Annie
Watch out for Happy she is our crazy one.

Happy
I drink the caffeine free kind. Walking gets easier. I promise.

Ruth
Nice to hear that. I thought there was something wrong with the poor thing. That is so nice. I bet you both bring lots of joy to people. You have a happy birthday.

Shad
The doc had me go to a sports doc today. He said I pulled a hamstring and trying to compensate for it was making the rest of my leg hurt. I knew it wasn't the knee itself it was below and above it. Told me no exercise for at least a week and if I couldn't listen to him lol to at least take it very easy. Be nice to people there thought put sweet n low in your coffee lol.

I need some different exercise anyone have any ideas? Right now they better be upper body. I want to leave the legs for the walking videos and other than that, give them a rest.

Welcome Annie
Join right in.

Happy
I have a sinus headache today as well. January is usually colder than this. Woke up at 9 this morning and still dark outside. I didn't hear any thunder. Must of been sound to sleep.
I've been using th Best Life but thinking of switching to WW on line. I'm suppose to have a life membership there now. I've used the BEST LIFE to get into good habits again.
Good for you on walking the path yesterday.

Reenie
Mountain Dew's are loaded in caffiene. I'm making the switch to diet sprite because they have no caffiene or phosphates. I do drink a couple of zero carb cokes.

Must of missed the posts about Madcat and Carla both being ill. Get well soon.

I've set a goal this morning to lose 15 pounds by May 17. This is when my nephew is getting married. Also had a small nsv this morning. My size large sweat pants are to big.
Food yesterday was not bad but I did have some food porn last night. Exercise consisted of 8582 steps, burned 231 calories and walked 2 miles.

Mel, Painterwoman, Hello

I need to run some errands.

Annie! Always a pleasure to add a new voice to the mix.

Ceejay, I haven't actually been sick, just bothered by a nasty spasm in my back that immobilised me for a week and which continues to send out aftershocks. What I really need to do is strengthen my core, but I don't enjoy the kind of exercise that would take. I'm much more of a cardio queen, which instead of helping the core makes everything less flexible.
Your goal of 15lbs by mid-May seems quite feasible if you can hit your stride and maintain a 1 lb a week loss like Shy.
Good luck with losing that sinus headache, and bravo on the pants victory!

Happy, I partially share your uncertainty about what to do on the rebounder. There's the health bounce, where your feet don't actually leave the mat at all, and which is supposed to be good for the immune system and is easy on the joints. Then there's the strength bounce, where you do bounce up off the mat, and which will burn off some calories and work up a sweat, again without much stress on the joints because the mat absorbs the shock. Then you move up to twisting and turning and kicking, which ups the cardio effect and does work the core muscles a teensy bit. But I have no idea how you're supposed to jog or sprint on it - the bounce seems to make it impossible to do either very fast. If you do start using it, go gently at first until you feel you've got your balance. Good luck!
As for the Gazelle, it takes up a lot of room, but does let you work up a sweat, again without stress on the joints as there's no impact. It's mostly like the nordic ski machines they came out with 15 years or so ago. One advantage is you can work your arms as well as the lower body. One caveat: for anyone with very large hips it might be a bit of a tight squeeze through the hip/thigh area. I don't carry my weight in my lower body, and I've only got a couple of inches clearance.

Mel is off at the dentist - here's hoping they're treating her like the precious jewel she is. Sending :

Shad, you may end up inspiring me with your stair climbing. Maybe those of us with sound knees should start a challenge, amybe who can climb a mile the fastest. (Landings wouldn't count, downhill either?) But how do you manage it in the heat over there?

Went to another spin class yesterday, that makes three since I decided to stop using the back as a get-out-of-exercise-free card. The next one is Friday night, and it's a 90-minute doozie. Yesterday was also a great day in that my laptop came home good as new! Not a single file or photo was lost, and I've sworn to stop those darned illegal shutdowns no matter how frustrated I get... Apart from that it's all same-old, same-old. No excitement, no problems, no sample-munching while at costco. And no wine.

Gotta go - laundry and lunch are calling my name.

to Ruth, Madcat, Holly, Shy, Painter and any lurkers looking in.

