Jas - Nope you're not the only one. In fact I don't even know who's playing.

Today I upped my running intervals to 2mins running and 3 minutes walking and I got through the entire 60mins. It ended up being about 20 minutes of running total. Woah!

Scale is NOT being nice to me this week despite my total on plan this week and getting lots of walking and running in. I'm hoping it will calm back down by Monday... but if I gain its not for lack of trying.

Hope everyones weigh in went better I peeked at the #s looks like a good week for most of us!

Good Sunday Morning everyone!! Well I'm trying to get some homework done so I can enjoy the rest of the day. I got some good healthy snacks so I should be good to go as long as I keep it all in check. Kinda overdid it yesterday, still within my points but just makes it even more necessary for me to stay the course today. So I'm doing some apple slices w/ FF apple dip, lots of cut veggies, pretzels and crystal light. Not sure what we are doing for main courses yet but i should be good!

I will be putting up our Red Team challenge today as well, so look for the thread and the details. What we are going to be doing is earning ourselves a tropical vacation! I got a smokin deal on this vacation for our entire team to visit warm tropical Paradise Island in the Bahamas! We'll only need to earn $5000 for this vacation. All the while we are earning the money we'll be working on those fit healthy bodies to have us beach attire ready! So watch for the details!

Have a fantastic Sunday Red team!! Go giants! LOL!

Our Red team vacation fund challenge is here

Melissa - the challenge looks like fun! We haven't seen much sun around here! Thanks for putting it together

We went cross country skiing again today. I am enjoying hitting the trails with DH.

I hope everyone has a POP day - Stay strong during all of those Super Bowl parties!!!

week 1 day 2 of c25k is behind me! Also did upper body weights.

Tina - podcasts are basically amateur radio shows of varying quality. They are free to download and come in different flavors - you can get ones about running, health and fitness, knitting, tv shows... All kinds! I plop them on my ipod and listen to them at the gym. The trick is finding something that motivates you.

Hope everyone is having a great superbowl sunday. (No idea if it's even over by now...)

jaime

Jen - Here are some exerpts from the Beck Diet Solution on Hunger Tolerance. Of course, your fasting day is about over, but here's what it says:

"When people who struggle with dieting get hungry, they often feel hunger pangs intensley. The sensations can feel like an emergency. All their attention gets focused on how uncomfortable they feel - and when and where they can get food. They begin to think they won't be able to stand feeling that way.

...If you fear hunger, you might routinely eat to avoid the feeling. You might never have learned that it's okay to feel hungry, or you might never have developed skills to help you withstand hunger. Purposely skipping a meal will prove something to you: You definitely don't have to eat when you're hungry. Just because you want to eat doesn't mean you always should. This is one of the most important things you need to learn to lose excess weight and keep it off!"

I was resistant to doing this exercise because I've always heard that it isn't good to skip meals because it can mess with your metabolism. I'm glad I did it because I did learn from the experience. It helped me yesterday when I didn't eat much at my sister's because what she was serving wasn't on my plan. I knew I wouldn't starve to death before my next meal, so I was able to resist fast food on my way home (30 minute drive). I waited and had a healthy dinner when I got home.

I am not watching the Superbowl either!

Counting Down - I love that first picture!

Have a good evening everyone!

Hello all! Just wanted to pop in real quick and say hi! I hope all is doing well! Have a great day!

Just wanted to pop in and say hello. We had a busy weekend but it was fun. Stood for almost 12 hours at the soup kitchen and dished out food. Have to be very gratefull for what we have.

Hey everyone
Hope everyone has had an excellent weekend. Mine was super busy and I'm actually looking forward to starting a new week. I posted a 2 lb. loss this week- (which in light of the end of the week is so great for me!!)
Tomorrow I start week 5 of C25K, yikes! This is the week it gets crazy with 8 minute runs and a whole 20 minutes on Friday. But I know if I can keep my eating in check the weight will melt off too, so I'll do it!!
I'm down 8 lbs for January and thrilled with that. Would love another 8 for February at least!!
Check back tomorrow...have a good night!

Hello hello!

Well, tomorrow is weigh in day, and I'm still hovering at the saaaame weight as of this morning, but that's no surprise since I RARELY lose anything the week when TOM is around. Blah!
But my eating this weekend has been great! No going over calories, and that feels wonderful. Now that TOM is on his way out, I'm looking forward to a great week.

Cassie
I am haveing DOT again lol. I will go a month or so without one and then have 2 or 3 every couple of weeks. Real pain.

Hi Everyone. I'm popping in pretty late, but I wanted to let you know I'm thinking of you. Sundays are pretty busy for me these days. I spend the morning preparing my Sunday School Lesson and getting the kids ready for church. The afternoon is spent at church and the evening is choir practice. But I couldn't let the day pass by without a big to all our chicks!

Only time for a few personals before bed:

Karen--Thanks for the info. That's very interesting. You know I have been fasting once a month for years (except when I was pregnant or nursing). I wonder if that's why I don't fear hunger? I fast for two reasons and one of them is to take my focus off the physical and to focus on the spiritual instead. I think that's in line with what your excerpt said.

Counting-- I loved your pictures. DH and I used to cross country ski. It's been years though. We got rid of our skis when we moved to warmer territory. We never see snow now. Overall, I don't miss it. But snow is so pretty to look at when it's fresh and untouched!

Roni-- Glad your team won!

Rennie-- It's a beautiful thing to volunteer at a soup kitchen. What a great way to spend your day!

Melissa-- The challenge looks great! I want to go now . . . it's a chilly 53 degrees here right now.

Good Morning Red team!! So for those of us who watch football, how'd you do yesterday? I did good with food, but I had pina coladas with it which are what like 8 bazillion calories each...ugh! Well thankfully the eating season is over! I've got nothing big coming up that I need to plan for until my dd's birthday in March when she turns 13. Far enough off to really focus and do what I need to do!

Its snowing here now! I love snow! Not sick of it yet LOL!

I begin week 3 of C25K, and I'm very intimidated. I run for 90 seconds which I can do, and for 3 minutes!!!!

I hope everyone has a fantastic day! Make sure to check out our challenge! Lets start doing what we need to do and get that money earned!! We can do it!!

Jen... Good morning!! 53! Thats a heat wave LOL!! I can send you my sweaters and heavy boots if you need to keep warm!

Rennie...are those sporadic DOTs due to birth control? or have you always been that way? 12 hours dishing soup!! What an amazing soul you are!

Cassie...well the same is better than a gain!! Not to worry once TOM is gone you'll by cruising again!!

Diva...Yay for the Giants! Great game huh?! I'm so excited to hear how you like the c25k...I never thought I'd like it as much as I do! Its scary at times to me but I really do like it! Good luck today!

Emily...holy cow 20 minutes!!! that is amazing!! Thats gotta feel amazing I'm gonna be excited to do my 3 minutes and not die LOL!! Great job and way to go on those 2 lbs!!!

Mom23BC... Hows everything going?

Karen....excellent job resisting fast food!! That is such a hard thing to do and you did it!! That shows alot about where your priorities lie! Great job!

Jaime...way to go on c25k!!! How's it feeling? Were you a runner before?

Counting....cross country skiing is such an amazing workout!! How fun that you and dh go so often together! I hope you had a great time!!

Muse....way to go on that workout!!! I think the interval running is the way to go! At least for me anyway. You did fantastic!! Any shows coming soon that you are working for?

Jasmine... how's everything going?