hey guys...just got back from my camping holiday....will fill you in on it a little later,,,sorry i couldnt post while i was gone!
Hope you are all having a great week and day....
talk to ya soon!
Karla
QOTD: What color do you think looks fantastic on you? Is there any color that you absolutely refuse to wear?
I love blues, but I'm told that I look fantastic in red. I don't really like greens, but the color I pretty much will never wear is the bright, hot pink. I like many shades of pink, just not that one on me.
I'm doing well. I'm really putting a lot of effort in at the gym and am hoping to really see some good results this week. I met with a personal trainer at the gym. The gym does this for the first month of your membership. I wasn't really crazy about her. She was more into lecturing me on not dieting, just eating healthy and telling me how much I need her and can't do this on my own. Sorry, I just don't buy into that. I have lost 45 lbs on my own so far. I'm sure she has a lot to teach and I could learn a lot from her, however, I can't get past how she continued to tell me I know nothing and need her to tell me what to do. I'm sorry, just because I have trouble always putting what I know into action, doesn't mean I don't know it. She seriously was trying to hard sell me and pressure me into signing with her. She just left such a bad taste in my mouth and, even if I were to get a trainer, it wouldn't be her. Sorry to go on and on, but she seriously upset me.
I tend to wear pastels and earth tones. I look good in green which is real nice since I really don't like green lol. I can't wear yellow, makes me look all washed out.
Just wanted to stop in and say hello. Been so busy around here with company. Takes a lot to keep a house clean with 9 people in it and takes a whole lot of cooking to feed everyone lol. Have our week at the camp grounds coming up and a few little things we want to do with everyone while they are here. Hope everyone is doing well.
QOTD: What color do you think looks fantastic on you? Is there any color that you absolutely refuse to wear?
I love blues, but I'm told that I look fantastic in red. I don't really like greens, but the color I pretty much will never wear is the bright, hot pink. I like many shades of pink, just not that one on me.
I'm doing well. I'm really putting a lot of effort in at the gym and am hoping to really see some good results this week. I met with a personal trainer at the gym. The gym does this for the first month of your membership. I wasn't really crazy about her. She was more into lecturing me on not dieting, just eating healthy and telling me how much I need her and can't do this on my own. Sorry, I just don't buy into that. I have lost 45 lbs on my own so far. I'm sure she has a lot to teach and I could learn a lot from her, however, I can't get past how she continued to tell me I know nothing and need her to tell me what to do. I'm sorry, just because I have trouble always putting what I know into action, doesn't mean I don't know it. She seriously was trying to hard sell me and pressure me into signing with her. She just left such a bad taste in my mouth and, even if I were to get a trainer, it wouldn't be her. Sorry to go on and on, but she seriously upset me.
I hope you are all doing well.
That would irritate the chit out of me and I'd tell her I wasn't going to sign with her and why, and then I'd give her tips on better "selling" herself. Seriously. You don't talk down to and condescend the very people you are hoping witll sign with you. You don't treat people like idiots. Tell her exactly what you just told us. I would....
Karen...how are you feeling today? I hope all is well, hopefully we can get a chance to chat in the next few days! I been thinkin about you!
So I'm out of coffee this morning which means a starbucks run and that cuts my time! Singing the same song again arent I? I REALLY need to start working out so I can find some energy! I cannot stand this feeling so tired all the time. We are going to go get signed up for the Y though, hopefully that'll help! Just stinks its clear on the other side of town!
Joy, I'm sorry your training session didn't go as you'd have liked. That really is too bad that this person doesn't have some tact and the capability to use words correctly without leaving her possible future clients with a bad taste in their mouths! I have just recently gone thru "the sell" myself at my gym and I have to say, for the most part it was very pleasant. My trainer at least was the good one, he was very understanding at the fact that it is spendy and we've got kids, not to mention DH is also wanting training as well...... so we left it on the table for a bit and then we'll revisit when *I* decide what the game plan will be. If I were you, I'd request a sit down with someone else just to see what their plan is for you, etc...it might be something that you really would enjoy, and just make sure you don't get that one idiot for your trainer! lol
Rennie, glad the company is behaving! Have fun camping!
