How about we start out Week 2 with another survery (this gives everyone a reason to post! thanks for the idea Danielle!)

1. What is something you did really well this week?

2. What is something you'd like to work on for week 2?

3. What is one item of clothing you are looking forward to getting rid of when you reach goal?

4. What is your favorite CD or song to workout to? OR what is your favorite show to watch while you workout? OR what do you read while working out?

5. What does your computer desktop picture look like?

6. If you could have lunch with anyone who would it be and why?

7. Do you prefer to read or watch movies?

8. Are you an early bird or a night owl?

9. What is your favorite part of your body?

10. If you could take a pill and be magically transformed into your perfect body, but you'd lose your ability to taste...would you do it?

Have fun everyone!! Cant wait to ready your answers!

~melissa

1. What is something you did really well this week? Kept it clean! My eating that is! Get your minds outta the gutter's girls! ;) Ate right all week AND fought off my saboteur that is my lovely DH without batting an eye! :D

2. What is something you'd like to work on for week 2? Trying some new recipes that I've been too lazy to fix. Getting that exercise in!

3. What is one item of clothing you are looking forward to getting rid of when you reach goal? Fat Pants and Grandma Underwear!!!

4. What is your favorite CD or song to workout to? OR what is your favorite show to watch while you workout? OR what do you read while working out? Music: Newest Good Charlotte cd, JT, anything dance-y. TV: General Hospital, anything I've Tivo'd for the week.

5. What does your computer desktop picture look like? Awesome photo of Mike Ness from Social D. I'm thinkin about putting "Bob" up there.... :D

6. If you could have lunch with anyone who would it be and why? Bob, natch! ;) Him, or Jackie Warner from Bravo tv's "Workout". I'd want to talk about getting the best workouts possible and how to get abs like theirs! Maybe ask Bob if I could just sit and stare at his for awhile! :lol:

7. Do you prefer to read or watch movies? Both!! I LOVE going to the movies and seeing everything on the big screen.

8. Are you an early bird or a night owl? Early Bird... gotta love this way of eating! :dance:

9. What is your favorite part of your body? Right now, probably my eyes and my feet. :p

10. If you could take a pill and be magically transformed into your perfect body, but you'd lose your ability to taste...would you do it? HECK NO! I love food too dang much to ever give up tasting it! :lol:

Fun as usual Mel, thanks for taking the time to do it!

♥danielle

1. What is something you did really well this week? although I didn't do great I would say exercise because after just having a baby it is something that would have been easy to say ohh I can wait to do this

2. What is something you'd like to work on for week 2? being more consistent

3. What is one item of clothing you are looking forward to getting rid of when you reach goal? I have some really big comfy shirts that are just not flattering

4. What is your favorite CD or song to workout to? OR what is your favorite show to watch while you workout? OR what do you read while working out? I usually don't have anything on I keep it quiet because every one is sleeping

5. What does your computer desktop picture look like? My dh all dirty riding his ATV holding our very clean 6 week old baby girl (all in pink) I love the contrast and my dh looks so cute in it

6. If you could have lunch with anyone who would it be and why? Stormie Omartian because her books have been an encouragement to me
7. Do you prefer to read or watch movies? Read

8. Are you an early bird or a night owl? Right now with the new baby I am both :dizzy: but normally I would say early bird

9. What is your favorite part of your body? My legs (they are toned from all that walking)

10. If you could take a pill and be magically transformed into your perfect body, but you'd lose your ability to taste...would you do it? YES;)

My turn!

1. What is something you did really well this week? I ate on plan all week and got 3 days of exercise!

2. What is something you'd like to work on for week 2? more exercise and square meals

3. What is one item of clothing you are looking forward to getting rid of when you reach goal? My green christmas outfit!!GRR!

4. What is your favorite CD or song to workout to? OR what is your favorite show to watch while you workout? OR what do you read while working out? A hodge podge really but Unwritten Law, Good Charlotte and Fall Out Boy get me sweatin!

5. What does your computer desktop picture look like? A beautiful mountaintop view of the town I live in.

6. If you could have lunch with anyone who would it be and why? Danielle! LOL...cause she's having lunch with my favorite people!

7. Do you prefer to read or watch movies? Read, I love a good book!

8. Are you an early bird or a night owl? Night owl, I hate getting out of bed in the morning!

9. What is your favorite part of your body? I'm really starting to like my legs, if we could just cut them off mid thigh they'd be smokin!

