Well done everyone! Some really great losses this week!! :D I'm loving how positive this thread is.

Delphi That is so cool, I'll be cheering for you! Hope you enjoy your pizza.

Amandie You're so right, I just got myself worked up. I gave myself today to mope and then I'm back to the gym tomorrow. lol
So glad your knee is all okay! :)

Zoesmom Thanks for the suggestion, I'm definitely going to do that. And a big hooray on your extra special loss this week! I'm absolutely delighted for you, must have been all that hard work your little helper did getting you out jogging ;)

saggzz keeping my fingers, legs...toes? crossed for you! Let us know how you get on :hug:

Great job everyone!

Amandie You amaze me...... Keeping up with 50+ people. That is something... and I am sorry that you were up that darn ole .8..... but working on this thread I would think that that in itself exercised out that .8 :)

I still think that this is just TOO COOL!! :)

zoesmom - I'm seriously laughing out loud at the barn that is BOTH City Hall and the church! I live literally just across the river from Carmichael in Gold River! We were practically neighbors! I did my student teaching at Coyle Avenue School in Carmichael.

That scale would be so freaking awesome! Think of the marketing potential - not just us compulsive daily weighers, but the whole world of geekdom too! You'd make a billion if you set up a booth at ComiCon :D


Emula - I'm sorry the gym was a let down :(. Kudos to you for going though! And kudos to you for going back, because I know you will (if you haven't already)! :carrot:

And your post is so not negative. We all have bad days, it's life. We're all here to help each other through the good days and the bad. :hug:

Delphi - I will be thinking of you running your heart out on Saturday. Kick butt, I know you can do it!!!

Amandie - YOU ROCK! This challenge is awesome, the spreadsheet is awesome, the people here are awesome, and you created it all!:cp:

everyone - congratulations on a great first week to everyone who posted a loss! Hang in there if you didn't have a loss; you know it has to come eventually with all the hard work you're putting in.

I know today is the first WI day, am I too late? I don't want to add my info to the spreadsheet if I am too late.

SW: 221.4
GW: 206.4
That's 15 lbs in 10 weeks, 1.5 lbs a week. I can do this!

Never too late..... click on the spreadsheet in the first post, add your name, your starting weight, your week 1 weight and your goal... and watch it go down down down over the weeks! :)

Thanks amandie, 100Mother and zoesmom.

Amandie, gym was awesome today. I like it because it makes every day a weekend for me (when I am more active with chores, kids etc.) rather than just sitting at a desk.

Glad you joined us, MrsD!!! :) Your goals sounds really doable.

Happy to hear you did well at the gym, Ian!

Delphi- That is so funny! In my previous post, I was gonna ask you to post a pic of everything you picked up for the race but I changed my mind. Thanks so much for sharing! I am sooo excited for you!

Thanks, Wannaskipandlaugh and SuperHeroTeacher! I couldn't do this challenge without you all though!
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I didn't get to work out today, the basement reeks of the sealer that the BF put down earlier today (like paint/glue or something) and I was getting a headache from staying down there too long so hoping it'll be mostly gone by tomorrow so I can get a workout in!

I am so in! I definitely need this kick in the butt after over-eating this weekend. My boyfriend was over (he lives in England, and I live in Sweden) and for some reason we always go mental with food when we see each other. I guess in that sense it is quite lucky we can't see each other every week, haha. Now I've managed to get a bad cold, which I would normally work out with (anything above the neck is fine and all that), but I've got a fever so nope *sighs*.

But hey, on a more positive note, this is my first post after lurking for 3 weeks or so. AND good job on all of your weight loss this week, I'm impressed!

Good Morning Everyone!

margareta ~ :welcome: aboard. I'm so glad you decided to post and join our little slice of heaven. Now lets burn some calories shall we? Goodluck!

amandie ~ Perhaps by Monday you guys can go back down there. Is there not a window down there you can open to air it out. I don't blame you for not going down and its probably dangerous to go down there for any amount of time due to the fumes. The picture was just of my race gear but I got all kind of goodies. All the sponsors were there giving out all kind of freebies. Oooh, I even got a snazzy pair of bright neon green Geiko shoe strings that I have no idea what I'm supposed to do with. lol! I don't mind sharing here. This is my own personal "Cheers" and its nice to have that place to go to share this journey with like-minded people who can totally appreciate your success and whole-heartedly understand your struggles and frustrations or failures.

