Lurker Invitations March Check-In

[janiejoey]

Good Morning Everyone,

March already and Spring is just around the corner.

Thought I'd start this check in. Will be back later for personals.

Janie

[janiejoey]

I am now on a week of relaxing my body with weight lifting. Today I did 29 min. of Rhythmic Step on the board, no risers. Then it started getting too complicated for me today, and went to the treadmill for the rest of the time. Which was 27 min. Altogether my cardio was 56 min. My legs are tired but doable. I may have burned 300 calories, maybe a tad more.

For Breakfast I had shredded wheat with soy milk, lunch was 4 eqq whites with 2 slices of sprouted toasted bread. I feel great. Planning on a huge shrimp salad topped with beans and homemade avocado dressing. Then before 8:00 pm I'll have an apple with maybe just a tad bit of goat cheese. Just a taste. Maybe 1 teaspoon full.

I really need to lose the weight and this week, for me, will be all about cardio and yoga, to stretch those worked muscles. I had a blood test done recently and my cholesterol was kinda high. Shame on me. Now I'm working hard to lower it.

STS is hard, but hey, that's what we have to do to get what we want. Right? Staying healthy is not easy, but it shouldn't be extremely hard either. I modify a lot and I get through it. I have many pounds to lose yet, but I have high hopes that I'll get there. I lost another 1.5 pounds this week. Not too shabby. I'm hoping by August I'll be where I want to be, it's a good start anyway.

What is everyone else doing to stay healthy and on top of things? Let's work hard this month. I know it is difficult, but lets try anyway.

Janie

[janiejoey]

Laura,

1,252 calories burned from x-skiiing. WOW! That's amazing! I'm going to have to put on my heart monitor to see how many calories I really do burn. That is impressive. Good for you.

Keep up the good work. WOW!

Janie

[booboo39]

Hello,

No workout today. I did HIIT yesterday morning on the elliptical and D6 Legs last night. Hammies are a little sore today.

Laura-1200+ calories, wow very impressive and the best part is that you were doing something you truly enjoy! It would be spectacular if I could burn calories in that range for sitting on my butt at Barnes & Noble, reading, and having cofee and a pastry A girl can dream!

Janie-Ok that avocado dressing has my interest. Do you make it yourself? If you do would you mind sharing the recipe. Your salad sounds sooooo delicious! Are you doing the 3 month or 6 month?

Lets keep up the good work!
Booboo

[ironlady]

Hello Everyone!

I hope to do better with this month than last. Only 19 wo's But, Thursday I had to leave work and drive to Oklahoma. Talked with the Dr. about putting in a feeding tube for my father. They are planning on taking him off the vent and putting him on BiPap in order to move him to a nursing home with 24 Hr care. However, if he does not start cooperating with the speech therapist and feeding himself he will have to have the feeding tube... which he is refusing to do... in order to move him. Medicare will stop paying for the hospital soon. I don't want to go against his wishes but, I can't see any other way. He can't be moved while on TPN (intravenous feeding) and he has no money to pay the hospital. I don't think he will make it much longer.

Today all I did was lunch with some friends and a movie...just to destress. Tomorrow GS Legs and work.

Janie, glad you made it through Meso 1!!! Awesome work on the 1.5 lbs! I am still holding out on STS to start with LaDubose if she is able. If not then I suppose I will be starting on my own! I know I will have the check in here to help!

Booboo, the eliptical and D6....good job on that!

Check in with ya'll later!!

[Elle_p]

Hi Everyone!
I am so happy to say good-bye to February! Despite my obstacles over the last couple of weeks, my weight was down 2lbs. I just finished doing a basic yoga practice which consists of Sun Salutations, Leg raising excercises, and the 12 basic postures. I feel good and very optimistic for the month ahead. I also treated myself to a facial today since my skin has been breaking out a lot recently due to stress.

Janie: Your meals sounded very yummy today, especially that avocado dressing. I love avocados! And Goat cheese *yum*. I'm actually trying to cut out cheese or at least limit it. Good job on the cardio. Sometimes you start a workout and it just doesn't seem to work as planned so it's smart that you just finished up doing something else.

Ironlady: I'm sorry things are not going well with your father. I'll send good vibes your way! It's nice to take time out with friends to de-stress. Good for you.

Laura: Thanks for the encouragement. I know it's just part of the journey.

