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  • bookart
    bookart Member Posts: 564
    edited March 2013

    OK - it's still Friday, right?  YAY, so Roadrunner checking in.

    3pts for check-in

    4 pts for water - still end up thirsty at work - I take a 24 oz water bottle but once I drink it dry I seldom have time to go get more.  (I sometimes have to skip going to the restroom for waaaay too long, dealing with one thing after another)  Who knew the art world was so stressful?!

    3pts for exercise - still way too low, but best I can do until I can breathe better.  Called the dr for more asthma medicine.  Right now my goal is higher heartbeat exercise 30 minutes 3x per week, and I'll work up from there.

    Oh, yeah - weight is up, but down from last Friday - I got up to 224, but now am down to 221.5.  Not sure if I can claim a loss since I'm up from 2 weeks ago, the last time I logged in.  Sigh. 

    And I'm having a mini-period after being menopausal for 2.5 years - wtf?  Not sure what is going on - may have to make a run to the ob/gyn.  I don't even own any FHproducts anymore - I am NOT buying tampons for a one day period!

    anyway - 10 pts total

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  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited March 2013

    I count our total from yesterday as 103!  We did it!

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  • badger
    badger Member Posts: 34,614
    edited March 2013

    Excellent!  Good job everyone!  Shall we try for 100 again next week?

    And BTW our per-person average is up to 17.17 points woo-hoo!  Cool

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  • zogo
    zogo Member Posts: 20,329
    edited March 2013

    Yay! Way to Go Team!Kiss

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  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited March 2013

    I say go for it again.  I need to up my score to carry my weight (pardon the pun).

    Yesterday was one of my scheduled days off from Wii Active, but DH and I spent most of the dayoutdoors.  I trimmed 3 crepe myrtle bushes and 3 crepe myrtle trees and worked with DH pruning the sumac.  I also crawled around pulling weeds from oneof our flower beds.  Then we cut the branches into pieces we could handle and loaded them into the truck to haul to the dump.  I will be taking credit for about 4 hours of exercise because I would mix it up so I was active frequently.  I would sit and pull weeds until my pail was full, then go trim a tree or bush, then cut branches, then back to pulling weeds.  I topped the day off by power washing our tree car wide driveway and the side walks.

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  • mimi1964
    mimi1964 Member Posts: 2,163
    edited March 2013

    I everyone! I've missed the last 2 Fridays Undecided for check in.  Ugh! life! Mostly work is terribly busy and I've been super tired.  I really need to get off of 11-7.  

    Anyway I am stuck at a plateau... 159.8 I can't get past this wt.  I have been here for about 6 wks or so.  Do any of you have any ideas of anything I can do differently to bust this plateau?  It's frustrating to say the least!!! Exercise is really not much of an option working 3rd shift in the winter.  I work all night and sleep all day and when I get up it's dark out.  I am hoping that soon I can join a local gym, but not really sure who will go with me Frown.  I will also have to make myself go before I come home and go to bed or I won't do it.  Gonna be hard to work out for an hr at 7:30 in the morn and then come home and try to go to sleep.  But maybe when it's warm weather it won't matter.   

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  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited March 2013

    I went to have my physical at my GP today.  I asked her why I couldn't seem to get my heartrate up for exercise, but I feel exhausted.  She mentioned that I am on two betablockers and It is going to be very hard to get the rate up.  I noticed that since I take the meds at the same time at night they are still more effecdtive in the morning so I will get better heart rate results if I exercise in the afternoon or evening.  

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  • badger
    badger Member Posts: 34,614
    edited March 2013

    Renee, I was stuck at 170 for the longest time.  What helped me was to give up wheat.

    Not saying it's for everyone but it's what finally broke my plateau after months & months!

    If interested, here's a link to Dr. Davis's wheat belly blog.  http://www.wheatbellyblog.com/

    Meece, sorry no ideas for counteracting beta blockers but being exhausted is the pits.

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  • NativeMainer
    NativeMainer Member Posts: 10,462
    edited March 2013

    RoadRunner checking in:

     Friday Check in = 3 points

    Weight 223# = 0 points

    Water = 6 points

    Exercised =  5 points

    Extra Credit--started logging my food intake-   1 point

    Total =  15 points

    I am actually looking forward to the clocks changing this weekend.  It will be light enough when I get home to take a walk after work in the evenings.  I'm hoping that will help!

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  • zogo
    zogo Member Posts: 20,329
    edited March 2013

    Friday ~ 3 pts

    Water ~ 7 pts

    Wt (174.4) down a little ~ 2 pts

    Exercise ~ 11 pts

    Ex Cred ~ 1 pt. Made low carb chili, low carb lasagne w/o noodles (and my kids didn't complain) and low carb cream cheese muffins.

    Total ~ 24

    I'm with Badger on the Wheat Belly concept.  I've seen Dr Davis speak twice and am totally sold on his research and theory. It has become easy for me to turn down grains and sugar. For me, it's not a diet, it is just my way of eating for life.

