T.H.E. (Trying Hard Every day) Team - Week 17

Evening Team,

I am still hurting...I tryed to call and just talk to my son.. and his girlfriend answered the phone and said he isnt around and she started yelling again.. and I told her I dont want to talk nor have anything to do with you I just want to talk to my son... and she hung up.. I am mad at my son because he just isnt seeing it.. I had my daughter call and talk to her brother to see if she would let her talk to him and to see if he is okay... he couldnt talk long but all of this is tearing my other kids apart... so I need to just let him be and just pray that one day he will realize I am his mother that gave birth to him 21 years ago.. what bothers me the most is that he lost his biological father at a young age and he didnt get to see him very often because we lived in Michigan and his father lived in Cali.. and he never let me forget the fact he didnt get to know his father.. but he is willing to let this girl come between him and I..

well I really am trying not to let this bring me down... I have been crying a lot lately and my husband really dont understand how I feel so I am trying to hold everything in when he gets home from work.. but I am very edgey and easy to set off.. I dont like feeling like this.. I really need to get back on track and focus on Me and my hubby and the three children that are here with me...

I am a non-drinker.. but I have drank more this last week that in 10 years... where is LuLu slipper to knock me out of this funk???

not sure if I will be on in the morning I have to drive my hubby to work and take my other son and daughter to school... then I was suposed to do something but I forgot what it was...

oh yeah the other morning I blacked out when I was getting the orange juice out of the fidge.. I remembe getting the orange juice and then the next thing I was on the floor yelling for my hubby... That was sunday morning.. I need to call the dr.. and make an appointment to let him know that happened.. anyway I am sure this is very long.. and I need to go to bed..

oh yeah one more thing.. thanks for welcoming my friend April...I have known April since we were in junior high school...she is my best buddy but lives so so so so far away from me...we chat every day on IM and I kept telling her how great you all are and told her to check us out... Thanks again Team... sorry I havent been myself lately...

Sheila

Hi everyone - wow.. The audit is over - rousing success. I am so glad to have that over! So, now back to normal, if there is any such thing. Good day calorie wise, was't able to exercise due to the audit. Sort of seem to have the eating thing under control for the minute. Now, if I can get my schedule under control so the exercise thing is easier.

Welcome new folks!!!!! Good to have you with us. This group is great support. Well everyone, I am beat, so see you in the am!

Sheila, I think the exercise will help brighten your soul..I am starting a new day. I have already drank a 20 oz bottle of water and ate my yogurt and banana. I am determined to get 15 lbs off before I come to Michigan in July.

Thanks ladies for all the support. i am still a bit confused this is a tricky thing. I guess I am expecting results to quick. I will be patient and work hard. Have a great day everyone.

Exercised: 42 mins on the treadmill a little of 2 miles burned 301 calories..

IG-Congrats on your loss. About the walk: very exciting. Remember its 50% physical and 50% mental. You can do it. Think positive.

Anita- crazy how long it takes to remove weight but how quickly that scale can fluctuate ehh. Good commitment to yourself.

Adopt4- I love that you worked out hard then you practiced moderation. That is what I'm talking about sister. re the movies....i will take air popped popcorn in or a 100 calorie snack and water. It helps.
My body never knows when it should go. It really doesn't like to. The recommendation is exercise, water, and fiber. All of which I practice but not always the solution.
I got asked to go on a mission trip to Africa this summer. Not sure I have the time available off work to do it. We'll see.

Kristi- love those tortillas but are too high in sodium for me=(. I really like fiber one bars. Its a sweet treat for me 140calories 4g fat 9g of fiber low sodium and low protein. Yummers.

Sheila- nice walk! Great moderation as well. Doesn't it feel good to eat something that taste so yummy and practice self control. Mark that feeling down to draw on when you need strength.=)
I'm sorry your going through a tough time with you son's daughter. I'm sending you a hug and a kind pep talk: you get to decide how you feel don't let her win.

