Just popping into say, "HI". We are off to the pool today, then I have a preschool retreat this evening!

tglenn- I agree with Jill - YOU ARE DOING AWESOME, just think back to losing that first few lbs and how awesome it was. I am not really sure, but I think as our bodies get a little smaller, weight is harder to lose. With all those fitness classes you probably LOOK 20 lbs lighter than you actually are right now!
You go girl!

DORA - you are SO CUTE, and NICE tan. Love your porch.

UPDATE ON ME- Well the 2 lb loss must have been retaining water or something strange, I was back to what I was last Monday, 161.2, .5 lb loss, which is super awesome for me! I am very close to the 20 lb mark of 160 now! Wow, I remember trying to lose the first lb or so and was so anxious about it. Now look at me, 10% down and still kicking. Another goal I have coming up is my 'half the weight I want to lose' goal, which is 25 lbs or 155. And, still ANOTHER goal is my 'no longer obese' goal of 149!
I have been working on this since September 2007 when I joined 3FC, so the support has been great, and the blue team support has been wonderful as well. Thanks for all the help BLUSERS!

Don't you sometimes wish there was "dog food" style food for people? I mean, both my dogs are in excellent shape -- lean and healthy, lots of energy, glossy coats, bright eyes. And they eat the same bowls of dog chow EVERY day of their lives, plus a milkbone or two.

It would be great if I could just go to the store and buy a big bag of "people chow". It would take all the the guessing and planning and temptation out of eating. Two bowls of "people chow" every day and I'd get all the right nutrients, vitamins, and yadda yadda yadda that I'd need to live perfectly healthy and active life. I'd have bright eyes, glossy hair, shiny teeth, good muscle tone, strong bones, all that good stuff.

That's what I'm thinking about this morning.

I'm weird.

Hahah Josephine - you would eat it too! Yeck, plenty of people who would skip that.

It wouldn't have to taste bad, right? How about kibbles that taste like vanilla granola. That would be fine by me.

lol when josephine starts barking im going to be worried .. she has already been talking to the animals on her run.. lol

I already howl at the moon. But doesn't everyone?

I totally get what you mean Josephine; I've often wondered why we can't just take 3 pills a day that would provide your nutrients and the satiety you need to not miss consuming real food. So much simpler.

I'm labeling myself as confused today. I have had 15 workouts this week, since last weekend starting (my boot camp at home, remember?) and I will be lucky to break even tomorrow at weigh in as what I posted last week. ??? The food has been minimal as well; totally not as if I've been starving from all the exercise and refueling. So I don't know what's up. As you all know, I don't drink any soda, tea, or coffee, only water, I don't do fast food, we ate out maybe once all week which was within reason. So I don't know. I would think I would have exercised THIS much and still been able to lose no matter HOW I ate - even if I pigged, which I did not. Hmmm Well, as my friends on the weight lifting forum would tell me, if it's not exercise, it's food. I think I will join nori and vix by going back into being a loyal fit day person and logging every morsel. It's a pita, but most of my food is saved in there already, it's just a matter of doing it.

I'm thinking maybe I'm missing a big loss bc normally I do exercise resumptions when I also clean up my food. Since my food has been clean for awhile, I'm not seeing that big loss while I build up my muscle. But still, if your food is clean and you go gung ho at exercise, you should drop. OK, I know I'm rambling, but I'm wondering out loud.

OK, I was just over in the Booty Challange and noticed that we have 1 of 2 things possibly going on.

1. People just aren't logging their exercise
2. People just aren't exercising

I am hopping it is just #1, SO ... I am challanging all my fellow Blue Team Chickies to exercise more than me. Now, this shouldn't be too hard, I have a full time job and husband who is only home a couple days out of each week and a son who has more activities than Chelle has whips ().

I logged 625 minutes last week and plan to do it again ... maybe even more. If I can do it ... you all can do it ... so who is up for giving me a run for my minutes?? I've already gotten in a 4 mile C25K W7D2 run in this morning on my Elliptical ... that is 50 minutes.

Log your exercise ladies, like food journalling, I really think it helps, I even have a spreadsheet. It make me feel good when I see I put in more miles last week on the Elliptical than a marathon. Gives me confidence that I can do anything I really put my mind to.

Sportmom - Don't do anything crazy yet - like go binging or anything- I bet it will show tomorrow or the next day... I often have a few days delay. Stay on it today and tomorrow and you will see it this week. =)

I'm gonna join you guys with calorie counting again this week.

I just finished reading Body for Life. He does split workouts three days a week and cardio three other days with one free day.

Due to daycare issues, I really want to do full body workouts followed by cardio three days a week so I've pulled some of the exercises from the book and I am working on developing a full body workout that I am willing to follow. I also think that right now having a free food day each week will backfire.

Kelly - I won't get quite the exercise you are getting but my plan is 120-150 minutes of gym time, three days a week. Compared to my past I think that is pretty dang good.

Josephine--I agree! We had to put one of our dogs on a diet and she dropped the weight in no time. She looks great, lots of energy, etc....if it was only so easy for me!

I am really happy about the dress situation! When I was trying it on, dh commented about the muscles in my legs--guess the weight lifting is paying off!

Rhonda--How was the last weekend w/out the girls? What did you decide to do?

Not much planned for today. Dh has to work (booh!). Just finishing up some laundry. I am going to spend some time reading and trying to relax. Hope everyone has a great on plan day!

popping in, I'm struggling ladies... my living situation is not helping (home in the weekends, amsterdam during the week), but I think I may have figured out a way to balance it out.

I'm afraid I have a gain to report in this week as well, next week WILL be better!

Kelly, I'll admit that I do not log my exercise or participate in the challenges. I did, i think it was in the beginning of the last challenge, but I was spending more time on the computer and less time being active, so I've decided to turn that around and spending more time do-ing and less time on the computer. Just what works for me personally. I did notice last week that while I was working out so much I wasn't on here as much. It takes me a ton of time to do those workouts and then when I'm not, I have to deal with everythign that needs to be done that didn't get done while I was hiding out (working out) in my basement!

Zinke, a full-body workout is what I do. I saw your post on the other thread and DePalma's reply. I can see where that threw you for a loop - so I would suggest to you how I started out, and that was just with some books from the library or some websites. I looked up exercises for each major body part: shoulders, chest, back, biceps, triceps, glutes (hips), quads and hamstrings (thighs) and picked 2 for each part, and made that into my routine. I do 3 sets of each exercise, 8-12 reps of each exercise constitutes a set. I rest one minute between sets. That will give you a complete body workout. I don't work abs specifically, bc I get that from pilates dvds, and I don't work calves bc it felt like a waste of time. Some people choose not to work biceps bc you use them so much in daily living, but I do bc I like to have a nicely defined muscle there. You can do the fbwo up to 2x/wk is what I found. I tried 3, but found that 2-3 days rest between sessions was not enough for me and I became overtired after a week. I have no problem with 2x/week. Then I do cardio on the other days for 30 mins. I take one day a week off from everything for rest, but do not give myself a free day food-wise. I can undo a whole good week with one free eats day, trust me!

Hope that helps!

Vix, thanks for the encouragement. That's what I kept telling myself. Sigh!