BLUE Team Week 5 Chat
 

Hang in there girly and keep at it, the more you do it the easier it'll get and the more you'll be able to do!!!! I have faith in ya! :hug:

YAY!!!! WTG!!!!! :carrot: Can you tell me how to measure that please???


Rhonda is exactly right! keep on striving for greatness and healthy lifestyles girls! We can do this!!!:hug: lets ROCK Week 5!!!!!

aww thanks so much!!! wouldnt have been able to do it without this AWESOME BLUE team! you guys rock!! :cheer3:


you go girl!!! wow you're a soldier!! :dril:

you're gonna have a kick *** week today!

Diva thanks for making a week 5 chat thread!

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Thanks so much Nixmom!! and wow thats awesome you went to bootcamp!!! you little soldier you!! :drill: good for you!
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Thanks so much Bigmid !! :carrot: and happy birthday to you!!:celebrate:


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that's awesome!! well done! :bravo:

brand new week!! with lots of possibilities!! you can do it ! :cheer3: you just keep getting back on that wagon of yours :cb:
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about this weeks challenge. do we have any takers??

i was trawling through old challenges from the blue team, and i found this interesting one!! check it out. what do you guys think?? sounds kinda fun!

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/bigg...ou-thread.html

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me4life = hey bluesers, i'm starting an i dare you thread. basically the first person (that would be me) dares anyone on the blue team to do something (say 10 push-ups) whoever does it first reports that they did it and puts down another dare (say running in place 5 minutes). the idea here is little things do add up, so get creative with your dares and keep them on a smaller scale so everyone can play. (means don't dare them to go to a zumba class when not everyone has access to something like that...ok that would be me to) __________________ i'll start....i dare you to do 10 push-ups and 10 crunches

we can also include non exercise dares, like drink half a litre of water.

do we have any volunteers for doing the challenge this week ? its already tuesday, and would be nice if we got a jump start on this :)

any takers??

Echo, are you going to start a challenge thread for this? I think it's a great idea.

Thanks retiredone! :) i'm happy to do it :D if that's okay with the rest of the blue team ?
i know dixie said a new blue team member to start the challenge. i will wait abit to see if we have any takers, if not then will start it up. what do you think?
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great article!! nice question of the day. i like to workout on my own, as i see it as ME time. i heard jillian speak about how you shouldnt see exercise as a chore, but a time for you to have abit of ME time and take care of yourself an your body, a time when you can just be with yourself. abit of pampering. i like to workout to p90x workout videos and i like going running outside when its a nice day. i'd like to join a gym, but cant afford it at the moment, but i can imagine that i probably would push myself harder if i am surrounded by other people working out.

I'm happy to have you start a new challenge thread, Echo. That's one vote: yes :)

I had a bunch of quotes done but lost them all...sigh...that's the world of computers as I know them. :D

So I guess I'll start fresh on week 5.

QOTD:
How Does your exercise environment influence your Work-out?

I think that when I'm exercising at home I have to make a very conscious effort to finish what I've started. There are so many distractions at home. For instance yesterday I was riding my exercise bike and DH called out for a garbage bag. He was cleaning the furnace and needed me to bring it downstairs. As this was a legitimate request I jumped off the bike and got the garbage bag. I had 5 minutes left to make an hour and I could have easily told myself that 55 minutes was just as good. To my credit, I got back on the bike and finished the hour. If I'd been in a gym I wouldn't have the household distractions.

I also like to walk outside. I find that once I'm outside I'm determined to finish the course I've mapped out. I'm competitive with myself on this one.

Here's to a great week 5. I know the weekend wiped out some of you. But one day doesn't make a failure. I had one off day with our family Thanksgiving dinner where I ate and ate. But even though I ate twice as much as I would normally do (that's not an exaggeration, btw) I ate fairly healthy food, except for the pie and ice cream. I didn't eat enough to gain a pound and I enjoyed my food. Next day I was back on plan and I don't feel guilty about enjoying a good meal with family and friends. So if you had a day or two of eating off plan don't despair. Life has to be lived with other people and sometimes that means getting off plan once and a while.

I think the more we eat healthy foods and make it a habit every day that the days we take a "vacation" from our plan we'll find we are actually making healthier choices with the "bad" foods. We may be eating more foods but those foods will be healthier than what they would have been say a year or two ago. And if we slip those healthier foods into the family eating plan over a period of time then our families will be eating better, too. I only make one meal. Everyone eats it or makes their own. I seldom have dissenters.

Anyhoo, I'm off on my walk in a few minutes, the first walk since Thursday. The rain has stopped, the sun is shining and Isabella has got an itch to walk outside.

Catch you all later.

Hi Blue Team! I know you are probably more worried about what happened to Dixie than where your results are, but I keep a spread sheet of both teams' stats, so if you like I can give you the "unofficial" results for your team for the last two weighins. I just thought I'd offer, feel free to simply ignore me! ;)

I'm not speaking officially for the team, but I would be interested. And I do hope Dixie is well.

