RED TEAM Chat Thread - Week 2 (1/11-1/17)
 

Sorry this is late....I'll try to start posting the new threads on Sunday night.

I've been travelling non-stop for the last 3 weeks which has made fitness near-impossible, but am excited to be finally settled down and am ready to lose this weight!
I'm especially pumped to be doing the Couch to 5k program, I think it is going to help me a lot, and I'm already dreaming big dreams of running a marathon someday :)
Well, I'm off to do some job hunting! Good luck Red team :D

Christiana - Good luck with the c25k! I am currently doing this and I absolutely love it! I never thought I would look forward to running since I always despised it, but I do. Good luck with the job hunting as well!

Ok, I really sucked last week, I still lost 2#, but I totally fell off plan....on Tuesday:(
But its a new week and I am more determined than ever.

OK, apparently I'm an epic fail at reading; I thought we still had to Monday night to post our weights. So I've burned my first Freebie, and totally didn't need to, or mean to :( Thats a bummer. Anyhow, it was a small loss, even though I've been almost perfectly on plan, so maybe no big deal I burned it. I was so looking forward to posting though.... finally getting started...

congrats aclai (Ashley) on being our team's biggest loser this week! WTG!!!!!!!!! :woohoo:

:woohoo: Aclai...our biggest loser for week 1...great job :woohoo:

I am trying to determine whether to jump into the exercise challenge this week or not...my hip/back is not as painful today but it is still extremely sore and tender and hurts if I stay on my feet too long, so i know I need to take it easy. BUT I will hopefully be back to at least walking indoors in a day or two....:chin: decisions, decisions

I managed to lose 1.4 pounds this week despite the past few days of laying in bed and eating whatever hubby brought to me. I'm back to eating on plan today and making my own food at least....almost out of the 260s!

Well, here's to a new and POP week! I've started out well, but actually I haven't strayed too much at all since the 2nd and I STILL can't rid myself of these last bits of holiday weight. I understand (from what I've read) a "normal" person probably takes a couple weeks to even out weight-wise after the holidays, so I'm trying to be patient. I don't mind it in general since I feel good, I'm exercising and I'm close to goal, but for competition purposes it kinda stinks!

LeslieLou--just saw your post in the other thread! I am using a heating pad and I have been laying in a very hot bath a lot. I won't be curling up in that recliner ever again! I can move around much better today, and can actually lift up my leg without crying, so I'm making progress. It feels more like very, very bad cramps and a sore spot instead of all the pain I had before.

Congrats, ACLAI!!

Holy cow, we had some BIG losers this week! Congrats to all those who did such a fantastic job!!!

i've decided to try again on the exercise and food threads.... i'm takign the food journal day by day, so it doesnt overwhelm me ;)
i've written out my exercise challenge on a post-it and stuck it to my laptop...so while i'm on my computer i'll see/feel it and remember to get my arse off this ball and roll into the living room (which is just around the couch from me here in the dining/office area). LOL :)
well DS is doing wonderfully on potty training so far today ;) so looks like Mondya could be a good start to the week ;) about to have my lunch and maybe get a short nap or workout ;) lol i'm so tired lately....think its the staying up late and getting up early thats killin me.....that and as the days go by i get more excited about getting to see my hubby again soon :) :cheer:

Ok So A freebie was used. Totally not my fault. So I must explain. I live in Tennessee and we had a snow storm this weekend. We usually do not get snow so our town is not so equipped to deal with winter weather. Our satellite was down and therefore I did not have an internet provider. I debated on whether or not to try to get to the library to use one of there computers but with our driveway still icy I did not want to risk an accident.

I did not loose any I weighed yesterday and was 186.0 which is great because I was afraid of a gain. So hopefully a loss next week!!

Sorry for the use of the freebie!! But congrats to all the loosers!!!

Hiya ladies. Sorry I was missing in action for week 1. I signed up for this challenge last month (with a starting weight of 229), and then TOTALLY fell off the wagon for some parties before Christmas....which then continued to Christmas.....then my bday....then extended it through New Years and some. I had actually gotten down to 224 before relapsing, but when I weighed back in last week I was up to 240. I was so mad at myself I couldn't stand to get back on here and change my tickers. I have been on track for the past week and the scale was down to 232 today so I used a freebie for this week so I didn't screw up the team.
I am finally getting past the sugar withdrawal cravings, so I think this new week is going to go better than the last temptation wise. I am also running everyday and really focusing on ST, so I am hoping to help the team next weigh in! I won't be able to join in the chats a ton unfortunately. I just started college again this term, and with 2 jobs and being a part time mom, plus making a commitment to exercise I don't have a lot of free time anymore. I'll still try to get on here at least once or twice a week though and weigh in! Go red team!

Thanks ladies! And congrats to the runners up: aeart, abey, LeslieLou! It looks like the blue team is going to be a pretty formidable opponent this time around, so we've gotta stay on our game. Burn it!

Congrats to all our big losers!