You can do it IgetfitNStrongforme !! We all have our 'moments', but don't beat yourself up! Tomorrow is a new day :)

Total calories today 1551

Total steps 18010

Aerobic steps 7602 (69 minutes of walking)

Today ended up being a great day. I woke up to another 1 lb loss this morning, so down 2 lbs for the week so far.

Totals for the day:
Points: 28
Calories: 1361

I haven't exercised yet, but as soon as my parents are finished watching TV I'm going to go try to put in 15-30 minutes on the elliptical since it's finally fixed. :cheer3:Keep up the good work Red Team :cheer2:

IgetfitNStrong - Don't beat yourself up for one "relaxed" day. Just remember to get right back on the bandwaggon.

zoochick777 - Congrats on the loss!!!

Friday
Breakfast - 1c cinnamon crunch & 1c milk - 310 calories
Lunch - 1/2 order barbeque nachos & dt coke float - 566 calories
Dinner - 1 1/2 hot dogs 1/2c chili with bun - 515 calories
Total - 1501 calories

Exercise 40 minutes

Happy Friday to everyone! I was disappointed this morning when I stepped on the scale to take a sneak peak at how I was doing this week. I think my Korean food night out last night with my teachers was the culprit. So tonight when everyone decided to go out drinking, I passed and decided to stay in. I know I didn't have to, and I could have gone out and drank water, but I'm just not in the mood.
Sorry for the vent ladies but being in a country where I have no one to talk to about whats going on, especially because no one would understand the language I am speaking, that leaves....YOU ALL! :) :)
Anyways, I taught my first Mommy and Me class today at our elementary school. It was a ton of fun and a great workout. I'm totally counting it as part of my exercise. I was running around with the kids, playing jumping games, and acting out animal movements. I worked up a HUGE sweat by the time the class was over.
I also sticked to my calorie count today and went with 1900 of my 2100 allowance.
I'm praying so hard for a good weigh in on Sunday. This makes my second weigh in on my new lifestyle/diet change. The first week as you may remember I didn't lose anything, so I was hoping for a decent loss this week so I have something to show for myself. To prove to myself I really can do it.

Plus, I REALLY want to see the Red Team kick butt! :)

Thanks Mel & MonteCristo for the words of encouragement. I am just feeling badly that I cheated, right before a weigh, it was self-defeating. I really don't want to let my teammates down or myself. BTW congrats ZooChick777 on your weight loss.



Breakfast
250 3 eggs scambled in 1 tsp of oil
130 1 tortilla
30 1/8 of salsa
60 1/3 cup of ground turkey taco meat (homemade)
Total calories
470

Snack
32 1/2 cup of raspberries
110 1 cup of organic 1% milk
Total calories
142

Lunch
80 1/2 cup of ground turkey taco meat (homemade)
10 3 cups of spring greens
20 1 tomato
120 1/2 avacado
30 1/8 of salsa
130 1 tortilla
110 1 cup of organic 1% milk
Total calories
590

snack
110 1 cup of organic 1% milk
60 1 apple
Total calories
170

Dinner

We're all in this together- support is so important- especially if those around us don't understand the how & why of our lifestyle change!

Today I ate 1,562 calories (51 over budget), but overall doing well for the week. TOM came today, so I hope the scale will be forgiving for weigh in on Monday.

Hope everyone has a great weekend. I met my week one exercise challenge today + an additional 269 minutes. Spent the day hiking to a waterfall, and visiting and touring the POW camp from during the Korean War. Stayed on target with my calories all day and got all my water in. Tomorrow is my weigh in day so I felt like today was my last chance workout. We shall see how it affected my body. I'm kinda bummed about this next week because it will be TOM and I just hope it doesn't affect my weight too much. Tomorrow I celebrate a clean 2 weeks on my new lifestyle with no major mishaps!

today
 

Good Morning,

Sorry I haven't checked in I have been very ill with a high fever. Feeling so much better today. I see everyone (KimL1214, Shan84, MonteCristo, CanadaMel & Zoochick) is sticking with the program!


