Posts by floydh77

girls i am right there with you with the closet full of jeans and none to wear. i have to make sure none of them make it in the dryer or else i look like i vacuumed sealed them on. 

i did 5 miles on the treadmill, then went for a leisurely swim to get my kid aquainted again with the water, he had swimming lessons on sat and acted like he never saw water before in his life. and now i am going back to the Y to do some lifting. if i could spend hours in the gym, i would. i love being there. i am so glad that i signed up. i go almost every day and felt lost when they closed this weekend to put a new carpet in, i even had a dream about it. sneakily i think i just love it that much because it is time to myself which i don't get a lot of. 

but if calories are dead calories and you work them off or calculate them into you daily intake wouldn't it work out just the same. i know that i am wasting calories, but i still want to have a drink now and then. i am clean eating about 90% of the time now. it feels good, but i feel i deserve a drink. 

so here is to fitting back into those jeans...some day....

lynn, that hiking trip sounds great, and it makes me laugh about the running back to the car for miles, i hate snakes, don't want them around, can't look at them on tv...nothing. ugh, i'm getting skeeved thinking about it. 

i've been eating pretty good, a lot of fruit, and i think it makes me happy! happy food, happy body! (i could be deliriously tired as well, either or) staying around 1200, a little more but i'm not stressing.

i didn't work out with the trainer tonight, he is there watching the gym though, so it's good that he can see that i am determined and working for it. i did pilates this morning then cardio tonight. and cleaned all day. i feel really good working out, and getting this time to devote to myself, i think that i have really been missing that. 

dez, the baby oil is strange, it's to make you sweat more, i don't do it, i do use it right out of the shower though and it's wonderful.

yella, hahahaha,  i was just reinforcing the 8 spiders a year, someone else brought it up first that they read it on a snapple bottle!!!! i choose to believe that i always sleep with my mouth closed, and that i don't have spiders in my house, so i am not the norm on this one. (i wish)

gotta go to bed, trying to get to the gym by 10 tomorrow and then run the track and then i agreed to work from 6-3 a.m. again tomorrow. i need the money, vacation is coming up quick!!!

it feels good to work my body hard like this, cause i know the end results will be worth it. i didn't get to the track cause it started raining so now i have to have to either squeeze in a run at the gym tonight or wait and come  home and get on the treadmill. could have done it this afternoon but i got sleepy and laid down and slept for a couple hours. 

just bought a lot of fruits and veggies, we barely had any in the house. so we are set now, and my son, love him, got a little salad for lunch with me today at the salad bar. i am glad that he has good eating habits. 

everyone seems to be feeling pretty good, i am getting good vibes from you all!!!

I did good the past two days and ate 1200-1300 cals. i started with my trainer tonight and he told me if i want the weight off i need to do 1200. its what i am paying him to do. he kicked my ass tonight!!! i felt really weak, but i didn't complain and he said that he will be just as dedicated as i am, and he can tell i will work hard. so we'll see what the scale says. i started today at 149. although my gym schedule might get a bit messed up because the person who does the child watch won't be there again til friday. i'll do what i can to keep up the work.

good job on the raw stuff and after awhile your body will only crave that. as soon as it starts getting warm out, all i want is fruit!! 

alright i am going to take my aching body to bed.

so i had an extremely busy weekend, we just went from one place to the next without stopping and i bartended both fri and sat night so i was beat yesterday and feel asleep on the couch at 8 then moved it up to bed at 9 and was out. 

i meet with my personal trainer tomorrow. i'm nervous but excited. i told him the weight i want to lose and he said he'd get me there. he better cause i am paying him. the only thing is that there is no child watch this week during the day and i can't do the night time stuff so things might not get off to the best start. we'll see. 

read up on the posts, there was a lot to catch up on, and i just want to make sure that i comment on one thing that stuck with me. cricket, don't ever feel bad about your progression and success. we are all happy for you!!!! we are here to support, not bring anyone down, so good going girl, and i wish i had your discipline.

yella, hope the little guy feels better soon, it's the worst when your kid is sick cause you just want to make it better, it breaks your heart. but it also means that we have an excuse to sit and snuggle.

lynn, listen to your body, if you're tired, then rest!!!

yis, it does make it more exciting to not look the whole week. i think mentally it makes you work a bit harder.

