Originally Posted by LeslieB:
Hit 299 today !! Yay !!

Hubby took me out for a great dinner to celebrate so now I'll be hitting 299 again in a few days again. :D

Hope everyone had a great day !

thats awesome !! well done!! :broc: :broc:

Originally Posted by LeslieB:
Hit 299 today !! Yay !!

Hubby took me out for a great dinner to celebrate so now I'll be hitting 299 again in a few days again. :D

Hope everyone had a great day !

Yeah!!!:carrot: You're in Twoney Town.

Originally Posted by mara11jade:
Woo! So I finally get to be officially added to the group and I've come down with a cold :( I had JUST worked my way up to doing full workouts again too after the flu! Booooooo.

But just checking in. I did decide to make myself homemade chicken soup instead of stuff from the store. Help keep the sodium down and control the portions :)

Just take it easy while you're. You've got weeks yet to go.


Doing well so far in October. Been up an hour and haven't done anything to jeopardize my health. :D

Nella, you totally ROCK!! I LOVE your challenge. SOOOOOOOOOOOO AWESOME!! thank you so much!!!

i love our blue team!! we so rock!!!!! i'm so happy to be on the blue team! Thanks Dixie !!

Morning Blue! Just checking in real quick before I got to get DD up for school. This week has been a disaster! Unexpectantly TOM has shown up, which my be why I couldn't budge the scale last week or why I feel like a beached whale. I've had a few really bad days of eating, with little exercise. I've bought healthy meals, now I just need to eat them!


Echo-Congrats on the PhD!

Leslie-WOOHOO! Great job on making into the 200's!


Alright I'm outta here! Everyone have a good day.

Too late. I didn't know about the challenge until today.:(

Elise - don't give up on the exercise! The inches lost will be very encouraging.
Mary - How long have you been doing the 30DS? Should I be working out for a while before trying that one?


Today is on-plan day #4.:carrot: On another note, Dr Oz made me start thinking about Vitamin D and wondering if I'm deficient. Two years ago, I was diagnosed with Osteopenia, which is the very early stages of bone degeneration. Yesterday afternoon, I got my results. I'm at 7.2. I should be between 32-100. Yikes! I picked up some D3 last evening and will start taking it today. I've been told that I'll start to feel more energetic and less depressed. Wouldn't that be marvelous!

What are some of the little "tricks" you use to lower calories or serving sizes?

I've switched to I Can't Believe It's Not Butter spray on my veggies.

Have a great on-plan day.

Originally Posted by :
Echo-Congrats on the PhD!

Welcome back echo!

Good morning all the Blues, started Jillians 30 day shred, I'm a little sore this morning;), but I have mad a promise to myself that I would finish this(i am one of the those who don't finish anything:devil:)

Did I mention that I was a little sore this morning? :D

Originally Posted by Mercy03:
Welcome back echo!

Good morning all the Blues, started Jillians 30 day shred, I'm a little sore this morning;), but I have mad a promise to myself that I would finish this(i am one of the those who don't finish anything:devil:)

Did I mention that I was a little sore this morning? :D

aww thanks mercy. :hug:

thats so awesome!! i got her 30 day shred and the other one too!! i havent done either one yet. but i will try it ! i'm still bringing it with p90x, which I LOVE!!

well done on you for doing it! i've heard it is INTENSE!! so i am not suprised you're sore!

Originally Posted by dream710:
Morning Blue! Just checking in real quick before I got to get DD up for school. This week has been a disaster! Unexpectantly TOM has shown up, which my be why I couldn't budge the scale last week or why I feel like a beached whale. I've had a few really bad days of eating, with little exercise. I've bought healthy meals, now I just need to eat them!


Echo-Congrats on the PhD!

Leslie-WOOHOO! Great job on making into the 200's!


Alright I'm outta here! Everyone have a good day.

Aww thanks so much Dream710!!!

i know TOM has re-appeared for me too. but its just slight. weird. must be a combination of the stress i had and now my body is relaxing and its all gone topsy turvey hehe

Originally Posted by GirlyGirlSebas:
Too late. I didn't know about the challenge until today.:( .

neither did i. dont worry you can still join. thats what i did. i just filled it in for the past few days.

I just finished my 2nd lesson on the 30 day shred. I am sweating buckets lol. I have always been good at dieting, no motivation problems there, but exercising for fun? yuck! I love sports, can't do much of that because I have a bad knee, but this workout is kicking my Arse.Not bad on my knee either.

The best part of it is the full body toning, abs, back legs, etc.

20 mins a day isn't bad either, now where is my masseuse?:D

WOW echo I had no idea you were even working on your PhD! I'm so proud of you--honestly I can't even begin to imagine how difficult that is--you should definitely pat yourself on the back! :hug:

I can't believe it's Thursday already! I've totally missed out on the challenge this week, but I can't wait for next weeks. Unless someone else wants to, I'd love to see what I can come up with for Week 4s challenge! :D

I hope everyone's weightloss is going well! Mine not so much. :( I've been OP with between 1500-1600 calories a day and working out, but it hasn't really budged much and today I'm a pound and half from yesterday and I didn't even have that much salt! :?: Any advice from anyone??

Hey team! I just posted the weekly results, we won!!!! :carrot:

Thanks for starting up the challenges! Anyone want to go ahead and volunteer to lead next weeks challenge? PM me and I'll assign weeks, if you want. My personal challenge this week is to stay upright and not pass out from fever or cold meds. Running was out of the question this morning, so I did 4 miles of walking, occasionally listing to one side or the other. Bet my trackmates thought I'd been drinking. :D

Congratulations, Echo. I just noticed you've passed your big test. Do we now refer to you as Dr. Echo? :) Well done.

I had a marvelous walk today. It was gray and overcast and threatening rain but I decided to go anyway. As suspected rain did come but just very gently. I was listening to classical music (Music for the Royal Fireworks by Handel) on my MP3 player and found myself conducting the orchestra as I was walking in the rain. For a moment I became so entirely immersed in the music I hardly knew where I was. I felt so blissfully happy at that time I almost cried for joy. My whole day is colored by that moment of sheer happiness. It's like nothing can make this day go wrong now.

Have a good day Blue Team.

We Won!!!! Yeah!!!!

Congrats Echo!! What is your doctorate in?? This was your final thesis defense??

I am under the weather now. I have an earache and it is affecting my balance. Yesterday was worse than today but it is still pretty sore - and I feel a bit light headed. I have a few things to get done at work and am heading home early to get some more sleep. All I have left to do is make sure the two quizzes I am giving tomorrow are set, printed and ready to go. So I best get backto that instead of dawdling here ;)