Wow! I'm gone for a few days and look! You guys started this thread and filled 3 pages! LOL!! Yay, tho! Because I love all the excited posts here. Glad everyone is thrilled we have finally started now! I am too! :cb:

Hmm, intro... I'm Selina, I have 3 kids, I'm married to a busy guy so I have my kids mostly here with just me (unless its sports season spring and fall where he coaches each of them for their teams so the baby and I stay home during practices to catch up work), it is going to be summer and I'm determined to stay gone, to parks, etc. and stay active with them all summer, we have a business I do the paperwk for so I stay pretty swamped. :faint:

Started the business last season and was so busy had to drop out but stopped to say hi sometime. I missed everyone. :( Did a TBL here before that, not sure which one, and came in 2nd or 3rd out of our blue team members so felt good about that. :broc:

Glad this is starting and I'm going to try very hard to stay in and also do the next one in the fall when the show is going on because I have a lot to lose. Trying to keep myself as at least ONE of the priorities around here. Difficult to see ppl who were on those old challenges with me here on the site AT THEIR GOAL WEIGHT!!! But very inspirational too. They did it. They did these challenges, got to goal and are there now!!! We can do that too!!! It is hard to find time for me, but I'm gonna dang sure try to. Yay me!!! :goodscale:

Good luck to all of you Blue Bombshells!!! We are gonna kick butt on this challenge!!! :kickbutt:

My goal is to stay in til the end, and Lose at least 33 lbs (I know it sounds like alot but I weighed around the same in that one challenge and lost that much so probably will do ok.)-end the challenge at 197, which brings me to 80 lbs lost since my highest weight of 277. If I'm not there, then at the very least I want to see 207 or less. That gives me a 10 lb range. :goodscale:

Mini goals for challenge are drink more water, move more every day, add in weights to build muscles and keep my food whole and healthy and average 1200 cals a day, sometimes more if I'm really hungry that day. Some days I don't even want 1200. Just hafta see. (I know it's low, but my body doesn't lose if I stay higher. I can go higher but can't be every day.) Once you've lost alot you will also know what to expect your body to do on certain foods, calories, what amount of water you need, when to weigh, what salt will do to you, etc. It's interesting to learn about yourself. It's a study of YOU. :book2:

My doc recently has me on low thyroid meds. I didn't even ask her to check that. Just wanted to be sure I'm not pre-diabetic last time I was there, she did some tests and found it low. So she is testing this dosage to see if it helps. Have to go back soon to see if she needs to up it. Hope it doesn't affect me in a bad way while trying to lose. Don't really expect it to help much bc its a low low dose now. We'll see. :shrug:

Hugs to each of you newbies and to all returning teammates!!! So good to see you all. :dance:

Be back later today I'm sure, Selina :hug:

Hey there everyone! I hope everyone is having a great day!

Here's a funny story:
It was raining on Monday night when I wanted to go out walking, so I thought I would jump on my cheap-O treadmill (I got this for about $200 at Target about 9 years ago) and do a half hour while listening to my ipod.... I went about 15 minutes and BAM! I heard something that sounded like a big bang and some smoke came out of it and it died! :o

I rarely use the stupid thing because it's been in storage for a couple of years and after about 15 minutes everytime, I would smell a burning smell and would quit. LOL So I've just been walking/jogging outside instead.

Guess I'll be making a trip to the dump soon!

~Suzie...who wishes she could afford to buy a new one! I guess I'll just have to resort to doing it the old fashioned way! :D

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Hi everyone!
How's everyone doing so far?
I know it's just started, but I'm curious.
I have to study for my Psychology final which is next week, and my History, Lit, and Algebra finals which are the week after next, so I'm kinda busy. Plus I'm getting depressed that most of my friends are graduating next week, so I have to take extra caution on overeating.
BUT! I have discovered that my treadmill has a nice bookstand that I can use to read my notes and stuff while walking, so I'm still getting a good workout in. All the stress about my finals and such keeps my mind off the fact that I walked 4.2 miles, so I guess that's good. :D

I had to get on the treadmill today due to the stupid rain. I am way to wimpy to run in 50* rain. Bah. At least it is finally over and done with for today. I'll probably end up on there for the next week or so as we are expected to have rain 6/7 days.

Food is perfectly on plan for today. :)

DH is still out of work after being laid off last week. The kids are driving me absolutely nuts being cooped up in the house. I think I'm gonna go sneak the stretchy bands into the bathroom and do a little something while everyone thinks I am getting ready to shower.

