Blue Team Week 4 Chat Thread
 

Had a good day yesterday. Everything is right on this week but the scale was up this morning. I know I shouldn't weigh everyday but not doing is not going to happen. Have an early meeting today so no workout this morning but I will do ubwo when I get home tonite.

Have a wonderful Wednesday! POP!!:D

thanks Mary for making a week 4 chat thread!

just moved my messages here :)

Originally Posted by retiredone:
Hi Diva. It must be somewhat worrisome to have H1N1 in your house with all the publicity buzzing around. But remember for most people it will be no worse than seasonal flu. Keep washing your hands and eating well. Stay away from sugar to keep your immune system running in top notch condition. And eat as well as you can to keep healthy.

I'm doing the Week 4 challenge and drinking all this water has me peeing all day long.

great advice given

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ref water intake: lol tell me about it! i calculated that i spent a total of 1 hour in the bathroom over the course of the day!! the reason i know this. is cause i have my ipod in my bathroom attached to two small speakers, when i get ready in the morning, brushing my teeth, washing my face etc, i like to listen to the jillian michales radio show. i actually wake up listening to it! she is awesome.

and then yesterday i pushed play on jillian's podcast everytime i entered my bathroom , so i listened to a whole hour show over the course of the day. lol at like 5 minute increments hahaha

Originally Posted by retiredone:
Hi Diva. It must be somewhat worrisome to have H1N1 in your house with all the publicity buzzing around. But remember for most people it will be no worse than seasonal flu. Keep washing your hands and eating well. Stay away from sugar to keep your immune system running in top notch condition. And eat as well as you can to keep healthy.

I'm doing the Week 4 challenge and drinking all this water has me peeing all day long.

great advice given

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ref water intake: lol tell me about it! i calculated that i spent a total of 1 hour in the bathroom over the course of the day!! the reason i know this. is cause i have my ipod in my bathroom attached to two small speakers, when i get ready in the morning, brushing my teeth, washing my face etc, i like to listen to the jillian michales radio show. i actually wake up listening to it! she is awesome.

and then yesterday i pushed play on jillian's podcast everytime i entered my bathroom , so i listened to a whole hour show over the course of the day. lol at like 5 minute increments hahaha

Good afternoon Blue Team. Hope everyone is having a good day. I'm getting ready for Canadian Thanksgiving this weekend. Thanksgiving is on Monday but we're having our meal on Saturday as everyone will be travelling back home on Monday. We're having the kids and their spouses and our darling baby grandson and a few outlaws as well, hahaha. We've invited our DIL's family as well so there'll be a crowd for sure. Lot's of cooking and baking going on this week. But I must not capitulate and eat the goodies until Saturday when I'll have dessert. :drool: Sorry about that burst of emotion.

Catch you all later.

Hello chickies! Well, I think my cutting calories has been worth it, the scale is back on the way down, 177.8 this morning. How it crept back up to 180 I don't know, but I beat it down and won :)

I wish my workouts were going better, I've been achy lately, but back to walking/jogging tonight. I might even have enough in me to do some JM's video too. Skipping days makes it hard to stay in a groove, so I need to keep myself going, even if it's a little bit every day.

Hope everyone is having a great day!!!

Hi Blue Team!!!!!!!!

Just checking in, had a long day today at work, but also a good one in that I made my goals for today.:)

Hope everyone is okay, Diva and Echo:hug::hug:

:wave: everyone

Has anyone else been having trouble with the site? The pages have been loading very slowly for me and when they do load they are all wonky :dizzy: Tonight it seems fine though.

Thank you so much for all the nice posts regarding my getting back to onederland this week. It means a lot to me :grouphug:

Diva, I hope your son is feeling better and I hope you and Jesse are ok too. Thinking of you :hug:

Retire, have a :thanks1: with your family!

Nella, that's great that the scale is moving down again.

Mercy, awesome job on reaching your goals for today!

Echo, lol about knowing how much time you spent in the bathroom. Seriously though, that's great that you are listening to Jillian's radio show!

Mary, I weigh myself daily too, and it sure sucks when it shows a gain overnight. But I guess it all evens out in the end. I bet you see it go down again soon.

