!!Health4life team Thread!!!

Ok all here for motivation!!!!  

Cardio minutes

KT-195

chris-160

sheila-45

val-180

i left work early too, val. I was planning to anyways, but the stuff i took for my cold was making my head feel funny so I decided to go home and lay down. I'm feeling better, but I have to wait and see how I feel in the morning. If I feel okay, i'll be ridin gwith a friend probably. We shall see!

Oh no Kt, I hope you're feeling better today.  I hope you are able to hang with your friend and ride today!!

Woo!!  I went for a run this morning with the neighbor girl...as promised.  It started doing a very light drizzle in the middle of the run and because it is already nice and hot this morning, the rain felt nice.  Then it stopped.  Lol

I just finished having an eggbeater sandwich for breakfast.  Now I gotta hit the shower so we can get to grocery shopping.  We are out of everything!!  I still have high hopes to go for a ride but the the temp is supposed to drop 30 degrees in a little bit!!!  Oh no!!

Hopefully everyone will enjoy the weekend!!  Sheila, have fun at the wedding!

Sheila, how was the wedding?

val, that's good you got a run in! Hopefully you got some good stuff at the store. I need to go shopping too. I haven't been cooking hardly at all lately.

The ride today was nice. Did 2 hours and 21 miles. It was a slow ride because we were riding w/ a girl who was on a mountain bike and hadn't ridden in a long time. It was good to go easy since I'm still sick...and I'm definitely still sick! I'm coughing and got the runny nose still. I'm really really hoping it's better tomorrow. I'm sick of coughing! My fiance says we have the swine flu thing lol.

O and we booked our photographer today! One more thing off my list! I'm working on the centerpieces but I'm not very creative in that respect. I have the vases already and was thinking of doing marbles at the bottom w/ a floating rose but I'm not sold on it yet. I've solicited advice on facebook!

tomorrow I think I'm going to get my car clean, get b-day presents for my sisters, and maybe pick up some shirts that fit. yay for spending money I shouldn't!

It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.... although the open bar may have helped with that... lol!!!   We did leave pretty early though... around 10-ish.... I hate to think of my cals!!  You never know what's in that food... and then of course the drinks!!!

KT - Sounds like you're getting a lot done for the wedding!!  I left a comment about the centerpieces... they're cute!!!!  

I wish it would stop raining so we could go run our errands!!!!  

glad you had fun at the wedding, sheila. And woohoo for an open bar!!!

So I didn't go to my friend's place to do the invitations. I told herlast night I was still sick and didn't want to get her sick too. I have definitely felt a ton better today. The runny nose is almost totally cleared up and the cough isn't too bad. I didn't get a lot of my goals done today. Went to the bike shop that was having a sale and spent a ton of money. I did get my hair cut, though. I will try and get a massage tomorrow. Kohls is having a big sale so i want to go there adn get some shirts. I just feel like I've spent soooo much money and I shouldn't spend more! ugh it sucks.

but since I"m feeling better I'm planning on getting back to workouts on tuesday. I've got our last soccer game and I think I'll go run beforehand. I won't have a chance to workout on wednesday, but i'll run on thursday. the next tri class starts next week so I still want to be ramped up for that. My it band and knee have been bothering me so I need to really stretch well. I'm hoping the massage will help with that too. I need to get a foam roller for my it band because it's getting pretty bad. I just know that working out the it band hurts like hell so I'm avoiding doing it!

Hope the week goes wel for everyone! Sheila, I hope you get good news at your follow up!

Woohoo, open bars!!!  = extra fun!!  Lol

It rained on and off so much I didn't even bother with a ride.  I didn't do a whole lot yesterday, pulled weeds.  It's definitely been a while, my back/shoulder blade area is so very sore!!!  I had to pop a couple tylenol this morning, hopefully they'll kick in already. 

Lil'V got her team assignment on Saturday..she's on the Cubs.  I'm excited, her coach and his wife seem to be really on top of things.  I still offered my help.  Whatever helps, right?

It's supposed to be on/off rain again today so I don't know if I'll be running out or in.  Hopefully out but whatever, so long as I run. 

Thank goodness your cold is starting to clear up Kt!  Swine flu...you are too silly!!  Oh, and what is your "it band"? 

I picked up 2 workout shirts, short sleeve shirts.  I had to got them from the men's department...the women's section only seems to offer very short short sleeved shirts and I wanted a sleeve that at least goes halfway down my bicep....gotta hide the batwings, ya know!!  They don't fit great though..very loose in the shoulders and snug in the hips.  Thank goodness they were only $8 each.

Okay, well work is now tracking all our internet usage, sites we visit, times we're on...so I may be posting from home more often than not.  Just so ya know.  Ugh...it sucks!!!  And I'm still without my main program so I'm still going to be bored today!!!  Ugh...ugh...double sucks!!!  Lol

so I had typed this whole thing out and then the internet broke. Great! So here we go again...

