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  • faithandfifty
    faithandfifty Member Posts: 10,007
    edited January 2011

    WOWieKaZOWie!!!!

    Lots of birdies already checking in!!!! Whooohooooo!!!!

    I'm over-the-moon delighted that my scale said 139.0 this morning. I take that as a moral victory to the max. It doesn't earn any points for my team, but in my heart-of-hearts I'm giving myself a happy face instead.

    Smile

    This week we hosted my husband's golfing buddie, in our home. He's the one that flew in from northern WI. Anyhow, my husband was a 'kind' host and cooked all sorts of brilliant midwestern favorites in his honor, EVERY night this week. Potatoes or rice at every meal, sauces dripping luxuriously, a package of cookies from the bakery, you get the idea.

    Anyhow, with all of this slathering of available scrumptious at my finger tips, I only went up slightly in the midst of all of this decadence. So that's my extra credit point for the week!!! I really did use a mantra of: portion control, portion control, portion control, portion control AND I only allowed myself one of the delightful cookies (extreme moral victory of the birdiest calibar!!!)

    Checking in on Fri = 1 point

    Extra credit good behavior = 1 point

    Exercise, 3 x 90 minute aerobics classes, 4 hours x treadmill = 17 points!!!

    Water = 7 points (a MASSIVE personal best for me)

    Total = 26 points

    Keeping my weight in the 130's: happy dance!

    Meeting all of you dedicated birdies: PRICELESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Mimi's husband making it through surgery A-OK, even if whiney = gazillions of happy face smiles:

    Smile  Smile  Smile  Smile  Smile  Smile

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  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited January 2011
    Sometimes its the not gaining a huge amount, when you figure you should have, that makes us so happy.  With the birthday dinner for FDIL and leftovers from that, and being on the road all day on Wednesday, I am skeptical about the scale today.  But I will do it.  I Wii'd for 45 minutes straight today, burning over 300 calories.  Maybe a shower will wash off a few ouces of sweat! Undecided
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  • SeasideMemories
    SeasideMemories Member Posts: 3,194
    edited January 2011

    Good Morning Ladies,

    I like format that a lot of you are using for check-in.  Hope you don't mind if I "borrow" it. 

    Checking in for the Hummingbirds:

    Weight loss this week* - 1 lbs (165.0) = 2 points

    Exercise 4.75 hours (treadmill, shoveling snow, toning exercises) = 9.5 points

    Friday check-in = 1 point

    Daily water = 7 points

    Extra credit: Actually hit my goal to eat 5 servings of vegetables/ day on three days this week (up from zero last week)  = 1 point

    Total =  20.5 points 

    *cumulative loss since joining E-LAB = 2 lb

    Off to shovel the latest round of snow... I tell ya, all this shoveling is making the treadmill more an more attractive!  At least it's warm inside!

    GO HUMMINGBIRDS!!!!

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  • faithandfifty
    faithandfifty Member Posts: 10,007
    edited January 2011

    Speaking of the impact of ELAB.......

    This friend of ours, who probably weighs about a hundred pounds more than my DH, was introduced to having vegetables at every meal.

    AND

    It turns out that our friend likes V8's Fusion light Juice that we live on. Theoretically it's giving you some 'hidden' servings of vegetables in with your fruit drink. They make both a light version and a sugar free version. Anyhow, the friend woke up this morning saying, "I'm going to start getting this mango juice you guys are always drinking, when I get home."

    AND

    The nearly 60 year old man had never eaten a blueberry in his life!!!! Guess what else he likes??

    You guessed it! We couldn't keep enough blueberries in the house, to keep him happy.

    All I'm saying by all of this, is that when you 'associate' with people who are working at incorporating healthier lifestyle choices, that it literally rubs off on you by association.  

    Keep hanging out around the LAB. Keep making tweeks-to-your week!!!

    BELIEVE that your better choices are indeed good for you!!!

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  • oakley
    oakley Member Posts: 206
    edited January 2011

    Weight stayed the same:  127  1 pt

    Water intake - 1 pt

    Checking in - 1 pt

    Exercise 1 hour - 2 pts

    Extra Credit - Making it to radiation therapy every day this week - regardless of the treacherous roads!  1 pt (I know, I grasping here, but...)

    Total:  6 pts - sorry Robins...Frown 

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited January 2011

    Faith...this woman approached to me and said "I use Pillsbury biscuits for my chicken pie"

    As Im thinking cant you see Im on E_LAB. I politely said I never used it before.

    When Im near food Im thinking all of you.

    And proudly saying to myself I BELONG TO E_LAB.

    Thanks Meece

    Thank You Sisters.

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited January 2011

    Weight     166.8    2 points    (lost of 2.2 from last week) 

    Check in               1 point

    Water                    7 points

    Exercise 2.30 hours   5 points

    TOTAL of  15 points

    I'm satisfied with myself. As the weather gets warmer much more walking.

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  • NativeMainer
    NativeMainer Member Posts: 10,462
    edited January 2011

    Fathie--I've been putting smiley stickers on my calendar for things that I want to reward myself for that don't count for points here, too! Sometimes it doesn't take much to make me happy! 

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  • suzwes
    suzwes Member Posts: 1,740
    edited January 2011

    Weight down 1 lb: 2 pts

    Water intake - 7 pts

    Checking in - 1 pt

    Exercise 1/2 hour - 1 pts (I really did not do well in this catagory this week)

    Extra Credit - conscious effort to decrease serving size and I think it really helped - 1 pt

    Robins, you're doing great! 

    5 more robins to hear from.  I'll check in later.

