T.H.E. (Trying Hard Everyday) Team~ Week 18!! Welcome!!

Hey Team,

Good Evening everyone..well my son and them came over again for Today.. it was really nice.. he is supose to come back on Tues..

Vegas sounds great...

Anita - I hope all is okay you didnt sound very happy...a little worried about you..

team.. I have to be short right now cuz my computer is still broke and I am using someone elses.. I am dieing without it...

sheila

I've reach my bicycle goal for the week of 75 miles. Down 2 or my 8 mile goal for running.

healthymom2009-awesome! I love hearing about your C25K victories.

LosingIt4good- Did ya do it? Did ya, did ya? I hope you were able to get back on track with your C25K. I’m a firm believer in the program as I did it a few years ago and have been running every since. I’m as slow as a snail but I do it. That is all that matters.

Dang, looked back at my goals and looks like I won’t meet my running goal this week. But next week for sure! I forgot today is Thursday so tomorrow starts a new week. If you’d had seen my week you’d understand why. But I did make my cycling goal.
I’m sporting neck and shoulderblade pain right now. Went in for a massage yesterday. It helped a little but still pretty painful. Will put off the upperbody strength training.

My goal for next week if the shoulder is willing will be:
5k walk for The National Kidney Foundation
8 miles running
100 miles cycling

Dang if I didn't come in way under calories again. It should help compensate for last weeks gain and this weekends emotional eating I hope. I need to get a bit more creative with eating more carbs. Its amazing how everything seems to have some protein in it and adds up so fast. I went way over on protein yesterday (for my renal diet) despite the fact I came in very low on calories. I-yi-yi

Morning Team...

I am so not having a good Day.... I have been trying to play catch up since we have been back from vacation.. and I am getting over welmed right now.. with my son breaking the car while we were gone and him running up the cell phone bill calling me in Jamaica when there was nothing I could do from over there...its like if its not one thing its another...my niece is having her sons birthday party at my house this weekend since I have the bigger house..but I really am not in the hospitality kind of mood this weekend!!!! my hubbys second job is really slow right now and that is our extra money to catch things up..

anyway I am at my mothers on her computer so I am going to get off of here and I will catch back up later...when I am in a better mood... sry

sheila

Morning, all. Doesn't it seem like we all go thru a rough week at the same time? Kind of interesting.. Cyndee, SO HAPPY you were able to talk things thru with your sister. Happy dance! And swignal, just breathe! You've had a very busy and rough few weeks! Nitag, call me, got your number entered in my phone with the same special ring as losingit...

I went over on cals last night by 200... but again, it's not up to maintenance so I can't be like really mad at myself, I just should have logged it before I crammed it in my mouth... still over on sodium, up 2.5 pounds today, did not drink my water yesterday. Today's a gym day so I do good on water those days.

Been thinking about the carbs thing... I have diabetes but I don't take medication right now (although I should) because it's just a little high. Well when I went to Max Muscle they upped my carbs to 50%. Which now that I think about it is bad for my diabetic diet... so need to flip it back down. Good news is since I upped it I rarely make the carb goal, so I'm eating less than they said. Might also be why I'm a bit more sluggish lately. But I dont' know what to set them too, the 30-40-30 that was suggested another time was too low on fat and I kept going over. I just know I need to lower the carbs. What are ya'lls set on for carbs?

Just checking in...this week is still pretty rough for me. I feel like I just can't get enough sleep. This morning I had caffeine and at lunch I gave in and had more. Due to this I am already WAY over on sugar! I just can't wait till the weekend...I know you never technically get caught up on sleep but I feel like there's a possibility.

Sheila, I hope your stress level balances out! Seems like you have a lot going on right now. One thing at a time :happy:
Cindy, good to hear you cleared the air with your sister. :flowerforyou:

Hope everyone else is having a great week and HAPPY THURSDAY!
J.

Hi Team

I have wonderful news to share today. - Surprise Surprise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well I accidentally step on the scale this morning - sorry and although I won't share the pounds losts I will share this - I TODAY AM OFFICIALLY IN THE OVERWEIGHT CATERGORY!!!!!!!!!!!!! I With everything going on and not getting in much exercise, I don't know how this is happening but I am just going to try and take advantage and hope it don't come back. I did sorry to say changed my ticker this time only but will make sure to change it if things differ on Friday. I am g
going to try to not let it go up. I am just .2 under so got some work to do by Friday


Sheila - I am so happy for you. Glad to hear you got to see your grandson and son. Hope things went well.

Anita - where are you girl? Missing your posts.

Dewdrop - nice to read your post

Adopt4 - glad you had a good family time out.

Prayerfulmom - wow to 2000 calories left. WTG

Healthymom - good supper and got your walk in.

Kristi - hoping things settled down for you soon and you can get back to normal

Well I GOT TO GO EAT THE EXERCISING BE BACK LATER.

LI4G - planning on checking your website out this weekend. I can't wait to do that.

WTG Indianagrammy!!!!!
I love how you said you accidentally stepped on the scale :laugh:

This is my last post today.
I have to stop all food and drink at 9 tonight, then go for bloodwork at 8:45. Since I'm normally awake by 6 a.m., that's going to be a very long time without my caffeine...:yawn:

Anyway, I'm just finishing up my 8th bottle of water...drinking the last half cup of decaf, then I'm going to veg on the couch, feel sorry for myself, go to bed early so that I can forget about how badly I want my Thinsations - my usual bedtime snack.

