The E-LAB Project

badger

hi ladies, Roadrunner checking in

congrats NM on 3 lbs down!

Friday check-in = 3 points

Weight 173.5 (up from last week) = 0 points   [zogo you passed me again!]

Exercise = 14 points

Daily H2O = 7 points

Extra credit = 1 point - bought a new intermediate-level yoga CD: yoga conditioning for athletes

Total = 25 points

Anonymous

Roadrunner here:

Friday = 3 pts

Weight = 184 up again (bad food choices) = 0

Water = 7 (was good this week)

Exercise = 14 (did well here too)

Total = 24 (every week I fall off on one of the above; I'd be dangerous if I stayed on track for all)

Raining buckets here right now so a walk is out.  Did stop by the gym and it was packed, even the pool so did grocery shop and sculpt and came home.

Hope everyone enjoys their weekend.

bookart

Roadrunner checking in:

Native!  Fantastic on 3 lbs down!  BTW - I will be in New Harbor, Maine in July.  Is that anywhere near thee?

I did a tiny bit better this week.

3 pts for Friday check in - wow- home on a Friday before midnight

5 pts for water, I think - I'm having trouble keeping track again

5 pts for exercise - pitiful, but better than 0

and, oh, yeah - down .5, so 2 pts!

15 pts  - up a tiny bit

NativeMainer

New Harbor is about a 2 hour drive from me.  Makes it a good day trip for me.  Maybe we can get together?

mimi1964

Hi ladies wanted to say hi. I'm trying to get in the wagon it's really hard working 3rd shift and sleeping all day. I did buy myself an over the counter appetite suppressant. Hope it helps. Trying to cut back, eat yogurt and taking stairs when I can at work plus walking passing Meds at work. not sure if I'll be able to post on here on Fridays for updates but will try. Keep up the good work.

bcincolorado

Robin checking in:

Thank you to all who expressed condoloences.  I missed check in since left work early to go travel to help FIL.  I think I get 3 points for all the physical work I did this weekend though hauling boxes and packing things.

Water 7 points.

Took stairs at work 3 points.

Weight same. 1 point.

zogo

Rockin Robin Checking in

Friday ~ 3

Wt Down (172.6) ~ 2 pts

Water ~ 7

Exercise ~ 12

Total ~ 24 

badger

Hi birdies, sorry for not checking in, going to be hit & miss on posting the next few months so maybe I'd better take summer break.

Another 53 miles and I'll reach my goal of walking 2,500 miles and will bump it up to 3,000.

Keep moving ladies!  ((hugs)) to all

zogo

I'm feeling so very loney here w/o the rest of my birdies.  Has everyone flown the coop?

Friday ~ 3

H2O ~ 7

Exercise ~ 14

Wt Down (172.4) ~ 2

Ex Cred ~ 1  I got Jillian Michaels Body Revolution and started Monday! Yay me...now to stick with it for 85 more days! 

Total ~ 27 

bcincolorado

Just letting you all know I have been totally AWOL.  Sorry about that.  After my MIL passed away in April life has been crazy with trips out of town and now getting ready for son's wedding and family coming in.  Hope to get back on the "wagon" early July and maybe can even get some exercize in too!  I am trying to watch my diet some at least............hopefully I haven't gained too much.

bookart

Ugh

My life has been totally trashed lately.  Two and a half weeks ago, my partner called me at work to tell me to call my step-brother, that something had happened to my step-mom, my dad's wife.  Turns out she had a massive cerebral hemorrhage, a stroke and possibly a heart attack, all at the same time.  She wasn't expected to live.  I got a plane down to FL where they live, and spent the week with my dad watching her die and dealing with relatives, etc.  She passed away five days later. Not a fun time.  I'm worried sick about my dad, but had to come back to work and get on with my life, and so just keep in touch via phone.  I tried to get him on FB, but I don't know how much he will use it. 

So after spending a week sitting at hospice and house and eating, I'm up about 5 lbs.  But we've started walking every day; my dad's supposed to be doing the same to build up his strength again, too.  Maybe by Friday I'll be down a bit from a big high.

Native Mainer - I would love to meet while I'm in Maine!  I'll PM you as the date of departure gets closer and we can work out some details.  I don't really know what I'm doing yet - it's a work/play trip, but I get to make the schedule, I think.  I'll let you know.

Thanks, ya'll for letting me unload after a time away.

zogo

Oh Dear (((bookart))) and (((bcincolorado)))....sending you both BIG hugs for your losses.  It is so hard to deal with deaths in your own city, let alone out of town.  Please be gentle with yourselves and your loved ones.  And bookart, walking will definitely help with reducing stress, helping you sleep and general health.  What a difficult time for your dad...I hope he can walk, too.  And FB would be great if he can manage it.

Take care my birdies... 

zogo

Just putting down my info to be accountable.  Summer is such a tough time for trying to lose weight.  I'm happy today that I have held my own and not GAINED.

Friday ~ 3

Wt same (172.4)  ~ 1

Water ~ 7

Exercise ~ 17

Total ~ 28 

bookart

Roadrunner checking in on an empty road!

3 pts for Friday (do I get an extra point for checking in on my anniversary?)

6 pts for water

2 pts for weight loss - as I figured, walking and not just sitting and eating led to slight weight loss

10 pts for exercise - walking - missed today because allergies made me sneeze so hard I gave myself slight whiplash.  Woke up with headache and neckache.  Living better with chemistry - love them muscle relaxers and anti-histamines.