Melissa, addiction to Starbucks is a scary thing! LOL I totally know that feeling tho, I was up to 2 or 3 a day before I quit my job right around the corner from one! You know this is where I'm gonna tell ya how great you will feel if you get some exercise in, right? Even if it's done in the evenings you will find that energy you need each day, not to mention you'll sleep like a baby each night!
Karen, hope you're doing ok, I can totally relate to what you are feeling sweetie! Stay strong and remember we're here for you!
Alrighty, well it's time to head to the gym! DH has a training session & I get to implement my new rotation and sweat my arse off!! Woo Hoo!!
hey all, sorry that my participation has dropped. i have started working a new job and it has wrecked havoc with my schedule. i hope everyone is doing well. i am doing just fine. i seem to be stuck around 150 and would love to break 150 by the end of our challenge. i don't know if i need to refocus or what. i don't think i am going to quite meet my original goal, but i am 10 pounds less than when i started, so i am happy with that.
p.s. i just love black. i probably look best in warm red, oranges, browns and greens... i used to wear only black..but i have slowly been incorporating other colors.
Hello all - Every once in a while I go through a high anxiety period, and I think I'm in one. I can't figure out what's causing it. I usually can't. My day job is busy and my night job is stressing me out with new workload being pile on (and since I wish I didn't have to work there at all, it makes it worse). I just feel anxious all of the time, but when I sit to try to figure out why, there isn't any concrete reason. I hope it ends soon.
I'm sorry you're feeling that way. I've been there before - but it's hard to figure out what causes it and if you don't know what causes it, how can you fix it! Hopefully you feel better soon!
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Hope everyone is having a great day! I'm off to clean out the shed and clean the little "presents" the dog left me in the yard.
I love those little "presents". But with two 50lb dogs, they're not so little! I have my own personal pooper scooper that I bought at PetSmart because I got tired of the plastic bag routine!
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[/COLOR][/COLOR][/B]I'm doing well. I'm really putting a lot of effort in at the gym and am hoping to really see some good results this week. I met with a personal trainer at the gym. The gym does this for the first month of your membership. I wasn't really crazy about her. She was more into lecturing me on not dieting, just eating healthy and telling me how much I need her and can't do this on my own. Sorry, I just don't buy into that. I have lost 45 lbs on my own so far. I'm sure she has a lot to teach and I could learn a lot from her, however, I can't get past how she continued to tell me I know nothing and need her to tell me what to do. I'm sorry, just because I have trouble always putting what I know into action, doesn't mean I don't know it. She seriously was trying to hard sell me and pressure me into signing with her. She just left such a bad taste in my mouth and, even if I were to get a trainer, it wouldn't be her. Sorry to go on and on, but she seriously upset me.
I hope you are all doing well.
That would seriously put me in a foul, foul mood and would discourage me from ever wanting a trainer. I've had a trainer and while she wasn't the greatest like Danielle's seems to be - she wasn't irritating. Hard sell = major turn off for me.
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Just wanted to stop in and say hello. Been so busy around here with company. Takes a lot to keep a house clean with 9 people in it and takes a whole lot of cooking to feed everyone lol. Have our week at the camp grounds coming up and a few little things we want to do with everyone while they are here. Hope everyone is doing well.
Wow....9 people is a lot. I can barely take care of me, three cats, two dogs and a husband. Though, I'm convinced, at times, that the husband makes that majority of the mess!
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That would irritate the chit out of me and I'd tell her I wasn't going to sign with her and why, and then I'd give her tips on better "selling" herself. Seriously. You don't talk down to and condescend the very people you are hoping witll sign with you. You don't treat people like idiots. Tell her exactly what you just told us. I would....
Here, here! I agree!
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So I'm out of coffee this morning which means a starbucks run and that cuts my time! Singing the same song again arent I? I REALLY need to start working out so I can find some energy! I cannot stand this feeling so tired all the time. We are going to go get signed up for the Y though, hopefully that'll help! Just stinks its clear on the other side of town!
Have a wonderful day red team!!
Maybe you could bike to Starbucks? Then you get exercise AND coffee!
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Good Morning Ladies!!