Ian ~ Argh...I know how you feel. I'm another one stuck at my desk and I totally agree. I almost think I feel more tired on the days I work and stuck at my PC all day. It is really draining for me.

Thanks emula and superheroteacher for the encouragement. You have no idea how much I appreciate it. You guys are awesome!!

As for me, I am off on Friday so I was able to get some sleep. Good thing to as I do not believe i will be able to sleep too much tonight. We have to get up at 2 anyway to get ready, get to parking, then get on a shuttle to take us to the actual start line and wait for our corral to be released. Race starts at 7, so it shall be a busy, rainy morning even before the race starts and given recent events, security will be heightened and they are asking everyone to treat the race like its the airport and get there early as there will be extra security measures they have implemented.

So now, I think my nerves are starting to get the best of me. My big butt out there with all those real runners and such. I believe 30,000 + runners attending this one. So I'm, scared, nervous and perhaps a little apprehensive. I know I have trained my butt off for this since January but my fat-girl complex loves to beat me down sometimes, so that is where I am at today. Gotta get my head straight before I strap on my running shoes and do this thing.

Well sorry, I'm just rambling. I really hope everyone has an exceptional day and that you kick arse at all you do today and burn boat loads of calories.

SuperHero - You have no idea. Here's Tate City's population sign.

Here is the barn/church/city hall. Oh. And I forgot to mention it is also the community center.

And I forgot about this one. The city mall. :lol3: They sold burlap sack and mason jars and venison. Dead serious.

Just picture. Moved from Carmichael...to...that. There was some freaky nights with some freaky sounds there in the beginining. :eek:

:WELCOME: Nathalie - you are going to LOVE it here....BEST support system out there!

Delphi - I am so envious...and still a bit glad it isn't me. You rock! And you are going to rock that run!!! Kudos to you! :congrat:

Wondering who made it to gym/workout yesterday. Not me. But it was a Thursday...that is the only day of the week my schedule keeps me from doing ANYTHING. Something about work and then volunteer work at my work (I work for a non-profit for disabled individuals so once a week I help out by volunteering after my day is done) and then taking a four year old to ballet class and then trying to find a place for dinner and bedtime leave me really unable to do much of anything else. Funny hour 24 hours seems like a long time until you really have to cram 48 hours into it. I petition more hours in our days. Especially on the weekends.

I wasn't entirely on plan last night. Bummer. I ended up with a falt on my way home (I KNOW, right! I mean, I JUST mentioned how I don't have time for anything on Thursdays and then a flat?! I don't have time for time!) Any ways, kiddo was starving...I was starving...and we lost an hour with me trying to change it out. Why do they put those things on so tight! ARGH! So, she got pizza. I didn't eat pizza...but I discovered that pasta sauce over veggies has a LOT more calories than I originally thought...so, I ate over my allowed budget. Grumble. But today is a new day! And I discovered that an EAS Carb AdvantEDGE shake with Mc'D's black coffee equals a latte with not anywhere of the fat, carbs, sugar, or calories of a regular latte...and it was GOOD! So, today, I am starting off in the right direction!

Happy Friday all! It's going to be great!

Justb1027 was our winner for the week! :woohoo:

1st weigh-in = down .7. Not quite a pound so I've got to step it up a bit. I'm golfing in a charity tournament today which will be a challenge. The golf part is good exercise, but the food and drink will be a challenge. Lunch is provided by Ruth's Christ steak house and several restaurants offer goodies at several tee boxes (one is Buffalo Wild Wings) and then dinner is provided by a local restaurant. Give me the will power to stick to good food choices! Then this weekend I have two mornings with golfing so I'm really hoping for a better outcome next week.

Amandie and Delphi, thanks for the encouragement. You're right, it's best to think positive. Amandie, thanks for starting this challenge, too.

A little over 1/2 of us filled their weigh in for the week. Good job ladies! Stay on path! -- The rest, please pop in and add your stats.

:cheer: Short shorts and tiny tees; here we come :cheer: