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I made a post under the 1st thread..before I saw this one ...please go back and read! Thanks

I caught it!

Welcome Anne!

This group is great for motivation :) You'll really like it here. I also do the Leslie Sansone tape. I really like her. What tape do you have? I have the 2 mile walk tape & just ordered the Power Walk-3 Miles tape.

I hope everyone had a great Easter. I have to say I did great with my points. I planned well & kept to my points. I wanted to stay on the low range today because the last 2 days I've eaten at my Max range. I want to try to mix it up a little to see if that helps jog the weight loss. I ended up using 5pts for breakfast, 5pts for lunch & 7pts for dinner & a 2.5pt dessert. Hopefully this will be a good week. I didn't do my tape :( because I was just so tired. I was up late because we had some nasty storms roll through here yesterday. I ended up taking a nap with my little one ... I feel much better now :) Tomorrow should be a good day for my tape. My son is off from school and I'll have the time to do it....

Anyway, hope you all enjoyed your day...have a good night...

See ya :wave:
Debbie

Monday!
 

Hey guys! Way to go with the thread! It sounds like we all are doing so well!

Debbie: Wow! 14,000 steps! That is SO AWESOME! You'll be getting the weight loss going again! I can't wait until I get on a plateau..I need to lose some weight first! I've made a version of your desert with fresh strawberries, and yes, it's yummy. Except..ha..I used TWO of the cups! Good for you for thinking smart and cutting yours in half! how does your pedometer work? How does it know how many steps you take? I thought you had to press a button or something every step you take....I'm sorry, I'm out of it...oh...hoooooray for the VCR!!!

Lisa:
Welcome! I caught your message in the other thread. It's okay, we all do that stuff! Did you get my PM back? I just wanted to make sure because the site was having some technical difficulties this morning! Anyway, thank you, it was very nice of you to think of me! How's the walking going?

Anne: Hey, sorry, I don't use the monitor. I just take my rate around the middle of my workout to make sure I'm at max level. They have these signs in the gym that I follow that shows my age and at what levels my heart rate should be at during activities. I don't know if I'm doing it right though. Oh, I use something like a fitball at the gym...I have back problems and since I started working out, I haven't been to the chiropractor. I think it was because of the extra weight I had, so after I lost the weight that I have, my back doesn't feel bad. So anyway, I stretch my back on the ball...I probably look silly, but I feel weightless lying on it, and I kind of roll the ball forward and backward to stretch out my back and parts of my shoulders after a workout...feels goooood.....

Emmy: I've been reading your posts talking about how you walk everywhere...so Sunday morning I rode my bike to my brother's apartment....but.....I made him drive me home because it was rainy! Ha! Now my bike is at his place!

Susan: How was your visit to the gym? Did you find a machine that you liked a lot?

Womaninlove: we're waitin' for ya whenever you're ready!

Hope I didn't miss anything! Imagine if we were all in a room together...we'd be a bunch of chattin fools!

Hey Girlie Girl!! Good to "see" you again :) Isn't that dessert good?? Girl, I work around things I like & figure out ways to cut the points so I get what I like to eat but don't waste a lot of points on any one thing. I did do my tape today. I really missed it. I feel really good right about now :) As far as the pedometer, I have the 1-2-3 pedometer. I know some people say it's not that accurate but mine does come within the 5 step margin it gives. I had to input my stride (you have to measure the distance you take in 10 steps), I also had to input my weight to the nearest 10 lbs. As I walk it registers how many steps I have taken. There have been 2 days this week that I have not gotten in my 10,000 steps but the other days I have gotten more than the 10,000. When I do the tape I always do really good because with the tape alone I get in about 4,000 steps or so plus any other walking I do throughout the day. It's good because if I see I don't have many steps I make sure I move around more to get them in. I'm here patiently waiting for my 3 mile power walk tape. Emmy, have you had a chance to do it? How is it?

