!!Health4life team Thread!!!

Ok all here for motivation!!!!  

Cardio minutes

KT-195

chris-160

sheila-45

val-180

Hey Kt, it probably is sodium.  Chili does have a lot of sodium.  I'd be pissed to though. 

I tried a yoga for beginners dvd I've had last night...and man o man do I feel dorky doing yoga.  I did hear a bunch of popping and felt a lot of stretching of my muscles and that all felt pretty good but that doesn't take the dorkiness factor away.  C'mon, who talks like that...it sounds like I should be totally high while I do it.  Lol  Lil'V was laughing at me.  And worse yet I was doing it in my shorts and sports bra (so I could watch my form in the mirror) and Lil'V was wagging at my blubbery belly and arms.  Yep, that took my ego down a couple notches!  That kid is lucky I love her man because otherwise...POW, to the moon!!!  LMAO

Ah, yesterday's deficit was 746 cals...burned was 2160, consumed 1414, exercised for an hour.  I also shed more water weight, the scale showed me 185.4...move on down, move on down, move on down the road.  Yeah, I don't anticipate any more movement anytime soon.  It is something though.

Oh, and 1900 cals Chris?  I'm with Kt, I know I was pulling in much larger numbers when I wasn't logging.  I was too scared and in denial though...just ask the chocolate cheesecake demon.

ooo i havent tried yoga. i imagine i would get frustrated at the slow pace. u did great yesterday, val. uve already blown by me! its catchup time again haha.

im doing well again today. at 215 cals and lunch is less than 300. not sure whats for dinner yet but ill make sure its good and healthy! i swear, if that scale doesnt drop tomorrow im havi g pizza!

o and im going next wed to try on wedding dresses!!! im nervous about it!

I really think those pounds the last couple days were sodium.  I'm sure it won't be budging this fast anymore. 

You are likely much more tone than I am since you do a much wider variety of exercises and you lift a lot more often than I do.  I'm sure the dress shopping will be easier for your body than for mine..having to hide this flab and that flab.

I'm going to another retirement party on Saturday (our CFO) and I'm very seriously considering wearing a slimming garment under my dress to smooth out my belly.  It just sort of hangs there otherwise.  It's going to be a fairly fancy occassion.  My first official "Cocktail party"...and I'll be wearing my first "cocktail" dress.  Oooohhhhh......

Who is going with you dress shopping Kt?  Your mom?

ooo fancy party! that should be fun. one of those flattener things isnt a bad idea. i want one!

my mom, grandma, nana, sister, friend, and fiances mom will be coming. its an enterouge! and im def not the type that likes that attention so it will be interesting, especially since i dont believe people when they tell me i look good. ugh i just hope its not a disaster!

Woa there, that is an enterouge!  I'm sure they'll all be doing their best to help you out.  It does sound like an fun excursion though!!

I tried replying last night and logging my stuff but it seems the site was down for a bit.  I have to go back and get all my yesterday stats in.  Not that it'll matter much I've been sick to my stomach all night.  Hmm, I wonder if it is revolting against my sudden shift back to healthy eating.

Sounds like fun, KT!!  I had a little troop when I went too... lol!!!  Just watch out for all those extra opinions and trust your own!!!

Val - ooh a fancy party!!!  Are you excited for your first cocktail dress?!?!  Sounds like you're going to be one sexy biotch!!!!

Chris - I did get in some exercise and it did help me finish my presentation!!!  WTG on your walk!! Even if it was slow... 400 deficit is still pretty damn good!!!

So yesterday I was nauseous all day... so by the time I got home all I ate for dinner was popcorn... horrible I know!!!  So I'm still feeling icky today so I decided to stay home and go in tomorrow instead... I hope I'm not getting sick!!!  I'll try not to just eat popcorn all day though... lol!!!

So I'm still struggling with a research topic... all I keep getting is more bad news... anyone have a forensic related research idea?!?!?!!?!?!?!??!?!

Hey guys!  I didnt make it on here last night, i went for my walk and came home and chilled =)

Did my walk again tonight, it feels good that i am looking forward to it everyday, even if it is only about a half an hour!

I gotta log yesterdays food and todays............even though i am not totally tracking yet, but i do want to enter all my food to be accountable!

OHHHH VAL i love yoga i feel so relaxed afterwards.....maybe i should do that more!  In the mornings if i can get my **** outta bed early enuff! 

