Topic: T.H.E. (Trying Hard Everyday) TEAM - Week 29

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  • cyndeebee
    cyndeebee Posts: 249 Member
    About the carpet...Do your boys wear slippers around the house? Bare feet will dirty a carpet up faster than shoes...
    Another thing I discovered the hard way...When Britt was little, I used to let her sit in the doorway with her bubbles and bubble wand. Took awhile, but the carpet got very, very dirty. All that soap...
    And what a nuisance to clean. All of that soap was still in the carpet...
    (But I'm guessing you're not doing "bubbles" on the carpet...)
  • losingweightforme
    losingweightforme Posts: 100
    Hi Gang

    First of all, I have taken on a name or an username change. I have went from indianagranny to losingweightfor me. I have been reading post but not posting. Why you ask - I can't honestly answer that. A couple of you know I have been under a lot of stress with my daughter but has nothing to do with you all. I want to get back on the wagon and get some more weight off. I need some encouragement and to get that I have to post. Thanksgiving is approximagtely 13 weeks away and would like to be down another 13 pounds so I need to get with it. Anybody else up to a challenge for Thanksgiving and joining me. Needless to say, I have have a weight gain that has stuck with me while I have been off here but since a week ago I have lost three pounds - so that is a start. I will post on weigh in day this friday with a starting weight this week of 187.6 pounds. I just hope Aunt Flo don't wreck my week.

    My hopes this week are
    1. drinking half my body weight in water.
    2. exercising 30 minutes when I get home from work, 30 minutes before I go to bed and 30 minutes before I go to work.
    3. posting twice a day and encouraging people also whether it be weight loss or whatever.

    A lot of you are doing so great and I am so proud. Keep up the good work. Pass some of the good fortune over here please. I am glad to see a lot of you back posting. I hope you keep it up.
    Well gang, I just hope I can stick with this and get back into full swing of getting on with this lifestyle change.

    Good night
  • adopt4
    adopt4 Posts: 970 Member
    About the carpet...Do your boys wear slippers around the house? Bare feet will dirty a carpet up faster than shoes...

    (But I'm guessing you're not doing "bubbles" on the carpet...)

    oh man NOW you tell me! thinking about it though, makes sense, oil on the feet...

    slept most of the day, first sleeping in, then got up in the afternoon, developed a bad headache... drugged up now with migraine med (the fact that it worked means it must actually be a migraine, which I didn't think it was). horrible to have a "hangover" the next day when you only drank water! LOL

    did not get my water in today, am working on it now though. i still have time to reach my water goal.

    i'm up for the thanksgiving challenge! good to see you back and posting! missed u so MUCH!!!
  • CrazybeeRX
    CrazybeeRX Posts: 288 Member
    I think I will try the Thanksgiving challenge that will be 236 for me. I went to a baby shower today and blew it with food. I ate lots of veggies but I had 3 pinwheel sandwiches and 3 of these thing that were made of criossant dough on the bottom then cream cheese on top with veggies on top of that. They were sooooo good. I think I would have been ok on calories cause I had 1200 when I went there, IF I hadn't had chicken trip for dinner. If I had left it at that for the day I might have been ok. But I ate at 2:30 at the hower and I wa hungry by 8pm tonight o I ate the chicken strips.
  • manda1111
    manda1111 Posts: 113
    Good morning!
    Its my fist day and I can't waight to meet the kids! I hope your day is as wonderful as I know mine will be,
  • Lorann
    Lorann Posts: 107
    Good morning everyone :flowerforyou:

    Monday already arrrgggg :laugh: the weekends always go by way to fast ... why is that?? Well this weekend was just like every other weekend ... did not always make the healthiest choices and I didn't get all my water in yesterday but I'm not stressing over it ... It's been the same with every weekend so far and I'm still losing weight so I'm not going to beat myself up about it and just get back at it today again. I hope that this will continue because I like the cheat weekends :laugh:

    losingweightforme - I'm glad to see you back here and posting again :flowerforyou: just remember we are all here for you. I am going to do the same as you with the water & exercising this week. We will do this together :wink: This morning I have done my 30 minutes exercise when I got up and so far a couple glasses of water... off to a great start :wink:

    manda - wow you guys are back to school already? Our kids dont' get back until Sept 1st ... usually they don't return until after labour day weekend but I guess since the weekend is a little later this year they are returning before.

    adopt - thank you for your post ... I feel a little better about the shopping ... I know it will take time to get out of that mind set.

