Come and post as often as you can Nicole! I am in the same boat as you...all of my family and close friends are in MN as well. Hope to see you post more often!! :grouphug:

Good Sunday Morning Red team!! I just scrolled through posts and I'm seeing some HUGE losses...way to go Red team!!! I saw a 5.5!!! Thats amazing! and so many that are sticking to plan like champions!! EXCELLENT!! You guys are just amazing and inspire me every single day!

Laura, that is not cheating, you are just fine!

I have been spoiling myself lately! Which is something I never do! But, I bought myself a new vacuum...while this may not seem like a spoil, normally I'd buy something cheap to get the job done, but I splurged and got a really nice one and OMG!! Why why why did I not do that sooner! I cannot believe the stuff it sucks out of my floor! I really need to get myself out of that cheaper is better mentality!

I had a big slipup last night. DH was out with his work crew because one of them is leaving for India today for 5 weeks so they were giving him a send off. Well they actually called me to join them. Now I NEVER go out so I got myself all cute(well as cute as I can be LOL) and went and joined them. Had a great time but my points went out the window. I dunno how people can do that on a regular basis and maintain control! Perhaps when you do it more often its easier. Needless to say a little bit of a buzz leads to mindless eating! I dont even wanna know how many points salt and vinegar chips are!

Back where I'm supposed to be today. I found the 1 point bagels I'm most excited for this morning. And I'm getting one of the girls to go to the gym with me today so I can start C25K and get it documented for our million pound site.

Sorry to ramble on! Have a wonderful Sunday everyone!!

:drill::coach:Dont forget to post your Week 1 weigh in!! Deadline is Monday 11:59PM EST! :coach::drill:

Hey guys, when you are posting your weights in the weigh in thread make sure you are only editing your initial post. Don't start another post, everyone on the team should only have ONE post that they update each week! Otherwise it makes it really confusing to find out who hasn't weighed in on time, and having to hunt for multiple posts. Thanks!!

Good morning ladies,

It's a stay inside and keep warm kind of day. It snowed and the wind blew all night. Currently it's a brisk -4 degrees!! BBRRRR! I'm going to finish cleaning out my craft room and then get my exercise room all in working order so I can use the bowflex.

Thanks everybody for the warm welcomes

Scenestealer- The Firm tapes I do go with the Transfirmer (stackable plastic steps), so it does take up some room. I tried to do it in the living room and had to move a bunch of furniture, so I don't think you could do it in your little room.

Roni- I love the first dress and it would look so cute with those flip flops. Congrats!!

Danielle- Yes, I have lost all the weight with LAWL, I really like the program.

M23BC- WOW on the 5.5 lbs. That is AWESOME!!

Hi everybody else, have a great day. Off to get the blood flowing to stay warm.

Deb....that storm last night was insane wasnt it? I know you are a ways away but my goodness that wind was incredible and snowing at the same time! I'm sitting here freezing this morning I dont want to go out there but I gotta! LOL...stay warm!

Good morning ladies~ Well after staying up until 2:30 in the morning and sleeping in till almost 11 I feel pretty good!LOL! I just was so relaxed last night, and the house was so quiet I didn't want to give up my "quiet time" weird though because I'm usually the 1st one to bed:) Well I have to come clean, I had planned to stay OP yesterday also, and it didn't go so well. I cleaned my dang closet for 4 hours, and then once I started eating I couldn't stop. My period has to be coming, this is how I get before it. I just got off the pill though a few weeks ago, so I'm not 100% sure when my period is going to come, but I have a feeling it's on it's way. Today I was going to go to the gym, but I'm just going to do my cardio bootcamp video at home. I don't feel like showering and getting the car warmed up...I'm lazy today;) I will do my bootcamp video in a few min. though. Not much going on today, just have to go pick up a few groceries for the week. I'm looking forward to no school tomorrow, that means I can sleep in one more day:) I don't know what's up with me lately and sleeping, but I'm lovin' it!LOL! Have a great day ladies~

Deb- Today is a good day to stay inside here also, I can't take this cold much longer! The bowflex is a neat machine:)

Roni- Glad your feeling better....evil, evil BK;)

Nicole- Welcome...come chat whenever you can.

Melissa- Ahhh salt and vinegar chips...YUMMMY! I love those darn things, remember I said chips are my weakness:)LOL! Glad you got out last night though, and had a good time. We all need that every now and then:) Enjoy that new vaccum, you'll have the cleanest carpet around!LOL!

