sites you can get ideas from:
http://exercise.about.com/cs/exerciseworkouts/l/blobeseexercise.htm
http://www.bodyresults.com/E2seatedcoreexercises.asp

Good ideas Jack!

Amanda - I had another thought - do you know the speed ball thing? They do it in a lot of tae bo/martial arts based classes. Basically hold your arms above your head and pretend to hit a speed ball? That's gotta burn a heap of calories as it KILLS! So maybe you could add that in to your routine? Do sets of it in between some of the exercises Jack suggested. I know anything where you have to lift your arms above your head gets the heartrate going.

tigermom79

Hi All!

Amanda;; Please take it easy and try not to be so hard on yourself. Once your foot heals you can make up for lost time!!! I agree with Jack.....do stuff that doesn't require you to be on your foot!

Christy....Glad to hear from you. Hope all goes well.

Jack.....Geez you just keep going dude! You are on a roll.

Tammy.....Glad to see you broke through your platue as well.

Amy....I know you will be back on track.

Maybe we have all had a rude awakening in the past couple of weeks. I think the fact that we are all still here and committed says something for each of us.

I got on the wii tonight and only burned about 150 calories or so but broke my record in Kung Fu. YIPEEE!!! Did the island run and a couple of the fun games. Went out to dinner with the family but was good. We went to Village Inn and I ordered one of their Heart Healthy menue items. I was pleasantly surprised that I couldn't finish it all and that it tasted rather good!

Well....off to relax a bit before bed.

Night all!

AmandaJ

You guys are truly the best. I agree with Ann, we have made it through Thanksgiving and Christmas and we are still going and that means alot. I am so proud to call you my fellow team members. Thanks! :flowerforyou: :drinker:

Jack, great ideas! I did do the Wii tonight for 46 minutes and 204 calories burnt. It was brutal but was worth it. Now I am off to soak in the hot tub and then ice this dang foot. I should quit complaining and be thankful I don't live in Haiti and I have a wonderful family, a roof over my head and my blessed children.. I will step up now and get a grip. you guys!

dragonfly81

JustJack, those are excellent ideas!

Amanda, I can't believe the pool people wouldn't let you in! That's just crazy. No local college that has a pool around? I hope your foot starts to feel better. Are you taking anything for it?

To everyone that lost this week, good for you and congrats!!

AmandaJ

JustJack, those are excellent ideas!

Amanda, I can't believe the pool people wouldn't let you in! That's just crazy. No local college that has a pool around? I hope your foot starts to feel better. Are you taking anything for it?

To everyone that lost this week, good for you and congrats!!

Yeah, me either. There is this beautiful aquatic center with two pools, one with zero depth for children and whoever. That is the pool they do therapy in. The other is this beautiful lap pool. It is torture to sit there and not swim because I am a fish. I homeschooled my kids last year and my daughter again this year and they used to let us pay to swim, so while youngest had PT, we had PE. No more! We have two different therapists and the one on Thursday lets oldest dd get in the pool and "help" with youngest. The pool is 45 minutes away so if it is not for therapy I can't justify the trip during the open swim time. It amazes me they pay lifeguards to watch a 5 year old with a therapist but won't let a paying customer in. STUPID!!!

AmandaJ

Ann, like your new pic! :flowerforyou:

amaline

Yay! I'm back on track! Did W5D1 of Couch to 5 km tonight and it was great!!! I was scared I would have lost all my fitness and have to go back another week but I was fine. I did go a bit slower than normal but felt awesome. THEN I did 20 minutes on the bike to get to 500cals burned! woohoo!

tamelab

Yay! I'm back on track! Did W5D1 of Couch to 5 km tonight and it was great!!! I was scared I would have lost all my fitness and have to go back another week but I was fine. I did go a bit slower than normal but felt awesome. THEN I did 20 minutes on the bike to get to 500cals burned! woohoo!

Great job, Amy!!!

tamelab

Good Monday morning team...That doesn't even sound right, does it? I hate Mondays. I am starting work early today 'cause once again I chose not to work on the weekend. Today will be a 10 hour typing day for me:grumble: but then again, I am thankful to still be employed. I will do C25K today at some point. Tomorrow is gym day. I hope everyone has a great day!

Ann...Love your new pic!