Morning all and welcome to ANNIE from Indi'annie'polis. Nice to see you. A lurker I see, well we all do that from time to time. You know Holly from another thread?? Well we are not all like her you know!!! (Holly knows I am joking!) but join in and feel free to offer advice and know-how tips. The rest of us do - all the time. And tell us a bit about yourself.

Jeez folks - Ruth's birthday is the 14th. Let's not make her any older than she is. Mel will be uncontrollable if we let her celebrate before the 14th - and besides I reserve the right to be first to wish Ruth happy birthday since I get there first!

Painter - I am pleased with the idea you are now considering exercise. Please start slow (don't try climbing my stairs now) and work up. I well remember how badly out of shape I was when I started at the gym and how I suffered the agonies. I'm off to look at that questionnaire shortly - sounds inviting!!

Ruth - how is the knee today. Bet you can't wait for the 24th. How long will you be in hospital and whats the estimated time of recovery?? I'd wear the boots, let 'em know you are from the country - both by sight (straw in mouth, distant expression, leaning on fence posts, long slow speech with pauses) and by the olfactory sense (pooooooooooooh, where's she been?)
What are you doing with the Hershey while you are incapacitated?

Happy - good to hear about the walking around the pond. Anything that moves anything is good (oh, apart from the jaws muscles chewing) and the benefits will come - although not fast enough. I still after all these years wonder why it is so easy to put on and so hard to take off.
The stairs and the effects of them are not so bad this morning. Getting out of bed was a tedious exercise but once on the feet all is well. Todays exercise is the stability ball. Great for the core - things are a bit easier than on the floor but they burn the muscles twice as much. Hope the headace eases soon. Water, more water and a couple of panadol should do something

Gotta post this and run. Be back later. Breakfast calls

Well that was a waste of time, breakfast didn't call 'cos none of the team were there. I know I was late but not so late that they wouldn't be there. Maybe it was called off and they forgot to advise me! Hmmm. Message in there somewhere?

Carrots over fries???Well done Happy

Rennie - so you went to get another doctors opinion. Were you hoping it would be the same as yours?? Don't need sweetener in my coffee. I'm sweet enough as it is!!! Seriously though you do need to let up on the legs for a period of time. Go to the library and see what you can find on non-weight bearing exercise - if swimming is a non-starter, try leg raises and core stuff from lying on the back or front. If you have a stability ball, try using it to support the hips while you raise and lower the legs. Too much damage in all different areas may lead to permanent damage where you least expect it.

Ceejay - 15lbs is doable. We should all get in there and support you with this. Let's just try for one pound a week and see where it gets us. It seems to work for Rennie. Yeaaaaaa for the sweat pants.

Carla - how many steps to the mile? Don't actually know how I am going to do this exercise when I get home, there aren't any steps in my place and I would have to go find a hill with a park at the top with steps etc. Can't think of any at this time. As for doing the steps in the heat. Coolest time of the day is around 4.30 to 5.30 so guess when I do my exercise. Actually it hasn't been really hot since Christmas day here. Sort of around the late twenties to early thirties. Quite pleasant if windy. But it threatens to get hot this coming week - according to the long range weather forecast which is not often correct. Brisbane will be hot and humid when I get home, so I am going to have to go to the gym - at least that will be air conned.
Good day for you yesterday it seems, computer home, food good, no grog. Remind me to tell you about defragmentation - puts all the illegal shutdowns away and files things in their proper places. It should be routine part of housekeeping computers really.

With that, I'm off again. I know there was something else I was going to say but I've lost the plot and can't find it again.

Shad
I defragmented my uncles computer about a month ago. It took 45 minutes just to do that one thing. No one had shown him how.
Thanks for your support for losing these 15 pounds. Reenie has motivated me to losing 1 pound per week.
See your egg light glowing.

Carla
I feel for you on the muscle spasms.



Just to clarify what I said about going down to the pit. I didn't have to have to do anything manual when pumping out the pit. We have control switches
to turn the pumps on and off. The pit is dark and I'm claustraphobic

ANNIE NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE.

RUTH WHEN IS YOUR BIRTHDAY??