LGI4G- cracking up over the driving of your son. We were just reminiscing over practice driving with our daughter the other day. She's 18 now. Fun times. I'm just blown away that everyone is enjoying moderation.

Healthymom- Awesome ont he routes. I'm a gadget geek and I have a gps watch that does distance for me and speed. Now I don't have to always run the same route. I think I bought it as a reward for completing a triathlon or 1/2 marathon. That is so exciting about the 5K...commit. Do it, I dare you=) I'm signed up in a relay next month. I'm going to have to break down and run in the heat so I can get acclimated. I really would rather run in the crisp morning air=).

renayab- congrats on your loss

cyndee- will be praying over your appeal. I know its a battle.

April- welcome!

dwray- i'm so excited you got your video. Which one did you get? Let me know how you like it. The yoga ones we do with patients makes my shoulders burn=) We better clarify that this isn't some type of erotic dancing...lol. Its seated exercise.

Maria-welcome!

Jamie-congrats on your loss. I know vacations are hard when you don't have complete control. Sounds like your making some great choices though.

mbmom-welcome, welcome.

I had a nice weekend. Saturday got in a 5 mile run and lots of deep cleaning. Practiced moderation at my picnic. Sunday worked in the yard 6 hours some of which was shoveling 2 yards of compost into my new raised garden my husband built me. That was a workout. Monday I got in a 20 mile bike ride, walked the dogs, and got in another 4 hours in the yard. I have an acre so a lot of work. Rode my bike to work today. Feeling great.

Morning everyone. Cyndee, I think you gave good advice, she does seem to be "drunk with the power". Stupid girl. I'm so sorry you have to go thru this Sheila. And YES go to the doc. It's probably just stress but just in case...

Can't remember who made the observation but you were right, seems like after a hard holiday weekend everyone got right back on track! impressive, people!!!

I went to the doc yesterday (regularly scheduled appt) but I told her about my "problem" and she suggested 35 mg of fiber a day. I looked it up on MFP and it said only 18!!! Daily recommended is 25-30. Not sure why mine was so low??? Well it would certainly EXPLAIN a lot, LOL. So just a suggestion, everyone, check your fiber intake on MFP! After getting one son off to school, have to go get an xray to make sure that nothing is seriously wrong with my intestines and then off to the gym with the trainer. Need to pick up some fiber pills in the meantime till I figure out how to add that much fiber to my diet using food. Need to go to the grocery store anyway later today, out of salad which is sad! I love my prepackaged salads, It's only about 2 servings and then I can have something totally new and different. That's been my new thing, salads with the dressing and fixins already in there... I used to hate salads, now i love those things...

I wussed out yesterday at the gym, didn't get to go until mid afternoon, it was so hot and humid here (sorry for you Canada folks!) and so I only did 38 mins cardio. I was just miserable. Burned enough cals to stay within my cals for the day, and knew today would be a big workout day. But still, I wussed out because I was "too hot". What a baby!!! I would kick my hubby's butt if he used that excuse! No more going in the afternoons for me, I have to make sure and get there in the mornings so I don't wuss out!

Oh and April, not sure if I said this before and I'm too lazy to look back and see - indiana is right, don't just look at the scale, look at your measurements. I hit a plateau and didn't lose any weight for a month - but started working out with a trainer and lost an entire pant size! I lost inches although the scale didn't show it...

Slowly add that fiber in or you (no your family) will resent it=)

Fiber 1 bars are yummy and 9 grams of fiber.

So do you think the calories burned for cleaning is accurate? I sure hope so because cleaning burns more then walking. Also what do they mean by eating your exercise calories? Dose that defeat the purpose? I worked super hard today and was thinking of skipping my walk but I am going to go anyways.

Im gonna let adopt4 explain this one to ya because I am short on time (30 minutes to get to my water aerobics class) and she is really good at explaining it anyways. But the short answer is.. yes, eat your exercise calories.

Just wanted to share this quick picture of my opa baby from this morning. He is such a laid back dude! He just sat thier in the palm of my hand staring at me, so hubby snapped this pic with his phone.

