Team Tulip Chat
 

Not sure which team I am on since I am listed on both :) but I wanted to say Hi everyone!!! Can't wait for this challenge tomorrow!!

Ok... Thanks Kim :) no problem!!

Hey team Tulip!! I'm so excited for this challenge to start, and even more excited for us to win ;)

My name's Lindsay, I'm 22 years old. I'm a college student, majoring in math and computer science, and I'm graduating in May :carrot: I really want to be proud of the millions of pictures my family will be taking at graduation, so I'd like to lose 25 pounds by then. I'm hoping this challenge gets me well on my way! I think I was around 150 when I graduated high school, so it'd be awesome to be the same weight when I graduate college.

It's been a while since I've done a BL challenge on here, but the last one I did I lost a LOT, so I'm really pumped for this!

Hey Everyone!!

This will be my 4th BL Challenge and I’m hoping that I do a lot better than the last one. I’m 25 from Melbourne, Australia (so I’m likely to post at weird hours compared to everyone else!). I’m setting a goal for this challenge of 4kg (almost 9lbs) which I can hopefully reach if I stay on track. I notice a lot of new names in the challenge this time around so I’m looking forward to getting to know everyone.

mdchick88 – Your progress pics are amazing. Congrats on what you’ve achieved so far!

Hi everyone! I am a 26 year old mother of 3 from Alabama. I just joined 3FC a couple of weeks ago so this will be my very first challenge & I am super excited about it! =) I will be getting married on March 25th & I really want to lose as much weight as possible between now & then. I look forward to getting to know all of you and losing our way to winning!!!

ChubbyBride - Welcome to 3fc, and congratulations on getting married!! I see you're already well on your way, good job on the first almost 20 pounds!

peanut - thank you :) and congrats to you too! Over halfway there, you're doing great! Lol when I first saw your ticker, I didn't see the "kg", and started getting worried... I was thinking "OMG, she's 99 pounds?!?! And she wants to get down to 85 pounds?!?! And nobody's put her in a hospital yet?!?!" I'm glad that's not the case :D

Yay for Team Tulip! :) Can't wait to get the ball rolling!

JLNichols07 - I just wanted to pop in on y'alls chat to congratulate you on being the overall biggest loser of the last challenge!!:D Keep it up!!

ChubbyBride – Yay for the upcoming wedding!! Are you having a big ceremony?

mdchick – Haha.. I get that all the time! It just saves me having to use Google to convert kg’s to lbs every time I update my ticker.

JLNichols - :wave: How are the chest pains going? Hopefully they’re under control now!!

Hi girls!

This is my 2nd BL Challenge. I was here a couple years ago, actually for the very first BL Challenge on here. I'm looking forward to getting started :)

JL - what the heck is your secret?? You are a losing weight champion!!

Heeyy team Tulip!! :D I love tulips~

Hey Everyone!! This is my 3rd BL challenge! Been here since the end of August, which was the beginning of my weight loss journey!

This week is the final week of our Boot Camp challenge (in the BC i'm in) and i'm TRYING SOOO HARD to win 1st place. With you ladies cheering me on, I know I can't be stopped! It was an 8 week challenge and I started off at 175.8 (after already losing over 40 pounds) so I was nervous...I'm down to 161 as of today and hoping to weigh in at 159 by Saturdays BC weigh in!

If I can do that I also need to have improved on my measurements and fitness testing. Wish me luck! I WANT FIRST PLACE BADDD!!!!! It's awesome prizes and would just show me how far I've come in 6 short months!


LETS KICK BUTT LADIES! NOOOO MISSING WEIGH INS or people who don't chat!! It takes a TEAM to win this thing so let's do it!

Hi everyone!
Glad to see some familiar faces on the team and also some newbies who I haven't spoken to before :) GO TEAM TULIP!

mdchick: your progress pics are AMAZING!!! You can reaaally see the difference and you look stunning!

ChubbyBride: Wedding! How exciting!!! :D

Peanut and JLNichols: (wave) hi again!

Krizstyling: good luck on your Boot Camp challenge!!! :)

I'm Katy. 19 years old and a Musical Theatre student at university in England. I grew up in Spain and will be going back there at Easter for the first time in 8 months and really really want to surprise everyone at home with my weightloss!
I was always the chubby one of my group of friends at school but I've lost 15lbs so far (ticker is one away...) and would like to lose another 10 or so by the end of this Challenge.
Also, I got the lead of Sally Bowles in my course' end of year production of Cabaret (which involves very skimpy outfits and being lifted by some of the boys on stage) so I really really REALLY want to lose 7lbs by the time that comes around at the beginning of April.

Come on Team Tulip - lets make Team Daisy eat our weightloss dust!!! :)

hey everyone, my name is Sheryl, im 25 from scotland, i have a daughter who will be 10 in april. This is my first challenge, i hope everyone does well :) xx

Team Tulip Banner - [IMG] http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/a...syellows-1.jpg [/IMG] - TAKE OUT THE SPACES! :)

Hey everyone! My name is Stephanie, I'm a law student in Boston, MA, and I will be 23 on Thursday! I'm kind of new to the site and this will be my first BL challenge!

Hey! My name is Jodi, Im 18 and studying computer science and programing and this is my first BL challenge :)

go team tulip go!!
I'm 21.. studying chemistry.

woohoo bulletproof - another CS major! Hah I'm one of 3 girls in the department at my school, so I get excited when I find others out there.

Welcome, everyone!! We've got a lot of team spirit here, let's keep it going through the challenge!! I know not everyone has time to chat here a lot, but come and talk when you can. It keeps us all accountable!

just wondering what everyones plan is? WW, atkins etc. im doing calorie counting and eating healthy, i've also started doing a lot of walking, and dusted off my exercise bike that was being used as a clothes hanger! i dont have a specific amount of weight i want to lose during this challenge, but since summer is getting closer i want to be able to wear tshirts without feeling so selfconcious :)

Hey guys :) I'm 18 and this is my second BL challenge! I hope I do better this time than last time :)

@mdchick88

Awesome :) im the same way I never seen any females in my major till last week I seen one when my friend and I dropped her computer off then seen another girl in the one room I think they are from the IT club which I was thinking of joining but when my friend and I walked in there I though they were going to kill us o.o just by the look :lol:

Krizstyling – I remember when you were looking at starting the Boot Camp challenge! How time flies! Hopefully you snatch the first place and the goodies.

katylil – Hey again!! Are your roommates still helping you stay on track? The sig looks great btw!

SweetPeach3388 – Happy Birthday for Thurs!!! Are you having a big celebration or keeping things low key?

MissSMcC – I’m a Calorie Counter and generally try to stick to 1500. I don’t have an exercise program in place so am just hoping I can get the diet component right.

A big Hello to everyone else on Team Tulip!!

Peanut I don't have anything huge planned, yet. My actual birthday will probably be low key, but I will most likely go home to New Hampshire for a celebration this weekend. My fiance and I have so many different groups of friends that usually every celebration winds up being huge. It will be a struggle to be moderate with my drinking, lol!

I'm really excited to do this! this is my first challenge. I missed the last one by a couple of days and I just hope this really motivates me to loose weight since i've only lost about 3lbs since jan 1. hopefully I can loose 5lbs in these few weeks and jump start my weight loss again. i'm 26 and will be 27 on april 5th so hopefully this challenge will help me loose a bit of weight by my bday.

i was following a plan given to me by a nutritionist. I know it works because I really stopped losing weight when i stopped following it but its very difficult for me to follow. its a 1200 cal diet. i just have to stay motivated.

I tried WW but it wasn't working great for me. I was staying within my points but eating all the wrong foods.

haven't been working out but i plan on starting again soon...my first step is doing the 100 push ups and 200 squats program.

Hello team and good luck! I may not be as chatty because of school work and familly but ill be reading your post and cheering you guys on when I can. I know a few of you guys from other boards which is always nice and I am looking forward to getting to know all the new folks:)

MissSMcC - I'm counting calories and trying to watch my sodium intake. I also just started 30 Day Shred, which is currently kicking.my.butt. I think after that I'm going to start a pumped up version of the Turbo Jam rotation, but we'll see what happens.

Kim - we've got the exact same weaknesses, haha! I don't know that I can stay away for all of March, but my plan is to abstain until I get under 170 (which, who knows, may be a month! I sure hope not...)

