I've been losing my posts more and more on here and of course it has been the long ones and there is no way I'm retyping the one I just lost!

Cmbmom05, Idealmuse, Sugar N Spice, Diva--Thanks for thinking of me. I am definitely taking the Dr's advice. I'm at home today and may take tomorrow off also. I never call in so I do feel a bit guilty but I need to take care of me. I do have some ability to work from home so I will do what I can. I'm at the no excuses point right now. I don't want to do anything to keep me from starting the C25K on November 6th. I feel this is it. I've been on and off this journey for a long time but this is the first time I've ever felt like this is it. The C25K is my means to an end and I'm determined to do it.

Melissa--DITTO! I need 3FC and the Red Team. I feel like you are my sponsors you're there late at night. I also have no problem coming here saying I need help which is actually normally a difficult thing for me.

Diva--Menopause. My mom is in the beginning stages but according to her dr you're not officially going through menopause until you have absent of TOM for 6 consecutive months. She went back and forth and back and forth until she had 6 straight months. Her symptoms have been minimal and she has been dealing with them without medication.

I guess I changed my mind about retyping the post :)

Well I haven't missed any periods. If anything I am getting them more! LOL! My Mom did that in her later 40's leading up to it so I dunno. I am only 40 and I am no stranger to female problems so we'll see. I had surgery last yr for female issues, and we thought for a good 6 months that I had cancer. When ya have sucky (State) insurance, you are forced to deal with ALOT of time in between appt's. Long story short, There were complications during surgery, I almost died, but the good news is, it wasn't cancer. I know I DO NOT want to take anymore pills that I have to. I already have to tale 5 a day for the diabetes and the asthma.

Anyways....nuff of my fussing, lol. Sorry....

Edit: OMG! Out of couriosity, I weighed myself again... I was up 2 yesterday, and down 3 today. LOL!

Morning!

Diva, my mom had female issues before she had her surgery after I was born. But hers was more like she'd have her TOM for a year straight then be 2 years without it then have it again for 6 month straight. It was like an off and on switch. I'm sure it's not the same as your case, but you're not alone. :hug:

I was talking to my boss' wife yesterday and I mentioned it to the Blue Team this morning. Do any of you gals on the Red Team deal with herbalism or muscle testing? I'm kind of curious but my boss' wife is kinda of pushy when it comes to talking about it. It's like she's trying to convert me! :dizzy:

I was going to go get muscle tested today to find out what I can take for my migraines.

Maybe something like that can help you Diva until you can get to the doctor again? :?:

TOM is a mess literally! I began when I was 10 and I just hate it. So DIVA I hope you get this figured out so you can have some type of relief.

Chellez--no help here. I'm clueless to what you're even talking about but I will look it up because I have migraines too. Not as severe has I used to have them. When I was younger I was at the doctor every other week trying to get some type of relief.

likenoother - I was inquiring about natural remedies. It's like alternative to Tylenol and taking other medications but you take combinations of herbs and natural supplements cause it's better for your body.

I ended up going to the herbal store after lunch and I got muscle tested for both myself and my husband since he's sick. It was so weird that she told me exactly what I needed just from holding my wrist! If you have migraines really bad then I would definitely look and see if there's a natural food and herb store in your area and ask if they do muscle testing.

PS: She told me I needed Adaptamax for mine which I have to take 1 at lunch and one at dinner daily to help prevent the migraines from even happening.

Chellez--Thanks for the clarification. I wonder about myself sometimes. I thought that was what you meant. I definitely need to look into that. For a bit I was hitting up my mom (Army vet) and my co-worker (Marine wife) for higher mg of Motrin. The military will give you 600-800mg Motrin. So I stopped that and I now I'm just taking 5 200mg Motrins at a time. I don't do it often because I have less migraines but not good anyway.

I believe you hit the nail on the head! It's exactly what I've been doing. This is my third go around in this challenge and I should know better. It's just so much easier to be sympathetic and encouraging when someone besides YOU is going through a rough patch. But here I am for my daily check in!!
A silver lining though, is a year ago, I would have gained this weight and given up, said I was doing everything right blah blah blah. And for me, that's just not the truth. I THINK about doing everything right, but in reality I'm eating far too many calories and not exercising and I recognize that and am working to change it.

