I have one freebie left, but I'm afraid I may need it (long story) so I had to post the gain. Sorry! :(

Good morning, everyone!

hope4me---Don't beat yourself up. Just dust yourself off and get back on track. I know you can do it.

michie---I hope you got good sleep. I am about to head back to bed for an hour of sleep.

Julz---Darn preg test! I hope that you get answers about your cycle being off soon. I also hope that you get the results that you want. Hopefully your Internet acts better today. I can't stand when it slows down so much.

reda---Hey! I hope that TOM isn't to bad for you. It always kicks my butt and makes me eat everything in sight.

caitbeans---How are you? I think you should get yourself a HRM. I have the Polar F4 as well and love it.

ggmusy---I have never used my AP's either. It seemed like to much work for me to figure it out. I can understand why you are aggravated about it. I can't believe there is such a difference. Now that you have it figured out I bet you will lose weight faster though.

Diva---ahill is just my first initial and my last name. Very original, huh? lol The Georgia Virtual Academy is done thru the public school system. We will just be doing public school online from home. This year we home-schooled and loved it but the GVA will have more direction and a dedicated teacher if we need assistance. We are going to try it this next year we think and see if we like it.

Dea---Happy Birthday to your 13 yr old baby! Good job starting the C25K. I have been doing it too and it kicks my tail! Stick with it. It is worth it if only for the alone time. :)

ceegee---Thanks for the % formula. I hope that everyone feels better.

I am going back to bed for a while. Been up to long and stayed up to late. Bye!

This week looks really dismal. :( We lost several more people from our team and many more just didn't weigh in (some using their last freebie in the process).

How discouraging. :(

Well, we have 2 weeks left. I really hope everyone stays on plan and does everything they can to finish strong. There's no reason to not just do it! :carrot:

I just had a HUGE brain fart. Last weekend, I was on vacation and didn't weigh in becuase I had no computer and scale. Well, I entered this week's weight in that slot (thanks soul, your post made me realize I did this) so I used my last freebie. I could KICK myself, I had a good loss to (1.4) geeze, I was NOT thinking. Sorry :( :(

hope4me- don't feel bad, this is a journey and things like this happen! you can do this!

ahill- I think I am going to look at some reviews on amazon for a HRM, do you your a chest strap one or one you put your finger on it to calculate your HR?

diva- i am sorry to hear about your hip, i hope you find out what is going on with that soon. we have crazy weather here too, it snowed on easter, now it is 55- I don't get it.

Hi, all! I'm finally back! We had computer issues for a couple of weeks and I missed weigh ins and I fell off track. I went back in and added the weeks I missed even though they won't count....and I'm up a pound.

good luck everyone and keep at it! we're almost there!

Okay ladies. I was going to post everyones idividual stats as well as a team stat for the entire 10 weeks we've been doing this...... but then the more I thought about it, the more I thought that would kind of spoil any surprise for the end of the challenge....

But, one thing I WILL tell you is that the Black Team is down (as a team) by 5.38% from where we started! That is SOOOO awesome!!!!!!!! Only 2 more weeks to go, so buckle down, and SPRINT to that finish line!!! I can't believe we're already this close to the end of this challenge!!!!!!!!!

Wow, I can't even believe that we are 2 weeks away from the end of the challenge. I hope that the next challenge starts very soon after this one ends. I have enjoyed the challenge and it has helped push me to lose this weight. Keep going guys. We are almost there!

It is crazy that we are down over 5% as a team. WTG, guys.

I was down to 217 lbs this morning. Still way to much but it marked a huge goal of mine. With that weight I am no longer Morbidly Obese!!! YAY!!!

Off to the other side of the state for my dd dance. Have a great day everyone!

Hey everybody!

To all WW peeps: I don't go to meetings, I just use WW online. All my friends who go to meetings use their FP's first and try to not use AP's. WW on-line doesn't give you the choice, it uses AP's FIRST. I think you should have a choice on which one it uses. This is one of the things I plan on bringing to their attention when I send them a harshly worded letter. (grrrrrr.) I guess I could keep a paper copy of my points usage but then why would I bother paying the monthly fee?? I didn't use all my AP's every day, but some days I did. I almost always have 20 - 30 FP's leftover at the end of the week.

