No More Excuses -- Week 17

Hello Everyone!! I am BACK!!!!!!!!!! Hopefully for good this time. I have gained a whopping 37 pounds back and I am so :mad: mad:explode: at myself for letting myself go like that when I know what to do and what works for me. I am proud that I did not gain all the weight back but I am ashamed of myself knowing that I had lost 52 pounds and now it is only 15. However, I am determined not to let it get me down and determined more than ever to get back on it and stay on it this time with no more excuses.

This is me, I deleted my account and decided to start fresh, so now I am SeminoleFan30.

Glad you are back. I have lost and gained 50 pounds about 1,000 times in my lifetime. This time I am determined to stick with it and get to goal and stay there. It is so very hard, I know. Stick with us and we will lose it together!!

Good morning all...Off to type some before hubby and I go to lunch. Still hanging in there, no weight lost. I am really trying to limit my tea and drink more water or Crystal Light but it is so hard for me. I will try harder. I had a wonderful day yesterday with food and exercise and then I sat down to watch CSI and The Mentalist. I ate almost a whole tin of Lays Stax by myself. I think there are 7 left. Uugghh! I was so disgusted (and a little sick). Needless to say, no weight loss today either. I kinda just spun my wheels the whole month of February so it is time to get moving. My oldest plays in a soccer tournament this weekend and youngest has bowling and then straight to the Pinewood Derby. Busy, busy, busy. Have a wonderful weekend. It is supposed to be in the mid 50's here. Woohoo, we're having a heat wave!!

Hello Everyone!! I am BACK!!!!!!!!!! Hopefully for good this time. I have gained a whopping 37 pounds back and I am so :mad: mad:explode: at myself for letting myself go like that when I know what to do and what works for me. I am proud that I did not gain all the weight back but I am ashamed of myself knowing that I had lost 52 pounds and now it is only 15. However, I am determined not to let it get me down and determined more than ever to get back on it and stay on it this time with no more excuses.

This is me, I deleted my account and decided to start fresh, so now I am SeminoleFan30.

Glad you are back. I have lost and gained 50 pounds about 1,000 times in my lifetime. This time I am determined to stick with it and get to goal and stay there. It is so very hard, I know. Stick with us and we will lose it together!!

Thanks I am here to stay!!

Well, I am up and ready to go this morning. So far so good. I plan on sticking with it all day and staying within my calories that I am susposed to eat. No make that I will stick with it all day and stay within the calories that I am susposed to eat. I hope each and every one of you have a great day!!!!!!!! I know I will!!

Good morning all...Off to type some before hubby and I go to lunch. Still hanging in there, no weight lost. I am really trying to limit my tea and drink more water or Crystal Light but it is so hard for me. I will try harder. I had a wonderful day yesterday with food and exercise and then I sat down to watch CSI and The Mentalist. I ate almost a whole tin of Lays Stax by myself. I think there are 7 left. Uugghh! I was so disgusted (and a little sick). Needless to say, no weight loss today either. I kinda just spun my wheels the whole month of February so it is time to get moving. My oldest plays in a soccer tournament this weekend and youngest has bowling and then straight to the Pinewood Derby. Busy, busy, busy. Have a wonderful weekend. It is supposed to be in the mid 50's here. Woohoo, we're having a heat wave!!

You will be fine Tammy. Are you trying the green tea as Renae suggested? I am and i love it, and truly I think it does do something!!!! My kids bowled (1 still in a league) and were boy scouts as well. We have 3 Eagle Scouts in the family. The 2 youngest lost interest after cub scouts. One of them though took the pinewood derby championship. That was cool. The car was ugly as sin but boy could it fly!!! It is so fun to see them participate in stuff like that!

Suppose to be 50's here as well! YEAY!!! I am so ready for the nice weather!

Great morning to you!!!! YEAY....it is FRIDAY!!!! I am so ready for the week-end. Made it through yesterday and the choir concert. Today we just have work, curves and a band concert!!! GEESH!!!! Tomorrow, the Harelme Ambassadors are coming to our town and our 19 yr old son is playing in the local team against them. Should be a hoot!!! And to boot......Our "all stars" haven't had a practice yet! HA!!!!

Yesterday was a great day and felt pretty good all day. I feel a sinus problem coming on though so am trying to take precautions for that as I just literally don't have time to be sick right now!!! It is that time of year for me though. a lot of it is alergies and some are just the weather being so dry here!

Well, guess I better get to my day! Everyone have a wonderful Friday!
Ann

Welcome aboard.....

Off to an early start again. It seems to work for me. Need advice for back strengthening exercise. Does anyone have one? Need something simple to start with. My muscles aren't there just yet.
It's going to be a good day. Temperature is to be 62 degrees....WaaaHoo!!!!

Boy I am not sure. When my 19 yr old messed up his discs they had him doing more of "stretching" first. Maybe you could start with that to get your muscles ready. That is what they said for my dh as well. If you lay flat on your back on the floor, arms extended to the sides, bend one knee up and use the oposite arm to pull it to that side....keeping shoulders on the floor. EX. left leg, use right hand, pull to the right side. That probably just confused the heck out of you, but I don't know what they are "officially" called. I can't get my knee all the way down to the ground just yet, but am working on it.

Hopefully someone else will have some advice for you. You might look up on the internet as well!

