Hey team! Last two days have been off for me, my eating has been awful, and yesterday I didn't get any exercise. TOM is planning to visit any day now and I'm hoping that I'll drop the 4lbs I've gained, otherwise I might be taking my last freebie this week. I'm off to get a run in this morning everyone have a great day!

Hi guys, I am sorry that I haven't been a member who posts everyday,
the end of Feb and the start of this month has been just horrible for us,
financial problems, my parents had to put there dog down (cancer)
my daughter goes back in for surgery next week, and becasue of the strike at American Axle, my husband will be laid off next week if the strike continues.
we definetly can't afford for that to happen, Easter is this month and my sons 1st birthday lands on Easter Monday this year.
So I do appoligize for not being around much, I really had the best intentions to get to know all of you when this started.

On the brighter side, I have been doing OK, I am still trying to stay motivated to get this weight off! In total since Nov 26th I have lost 19.8lbs, hope to make that offically 20lbs off tomorrow.
I have so far lost 12lbs of that during this challenge, so thank you for that!
I hope everyone is doing well! looks like we have kicked some butt the last 2 weeks! way to go black team!!!!!

Jumping in while this is at the forefront of my mind (jury duty cancelled...totally bummed, now I have to work today and tomorrow):

"Obesity Survivor"....what do you think of the term? I had never heard the term until Dr. Jeff used it on this weeks episode of TBL. I googled it this morning and just wanted to know what you all thought of the term.

Off to a meeting....I'll be back.

Good morning, ladies.

Rainlips--I am glad that you are ok with the results of the test. Hopefully they will find out what is going on soon.

hope4me---I hope that you feel better soon. Big hugs.

Melissa--I am sorry that so much is going on right now. I will be praying that your dd's surgery goes well and that the strike ends so your husband doesn't get laid off. I am sending P&PT that things turn around for you soon. Congrats on your loss so far. You are doing great.

I have a ton of work to get done and I don't want to do any of it. We are putting up a fence this weekend so I have to go start cleaning the fence path or trees and such. It should be good for activity points.

Good luck everyone.

I had never heard that term until this weeks episode and honestly I hate it. I don't always want to be known as an obesity survivor. I will go and google it and see if that changes my mind.

Just popping in to say hi to my girl Roni...how ya doing girl? Hope all is well Have a great day~

Wow – how much do I suck at being participatory in our team? At least I am continuing to weigh in. I had a fairly major identity crisis the past few weeks. All of a sudden it felt like my whole life was defined by weight loss and it really scared me. So I pulled back from everything for a bit and I am trying to put my feet back into things in a less mentally obsessive manner. Obviously I still need to stay on plan and exercise, etc. but I need more balance in my life. It is going to be interesting figuring out how to get to the right point for me.

I didn’t like the term obesity survivor either. Using the word survivor implies an outside (or at least out of your control), unavoidable force that you had to deal with. Honestly I don’t think obesity qualifies in that category. When I think of survivors I think of plane crashes or cancer. Maybe that is what they are trying to imply – that weight a disease? I am much more comfortable with the AA approach in which I am a recovering… not sure what word to use there.

Hey Team!

Just a quick hello....will catch up this weekend!

Hay everybody. Just checking in, I did get a run in last night so that was good. I hope for the same tonight.
3 little ones- I understand the money issue and I wish there was someway I could help! I will keep you in my paryers. You are going a great job on the wight loss! Keep up the great work.
Hope everyone has a good night. See ya later

I don't have much time tonight. I've got alot of reading to do to get caught up with ya'll gals. I'm still exercising but my eating has been as good as it could be. When I get sleepy I run to food to get a pick me up. I need to work on getting more sleep so I can avoid that. The only thing is I can't get any on the weekends. That's when I help out with my grandfather that's on hospice. Well, I hope everyone has a great week.

WOW! It's quiet here!

Melissa: I hope things get better for you on the financial front very soon and that you hit your 20 pound loss this morning!!

I'm OP and working out. If black team wins this week we will have won 50% of the weeks and have a 3 week streak!!! LET'S DO IT!!!

Does anybody remember Step Reebok: The Power Workout? I did it yesterday. What a blast from the past. All those little TV's with Gin's face up close and personal. The only light came from the floor. Everybody was dressed in black . . . FLASHBACK!!!

hey everyone... just a quick check in... had a tooth pulled on tuesday, so i haven't been able to exercise (could make the clot move and give me a "dry socket") but i've been on plan

i'll check in later when i have more time

Hey everyone!

It would be great to have a 3 week streak. I know we can do it.

The scale is not budging for me this week. It is my TOM. I am staying OP and it just isn't moving. I have my fingers crossed that it will get better before my WI. The only good thing is that it isn't going up.

My best friend had a baby this morning. She is beautiful. Has a head full of dark hair. Makes me almost want another baby. Almost.

Off to grab groceries. Good luck staying OP this weekend, everyone!

Hey all, just checking in. It's been about a week since I posted, I'm so bad at this!

Great news for me, I got a job that I have been wanting for 5 years, my current employer is kind of freaked out that I'm leaving, as I am one of the best known workers on campus. I run the testing centre at a post secondary high school and I'm one of the few people that know almost all of the instructors and students by name. I handle people well, and I run the centre with little or not problems (which amazes me at times!!!). NO One likes working in my area, and they are all shocked at how well I can handle situations.

They knew it was coming, because I had been begging for help for years, and now the irony is, now that I'm leaving, they've been given budget for a helper at the centre!

My supervisor literally cried. I feel terrible, but I also have to do what is best for me.

Anyways! I'm moving to a bank, it's the trusts department, as an administrative Assistant - but as soon as I start they will already start training me to move up. Within 5 years the girl that got the position that I have previously wanted now has her own clients and is still moving on up. How exciting!

Anyways, I'd been SO nervous over the past week of the interview and waiting for the "news" that I had to literally force myself to eat. I could barely sleep... I've lost another pound YAY me.

My in laws are bringing me out to dinner to celebrate tomorrow, yipes. I'll have to be good! We're going to Olive Garden. I'm a sucker for their Chicken Parmegana, but maybe I'll try their Eggplant Parmegana this time I'll give my pasta to my little guy who LOVES it, and stick with the salads.