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GETTING FIT, FOR ME & MY FAMILY!

Thursday, January 26, 2012

I'm back at it yet again and I feel it's for good this time, I've been at it for about 2 weeks. I'm working out with my xbox & I'm eating healthier. It helps I've got my hubby backing me up, encouraging me to eat healthier & workout. We bought a food scale so that we could weigh out our food & try and eat the right amount of food. So far it's working pretty good. We've been weighing our food for about 2 weeks also.

I'm NOT giving up this time! Oh yes, there are times I don't want to workout or keep up with eating right, but it'll all pay off in the end! I can't wait to see results!

I CAN do this & I WILL do this!

Member Comments About This Blog Post:

CORNERKICK 1/26/2012 9:58PM

Good luck...you can do it!

FITFORMYFAMILY 1/26/2012 5:10PM

This is wonderful to read, and I agree... You CAN do this! I'll be here cheering you on.

Calling all Hawaii Sparkers!

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Do you live in or around Wahiawa, Hawaii?

Then you're the person I'm searching for! I've just created a local team for SparkPeople!

SparkWahiawa, HI www.sparkpeople.com/myspark/g
roups_individual.asp?gid=55212

I'd love to have you join my team!

Prayer Needed

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Whoever believes in prayer, if you could keep me in prayer, I'd appreciate it. I've been dealing with some really bad back pain lately, for a week now actually. It's pain in my lower back, on the right side, it was so bad that I went to the ACC (Acute Care Clinic) last Friday after hubby got home from work, I couldn't stand or walk straight, I was tilted to the right. The doc said it because my muscles were spasming up. They gave me 2 shots, Toradol & Valium and sent me home with, Ibuprofen & Cyclobenzaprine. I went on Monday to get checked again & that doc didn't help much, he seemed like 1 to hurry you through the appt, other than to tell me that I need to go to physical therapy and if that doesn't help, then I should get an mri to see what's going on. I have an appt for physical therapy next Tues. It makes it very hard to do my normal everyday tasks that I need to do, like take care of the boys or myself, take care of things around the house, etc. So just keep me in prayer that this gets figured out, it's not the first time this has happened either, I've had this back issue, several times over the years off and on, since I was a teenager & it seems every time I have gone to a doc about it, they act like there's nothing wrong. But this is the 2nd time since having this happen, since having my son and he's already 6 1/2 months. Anyway, I'm not sure how long I'll be dealing with this pain, I've been dealing with it for a week already, I'm hoping it'll stop soon, but I don't know... Once I'm able to do things without much pain, I know what I'm going to do though. I'm going to get serious with this weight loss thing, I mean it... I know that's partly why I'm having these issues again.

Thanks for all prayers,
Kris

Member Comments About This Blog Post:

COOP9002 9/21/2011 3:11PM

Praying for you. Keep us posted.

SIMPLE_TAILOR 9/21/2011 2:39PM

We'll keep you there . . .

GOODGETNBETR 9/16/2011 7:25AM

I hope by the time you're reading this your prayers have been answered, if not I'll be praying for you. A boy that young needs his mom as fully functional as possible so I hope you and docs can figure this out. I agree that excess weight can make low back pain even worse. When I was at my highest the pain was unbearable at times but as the weight slowly came off, and I added some strength training, it seemed to work itself out.

TIMLINLUVER 9/16/2011 6:13AM

Hi. I hope you feel better. That's awful. When I was pregnant with my son, my back was hurting so bad that I thought I was going into early labor. It turned out to be a kidney stone. I had the kidney stone from Valentine's Day (that's when I went to the hospital!) to July 14. (A month after my son was born.) It was my lower right side, too. You might want them to check for that! Prayers and positive thoughts coming your way.

CINDYHEN 9/16/2011 12:13AM

I hope you get some answers soon!

MISTERMOO 9/15/2011 7:21PM

Hope you recover quickly, back spasms do take a lot out of you. Get rest where you can and best wishes for a speedy return to normal.

SVELTEWARRIOR 9/15/2011 6:27PM

Prayer said here.

ABETTRME 9/15/2011 4:20PM

My thoughts & prayers are with you.

Xbox workout - how to enter it into my fitness tracker

Saturday, July 30, 2011

I just finished a core workout that was set for easy, for 10 mins on my Xbox Kinect EA Active2. I'm trying to figure out how to enter it into my fitness tracker as it doesn't have any of the workout, I tried entering it all in individually, but they don't go by the same names & not all of the exercises I did on the xbox are even on the fitness tracker.