    Well I better go get ready for work ... you all have a wonderful day!! Be back after work!
  • swignal
    swignal Posts: 441
    Good Morning Team,

    Yep its me Sheila :laugh: I think I will set my next goal for thanks giving I should be down another 30 pounds by then and my 50 pound goal is for Jan. That is 10 pounds a month... so by Jan I should weigh 229 OMG I havent weighed that in years..

    I had resently went to my neices wedding and we took a family pic of my kids hubby and i and for all of you that are on facebook I have looked at that pic and I have realized my daughter is bigger then me...I really got to get her motivated... she is just soooooo lazy...well she is going to be staying at my sisters during the school year and she will be walking halfway home so she will get some exercise...and she is taking Tenis in school so maybe that will help...

    anyway just wanted to stop by and say good morning Team and i will check back in a bit late...


    LUV YA TEAM


    Sheila
  • CrazybeeRX
    CrazybeeRX Posts: 288 Member
    You know how everyone says (even my doctor)" You didn't gain the weight over night , so you cant expect to lose the weight over night." ? Well whoever says that has never been heavy. I can gain so fast!!!! But take forever to lose it. That saying is bull**** and the doctor should never say that! You can gain 5lb in a week and take weeks to get it off and I'm not talking gaining during TOM! This is just plain hard. You work so hard to try to lose and in a blink of an eye pounds just jump back on you! GGGRRRRR
  • losingweightforme
    losingweightforme Posts: 100
    Good Morning
    Thanks you all for the welcome backs - I have missed yo all too. First of all, whenI got home this morning I did 45 minutes on the treadmill. so I either have 45 minutes left to exercise when I get up or 15 before bedtime here ina few and 30 when I get up. Only got in 2 glasses of water so not good there. Will work on it a little harder before I go to bed.

    Lorann - thanks for joining me. I decided to break up by 30 minutes before I go to bed cause it is so close to when I get home. I will just definitely get in 90 minutes before I go to work. You are doing so good. I will get back in the swing of things and maybe it will go off again like it was.

    Adopt4 - we can do this Thanksgiving challenge. I am shooting just for a pound a week but will take more cause just of the holiday parties. but will try kicking up the exercising on the weekends and see where that gets me. By the way, that is a fact about bare feet on carpet - I use to run a carpet store. I don't follow what I preach but should wear socks.

    Debbie - way to go accepting the Thanksgiving challenge. I will let you farm my farmland and maybe that will help those fingers. haha. I hate that phrase too

    Sheila - Congratulations on your goals and way to go setting new ones. glad to see you are back posting.

    Manda1111 - I wish I had your enthusiam girl. good - luck this year at school.

    Well, I put my start weight day started and goal weight on the calendar on Thanksgiving Day to remind me when I get there.

    Just a little bit of good news to share, my son and daughter - in- law found out they are having a boy definitely. Due date right now is December 29th

    That is all for me right now. I am pretty sure I said two posts a day. So catch u before I go to work but will probably be a quick one as I will get exercising in first. Have a good day everyone.
  • prayerfulmom
    prayerfulmom Posts: 409
    Loran-that is soooo cool on the clothing! Nice to see hard work pay off!

    Adopt4- I have an inlaw that comes in from out of town about 5x a year for a week or longer unexpected. He doesn’t get it. I just can’t rearrange my whole life if he doesn’t want to let us know he’s coming. The added spin to that is that he stays at our house. So personally I don’t think its rude you don’t cancel your plans. If I put myself in others shoes I wouldn’t expect that if I just showed up.

    Sheila- awesome on the loss. Sorry about the flair up. That sucks. But so cool about the 50lb mark. You go girl.

    Lulu-good luck on the gym hunt. I go to the gym for the pool and then in the winter for spin classes and sometimes other stuff. I have a cheap yearly renewable fee. I use to be a gym rat but just love the great outdoors much better=)

    Crazybee- thanks for checking in with us. Praying about that job for you.

