Skittles that is awesome! I could not go 4.0 right now to save my life! I was only walking at 2.0 last week which is the slowest I have ever been......ugh

But I figure it has got to get better, right?

Yesterday I walked to the grocery store which is about 20 minutes walk for me, right across the street from my work. I am going to go for a walk today too, it is very nice outside.

Have you guys heard that short bursts of intense exercise is great even if it is only for a minute or two? I have seen this a couple places today and was thinking about maybe trying that too......the scale still is not moving, but I do not want to give up.

@zombie: I'm so sorry to hear you had a rough one!! But PLEASE don't put bad labels on yourself ("pathetic and spineless"). Our words to ourselves hurt a lot more than we realize. You wouldn't say mean things to yourself if you had cancer, right? It's the same with the chemical imbalances in our brains for psychological disorders. BE NICE! Hugs Lady. How's your back???

@unknown: IT DOES GET BETTER!!! And faster than you expect!!! But don't worry about that for now...do what you can and it will just happen naturally! The small changes that you are making are going to pay off BIG TIME! And actually, you can do HIIT with ANY thing...even if you walk to the grocery store...try adding in short bursts where you walk as fast as you can for a few seconds and then walk at a slower pace to catch your breath...and then do it again. I use HIIT sometimes when I swim. I will swim a lap at my normal, comfortable speed and then I will do the return lap as fast as I can go...and just continue like that. It's GREAT!

@Skittles: YES!!!!! girl you are ROCKING IT FOR REAL!!!!! You are TOTALLY an inspiration!!! I LOVE IT!!!!

@sadie: glad you are having some nice weather...ya'll deserve it!!!! LOL

Thank you all so much for thinking of me and my tri!! It was actually today though but all of your thoughts and positivity energy built up and came to me just in time bc GUESS WHAT?????????




YAAAAYYYY!!! I HAD SO MUCH FUN!!!





Annnnnnnnd I LOOOVVVEEE my new tri suit!!!



#FATTRIATHLETE

Zombie, first off HUGS. Second, do not say negative things about yourself. You were having a bad day, but the positive in all that is you maintained! That's is a super awesome NSV. It truly is. Be kind to yourself. BTW, Sadie's middle name is Rose and the cat is Callie (short of Calla Lily), we have a flower theme going on. LOL I just LOVE the name Hans for a GSD so fitting!

Skittles, 2 lbs is freaking awesome! I know we some times set ourselves up with what we hope for, just don't forget that what you lost is amazing, and you are amazing! :-)

Unknown, good for you for resetting.

Star!!!! OMG! You did so freaking awesome girl..I'm sitting here with a HUGE smile on my face...so happy for you!! OMG!!! Awesome!!! I love the pics, thanks for sharing with us. So tell me, what's the next challenge now that you're a TRIATHLETE!!!!!!

I had a good weekend. Yesterday was more chores and a nice walk. It was actually so hot and humid here yesterday I could have put the air conditioning on. Honestly, these extremes in weather is such nonsense! Back to work today, with more crazy work loads on my plate - it's okay though, I like the work i do.

Today is healthy eating and walking on tap.

I am SO mad right now! In November before the Chipmobile closed beside my kids high school closed for the season, my daughter went there and bought a $25 gift certificate for my son for Christmas.....she made sure to ask the girl working if it would be good for this spring, and she said yes, of course. So, last week my son and his friends went over to the fry truck and there were new guys working to get it ready to open, and he asked if they were new owners, and they told him yes. That night I called the number on the card and was told that the guy that answered the phone was still the owner of the truck and that these guys were just the new management, leasing the truck cuz the old girl was gone, and that of course they would honor the gift certificate and he would talk to them and make sure there was no problem. Well, today the place opened and my son and his friends went down there for lunch, and, you guessed it, they told him they would not take the GC.....I am currently trying to call but cannot get anyone.....WTF, I am seriously pissed off....I am gonna go down there tomorrow and am not leaving until they either agree to honor it, or give me a refund....I am so mad!

Thank you, Sadie :flowerforyou: I can't believe you had snow!!!!

Unknown - that's a pain about the GC! Your son must have been really disappointed when he went down to the van. I'm sure you'll get it sorted.

Skittles and Star, how are things with you both today?

Another bad day for me, but I'm keeping on keeping on!

I am struggling with with setting resonable exercise goals for myself. I do have an upcoming intake appointment with a physical therapist on 4/24 (seems like forever) to evaluate and set me up for pool therapy twice a week. In the meantime, starting tomorrow, I will do my best to get in 10 minutes of walking at least 3x's per week. I am open to suggestions. I have spinal injuries and widespread neuropathy which has resulted in weakness in my legs yep carry around an extra 175lbs isn't helping either. I hope I posted in the correct area as I am new to this. Please feel free to advise-Thank you

Zombie thank you, I don't know about the size 16, but I am hoping to be at a size 24 by the time of her wedding.and WTG on the tops, it just feels so great knowing you can fit clothes you didn't before or even looking better in old clothes.

