Think I am all caught up now lol.

Tina
Thanks I will do that. You are doing great. I wish I could bottle that feeling I have after a workout. Oh the sense of accomplishment, power and self esteem that is so high. I bet we could make a fortune if we could sell that. I have it so much easier than most of you ( counting kind of does the same thing ) I don't cheat or go over on a plan. My " Rennie " plan allows anything and everything within reason lol.

Good Morning Red team!! I got a great night sleep I think! Slept all night so thats always a good sign, had some bizzaro dreams though LOL! I was supposed to be helping out at my dds school with Celebrity Reader day but she is out sick! My plan for today is to stick to my points, and after class head over to the gym for week 2 day 2 of thw c25k.

Rennie....I think its okay for you to post all your minutes. I didnt read the very first page to see if there was a limit as to how many minutes you can post at a time but I would imagine that you are just fine to post them all. I say go for it, better to ask forgiveness than permission! LOL!

Tina...Way to go yesterday!!!! oooh the MIL and the SIL today!! Talk about my worst nightmare LOL! Keep up the amazing work Tina..and the amazing support of your team!! We are lucky to have you!

Jasmine.... good to see you! I thought we might have lost you so its GREAT to see you on the board!! How is everything going?

LadyZ...wow Homecoming Queen!! Thats pretty impressive!

Sara...way to go on that exercise!!! Isnt it funny how once you just do it you realize how great it makes you feel?!

OptimistK....wouldnt it be grand if we could get paid to be students? LOL!

Yello....the C25K is short for Couch to 5K, its a running program that is 9 weeks and it eases you into running so by the end of it you can run a 5K. Or at least thats the goal anyway LOL! The Million Pound Matchup is a Biggest Loser thing. You get yourself a teammate and the 2 of you set up a spaces account through MSN and document your weightloss journey. 5 winners will win a trip to the Biggest Loser Finale and the top winner gets a trainer for a year.

everyone else I missed....Happy Wednesday!

To answer my own question:

Its funny my first thought when I did that question was vaccumming the stairs! I HATE to vaccuum the stairs. But you girls think outside the box and I'm gonna jump on the paying bills bandwagon. I dont currently work, but I'm kinda looking forward to having a job once I get my degree. But if I didnt have to pay bills but still get all the benefits they provide I'd be all for it! LOL!

I'm going to go with the really obvious answer to today's question: I would love to be able to eat ANYTHING I want, but not gain. I love exercise so I'd never give that up, but lately I have such a sweet tooth and I'd love to be able to eat everything I want rather than stick with moderation... moderation is just no fun at all

Also, I weighed myself this morning, and I'm down 0.2 from where I was Saturday, so my estimate for Monday's weigh in was probably about right. AND it would seem that I made up for all the junk I ate while I was in Boston! Yay

Today is another light day for me in preparation for heavy days tomorrow and Friday. Tomorrow I have a dinner for my company mentoring group, which will be delicious and hard to resist all the junky stuff And then Friday is our "all-hands" quarterly staff meeting, which means breakfast, lunch, and dinner will all be catered (yummy but SO much worse for me than my own home cooking). Plus, one of the highlights of our QSM is the extensive cocktail hours. By hours, I mean 4 PM to 1 AM. Hard to stick to just a glass of white wine and no hors d'oeuvres when they go on that long!!! My plan is just to eat lightly today and tomorrow during the day, then indulge myself at least a bit on Friday, and then Saturday/Sunday eat light and then run. We'll see if it works!

Hi everybody,
Hope you are all having a POP day! I am so discouraged right now! I went for my weigh in and I am the same! I have worked so hard and have been on plan and nothing seems to budge. I am considering switching plans to either WW or Calorie Counting as I am currently with LA and have been for one whole year now and have lost weight but have been at a stand still for quite a while now…I think its time for a change. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Sara

Melissa - I have an on campus job in which I mostly do my homework, so I guess I sort of am getting paid to be a student! LOL Bizzare dreams eh? Well that's a good thing, means you went into REM sleep, completing all of your sleep cycles, ok enough nerding it up for me!

Diva - Aiden Turner (portrays Aiden Devane) is HANDSOME! Yummmmmy!

Sara - Way to go on day 2! I used to be an early morning AM exerciser, that's before 8:00 AM classes took over.

Tina - I just love reading! I finished the book I was reading this very morning (such a sad day, I just hate, yet love finishing novels, LOL). Ohhhhh, I made chilli two Fridays ago, it was delicious! I called my mom for her recipe and it turned out pretty close to hers, but nothing will ever beat mom's cooking, lol.

Laura - indulging every now and then keeps us sane on the crazy journey called weightloss. I do so myself, from time to time, hehe, probably a bit too much at times. Yet, like you plan to, I always manage to go to the gym and run until I feel like my legs will fall off!!!

Hope the rest of the day is going well for you all!!!

OOOHH lets nerd it up! LOL!! Who else here loves to read?! me me me!! My alltime favorite books are the Stephanie Plum series. right now I'm reading one of the between the numbers novels called Plum Lucky, its okay. anyone else read these?

Just finished Week1Day2 of the c25k...thats 3 days in a row of exercise!! Who woulda thunk it! I'm exhausted right now, I could to do homework or I could relax...I pick relax! LOL!

