!!Health4life team Thread!!!

Ok all here for motivation!!!!  

Cardio minutes

KT-195

chris-160

sheila-45

val-180

awwww poor kid!  i hope she feels better and can swim soon!

great job on the cigs! how many were you smoking before you decided to quit?

Oooh...I cringed when I read that Chris.  She must've been screaming from the pain!  I hope she's doing better now.  Ooohhhh....another cringe from me on that one!

Vk hopefully v-ball goes well and you do your thing when it comes to exercise.

Chris ...poor kid and now not being able to swim...no bueno. The good thing about kids though is how fast they bounce back. 

GJ on the cigs too.

ok just a quick question

I had a banana and 1 cup of oatmeal for breakfast, apple for a snack, 1/4 lemon chichen with a small greek salad and fat free dressing and about 4 mints. that brings me to a calorie count of 854. According to CC the weights this morning burned 342 calories (granted I was huffing and puffing but that seems like a lot)

It seems like I should have had more calories by now. My goal is 1800. Does that make sense? Just putting that out there for your thoughts and comments.

hey don...i've noticed that when i work out, i don't have much of an appetite. I'll come home from my workouts, not having had dinner yet, and have to force myself to eat somethin b/c it just suppresses my appetite so muhc. i mean, you shouldn't eat if you aren't hungry, but you should also make sure you get enough nutrients to sustain your activities. make sure you get more protein in so it can help your muscles build. hope that helps ( o and that does seem high for only 30 minutes of weight lifting)

Thank KT.

I've noticed when I lift weights it has this effect but when I do cardio I am usually starving. I should take my vitamins on a regular basis and that one thing I am going to start doing. Protein fo sheezy.

Thanks again.

Hmm, I wish I had as many calories to eat as you do for the rest of today Don!  Tonite is pizza night and I have enough for 1 1/2 slices worth (after I eat my orange and cherries).  I may have to take a hit!  Ouch!  Lol  I love my pizza night.  I live for my pizza night.  Take away my beer but don't take away my pizza!  Lol  Ok, well, don't take away all my beer.  LMAO!

mmm pizza and beer. i think i'll have enough cals tonight for some chipotle!!! woohoo!!!!

ugh i'm tryin to figure out these time zones and i'm so confused. I'm pretty sure htat Israel is 10 hours ahead of us. His flight took off about 30 minutes ago so he should arrive in Tel aviv at about 4am cali time if i figured that out right. it arrives at about 2pm tel aviv time. is anyone a little better w/ these than i am?

Aw beer and beer. I'm not so big on pizza. I know weird huh. however alcohol....For a while there I thought I had a problem...not getting enough beer but I took care of that. ha j/k

Enjoy your pizza and beer nite. I think I'll have a Jack and diet when I get home tonight.

I think in this group we all pretty much love our alcohol.

Kt I just looked up a site and it says that right now it is Friday 1:05AM in Tel Aviv. timeanddate.com So yes they are 10 hrs ahead. Does that help.

ooo thank you so much!

yw. well logging off now. talk to yall tomorrow

Hey fellow Alchies!!  Jk  Don, no beer for me today, only pizza.  Beer is now reserved for rare occasions.  I ended up scrapping the cherries and orange which gave me enough for 2 servings of pizza.  I live in Chicago and we're famous for our pizza Don.  It's almost un-American around here to not like pizza.  Lol

So how is everyone doing with their part of the challenge this week?

Chris how are you doing today?  We haven't heard much from you today.  How did dropping the kids of go?

hey guys. well tonight's workout made me feel as pathetic as i could possibly feel. it's just really discouraging when people pass you on the way out and again on the way in (we did 20 minutes out, 20 in). we only did running, no bike. i don't run so i did horrible. i mean, there were women who are probably 300 pounds leaving my ass in teh dust. it should motivate me to get my butt into training but it honestly made me feel like i wanted to quit. i'm not going to, but that's how i felt. I think it's just a hard day. its hard that i couldnt come home and call my b/f to tell him how crappy it made me feel. if this is how badly i deal w/ him just being out of the country, i would probably die if we broke up. so im probably going to end up spending hte rest of hte night crying some more (im so pathetic today i know).

as far as teh challenge goes, i've been doing okay, not having more than around a 100 cal difference.  today i'm over 200 cals so far but i'm still at a 1500 cal deficit. tomorrow we are going to swim in open water so i will likely be eating over again tomorrow. sorry guys. i hope you all are doing a little better than me! :)

GMMMMMMMMMM h4lers!!!!

Sorry i wasnt on much yesterday, i took the kids to meet my stepmom, got home around 5ish, cooked dinner, hung out with hubby!!  The rain just never stopped yesterday...im tired of it i need sunshine!!

Ended up going to the gym, which i needed, did 34 min on the treadmil, at various speeds from 3.8-4.7, i hae the treadmill it is so boring.....did 40 min of weight lifting, did 10 on the bike, 10 on the eliptical so i felt greaat when i got home!!

Well then i got on the scale this morning, and it still says 195 OMG, this is frustrating me!!!  Well maybe tomorrow, i havent eaten bad at all, so i really think i may have his that plateau, well it is about TOM so maybe that is it!!  We will see tomorrow!! 

Vanessa's foot still hurts her, she is worried awwwwww how cute, i thhink she is just afraid to do something to it and have to o back for more novicaine shots lol  I told her not to worry Jenny will be down there and she is a nurse(my sister in  law) and would look after her FOOT!!

