Black Team Week 14!!!!

:blushing: I confess I didn't do the nasty deed. After Easter and my birthday , I could see I gained . My belly always shows the extra fat first. I promise to weigh myself next week . I think the no sugar thing is a good thing. I am also going to continue with the wall push ups its slow going but good for me. :drinker: :drinker: got to really flush out the sodium..........love ham

Man of 8 names - Thanks for being our team leader! I need this challenge! Thank you, my dear!

Too bad I'm going to throw all that junk out. I have a feeling I'm going to piss off some short people. :laugh:

:flowerforyou: bump

Marla - You're such a good dog owner. :laugh:

Tri-bat-spy-guy-man - ...Wait, now I forget what I was going to say. :noway:

W5D2 is in the books. The sweat I got going....pheewww. Loved it ! Breathing a little shaky, asthma + allergies = shaky breathing. Humidity didn't help at all. But I finished. Might redo day 2 didn't hit the 3/4 mile mark on 8 minutes. somewhere between 1/2 and 3/4. Definitely won't move on until I can get at least a 13 minute mile. 20 min run is going to have to wait a few days but I'll get there.

Bobbi-- so proud of you-- you're doing awesome-- Kati, you, too-- what a wonderful program, and such a wonderful goal-- can't wait until your first 5k!!

Tamara-- don't know how you do it so early every morning-- you're amazing.

Only got 2.7 miles in before the heat got to me, too-- guess I'm part husky. Walked an extra mile after that. All in all, glad I went. Heat should break a bit tomorrow, so I'll get out there again-- need to schedule my week to honor my promise to the hubster, and get some more solo runs in-- they're heaven.

I'm going to be hiring a personal trainer to help me with weight training-- that's been missing all this time. He's a cutie patootie-- great attitude, beautiful brown eyes, will work cheap and is very respectful-- ha-- my 14 year old, Aaron.

The lad, bless his heart, is very into fitness and weight training (and it shows, the creep) and works out faithfully every other night. So, I'm going to hire him $5 a week to be my trainer 3x a week-- don't know why I never thought of this sooner. The kid is tenacious-- with money on the line, he won't let me say no.

Got my brows waxed yesterday for the first time in probably 5 years-- freaking brows were growing down over my eyelids! So, this is what the world looks like-- nice place. Ha.

Taking kidlets to see grandma tomorrow-- bless her heart.

Later-- off to type.

I stopped reporting my weight cause watching it go up and down on that chart wasn't all that good for me. However, it does take away the accountability. I have tried to not dwell so much on the number and have done much better with it. I know the weights getting reported have decreased a lot. Many of us Black Team folks are 'stuck' or 'yo yo' in a range- mainly because we've been doing it for long enough that we are all facing 'THE LAST TEN'- that I might add, really don't like to move. (Three cheers for those of you who are still having great numbers!)

What if every Wednesday (or your day to weigh in, use what day works for you, just report once a week) in a post we just say what we weighed, or if we gained, lost, stayed the same? It can be your choice what you report, but use the team for accountability, so report something.

I was very happy to see 151 this morning (considering I blew out of my happy range in a sweets fest/healthy eating strike a few weeks back and was 159 when I weighed in two weeks ago). Sara, I'm shooting for the 149.999999's with you! Did you make it yet?

As far as the sweets. I won't say I totally cut them out like I had outlined in my detailed goal plan. However for the most part I am under control. I've had a few pieces of Easter candy. The peeps gave me a terrible stomach ache and the jelly beans made me want to scrape my tongue- I think it's all the dye they use in that stuff. The only thing I really liked was a few pieces of chocolate. I took my counter off my signature because I kept forgetting to update it and I lost track, but Marla is kicking butt and remembering to tell about it! You go lady!

I worked hard today again. Did a second round of cleaning on the deck, brightener this time and patched and painted the retaining wall. I'm pooped. I was also up at 4:30 for no good reason. Tomorrow I'm doing nuttin'. Really. No gym. No outside work. I'm going shopping!

I need shoes for the ball. I need to take 1,000 pieces (give or take a few) of bathing suits back to Sears. I still can't decide what to keep. Such dilemnas in life. For hubs it's stain, for me that's easy, it's bathing suits. Actually it's not hard to decide what to keep, it's hard to justify keeping all that I WANT to keep. Slight difference there. I cant' get past the fact that the pieces were originally $50-65 and I got them for $7-9 each on clearance. Somewhere in my screwed up train of thought, I should be able to keep what one bathing suit WOULD have cost. So one suit would have cost me $100-120 (which I would NEVER pay), SO I want 10-12 things. I know, wrong. Instead I should be basking in the knowledge I saved $80-100. If only my brain worked that way, life would be easier. LOL

Lori. One word.

Wow.

Lori. One word.

Wow.

Little brat! Granted he is dedicated, he works at a gym, he eats well and he's been working out for years, but STILL! Makes me wonder what I could have looked like at 27 if I lived then like I do now. Wait, I had 2 kids. Ummm, wonder what I would have looked like at 23........

for later

Ah! what am I doing-- somebody shoot me--

I'm sitting here flipping through an online catalog for Dove Chocolate-- wth?

Saw on facebook somebody became a fan of "so and so, independent chocolatier for Dove-- " blah, blah, blah--

Surfed on over and found myself nose to nose with pictures of the most delectable stuff--

Torture--

Idiot.

Want proof that my body is at a happy weight?

I've been doing the veggie juice thing since Monday-- 3 days of veggie juice--

weight/water hasn't budged.

WTH???????

But, arthritis feels better-- and with the heat outside, I should've expected it-- I expand with the heat.

Irksome, though, to say the least.

hey everybody! i gained another 1.4 lbs this week. makes me think i may be eating a little too much. i have been going over quite a bit due to easter candy. this baby just loves chocolate ok,ok, i like it a little too :blushing: i worked out at the Y again yesterday and plan on gettin back there tomorrow. i tried a pregnancy exercise dvd on tuesday, and i don't think it's for me. it barely got my heart rate up at all and i burned about 200 calories in an hour, not really worth it to me...although i shouldn't really be focused on burning so many calories anymore, cause being on maintainence, i have to eat them all back. i have a doctor's appointment next week, so i'll see what she says about how i'm doing on weight. till then i'll just keep plugging along. only a couple weeks left till i'm out of the first trimester and i'm already feeling a lot better. no more nausea (which wasn't too bad anyway), and working out is helping with the fatigue. have a great day everyone!

So, I e-mail my *kitten* brother-in-law last night-- checking to make sure my mother-in-law is going to be in her cage today for me to bring the kids to see her.

He replies she's going on an outing with the nursing home.

Guess it's just too dangerous for hubs and me to bring her out. It's okay for him to, okay for them to, just not okay for us.

Asswipe-- (pardon the language)

No pardon necessary, I'm pretty sure I could say a few much stronger and nastier words - and without the guilt. Boo to him.

Hmmm-- I'm not so sure. Hubs and I get pretty worked up and let the colorful invectives fly rather freely, and guilt free.:blushing:

I just have a reputation to maintain, dontchaknow.

Evening Black Team!

I will however throw a challenge out there! I know we have beaten the no sweets thing to death, But with all the leftover easter treats I think we need it. No sweets this week.

Just saw this - unfortunately just gobbled up 2 unsuspecting little yellow bunny peeps...

OK - I'm with you now..

Get away from me you nasty peeps - you too, you evil jelly beans...