Envy The green tea is suppose to also help with weight loss, so I hear

Likenoother= Glad you got moving even if it was in your seat.

IRIS= I'm gonna be like you when I grow up. I won't drink ANY soda

Enygirl= I hope you made it to the sub shop, and made good choices. You are right when I drink my water and workout I am not so fast to just throw it all away. Maybe that's why most people workout in the morning.

Shari= As usual you have words of encouragement, Thanks

I have to pick up my dd after work today so I plan on doing some more crunches on her ab lounge.

See ya chickies later
Babygal

Babygal--I have to admit that the seated exercise I did is part of a program I do with individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury but I did it and it is exercise. We made weights out of water bottles--you can put sand or water in them-- and its a great workout. Tomorrow I will lead a water exercise class using noodles, barbells, and exercise bands primarily for people with MS. If I didn't have my job I wouldn't be exercising so I am blessed with that. Oh yeah, last night Special Olympics started and I walked 5 laps which is a little over half a mile and did some stretches. I have staff that run Special Olympics so I can't count on that exercise weekly. At least I will have the seated exercise 1x/wk and water exercise 2x/wk. I'm set !

shay that rocks! What a fulfilling and tough job!

I'm exceptionally tired this afternoon. I'm not sure why other then work is completely burning me out! I want to take some time off - but then I get SO FAR behind!... it's a never ending battle! UGH!

Day 2 is almost complete - and I'm holding strong!

for everyone this evening!

ACK!!! beware of the binge-eater with PMS!!

Hip, Hip, Horray for JasonLea, You got, You got what it takes

Come On Miss.J, Let's Work it Out, I am so glad you are here, If you take the stairs once a day so will I, and I hate them, But I will do it with you, come on let's go

Shari: What cha doing and How ya doing it

Eny: Tell me more about what that green tea does for you. I have a box at home I don't even drink

Wisper: What ya doing - cooking again

Likenoother Ya doin what cha got ta do-I aint mad at ya

Guess what chicks I almost blew it yesterday. I did not feel like drinking any water. I was about to go to bed and I thought about the challenge crew and said I am either going to have to tell them that I didn't drink or get up and drink. I got up and drink 2 1/2 glasses of water.
I worked out on the ab lounge and ate very lite all day yesterday. But I sure did wake up hungry today so I got up and did some more of that Yoga with the Inhale Yoga excerise show on the Oxygen channel at 6 a.m.
I am going down stairs Miss.J
Babygal

Baby - honestly I'm not sure - I just like the taste lol .. But if you look here: http://chinesefood.about.com/library.../aa011400a.htm
there's some good info about it.

Shari baby - I'll say again WAY TO GO!!! You rock out loud girl! *Muah*

Iris - STEP AWAY FROM THE JUNK FOOD... SLOWLY.. SLOWLY... *did it work?*

Day 1 was a good day. I took the stairs between my two offices all day yesterday and today. I work in a three story building and was out of breath coming up. I didn't have any regular sodas but did have a diet coke and 1/2 a cup of water. I had tuna and baby carrot sticks for lunch but did give in when my fiance ordered Dominos Pizza.

Today I was too busy at work to eat what I made and stopped at McDonalds on the way home and got two 4 piece nuggets. Luckily my fiance was home to ask for some.

Shari - thanks for the WELCOME! and congrats on the 4.8!

Babygal - Stair Power!!! (Eventhough that elevator is tempting)

I am trying hard to stay away from the scale as i know I will get discouraged if it doesn't go down as fast as I think it should. I did weigh in today and was down 2.4 lbs from Monday!

deep dark secret of mine: sometimes when i am out and watching calories i'll still order a rum and diet coke.

shari you ROCK!! congrats on the lbs. lost. I'm a little jealous. The intuitive eating thing scares me because I'm a binger and often it's not that i don't know that i'm full or not really hungry, i just want to keep eating because it tastes so good. maybe i should give it a try though.

babygal glad you got up and drank some water! honestly i never used to drink plain water but somewhere along the line i started to enjoy (and actually prefer) it. I also love tea. and wine...

enygirl i did escape the junk food for a few minutes but that darn ice cream hunted me down!! tomorrow will be better... at least i hope. i'm usually only like this for a day or two a month.

missjanel congrats on the 2.4 lbs down!
lucky for me i am forced to take the stairs every day - i have a second floor apartment and there is no elevator. works wonders for my butt!

so i haven't been making "real food" but i HAVE been keeping up with my cardio... one thing at a time. i need to work with the food when i'm NOT ravenous and ready to binge on everything in sight (aka in a few days when my TOM is over). i am thinking maybe tomorrow I will stop at the grocery store on my way to work because they have a fabulous salad bar and i can pick up something decent for dinner.

Enygirl--LOVE my job! I feel you on needing time off but getting behind. That's what's going on with me now. I'm working so many hours that I need to flex off but them I feel more and more behind. It is a neverending circle!

Shari--Congrats on the 4.8 LBS!

Iris--I am a serious binger myself and IE has worked for me. I think it truly helps with building a healthier relationship with food. In the past I literally did not feel the fullness--I was a bottomless pit--until later but now I'm like oh gawd I can't take this I hate this feeling. Definitely makes you more conscious of stopping because you don't want to feel that way.

This is day 2 on plan and I've been getting a decent amount of superfoods in also.

Hiya gals! I am glad you are all doing so well. I have the week off, so I have to admit that I haven't been terribly worried about getting up early . Right now I'm just taking care of myself... Gentle footprints. Keep up the good work!

Okay Shari--This is scary. I can't stand lettuce but I love spinach leaves. I use them to make salads, put on sandwiches, in omlettes etc. People think I'm crazy because I don't like lettuce since they say its basically water. I don't care its nasty water. Spinach is so much more versatile.

I did make it through Day 2. On to Day 3. Busy, busy day. I am doing two trainings today. One this afternoon and one tonight. What's funny is I have no problem leading a group of program participants. Not nervous at all but when it comes to standing in front of a room full of people talking about something I'm supposed to be the expert in...I'm a wreck. What does help me is when I review the material until I know it backwards and forwards. The worse thing to me is when you go to a training and the person reads everything off the screen.

Iris - I feel you on the icecream! It used to be my BIGGEST combatant! Now I don't really care for it.. it's weird. I don't know if just my taste changed - or the fact that my body isn't used to so much sugar now ro what.

Shari - You are doing awesome honey! I'm so glad that you've found something that works for you. Learning not to obsess about food is HARD especially when you're trying to lose weight. Remember - JUST LISTEN.

Shay - WTG getting through day 2! I was wondering - what is your reward system that you have in place? I need to reward myself ofr mini-accomplishments - but I don't have a lot of $ - and obviously food rewards would be rediculous!

ME-Amarie - take care of yourself, relax, have fun... eat well - just be.

Hey everyone,

I took the stair all day today eventhough my knees are killing me. I had sort of a binge fest late last night. I have to fill my time at home better. I can stay on track at work beauce I bring a set amount of food with me and I keep busy. At home, even with my four month old son, I find myself laying or sitting in front of the tv with empty hands (wanting to shove something in my mouth.) I eat when I'm bored or restless.

I refuse to get on scale today - maybe on saturday.

I need to get an at home hobby to keep myself busy. Any idea anyone???