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So sorry you haven't been feeling well. It really is going around. Please take care of yourself and don't try to do to much until you are really well.

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I have started trying to do the boosted walking, just a bit. Doesn't take very long of that an my lungs give out lol.

I didn't do so well last night during TBL... I walked on the treadmill for the first 15 minutes, but then ended up stuck working through the rest, so I didn't pay as much attention to the show as I usually like to do. Also, I didn't do any of the commercial break challenges To make up for it, I'm going to do them whenever I next watch an episode of something live with commercial breaks (as opposed to DVRed, which is how I usually watch when I'm home).

Good Morning all!! LOL...I promise you I'm not trying to kill you! I did 30 minutes on the elliptical while watching the show and really pushed it hard the last 60 seconds. WHEW! So then when it came to doing the commercial challenges I was spent. The plank was enough to kill me! LOL! Commercial breaks are LOOOONG!!!!

So I had such an awesome day yesterday with food and exercise! I hope I hope it leads to a loss come Saturday.

Busy busy day for me today! Taylor has an orthodontist appointment this morning, Jordan has a dentist appointment this afternoon, I've got 2 exams tomorrow I need to study for, gym, eating right and tonight I've got a meeting for a PTA committee to plan a Native American Culture week we are going to do.

Anyone planning on going out for dinner tomorrow night? We were but I think I changed my mind I may just make something special. Not sure what yet though.

Have a great day Red team!! I'll be back when I can for personals!

Diva...I'm sorry to hear that you had a day of it yesterday. Remember what they say if the problem isnt hunger dont solve it with food. Whats done is done, you cant go back to yesterday and change things so dont beat yourself up over it. Dont make exercise a punishment. I hope you have a fantastic workout today! Today will be MUCH better!!

Melissa it sounds like you were kicking a lot of our butts last night with that dang chair pose...the burn feels good though Thanks for pushing us~ I'll be back later to check in

Good morning ladies,

Sorry I was MIA yesterday but i'm still sick. YUCK!! I took mucinex yesterday and it seems to be loosening up my chest, now I have a nasty cough because the mucus is loosening up. YUCK!! TMI I know!! LOL

Well I didnt' workout out DURING biggest loser but I did go to the gym after work to do my day 2 week 3 c25k. It hurt. I think it was just because of the cold and my chest. I made it through and then did 5 min cool down walking and a 5 min cool down on the bike. So I got 30 min cardio in and that's it. I had to get my taxes done at 6:30 and then I laid down and watched the biggest loser. No challenges for me...next week I'll do some! Or maybe I'll try some during a commercial of a different show this week, just to see the torture you have all been put through by our buddy Melissa.

So yesterday was my 46th day OP! I have a snow day today. I was going to call out sick but i'm glad I don't have to waste a day and I have a snow day instead. DS went to a friends house so I can have the whole house to myself. I"m gonna watch a movie! I claimed today a "No Workout" day for me and i'm going to focus on movies and getting better. It's okay becasue I worked out on Sunday so tomorrow I will do some cardio and legs and shoulders and then Friday I will do day 3 week 3 c25k and back and biceps. I will have completed my 5 planned days of workout after all.

Melissa: That's awful that a teachers purse is missing now! WTF??? I have behavioral kids in my class and alot of times we are warned by their previous school or parents that one of the kids has sticky fingers but my purse has NEVER been touched. It's in my desk all day and they all know where it it but nothing of mine has ever gone missing. Thank God! But maybe I should be a little more safe with my purse?? Because you never know. I hope they catch the person who is doing this. So what did you decide about your c25k. the three minutes is really hard for me, not sure if it's REALLY hard or if it's just because i'm sick this week. But my heart rate was up to the 150's while I was running the three minuts. I think i'm going to do week 3 again to see if I can adjust and my heart rate doesn't go up so high before I try running 5 minutes. What do you think? What re you doing about week 4? I remember saying that you were very intimidated becasue you didn't think you were ready for 5 min and i feel the same way. My son came home from school to tell me that he ran a 7 min mile during gym. WTF? ha ha ha little brat...I told him...well I just completed a mile in 15 min and he laughed!


I have to say that the RED TEAM ROCKS!!! We've one 2 out of the 4 weeks so far! Keep up the good work ladies!

Hope everyone is haveing a great day.

Sorry I have been gone for the past couple of days. When it is one of my kids birthday, we celebrate it for 2 or 3 days. I also went to a kids Valentine party yesterday. Well yesterday at the party, I did not just go for the fruit and veggie bowl. I enjoyed a few treats. Really not too many, but still the food is not on my “plan”. Now I am not beating myself up over it, because in the past when I would go off plan for a party or anything else, I would say “what the heck” and be bad for the whole day. I did not do this. I had a very tiny breakfast and dinner to make up for the afternoon party. I am really feeling like this is a lifestyle change more than a diet. I am enjoying this journey of loosing weight so much better than any other time.

I really want to loose a couple of pounds this week, or at least one. I really feel like I am at a standstill. I am sure it is just because of all the treats this week. So rest of this week, I need to focus on my food!

Have a great day everyone!

Melissa73: Wow! It sounds like you have an interesting job and I am sure very challenging. It sounds like you do a wonderful job!

Tina30: I have never heard of Apples to Apples. My kids love Monopoly. We have Dino-opoly and the regular. It seems we might have another one too, but I can’t think of it right away. We love “Sorry.” It is a fast game! Sometimes we play partner and gang up on the other team. We also have Pokemon Champion Island. This is really a simple fun game. I don’t even have a hard time playing. We have a lot of games, but these are the ones the kids pull out over and over.