    Cindee-that was so cool about your thoughts on body realignment!

    IG aka L4M- I was so sad when I went to your profile and you were gone. So glad your back! I’m up to the TG challenge with you.

    Dang. I did good all day Saturday then come time for my slumber party and up alllll night followed by being up all day yesterday I ate like crap! I am now refreshed and need to get up and get in a nice long workout and clean house before returning to work tomorrow. I better get off her and get moving. Hugs to you all. Here is to a great day!
  • adopt4
    adopt4 Posts: 970 Member
    Morning, ya'll. May not have gotten all my water in yesterday, but I will do better today and start right now. Well, after I finish my diet coke, anyway (ran out of diet pepsi, haven't gone to the store yet...will take what i can get right now!)

    i had the strangest "movie" dream last night, i woke up 3x and went back to sleep and continued the dream! it was pretty cool. i was writing it down this morning so i can make it into a story. it's not the first time i've had a great story dream, just the first time i can remember it when i woke up, as well as first time i've gone back into a dream after waking up. those were some cool migraine drugs... LOL

    today my goal is to get all my water in, to change my trainer appts to later so that i will go. i'm going to the store in a bit and will drop the kids off at playland and walk around the store for an hour. not a great exercise but better than i did yesterday, since i spent most of the day in bed.

    and oh yea, i posted here before checking my farms... LOL
  • Buttonnose
    Buttonnose Posts: 76
    Hello Everyone...I am back from my vacation. Went up a bit in weight...but expected that as I like to just enjoy myself when I am away. Did a couple of trails - one was just a short one but the next day I did a 12 Km trail (approx 7 miles) and I was hurting. Hurt so bad by the time I was done I was almost in tears...as the trail wasn't your normal dirt trail...no it was rocks jutted up everywhere so the ground was never level..so hard on the knees and feet. Then of course there was this one part where it was a steep rock climbing area ...and guess who fell going down it. Yep - yours truly and landed right on a rock...nice bruised butt I have. After that trail though didn't do anymore that week. Figured that was about 3 days of walking at home all in one bunch. But hey it was great fun and I am glad I did it.
    The scenery was beautiful...and I hated to leave, but must admit was getting a bit homesick. So home now and just starting to get refocused on life.
    Back to losing weight, back to work, back to my normal life again.

    I am not going to post my weight as like I said I did go up, but also TOM coming, so not 100% sure if weight due to vacation, TOM or both. So will post in a couple of weeks once I know what is really going on. In the meantime, going to get back on track with food, water and exercise.

    Farmtown, yep been there already - but not going to let it consume my life. Did my planting and got out of there...even though my trees are covered with fruit. LOL

    Well that is about it for me...got to get back to work here. First off to the kitchen for another bottle of water....:drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

    Talk to you all soon again.

    Button
  • nitag
    nitag Posts: 706 Member
    Okay so I am here.. I've been around, lurking..

    I don't want to say I've fallen off the wagon, I've actually been good.. I haven't weighed myself in a few weeks, not sure if I'm ready to go there..

    I do stay in touch with Sheila, Adopt4 and LI4G and Crazybee...

    Farming on facebook, I've pretty much been banned.. My husband said no more. To get back on track and focus on myself and not a farm.. He was pretty serious and pretty pissed that I've not been doing what I was doing.. Staying focused, eating right, recording everything, drinking water and exercising.. I was doing so good.. then came Texas, farmtown, fights, stress and a lot of deaths.. Just too much..

    So I'm here.. I can farm for a few hrs a day, but only if I've exercised.. I can't spend my weekends on the computer, I have to be active..


    Anita
  • prayerfulmom
    prayerfulmom Posts: 409
    Anita- good to see you back.

    button-welcome back from vacation.

    a4-the things we do to get in a bit of exercise:wink:

    House clean, swim complete, run complete, now hubby is on his way home from work and wants to go for a mountain bike ride. OK. I hope I can be like that energizer bunny!
  • losingweightforme
    losingweightforme Posts: 100
    Ok Girls, it didn't go so well today with the water or the exercising. I got in twenty more minutes and up to 48 ounces water. So I made a new goal for myself - what I don't do on one day gets added to the weekend (Thursday thru Sunday) to catch up on both exercise and water. Got my work cut out now and I am keeping track on my exercise/weight calendar.

