Has anyone heard for Dee. I am beginning to worry.

I'm having a ridiculously busy weekend, so I'll hav eot catch up on personals on Monday, but I just wanted to apologize for the gain last week and a gain this week. It's been a bad week, running from place to place... no time for exercise and eating real food. I'm fighting the urge to just drop out, but I'm hoping that this is it for crappy weeks. Hopefully on Monday I can get back on track... but I said that last week. :(

Hi ladies! Apparently I only get enough time to check in once a week, so sorry for the lack of personals! At least I made it thru this week's thread... :) I posted my weight just now since, um...we took the kiddos out for pizza & random junk buffet for the afternoon. We've got a 3yr old and a 5yr old (who missed 3 days of school this week due to vomitting and 102.9 fever), and they've been begging to go since March. DH was finally home on a Saturday, and since my 5 yr old was finally feeling better we decided to splurge. Ugh. I'm sure I've gained a few pounds - even just looking at that stuff makes me gain. Oh well. The kids had a great time, and are completely worn out from the arcade (part of the facility...kinda like a HUGE Chuck E Cheese but w/plenty of stuff for adults too). So I think that means they'll go to bed early tonight so DH and I can rent a movie! Yippee! Anyway, this morning I was down 2.4 from last weigh in, so I figured I'd grab it while I could! Hehehe! Hope everyone is doing well, staying healthy, and just enjoying life!

Oh - and thanks to retiredone for the recipe! I'll have to use that one next month for Thanksgiving down here!

Hello. Dinner is over and I overate. But it was good and I won't do that again until Christmas ('cause I'm sure to do that, can't lie about it). I'm so sleepy now I can hardly type so I'll catch up tomorrow.

Hey team- just a quick check in before I head to bed. I've been out most of the week, a lot of sickness here, both kids and I have been sick all week. I haven't exercised much but I've been staying on track with the calories and drinking plenty of water. Ok I'm off to bed everyone have a great weekend!


:turkey: Happy Thanksgiving to those up North!

Hey everyone!

I think I can FINALLY get back to my normal routine this week!! And really start trying to lose weight. I was really nervous about relapsing for a SECOND time being sick.


But good luck with weigh in tomorrow with everyone!! I think I'm going to go read more of my TBL book :)


Meg

Hey girls! Crazy week ~ I haven't even posted here yet!

Gonna have to catch up with everyone later. Things on my plate this week have been:

• Finding out I'm gonna be an aunt!
• Kid weekend
• Loading up FH to send him to Idaho deer hunting
• Getting prepped to start my bootcamp tomorrow!

Hope you all are staying on target. I ate like a fool this weekend, but ended up down a little bit. Strange. So off to weigh in, and I'll be back soon to see whats going on in your fabulous lives!

Feel better Dream. I used to have kitty named dream.

Hey Blue Team! :cheer3:

Today was my weigh in, and I'm happy to report i have a 1.1 lb loss! :goodscale

so all that calorie counting and calculations paid off lol. i am especially pleased, because i was nervous i would either gain or not lose anything at all, cause i've been quite sick this week, with a painful sorethroat, and so i wasnt able to work out as hard as i would have normally. so i'm very happy with 1 lb loss :) :broc:

even yesterday my scale hadn't budged, so yesterday i was beginning to doubt myself, but still kept pushing onwards... it was only today that it finally moved!!

total calorie deficient this week (6 days) from both foodwise and exercise was 6619 calories =so a predicted mathematical loss of 1.89 lbs loss and in reality, i saw a 1.1lb loss :)

i'm also very happy, that my BMI is now 25!!! yippeee :) and i broke through the 160 barrier!! i just have to maintain it this week and keep going!
I want to say a BIG THANK YOU to everyone on the blue team! without you guys, i wouldnt have had the motivation to keep pushing myself and stay on track and be motivated to lose the weight!!

THANK YOU!!!

