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.

Originally Posted by ggmugsy:
Then . . . I kind of felt like WW was giving me too many Activity Points for the exercise I was doing. That's why I bought the Polar F4 HRM to tell me how many calories I'm burning.


I believe WW could do a LOT more to try to help people get to their goal weight. These two issues I've had really make me think they are wanting people to take a long time to lose weight so they can keep charging monthly fees.

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.

Originally Posted by :
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.

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 :(

Originally Posted by SoulBliss:

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.

: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???

Originally Posted by ggmugsy:
Julz - Sweetie . . . Black Team won week #2 as well! ;)

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.