T.H.E. Team April 10-16 Week 10

StillKristi - Thank you for your post and sharing how you were doing. It helped me, I was feeling quite bummed and well you are right its in the past, today is a new day!
Lulu that peep show was cute but who knew a picture of peeps could be so naughty, geez. It does look like the one is pole dancing, thats crazy!
Li4g - glad you made it to florida safely.
CM - love the start to the thread
Great job on weight loss this week everyone!
Adopt4 & Indianagranny - do you guys track your sodium on the food tab? Should I be tracking mine?
Hope everyone is having a great day! Its raining here and I was thinking about not going to the gym but I am going (thanks to kristi's post!).
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Thanks for the support team. Margolis, glat do meet you finally! You are seriously in for it buddy! Your public permission for a flogging is no doubt going to come back to you! Good luck!


Tayner, good job. Sorry about the ahem, personal problems! Good luck getting that regulated.


And, a special thanks to CM, who has been so encouraging and supportive! She has even moved to Utah - I think to be helpful, because as we all know, its all about me, right? :happy: :happy:

Again, thanks everyone. I couldn't do it without you, but with you, I can do it -- we cal all do it!

Afternoon, ya'll. Just got back from the gym. Helped hubby move his office downstairs to the playroom (aptly named, since he'll be playing with his computers while the boys are playing with their toys) which gives us a spare bedroom finally, to be filled later by a girl we adopt...

I downloaded the techno thing but didn't do it right so I didn't get to do it yesterday. I plan on doing that MWF to increase my stamina to run. So have to wait till Monday to start.

Got a HRM!! I'm currently tracking my heart rate to see what it is as I do my daily thing. I'm pretty excited to feel like i have confidence in my numbers I'm entering. My only fear is it is also a Timex and I'm hoping mine and LI4G's won't interfere with each other... I got it on sale at Fred Meyers, 25% off Timex watches and then a coupon for 15% off accessories, and they call this a watch. So cool! I did check out GI Joes which is going out of business but the only thing they had that tracked calories was a Polar 6 or 11... and they were only 25% off, so a lot more than this one. Although they had one in pink, which was cute... but I got a "guy" looking one so hubby can use it too.

Going to hang out for a few hours and watch my heart rate, etc. to see what it is after it goes back to normal... it was so funny, I passed a cop who'd pulled someone over and my heart rate jumped 20 beats per minute... I was laughing at myself, I wasn't doing anything wrong, but still, that fear of getting pulled over (although hubby's the one who gets pulled over all the time and gets tickets!).

I personally am thrilled Morgolis and LI4G are not moving to Fla, although it would have been nice to have someplace to vacation, LOL.

N is doing better today, although we're keeping him low key, he seems to be over the flu. No one else seems to get it. Z's allergy stuff seems to be working... had speech eval for A and it came back with comprehension at above his believed age, and expressive language at a moderate to severe delay. So I feel a bit vindicated that the early intervention people who blew me off said he was fine when they thought he was a year older than he actually is... So he'll start speech therapy now. Hurray! Well, actually, it sucks for me, having to drive into the city every week... but good for him!

Going to hang out for a few hours and watch my heart rate

Ya got some excitement going there, my friend! I was thinking about watching the grass grow in the back yard, but then it started to rain.....

Actually I am pretty jealous! My trainer (that wretched sister of mine!) said I really don't need one until I get in a little better shape. Ok, a lot better shape! Thats very cool for you!

I have rearranged my office today, and am kind of bored. And it really is raining.

Hmmmmm... I sound like a spoiled teenager. Ok, perhaps I should go exercise!

Kristi

Buy one anyway. You might not need it, but if you WANT it and you can afford it, why not? It's got a lot of features you could use. Like it's a watch with an alarm, so you can remind yourself to eat (I use mine for that, very Pavlovian).

I think you would like it! You would get instant measureable data. Who listens to sisters???

Can't really afford it until after taxes anyway. :ohwell: But you're right, I really do want it! :bigsmile:

I burned way more cals on the treadmill than the wretched machine was telling me, and a lot more on elliptical as well. Even MFP's numbers were a bit low, but close, for me. You probably burn more than MFP says because of your size... Make sure when you get one it has a calorie counter in it. I looked at a lot of cheaper ones that didn't have that feature, and that's the main reason I needed it!

PS. The wogging podcast I downloaded is definitely Techno style music, but I really liked it yesterday. Kept me moving!! Will check out some of the other links you posted also, so I have a good variety and dont get bored with one kind. Thanks!!

Happy Easter everyone!
Sheila you are losing inches and that is awesome!!!
StillKristi you made me laugh :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: that crazy kittty was so funny!