well, lynn, i am glad that you got a workout chasing the dogs, and i know that scenerio all too well and i have to laugh a little bit at the visual. 

have a good night everyone, gonna try to hit the gym again tomorrow, might be tough cause i let a friend borrow my car so i have to take public transportation, but oh well. we'll do it.

hahaha, i have one of those balls, it's my sons!!!! they do bring back some memories. 

i do have a stability ball, but i think i am going to start taking my exercising to the gym, i am trying to sort out a time with a personal trainer and we are going to meet on sat. he is a boxer and has been for 20 years so i am hoping that he will kick my ****! he can really go bootcamp on me and that will be fine. i need that. i sent him a message thanking him in advance for killin me and that i probably should do it now cause i might not like him after we start training!!!

cricket, you should really get the stability ball, i think i mentioned it before but it is really good if you have back problems ( i am pretty sure, in my opinion) it is awesome for your core.

lynn, i think i kinda hate fitday too but i am not sure yet, i haven't really dedicated anytime to calorie counting at all lately so...i guess i should get back on that. 

alright girls, check ya tomorrow. gonna try to get to the gym at 9 (maybe)

hey ya'll, I'm back!

I have been trying to stay off the computer. I was spending way too much time on it and not getting things done, or at least not getting them done as quick as they should have been.

so i am trying to catch up on all the posts that i missed, i skimmed, and I am all about doing the perfect burn again, or whatever it is that we are going to do. I have been going to pilates twice a week and haven't run since the marathon except for some warm up and cool downs and it feels good to just be a bit relaxed. I am frustrated though because i am trying to get a personal trainer and so far there hasn't been much luck, our schedules just aren't meshing. I might be on my own, but i feel like as long as i have the resource of the gym itself that i might be ok. we'll see...

from what i gathered everyone is still doing ok, i still need to really read all the posts, i'll try!!! i really will....

i'll check in with ya'll tomorrow, oh, i got more bloodwork done, they are checking for lyme's and epstien barr which is a chronic form of mono...we'll see what the test say for that and then we'll work from there. i am getting tested for  the fatigue and it was funny because my son was passed out the entire time from when i put him in the car, held him while i got blood draw, put him back in the car and then put him in my bed where i joined him for a nice long nap...maybe we are just a family of sleepers...hmmmm....

night ya'll

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

lynn, i think you will be able to manage all of this. you seem to be a very well rounded, strong individual. and if it has the effect of weight lose, i don't think it will end up being that bad!!!!

i ran the marathon yesterday. it went well. i was slower than my first one. the weather was nasty the first half so it slowed me down and then i was just naturally slowing down anyway when the sun came out the second half but it gave me a little spring in my step. i am pretty sore today and i shouldn't be sitting, i need to be up and moving around. and i didn't really gain that much water weight, the last one i gained 10 lbs!!!! it could go up since i am still dehydrated and my body will just absorb anything that i drink and bloat me up a bit til i get what i need. but the one good thing is, that this week, i am not allowed to do anything until at least thurs. i tore up my muscles for 26 miles, and now i get to rest them....

this week i am going to reward myself with a trainer so that i can look and more importantly feel good for these weddings.

catch ya all later, i have to wobble to the store to get toilet paper. man, i just want to lay down. but the walking is good....

hi lovely ladies!!!!

wow, i had a lot to catch up on. i don't know what i have been doing, but i think i have been mostly denying my weight and anything having to do with weight including anything CC. No not really. I have just been busy, not really sure with what.

wow, computers crashing, and lynn sorry to hear about your sleepy thyroid. wake that guy up!!! yella speaking of guys, that's some sort of drama ya got going on there. i haven't had any sort of action, not even a wink in my direction in a long time. but i think that has to do with the fact that i am not happy with myself so i am not projecting a good image to anyone right now. anyway.

i joined the YMCA yesterday. i found out that my insurance will cover it, they have child care and the biggest reason was to get my little guy in swim lessons. so i figure i can do some classes, get out of the house, have some time to myself and hopefully if i am pleased with my marathon this weekend, i might treat myself to a trainer. in 2 months i am going on a vacation for a destination wedding and i feel like it is completely within my reach to drop at least 20 lbs (especially if i get a trainer, which i am hoping is good looking)

ok, i am nervously rambling now. i am not looking forward to the marathon this weekend. it's going to be 26.2 miles of torture!!! there is meant to be rain with the possibility of a thunderstorm along with 20 mph winds with gusts up to 30 mph (and those winds will be a head wind, not at my back) CRAP!!!! it's on sunday so send good vibes that some weird weather pattern shifts everything and it is the first year in 15 that they don't have wind. 