Caitbeans - I LOVE IT!! It's easy. I almost bought the F11 but I wanted the simplicity (and PRICE) of the F4. You can only view stats on the last workout you completed. I thought you could flip through them but you can't. (You can with the F11.) It does keep a running total for you that you can re-set whenever you want. I plan on re-setting mine every Monday. My goal is to burn 4900 calories per week . . . 1.5 pounds of fat. The F11 also breaks down what percentage of the calories you burn are from fat. I think that would drive me crazy. I'd always be wanting it to say 100% and I know it never would.

Hope4me - For the Oprah thing . . . I've watched the first two classes and want to watch the third in the next couple of days. It shows live here at 5:30 at night. That just doesn't work for me so I'm playing catch-up, too. I'm really enjoying it though!

Today I'm down 5.9%. I'll show a good loss this week because I was up only .4 pounds before TOM and I'm normally up 3 or more.

Right now we are tied with the Red team for number of wins. We can't let them win anymore!!!! BLACK MUST PREVAIL!!!

Final egg hunt counts:


CONGRATULATIONS GGMUGSY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GREAT JOB EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


ggmugsy......…………. 1151
Diva............…………. 795
LondonJulz....…………. 705
ceegee........……...… 660
dream710.....…………. 630
caitbeans......………... 575
Karma27.......…………. 430
ahil1979........…………. 295
GetSmart......…………. 180
mothermavis..…………. 155
NoVaVTFan...…………. 145
Dea.............…………... 25
Rainlips........…………... 17

Beach Party - Who's Coming With Me?????
 

Pack your teenie bikinies Black Team!

I have found a fabulous beach within reach of the whole team!!!
It is only 500 miles away. (You're lucky I didn't book the beach that was 1000miles away )

For every day OP, you move 10 miles closer
For every minute you exercise, you move 1 mile closer


Oh, and did I mention the hot cabana boys dying to wait on us? Yes, ladies, they are all there. If you let me know of anyone special you would like waiting there for you when you arrive, I will arrange it. I'm good like that

Now where is my sunscreen?!

(come join the new challenge thread!!)

:dancer: YAY! A new challenge! This is exactly what I need! Thank you ceegee!!!!
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...ey/SUMMER2.gif

I may have cheated myself out of some eggs :egg:, but I WILL make it to the beach and kick some booty these last two weeks!

Congrats Ahill! :carrot: Way to go.

Diva: Take care and get that checked out.

gg: I'll let you know when I watch the class.

Thanks for the encouragement ladies. I'm going to sign off now and head-off for our beach destination! :beach:

Man, it has been so chatty here the last few days. I was suprised tonight when it has been quite here most of the day. Where are you today, ladies? Come and play.

Ceegee---Thanks for the new challenge. I forgot to post my eggs and ended up not finishing the easter egg challenge. I hope that I am better about this beach challenge. It sounds fun!

Off to dinner. Having bad feelings about the taste of the next challenge and the poll that was started about PMing the weigh ins. I need to think on it or sleep on it. Talk to you all tomorrow.

Oh yeah, CONGRATS go to ggmugsy! WTG with the Easter Egg challenge. You go girl! You rocked it!

Yeah, me too. Several of my posts are mysteriously missing too.

I feel like everyone is against me in real life and here too. I have been fighting with DH, have been up all night, crying and I have a migraine. Now, this?

Soul (HUG) - I see 6 of your posts in that thread. Plus others in other threads. Are you sure they are gone? Weird.

Thanks, Mom and Diva. Yes, I am SURE the posts are gone. Others read them before they were mysteriously (and without comment) removed.

Weird, as they weren't "bad" posts at all.

Anyway, I am off to deal with life.

I wish everyone success with their plan.

SB - I'm so sorry about arguing with DH. That is just a downer that runs thru and thru.

The world isn't against you. You are a HUGE part of the Black Team and we all love you!!

Ceegee - does the Beach Party challenge start for today? Or does it back-date to Monday?? Awesome idea by the way!!!

awww SB...sending hugs your way!

ggmugsy..lets backdate to sunday I guess. :)

soulbliss - I'm sorry to hear about your personal pains right now. I've BTDT with marriage problems (this past year has, thanks to God, been quite the remarkable year for us). If you need to vent or just need someone to talk to, all you have to do is PM me. AND, I second what ggmugsy said about you being a huge part of the Black Team!!!! :hug:

Ceegee---woohoo for a new challenge! How did you know I've been dreaming of a tropical getaway!

