kathy reporting for 9/17  

posting 1 point

nutrition 1 point

rest 1 point

total 3 points... well i went to physical therapy today and they advised  me to stop walk/run/jog onthe treadmill, and any other  "pounding " excercise.. i signed up today at a new gym to start swimming and they also have some kind of aqua arobics class.. and i can continue using the eliptical machine and the bike and many other weight machines.. its time to "mix it up" anyway so tomorrow i am gonna swim some laps.. this is a brand new fitness center  that doesnt have any kids .. so there wont be any "cant use the pool days".. they have a sauna and whirlpool too..quite nice actually.. tomorow after work.. my bag is packed!!... kathy

 Laura:  9/17

Cardio - 2pts -- 2 1/2 miles!!  :)

Nutrition:  1pt

Log in:  1 pt

Total:  4 pts

kathy - I'm so jealous! I had to give up my gym membership - so this exercise is so much more of a challenge for me....your gym/swim/spa sounds amazing!!  Let us know how it is!!!

:)Laura

Hi Kathy,

My ortho doctor told me not to do any of the "pounding" exercises, either, and assured me I could still get my cardio on the reclining bike.....I go to the gym faithfully, alternating the reclining bike with strength machines, and have had no injuries.  We don't have a pool :(, but it IS a great gym.  Earlier in the Spring I was doing just walking but OMG, it takes FOREVER to build muscle that way, which is when I started at the gym again.  Our gym has childcare.  I haven't tried any of the classes yet, will wait and do that later on.  Good luck!  Tampabayb

 kathy reporting for thursday.

posting 1 point

nutrition 1 point

cardio..2 points ..swimming laps for 30 mins and bike riding 30 mins

no weights today... my  new gym is great!!,... i went swimming today and sat in the whirlpool and the sauna..a nice hour of "me time" i am  having a personal training session sat am  and will see what they suggest...  

Wednesday - 3pts

rest day -1

nutrition- 1

posting- 1

Thursday 2 pts

nutrition- 1

posting- 1

Work is kicking my butt. I'm way too exhausted to do any cardio. Will definitely make up for it tomorrow.

Kari

Jane 

9/17

Weights - lower body workout about 25 min - 1 pt

Nutrition - 1260/60  1pt

Posting - 1 pt

Total:  3 pts

9/18

Cardio - 20 min elliptical - 1 pt 

Nutrition - 1480/40 - 1pt

Posting - 1 pt.

Total -  3 pts

Kathy - Hope your new exercise plan helps your hip!  Lots of 9[hysical therapy prescribed) exercises and stretches to keep everything strong and mobile ... that's the key.

Laura - Thanks for the instructions!  I do have mixed feelings about wiping out the weight loss thus far so I need to think about this before I do it.

Like Kari, work is kicking my butt. I'm working on this huge project and last week I lost a week of production by going to that training class. I haven't forgotten about doing the tallies for this week, but, as you can see, last night I didn't have enough time to do my normal login.  I'll get to the tallies for this week soon.

Jane  

 Laura:

Thursday 9/18 - 3 pts total:  Nutrition: 1 pt        Cardio - 1 pt          Posting - 1 pt

Jane:  I think those are the numbers mentally holding me back. I know that sounds crazy, but I look at myself now and I am so much healthier than where I was, and I look at the numbers and I say Wow - then I proceed to maintain instead of trying to continue to lose.  And, my scale died this morning!  Its digital and it gave me an error the first time, so I reset it. Then it gave me three readings and turned off again.  I will have to go this weekend and replace the battery(which I wont have time to do til Sunday as we are heading offshore tonight and tomorrow boating) so I guess I'll restart and use Sunday as my new check in day. Lets hope the lower of the readings I got this morning is the real one!!!!  If not, no biggie, I'll get there.....

