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

Yea! Thanks Cindy! By jove, i think me got it! Love you all.

After all, old dogs can learn new tricks.:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

awwwww Hazel, You're so sweet ! Thanks a bunch! I think the mini meatloafs will make it easier to have portion control. Hazel you should walk with your husband! I love walking with my dh . We have such nice talks on our walks. I hope you have a great night! Cindy

Hey there gals. Debbie, thanks so much for your help. Always informative and knowledgeable about many things. Guess cause you also read a lot. I don't read like I used to as my eyesight isn't that great, it sort of discourages me. I'm glad I can see on this computer screen. Sometimes I have to make the print larger to read, but it works. You are doing well on your journey and by your encouragement, I know I can too. Thanks again for the help with the ticker. I had been working with it and couldn't get it to work so finally had to ask for help. Not too computer literate.

Cindy, the reason I don't walk with DH is that his stride is too long for me. I have to take 2 or 2 1/2 steps to his 1. So I don't want to keep him back from his comfort zone and it's best I let him go alone. He is doing sooo good. Speed walking now for a couple of days and his blood pressure sure has come down a lot. Dr. Pivnick is going to be surprised and pleased for DH. Since I had not been exercising like I had been, my blood sugar reading has been a little higher than it had been. I just figured it out tonight. So, back to the gym tomorrow and we will see if blood sugar comes down again. It will be interesting.

For dinner tonight, I had chicken fajita compliment of jenny craig. It tastes good but I add an extra corn tortilla since too much filling and not enough tortilla. Then I made a pineapple bread for dessert tonight but don't like it. I used Splenda granulated as substitute for the sugar and it just doesn't taste good like it would with the real sugar. Maybe that is good for me, huh? It counts as 132 calories per slice but I gotta add butter to make it taste better. Tried this recipe for the first time since I had a lot of fresh pineapple that needed to be used up. Have any of you experienced this different taste with the sugar substitute?

Cindy, looks like I may actually drink my 8 glasses of water today. I am finishing off the 7th glass now. Evening is still early. Okay, will go settle in my recliner and get ready for American Idol results. Wonder who will be sent home tonight? I predict, Matt G. TTFN.

Hazel, Way to go on the h2o That's great about your husbands blood pressure! I wish we lived closer to each other. I would love to be your walking buddy. Bebe, doesn't it feel graet to have a clean home ! Keep walking and darn those mosquitos ! Has anyone heard from Julie yet? Hazel I love American Idol. Adam is my favorite ! Who's yours? Ok gals, I better get my dd Avery ready for bed. She's got the cold that I just got rid of. :frown: I feel so helpless when the kids are sick. When dh gets home in 10 minutes he'll eat and we'll go walk. See ya all tomorrow ! nighty night- Cindy

hey there heeters,hazel looks like we both cant sleep,what a bummer.my BF working the grave yard shift and i walk the floor all night hearing all kinds of stuff.atleast i will get a early start on house cleaning before walking at 7am.hope that julie and hubby are doing fine,prayers goes out to them both.
cindy continue to do well,i wish i had you guys stamina to walk in the evenings,im an early bird and one day i will walk both am and pm,yeah rite.
also hazel my BF walks faster than me and at times i notice him slowing down the pace to have me catch up which i dont,i just tell him to coninue his pace and he sure does,we dont talk at all on our walks,between trying to keep up with him and running from dogs keeps me out of breath.yeah you are right about susan,that lady can sing.in a few she will be a lovely song bird,someone is gonna grab her and fix her up soon.and for me i dont watch american idol or the biggest loosers,im a very boring gal ya know.
debbie,lucy ,julie and cindy hope you guys come and join hazel and i am party soon,have a great morning all will chat later
bebe

Good Morning Ladies,

How many walkers do we have here? Cindy, how many miles do you walk a day and what is your goal to reach 1000.. Weeks, Months?

I'm a walker. My friend and I do 3 miles every morning and my hubby and I do 3-5 miles on Saturdays. My friend suggested that we try to do the Disney 1/2 marathon next March... We would have to do 16 minutes miles or better for the entire race. We are going to try the 5k on 4/25.

I need to tell you a little about myself for those who don't know me... Julie may be the only one.. I meet Julie when she first started the Daily Heet on MCC over a year or so ago.

Well here goes.......... I live in Florida on the east coast..I'm married to Dennis and I have always been a stay at home mom. We have 3 grown kids, Kim (28) who got married in July and is expecting in October, Denny (30) and single and Melanie (21) who is in 3rd year at the University of FLorida. I joined MCC because I was diagnosed as pre-diabetic and it was a great tool for counting carbs and losing weight. I went from 180 to 140 but gained back 18 pounds last summer . Guess it was all the wedding planning and getting off track. I really need to get back to counting carbs..... Where is my willpower.

I will try to find a pix of me and update my profile later

Sue

A very good morning to all my HEETERS sisters. The sun is out for me this morning and I LOVE it! I am a sunshine kinda person and it makes me .

Bebe, you are an early bird. Too bad we didn't live closer together to walk together at 7:00 a.m. Do you walk on the beach? I used to when Iived on the Island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. It was such a beautiful time of the day with day break, quietness, me and my Lord Jesus walking along together. Enjoy your early morning walks for me too, okay?