Hey everyone!

i just purchased extra gum watermelon flavour. FINALLY its available to buy from the uk (ebay though) ever since i saw it on the biggest loser season 6. ive been dying for it! hahahahaha. i know i'm so easily persuaded by the plug ins on the show!!! haha :broc:

hey nella- great job on the workouts. good idea about kicking it with Jillian!! i also have her dvds, but havent tried them out yet. they look HARD!!

lol retire at the drool. i would be like that too!

mercy - great job on the calories!!

narnia, lol yah i love jillian! i'm currently downloading all her podcasts from like 2007. im totally addicted. i dont know what im gonna do when i've listened to them all!!! i wish she was doing the radio show :(

Good GOOD MORNING BLUE TEAM. IT'S THURSDAY MORNING. WAKE UP. GET OUT OF BED. GET ON THE MOVE. SHAKE THINGS UP. THE WEEK IS ALMOST OVER!!!!!

OK, I'm finished shouting and waking everyone up. :D The old saying says something like this, "A whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither fit for God nor man." Well, I whistle also. :D

I can't believe it's Thursday already. The week is almost over and the weekend is looming on the horizon. What can we do to make it a really healthy and on plan weekend? For me, and my fellow Canadians, it's Thanksgiving weekend and for my American friends it's Columbus Day weekend and in Mexico it's Dia de la Raza (Columbus Day) so everyone's got a long weekend in North America. Even if you work on the weekend and holiday Monday there's going to be loads of food around. So let's make a plan to stay on plan as much as possible.

For me, I'm having one free day as I always do on the weekend but I'm planning on not eating buttered vegetables and loads of mashed potatoes and gravy. And I have a hike planned, weather permitting.

What are the rest of you planning?

The website was off for sometime yesterday while the databases were being updated. That's why some of the pages have been really slow or weird looking.

Originally Posted by retiredone:
Good GOOD MORNING BLUE TEAM. IT'S THURSDAY MORNING. WAKE UP. GET OUT OF BED. GET ON THE MOVE. SHAKE THINGS UP. THE WEEK IS ALMOST OVER!!!!!

OK, I'm finished shouting and waking everyone up. :D The old saying says something like this, "A whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither fit for God nor man." Well, I whistle also. :D

I can't believe it's Thursday already. The week is almost over and the weekend is looming on the horizon. What can we do to make it a really healthy and on plan weekend? For me, and my fellow Canadians, it's Thanksgiving weekend and for my American friends it's Columbus Day weekend and in Mexico it's Dia de la Raza (Columbus Day) so everyone's got a long weekend in North America. Even if you work on the weekend and holiday Monday there's going to be loads of food around. So let's make a plan to stay on plan as much as possible.

For me, I'm having one free day as I always do on the weekend but I'm planning on not eating buttered vegetables and loads of mashed potatoes and gravy. And I have a hike planned, weather permitting.

What are the rest of you planning?

haha thanks retiredone!! i know i also thought that. oh no! its thursday and i am not seeing any loss!! i'm still unwell. so i cant really push it on the exercise.

but maybe will see a loss by sunday.

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my plans for today are:

drink at least 2.4 litres of water.

do my c25K

eat healthy. and within 1500
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side note. i just joined twitter but only cause i got an email from the jillian michaels website. and was curious! so i just joined twitter again.
i joined a few months ago, cause i was curious about the whole thing. but didnt really do it. but followed a few people like florence and the machine. and cas (the angel from supernatural. he is HILARIOUS!!)

and funny enough. i was following a person who tweeted about 3 fat chicks , something about how some college students were losing weight together. and thats how i came across this AMAZING Site, and i am sooooooooo happy!! my life has completely changed!!
this site has helped me so so so much.

anyways i'm now following jillian, bob harper and allison sweeney lol.

one day i want to write a letter to jillian telling her how she really inspired me! :)

oh and also
rocco dispirito - he's such a great chef!!! and very good looking heheheheheheh. and tara. and curtis stone. lol

Am I a artard, or is it that I just can't find who won last weeks challenge?:D

The results aren't up yet. So no one can find them. :D

Originally Posted by retiredone:
The results aren't up yet. So no one can find them. :D

Thanks for the quick reply:D

Originally Posted by :
Mercy, awesome job on reaching your goals for today!

