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

Good Morning team,

I am still alive.. moving really really slow... My whole dang body hurts:sad: :sad: ... but I did soak in my
hot hot tub.. for about an hour or so...then took a muscle relaxer along with an motrin!!! so I took a little nap then I watched the Detroit Tigers baseball and Dancing with the stars.. Then I went to bed!! The First time I ever went to bed before 10 pm LOL :laugh: :laugh: well I am deffinatley taking today off I have a Dr. Tomorrow to check me out!! make sure I am okay.. I liked walking yesterday and the day before... but I guess I just need to make it not so far as of yet!!! I was just so excited cuz last year I couldn't even walk two houses... so afte a few days of rest and the dr says its okay I am going to get back at the walking.. although when you put the walking in there you cant acount for the wind you have to walk against.... cuz where I walked was from my cousins to the park and once you get into the park its along the water and it is absolutely beautiful... My cousin kept telling me to turn around and go back I was like I want to make it to the end!!! she was like okay Rocky so now she calls me Rocky!!! she is so silly...anyway enough about me...

Dara - I hope everything works out for you at the Dr. I have both osteporosis and osteoarthritis... but
I am only 38 and I dont want to give up... and just sit here and wither away with all my issues LOL I just cant give up... so good luck...

Kristi - I am very proud of you for Keep going and not throwing in the towl and giving up... I really enjoy your incouragement and motivation so never give up... cuz you and the rest of the team keep me going... as for listening to my mom!!! I have a hard head and I think I can do it .... lol I just forget that I am old and handicaped... and think in my mind I can do it.. until I get out there and I hurt so bad!!! I guess I need to listen more... Those shorts are just so close to me sealling the deal I just dont want to give up!!! I can acctually feel my hip bone when I lay on my side.. I havent been able to do that in a long long time....I do love my elliptical!!! I like it because I can burn more calories on it...I just push myself on it!!! but I love my water areobics better.. I wanted to go to water areobics last night but I was so so so sore I made it home posted then to the hot tub and to bed!!! then got up watch tv and back to bed lol I didnt even care to eat LOL..

Get_Fit - Your are doing great on all your Exercise... Keep up the Great work....

Healthy mom - Keep up on the great times.. you are doing Great....

chanty - dont worry about those stress pounds just get back into the grove and you will be just fine.. have a great vacation.. I have 2 weeks and 3 days before mine.. I so cant wait!!!

Well Team I will check back in later hope all is well and I hope my body feels better soon!!!

Sheila

Ok, since I dont know how to put quotes on top of quotes here goes

Waddles and Healthymom, - thanks so much for the encouragment. I plan on winning this thing. My biggest competitor is actually a 65 y/o lady who lost the most inches on a pryor Weightloss session. Congrats on the 20 lbs loss Healthy. YGG

LI4G - those snack packs on their porches is an awesome idea. Glad there are people out there who understands me :laugh: I;ll bring gift baskets to the next meeting how about that. Warm owee gooey donuts and something to drink with high fructose corn syrup.:laugh: :laugh: Its boys and girls together like on the biggest loser show.

Lulu - I dont know if I ever told you I like the pic of you , it is so cute. If I could get to you I would love to give you a haircut. This is great motivation people are giving me and I am so glad I am back on the threads with you and the rest of them. You guys crack me up. I wish I was in this weightloss competition with all of you to be able to see everyone in person. I would still spike everything with high fructose corn syrup. :laugh: :laugh: JK but I would love to meet you all.

Kristi - I promise I didn't touch the bottle. Yeah, I'm in Michigan, eastern time so it was almost noonish. On the other hand, (piss-on) LI4G. My money is on you or FOR you which ever way it goes :laugh:
I dont know if you drink or not but if you do try the PERFECT MARGARITA by Applebee's Mmm Mmm Mmm.:happy: Makes moma happy.

If I forgot anyone I am sorry but THANK YOU TOO and a big HELLO to all the newbies.

Ok gang Good Morning!!!!!!!!!!!!

First of all to all of you woggers - I say CONGRATULATIONS - GOOD JOB - KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. I have been experimenting with the wogging on the treadmill this morning - nothing compared to what yhou all do but an accomplishment for me. It will definitely be in the working in the following days.
Ya I got in a little exercise after work but wanted to post before I go to bed

renayeb - I can't put quotes on quotes either so I do it like you do it. Good -luck with the competition. You can do it girl.

healthymom - CONGRATULATIONS on the 20 pounds - that is terrefic.