What are you doing to stay on plan today???

Today is going good. I have eaten totally on plan but I have been having indigestion for about 4 days now. I took some pepcid when I got home from work but my chest is burning. I have been drinking some cran-tangerine juice ( I do 16 oz of water and 4 oz of juice about 3 times a day). I think that might be the culprit. I don't know if I will be eating anymore today, hopefully this pill will work quickly.

What are you doing to stay on plan today??? Writing down what I eat and working out tonite at 6.

Hiya!
Quick flyby since I have to get out of here and do some shopping..we are out of veggies :(

Dix: WTG on the weight!, too bad about your dryer though
melwolf: Congrats on the 2 lbs! Keep it up :D
Selina: Isn't it good to see all this activity on the thread? I love it!
zinke: You did your workout and that's what counts. Yay!
Suzie: Sorry to hear about your threadmill.
SillyGirl: Good luck with your exams. Remember you can always come here for some support when you are feeling stress and want to overeat ;)
Mary: Sorry that you are not feeling so well, take care chickie! Your weight and mine are so close and have been since the end of last challenge, so let's make it into the 160's together!

What are you doing to stay on plan today??
I am keeping active. Already finished my workout and now I am going for a walk. Drinking lots of water to distract my mouth and hands. And not buying anything that's not on my plan.

I just got the new EA Active game and I love it! I think I will make it my main form of exercise for the next 30 days.

What are you doing to stay on plan today?? i'm walking even if i don't want to, i've informed my bf he is to make me walk with him every night wether i want to or not.

This is what I've been doing for about 10 days now. My family was all into it at first...then they started slacking off....
Went by myself last night and had a good time groovin' to my ipod for about 40 minutes. :D

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Hi everyone!

I'm excited for another challenge! I've been avoiding the scale lately, which means I haven't been doing to well. BUT everytime I step on it, I'm within a 2 lb range, just maintaining.

I'm an American living in South Korea, been here 9+ months and I'll be going home for a month in September before moving to Australia! I wanted to really wow my friends and family by losing weight while I was gone a year and so far I've just lost 20 lbs in 9 months. I really want to put pedal to metal and lose another 20--or more!

My goals for this challenge are to lose 23-26 lbs. Losing 23 lbs puts me at a healthy BMI, losing 26 puts me in the 120s, which was the lowest I've been able to maintain (from 1999-2002).

My other goals are to regularly workout. I just got My Fitness Coach for Wii and I like it. I want to follow their recommendations for exercise... so far they recommend 30 mins 5 days a week. I also want to FINALLY complete the 30 Day Shred this summer. I have tried and failed many times.. my best was 17 days. It was the thing that got me started on weight loss last fall and I want to see it through to the end.


What am I doing to stay on plan today? I'm doing My Fitness Coach and tracking on the Daily Plate.

Nice to meet everyone!

Ok, I'm having an OP day today!!! About to go post on exercise thread too. :)

Hope you all are doing well!!! :cb:

Have some work to finish so will be back tomorrow sometime. :comp:

Hugs, Selina :hug:

I ate more than my "allowance" but I worked out more to cover the difference so that I still have a 1000 calorie deficit for the day.

Gekster and I are fired up people. Challenge it up! Gek - am most successful with prep prepped stuff too. My fav is ground turkey taco meat. Throw it in salads, on a baked tater, in green leaf lettuce with a splash of avocado and pico de gallo. Its all easy to make in bulk and eat in bits!

You crack me up! Sneaking to the bathroom to exercise! I love it! For me to stay on plan I was in the same mindset as me4life..... (plus SoCal is blessed with fair weather even when its bad weather, so no reason for me there... dang it;))

I dreaded going tonight. But it turned out to be a great walk and talk. Something we dont get out of our environment to do much. Glad I am not the only one pushing the BF to push me!

Joyra... I think I have managed 3 days (and not even in a row) but would like to get through 30DS too. I need a couple weeks to get back in the groove, but if you wanna PM me when you are ready to go for it, I'll do it with ya! Keep each other accountable?

Suz..... save your money, go earn your frugal badge, and enjoy the old fashioned way!

K ladies... off to shower, watch a little tube and gear up for a good nights sleep. Be good! Weigh In is only days away!

Hi Everyone-should be sleeping, but just wanted to say Hi, and hope all is well.

QOTD-did not stay OP today, but tomorrow is a brand new day.

:woohoo:

Starting things off on the right foot - I have been OP for weeks, but today was the first POP day in ages. I hit my points, didn't use any flex points, and hit the gym. Hooray!

