T.H.E. Team (Trying Hard Everyday) Week 43 Open to everyone

Hi all, Glad you had a great. Thankgiving I'e been hopping like crazy. Shopped for 11 hours in 2 days. Got alot done. Ive gained back a few lbs over the lat 2 weeks from being sick and not paying attention at all and Thanksgiving. I will be paying more attention and trying to get on track this week. I've still got my "sicknes" problem but I am getting better. I have to have a colonoscopy once the inflammation calms down to see what is going on. But a least most of the pain is gone. So I do feel better.

I love your dog story Cindy. I went to petco with my daughter to buy my grand daughter food for her hermit crab and they had cats for adoption. I fell in love with 2 of them. My son said if you would have brought home 2 cats I would have killed you. Then last night he said "Can we go look at them" he fell in love with the 1st one i did. You have to go to the humane society to do the adoption then pick the cat up at petco. Well we found out that if we rent we have to prove we can have pets. We I am not supposed to but i've had a cat for almost 4 yrs now. So we are trying to find a person who own a home to adopt her for us and then give her to us. Cindy I might need you to come up here and get this cat for me LOL

Hope everyone has a great week. I'll check in more often and get back on track.

Hey I am still here. I have had another family situation. Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Bw back later in week to post

Pam don't even get started. I play about 12 games and I don't have time for anything else. I even sign onto my sons acount and play the games on his. I work full time and play farms!!! And eat!

I think if the kitty is to be it will come easy. We will have to see.

Good morning everyone. Glad to see everyone made it safely through the Thanksgiving weekend. I was able to do double workouts this weekend thanks to the warm weather (40 degrees - it's really a heat wave for northern MI this time of year). My walks outside probably wont last much past this week. Once the snow falls, I am going to look into cross country skiing and snow shoeing.

Crazybee - good luck with the kitty. I love my 5 cats. My husband calls me the crazy cat woman :blushing: They have been hilarious around the Christmas tree, climbing in the manger and getting into the boxes as I'm decorating.

guidosgal - welcome. I visited your area about 15 years ago when my husband went to brewing school. I have lots of great memories from my site seeing there.

pawprint - good luck with eating less red meat. I go through periods of time when I do this and I always seem to feel better.

Pinbotchick - glad you enjoyed the weather this weekend in Mochigan - we did here in central Indiana too - walked a lot Saturday. But 33 degrees this morning and a girlfriend and I just returned from an hour worth of walking. It felt good. I hate to see the snow come

Amanda1111 - Glad you survived Thanksgivng. I too have grown tired and reallly been just piddling around but got a boost of motivation today so I am hoping to carry it through

guidosgal I too forgot to welcome you. My name is Lisa from Indiana. You will enjoy this group.

Crazybee - You can do this - you have come too far to fall back now. return with small baby steps and it will come. Glad you feel better.

Pawprint - I too want a wii and the game. I amhinting for my birthday - early but as both kids are having new babies soon I don't hold high hopes. Good - Luck getting yours. Good - luck with the meat too. I hope it works.

Losingit4good - how is the wii going? do you like it and is it helping with the exercising? I too am wanting one.

My goals for the next 12 days is to really move my body and watch my calories and drink my water.. My huge weight goal is 30 pounds by my birthday - April 19th. No more excuses - only moving to get where I want. Please help - I don't want to whine anymore.I just want to get it done and maintain this summer. I am off here to go exercise.

CC_Campbell 81 SW 149 GW 130 CW 144 -5 lbs lost since 22 Oct 09
Pawprint- sw 168, gw 130, cw 149
jlb123 - sw 270, gw 150, cw 237.0 - -3.4 pounds this week
Guidos Gal sw 224, gw 164 cw,193 one pound this week
pinbotchick sw 237, gw 140, cw 217 ; Even for this week
lulubar sw 205/gw145/cw181 = down 1 lb last week!