Debbie, sorry to hear about your arthritis. I know some others who suffer from it and I am thankful I am not one of them. My mom used to run her hands under hot water first thing in the morning to get them going. With the warmer weather coming, do you think that would help you in your joints? You are a positive one and I know you will overcome your challenges. I still didn't make it to the gardening center but that is on my mind so will go there this weekend. I am sure there must be a window for planting season. I can't wait for harvesting my own home grown vegetables.

Suzi, how nice of you to introduce yourself. Nice to getting to knowing you better. I am sure your daughter's wedding went well and it was beautiful. I will soon be involved in wedding arrangements and plans for my daughter's wedding. She has scheduled it for January 9, 2010 and the chapel has been booked. She has her reception place set up too so now it is all the little details like shopping for her gown, ordering cake, makeup and hairstylist, favors and etc. Maybe you can give me some hints as to what made this chore easier for you. I can sympathize with you for that weight gain. I had gained less than 10 lbs during the holiday but it seems like it is taking forever to take it off again. So discouraging but it has been one of life's lessons for me, I hope. A second on the lips is forever on the hips. How true! But, don't give up. With all your walking and having a walking partner will help. Seems like you have good goals set and that sounds like fun. Good luck on your 5k that's coming up soon. You can do it.

Better get some early lunch as I want to check out the Silver Sneakers club at the gym today.

Breakfast was half a papaya, Yoplait light yogurt with some flax granola cereal, lunch will be Italian wedding soup with some unsalted saltines, dinner chicken pot pie (homemade). Found the recipe in my diabetic cookbook and it seems very simple to prepare and I do believe I have all the major ingredients so no need to run to the store.

That pineapple bread I fixed last night was a flop. I substituted Splenda granulated for the sugar and it tastes horrible plus, it deflated after getting cooled. So, guess that will be going in the trash today. I told myself I don't need those extra calories for something that don't taste good. Hooray for me! Patting myself on my back since that is the very first time I have said that to myself. :bigsmile:

BBL. Hazel

Hi all, How is everyone doing today?? Its beautiful here in NYC..and we are supposed to be hitting 70’s tomorrow woohoooo!!!!!....I packed my gym bag and will be hitting the gym this afternoon and after work for a spinning class.. I haven’t been doing to good this week and ate 592 calories this morning (I know I know) so I figured I need to hit the gym, no darn excuses and keep it really light throughout the day and the rest of the week….I need to show a loss!!!!

Hi~~Hazel~~Bebe~~Lucy and everyone else I might have missed…

I am off to get a smoothie and then hitting the gym….

Yari

Hey there girls! Just got back from the gym for my first Silver Sneakers class. It was 1/2 hour of cardio and 1/2 hour of strength. Nice class for us seniors. LOL. Imagine, I never thought I would be in this kind of class but here I am and I loved it! Of course, it looked like I may have been amongst the youngsters in that class. Ha. Ha. Someone told me I had to be 65 to be in that class. Little did they know.

Yari, it is good to see you. You are allowed those kinds of meals from time to time though you do work hard in those spinner classes too. You are young and you can burn off those calories in no time. Just enjoy yourself and focus on the healthy lifestyle. You can do it.

Cindy, I can only imagine having 100+ birds in your yard all at the same time. No greckos, I hope. I think those birds are such nuisances making such mess here in Dallas. And, I mean, mess! But I enjoy watching the humming birds, cardinals, blue jays, yes, even doves. I am sure you have more out there in the open country. It's so good when the young can bounce right back after being sick eh? Glad to know that Avery is feeling better. With a good nurse/mother like she has, she can't stay down long.

Off for now to see what else I can do. Oh yes, lots to do. TTFN.

how the heeters this afternoon? for breakfast i had fish and mango,strange aint it.i didnt feel hungry and i had to eat something.the fish was from dinner and the mango dropped out of the tree while i was doing the laundry.i darnks lots of diet o and plenty of h20.this is my 2nd day without any alcohol and i wanna make it to a week atleast so pray for me.
JULIE HOW ARE YOU DARLING,HANG IN THERE
hazel i wish we were living near by so we can walk together,i really wish i had a female here in nassau to work along with,it will help a whole lot.tried to get my neices involve but they dont feel the way i do about weight losing,so im so happy to have you guys.
sue welcome to our wonderful group,during the holidays i gained about 20lbs also,so lets do this together,cuz we can i feel it coming out of me,a thinner person.
cindy how do you manage with all thoes birds?do your cat look up the tree at them?and congrats on he miles walked,you are very dedicated,i really need to tighten up my lacens and get a stepping.glad to hear avery is doing much better.
lucy is that pediometer the one that counts calories from curves,i was surpose to order one of thoes,hope you get it working and let me us know how it goes.and like hazel says you need more than a banana for breakfast.
yari your such a sweet heart always going to the gym,i have a few machines here at home and dont use them much,but im getting there baby steps.
will be back later,dont know what dinner will be as yet,i need to get back into tha habit of planning,last few months that is what helped me with my weight lost.well the house is full of healthy stuff now and its cleaned from top to bottom.
bebe