But I'm semi-optimistic about weigh-in tomorrow, so I'll see you then...
Good night, all. Wishing you big successes at weigh-in.

Cyndee- with ya in spirit. Isn't it crazy when we 'can't' do something we want it more.

L4G- yeah....I'm like the crowd routing youy on from the side. You actually do have to work harder outside. You can set your incline at a 1 to help offset some of the difference. Its good to keep mixing it up. the other thing is that the dreadmill takes some of the shock so your hips and knees don't take as much. There is some good out of the dreadmill but I still like the great outdoors. During the winter I had to do an 18 miler on it: the only thing that kept me semi-sane was watching movies.
I'm so proud of you. The next run will be better.

I didn't get to the gym this morning, since losingit wasn't going, and I just can't stand the elliptical anymore unless there's someone to talk to. And I couldn't make classes in the am because of my son's bus schedule... so taking a "step sculpt" class tonight. Then tomorrow when I'd do my step class I have son #3's IEP meeting so tomorrow will be an afternoon gym thing, then Sat am I'll do my normal step class. I'm pretty excited to take a different class even though I know it's going to be really tough. But it beats the elliptical! And I can't run yet, after my injury I decided to wait awhile before running again, it'll be easier on my knees if I lose another 30 pounds before I do it.

Good Evening Team,

I Just wanted to say that I am doing a bit better this evening... My sister helped me out with one of my bills so it took some of the pressure off of me a tad..

I know I have people here on the weekend.. but this past week people have been coming over during dinner time.. I feel rude if I dont aske them to stay for dinner or ask them if they want something.. but I have my meals planed out daily for two weeks... and I feel bad if I dont have enough for everyone.. so tonight I made spegetti so that we could have left overs for tomorrow well people showed up again and needless to say nothing is left!! so hubby now has nothing for Lunch for work..

well it is supose to be nice this weekend.. so I will be swimming tomorrow in the pool with the kids.. I wont be weighing in until I go by my dad's well he is supose to be coming over on Sunday for my nephews birthday so I might ask him to just bring the scale to me!!! LOL we will see..

I am so sorry that I have not been my self lately.. I have just been so stressed out since i got home from vacation... maybe I should just go back on vacation and not return!!!LOL just dreaming there...

well I have a lot of Dr. appointments for the next two weeks.. I had to wear a monitor for 24 hours the other day.. my leg is still going numb and it is only when I am standing.....

I need to read to catch up on everyones post but with useing someones elses computer its kinda hard because of limited time on the computer.. I will catch up soon I hope..

Sheila

Hey All,

Prayerfulmom - Good - luck on your goals next week. You are definitely an inspiration to many. If you find any tips on emotional eating - please share.

LI4G and Prayerfulmom - love hearing you all talk about your runs. Keep up the good work girls. I also hate to carry my water bottle when I am walking outside.

Healthymom - good job on the run. Love hearing about your victories too.

Cyndeebee - glad you and your sister had a talk. you are in my prayers girl

Anita - you are in my prayers too. We are here for you. Vent here or call me. Hope you are ok.

Sheila - wishing tour computor to be fixed. I live about three to 4 hour s south of Ann Arbor. I thought I read something about Ann Arbor in one of your post. I have relatives in that area.

Well gang - down in the back really bad. Got a four hour walk in. Been logging in a notebook so when I am at computor I can read the threads. Everyone have a good night

I'm so frustrated I had to step away from the bike. I got a flat. Trying to fix it to ride at 5am to work. Its not looking too good. Hubby went to sleep so no help there dang it.

You guys have made me smile though:happy:

Adopt4- I burned out on the elipticle. It seems its the favorite tool of all trainers. I have one at home too. I just can't get back on it. The dreadmill was getting that way too after that most ridiculous marathon training through the winter:sad:

L4G- I hope you can get outdoors and enjoy it.

IG-You are awesome. Your preparing and going to do this thing!

Lulu-thanks for always encouraging us along.

Sheila-best wishes on all your testing. I hope the financial stress will lift as well.

OK, I'm going to try to fix this flat one more time.

Hey All,

Prayerfulmom - Good - luck on your goals next week. You are definitely an inspiration to many. If you find any tips on emotional eating - please share.

LI4G and Prayerfulmom - love hearing you all talk about your runs. Keep up the good work girls. I also hate to carry my water bottle when I am walking outside.

Healthymom - good job on the run. Love hearing about your victories too.

Cyndeebee - glad you and your sister had a talk. you are in my prayers girl

Anita - you are in my prayers too. We are here for you. Vent here or call me. Hope you are ok.

Sheila - wishing tour computor to be fixed. I live about three to 4 hour s south of Ann Arbor. I thought I read something about Ann Arbor in one of your post. I have relatives in that area.

Well gang - down in the back really bad. Got a four hour walk in. Been logging in a notebook so when I am at computor I can read the threads. Everyone have a good night

my sister lives in ann arbor she is about 45 minutes from me.. what freeway are you near? I am close to I 75 and I275 .. well if you want to travel on a weekend or something we could me or something.. We have our camper in Adrian we camp at camp Sequoia..