Go blue team!!! :cheer3:


starting weight was - 160.9lbs
current weight is - 159.8 lbs
pounds loss = 1.1 lbs
percentage weight loss = 0.68%

good luck everyone for your weigh in tommorow!!

taking the day off tommorow, to run a couple of errands and treat myself to a cinema trip, havent been for ages!! :) so looking forward to that. and now i have even more reason to treat myself , i had said to myself when i reach a bmi of 25 i would treat myself some what :)

Hi Blue Team,
I hope all is well and the week went great for everyone. I am being very bad now and I just copy and pasted from my entry on the Oct weight loss challange. I would just repeat myself anyway so here it is. I hope everyone has a loss this week...Good Luck!!

Hello again,
I'm back from my conference and it was very good and lots of new info. I called the store when I got back and the lab is still standing so all good there too. I gained at Whistler on the last couple days, I was so good and avoided all desserts for the first 2 days and then gave in for the last 2. But I was good and only had 1 each day.
When I weighed in when I got back I was up 2.2lbs but this morning for weigh in I actually lost that and more for a total loss for the week of 1.4lbs:carrot:

It was not to fun coming home to the snow here in Calgary though ugh I'm just not ready yet. I can take the cold but the idiots behind the wheel are another thing.

I went to my brothers today to celebrate Thanksgiving and I did well with the eating but I did bring home a small piece of pecan/pumpkin pie for later. I told myself it was okay and tomorrow I have to decide if I want anything (to go out) for my birthday. I really want to go to the cheesecake for...you guessed it cheesecake but luckily for me I have to do laundry tomorrow and I may just be to lazy to do both

Well that's about it for now I still haven't caught up on all the posts yet so no personals. Sorry about that. I hope you all have a great day and Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians.

Bigmid-:bday2you:

idealmuse-Welcome to onderland!!! Great Job this week!:carrot:

Morning Everyone! I hope everyone is doing well. I fought the Swine Flu in Matt all last week and now I am running a fever and feeling unwell myself. I am taking LOTS of vitamin's and trying my best to fend it off, I am about to go back to bed but wanted to check in.

Keep up the good work everyone!

{{{{{{{{Echo}}}}}}}} I hope you're feeling better gf. Miss you!:hug:

{{{{{{Mercy}}}}}}}} Miss you too gf! I hope all is well!:hug:

((((((((HUGS Blue team))))))))))))) :hug:
:dust:

Ugh. I get a big ole FAIL for this past week.

pick up & dust off, right?

:hug::hug: to you!!!!!!!

I hope you feel better soon, you are missed here:). I have been working a lot these past few days, so I haven't been around.

You take of yourself okay? The flu isn't something that you should play around with, drink your fluids, get your rest........:D

I didn't have the greatest week either(dieting wise). I know I just about killed my knees doing the 30 day shred, I had to stop exercising on Tuesday or risk a greater injury,but I was able to hold on to my weight from last week.:)

I am going to start exercising again today, but cut out some the moves that make my knees scream. I hope it works, I actually missed exercising this week:D

ECHO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Missed you too this week:p

Happy Birthday Bigmid!

Right!!!!!!!! Liz, I'm a Liz too, so know that we are Liz squared, we both can get back on track this week:D

Sorry Guys-just remember I didn't post my WI yesterday, so needed to take a Freebie. Need a few more hrs added to my day. Hope all is well, and we all, will be having a great week ahead. Will try to post when I get home from work, which I should be leaving for now. Take Care

OH NO Diva!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope it's not the S word??!?!

:wave: Hi, everyone! I have missed like a week here and have gone through a real turning point in my life. I was so pressured by everyone at home whenever i would workout or cook my own healthier meals that I had just made up my mind not to do it now and just look after my family. this is what happens every single time I try to lose weight, I feel like I don't have time and put it off for "when everyone doens't need me so much."

Well, it hit me yesterday that there is never going to come a time when everyone is not depending on me because I take care of everyone and put them before myself and they know that! SO, I decided that I am NOT doing it again! I sat my hubby down and told him I will be exercising and I will be making healthier meals and if he doesn't like what I cook he is free to make himself something else. He was okay with it, mostly because he is going back in the truck today and won't be here all the time anyway.

anyway, I feel this brave sense of confidence and power that I didn't have other times I tried this. I have officially put myself first and it felt realy good!

