7 Day Motivational Thread starting 08/08/2011
08-11-2011, 11:22 PM
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Originally Posted by mtlgirl
Mike, I'm so sorry! Drink upside down! Drink upside down!
Originally Posted by binatangmerah
Mike - Everyone claims to have a cure for hiccups, but this one really works:
Take a drink of water and hold it in your mouth. Then plug your ears and nose at the same time (thumbs in ears, pinkies on nose). Continue holding the water in your mouth as long as possible, then swallow.
It has never failed me!
Take a drink of water and hold it in your mouth. Then plug your ears and nose at the same time (thumbs in ears, pinkies on nose). Continue holding the water in your mouth as long as possible, then swallow.
It has never failed me!
Originally Posted by Kumochi
Mike my cure for hicups is to swallow nothing 3 times. Occasionally I have to do it twice but it works for me. It's not as easy as it sounds. Good luck. Mary
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So, I guess I'm not crazy, well at least not with this. The odd thing is that my doctor has never heard of it causing this. I guess that I'm that special case.
08-11-2011, 11:56 PM
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Mike, I'm sure it was frustrating to get those hiccups again! Glad to hear they're gone.
Hppe, quite a scare. It's always sad, but I'm glad it wasn't your kitty.
I'm glad this thread is active today; wish I had the energy to participate. I am on an antibiotic now but it's been a physically and emotionally taxing day; still low on energy and trying to make some big decisions about work, plus freshman orientation tonight and I'm not ready to let my baby be in high school yet! My eating hasn't been the greatest, I admit
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Hppe, quite a scare. It's always sad, but I'm glad it wasn't your kitty.
I'm glad this thread is active today; wish I had the energy to participate. I am on an antibiotic now but it's been a physically and emotionally taxing day; still low on energy and trying to make some big decisions about work, plus freshman orientation tonight and I'm not ready to let my baby be in high school yet! My eating hasn't been the greatest, I admit
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08-12-2011, 01:19 AM
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Originally Posted by cjohnson728
Mike, I'm sure it was frustrating to get those hiccups again! Glad to hear they're gone.
08-12-2011, 01:21 AM
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Originally Posted by 01gt4.6
They're back. With my first bite of dinner, they came back in full force.
Since I'm not, the only things I've got are a spoonful of sugar and drinking upside down.
08-12-2011, 01:26 AM
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Originally Posted by cjohnson728
If I were your gf, I'd just tell you I was pregnant, and that would scare them right out of you.
Since I'm not, the only things I've got are a spoonful of sugar and drinking upside down.
Since I'm not, the only things I've got are a spoonful of sugar and drinking upside down.
I finished dinner and the hiccups went away! This could make losing weight easy.
Rose, you are in for it now girl!
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08-12-2011, 02:28 AM
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This isn't the old "bait and switch"
I'm about to head out to the gym and I saw myself in the mirror and thought that I looked very bloated since yesterday. My diet today has been awesome and I'm WAAAAY under on calories. i didn't log anything yesterday but I wasn't bad. I hopped on the scale and it read 176!!! I usually fluctuate 2-3 pounds between a.m. & p.m., that would still put me way over where I should be.
Can a cortisone shot cause weight gain or water retention? Seriously! I guess I'll be walking to and from the gym again today.
Can a cortisone shot cause weight gain or water retention? Seriously! I guess I'll be walking to and from the gym again today.
