Hi everyone
Sandra
We had tornado warnings last night so I was inmy safe spot from 7 till11 p.m.
Calories came in at 1527.

I'll be back to chat a little later. I'm at work.

Morning Ladies ...

What awful weather with the tornadoes in the South! I can't believe the pictures I'm seeing on my TV this morning. ceejay, I'm glad you're okay! We have warnings about severe storms in Central NC this afternoon so I feel a bit jittery!

How the tenth day went ... a good day, 1700 calories (should have been less), scale still holding. I think I will stop weighing every day now, as the scale is slowing down, and the important thing is that I KNOW I'm doing much better with food and exercise, and it will eventually show in pounds. So I may not weigh again until Sunday ... then I don't see the water fluctations. I walked 45 minutes yesterday.

Hang in there, guys, and have a great day!

hi guys!

yeah we were too but we just got wind mostly

How the 11th day went ...

1650 calories (tomato-cheese toast, grilled salmon, creamy grits, apple, peanut butter on ww bread, wine, Snackwell cookies)

Scale: 226 lbs. FIVE pounds off! YES! (I always say I won't weigh every day ... then I do ... )

I didn't walk yesterday, to rest a sore ankle, but will be back out on this beautiful day for walking.

Andrea, ceejay, LadyNascar, Sandra ... hope you're all doing well, and that you're getting good sunny weather that encourages you to get up/out and move! That helps me ...

Have a good day, all!

babe
I weigh in daily just to keep myself more accountible.
Another pound down that's awesome.

Sandra
Your plan is doable.

Hi to Andrea

LadyNascar
Who's your favorite driver?

Okay Babe I'm going to follow your pattern

Day three went like this. Calories=2002 with no exercise. I told myself that I need to do an exercise marathon to burn an an extra 830 calories. My weigh in revealed 182.8 this morning. I would really like to see 179 by next week end.

hi guys!

youre doin great ceejay! i used to wi daily but now its just 1x prob bc weighing isnt as convient as it used to be.

no one take this wrong, but im sooo glad that i dont count cals! god bless core!

Hi Ladies ~
Glad to see you are all doing so well. I'm adding to my exercise program and told my 12 year old daughter that I will do DDR with her. Ugh!! I know we'll have a blast together once I get used to it. She's been wanting me to do it for about a year and I just didn't want to cuz I knew I would be huffing and puffing through the whole thing. Then I realized that she doesn't care, she just wants to spend time with her Mom so I should take advantage of it and spend some time with her while she still wants to. Soon enough she'll be asking me to walk 10 feet behind her at the mall cuz Moooommmmmm, you're sooooo embarrassing. lol Of course that's when I'll tell her that is my entire goal in life... to embarrass her... oh ya, and make her life miserable!!

I am on a serious M&M kick lately. UGH!! I gotta stop this. Somebody kick my butt please.

sandi-good for you for realizin' she just wants her mamma/

How 12th day went ...

1800 calories (scrambled eggs with salmon, linguine with red clam sauce ... from scratch, cookies, pretzels, wine)

Scale: Holding at 226 lbs. (down from 231)

Exercise: 45 minute walk

ceejay, you're doing really well. Glad to hear that scale is dropping for you!

Sandra, what is DDR? BTW, I have a problem with Hot Tamales ... if they are anywhere near me, I EAT them! So I understand about the M&Ms. If I buy certain things, I eat them ALL!

LadyNascar, where are you? We miss you ...

Andrea, in the Core plan, you've already had the calories counted for you, in a sense, and I can see how much more convenient that would be. If I were a WW, I would probably do that, too. I don't mind counting calories, though. Have been doing it so long that I can calculate a day's meals in my head pronto ...

Hope you girls all have a fun weekend planned. I'm going to see "Michael Clayton" today, and might go see some flower gardens this weekend. Just noticed daffodils in my yard yesterday!

Have a good one!

hi guys

good job babe! youre thinking of flex. core is no counting literally. its not a low cal plan. its only limited by physical satisfaction not cals.

tom. is my wi.

hope no one minds, but i am trying to keep my chart on each page for easy access

sw:148

goal: 138 (7.8)

week 1: 146.2 (- 1.8)

week 2: 145.8 (- .4)

week 3:

week 4:

TOTAL=2.2

Hi Ladies ~

Andrea ~ Of course we don't mind.... we all gotta do whatever we can to make this thing work for us. Plus I think seeing it right in front of you (and all of us) will help with accountability. Thanks for the comment about my daughter!!!

Babe ~ Ya, I think we all have something we can't stay away from if it's in the house! I was driven to the M&M's by a miserable day at work. Gotta change that habit. I dream of the day I would be driven to exercise instead. LOL DDR is Dance, Dance, Revolution - You put the DVD in and it tells you on the TV screen what to do.. you have to follow the steps they show you and place your feet in certain places on this mat on the floor. It grades how well you do and it's all set to different music. My daughter is amazing at it!!

CeeJay ~ Thank you for the welcome and the encouragement. Awesome job on your progress so far... keep it up!!!

OK... gotta run ladies ~ getting my hair cut and a pedicure after that. Woo Hoo!!

thanks sandi

you might want to throw those away-i know it might sound bad but in situations like that, its either that or i eat it so i choose throw. actually, i dont buy stuff like that. i only go out ion sat nights and buy one thing

enjoy your pedi!

Happy Saturday, ladies!

How the 13th day went ...

1850 calories (Sausage McMuffin - homemade, V8, linguine with red clam sauce, cookies, wine)

Scale: Holding at 226 lbs. (down from 231)

No exercise yesterday but will walk today.

Sandra, that's great exercise ... the DDR, and so great to do it with your daughter! When I was younger I used to dance for half-hour at a time to songs like "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson, and work up quite a sweat!

Andrea, has your back totally calmed down now? You haven't mentioned it for the last couple of days so I hope so.

Today is vege-wich day for dinner, one of my favorite meals, so I have that to look forward to. Would sure LOVE to be down another pound by manana!

I want to add here ... this Challenge has three more weeks to run, until March 2nd. If anyone else would like to join, and go for "6 in 3" ... please feel free to join us!

hi guys!

happy saturday!

good job babe keep it up! enjoy your dinner---i know i will!(i get lunch and dinner off today)

lost 1/2 lb not much but will take it.

my back is fine babe thanks for asking
ive lots going on right now but my current plan is to pick up exercise the end of the month after my sis goes home.