Blue Team Week 13 Chat
 

Hello Chickies!!!! Last week!!! Last Chance!!!! Let's rock this last week!!!

I got TBL new Last Chance Workout DVD. Did it on Friday, still sore today, lol. I struggled with it too, so that means I've not been exercising for far too long. Now that most of the soreness is gone, time to do it again!! My plan is to get in at least a 20 min workout every day this week if it kills me!

Hope everyone has a great day!

Great Idea-
 

wow thats so awesome Nella, I also ordered the dvd , but wont get it till after xmas cause its shipping from US. Angela told me about it infact :)

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angela, i just read that information about the new challenges,

WOW!! i am so excited. i love the new challenges ideas , especially the rewards, and the pound pass, and the smilie rewards to put in our signatures!! love it! i am so looking forward to the challenges !! cannot wait!!!!!!!!!!!


rightly said guys! last week, last chance! finish up strong. wow i cant believe its our last week!!! gonna miss you guys ! and the team !
and i love the crunch time challenge this week :)

Well I'm at 205.5 now. Dropping real fast, I added a little exercise in and only eating veggies, fruits, milk, bread etc. Strange but that's all I want. Can't taste so why not have only healthy stuff for my body? :)

I like that new stuff is being added to the challenge, Angela!! Smart, we need a revamp!! :cp:

Well, gotta go get work done, hugs to each of you,
Selina :hug:

Morning Ladies

Had a good day yesterday. Need to get my butt in gear and start working out again. Will try a walk on treadmill tonite will watching the finale. That show should give me some motivation. Just read the book "The Shack". Has anyone read this book. If you are christian I suggest you do. Wow I got so much out of that book. I openly wept a number of times. It is fiction and a great read. I couldn't wait to get home each day to read it. Everyone I know who has read it has had the same experience. It just opens your eyes to God in such a different perspective. Let me know if you read it and what your experience was.

Selena-Congrats on the scale going lower. Make sure you are getting some protein in your diet. Nuts, egg whites, beans if you don't want to eat meat but your body needs protein. I'll stop being a mom now! lol!!

Angela-love the new ideas. You and Monte have certainly revved up these challenges. So glad you came on board.

Nella-Thanks for the info on the new dvd. I am def buying that one.

Echo-so proud of you for going 11 days binge free!!! You r an inspiration. Keep up the hard work!

Have a great Tuesday.

Morning...tired..very tired. I am really considering going back to bed. I am so sick of unpacking. Apparently we have electrical outlet issues in this house and we may need to pay up to $2500 to have the entire thing rewired and updated. Which means only my computer is working, we can't seem to get the router to work either, so I am having to share with the guys. All they can do is argue and I am so sick of everything. I completely blew up at them both last night and threatened to send the boy to his Dad in WI, whom he hasn't seen in over a decade, and leave Jess and TN altogether if they can't freakin figure it out and get along. So over being put in the middle of them two. Who knew getting something you thought you wanted would cause so much stress?...dang....

I'm losing weight but not really trying. I think it's the stress and the inability to eat during it because I feel like I may hurl. I really thought this was supposed to be a happy time but it's anything but...If things don't change, I told Jess last night I want half the tax money to move. I WILL do it. I am so over their crap. FED THE EFF UP! I feel like I just wanna be alone. No man, no kid, no nothing...just alone.

Well here we are in the last week. I really need to get my butt in gear to finish this strong. I have only had 1 gain so I am happy about that but would have been nice to lose the whole way through.
I am excited about starting the new challenges too. It sounds fun and who doesn't love a smiley face.

Diva, who ever said moving into a new place was fun...was crazy!!! I bought a new place a couple years ago and nothing about it was fun or brought out the best in me. Hang in there once everything is settled I'm sure the guys will settle in as well. Remember stress is hard on everyone and they all react differently to it. It is good though that you let them know where you stand in all of it. I hope it improves quickly for you though.

Also want to say WTG Blue team for winning week 12 and Congratulations to the biggest losers retiredone, Nella, Echo and Somni.

