The E-LAB Project

NativeMainer

deb--I'm glad I'm not the only one who checked in on a Thursday!  Shall we start our own little club for "day of the week challenged" women? ? 

Cehcking in for the Roadrunners: 

Check in = 3 points

water intake = 7 points

exercise 142 minutes  = 5 points (yes I rounded up)

weight up (not saying how much, too much salty stuff) = 0 points

extra credit--slept at least 8 hours every night this week! (first time in YEARS)  = 1 point

Total = 16 points

mimi1964

you go girls!!! keep losing wt and exercising... I'll get back on the wagon hot and heavy after my b'day Sunday but for the weekend it's a party!!! hahaha!!!  Love to you all

Renee

don23

Michelle - Don't feel too guilty about those chips. I can easily eat an entire bag (not the small ones) in one sitting as well. Chips are definitely my downfall so I try not to have them in the house.

Sheila - Congrats on finishing treatment! Now that you're done with Femara is your onc going to do anything else or is that it?

don23

Checking in for team Hummingbirds -

I did lose two of the five pounds I gained on vacation but still not at the weight I was when I started this project. How come it is easy to gain five pounds in a week but only lose two pounds the following week? I just don't get it.

Anyway  - checking in on Friday: 3 pts.

Water intake: 7 pts.

Exercise: 8 pts. (I did kick it up one notch!)

Total = 18 pts.

Anonymous

Roadrunner checking in = 3 pts

Weight down (178) = 2 pts

Exercise only 8 pts this week; need motivation

Water only 3 pts; just can't get it together

Extra = 1 pt; had 6 month med onc appt - no issues and I don't consider it NED until after diag mammo in May as the orig lump did not appear until mammo found it.

Total = 17 pts.

o2bhealthy

hummingbird checking in

Friday check in = 3 points

Weight 175.4  (new elab low!!!) = 3 points

Water = 6 points

Exercise = 8 points (spring cleaning marathon)

Total = 20  (still at the 20+ mark!!!!)

About those chips...my trigger,  they were on sale for $1.88 I couldn't resist (usually we don't purchase chips but this time we got 5 bags). 

Interesting note and maybe TMI...I have been having issues with constipation since dx.  I make sure to eat lots of fiber and healthy stuff.  The day  after my chips overload I had the best BM I have had in a long time (maybe that is were the weight loss came from).  My body just seems to function better on crap food, this is not the first time junk food has regulated my body functions.  

I am heading out for Las Vegas this morning for a long four day girls get away, won't be checking in much until Monday evening.  Have a great weekend everyone!!!!

suzwes

This is my highest in a long time - ugh!  I was gone most of the week at conferences and work is the busiest since before I was diagnosed.  Good and bad.  I'm exhausted but yea for being busy. 

Friday check in = 3 pts

Weight up (135) = 0 pts

Exercise = 6 pts

Water = 7 pts 

Extra = 1 pt; Didn't have the afternoon snack at the conferences and when I was having an ice cream panic moment this week I stayed away from the freezer.  That was a terrific fight for me and I won (although the weight doesnt show it)

Total = 17 pts

I think some of my weight is water and poo - it's so hard to keep that under control when you're traveling.  This week more travel and I don't get to sleep at home, on the road Monday through Friday.  I vow to use the hotel exercise equipment and/or swim whenever the hotel has one or the other.

faithandfifty

Glad to see everybody, already checking in!

Deborye, you were just being extra organized & planning ahead. Way to start the reporting off with a smile!

Renee, happy birthday weekend to you. Have a great weekend & then find your wagon wheels to begin next week with us 'on-the-wagon-girls'!!! LOL.

Today is our wedding anniversary (17th) and also my 4th cancerversary of my first diagnosis.... so it's a pretty monumental day. We're headed to a new place for us, as we heard they are hosting a Plein Air Painting Festival (my favorite thing on earth!!) The sun is shining & I'm smiling from ear-to-ear.

suzwes

Happy Anniversary and cancerversary Faithie!

Anonymous

o2bh, I find that happens to me when I OD on "low-fat" junk, probably because they add other stuff we don't want to know about to make it taste 'good'.

Had a long drive last evening so I picked up a bag of chips to keep me company.  They were the baked ones (better for you, right?).  Had horrible foot cramps that kept coming back when I lay down last night, for several hours.  Bet it was whatever they added to them and bet I will stay away from them from now on.  I do get cramps now and then and need to keep a record of triggers to see if there is a common ingredient.

Enjoy Vegas.

faithandfifty

HUMMINGBIRD Check-in:

Checking in on Fri = 3 points

Weight maintained = 2 POINTS!!! 135.8

Reporting my all time ELAB low on a Fri, for the second time!!! I actually saw a lower number earlier in the week (prior to being taken out to dinner & hostess insisting that I have snow crab.... and the restaurant served baskets of hush puppies dipped in confectioners sugar throughout the meal -- I showed absolutely no common sense..... so getting back to last week's low was an under-taking..... but life is for living, then ya gotta pay the piper: LOL) You shoulda seen my smile when it registered back to 135.8 this morning. LOL

Water = 7 points

Exercise = 16 points

Extra credit point = exercising at the beach by walking up & down & back & forth & drinking LOTS of water & wearing sunscreen & a hat & compression sleeve (enjoying all of the lovliness, but engaging self-care in the midst of it all.)

Total = 29 Points

Anonymous

FaF - enjoy your day.  I'll have 2-1/2 beach vacations this year - can't wait!

Valgirl

Hummingbird checking in:

Friday check in  = 3 points

Water = 7 points

Weight maintained = 1 point

Exercise 4.5 hours = 9 points

Total   this week = 20 points

o2healthy - I love girls getaways.  Have fun in Vegas!  

