!!Health4life team Thread!!!

Ok all here for motivation!!!!  

Cardio minutes

KT-195

chris-160

sheila-45

val-180

ok so i basically got a participation trophy. it looks like there were only 2 of us in the age group! so i got a plaque for last place lol. thats sad. but my dad did say that the website says its the toughest sprint tri in california. not sure that i believe that, but it was hard! i am soooo sore today. my whole back hurts and my legs. this really sucks.

we went to dinner last night and i had this big western burger with beer and a brownie sundae dessert. so obviously the scale was up but i didnt really care.

that sucks about ur phone val! i hope u can get most of ur numbers back.

i feel huge today. i was over 185! i guess its all catching up to me. i just keep going in the wrong direction. today just sucks.

KT - I heard that EVERYONE was in your age group... so really you got 2nd place total!!!  Lol!!  You still had a terrific time with a super hard race... even the website admits that!!  And like you said... the plaque still says 2nd place so no one else will know the difference!!!  You'll be back down in no time too.... that bad food has a huge impact... annoying, huh?!?!

Val - good luck with the phone stuff.... if you want my advice I LOVE verizon... and we had a HORRIBLE experience with AT&T... that's just my 2 cents...  The game was awesome!!!  We went to Lincoln Park... it wasn't terribly impressive... lol!!  We're a big zoo family... so it certainly wasn't the best I've seen... but we probably have high standards.... lol!!

Well I'm trying to catch up on errands and chores and stuff since I didn't get much accomplished last week!!!

thanks sheila. It's just frustrating wehn a race doesn't go like I planned, then my weight just keeps climbing up. I try and cut my cals, but then I feel super shaky in the afternoon. So then I have to eat more! I have been sooo hungry the past couple of weeks. So I don't knwo what to do.

I went to dinner at chevy's w/ my old coworker, then was way too full to play soccer. So I had to take care of that. The game was going great until I fell and hurt my back towards teh end. I felt like I was playing really well. I just fell straight back and hurt my lower back. I couldn't stand up straight or sit down. It hurts to sit, especially in my car, which is quite difficult to get in and out of now. I really hope it feels better tomorrow, especially since I am going to the gym w/ my mom for weights. I may just need to modify what I do. ugh this sucks!

val, hope your day went okay! come say hi!

Ouch Kt!!  How's your back today?  Any better?

Sheila, I had Verizon and it just seemed so expensive and my calls kept getting really fuzzyy or wouldn't go through at all.  They kept telling me to update my programming which I kept doing but nothing really changed.  Then I'd get a canny sound whenever I'd call certain places (like my mom's house) unless I reached a particular distance from her house.  We've been with Verizon since like '01 or '02.  I ended up going with T-Mobile.  We'll see how they are.  The cost won't be changing though because Dh stayed on Verizon.  His part of the contract won't be up until June!!  Men; I told him not to renew...they never listen!

I tried working out AFTER I ate dinner on Monday and boy o boy, I couldn't go past a mile and a half before I couldn't take the stomach acid trying to come up on me.  YUK!!!  Last night we went for my phone and that took forever it seemed.  The kiosk was crowded!!  You'd think they were just giving things away.  Anyway, by the time I got home I didn't feel like working out anymore.  Instead I watched TBL and DWTS and ended up undereating...I barely reached 1000 cals.  It's probably a good thing I didn't work out, my deficit would've been way too low.

Tomorrow is my girlfriend's birthday.  I'm taking her out for dinner...along with another couple friends of ours.  We're going for Mexican (of course!).  I definitely have to get a good workout done today.

my back is still pretty bad today. it hurts to sit and it hurts to stand. i almost stayed home from work because it hurt so bad this morning. so no gym for a few days probably, which really sucks.

i have had tmobile for 5 years with no problems. i think theyre prety good. good luck with the mexican food! its sooo good!

You're the second person to rave about their T-Mobile.  I really hope I have the same luck!! 

Can you get in to see a massuese (sp?) or chiropractor about your back? 

i hope u have god luck too!

i probably could get in but id likely have to spend money and miss work lol. i really jus want muscle relaxers. that would be so nice!