WAVING TO HAPPY AGAIN!! I CANNOT GER PAGE 8 TO LOAD....IT TURNED OFF MY AOL TWICE NOW!
SORRY THIS IS SHORT BUT I GOT HOME LATE AND THEN REPAIRMEN SHOWED UP AND THERE WAS ONLY ME. WE JUST GOT DONE. HOT WATER HEATER AGAIN ANOTHER ELEMENT WENT. WATER EVERYWHERE.
ANYWAY...THE DENTIST NIS A DOLL. BOTH FACE WISE AND PERSONALITY. VERY NICE. WE HIT IT OFF RIGHT FROM THE START. HE IS TAKING ME ON PERSONALLY AND SAID NO MORE "STUDENT" DOCTORS FOR ME JUST GRADUATES. THEY WILL TRY AND SAVE THE TOOTH, HE WILL GET ME AN ORTHODONTIST FOR THE ROOTCANAL (PROVIDING THE MEDICATED TEMP WORKS), AND HE WILL SEE THAT I HAVE 45-60 MINUTES PER DAY ONLY, (TO AVOID PHYSICAL STRESS) CAUSE HE WATCHED MY BLOOD PRESSURE, AND HE SAID IF HE DOES NOT SEE IMPROVEMENT INM MY EYE HE WILL PERSONALLY WALK ME ACROSS THE STREET OR DRAG ME IF I DON'T COME WILLINGLY AND HE WILL MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE EYE CLINIC NEXT THURSDAY. HE GAVE ME A WEEK TO GET IT "RIGHT" HE SAID. GOTTA LOVE A FORCEFUL MAN. I AM LUCKY HE TOLD ME THAT I HAVE ONLY ONE OTHER CAVITY AND NEED A TOOTHCLEANING FOR SOMEOM=NE WHO HAS NOT SEEN A DENTIST IN OVER 10 YEARS. HE ALSO PUSHED FOR ME TO START WITH A PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR'S UNIT WHEN HE IS FINISHED WITH ME. HE'S LIKE TO SEE SOMEONE WATCHING OVER ME AND CALLED MY OTHER DOCTORS LAX IN THEIR EFFORTS TO KEEP ME REGULAR IN VISITATIONS. HE WAS RATHER SHOCKED THAT NO ONE HAS REALLY SEEN ME IN OVER 2 YEARS AND WAS VERY VOCAL ABOUT IT. BUT NICELY SO. NOT PUSHY OR NASTY. THEN WE MET IN THE HALL AND HE WAS SWEETLY KNEELING DOWN ON THE DIRTY FLOOR HOLDING MY HAND AND TELLING ME IT'S TIME TO TAKE CARE OF ME. THIS GUY HAS GREAT INSIGHT AND I TOLD HIM HE MISSED HIS TRUE CALLING....MENTAL HEALTH.
I TOLD HIM TO PLEASE4 GET UP BEFORE SOMEONE THINKS YOUR PROPOSING MARRIAGE TO A SHORT, FAT, UGLY WOMAN IN A WHEELCHAIR. HE CRACKED UP AND LEFT FOR LUNCH. I LOVE THIS GUY ALREADY!!
I KNOW HE'S RIGHT AND I HAVE BEEN BS'ING MYSELF AND THE DOCTORS AND NEED TO BE MORE REGULAR IN GENERAL CARE. SO I WILL SURPRISE HIM NEXT WEEK AND TELL HIM THE APPOINTMENT TIME AND DATE FOR THE EYE DOCTOR. I WILL CALL FIRST THING TOMORROW. THEY WERE CLOSED WHEN I GOT HOME AFTER 4.
ALL IS WELL HERE AND FOOD SHOPPING TOMORROW.
WAVING A HAND AT WHOEVER IS ON THE NEXT PAGE.
WHEN I POST THIS IT SHOULD AUTOMATICALLY BRING ME THERE....I HOPE!!
SWEET DREAMS AND GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE

I CAN SEE I AM HOPELESSY BEHIND IN READING. IT WILL HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER DAY OR TWO. I JUST CAN'T FOCUS ON IT. BUT I LOVE YOU ALL AND HOPE ALL IS WELL. MAYBE JEN CAN HELP ME OUT THIS WEEKEND. TO ALL!