Soul- :hug: Fighting with the hubby must be in the air. There's a lot of fighting going on in my neck of the woods too! All I can say is they can be such a-holes!

Ceegee-I'm excited about the trip to the beach! I'm still in search of the perfect cabana boy...I want a rugged hottie.... any suggestions...right now I'm leaning towards Sawyer from Lost....I'd get lost on an island with him anyday! :drool:

I'm sure this next challenge with be alright, we were all up in arms about not getting to keep the same teams and it all worked out....So if we get to pick our teams how do we keep the teams even?

Hey team!

I quit my job today. =). I'm so relieved and I should have time for myself and to be happy and healthy! Right now I am just Negative little Nancy... always stressed and tired. So in 2 weeks, I will be free! And unemployed! But such is life... Things will work out and I will be fine.

Big hugs to everyone and I'm sorry I haven't been much of a team player lately (SB I got your PM and I swear I am responding NOW!)... Please cross your fingers for me and wish me luck with my new job search! Until tomorrow, ladies! Peace!

I'm so sorry! He's already taken and he's been quite busy lately. Freckles, eat your heart out! ;)

gg: Way to go on the egg hunt. I need to take after you on the exercise.

Michie: That was very brave of you to quit your job. I wish you all the luck in finding something better. Maybe a little time to yourself will do you good.

Soul: We are definitely not against you here! You are a fierce competitor and we are lucky to have you.

Ahill: I kinda got a strange vibe too but I'm hoping it will all iron itself out in time. This challenge has helped me so much and I'm hoping the next one will help me get even further.

I got a good workout in today, but I'm still kind of off-and-on with the eating. I need to get a grip on that so I can make these last two weeks really count.

a HRM is a wonderful fitness investment. probably the best one you could ever make!! the F4 is a great HRM!

my theory on activity points: don't eat them. use your flex if you need extra daily points. unless you're training for a marathon and needing to eat more for the excessive calories you're burning. otherwise workout and don't count those extra points. burning those calories is a bonus. if you eat them away, then what's the point. just my opinion.


i go to meetings but use online logging for my points and that always drives me crazy. i just mentally deduct from my flex points even though they take from activity first--only because I'd rather not "use" my activity points. it's a pain in the *** to have to do that mental mind trick to figure how many flex points i have left. i would love to see that changed on the site as well.

I guess I'm out of the challenge I could not weigh in ,the ceiling in my grandmothers room caved in I had a huge mess in there the carpenter was here for 3 days and last night I was at the ER with DH he couldn't breath I pm'd ( I can't spell her name I'm sorry) Thank you every one for your support .

losinit-It sounds like your life is very stressful! I hope your dh is ok. Just know even though you're out of the challenge doesn't mean you can't participate in the chat. Check in and let us know how things are going.

michie-Good for you quiting your job! Negative Nancy no more! Oh and I almost forgot I owe you one of these :kickbutt:, now onto a new and improved michie!

ggmugsy-congrats on finding all them eggs!

hope4me-great job on the workout. I'm sure eating will fall into place.

Rhonda- Oh he's worth fighting for! :boxing:

Soul- I hope things are going better for you today.

Losin - I actually forwarded your PM I received to Julie, your team leader. :D

losin - you're not out of the challenge! With this weeks freebie that you had to use (I got the PM and noted it), you've used both your freebies...that only means if you miss another weigh-in (there's only 2 left) then you'd be out of the weigh-in part of the challenge. You're still in it girlie!!!! :hug:

Yay! Losinitin07 is still in! :hug: I am sorry that you had such stressful things happen. Are your grandmother and DH doing better now?

I love you guys. Thanks for all the kind words of support. Things are looking better, my DH and I are going to counseling on Friday and we, uh, let's say, "connected" last night ;) So we aren't actively angry at one another at this time. :D It's a start.

Michie, I will call you, Girl! Next week we will meet up and work out for sure!!! I am so glad you quit your job, since I know that is what you wanted.

Signups are open for the next challenge everyone!