Dwray - good luck at the doctor. let us know what you find out.

Sheila - I hope you check out ok at the doctors. Be careful girl - you got such a beautiful trip coming up.
I also wantg to tell you that you are an inspiration to me everyday through your posting. You always keep on going and going. Keep it up girl!

Anita - trying to change my exercise routine also to shake up things. Also changing the eating too. Treying hard to watch the SODIUM. let me know if anything works for you. It is so hard for me to change when I have to sleep in the afternoon

Kristi - let me hear what you have on those headaches girl. Still having them. These last few days when the sodium was off the board - I began to think they were sodium related. I will read it through and give me your opinion also. - if there is something you think migfht be far fetched let me know.

To the rest of you hello - getting tired so tyhping is getting ready to quit here. It is bed time for me. I will probably check in quickly tonight. I want to get in some more exercising - eat and watch the firstg hour of Biggest Loser before work.

Adopt4 - your last post I remember is the one where you where going to die on the floor - if you posted since then - sorry but I am joining Kristi and the boys for a pile on. Get up or let's see who can put who on the bottom

sorry about all the typing errors in the above post - TOOOOOOOOOOOO TIRED to correct them right now

Morning gang, short post then I am off to exercise.

Anita, thats a great idea about changing some things to lower carbs in the meal plan you are following. I have a hard time being creative like that, but I am learning. Will you replace the bread calories with something else, like veggies, or dare I mention it again, MEAT? Keep us in the loop! Good luck!

Renya - I am confident you can beat the 65 year old gal! Especially with your sneak attack! Thanks for the tip on margaritas,:drinker: that will have to be for li4g, I am no longer a drinker. Gave up that addiction 30+ years ago. Today, I do drug and alcohol counselling. So, full circle, I guess. Been thinking, when I gave up alcohol, I prolly just switched to food. So, now I am FINALLY getting a handle on the underlying behavior! Slow learner! :blushing: But, I am geting there, and so are you! Good luck on the contest. I don't expect you to have to ante up any dollars for gained lbs!

Rocky aka Sheila - it is so cool that you now can walk 7 miles at a time. I totally get how you feel. When ever I used to go anywhere with friends or family, I worried about two things - and I mean really worried! The things were, how far will I have to walk from the car, and will there be a chair big enough for me when I get there? Well, last night, I went out to dinner with some friends (which, by the way, I did a great job of planning ahead and ordering healthy fare). We parked about a block away. After parking, my friend who was driving turned to me and said, "Oh, I forgot, I should have dropped you off at the door." I, on the other hand said, "No problem! But thanks anyway." It was only a block, but it was so nice to stroll along with them! So, I get you - but an injury puts us on the sidelines my friend, and we don't need that! You are doing so great. Rocky is a great name!

Healthymom - 20 lbs!! happy dance for you!!! Nice to see her again, isn't it!

Adopt4, oooh. Kicking caffine is a bugger! When I did it, I bet I spent a week dragging around. My legs felt like lead. Headache. Yikes. So, I think the leg aches were more from the sugar than the caffine. Since then, I have learned that increasing your Vit B12 intake about a week before kicking the habit is a good idea. You know what I like about you? You do the personal research and figure things out. Thats way cool. Being in touch with how you body feels and why it feels that way is kind of a new thing for me. Been ignoring the poor thing for so long! Good luck on that!

Lisa, here are a couple of websites with information on migrane and its possible relation to diet. Pretty interesting stuff. The first site is sponsored by AstraZenica, and I am a big conspiracy nut about big pharma, so I take it with a grain of salt, but still - its an interesting thing to think about and look into. Their website has a common trigger matrix, which is interesting. In the diet catagory, they mention the following foods: chocolate, nuts and peanut butter, cheese yogurt, sour cream, red wine and other alcohol, {winks at renyab} processed meats and MSG. In the lifestyle catagory, they mentioned emotional stress, depression, lack of sleep, exercise or over-activity and skipping meals. Hmmm! When I first started on MFP, I was trying to do what I always did before, which was STARVE and lose a ton of weight quickly. What used to happen was I could maintain that for a couple of weeks, and then I always gave it up. So, I would lose about 15 or 20 lbs, then regain them plus ten. Great program! :grumble: :grumble: Anyway, that was trying to stay well below 1200 calories a day. At 1200 calories, I was still having headaches, so my fitness/nutrition coach smacked me upside the head and said, listen, eat at least 1500 calories a day. So, I did, and the head aches went away and the pounds keep going. Today, I eat around 1700 calories a day. So, TMI, I know. The last two websites are more research based, however, they seem to agree that aged cheese is a likely trigger. Good luck with all that information.

http://www.zomig.com/migraine-trigger-chart.aspx

http://www.webmd.com/migraines-headaches/guide/food-related-headaches

http://www.nutrition4health.org/nohanews/NNS02DietMigraineHeadaches.htm

Adopt4, I see you are up. About time! :happy:

Love you guys!