Thanks retiredone!! hehe
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okay i've drawn up the challenge and posted it. If anyone has another idea for a challenge and wanted to lead the challenge for this week, then i'm more than happy to take mine down and save it for another week. just let me know! thanks :-)

but in the meantime, here's the challenge. to get us started!!

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/bigg...ml#post2968349

that would be awesome! i'd like to know please :D and yah i agree with retiredone, not speaking officially for the blue team. but kind of you to offer Montecristo!
but yah hopefully we will hear from Dixie soon!

Go for it!

Ditto, and thanks!

Do it up Monte! And Echo or Retired - thanks for starting the challenge thread. I will be there soon!

My legs are pissed at me today (bootcamp) but I am down a lb already. On track to eat right today, and just hoping my body can hold out for night 2. Thanks for the encouragement girls!

QOTD: It is obvious that I need to be in a group setting. I can go home and walk the dog but really don't push myself to do much more. Last night (even the cute little instructor had to hold my leg in the air) I pushed myself. Home distractions kill my workout mojo, and if it isn't a family member, then I FIND a distraction (laundry, dishes, phone, vacuuming) and !poof! its too late to work out. So group for me baby!

Hope you al have a great Tuesday!

Me too Diva. I find it harder to sustain a workout if I am in my living room with my couch looking so comfy right behind me. If I get out the door and go walk, I am out of my comfort zone and push myself harder. It's very easy to turn off the video, I can't just quit in the middle of my walk, because I have to get home somehow.

On a happy note, the scale is being my friend again. 175.0 this morning! that's down from 176.4 yesterday! Not sure how, but I'll take it!

Why would we ignore you?!? You would be doing us a favor. I do hope Dixie makes an appearance soon. I'm worried about her as well. Monte, it would be very sweet of you to do the spread sheet for the blue team if you already have it in the works. Thanks a bunch! We may be on "opposing" teams, but we are all in this together.

Okay, here goes with the unofficial results.

Well I didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings. I get enthusiastic about certain things, and in the past I've been accused of taking over stuff. I certainly don't want to cause any problems here. :)

MonteCristo - Thanks for posting our results. Blue is doing awesome!!

YUP YUP! DITTO what you said! I feel the same way about home workouts. I can do them and I have lots of stuff, DVD's and equipment and such but the motivation and commitment just get sucked right out of me...for all the same reasons. I HAVE to put on the GYM clothes and shoes and go there and be motivated by the peeps around me to really do it, and do it right! I blame them all too! THEY are the ones that treat me like I am some rock star acting like I do so much when I don't feel that way at all, but I'll sure take it and it makes me want to live up to that standard my GYM peeps seemed to have set for me. I sure miss that place! Dang, I've been twice in 2 weeks, due to illnesses, lack of mojo, the Swine Flu. I hope tomorrow it'll be safe for me to return.

Monte, Thanks so much for doing that for us. Maybe one of the "Power Chicks" can get ion touch with Dixie for us??? I am getting worried now....

:wave: everyone
I've been out of town so I have a lot of posts to catch up on which I will try to do later this afternoon. I haven't worked out in 5 days but I think my body really needed the rest. I was feeling very worn out and after these days off I feel well rested and ready to get going again. I made healthy food choices while I was away, and I came back down 1.5 lbs.

Diva, great question! When I was in really good shape I loved going to the gym. Since my injury, and gaining all this weight I have been working out at home and I really like it. I know right now I would be too self concious to go to the gym. I bought a Stairmaster and I can really push myself on it, so I feel like I am getting a really good cardio workout. For weights I need to follow a dvd in order to make myself choose the right weight. When I try to do it myself I always go lighter than I should.

Echo, thanks for setting up the challenge thread :)

Monte, thank you for the results :) I hope everything is ok with Dixie.

Nixmom, good for you for joining a bootcamp class! Hang in there and I'm sure it will get easier. You can do it :cheer2:

Retire, very well said!

Have a wonderful day everyone!

I have to admit, I waited too long to eat and caved last night. I was out in town and I went to a char-grilled burger place. Not greasy fast food, but like real lean meat grilled. I ordered a cheeseburger and fries and a diet coke. I ate the whole 1/4 pound burger and about 8 fries, then tossed the rest. There is a silver lining though, I was still in my calorie budget for the day. So even though it wasn't a great food choice, it wasn't tragic. We all need to have a burger or ice cream every once in a while. I think it keeps us sane. Like now, my craving for burgers is gone, so I can continue to make healthy choices today.

Thanks Monte for posting the results! I'd like to thank my strange weight gain last week for my winning this week, lol. Being a girl is so weird sometimes. I think I can look at a speck of salt and gain 5 pounds.

Good job everyone on the Blue and the Red team!!! Keep it up!

As snow is in the forecast for lots of us I thought this article was timely, especially if you have kids.