Make sure if you are a returning member and want to request a team, you check out that thread too!

:beach:

i'm up .8lbs this week... i think it's water weight :(

:carrot:

LOL SB! Glad to hear things are going better today! Oh... if you happen to catch the news today my future former job was on it! I get to my school at 6am and there are 2 news trucks reporting on a missing person. Her son goes to the school and she was last seen when she dropped him off on Monday! Scary!

Any word yet Julz? What was that cleanse that you mentioned not long ago? I really want to do one, but I don't want to just walk out of Trader Joe's with something that is going to kill me or something. Again, good luck with everything.. :hug:

I don't think I'm going to do the challenge again because it would be almost IMPOSSIBLE for me to be able to WI during the summer. But maybe I can do the next one... I want to be on this team for sure! You girls are all awesome! Have a great day and be good!

(Thanks for that kick in my butt Dream!)

Thanks for the kudos everybody!!

Bojooki: I'm working on a letter to WW. I want it to be calm . . . I'm still not feeling "calm" with them at this moment. lol. Thanks for your comments. I'm glad to know others feel the same way.

Michie - You GO GIRL!! I quit my job last March. It's the best thing I ever did. It was scary but WORTH IT!! It was the first step in my Happiness Journey!

Julz - Sweetie . . . Black Team won week #2 as well! ;)

SB - I'm glad to hear you are feeling better. Best of luck with your counseling session.

sxulcmnky - That water weight will be gone in no time. :) Especially if you pop a Midol!! lol.

Hope4me: Please read fair warning below and JOIN ME!!!

With regard to the next challenge: I've been nervous to bring this up. The Black Team is all I know so, of course, I'll stay BLACK. BUT . . . what about the peeps that had previously been on another team and then were black for this challenge. Which team will you guys pick?? Will you stay black or will you go back to being blue or red??

FAIR WARNING: I am issuing fair warning to all of you that I'm going to kick some serious weight loss booty this last two weeks. I'm busting through this plateau in a BIG way and working my tushie off. Who will join me???

Oh, I've got week 2's banner in my siggy. It's a little smaller than the other ones though...but it's there - and if anyone wants to copy and use it, feel free to! It's the one that Chellez made for us.

AND YES I WANT TO BUST MY STUPID FREAKIN PLATEAU!!!!!! Though, we took pictures today and I can CERTAINLY see a difference from when we started this challenge... I'll post them here later.

Soul - I am SOOOOOOOO happy you're staying and coming back around next challenge too!!!!!! :hug::hug::hug: AND, make up sex after a fight has got to be some of the best there is! ;)

And, as for me... I'm about 8 days late on my period, but still a negativo on the test... I talked to my trainer about it this morning and she said that we really have been working out a lot harder this past month than we have when we first started. So...... she said it's not uncommon for a delayed period to happen in such circumstances. I'll probably still go to a doctor to get checked out to rule out that anything else is going on...... but for now... no baby - which is all good with me.... I want to lose a little more weight before we put a bun in the oven.

The cleanse is a total body cleanse. It's basically all herbal. I take 2 pills in the morning and 2 pills at night. I got a "first cleanse" since I've never done a cleanse before - it's supposed to be a little more gentle on me. But it will clean out my liver, lymphatic system, kidneys, lungs, skin, blood and bowel (aka colon). *Edited - See comments below* (if you don't want to see other peoples poo, then don't look at it.... but it's what I picture death inside your body to look like) WHEW! I can't imagine having that backed up in me. However my husband is on the tail end of his cleanse and didn't ever have pooh that looked like that... but he did have a LOT of long, s-shaped, nasty looking poos. AND, now that I know I'm not preggers, I can actually start the cleanse (which, I took my first pills for it this morning).

Bojooki - great to see you posting!!!! Welcome!

michie - thanks for the kind words! AND, Congrats on quitting your job. It feels great, doesn't it? Like a weight has been lifted! I'm sad to see you go after this challenge, but DEFINTELY keep in touch with the Black team. AND, be sure to join in the challenge after that if you can!

Diva - I think we are all so very attached to you here (I'm attached to all you girls!) and I saw on the sign-up thread that you requested Black team!! :carrot::carrot::hug: Although I know that you're completely and totally welcome on either the Black or Red teams.