Breakfast
250 3 eggs scambled in 1 tsp of oil
100 Fresh fruit
200 Blueberry muffin
110 1 cup of organic 1% milk
Total calories


Snack
92 2 cups of watermelon
110 1 cup of organic 1% milk
Total calories
202

Lunch
?
Total calories


Snack
92 2 cups of watermelon
110 1 cup of organic 1% milk
Total calories
202

Dinner
?

Hope everyone has a good Monday. I didn't get any exercise in today because of TOM...its really slowing me down. :( I ate 1,697 calories today of the 2100 I should be consuming. I decided to drop the number down for most of this week and see how I do. Hoping not to have too much of a gain because of my stupid TOM. More than anything its just making me really pissy. Haha. Work dragged on forever today and I thought every student I had reminded me of the devil. (Just teasing!) Hope everyone has a great Monday as I head off to sleep in anticipation of Tuesday here in SK.

Monday

Breakfast
Strawberry Cheesecake Yogurt - 170
1c Cocoa Puffs

Snack
Handful Almonds

Lunch
Chicken Breast
Brown Rice
Pinto Beans

Snack
Benefit Oats and PB Bar

Supper


Water = 80 oz

Hi, everyone sorry I have been MIA, I have been ill, but feeling so much better this morning.

9/8 198
9/21 192.2

I am very happy to have lost so much I am sure having a a high fever helped burn calories. Congrats to everyone's hard work! It is paying off!


Monday

Breakfast
1 serving of steal cut oats
55 1/2 cup of 1 % milk
100 1/4 cup of almonds
96 1/4 cup of dries cranberries

Snack
200 1 homemande blueberry muffin

Lunch
?

Snack
?

Dinner
?

Tuesday
 

MonteCristo - Great Job, you always get it done.

Landbug2680 - Fantasic eating plan!

Shan84 - TOM aggh I know how you feel.......

CanadaMel - I miss your encouragement.

Zoochick777 - You are doing a great getting working out in!

KimL1214- Thank you for always giving a kind word. :hug:

Breakfast
120 1 serving of steal cut oats
55 1/2 cup of 1 % milk
160 1/4 cup of almonds
96 1/4 cup of dries cranberries

Snack
60 1 apple

Lunch
340 3 scambled eggs with mushrooms & Cheese
300 White gravy
100 1 biscuit

Snack
2 cups of watermelon

Dinner
?

Hi everyone. This challenge is really big and I'm overwhelmed by all the posts, but thought I needed to post in this thread today.

I missed my workout. :-\

I workout every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday with classes at my school's rec center. I take Step and Kickboxing classes for the most part and also some core and strength stuff.

I'm in grad school, and I worked really hard all weekend on a paper that was due this morning so I was tired. I got through the day- worked 7 hours, went to class and had a few meetings, and I just couldn't go to the gym for my class tonight. I felt pretty run down and just plain horrible,l but now I'm just feeling plain guilty.

What do you do when you miss a workout? I'll try to get one in tomorrow, but my Wednesdays are long days as I work all day and have a night class.

Help keep me accountable!

Tuesday
 

I didn't track calories/points for today but this is what I ate:
Breakfast
3/4 of a bacon and cheese omelet
1 serving hash browns

Lunch
1 serving Carnation Instant Breakfast *Chocolate* with
1 serving 2% milk

Dinner
2 small servings of spaghetti with a little bit of gravy
2 small servings of corn

Hey all. So here is my food today:

B: Whole wheat cereal w/ banana, low fat milk
L: Lettuce roll ups with turkey, mustard, and 1 slice of swiss cheese, yogurt, pineapple slices
S: Dr. You granolar bar
D: Whole wheat spaghetti with lean turkey, green peppers, onions, and mushrooms

Looking at roughly 1400 calories for today.

I'm also SO SO SO excited because I asked my mom (who is living back home in the states) to order a special gift for me and send it here to SK. I asked her for the Richard Simmons Sweatin to the Oldies dvd set. SO SO SO Excited!!!