Womaninlove, where are you??? Update whenever you get a chance.

I hope everyone else is having a great day!!

See ya :wave:
Debbie

Hey!
 

I'm glad I'm not here alone!

Debbie, how does the pedometer know you're walking? I know I'm an idiot!!! It's just something I've never thought about before! Do you hook something up to you? Does it sense motion? That must be really neat to have it say 0 when you wake up and then 10,000 when you go to bed! It reminds me of the elliptical machine's counter. I only do between 5000-6000 when I do 30mins of it.

Oh, yeah, make sure you let me know when you find more little treats like that! I like to do that too! I'm not on WW, but I used to be, and usually keep pts in mind when I'm eating (I'm just too wussy to write it down!). If you like chocolate...heh heh..the forbidden C word! Anyway, if you look in the Kosher section, there are these peppermint patties that are BETTER than York and are a pt for two. There are only like 10 in a package, but they are SO yummy...the brand is Manschewitz...something like that!

Also in the Kosher section are those Kedem brand tea biscuits....6 for a point..the whole package of 30 is 5 points! They taste like cookies!

Anyway, gotta finish some reports before I go home. I'm doing a presentation tomorrow in class and I'm nervous...gonna work some sweat tonite to get psyched up!

Girlie

Sorry I've been away so long!
 

Hi everybody! I'm back! I am sooooo tired though! This holiday weekend has me beat! :yawn: Our computer got a virus yesterday and with it being Easter, of course we were running around to relatives houses and had no time to fix the problem. We had someone over for dinner tonight, so right after I got home from work I was cleaning like crazy, etc.

I did make it to the gym this morning and did the elliptical like a wild woman, but my knee started to swell up and got painful so I only did my strangth training arms and thighs and had to quit. It feels better now, so we'll see about tommorow!

I did ok with my eating I guess. I have lost a total of 10 lbs though!!! I'm at 180! I'm dying to break back into the 170's...

It sounds like you all are doing fabulous!!! I was so excited to finally get back on the board and see everyone feeling so positive!! Welcome to our newbies!! I will be posting as much as I can...thanks for missing me & letting me know I'm thought of when I'm away...I certainly think about you guys even when I'm not logged on!

Have a great night everyone!

womaninlove

Womaninlove
 

Yay! 10lbs is great! I'm really glad for you! All of your work has really paid off! As soon as I get back from PA, I'm going to start again. I just want to maintain what I've got now...SOMEday I'll be back down there with you! The next 10lbs will fall off just like the first 10lbs! I'm sure your Sweetie is so happy for you!

Heck, maybe I'll lose while I'm in PA...I'll be working out while I'm there too.

At least I've seen some difference in my clothes. My overalls are looser than they used to be. And a sad note: I wear these three stacked rings on my ring finger...they are falling off now! I bought them a little too big back in December...the top ring and the bottom ring are size 8 and the middle is size 9. I really liked them so I got them thought they were too big, and I figured the 8's would hold the 9 on, but now I can't exercise without clenching my fist or they'll fall off. My finger is really a size 7. I guess it's back to my other rings! My Luvvy went to basic training in Texas a couple of years ago, and he had a jade/silver ring made for me while he was there, and he brought it back and it's a size 7...now I can wear it again! I was ashamed to admit that it didn't fit anymore!

Gotta do work now, finally! Talk to you all soon! Great to hear from you Womaninlove!

Girlie

Happy Monday !!
 

I just got home from walking at the track with fellow teachers ....two miles tonight ..I am just getting started back.

I am so glad to see everyone walking and doing Leslie Sansone. I have one of her older tapes, and one mile kills me. She really works you.

I am also on Weight Watchers, but am sad to say I haven't been in about a month, so I am hoping I can ease back into that too.