Thanks!:)

Originally Posted by :
Echo, lol about knowing how much time you spent in the bathroom. Seriously though, that's great that you are listening to Jillian's radio show!

Hmmmmmmm, how much time have you got on your hands:dizzy:

Echo, what name do you use at twitter?

Originally Posted by Mercy03:



Hmmmmmmm, how much time have you got on your hands:dizzy:

Echo, what name do you use at twitter?

no, its not that i actually sat down to work it out. i just realised at the end of the day - that i had listened to a whole hour show during my bathroom breaks throughout the day :dizzy: i'm neurotic, but not THAT neurotic!:D

i use my real name on twitter :p shhhhh hehe:devil:

i'm neurotic, but not THAT neurotic!

It's all relative Ms. Echo, all relative..................:p

Originally Posted by Mercy03:
i'm neurotic, but not THAT neurotic!

It's all relative Ms. Echo, all relative..................:p

haha you know you might be right! i think i do have some obsessive-compulsive tendencies!!! :dizzy::dizzy:

Originally Posted by Echo:
haha you know you might be right! i think i do have some obsessive-compulsive tendencies!!! :dizzy::dizzy:

It's probably why you are so good at what you do:D Counting calories, calories burned, water intake, steps taken, yada, yada, yada.

NORMAL PEOPLE DON"T DO THESE THINGS LOL:D

Originally Posted by Mercy03:
It's probably why you are so good at what you do:D Counting calories, calories burned, water intake, steps taken, yada, yada, yada.

NORMAL PEOPLE DON"T DO THESE THINGS LOL:D

thank you :)

LMAO!!!!! thats hilarious!!! :Di never thought of it like that !! by golly i think you're right!! ;)

come to think of it - my supervisors did compliment me that i was very meticulous when it came to data analysis and doing my experiments.:dizzy:

and now its almost like i'm treating myself as a test subject hahahahahhaha seeing what works , what doesnt work with regards to calorie counting., losing weight.

i think its something to do with the fact that when i was studying, i felt out of control, like i didnt know what the outcome would be of my final defence. so the one thing i could control was my calorie counting and the amount of exercise and calories burned. i felt like whilst the rest of my life was out of control, this was the one thing i could have power over. like even now- i gotta make minor amendments to my thesis and its abit stressful. so i like being able to monitor what is going on with me body wise.

haha i feel like this is a therapy session, and you're my therapist lol

oh and i once heard paul mckenna talk about WHAT GETS MEASURED - GETS DONE... which is so true. so i use it in all aspects of my life.

there was this one study (i think), that people who monitor the number of steps they take (for eg) take MORE steps, than those that dont.

also i heard jillian talk about, how when you're exercising, treat it like a game. like last time, you ran X number of minutes, this time, try to beat that.... or go abit faster than last time.

i really love learning about the whole phenomenon of weight loss, metabolism etc. it really fascinates me and i'm really passionate about it! :book2:

Originally Posted by :
i really love learning about the whole phenomenon of weight loss, metabolism etc. it really fascinates me and i'm really passionate about it!

I do too!

Originally Posted by :
i think its something to do with the fact that when i was studying, i felt out of control, like i didnt know what the outcome would be of my final defence. so the one thing i could control was my calorie counting and the amount of exercise and calories burned. i felt like whilst the rest of my life was out of control, this was the one thing i could have power over. like even now- i gotta make minor amendments to my thesis and its abit stressful. so i like being able to monitor what is going on with me body wise.

Very intuitive Echo.I think that most of us have some sort of compulsion or addiction in life, or a need to control some part of our lives.

You and I have at least a "good compulsion" in that what we do will make us healthier and stronger.

You rock Echo, compulsion notwithstanding:D

Originally Posted by Nella:
Hello chickies! Well, I think my cutting calories has been worth it, the scale is back on the way down, 177.8 this morning. How it crept back up to 180 I don't know, but I beat it down and won :)

WTG on getting it back down! :carrot:

Originally Posted by Mercy03:
Hi Blue Team!!!!!!!!