Oh Mel - I'm so happy for you. Sounds like you've found someone who actually cares. GREAT STUFF

Aw it's Annie!!! HUGS!!!!!! Glad you are all being so nice to her. Be gentle now.

Looks like we need to send Ruth a hot stud muffin for some acrobatics for her BDay. *wink*.

Glad Mel is getting some good dental health.

We are all okay here. Doing the work/mom/wife trying not to go bonkers thing.Been making better food choices and been doing squats and wall pushups at work. Gotta be better than nothing.

HUGS!!!

Holly
Will send the Chip N Dale dancers right over to Ruth

Melody
A good dentist is worth their weight in gold.

Cee
You are doing great. I am so happy for you. Why don't you motivate me to lose 2lbs a week without dropping calories. I can't afford to drop anymore calories or fat. I can understand that. I am claustrophobic too. There are just somethings I could not do unless a hungry wolf was chasing me lol. Going into a pit would be one of them. Hasn't any of you people heard of caffeine free mountain dew lol.

Shad
No the doc wanted me to see the sports doc to make sure there wasn't more wrong than she thought. I have been taking it easy.

Hey~! Nobody should be on Page 8! If you are, you need to reset some of your profile options to display 40 posts per page.

1. Go to User CP in the purple band at top left of your screen.
2. Select Edit Options.
3. Scroll down until you get to Thread Display Options.
4. In Number of Posts to Display per Page, change the number to 40.
5. Scroll to the bottom and remeber to SAVE the change.

Rushed this morning but will try to get back later.

caffeine free mountain dew That almost sounds like sugar free chocolate as in what's the point - Seriously tho, I've seen Diet Mountain Dew but don't recall seeing the caffeine free stuff. Althought I think the new diet mantra is "don't drink your calories" since I seem to hear that everywhere I turn. Except how does work for keeping up on the dairy - low fat milk is as many points as a Coca Cola

I'm with Rennie that no one is getting me into a dark pit. I shiver just to think of it. I didn't even like the hallway in the hotel. It was long and narrow and creepy looking if you thought long enough about it.

Just keep doing what you're doing Rennie - it works well for you. Glad you are resting the knee a bit - don't want to do something to take yourself out of the game for a week or two.

Holly - where do I send the money for Ruth's stud muffin? I think I have at least 7 dollars in Canadian money up in a drawer somewhere in the house.

Mel, I am thrilled to hear that you have found a doctor who cares about getting you well and keeping you there. You can be WELL MEL Come take my hand sister and commit with me to making this the year we take care of us. Ok?

Ceejay - good for you for getting in the pits. Ick - could NOT do that. Even if tornadoes were charging down the street I think you have a bit more variation with WW over Best Life. Of course if you don't plan properly you can slip too many treats into the WW plan - guess it depends on how disciplined you are. I find once I start logging on a regular basis, I'm more hesitant to eat the bad stuff, although weekends are my downfall with erratic schedules and eating out. There was a dreadful line of storms this morning that stretched clear across the country. I caught it on the way to work and had to pull over at one point because it was raining so hard and flash flooding that I couldn't see out the window. Of course the crazies are driving 50 mph with no lights on. The sinus headaches seemed to pass as the weather cleared up.

Shad - good question you asked about how many steps in a mile. I can't seem to find the answer to that. Nearest I come is that it's the same amount of walking steps (approximately 2,000 based on the length of your stride). However, s.Stair climbing burns even more calories than regular walking, so you might consider this a turbo activity - and that is supported by the calories expended charts. Not quite sure that just a 1 level aerobic step would be the same as a flight of stairs. We just have to get you working in a multi-level office building when you get back home. And thank you for the support

Carla - I spent some considerable time yesterday trying to find exercises online for the rebounder. Just about all of the Google hits are advertising videos to buy but I did see a few short clips on You Tube which gave me some ideas. I thought you just jumped on the thing but there's way more you can do. And apparently it's wonderful for cleaning out the sludge in the lymphatic system. Thanks for bringing it up OMG WOMAN you're one of those illegal shutdown peeps. DON'T BE DOING THAT!!!!!! As you found out, you can mess things up big time. Windows is better at handling that but still, it's like punching yourself in the belly 10 times randomly throughout the day. And a 90 minute spin class? Wowie Kazoweee - am torn between who I'm more in awe of at the moment - you spinning for an hour and a half or Ceejay in the pit. **bows to you both** No wonder that's such a good fat burner. Kinda makes bouncing on the rebounder kind of a "weenie" task, does it?

