T.H.E. Team April 24-30 - Week 12

Kristi & adopt4- Love the new pictures.

Sheila- glad your uncle is doing well

Anita- that was a cute but scary story about your boss’ mom.

CMR- sorry about the bum knee. Respect it though and give it rest. See the note to Lulu about shoes. I had a bum knee and it was a shoe issue.

LI4G- excellent job on the c25k. I remember when I did it I stayed with the program the first several weeks then I dove in. Not the smartest thing. Just driven I guess.

Lulu- Hope your feeling better.
shoes for running…oh my favorites are asics kayano and mizuno wave runners. They are someone that needs the extra cushion. Here is the shoe deal. Go get fitted at a good running store for your first pair. Then once you know the perfect shoe for you you can order them off the internet for discounted last years model. Its worth the initial investment to get the right shoe.

Well I had a great week. Physically did my workouts once I was home from my vacation. Fuel wise- fueled well. Maybe a tad low but definitely ate good wholesome food. Mentally my head is in the right place. That is the biggest part. I have learned to accept myself and my differences.
I have a long run scheduled for tomorrow. After that its time to taper down for the marathon. Next week will be a focus on storing fuel for the marathon and taking it easy on exercise for the week. I’ve done 2 triathlons (last year), 5 half-marathons (over 2 years), and this will be my first marathon. I think after my event I’ll go back to triathlon training but not for an event. Just a good well rounded exercise program. Have a great weekend all.

cm, great way to start! I really like the quote!

lulubar - SW205/GW145/CW189 -no change
stillkristi - SW 461/GW 195/CW 435 - lost two pounds


Well, I sometimes don't get my body. Obviously. All together, I had gained about six pounds on my "week off" which was really more like 8 or 9 days. So, this week, back on track, eating the same routine as before, good healthy, sticking to my goal of about 1700 to 1800 calories a day. Differences -lots more water
almost no crystal light
no junk
exercise, regularly, but still, I started on Saturday, skipped Sunday, exercises Mon, Tue, Wed, made Thurs a light day, just crunches and some lower body. So, how between last Friday and this Friday do I lose what amounts to 8 pounds?? Don't get me wrong, I AM NOT complaining! :happy: :happy: But, I wish I understood why. Why was I up another pound last week? Ok, thats all. I have to be at work early today, so after a light breakfast, I am off. I will be doing some band work at work, since I won't have time this morning. Love you guys! Good luck!

Hi, quick note from work. adopt4, I tend to pronate, and my foot doctor recommended New Balance. I forget the exact name of the style, but it has a stablizer bar in it. If you go to the serious shoe store, or the New Balance store and ask for shoes designed for pronation, they will hook you up.

Good morning everyone.. 12 weeks wow...

So I know it's Friday but today I am not weighing myself.. I know I had a bad week and didn't get back on track till yesterday so I am not even going to torture myself.. I will weight till next Friday.. Had the hubby hide the scale.. It's just easier that way..

Hope everyone who weighs in has success...

Anita

Morning, Nita. GLAD to see you are back on track! Next Friday will be a good day!

Howdy everyone! Hope you're all doing well. I'm LOVING this weather we're having, finally, no rain!! :drinker:

I did a bunch of yard work last night, and needless to say, today my back is KILLING me! I created a huge flower bed, digging up all of the soil and then mixing it with fertilizer and more soil, and planted some plants. My hubby was mowing, or I'd have definitely made him do the digging! LOL
My mom and dad are coming to visit me this weekend, and I can't wait! I'm going to have my mom help me plant some flowers tomorrow. We used to do that together every Mother's Day, and since I won't see her this year on that day, I figure she would like to do it while she's here. That's my theory anyway!

My husband and my dad are both playing on the Opry tonight and tomorrow night, and I'm really excited about that! Dad's even going to play fiddle, something I haven't heard him play in ages(but he's really good!). You can listen to them live at wsmonline.com . They'll be playing with Mike Snider. Um, I think they play at 8:30PM tonight, and 7:30 and 10PM tomorrow night, Nashville time of course!

Ok, enough of that mess. It's been really crazy busy this week at work, and I'm not liking it one bit. I seriously feel like I'm the only one with any responsibilities...anytime something needs to be done, mysteriously it gets assigned to me. Oh well, job security I guess!

I didn't weigh in this morning, I think I'll wait a week. Aside from yard work and the occasional walk, I've been terrible about working out this week. Next week will be better!

Hope everyone enjoys their weekend!

Well, I sometimes don't get my body. Obviously. All together, I had gained about six pounds on my "week off" which was really more like 8 or 9 days. So, this week, back on track, eating the same routine as before, good healthy, sticking to my goal of about 1700 to 1800 calories a day. Differences -lots more water
almost no crystal light
no junk
exercise, regularly, but still, I started on Saturday, skipped Sunday, exercises Mon, Tue, Wed, made Thurs a light day, just crunches and some lower body. So, how between last Friday and this Friday do I lose what amounts to 8 pounds??

Sodium - on vacation you ate out a lot and the sodium I am sure was high, takes a while to flush it out of the body...crystal light and any other sweet thing can raise insulin levels even though it's not sugar, your body can be fooled into "thinking" it's eating sugar, don't ask my why, but that can also increase weight... water retention.

I've personally seen sodium alone (eating Chinese out!) make me puff up like a balloon on the scale and "gain" over 5 pounds, the next day or two, it flushes out if I'm good with my water, and back down it goes.

I'm seriously thinking about a spin class... but I don't know, am I ready for a high intensity class? I dont' see any 240 pound people coming out of that class....

Do it! Its a blast. It's intense! Its worth it.
I'm a big girl and I do it. I refuse to let my weight hold me back anymore. I did it for too many years. The last 2 years have been freeing!

Well, I just updated my ticker for the first time since April 9th. Decided I would weigh in at the gym and see just how "bad" it was gonna be. Im down 4 pounds which puts me at the 30 mark, so I was pretty excited to see that drop. I did pop on the scale last week, but didnt log anything because I didnt see any major change. After coming back from my trip and having a visit from Aunt flo, I figured Id give myself another week before I took the scale seriously anyway. Adopt4 was there last week when I popped on it. I wasnt too disappointed, but wasnt thrilled either. This morning when I got on we both looked at eachother like "WHAT?!" and I had to step off and step back on again just to be sure I was seeing it right. I thought things were slowing down, but aparently they are doing ok now that I've change the routine to include regular wogging 3 times a week.

Kristi- Definitely water weight gain. Theres no way you can gain 8lbs of fat in a week unless you were binging on unhealthy stuff for your whole trip, which I remember you saying you werent. Congrats on seeing the scale back to normal! :laugh: Keep up the exercises and the good work!

Dwray- Yard work is a workout all on its own! :laugh: Make sure you include that as exercise in your daily food budget. I dont blame you for not working out when your doing that. Diging, mowing, weeding... all of that is muscle building exercise. Im pretty sure thats why my arms are toning up nicely and have been the first thing to come back. We relandscaped out back yard last year and I was out there every day doing some sort of weeding, raking, shoveling every day for about 3 months so I had the base muscles to start with. Im gonna be outside today also planting peas, beans and lettuce and spraying some weeds. No more pulling for me, Ive done just about all I can do unless I wanna use the pick ax to dig up some stuff. Easier to spray it, kill it, then dig it..