Just checking in, had a long day today at work, but also a good one in that I made my goals for today.:)

Hope everyone is okay, Diva and Echo:hug::hug:

Hugs:hug: Back at'cha! You & Echo are cracking me up!!!! Such funny girls! :D

Originally Posted by Narnia99:
:wave: everyone

Has anyone else been having trouble with the site? The pages have been loading very slowly for me and when they do load they are all wonky :dizzy: Tonight it seems fine though.

Thank you so much for all the nice posts regarding my getting back to onederland this week. It means a lot to me :grouphug:

Diva, I hope your son is feeling better and I hope you and Jesse are ok too. Thinking of you :hug:

Hey Narnia! :hug: Thank you. Matt is starting to feel a little better today and is definitely coughing less. So we are starting to relax a little. it's been very stressful. Jess was feeling a bit unwell last night but I gave him some Vit-C and some Ibuprofen and told him he is NOT allowed to get sick! :nono:

:thanks1:Happy Thanksgiving weekend Retired! I hope you have a blessed Holiday weekend. Don't eat too much! :hug:

Echo, you are so funny. I swear your post always make me smile and giggle! And Twitter??? EW!!!! Plurk & Facebook is where it's at woman! :) But I am Diva0467 on Twitter. I rarely check it though...

Sounds like everyone is doing great! I am feeling less stressed and still doing well on the eating. No exercise though. it's taking all my energy taking care of Matty & keeping this house clean and germ free. The scale has gone down a few ounces. So That's good. :) Anyhoo, back to my chores.

Hugs all!!!

It's me again. I'm busy making food for Saturday's big dinner. Here's a new recipe for you. Canadian Thanksgiving is on Monday and next month is the American Thanksgiving and sweet potato is usually on the menu. Most of the sweet potato casserole recipes are like a very rich pie without the crust. And the gooey marshmallow toppings on some of them are just out of the question for many reasons. So here's a nice "clean" sweet potato casserole that I'm making for the big dinner.

Sweet Potato Casserole
4 large sweet potatoes, cooked and sliced
1 large can crushed or tidbits or chunks unsweetened pineapple, lightly drained
1/2 chopped pecans
cinnamon
nutmeg
2 tablespoons brown sugar or sweetener of choice

Layer half sweet potatoes, pineapple and 1 tablespoon brown sugar in Pam sprayed casserole. Sprinkle lightly with cinnamon and nutmeg. Repeat layer. Top with the chopped pecans bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes until bubbling.

The original recipe had 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 cup butter, 2 sliced bananas, rum, and about 1 cup of macadamia nuts. So as you can see the above recipe is really scaled down calorie wise but will taste really good.


Diva, glad your boy is on the mend. You'll soon be out of quarantine.

Hey ladies! Are we all ladies on this team? I think so!! :)

Diva I'm glad to hear about your son getting better, and it looks like you don't have it, so that's great!

The site was totally acting up yesterday, I got nervous I downloaded a virus on accident or something!

This morning I had a donut AND a bagel! People brought BOTH into work! But I am going to make them fit into my cals for the day, I had 80 cals of tuna for lunch and am just going to have about a chicken breast for dinner, as well as some pickles and salad. I'm determined to make it work.

It sucks around these times of year when people bring out the Halloween candy, I can't stand it! I pray that they always bring in the candy I hate, but these days, there isn't much I won't eat.

Isn't it funny how being on a diet opens your eyes up to trying new things, and then loving them? Because you restrict yourself a lot, you venture out of your comfort taste realm and try new things...

I used to hate bitter greens, now they're fantastic... same with cottage cheese, pico de gallo, various things.

But the same goes the other way around. I used to hate cake donuts, you know the dense ones with the sprinkles? And I would never resort to eating them because if all there were in the office were cake donuts nothing stopped me from picking up whatever I wanted on a break or lunch or after work!

But NOW: if there is a cake donut left in the office, it's CALLING to me. Because I won't let myself go pick up a treat, but if something is sitting right in front of me, and even if it's never been a liked treat of mine, it tempts me so much! Am I making sense??!

Haha, I think I had too much coke zero at lunch today.