alright, sorry that i have been MIA, and i am rambling. i am wishing the best for all of you, lynn, you'll figure it out, i know how frustrating it can be.  and i also can't wait for the farmers markets!!!! YAY!!!! 

hahaha, i went tanning today (i don't want to get a farmers tan when i start running outside, i have a strapless dress for one of the bridesmaids dresses) and i am burnt as ****. not bad, but it just keeps making me laugh cause it was raining out today so i have no excuse to be burnt except that it's fake!!!! i don't usually tan, its just cause of the weddings.

i got nothin for ya! literally nothing....barely an A cup on this girl!!! hahahaha....

check in with you later, need to make dinner and do my 30 DS now that my son is done doing his alphabet yoga dvd! glad i am instilling some good exercise values in him.

hope everyone is well. 

thanks again everyone. only thing is, i am 31 and have never drank a cup of tea in my life. i am just not a fan of coffee or tea. hence the pill form of caffeine.

i'll bring up these things to my dr, but it's really not a seasonal thing. it's a constant thing. summer and winter...

this is why it is so frustrating. 

although i do take b-6, maybe i should take that super complex. i'll research that a bit....

thanks again.

i went through depression years ago, so maybe it is just laying dormant. but for once in my life, except for the normal stress, i am finally out of a weird relationship and doing things for me and very happy with where i am in life. i have run a marathon and am doing my second at the end of the month. i am not over training, just what they say to run. i throw in pilates for strength training a few times a week and to lengthen me out. and i try to only sleep 8 hours a night,and i set my alarm but keep hitting snooze. ultimately i would love to get up and do my runs before my son gets up.  but it always ends up with him repeatedly trying to wake me up!!! sometimes this goes on for an hour or so with me dozing back off. he plays quietly with his trains so it's easy to do. but i hate that!!!! 

i am going to keep bugging my dr and try to figure this out. it's been almost 6-8 months of this, maybe even more, and i was like this in the summer too. in the summer i just thought i was tired from being out in the sun, then in the winter it's the winter blues....nah, somethings just not right

right now i am taking calcium, 5-htp (a "nervous system health support" but that is for stress and tension, it just makes me a bit calmer) but that has vitamin b in it as well as some other good stuff. it's a naturally occuring amino acid so i'm not putting anything crazy into my system. 

i try to keep myself moving but there have been times where i am in the middle of doing things and don't finish cause i just need to lay down.

thanks for all your help and advice. i'll go back to the dr soon. i just have to watch cause my insurance is weird and they might not cover all of my visits. 

i'm a dog chasing my tail right now. i'm at the 4 hour mark of being up, so i'm tired now, and will probably lay down. but today i will use the excuse that it is raining outside and it's a good lay on the couch and watch a movie day....

thanks for reading my long posts....

from some of the research that i have read on here, you do gain some weight when you start doing strength because your building muscle and there is a small amount of time where you gain muscle weight but aren't losing the fat weight. it should start melting away soon. just don't get frustrated and keep doing what you are doing. you should get a lot of responses, and if not search the forum. this is a common question that is asked.

i'm in the same frustrating spot as you, except i have gained 12 pounds in about 6 months. i just started to add strength training (with the 30 DS, and pilates with and without the stability ball) so hopefully that will jump start my weight loss again.

started training for 5k's to get myself back in the game of running, then did a 10 mile race (which is coming up again, so i can't wait to see how much my time will improve after a year) and now i am doing my second marathon at the end of the month. i always find that if you have something to train for you will keep going with running. if i didn't have an event coming up, i probably wouldn't run. oh, and by no means am i fast or breaking any records. i like to do them just for the satisfaction of doing them. and seeing people on the street and telling them that i just got done running 14 miles helps the ego a little bit. good luck, and if you feel self conscience at all, just think about that you aren't concerned with anyone else and are concentrating on your run, so no one is looking at you, they are looking at their watches!!! 

most importantly GOOD LUCK