Green Team Week 6

woot woot TGIF!!

down 1.2 this week. ready to break the 70's, AGAIN!! got in 2.25 miles of 'wog' yesterday....and eating was good, but not so good today already..:grumble:

missvvc ~ YEEEE HAWWWW! 3 lbs gone! happy for ya girl! that is great! keep on keepin', it's workin for you!! 12.5 inches smaller!! YIIIPPPY SKIIIPPYYYYYYYYYY!! :happy: tonin' the bod!! way to go on the fast food choices! that is powerful!! little by little we learn and succeed!

hope everyone else is doing good and ready for a sizzlin hot summer weekend! :glasses: :glasses: :glasses: :bigsmile:

Hey, can still join your group? the group that I was in before has become silent (like complete mute :grumble: )

Hey all, sorry its a little crazy here, well I will weight in later this morning after I wake up. My sister is doing better. My one aunt passed away and the finale arrangements are done. My aunt that in the hospital is doing better. Once they get her hemoglobin up they will be able to do surgery, hopefully next week. My aunt Susan is still with us , but they removed all support and comfort measures only, so it a waiting game, well I have not anything other then eat and sleep.
Kellya great idea chips are my weakness so it a good challoenge for me
Suib Welcome.
Everyone else thanks for your prayers, we feel the calmness so Thanks

Hey all, sorry its a little crazy here, well I will weight in later this morning after I wake up. My sister is doing better. My one aunt passed away and the finale arrangements are done. My aunt that in the hospital is doing better. Once they get her hemoglobin up they will be able to do surgery, hopefully next week. My aunt Susan is still with us , but they removed all support and comfort measures only, so it a waiting game, well I have not anything other then eat and sleep.
Kellya great idea chips are my weakness so it a good challoenge for me
Suib Welcome.
Everyone else thanks for your prayers, we feel the calmness so Thanks

Jacque`~~I am sorry to hear you are having such a hard time......prayin' for ya....

happy saturday GT ~

jacque ~ so sorry to hear about your loss.....and what a tough time for you with all that is going on. glad your sis is improving.... just take a break if you have to...your family needs you and you need to be strong.... get some rest and some deep breathing...... take care of YOU hon and don't worry about the scale, we are here if you need to vent .......** hugs **

sassie ~ how ya doin girl? never heard of the hypnotic gastric bypass. that sounds almost cruel...are you ok? calories sound right...but you can only eat at mealtime and NO snacks? is it high protein and healthy fats? share if you can.....i am interested. smoothies are yummy anytime!

gonna head outside now and fertilize my flowers, pull some weeds, trim the lawn and then mow. lots of straight line wind damage yesterday...90mph winds. we're ok, but 3 miles east of here trees are flattened. dh is helping 2 diff farmers clear the devastation. SUMMER STARTS 2morrow!! :glasses:

have a great day buddies......
1. plan and be mindful of your eating
2. get in a good workout (** work the tricep flab **) OR enjoy your day of rest!
3. 8+ water
4. NO CHIPS :bigsmile:

Well, I survived babysitting my nephews. They are full of energy, and I kept up. That is new for me. About killed myself playing tetherball with them (in a good way). Did have pizza for dinner, but tried to eat it slowly and enjoy every bite. Otherwise, I did very well food wise.

Ha ha ha i guess I confused some.

I went and got hypnotised on Friday. The hypnosis is called the Hypnotic Gastric Bypass. It basically is telling your brain that you cannot eat more then a certain amount or u get sick. The portions are 2 oz each. So, 2 oz ding bean.....2oz meat....2 oz rice whatever I eat it has to be in 20z oe 1/4 cup increments and high in protein / lean meats. 3 times day unless I workout. I can have as much liquids as I want, so if I want a smoothie, or protein shake or juice or whatever I can as long as it's in my cals.

I did it yesterday and seemed alright, had a smoothie when I had that sweet craving and kept it within my cals.

Will let ya all know. Oh and I weighed yesterday at 232....I am 230 today, so I am fluctuating crazy right now.

and on another note. The new wedding dress came in in the correct size.....a bit snug to get zipped, but that is not the worst part......my back fat is bothering me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The dress goes really low in the back...I am taking it with me to my grandma's and gonna see if she can take it from halter to over the shoulder straps....I think that will help to bring the back up for me.....