IgetfitNStrongforme - Thanks! I try to stay on plan. I know that I don't make the best choices for eating (cocoa pebbles?) but I've tried to do more "diety" plans before and I just can't stick to them. Straight calories in vs calories out is all I can manage! ;)

nbrown7384 - When I miss a workout I do one of two things. Either I just forget about it and move on, or I try to make up the lost time in the rest of my workouts that week. Usually if I miss a workout for what I would consider a legitimate reason (and I would consider your situation to fall into that category) then I would just move on and not worry about it, though I might try to eat a bit lighter the next day (say knock off 150 calories or so). If I just miss it because I was being lazy, or I decided to go goof off instead of working out, then I try to reclaim the lost workout time throughout the rest of the week, but I never carry missed workouts into the next week. Each week starts fresh.

To all the rest of our Red Team Keep up the good work!! :D

Wednesday
Breakfast - sausage biscuit with jam - 400 calories
Lunch - cheese enchilda, bean burrito, 11 tortilla chips, salsa - 687 calories
Dinner - 2/3 c tuna rice & 1 oz cheese - 277
Total - 1364 calories

Exercise - 0 minutes

Hey all. I'm so proud of myself. I did one of the walk away the pounds videos tonight. Made a full 2 mile!!! Woohoo! I have a good feeling about this week. Especially because I'm trying to kick TOM butt! Haha! It's almost Thursday morning here. Hope you all have a great Wednesday!!

Can you explain to me how WATP works? Do you watch the video while walking on the treadmill, or do you walk in place?

I really don't know too much about it to be honest. I kept reading about it on this site in the exercise forum so I decided to youtube search it tonight. Randomly came across the 2 mile video in three parts, and thought, "Why not now?" Basically in the one that I watched/participated in was pretty basic but lots of fast paced stuff. NO treadmill needed!!! She takes you through brisk walking, side steps, kicks, knee lifts, and some other arm stretches while walking at the same time. I have to say, I have been trying out several new videos just trying to find what works best for me, and so far this is my favorite. I like that I can actually keep up despite how heavy in weight I am right now.

Did everyone see the Biggest Loser Last night? Jillian gave a trainer tip where she said that studies show keeping a daily food journal will help you lose 50% more weight. I know it's helping me post my food here.

Exercise: I taught a 30 minute aerobic class.


Breakfast
120 1 serving of steal cut oats
110 1 cup of 1 % milk
160 1/4 cup of almonds
96 1/4 cup of dries cranberries
32 2 tsp of organic sugar
0 1 cup of tea

Snack
60 1 apple

Lunch
200 half pita chicken sandwich
160 1/4 cup of almonds

Snack
96 2 cups of watermelon

Dinner
450 Homemade You On a Diet pizza! YUMMY!

120 ounces of water

I stayed on track today with about 1950 calories. I also did another WATP 2 mile video. Woohoo! I'm so going to kick TOM in the rear end this week. I'm hoping for a decent loss. Slow but steady wins the race. :)

:welcome: Grad School wow, well I am impressed. This is a great place to post your food, exercise, to get receipe ideas and support. It is Red team only so we are all in the same boat. If you didn't hear the Red Team has WON our first weigh in. So we are off to a great start.

Again welcome,
A :)

MonteCristo -I think it's great because you are being pratical. I love pizza so I am not going to never eat pizza again that would cruel and unsual punishment, so now I make homemade and I also now let mysef eat cookies every two weeks so I don't go diet postal. I think you are doing great.

Landbug2680 - You are doing great!

Shan84 - You inspire me you never give up.

Zoochick777 - Great job!

KimL1214- Woohoo!

__________________________________________________ _________
Exercise: 45 Minutes on the Stationary Bike.


Breakfast
120 1 serving of steal cut oats
110 1 cup of 1 % milk
160 1/4 cup of almonds
96 1/4 cup of dries cranberries
32 2 tsp of organic sugar
0 1 cup of tea

Snack
60 1 apple

Lunch
450 Homemade You On a Diet pizza! YUMMY!

Snack
96 2 cups of watermelon

Dinner
350 Homemade Salad with Chicken Yummy!

