Going4Gold GANG

Here at the Going4Gold Gang it's all about sharing what your doing as an individual then sharing with the rest of the gang. 

Everyone is Welcome 

Earth... Lovely smell of Earth presently...

The special smell of tomato vines when working with them... damp Earth when watering...

The continual overall woodsy smell of smoke from the large wood furnace box in the center of it all...which often has small drifts of smoke rising lazily from the base of the chimney pipe... (Not helping my sinus's or allergies, lol! but smells wonderful...)

As it is so large, the effects are different from greenhouses I've known before...

Being all the way across the front of my Home, and with a floor level that is over 5 foot  below my porch floor, the width of the 8 foot porch combined with the 16 feet wide lower greenhouse level, adds up to a two-level 24 foot wide area, 44 feet long...! You look down into the glass part from the included porch, where younger plants are placed along the edge in the sunshine there, waiting to be planted below...  

Lot to do yet to get it going seriously... have to go slow for my husband's disabilities... but the moved-in tomato pots of our summer pot garden are doing well! There are almost 15 foot long vines on them, while one tomato pot has volunteer Marigold flowers blooming Happily in it, along with the Intriguing Eggplant and it's two babies... and many green tomatoes ripening... 

I'll build a picture set eventually to share... I'm really Happy with it!

G'night Gang!

Ok that was a 'trip' 2BB.  I feel I can almost see it now and of course smell it.

Just a note to say I promise not to burn down the Going4Gold Gang Draw Bridge! 

I've recently decided I was 'into' burning bridges. But not here at the Oasis.

M&M

Sleepy heads!!!!!!!!!!!

I was up early to try to exercise today-- stalled on the phone presently... Happily broke below 190 to 189.33 this morning!

Over 5 lbs. since Halloween morning's Weigh-and-Scream-Session, less than a week ago!

2BB I don't know why but I thought you were 10 pounds from goal. 

But down 5 lb's is of course a nice drop. 

Do you avg. a certain amount of calories?

Do you avg. a certain amount of weight loss a month?

I'm just trying to find out if others have found a path of success and what it took.

ha ha Scream-session. 

How about Silent Sedation until I'm at goal. hahaha

Good Morning Gang.  Another beautiful day but i heard it's the last warm one.

It's unusual to have such amazing weather in Mid-November.

Singing "Burning down the house" a song from the 80's.

I'm on a re-start after months of stress took a toll...

I'm supposed to be at 1400-1500 cals a day, and exercising strongly for this month according to the Phord calculator's max fat burn level... Exercise has been difficult this week, and cals were lower due to that... I'm Hoping to get going on the exercise in a few minutes-- the phone has rang a lot today! A daughter's beloved 1 year old Maltese dog died at the vet's last night... She is heart-broken, and another daughter in another state wanted to call twice and ramble-talk... Love her-- but was Busy today... 

Sedation sounds Dangerously attractive this Lovely morning... esp. after actually getting up early to Achieve some good calorie burning...!!!!!

* goes off to treadmill a while... growling...!!! *

Great job 2BB ...Your amazing!!!

Hope everyone has a great day..!! I'm off to a meeting (already) lol, just training....I'll check in late late tonight...

* waves! *

Look for you, tonight!

Hi  bootser I figured you were busy w/new job.

2BB I just didn't realize where you were in your program. 

How long have you been at this and where did you start?

I'm glad your getting back on track.

That's how I felt as I made a healthy Breakfast.

I took a picture of it and will post it.

I'm taking pictures of the healthy things I eat to show others

and remind me in case I get side tracked. 

So I see now I CAN relate to you and your journey.

Sorry about the little dog & only a year old.  I wonder what went wrong. 

Will they give her another?  Seems like they would if daughter did nothing wrong.

quiet today.

I got 30 min. of walking in followed by 30 on the elliptical. 

Horrible.  I had to push myself the entire time.

I'm like tired? 

Glad I got through it.

Calories are on target today and healthy.

Glad the pms fits are over.

Drank more water than my norm.

OH HEY 2BB I'm not sure 'yet' I'm waiting for word to get back to me about

that tea.  But I have a hunch it could be that Wu something? and if so

that didn't work for me.  It's like 40 bucks a box and well it didn't work for me.

But I'll wait to hear for sure what it was he said worked and then tell ya.

BOOTSER1 Hope your doing ok.

M&M

Looks like we are a family of 3 right now, lol...Things are going good...I'm on track right now with diet and exercise and stress appears to be minimal..lol..I had one slip up on Monday with my friend organic ice-cream but besides that I'm doing good..I'm thinking of lower my calories just by 100 to see what happens, maybe I will do it tomorrow after my weekly weigh in...My goal is to lose 2.8 pounds a month, so I may not have to lower my calories...hmm..alright, I might check in later......i'm out

Hold On a Minute.  Family of 3 ?  As in a precious little one?

Hey 2BB this is just for you. 

Talks about Polk Salad and gators. haha  An old song I've never heard before.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRF24LY5pvw

Happy to Announce I got an A and just under 1500

Finally a day I can be proud of.

I pushed through working out. 

Tired and it was like harder than normal.

I did not have a PMS fit today and grateful.

Water helped but really the hormones were just better.

I'm not sure but I guess I have a few days like this.

Logging is going to reveal this for me.

Next month I'm going to remember water helps. 

I drink water but I need more to fight this feeling I get. 

I have to eat and I don't even want to.

I can't wait for when 2BB get to shoot off the Cannon ball for me.

Perhaps I'd prefer Dark Chocolate made with Cane sugar to be fired out of

My cannon?  Not really sure

And I help her burn a bridge. 