Val, how wer eyour shoulderblades feeling later in the day? Was the weather good enough for you to go run?

Teh it (ilitibial i think) band is fibrous tendons I think that run along the outside of the thigh down to your knee. You usually feel the pain as a tightness or knot onthe outside of your knee. Rolling on a foam roller helps to stretch it out. Teh chiro stretched out teh spot right above my knee today and holy crap did it hurt. I've been icing it but it is definitely tender. I'll see how it feels on my run tomorrow. He wanted me to take some time off but I've already taken enough time off. I need to get bakc to training!

Oh how I hate when that happens...when your message gets lost in the oblivion.

My shoulders felt better as the day went on.  I didn't get to run outside, lil'V had friends over and Dh was working with a friend in the garage so I had to stick around.  Eh, I was better off, about a half hour after I would've taken off it started thundering and raining.  I would've gotten caught in that.  D'oh!!  I did run on the treadmill though. 

After a while Lil'V went around the corner to her friend's house...dh and I went to pick her up.  It was still raining.  Do you know there were worms everywhere on the sidewalk!?!?!  YUK!!!!!  I was bouncing around trying not to get worm guts all over my new shoes.  They were just squirming about...GROSS!!!!!!!

Oh Kt, the IT sounds painful.  So the only solution is the foam roller and rest?

ewwww val! worms are gross, especially when you can't hardly avoid them. Gald you didn' tget stuck running out in the rain though. Wer eyou able ot do anything today?

If you use a foam roller daily, then it won't hurt when you do it. But when you are initially rolling out the band, it hurts! So I didn't really eat much today. I didn't taek the phentermine for a few weeks, but I am this week. So the effects are much more noticeable since I was off them fora  while. I don't really have an appetite. I didn' teven eat lunch today. After work I ran a few miles, then headed to soccer. My knee did fine. It's sore from being worked on so hard yesterday, but didn't hurt too bad. I had a great game and luckily it's our last for a few months. I'm very happy we get a break. My run went well too. Tomorrow I won't workout. Thursday I think I"ll run again.

I was super congested today. I'm hoping that clears up tomorrow. I thought I was pretty much better! I'm sick of beign sick!

Sheila, you still have to tell us hwo the appt with the surgeon went! I hope it went well.

I only did a weights workout.  It was just over 20 minutes.  Nothing major.  I must not have pushed myself enough because I'm not really sore or anything.  I'll definitely get a run done tonight.  I'm stuck in the house most of this week again though...rain and cold.

I'm glad you'll get a break from soccer, especially since you'll be starting training again.  You can only handle so much for so long.  That's also great that you are feeling the effects of the phentermine again.  It was a good idea to take a break from that to get the most effect from it.  Smart move lady!!!

Yeah Sheila, what's going on???  Curious minds wanna know!!!

Hey, where'd everyone go yesterday?  Kt, I hope you're not still sick.  Well, if you are, get that rest and get better!!! 

Well, I did the treadmill for 45 and the bike for 15, and then some stretching and push ups.  Yup...I burned a whoppin' 600 cals!!!  How exciting!!!  I wish I could do a repeat tonight but nope.  Lil'V has her first practice...at batting cages.  That sounds fun.  I just hope the rain ends by then so it isn't cancelled.

Well...that's it from me.  Can't stay online too long. 

hey val! omg i have hardly been home this week. yesterday i got home, went to a party fora  tri club I joined, then we decided to go get a beer, then we went to one a friends place. I didn't get home until 12:30! I was sooo tired today. but I told them I would go to the run workout tonight. I was dead. It was a super tough workout, ran maybe like 4-5 miles. then we went for a beer and tacos again! I'm sure I still had a monster deficit today. I've dipped barely under 170 and I'm hoping to stay there! I just need to get down to 160. It's not far off. I've regained my motivation to get there. I'm stepping up my workouts too so that should help. I'm just tired! Hopefully tomorrow night I can get a good nights sleep.

How was practice? Did she have lots of fun? How long are you guys supposed to get rain for?

Wow, it sounds like that new group of friends will definitely keep you motivated to go strong!!!  Good for you!  And good for you for dipping below 170!!!!!!

Her practice went well.  The batting cages were covered so it didn't matter about the rain.  She was one of the better batters on the team.  I was so proud of her!!!  I even heard one of the dads tell another...that little girl is pretty good.  I turned to them and said..."That's my girl!!"  Lol  It seems she the only girl on the team too.  She has another practice tonight but that'll be at a school yard.

I only did weights last night, after we went out to eat.  And I'm up.  I had a half of a ham&cheese wrap and fries and I think that pushed me over in sodium.  I don't care.  I get tired of how sensitive my body is with sodium.  I know I'm lower than that but I'll dutifully log it on my weight log....181.2

Ok...I'll try to get back on later tonight.

man, I need to do weights! You do the bowflex, right? Or just free weights? And we all know that weight is only due to sodium. mmm fries. Taht sounds soooo good! I had fries from wendys today but htey weren't very good.

