Red Team Week 1 Thread
 

Hey red team, our challenge begins this week! Here is the thread for general chatter and support. Good luck, and let's all lose some weight and get healthier! :)

Hope everyone has a good week!! I'm just about to get off my butt and go running! :)

Hi team! Hope everyone is enjoying a wonderful weekend. This past week hubby and I went and started the HCG Slim Express diet. I've read some negative things about HCG diets here and other places so will just say that so far it's working for us and no, I didn't have to give up makeup or other cosmetics for the duration, nor did I have to give up my fish oil supplements (either of those would have been enough for me to say no way am I doing this). It's supervised by a naturopath who administers the weekly shots, and the only complaint so far is I'm tired and hungry...lol...which I knew would be the case the first week. Basically it's just a low carb low fat diet supplemented with protein shakes and supposedly comes in between 850 to 1250 calories per day. Plus my fish oil would add another 40 to 50 calories (need to find out exactly how many). I ended the summer challenge at 224.6 and had gone back up to 230.2. I kept the weigh in figure of 224.6 here as, since starting the HCG on Tuesday, am down to 222 as of today. So as long as it's working I'm happy! We're not supposed to do any strenuous exercise for the first couple weeks (darn!) but okay to do things like yoga (thinking about checking out the evening yoga classes at 24 Hr Fitness this coming week) and I got a little walking in at lunchtime this past week. Obviously this won't be a permanent way of eating for us -- and it's not meant to be. We did our research and it was an informed decision to go on this program. Right now our focus is just on getting the excess weight OFF, and we'll deal with how we're going to eat the rest of our lives when we get to maintenance.

Woohoo
 

I am so excited I can't wait for our first weigh in! The Blue Team is Toast!

Blue team is going down!!:) lol I suck at the trash talking ;)

So far, I'm doing well. My period is over, and I'm counting my calories.

Good luck, Lucky with your new plan. Its not something I could stick with, but it sounds like its working for you guys.

I'm terrible at trash talk so I'm going to concentrate on encouraging us all on the red team.

REDS TO WIN

Nicki

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The Red Team won the Summer TBL Challange, so we are already on a roll! :woohoo: The Red Team will kick butt and take NAMES!!! LOL I have a very good feeling about our first weigh in.
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Woohoo!!! Today was my "off" day since we had our homecoming celebration at church, but the good news is they sent the vegetable tray leftovers home with me so I have plenty of already cut up veggies to snack on! Going to try to fit in a workout tonight to jumpstart the burn!!! Lets go RED!

Good morning Red Team! Hope everyone has a great start to their week. It's Monday here in SK. Thanks to ya'lls great advice yesterday I found some online fitness videos. I tried to do one yesterday. They are tough but I had fun. I could only do 12 mins the 1st time and 14 mins the 2nd time for a total of a 26 minute fitness video. But hey, its something and I definitely worked up a sweat! I'm going to do these 4 times a week and keep up with my walking this week. As always doing my calorie counting as well.
GO RED TEAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Red Team. Good Sunday Evening to you all. Not much new to report with me. Been on vacation this past week and have to go back to work tomorrow. Ugh!!! Oh well. Guess if I want the check I have to go to work to get it.

My plan for the week is to continue counting my calories and doing some workouts in the evenings. While it's nice outside I prefer to walk or ride my bicycle or anything that involves the outdoors. The cold weather will be here soon enough and then I'll be stuck inside.

Have a good night everyone. I'll check back in tomorrow.

Hi Red Team!

Excited and READY to start the new week after having a less than stellar weekend on the eating front. :( And I did so well all week long.

But the weekend is done and over with. I'm refocused and to make up for this sad little weekend, I am going to challenge myself to really exercise this week. Will it be tough - YES! I hate to exercise. But, alas, this is my penance.

Talk to y'all soon!

Thanks!!! :hug: I love the scripture quoted in your siggy! I should really write that on paper on put it up somewhere I will see it often, like on the fridge!

Is everybody going to do their measurements for the challenge? I know the primary focus is on weightloss, but sometimes another set of numbers can help keep me motivated.