Originally Posted by Echo:
(the angel from supernatural. he is HILARIOUS!!)

Yum! I love that guy!

Roni, how is Jesse?

So, the scale are stuck.:( Dreaded BL week 2? Yeah, I know that it's technically week 3, but it's really my week 2. ;)

But, I'm pushing on.

Hope everyone is doing well. Rock on, Bluesers! :cheer:

I just had to post today...I have hit my halfway point!!! I am down 45 lbs. and I have 45 left to go! I am so excited. I have never done this good before.

I hope everybody else is having a good week.

Originally Posted by retiredone:

Sweet Potato Casserole
4 large sweet potatoes, cooked and sliced
1 large can crushed or tidbits or chunks unsweetened pineapple, lightly drained
1/2 chopped pecans
cinnamon
nutmeg
2 tablespoons brown sugar or sweetener of choice

Layer half sweet potatoes, pineapple and 1 tablespoon brown sugar in Pam sprayed casserole. Sprinkle lightly with cinnamon and nutmeg. Repeat layer. Top with the chopped pecans bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes until bubbling.

The original recipe had 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 cup butter, 2 sliced bananas, rum, and about 1 cup of macadamia nuts. So as you can see the above recipe is really scaled down calorie wise but will taste really good.


Diva, glad your boy is on the mend. You'll soon be out of quarantine.

YUM! That sounds so good! I am saving it and making it for our Thanksgiving. Thanks. :hug:

Originally Posted by GirlyGirlSebas:
Yum! I love that guy!

Roni, how is Jesse?

So, the scale are stuck.:( Dreaded BL week 2? Yeah, I know that it's technically week 3, but it's really my week 2. ;)

But, I'm pushing on.

Hope everyone is doing well. Rock on, Bluesers! :cheer:

Keep pushing on hunny! I know you can do it if ya just wrap your mind around it. I think our attitude is a BIG part of this journey. :hug:

Jesse is doing fine since I forbid him to get sick! LOL! He actually did the dishes for me last night and tonight when he got home, he told me not to bother cooking dinner and he took me out! OMG! I am sooooo keeping him! That was an excellent margarita too. I think I've earned that.

Originally Posted by happeningf:
Hey ladies! Are we all ladies on this team? I think so!! :)

Diva I'm glad to hear about your son getting better, and it looks like you don't have it, so that's great!

The site was totally acting up yesterday, I got nervous I downloaded a virus on accident or something!

This morning I had a donut AND a bagel! People brought BOTH into work! But I am going to make them fit into my cals for the day, I had 80 cals of tuna for lunch and am just going to have about a chicken breast for dinner, as well as some pickles and salad. I'm determined to make it work.

It sucks around these times of year when people bring out the Halloween candy, I can't stand it! I pray that they always bring in the candy I hate, but these days, there isn't much I won't eat.

Isn't it funny how being on a diet opens your eyes up to trying new things, and then loving them? Because you restrict yourself a lot, you venture out of your comfort taste realm and try new things...

I used to hate bitter greens, now they're fantastic... same with cottage cheese, pico de gallo, various things.

But the same goes the other way around. I used to hate cake donuts, you know the dense ones with the sprinkles? And I would never resort to eating them because if all there were in the office were cake donuts nothing stopped me from picking up whatever I wanted on a break or lunch or after work!

But NOW: if there is a cake donut left in the office, it's CALLING to me. Because I won't let myself go pick up a treat, but if something is sitting right in front of me, and even if it's never been a liked treat of mine, it tempts me so much! Am I making sense??!

Haha, I think I had too much coke zero at lunch today.

Bad bad girl! :nono: Someone needs a spanking! ;)

Originally Posted by alwe74:
I just had to post today...I have hit my halfway point!!! I am down 45 lbs. and I have 45 left to go! I am so excited. I have never done this good before.

I hope everybody else is having a good week.

YAY!!!:carrot: WTG! I'm so excited for you!

The Blue Team Challenge this week has been marvelous so far! At first, I thought - shoot, I'm going to be tempted with a bite here and a bite there. Well, I didn't. And now it's been 4 days on this challenge, and I'm not craving anything junky or snacky as I was last week! Whoo-hoo!