Oh no Sheila i am sry you feel yuck!  AND gj on getting your presentation done and excersise!!  Nope sry i have no clue for a forensic related research topic, inless it was on CSI, i am clueless!!

o0o KY dress shopping will be so  much fun!!!!!!!  you should take pics and we can help u decide LOL =)

ok i gotta go enter all my food and see how i am doing !

hey guys! Sorry I wasn't around today. I was pretty pissed off after I weighed today. I was up to 188.8. Taht really pissed me off. I have gone up every single day this week. I have always been pretty consistent when I weigh, sometimes w/ a random jump, but it usually stays close to waht I really weigh. But this week it just keeps going up and I don't get it. So I got the number from my sister for this weight loss clinic. They give you vitamin b12, appetite suppresants, and monitor your weight, etc. I'm going to try and start there next week. I need to get things moving and I'm pissed aobu this. The clinic is well worth the money (only about $40 a week). And I believe you get phentermine as well. I can't wait!

chris---gj walking and counting! It's hard to get bakc to everything but it sounds like you're doing really well.

sheila adn val---do you guys feel any better today? That sucks to be sick!

Hey!!!  I've been lurking all day and every time I got a chance to post it was quickly taken away.  Today does not feel like a Friday at all with how crazy it's been at work today. 

I'm feeling better Kt.  The yucky feeling stayed with me most of the day.  YUK!!

Well, because of not feeling great I ended up doing 45 mins of yoga and zero cardio.  It turns out I'm pretty darn flexible!!  Buuuutttt I am hurtin' a bit on the knee that has given me problems before.  Looks like it's time for some ice.  Does that mean I'm getting old??  Say it isn't so!!! 

I did pretty good with cals yesterday.  I'm sure I did better than I logged too since some of came up on me....we won't worry about that though, right?

Kt...what the heck is going on with that darn scale of yours??  I'd be so t'd off if I saw that jump too!  That clinic is a great idea...at least it's something to help you figure out what is going on.  You'll definitely have to keep us posted on how that goes.  I'm excited for you!!! 

Chris...the yoga did relax me but not enough to stop me from yelling at the tv when it was time to just lay there.  I was too relaxed, I started falling asleep!!  I liked it ok, but don't think it's my thang.

So did everyone feel better for the weekend? Hopefully noone is sick still!!!

I had a pretty decent weekend. Went out fri night for my sister's b-day. Didn't feel amazing on sat so I ate little and did nothing! On sunday, I went for a 3.5 mile run once it got over 40 degrees. Tehn I went to a bridal show w/ my sister. We got some great ideas. Dinner was homemade chinese food at my aunt's house. YUMMY!!!

I am really needing to be insanely good w/ my eating the next two days so I'm not all icky looking on wednesday when i try on wedding dresses. I feel soooo gross today so I gotta change that.

How has everyone else been doing? Hope we have a great week!!!

I did have a good weekend.  I thought you were trying on dresses on Saturday?  That didn't happen Kt?

Dh and I went to a cocktail party.  I didn't eat much all day in anticipation of the food and drink.  I was a little disappointed with the food but the wine was pretty good.  The hor dourves (sp?) were so darn tiny!!!  One was a tiny wedge of a grilled cheese sandwich...the wedge was maybe 1/16th of a sandwich (MAYBE!) with a toothpick through it and sitting on top of a shot glass filled with tomato soup.  It was cute and tasted good at least.  Another was a smidgen of chicken salad...when I say a smidgen I'm talking maybe a teaspoon wrapped in a very thin slice of cucumber.  How do I log that stuff??  Lol  I'm thinking of estimating it all at 300 cals.  I actually think that's being generous though.  Lol  Afterward we were so hungry we ended up at the BK drive thru.  I didn't have the willpower anymore to get something sensible.  SO, I was back up on Monday.  Oh pooh!! 

I was way busy here at work yesterday and at home last night that I never made it on the computer for personal use.  Sorry I missed you Kt!!  Sheila??  Chris??

haha i can totaly picture tiny little food pieces. u just want to grab the entire plate! i dont blame u for hittin up the drive through! how did ur dress work out? did u feel all sexy?

we werent going on sat for dresses, just tomorrow. im still at 188. im trying to keep super low on sodium so i can at least get back around 185 soon. i was hoping to lose 5 pounds this month but it doesnt look like that will hapen now. but im trying to just start over. spin was great last night. ill have 3 workout days in a row this week. hopefuly i can go thurs and fri too. i will do this!

I was back up to 188 again yesterday too...188.4? or something like that.  I caved and started eating my popcorn again Sunday.  I figure between the BK, the wine, and the popcorn it brought me back up.  Then this morning, wala...TOM came a couple days early.  Jerk!!  But he's a little welcome considering what the scale has been showing me...I can blame that for part of it!

Ah, and another thing we did over the weekend...Dh listed the bowflex on Craigslist.  I am tired of seeing it and I don't use it nearly enough to justify all the space it takes and he's used it maybe a total of 3 times(??).  Argh!!  He was the main reason we got it.  I basically put it to him this way...either start using it or sell it but we're not keeping it if it's just for me.  I'd rather have dumbells and an incumbent bike in that space.  With both we'd still have more room than we do now.