Diva - Being in a step family is difficult. I know I live it everyday, being the stepmom who gets kicked in the teeth all the time, just for being there and trying to help raise the kids. Their mother is a POS who doesn't do anything for them, but they don't see that, so their anger is taken out on me because I am the easy target. I don't know the situation with your husband and son, but I do know that sometimes the parents can't see how really difficult it is for the step parent. Maybe your DH is doing the best he can. My DH loves me and all that I do, but he is pretty oblivious to the things his kids do to make life for me very hard and unpleasant sometimes. I love my step kids, and would jump in front of a speeding bus for them, but I'll never get the respect out of them that I deserve.

So, all that said, I'm glad you are losing pounds, but sorry it is stress related. *big hugs* to you. And if you need to chat, just PM me. :)



So, I'm super excited about tonights finale!!

AAAACK! I forgot to weigh in. Sorry girls, I am still here... but will take the time to gear up and maybe the NEXT challenge I will actually complete. Life and work got a strangle hold on me and I swear I got cheated out of a weekend and Monday this week. SOOOOO SORRY!

Congrats to the biggest losers and all you chicks still battling it out. I am in for next round. Gonna take the rest of this week and next to get life squared away and let it know who's in control! Back to bootcamp tonight and I PROMISE MYSELF and my 3FC sisters I will get ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE NEXT CHALLENGE!!! UGH!!!!

Be good to your selves, happy holidays and STAY FOCUSED! :carrot:
Kris

Thanks Bigmid & Nella. I guess my blow up did the trick because things were actually very pleasant last night. I just hope they remain that way. :) We are finally getting things organized and it's starting to feel like home so we'll see. Maybe I should blow up more often huh? LOL! I do have a tendency to hold stuff in until the explosion happens. It's an Aries thang, hehe!

Anyways, I have grocery shopping and stuff to do today before our little windy winter storm blows in...I miss Spring...I miss the longer, lighter days. I swear I can barely make it past 9 p.m. and I used to be a 11 p.m. to midnight type of gal. *sigh*

Y'all have a great day!

Thanks Mary ! so sweet of you :) i appreciate the support on the binge free days! That book sounds very interesting :) and i'm glad that it touched you. thanks for telling us about it! how many days left till your holiday ? i bet you're excited!

and thats great that you combine exercise and biggest loser!! :cheer:

Sorry you're having a hard time Diva :hug: hope things get settled once you're settled in your new home

Thanks Bigmid on the warm wishes! :)

well done Blue Team! we rocked it!! :cheer3: :cheer3:

Nella, sorry to hear that you have such a hard time being a step mom :hug: that must be hard. even if they dont realise it yet, they are so lucky to have you as a step mom. one day they will realise it!

aww thanks so much Team Leader!!! that's such a lovely inspiring thing to say! really appreciate it Angela!!!!

Thanks Nixmom! you're rocking it with the bootcamp, way to go :drill:

Diva, glad that things are getting better :hug: i miss spring too! winter can be so depressing with the short daylight hours.

Electric was out htis morning. What amess trying to get ready for work. Just wanted to stop in and say "Hi". Did great yesterday. I will catch up later PRay for electricity

Hey chickies!

Not much to report here. Waiting for TOM to go away, and chugging my water.

Angela - I just figured out that you are up in Nova Scotia! My brother's longtime girlfriend just started teaching at a university up there. The pictures I've seen are beautiful!

Diva - you get em girl!

Echo - Thanks for the kind words. Kids have a hard time seeing what's in front of their faces sometimes.

Nixmom - Keep rockin it at boot camp girl!!

I'm sorry for all those getting beaten by the snow. I guess it's a lot more fun when you can stay home and enjoy it. Around here, half an inch shuts the whole town down. LOL.

Hope everyone has a nice OP day!!!

ETA- I'm such a dummy and didn't check the results thread! Wow a tie with me and Retiredone!! Wahoo! Congrats to all the other losers last week!

Hello everyone. This week is going so fast for me. DIL's mother is here until the weekend and my schedule is gone haywire. With the snowy roads I'm not walking for safety reasons and then I'm not getting on the bike until after 9 or 10 pm. Way too late but it must be done. And of course we've been Christmas shopping and that's enough to put anyone's schedule off. I've read the posts but it's getting late and I still haven't gotten on the bike yet.

