T.H.E. (Trying Hard Everyday) Team~ Week 8~ March 27- April

Anita - Praying God's blanket of perfect peace and comfort encompasses all of you in Kole's circle. He his now whole and healed, so joy for him, but my heart breaks for your neice. ((((((((hugs)))))))))

Sorry..just noticed *****Kole

Cm - Pictures will come soon

Yes Chanty yes!!!! Must see pics of the new hair!!!

Sheila - you must have controlled your portions well at Taco Bell - good going girl!

For all my teamies up north - we actually had a cold front today and it got down to about 65! Brrrrr.:laugh: Sorry you guys are still pretty chilly ~ But this summer, when I'm living in my southern sauna, I will be jealous of your temps!

I have STUNK at exercise these last few days - it's been raining non-stop. I have got to get my butt in gear! :grumble:

Jamie ~ sorry you had a rough day, but you still had good calorie control - that's great! Good job:)

Hello everyone, I am still internetless! On top of that, I decided this would be a good time to set up my office, so I have torn my computer apart and am moving it into another room. So, I am still on the blackberry.

Yesterday I decided to try drink a lot more water. Half my weight in ounces is 220 ounces which is what, 10 gallons? Seriously, its a lot. :O
Anyway, I drank about 90 ounces of water, not even half of half my weight. So of course I got my exercise running to the bathroom!

Yesterday was a beautiful day here, I felt bad you all were being rained on. Today, we have the rain. Oh well.

Well, gotta get some breakfast and head to church. Take care everyone.

Kristi

Thanks everyone for your words on Kole. The funeral will be next Saturday. My nephew and neice are just amazing. I think they were prepared for this. They are coming to my grandson Christopher's 5th bday party today. They said they just want to be around family that doens't ask them tons of questions and they most importanly don't want anyone to every forget Kole and that they have a son.My daugther and I are buying baloons for each day he was alive and releasing them at the funeral.

SO I am just pissed... Pissed Pissed Pissed.. My treadmill is not working.. Well it is but it's dangerous.. I was walking at a 3.0 and it just shut off. Thought it was just a fluke and started again. Going good for 21 mins at a 4.5 of a 4.5% incline and bam it shut off.. I went a flying backwards... My husband said he will figure it out but until then I am just pissed.. I love that thing... It is my best friend...I will be stopping at Walmart on my way home from my grandson's bday party and buy something to work out with.. I think I will look for those walk away the pounds dvd's.. I can't afford to invest in some big equipment... Dang it...


Well I am off.. and once again everyone, thanks...

Anita

Li4g - Have fun shopping! You deserve it.

Anita - sorry to hear about the treadmill too. Thanks for the update on family things. It's good they are hanging out with family.

swignal - get better soon :sick: :flowerforyou:

indianagranny - good job on the exercise! :drinker:

Today is a day off for me so I am trying to keep the calories low. Tried veggie hot dogs for lunch. Couldn't taste them with all the mustard and ketchup. I think I will try them on my daughter - I would rather see her eat those than the real thing. :ohwell:

Good day all.

I almost forgot! Lulu, you and your cold front! I went to church this am and it was windy and rainy. Came out and there were about there inches of snow on my car! So, the lovely wether yesterday is just that, yesterday's news! Granny and Jamie, good job! And how come you guys are so perky? I gotta yet that!

I almost forgot! Lulu, you and your cold front! I went to church this am and it was windy and rainy. Came out and there were about there inches of snow on my car! So, the lovely wether yesterday is just that, yesterday's news! Granny and Jamie, good job! And how come you guys are so perky? I gotta yet that!

StillKristi - Great job on the brussel sprouts! I've started to have a bit more pep all day and I am not relying on caffiene for it. It's great! Maybe its the water or the working out

Morning everyone,

Fun school work filled day for me:yawn: Papers and a midterm...oh I am excited!:noway:

Hope everyone else has a good day!

Adopt4, what does this mean?

Dont' want to stove up

It means stiffen up. Guess it's an Iowa farmer saying.

Hey ya'll, I ran away from home all weekend and wasn't at my computer. That's what hubby gets for working such long hours during the week! On Sat I had a lot of cals leftover, because I just wasn't hungry all day, so I think I did ok at Bunco. Tried to fill up on the fresh fruit salad and taco salad, and just try the desserts. I didn't drink when we went out... and I booked out of there when they went to a really busy bar although I would have liked the dancing, they said the music was really really loud so I wouldn't have been able to handle it. I am sorry I missed the dancing, though! Then yesterday I didn't go to the gym but did stay within cals (FIRST TIME EVER!) so hurray! I was out and about and that really helps me not want to eat. Went shopping with LI4G (I didn't buy anything, but I don't mind going along!). Then we ate dinner at Applebees, had the small steak and brocoli.. yumm...our only bad thing is the onion rings appetizer which ended up not being as bad as I thought, plus i had the cals anyway. Not going to eat the appetizer in the future, it was too much food. Then last night LI4G colored and highlighted my hair for me, finally, cover that gray again! She bought a new straightener, which I've never used, and so we tried it out. Had no idea it would make my hair look like I'd just had it salon styled in just 5 mins. Definitely going to get one on payday! She also took pics for me (I can't seem to get my face in a self potrait, LOL) so I'll upload it and you can see the new color!