Looking forward to hearing about everyone's continued success. After all, the fact that we are all still around here is a success in itself!

[janiejoey]

Good Evening,

Wanted to see how all of you were doing. Had some time and was thinking of you.

Elle, Congratulations on your weight loss. I'll be doing yoga tomorrow. Just love practicing it. Sorry about you being stressful. I know that is an awful feeling. Vent if you like. I have to curb my eating on cheese, because my body won't stand for it, so I take a very small taste every now and then.

IronLady, (Sherry) I know what you are going through. My mom has Alzheimer and most likely won't make it past this year. But then again she has surprised me and is still here. She was my best friend. My sisters also say that she was their best friend too. Isn't it fantastic that she made all of us feel so special? (((((hugs and prayers to you both))))). I'm sorry you have to go through this. Vent whenever you can, I think it helps.

Booboo, My dressing is a marvel. Everyone loves it! Can't hardly believe it, but it's true. A little of this and a little of that. I don't have a recipe, but here it is, and will be great, I promise.

1/2 cup of seasoned vinegar
2 green onions
2 T. of nonfat/light mayo
Add enough water to blend all the ingredients together. I use a Magic Bullet, but I think a blender will work just as well.

In place of avocado, use tomato, red peppers, mango, orange, carrots...anything you like. Mix and match. It's really good.

Have a nice night everyone,

Janie

[Shoegal]

Hello everyone -

Back on the check in after the weekend. On Thursday I finished up my premix run of 4DS - it was Higher Intensity Circuit and well, I was expecting a little more legs in there because there really wasn't any. Did the HIS portion all again and still loved it. Stopped the workout when I got to the abs because I had just done it the night before and finally did the weights and plates abs workout on Circuit Abs. Loved it - it was great but I've pinpointed something that I don't like. This is small - but it bothers me - the fact that in those ab workouts there is never a shot of all of the participants doing the workout. Usually it focuses on one person - be it Cathe, Denise, Dez, Lorraine or one of those men. I keep wanting the cameraman to pull back and he never does. I don't know if that is the style on all the other STS workouts but I prefer to see everyone. I don't know why.

On Saturday me and my DH went for another walk and we were trudging up a hill and I felt my heart pumping and it felt great. It was warm out and we got to a hillside and sat there for a bit enjoying the sun - I could have took a little nap there.

Not eating between meals is HARD!!! We were going out to dinner on Saturday night and I had not eaten lunch and I was starving. So at 4pm I made myself something and called it "lunch." DH was on my case saying we were going to eat in another hour - I told him I absolutely could not wait another hour. I was so glad I didn't. We waited 2 1/2hours just to get seated!!!

Hope everyone is doing well - see that we've moved on into March. I love that we are really trying to focus on eating well. I watched a little bit of the Biggest Loser and they are inspiring. The fact that everyone is trying so hard to be healthy and to slim down - the feeling that you are doing something good for yourself in itself can be motivating.

Shoe report: I couldn't find the heels I wanted to wear - that always angers me and I am wearing a supremely boring pair of blank slingbacks. These have white stitching on them and yes, another little buckle. Oh well - I know what I like.

Have a good day out there!!

[Shadowpup]

Hi all,

Sorry to be MIA - this has been one very nasty flu/bronchitis/???? bug. I've been essentially out since Wednesday. But, things are looking up today and at least I'm conscious! Should probably be able to work a half day, and I'm going to try doing something very light to get the blood flowing.

And thanks for the good wishes in our Feb thread - it was nice to be missed

[janiejoey]

Good mornin everyone.

I'm so frustrated and in such a mood. I gained 2 pounds overnight. Yesterday, I did over 50 min. of cardio, ate around 1200 calories, burned over 300 calories from the cardio I did. How could this be?

From now on I'm writing down my calories to make sure I'm doing everything right. I just can't believe how hard I worked and overnight I gained weight when I should have lost weight. Seems imposible to me. Jeesh!

I was wearing a headband during my workout and the band got so wet I could have wrung it out (literally).

I've been racking my brain to figure out how this could have happened. It takes a week or more for me to lose this kind of weight. Gosh darn it!

I'm so frustrated, I just want to cry. I don't understand. I'm going to put this up on the OD forum and see if people can give me an answer.

Off to do yoga. See you in awhile.

Janie