I hope she feels better soon and is resting. keep us updated.

*wave* everyone!

Just a quick checkin. Hope you are all having a great start to the week!

Sounds like the bug is getting around our Red Team. I'm sending well wishes for all our ladies that are a little down now!

I had a terrible week last week... Had a few horrible days at work, and while my points were okay, my food choices included way too many "treats". I also only got in one day of walking. Had planned to get another long walk in on Sunday, but spent the entire day fighting (and losing against) a migraine. Was today before the pain finally and completely went away. (yay!)

In spite of the less than perfect week, I managed a 1 lb loss! (double yay!) Tonight I sent DH to dance class with DD and let Leslie Sansone kick my butt for 50 minutes! I still need to find another dvd, but that will have to wait til payday. Now I'm sitting here watching CSI and chugging water! I am really hoping to reach my Fall BL goal by the 19th. We're off on a cruise for Thanksgiving, and I have a particular dress that I desperately want to wear on formal night...

Hope everyone has a good week!

maryshady has taken over the numbers for Blue Team. I'll keep a look out for their numbers in the Blue Team chat thread and let you know when they are posted.

I really hate this post. This is the list of those who had to be eliminated from eligibility for the Biggest Loser title because they've used more than two freebies.

AmberL
nbrown7384
Robot
Ladybug2680

I will send a PM reminder out on Sunday to everyone who has used 2 freebies to remind them to post their weight this week.

To get the badge just hit quote on my post and copy out the part begins with [img.] and ends with [/img.] (but with out the periods). You can put your badge anywhere you like. My signature is already pretty crowded, so I added mine to my weigh in page.

Well, it was a lower than normal week for weight loss, but great job for those who are still hanging in there and working their plan! Persistance is the name of the game when it comes to weight loss (and lots of other things), so let's keep on moving forward!!
A special congrats to MrsVegan for being Red's Biggest Loser!! Nice job!

I got the scale out last night and of course baby Andrew had to weigh he weighs 30.9 but we want him to gain. My 11 year old decided to weigh and he is bummed that he only weighed 90. He asked when I was going to weigh I said in the morning naked. He just looked at me so strangely and I said I need and accurate weight and clothes just weigh you down. So he took off his shoes and his hoodie and went down to 86.9. He was floored at how much clothing really weighs. He of course opted not to weigh minus clothes. For the life of me even at 11 I never remember wanting to weigh more...

Congrats to the Biggest loosers and to the exercisers!!! Way to go!!!

Congrats MrsVegan for being our biggest loser this week! Also congrats to our runners up: mtiger, MsPerception, and RangerChic!

Week 8 was challenging for me in the mental dept, but I'm determined to forge ahead. I just finished working out. I did the Jillian Shape Up Back video and followed that up with about 12 minutes hula hooping. It kicked my butt! DD(6) kept coming in and giving me tips about my form. Hehe! I did make it all the way through the video and I feel pretty darn good about it.

Hope everyone is having a positive week!

NSV: Last September I started my weight loss journey, I had to have my picture taken at work. I was shocked by the person in that photo. So I started my weight loss plan using YOU ON A DIET, and I bought a new dress to make myself feel better. Well I bought a size 18 dress off the internet thinking I must be that big. I was wrong I couldn't even get it over my head. That's when I made a vow to myself to take back my life and never again let food comfort me. So I have been trying on the dress to see the progess every few months, but I hadn't tried it on for a while until last night and it was very loose! Then I tried on a size 14 skirt I had, that at one time was too big for me, it was very tight, but I got it on. I wore that dress today, and everyone was like why are you so dressed up? I felt only you guys would understand, why I wore that dress it was my victory and mine alone. Ms. Preception, I am no size 6 yet but I am nipping at your heals in an extremally tight size 14 LOL!

That's an awesome NSV! Congrats - that skirt will be loose before you know it!

I love it when I can fit into clothes that I choose because I *liked* them, not just because they fit... what a concept, eh?!

Just found out that next Mon-Wed the elementary school that was coming to our English Village cancelled because of H1N1. So we now have a 5 day weekend. So no teaching yoga next week. I was thinking about going on a mini vacation but, I do have to still be in town on Monday and Wednesday night to teach the adult class. Oh well.

I hope everyone is having a good week. I'm only now getting to the point where I am not finding it hard to walk around. The gym last Saturday really knocked me down and out for 3 days. I'm heading back tomorrow to hit the treadmill and the bike.

yesterday was bad....i ate 6 krispie kreme donuts for lunch (1200 calories - yikes)....I didn't get in all my water - i almost got 40 ozs....and went over 2000 calories for eating, and only exercise was walking to/from school for DD's veteran's celebration...so less than 300 calorie burn. and didn't get my supplements either......course it was the memorial of the fallen from last week - i watched it on CNN live since I didn't think I could keep track of DS among the 15000+ ppl who were in attendance.
but somehow i lost .8 lbs...??!! I was 151.8 yesterday, but am down to 151 today ?? weird.
I think DS has speech therapy today, going to check my appt book. but plan to deep clean (read severely declutter) this house....it's draining me - too much stuff to keep clean. i can either be great at the housecleaning or great at the workouts, cant seem to be great at both at the same time....and realized this weekend, it's cuz the kids don't help keep their stuff upstairs - it gets scattered everywhere...and there's just too much 'stuff' for one person to clean alone - and focus on healthy eating and exercise all at the same time. so Goodwill is gonna love (or hate) me this week with all the bags and boxes I plan to have ready for them by the weekend.
Plus if we get to move soon - less to unpack later lol
This is for me and my health - and for my family - a better, happier me is better for everyone besides, most of the stuff has been in the same place since we moved into this house almost 4 years ago - so obviously we aren't using it and don't need it. I'm decluttering this house so my mind will declutter.
Plus cleaning burns calories, right?? lol

Igetfit-I'm happy to have you hot on my heels! What a fantastic victory over the dress! I'm sure you looked incredible. I'm SO excited for you!!

Shan-Enjoy your time at the gym. No trainer this time, huh? You must REALLY hate him! LOL Just messing with you.

AW- Are you on detox today? It sounds like you're making a smart move decluttering if you suspect you'll be moving at some point in the near future. Even if not, I'm always all for getting rid of stuff you don't use. Good luck with balancing the clean house and workouts! I know it's a tough one at times.

I'm down a little today and feeling a little better. I think this cold will leave soon, but it's more of a nuisance than anything. It hasn't kept me from being OP. It's not looking like I'm gonna have much of a loss this week if things don't improve, but I'll keep on doing the right stuff and see what I get.