Laura- Have a great time in Boston:)

Andi- Hi

Enjoy the rest of your weekend ladies~

Good Morning! It's so great to see all the successes everyone is having! I'm sooo glad I don't live in such cold places as some of you do. I don't think I'd ever get out of bed. Yesterday was just beautiful and warm here!

Andi-- We had a lot of fun celebrating my mom's birthday! I go to the movies about once a year so this was big for us. We went to see Enchanted. My mom, my sister, and I were cracking up the whole time. The girls really enjoyed it too. We went to Mimi's Cafe for lunch. I had soup and salad. I was pleased to find all of the nutritional info on the internet when I got home.

Laura-- Have fun in Boston! I'm sure the scale was just reflecting water weight!

Melissa-- I'm glad you went out and had fun! I'm sure you looked dang cute! Don't sweat the bad food choices. Just stay op today and tomorrow and it will all equal out.

Mom23BC-- Congrats on th 5.5 loss! That's amazing! My kids are dd-10.5, dd-8, ds-almost 7, and dd-almost 4. How old are your kids?

Hello to everyone else! I love reading your posts.

Tina-- We always seem to post at the same time! I'm glad your cleaning went well, but I totally understand the munchies that come at that time of month. I hope you have a great day today.

Jen- I think I'm going to come visit you for a few months until it warms up here:)

Tina - I noticed the ticker similarities too! :)

About staying OP. I have found that when I am engrossed in a project and forget to eat (like you did with your closet), I DO have trouble staying OP for the rest of the day. If I allow myself to get too hungry, it is like something takes over my body and forces me to put food in it. I HAVE to snack every few hours or it just isn't pretty.

I finally learned this at age 50! I went years skipping breakfast and lunch and couldn't figure out how I got so fat :shrug:

YUMMY!! Oh my, now you are making me crave Mimi's!!! That's awesome that they have all the nutritional info on their website. I am going to have to check that out. Glad you enjoyed the movie, I've heard it's really cute, haven't gone to see it yet though. Maybe tomorrow on my day off ;)

Happy day Red team! :wave:

It's great to see you girls again today, I hope you all have had a fabulous weekend. All this talk about cleaning closets makes me feel like I need to get my butt in gear and get mine done too! LOL Its like a bottomless pit and I'm afraid to see what's at the back of it. heehee

Nicole, its great to see you today. I hope you're having a wonderful day. Post when you can, we'll be here keeping a place warm for ya. ;)

Mom23BC, congrat's on the loss!! :woo:

Mel, so ya went and got a vaccuum, huh? Did you get the dyson? Well, I'm glad you had a good time last night, I was wondering where you got off to. LOL Guess you can say you used your flex points for the week? :D Oh well, back to it today and that's all that matters. I am scared to venture out to eat yet, I have enough trouble when I'm home! lol
Yay on the bagels! I love the onion ones...yummo. It's funny, any given day at work for lunchtime, you can always count on about 5 ladies or so having those bagles for sandwiches. LMK how you like.

Deb, :brr: not sure I would like where you live. lol I'm a wimp, what can I say? You've done awesome working that LAWL and I'm thrilled to hear you like it so much!

Tina, you go on and enjoy that sleep chicky. You are go go go all week, a girl needs her beauty rest! ;) How'd that bootcamp go for ya? I still need to do my workout for today, eek!

jlbake, good to hear you guys had a good time! I heard that movie was a cute one. Dh refused to see it, as well as my 2 older kids, so...:rolleyes: will have to catch it on video soon. You did great with dinner too, love that they had nutrional stuff online!

Cassie, did you make it to the BL thingy? I'm dying to know if I should bother to make arrangements to get the day off to go. lol Omg, all those 100 cal. products are yummy! I especially love the 100 cal. Keebler cookies...thing is, its a slippery slope with me so I have to tread very carefully around that stuff!

♥danielle

Hello all

Just popping in to say hi.

Melissa- thanks for your insight and suggestions on changing plans. I just hope I figure it out sooner than later. BTW you are so nice and inspiring, and a great team leader.

Tina- I wish I were like you and had that drive for exercise. I used to be like you and loved exercise. Keep it up girl! Hopefully I will start soon again too.

Counting Down- Wow you have done so well and lost so much weight. Have you always just used counting calories for losing weight? If so how do you figure out how much is the right amount for you.

Deb- It's freezing cold here to, with the wind shield it's below -20 something....brrrrrrrrr I hate winter in Canada!

Roni- Dress # 1 and the sandals are beautiful. Great choice! I actually do make-up and hair for brides here in Toronto. Starting to get a lot of emails and calls now for spring/ summer weddings!

Hi to everybody else!

Well have a great evening.