Anyone with any ideas on getting rid of the back fat let me know. I know target workouts don't work, but if I could get something done here. I have 1 month!

Ok all, I really let myself lose focus this last week and I feel like crap. So I know this work out does more then just help lose weight it actually make you feel better and stronger. So as of today back on the wagon so to speak. Hope everyone is doing good, and once again thanks for all the prayers and support. I really love you guys

okay ladies.....so I got up and weighed this weekend since I had forgotten of Friday and i have lost .5 pounds...not too much but better than nothing.
I had a great anniversary weekend and my hubby had a great fathers day too. Hope everyone did the same.
I am already looking forward to the day being over with but at least its going by really fast. Already 2:30 yippee!! But boy its hot and I have to get out in the garden when I get home. Oh poo! :frown:
I plan on working out today b/c I need to burn off the calories from lunch....taco bell is soooo yummy but wow...too many calories!!
Hope everyone is having a great monday and will continue to have a great week!:bigsmile: :drinker:

hiya greenies!

i am so sorry i've been mia on MFP, i have a very horrible connection (wireless) so until i buy me a local cable one, i avoid foreign sites as they load forever for me...:ohwell: i've been spending most of my time on a Bulgarian forum, which i am now a moderator of... it's not for weight loss but healthy living in general + raw foodism, although most people are not necessarily completely into it...

i have really been obsessed with eating clean and then vegan raw foodism, actually i wanted to share long before with you how am i losing all this weight but always kept putting it off... i don't log in my food anymore for about 2 months now... at the beginning i was more conscious and careful of how much i eat but then just let myself eat more and more, while on the other hand i excercise less and less... i'm pretty sure i consume a good 3000 calories on most days while MFP has me at about 1200 cals right now... so i'm supposed to gain but in reality i keep losing and losing... i am down to 196.2lbs today, i think i was at 204.4 when i last checked in with the GT 2-3 weeks ago...

here is one good video about someone who lost weight on it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk4sw_rYucg

i know it's supposed to be calories in vs. calories out but in reality i've really come to the conclusion that it does matter what the calories in come from... i don't want and can't make anyone go as hardcore as me, as what i'm doing is really very hard to switch to, esp. if you don't have much time to uncook yourself all the raw dishes i prepare for me... plus i was a vegetarian to begin with, so switching to vegan was kind of easy, then all i had to give up is cooked/processed foods... now all i eat is 100% raw and uncooked (well maybe with a couple exceptions that i just can't find a substitute for), i eat like 6 times a day and at least half these times are something pretty caloric, i also eat my own raw cakes or sweets EVERY day, including chocolate cakes and such and i just keep losing weight regardless... i know it sounds incredible but it's so true!:happy:

i don't want it to sound like advertising or anything, i am just one happy girl who went from 3rd level obese to almost down to overweight in a couple pounds, so i just love to share this great lifestyle i've found with everyone... you can do your own research on google if you are curious about raw foodism but even if you will not consider this as an option, i really ADVISE you to try and eat as much raw food as possible and as clean as you possibly can, i promise you, it does make a difference:flowerforyou:

kellyyyyyyyyy~ so glad you are back on here, MFP sure needs someone like you around!:flowerforyou:

Just bought the 30 day shred video from jillian micheals this should be fun:laugh: :laugh: anyway I was wondering if any of you all got this and how do you record the exercise

HIIIII PURRR! you made my day girl! so good to hear from you....miss skinny skinny! WOW :noway: , you are amazing! thanks for all the updates on you and your eating. i agree clean, natural and raw is the best.....why, they never had all this processed, sugar, salt laden, etc food years, 100's of years ago. just look at what has been done to food. ICK! i've alway said fake food is a NO NO. 3000 calories a day! absolutely crazy purrr! and it is working! when you first started it, like that first week of raw, did you lose a lot initially, like most of us do?....water wt? how long you been at it now? so very interesting Purrr!! :bigsmile:

yesterday was a LONNNGGGG day. i had a bus trip from 8:45 > 2:15, then again from 3:40 > 11:20. and is anyone else enjoying the 90's, high dew point / humidity, and high heat index? :glasses: :glasses: :glasses: too much for me. i was so slimy when i got home last nite....i felt like a wet noodle.....the shower couldn't have come sooner!! UGH!!

