T.H.E (Trying Hard Everyday) Team ~ Week 9 ~ 4/2-4/9

So, I don't weigh in, but my running pants kept falling down today. I didn't think I lost any weight. Maybe I need to put them in the dryer instead of the drip-dry.......Good golly I've gone over on calories by several thousand in the last two weeks, doubt I am losing.
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Good luck to everyone else, though :flowerforyou:

he he, I just noticed what the scale in the picture says.

Please go to adopt4's house and take her scale away from her. :grumble: :laugh:

I loved wuwu's "Stoke the Fire" metaphor about breakfast.

I'm glad we left that scary Heath Ledger Kitty on the other thread....I won't go to any topic if I see that member's name. It totally creeps me out....

I'll be in the Big Easy. Crawfish and strawberries. And sun. I'm sooooooo there.
Wuwu, we used to skydive into some festival every year in N.O. around this time of year, and then stay for a few days and fly back to Zephyrhills, FL. I love it there, but we had to land on a barge in the water, and I always hated that

Good Morning Everyone

I am now throwing the scale away for one week. I weigh in this morning at 196- which don't get me wrong I am well happy with. In the first month on MFP , I have lost 14 pounds. But right now, I go down 2 pounds, then back up 1.5 to 3 pounds I have done this since I hit 198. I eat between 1400 to 1900 calories a day. The days I eat close to 1900 are the days I exercise hard and usually have 200 - 300 left over. I work out 5 - 6 days a week at least 40 minutes and probably more. I do have a question Should you do your workout all at once or can you workout two to three times a day? For instance I get bored on the treadmill and walk for about 25 minutes sometimes up to 4 times a day. Is this wrong or does it matter? When I do my aerobics, I can do then an hour/hour and 30 minutes at a time. I know it takes times to lose and that you build muscle but I thought I read some place where you should do your exercising all at once

I want to say thanks to all of you for posting such motivational help and support. I, too, liked lulu's stroke the fire metaphor. I appreciate being able to read all the info and how everyone is doing.

Lulu - I am coming to visit - I just want to see the sun more than 0ne day.

Sheila - Congratulations on the new house but eat girl. Food is not the enemy.

Adopt4 - Hopefully it won't be a plateau and the scale will move for you today. I do the bouncing while you stand on the plateau. Something will shake for us soon.

Good Luck Everyone this weekend - everyone have a good one. Getting ready to go to my second job. I will check in tonight.

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Morning everyone! I want to weigh in now because I will be busy all day. My parents are in this weekend for my daughter's 3rd birthday. I will enjoy 1 piece of cake on Sunday (disney princesses).

Exercise went well this week. I want to change it up being a new month. Am still working on those weekend calories. They kill me. Here are my stats for the week...

SW/GW/CW 208/150/191 -1 lb:glasses:

In February I lost 9 lbs and in March 4 lbs. At least it's still going down!

healthymom2009 - SW/GW/CW 208/150/191 -1 lb
adopt4 - SW 273/GW 191/CW 251.7 +.6 lb
Chanty - SW 148/GW 125/ CW 132 -1lb


Morning ladies,

The scale at the gym said 131, but it needs to be calibrated, and was showing under....so I think around 132 is right! 4 pounds in 2 weeks, oh yes I am happy!

Adopt - Are you doing weights? (not massively heavy ones hah)...If not you should be. I took 30 mins 3x a week out of cardio, and did 30 min cardio then weights, and I have dropped substantially (compared to before when I wasn't). And I am getting more definition, yay! So give it a try with some simple weight arm/leg exercises, and see how it goes!

LI4G - Another great start to the thread! Loooove the pics and I need to buy a scale that says that!

CM - Nobody needs to see that! Buy drawstring pants!! You musta been diving into Jazz Fest - it starts this weekend and goes on through next weekend - Wow - what a fun way to get there!!! And you get a dance for the baggy pants! (See bottom of post)

LI4G - way to go on the cals burned:noway: Holy moley girl YOU are tearing it up!!! (Dancer below for you)

Sheila - Lift with your legs!!! Don't hurt yourself in the move .... be gentle, easy does it, take care of yourself!!

Chanty - big happy dance for you!!! Way to go!! (Everybody's happy dancer is at the bottom of the post)

Healthymom - Who could resist Disney Princess cake?!?! Happy birthday to your baby girl! And congrats on the pound down:bigsmile: (Dancer for you below)

Adopt4 - How's your sodium intake?? I think you are doing some retaining maybe.... but you get to share the dancer anyway cuz you did great sticking to your workouts this week!! Proud of you!

Indianagranny - come on down!! This is the best time of year to be in New Orleans, I promise! You rock around in the weight pool like I do - up a little, down a little, stay the same, forward, backward, cha cha cha... Hey, we're getting healthier every month - and at the end of the year we will be soooooo glad that we've done what we're doing, none of these little details of the day to day will matter - keep your sights on the result we seek:flowerforyou:

Okay:
healthymom2009 - SW/GW/CW 208/150/191 -1 lb
adopt4 - SW 273/GW 191/CW 251.7 +.6 lb
Chanty - SW 148/GW 125/ CW 132 -1lb
lulubar - SW205/GW 145/CW 191-1lb

Lost back the pound I gained last week BUT on the measurement front I have now lost a total of 10 inches: bust -1" bicep-1" waist-5" hip-2" thigh-1" and my bmi is down 3 points. I'm a happy happy camper!

So here's a dance for all the losers gaining on their goal!
This Sister is HAPPPPY!

Well Well Team here it goes... Get your dancing shoes on

SW 327 / GW 150 / CW 297 / for a loss of 5 pounds



I did it ... I really did it UNDER 300 I am so excited

DW sw/ 275/ gw 180/ cw 268 loss 2 pounds
healthymom2009 sw 208 / gw 150 / cw 191 loss 1 pound
adopt sw 273 / gw 191 / cw 251 gain of 6 pounds under protest!!!
chanty sw 148 / gw 125 / cw 132 loss 1 pound

DW sw/ 275/ gw 180/ cw 268 loss 2 pounds
healthymom2009 sw 208 / gw 150 / cw 191 loss 1 pound
adopt sw 273 / gw 191 / cw 251 gain of 6 pounds under protest!!!
chanty sw 148 / gw 125 / cw 132 loss 1 pound
nitag sw 220/ gw 145/ cw 196 loss 1 lb


So with all the company here my husband forgot to take away the scale... I am down 1 more lb.. Yahooooooo.

Sheila that is wonderful.... You are a workout queen...

Great start to the thread LI4G......

Congratulations!!! That's awesome!

I used LI4G's heart rate monitor today, and it read 300+ more calories burned than the machine. Huh. So I went back and looked at my food intake if I had actually burned 300 more cals... Which would leave me at a deficit most days 300+ and many days 600+... but I'm still consistently eating 1500-1600 cals regardless of my workout... Shouldn't that be plenty?

I think I might be retaining water because my belly is sticking out again... and it hadn't been doing that lately... I know I've been bad on my water all week... so I will drink, drink, drink water this week!

My sodium is always high, I have a very hard time keeping it under 2500... continuing to work on that. But it's consistent, except for the days I ate out and had either Chinese or pizza, and since I've done that several times this week (but still stayed under cals!) it's quite possible those meals are killing me on sodium and retention.

Either way, 6/10s of a pound is no big deal. It's just depressing when you haven't cheated.

I think I'll start using MFP's estimation of cals burned for a bit... since it's more than the machine says yet less than what the heart rate monitor... and see if that helps.

Congrats to everyone, good job!!