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  • prayrv
    prayrv Member Posts: 941
    edited January 2011

    checking in for the Hummingbirds:

    check in - 1,  water intake - 7 (yea!!),   exercise - .5,   weight - 1,  extra credit  - 1 (for looking at the pile of chocolate on the kitchen table from the holidays and NOT indulging - be different if it was dark chocolate and then it would be healthy... right?)

    Total 10.5   Working on starting an exercise routine with DH, he has a bad hip and trying to find a program that will help us both.

    Have a wonderful day ladies!

    Trish

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  • Valjean
    Valjean Member Posts: 1,898
    edited January 2011

    Checking for the Robins:

    Weight: 148.0

    Down 2.2# =2 pts

    Exercise: 4.5 hrs = 9 pts (need to up this)

    Water: 7 pts

    Friday Ck. in: 1pt

    Extra Credit: 1 pt ~ I have really been watching my serving size portions & have really made progress in amount of food I put (or should I say: don't put) on my plate. Still counting calories as well.

    Total points= 20

    Everybody is doing great! I'm so proud of all of us!  Laughing

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited January 2011

    Ditto that - everybody is doing well and this is a super motivator.  Thanks.

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  • Ainm
    Ainm Member Posts: 781
    edited January 2011

    Checking in for Roadrunners

    Friday Check In 1 pt

    Weight Stayed the same 1pt

    Fluid Intake   7 pts

    Exercise 8hrs 16 pts

    Annual Mammograme 1 pt extra credit

    Total 26 pts

    Question - Are we only eligible for one extra credit per week?? 

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited January 2011

    ROADRUNNERS   

                                    check in     weight        water       exercise    extrapoint

    seyla888                          1              2                   7                5                

    Ainm                                1              1                   7               16           1

    badger                              1              2                 7               17           1

    bookart                              1              2                 6                             2

    NativeMainer                    1               0                 5               2            1

    PatMom                             1               0                7               13            1

    patoo                                  1               2                 4              4

    ronqt1

    SamSue                              1               2                 7               10           1

    140 Points

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  • 2Hands4me
    2Hands4me Member Posts: 484
    edited January 2011

    Checking in - Joined Monday - waiting for team assignment, I think!

    Weight loss this week - 3.2 lbs = 2 points

    Exercise - 4 hours = 8 points

    Friday check-in = 1 point

    Daily water = 4 points

    Extra credit: No more coffee: it's a diuretic and counts against my water intake, for me = 1 point

    Extra credit:No more added salt at the table - my BP is slightly up and I DON'T want meds! = 1 point

    Total = 17 points for Monday through Thursday. Right?

    WOW! This is great! Twice the exercise at Curves, 64 oz. of fluids/day.....Can you promise I'll be down this much next week????? Hopefully I won't bounce right back up!

    By the way, Meece, can you change my starting weight to 198? I realized that I gave you my Curves check-in weight and  I'll be weighing on my home scales on Friday morning. I was 194.8 this morning at home, down from 198.

    I'm filling a 4 cup water bottle in the morning and getting 2 drank by bedtime. Seems I used the bathroom extra the first day, but not so much now. The second bottle, I switch to green tea or at least something different. This is the best and longest I've done this much water. Yes, only 4 days so far but with these results, why would I stop? The problem will be hormone level changes...... as I tend to gain then. But maybe the extra water and exercise will flush out the extra weight gain!

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  • SeasideMemories
    SeasideMemories Member Posts: 3,194
    edited January 2011

    2Hands4me,

    You're off to a fabulous start... A short week and 17 points is GREAT!!

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  • SeasideMemories
    SeasideMemories Member Posts: 3,194
    edited January 2011

    Meece,

    Just a quick question... Do you plan to post the team point totals in the header or is the plan to wait until the end of our friendly competition for the totals?

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited January 2011

    (((Suz and DH)))♥

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  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited January 2011

    What do the team leaders think?  Keep running total in the header?  It might be easier for everyone to see the same info...

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  • deborye
    deborye Member Posts: 7,002
    edited January 2011

    Damn! Could not get rid of that survey.

    Maintaining from prior week = 1 point   1pt        
    Exercising = 1 point for each 30 minutes of exercise (keep track ladies) 6pts
    Making the Friday Check-in = 1 point               1pt
    Meeting daily water intake (yet to be determined) = 1 point per day (keep track)           7pts

    "Extra Credit" points awarded for special things done to encourage a healthy lifestyle---This week I started working with 5lb weights for bones, VD level is down      points????

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  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited January 2011

    I took it, then had to tell it no thanks to make it go away!!!

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  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited January 2011

    Deb, If your VD level is down, that is not good.  You need to get some sunshine, and take some D3.

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited January 2011

    Meece..What is it you tookInnocent

    Deb...Is it lower than last time or just lower side?

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited January 2011

    Okay sorry you were talking about the survey Yes?

    I didnt take it.

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  • deborye
    deborye Member Posts: 7,002
    edited January 2011

    I am doubling up on my VD, 1600 IU.  I have been on Arimidex for 4 years now, this is the first time my level has been down.  She will check again in March along with repeating the TM tests and some liver function tests because my CA 27-29 was abnormal.

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  • deborye
    deborye Member Posts: 7,002
    edited January 2011

    Do we count the weekends when we drink water, I'm just counting M - F. Otherwise it is 7 pts.

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited January 2011

    Of course Deb

    Everything is counted as weekdays.

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  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited January 2011

    We count seven days a week.

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  • SeasideMemories
    SeasideMemories Member Posts: 3,194
    edited January 2011

    Meece and all of our Team Leaders,

    I do think that being able to see, at a glance, where each of the teams is, point-wise, will really help as an encouragement to do the best you can possibly do to help your team...  

    Just a thought...

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited January 2011

    and Friday is day one.

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