Sorry to hear people are sick. I hope you all feel better soon.

MissV. - you look great!

Kelly, sounds like it went well yesterday with your lunch. Good for you.

I worked out with the Wii Fit last night for 20 minutes while watching biggest loser--couldn't fit anything else in.

Sally

Wow hope everyone feels better. I have Hand sanitizer all over the place at work and in my bag for the subway. Dont want to get sick.

I just finished my 36 min. walk, It was sooo slippery with leaves on the ground. Had to be very careful not to slip.

Crystal, glad you are going to wait on the knee. You will be back soon enough. I have been mixing it up a bit myself, sometimes it works and I loose and sometimes it dont. But gotta try new stuff.

Back to work.

'morning all! i just got back from a spin class and.....OMG. OW!!..and my abs are so sore from pilates yesterday....YAY

i've done well on food and water for the past couple of days, and am doin' my part for the exercise challenge. i am so going to another spin class friday and have a workout with a trainer tomorrow....a little worried about that one!! ...but i'm determined to show a loss this friday. determined!

okay- have a great day, peppers! sweat out those germs....

hey team ~

another 1/2 day here....i think we are more o-u-t of school than in sometimes! oh well, same amount of pay and done by 1:30. so much to do here, don't know where to begin. my pugger's need their nails trimmed, but i won't do it unless the sun is shining. laundry is up the kazoo, need to plan supper and just learned my mil has shingles. does anyone know if this is contagious? we are suppose to wrap beef this weekend, and i really don't want her around my meat or am i being silly? oh i forgot to add that when i did my treadmill walk/jog yesterday that i improved my time. i did a mile in less than 14 minutes, and at one point i was jogging 5 mph!! yea!!

Miss V & ittybitty ~ sending some *** get well quick *** vibes your way! take care girls!

ittybitty ~ way to go, 2 lbs down! yippy!

Crystal ~ you are doing the right thing and waitin for your knee to get better. very smart! take it easy and be patient. don't worry bout that Mr Scale, just keep on track otherwise.

Sally ~ great job with the Wii! they are pretty neat and very affective!

artichoke ~ loving your attitude, keepin it positive! you are sure to have a loss come Fri!

well, 2 more days folks. stick to your eating plans and get in some good workouts! make each day a great and healthy one!

Kelly,
Great job on the exercise!

My mil had shingles a couple of years ago. It's from the chicken pox virus. And, if I recall, if the kids or adults have been vaccinated, they are ok. If you or anyone's not been exposed, they need to stay away.

-Sally

Kelly, I actually had shingles 3 years ago. So painful!!! I feel for you MIL.

Sally is right, it is caused by the chicken pox virus. A person with shingles can't give anyone shingles but they can give chicken pox to anyone who has never had them or only had a light case. My work wouldn't let me come back for a week because there were people who had never had chicken pox.

I don't believe this --- the local gym CLOSED early due to the world series game.
What?????? OK, I don't understand this..... could be because I'm not a sports fan.

I know not to post my views on facebook because there would be a HUGE amount of public outcry since I live in an area where the Phillies are the favorite team. Same would be said if the Eagles or Sixers.

So instead of I walked in my development for 25 minutes..... and saw, not get this, CHRISTMAS decorations on someone's front lawn. Um, wasn't halloween just a few days ago......

Anyway, this house had a navity scene & those wicker light up reindeer. I'm all for promoting Christmas is birth of Jesus......just I'm not in the mood for seeing decorations this early.

B

BAIcott, I'm sorry to hear about your gym closing. I'm not a sports fan either...I'd be mad too.

I walked in my neighborhood too today. 42 minutes. I only saw Halloween decorations, yay. I would be amazed if I saw that. I did see a Walmart Christmas commercial last night...seemed early.

Sally

Well everyone ... I've really fallen off the wagon lately ... I'm just going to have to get over this negative crap in my head. It's really causing negative crap in my life ... you know ... kinda like a country song. Imagine the following with a bit of a twang to it ...

I'm working two jobs and being paid for one ... home renovations are never done
Attended a funeral for a good man who died ... car clunked out so I sat down and cried
Ate so much that I thought I'd explode ... so now I've decided to take a new road
It's time to get back now and really fight ... because everything is easier when your health is alright

My head is just not where it needs to be! Work has been the CRap!! lately, to many deadlines. Well I got in 35 min last night of walking. Did more to clear my head than exercise. Need to re focus!
Hope everyone start feeling better! Sorry evryone having a rough time.
LAST CHANCE WORKOUT PEOPLE MAKE IT COUNT!! See ya tomorrow!

Good Morning Pepper's,
Very busy at work today. Plan on getting my walk in today, hopefully it does not rain. . This has been a very busy week and I am just tired.

I cant wait until Saturday, my mil and a couple of us girls are going to see Christmas Carol, Jim Carey. It should be so much fun.

Hope you sick Pepper's are getting better

Crystal hope your knee is doing better.

Jacque very busy at work too, and I have classes Mon and Weds. so sometimes I have to just stop and rethink how the day is going to go. I am having a tough time focusing as well.