I'm not going to try to catch up here completely, but wanted everyone to know I am back and feel stronger than ever :strong: I feel I have turned a corner of some sort where I finally decided I am doing this, it is MY time, and everyone else can just get in line behind me with their needs and wants. I have never, ever done taht before, but I am right now.

Great attitude. I had the same kind of week. It started on Thursday and I just couldn't get myself to stop eating horrible things. So I am up a lb. this week. But here's to a new week and a new attitude!!;)

I pmed u. You didn't miss weigh in you have to weigh in by 11:59 pm est tonite. So unless you need one you don't have to take it.:D

Hooray for you! I think that is probably most women's story or at least most mom's story. We give all we have (and we r expected to, at that) until there is nothing left for us. So glad you came to this realization. If you don't take care of you first it makes it really hard to give you all to anyone. Glad you are feeling empowered!

Hello ladies!!! Had a very busy weekend helping my parents, so I haven't checked in much since Friday.

Hope everyone had a nice weekend! I'll check in more after work, just wanted to say - GO BLUE TEAM!!!

Hi Blue Team,

The Red Team is concerned because no one seems to know if Dixied is okay. Can anyone tell us if she is okay?

Igetfit

Mary - Thanks for noticing the under 200 happening. It wasn't as exciting as last summer because last summer it was the first time in like 15 years... I gained all the way up to 239 though over the winter/spring. (Gr!) so I'm just now getting down to near where I was... 12 pounds to go and I'll be in new territorry. Don't get me wrong though thrilled to be in the 100's again and don't plan on revisiting 200's. EVER!

Echo - CONGRATS on the BMI!!! How exciting!!!

oh no! you poor thing Diva!! please take care of yourself and plenty of rest!! hope you feel better soon!!

:hug::hug::hug: miss you heaps too!

aww thanks Mercy! :hug::hug:missed you too last week!! and well said, I agree, this is a BRAND new week, anything is possible Liz!!! you have the potential to lose weight this week. brand new slate!

mercy take care of that knee. hope you recover soon! :hug:

Thanks so much Idealmuse!!! :D:D

and CONGRATULATIONS to you on hitting onderland!! thats SUPER!!! woohoo we both can do the brocoli dance :broc: :broc:

i know i was thinking the same. i hope she's okay ! she must be super busy. does anyone know her or heard from her? or can contact her. i checked on her profile page and she hasnt logged in since last weekend i think.
i just sent her a pm. hope we hear from her soon. and that she's okay.

Dixied, did say last week she was really busy at work so I hope that's all that is happening.

I've read all the posts but I've had a really tiring weekend cooking and entertaining for Thanksgiving. It was a great weekend though. I overate on Saturday when we had our big meal but on Sunday I was back on the plan even though we had a family fun day at church with a potluck. I didn't touch any dessert and ate sensibly all day long. I even squeezed in a short bike ride last night while watching TV.

Does anyone have a challenge for the Blue Team this week? I'm not actually offering one, :lol: , as I'm drawing a blank right now but maybe someone has a burning issue to post up as a challenge.

Well, tonight is our big weigh in dead-line so don't forget to post your weight before tonight.

i was thinking the same thing! i cant wait to find out what this weeks challenge is going to be!!

who wants to do the next challenge?

retire- yeh you're probably right she's probably super busy with work. hopefuly we will hear from her soon.

Oh my I hope Dixie is okay too. Girly, Phone home please! We miss you!!!:hug:

Happy Birthday Bigmid!!!!! I hope you had a great day!:woo:

Echo, my Girl! CONGRATS on the BMI!!! I'm so happy for you and a teeny bit jealous too! hehe!:congrat:

Right! I took a Freebie too. I ALWAYS gain when I have stress and the by the boy having the "S" word STRESSED me the He!! out! We'll get it back on track.

Girl, I hope not too! Thanks! :hug:
I DID have a fever of 101 today but I knocked it out pretty quickly. I'm not coughing a lot like Matty was but I am getting a sore throat. I am REFUSING to allow this! LOL!