KT-how often do u run?  I think with more training u will get there!!!  I know the feeling though, with doing this couch to 5k thing, this is week 2, and i cant run the 2 straight min. yet, i am up to 1.5 min but i run out of breath....sux not sure if it cause i am fat or a smoker, maybe both!!!  This is the reason i am quitting!!

Speaking of that i use to smoke prolly 1.25 of a pack a day....yuck i have been doing pretty good however yesterday was a BAD day i had about 12.......

I have been doing well with this weeks challenge, maybe on 20 points max over my goal a day usually i hit it right on....

mmmmmmm i love me some chicago pizza delicious!!!

I am sorry about your BF being gone KT, but dont be sad, use this time to focus on your training!! 

ok guys i will be on muchmuch more today weeeeeeeeeee so i wont have to leave such a long long post!!!!

*****WEIGH DAY TODAY OR TOMORROW BY NOON*****

OK, off for now!!  HaPpY fRiDaY!!

Hey team HAPPY FRIDAY

Kt don't feel...well at least try your best not to. You don't know how long those other people have been training, regardless of their weight. Your right it was a tough day for you but you should feel good that you did train despite that fact.

I did well yesterday with the challenge. I was only over by 37. That is including one beer I had while I grilled up dinner.

Hey Val, yeah I guess living in Chi town would make it a must for the pizza. Don't get me wrong I enjoy a great pie but it is not one of the things on my must have list. That is reserved for BEER, ice cream, and pupusas (salvadorian food)

Went to the gym this morning so was only able to run for about 10 mins but something is better than nothing I guess.

chat with yall later

YAY don GJ going to the gym!!!!  a little is always better than nothing! 

Hey...I was wondering where you guys were! 

Man, it looks like I'm in a group of runners.  Yeah, you too KT.  I don't care how slow you were, rest assured, you were definitely faster than I would've been!  Don is right, you don't know how long or hard the other people have been training.  Wouldn't it be something if the bigger chick is part of Chris' "Couch to 5K" group!  :) 

I've been doing well on my calories too. 

Chris, I bet your TOM has a lot to do with the non-budging scale.  I'm sure it doesn't help that if you're sticking to your calorie limit and all the exercise your doing, your body is probably hanging onto more than it normally would. 

I was worried about that happening to me too so I haven't done much exercising Wed and Thurs.  I think this week's challenge, the way its setup is very counter-productive.  I strongly believe it should allow us to account for our exercises. 

And Chris-WOW, you went from 1.25 packs to how many!?!?!?  That is fabulous!!!  Ooh, the withdrawals you must've been going through...and probably still are.  {{hugs}} I definitely feel for you.

Morning H4L Team !!

I'm 'here' .... thanks for thinking of me ... been busy this week, so not much posting (been catching up on the posts so I know where ya'll are at)

I'm at the same weight as last week ..... I guess that's a good thing since I was up 2 lbs a few days ago ..... just wanted to go DOWN some more.   I'll try to do better next week  ...

I LOVE you guys !!  You are SO encouraging to one another .... (and me of course)

BTW .... I DIDN'T GET ANY OF THE RAIN AT MY HOUSE !!!  :-(
Must be the case had a hole in it Chris ......  it was a weird day for rain around here on Wednesday ..... we were about 20 miles away from home at my daughter's softball game when the sky OPENED UP!!!   Oh YES WE WERE WET ... BUT IT WAS WONDERFUL!! ... but then got home and we STILL had the dry/cracked ground ..... my lawn looks TERRIBLE (and I'm REAL fussy how my lawn looks) .....

Val - next time you have rain over there, make sure it comes NE across the lake... ok ??   lol

My daughter had another softball game last night (they were in tournaments) ... played a team that hadn't lost (this was for first place), they were a head by 12 runs by the 3rd or 4th inning, then they ended up losing by 1 run !!   They really played GOOD ball.  I was proud of her/them. 

Chris - I sure hope your daughter's foot is much better .... I KNOW how much foot pain hurts ... can't imagine having something stuck in it to the bone ...... gives me the 'willies'

Katie - keep up the training girl .... we are ROOTING for you !! ***WOOOHOOO KATIE GO***  Before you know it your b/f will be home and you'll be SOOOO sexy for him :-)

Don - you're doing awesome with your workouts too !!  Keep it up mister !!

OMG .... you guys in the Beer and Pizza ...... I'm been craving pizza, but haven't 'given in' to it ..... yet ...... and beer sounds SOOOO good .... one would be enough for me .... been too long since I've had one, I'm SURE I'd be sitting down REAL SOON !!  

SO .... guess I'll be the 'dd' for all you other !!  :-)

Chris/Katie - I'll send you my points today or tomorrow (probably today, just in case I don't get to it on time tomorrow)....  but put me down for 0 lbs lost this week ....

If I don't "see" you all later ... have a GREAT weekend !!

{{{HUGS}}}

oh yea Chris .... I'm VERY proud of you on the smoking cut back !!! KEEP GOING GIRL ..... Imagine how much better you'll feel, healthy weight AND LUNGS !!  And MUCH better for your kids too !!

HiI everyone!  Sorry I haven't been in contact much this week, I've been very busy at work trying to get everything done before my vacation next week.  Anyway here is my info for the week

CW 176.4, lost 1.2 lbs, finally! 

Plus I didn't go over my calories at all this week.  So I still have all 1500 points... And most importantly I exercised 3 times!  WAHOO!  have a good day everyone!