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ARMYWIFE4GOD 8/2/2011 12:28AM

Thanks everyone for your help on this! 3_Giants_4_Me, I used your suggestion and it helped and saved a lot of time! :)

LIFEANDALL1 8/1/2011 10:19PM

Depends on what you are doing, but sometimes circuit training on the spark tracker will be pretty good.

BTW, we have a great group called "Kinect to Spark". There are about 800 of us that use the Kinect and Spark People. It is pretty neat seeing fellow Sparksters show up in your friends list. I've even worked out with a few folks from spark over the xbox. Swing on by and check us out.

SIMPLE_TAILOR 7/31/2011 9:30PM

There might be some similar exercises from the Wii.

3_GIANTS_4_ME 7/31/2011 12:37PM

Since I use a heart rate monitor - I enter EVERYTHING - even ST under the Manual Cardio tab. It doesn't matter that you don't have the calories burned, and you still still have your minutes recorded. Just call it "Xbox Core Workout" and enter your minutes.

Starting over, yet again! (Pic included)

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Before I had gotten pg with our oldest I weighed right around 145-135, then after I had him 11/5/2004, I weighed 160, then gained 20 lbs. I finally got it into my head to lose all that & then some. When I joined here in May I was feeling down about myself I needed a change of pace & redirection. I did lose it all & then some I had almost reached my goal weight reaching 131 lbs, my goal was to get to 120 lbs or less. But I wound up getting pregnant again after trying off & on for over 4 yrs. I had our youngest 2/28/2011 & weighed right around 152-150 lbs. I was breastfeeding so I lost about 10 lbs got to 142 lbs, but then I started slowing on breastfeeding & started gaining again. I came back on here & thought I was starting over, I had started writing down everything I was eating, but that was short lived.... I'm now up to 162 lbs, so I've gained 20 lbs yet again, something I promised myself I wouldn't do :(. I was talking to my mom the other day and she said, this is about the time that I started gaining more weight after having my oldest son. Then she said, "you always are encouraging others and telling others that they CAN DO IT, why don't you follow your own advice?" (maybe not the exact wording she used, but close). She's totally right about it, this is about the time I started gaining weight after having my oldest and also I give advice, encouragement, etc to others around me, but I don't always follow my own advice. She also said, "if you can't follow your own advice, then what help will you be to others if you can't even believe in yourself?" She's totally right, I need to believe in myself and regain confidence in myself that I CAN do this before I can even give advice & encouragement to others.

I had tried to start over after having our youngest, but lost track this will be the 3rd time of trying to start over. I have a better feeling about starting this over again this time around. I have other friends near me who also are looking to lose weight, so hopefully if I get connected with them, I can stay focused this time around. But even if they don't connect with me, I have to do this for myself! Nobody can change things for me, except for me with God's help.

So here I am, yet again! Going to try to stay more focused this time around. Wait, not try, I WILL stay more focused. I have to!

Today I took a walk with my oldest son, well he was riding his bike, it wasn't a very long one, but it was a walk. I also took him to the playground.

Then we came home & I started tracking my food & also the walking I've done.

My starting weight is: 162 lbs
My goal weight is: 120 lbs or less.

Starting pic for journey

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ALMA-ZULEMA 7/28/2011 5:54PM

Hi, Kris! I just wanted to leave you a little note to remind you that you did it once, so you can do it again! I believe in you, and you know you have my full support! Let's do this!

ASH_YOKOI 7/20/2011 5:35AM

just stay focused, and don't be too hard on yourself... hard work takes time. this is advice i give, and need to follow as well, i'm like you in that area! i also had a baby this year too!!! congrats, and lets get healthy!

HAPPYNOW26 7/15/2011 4:00PM

I KNOW you can Do-it as I have been following your process for a while.
It would be great to loose together with others. Walking buddies and motivators...
Mom is loosing with me right now but after she goes back to Sweden I am on my own again. We must succeed either way!
One meal at the time. One healthy choice each time you have options and you will see the weight come off!
Oh yes,

JULESRULES78 7/15/2011 3:24PM

That's the spirit! You WILL stay focused. Your starting weight and goal weight are very close to mine! I KNOW you can do it! I can tell that you are already on the right track by tracking your food and by moving!