10. If you could take a pill and be magically transformed into your perfect body, but you'd lose your ability to taste...would you do it? NO way! I can do this! I'd hate to lose taste just love food too much!

~melissa

mikelli Two pounds is GREAT though! Really that's all I hope for on a good week... they say slow losses are easier to sustain.

1. What is something you did really well this week? Was a good week overall nothing really stands out but I'll say exercise since I kicked it up a notch with the more advanced Turbo Jam Tape.

2. What is something you'd like to work on for week 2? Water. I've been very bad about it lately.

3. What is one item of clothing you are looking forward to getting rid of when you reach goal? I'm going to have to get rid of my clothing a few times over before I reach goal... but I JUST tossed my size 26 jeans (yeay!) (Down to 20/22 now)

4. What is your favorite CD or song to workout to? OR what is your favorite show to watch while you workout? OR what do you read while working out? I usually listen to a mix from my itunes... goth/ebm/triphop... stuff like VNV has a great beat for walking.

5. What does your computer desktop picture look like? Currently medieval tiles. Was a "mypetskeleton" wallpaper yesterday.

6. If you could have lunch with anyone who would it be and why? Hm... I don't know. I'm shy. :(

7. Do you prefer to read or watch movies? Both but I don't read as much as I used to so I'll go with movies.

8. Are you an early bird or a night owl? VERY much a night owl.

9. What is your favorite part of your body? Eyes? (Blue)

10. If you could take a pill and be magically transformed into your perfect body, but you'd lose your ability to taste...would you do it? Wow... I guess so but I'd have to think about it. Not being able to taste would make keeping the weight off fairly easy wouldn't it?

Thanks for the well wishes about my leg... its nothing serious just sorta sore a bit... nothing that will keep me from exercising though!

-muse

1. What is something you did really well this week? For the most part, I stuck to my diet and exercise. That's more than I can say for the past few weeks.

2. What is something you'd like to work on for week 2? Do even better with my diet and exercise.

3. What is one item of clothing you are looking forward to getting rid of when you reach goal? This old baggy T-shirt I always wear.

4. What is your favorite CD or song to workout to? OR what is your favorite show to watch while you workout? OR what do you read while working out? I usually just listen to the music that is on the workout DVD I do.

5. What does your computer desktop picture look like? It's a painting by Brandon Bird.

6. If you could have lunch with anyone who would it be and why? Henry Rollins. He's smart, in amazing shape and he probably has the greatest stories. A runner up would be Bruce Campbell, because he's just too awesome for his own good.

7. Do you prefer to read or watch movies? I mainly like to read, but I enjoy watching movies.

8. Are you an early bird or a night owl? Night owl, but lately I've been getting up early to workout.

9. What is your favorite part of your body? My lips, because it's probably the only big body part I have that looks good the way it is now.

10. If you could take a pill and be magically transformed into your perfect body, but you'd lose your ability to taste...would you do it? Wow, that is a good question. If I did get the perfect body with that side effect, I'd probably never eat and would end up severely underweight. I love the taste of food.

How did everyone do today beginning week 2?

I did 60mins of step (Cathe's basic Step and Go Step Kari Anderson) and I didn't eat a whole lot, but I did have a burrito Bol from Chipotle, so I'm going to have to drink a ton of water to flush out all that salt!

-muse

This past week has sucked! First off it's that time of the month and I was up 4lbs in the middle of the week... this morning I was down almost a pound from my starting weight which is better but I'm still disappointed! On top of that I had several days that I had put in more then 12hours at work which made for some lonnnnnnnnnng days!!! I'm hoping this week will be better but my husband will gone all week so it's just me and the kids...

Okay so here's my shot at the Q&A....

1. What is something you did really well this week? Drinking my water and staying away from soda!

2. What is something you'd like to work on for week 2? Having enough energy when I get home from work to exercise!!!!

3. What is one item of clothing you are looking forward to getting rid of when you reach goal? I can't wait to get rid of my ugly bras and get something cute and sexy for once!!!!

4. What is your favorite CD or song to workout to? OR what is your favorite show to watch while you workout? OR what do you read while working out? Usually I have my ipod on with a variety of songs... I have some rock, some alternative, and some country on it... a bit of everything.

5. What does your computer desktop picture look like? A scrapbook page with pics of my kids on it.

6. If you could have lunch with anyone who would it be and why? My friend Jheri... who lives in Canada and I never get to see!

