Oh, and for my name, Gator is fine.

Skinny- I always find that when I have the right foods on hand, I make better choices. Maybe the threat of the fruit and veggies going bad and wasting money makes me eat them. I bought 6 lbs of chicken at Sams today. Froze most of it, but it looks like I am going to have some good chicken in the near future. Last week when I was at the store, a guy mentioned that everything in my cart was very healthy. Now when I go shopping, I feel like people are looking at what I am getting, so I make sure to be good. Its like the junk food police might get me. Hopefully it lasts, I like not having the junk in the house and not wasting money on stuff that just makes me regret it. Good luck. Im sure everything will fall into place.

Sj all i can say is make small changes.. dont try to be too hard on yourself... slowly make a good change for the better... For me to stop binging i have to get exercising.. becuase then i get in the mind set... of i worked to hard to then go and eat...... this only works if your dont use working out as an excuse to have.... ...

If you are binging... get rid of the juunk... and if you have a binge on fruit and veg its not going to be too bad... until you can controll it agian..

Dont be too hard on yourself.. fo for a long walk to clear your head every day .... have a decent breakfast.. and be kind to yourself.. a good friend of mine said something the other day on one of the weightloss forums i go to that i thought was very true "Most of us are chubbies because: we cared about everyone but ourselves, we worked our butts off and were to tired to exercise, we gave so much of ourselves that we couldn't see who we were..."

Jen is good.




Amy - HI!!!!!!! So glad to be on the same team again!!

Abby- You were an inspiration to me the last challenge we were in together, I look forward to watching you kick butt again this time and hope to do some butt kicking myself.

amouse: that quote from your friend is right on the money! it really hit home with me. We all need to realize that we need time and attention and tlc too.. we cant give it ALL away!

Jen: So glad we are team mates again! I am getting back down to my lowest! I AM I AM!!! We can do it! I know we will kick some butt for sure!


So i have been eating OP for the last week.. slowly gettin myself back on track. Monday i get my butt back to gym.. i havnt worked out forever. I decided to get myself back OP slowly and not just half hazardly throw my self back in and get over whelmed.

yeah faux that quote got me all choked up the other day .... and i agree with it 100% .

hey Jen great to see ya girl .. im starting this challenge quite a bit lighter but i have all you girls to thank for that ... the biggest loser challenges got me on the right road... i did my first challenge with you jen back in april 08 at 280 pounds ... i think i did another challenge after that .. missed a couple and now am back... lol

that is my life right now too. Good Luck on your Plan sounds great!!

faux-sorry to hear, but you have a great out look-Good For You

Nix-congrats are in order for you, so happy for you and your FH

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So happy to see all of you, look forward to chatting

good job on making a stand and starting fresh! good luck.

for me, i find exercise helps as its a great stress reliever. your body cant tell the difference between a physical threat, or a mental stress, so it gears up to either fight or run away, so if you dont have a way of releasing the pent up tension you cant relax, exercise is a way to release your bodies tension so you can relax afterwards.
for me, i do feel better after i exercise, and during my exercise, i dont think about anything

i can relate to the stress period of your life. i have the most important exam of my life in about 2 weeks time. but i find if i can control my eating and exercise, it makes me feel i am more in control and gives you power in that way.

good luck! you can do it

skinnyjeans: I TOTALLY hear ya on the stressful front! I have a habit of binging myself into oblivion during stressfl times... and let me say.. this time in my life is as stressed out as i have been in my life. But like echo said.... if we can manage control in our eating and exercise it DEF helps us keep the power and not let our emotions or the aspects causing those emotions to control us. We are all strong people and binging on food and laying around not moving our butts helps nothing. Im here for you if you ever need to chat or vent girly We can dooo eeeeeet!

Does anybody else like to watch the show Biggest Loser? I have to admit I'm addicted to it and am SO EXCITED that it starts Tuesday! I even have the theme song memorized and a little dance I do with it hehe.

good morning bluebies... my tooth is feeling better thank goodness.. the antibiotics are working well.. gonna have to make an appt with the dentist next week and have it yanked tho.
poor mom.. she is on hospice, has loads of things wrong with her, and the other day my sisters cat scratched her leg.. now she has a raging infection all the way up her poor leg.. she has been on antibiotics for two days, and it may look a lil better this am. the day it happened i poured peroxide all over it, then put triple antibiotic ointment on it, but it still infected.. prob cause instead of an actual scratch it was like a pierce... right in the vein..

i havnt eaten much the last couple days due to my tooth, which could be bad or good depending on what my body says lol.. however i havnt exercised either for the same reason.
well, off to pay bills etc... hope everyone is having a good day

Hello fellow blue team members! Sorry I'm checking in so late... it's been a busy week.

A quick intro/reintro:

My name is Elise. I'm turning 27 on the 24th (I need a new av, lol). I'm a married stay at home mom of 4 kids, 10, 7, 5 and almost 2. We live in SE Louisiana and just moved to a farm. I'm starting to learn gardening and we're getting goats and chickens, soon. I'm so excited. My hubby and I are hoping that living out here, working out in the "yard" and growing some of our own food will help us live healthier lives. Besides that, I'm an artist, a computer nerd, an amateur photographer, an outdoorsy person and very interested in getting in shape so I can better enjoy all of that stuff.

My family has a poor medical history that includes heat disease, strokes, obesity, etc. so I'm hoping that stops with me. I want to grow old with my hubby and be a healthy example for our kids. Plus it couldn't hurt to fit better in my clothes.

I can't wait to meet everyone and get reacquainted with people from the last challenge I was in... GEAUX BLUE TEAM!!!!! I will try to be as active in the chats as I can but the internet service out her is iffy. I will make sure I weigh in though! Even if I have to drive to the library! lol

It's gonna take me a while to get caught up on the personals... but I just wanna say, thanks Dixie, for everything you do! You're such an inspiration...

I love the show for the most part but if we get any more Icky Vicky's, I will most likely watch something else. Contestants like her ruin it for me.

Twi_ I sure hope your Mom's leg gets better. That's horrible. I am glad your tooth is feeling better.

As for me...2 + weeks still OP and doing well. Scale slowly moving down. If I disappear for a few days it's because my internet sucks, but I'll be back.

Hugs all! Have a fabulous weekend!

Hi team.
I just wanted to pop in a say hi! I am moving in a couple of weeks so I am busy getting all packed and stuff. I will do my best to try and keep up with the thread. I should go back to normal in October and be able to participate even more on the thread.
One thing I have found from the previous challenges is that the more I participate in the chats the better I do, so that's my intention this time around as well.

Hope everyone has an awesome weekend!

i LOVE the show!!! so far i've only watched season 6. and i'm now on season 7.
i find watching their last chance workouts really gives me motivation to go and exercise!!

lol i love the awkward overacting product placement "ads" in the show, makes me smile! and even though i know its on purpose, i'm so easily swayed!!!

but we dont get watermelon flavour extra gum here in the uk!!
nor do we get strawberry cheesecake flavour yoplait!!
i'm so easily persuaded hahahahah

spoilers for season 6

omg i hated vicky too!! and i didnt much like heba either, the way they used to gang up on michelle! michelle was my favourite! she was such a darling!
my favourites from season 6 were colleen, michelle, colleen's dad, bless him, what a sweet teddy bear of a father. it annoyed me when phil rolled his eyes once when he was going up to get weighed. i thought that was mean!
but then i didnt like the way heba and vicky "bullied" phil and his wife amy.
oh and Amy (phil's wife) i really liked her.
i didnt like the other amy either.
lol
although i really liked heba in the beginning, she was my favourite. but then she got all bully and mean. i mean i felt sorry for her when they did the in the dark challenge and phill went behind her back to eat that peanut thing hahahah
i know its probably cause of the way they do the editing etc but thats what i felt