On a very bright note I'll be going home this weekend. I've been away from home for 6 weeks come Sunday and I'm just longing to see my own bed and my own kitchen and my own everything, hahaha. DS and DIL are very good to me though and I'll miss them and especially Baby. He now holds his arms up to me when he wants to be lifted. Maybe I'll sneak him in my suitcase and take him home. He'll be 9 months old on Friday and got his first tooth today!!

Anyhoo, let's all do our very best this last half of the week and get the best out of everything we do.

Catch you all later. Have a good evening.

Isabella - You are so close to goal!!! I'm glad you are still enjoying your time with your family, but I'm a homebody. I like my own stuff, so I understand being ready to go.

Morning ladies!

Sounds like everyone is having some fun winter weather this week! We had a lot of wind and rain yesterday, but it was 75 degrees!

So no news to report. Still holding on to some TOM bloat. I had a hungry day yesterday where I just wanted to eat all day long. It wasn't a boredom thing, my stomach actually hurt I was so hungry. But today is better, and I hope to be OP all day. I need to get some water down though...so off to chug!

I'll check in later! Have a great day!

Hi Angela. We got some of that storm this morning but not like you guys had. School closed for the afternoon because of the ice pellets but it wasn't too bad after all was said and done. Oh my, this is only the first half of December and we've got so much snow already. I've stopped walking outside this week and I'm on the exercise bike for at least an hour each day instead.

I had potato chips today. I calorie count so they aren't a forbidden food but they are a trigger food for me. But I ate a few handfuls and no more. I have such a hard time not eating the full bag but DIL had them opened and I dipped in and had a few and there were chips left to put away, hahaha. I never went over my calories for the day and had a great supper. The Christmas treats are starting to burst out of the cupboard here at DS's place. Today there were the chips, chocolates and cookies that made an appearance. It's to be expected this time of year and I guess we'll all have a little something during the holiday season. But I'll try and resist as much as possible especially as I don't want to regain. It just takes too long to get the weight back off again.

Anyway, let's have a great weigh in this week.

Sorry I'm out, ladies! I have barely been on 3FC lately - partly due to lack of time, and partly not feeling like I'm finding what I need here anymore, after many years on the site.

I wish all of you the best of luck in everything you do, and healthy, happy lives!

Awww We will miss you Marianne. :( Come visit us sometime! Take care and I hope you have a nice holiday. :hug:

Well, ladies I decided to make sticky notes for my desk that has WATER CALS EXERCISE on the tops of them. :strong: :swim:

And I wont have time or be here every day to write on them, I'm trying not to obsess about them being done perfectly, but when I am here all day I can easily get in 5 mins of exercise and can take note of how many water bottles I drink and count cals all day because I memorized most things I eat anyway, after years of counting them. Grrr. So wish me luck that this helps me move forward more. I find that when I hold myself accountable I do better. :dance:

Oh and I am not going to change my pic on here til I get to 177, 100 lbs off and one lb less than I've even been as an adult. I was 178 for 2 weeks or so in 1996. Do any of you have goals like that too? (I also have a white top I want to wear this spring or summer, should make it!)

Will be back later!
Selina :hug:

you're welcome Nella :hug:

aww Isabella i can imagine you looking foward to your bed and your own way of doing things. but yeh i can imagine you missing the baby, bless

hey Angela, my last chance workout (biggest loser) dvd arrived in the post this morning! earlier than i expected, and the other 30day jump start aswell!

i did the last chance workout. wow killer workout!

on the last chance workout, its really cute they do these week by week schedules. but since i've been working out for awhile now, i skipped to the last week and did all 3 workouts. its a great workout, and i just love it when she says last chance workout! hehehehe. full workout was about 1 hour and i burned 450 calories :) i am beat! took a shower and now going to have organic apricot yogurt :)

Angela, wow you live in such a beautiful place!!!! you are so lucky :)

Nella i hear ya on the TOM bloat. i think i'm expecting TOM as i've been crazy hungry lately and feel abit bloated.

omg snap Nella! i totally wanted to eat all day long yday, and i did! had a major binge. totally paid for it this morning by gaining a pound since yesterday gah!! but its probably a combo of food weight and water retention, cause the calories i overate, would have just been a 0.2lb gain. so going to workout hard for the next few days to make up for it!

today i was on plan though :) ate my BMR calories and worked out.

isabella, i love potato chips!! good on ya for staying within calories!

and i agree with NElla, you are so close to your goal! well done!!