Hi guys, checking in...I am having a hard time getting back into the swing of the work week. I'm just tired! Today I went to kickboxing right after work and we just got back from walking the dog. I went over in sodium today,ugh. Hope you all are having a good week!
Jamie :flowerforyou:

Hey gang!

I ate my heavy meal for lunch and then went walking after supper. Walked 2 hrs tonight! Yes, my feet are very sore. Tomorrow will be my day off cardio. Going to check out gadgets on the weekend. Must have something to calculate the mileage!:grumble:

Nite all.

See!! I told ya she could do it better!! Good job adopt4!! :happy:

I hit water aerobics and Ive never seen the pool so empty for this class. 6 people total including myself and it was NICE! Plenty of room to actually do the class without stepping on the stupid vents in the deep end of the pool (where i gotta be because of my giraffe legs..lol) She did alot of arms and then we worked in the deep end with the noodles and did alot of ab, thigh, hip & butt exercises. Did that for an hour, then swam 35 second laps for 30 minutes. The sauna is finally fixed so I sat in there for 10 minutes. Im so happy that is back up and running, its been broken for over a month now!
Anyway...it felt good to be in the pool for an hour and a half. My body is loving me right now!

Off to play with my babies, the kids are letting them wander around on the living room floor to get some exercise since they are getting up on all 4's and walking around. They are so uncoordinated and flop over alot, its really cute.

healthymom-With a podometer they say 2000 steps is a mile. My Dr. told me to do 10,000 steps a day and that is 5 miles. I haven''t made it there yet only 7000 I have to work on that.

Lulu Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Your back ... You were so missed...

Cyndee good for you and for your daughter. You do whatever you feel is right.

Sheila how are you doing today???

Kristi I miss our morning chats, we've both become so busy we don't get that anymore : (

LI4G I so wanted an orange kitten, instead I have to twin terrorists:noway:

Adopt4, good job on the explaining and I agree with ya, unless a HRM is used we have no way of telling how many calories we've burned.. I love mine.. I don't know if its 100 % but I know its close..

Indiana I did have a much better day yesterday... My hair is all fixed but its a lot shorter than I like.. She cut off a lot.. I've always had really good hair, that is my ONE feature that I like

Healthymom - You look so good.. Keep it up...

Jamie - I know what ya mean about getting back in the groove of things, it's taken me a while.. Yesterday was my first true day of good eating and exercising... I went over on carbs, it was that damn Skinny Cow Ice Cream Sandwich : ( and I didn't actually eat enough but that's okay..

This morning I woke up to the wonderful TOM.. Dangit... So I know I will weigh in on Friday and won't have lost a thing.. But I will still drink that water, eat healthy and exercise...

Yesterday when I got home from work I was able to log on but no pages would open up, anyone else have issues last night??

Off for my morning walk...

Have a great day..


Anita

Lulu-welcome back! Missed ya.

Adopt4- praying for your plumbing=) Cool on the school.

LI4G-such a great workout. glad you enjoyed it!

cyndee-coming from an adopted child I have to say knowing my health history was very important to me. some connection worked and some didn't and that was ok with me. At least I have answers now. I have helped others reconnect and it wasn't so good. That of course is the risk we have to take for answers.

Kristi-hard to fit anything else in with 13 hour days lady. Hope you get some well deserved sleep and exercise if possible.

april-10,000 steps a day is a great goal. makes one a bit more intentional in their movement. You can do it!

Anita-glad the hair is corrected. I'm a hair girl too. My daughter is getting ready to start cosmotology school in august so I am looking forward to some weirdness while she practices for a while=)

Commuted by bicycle yesterday. Get's me 26 miles. It burns amazing calories. I seem to come in low on calories when i cycle. I love my bicycle. I have a specialized designed for a woman's body. The best purchase I've ever made regarding sports/exercise purchases. Can't commute the rest of the week. Will try to get in a run in the heat tonight in preperation for a 10k next month.....hopefully my hubby will be done doing shoveling compost into the second raised garden bed by the time I get home=)