Topic: T.H.E. (Trying Hard Everyday) TEAM Week 32

Hi y'all! I'm still going strong! Hope all is well with everyone. Can't wait for the cool weather to come!

Just got back from the gym. I did the treadmill, circuit and came home and hit the Pilates! I feel really good. I burned a total, according to my HRM, 680 calories today. I REALLY wish I could figure out how to wear my pedometer with my dress clothes at work...:ohwell:


Anyway, I have a Smart Ones in the micro for dinner. Later I plan to have a little peanut butter and animal crackers for a snack. Usually I have my peanut butter with my waffles in the morning but I didn't have time to eat it this a.m. Gotta have my peanut butter!

You guys, speaking of peanut butter, I've tried the all natural one I liked it well enough but the cals and fat vs. the "regular" peanut butter was confusing...The natural was more. What do you guys think? Does it make that big a difference?

My Day
Total Cals. In
1,449

Cals. burned
680
Treadmill
Circuit
Pilates

wow sorry guys I've been MIA for 2 days, didn't even realize. did walk around the amusement park, even rode a roller coaster which gave me whiplash or something, LOL. So today I wore those shoes again for walking on the pavement, think it was 1.5 miles (each way?) and I was sore when I got home but no more sore than I was in before that from being whipped around on that roller coaster. And tonight - I feel almost completely better. whoo-hoo! baby steps, but I'm getting back on it.

also realized why this summer has been so hard on me, had kind of an ephiphany about why i seemed to not care anymore... it was about self esteem and i felt really low after that thing with my parents... once i realized that, i'm thinking how dumb i was to bury that (thought i had dealt with it) and i was stuffing it down with food. so now that it's "out in front" i can deal with it completely.

have 1 child tomorrow, need to do some shopping so i can have a healthy lunch, so not sure what i'll do as exercise. might not do it tomorrow and see if i am sore or not, since my goal is 3x/wk and i've done 2 so far. although my eating has still been off... part of it is because we ran out of fruit and veggies (day before payday) and so i had nothing "good" to snack on, which is why i'm going to the store first thing 2morrow.

not logging my food... have not called my trainer... lulu, keep beating me... prayerful, keep reminding me please until i do it! i'm wasting money now by not making that call!

wow it' nice to see the newbies and to see people start to gravitate back. I have been reading but not really having anything to say. BUt today I am happy and I thought I'd post. I leave Thurday for Vegas so I am going to weigh in tomorrow and post it on this thread. Then if one of you will cut and paste it to the weighin on Friday I would appreciate it. I've not been logging barely excercising or posting much since my vacation in July BUT and I mean BUT.....I have still lost weight since then and I have maintained the loss so I am excited and I feel like I learned a few things while I was doing this gunho. When I went on vacation then I had lost 17lbs and so far I've lost 25lb total which was my goal for Vegas. My best friend promised to help me keep on track in Vegas and not let me go way overboard. Besides I don't want to spend money on food I want to GAMBLE and see a couple of shows. When I get back from Vegas I will make a HUGE effort to get totally on the stick. I will also make an efort to get Swignol back on here too. I think it is was just the summer fun that kept us away and off track.

Ok now a totally different subject, but I am gonna share anyway :laugh: I met a man. :blushing: He is very nice and he seems to think I am pretty nice also. We had our first date on Sunday. We went to lunch and then to a park and walked and talked and found we had a lot in common. We've been on the phone like crazy since then. He is coming to work to take me to lunch today becaue he says he can't stand the thought of not seeing me before I go to Vegas :blushing: My kids say I am acting like a 15 yr old school girl. But it is so nice to have someone like me and say things that make me feel like a special person. I haven't felt that way in a long time.

His name is Darrel and he is retired military, has 1 child who is 21. He drives a nice car ( not a junker and a looser guy LOL) don't rememeber what kind but it's a 2009. Owns his own home. He lives about 20 miles from me, so that's not too far. Anyway that is all for now..

I hope everyone has a great week and weekend. I'll see you when I get back. I am turning my laptop in to be fixed tomorrow night before I go. It might take a couple of weeks to get back but my son is getting our home computer up and running. I am so sick of the s's not working and having to proof-read everything I type. Those of you on facebook who have been the victim of me not proof-reading my IM's..I am so sorry. I am really not an idiot and I can type LOL

Love to you all. Remember to drink your water, post your foods and LuLu get up and dance like I did when you told me to do something before I farmed LOL Also rememeber the challenge of lose 13 lbs before Thanksgiving. It was 13lbs in 13 weeks. Is anyone paying attention to that. I have been...lets keep going on that one. Thankgiving is right around the corner.!!! Have a great day.

Well I am here again today as you can all see.
Prayerfulmom I would go out for a walk tonight but already have some B/day plans made. I know I have to get back on track and have been working on it slowly yesterday and today...I am at least drinking my water again. Even got off track on that one. I find it so much easier to stay on track when at work...than at home. Bottle of water on desk, food not so accessible and I eat more regularly and think about what I eat instead of grabbing the first thing I see. So hopefully now that vacations are all over with and b/day's are almost done with ...I can get more focused and on track again.

Glad to see that so many of you all are staying on track and meeting your goals. I am so happy for you all. I am sure that the newbies will find you all as supportive and inspirational as I have found you.

Will keep posting...and checking in just for the hello's and support.

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hey gang, just a quick check in before heading to work. Great workout today, burned 544 calories. Love the HRM. Kelly, lets get back on track! Summer's over, and its time for us to get our groove back. Crazy, congrats! Be a 15 year old, thats fabulous. LULU - thanks fur being you. Really.

All of you all - love you , take care, have a blessed fall day. I'll check in later. Hope weigh in day is a good one.

I LOVE checking in and seeing ALLLLL my friends gathering in this place!!!!! It makes me all crazy-happy:bigsmile:

Okay, Prayerful with your blatant double-dog dare:grumble: How 'bout 30 minute circuit training and 20 minutes yoga ball exercises??? I didn't walk - I actually ran - sorta. Well, truth be told after the first couple of rounds, I stumbled forward really quickly, but it was very similar to running, I promise. And I breathed very very hard AND I was drenched in sweat. So there. I hope you feel good about yourself (and thanks for the challenge!)

Gotta run - all that exercise put a kink in my night chores, gotta go pack my lunch for tomorrow... Sorry, I'll catch up on posts tomorrow.

Hugs all around