Location: I am from 29 Palms, California... but now live in Northeast, Ohio
Posts: 2,107
S/C/G: SW-245.5/CW-209/GW-170
Height: 5'5"
Hi *BRENDA*
Good to see you...
I have a schedule very much like Cathy's (only I don't have a job outside our home). I set everything out the night before and I am usually heading for bed by 9:30 and in bed by 10pm... I naturally am awake by 4:30/4:45am --- our alarm doesn't go off till 5:30/6, so if I over sleep I have that. But most times I am up. I like to get my workouts in before my hubby is up, so when he gets up I can enjoy a cup of coffee with him and fix his lunch for him and have chat time. There's not much chatting at night when he comes home, he's so tired... especially after working in the heat we've had these days.
Here's a little tid-bit: I read that if you workout in the mornings you burn more calories and fat then in the evenings --- because you have a full days intake of calories in you when you workout at night, so the body begins to burn that first, but in the morning you have digested all of the calories from the day before, therefore burning more of the stored fat and calories.
I don't know how you work out at night and still sleep well either??? I couldn't. When I use to work for Jazzercise as a registrar I would sometimes workout at 7pm, but just could not fall asleep at night when I got home --- sometimes by 1 or 2am I would finally go to sleep I would be so wound up. I sure couldn't do that today... I'm wishing you well in trying to decide what to do.
*MEL*
Your schedule and meals sound just fine... so many starve and think they will lose weight that way, so I just thought I'd make a mention. I too watch all processed foods. Many do not realized that they are linked to most, if not all, heart attacks and strokes today. And so much of what is on the shelves (& in the store freezers) have it (Hydrogenated & Partially Hydrogenated Oils). I saw this whole program on Discovery Health about it years before it hit the news! So by the time it made the papers and articles in mags. my girlfriend & I were already watching not to buy foods with the processing in the ingred. label at the grocery.
I look forward to seeing more of your wedding pictures
Why are you on sleeping meds, Mel?? Are you not sleeping well at night? I bet it is so hard when you have children... to get that nights sleep you so need. I do hope you begin to feel better real soon! And are able to get a good nights sleep - it makes a world of difference.
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I must be going... Joe is home and hungry (me too ).
I am making turkey burgers, tossed balsamic salad, steamed veggies & a baked potatoe for him... simple, but tasty TTFN... SunnyD <><
Sunny, I totally understand your concern with my low cal. intake. And I thank you (again) for that! It's awful that people sometimes think that by starving themselves, they can attain their goal weight. But in fact, the body then goes into starvation-mode and stores everything as fat. I found this out at a very young age. This time around, I just want to eat healthy.
Good for you for also keeping away from processed foods. They are really very harmful... regardless of how good they may taste. We're also going to start eating as much organically grown food as possible (we're convinced that that's why children are developing at such an early age... all the hormones that are put into fruits, vegetables and meat).
As for the sleeping meds, indeed, I suffer from insomnia. Have for years. But it has gotten increasingly worse the last few months. Today was hideous -- zero energy, two kids to chase after, the whole bit. I wouldn't be surprised if I passed out in my plate of dinner tonight. Ah well... at least I'd be getting to bed at a decent hour!
I did manage to get my pilates in as well as some weight-training. Not much but it'll have to do for today. I need rest. Talk to you girls tomorrow. Hope you're all keeping well!
Wow, just reading all of your posts makes me tired. I feel very inspired when I read what you all are doing. Now if I could keep that feeling long enough to get myself back on track.
I walked 2 miles on the treadmill tonight and rode the exercise bike 6 miles.
Totals for July: 7 miles walked and 18 miles biked.
Brenda, The only suggestion I can give you is....make taking care of yourself a PRIORITY. If this means everybody elses supper is an hr later than they're use to, so be it. Make time for YOU!! You are worth it. Good luck............Cathy, Sunny, Mel, As always you guys are doing great and giving really good advice......... Mrs. Beasley, Your numbers are looking great. Keep up the good work!.........No Sheila, tell me it isn't so I so look forward to reading your posts. I want to know all about your new boyfriend etc....Maybe you can pop into your local library a couple times a week or something. (just a suggestion, no pressure) If not, please continue to tell us about you even if you can't always keep up with us. We're here for you girl!!.............My life has become NOISEY. The workmen showed up yesterday and started residing my house. I'm so excited. My home has looked like an old farmhouse for so long. Which is what it is. Over a hundred yrs actually. I went with light maple. I'm leaning toward wine colored shutters and doors. Any advice? Due to this I probably won't be doing any strength training for awhile. I only really like to do it around 9am and I'm not going to have them watching me. I'd feel foolish!!! I'm taking the children to the library today so they can use the computers while I walk the trail. Planning 4 miles today........ Have a great day girly girls!!!!!