I'm pretty lazy, so I only track three numbers.
Bust - 40 inches
Waist - 33 inches
Hips - 41 inches

I don't usually measure every week, just one or twice a month. How do you guys do it?

Morning All!

So glad to get this challenge underway!

The weekend put a lot of temptation in my way. My dad and his wife came up from England to visit and we went out for a meal. I did indulge and have some ice-cream for dessert but I reckon a wee treat is okay when you have been eating healthily all week (well, that's my excuse anyway and I'm sticking to it!) On Saturday, Scotland had the rare treat of gloriously warm weather and I was invited through to Stirling to my friend's for lunch. Well, she had prepared quite the feast! I am pleased to say I did not go mad with the food which is a big thing for me as I usually come undone when faced with a buffet!

I'm all excited as I have my Body Combat class tonight and I haven't been able to go it fo 3 months because of my knee. I have really missed it and can't wait to get back into it.

Hope you are all doing well. Cat and Shannon - feel better soon! Cat - I remember how excited you were when you got your treadmill - glad it's still being put to good use. We will get those extra pounds off us soon, my love and you are right, no point beating ourselves up about it. It has happened and all we can do now is deal with it!!

MonteCristo - I had totally forgotten you had a trip planned to Scotland!!! How did it go? Thanks for the reminder that taking your measurements at the start of the challenge is a good way of measuring progress. I'm off to do that now!

Mindy - hope the 5K went well, let us know how you got on.

BetteK - how did the basket weaving go?

Bradley's Mom - it is nice to see you back on the Red Team!

Shari - good to see you again. Don't worry about the TOM weight, happens to us all and it will go again.

Everyone else - have a really good day and I will catch up with personals for you all later

xxx

Hi Red Team!

Im so excited about our challenge. I work alot but I am devoted to this. Well off to working out now.

MissVitality - The trip was great. It rained on and off everyday, but they were nice gentle showers, and we were prepared, so it wasn't a big deal. It is so beautiful, and everyone was so friendly. We were pretty worn out by the last day, so instead of hiking the last 19 miles we explored Urquhart castle, then took a bus to Inverness and spent the rest of the day walking around the city. I really enjoyed the trip, though I think my next vacation will be a bit less strenuous! ;)

ETA: I forgot to mention that I lost 1.6lbs last week! :woohoo:

MonteCristo- I measure my waist, hips, bust, thighs and upper arms. I do it once a month and record it in a book I have for my weight loss info. It has been helpful to have an extra set of #s reinforcing the fact that what we're doing is working!

I went out of town this past weekend and made some bad choices, so I'm not pleased with that, but I'm back on track today and ready to make this week count. I'm at the point where I needed to refocus again (I've been losing since last November) and I know this challenge will help me do that.

Good Monday Morning to you all. I reported a one pound loss wish it was more, but have had some trouble staying on plan lately. We have been so busy with the kids and football I seem to be gabbing quick things and eating them and I had been staying away from processed foods and my body is panicking. I am quite bloated today and feel yuckie, but that is the way I need to feel to get back on plan. I did get in some great exercise on Saturday I walked/jogged while pushing my one year old in a stoller and I made my best time yet, then I went on a walk with my DH and he kept saying slow down this is not a race. I was just going my normal speed not even attempting to be quick. Anyway, I packed a healthy lunch and will get in my fruits,veggies and water this week. I started calorie counting last week and realized I can not eat what I want even if it is under a certain amount of calories I still have to limit carbs and sugars to loose.

Shan84- great job on starting to exercise your endurance will increase in no time.

Monte- I have my measurments at home, I will try to remember to post them tonight. Thanks for the reminder...

Hope everyone has a great day and a great weigh in!!! GO RED TEAM!!!!

Good morning! I have a pretty hectic week planned. We are having a big party this weekend and DH is in the process of finishing up some big projects, so my house is a disaster. I try to clean throughout the day but my boys always try to make that difficult. I know that it will all get done but for now it stresses me out. It is also TOM, so I am hoping and praying that between the stress and TOM, I will be able to resist all of my comfort foods.

Lucky - Good luck with your plan! You need to do what you think is best for yourself.