I was supposed to go running this afternoon but my running partner bailed, so I'm going to do some yoga and stretch out my sore legs. I ate pretty good today, split a muffin with a co worker (it was delicious!) and took a bite of a cookie and decided that it wasn't worth the calories and threw it in the trash.


Chellez, Diva and Likenother I'm sorry to hear about all your medical maladies!

I have been on here a lot today but its been extremely helpful to distract me because I want to be bad. I am crying up a storm tonight with the show. A true sign TOM is on his way.

AmberD--Thanks for thinking of me. I feel really fortunate to have such a great team!

I'm so getting ready to start the C25K program in November. I signed up on the www.coolrunning.com website. I will probably buy 1 sportsbra to start (make sure I like it first) by next week. I'm starting to get excited. I guess that's a good thing.

Here comes the weigh in..gotta go.

Did we already do the survey this week and my blonde self missed it someplace???:D

Morning all!!

Just stopped by to check in. I really enjoyed the show last night. I hope everyone has a nice an Op day take care.

Good Morning Red team! Sorry to have been a little MIA the past couple of days but I had my tax exam yesterday...thank god that is over for a few weeks! Although I should probably stay just as vigilant on it. anyway..Diva, no you didnt miss the survey I didnt do one. But I'll do it this morning while I await the little one to be ready to go!

Its National Walk to School Day today and I actually get to walk her to school! LOL!

I was bad last night and caved and ate pizza! We provided pizza for PTA last night and the plan was to have some just not have the crust (I'm doing low carb) well by the time the meeting was over (I'm the president so I do most all the talking) it was cold and I was starved so i just ate a piece...then another half a piece. Wasnt even that good!

Everyone see the show last night? What is up with the Red team? They win all the challenges and then their weighins arent great. I like them though I really like Phil and the cowboy. I really dont like blue team! Except Bob...so I hope for the blue team because of bob but I dont like the members LOL! Of all of them though I did kinda like Patty. Really looking forward to less manboobs! Good lord!

Okay I better scoot! Have a wonderful day Red team!!

Survey Time YAY!!!
 

Good Morning Red! :flow2:

likenoother, how's the ankle/foot today? I hope you're feeling much better today! :)

Melissa, you sinner! Pizza! The horror of it all! :p You know it coulda been so much worse, right? What I hate is when I decide to cheat and it doesnt even taste good! :rolleyes: Back at it today, right!

Amber, good to see you hon! :)

Mercee, :wave:


Well, going back to work in a couple weeks. To say that I am less than excited would be accurate. lol I am hoping that I can keep up with this schedule and still keep up with what I need to do to lose weight. These are going to start being really long days, so I pray that by eating clean and working out will help me keep up my energy to do it all. I want to be a success so I am determined! You know the real bummer about it all? I gotta go and buy fat-girl clothes for work. I HATE shopping for clothes in this size! *sigh* Oh well, what can I do right? Suck it up and carry on! I prefer to think of all the things I WILL get to buy once I reach my goal, and focus on all the beautiful things I have in my life right now!!

Have an awesome day team!

Be good to you!

Hey girls, there was a lil 'misunderstanding on another team today and as a ressult, Jen made a post that I want to share with you all. I think it's a great motivator as well as topic starter.
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Posted by Jen:


Now I want to take everyone's minds off this subject and talk about the real reason we are here. Losing weight. It is really important and I know we all know this but sometimes it takes a kick in the head to really jump start things. I will tell you a story about something that happened to me last night. I am a registered nurse and I see a lot of overweight and obese elderly people and usually I'll think to myself that I'd rather be dead than be 80 years old and be so fat and feeble that I can't even wipe myself. Last night I admitted a lady who was only 63 and must have weighed 350 lbs. She was completely dead weight. It took 4 of us to safely move her around on the bed without hurting ourselves. I tried to put her on the bed pan to go to the bathroom and she couldn't lay on her back because her abdomen was so huge it hurt her back. There were rolls of fat everywhere, it was impossible to clean her properly. I don't know if anyone else ever gets yeast infections in your fat rolls but this lady had them horribly. When I was able to wipe in between them it was raw and red and smelled horrible from infection. I was able to get her up onto a chair that I could take her into the bathroom and she couldn't even sit up straight because of all the fat. I took her into the shower and her legs were so tender and swollen it hurt just to spray gentle water from a hand held shower on them. She is diabetic of course and I wouldn't be surprised if she didn't end up losing both her legs. I've seen obese people in the hospital but this put it on an entirely new level.