Joy, I'm sorry your training session didn't go as you'd have liked. That really is too bad that this person doesn't have some tact and the capability to use words correctly without leaving her possible future clients with a bad taste in their mouths! I have just recently gone thru "the sell" myself at my gym and I have to say, for the most part it was very pleasant. My trainer at least was the good one, he was very understanding at the fact that it is spendy and we've got kids, not to mention DH is also wanting training as well...... so we left it on the table for a bit and then we'll revisit when *I* decide what the game plan will be. If I were you, I'd request a sit down with someone else just to see what their plan is for you, etc...it might be something that you really would enjoy, and just make sure you don't get that one idiot for your trainer! lol Alrighty, well it's time to head to the gym! DH has a training session & I get to implement my new rotation and sweat my arse off!! Woo Hoo!!
Make today a great day girls!!!!
I'm glad you're enjoying your gym time. Sometimes I'm jealous of your trainer - I think if I can scrape the money together I might try having one again. The one had before is gone and she wasn't that great. She was good - but not really motivating, you know? I feel like I wasted that time and money in some ways too, because I was JUST exercising and not watching my diet then. Which didn't really do much good!
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hey all, sorry that my participation has dropped. i have started working a new job and it has wrecked havoc with my schedule. i hope everyone is doing well. i am doing just fine. i seem to be stuck around 150 and would love to break 150 by the end of our challenge. i don't know if i need to refocus or what. i don't think i am going to quite meet my original goal, but i am 10 pounds less than when i started, so i am happy with that.
how is everyone else doing?
I think 10lbs less than when you started is pretty good! Hopefully you can break this little plateau - it's really exciting when can get below a certain barrier!
I am pretty excited this morning - I finally broke the 40 pounds lost barrier! I have gone from 192.8 to 152.2 since January 31st! I've been bouncing up and down between 37 and 39 pounds lost for nearly a month and this morning I woke up, went for my C25K and then weighed myself when I got home and BAM! There was 152.2! I'm still all kinds of excited about it!
So is anyone else a little apprehensive about the end of this round? I know it's a lot of work to keep up with for the leaders and they need the break for all their hard work (thanks Michelle, Julie and of course our fearless leader Melissa!!). However it has really helped keep me on track and I'm a little concerned about the month or so off! The 5lb challenges help somewhat but it's the constant weekly weigh-in and not wanting to show a higher number or the same number that keeps me focused.
How are you all planning on staying on track without the weekly accountability?
That's awesome Kelly! I could feel your excitement from here! I am so happy for you! keep it up! I'm jealous of Danielle's Trainer too, lol!
Karen, sorry you are feeling icky. I feel your pain. I am officially in a life funk. Diet & exercise is fine, for once, but I have decided that I truly HATE my life and I gotta do something about it. I've cried all morning, listened to my anger music, and now my eyes are burning and I just don't feel like being messed with. I am in the depressed mode where even food can't "fix" me right now. *sigh*
Heather, I am not apprehensive at all by the end coming this time. Usually I am totally sweating it, but this time...not so much.... It's nothing against Mel or any of the leaders or peeps who are left, I just am not "feeling" it, and I need a break.
OK, chickies - we have way too many people down right now. Regardless of the "whys" even if they are mightily justified - we need to climb back UP. We are WORTH the effort it takes to eat right and exercise. We NEED to eat right and exercise. We NEED to take the time for ourselves, and we NEED to spend that time wisely.
We only have one life, and we really NEED to make the most of it. C'mon - we can do this. Life will not get us down, we will fight whatever battles we are facing right now with everything we have. We can finish strong.
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I really am keeping our team in prayer this week. So many are struggling and I truly hope that you reach down inside yourself and pull out whatever you need to stay OP. You are worth it!!!!
I'm glad you're enjoying your gym time. Sometimes I'm jealous of your trainer - I think if I can scrape the money together I might try having one again. The one had before is gone and she wasn't that great. She was good - but not really motivating, you know? I feel like I wasted that time and money in some ways too, because I was JUST exercising and not watching my diet then. Which didn't really do much good!
I am pretty excited this morning - I finally broke the 40 pounds lost barrier! I have gone from 192.8 to 152.2 since January 31st! I've been bouncing up and down between 37 and 39 pounds lost for nearly a month and this morning I woke up, went for my C25K and then weighed myself when I got home and BAM! There was 152.2! I'm still all kinds of excited about it!