As for other exercises Rennie, are you doing weights already? You don't even need dumbells at first - filled water bottles, good size soup cans will work. Tell Wolfie to buy you a resistance ball as there all all sorts of exercises you can do on that one - particularly working on the center "core". Pilates will also give you a good workout while you're resting the hamstring. There's lots of online places that give free exercises Shape.com, ***********.com - just some suggestions.

Well ok, I just jumped on the bandwagon when "Well Mel" - (tho I think I like Swell Mel better tho - not to imply you are bloated or anything ) got so excited about Ruth's birthday. I thought it was yesterday also tho truth be told all I really remember is her saying how she liked being 69.

Are you SURE you want to join up with this lot Annie? We WILL corrupt you

Good stuff in that questions document Painter, thanks again for sharing it. Don't be such a stranger woman, y'all hear?

Ok, one more day in the office - best get it over and done with. Have a good Friday chickees.

Thanks for the tip Ruth - didn't know we could do that. I'm resetting now.

Updated --- geez, what a difference. Makes it easier to catch up if I get behind in my reading too. Also I have turned off displaying people's signatures so if any of you put something interesting in yours - let me know so I can sneak a peek. Some of the people on the boards go way overboard with the signatures - gets very annoying after a while even if the mods remind people to do some clean up.

RUTH~ MY # OF POST CHANGED WHEN I WENT TO ENORMOUS PRINT AND I LEFT IT LIKE THAT CAUSE THE OTHE WAY MADE LOADING WITH DIAL-UP IMPOSSIBLE!! HOPE YOU LIKE THE STUD MUFFIN WE ARE SENDING!! TAKE PICTURES!!!

SHAD~ BACK TO YOU! WTF HAPPENED TO BREAKFAST!!! I DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO FEEL BAD OR LAUGH!! MAYBE THE ENTIORE TEAM SLEPT IN!
SINUS HEADACES ABOUND EVERYWHERE I THINK WITH THIS STRANGE BUT WELCOMED WEATHER!! HOPE YOURS FEELS BETTER

CEEJAY~ I READ WHERE YOU WENT INTO THE PITS OF DARKNESS, FIGHTING FOR THE FREEDOM AND SAFETY OF YOUR COMPANY...HOW BRAVE OF YOU!!! GOOD LUCK WITH THE 15 LB GOAL FOR MAY!! YOU CAN DO IT!!
GO CJ GO!!!!

CARLA~ DON'T MY NORTHERN SISTER!!! WE'LLL FIND SOMETHING YOU LIKE OTHER THAN THE VINO!!! GREAT EXERCISING!! AND TODAY IS 90 MINUTES!! GOD BLESS!!! :Lol3:

HOLLY~ TAKE CARE OF THE "MOM"!!! GOOD GIRL!!

RENNIE~ HOPE THE KNEES LIKE THE CHANGE

I AM OFF TO MAKE AN EYE APPOINTMENT IF THEY WILL HAVE ME WITHOUT A REFERRAL. IF NOT THEN I WILL GET ONE FROM THE DENTIST. I AM NOT DOING ANYTHING TODAY. FEELING GOOD BUT A WEE BIT DEFLATED. AT LEAST I COULD READ THIS PAGE TODAY. WITH ALL THE FLORESCENT LIGHTING AT THE SCHOOL, I WAS GOING CROSSEYED LAST NIGHT MAYBE A PAIR OF LIT=GHTLY TINTED LENSES. I'LL ASK AROUND AND TELL JEN TO KEEP A LOOK OUT. RICHIE IS GOING TO THE STORE FOR BOTH OF US. JEN IS DOWN WITH WHATEVER VIRUSSY THING RICHIE HAD AND GOT TOM LAST NIGHT. POOR KID HURTS ALL OVER AT EVERY END!
NOTHING NEW HERE SO I WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY FRIDAY AND A WONDERFUL WEEKEND. HOPE WE ALL GET SOME SUNSHINE ALONG THE WAY