So let's put things into perspective okay? This whole black/red/blue team stuff is meant to be fun while we get down to the business of losing weight. I enjoy coming to this site and chatting with people but let's not lose site of the big picture.

Sorry if this is too much information! I see a lot of stuff that would gross the average person out and I don't usually talk about it too much especially here but this really hit me I think mostly because this lady is 63, not really all that old and what has she got to look forward to? I hope that we are able to help her get back some level of quality of life but I wish she had never got to this point to begin with.

Here is my reply to that post. Also, after reading all this, I'd like to know, what is your motivation for losing weight?

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THAT is one of the many reason's I am doing this. I see the lady across the street who is 60 yrs old and she's thin and healthy and hyper as can be. She's constantly outside, mowing her lawn, working in her garden. She works out on the gazelle and with video tapes and I am in awe of her. There's also another lady down the road who is 72 and she is also constantly on the move. She's also thin. She STILL works, drives, mows her lawn, chop's wood, I think she's goning to outlive us all.

On the other hand I see my Mom, who is 59, severly overweight, heart desease, Type 2 Diabetic, has arthritus and nerve damage in her legs. I am so worried about her. I am so scared she's going to lose a leg or 2. We live in seperate states, but when I go visit, it's obvious that she just doesn't care. She isn't doing anything to try and lose weight. There's junk food all over. The most exercise she get's is getting up from the computer to go pee. It's very sad. I've tried motivating her but it's really hard when I cannot be there all the time to watch over her. Here she is younger than my 2 neighbors and doing horribly.

My point is, I am already type 2 disbetic and I DO NOT want to turn into my Mother. I do not want to take my diabetes as a death sentence and just give up! I want to lose this weight to mostly be healthy but I also want to look good. I LOVE these challenges we do together because it really is nice to come here and brag if I've done well, cry when I haven't and have you ladies here to support me & cheer my on while I can hopefully do the same for you.

Wow, I hope the black team gets everything situated.

Makes me sad to see more tension going on in the challenge. Diva that post you quoted "So let's put things into perspective okay? This whole black/red/blue team stuff is meant to be fun while we get down to the business of losing weight." I agree with that whole heartedly. That is exactly why I was kinda annoyed at what happened week one because it was about technicalities rather then cheering each other on.

What's my motivation? Well my weight is a burden but not in the way you think. It's a large factor in my depression. I'm not sure if the weight caused the depression or the depression caused the weight but I haven't been myself in quite awhile. I feel like it effects my self esteem, my energy, my motivation, my relationship, and on and on.... and of course it would be nice to just be normal for once. I haven't been considered "merely overweight" since I was 18. Also, I was starting to slow down and have minor health issues... just minor asthma and heart burn and slightly high cholesterol, but I was spinning that wheel of chance and it was only a matter of time until major health issues came'a'knock'in. Plus, you know it would be nice to look cute and have some decent clothes... but those aren't the most important reasons.

-muse

Red Team (TV show version) I think someone tipped them off about immunity... they then filled up on water and what not. Just a hunch...

Week 4 Survey:

1.What is your trigger food?(the one you really struggle to say no to like Bob and his cupcakes last night on the show?) Cookies.

2. What is your favorite healthy snack? Light String Cheese

3. Which would you rather have...a new pair of shoes or a new piece of jewelery? Depends on what... but since I mostly wear the same shoes most of the time I'd say jewelry but not the kind people usually thing of something more artsy rather then say gold.

4. What kind of purse do you carry...small but efficient or large and prepared? When i do (not often) its a silver lunch box/trunk so small!

5. Do you collect anything? Nightmare before Christmas sorta... Art supplies... Art from other people.

6. Do you plan on treating yourself to something besides a new wardrobe when you reach your goal? What is it? Ski trip maybe.