I went to dinner last night and had a wonderful time with an old friend.

I had NO alcohol, NO bread and NO dessert!! Yay me.

I luv ground turkey too. I mix it with a couple tablespoons of horseradish and a half a handful of montreal steak seasoning. Patty it up, throw it on the grill and love it!!

To Stay OP, I plan it all out, when I am working out (5:30 although I already did my crunches) and what I am eating..trying to stay POP at least 80% of the time!

Feeling much better today. Stayed POP yesterday, calories came in at 1400 and I got my workout in. Was going to go to bed last night without filling in my calorie journal but I knew I made a promise to my team to do it so I got back out of bed and recorded everything. That is what I love about these challenges, I know you are all depending on me to do well.

Got up this morning and did a 30 min hiit on the treadmill plus I will walk tonite with my w/o buddy.

Glad to see everyone so fired up. I will catch up on personals on the weekend. I need to get to work early again today. We are having a Spring Fling on Saturday at school and I am in charge. So much left to do.

Have a great OP Thursday!!

I am excited about this challenge. I had a great day yesterday even though i didnt get to walk as much as i had planned. We had horrible rain storms move thru last night.
Time for breakfast and trying to figure out what will hit the spot and stay with me till lunch. I am about out of healthy snacks so i need to make sure my breakfast stays with me so i dont end up with a handful of something bad.
I spend an hour working in my garden last night. Squash and zuc are both blooming and I cant wait to eat the rewards!!
I run an inhome daycare...so I will have to think hard about the childcare badge. I had 4 kids age 4 and under yesterday. I normally just have 3 but kept my nephew for the day also. I am still tired today.LOL

Good morning Blue Teamies!!! :cheer3:

I just am saying hi and off to do some work. Will be back this evening I'm sure. Lots to do today, take the babies with me to post office, bank, son's awards at school and then back here to finish laundry, hopefully! :yay:

I'm stalled on weightloss. I think being too low for a day or two has made it stop. :sumo: I just couldn't eat more. Haven't felt too well for a few days. Ah well, I'm still down a few so can't really complain. At least it's the right direction. :shrug:

Having my coffee now :coffee: I love it. :dancer:

Ok! Have a great POP day!!! :dance:

Hugs, Selina :hug:

Good Morning Everyone!!

So far I have been pretty much OP. I haven't been able to workout though since I got a tattoo on my foot this past Saturday. I'm hoping by next week it will be healed enough to start my working out. Have a great day everyone!

OK, I'm a newbie so I need to know...what is:

OP
POP
hiit

...and any others I'll be confused about :)

:woohoo:

:cheer3: GO BLUE! We can do it! :cheer3:

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I want to lose 35lbs...that's about 2.5 lbs a week, that would get me pretty close to my goal weight, well, i guess a little over 1/2 way there....

OP - On Plan
POP - Perfectly On Plan
hiit - High Intensity Interval Training

others I use:

FBOW - Full Body Workout
LBWO - Lower Body Workout
UBWO - Upper Body Workout
BFL - Body For Life
NRL4W - New Rules of Lifting for Women
LC - Low Carb or Low Calorie (depends on forum/thread)
SF - Sugar Free
FF - Fat Free

Thanks dixied! :)

:woohoo:

:cheer3: GO BLUE! We can do it! :cheer3:

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Those hurt. I got two flowers right above my three small toes last fall. It was two weeks before I could think about putting on sneakers.

I'm having lunch right now and just noticed that it is not raining. I think I'm gonna try and brave the outdoors in a bit for my wog.

Good morning Blue! Thanks for the suggestions about meals that won't make the house into a sauna. This is my first real summer in northern california, used to live in San Diego, cherish it Nixmom, cherish it.. I didn't know real weather til I moved here! It has made my plans to go on daily walks difficult, but I am going to try tonight after it cool off a bit.

In the mean time that outside hasn't been too fun to go out to I've been doing the walking videos, only on the 1 mile as of now, but I might attempt the two mile tomorrow and see how it goes. I am also thinking I need to take a break from strength training for a bit because my back it becoming stiffer and more sore everyday lately. Maybe just stick to some yoga til it starts feeling better. I don't want to slack, but I also do not want to hurt myself!

mothermavis- Awesome contraint on going out! I can usually stay away from dessert and even alcohol, but I am usually roped in for at least one piece of that bread.

scarahjs- I've always been curious about foot tattoos, what did you get?