21 pts total - amazing for this couch potato.  Wish me luck in keeping it up.  Ate too much for anniversary dinner tonight, but back to walking tomorrow before work.

zogo

holding down the nest here...

Friday ~ 3

Wt Down (170.8) ~ 2

Water ~ 7

Exercise ~ 18

Ex Credit ~ 1 Colonoscopy

Total ~ 31  Woo Hoo 

bookart

This very fluffy roadrunner is checking in.  Drooping feathers.  Weight gain the past 2 days despite walking and not insane eating.  WTF?!  Hormones?  Plateau?  I was so excited to be losing a bit.  Sigh.

3pts - Friday check in

7 pts - water

0 pts weight gain - boo!

10 pts exercise - walking

20 pts - but still weight gain!  Waah!

mimi1964

Popping in to see how everyone is doing.  My home internet has been down for about 3 months and just got it repaired yesterday.  I am also working the night shift, 11-7, and I sleep during the day and I stay tired all the time.  LOL!! Right now my body is readjusting and I'm having a hard time.  My weight is back at it's all time high.  The Med onco has also changed my hormonal therapy after I stayed off of anything for almost 3 months due to extreme hairloss on Arimidex.  I have just started back on the lowest dose of Tamoxifen.  Keeping my fingers crossed it works.  So much going on in life it's very hard to try and diet.  But gosh I've gotta do something I'm am so miserable within myself and at myself.  On a positive my daughter is getting married on Friday and I'm so very happy about that. 

bookart

Mimi!  Congratulations about your daughter's wedding, and welcome back!  We all seem to be taking breaks as life gets too busy or things come up.  I'm struggling at the top of my all-time weight, as well.  It slides up and down 2 - 3 lbs, but I don't seem to be able to keep it going down, despite exercising more.  Going to have to ramp it up, I guess, because I am also miserable with my shape and the way my clothes fit; I'm also worried about what it does to my overall health.  Stress, age and menopause, those are my buggaboos.

bcincolorado

bookart:  Just checking in finally and wanted to see how everyone was.  I'm so sorry to hear about your loss.

I hope to be "on the wagon" again soon.

zogo

Friday ~ 3

Wt same (170.8) ~ 1

h2o ~ 7

exercise ~ 12

Total ~ 23

Not bad considering how many times I've been to http://www.summerfest.com/ .

It's the "World's Largest Music Festival" and we've seen tons of great music.  Three Dog Night, ZZ Top, Chicago, Ben Folds Five, Fun., Young the Giant, Mat Kearney, Kellie Pickler, and countless others. Not to mention the beer and my favorite fried eggplant. Three more nights...

zogo

friday ~ 3

wt up (172.6) grrrr ~0

water ~ 7

exercise ~  15

ex cred ~ genetic counseling~ 1

total ~ 26 

zogo

just me holding down the nest...has everyone flown the coop?

friday 3

wt down (171.4) ~ 2

water 7

exercise 17

ex cred 1 physical w/ new gp

total ~ 30!! 

Meece

I need to get back on the scale, but am really afraid to.  It seems the less I eat, the bigger I'm getting.

NativeMainer

Roadrunner checking in.

Friday check in 3 points, 

water = 7 points

weight = 224 lbs this morning.  Yuck.  

Exercise = 7 points

extra credit (got through a medical appointment without crying) 1 point

Total = 17 points.  

Boy do I need help. 

Meece

That's a good thing to get extra credit for.  I get very emotional at my dr. appointments.  Have my mammo and an MRI on Monday, hope I can keep it together.

bookart

Native Mainer!  I'm just now getting on BCO - wanted to let you know I had a great time hanging out in Rockland, ME with you!  Thanks for letting me drag you to look at all that art, and thank goodness we made it back in time to get to the restroom before it closed!  Whew!  That was one of my best vacations EVER.  Loved Maine and even managed to not gain too much, or at least broke even in the end, despite yummy lobstah.  I was too exhausted from 24 hours doing the airport tango to check in last Friday, so I'll check in this Friday, birdies, I promise. 

NativeMainer

Bookart!  So glad you're home safe, and I had a wonderful time, too!  I slept like a log that night, that's for sure.  Wish you'd gotten a picture of me wobbling around on the motor scooter!  We'll have to do it again next time you're in Maine.

bookart

Native Mainer!  I wish too - the motor scooter was fun-ny!  I still think it would have been so cool to tool around on. 

Birdies!  Where is everyone?  I'm guilty, too - I was watching the Olympics opening ceremony last night so totally forgot to check in.

BUT - I have exciting news!  OK, not that exciting, but after going up, up, up I finally have been going down, down!  Yay!

2 pts for down

7 pts for water - been pretty good!

Exercise, not so good - 6 pts - 1 street walk, one walk with dogs

Scratched my cornea, so missed an entire day of getting stuff done; bummer.  Did go to the dr like a good girl.

15 pts - I'll take it. Let's hear some other's points!!

suzwes

Haven't checked in lately but my points haven't been too high.  After emergency surgery for an appendix that was very long and had wrapped around my colon ending up in the removal of both the appendix and 6 inches of colon (lucky, lucky me - they're even writing it up for a medical journal) I lost 10 pounds - that was in May.  Now the weight is coming back on however, the doc finally gave me permission to exercise again.  Hopefully this week I'll be able to post some good news.  You gals are the only ones who make me accountable so Thank You!

zogo

Wow, now I'm guilty.  I totally forgot to check in until now.  Down a little, but every little bit helps.

Wt (171.0) ~ 2

water ~ 7

exercise ~ 16 Jillian Michaels Body Revolution almost every day...whew I love to hate Jillian!

total 25