    I woke with a bad bad headache - I just so want to stay home but going to try to go to work.

    Prayerful - Yep I am back - thank you. You are an inspiration in so many ways. Hoping to build my exercising up a little more than what I have set during the work days.

    Anita - glad you are back girl.

    Buttonnose - Welcome back from vacation

    Lulu - Hey Girl

    Adopt4 - did you make those trainer appointments for later?

    Well girls got to try to move toward work. Will probably get in a little more water and of course I walk all night but it doesn't count in my exercise; Which of you will inspire me tonight to get an hour exercise in before I go to bed? Who will put in 30 minutes before they go to work? I will see after I get at least 30 minutes in before getting on the computor. Will I do 30 or more before I start the computor? Just talking - just thinking of how I an going to work tomorrow
  • Lorann
    Lorann Posts: 107
    Good evening Team :flowerforyou:

    Just checking in before I head to bed :smile:

    Today went well ... did great with the eating, drank 15 cups of water... which is just a little over half my weight in ounces.... walked for 30 minutes when I woke up this morning and did another 60 minutes when I got home from work ... also 10 minutes of weights... and staying away from the farms on FB (planted things that take 3 to 4 days to harvest LOL)

    So far so good :smile: want to get past that 50lbs mark this week!

    Good night everyone... and remember if today didn't go so well ... tomorrow's another day :smile:
  • lulubar
    lulubar Posts: 739 Member
    'Sup friends?

    Manda - I looooove art class! Hope you have great students this year.

    Crazybug: I didn't know that Fashionbug and Lane Bryant were connnected to Catherine's. My daughter worked for Lane Bryant for about a year - part time too, and her discount was great! Good luck.

    Sheila, L4M, and Anita - so glad you are back posting girls. Break time's over! This journey is about a commitment to ourselves - there's no way we can effectively take care of others without properly taking care of ourselves! That said, I'm just so glad you're back! ((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))))

    L4M- I'm down with the Thanksgiving challenge! Love it! 13 in 13! You're on girl!

    Cyndeebee - glad you are feeling better! :flowerforyou:

    Adopt4 - I love fun nights like that with my girlfriends! Jealous:glasses:

    Lorann AND Adopt4 - hmmmmmm. Not seeing yourselves as the smaller girls you are?? Don't forget the trick of tracing yourself! It is an eye opener.:bigsmile:

    button - glad you had a great vacation! Welcome back ~ and back on track!:happy:

    Prayerful - Exercise - then exercise again with hubby??? You really are a good wife! lol. I found another gym with a pool today - out of my price range. But someone told me that you can get a pool membership at the Holiday Inn :huh: I'm going to call tomorrow to check it out - and if so, I'll go by to check out their pool ~ we'll see.

    Where are April? Pawprint? Dwray? Zano? LI4G? Missing you guys!

    Did my 30 min. walk out in our beautiful weather today! Nice, then did some weights. Ate right, drank right. It was a good day. Tomorrow will be as good as we make it, right?!?!

    Type to ya later gaters!
    lulu:heart:
  • adopt4
    adopt4 Posts: 970 Member
    ugh. screwed up today. didn't drink ANY water (hubby made sun tea and I LOVE sun tea, been drinking that all day), had some bad snacks (Rice Krispie treats x3 for the day) AND I forgot to change my trainer appt till later. UGH!!!

    Was pretty much out of it most of the day, with the migraine lingering. Have a really, really sore area in my shoulderblade area? Killing me, must have slept on it wrong. Had hubby push gently on it, and things moved, I heard it pop, but didn't quite fix the problem. Might be the cause of the migraine as well. If it's not better tomorrow, I will have to see a chiro. Ugh!
  • adopt4
    adopt4 Posts: 970 Member
    Ok so did you know that sun tea is LOADED with caffeine? Hubby and I were both up all night. What idiots! Pop doesn't do this to me, at least not to this degree... so here it is, 5:30 am, and I haven't been to sleep yet. Too bad I planted 12 hour crops before realizing I wasn't sleeping tonight! I could have totally cashed in on sleeplessness!!