Hope you all are having a great day and an awesome holiday weekend! :flowerforyou:
Jamie

Me too!!!!! (Anita and Stillkristi)

Yesterday was busy - felt tired and thirsty - went to the corner store and bought Coke instead of water. :mad: It tasted good but did not quench my thirst. Then the caffiene kept me buzzing all night! I used to drink sooo much of that stuff. In 9 weeks I've only had a couple and regret it every time! Water is so much better!

Anyway, I logged my calories and it wasn't as bad as I felt. :grumble: :grumble:

Today I start again, healthy and wise. :drinker:

Hoppy Easter everyone!

Actually she didn't have to push me in to posting, she was on the other laptop and my experience at the beach 1 1/2 weeks ago made up my mind for me.

Wha??? What happened on the beach?

Went to "Bath Tub Beach" to go snorkel with my friend, after swimming out about 150 feet to the reef, I was so winded I nearly passed out on the reef. I've never had that much of a problem as I'm a strong swimmer, but between the surf pushing me in and then pulling me back out. Started getting the tunnel down vision but managed to stay up. Never even experienced anything like that when I was diving, but diving in puget sound is nothing like a beach dive.

We had a family day today... bad on cals, but I planned on hitting the gym so I went with it... First we went to Krispy Kreme for donuts, I had 2 creme filled and one regular, that 340 and 200 cals apiece respectively... then we decided to hit the playland at McDonalds and let the boys run wild (we were there alone) and then decided to eat there, so I had a Big Mac, medium fries... whew... those two meals combined went over my daily allowance by 250! Then home and hit the gym... worked off 861 cals before the place closed, whew, good thing I went when I did. So I have a few hundred to eat dinner with, and that's ok. Good thing for that HRM so I knew better what cals I was burning, and did enough. I was going to wog too but the gym closed, so tomorrow...

BBQ pork in the crockpot for dinner, not a great low cal meal with the BBQ sauce but if I go over a little bit, it won't be too bad. I'll just keep my portions small!

Hurry up and come back, morgolis and lg4g! Sheesh! It's boring around here without ya'll around to bug and bother!!

Hi everyone! How was your Easter? I had a lovely time. Went to Mom and Dad's we had ham, mashed potatoes, broccoli, green salad and candided yams. I love those candied yams, and :grumble: I didn't have any. :happy: I had about 1/2 cup of mashed potatoes, lots of broccoli and salad and a pretty good sized slice of ham. My sister made a trifle for desert with sugar free jello, sugar free jello pudding and low-fat whipped topping. Very nice of her! I also had a very small portion of the trifle. I am quite proud of myself for my restraint.

Tomorrow,

Oh, and if you are lurking this thread, Dave198 - it is currently 11:56 pm here, so tomorrow is realistic!

Again, hope everyone had a great Easter!

Glad everyone had a good easter!!

Welcome to the group Topaz, and best of luck on your lifestyle change! This is a great group!

Ok... so this morning we got up and hit the continental breakfast again down stairs. Again, Buscuits & gravy...I just couldnt help it.. LOL..BUT I only had 1, not 2. So, calorie wise it wasnt bad.
Already have the cooler packed with sliced apples, 100 cal cream cheese fruit spread and some fresh pineapple. Threw in some wheat thins & cheese too. I bought a 1 gallon water thermos and a new water bottle with a shoulder strap and insulated wrap at walmart ($3.88) yesterday, so thats filled also with water and ice. They have them back in sporting goods.

Since Im gonna be walking pretty much all day, Im not gonna log exercise today or calories. I logged in what I have for snacks and what I ate for breakfast, but Im mostly gonna just focus on eating every 3 hours today and eat healthy stuff for lunch and dinner. There is a German pavillion in epcot that Im sure we will land at for lunch. We'll see.

Last nights dinner was absolutely amazing and by far THE BEST bbq I have ever had. That being said by me is a VERY big compliment, because I would go as far as to say it beats mine all to hell! I had to have 1 maryland crabcake, because they were thier signature dish and I had never had crabcakes before. Also had a lunch size rack of beef ribs, which was PLENTY, about 1/4 cup (if that) of coleslaw, which wasnt too creamy so It didnt have much dressing on it and a very small baked sweet potato. The place is called "Bare Bones" for which it is aptly named and they have 2 locations, the one here and one in Maryland. The meat was not fatty or greasy at all and the staff.... our waitress and the bartender were amazingly friendly. We sat out on the deck next to the marina with the boats while we were eating. RAVE, RAVE reviews!! 5 out of 4 stars! :laugh:

Ok.. enough about food...I better go shower so we can get moving.

Have a great day everyone!