Shape Up with the Daily HEET, April Thread (New Members Welc

Hi Heeter Sistas! Juie, I love your pictures and what a great idea on those stones. Think i need to do something like that to motivate me.

Debbie, you are really doing great with the coupons and sales. Good going. I'm glad you have all that energy to do it with.

Cindy, sorry to hear about Eddie not coming today. But then, look all that you got done so early that you had time to do other stuff with the family.

DH and I had a wonderful day out today. It was windy as heck. I think we had a cold front come through which I didn't think was and it started out foggy, but by the time we got down to the flowers, fog was gone but the wind, oh my! I had gotten out of the car and nearly got blown over. Yes, that is the truth! I had to laugh at this one place, it was a pasture and I had to hang on to the fence not to get blown over for sure. But the blue bonnets as beautiful as they were were still not out in full bloom. But we still enjoyed looking at what were.

Julie, if you can tell me how to add the picture, I would like to share one with ya'll.

Needless to say, my eating was not very healthy today. Boo hoo. DH is fixing dinner as he has volunteered, I am not complaining. Fixing steak and asparagus. yummo. Walked some but hard to do in all this wind.

Julie, I am happy to hear you are feeling better today. But, please take good care and let us know outcome of your test results.

Say, wouldn't it be nice to collect some of those broken glass down by that old house and put some in your jars? I collected broken glass when I lived in Hawaii. Wonder what happened to them all with all the moving I have done.

Ya'll have a great evening..... Debbie I liked your Easter tradition that you shared.

Lucy, so glad you're having a swell day, being your birthday, after all.:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Julie, What the heck is that yummy looking thing?

OHHH Julie, Please share that recipe.. I love tomatoes.

Julie, Thanks for the recipe! I'm going to make that for sure. It's cold here today. I hope it warms up. I did my 2 mile slast night as the wind had died down. No Eddie today either. He said maybe next weekend. :frown: I miss that little guy! I plan on doing some cleaning today and some laundry. I hope everyone has a happy Sunday! Julie I hope you're feeling better. ttfn- Cindy

Hello....here I am. Back from church, had my tuna fish sandwich for lunch and reading postings. Congratulations Julie for having such a productive morning. You are so inspirational and I am hoping some of it rubs off on me.

I did wake up early this morning and so I did jump on my orbitrak for 10 minutes with some music playing. Hooray! It has been calling me and I had been ignoring it.l Hope to be able to get back on it more today but I think I need a kick in the behind to get myself going. after all, it is Sunday! Isn't it a day of do nothing day?

Gosh, Cindy is another motivator doing so much. Where in the world do you all get your energy from?

Julie, thanks for that tomato pie recipe. If I can find some inexpensive tomatoes, will give it a try. I am not particularly fond of that fruit, but I know it is good for us. Something different to try too.

Yes, where is everyone? We are having some wind today and it is a bit cool but nothing to complain about. At least we are not having snow like some people in the US. My daughter tells us they are expecting some tomorrow (Monday) in Tennessee. She can't believe it and neither can we. I am not complaining when I listen to the bad news that North Dakota is having there with snow and rain and flooding. Why anyone wants to live in such cold climates, I will not understand. Give me sunshine and I am happy.

Have a fantastic Sunday, everyone.

Awwww Shucks :embarassed: , Julie and Hazel you two are so sweet! I honestly find the more exercise I do the more energy I have. We did those 2 miles today in 26 minutes. My heart rate was between 65-74 the entire walk. I feel GREAT! Julie I would love to participate in a marathon one day. I was just telling dh on our walk that whaen I lose enough weight to be comfortable doing it I want to start jogging. You both got so much done today. Great job! For dinner we're having BLT'S made with turkey bacon on whole wheat bread w/ light mayo --yumo and staemed broccoli-also yummy. Where is everyone today? Hazel, 1.9 lbs a week is great! I have alot to lose so I think it comes off faster for me. I upped my calories to 1,700 a day. I burn at least 600 calories through exercise most days of the week. I drink a gallon of h2o every day . All that works for me. I need to go put a load of laundry in so I'll talk to you all later. ttfn - Cindy

Julie, I forgot to add the % to my heart rate numbers. 65% -74% of my maximum heart rate. I like to stay at 70% of my heart rate while walking to build my cardio strength. Have a great night. Cindy-

Back now. Okay, I must confess this thing is really getting to be quite a challenge. Perhaps you gals can get me on the right track and get remotivated.