    Goals today: drink my water. reschedule my trainer appt. dump sun tea down the drain.:tongue:
  • Lorann
    Lorann Posts: 107
    Good morning Team :flowerforyou:

    wake up - check
    walk 30 minutes - check
    eat breakfast - check
    drink water - check (3 glasses so far)

    Ok off to a good start of the day :smile: even had a few minutes to check the farms :laugh: now time to get ready for work... you all have a great day ... log that food, exercise and drink that water!!
  • losingweightforme
    losingweightforme Posts: 100
    Just a quick Hello Everyone and check in before bed

    Did 40 minutes exercise so far and drank 64 ounces water.

    Lorann - Good job this morning.

    Lulu - 13 in 13 I like that , didn't realize it till you posted it. The real test will be to lose at least a pound a week. That is what I am wanting to do. If I lose more than a pound a week - then that is bonus

    Adopt4 - I hope you get some sleep soon.

    Good night all
  • Buttonnose
    Buttonnose Posts: 76
    Just checking in and trying to do a daily posting. Seem to be lacking the drive to get on the track right. Maybe suffering a bit of depression from being off vacation along with TOM. So I am asking that you all be patient with me on that one. Seem to have hit a wall - one that I need to work through on my own time. Plus have some medical problem going on right now that I need to revisit my doctor on tomorrow. Seem to be for some reason throwing up once a mth about a week prior to my TOM. Thinking he needs to figure out what is going on..as I don't like tossing my cookies on an occasional basis let alone once a mth. Well will stop whining about that.

    So I will post once a day, but hopefully I will be back on the track 100 % by next week...just in time for another week's vacation. LOL. Staying at home that week except for about 3 days. Hey Cindybee..too bad Britt is back in school that week...you could come visit for a few days and kick my butt and get me back on track ...just make it the left cheek as the right is still bruised and sore from my collision from the rock that I sat on too hard on the trail I did last week. LOL

    Well keep up the good work ladies...I will catch up to you all again soon...I promise.

    Button

    PS One other thing...why is it that I have to go back about 8 pages from the main page of the Motivation link and click on our links to get to our most recent week. Is anyone else having this problem. Does that make any sense to anyone. As I am finding this most frustrating. I have to go back to about 2 weeks of posting and then click on the new weeks links to get up to our most current week.
  • prayerfulmom
    prayerfulmom Posts: 409
    button- i'm cheering you on from the side lines.  Hope you get some answers on the cookie toss.  

    Lw4m- awesome on the work out and the water.  I'm already freaking about the 13 in 13...lol.  I have a procedure next week and its going to require some down time and no exercise.  On your exercise goals...I do the same thing.  If I miss a workout I don't beat myself up I just add it to another day.  

    Lorann- Great yesterday.  Nice balanced morning today!  Way to start the day out nice.  

    Lulu-nicely stated about having to take care of ourself in order to take care of others.  Who'd have thunk that Holiday Inn?  Interesting.  Clapping at your exercise accomplishments yesterday.

    A4-lol at your goals to dump suntea.  I do like sun tea; no sugar.  I have to limit myself to 1 glass early in the day.  Did you call and change that trainer apt?????

    OK, I'm gonna say it.  I don't believe these calories for exercise.  Pretty much the Heart Rate Monitor and MFP calculate about the same.
     45 freestyle swim: 545
     45 run/walk intv: 363
    127 13-21 mph bike: 3980
    total for the day:  4888

    Today
    14 run/walk intv: 120
    79 min bike ride: 2638
    total for the day:  2758

    I should be melting away.
  • adopt4
    adopt4 Posts: 970 Member
    PS One other thing...why is it that I have to go back about 8 pages from the main page of the Motivation link and click on our links to get to our most recent week. Is anyone else having this problem. Does that make any sense to anyone. As I am finding this most frustrating. I have to go back to about 2 weeks of posting and then click on the new weeks links to get up to our most current week.