7. What was the last goal that you went for and acheived? Erm. Oh... opening my own website and selling my work.

8. Would you rather be outdoors or indoors? indoors.

9. Have you started decorating for Halloween yet? no but I bought some "Skelemingos" to put outside. (Think Pink Flamingos but these are skeleton ones)

10. What about yourself are you most proud of? My creativity? Dunno. I'm pretty modest.

Diva - You know I never thought about Air Quality... part of the minor asthma could be living in the city, but my asthma (exercised induced mostly) has nearly disappeared. I can see how the poor air quality there wouldn't be good for you.

Medication is not a solve-all, but it does help. I was on it before a few years back and continued to gain weight on it but doing BOTH the medication and exercise seems to be enough to keep up enough of what's lacking in my brain to keep more feeling closer to normal. Luckily Wellbutrin is one of the medications that isn't supposed to cause weight gains and sometimes is reported to help in weight loss. :)

I think a lot of obese people suffer from depression more so then the general population because of the way society treats you. If you're one of those people who is already prone to it (family history here) then it's very easy to fall down that hole.

I missed my W/I because my kids are very sick. I've been doing awesome, just have not had ANY time to get online until today. Kids are my top priority.

Hello everyone. Hope all is doing well.

This week I may be absent because I have a lot of cleaning and painting to do around the house. Also, the internet may be out for a few days, so I figured I should use a freebie week.

Good luck this week!

Week 4 Survey:

1.What is your trigger food?(the one you really struggle to say no to like Bob and his cupcakes last night on the show?) Chocolate, and soft warm cookies

2. What is your favorite healthy snack? I too like LF string cheese and I usually have a piece of fruit with it

3. Which would you rather have...a new pair of shoes or a new piece of jewelery? Diamonds are a girls best friend :)

4. What kind of purse do you carry...small but efficient or large and prepared? My mom got me a really pretty smaller purse for my birthday. Before that it was kind of big, but I like the small one

5. Do you collect anything? Lovers.... HA. Papers and junk mail seem to collect themselves, I don't collect anything

6. Do you plan on treating yourself to something besides a new wardrobe when you reach your goal? What is it? Haven't really thought about it. Goal just seems so impossible right now

7. What was the last goal that you went for and acheived? It's not the most recent, but last year at this time I finished the Marine Corps Marathon :D

8. Would you rather be outdoors or indoors? usually outdoors

9. Have you started decorating for Halloween yet? No I'm too lazy

10. What about yourself are you most proud of? That I'm really nice and likeable (and modest) but at the same time I'm not a pushover

and to answer Diva's question:

11. my family motivates me. They're all over weight and I worry terribly about their health. If I can't lose 40 pounds at age 24, how can I encourage my mom and dad to lose 100 pounds at age 50? Plus, I dont want to have to deal with weight problems later, i want "healthy" to be habit.

I don't think Melissa was speaking specifically to you. I'm afraid she was pointing the finger at this kid (and others like me), who by all accounts needs a swift kick in the rear!

Congratulations on doing so well, despite having sick kiddos. I hope they feel better soon!

Good Afternoon Red team! Taking a homework break. While Amber was right I wasnt pointing any specific fingers I do have to say this.

First of all...my kids are my top priority too.
But then comes my classes and my homework (I'm a fulltime student);and then comes PTA, I'm the president and volunteer at 2 different schools (which is like a fulltime job I'm at one or the other every single day of the school week); and then dh and the house have to fit in there somewhere; and I'm here every single day

Why? Because 4 weeks ago I made a committment to myself and my weightloss when I joined this team. That committment was that I was going to make sure that I logged in and posted my weigh in before the deadline and support my team. I knew the requirements going in. No matter what else is going on I deserve that for myself. Because I cannot take care of my kids, or finish my education or volunteer or take care of dh and the house if I'm sick or dead because of my weight.

I timed it, it took me less than 4 minutes to turn on the computer, log in, find 3FC and make an edit for weigh in. We had 20% of our team not weighing in for the week, the rest of the team is waiting on it, I'm waiting on it so I can post results, Blue team is waiting on it so they can see the results. Surely 20 people can find 4 minutes in their day to honor their committment to themselves and their team. Its a choice not to. Because weights are done by percentages those people who drop the challenge do weigh us down.