SweetPeach – That’s always the way. You plan something low key and then it turns into a massive night. Good luck keeping the drinking in check – those liquid calories will get you every time!

angeluv – I can’t even manage 1 push up so if you make it to 100 then that’s awesome!

KimWin – Bikram Yoga. Wow. I would absolutely die if someone put me in a room that hot and wanted me to actually work out! I’ll probably need to snag some of those low cal recipes from you. I have a friend working their way to becoming a vegetarian and I’d have no idea what to cook for them.

Matilda08 – Hey again :wave:

mdchick88 – How far into 30 Day Shred are you?

Peanut - today was day 3, I'm on level 1 right now. I'm planning on doing 10 days at each level (1, 2, and 3). It's already easier than it was the first day, so I'm hoping it just gets easier from here!

Holy crap - I just googled Bikram... I'm pretty sure I would run screaming if I went to work out and the room was 105 degrees!!! You are insane Kim!!

@Mdchick- I want to make it all of March as this last month, even while short, wasn't good. January was awesome, but we'll see. I don't like treating myself with food. However, Jillian Michaels also loves Nachos and I know how to cut the calories in half, so we'll see... Also, I have and love Tjams and Tfire. I am currently doing a hybrid Tfire/Brazillian Buttlift/Charlean Extreme rotation for all of March. We shall see the results! I also have 30 day shred, LOVE IT, but doing the same routine was rough on my knee! :)

@Peanut- A great place to start is Vegetarian Times . com. It's great and easy. But I have a KILLER vegetable chili recipe (just had it tonight). It's actually from a SBD book and my entire family, even meat lovers LOVE IT! :) It's super filling and tasty. At only 250 some calories for a meal that lasts 4-6 hours- I'd say WONDERFUL!

@angellov- I hear you on the weight loss! Where did the time go? All of a sudden we are in March and I'm still carrying around holiday weight. Granted, I think I have lost about 6-8 pounds, but still- not enough! We can do it! April is totally doable to lose weight! :) I mean what, at -2 pounds a week that is close to 8 pounds a month! I'm only 5'3 so that is a huge difference on my frame! :) You can do it! :)


@misssmscc- I know what you mean with the clothes! I live in AZ so it's already short sleeve weather! last year I was at a good weight and lived in tanks/tubes for the first time in awhile. I can't wait to get back there again! YOu can do it! :carrot:

Bikram yoga sounds crazy, but I love it! It's so intense and it's really about building mental focus as well. It's "moving meditation." I can't wait for my class tomorrow! :)

Well, good night! I am going to do some stretching, massaging of my hamstrings and then off to read! :hug:

MissSMcC: I'm a bit vague with my food plan. I calorie-count (1200 a day) and also limit carbs, filling up on lean protein instead. I take vitamin supplements and green tea capsules, and make sure to drink at least 2 litres of water a day (usually more). My exercise regime is a bit floaty... I do at least 3h of modern dance a week (two 1 and a half hour classes and sometimes more depending on our show rehearsal schedule) and an hour and a half of ballet. I've also recently started going to a girl's boxing class which is actually the most fun and amazing workout session I've EVER done. It's all girls and the two male trainers are lvoely and so supportive but they really do KICK OUR ARSES. I love it. They even bring us pink boxing gloves to use! :P

Peanut: my housemates aren't being as helpful as they were. Not intentionally, just we've all got distracted I think. One of them got ill last semester with stress and lost a lot of weight so is actually trying to get healthy again, but the other one is pretty good :)

KimWin: that vegetarian chilli recipe sounds good! could you possibly post it here? I'd like to try it for my veggie housemate! :)

mdchick: I really want to try 30 day shred. Everyone's been recommending it to me but at the moment I'm too ridiculously poor to afford it... :/

It's been a strange week. Since Friday before last I've been watching over all-day rehearsals for the opera we're performing this weekend, plus I've had tons of line-learning for Cabaret to do AND I've been ill (still am actually) with a cold and tiredness and just feeling like death in general. So my food's been kind of...chaotic. Someday's I've been angelic and others have just been an absolute nightmare! Roll on the end of this week when I can get back into a routine and sort my life out a bit, get some sleep, eat properly and hopefully get better! :)

Hope everyone's having a good week!