Hmm - not so short!

...And here's me finally showing up at 2 p.m. (Ontario, Canada) time and trying to catch up.

A pleasant surprise for me today. My mother called me up, offered to take me to the grocery store...and she paid for them! Holy cow...I have such a lovely mom. So I loaded up on fruits and vegetables - and all's right with my world.

I was actually trying to take a personal day today, but that's not working so well for me. With fibromyalgia, I've learned, I can go out and do a bit for a day or two, but then I need to plan a very quiet day. Planned on sitting, watching trashy TV, painting...
But somehow, I managed to find myself standing on a chair, trying to hang wallpaper in my bathroom. Even worse, turns out the glue is too old to stick to the wall. (I buy most of my furnishings at flea markets or thrift stores...Guess you get what you pay for...) So then I had to scramble with the all-purpose glue before the paper completely fell off the wall.
I think that counts as some form of exercise, doesn't it?

On the topic of artificial sweeteners...I read somewhere that Splenda is okay for fibromyalgia. It's got different ingredients (maybe no aspartame?) Can anyone confirm?

A side bonus to watching my calories...I'm getting creative in the kitchen again. For awhile, I'd gotten into the habit of microwaving...a lot. But I'm using the slow cooker again, trying to be creative. Today's soup is chicken broth, mixed vegetables, 1/2 cup leftover risotto, diced tomato and green onion...
Loads of spices...
I think I'm going to use the soup as my main course and just add salad and fruit.
(We have fruit again! Lovely!!!)

Anyway, better go and eat my late lunch. And drink more water. I'm just learning how to drink water again. I've worked my way up to 4 - 8 oz. servings a day...

And oh yeah...I love the pictures and stuff everyone adds. I'm a wee bit jealous because I'm not technically advanced enough to do that...

Just checking in..

I weighed myself today.. Very happy with the results....

I have lost 3 yes 3 more pounds..

My first 30 gone gone gone forever!!!!!!!

Afternoon everyone!

Kristi- :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: That cat sorta looks like my nilla!

Nitag- woohoo!!! congrats on the 3lbs gone!!

Indiana- welcome to woggers world! Start out slow and be sure you stretch good before and after. It really does make a huge difference!

30 minutes on the "hard" elliptical this morning. Wasnt sure I would make it the whole time. My legs felt pretty rubbery from yesterdays intervals. I told adopt4 when we hit the 2 minutes left mark that my legs were getting really tired.. LOL She was like "suck it up... only 2 more minutes" :laugh: Then we went and swam. I did about 40 minutes in the pool so my total today was another 1000 calories burned. That seems to be my magic number every day now.

Just came home and got some lunch. Now Im off to get a hair cut. Havent had one in 2 months and I desperately need one. Also gotta take my car through DEQ so I can renew the tags since they expire in a couple days. Almost forgot about that!

I'll check back in later tonight...

anita - 3 pound whooo hooo!!!! that is great....30 pounds down is just awesome

Indianagranny - dont do what I did and start out to far to fast!! Take your time and start out with a mile or two then add more the next week then more each week after that... Take it from me... My body hurts mostly my left foot and calf... The rest I can deal with.. and do what Li4g said and make sure you stretch really good... it makes all the difference..

Li4g - be sure to share your hair cut with us... cant wait to see the new you!!! I love the elliptical I am able to do 1 hour on it... I like it cuz you can burn more calories on it then the bike or the treadmill but like walking you have to start out slow.. remember when I first started MFP i could only do 2 minutes on the elliptical and now I am up to 1 hour .....

lulubar - Have fun at the greocery store... I would need a ladder to get into that truck as short as I am LOL... My sister has a big truck and she has to park next to curbs just so she can get into it...

I am starting to feel a little better but my foot hurts really bad!!! I just have to stick to my water areobics and elliptical for now!!!

Kristi - I am very proud of you... Keep up your good work and making us all laugh and smile...

Sheila

<- me with bangs. She butchered them good cuz I told her I was tired of keeping them out of my face!