Re: Long...My past two weeks or so

March 21, 2000

,

you sound depressed

please stop the pills!!!!

and start eating more, planning ahead so you eat good stuff

Barb

who thinks the pills were supposed to energize you to work-out more, not less

March 21, 2000

,

Okay this might not exactly sound like a pep talk but...

Is your husband or friend going to go to boot camp with you? No

Who will be pulling you throught those long ardous months? You

Because someone falls out on a run at boot camp does that mean you fall out

too? No

Working out by yourdelf can be fun once in a while if you are used to working

out with someon else...get silly with it!!! I dance around when is

talking or marching it out I go NUTS....but I pull myself through it and I

know you can too...This is your warm up.

Do you have any fears about boot camp? do you think you might be trying to

self-handicapp yourself by slacking off a little and smoking more? You know

you can do this.....you know deep down that you can do this, but this will be

the hardest thing you've ever done so just know that and don't give in when

things start to get rought. Don't give in now. If your having trouble with

Taebo...go our and hike some...take a weighted back pack...lord knows you'll

need the practice...go roller skating with a friend. GET active and get away

from tha pack of cigarettes.

I of course mean of all of this lecture with love!

Now forgive your past transgressions and get goin!

<< I don't know which way they are looking right now. I feel kind of bad

cause I don't have any poetic words to give about anything some of you are

going through right now. I am trying to figure out why for the past 2 weeks

I have done Tae-Bo a whopping 3 times. Oddly enough I feel better about

myself, I have lost some more weight, and I am on a better sleeping

schedule. I am ever so modivated by all the posts here, plus I love actually

doing the work outs. I think to myself " I need to go out in the living

room and do Tae-Bo. " But then I don't. So, now I am scratching my head tying

to figure this out. On another side, everytime I ask Mike about doing

Tae-Bo he says something like, Can't we do it later? or tomorrow? (He

doesn't feel good, he is tired, he has a headache) And I don't feel like

doing Tae-Bo alone. I know my neighbor won't do it with me ( Of course

other things have been happening with my neighbor and me and other friends

of ours, that were friends of there's also are not even talking, but that is

a really long story and not something I want to go into right now.) I do

have the other friends who might do it with me, but I haven't asked yet if

they want to yet. They have mentioned trying it out sometime. Half of my day

is spent sitting here in front of my computer smoking (Not a great thing I

know.) I don't know about eating. I honestly can't subjectivly look at what

I am eating and say if I am eating more or less. Worse or better. I " think "

I am eating less but of things I really shouldn't be eating...like steak and

salami and hamburger (cheese too, but only with macarroni and cheese.) Well

here is a fill in of what I have eaten so far today. I woke up at 10 am Had

my 2 pills and a glass of OJ. About 1pm I ate 2 biscuts (the flaky butter

kind, already made out of a can kind of a thing) And about 10 minutes ago I

finished about 1 cup of mac and cheese that had onions and hamburger with

spagetti sauce in it. Right before the mac and cheese thing I took my other

2 pills. So, that's it so far for today. I am also drinking my water. (So

far have had about 4 cups of water.) That's it. Till later.

>>

March 21, 2000

In a message dated 3/21/00 4:56:14 PM Central Standard Time,

mmgraves@... writes:

<< I am trying to figure out why for the past 2 weeks

I have done Tae-Bo a whopping 3 times. Oddly enough I feel better about

myself, I have lost some more weight, and I am on a better sleeping

schedule. I am ever so modivated by all the posts here, plus I love actually

doing the work outs. I think to myself " I need to go out in the living

room and do Tae-Bo. " But then I don't. >>

And I don't feel like

doing Tae-Bo alone.

Half of my day

is spent sitting here in front of my computer smoking (Not a great thing I

know.)

MARY,

DO YOUR WORKOUT WHEN YOU FEEL UP TO IT ...... BUT YOU PROBABLY WOULD

FEEL BETTER AFTER YOU DID IT .......... AS FOR ME I WOULD RATHER DO MY WORK

OUT ALONE ... I STILL SPEND HALF MY DAY IN FRONT OF MY PUTER SMOKING BUT

......IM HAPPY WHEN I DO THAT ITS ME TIME AND YOU WILL NEVER HEAR ME COMPLAIN

OR COMMENT ON YOUR SMOKING WEATHER OR NOT I AM SMOKING ....... KEEP YOUR CHIN

UP ... I HAVE FOUND THAT SINCE I STARTED WORKING OUT I HAVENT TAKEN MY ANTI

DEPRESSANTS SO THE WORK OUT HELPS TO KEEP ME OUT OF MY DEPRESSION .... YOU

DONT ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE POETIC WORDS TO GIVE EVEN THE STRONG NEED TO HAVE A

DAY OR TWO OF FEELING LIKE BLAH ....... HANG IN THERE YOU'LL BE FINE

ROMIE

WHO GETS THERE FROM TIME TO TIME

March 21, 2000

In a message dated 3/21/00 9:11:27 PM Central Standard Time,

mmgraves@... writes:

<< It's a great pep talk....An extremly true pep talk. It will be ME who gets

me through boot camp. Like always says (especially in his advanced

tape) You have to reach in deep inside yourslf and pull strength out and you

can do anything!! When we were doing the tape tonight, Mike can not keep up

with it..he usually is sitting on the couch..;-) so really I am doing the

tape by myself. Fears: My main ones..failing and missing my family. But

failing is my main one...20% of women do not make it through boot camp...of

course that means that 80% DO make it through..and I want to be that 80%! I

really have to focus!!

>>

Its normal to have fears but better to have tried and dfailed then never

tried. If you don't feel like you are ready physically or emotionally deep

inside...can you wait a few months??? When would you go in??? out of

curiosity?? This may not be very enccouraging but I think its good

advice...I think you need to really concentrate on focusing on getting

through the advanced and on weekends take long hikes with a weighted back

pack...and quit smoking....I really think that is holding you back physically

and you need the time to recoverand train before boot camp.

I'm very envious of you. I wanted to be in the military so bad but when I

was talking to a recruiter was the same time my brother enlisted and my mom

freaked out enought about that. I knew she was calm with me when we

discussed it because I was going to go through the officer program and go to

college....but then we got to talking (the recruiter and I) about my health

and well lets say I don't have an empty file at the doctors office. SOOO if

I sound like I'm nagging you a bit too much please don't take it personally

I'm kind of living vicariously through you :-)

March 21, 2000

Just another side thought...I stopped working out as much before I started

taking the pills. Weird cause I do get more energy from the pills, don't

feel depressed though. I am basically just not doing the work outs. Mike

also mentioned that the friends we have been coming over every day so we

haven't been able to do Tae-Bo.I think I am going to just get up and go in

and do a work out now!!

Re: Long...My past two weeks or so

> ,

> you sound depressed

> please stop the pills!!!!

> and start eating more, planning ahead so you eat good stuff

>

> Barb

> who thinks the pills were supposed to energize you to work-out more, not

less

>

> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

> As Deb has said: " Fitness is a journey and it begins with the first step. "

> Visit our new vault site http://taeboon.isportsdot.com/

>

March 21, 2000

" *mary* " <mmgrave-@...> wrote:

original article:tae-bo_on/?start=15086

> Just another side thought...I stopped working out as much before I

started

> taking the pills. Weird cause I do get more energy from the pills,

don't

> feel depressed though. I am basically just not doing the work outs.

Mike

> also mentioned that the friends we have been coming over every day so

we

> haven't been able to do Tae-Bo.I think I am going to just get up and

go in

> and do a work out now!!

>

,

GO FOR IT! That is honestly the best way to get past it, in my

opinion. I know it's tough. I have definitely had tons of weeks like

the two you have described, but you can get out of it!

Susi

March 21, 2000

** wrote:

>

> Just another side thought...I stopped working out as much before I started

> taking the pills. Weird cause I do get more energy from the pills, don't

> feel depressed though. I am basically just not doing the work outs. Mike

> also mentioned that the friends we have been coming over every day so we

> haven't been able to do Tae-Bo.I think I am going to just get up and go in

> and do a work out now!!

>

> That's the spirit, !

Elena

March 21, 2000

** wrote:

>

> I am trying to figure out why for the past 2 weeks

> I have done Tae-Bo a whopping 3 times. Oddly enough I feel better about

> myself, I have lost some more weight, and I am on a better sleeping

> schedule. I am ever so modivated by all the posts here, plus I love actually

> doing the work outs. I think to myself " I need to go out in the living

> room and do Tae-Bo. " But then I don't. So, now I am scratching my head tying

> to figure this out. On another side, everytime I ask Mike about doing

> Tae-Bo he says something like, Can't we do it later? or tomorrow? (He

> doesn't feel good, he is tired, he has a headache) And I don't feel like

> doing Tae-Bo alone. I know my neighbor won't do it with me ( Of course

> other things have been happening with my neighbor and me and other friends

> of ours, that were friends of there's also are not even talking, but that is

> a really long story and not something I want to go into right now.) I do

> have the other friends who might do it with me, but I haven't asked yet if

> they want to yet. They have mentioned trying it out sometime. Half of my day

> is spent sitting here in front of my computer smoking (Not a great thing I

> know.) I don't know about eating. I honestly can't subjectivly look at what

> I am eating and say if I am eating more or less. Worse or better. I " think "

> I am eating less but of things I really shouldn't be eating...like steak and

> salami and hamburger (cheese too, but only with macarroni and cheese.) Well

> here is a fill in of what I have eaten so far today. I woke up at 10 am Had

> my 2 pills and a glass of OJ. About 1pm I ate 2 biscuts (the flaky butter

> kind, already made out of a can kind of a thing) And about 10 minutes ago I

> finished about 1 cup of mac and cheese that had onions and hamburger with

> spagetti sauce in it. Right before the mac and cheese thing I took my other

> 2 pills. So, that's it so far for today. I am also drinking my water. (So

> far have had about 4 cups of water.) That's it. Till later.