I am diabetic but otherwise don't have much else wrong with the health except for being obese. I was up to 237 and joined Jenny Craig. Lost 20 lbs and with the holidays, went back up to 221. Have been struggling to get going and have started with the healthy eating program and exercise for a month now. Lost some and was down to 216 but have gone back up to 219 a couple of weeks ago and then this past week only lost 1.9 lbs. I have been going to the gym and working out at least an hour when I go doing cardio and strength and some days going back for another hour of water aerobics but then got sick and was out for a week. Trying to get back into the routine and feeling better but what a struggle to lose.

I am not good in logging my food diary and not sure if I am doing the logging on exercise tracking correctly. This is embarrassing to me to have to admit but I really feel that you both (Julie and Cindy) have been very good at posting and can help me with good suggestions. I respect what you gals are doing for yourselves and I would like to be more on track. I have always fought the idea of this calorie counting and exercise so getting on track is a struggle. Trying to drink the 8 glasses of water too. I used to do this better when I worked, but now, I have to remind myself to drink water.

One thing is that my blood sugar is being better controlled and I feel good about that. Now that I have a gym membership and have been going, I know I need to increase my exercise level. Guess need to spend more time at the gym as I start to add more repetitions or walking on the tread mill. I was a very active person when I was younger and I can be again. Wow .... talk about confession. This embarrasses me to have to say all this, but maybe this is what I need to be honest about myself to myself. By sharing, maybe I will be more accountable for myself on my road to healthy eating and exercise. Just need to develop good habits which I do not have.

My daughter is getting married in January 2010 and I really would like to be in a smaller dress size. I know this is a possibility but I really need to work harder or smarter at this.

My DH is very supportive and loving. he is also trying to lose weight and walks almost daily upon returning from work. I cannot walk with him as he has a large stride and I cannot keep up with him being I am so short and have short strides. He has a strong will power and I do not. Shucks what else can I say?

I did plan my menu for last week for the first time in my life. Can you believe it? I don't have a menu planned for this coming week. tomorrow night I have a hostess committee meeting at church and we are having baked potatoes for dinner. Tuesday night I plan to have a Jenny Craig meal of some sort and I guess I could have on Wednesday and Thursday as well. Perhaps that is what I will do. DH is planning on fixing himself some nachos for tomorrow night and will have left over for Tuesday and if that is what he wants, then it is okay with me that I don't have to fix anything for him. Am I lazy or what? Wednesday night I could fix him some chicken tenders and then i could do beans for Thursday night and Friday night. There you go. Got the week's menu. Tada~! That was easy enough.

Have either of you heard or tried arugula? It is a green leafy vegetable used in a lot of Italian type recipes. My sister just sent me an article on this vegetable since I had asked her about it and it looks interesting. There was a low calorie recipe included with her email that if I can find this vegetable I would like to try,. It is a salad that includes bartlet pear, I believe. Interesting. I'll have to go back and read the recipe again.

Can you also tell me how I can send you my personal contact information. Thank you as I bother you all for so much help. I just feel like that helpless old lady. Duh.

That's it for tonight,. Will go and drink some water now. Good night and will check in tomorrow.

Hi there Wonderland. I am new to the site and i did hear about your emergency surgery from Debbie. Happy to know that you are feeling better but so sorry to learn of your son's ill health and all that he is going through.

I would like to suggest a herbal juice that my DH and I drink daily. it is very high in xanthones. What xanthone are is super antioxidants that work on the cellular level of our bodies. This product is called Xango and is distributed by a company located in Utah. it can be taken internally as well as applied topically. I am not saying this is a cure all but I can attest to the fact that it has helped us in building our immune system and gives us extra energy. you can go on line and check this out at Xango.com for more information and Mangosteen People.Com. i think you will find this to be very interesting and I highly recommend this to all my friends.

I had to have oral surgery and never took the prescription medication given to me though I did pick it up. All I did was swish some of this juice in my mouth in the area especially of the surgery and I never did suffer from any pain. This juice also acts like antibiotics so when I have a sore throat coming on, I gargle with it and swallow the juice and sore throat disappears. When i had burned my hand from microwaved food, I applied the juice directly to my hand and it took all pain away and didn't leave any residue of having had received a burn.

Here's to wishing a speedy recovery for your son.