Ann

Thanks Ann....And no you didn't confuse me. Every time I get up my lower back snaps and cracks and sometimes pops. No pun intended. I know my muscles are weak and that's why it's doing it.

Well it's 6am here and the Grandkids are to be here soon except Grand daughter - she has advanced classes today. She'll be here about noon. We have a dance tonight and off to decorate the hall at 11am. We are celebrating 61/61 anniversary. Our club is 61 years old and that's really not a big deal, but we have only had one caller the whole time. That is a big deal - genius book record stuff. Our caller is 84 years old. He calls 4 times a week and dances at most of them. He's pretty young.

Have to start workout real early. Or I'll be knee deep in kids and trying to workout with them in the mix. Everyone have a great day and don't indulge in the wrong foods or drink. Everyone stick to our new way of eating and living.

Happy Saturday everyone! I am pretty happy this morning, I got on the scales and I have lost 8 pounds but I am sure a lot of it is water weight. I even went over on my calories a little yesterday and still managed to lose weight!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyways I am up and ready to go today and today will be a great day!!!! I hope you all have a great day!!!!!!

Good morning all!! We have a beautiful day here in Colorado. Suppose to be in the 60's today. Have a busy day ahead so want to get started.

Smwert....yes we have a new thread every week. Jack usually will post the link to the new one when he posts our chart. He is wonderful at that!!!

Teresa...enjoy all those kiddos today. Sounds like a lot of fun.

Seminole....Congrats on the loss....Hey water is weight and it all starts there. You are doing great!!!

Gymrat....hope you have a great run again. You are such an inspiration on that!!!

Well, I am off to clean house to get ready for any company that may be over before or after the game tonight. Our 19 year old is playing in our local "all star" team agains the Harlem Ambassadors tonight. Should be a lot of fun to watch.

Have a great Saturday everyone!!!!
Ann

Happy Saturday team...What a beautiful day in SC, sunny and 60's. I just got home finally. I started out the day at the bowling alley while hubs went to oldest son's first soccer game. Then I came home for lunch and headed to the second soccer game while hubs took youngest to his Pinewood Derby. He won 3rd place for best paint job! I will try to post a pic of his car later. I had a fun day but I'm pooped. Looking at a movie at home and relaxing for the rest of the evening. Hope everyone is on the mend today.

Ann...Sounds like a fun time at the ballgame tonight. Enjoy!

Teresa...What kind of dancing do you do? Hubs and I want to take ballroom dancing lessons but it will have to wait til the kiddos don't have so many activities or they are grown:laugh:

Smwert...I feel your pain. It will take me two weeks to lose two pounds but I can easily gain it back over one weekend:grumble:

Renae...Congrats on seeing the 150's! Can't wait til I'm there. It has been sooo long.

Laura...Congrats on the 8 pound loss. Keep it up!

Gymrat...Good luck with the Gatorade. I hope you enjoy your long run.

weekly weigh-in.

the exact same as last week. boo to that! at least no gain

Well today is weigh in . last week was 230.50 and this week was 228.50.

Horrible day yesterday. Didn't eat enough calories and on time. Blood sugar crashed 4 time yesterday. This is not good. I know the dance was good. I just didn't get to participate. I did 2- step with grand son and waltz with DH once and Didn't make it through one song of square dancing. I spent the rest of my evening in a chair and couldn't move. Extreme fatigue.:grumble: I shouldn't complain. I did lose 2 lbs. Had to eat sweets to get blood sugar up. UCK! They don't even taste good now.

Well starting over and trying to get calories and carbs in correctly today. Everyone have a great Sunday!

Teresa

Well I went for a walk around town with a friend, and burned 338 cals. Walking pushing the jogging stroller with both kids in definately gives a good workout. It is very nice out here today, only -0.5C, and the sun is shinning.

Our day at the rink yesturday ended up getting cut short. We had shut it down during the B side final, when I got the news that a really close friend of ours had killed himself. (long story, he was very depresses). So we shut down the tournment, and then a few of just sat around the rink sociallizing and drinking. It was a very sad day, and still continues on today. We live in a small village of 300 people, so the community is pretty shook up right now.

My husband left for Edmonton till Tuesday night, so it is just the kids and I. Have dress rehersel for my son's skating carnival on Tuesday, so we will be at the rink for most of the evening. It is going to be a busy week, band will have to wait to see when the funeral is. Also, we are having my daughter's 2nd b'day party on Saturday, she turns 2 on Thurs.

I hope everyone had a good weekend, and a good day. Will check in again later on.

Hope you all had a great weekend. No weight loss for me this week :grumble: It has to move sooner or later. I have upped my water and decreased my Splenda tea. Still haven't tried green tea but plan to this week. See y'all tomorrow.:yawn:

Renae...I'm so sorry about your friend. What a tragedy. My prayers are with you.

Teresa...How scary! I'm sure it is a daily juggling act. Congrats on the 2 pound weight loss this week.

Jack...Glad your travel is over and you are back home.

Ann...Sounds like a blast. I have never seen the Harlem Globetrotters but would like to. No weight loss for me this week either, although it could have something to do with Cracker Barrell, Arby's, and a couple of milk shakes in between. I made pretty good choices eating out but I'm sure I had too much food. Back to a normal week where we don't eat out much. It is so much easier to eat healthy when I cook.