jacque ~ i've heard good things about the shred. will work your A-- off! :bigsmile:

how is everyone doing?? working the 'wings'? i have increased my wts to 10 lbs now. i dont think i was lifting enuf..... am getting the burn they all talk about now. have a great day team.....3 more days til we weigh!

i guess i'm late for the challenge as this week is almost over.... and it was a good one, i mean the wings part, not the chips part cos i don't eat that kinda stuff anymore... but my arms are flabby, they've always been flabby even when i was "skinny", i just hate them so much... the rest of my body is sort of ok, not really flabby, considering the huge mass i've lost but these arms are really a problem, especially in the summertime (which happens to be now ) when i have to wear short sleeve, ugh!

on the other hand, it's my own fault that i'm not excercising them hard enough... all my excercise now is some garden work, for example did some shoveling today and will do more tomorrow, it does pressure the legs and arms a good deal but i'll be done with this bit tomorrow and then there won't be much work again... it's such a small town here, there's nowhere to really go, so i've quit my long walks as well, usually just walka bout a mile a day, to the garden and back, or to some shop and back, that's all :ohwell:

so like i said it's incedible that under these circumstances i still lose weight on a regular basis... kelly, i don't know if it made any difference the 1st week when i went completely raw, i think i have been showing some loss every week, sometimes a little bigger, sometimes a little smaller, it's not very different from when i wasn't eating fully raw, the difference is only that i used to eat under 1500cals a day and now i'm always over and usually a lot over... i feel really good because logging every darn morsel and limiting myself all the time had put a lot of pressure on me, now i just don't care anymore and eat as much as i like, except it's always something uncooked and unprocessed... i have been gradually getting there by raising the % of my raw foods until i finally felt ready to go sompletely raw about a month ago... Right now i already feel so used to it and to the real original taste of foodstuff that i'm not even sure i can go back to cooked dishes... the only problem is that you need to make the time and learn to uncook (it's a verb raw foodists use because "cook" is not really aplicable as we don't cook but just blend, mix, dehydrate), it's actually taking less time to prepare you a dinner as you usually need 5 minutes to chop and blend the stuff but initially it takes a lot of time trying all the raw recipes... there are thousands of sites on the web with yummy stuff and there is a raw substitute for every common cooked dish but you need to find it and try it out to check if it fits your own taste... i have been experimenting and trying new dishes all the time and i am simply impressed with all the new tastes i've found... some are similar to something i know, others are simply unique... for example last week i found this great recipe for meatball substitute that's made of flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, olive oil and raw soy sauce and they tasted so incredibly good and resembled real meatballs that i couldn't stop munching at them for a whole week...:blushing: i don't even wanna know how many calories, i'm pretty sure at least 400 a piece and multiply by several a day + of course i eat at least a piece of cake a day or something else sweet, etc etc...

oh, as for the chips challenge and late night snacking, here is what raw foodists do about it: http://www.welikeitraw.com/rawfood/2008/02/late-night-snac.html

i'm sorry i'm writing so much about it but you can bet i am more than excited to eat so much and lose so much at the same time... it's just incredible and if i can help someone else with the info, i'd be even happier... if you don't want to go raw or vegan, check out clean eating, which is easier and works just as fine...

and before i go to bed, let me tell you something i found out before i went raw... how to break a plateau... not that i plateaued a lot, except for a couple days but this thing always made the scale move downwards: have a liquid day! i don't mean fasting or anything like that, it doesn't even have to be a fully liquid day... what i mean is try to get your calories in mostly in liquids throughout the day, in my case it would be nut milk or freshly squeezed juice but if you drink real milk, you can try with that, too, or anything else that's not a pop or alcohol... if you are hungry, go ahead and eat something light but try to keep the bigger portion of calories in liquids during that day.. and let me know if this worked for you and you broke your plateau :flowerforyou:

Good morning all,
Purr thanks so much for the reminder of what my perspective should be in all this. Yesterday i tried the all raw thing and did not do too bad, grant you I did not realized how much crap I ate that was hurting my body. Still need to make room for improvement. It is harder than I thought. I too want to know what your cake is?
Kelly a whooo hooo almost free of the bus. OMG the heat is terrible here in Texas!! Were suppose to be at 101 today the add the heat index, its goona be hell on earth.
Keep on keeping on yall