120 ounces of water

Friday
Breakfast - cocoa pebbles & milk - 266
Lunch - jr frito wrap - 330 calories
Afternoon Snack - chocolate bar - 230 calories
Dinner - Gumbo - 388 caloires
Total - 1214 calories

Exercise - 60 minutes

Breakfast
243 3 scambled eggs with 1 tsp of oil
125 1/2 avacado
30 2 tbsp of salsa
25 1 tbsp of sour cream
0 16 of iced green tea

Snack
96 2 cups of watermelon

Lunch
400 You On A Diet - Salad with chicken

Snack
200 1 ounce of walnuts

Dinner
400 You On A Diet - Chili

Exercise - 45 minutes of aerobics DVD

Happy Saturday everyone! Well to be honest my calorie intake is really low today due to a lack of food in the house and payday isn't until Wednesday. Don't get me wrong there is food, but not food for me to be eating to stay on plan. Anyways, I did a last chance workout today since tomorrow morning is my weigh in time. I did 20 mins of stretching and strength training followed by the WATP 2 mile video. I am SO proud of myself no matter what number I pull tomorrow because I actually walked 6 miles this week!!!! Who knew? NOT ME!!! :)

:welcome: Angela, glad to have you. :hug:


__________________________________________________ ______

Exercise: 45 Minutes on the Stationary Bike.


Breakfast
120 1 serving of steal cut oats
110 1 cup of 1 % milk
160 1/4 cup of almonds
96 1/4 cup of dries cranberries
56 2 tsp of organic sugar
0 1 cup of tea
Total calories
534

Snack
50 1 white peach
Total calories
50

Lunch
350 You on a Diet - Salad - Yummy!
80 1/2 whole wheat pita
Total calories
430

Snack
50 1 white peach
160 1/4 cup of almonds
Total calories
210

Dinner
250 You On A Diet - Chili - Super Yummy!
160 1/2 cup shredded low fat cheese
140 1/2 Avocado
Total calories
550


120 ounces of water

hi...

I've been kind of out of the loop this week so I only just noticed this thread. It's great how well everyone has been doing!

I've managed to do pretty well myself. I've been eating pretty good and will have exercise 5/7 days. I was going for 6/7 but 5 days is better than what I was doing a month ago.

So keep up the good work everyone. :grouphug:

On plan with biggest loser diet CHECK!
Exercise to WATP 6 miles total CHECK!
6lbs and 1 1/2 inches lost CHECK!

:welcome: c_laura, I think you'll find all the support you need to succeed here.


Shan84 - You are a Rock Star!

Sunday
 

Exercise: 45 Minutes on the Stationary Bike.


Breakfast
140 1 serving of steal cut oats
110 1 cup of 1 % milk
80 1/8 cup of almonds
48 1/8 cup of dries cranberries
56 1 tbsp of organic sugar
0 1 cup of coffee
Total calories
426

Snack
50 1 white peach
32 2 tsp of organic sugar
0 1 cup of tea
Total calories
82

Lunch
225 You On A Diet - Chili - Super Yummy!
140 1/2 avacado
160 1 whole wheat pita
160 1/2 cup shredded low fat cheese
Total calories
685

Snack
50 1 white peach
100 1/8 cup of Walnuts
Total calories
150

Dinner
304 You on a Diet - Salad - Yummy!
Total calories
304

Total calories 1647

120 ounces of water

Sunday
 

Monday
 

Exercise: 45 Minutes on the Stationary Bike

Breakfast
210 3 hard boiled eggs
110 1 cup of 1 % milk
32 2 tsp of organic sugar
0 1 cup of coffee
Total calories
352

Snack
50 1 white peach
100 1/2 ounce of walnuts
Total calories
150

Lunch
304 You on a Diet - Salad - Yummy!
60 1 apple
260 1 cup of coffee ice cream
Total calories
624

Snack
60 1 apple
Total calories
60

Dinner
250 You On A Diet - Chili - Super Yummy!
80 1/2 whole wheat pita
80 1/4 cup shredded low fat cheese
Total calories
410

Total calories 1596

Okay, I haven't posted in a while, so I'll do a quick recap of the weekend.

Friday - Total calories 1215, exercised for 90 minutes burning 657 calories.

Saturday - Total calories 2170 ( :cry: ), exercised for 50 minutes burning 359 calories

Sunday - Total calories 1871 ( :( ), exercised for 120 minutes, burning 713 calories

So for the whole week I averaged 1596 calories consumed per day ( :( ), and I exercised an average of 357 calories burned ( :D ). According to calculations I should have lost 1.01 pounds and I ended up losing 1.2, so I'm pretty happy with my results. :carrot: