I just read the results for Week One and I have to say everyone is doing great! All together we lost a Jillian...and probably a few 10 pound dumbbells also! That's amazing!

So far this week I've been doing really awful on the exercise. I haven't gotten anything in today (Tuesday) and only 60 minutes on Sunday and Monday combined. It's not that I don't WANT to exercise, because I do...it's just that I've had friends over quite often the last few days and they end up staying until 1 or 2am. I have to be at work at 8am-9am, so I can't exercise this late. I know it's just an excuse, and to be honest I could have probably gotten in 20 minutes if I hit the bike as soon as I walked in the door, but I didn't and I need to work on that. So now I need to be at work in 5.5 hours and I'm kicking myself for spending too much time with my friends. How odd

Well, I'm going to get some sleep and I'm making a commitment with myself to finish up this month with at least 500 more minutes of exercise. That's only like, 50 minutes a day...

Take care everyone!

You can do it Antares This is mid-week, still plenty time to get to that goal And I like that we lost a Jillian

I might not be exercising much today. My calves are very sore from too much trampoline jumping last night. I didn't realize they were getting worked that hard until I could barely walk this morning. They are better now that I got up and moving about, but I'm not sure if I should try the backside Jillian DVD or not...I will probably just call this my day of rest for the week.

How is everyone else doing with week 2?

For week 2, I'm down another 1.2 pounds!!

Alright everyone, I just posted my Week 2 weight, since this morning is my weigh-in day.

I am down 2.8 lbs, for a total of 8 lbs since start. :c arrot:

Everyone keep up the good work and GO BLUE!

Good morning, Bluesers!

Kelly and SCgirls - Congratulations on your losses for this week! Great job, Ladies!

I'm running a bit behind today. I was feeling very tired this morning, so I went back to bed for 2 more hours of much needed rest....just one of the benefits of working from home! I've just enjoyed my bowl of steel-cut oats and.....a cup of freshly ground coffee! Yum Yum. Wow...extra sleep and special coffee all in one morning....this pampering myself is kinda nice. Yesterday, after my hour on the treadmill, I worked out my upper body with the resistance bands. This morning, I'm feeling some muscles that I never knew I had. Today, I'll be using the bands to work out my lower body. I really hope I can move tomorrow!


Ditto, ditto, ditto! Any time that I catch myself faltering with my commitment, I come to 3FC and read the posts. I am always inspired to keep going…that success is not just a dream, but it can be my reality, too. I especially love our Blue team chat. So, please, if you’re just lurking….post a sentence or two and let us know how you’re doing. We really want to know.

Hope everyone has a great on-plan day! I'll check-in again later.

GO BLUE!

Wow, I was running so late today that I thought someone else might post a question for us. I guess I'm still earlier than most?

Wednesday's Question:

How often do you weigh yourself? Do you have a "ritual?" Why does your weigh-in schedule work for you?

Every single morning, I get up, use the bathroom and step on the scales....sans the PJ's. However, Monday is my official weigh-in day when my ticker gets updated. At first, I made myself only weigh once a week. However, the scales "called" to me constantly, so I found myself sneaking on every two or three days to make sure that my weight loss efforts were truly working. I soon realized that the small losses on the scales encouraged me to keep doing what I was doing, no losses encouraged me to tweak my plan and gains encouraged me to stop stuffing my face and get more exercise. Of course, the scale sometimes jumps up a pound or two. I don't like this, but it doesn't discourage me when I know I've been doing all I can. Plus, my rings and shoes are usually a bit tighter during that time, so I know its water weight.

My name is Kristen and I'm a scale-a-holic! I am on the silly machine, every morning BN (butt naked I hope with going to the gym and getting my body where I would like it that I can soon give up this morning ritual. But similar to Rhonda it does always keep me check. The down fall is sometimes you do everything right and it goes up and then mentally you start to worry.
I would be happy to live in a scale free house but I'm tied to mine!!

To begin, I would like to echo the congratulations to Kelly and SCgirls.

Last night I did a half hour on the treadmill within my cardio heart rate. I wanted to do the stairclimber but there was Sweaty Betty in all her glory in the middle of the only 2 empty machines. Arrrgh. Then I followed the treadmill with leg lifts on four different machines. My butt is sore.

Tonight my fiance has a dinner for work so we won't be going to the gym after work. The plan is to do my Pilates video at home.

Breakfast this morning was phenomenal. I bought a box of the Special K with protein. I added a sliced banana and a cup of almond breeze. OH MY GOSH. FANTASTIC. I do not like almond breeze by itself one bit. However, as "milk" for cereal it is wonderful. I highly recommend!