MaiTai

hummingbird here:

Friday: 3 pts

Exercise: 4 pts

weight: 1 pt (same)

water: 7 pts

total: 15

I'm boring myself. Please let something budge!!! 

Valjean

Rockin' Robin Checking in:

Weight: 152.6=gain = 0 pts

Water = 7 pts

Exercise = 5 pts (it is soooo hard lately to 'get' into the mood to work-out. always find an excuse!)

Friday Ck-in = 3 pts

Extra = 0 pts 

Total pts: 15

Michelle ~ Enjoy your all-girls Vegas weekend!

Faithis ~ Congrats on Anniversary & Cancerversary! You go girl!

Hugs to all

♥

((Renee))

((Sheila)) 

SeasideMemories

Hummingbird checking in...

Friday check in = 3 points

Water intake = 7 points

Weight at 165.8 stayed the same = 1 points

Exercised 3.0 hrs = 6 points  

Extra credit = 1 point  Had yet another more specialized pelvic ultrasound.  Not fun!  I definitely earned this point this week!

Total points for the week 18

Have a great weekend all!

O2B..... Hope you have a BLAST in Vegas!!

Ainm

Faithie & Renee - Enjoy your special days!!

Very tired Roadrunner checking in   3 pts

Weight UP, Up, UP !!!!      0 pts

Fluids     7pts

Exercise 20 pts

Bonus - I raised 3,070 euro for the Irish Cancer Society this morning -  1 pt ????

Total 31

Things have been very difficult with Mum recently - it's just impossible to get any quality sleep - a neighbour who is a nurse noticed I was struggling - I was offered emergency respite care for Mum today and I accepted.  Mum will be looked after in a local nursing home for the next two weeks to give me a break - I hope she will settle.  I have so much work I need to catch up on!!  One big problem when I'm stressed is I eat and then my idea of relaxation always seems to include food so I've been stressed lately hence the weight gain but now if I relax and let my defences down I'll compound the problem by eating even more!!!!   

prayrv

checking for the hummingbirds

check in - 3 pts

water intake - 7 pts

exercise - 1 pt

total - 11 pts

Trish

suzwes

Congratulations on your successful fund raising Ainm, that is an awesome amount!  I am so glad you're getting some much needed respite.  It takes a special person to care for one or both parents and while I've never had to do this, I know several people who have and all have a kindness in their heart that I envy.  Enjoy your two weeks off!

2Hands4me

Checking in -

Friday Check-in - 3 points

Exercise - 19 points  WOW! We were out of town and walked all over the city one day and quite a bit of walking the other day in spite of the rain!

Water - 7 points

Weight - down .8 for a total of 11.4 - (in spite of eating out) - 2 points

New E-Lab low - 1 point (now 186.6)

Healthy choice - 1 point for healthy choices and NO ice cream or candy or desserts while we were gone!

Total - 34 points!!!!   I guess we need to go on vacation again! I'll never be able to get this many points at home!

sheila888

check in   3 pt

Water       7 pt

Weight      2 pt     164.8

Execise    16 pt      (8 hr walking)

Extra points  1     ( didnt cheat once this week.

Total  29 Points

deborye

duh what day is it. LOL

 

bcincolorado

Robin/Crane Checking In

This was a tough week with my MIL in the hospital and quite ill and I was not able to be there and DH was gone.  I did not do well for the team. 

Weight Gain to 156=0 I guess.....I didn't see anything that said we had to subtract for that.

Water I managed to do = 7 points

Friday Check in = 3 points.

Exercize - non-existant.

Total 10 points

badger

Checking in for the Roadrunners

Weight 182.9 down from prior week = 2 points

New E-LAB low = 1 point

Exercise = 16 points

Friday check-in = 3 points

Daily water = 7 points

Extra credit = 1 point: went to three parties this week (2 retirements and 1 wedding shower) where cake was served and I did not have ANY.   

Total = 30 points      {{hugs}} to all

sheila888

ROADRUNNERS

              POINT      Weight

seyla      29             164.8

Ainm       31

badger    30             182.9

bookart    27

Native    16

Patmom  21             188.2     (2 points for weight lost and since this is your first time being late

                                            to report you get 2 points for Friday instead of 3)

Patoo      17              178

ronq1       Absent        Absent

SamSue   22             142

ROADRUNNERS TOTAL POINTS   193  

samsue

Friday check in for the roadrunners!

Check in = 3 points

Water intake = 7 points

Exercised 4 hrs = 8 points

Weight down to 142 = 2 points

E-lab low.... Waho = 1 point

Extra credit this week, I went to my PCP for my yearly check. He liked the idea of the weight loss!

Total this week = 22 points

deborye

Hey, yesterday was my 4th cancerversary, whoohoo for both of us.

samsue

I've been MIA from the thread so I jumped to the end to make sure I made the Friday check-in... Then I had to go back and read the rest of what's been going on... Looks like I missed some milestones.

Meece happy birthday, sorry I missed the party.

Faithie, congratulations on both your anniversaries.

Sheila, great news that you're finished with the Femara.

Everyone else.... thanks for the support!

bookart

Roadrunner checking in - 3 pts for Friday (barely)

9.5 hrs of exercise (mostly yardwork and getting parts ready for my big sculpture) - 19 pts

Didn't get to the gym tonight so no weigh-in - feel a little lighter but 0 pts

I missed water a couple of days - 5 pts

No special stuff - still too much sugar and junk.  Smaller amounts, though.

27 pts total

Meece

Checking in with weight gain, no wonder.

Exercise 4 pts

water 4 pts

Friday check in 3 pts