    Doesn't it show up in your most recent posts? Or maybe cuz you haven't posted? can you search by "THE team and the current week? Just some thoughts.
  • Buttonnose
    Buttonnose Posts: 76
    First - thanks Prayerful mom regarding your hopefulness on my cookie tossing. I appreciate that so much, has had me a bit worried, but I think I have a good idea myself what it might be...but need see doctor first and then he will forward me onto specialist as he is really good at doing that for me. Then get a confirmation on my suspicions.

    Adopt - not sure what is going on..all I know is that I have to go back quite a few pages in order to find our team's postings. Then have to click on that and find the new link to the next week's link in order to catch up to this week's postings. Just wondering if anyone else was having this problem or was it just me being wierd as usual. LOL Life likes to throw these curve balls at me to keep me on my toes.

    LuLu I agree with you and Prayerfulmom - we have to take care of ourselves first in order to take care of others. I have learned that one the hard way the past few years and now starting to take a different approach in life with me first - then others. Sounds selfish...I know..but have to do it this way.

    Well that is it....take care all.
    Hey two post in one day....maybe I can make it three later on this evening. :wink:

    Button
  • losingweightforme
    losingweightforme Posts: 100
    Hey All

    Water will be done for today 96 ounces by the time I finish this post. Exercise not so good - just 50 minutes today, added 40 to this weekend. I am not too worried as when I set my mind to it, I always do better on the weekend. Sneaked a peak at the scale numbers and they are going down so I am happy to see that. My fingers are losing water weight as my rings are beginning to slide. And I have kept to doing my posting so life is getting better again.

    Prayerfulmom - with all you do in exercises yes you should be melting. WAY TO GO GIRL!!!!!!!!!!! I will cheer you on from the sidelines.

    Buttonnose - sorry to hear about your problems. I hope you are getting better soon.

    Adopt4 - no caffeine before bed tonight - I hope you sleep soundly.

    To the rest of you, hi have a good night all. And yes I just finished water
  • magnesboese
    magnesboese Posts: 1
    Hi Everyone - I am new and a friend of Button's. Mind if I join your group as she says you are a great bunch of friends.

    Magnes

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  • lulubar
    lulubar Posts: 739 Member
    Welcome Magnes! Buttonnose is right - we are a great bunch! lol :) Glad you are here!

    LW4M - I'm so glad you are back!!!! I love your posts, and I missed you:smooched:

    A4 - I do decaf for my sun tea - still yummy! Did you change your trainer appt yet???

    Prayerful ~ you should be a stick figure! That's burning a LOT of cals! You are my idol!

    Buttonnose - I'm sorry too 'bout those cookie tossing episodes - that would be miserable.

    I didn't do good on my water today, but good on food and did a 20 min. walk at lunch, and pretty strenuous housecleaning for about 45 min. when I got home - sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, and such - broke a good sweat, worked a bit in the garden.

    I'm still really liking my new job. The people are super nice and the work is really satisfying. I feel really lucky to have found it! Yaaayy.

    K, gotta go night night. later,
    lulu
  • Lorann
    Lorann Posts: 107
    Hiya team :flowerforyou: Welcome Magnes!!

    Well today started off great :smile: and I did well with my water and eating until this evening... Went out for a girls only evening with my daughters... went out to dinner and then to a movie... I know I went over on the cals, but because the restaurant has no nutritional information available I really don't know how to log it, so I'm not going to worry about it and of course I had a small popcorn at the movies... so yeah me bad on the food tonight but I did have a great time with my girls :smile: We deserve that once in a while and it sure was wonderful to have a few hours with just me and my daughters ... we never seem to do that because of all the different schedules we all have. So it was worth it :smile:

    Anyways I will do much better tomorrow.... I'm off to bed now, goodnight all, chat at ya tomorrow!
  • healthymom2009
    healthymom2009 Posts: 231
    Hey everyone, I am back. Family wedding and a bad fall kept me off the computer for a whole week. Went on the treadmill today to burn off some of the doritos I ate today. (only 100 calories...:noway: )

    Great to see the encouragement going on ... the team will be back once summer holidays are over and people realize that you can never get rich farming (at least in real life) lol. I stayed away from mfp becasue my husband never got to talk to me - I was out exercising and then logging/posting. So I backed off for a while but will try to balance things now becasue I need the accountability from you guys.

    :drinker: back to drinking my 10 glasses of water tomorrow!
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