Cecilia, you are making me glad I moved away from home! Stay warm! I totally understand not wanting to go to the gym when it is so cold outside!

For those that don't know, Cecilia and I realized we graduated from the same high school, my senior year, she was a freshman, and she now works at the same place I used to work at until 4.5 years ago! This is definitely a small world. I know last challenge two of my former black teammates found out they were like 3rd cousins.

Unfortunately not going to be able to do personals as it is nitey nite time for me. But I did want to come in and say hi! I did read everyone's posts and I hope those that are feeling ill are feeling better soon.

Migraines suck that's all there is to that! I was diagnosed with Chronic Migraines about 3 years ago, since I left the job that I worked at during that time I have maybe had 5 migraines (that's in 1.5 years!). I think mine were stress induced, plus hormonal induced during TOM, but mostly stress induced!

Melissa, I love the sound of that challenge! It sounds similar to the one we did last challenge

Want to post my big news for the day.... I FINALLY joined a gym!! 24 Hour Fitness was running an awesome deal today! I had to sign up, I couldn't pass this deal down! I'm saving $10/month with this plan! Love it!!

Okay, no I'm going to bed! Night!

Cassie
I remember the first time I saw the new Excedrin commercial. Was talking about how Tylenol was great for aches and pains and such but Excedrin was the only thing for a headache. I just laughed. Heck they should have paid me. I had been a walking talking commercial for them saying the very same thing for years. I have had them on and off my whole life. Both of my kids get them too.

Laura, I'm doing quite well. My little secret works well for me. I always request vegetarian meals when I register. They are usually amazing and much healthier. Dinner was on our own last night and we found a wonderful Vietnamese restaurant.

I also keep low-fat cheese sticks and protein bars in my bag for the "break" times. I just steer clear of the cookie and pastry trays that way

Glad to see so many reds doing well. We are gonna nail it this week - I can just feel it!

Well, gotta pay attention now - the speaker is staring at me

It's February 1st. WOOHOO!!!!

FEBRUARY GOALS
1. continue being OP (on program w/ no cheats WW)
2. continue focusing on the 8 healthy guidelines- WW
3. work out at least 4 out of 7 days a week
4. continue the c25k program (I started this week)
5. fit into my size 16 clothes
6. Reach my 10% WW goal

I have a few obstacles this month. Super bowl sunday is the first one but I already have a plan of action and I just have to stick to it. My second obstacle is teh bus trip to Mohegan Sun Casino with the buffet, I just have to make really smart choices and drink tons of water instead of alcohol. My third Obstacle is Valentines day because DBF is taking me out to dinner and then we are going to get massages. Soooo, I have to pick a good restaurant from DWLZ and plan my points and make sure I exercise alot those days or the day before and after to earn some aps....so when I use Wap's I won't feel guilty. I think for these two occassions I will have to use WAP's and NOT touch my ap's this week. Either way I won't use both of them.

I didnt get to work out at all yesterday or Wednesday. So today I am getting to the gym while DS is at basketball practice and i'm going to do 60 min of cardio 30 of them being 1 of the week 1 sessions of c25k. Then for strength I have to do legs, abs, back and biceps because I missed my leg day on Wednesday. UGH!!!

Cassie: Sorry to hear about the migraines. I suffer from serious migraines as well and there are many triggers for me: Stress, exhaustion, being hungry, and menstrual migraines are the worst. They are very debilitating...i've been to work late, left early and usually throw up every time I get a full blown one. If I feel one coming on I have to take an excedrin migraine very early to catch it and beat it before it gets full blown, if I get a full blown migraine I have to take a Zomig and lay down in the dark with an ice pack on my head to get rid of it. NOT FUN!!!! 'Caffine helps me to get rid of them sometimes...When I have a migraine I eat crackers adn drink pepsi. LOL

Melissa: I'm game for any kind of challenge. They help keep me on my toes.

I hope everyone has a great day!

This morning, I got up at 5:30 so I would have time to hit the hotel gym for at least 45 minutes before packing up and checking out. Now, I'm sitting at breakfast in the conference, and I am SO proud of myself! I grabbed a bowl of fruit salad, skipped the bagels/pastries/donuts, and whipped out a packet of Kashi oatmeal I always carry with me when I travel and put in some hot water from the tea service. Hopefully I can keep up with this healthiness for the rest of the day, though the only thing left in my bag of tricks is an apple. 12 hours till I am back to NY and back to my comfort zone of healthy home cooked food!

Laura...I think its really fantastic how you hold yourself accountable for the little slips here and there. I'd say you still did pretty great considering the circumstances and you got in that workout! Just keep learning from the slips and you'll do great!!

Andi...that is crazy about you and Cecil! Talk about a small world huh! The exercise challenge I mentioned is very similar to one we did last year but there is this site that keeps track of all of it for you. Very cool! All you gotta do is input your miles. Way to go on joining the gym!!!!