QOTD: I have a very bad relationship with my scale. I weigh myself constantly if I'm able to string two great on plan days together. If I feel like I've been bad I avoid it. This is why I went with my weigh in on Friday morning rather than Monday morning. I knew I had been bad over the weekend so I have been avoiding the scale. I haven't been on it since Friday. If I had some sense I would weigh myself every day because it might encourage me to try harder to stick on plan.

And with that. . . I still have a food problem. I thought I removed all of the triggers in my house. . . not so. There is nothing that I can't binge on. Last night I wasn't hungry at all and still ate the remaining blueberry carton. We made healthy pita pizzas last night for dinner. Instead of eating just one, though, I ate two. I'm beginning to think I need professional help. I can't stop overeating. It is so hard to feel good about myself when I'm hating myself so much.

I was upset last night and binged. Although I made sure I was binging on my food at home and not going to McDonalds or pizza.

Amberelise - Thanks for the congrats. I find that if I have it out on the table it is hard to avoid that 2nd (or 3rd) helping of whatever I made for dinner. I have found that I make the plates then put the rest away. If my DH or DS want more they have to get up and go get it (which has indirectly helped DH lose some of the pounds he needs to drop). I think it is that "clean your plate" or the "Starving kids in ???" mentality. We see it and want to finish it off.

When my plate is empty ... I am done, and there is nothing left on the table to tempt me into more when I know I had enough.

As for the QOTD: I am attached to my scale. I am suprised that no one sees it following me around. Not that I love it or anything (well when it really drops I do). I'm kinda like Rhonda. I see what the results are and then examine what I did right and what I did wrong. For example, I had quite a bit of stuff going on at the end of last week (Thursday to Monday), and I didn't work out as much as I normally do. The scaled slowed down ... it was enogh to get me downstairs during the entire TBL show and get in 110 minutes of workout time. I do though only have 1 day where I log my weight ... that is today. I get up (hopefully workout as I usually workout in the morning - not on Wednesday though because of the night before and because I workout at night tonight while my DS is doing indoor soccer), hit the potty, then hop on the scale (in my B-Day suit with my fingers crossed) and then take a shower.

I know you should avoid the scale except for once a week, but I just obsess about it and it is my reminder of where I came from and where I am heading.

QOTD: Let me sum it up like this, I take my scale on vacation with me. Yes, really. Obviously not if I fly, but if I drive anywhere, it's one of the last things packed, after I weigh in the morning I leave. It keeps me on plan even when I'm on vacation.

QOTD: I am another daily weigher. It is the first thing after peeing. I usually only update my ticker if I have kept the same weight for at least 3 days. I also do the spreadsheet thing that tracks the 10 day average. I love seeing that average go down daily but currently it is on an uphill trend.

I am trying to reverse that by obsessively counting my calories on Spark. As soon as I decide I want to eat something I run for the computer and log it before I even eat it. As long as I can keep up the counting I think that will help.

Congrats to those who are showing losses again. I'll get there too.

I'm jealous of those of you with treadmills who can workout during TBL! I guess I could do crunches or something but really... I'm so pooped by 8pm that I just want to lay down and veg out. I did a really tough lower body toning workout yesterday afternoon during nap time, then carried the garbage out and promptly fell HARD on my bottom. I am pretty sore today but am going to try to workout anyway. I think squats are definitely out though.

How often do you weigh yourself? Do you have a "ritual?" Why does your weigh-in schedule work for you?

I weigh once a week 'officially' but usually twice a week to keep on track. I weighed myself yesterday (Tues) but my real weigh-in will be Saturday.

My routine is wake up, go pee, get naked, get on scale. I always weigh myself first thing in the a.m., so no food or drink in my belly, empty bladder, and totally naked.

It works for me partially because our bathroom is small, and being naked in there, I have no choice but to see myself in the mirror! More motivation! I guess I could close my eyes but then I couldn't see the scale!

I wigh in every 2 - 3 days first thing in the morning.

Every single morning, I get up, use the bathroom and step on the scales and this morning I was 249

Yes I'm under 250 lol

but today is not my weigh in day that I count but I will keep it off

Now I'll wrok to be under 245


I was feeling really down a few days ago and I let a little thing really get to me. I had even thought about dropping out of the group. But after talking to Theresa I felt better and then the way in this morning just got me going again. (oh and it had nothing to do with the group more of a personal problem)


I still have a few days left so I hope to see another pound gone when I weigh in on Sunday.

So here is some to help each of us shed some pounds this week!