I'd be up for a challenge too....

I am up for the challenge. I need something to get me back in the groove--with everything I have put weight loss on the back burner--stress makes me crave sweets too! (we were supposed to hear from the bank on that house, friday, monday and now today?)

I agree with out of sight out of mind. I am throwing out the rest of the candy today...I have eaten way too much over the last few days.

Happy weighin tomorrow.

Ok... I'll respond that team Beautiful Blue accepts the challenge... see where this takes us

I told my bf that it was back to the gym for me this week. I've only been going once or twice a week for a while now. So, at work yesterday, my line was down for 5 hours.....I mopped and scrubbed floors for 3 hours of that. I almost didn't go to the gym because I thought I exercised enough at work. But I went.....so maybe this is my new beginning. Today, we ended up getting off 30 minutes earlier than I expected.....so I walked for that 30 minutes. Still giving into some cravings, though.

Chrissy--great job on the 5K. I think we're going to do one the 21st. I'm nervous. But I liked what you said before about running for the victory of it. That makes sense to me. I love to be able to say that I can do something that a lot of people can't.....or just don't. So, I appreciate that.

I'm up for this challenge, also. I know that would get me in gear. I wouldn't wanna let the team down.

Hope you're all having a great week so far.

I have a Timex Ironman and I love mine. I got mine on ebay for about $50 or so. It has a chest strap.

I would be up for the challenge.

Good mornin blues!!

And what a lovely morning it is!! I'm happy to report a loss of 1 lb this week!! I'm so glad that I was able to pull it together & do what I know must be done! Thank you all for your encouragement & motivation this week!

Yesterday afternoon I did Tae Bo & then in the evening I slipped out for a step class at the dance school. I burned over 650 cals between them both! When I came home I filled up my water glass with crystal lite & that was it!! No late night snacks for me! It was so hard!! Something about watching the Biggest Loser makes me want to eat!! Go figure!

Anyway, I hope that you ALL had a good weigh in today!! Keep at it team!!

I gotta get me & the girls ready for my AM step class!

Wish me luck!

Sandy

Mornin all

Feeling much better today. Went home last night and did 25 minutes on my Wii fit. I am starting to enjoy it more the more I do it.

Weight has not changed. but with TOM this week I did not exspect it to.

Hope yall have a great Wednesday

Hey Blues!!

I had my spin class last night and this evening I have a step aerobics class. Kicking butt!!!

I am very happy to report a loss this week!! yay!! Congrats to those who lost and those who maintained... because maintaining is WAY better than gaining

Good job for everyone getting some exercise in!!

And great job sanifey for no late night snacks!!

I can't wait to exercise later today. Im going to do some cardio. I'm going to do some stuff that I found on youtube. I saved about 3 of them so I will have a 30min workout.

Hello team mates!!

I enjoyed my step class today & was able to burn 372 calories! We did lots of lunges, free weight work for our arms & shoulders & lots of abs!! I'm definately going to feel it tomorrow!! I love feeling a bit sore - let's me know it's workin!!

Taradise - I love your quote! It's going to help me get through this tough weekend while camping! We all tend to eat & gain about 5 lbs everytime we go!! I need to break the cycle!! Hopefully the weather will be nice & we can actually do some hiking & stuff!!

Great job everyone!! Keep it up!!

Hello all.
Well crappy weigh in for me this week.. Hope it's water weight.

Been bad not exercising, back is still a littel sore at times.

Today it's my birthday and I get shafted out of taking a lunch
Leaving early today though.

I think I'm going to start the wii exercising since it's alot less physical than p90x.
Just lost the spunk for the last 2 weeks.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TTTTHUMPER

Just found out hubby will not be home until LATE tonight so I will be able to get in a GREAT workout before he gets home, then turns around and leaves again for work again

First and foremost, HAPPY BIRTHDAY tttthumper!!!!! I hope your day is fabulous!! Enjoy the early day. Brush your shoulder off from the weigh in. Next week will be better!!

sanifrey - I certainly hope that my quote helps you with temptation during camping. Watch out for those smores!! I think you an definitely make the trip a good one with some hiking. Good luck and have a good time!

smadag1 - glad you get some workout time tonight. Enjoy it!