Shan - Good job on the exercise videos. Keep up the great work.

JasonsLea - UGH on the water weight gain. You will do great next week!

MissVitality - It is fine to indulge everyone in a while. Great job staying on plan throughout the meal!

:wave::wave: to everone else!

Have a great week!

GO TEAM RED!!!!

Good Morning Red Team. Just a quick flyby since it's my first day back at work after 10 days off. Yuck!!!

The work dinner went OK I think. I had an orange and a couple of carrots before I left home. When I got there I only drank water, ate 1/3 of the chicken breast (grilled and huge!!), 1/2 of the baked potato and maybe 1/2C green beans. They had salad but no LF/RF salad dressing so I put a little ranch on it. They also had chocolate cake and I had a small piece (maybe 1.5 inches by 2 inches). So all in all I think I did pretty well. And I got right back on plan yesterday. So maybe no gain. Although I'm up 1.5 lbs. today. Hopefully it's water weight from the dinner. We'll see.

I'll be back later. They're calling my name.

Hey fellow Red Team members, it looks like you are all off to a great start. I didn't have a great weekend, but I pretty much knew with the parties involved it would be tough. I'm planning on doing a pilates video tonight, and trying to fit a walk in tomorrow morning. For this week I'll be sticking to those two activites every other day, but next week I'm going to try something a little more adventurous. Have a great Monday, everyone.

Hi Red Team!
KimL1214~ I've started walking with a friend 2X a week after we drop our kids off at school. I need to build up more exercise time!! Congrats on your gym membership. That's great. I too had a mild drinking episode this weekend. Darn that Sunday night football!

shea5~ Do you like your pilates video? Is it difficult?

Cape Breton Chick~ Wow, you have a busy day today. Good luck!

chiquita623~ Great job at your work dinner! Those can be so difficult.

Wishing everyone a great, on plan, Monday! We can do this, Red Team!

Hello Red Team
 

Good Morning Red Team,

I had a very quiet and boring weekend, I just exercised and watched old movies. I am very excited about our first weigh in. This week I am going to try to bring my calories down to 1600 a day, I am hovering at about 1800 to 1900 a day. I am also going to be calorie cycling.


MonteCristo - My goal measurements are as follows:
Bust: under 36
Waist:24
Hips: 37

I try not to measure myself but every other month so I can really see the change. BTW congrats on your weight loss!

Shea5 - Pilates, that sounds like a fun workout.

Cape Breton Chick - I too love that psalms, what's your favorite?

JasonsLea - Hello, I hope you had a great weekend.

chiquita623 - Don't worry the 1.5 LBS gain is most likely water.

mythreesons - With three sons I bet yours days are hectic, and you have TOM this week to boot. I find if I have 1 ounce of chocolate a day during TOM everything is so much better. :D

KimL1214 - Thanks, hang in there I hope you can get a repair person fast to fix your frig.

Mommyofsix - A pound is fantastic, you should be very proud. And don't stress on the carbs and sugar you'll work that out. I have lost over 95 lbs and I did 1 to 2 pounds at a time and I still crave sugar it's a battle. I am not sure if it will every go away.

jayjay4444 - I am so excited as well! I can't wait for our first weigh in.

bradleys mom - Cool veggie tray score!

MissVitality- Wow Scotland I have always wanted to visit there, looks so beautiful in the movies and in photo's. Good job on the buffet.

ellgee - The weekends are hard on me too, but it's a new day.

shan84- I am glad you found an exercise video you like.

Ms Perception - That's right today is a new day, get right back on that horse.

Hello to the entire RED Team!

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Here is a selection of the smilies I don't want to use
:?::mad::cry::shrug::tantrum::censored::no::sorry: :yikes::spammer::kickbutt::nono::rolleyes:

These are the ones I want to use
:hug::):D:carrot::lol::wave::bravo::cb::cp::dancer ::cloud9::high::cheer2::cheer3::woohoo::broc::good luck:

I'll sure I'll get to know you all throughout this challenge but I can say one thing right now.
I'm 100% committed to support everyone on the red team no matter what. :hug::carrot:

Nicki

So I am getting ready to get in my exercise for today... My 10 month old is being particularly hard to get along with, but maybe if he sees me jumping around it will be entertaining! My 3 y/o is napping so this is the perfect time!