Woohoo, my lunch partner just reminded me that this week's paycheck will be the first to reflect our raises.  YEA BABY!!! 

yay for more money!!! I noticed that the raise paperwork was out today, so I'm hoping hoping hoping I get a raise!

good morning!

Good Morning!!  Um, er, afternoon!!! 

Alright, tonight is the night a couple my friends and I are going out for Mexican for one of their bdays.  Yeah!!!  I'm excited.  I'll have to have a half a cup of coffee soon so I don't poop out on them. 

I worked out last night and I am feeling sore in my upper body all over again.  I did cardio and weights-the bowflex.  I pushed myself a bit more and did a minimum of 30 pounds up to 50 pounds (per hand) depending on the exercise.  That is way up from what I was doing.  I kept reading in the fitness forums to up your weight so that you can barely finish a set of 1 or 2 reps of 10 or 12.  Well, I (finally) took that to heart and did 1 set of each exercise in reps of 12.  I still want that Ali body (the winner in last season's TBL). 

What are you guys up to?  How's your back Kt?  Sheila, are you fully over your cold?

yay for mexican and margs!!! yumy! enjoy that! good job on the workout too. i always do my weights to the point of total exertion. i makes me feel good.

im doin pretty good today. at about 400 cals and only a couple more hours til i go home. dinner will be chicken, potatoes, and spinach. wont eat too much so my cals stay low. still no workout though. maybe tomorrow, crap cant tomorrow. then i guess sat!!!

Good morning ladies!!!  

Well I had a blast the past couple of days at work... like usual... lol!!!  The only thing I miss is contact with the outside world!!!  

I'm so behind on my Halloween decorating cause of being sick!! I'm much better now though... thanks Val!   I was going to go to Bloomington to finish the coffin tomorrow... but now my dad's sick... and I don't want to catch anything else!!!  So I guess we'll just put up what we have and hope to finish the coffin soon!!!

I've got a whole list of things to do today... but am having trouble getting started... lol!!!

Val - doesn't it feel good to be sore like that!?!?  I like weights a lot better than cardio... lol!!!  How was the mexican.... mmmmm... yum!!!

KT - did you do good on your eating all day?!?!!?  How's your back doing?!?!  All better I hope!!

sheila, thats so great that u love your job! a lot of ppl hate their jobs, so we are lucky to have good jobs. im starting to see morehalloween decorations and it makes me want to decorate. i just dont want to buy stuff! im sure ur decorations will look great!

yea val, how was the food? did u have fun?

i did prety good yesterday! i broke it down in my journal, but probably stayed under 1200 unless im seriously miscalculating something. i felt good. i got a cinn roll this morning and will make it last al morning until lunch. i think ive just told myself im not hungry and am making myself believe it. my back is better, i have a better range of motion, but i think it will be sore for a while. o well, ill deal!

Poor KT!!  Be careful with that back!!  Glad it's better though!  I have all kinds of websites where you can make your own decorations for super cheap!!!  I always try to buy a few cool things at the end of the season when they're on sale... but most of our stuff we just make ourselves....

I'm still struggling with staying on track... I keep yo-yo-ing... blech!!!  It's freaking freezing in my house today though... so I should be able to get exercise in... just to warm up... lol!!!

is it cold there? we are finally cooling down. we should get our first rain tonight! yay!!

i really need to spend the weekend getting my place organized. i just put it off and its irritating me! mmmm im hungry. almost lunchtime. ive got a little fajita meat and an apple. yum!

Well it gets pretty cold overnight and lingers some in the morning... and I forgot to turn the air off... so yeah it was pretty cold... lol!!!  Ironically we had the same thing at work  yesterday!! They had the heat on when it was in the 80s... but it was in the 40s-50s yesterday and they had the A/C on!!!!  Sheesh!!  

Morning!!! I'm still freezing!!!!  I don't think our heat works... fabulous!!

poor sheila! get warm! its goind to be back in the 80s this week so it will be perfect weather.

how was ur weekend? did u get work done on the halloween decorations?