Night Gang

{{{Laughing!}}}

Precious Family/Gang of 3, here in this Going for the Gold thread-- I THINK...???

Gotta' catch up-- tired! Going to bed very soon, may read up some tomorrow... Here's WHY...!!!

Thu, Nov 06 2008        ;

• 1. Routine day, 84-110 heart rate, kept 500 extra calories.
• (496 minutes, 1136 total calories burned. )
•  2. Weights and cool down, 112-129, new zone begins 121! Kept 70 extra calories.
• (23 minutes,  102 total calories burned. )
• 3. Did 10 miles on treadmill and cooling down, 2:16:34 in zone, 118-162 heart rate! Went to 5 mph, kept 1230 extra calories. 
• (332 minutes, 1,655 total calories burned.) 

Total Calories Burned 2,893.

Total EXTRA Calories Burned, (after CC adjusts them for 'woulda' burned if I'd stayed on the couch, anyway'), was 1800.

We'll see how this works this month... my deficit allowance will shrink as I shrink, so I can only do this while I'm heaviest...

I'm attempting a larger custom-fit deficit this month, and each month following, after careful study... Maintaining an average of around 1300-1400 daily intake of  Healthy foods.

Nutrition Report

Fat - 17.3% (26 grams)
Protein - 24.9% (83 grams)
Carbohydrates - 57.8% (193 grams)
Alcohol - 0.0%
Other - 0.0%

Daily Sodium Intake - 4,927 mg
Daily Sugar Intake - 86 grams
Daily Cholesterol Intake - 278 mg
Daily Saturated Fat Intake - 9 grams
Daily Fiber Intake - 28 grams
Nutrition Grade A-

 2008-11-06  1,282 calories-- so far, lol!

G'Night, Going for the Gold Gang-- or G'Afternoon, Jella!!!

Back again,lol!

I'm sore! Lotta' exercise last night!

Weights serious enough to feel 'em today-- crucial to muscle protection and metabolism boosting-- though brief in actual duration as I'm starting anew and being sensible...

Then-- 10 miles on my treadmill!

My walking book paid off wonderfully last night to help with stiff calves and getting in rhythm again... been 3 months since I've been on the treadmill seriously, and I really benefited from remembering the information on correct walking that I'd studied.

Best of all-- it paid off on the scale today-- almost 1/2 lb.

However... no 10 pm bedtime-- youngest daughter had her Lovely car totaled last night when a uninsured driver didn't pay attention  and ran a red light, going about 55 mph in a 35 zone...

Daughter is sore, but ok...

It's against the state law to be uninsured here, too...

We have uninsured motorist coverage on her... but a $200 deductible and no car is tough for her... and she loved her car!!!

Another day... surely it will be better...????????????????????????

Good Morning, G4G Gang!!!! G'Night, Jella!

Ahhhh...2bb sorry about your daughter, hope she starts  to feel better..

I'm off to another day of training and glad it's Friday, I really like my weekends, sometimes I think more than the average person..lol...Alright, I'll check in later tonight...Hope everyone has a great day!

Thanks... We just went to see it in the tow yard... strong car for an accident! Mitsibishi Lancer? I'm gonna' try to upload pics to my photobucket account... It's totaled, in the frame, but Healthy for walking away...

I love weekends, too!

Enjoy your day!

Gday gang.

I enjoyed reading your info 2BB. 

Can you share some skills about walking.

I got a note today from a gal who's lost weight successfully.

She consumed 1200 5 days a week then 1800 on two weekend days.

No real exercise.

I thanked her for her report but told her that would be so difficult but

that everyone who does it really loses weight. 

I love to eat when I'm hungry and make it healthy.

I read last night that if you eat things low in calories you can burn more than

their calories therefor you get to eat and burn more.  Make sense?

Hey, I'm learning. 

I loved my first intake today.

Had private select instant oatmeal maple (cane sugar)

I added 12 raisins and 12 pistachios.  it was too good.

I ate a small banana as I waited for it to be just right.

The trick in instant oatmeal is using a good amount of water so

it's not to thick.  I find some taste watered down as a result but not

this Private select maple. 

All of that cost me about 300 calories and I got an A for it. 

I bought some cans of organic soup.  I plan to eat that more often now with

cooler weather.  I love adding raw things to whatever I'm eating.  So to this

soup I'll add red onion and basil leaves.  Dollop of light sour cream by daisy.

I like to get soups with beans in them.  So healthy.

I don't feel like working out again today but I will. 

Still waiting on tom and it's day 29.  Typical is 27. 

Bootser is busier I wonder if that helps her with weight loss?

Sorry to hear about daughters car but grateful she was not hurt.

I always say Green does not mean GO.  I look before I go in case someone

is running that red light. I'll look for the pics just let me know when they are up.

http://s286.photobucket.com/albums/ll97/2beit tybitty/?action=view¤t=dfc5230a.pbw

Brenda's Beloved Car...

She looked-- cars were stopped... this one flew up and ran it... you never know what someone else can do, regardless of how careful you are...

The one accident I had-- that totaled my car-- was when a man came over into my lane around a curve-- head on! I gave him the road, but he came on and totaled our car, anyway... the back axle ended up under the front of the car...!

Reason...?

He was looking down, counting his money...!

She loved this car-- and it took a large hit while staying solid for protection... frame is warped too far to save it...

May go create a Greenhouse slide show... Happier!

Small video clip of how the glass was sealed with silicone, through my oldest running the cherry picker to maneuver her Dad around on a board...  

http://s286.photobucket.com/albums/ll97/2beit tybitty/?action=view¤t=MVI_9014.flv

 Photobucket only accepts small video's... Back later, have to leave...