Everyone staying OP, great job, people who didn't, as InStitches said, today is a new today, make it count!

That's funny about the bread thing.
We went out on Friday night and I was really good getting the blackened red snapper and a side salad. No rice, nothing else. They put this cheddar cheese roll right on the plate with my snapper! MMmmmm...I made my husband take it off and eat it...I wouldn't even touch it. It was too funny...I was like... take that ... just take it...eat that...just take it! LOL

:woohoo:

:cheer3: GO BLUE! We can do it! :cheer3:

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Hey everyone!
Today was kinda slow and felt draggy. I still want to do a few laps around my neighborhood, but it looks like it's gonna rain. D:
I'll probably do yoga instead.

How's the rest of my team doing today?

exercise = FAIL
food could have been better but was not horrible

I hope it doesn't rain all weekend.

long day at work but my bf's son is already pushing me to the treadmill, he's like you are doing the biggest loser aren't you. you didn't run yesterday did you. lol....kids are so pushy

me4life - :lol: that is awesome! Kids really know how to make you stick to what you say!

Team - I'm working on our Badges, just be patient with me, work is interfering. :p

I'm in a lousy mood now because of some bad information our HR person gave me. During our last open enrollment for dental insurance I confirmed with her that orthodontists were covered. Now, the dental insurance says we don't have that coverage. What? It's a good thing she's on vacation this week. I am NOT amused! We already had regular dental thru DH, so this was just supplemental, but still it's $36 a month I'm getting no benefit out of. :mad:

That sucks Dix. I hate when people don't know what they are doing.

I ran. In the rain. Okay. So it wasn't real rain. It was only mist. But still, I went out and did it instead of copping out.

I just brought home a free Tony Little Gazelle Edge. I hope this thing actually helps so far as a workout. I'm literally wearing a path in the carpet from walking while watching tv so hope this will be a good alternative.

Exercise has been really good for me.. After my EA Active workout I went for a long 2.5 hour walk, and today I managed about 90 min. while visiting with my friend.
Eating has been OP, we had lunch out today, but I ate a turkey sandwich with mustard and a tossed salad on the side, so I think I did pretty good.
What are these badges everyone is talking about? I guess there's a new thread in here somewhere....

Did 30 mins on tmill, yay! Was OP, higher end but too low for two days so ok. Feeling bloated so trying to figure that out. Haven't had dairy which can do it. So dunno. Uggh!!! :sumo:

Feeling good otherwise because summer is almost here! :dance: And I'm planning to leave the house 2 or 3 times a week at least to search out different parks for the kids to play at. Determined to keep them occupied so my house isn't a mess every day and they aren't cranky from being couped up too much!!! My son is doing some sports camps and he and my little girl are probably going to take some gymnastics. Think it will help him with his agility for football. :trampo:

Ok, see you all tomorrow! Hope you all had a good OP day today!!! :broc:

Hugs, Selina :hug:

Hi folks!

Went to the gym last night for the first time in too long. It was good - just a quick 30mins on the treadmill. Seems that's all I have time for right now, so I will take what I can get!

We've started cleaning up our apartment so our landlord can show it. It's a pain in the neck, but it's giving me a jumpstart on packing and getting rid of extra stuff! We're moving to a smaller apartment, and I am realising we need to declutter BIG time. I hate it but it's a good thing in the long run...

My co-worker, who's on WW, had a b'day today, and several more of us are also trying to lose, so instead of the usual cake route, we ended up getting those small WW ice cream cups (chocolate fudge brownie). :p Never had one before, it was pretty good.

Ice cream's not a big temptation to me--I like it but I don't crave it. Cheese and salty snacks are my temptations. :o Actually, now I'm addicted to almonds....for the time being anyway. I tend to phase in and out of having a certain food consistently for a period of time and then move on to something else. But I figure the almonds are keeping me from worse snack food so that's good. :p

Anyway, being in the challenge is helping me to get my motivation to exercise back but I kinda feel like I'm starting almost from scratch again in terms of stamina. Not as bad as when I first started in 2007 but not as good as when I stopped either. Oh, well, all in good time, I guess. Doing something is better than doing nothing. :carrot:

Hi everyone -

I've been walking on the treadmill like mad. I know it sounds a lot but its not that different then my hours of training last summer (for some Triathlons I did) so it's not something I justr jumped into.

I don't plan on keeping up this pace but I just wanted to get a little kick start after slacking off a bit.

Food wise has been a bit harder getting back to the grindstone, but today so far so good. Can't really say that for the first part of the week though.