Oh and BTW, I am so excited about TBL tomorrow night that I can barely stand it!!!

Me too, I have been counting the days! This show inspired me to take back my life and it's always encourages me to keep going.

You know what? I've never seen an episode of the biggest loser. I've been doing these challenges for over a year, and I have most of Jillian's books and videos, but I've never seen the show. Is there someplace online where you can watch old episodes?

Pep Talk
 

Go REDDIES! :cheer3::cheer::cheer2: I am very excited about our first :goodscale weigh in. I don't want the Blue team to beat us at our first weigh in and I don't think you do either. I do have a great feeling that will win but only if we go for it. I know if we can get our exercise :bike2::woops::lifter::trampo::belly::exercise: :swim::strong::ebike::boxing::tread: in, eat healthy, and drink lots of water :coffee:(water aids in weight loss) we will win the weigh in and the entire challenge. If you fall off the horse get right back on, and if you can stop and think before you cheat that's even better. Come here :comp: and talk about what's going on, we are all in this together for a reason to support each other. :hug: And if you aren't near a computer pick up the phone and :callme: call a friend. Because I can tell you nothing and I mean nothing feels better then losing weight and taking back your life. Because really that's what we all are doing here, we are worth the best LIFE possible nothing is out of our reach, we can all achieve our dreams!

GO REDDIES!

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IgetfitNStrongforme~ Thanks for the pep talk and the reminder to drink my water! I tend to forget that. I really want for our team to win this first week too. I've confirmed my walking plans for tomorrow with my walking buddy, so that I can't back out! Let's start this challenge off with a great win for RED!!

Monte- I believe you can watch them on NBC's website. Hulu has a few espisodes from last season and a whole bunch of clips. I've never watched the show consistently, but I'll pop in on it here and there.

Igetfit- great pep talk. FYI- some studies have shown that 2 glasses on non-fat milk per day can aid in weight loss as well. I usually get my milk in; I think it helps.

Monte--you can also download seasons from torrent sites if you might so happen to do that. Not that any of us ever would! :angel:

Excited for the new season to start too! I don't get TV where I am at, so will have to Hulu it later on. Still excited though!

Well, I set my exercise goal REALLY high as I didn't work out at all yesterday--550 minutes! I decided to make 2 trips to the gym today, but my first trip didn't last very long as DD was so cranky in child watch, they came to get me after only 25 minutes! Luckily I at least got to just finish C25K. Am planning another trip tonight, where hopefully she will be fine (I think she was just in need of a nap), and then she will get to go swimming with her grandma for an hour, so I should be able to get alot of time in. I am going for 2 1/2 hrs today to make up for my lack of exercise this weekend!

Great tip, I have read that as well, I try to make sure I get 2-3 glasses of organic milk a day. I read that it's the calcium in milk with the vitamin D it acts like a soap in our body taking the fat with it. "The high calcium in milk can help reduce high levels of bad cholesterol in the blood, and increase low levels of good cholesterol both of which are known risk factors for cardiovascular disease" And it's best if you get from food. Great Tip Aclai4067!

I just thought of a tip, Grean Tea "The green tea extract AR25 is an 80% ethanolic dry extract standardized at 25% catechins expressed as epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). In vitro, green tea extract AR25 exerts a direct inhibition of gastric and pancreatic lipases and a stimulation of thermogenesis. In an open study, the effects of extract AR25 were evaluated in moderately obese patients. After 3 months, body weight was decreased by 4.6% and waist circumference by 4.48%. These results suggest the green tea extract AR25 to be a natural product for the treatment of obesity, which exerts its activity by several ways: inhibition of lipases and stimulation of thermogenesis. " That's about 3 - 5 cups a day.

Does anyone else have any tips?

GO REDDIES!

I just took the orientation at my school gym, so with my running, I AM READY!!

sounds like the rest of the team is too! GOOOOOOOOOO REDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!