EVERYONE GET WALKING AND EXERCISING AND DON'T FORGET YOUR WATER!!!!

hello
 

Hi all,
Girlie invited me to come here. It sounds like you all are avid exercisers. I work out with step aerobics 3 times a week for an hour and I also try to ride my cardio glide in between. I am going to start walking soon, what are these walking tapes I am seeing in these posts? I would love to have a tape for walking. I have a pedometer that I have used in the past.. Will have to dust it off and use it next time I walk. LOL
Bye the way I am 37 a married sahm and have two girls. I am trying to lose about 30-40 pounds just watching my fat and cals and exercising. I think if I can do it on my own I feel like I can keep it off better. Only lost 9 pounds in the last 6 weeks. Looking to lose at least 9 more by Memorial day. I don't belong to a gym but am thinking of maybe joining one someday. I do not know alot about the machines they use there, but would love to learn. Well I am glad to have joined here and hope to chat with you all soon.
Diana :)

walking tapes
 

They are videos by leslie sansone....she has an informercial out now ...late at night ...i believe the girl from general hospital is in the informercial with her....the tapes are a very good all around work out.....

Good Morning:)

womaninlove-- 10 lbs down...WOOOHOOO! You go girl!!! Keep it up & you will be slim & trim in no time....

Girlie-- I wear the pedometer on the waist band of my pants so evertime I move it registers a step. It's cool...

Diana-- Welcome!! :) What cardioglide machine do you have? I have the Weslo cardioglide. I haven't really been using it because I kind of got bored. I do the Leslie Sansone 2 mile walk tape instead. It's way easier on my knees :) You can check out her tapes on http://www.walkaerobics.com, http://www.amazon.com, http://www.bn.com, http://www.collagevideo.com and you can read reviews at http://www.videofitness.com Losing 9 lbs in 6wks is great!! That's a 1.5lbs a week. A healthy rate of weight loss is 0.5 lb -2lbs a week so you are right on target. Keep up the great work!! :)

Susan-- I missed your post about you being a fellow New Yorker. It's funny because I think I still have a little of my accent though not as pronounced as it used to be. My Aunt tells me I sound like a southerner. I don't think I do. I got reprogrammed when I lived in Florida. I was a customer service rep & they had to teach me how to talk & finish my words :lol: I was actually born in Puerto Rico but raised in Brooklyn from the time I was 1 mo old. We are planning on going back to NY this summer. I can't wait to see everyone out there as it's been almost 6yrs since I've been back.

Lisa, Emmy-- you are doing great with the exercise. Keep up the great work!!!

Denise-- hopefully your schedule is getting back to normal & you'll be able to join us over here soon :)

I was finally able to get my butt moving & do my 2mile tape last night. I was going to do it a 2nd time but I didn't want to overdo it & then have to skip today. It felt great to get moving again :) By the time I went to bed last night I had clocked 16,000 steps & 5 miles..WOOHOO! Guess folding & putting away laundry from room to room helps add some steps on that ole pedometer..:lol:

Hope you all have a great day!!!

See ya! :wave:
Debbie

Hello!!
 

Hi everyone!! Sounds like everyone is doing well.

I received my 3 mile tape yesterday and I did the whole workout. Leslie really works on the upper body in this one. I think I will alternate it with my other 3 mile tape and see how it goes. I have lost 9 pounds so far and I am feeling healthier everyday. I have a long way to go but I will succeed!!

Deb, I think you will like the 3 mile power walk. She uses weighted gloves in it but you can use any kind of weights with it.

I will be checking in later to see how everyone is doing.
Have a great day everyone.

Checking In
 

I am alive, but barely. I have a wonderful cold that my husband gave me. Aren't they so sweet? :) Haven't been to the gym since Saturday. If I go back to work tomorrow I will go to the gym. I hate being sick. :(

ooooooooooh I hate being sick. It screws up EVERYTHING!!!!


I went to my new gym last night and worked out on the cross trainer and the recumbent bike. What a workout!
My elliptical hasn't come yet but I'm getting good workouts at the gym now.

Hope everyone is doing well!
Susan