Hi team!

Just checking in real quick to say hi! :wave: Hope you are all doing great.

I'm struggling with all the events around the wedding and whatnot. Two more sleeps! I'm trying to be reasonable but enjoy this time. I will be back on plan 100% when we come back form our honeymoon, and we'll just see what happens in the meantime.

To all the Canadian chicks - have a great Thanksgiving this weekend!

Originally Posted by alwe74:
I just had to post today...I have hit my halfway point!!! I am down 45 lbs. and I have 45 left to go! I am so excited. I have never done this good before.

I hope everybody else is having a good week.

congrats alwe74!! How exciting for you!

Originally Posted by retiredone:
Sweet Potato Casserole
4 large sweet potatoes, cooked and sliced
1 large can crushed or tidbits or chunks unsweetened pineapple, lightly drained
1/2 chopped pecans
cinnamon
nutmeg
2 tablespoons brown sugar or sweetener of choice

Layer half sweet potatoes, pineapple and 1 tablespoon brown sugar in Pam sprayed casserole. Sprinkle lightly with cinnamon and nutmeg. Repeat layer. Top with the chopped pecans bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes until bubbling.

Thanks for the recipe. I usually make candied sweets with loads of butter and brown sugar. I am definitely going to try this one. Have a :thanks1: Enjoy your wonderful family and hopefully those few outlaws!

Originally Posted by happeningf:
This morning I had a donut AND a bagel! People brought BOTH into work! But I am going to make them fit into my cals for the day,
...you venture out of your comfort taste realm and try new things...

I used to hate bitter greens, now they're fantastic... same with cottage cheese, pico de gallo, various things.

That could have been my post yesterday. I was starving all day. Once I got home I kind of lost it and had jelly krimpets and then 1/2 bag of flavored mini rice cakes. But I did fit it into my cals. I made ww soup for dinner and ate only that. I ended up at 1600 for the day.

Ditto on the trying different things while dieting. I used to cringe at cc but now I love it. I mix it up to get all the lumps out and add equal and cinnamon to it.

Originally Posted by GirlyGirlSebas:
So, the scale are stuck.:( Dreaded BL week 2? Yeah, I know that it's technically week 3, but it's really my week 2. ;) But, I'm pushing on.

Glad to hear your pushing on! It is so unsettling to know you are doing everything you can and the scale isn't moving. Keep up the hard work!

Originally Posted by alwe74:
I just had to post today...I have hit my halfway point!!! I am down 45 lbs. and I have 45 left to go! I am so excited. I have never done this good before.

:carrot::carrot::carrot: Wow that must feel great. Your are definitely an inspiration.

Originally Posted by SweetScrumptious:
The Blue Team Challenge this week has been marvelous so far! At first, I thought - shoot, I'm going to be tempted with a bite here and a bite there. Well, I didn't. And now it's been 4 days on this challenge, and I'm not craving anything junky or snacky as I was last week! Whoo-hoo!

Glad to hear you are having a great week!:carrot:

Originally Posted by practiceliving:
Hi team!
I'm struggling with all the events around the wedding and whatnot. Two more sleeps! I'm trying to be reasonable but enjoy this time. I will be back on plan 100% when we come back form our honeymoon, and we'll just see what happens in the meantime.

Relax and Enjoy. Getting married only happens once in a lifetime. You will be back on plan soon enough. Have a wonderful day. I just know you will look beautiful in your gown. Have an awesome honeymoon and be prepared to give us details and hopefully a pic. :congrat:

Originally Posted by Mercy03:
I do too!



Very intuitive Echo.I think that most of us have some sort of compulsion or addiction in life, or a need to control some part of our lives.

You and I have at least a "good compulsion" in that what we do will make us healthier and stronger.