Marianne - all the best !!! good luck!

Good luck Selina! sounds like a great plan :)

Angela, hope everything is okay wih referent to the storms. hope you get the dvds soon, so we can compare notes!

howdy gals, quick post, off to bed, but this is the first time I could log in all day. The 3FC log in system was messed up all day. :(

Well TOM is gone, and the scale was down to...well, not quite sure i think I need a new scale. It said 165.4, then it said 166.2, then it said 164.8, then it said 165.6. SO, I'll be buying a new scale tomorrow, lol. The battery in it is new, so that's not the problem. Anyway, I'm fairly sure I'm back at 165.something. So yay!

Angela - sorry about the bad weather!

Echo - Yay for the DVD's!!! The workout didn't feel too hard while I was doign it (some of the stuff I had to slow down on) but I sure did feel it for a few days after! I hope TOm goes away soon. Try to resist the binges!! I did better this month on the binging than last month.

Soon2B - You'll totally be able to rock that white top this spring!!! Keep up the good work!! And I started the sticky note thign today too to track my water. i can't ever remember how many bottles I've had, so now I have a check off sheet.

I couldn't get on at all yesterday. I had Monte post my weigh in just in case I couldn't get back here. Packing this morning and really looking forward to leaving tomorrow. I love how vacation brings the family back together. Didn't make my goal but I will take the 173's hopefully by the time I get back I will hit the 160's.

Angela-kwym about cold wintery weather. I feel the same way. Just curl up with some hot chocolate and a good book under a blanket, that's my motto. I checked out out your link...wow you live in a beautiful area. Very fortunate. Vacation spot all year long!

retired- I can just imagine how much you will miss that little guy but going home is so nice.

Marianne-We will miss you. Good luck with all your pursuits and keep up the hard work. You have come so far!

Nella-Yay for 165's.:carrot::carrot: Can't wait to get there.

Selina- Way to go on coming up with a plan but don't obsess about it or it takes all the fun out of it. I sometimes wish I was a little ocd lol! I tend to come up with a plan and no commitment to see it thru. By the way I think you look beautiful in the pic you have posted.

Echo-As soon as I get back I am ordering those dvd's. Yay to you for going right to the third step and doing all three. You are an athlete!!! :carrot:

Well I will certainly miss you all. Good luck on the final weigh in. See you ;) all next Monday!!!

Nella you're so right, about resisting the binging! yesterday was a POP day and i was rewarded by the number on the scale this morning :) :goodscale: hope i can maintain it for mondays final weigh in

TOM is not here yet for me.

thats awesome that you did the workout too! i know what you mean about it feeling not too hard whilst your doing it, some of the moves are tough though, and i did have to modify it, like mountain climbers!! and walking planks gah those are tough. but all in all, its a great workout that is totally do-able for all levels. but not too extreme that you cant do it and your dying.

i seem to have trapped wind though, it started a little after i finished the workout last night, and its persisted today. going to have some peppermint tea in the hopes to sooth it. dont know if its connected to me working out or what not. i dont feel i worked out extra hard or anything during the workout. dunno must just be one of those random things. i'm sure i will be fine after some hot peppermint tea.


Aww thanks Mary you are just the sweetest!!! :) you just made my day! :hug: hope you enjoy the dvd! and let me know how you find it :)

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yeh i dont think its trapped wind, although feels like it. i think i must have pulled my ab muscles or something. been in pain all day. got a heat blanket on it for most of the day. i am out of commission for exercise for a few days. gonna take it easy. i might have been over zealous on the core exercises perhaps. might have pushed myself just a teeny bit too much on the core / plamks even though at the time didt feel like i did. . never had it this bad before though. took some asprin, feeling abit better. hope to feel better tommorow.