So weigh ins aside, my biggest problem is joining a team challenge and then not being a member of the team. I absolutely without a doubt understand dealing with sick kids, deadlines, visitors or being out of town. But we have 22 people on our team, and how many post regularly? Not even half. So I gotta wonder why these people joined a TEAM challenge when the whole idea behind being on a team is to get and give support during the challenge. When people dont post, and then dont weigh in...what is the team supposed to think? Its been a problem since Week 1, so please dont think I'm picking on those who used freebies this week because I'm not. But each week it gets worse and its not fair.

I'm not gonna beat a dead horse. I cant force someone to take advantage of something they dont want to. I'm not gonna waste my time PMing them begging for their support, that they promised to give by joining the team. I will however ask again and again to please please please get your weights posted by the deadline. You may not participate in the team but the rest of us who do dont appreciate having to wait, and then being penalized because a person cant be bothered to at least post their weight.

Okay this turned out much longer than I had planned, and I apologize if this touches a nerve. But it is how I feel, I'm entitled to those feelings. And trust me, from the PMs I get from team members I'm not the only one who feels this way. All I can ask is to please remember your team!

Hello everyone,
I wanted to let you know that my foot is just fine. I went to work today and really didn't have any problems. I really appreciated everyone asking about it and showing concern. Thanks.

The past two days I have really wanted to eat more than I should and I haven't. I just get so hungry when TOM is near or here. I may take a freebie this week because I'm up d/t TOM. We shall see.

That's great about the foot!!! I had broke mine once, and had tendinitis in it once and having a foot out of commission is no fun! I'm glad yours is doing better

Could not agree with you more, Mel.

While we ALL have various obligations to our families and to ourselves, it's important to remember that none of those things will matter if we aren't here! I know all to well how easy it is to put everyone else first, and I'm sure that's how alot of us got to this point of being overweight, but by all of us deciding to join this challenge, this is where we decided to take back our lives, to start getting healthy and do something for US. It's taken me a long time to get to where I am mentally, but when I started putting myself as a top priority without feeling guilty, that's when I knew I was ready to fight this fight and see it all the way through. We are all important, we all matter, we all deserve to win!

By giving a little bit of yourselves here can help someone else immensely with what you have to say by means of support or motivation. It takes 2 minutes to extend support to someone struggling, and could mean all the difference in success or failure for one or more. Also, I find that when I am writing to other's in the midst of my own struggle, it really helps me stay on track and not feel so bad. Keep those posts coming girls, whether you know it or not, you are all contributing to a wonderful cause! :hug:

So I have been really busy these last few days. I have been getting some sort of exercise everyday. That is really good for me. Tonight for dinner we had stir fry, it was actually very good and tasty.

One of the posts I read that hit home was about healthy becoming a way of life. Right now I feel like I have to think about every morsel of food I put in my mouth. I cannot wait until it becomes a conscious habit. Eating healthy feels good, but I still find myself wanting that piece of pizza, However, a little less everyday. Who knows maybe in about 10 years that piece of pizza won't have such a hold on me.lol.

Thank you for allowing me to be part of a team. I really appreciate all the support. Happy Wednesday!

Wow, okay. So next time I am cuddling my son 24/7 who has croupe and can barely even breathe even with his nebulizer treatments I will ask him to please just sit by himself for four minutes so I can post my weights.

You know what, I'm done. I'll PM Michelle. I shouldn't get up off the computer in tears because I couldn't take four minutes to post my weight. Unless you've ever had a child who has extremely bad croupe and hospitalizations many times a year, I don't need to be told how much free time I have because I had none. I wish everyone good luck and next time someone feels the need to lecture on time management, think of the other persons feelings first. I won't be checking back on this thread.

okay wow is right Angela...I guess you missed the part where I said I understand having sick kids. But if you want out thats fine. Again as I stated in my post my issue is with people not supporting their team. Good luck to you!

likenoother....I'm so glad your foot is better!! That is really great news. I'm the same way with bees that you are with butterflies!

I think I'm getting over stressed with all this homework, perhaps a good run on the elliptical will work out the kinks huh?

Have a wonderful night everyone!!

~melissa