You rock Echo, compulsion notwithstanding:D

Why thank you Mercy03!!! ::D

aww thanks so much!! you're really sweet! I appreciate that!!! :hug:

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Originally Posted by Diva:


Hey Narnia! :hug: Thank you. Matt is starting to feel a little better today and is definitely coughing less. So we are starting to relax a little. it's been very stressful. Jess was feeling a bit unwell last night but I gave him some Vit-C and some Ibuprofen and told him he is NOT allowed to get sick! :nono:


Sounds like everyone is doing great! I am feeling less stressed and still doing well on the eating. No exercise though. it's taking all my energy taking care of Matty & keeping this house clean and germ free. The scale has gone down a few ounces. So That's good. :) Anyhoo, back to my chores.

Hugs all!!!

Hey Diva! glad to hear Matt is feeling better. poor thing. aww you're such a great mother and wife. working so hard. bless

Originally Posted by :
Hugs:hug: Back at'cha! You & Echo are cracking me up!!!! Such funny girls! :D

lol thanks! hehe :D

Originally Posted by :
Echo, you are so funny. I swear your post always make me smile

aww Thanks!! that's so sweet , i really appreciate that!! :hug:


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thanks retire for the recipe. that sounds YUMMY!
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happening - good for you on working those calories in!! you're right about how when you're healthy eating and dieting, you do think, wow i actually like such and such. i like cottage cheese too!!
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Originally Posted by GirlyGirlSebas:
Yum! I love that guy!

hehe ! i know cute aint he hehehe ;)

Originally Posted by :
So, the scale are stuck. Dreaded BL week 2? Yeah, I know that it's technically week 3, but it's really my week 2.

Sebas - i know ! i hear ya. my scale has been showing the same weight since last sunday. and its not budging. i'm gonna kick up my exercise today and tommorow. even though my throat still really hurts.
maybe my body is torn between losing weight or getting better. but i'm determined to hit through the 160 barrier! this sunday. my own personal goal. "toughen up soldier" :drill: i say to myself lol
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alwe - Congrats! thats awesome:bravo:
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i agree this weeks challenge, is really helping me stay on track!!! nice one bigsexy
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keep going everyone!! you're all doing great, finish up the week STRONG!!

Originally Posted by :
Very intuitive Echo.I think that most of us have some sort of compulsion or addiction in life, or a need to control some part of our lives.

This weeks challenge has done the above for me. I now have taken control of every morsel that I put into my mouth and every step that I take.

Thanks for that Echo!:D

I'm really busy today getting ready for tomorrow's dinner. I've read all the posts, though (never too busy for that) and see that things are under control in the Blue Team.

I'm loving the challenge, too. It just reminded me I haven't had a drop of water in my body yet--orange juice and milk but no water. Must go guzzle at the faucet.

I weigh in tomorrow but may not get to post here until Sunday but who knows, I may get a moment of peace. But our baby GS will be here and I think he'll occupy any down time.

Take care and have a good weekend.

Originally Posted by retiredone:
I'm really busy today getting ready for tomorrow's dinner. I've read all the posts, though (never too busy for that) and see that things are under control in the Blue Team.

I'm loving the challenge, too. It just reminded me I haven't had a drop of water in my body yet--orange juice and milk but no water. Must go guzzle at the faucet.

I weigh in tomorrow but may not get to post here until Sunday but who knows, I may get a moment of peace. But our baby GS will be here and I think he'll occupy any down time.

Take care and have a good weekend.

Just reading your post, I too have forgotten to drink water today. Thanks for the reminder, and have a good weekend as well!

I would just like to report... 154.2 lbs this morning! From 156.8 lbs at weigh in. I just need to get past Thanksgiving Dinner on Sunday (Canadian here) - must not overindulge!

Hi Blusers, Happy Thanksgiving to my Northern-est Bluesers!

Marianne - Special thoughts to you on this very special weekend!

Just dropping in to update that I'm still on-plan, but the stupid scales are resisting my efforts! I'm just about ready to kick them to the curb. But, I won't use food to make myself feel better this weekend. I must stay busy.
Tomorrow morning, I'm planning a photography session at a nearby waterfall. I just found out that there is a lovely 20 foot waterfall about 10 minutes from my house. This is a well kept secret. Other than church on Sunday, I have no fun plans Maybe I'll re-arrange a few closets and drawers and catch up on my boatload of DVR'd shows.