7. Do you prefer to read or watch movies? I much prefer movies to reading but I did start reading this summer again for enjoyment!

8. Are you an early bird or a night owl? Well I'd say an early bird since I'm up at 5am.

9. What is your favorite part of your body? NOTHING right now!

10. If you could take a pill and be magically transformed into your perfect body, but you'd lose your ability to taste...would you do it? Hum... interesting question. I'd be tempted to say yes because it would certainly make it easier to keep the weight off!!!! And I hate that fact that food plays such an important role in my life...

Good morning RED TEAM!

I will be back later to answer the questions but I just posted my weight and wanted to say I have the first loss (1 pound) since July and I am THRILLED!

Thanks for all the inspiration and postings! And I already drank 2 glasses of water today!

edit: Wow, that's a lot of exclamation points.

This week has been full of changes. I started a new job a month ago and am still getting used to fitting everything that needs to be done in a day. Planning my meals is the hardest part. I really have to focus and sometimes it is not so easy at 5:30 in the morning.

1. What is something you did really well this week?

This week I drank all my water. I also exercised 5 days this week.

2. What is something you'd like to work on for week 2?

I want to stick to my RED WINS challenge goal. I also would like to stick to my eating goals better.

3. What is one item of clothing you are looking forward to getting rid of when you reach goal?

I refuse to purchase new jeans while I am at this weight. I am wearing the same three pair of jeans. I look forward to getting rid of those old worn things.

4. What is your favorite CD or song to workout to? OR what is your favorite show to watch while you workout? OR what do you read while working out?

I find the articles in Shape magazine to be quite motivating.

5. What does your computer desktop picture look like?

It is a picture of me at the lake over Labor Day weekend.

6. If you could have lunch with anyone who would it be and why?



7. Do you prefer to read or watch movies?

Watch movies

8. Are you an early bird or a night owl?

I can be a bit of both. I used to be a complete night owl, but now I have a new job which requires me to get up early. I still TRY to stay up on weekends though, but so far I have not lasted beyond 1am.

9. What is your favorite part of your body?
My eyes

10. If you could take a pill and be magically transformed into your perfect body, but you'd lose your ability to taste...would you do it?

Yes, in all honestly I sometimes think I do not eat because of taste it is more a habit.

Greetings Fellow Redsters! Hope ya'll are having a super weekend and ready to turn it up a notch for the coming week! We have just about completed week 1 of our challenge and I am so incredibly proud of all of us!! :dancer:

It's nice to see everyone participating with the Q&A Melissa was kind enough to create. Really helps to break the ice some more and get to know one another.

I got my ellip yesterday. WOW. All I can say is that thing kicked my arse and I'm definitely feelin it this morning!! I wasn't able to go too too long as my knees were burning something fierce. :flame: I was disappointed in myself at first then figured I can only get better with time. I've used a stationary bike and work-out dvd's for sooooo long that this is a completely different type of workout altogether. Gonna take some time! All-in-all I am proud of what I was able to do especially since I have always had a fear of exercise. Only good things can come out of this I'm sure of it! :cb:

Have a great day ladies, be good to you!

BTW was thinking it might be fun to post before and after pictures for the red team... for when we're done with this.

If you don't have a current one might be a good time to take one! :)

-muse

I really like that idea. Not only will it show that we are working hard for the challenge, but it'll also show how different we could change our bodies in the matter of 12 weeks.

Muse...I finished Week 1 with a bang!! I did REALLY well all week long! Yay Me!! Week 2 is going to be just as good and even just a little more exercise! Thats the plan anyway! Way to go on that workout!!!

Paige...dont let AF get ya down!! Just keep up doing what you know you need to do and you will succeed!! You can do it!! Week 2 is going to be SO much better!

Ann....WOOOHOOO a loss!!! Excellent job! You've got the ball rolling down the hill and its gonna keep on going!!! Way to go!!

Time for a change....I'm the same way, I wear the same darn clothes over and over again because I'm too cheap to buy fat clothes, but I really do feel so much better in new clothes, We all need to be better to ourselves! Way to go on that exercise last week!!!

Danielle..you are so right, its just a different type of workout, but to ease up on your knees for a bit can you adjust the tension? I'm so excited for you!!! Way to go on using that bad boy right out of the box!! You rock!

Muse...I've got a before picture...ugh its scary, I'd love to show everyone when the challenge is over so i've got an after to go with it LOL!! Great idea!! Maybe we could also try to do a weekly chat?