Necessities in my house:

- Water - the big huge jugs you put in the fridge so I don't pollute using all those water bottles lol. I am sure there is a better way but this works best for me now.

- Fruit bars (frozen) - sometimes sugar free sometimes not - I have to have dessert some nights

- chicken, turkey, and lean ground beef
- onions, garlic, peppers, lettuce, tomatoes for sides, salads etc
- rice - all varities but i can't eat brown it makes me gag lol
- eggs
- low fat cheese
- lean cuisines for lazy days
- kashi heart to heart cereal, the love of my life in the AM or kashi pumpkin spice bars yummm
- coke - i am now focusing on not having one every day, hoping to wean myself to 1 a week by the end of the challenge

I love the snappy bracelet idea!!

I did awesome today. Food completely OP
Ran for 30 minutes b4 work because I needed to get it in b4 it started raining, also did 12 minutes on the elliptical and 85 upper and 85 lower crunches. And I drank 4L of water while I was at work. I need to get back to my 150 I weighed in at and post a loss for the week and I will!!

My must haves - low carb too
Dannon lite and fit
Schwann's Sugar Free fudge bars, awesome
Salad stuff
water, although we have an awesome drilled well so we keep a gallon in the fridge icy cold and just take bottles when we are headed out
Crystal Light
Eggs
Protein, fish, chicken, whatever
Horseradish
Cheese- love the horseradish cheese from Cabot and goat cheese
All sorts of veggies, red peppers, green peppers, leeks, beans, asparagus, sugar snap peas, whatever looks yummy.
Pesto (have artichoke pesto now)

to whom ever, thanks as I have it on my 'puter as background. I had to get rid of my lovely koala's but I think they'll understand.

yea i was watching fit tv today... i have set to dvr to record a few workouts for me...and will try a few of the exercise on demand workouts tomorrow.....also dvr'ed a bellydancing workout (Shimmy). i wanna try it. LOL
i love DVR!! LOL

Wow you ladies are busy!!! Will have to try better tomorrow to keep up. I love the idea of wearing red, or the bracelet idea. I will have to look for one for myself. I really like the idea of one that I can snap when I need a good kickin. lol Well off to get my test done. Have a few more things for homework to do tonight. Talk to you all tomorrow!!

Just an fyi...here in Canada Mt. Dew *is* caffeine free! I guess they consider it a kid's soda since it's lemon/limey.

hey everyone! im not OP today. ive been trying really hard but i truly let my emotional eating get the best of me today. my mom has been sick for over 7 weeks and its taking its toll on me right now. i live about 4 hrs away and would like to be there but cant due to job and monetary conflicts. tonight i found out my dad has been diagnosed with diabetes as well. its all just too much right now. its funny how the first thing that i let go is something that will benefit me. i dont want to have the heart disease, and diabetes that my dad has, i already have the high cholesterol that both my parents have. i NEED to lose this weight. i want to start fresh tomorrow and not screw up.

does anyone have any tips to help me get moving. i love working out but it seems once the day gets going i fail to exercise. i know i need to. and im not a morning person but if theres a way to ease into waking up early ill try it. any tips, ideas?

you just have to WANT to bjeweled. When you really have that *desire* you'll find time for it. Light a fire somehow, give yourself a good reason to get up and exercise. If you're not a morning person, there isn't a way to become one other than just doing it and maybe being a little grouchy during it lol.

You have to find something that is fun for you! Only you can know what you like to do. I found hula hooping...who knew! LOL! Sometimes you just have to keep trying things out till you find a fit! But find something that is going to be fun, something you can enjoy doing, that way you'll keep doing it!

Well, now dont hurt yourself!! LOL!

Just so everyone knows normally on the Red team we do a Question of the Day (QOTD) but I've decided to hold off on doing that this first week because I feel like we should use this week as a get to know you week. Its busy enough around here as it is without throwing in journaling questions right?

I'm also thinking we should do a new thread on Sundays, just to keep things under control somewhat. I dont want anyone feeling like its overwhelming and then not posting with us because of it.

We are still looking for the answer to our Red Team bracelet search. Is everyone going to just go make/buy one themselves? Would you like me to make a couple? Or should we continue to search? Lets try to decide by the end of the week so we can get rolling on our special reminder!

Hi everyone. Holy cow, this thread gets long faaast. I caught up tonight though!

My must haves:

• hardboiled eggs
• laughing cow cheese
• delightful multigrain bread
• la tortilla factory small tortillas
• costco brand weight loss shakes- I'm not much of a breakfast person, and these make it easy
• sugar free strawberry preserves
• lean ground beef
• stew meat- I trim off all the fat and cook it up to make some carne asada burritos
• low fat cheddar/colby/whatever
• fiber one bars
• carrots or yams- I make a souffle with splenda, egg white, and pumpkin pie spice....soooo good.
• DIET PEPSI- I don't think I could live without it...

I think those are all my must haves. Other things are definitely in the rotation, but those are the staples.

Today was definitely not a good day for the plan. No exercise and I ate badly. No excuse, of course, just a rough day and I let the emotions get to me. Of course it doesn't help that I decorate cakes and there are always extras

Tomorrow I want to get back to the lowish carb thing from Jillian's book. I definitely need to hit the grocery store though before lunch. The fridge is majorly empty.