Have a great on-plan weekend! :cheer3:

I'm in the same boat as you this week Rhonda. I've been doing everything according to plan and haven't seen the scale budge an inch this week. As long as we're doing what we know is right it will get there soon. Have a great weekend all.

Happy Thanksgiving all you Canadians!!!

Alwe74 - WAHOO!!!! How good must that feel for you!

Leslie & Girly Girl - That was me last week (except I was up!!) I'm back down this week, so sometimes our bodies just like to be mean and make us work harder.

Diva - glad to hear your son is doing better. You better be doing your workouts and staying OP!!! I'm watching you !

Sweet - WAHOO!!

Well, I hope everyone has a lovely OP weekend!!!! My scale has been crawling back down, so I hope to have a happy weigh in on Monday. Back to ticker weight after a bad week and a half of being up 4 pounds for no reason.

Originally Posted by practiceliving:
Hi team!

Just checking in real quick to say hi! :wave: Hope you are all doing great.

I'm struggling with all the events around the wedding and whatnot. Two more sleeps! I'm trying to be reasonable but enjoy this time. I will be back on plan 100% when we come back form our honeymoon, and we'll just see what happens in the meantime.

To all the Canadian chicks - have a great Thanksgiving this weekend!

Congratulations!!! :congrat:

Originally Posted by Mercy03:
This weeks challenge has done the above for me. I now have taken control of every morsel that I put into my mouth and every step that I take.

Thanks for that Echo!:D

yah it was a great challenge idea by Bigsexy!! its really helped me too. hehe

you're so welcome! :hug:

Originally Posted by retiredone:
I'm really busy today getting ready for tomorrow's dinner. I've read all the posts, though (never too busy for that) and see that things are under control in the Blue Team.

I'm loving the challenge, too. It just reminded me I haven't had a drop of water in my body yet--orange juice and milk but no water. Must go guzzle at the faucet.

I weigh in tomorrow but may not get to post here until Sunday but who knows, I may get a moment of peace. But our baby GS will be here and I think he'll occupy any down time.

Take care and have a good weekend.

Happy thanksgiving !!! :happ3:

Originally Posted by SweetScrumptious:
I would just like to report... 154.2 lbs this morning! From 156.8 lbs at weigh in. I just need to get past Thanksgiving Dinner on Sunday (Canadian here) - must not overindulge!

Happy thanksgiving :thanks2: !! and well done on the weight loss!! :congrat:

Originally Posted by GirlyGirlSebas:
Hi Blusers, Happy Thanksgiving to my Northern-est Bluesers!

Marianne - Special thoughts to you on this very special weekend!

Just dropping in to update that I'm still on-plan, but the stupid scales are resisting my efforts! I'm just about ready to kick them to the curb. But, I won't use food to make myself feel better this weekend. I must stay busy.
Tomorrow morning, I'm planning a photography session at a nearby waterfall. I just found out that there is a lovely 20 foot waterfall about 10 minutes from my house. This is a well kept secret. Other than church on Sunday, I have no fun plans Maybe I'll re-arrange a few closets and drawers and catch up on my boatload of DVR'd shows.

Have a great on-plan weekend! :cheer3:

i know! my scale isnt budging either from last sunday. maybe i've hit a temporary plateua. i will just keep doing what im doing and hopefully see a drop next week. but at least i'm not gaining, so happy about that!!!

have a great weekend!! i love photography too. that waterfall sounds lovely!

Originally Posted by LeslieB:
I'm in the same boat as you this week Rhonda. I've been doing everything according to plan and haven't seen the scale budge an inch this week. As long as we're doing what we know is right it will get there soon. Have a great weekend all.

me too :( , yah nicely said LeslieB! also you've been dropping big numbers consistently each week, so maybe thats why. you know how on the biggest loser they always have a week where they either dont lose that much or nothing at all. i guess thats that week for us!

Originally Posted by Nella:

Well, I hope everyone has a lovely OP weekend!!!! My scale has been crawling back down, so I hope to have a happy weigh in on Monday. Back to ticker weight after a bad week and a half of being up 4 pounds for no reason.

that's good! that its going back the right way!

Happy thanksgiving to all our fellow canadian friends!!!
:turkey: :thanks2: :thanks1: :happ3: