NEED TO LOSE 100 LBS OR MORE !

That's great keep up the good work.....

Friday fitness? Now this is a good subject. I would say what I am doing for fitness is just losing weight. I need, or might need, knee replacement and if I can lose weight and become a more fit person, I might not need it. I also try to get to the fitness center twice a week and walk in the pool for 30-45 minutes.

I won't be posting for a while. Leave for a weeks vacation tomorrow and don't know what the status of posting from the middle of a national forest will be. I wish all of you a happy week and successful weight loss. Take care all.

@BigAug - Sounds to me like you got a lot of exercise this week given the vehicle situation. And as anyone who read my rant yesterday will attest, I HATE STUFF THAT DOESN'T WORK!! I hope you have the darn thing fixed and that you get to the gym.

@Lizmil - you mentioned your laptop died and you're doing this from your phone. My hat is off to you. The type on the screen is so tiny on the cheapie Android phone I got last week that I can't read it. Or maybe it's just my old age showing through again. I hope you can get a new laptop soon.

@monachris - congrats to you on everything you accomplished yesterday. You are hitting it so hard! Do what you can but please also take care of yourself.

@Robinsegg - thanks for moderating. We are a fast moving motley crew! And I hope you have no more malfunctioning appliances. Any hope of getting your washer back to fully functionality?

To lots of other folks, hang in there. Frustrations sometimes can be small; other times devastating BUT things will keep changing. Let's make it for the better.

And to those who wish people would notice they are losing weight, I don't think most people comment. Just as they would not comment when you are gaining weight they just keep their mouths shut. The last time I lost weight a gentleman in a meeting said, you are looking good, you have lost a lot of weight. At that point, he looked like he mentally slapped himself and said, ah, you aren't sick or anything are you? You look healthy. Ha. At that point we moved on to another topic. Just like no one comments on how horrible my hair looks now that I've grown it out to my striped gray, white, light blonde, brown state of affairs and no one said over the last couple of years---wow, you are getting so fat. Likewise no one has said a peep that I might be better a tiny bit smaller. That's fine with me.

Now for working out this weekend. It's still the same. Stay the course, Do something everyday.

:drinker:

Lin

Friday - Fitness
I ride my bike in the rolling hills around my house 3 to 4x week

75% of my max HR for a good 45 to 58 min. I LOVE it. My dogs come with me

sometimes if its too hot, I like Leslie Sansone but It hurts me feet. Thats why I ride anyway. (it's easy on my feet)

Have a great day MFP

Hi Everyone-

Friday Fitness- My plan for the weekend is to get some walking in. The last few days I have been making up hours at work and looking at houses. Time for some ME time again.

Have a great weekend everyone!

:laugh: I barely hit the submit button and one of our clients came by who needed to correct a labpack that they had sent to us. He couldn't find the dock guy so I had to walk with him clear to the back of our property!!! (I could have called the dock guy - I knew he was probably in his shed taking a break but I chose to walk the guy out there just to get some movement.) Yay me!!!

@toots--yeah, I was originally thinking the same thing b/c I'm half Mexican and I could totally imagine my grandparents (who were native Spanish speakers/ESL) making that mistake.

yeah, i'm also half Mexican. What part of Mexico is your family from? Anyway, i was thinking that must be what it is. although i get it from people who are clearly as white as can be. but their brains may well have been trained by living here.

@jtconst - love, love, love the list! My new, midway goal is to lose 77 lbs - a gold brick - and then find the gold brick! :laugh: :laugh:

:laugh: sounds like a fair trade to me.

Thursday Truth...I've lost a little over the weight of an elephants penis & I feel pretty good about it. hehehe

i've lost an elephant brain. i bet the elephants wouldn't be as happy as we are to be losing these things lol

Thursday truth...I did bad yesterday and I did not log it because I know exactly how bad I did and I am taking today as a new day.. I will log it when I get home today because I wrote down what I ate. My chaffing is getting better but is not looking better. Might attempt to do some time on the bike tonight. I know the treadmill is still out of the question for now. And I will do my ab/strengthening work out tonight. No matter if I have to do it in my moms room or not!

I have a suggestion to help against chaffing and you will probably think I am insane, but I swear it works...DEODORANT! (I use Degree) I put it anywhere that my skin rubs and chaffs. It not only keeps the area dry, but it also helps with keeping me from smelling during my workout...LOL!

this is what i do too. i have a special stick just for my inner thighs :laugh:

Friday fitness: I continue to walk the dog morning and night then ride my bike after the morning walk. I need to do some upper body training, too, but haven't. I love bike riding too much!!! I'm off to school this afternoon to set up my classroom. It's back to work Monday, so I will have to change my exercise routine around a bit but plan to keep on keepin' on!

@Robinsegg Good point about better looking skin since eating healthier! My shins used to be rough as sandpaper from the dry skin. (For some reason, they never grew hair, so I don't have to shave there...). I used every lotion and moisturizer known to woman, including good old petroleum jelly! Not only did they stay dry, but were painful to the touch! BUT, six months into drinking at least eight glasses of water, three servings of dairy, five of fruit and vegetables, etc, my shin skin not only wasn't painful, but I can't find the rough spot any more! I'm not sure if it was any one thing or the combo, but I'm grateful!
I also suspect that I'm in a better mood and smile more. While I am gap toothed, and don't have the prettiest smile, I think laugh lines are prettier than frown lines! :laugh: I'm making more laugh lines every day!


Friday Fitness-- Well, I woke up with severe leg cramps today. I suspected low potassium level, so I got my "exercise" walking around the grocery store picking out foods high in potassium, as we were pretty much out of everything accept pistachios. No gym today, but I did use five pound hand weights to work on my upper body, so I'm not admitting to failure this week either!
The leg cramps aren't so severe any more. (I ate two bananas at breakfast, with milk and Cheerios). I'll be drinking plenty of V-8 this afternoon. Hopefully I'm right about the cause, and will be kicking up my heels at Bob's company picnic tomorrow.

I am a bit disappointed that I can't go see 7th Heaven play tonight. My cousins and I really like that band, and they are playing at St. Zach's carnival. But I'm not driving with leg cramps. My husband even drove himself to work this morning. He didn't think it was such a hot idea for me to actually drive with leg cramps when I didn't want him driving IN CASE his leg cramped up. We aren't REALLY a mess. Our problems are temporary. Our problems are temporary. Our problems are temporary.....

Friday Fitness: I've got almost 2 weeks of my eating program under my belt and ready to start adding some exercise! I plan on walking this weekend a total of 4 miles.. 2 2 mile walks:) Gonna do this 4 times this week. Then starting in September I"m taking a boot camp class I got off living social for 4 weeks too! So excited!! Have a great weekend everyone and remember to stay on plan!!

EEGATS! I am soo flippin excited! My baby sister (14) will be home on sunday after being gone the WHOLE summer! I can not wait to see her. I missed her like cah-razy! I will have a work out buddy when she gets back too. She recently hit ONEderland and I am so proud of her. My g-ma got her and my other sister that is living with her a gym membership to the Y which means now that she will be back I gotta get one too! Sorry I just had to let out some of my excitement here because I can't in the office.

Thank you to everyone for all your helpful suggestions on getting rid of and avoiding my chaffing. It is feeling much better after a ton of Gold Bond powder. I think it was a mixture of chaffing, wrong size underwear, and they soap I had just started using. I am so glad to be able to ask ya'll questions.

@Skinnyjeans- Thank you for explaining the whole net calories thing to me, I really needed it. I set a personal goal to eat between 1200-1500 cals a day but am not mad if I hit what MFP says. So a net of 1200 after exercise it is. Though it may be a challenge because I work out so late and am normally not hungry afterwards though I do force myself to eat some tuna.

@Helenatrandom- I think your smile is just lovely! Keep on smilin' you never know if it will catch on or not!

Friday fitness...As my chaffing is feeling better I think I will definitely get on the bike and will do my ab work out tonight. I didn't get to last night because I had to cook dinner then my mom and aunt had a hankering for cupcake and homemade buttercream icing...:grumble: I did good though I had 3 very tiny cupcakes and barely any icing where as my aunt licked the mixers, the spoon, the icing tip, the bag, and the bowl! :noway: I can't eat too much icing toooo sweet for me. BACK ON TOPIC. I plan to ride the bike saturday and sunday as well and do my ab/strength routine 3x's a week. Thanks a lot of planking and what not.

Have a great weekend and stay thirsty my friends! :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

Good afternoon all, hope you're having a great Friday. I really need to vent and it has nothing to do with food. My son was going to pick me up and take me to his house today, I called him to see when he was going to be here, but got his answering machine. Left a message for him to call me. About an hour later he called saying he was here. I still had to make my lunch to take with me and get my portable oxygen, etc. After he honked several times I called him and told him I would be another 5 minutes. When I got out the door he had left!!! I called him and told him I was upset as he hadn't let me know when he was going to pick me and that I was tired of his immature behavior (ok so maybe I shouldn't have said this) and he called me back saying I need to get my facts straight, etc, etc. I hung up on him (ok my immature behavior) he then texted me he was no longer my son and never wanted to hear from me or see me again and that he was tired of all the drama. By this time I had steam coming out of my ears as the only drama going on is started by him. I have been praying for forgiveness for my part and for strength not to feed into his stuff when he pushes my buttons. Ok, I'm done, sorry.

Have loved all the posts, and would respond to them all but my arthritis is acting up and can't take notes today and have such a short memory.

Friday fitness is to continue to walk Belle daily despite how my arthritis is hurting. Its going to hurt whether I walk or not.

Have a good weekend all and use those calories wisely.

Friday Fitness: I am going to the Farmer's Market tomorrow to buy fresh fruits and veggies and then some of my gal pals and I are going to try out healthy recipes we found online. I picked the Hungry Girl's recipe for spaghetti squash as a substitute for pasta with ground turkey meatballs. I will let you know how it works out! I figure I will get a lot of walking in then.

Update that is Fitness related, remember my Wed Wish that my bf would start wanting to lose weight too? He is going to do breakfast smoothies with me instead of bagels everyday AND he wants to sign up at the gym by our house and start swimming 3 nights a week after work (we carpool). I guess wishes really do come true!