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  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited March 2013

    Still in bed so I can't check my weight yet.  I was doing so well with exercise because I was out of work and was going to keep it up.  I had two doctor appointments this week and started a part time job.  I need to regroup and figure out my schedule better.  Cardiologist told me that I need to exercise in the afternoon when my meds are better out of myout of my system.

    Checking in:    3 points

    Exercise:       10 points

    Water:          2 points

                        ____________

    Total             15 points

    Extra credit:  1 point,   I did what you are supposed to do before you start an exercise program, I asked both my GP and my Cardio DR what heart rates are safe for me and if this was a good program.  Now to stick with it.

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  • badger
    badger Member Posts: 34,614
    edited March 2013

    Hi ladies, happy Friday!

    Friday check-in = 3 points

    Weight 168.4 – down from last week = 2 points

    [note to self: E-LAB low is 168.2]

    Exercise = 14 points

    Daily H2O = 7 points

    Extra credit = 1 point, took a day off Tues instead of risking life & limb on snowy roads.

    Total = 27

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  • bookart
    bookart Member Posts: 564
    edited March 2013

    Roadrunner checking in!

    3 pts for Friday check in

    0 pts for weight - i didn't check it this morning, but I've been up

    7 pts for water - really been watching that

    and drum roll, please

    12 pts for exercise - all at work - walking, lifting, crawling around, hammering, climbing stairs - installation week from H. E. 2 toothpicks. Plus long walk with dogs twice.  Probably have more points, but I'll settle for 12. 

    No extra points - still having breathing problems so no "working out"

    22pts, total - much better!

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  • NativeMainer
    NativeMainer Member Posts: 10,462
    edited March 2013

    Zogo--low carb chili, low carb lasagna, low carb muffins, you are talented!  Can you share more info on Dr. Davis?  Full name, or a link?  I'd love to read more.  And you are right, it's about eating for life, I call it improving my nutritional status or maintaining my nutrition rather than dieting.  Works better, and is more accurate!

     Meece-good for you for checking with your GP and Cardio Dr!  Sticking to a program is the hard part for me, too.

    Badger--Almost beat your e-lab low, good for you!!

    Bookart--I would consider all the walking, lifting, crawling, hammering, etc as working out!  It all counts, it doesn't have to be formal gym work to count! 

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  • NativeMainer
    NativeMainer Member Posts: 10,462
    edited March 2013

    So far we have a total of 103 points!  That's an average of 20.6 points each.  WTG!

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  • mimi1964
    mimi1964 Member Posts: 2,163
    edited March 2013

    Well shoot I missed the Friday weigh in again!!! I actually lost 1 lbs.  I'm down to 158.8  LOL!!! Ok that is it for me

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  • badger
    badger Member Posts: 34,614
    edited March 2013

    Yay - good job everyone!  Those extra credit points are putting us over the top so keep it up!

    NM, his name is Dr. William Davis.  He's a preventive cardiologist in Milwaukee WI.  Here's a link to an interview with him on CBS News last year.  Modern wheat is a "perfect, chronic poison." 

    http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505269_162-57505149/modern-wheat-a-perfect-chronic-poison-doctor-says/

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  • NativeMainer
    NativeMainer Member Posts: 10,462
    edited March 2013

    Badger--that site was very interesting!  makes a lot of sense too.  Thanks for sharing!

    RoadRunner checking in:

     Friday Check in = 3 points

    Weight 222# = 2 points

    Water = 5 points

    Exercised =  5 points

    Extra Credit--parking at the far end of every parking lot =   1 point

    Total =  16 points

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  • zogo
    zogo Member Posts: 20,329
    edited March 2013

    GRRRRRR I've been so good with diet, exercise and water all week ~ and still managed to gain weight. When will this stall ever end??    

    Yell

    Friday ~ 3 pts

    Wt (175.8) ~ 0 pts

    Water ~ 7+ pts (Boy did I drink alot of water this week)

    Exercise ~ 17 pts (worked out alot, too)

    Extra credit  1 pt ~ passed on the dessert at a luncheon (chocolate raspberry mousse)

    Total ~ 28 pts

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  • mimi1964
    mimi1964 Member Posts: 2,163
    edited March 2013

    Oh wow it's Friday and I remembered

    weight down 155.2 Smile  I'm hoping I've finally broke that stubborn plateau!  = ? 2 pts (is that right or do we do it based on how much we lose? I lost 4.6 lbs)

    Friday weigh in = 3 pts

    I'm not exercising unless I can count all the walking i do every day at work since I'm a nurse and I walk the halls every night if so  it's usually 1 1/2 hrs each morning non-stop doing a med pass and pushing a 50 lb cart = 8 pts.

    ok that's it for me.

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  • badger
    badger Member Posts: 34,614
    edited March 2013

    attawoman Renee, congrats on breaking that plateau!  I’d give you at least 20 points. If you are walking 90 minutes a night, you should get 3 exercise points for every shift you work.  So if you do 5 shifts a week, that’s 15 points right there.  Then add 3 for Friday check in + 2 for weight loss = 20.  If this is an E-LAB low, add another point for that. And are you drinking your water?  More points! 