08-12-2011, 04:59 AM
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1) Eat clean 6 days (only 1 cheat day): no, yes, yes (I guess??), yes
2) 3000 calories deficient for the week: +175, -483, (0??), -1174
3) Weigh in on Monday and post a picture of the scale & my weight goal chart: yes
4) Make my food log public: yes 01gt4.6 - free online diet and fitness journal
5) walk 10 miles: 4.01, 3.0, no, 3.0
6) gallon of water a day: yes, yes, no, yes
7) work out 2 times: no, yes, no, yes
9) daily:
vitamin yes, yes, (Doctor says no for 24 hrs. wft?), no
floss yes, yes, yes, yes
10) no more than 2 servings of nuts per day (including peanut butter) yes (2, unless a Butterfinger Blast counts as nuts). yes (2), yes (2), yes(2)
11) 5 servings of veggies a day (green veggies don't get logged) NOPE (maybe one with the veggies on my sammich, but I doubt it), yes (5), no (0), yes (5)
12) no bread (of any kind) for 2 days no, no, no, yes
2) 3000 calories deficient for the week: +175, -483, (0??), -1174
3) Weigh in on Monday and post a picture of the scale & my weight goal chart: yes
4) Make my food log public: yes 01gt4.6 - free online diet and fitness journal
5) walk 10 miles: 4.01, 3.0, no, 3.0
6) gallon of water a day: yes, yes, no, yes
7) work out 2 times: no, yes, no, yes
9) daily:
vitamin yes, yes, (Doctor says no for 24 hrs. wft?), no
floss yes, yes, yes, yes
10) no more than 2 servings of nuts per day (including peanut butter) yes (2, unless a Butterfinger Blast counts as nuts). yes (2), yes (2), yes(2)
11) 5 servings of veggies a day (green veggies don't get logged) NOPE (maybe one with the veggies on my sammich, but I doubt it), yes (5), no (0
), yes (5) 12) no bread (of any kind) for 2 days no, no, no, yes
08-12-2011, 06:16 AM
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What have I gotten myself into????
Originally Posted by 01gt4.6
Okay wait!!!! I think there is some confusion here. I was thinking someone could bet that I couldn't do it, not that they couldn't lose more than me by the end of week 5. But... just so you don't think I'm scared, YOU'RE ON!!! There's one catch though since I've already published my scale pictures and you haven't, this Monday it starts. We both hop on the scale and post up the pic. There are some rules to keep this fair. We have to continue as I have been. If you can think of any rules, feel free to let me know.
1) Weigh in 1st thing in the morning, empty bladder, on a level floor, nekkid.
2) Take a clear picture of the scale reading and post it up.
3) No cheating by holding any thing of weight for your initial weigh in to show inflated numbers, so put the dumbbells away! I will try to continue on losing, without intentionally trying to gain weight for Monday's weigh in.
4) Next Monday, same thing and Final weigh in will be on August 29th.
Fair enough?
BTW I think you should triple your oatmeal cookie intake.
1) Weigh in 1st thing in the morning, empty bladder, on a level floor, nekkid.
2) Take a clear picture of the scale reading and post it up.
3) No cheating by holding any thing of weight for your initial weigh in to show inflated numbers, so put the dumbbells away! I will try to continue on losing, without intentionally trying to gain weight for Monday's weigh in.
4) Next Monday, same thing and Final weigh in will be on August 29th.
Fair enough?
BTW I think you should triple your oatmeal cookie intake.
) I have no scale where I am so I can't weigh in first thing in the morning, I'll have to go to the gym and it won't be in the morning but I can still participate right? I hope people don't think I'm nuts taking a picture of the scale at the gym!
08-12-2011, 06:35 AM
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Originally Posted by cjohnson728
I'm glad this thread is active today; wish I had the energy to participate. I am on an antibiotic now but it's been a physically and emotionally taxing day; still low on energy and trying to make some big decisions about work, plus freshman orientation tonight and I'm not ready to let my baby be in high school yet! My eating hasn't been the greatest, I admit .
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08-12-2011, 08:50 AM
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Rose. Thanks for your kind words re my son.
Hope: I see you are grasping the wisdom that someone ( can't remember just now) said that to keep young you should do something each day that scares you. You must be rolling back the years lol. I have a marmalade cat too, Henri is my little avatar pic but they don't seem to be showing at present.
Cassie. Everything seem like a struggle when you aren't feeling too good, hope you're getting better. I am now on the lemsips and can't seem to shake the headache.
Off to work, I'm very late as I didn't sleep much through the night but slept right through the alarm. Oh and I lost 1 lb this week.
Hope: I see you are grasping the wisdom that someone ( can't remember just now) said that to keep young you should do something each day that scares you. You must be rolling back the years lol. I have a marmalade cat too, Henri is my little avatar pic but they don't seem to be showing at present.
Cassie. Everything seem like a struggle when you aren't feeling too good, hope you're getting better. I am now on the lemsips and can't seem to shake the headache.
Off to work, I'm very late as I didn't sleep much through the night but slept right through the alarm. Oh and I lost 1 lb this week.