Sara...maybe you could just give the quickstart program for weight watchers a try..see if it does anything. Its only a week. If nothing changes, I dont think you are any worse off for it. that should shake things up. Let me know if you'd like more info!

I love to read. I am almost finished with Pillars of the Earth by KenFollet. Last weekend, I spent all day Saturday reading In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan. It is written by a journalist not a nutritionist. He had a lot to say about how scientists break down what we eat to try to find the good and bad parts and then sell it back to us as better or safer food. For example, low fat cookies. Supposedly the cookies are better because they are low fat even though they are still cookies. He summarizes his philosophy for eating-"eat food, not too much, mostly plants". It was really interesting.

Hi Melissa,
You are always so nice and there for all of us...thank you!

Yes, I would love that info, may be I will give it a try.


Thanks and hello to everybody else with all their kind encouragement for my breaking news on having started to exercise. It means so much to have you all as a support team!

Rennie- What plan are you on? You have done so awesome.

I would love to hear more about calorie counting and how to determine how many calories you need to lose weight.and if you are following it if you are happy with doing so or is it too difficult.

Good afternoon ladies! Not much time to read all the posts since last night. I have been out all day for the most part. I did spend an hour this afternoon baking a cake. Just have to frost it now. Wednesdays are my days without any kids (other then my own), and it just seems to be so busy every Wednesday. One of these Wednesdays I'll have time to just sit home and veg with my little man. On the bright side, I did have lunch with DH this afternoon. We went to Red Robin and I was semi-good, had a turkey burger. Of course I had the fries though. But I didn't even look at the menu, I went in there with a plan, and stuck to it! so that's a start. Course I am sure the salt is going to do me in for this week's WI. Good thing it isn't until Saturday. DH is going to be out of town from tomorrow until Saturday night on business. Just me and the kids for a few days. Hope they don't drive me too crazy!! lol

Well lunch was really good and I ate healthy. We had sandwiches with some soup and cottage cheese, and for dessert we had a big bowl of fruit salad...yummy, yummy!LOL! (Those of you with young kids will get that...The Wiggles) those guys annoy the heck out of me! I'm headed to the gym in a bit for some light cardio, but mostly going to do weights today. I have really been loving my cardio, so it's going to be hard to focus more on weights, but I need to tone this body up. I have leftover chili for dinner, and I can't wait to eat some....I love that stuff! I have to say I've been feeling really good lately. I hope this lasts. I was thinking the eating healthy and exercise are probably helping me greatly. Whatever it is I hope it lasts for me!!!


Laura- Oh that would be hard to have all that food catered and then throw in drinks, ahhh be strong girl, be strong!LOL! Like you said though eat light until then and your doing so good with your workouts, so hopefully a few little treats won't add up to anything! I loved your answer to the question of the day...duh, why didn't I think of that. Heck yeah I wish I could eat anything and not gain a pound. That is the complete opposite of my body though. Not only do I have to eat healthy I also have to exercise to loose weight.

Roni- I hear ya girl on paycheck to paycheck, IT SUCKS!!! My husband gets paid bi-weekly and I can't wait for his check this week. We are down to the last dime over here. I'm so happy to hear though that your not turning to food, that is a huge step in the right direction. Hang tight girl~

OptimistK- Well I would have to say I cook way better then my mom, but that isn't saying much about my cooking. My mom is an awful cook, God bless her Now my MIL's cooking that is something I wish I could duplicate! She is one of the best cooks/bakers I know! I just love to read. It takes me out of reality for awhile, and lets me just go to wherever I want. Nothing like a good book, but your right when I start getting really close to the end I get sad!

Melissa- I've been having really weird dreams lately also, don't know what that is all about. Some of them are pretty entertaining though I've never heard of Stephanie Plum, what kind of books does she write? 3 days in a row of exercise...you go girl! Doesn't it feel great. It just gets easier and easier and pretty soon you get to where your looking forward to working out! I love the way it makes my body feel! Keep on rockin girl!!!

Sara- I know how frustrating it is when you've put the work in, and not even a dang .5 of a pound is lost. When that happens I always have a vision of myself smashing my scale into a million piecesLOL! If your thinking of trying something new I calorie cycle and I love it. To get more info on it I would just google calorie cycling, but a fast run down of it is this...you eat a different amount of calories each day. My high day is 2006 calories and my lowest day is 1338 an average day though is 1672. This is just supposed to keep your body from getting stuck. It really works well for me combined with exercise, and heck it's free! If you have any questions about it I would be happy to answer them for you. Hang in there though, who knows why are bodies do what they do. We have all been there though, and although it's frustrating the main thing to remember is don't give up! Your more then halfway to your goal...

Okay well I better go and get my gym stuff ready! Have a great evening ladies~

Kari- OMG I love me some Red Robins!!! One of my all time favorite foods are fries, so take me to a place that has all you can eat fries and I'm like a kid in a candy store I really enjoy turkey burgers, as a matter of fact I rarely ever eat beef ones anymore. Good luck with the kids, how old are they? I have a 11, 5 1/2, and a 4 yr. old...I know they would drive me insaneLOL! I love them dearly though!!!