BL3 - Black Team - Week 8

[donac]

What a day yesterday. Church, breakfast, nursing home, groceries and then popcorn take in. I yelled at the pain from bs because she had the nerve to mess up three ordersand then came at 2:50 with over 3000 worth of sales to get straightened out. I should have told her to take the popcorn and show up on Monday night but I didn't. I did yell about the mess that she was giving me. It took me over an hour to straighten out the mess and I still don't think it is right. I have to look it over again tonight. I shouldn't have lost my temper but I did. But she had a heckk of a nerve to come at 10 to 3 when she knows that it said 1 to 3. She ruined my evening last night she can't ruin my day.

I got up this morning and did 20 minutes walkingand the knee is feeling pretty good. My eating has been terrible but that will change today. I have 7 weeks un til the end of the challenge. I need to get back into the weigght loss mode. Exercise needs to be 1 on my schedule.

Off to work.

Food for the day
Breakfast cereal milk, tea, banana
Snack kashi bar
lunch chili snow peas pear
Snack apple
Dinner pork, lo mein and beef with broccolli
ice cream cake for dh's birthday

Exercise 20 minutes walking

Question for the day. Are you losing weight for health or for a special occasion

I am doing it for my health. in Aug 2006 I was at my lowest weight in a number of years. People were telling me how great I looked, my bp and pulse were very low. I then didn't keep it up and I gained back the stuff I lost that summer. My bp is a little higher and so is cholesterol. I would like to get both down a lot more and the only way is with diet and exercise.


Today is a better day. Keep up the hard work. Weigh in tomorrow morning. Good or bad (I think mine is bad)we need to know.

 

[geetey]

per the challenge.....

Share with your team in the team weekly thread what your favorite form of exercising is (biking, running, powerwalking, yoga, etc) and why?? -- max 5 pts

Using the Walk Away the Pounds tape is my favorite form of exercise. I feel like I get a good workout in a short period of time. I have 4 of the tapes so I can throw in one depending on how much time I have available in 15 min. increments. If I can use a machine, I enjoy the elliptical better than the treadmill (booooooring) but can do the treadmill if there is something to watch. The elliptical is just so much less jarring on my body! I like doing pilates when my health can handle it.

Share with your team in the team weekly thread what struggles you have overcome in making exercise a part of your routine? work schedules? burn-out? family responsbilities? Inspire others who face the same challenges! -- max 5 pts

I know that my struggle is unique to myself. I have MS so there are days when I struggle to simply walk straight! (The side rails on the treadmill on handy on days like that. ha ha) Fatigue is a huge issue with MS and I don't always get the typical endorphine boost from exercising that most people do. Walking in the neighborhood is difficult because I tend to trip over the occasional raised concrete pad in the sidewalk. I guess that's why the WATP tapes work so well for me!

I don't know if I will get in the 150 minutes total, team, but I am trying!! I hope everyone else is having a successful weekly challenge as well as a good eating week.

Dona - sorry that BS person was being such a pain about the popcorn. I can't believe they messed it up that badly. We do popcorn here - it's not that difficult to organize your order properly! (referring to the PITA lady)

FormrCastMbr - You go!!! Your workout is inspiring! Keep up the great work!!

 

[ohMom]

week 9 here