, you can ignore my response if it bothers you. I just had to tell

you that I am very concerned about your new diet (the pills combined

with your eating choices). I would much rather hear that you are eating

healthy food all day (even if you had a meal every 1/2 hour) with no

pills, than taking the pills and eating saturated fats. Your body needs

5 serving of vegetables and fruits. You don't even need to count them

as " food " or " calories " if that would help you eat them. One high in

fat red meat serving or regular cheese serving a day might be OK, but 3

means that your body has so much work to do make up for the " bad " fats.

Can you try substituting fruit (not just juice, but fruit for the

fiber), vegetables, or whole grains or beans for one or more of the

pills and/or for one or more of the red meat or cheese servings? One of

my favorite foods is brown rice and/or wild rice with my favorite

steamed vegetables (like asparagus) and some herbs, pepper, and a splash

of olive oil. Throw in some smoked turkey or chicken breast or some

fish (like albacore tuna) and you have a healthy, satisfying meal.

I'm starting to sound like a nag. I just am worried that even if this

new " diet " enables you to lose some weight, you won't be able to keep it

up. It won't become a positive lifestyle change.

Elena

March 21, 2000

Well I am in a better mood now, but funny thing..I went in and said " Mike

can we do Tae-Bo now? " And he says right now? I said yeah..and he says I

just started watching this movie...I think it ends at 8 pm. So I got on my

work out clothes and everything and am waiting for 8 pm to hit (in a few

minutes)

Re: Long...My past two weeks or so

> ** wrote:

> >

> > Just another side thought...I stopped working out as much before I

started

> > taking the pills. Weird cause I do get more energy from the pills, don't

> > feel depressed though. I am basically just not doing the work outs. Mike

> > also mentioned that the friends we have been coming over every day so we

> > haven't been able to do Tae-Bo.I think I am going to just get up and go

in

> > and do a work out now!!

> >

> > That's the spirit, !

>

> Elena

>

> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

> As Deb has said: " Fitness is a journey and it begins with the first step. "

> Visit our new vault site http://taeboon.isportsdot.com/

>

March 21, 2000

,

You need some fruits and veggies!

;-)

" *mary* " <mmgrave-@...> wrote:

original article:tae-bo_on/?start=15082

> I don't know which way they are looking right now. I feel kind

of bad

> cause I don't have any poetic words to give about anything some of

you are

> going through right now. I am trying to figure out why for the past 2

weeks

> I have done Tae-Bo a whopping 3 times. Oddly enough I feel better

about

> myself, I have lost some more weight, and I am on a better sleeping

> schedule. I am ever so modivated by all the posts here, plus I love

actually

> doing the work outs. I think to myself " I need to go out in the

living

> room and do Tae-Bo. " But then I don't. So, now I am scratching my

head tying

> to figure this out. On another side, everytime I ask Mike about doing

> Tae-Bo he says something like, Can't we do it later? or tomorrow? (He

> doesn't feel good, he is tired, he has a headache) And I don't feel

like

> doing Tae-Bo alone. I know my neighbor won't do it with me ( Of

course

> other things have been happening with my neighbor and me and other

friends

> of ours, that were friends of there's also are not even talking, but

that is

> a really long story and not something I want to go into right now.) I

do

> have the other friends who might do it with me, but I haven't asked

yet if

> they want to yet. They have mentioned trying it out sometime. Half of

my day

> is spent sitting here in front of my computer smoking (Not a great

thing I

> know.) I don't know about eating. I honestly can't subjectivly look

at what

> I am eating and say if I am eating more or less. Worse or better. I

" think "

> I am eating less but of things I really shouldn't be eating...like

steak and

> salami and hamburger (cheese too, but only with macarroni and

cheese.) Well

> here is a fill in of what I have eaten so far today. I woke up at 10

am Had

> my 2 pills and a glass of OJ. About 1pm I ate 2 biscuts (the flaky

butter

> kind, already made out of a can kind of a thing) And about 10 minutes

ago I

> finished about 1 cup of mac and cheese that had onions and hamburger

with

> spagetti sauce in it. Right before the mac and cheese thing I took my

other

> 2 pills. So, that's it so far for today. I am also drinking my water.