Hi, glad to meet you! I'm also a walker and started walking to lose weight on
6/21/04, and so far so good. I have lost a total of 8 pounds . If you can offer any encouragement , please do....I enjoy walking and look forward to it everyday. I walk 6 days a week for 30-55 minutes.
Welcome Abirdee, Wow, you're doing really great. 8 pounds down in less than a month. Excellent!!! If you want to share more about yourself we all here would love to hear it. Married, children, eating program, etc.... You've found a terrific group of ladies to support you here. Good luck.
Thank you for having me! Well I am married (now 1yr. & 7mnths), I don't have any babies and that is really one of the reasons for my determination to lose weight. My husband and I want to start trying to have a baby next year, and I want to get rid of the weight I have now before I add more on. I eat 3 meals a day along with 2 snacks (no bread, sweets, fast food, or fried anything). I drink so much water I hear the ocean in my ears when I sit down and stand up ........I work out 6 days a week walking for 30-55 minutes, and I would like to start weight training but my thinking is because of my weight if I start using weights I'm going to bulk up instead of lose, but I could be wrong.....If anyone has some information I could use on weight training it would be greatly appreciated.....
Hi Ladies, hope everyone is having a great day so far.
Thanks to all for responding to my question.
Cathy, I too think that If I don't use weights with WATP tapes that I don't get a good work out. But I really like using the T-Mill, I think I get a better work out.
Sunny, thanks for the tidbit. It make sense.
Yes, sometimes I do have trouble sleeping at night. But have just got use to exercising at night because of time. I am seriously thinking about getting up an hour earlier to exercise. i just have to change my mindset.
Kristi, thanks for you encouragement. I will make taking care of myself a priority. Yes , I am worth it.
Location: I am from 29 Palms, California... but now live in Northeast, Ohio
Posts: 2,107
S/C/G: SW-245.5/CW-209/GW-170
Height: 5'5"
Good Evening Walkers, Swimmers & Lifters
I got 3 Miles in today and what a wet day we are having! It is coming down in buckets and we are even seeing a bit of hail... strange weather.
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Welcome to you *ABIRDEE*
I too give you a Bravo on your 8 lbs loss! You are doing a wonderful job so far...
Congrats on your fairly new marriage --- almost 2 year anniversary I see... cool beans.
Hi *SHEILA*
I loved that bat story but would have been screaming my head off it I had realized that my cat buried the bat in my pants!!! We still don't know what we are hearing and the rains haven't let up enough to go investigate thoroughly --- so we just wait.
So sorry to hear of the job and the computer --- they give with one hand (the exercise program) and take with the other. Welcome to reality I think that Kristi has a good idea to go to the library if you want to just check in once a week with us... I too am interested in your new love and want to hear all about him
*MEL*
You still suffer from insomnia - with exercising? I don't have any problems now that I work out each day. I too suffered with insomnia for many years --- use to say that sleep was a waste of time, not anymore! I am sleeping like a baby by 10pm now. I hope you get a good nights rest soon {{{Hugs}}}
*VICKI*
Great job getting in some miles!!!
Keep up the good job!!
You look mighty happy with all those smiles
*BRENDA*
You are very welcome
I hope it was of some help to you.
*KRISTI*
You too are a great source of encouragement and a great friend to everyone here, our little Cheerleader --- you have been from the beginning for me!!! I am so glad that you began the walkers thread again and that I joined! I feel so blessed to know you and all these other wonderful ladies here I know I am doing so well because of you all. Thank you so much!
A big "Hey there" to *CATHY**LYNNE**JANINE**MICHELLE RAE**LAURIE**JOJO*&*KCWRITER**
I sure do hope I haven't forgotten anyone... our little group here has just gotten so big
Ain't it grand
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Well gals, my dinner is ready and my hubby just got home, so I must be going... Everyone have a restful evening and a good nights sleep (Mel )
{{{Hugs}}} SunnyD <><
ApRiL MiLeS: 41.0 MaY MiLeS: 48.25 JuNe MiLeS: 20.75 JuLy MiLeS: 29.0
Hey girlies a quick post from me!! I did 30 minutes of aqua exercise today in our pool. The water was sooo warm and enjoyable I didnt want to get out except I was beginning to shrivel up lol.
Sunny enjoy your supper and way to go on those 3 miles today!! I'm going to do a bike ride after dark when it cools down a little. It was 90 degrees here today!! How is your garden doing? We have beautiful lilys (I think) blooming right now, they are bright orange and tall thick stalks but they are just gorgeous!! Wait til you hear all about the anniversary night I'm planning with DH!! Sooo romantic, I think anyway lol.
Kristi all that remodeling sounds sooo fun!! We are going to be doing some home improvement too when my inlaws are up visiting, we are putting in a privacy fence and a brick patio, plus hubby and FIL are going to frame up the basement for a storage room and seperate laundry room the master bedroom down there is already framed up and has the ingress/egress windows we just need to frame up the bathroom and then the rec room. Its going to be wonderful!! You are soooo close to goal girl I'm excited for you!!!