Kelly, I absolutely love the trainer I have/had. I say had because I really don't think I will be able to afford him. There is a VERY good reason why he's good! He costs upwards of $100.00 an hour. To me, if it were up to me, I would spend every penny I had to have him one-on-one every session. He's THAT good. Alas, being a mom of 3 and only working part-time I have to get a trainer that is less spendy! Nate has referred me to another who isn't quite so much, and someone who's trained under him so I feel confident that I will get the same kind of workout. The best thing about my gym however is that every 30 days I get an assessment (measured,weighed & bodyfat%) plus a free workout w/ any trainer I want. You can bet that I will be using Nate for those sessions just to touch base to doubly make sure I am on the right path. I could not be happier with the choice in gyms that I've made, every time I'm there I am so thankful that I started there!
MAJOR contrat's to you on your important milestone! That is fantastic news!!!!
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Hey girls just popping in to say hola!
So is anyone else a little apprehensive about the end of this round? I know it's a lot of work to keep up with for the leaders and they need the break for all their hard work (thanks Michelle, Julie and of course our fearless leader Melissa!!). However it has really helped keep me on track and I'm a little concerned about the month or so off! The 5lb challenges help somewhat but it's the constant weekly weigh-in and not wanting to show a higher number or the same number that keeps me focused.
How are you all planning on staying on track without the weekly accountability?
Heather, to be honest, this is really the first time since I've been in a challenge (this is my 3rd) that I've actually been this active and not given up completely. I am just super excited and really motivated this round! I am a teensy bit apprehensive but knowing that I've got you guys on plurk to help me along is helping ease my thoughts. Also, I am really in a total zone with the gym and when I'm exercising I am totally focused on the food aspect. I cannot wait til the new season of TBL starts tho, something about that motivation when its on really ramps things up alot!
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That's awesome Kelly! I could feel your excitement from here! I am so happy for you! keep it up! I'm jealous of Danielle's Trainer too, lol!
Karen, sorry you are feeling icky. I feel your pain. I am officially in a life funk. Diet & exercise is fine, for once, but I have decided that I truly HATE my life and I gotta do something about it. I've cried all morning, listened to my anger music, and now my eyes are burning and I just don't feel like being messed with. I am in the depressed mode where even food can't "fix" me right now. *sigh*
Heather, I am not apprehensive at all by the end coming this time. Usually I am totally sweating it, but this time...not so much.... It's nothing against Mel or any of the leaders or peeps who are left, I just am not "feeling" it, and I need a break.
I think you've got a good base down as far as the love for the gym and eating right and that's why you're not feeling so antsy about the challenge wrapping up. You've had a lot of ups and downs this challenge with personal changes happening and I think that this is finally you're time. You're alot stronger mentally IMO and that will take you a long long way!
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OK, chickies - we have way too many people down right now. Regardless of the "whys" even if they are mightily justified - we need to climb back UP. We are WORTH the effort it takes to eat right and exercise. We NEED to eat right and exercise. We NEED to take the time for ourselves, and we NEED to spend that time wisely.
We only have one life, and we really NEED to make the most of it. C'mon - we can do this. Life will not get us down, we will fight whatever battles we are facing right now with everything we have. We can finish strong.
Ok - off my
I really am keeping our team in prayer this week. So many are struggling and I truly hope that you reach down inside yourself and pull out whatever you need to stay OP. You are worth it!!!!
It's funny that you mention needing to eat right & exercise, because this is always part of my mantra that I say to myself every single day. I tell myself that I DESERVE to eat right, that I DESERVE the time it takes to workout hard and I DESERVE the feelings that those things give me every day. I also love your avitar, enjoying the journey is something that I can say without a hint of doubt, what I am doing FINALLY after so much struggling, so much yo'yo'ing. It may take me a bit longer than some but I am so content I could just run around and hug every single person here with the excitement and joy I feel at feeling truly at peace with myself! Thanks for the reminder!
I think you've got a good base down as far as the love for the gym and eating right and that's why you're not feeling so antsy about the challenge wrapping up. You've had a lot of ups and downs this challenge with personal changes happening and I think that this is finally you're time. You're alot stronger mentally IMO and that will take you a long long way!
Thank you so much. You just don't know how much I needed to see/hear that and be reminded that I AM strong! I think that's the lift I needed today. Thank you!
You know this is where I'm gonna tell ya how great you will feel if you get some exercise in, right? 
Even if it's done in the evenings you will find that energy you need each day, not to mention you'll sleep like a baby each night!
!!!!!