(So

> far have had about 4 cups of water.) That's it. Till later.

>

March 21, 2000

" *mary* " <mmgrave-@...> wrote:

original article:tae-bo_on/?start=15086

> I think I am going to just get up and go in

> and do a work out now!!

>

Good for you, ! I haven't worked out since Thursday due to this

insane non-stop work. I'm committing, here and now, that 8pm central

time, I will workout!

;-)

March 21, 2000

etcarroll <etcarrol-@...> wrote:

original article:

I just am worried that even if this

> new " diet " enables you to lose some weight, you won't be able to keep

it

> up. It won't become a positive lifestyle change.

>

> Elena

::: Nodding and pointing at Elena as she speaks, then looking at

::: WHAT SHE SAID!

;-)

March 21, 2000

etcarroll <etcarrol-@...> wrote:

Your body needs

>5 serving of vegetables and fruits...

> Can you try substituting fruit (not just juice, but fruit for the

> fiber), vegetables, or whole grains or beans for one or more of the

> pills and/or for one or more of the red meat or cheese servings?

>

Elena, reading your post made me realize that the only fruit I had

today was in my yogurt at dinner, so I went to the fridge and got an

apple. Thanks for reminding us all of the importance of good nutrition!

--G (who is happily munching a red delicious)

March 21, 2000

No, your right Elena (Not nagging) ....I need to seriously look at what I am

eating...I have tons of veggies in the freezer, rice and chicken too (turkey

sausages too) I need to stop the thinking, " I can eat what I want because

of the pills. " I still need to eat healthy and make good choices of what I

eat. It's good that you brought it up. I need a good swift kick in the a$$

sometimes. I think I should at least go back to writing down what I eat

every day..not the calories or fat in it...but just a general, I had rice

and veggies for lunch kind of thing. It would help me get back on track

better. Thanks for writing what you did.

> , you can ignore my response if it bothers you. I just had to tell

> you that I am very concerned about your new diet (the pills combined

> with your eating choices). I would much rather hear that you are eating

> healthy food all day (even if you had a meal every 1/2 hour) with no

> pills, than taking the pills and eating saturated fats. Your body needs

> 5 serving of vegetables and fruits. You don't even need to count them

> as " food " or " calories " if that would help you eat them. One high in

> fat red meat serving or regular cheese serving a day might be OK, but 3

> means that your body has so much work to do make up for the " bad " fats.

> Can you try substituting fruit (not just juice, but fruit for the

> fiber), vegetables, or whole grains or beans for one or more of the

> pills and/or for one or more of the red meat or cheese servings? One of

> my favorite foods is brown rice and/or wild rice with my favorite

> steamed vegetables (like asparagus) and some herbs, pepper, and a splash

> of olive oil. Throw in some smoked turkey or chicken breast or some

> fish (like albacore tuna) and you have a healthy, satisfying meal.

>

> I'm starting to sound like a nag. I just am worried that even if this

> new " diet " enables you to lose some weight, you won't be able to keep it

> up. It won't become a positive lifestyle change.

>

> Elena

March 21, 2000

It's a great pep talk....An extremly true pep talk. It will be ME who gets

me through boot camp. Like always says (especially in his advanced

tape) You have to reach in deep inside yourslf and pull strength out and you

can do anything!! When we were doing the tape tonight, Mike can not keep up

with it..he usually is sitting on the couch..;-) so really I am doing the

tape by myself. Fears: My main ones..failing and missing my family. But

failing is my main one...20% of women do not make it through boot camp...of

course that means that 80% DO make it through..and I want to be that 80%! I

really have to focus!!

Re: Long...My past two weeks or so

> ,

> Okay this might not exactly sound like a pep talk but...

>

> Is your husband or friend going to go to boot camp with you? No

>

> Who will be pulling you throught those long ardous months? You

>

> Because someone falls out on a run at boot camp does that mean you fall

out

> too? No

>

> Working out by yourdelf can be fun once in a while if you are used to

working

> out with someon else...get silly with it!!! I dance around when is

> talking or marching it out I go NUTS....but I pull myself through it and I

> know you can too...This is your warm up.

>

> Do you have any fears about boot camp? do you think you might be trying

to

> self-handicapp yourself by slacking off a little and smoking more? You

know

> you can do this.....you know deep down that you can do this, but this will

be

> the hardest thing you've ever done so just know that and don't give in

when

> things start to get rought. Don't give in now. If your having trouble

with

> Taebo...go our and hike some...take a weighted back pack...lord knows

you'll

> need the practice...go roller skating with a friend. GET active and get

away

> from tha pack of cigarettes.

>

> I of course mean of all of this lecture with love!

>

> Now forgive your past transgressions and get goin!

>

March 21, 2000