Sheila - I do hope that you will keep posting even if not regularly with us, I htink you are a great source of inspiration to everyone and I shall miss you if you were to leave us
Abirdee - Welcome to the group!! This is an absolutely wonderful group of people and I love them dearly and I'm sure you will too!!!
Vickie you are doing awesome as always!!! I wish I could keep up with you lol this summer is sooo busy and I'm glad about that because I spent all last year in bed pretty much so I'm glad I can take the kids outside to play and to the park, library etc...I'm so glad you are doing so well with your exercise.
Mel - I'm so sorry to hear about your insomnia, I'm the opposite of you lol I can sleep almost any time almost anywhere lol. Way to go with the exercise!!
Cathy - Hey girl!!! I hope all is well with you!! How have you been feeling, thyroid wise? I really need to make an appointment to see the endo I want them to test my T3 and I bet they'll find that I'm deficient with my T3 as well as my free T4 this hormone crap is depressing and I wish I could just have it figured out and be done with it lol. Hubby is getting snipped next month so we won't have to worry about me going on birth control so no more weight gain from BC pills, patches, rings, or shots lol. Thank heavens. We decided that if we want to have another baby down the road that we would adopt a child, and provide a life for it that it may not have otherwise had. Lol sorry for going off on a tangent.
Well I better get going I need to eat some supper! I will ttyl!!
Michelle
As usual I really didn't feel much like exercising but then I read everyone else's posts and decided to do something.
So I walked 2mi. on the tm and hit the bike for 6mi.
Totals for July: 9 miles walking, 24 miles biking.
Now if I could just get a handle on the eating. I tend to be obsessive/compulsive. I either am obsessively exercising or complusively eating. Right now it's eating and not exercising and gaining weight. Oh well, I'll just have to keep trying.
You all seem to be doing great --- keep it up!!!! Have a good night!
I finally drug my tired self out of bed this morning and did a 30 minute 2 mile WATP w/3lb hand weights!
July Miles = 18
Strength = 2
hugs,
cathy
OOPS! I almost forgot the most important thing of all - guess what! I have lost 5 lbs in a week since starting the phentermine! I don't think I have ever lost 5 lbs in a week in my whole entire life! I am so thrilled! I know its probably just water, but I don't care, my scale has moved down 5 lbs! yippeee! I know (and understand why) people don't like diet pills, but I'm afraid it was the BOOST that I needed. I think that they speed up my very slow metabolism, and they enable me to keep my calories at 1000 calories a day (rather than 1200) and that seems to be the number for me to lose a few pounds - even tho I was beginning to wonder if anything was gonna make that happen. But still......down 5 lbs!
I only walked 2 miles yesterday, but today I know I can do 3.......Wish me luck!
I will have my one month weigh in on 07/21/04 and I'm hoping for a total of 10lbs. for the month. I will start weight training starting my second month, any suggestions on how many pounds I should start out with?
Michelle - I almost forgot to answer your question. Thyroid wise (low thyroid symptons) I seem to be feeling much better, less brain fog, fatigue, hairloss, body temperature is up, etc. All of that is better, but I just wasn't losing any weight, and that is why I wanted my doc to up the Armour Thryoid to 3 grains a day (instead of 2) thinking I would continue to feel better and maybe get things up to whatever they needed to be to lose some weight. But I do feel so much better then I did in October when I started on thryoid meds - wow - what a difference it makes.
If you T3 is still low, you may need Armour Thyroid since it treats the T3 and T4. If I remember right, the med you are taking mostly works on the T4. I'm sure you will talk to your doc about everything.
I'm wishing you well in trying to decide what to do. 
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SunnyD <>< 
It's awful that people sometimes think that by starving themselves, they can attain their goal weight. But in fact, the body then goes into starvation-mode and stores everything as fat. I found this out at a very young age. This time around, I just want to eat healthy. 
Ah well... at least I'd be getting to bed at a decent hour! 
Talk to you girls tomorrow. Hope you're all keeping well! 
The New Chick
. If you can offer any encouragement 
, please do....I enjoy walking and look forward to it everyday. I walk 6 days a week for 30-55 minutes. 
The New Chick
next year, and I want to get rid of the weight I have now before I add more on. I eat 3 meals a day along with 2 snacks (no bread, sweets, fast food, or fried anything). I drink so much water I hear the ocean in my ears when I sit down and stand up 
but would have been screaming my head off it I had realized that my cat buried the bat in my pants!!! 
We still don't know what we are hearing and the rains haven't let up enough to go investigate thoroughly --- so we just wait. 
love and want to hear all about him 
and a great friend to everyone here, our little 
Cheerleader 
I know I am doing so well because of you all. Thank you so much! 