Keep on trucking Beautiful Blues!!

It is a crappy week for weigh-ins, and I didn't even go trick-or-treating.
I think it has to be stress related. They're dumping more work on us at work, and my relationship with my boyfriend of 11 months is hanging in the balance.
I did make some great spaghetti for dinner last. I used whole wheat pasta and Jennie-O ground turkey.
So, I am making adjustments, I just need to get through this crap if I am going to see any changes!

I just got finished logging my food for the day so far. This is the first time that I have logged in months. I know for sure why I've gained weight. I haven't even had dinner, and I'm already 336 calories over for the day. I have like 700+ calories in the snack column. I'm getting ready to work out now, but I don't think I'm going to make that up. I have to start logging again!!! Hope you all are doing well.

Happy Birthday Peter!!

HI all,

I'm so glad to be sharing this weight loss journey with you all.

Taradise- thank you for the advise about putting in the workout dvd.

This week I've still been going to bed late and when I wake up I am tired. I need to get myself back in the groove. I don't want to gain back all the weight I've lost so far.

I think it's important to find a new motivation and to keep going.

Thank you guys.......

We can do this!

I just got done exercising inspite that I'm sore from two nights ago. I did 20 mins of cardio from sparkpeople on youtube. It was great. I burned 430 calories. i feel great.

Mornin all

I did level 2 of the shred last night then 15 minutes of my Wii fit. I wanted to do more but the cramps were killing me (sorry I know TMI). Will take tonight off I have worked out everynight this week. Maybe will do some more Wii fit.

Hope yall have a great day

Good Morning Beautiful Blues! Hopefully you have seen my earlier posts but to remind everyone, I've entered our team into a Biggest Loser type contest with team Visualize This. I think this will be a great way to motivate us in a new way.

So here are the guidelines thus far:

- Weigh in is on Monday’s starting Nov. 9th (next Monday)
- The first weigh in on Nov. 9th is our initial weigh in (no loss/gains will be posted on Nov. 9th)
- We will post everyone’s individual pound change each weigh in but calculate a total team percentage lost.
- The weekly winner is determined by the % of weight lost by each team.

A new Topic on the message boards will be posted for this challenge. I’ll keep an eye out for it and post a link to it on our normal blog.

One question I would like to ask the group … the Biggest Loser challenge requires us to weigh in on Mondays (which I think is good – encourages us to be good over the weekend), however, our normal weigh in is on Wednesdays. I’d hate to require folks to weigh in twice the same week. Should we change our Wednesday weigh ins to Monday? I’m open to ideas/suggestions…

I am good either way, a Monday weigh in might force me to do more on the weekends

Ya, what she said.

Yah what they said..

I know my best weigh ins have been on Friday's, so I guess it's more motivation to be good on the weekends.

Talking about being good. :
My Fiancee brought home dinner last night, was good, don't care about the calories.
Then later on she brought out a chocolate birthday cake. I had one piece, but kept looking at the rest of it thinking, I can't eat all this.

This weekend she has some surprise set up for me, so this Monday will be a not so great weigh in, and then it's to go down from there. I would hate to pull the blue team down, so I'll have to re-commit myself

I am a firm believer that birthday cakes and wedding cakes have far less calories the regular cake!

So I figure we will continue to post in the chart format. We can always do two--I can keep a master list until the challenge is over and then we can restart to show what everyone has done, with individual start dates...
I am open to twice a week weighins--Also to just weighing in on Wednesday and posting the chart on Monday. Or changing to Monday's only. It depends on what everyone else thinks. I agree that the weekends are my downfall so it may be better to just switch, give us a little more encouragement.

I will post the next chart on this thread just to continue for this week until we know what we are doing...