Melissa73 that is a great idea...I think we all need to post up our February goals!! Have fun with that c25k!!!

Roni...I hope the challenge brings you guys together and fighting strong!! I'm going for the Giants too...I hate the patriots! LOL! I would LOVE to redecorate but I'm saving it all for when we get our house! Which better be soon! LOL!

Laura...way to go this morning!!!

Alrighty, so I did really well with points yesterday but my choices were pretty high sodium, eating dinner last night I could tell how salty my chicken was. So today I'm doing a flush..literally! LOL! Water water water!! I gotta meet that scale tomorrow!

I also figured out that I was doing Week 2 of the C25K wrong...I was killing myself needlessly! So todays run should be piece of cake! And that will make 5 days straight of exercise because I was on the elliptical last night for 30 minutes while I watched Lost! Yay!!

So, who has some healthy Superbowl snack ideas?? I think we need to share! I have no idea what we are doing yet, but I'm sure it'll involve eat and drink. Thank goodness for flex points! LOL!

I'm going to come up with a challenge and we'll start on Monday! I'm pretty sure I know what we are gonna do just need to hammer the details down. So look for that and it begins on Monday!

Have a fantastic day Red team!! Dont forget to post up those weigh ins before Monday deadline!!

Totally forgot my February goals:

Continue with the C25K and doing the elliptical on alternating nights.
Meet my points target each day of the month (gonna be rough with superbowl)
work on being more organized!!

Good morning ladies!

Laura, you are doing great by making up for your slip ups, IMO that's the name of the game. Go you!!! Have a safe trip home!

Cassie, yes, you ladies with all this great weight loss already truly inspires me! I want that too! I am praying that today finds you feeling like yourself so you can tackle what lays ahead. You're almost to Onederland!

Cat in Canada, oh no, you can't be getting sick! Lay low for awhile and try and get lots of rest! Hang in there!

Andi, yay a gym membership!! Was it really spendy?? When I went to TBL thing last weekend there was a lady in front of me who had a membership (she's also lost 75 lbs!!) and she was talking like $600bucks for 3 years or something? I though, EEK! lol She also was wearing the monitor that the contestants wear on the show, that, she said was like $300. I may just bite the bullet and drag my large behind down to the one we have here and see what they want to charge me.

CountingDown, oooo busted! Be a good girl now, and settle down and do your work! Ha!

Rennie, I love your dh's philosophy on the scale! You're lucky, many men don't "get it"!

Melissa73, I have no doubt that you will meet those February goals! Ugh, I'm with you on the super bowl thing, gonna be tough. But we can do it!!!

Roni, while I'm glad that nothing was really wrong with you, it's a big bummer about the ER's these days. Take care of yourself and listen to your body, if you feel 'off' then you march your tushie in there and demand to be seen! Have fun with the redecorating! I want to do it too, but like Mel, waiting for our house! Good, you got the man trained right!

Melissa, yay on another super fantastic day!!!! Sodium is really a pain in the butt isnt it? You're on the right track tho, chug chug chug! Glad that the c25k thing is going so well for you, I could not be prouder of you! And yeah, I agree, it is weird seeing me w/ famous people, huh? LOL Love the picture though!

Everybody, have a great day! Make it your best and keep reaching for those goals!!!

Sorry I have been MIA......my brother and his g/f have been staying with us and i have not been able to sit down long enough to write anything It has been way crazy here lately....been running everyone places since I am the only one with a car at the moment. Everything has been going pretty okay except yesterday was a bad eating day for me but I am back on the wagon today! My mom said that she has a bunch of WW stuff in storage and if I cant find it then I am just going to go to a meeting and get more in person support as well as online Well hope everyone has a great OP day and kick some butts!!!!!

Melissa: I'm only on day 2 tonight, for C25k. I like this pace and can't wait to get to week 2. I"m really excited about training to run. Something i've never done before and always WANTED to be able to do.

I am so excited, one of my fellow teachers stopped me in the hallway and told me that I looked like I lost weight. She could tell because my boobs were smaller. YEEHAW!!! I was sooo excited. That's the one thing I want more than anything is smaller boobs (and a smaller stomache) so for someone to notice made my day!!!

Roni: Curtains can be a little exciting to me too! LMAO. I'm glad you're feeling better!

Laura: Great job avoiding all those carbs at your meeting. I"m sure you can't wait to get home and feel in control with your food again. Love the bag of tricks. I always grab a WW pack, 100 cal pack or somethign light when I"m going to DS's game or something...Just so I won't be tempted to go to the snack bar!

Utah Girl: I started WW up again on 12/29/07 and and I have all the information. If there is anything I can help you with online, through pM or something let me know. I can help you figure out your points (there is a new quiz to take to determine them depending on how long ago you tried WW before and I can give you the healthy 8 guidelines, etc. Just let me know.