Diva what's your link for myspace....I wanna be your friend:)

Andi- Congrats on the 5k....that was fantastic time! Your son did awesome also, I think it's so cool that he is even interested in doing something like that...my oldest would laugh if I suggested it:)LOL! He much rather push around on his skateboard!

Pintobean- I hope they bring it back...I really really loved that show. I had me a hottie and my husband loved Sophie:)

Mandey- WTG with all the exercise...keep up the great work~

Joyce- Glad the little man keeps getting better. When they're clingy it's so hard to get anything done!

Good morning ladies~ Yesterday Kev bought me a new bike. Mine was a death trap waiting to happen. You should of seen me testing it out in Wal-Mart...I almost ran into the shelves. Kev was cracking up at me. What can I say I'm a little wobbly at first;) We took the bikes out for a little ride last night, but seemings how we didn't go until 9:30 and it was freezing we only rode for about 20 min. I also bought a Biggest Loser workout DVD...it's the second one I believe with Kim and Bob. I watched a little of it yesterday(I like to preview them before I do the workout), and it seemed like it had some stuff on there that would help. Kim had a segment of legs, hips, and glutes that seemed really cool. That is my area of need, so I'm gonna try that today plus some upper body with Bob. Not sure what SIL and I are doing today...outside walk or gym, but it will be one of those. Tonights dinner will be chicken tacos. Okay I'm off to get this day going:) Have a fantastic Monday ladies~

I tried the blog thing here, I must be an idiot cause I still get confused with it, so I just gave up. I have a journal I write in daily, plus my food log. I never thought about it on myspace, but I dont' go there much anymore..

;) Thought for the day:

Really be there for another

"Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. You can see that when you think how the friends that really listen to us are the ones we move toward, and we want to sit in their radius as though it did us good, like ultraviolet rays."

-- Brenda Ueland

How well do we communicate with others? Often, when we are interacting with others, our attention in both speaking and listening is focused on meeting our own needs.

Our communication skills improve when we can open to be aware of the needs of the other person. When we listen, we can release the filters that serve our own needs for security and receive the message with our compassionate heart. And when we speak, we can choose words that the listener is able to receive. True communication happens when we harmonize with the other individual.

"So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it."

-- Jiddu Krishnamurti

"The first duty of love is to listen."

-- Paul Tillich

I'm not sure where we're supposed to post our daily food plan, so I'm posting here as well as in the fun money thread.

Here's my plan for Monday: (I'm a vegetarian, hence the fake meat and tofu :))

B: 1 cup oatmeal, 2 Tbsp brown sugar
S: 1 orange
L: 1 cup brown rice, Tofu 2Go, 1/2 cup raw broccoli, soy sauce
S: 2 rye crisp crackers
D: 1 cup whole wheat spaghetti, tomato sauce with fake ground beef, salad with spinach, cherry tomatoes, baby carrots, salad dressing TBD
S: 1/2 cup rainbow sherbet

I weighed in at 228.5 this morning. Not quite what I had hoped for but I'm happy with in anyways. I still haven't hit my 40 lbs lost mark yet so I'm just going to have to work harder. Still, a 3.5 lb loss is totally good in my book.

I hadn't thought about that. I'll go give the challenge another look and see what I can figure out.

Good Morning lovelies!! well I've read through posts but need to hold off on personals because my list of phone calls that need to be made today is growing much much too long! Just had to get my menu posted for today:

Breakfast: watermelon and oatmeal
snack: iced mocha w/ skim milk
Lunch: leftover BBQ chicken and salad
Dinner: steak, potato w/ salsa, pineapple
snacks: smartpop, apple (if needed)

have a wonderful day everyone!! Dont forget to post up your weights, deadline is tonight at 11:59pm EST!

3.5 lbs gone is FANTASTIC!!!! Way to go Joyce!!!

I pm'ed ya the myspace Link. :) What color is your bike? I got mine from Walmart too last year, can ya guess the color? hehe ;) I'll have to get a pic of it.


I use the 3FC one for Diet and weightloss related troubles and successes. I just now started to use the myspace one. I may keep that as a private Diary unless I have something I wanna share with my friends. I am also keeping a hand written journal to go along with Bob's book and any other Diet/Fitness related stuff. :)

Morning, Red Sisters!!

I took a look at the challenge for this week--I don't think it will work since I am doing a different kind of plan.

So instead, I am keeping track of my days totally OP*, and see how many days in a row I can do it.

*OP = consuming foods that are on plan, drinking a minimum of 64 oz of water and moving my body for 30 minutes.

BTW, feel free to visit my MySpace (www.myspace.com/jen41565). If you want me to add you, just identify yourself as a 3FC'er!

Will be back later!!

I exercised for an hour this morning. I've been doing really well with my exercise lately.

Supposedly I'm up 4 lbs this week. I'm frustrated because I know that can't be right. But I weighed myself Sat, Sun, and this morning to double check. I haven't been eating perfect, but I haven't been pigging out either.

I'm considering doing Nutrisystem because my mom and sister just signed up for it. Has anyone here used it?