:)Laura

Name     Tues   Wed   Thur      Fri     Sat     Sun      Mon         Week 2      Week 1   Total

Jane   away  away      1          3        3        4             2                       13        20         33
Kari          5         3        3          4        4        4            6                       29         27         56
Wendy     No posts             No posts                                                0          21          21
Linda         5        No posts    No posts                                                  5         27          32
Melissa    4       3     Hurricane Ike - stay safe!                                  7         23         30
Lisa          3        5         5         5         4        4     Withdrew                  26       32          58
Kathy       5       4          5         4         5        4             NP                    27       33          60
Laura       3        3         4          3         2        3            3                       21       25          46

Greetings ... Here's our updated numbers ... hope everyone is enjoying this and seeing the benefit of better health and better weight!  Wishing you a great weekend!! - Jane

 Jane

Nutrition - 1540/61  1pt

Posting - 1 pt

Total:  2 pts

After I posted our update, I was disappointed in how it appears in the real post ... it looked much more aligned before I pushed the post button!  I hope we hear from Melissa soon so we know she's okay.Here's wishing everyone a great, active and healthy weekend. 

Jane

 jane  thanks for doing this for us..kathy reporting for friday 9/19

nutrition 1 point

posting 1 point

seeing my trainer today to see if i can come up with a plan to keep losing , but not damage my hip any more..i will let you know... kathy

Hi everyone.........well  we finally i think are recovered from the hurricaine.....I was able to come home tuesday.....family got in that night and we got power and everything else back up.....we spent wed,and thurs  cleaning up trees and debrie...worked hard lots of exercise!!!lossed all the food in the refrigerator, freezer and my deep freezer....thats going to be hard to replace ...nutrition wise I have done pretty well.....a little stress eating but in moderation and nothing too bad...weighed in on wed and did not lose nor gain so that was really great news.....thanks for all the concern....and wishes I am  really glad to have you guys as friends....looking forward to an october challenge.....

report points probably 3  points per day

melissa

Friday- 1 pt for posting. No exercise. Did not stick to my plan for nutrition. Yikes.

Saturday - 2 pts

nutrition -1

posting - 1

Not good.

Well tomorrow I am back on the wagon.

Kari

Name     Tues   Wed   Thur      Fri     Sat     Sun      Mon         Week 2      Week 1   Total

Jane   away  away      1          3        3        4             2                      13        20         33
Kari          5         3        3          4        4        4            6                      29         27         56
Wendy     No posts             No posts                                               0          21          21
Linda         5        No posts    No posts                                                 5         27          32
Melissa    4       3         3         3         3        3            3                       22        23          45 Est. due to Ike
Lisa          3        5         5         5         4        4     Withdrew                  26       32          58
Kathy       5       4          5         4         5        4             NP                    27       33          60
Laura       3        3         4          3         2        3            3                       21       25          46

Greetings ... Here's our updated numbers ... hope everyone is enjoying this and seeing the benefit of better health and better weight!  Wishing you a great weekend!! - Jane

posting 1 point

nutrition - 1270/48 - 1 point

Weigh-in 1 pt.

Total 3 pts.

Jane

hey melissa.. glad you are back and ok...thats impressive staying  on track in the middle of all that.. heres an "atta girl " for that..

kathy reporting for sat 9/20

posting 1 point

nutrition 1 point

cardio 2 points

weights 1 point

total 5 points

i met with a trainer yesterday at my new gym.. i did get a workout in and i did learn a few things.. i was a little upset at the "high pressure" i was getting to have a trainer 2 times a week for a year..yeah.. that would be great.. however it is not in my budget right now and i want to see if i can do this myself..i started this week at a new gym that has a pool and of course they  must all have a quota or something to get x amount of new peple enrolled in training and nemberships..i like the gym but i really dont care for all the sales efforts that are being crammed my way.. ya..you "get" a trainer for an hour as part of your membership, but really only a half hour is training,, the first 20 mins is trying to figure out your goals and what they can do for you and the last 10 mins is about trying to sell you a trainer.. so when they brought the manager over for the final push.. i just told him in no uncertain terms that i was tired of all the high pressure sales tactics and i really only want to work out and see if i can CONTINUE (BEING KEY WORD HERE) losing weight and getting more fit on my own.. i would let them know  when and if i wanted a trainer..and it was not a personal thing against the trainer that i had.. he was great..BUT i am not shopping for a trainer at this time.. thanks anyway  ...so i am off to get a workout in  right now ..and i LOVE the lap pool...i am mixing in swimming a couple of times a week ..kathy