I'm home!!!! Spent most of the day traveling and/or visiting and eating junk. I know better but I ate it anyway. My stomach is starting to do the rumble and I almost feel nauseous. Tomorrow I'm back in action again but I might try a little while on the bike if my stomach will take it. I'm going to miss my DGS though but it's good to be home after 6 weeks of being away.

Angela, don't fall apart. You can't be everything for everyone, even in a family. That's just too much stress. Try and enjoy the holiday and kinda chill out over there "across the pond." I mean that metaphorically, of course, as the weather has us all chilled out. Brrrr.

Echo, feeling better today? I get pains in my side sometimes that I think is trapped wind. Sometimes it lasts for a couple of weeks. I sometimes think I've pulled a muscle but it eventually goes away, especially if it gets windy inside.

I weighed in yesterday morning and I lost 1/2 a pound this week. Still going down and that's the main thing. Well, I guess tomorrow is the last day and then we'll merge and become a PURPLE Powerhouse of weight loss. :D

See you all tomorrow.

aww thanks for asking Isabella you're so sweet!

yes thankfully Abs feeling better, i took some asprin again last night before i went to bed. and this morning it was much better, a slight twinge from time to time, but nothing major. but today felt VERY very tired and exhausted and lethargic. and i can tell its a sign of over training. so the last chance workout was much harder than i thought!

gonna take another rest day tommorow and then get back to exerice on tuesday.

thanks angela for sorting out the purple challenge. i am gonna need the accountability over the xmas period!

Thanks everyone for your support, I have really enjoyed this blue team challenge and its helped me so much! couldnt have lost the amount of pounds i lost on the challenge, without the accountability.

you all rock! and i cant wait to join the blue team again next year in jan !!


congrats on losing half a pound! you're so awesome!!!

aww i can imagine it feels to be at home sweet home.

Thanks so much for already starting the bridging the gap challenge tommorow, i love how you're so ontop of everything! you totally rock! really appreciate it :) :)

I was OP today. Yay. :) Well I guess I am every day. LOL. Taste problem is depressing lately. We were given fudge and baked breads and I hardly eat any, just a bite here and there hoping to taste it..

Ah well, I hope you all have a great nite! Gotta rush!!

Hi Ladies,
Well here it is Sunday night and my last weigh in for the challenge. I was down 1.2lbs for the week. Not as good as I wanted but considering the stress at work and the -28 temps I'll take it. By the way it's -32 without windchill right now....brrrrrrr. Very hard to drink all my water with me freezing all the time. I think that's why I haven't lost as much. At least that's what I'm telling myself.
I have had so many problems at work and working so much overtime I am sorry I haven't been on much this week. I have just finished reading the posts and caught up on everything. Sorry I forgot to take notes so can't do personals right now. This is my busy season so even the bridging the gap challange (which I am doing) I may not get a chance to post as much as some of you but in January I will be back to normal so will get to chat more. I manage a photo lab so busy time of year:)
Angela - I lived in NS years ago and still have relatives there now and I have to say I absolutly love the Cabot Trail. Also nothing better than NS/Cape Breton in the fall.....all the colors...WOW I don't want your winter stormes though. Calgary is bad enough.

Well I lost 26.2lbs for the challange so I am happy about that and look forward to losing another 25-30 on the next one. I hope I get a chance to share it with all of you as well.....The Blue Team Rocks.

Best of luck to all of you tomorrow.

Quick pop in before work but just wanted to say -

CONGRATS!!!!!!! :bravo::congrat::cheer:To all you fine ladies that did this challenge. We made it!!!

Nicely said Nella ! and Bigmid!

well done Blue team!!! :cheer3:

wow that was a great challenge!

unfortunately showing a gain for the last weight in. but overall, on the challenge i lost 11.5lbs :)

It's been a REAL pleasure being on the blue team with all you wonderful ladies!! thank you so much everyone for your support!!

i look forward to the jan challenge, and in the meantime the bridge the gap challenge.

i'm now going to switch my scales and move to digital scales :) now that the challenge is over. and stick with my digital scale