I AM SO PROUD OF YOU!!!! I had to take this step with my people too and on nights we can't all eat the same thing, my Man makes him and the boy their junk. ;) It feels awesome to put our selves first and do what we NEED to do if THEY want to keep us around. Because in my case, if I don't get healthy, I won't be here to take care of any of them. period. :hug:

Muse, I am so sorry I let that AWESOME moment slide right by me!!! :hug: WTG girly, it's awesome the first AND the second time!!!:hug:

Well Like I said ^ up there, I took a "freebie" week. I guess the stress from last week took it's toll on my WL efforts, but I am trying really hard to get it back down! I miss you all!!!http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t.../Smiley/94.gif

{{{{{Mercy}}}}}

Bootcamp day 1 - complete
 

Hey blues ~ just got home from my 1st ever bootcamp exercise thingy. I am SOOO FRIGGIN OUTTA SHAPE. I dont know how people do it. I seriously could not do one more squat or curl or leg lift. My body stopped working like 1/2 way through each exercise. What gives? I guess I just keep showing up and it will get better. God, I hope so! Also thinking it will lead to a good weigh in next week as I haven't pushed myself at exercise in months. We'll see!

SkinnyJeans ~
I just wanted to say Good For You! I am the exact same way with everyong else first and me tomorrow and tomorrow never comes because everyone else just keeps taking and your nature is to keep giving and its a never ending cycle! So GOOD FOR YOU RIGHT NOW! Keep with it, you will be better for you and everyone else for it!

I am ready to crash out! So wanted to say YAY for birthdays, BMI's, getting well, getting into onderland and getting a new week kicked off right.

GO BLUE!

Hi,
I too hope that Dixied is okay and just busy with work. Please let us know if you get a couple seconds.

Thank you Maryshady, Mercy03, and Diva for the Birthday wishes.:hug:

Echo congrats on the 1.1lbs and the BMI of 25 awesome job:carrot:

Idealmuse congratulations on making onederland:cp:

Diva I hope you feel better soon:getwell:

SkinnyJeansInWaiting good for you for thinking of yourself you deserve to focus on yourself for a change:)

Nixmom WTG for the first day of bootcamp I think as you go it will be easier and you will complete all the exercises. I would love to find a bootcamp out here too. Thanks for the YAY for birthdays.

Thanks to everyone for being supportive. I know I am doing the right thing for myself and I have some guilt about it, but I keep pushing it off and reminding myself it is better for everyone in the end, you all are SO right about that!

Hubby is gone today and I feel strong that I can do this. It's easier when he's not here every single day turning on his stupid deep fryer making all his yummiest foods...he can really cook, but I wish he'd use those skills for good rather than evil.

On a happy note...I have gone down a point on my waist to hip ratio! Yay! Now I just need to do that 6 more times to be at a healthy weight, so says Jillian :)

Here's to starting over again. Had a horrible weekend. Just couldn't/didn't stop eating crap. It was like it was calling to me constantly. I'm really getting tired of the yo-yoing up and down but then on the other hand maybe I don't want it bad enough. It's like I really love it when I am doing what I am suppose to be doing, I feel happy and confident that I can do it and the Wham! I sabotage myself by going totally off plan. Then I get depressed and start to think I am never going to do this. I have been on a diet since I was about 26 (after my last baby, now I'm 43) and I am only about 20 lbs lighter for almost 20 years of work! It is just depressing. I guess I'm kind of hoping something will go off in my head and I will finally get it right. kwim. Alright I'm done with the pity party. Hopefully today will be better.

Yes I know exactly what you mean. I've battled being overweight since puberty and I'm now 4. Sometimes, I get really tired of the constant struggle with my mind, but the alternative isn't something I can live with. I refuse to settle for being fat. Therefore, I keep trying. Hang in there. Others have conquered this and we can too.

Morning girls.

Just wanted to pop in and say

Thanks BigMid for the encouragement!

Mary and Girly ~ :hug:

We can do this ladies. One step, one decision at a time!

hey guys! diva has made us a brand new chat for week 5:

here's the link.

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/bigg...ek-5-chat.html

love that nixmom, one step, one decision at a time ! that should be our motto for this week!