    Friday check-in = 3 points

    Weight 172.2 – up from last week = 0 points

    zogo, must be something in the air here in WI  Yell

    Exercise = 15 points

    Daily H2O = 7 points

    Extra credit = 1 point, went to a workshop on toxins and came home with some great info.  Did you know we absorb 60% of what we put on our skin?  Got a couple of websites with info and data bases to check out: safe cosmetics and the environmental working group (they do the dirty dozen and clean fifteen list for produce).

    http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/

    http://www.safecosmetics.org/

    Total = 26

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  • badger
    badger Member Posts: 34,614
    edited March 2013

    OK we are up to 90 points by my count.  Meece, patoo, Elaine, we need you!

    ETA: new ladies are welcome and you don't have to give your weight if you don't want to.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited March 2013

    Whew, missed last week but here I am!

    Roadrunner - Friday = 3 pts.

    Weight - down to 185.6 = 2 pts

    Water = 6

    Exercise = 6

    Total = 17 pts (that puts us over the 100 mark - YAY)

    mimi1964, invest in a decent pedometer so you can get a count on all them steps.

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  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited March 2013

    It's still Friday here so...

    Checking in 3 pts

    Exercise 4 pts

    Water 1 pt

    Unkniwn on weight and I'm not getting up to check.  Lazy Me.

    8 Points, but I am here and not giving up!

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  • bookart
    bookart Member Posts: 564
    edited March 2013

    Roadrunner checking in.

    3 pts for Friday check in

    221 weight.  That's down from two weeks ago, even just a smidgen.  I actually got under 220 for one brief day, but Thursdays always kick my butt, with a 14 hour day including a 2 hour drive and dinner in the car, and my one soda of the week for the caffeine.  And I don't get enough water 'cause I'm a middle-aged woman with not enough time to hit the restroom and an hour drive.  Nice.  But I still get my 2 pts!

    6 pts for water - I try to keep it going.

    1 extra pt - we're working in a salad a day for the microbiotics or something :)

    6 pts for exercise

    18 pts!  Yay - and Yay to Native Mainer, Patoo, Mimi for the loss!

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  • NativeMainer
    NativeMainer Member Posts: 10,462
    edited March 2013

    Zogo-Congrats on passing up on such a yummy sounding dessert!  And the working out and the water intake!  NOT FAIR the weight didn't budge, so not fair. 

    Mimi--weight loss is loss is worth 2 points.  Any loss is worth 2 points.  I hear you about the walking and pushing the cart, good exercise as far as I'm concerned. 

    Badger--I knew a lot of stuff was absorbed through the skin, didn't know it was 60%.  That's a lot!  Definitely going to check out the sites, thanks for sharing. 

    Patoo--yeah! 

    Meece--good for you! 

    Bookart--great job!  Those long drives make for a challenge, don't they?

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  • NativeMainer
    NativeMainer Member Posts: 10,462
    edited March 2013

    Total so far is 133 pionts!  Yeah Team!

    That makes an average of 19 points apiece!  We are doing great! 

    Remember it's about changing habits that will help us for the rest of our lives, and losing weight is just a side effect of that effort. 

    Ok, my personal goal for the coming week is to make 20 points.  I'll have to up my exercise to do that and that is exactly what I need to do.  So hold me accountable, ladies! 

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited March 2013

    NativeMainer, I'm going to hold you accountable and join you as well.  More exercise or bust! 

    You are right, it is about health, not weight.  So let none of us stress about the lbs and just aim to keep moving and hydrating.  After all, losing the weight is only 2 pts but exercise and water pushes up the total! 

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  • NativeMainer
    NativeMainer Member Posts: 10,462
    edited March 2013

    patoo--Yeah!  I took my dog for a 25 minute walk yesterday.  Probably about a mile or so.  Once I was walking to the end of my road and back, 3 miles, took be about an hour.  Aiming to get back to that now that it's light enough long enough after I get home from work to do that safely. 

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  • badger
    badger Member Posts: 34,614
    edited March 2013

    Good job ladies!  Great attitude as well.  You're right, it's about health not just weight.

    NM, it helps to have a regular route.  I have a 2.5 mile route that takes me about 45 minutes to walk.  That's one side of a 90-minute tape in the Walkman.  Yes I am using old technology but WTH.  Maybe some day, I'll get an iPod and download a playlist but this works.  Plus I have some great old mix tapes, with disco and funk, country and rock, swing and soul that keep my feet moving.  Probably cost a small fortune to replace them.

    I think I've shared this article and video link from the Canadian Broadcasting Co before but will share it again because it's such good info presented so well.  One of our Northern sisters on the Let's Post our Daily Exercise thread shared it last year.  Great bunch of gals BTW and we come in all shapes, sizes, stages & fitness levels.  New members are always welcome so c'mon over! 

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/01/11/toronto-viral-video-doctor-health.html

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