Magglett my eating has not been the best. But I am staying with in my calories. New day it will get better.

Got to get back to work, will check back later.

g'mornin SHGP's!!

stress is sure makin' its rounds this week for many of us i had 6 minutes of my bus route left this am and got a call form my Sup that i needed to come to the HS for a random drug screen. the last thing i do before leaving the house to start my route is empty my bladder so, i was pushing the water for a good 30-45 minutes so i could piddle in a cup. really messed up my am plans. suppose to watch my folk's dog, but that ain't gonna happen now. will have to make a trip up there to let her out. have a little shuttle/bus trip around 12:30, then return @ 2:45. i hate days like this! gotta get rid of some tension here and SOON! tomorrow is my day to go to town and run errands. did i tell you all that we have recently lost a fulltime bus driver b/c he had a seizure? very scary. luckily, he was not driving, but sad that his very young kids saw this happen. he is a single dad to 5, and 3 yrs younger than me. you just never know folks. each day is a blessing.

ok, Crystal you have had shingles...got a question. i know everyone has different pain tolerance, but i was really surprised my mil went to the hosptial 2 trips with an iv and morphine for her pain....before they even determined it was shingles she had. now she is home and takin 5 diff meds. my dh said she is just being a baby, but he nor i have ever had it. is it kinda like the herpes virus (cold sores)?? i get them and they are real pain sometimes! i hope we are able to get our meat wrapped this weekend, and i think they are to be leaving for AZ next week for the winter.....lots o crap goin on that's for sure oh, and dh and his (only) younger bro got into a fight on the phone last nite....he was so stressed out and mad...i just had to walk away and give him some space. i told him he should not have wasted his time, but he did hang up on him whew! we just had a full moon Mon nite, right?

you are dealin with your stress in very healthy ways girls......gettin the exercise in....power walks! i have seen one house with Xmas up....lil early for me. i still need to put my jack-o-lanterns away!

Magglett ~ you are an I-N-S-P-I-R-A-T-I-O-N!! love your talent and the song you wrote!! i can hear the banjo just a strummin' away!! just bring it hon! love ya!

Sorry, but your DH is very, very, very wrong. She is not being a baby, she is probably really in that much pain. I wouldn't wish shingles on my worst enemy. Cold sores and the normal chicken pox virus affect the skin, painful, yes, but managable. The difference between chicken pox and shingles (same virus, remember) is that chicken pox affects the skin while shingles affect the nerve roots themselves. The rash she probably has is not her skin being irritated, it is the nerves.

The amount of pain depends on where the shingles flair up, plus it is worse the older you get. My shingles flaired right below where my bra hits. My doctor told me that it wasn't the worst spot to have them, so I know it could have been worse. I hurt for a week before I went to the doctor and it was a few more days before I was properly diagnosed and started taking the medicine. (The on-call dr I saw first said it was just a pulled muscle and gave me muscle relaxers).

The day after I started the meds was the worst pain. I think it had been about 10 days after I started hurting and the pills hadn't started working yet. I couldn't do anything but sit in bed and cry. I usually don't cry because of pain, even as a kid. At the age of 13, a doctor had to cut an absessed incision with a pair of scissors without anesthetic. Didn't cry. I had 2 teeth drill without anesthetic. Didn't cry. But this made me cry for HOURS!!! I couldn't lay down, couldn't sit in a chair, couldn't wear a shirt because just the touch of the material against my skin made everything hurt 10x more. (I'm still mad at the on-call dr because if I'd started taking the meds a few days earlier, that day would have never happened.)

I really hope she gets better soon!!

Sindy what classes r u taking? I am taking Micro and it sucks there so much infomation to learn! Good luck with ur class.
Kelly- Shingle can be very painful for some people. Shingle affect the nerves at the location of the shingles.So if there is inflamation and the nerve is affective is in a sentive spot it can be the worse. Tell dh to imagine it on his lovely man parts and maybe he understand a little more. It actually can be worse then the herpe virus. then becuase the pain is so bad, good nutrition which is a must can be very hard so the dehydration think can really kick in, which then itself causes more pain so it is a vicious cycle. Is she taking Vit b injection for this? Some doctors prescribe this also. Hope it dosnt take to long to heal for her.

interesting, and thanks for sharing cyrstal and jacque....i did some research and read about the nerve thing. so is this where it starts? cuz, she's had this knee pain ( weird she says ) for almost a month now. and is it possible for the shingles to take this long to surface? i think she said she had a spot on her back first, then under her armpit.....AND...get this, she asked ER Dr if it could be shingles and he said no, that was her first visit....he dx her with diverticulitis and possible kidney stone and then, i read where you can get it b/c of stress, low immune system or immune disease? so much to understand that's for sure! funny you say that bout dh and his precious jewels.....i'll remind him of his little surgery he had a couple of yrs ago, and the frozen peas bags! he does not get along w/his mom, so not much sympathy from him

thanks again ladies!

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Hey SHGP's ~ here's the link for week 8! You guys are doing so great and I am proud of you all! Thanks for being here for me and sharing this journey!!


http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/70375-smokin-hot-green-pepper-s-week-8