Family Winter Fitness
http://ca.lifestyle.yahoo.com/health...family_fitness

How Does your exercise environment influence your Work-out?

I try and set myself up for limiting excuses. I have a treadmill in my front room which has a TV right in front of it. I usually have some DVR shows to watch which makes time go by quickly. I also leave my road bike on the bike trainer in front of the other TV so it's easier to just jump on and ride. Also I'ved signed up for a training group after the holidays so that "group" enviroment I think will be a big key in helping my fitness development get where it needs to be by next fall. (supportive enviroment but challenging)

I also put on workout clothes even if I'm just walking. Feels more like a workout!

Thanks for running the numbers MonteCristo.

I know Dixie has a lot of personal stuff going on I'm sure she won't mind us running the unofficial results. Hope shes OK.

Congratulations to all that have lost weight these past 2 weeks. Keep it up!:carrot:

food and exercise log for week 5:

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/bigg...ml#post2967439

Congratulations to : :cheer3:

biggest loser

happeningf - 3.0lbs (2.16%)

Runner Ups nellonnello - 3.6lbs (1.83%) JoyfulVegGirl - 2.8lbs (1.72%) Alwe74 - 2.6lbs (1.34%)


Biggest Loser - Nella - 3.0lbs (1.67%)

Runner Ups mebhealthy - 2.4lbs (1.54%) Idealmuse - 3.0lbs (1.50%) retiredone - 2.0lbs (1.34%)

well done guys!!!!

thanks Monte for posting the results. so great of you! we really appreciate it!!!

you're welcome! :D

I just noticed I was a runner-up in Week 4. Ha, ha. I never think that I would be in the running. Congratulations to everyone who worked so hard the last two weeks, especially Happeningf and Nella who were the biggest losers.

Whoot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can exercise again without pain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. I'm not too excited am I?:carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot:

Did a modified 30 day shred replacing the stationary bike with some of the exercisies that were killing my knees, expanded on the bi-cep reps and abs.

awesome *hi-5* no wonder your kicking our butts in the challenge !! lol!! ;)

Thanks Echo:hug::hug:

Question for you. How would you calibrate your calories lost for the day if you don't have a bodybugg?.

My bmr is 1317, so I am trying to eat under that or come out even, then my calories lost during exercise is my net loss for the day.

Am I doing this right?

I've skipped 2 doses of meds so I could drag myself out of bed, three weeks of this crud is enough. Give me a second and I'll get the numbers together, then I'm going back to sleep. I'm not getting email notifications on my PMs, sorry that I haven't responded to anyone who sent one. They're supposed to go to e-mail on my phone. Which is by the bed, so I'd know to get up...

Hello all!

Man, I've missed a lot with our group. I'm sorry I've been MIA this time around. I've moved twice and started a new job in the past couple of months, and I still don't have a routine down yet. The good news is that I have been losing slowly but surely. The bad is that I still haven't been running. I would say that the moving and no schedule thing is my excuse for that, but I've managed the fit it in under much more extreme circumstances. Guess I just need to do it, heh.

It was nice to be a runner up a couple of weeks ago! I think that's my first time being in the ranking at all. Congrats to happeningf!!! Fantastic job, lady.

Dee, sorry you've been so sick :( I hope you kick this thing soon.

Alright chicas, gonna head home and hopefully work out tonight. Wish me luck ;)

Welcome Back! I'm glad you are feeling better now and can move, hehe! Jillian will kill ya. See I know y'all are fans but my thing is, I totally disagree with her methods. I just don't see how pushing ones self to the point of injury is going to help anything at all when you are going to have to rest and recuperate because SHE or you because she's pushing you too far too fast. JMO...but this is why I a not crazy about her.

Awww Dixie, I hope ya feel better soon. I hope it's not the dreaded Swine Flu. That is HORRIBLE!!!! Matt was pretty much knocked out too from his meds. :hug: Miss ya and don't worry, we'll keep things going while you are getting better!

Hey chicks. I'm back from day two of torture hour (aka bootcamp). I am determined to make it through this. I am DEFINITELY outside my comfort zone. And it feels GREAT!

Dixied - sorry you down with the crud. We have missed you. Take the rest and time you need to get back to good. We'll be here!

Mercy - YAY for pain free exercise. Thats always such a bummer to wait out but reminds you how strong you are when you get back in the groove!

Want to do more personals girls but I gotta pull off a shower in 9 minutes so I can watch TBL. Have a great night!

Atta girl, Nix. Good on ya :)

I managed to get in my pushups/situps/squats challenge. Man, I am out of shape. Felt good to be moving again, though ;)

Have a good night, ladies!

Thanks for all the encouraging words. I think it may be TOM starting and I always get a little depressed. Did ok yesterday but I did workout. Did part 2 of 30DS. Man Jillian is crazy!! lol!! My butt is so sore today but in a good way.

Congrats to all the losers!!

Dee-hope you feel better soon (((hugs)))