Stormy welcome to the group, so glad your here I had a hard time at first with working out so I gave my self a goal to work out 2 times in a week. this way I could just pick whatever days I wanted with out setting my self up to fail. also walking is the best thing for you. I always say this. so the 10 mins walk is great. and just listen to your body if it starts hurting then don't push your self. but after 10 mins and your feeling ok shoot for another min or two. and try that. even is its only one day out of the 3

an idea I would try and get some light weights, I started out with 1 lb weights and try some arm weights while sitting down. this website http://www.fitnessblender.com has a lot of great work outs and you can search them with levels of 1 and low unpacked because I have to watch with my knees.



as for me today I'm going to do walking, this week just been off I haven't done a lot of working out. but my eating is good. and my friends dad is doing so much better he is home and back to his self which is a great. I am also going to do some arm weights tonight and tomorrow we are having people over for Easter, my hubby family so I'm still going weight and measure all my food, and not over eat. plus I am going to the gym so this first holiday for me will be great. whats everyone else have planed for the weekend?

Hello!

Happy Easter to those who celebrate. You're right skittles, i've been MIA because of the long weekend and we've been having decent weather. :-)

That's too funny about your dentist appointment!

I'm still on track. Another crazy busy week at work, but I'm taking my lunch for walks - will not work through them! That's all I've got...pretty boring life over here.

Hello everyone! I am here! I have had a few days from Hell so have not been getting on here much.....

On the upside, my hand seems to slowing be getting better, not 100% or even 75% yet, but I can do some things I could not do a week ago, and the pain, while still there, is not as intense.....

Skittles - that is way too funny about the dentist.....I did that a few weeks ago with a DRs appt.....I rushed in at 10am apologizing for being late, and my appt was at 2pm, lol

Star - that is exciting that you are dating! Tell us a bit about him!! Where did you meet??

Last time I posted was Thursday, so basically since then, Good Friday I fast all day, then I ate a plate of pasta and because sunset was so late, went to bed shortly after and woke up at 3am with wicked acid reflux and I am pretty sure I stopped breathing for a minute cuz I inhaled a small bit of whatever came up......was up for almost two hours drinking tea as hot as I could stand with my head hanging out the window choking up phlegm. :sick:

By the time I got back to bed, my 5:30am alarm for work meant nothing, I woke up at 6:45, (I start work at 7), jumped out of bed, threw myself together, and then remembered I needed to get my turkey out for Sunday....right at the bottom of my freezer, with my gimp hand.....OMG, by the time I got to work, it was almost 7:30am. Was rushing at this point, and punched the wrong code into the alarm and set it off....had to call and wake my boss up at that time on Saturday and explain that I set the alarm off. :embarassed:

Then while I was at work Saturday afternoon, my 18 year old daughter texted me at work to casually tell me she needed to go to the post office to pick up a package from a guy she meet over the internet, in the U.S. (we are in Canada), who has no sent her a pair of boots. :explode: I LOST MY MIND. I was freaking out like so full of adrenaline that I could not even think straight.....She is adopted (late at 10 years old), and even though I explained things to my kids eight thousand times, she makes stupid mistakes and seems to have no common sense at times. It is frustrating too cuz my son would NEVER do the things she does, so I know it is not me. I came right home after work and spent the next 5-6 hours in her room with her because she does not talk when things like this come up so it always takes hours and hours to discuss anything.

So, that made the rest of the night tense and upsetting, all I ate that day was a single piece of toast and a cereal bar. I was going to eat lunch right about when this started, and went to bed without dinner when it was over because I knew if I ate at that point, 10pm, I would have over eaten and gotten sick again.....

Easter - which is usually my favorite and biggest holiday of the year in my house, was a complete bust, again, for the second year in a row, (last year my best girlfriend of 20 years died a couple of weeks before Easter and obviously dampened my mood), this year I spent Easter day grocery shopping and didn't even make all the things I normally would for Easter as I lost an entire day in cooking time. We did not even eat together. If next year does not get better Easter is going to start feeling like Christmas, which I am not a fan of.

Anyway, today life seems semi normal....which I would kill with to stay that way for a while....even though I cannot do weights or yoga for another week and a half at least, I am going to try and get out for a walk everyday that it is nice.....I cannot justify going all the way to the gym to just walk on the track or treadmill.

Ok, thanks for listening to my rant.....have a good day guys!!