Amanda...Also you could try those punches that Jillian does on the 30 Day Shred. You can do them from a seated position or your knees and just punch and extend your arms across the opposite side of your body. My heart rate gets up really fast doing those and it work abs too!

Nysa...Thanks! I was glad to finally see a loss. I had been gaining and losing the same 2 pounds since before Christmas!

Anybody heard from Laura lately? I'll send her a message and see how she is doing.

renaegry

Good afternoon all. Hope everyone is having a good day. Can't make it to aerobics tonight, my husband will be hauling grain tonight, and we already spent $70 on a sitter this weekend. So this morning I hit the treadmill for 31 min, and did 2 miles and burnt 412 cals. This afternoon after some book work, I will do Bob's boot camp, only level 1 for additional burn. Still have 2100 cals to burn by Friday to get in my 3500. Trying to catch up for not doing anything on Saturday.

Amanda - I agree with everyone about taking it easy on your foot, you will recover fast in the long run.

I'm getting discouraged that the scale isnt moving, yet I am working out so much and eating within cals. I know the speel about water, and muscle vs fat, and inches, but it would be nice to see the scale go down more.

My biggest downfall is the evening snack. Once the kids are in bed instead of having a health snack, I have popcorn, usually the 50% less fat, but none the less it is packed with sodium. So that is my goal to try to cut back on stuff like that.

dragonfly81

Renaegry - Go you with the morning workout!! I just can't get myself motivated to work out in the mornings! I can barely motivate myself out of my nice, warm bed lol. As far as snacks go, you can get some 100 calorie butter popcorn from Orville. It's pretty good!

Tammy - Now that the holiday's are over, maybe those 2 pounds will stay gone for good!

Have any of you that do the Wii Fit Plus used the Biggest Loser attachments they sell at Big Lots? We bought the dumbbell attachments for me to use during the arm toning, and you can really feel it.

Amanda - How feasible would it be to have a doc or someone at the Urgent Care clinic write you a note suggesting you be able to use the pool to help your ankle heal? Maybe if you gave a copy to the owner of the therapy pool they would let you?

tamelab

Renae...I eat Pop Weaver light butter and it has 100 cals for 5 cups popped (which is the whole bag) and 150 sodium. I like it as far as light popcorn goes, would really prefer old fashioned kettle corn though :laugh:

dragonfly81

I wanted to ask, what do you guys have your sodium levels set at? I see alot of people that talk about eating too much sodium, but I end up being well under each day, so I think I may have mine set too high, maybe?

justjack51

Mine is at 2500, and I would eat double that every day if I could. (everything I seem to like is full of sodium)

tamelab

I wanted to ask, what do you guys have your sodium levels set at? I see alot of people that talk about eating too much sodium, but I end up being well under each day, so I think I may have mine set too high, maybe?

Mine is set at 2500 (by MFP) and I have a hard time staying under that if I eat anything processed, which is almost all the time. I try to counter it with water.

renaegry

Renae...I eat Pop Weaver light butter and it has 100 cals for 5 cups popped (which is the whole bag) and 150 sodium. I like it as far as light popcorn goes, would really prefer old fashioned kettle corn though :laugh:

Yes the sodium in mine is 420 for whole bag. I have tried 100 cal popcorn but it is those ones in tiny little bags, which never seems enough. I will have to see if I can find that Pop Weaver, never heard of it before. Maybe we can't get it here.

renaegry

I wanted to ask, what do you guys have your sodium levels set at? I see alot of people that talk about eating too much sodium, but I end up being well under each day, so I think I may have mine set too high, maybe?

Mine is set at 2500 (by MFP) and I have a hard time staying under that if I eat anything processed, which is almost all the time. I try to counter it with water.

Mine is also set at 2500. I almost always go over, I consume more like 3000-3500mg.

tigermom79

My sodiuum isalso 2500.....Haven't really been watching it until you started talking about. Just brought it up on my settings.

I usually drink "a lot" of water though.
Ann

renaegry

Just finished Boot camp level 1 this afternoon and burnt 272 cal. Total for today is 684. Still have 1845 to burn in 3 days to get me to my goal of 3500/week. An average of 615 per day. I should be able to do it.

Ann - I never tracked my sodium at all till one day on one discussion board we were talking about it. When I added it to my settings, I couldnt believe how much I was consuming. Or how much is in processed foods. Specially soup. I was shocked. I try to drink plenty of water as well.