30 day shred is so tough! by the second set of cardio im dying lol
played wii sports boxing with my daughter last night and my arms are killing me, then this morning i had a meeting and the office we had been assigned was up 3 flights of very steep stairs so i think that counts as a workout (at least according to my legs it does!)
hope everyone is having a good day :)

@katylil- The entire 30 day shred series is on youtube, in three part 10 minute segments. There is even a playlist of it, so you don't have to keep hitting play at the beginning of every segment! Give it a whirl! I really liked it and do it when I want a different workout, but I gotta say, it's always been odd to me as it goes against the type of training she talks about. I would use it alternating with something else, not just doing it every day... Then again, to each their own! :)

VEGETABLE CHILI!!!

1T extra virgin olive oil
2 Red Bell Peppers
1.5 C chopped mushrooms
1 Large Onion
2 celery stalks (I add 3-5) such a great crunch!
3 garlic cloves
1 T chili powder
1 T dried oregano
1 t ground cumin
1/4 t salt (I use celtic sea salt)
2 cans (15 oz) pinto beans or kidney beans (I use kidney, white northern and pinto beans- also I use the dried kind)
1 Can No salt added tomatoes (you can even have chili ready flavoring!)
1/4 t crushed red pepper (optional)
*Heat oil and garlic then add peppers, mushrooms, onions, and celery. Cook until the veggies soften (~7 min)
Add all dried spices- cook 5 minutes, stirring to evenly coat all veggies
Add Beans and tomatoes with their juices.
Bring to a gentle simmer and cook, stirring occasionally for about 20-30 minutes.

I seriously make this at least 2-3 times a month. It's so healthy and fresh and good for you! :) I have done some 20 variations, just using what I have on hand. Once i started everything and didn't have the tomatoes, so I used fresh roma tomatoes and some red pasta sauce (sugar free of course!) LOL It tasted pretty good!

I have also added fake ground beef to it, didn't like it as much.

However I have added whole wheat elbow mac before and it's SOOOOOO GOOD tasting like a goolash! I LOVE IT! :)

Well, did my 60th class today, got a bracelet for finishing my challenge and a round of applause! It felt great! I am about to do Tfire HIIT 15 (interval training) and a 35 minute Tfire Sculpt workout.

I also can't wait for dinner! OH MY! Bought 4 bunches of kale and i am going to add some garlic, red peppers and some ricotta cheese and make a lovely creamy kale with sauteed mushrooms! I wish I could eat it right now! LOL Oh wait, I just ate! Okay, I'll have to wait!

GO TEAM TULIP!!!!!

mdchick – That’s good news if it’s already getting easier for you!

KimWim – Awesome website! It looks there are heaps of yummy recipes. I’m definitely going to try your Chilli recipe. I’m not much of a cook but even I can follow that!

katylil – I hope that your roommate is a little less stressed this semester! Sorry to hear that you’re a bit under the weather. I think that the fact that you have had ‘good days’ food wise this week is great. I know when I’m sick the last thing I want to think about is being on plan. Have you started rehearsals for your starring roll yet or is it too early for that?

MissSMcC – Any day that you have to take the stairs over the Elevator definitely counts as extra calories burned! Before I started I couldn’t make it up half a flight of stairs without needing a break.

It’s going to be a relatively low key day for me today. I have the day off as there are bathroom renovations happening at my place and someone has to be home to supervise all the tradies. Is it wrong that I’m hoping that they’re young and cute instead of middle aged men?

Kim - I'm going to the grocery store tomorrow and I am absolutely getting the ingredients to make that chili!!! I never get enough veggies in a day, and I can tell I would devour that stuff!

Peanut - Were the bathroom guys cute? Haha ain't nothin' wrong with hoping for some attractive men!!

Even though 30DS still kicked my booty today, I was able to get through all of it without stopping!! Well, okay, I skipped 2 of the bajillion lunges, but still, wayyy better than the past few days!

mdchick - Sadly they weren't :( It wasn't even a case of "they look alright from a certain angle". All 3 of the tradies were a lot older than I was hoping for!