YOu musta been so proud of her! Had you been practicing with her beforehand or is she just natural? I wasn't very good at baseball when I was a kid. I really sucked haha.

Well I did okay today. I was super hungry, probably due to a few days of not eating a whole lot. I had a latte this morning, then donut at work. Didn't eat until lunch. I got chicken nuggets and fries at wendys but didn't eat much of the fries. i didn't eat anything in the afternoon. I should have. I think the fiance is grabbign a pizza for dinner and I am going to enjoy it! Probably with some wine!

It's raining here and probably will be all weekend which sucks because I wanted to go for a ride. I really don't want to run so I dno't know what I'll do. I guess I"ll just have to see hwo the weekend goes. I have been going so hard this week that I wouldn't mind taking it easy this week. Next week the workouts will ramp up so maybe I should enjoy it while I can!

grrr it's been raining all weekend! I'm so tired of this!

I was very proud of her!  I worked with her with batting but that was a long time ago.  She's practiced on her own with her T stand but that's not quite the same as hitting a ball being thrown at you.  Her practice Friday went ok.  She started crying because she was shy and didn't want to stand in the outfield with boys (kids) she didn't know.  It took a while to get her to be ok with it and of course, boys being boys, they giggled at her crying.  I told one of them a little bit later that she was shy because they were all strangers to her.  He seemed to understand and tried befriending her a little.  I was definitely grateful.  We practiced with her yesterday for an hour at home and then we took her to a nearby park and practiced more before the leagues took over the baseball diamonds.  I AM SORE today!!!!!!!  Between that and me with my gardening yesterday, I can't even drive without my arms being sore.

I went out Saturday morning and did a 3 mile run.  That was nice too.  I went out pretty early!!!  I can't believe I woke up at 7am without an alarm!!  So I took advantage and ran.  Afterward we went to another sport store to find me a bathing suit...still no luck.  The sales clerk said they had the board shorts I wanted but had sold out earlier in the week.  Great...  So, instead, we picked up Lil'V's cleats from there.  Who knew there were so many different kinds of cleats depending on the sport.  I'm sure you (Kt) knew!!!  Later Saturday was her commencement ceremony.  That was fun...it might as well have been a pep rally.  She loved it and the excitement of it all.

Did the rain finally let up for you?  It let up for us finally.  Finally!!! 

Well, tonight is her first game.  I probably won't get a run in but we'll see.

Well today was a loooooooong day... had a funeral to go to... those are always exhausting... and no fun of course....

And now I get to work the next 3 days... ugh!!  I'm debating just staying in Dixon so at least I don't have to do the almost 4 hours of driving every day!!!  

I wanted to let you guys know about a new show I found... it's called Cook Yourself Thin... it's on Lifetime (I think) and they do healthy versions of popular or fav foods!!!  I've only seen one episode so far... but I love stuff like that... that's easier for me than "traditional" healthy foods.... so just wanted to pass that along to see if you guys might like it too!!!!

Hope your weeks are going well so far!!

Hey Sheila!!  Staying at Dixon will mean you'll stay under that crazy supervisor, doesn't it?  Those are some crappy options to weigh.  I'm sorry to hear about the funeral too.  Yes, those are never any fun.

Lil'V's team lost their first game but it was a close game so that was good.  I almost lost my voice screaming and cheering her and her team on.

I did get a run in last night.  I also signed myself up for a 5k for this Saturday.  It's the only weekend this month that she doesn't have a game so it was this weekend or nothing at all for the month.  I hope I'm ready; there'll be some hills in this race.

After my run last night I practiced baseball with Lil'V.  It was a long night!!  I burned plenty of calories though, so that was nice. 

How's it going for you Kt?  Have you started counting down for the wedding yet?

Shh....listen...are those crickets I'm hearing?? 

Ugh, I totally forgot about Saturday being Lil'V's team picture day.  I'll be missing that.  It's taking place at the exact same time as my race.  That sucks!!!

Well, last night it stormed so I didn't go out to run.  And by the time I got home I was all lazy and didn't exercise either.  Imma slackin' again!!!

How's everyone else's week going? 

Hey hey hey!!!

We lucked out.  Friday night we found out that the pictures were being rescheduled a couple hours later so we all went to my race together, and then the pictures together.

As far as my race on Saturday...O M G!!!  The course description said there were a couple hilly parts...yeah, they should've said there were a couple flat parts.  It was almost ALL HILLS!!!!  I was dying!!!  As was a few other runners I was keeping pace with here and there in the race.  We'd get off of one hill, looked ahead just to see we were about to go up another.  Needless to say my time sucked...39:28.  That, I will say, was THE toughest race I've ever run.

Well, I hope I hear from you guys soon.