Going to the gym in awhile, new goal is 45 mins on elliptical (consistently) and working out my arms now. That's this month's goals.

My eldest is on spring break so I have all 3 boys (tearing my hair out already and it's ony 9 am). Anybody wanna rent some boys for a week? LOL

Adopt4 - me me me me me me!!!!!! I loooove little boys! They are the loudest, busiest, craziest and funnest people to be with! Send them here-but just for a few hours cuz they sorta make me tired too:happy: .

Stillkristi - Have a great time on your trip. You have had enough practice now, you know what you need to do, so I'm sure you'll be fine on vacation staying healthy ~ just relax, do what you gotta do ~ and have fuuuuuun!

I posted this yesterday on another thread and thought I'd share it here:

I started my fitness journey on January 7th. I've lost 14 lbs. It hasn't made a huge difference in my size - no one has looked at me yet and said "Wow, you've lost weight." I'm still curving in the wrong direction (outward).

BUT, that is fine. I am *feeling* thinner, I feel stronger, I feel happier. I meet my calorie and exercise goals 90% of the time - and I am THRILLED! Just knowing that most every day I am taking such excellent care of myself - to know that I am making good choices, good decisions, and really good meals is so great!

We don't just wake up one morning "fit". For me this journey is much like going to college... each day I learn a little more, I make new friends, I occassionally go to a keg party and act stupid and forget why I'm here, sometimes I don't do my homework and have to suffer the consequences. But more and more, I ace a test (without studying) and I celebrate like hell because I know I have actually paid attention and retained the information - and every semester I will incorporate more and more knowledge into my journey. And all the while, I am becoming smarter - making healthier choices and feeling the pride of doing so; moving more fluidly and feeling stronger every week; smiling without thinking to just because I feel so great that I am doing this for myself - and I'm not in a hurry, and I'm doing it right.

So thanks to all you MFP professors who post and share your success and knowledge and your optimism - I look forward to graduation - but I intend to continue enjoying the journey!

This includes you, my THE Team partners ~ thanks for being faithful to the journey and keeping your eye on the prize ~ you are all sooooo great. lulu

Good for you Adopt4! That sit up challenge is a kicker! I'm in week 3 - had to repeat week 2 cuz I skipped a few days:ohwell: It's a good challenge though.

Cute new hair and pic!!

Good morning gang! Apparently, the snow is staying for a while! I am sure glad I am headed to San Diego tomorrow.). However, I am a little apprehensive about how I will manage to eat healthy and check in with you all. Wish me luck.

I had to go out to the garage to get mu luggage for the trip. This is significant because the evil scales lives in the garage! Needless to say, I hopped on to check on the plateau. As you can see from my ticker, there was movement in the right direction. (sedate celebrating) that goes to show me that the scales really isn't a great tool for measuring my progress. I know, I know - you wise team members (cm, lulu, prayerfulmom, get_fit, etc) have been saying that all along.
So, I know I didn't lose 3 lbs in 3 days. The brussel sprouts aren't that miraculous! In my defense, we're talking about pretty entrenched behavior that is reinforced by all my supporters. On those weeks when I report to everyone that I haven't lost pounds but I have lost inches, they don't get it. It begins to sound lame even to me! One of my friends even asked, "how is that possible?" I know, its a dumb question, but people still ask dumb questions.

Ok its a weak defense, but I wanted to get it out because its another piece of the puzzle for me. Thanks for understanding and letting me process my random thoughts.

Sheila glad you are starting to feel better. Jamie, good to hear from you! What a welcome addition to the morning check in! Keep those exercise endorphins going! Well, I am off to do battle with the internet service provider about the modem. Hopefully this will be my last blackberry post.

Chanty, hi! I am so slow on the blackberry you posted while I was laboring on the blackberry!

Take care all, its a jungle out there! Love you guys and gals,
Kristi

StillKristi - Have an awesome trip! San Diego is awesome..I use to love driving down there when I lived in L.A...I didn't know you could post on the blackberry to the website...I tried getting on here from my blackberry once and it seemed like it was too much for my phone to take.