The dress worked out well.  I felt stiff in it at first but started relaxing with the wine...hahaha!!!  I got a lot of compliments...except one coworker.  She told me it looked nice then went on with the BUT.  Yeah yeah...whatev!!! 

Oh oh, I have to tell you about this thing the lady at Penney's lingerie department told me about.  It's called a shaper.  It works like the top section of control top pantyhose...it goes from the bottom of your bra down to your mid thigh and holds you in very nicely.  That helped a lot with my belly jiggling and basically keeping me firm.  They sell them at Walgreens of all places...for like $7bucks!!  I'm contemplating wearing it while I exercise.  It's pretty comfy overall but hard to get on the very first time.

Hey ladies!!  Well I'm back at school.... sigh!!!  Already majorly stressed out.... I just wish I could take some real time off!!!  

I'm already behind in my other challenge of course too.... you'd think I could get in 40 min a day!!!  It doesn't seem like much when you think about it... but execution has always been my problem... obviously or I wouldn't be 228 pounds!!!    I weigh in tomorrow.... I'm hoping I haven't gone up... my eating hasn't been that great... haven't had much time to cook... 

The semester just started and I'm already getting into the horrible patterns and habits I always do!!!  Grad school really doesn't make a healthy lifestyle easy.......  

Ok sorry... you guys must be sick of me bitching about it!!!!  

KT - have fun with dresses tomorrow!!  Take a camera.... it's hard to remember them all!!!  (Plus we'd like some sneak peeks of your favs!!)

Val - the cocktail party sounds fun... I can just imagine those teeny weeny appetizers!!  What's up with the "but" lady though!??!?!?!

omg val! I can't believe you have a bowflex and you're selling it! I can't wait til we have a house so we can have a home gym. Dumbells definitely do the trick though! You have so many valid reasons why your weight kinda jumped, too. That will come back down by the end of hte week, i'm sure.

sheila, that sucks that you have school again. Hopefully you can settle back into a routine, and a good routine! I'msure you'll get it figured out. 40 minutes a day is a good challenge, but I think i would have a problem with it. it doesn't sound like that muhc, but it definitely can be tough once you have to do it.

I am so frustrated and disappointed with myself. I dont' think I'm going ot enjoy tomorrow. I'm just going ot see a fat girl in a pretty dress. I knwo i'm oging to see all the things that are wrong with me and how the dress would look a lot better if i was thinner. I dont' understand myself. I hope I can get my crap together. ugh i'm such a moron! i'm sure you guys are really tired of hearing this. It feels like i've been stuck in this rut for a long time now but i don't know how to get out of it. I swear, i need an interventino or something haha. I feel like an addict that keeps going back for the high.

I'm with you, KT... I feel like I've been stuck forever too.... at least you made some real progress before you got stuck!!!!   And you are SO not fat girl!!  We can see those pics!!  Trust me... you'll have fun.... I was like 240 when I went and still had fun... lol!!!  

I get the addict thing though... seems like all I think about is food!!!  I think about exercise too... unfortunately that's usually about it... sheesh....

I wish we all lived like in the same neighborhood or something so we could REALLY work together on this.... I still feel like I'm all alone... espeically since Colin pretty much refuses to participate.... 

I've been watching this Diet Tribe show (have you guys seen it?!!??) and I really wish I had that kind of support system!!!!

Well... still at 228... but I guess I deserve that... no exercise and eating crappy... guess I'm lucky I didn't gain!!!  

I'm GOING to exercise today!!!!  I should go out and shovel!!!  It's getting pretty deep out there and that is pretty good exercise... lol!!!  But it's so freaking cold!!  They said we're lucky to get UP to zero today... lol!!!

 

o that would be so awesome if we lived near each other! i think we would be great motivators for each other. i have ppl here who never really stick to anything so its hard to try anything with them. at least we have each other here!

i really felt like crap this morning. i wish i hadnt eaten those chips and salsa last night. i was so mad after my soccer game so i ate way too many. i had a starbucks this morning and will have a salad for lunch and am planning on eating nothing else. i feel so bloated and gross. hopefully that wears off during the day!

Hey Kt, try picking up one of those shaper things before you go out dress shopping (I'm probably too late).  It made me feel a lot better about myself.  I know we're not down to goal yet but it did make me feel a lot smaller just to get the squishiness called my body to be firm.  I bet that helps you and your confidence when trying on the dresses.

OMG if we lived near each other we'd be at goal by now I'm sure!  Sheila and I don't live close enough to each other to be face to face motivators.  It's probably similar to you, Kt, and Ashley...same general area but not really that close.

Sheila!!  Maybe start off your 40 minutes with 10 minutes at a time?  Try getting in 10 minutes of exercise for a few days or a week and then move on to 15-20 minutes the next time frame?  Starting from nothing to 40 minutes a day is actually pretty ambitious.  As my one doctor told me...10 minutes 3 x's a week is still better than nothing.

Kt, why were you mad after the game?