Yayy! I'm celebrating the minus 1, cuz doing that during Thanksgiving week shows me it WILL be possible to maintain during the Christmas holidays!

So, it's GREAT to see you all here! Welcome Guidos Gal ( Pam )!!! Love getting newbies to THE Team!

JLB - girl! You are STILL rockin' it! Way to go!

I had a great time being with my family in Texas ~ But got sick as a dawg! Ended up in the emergency clinic on Thanksgiving-eve - got a really PAINFUL shot in the bootie plus 4 prescriptions. Sort of had to isolate myself for a couple of days because both my mom and my aunt are terminally ill and have basically zero immune system. That part stunk, but I would not in a million years want to jeopardize their health - so I just tucked myself away until 24 hours after my shot, and then still kept my distance. All in all though, it was a great trip.

Funny story.... I think I told you that my TX family raises goats (yuck) and there are about a billion of them. Well, one kept following my son around and my son (Austin) thought he was sweet so he kept scratching the goat's head - thus the goat fell in love and decided to "mark" Austin. My son (who is a grown 20 year-old boy by the way, which makes this even funnier) thought the goat had sneezed on him and said "Ah, gross, he sneezed on me." To which my very country step-dad said "No, son, that goat just ejected on you!" ROTFLMAO! "Ejected?", the 24 year-old daughter says, looking at my step-dad like he's crazy. "Yes," he says, "You know.... sperm." At which point my son FREAKS out! My aunt tells me later that she thought Austin was gonna wash the color right outta his pants! Lol! I have never laughed soooo hard! And we could NOT quit laughing at my step-dad's use of the word "ejected!" So, for Christmas, my daughter's boyfriend (who was with us) is giving Austin a pregnancy test and a book on "How to Raise Goats!" I would make the 14 hour drive all over again just for the laugh of the ejecting goat!

So, anyway.... great to see you all ~ looking forward to a healthy week with eating right ~ exercising ~ and drinking ALL my water!

later gaters,
lulu

Just saying hi. I am feeling motivated this week. I already set up my lunches and breakasts for the week so that I can stay on track. Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving.

Morning Gals,

Today I am going to try to drink my water and take my water pill. That is my baby step. I need water bad. Also I bought a mint green tea. I like to drink hot stuff in the morning. Does that count as water? I know Coffee doesn't.

I have over half my Christmas shopping done. I am excited. Now I need to get my tree up and get them wrapped.

Good Evening Gals,

Crazybee - glad to hear you are feeling better. Baby steps are the way to do it. Did you get your water in today?

Lulu - enjoyed the story on the goat. Shared it with my daughter who used to love goats dearly. She said she would think twice when being around goats now.

LI4G - sounds like I need to get a wii for the winter time especially. it will change up the exercising. Thanks for the input.

jlb123 - sorry to hear about the knees. It does get better though. I have been there so hang in there - you will get through this

cc_campbell81 good job on the motivation

running late girls - will check in tomorrow after exercise.

Good morning everyone... I hope your week is going well. Mine has been fantastic. Christmas time and the lights just lift my spirits. I love to watch the silly Christmas movies on ABC family. I feel like a fish since all I have been drinking is water 10+ glasses a day. I have been at or under my calorie goals since Sunday (dont worry I have it set for 1 pound loss so my goal is 1530 before exercise).... I did 2 cardio workouts a day over the weekend and have gotten at least 45 min every day this week. I have even gotten my mother to drink more water since I read the thread about dehydration. She says it seems to be giving her more energy in the evenings. My patients think I am crazy because I have been doing a little extra activity by doing some of their exercises with them. I keep telling them "I'm just reminding you of proper technique" but they know I am sneaking in a little extra strength training.

Crazybee - I will let you count the green tea. Have you thought about a lemon slice or Crystal light packs to make water taste better? 3 glasses is better than none. Keep on trying. Thank goodness I haven't accepted any requests to join Farmville or any other sites like it. I'm addicted enough to MFP. I don't have any more time.