HuneB: That was me about the running stroller. Congrats on paying off your car. I bet that feels wonderful!

Chellez: QOTD: If you could change one thing about the TBL challenge, what would it be? MMM….I really don’t know! It seems like it works pretty well, except for the issue of non-participants. Also, how do you think we should deal with no participating chat members? Could you also have where people have to participate at least one or two times a week? If not, they are booted. Maybe have freebie weeks for this too? Sorry you are having such a rough time with this. This is a fantastic idea and I know you put a lot of time and thought into it. THANK YOU!

Have a great day everyone!

Good morning ladies! I didn't get any of the challenges done last night during the show, little man was wanting to snuggle and having a fit when I put him down. Will try to get some of them in today though. The snow is finally melting, YAY! Hope it's done snowing, I have had enough. Zachary got his cast off Friday, and yesterday he tripped over his darn high chair and I think he hurt his foot, again! arggggg He's not limping today, but he's turning his foot out when he walks. I just hope he just strained it and didn't fracture it again. Neither of my other 2 ever broke anything. I have a feeling he'll have lots of breaks/fractures. My MIL is very accident prone and always seems to break bones, I am wondering if it's hereditary. DH has broke a few bones as well, me, never. I think he got this from his daddies side of the family....lol
Well I got on the scale this morning, and I am down a lb since yesterday.....WI is Saturday so hopefully it keeps going down. It will be nice to get past this hump. Ok, well better get started with my day.

Chellez: QOTD...I think you are doing a great job with TBL challenge. I would have to say that it can get frustrating to see people having the privelidge of this competition and not participating like everybody else is. I am a very busy person and I always try to find time to post...if not every day at least every other day! So when other people can't take the time to do it, it's a little frustrating. So something about participating in the group thread is definitely important. I do a very small scale biggest loser challenge with a group that I have been chatting with for over 2 years on a different thread and they are allowed 3 freebies. once they use those...that's it...they are out! It's a little high but it's a small group and we are all really close, so if one doesn't weigh in it's usually a very good reason. This is a big group, so may 2 freebie limit!

Rennie: My day is going well. How can it not when you have a snow day. How is your day going?

Mom: It is defnitely a life style change and i'm glad that you were able to enjoy your party and stay in control. That is the ultimate goal. To be able to live our lives and stay in control of our environment! You are the only person who controls what goes in and out of your mouth. BRAVO!!! My job is very challenging and my students are not the easiest to deal with on a daily basis, but I love what I do. We had 4 staff absent yesterday between our two SEBS (social emotional behavioral) classrooms yesterday. I was alone in my room (grade 5 - 5 students) my 2 para's were absent and one of the para's was alone in her room (grade 3 and 4 w/ 7 students) the teacher and the para were both absent. So it was a very trying day and in the afternoon they sent one of the newer para's (the only male in the building and he is a rather large african american male) into our rooms (the rooms are joined by one door that we opened.) After 1 hour in the rooms with us he said to me "I am sooo sorry for complaining about MY job and I will never complain again. I just got a serving of SHUT MY MOUTH!" LMAO...he kept telling me that God and I were tight...that I was right by his side. I guess he got a taste for how difficult our job was and how easy he had it in the regular classroom compared to us! It was nice to feel appreciated!

Kari: I guess that's the job of the mom, snuggling over exercising sometimes. I hope he didn't re-fracture and only banged it, that wold really be too bad. ha ha ha about getting it from daddy's side of the family. Any bad traits that my son inherit always come from dad's side.

Just popping in to say that the move is going okay even though it is very tiring esp since I HATE to clean!!!! I live closer to the cemetery that my brother is buried so I am going to try to make it a goal to walk there everyday with my two year old and visit my brother.....well I am kinda tired so I think I am going to try to lay down and take a nap....my son had a rough night last night due to being sick so I did not get very much sleep to you all!!!!!

I just wanted to say congrats to our TEAM! We are pretty much the BEST team ever! Ha! I don't have time for personals.... but I do want to say that I am very impressed by all of your activity! You gals aredoing great! Keep up the good work!

I ran 3 miles yesterday ladies! I have never gone that far before, so it's a big NSV!!! Did it in 33 minutes too, so it wasn't embarassingly slow. 11 minute pace is slow but not too bad. When I first started I couldn't even run 1 mile in 11 minutes, so it's a big accomplishment for me. YAY!

Scale is a-lovin' me this week. 196 this morning. I am hoping to hold onto that weight for the rest of the week. I know I can't possibly lose a pound every day so I just want to keep what I have. Apparently I wasn't eating enough for my activity level because the last few days have had cheats in there that I thought would ruin me, and they helped me lose.

By the way, loving how much I burn while running. 45 minutes got me 600 calories burned. Lookout when I am done with my job training and have my kids in daycare and am able to hit the pool again. I have 12 weeks until my husband comes home for R&R (18 day leave from Iraq) and I want to be under 180. That was my lowest that I have gotten since having kids, and I did it last deployment. So I want to make his jaw drop big time. 12 weeks seems like such a short amount of time. Eek!!!!!

Laura - I think you have the coolest job ever. I love to travel and I love expense accounts haha. Maybe one of these days after my kids are a lot older, I will find a cool job like that.

Melissa - good job on the elliptical! You are doing such a good job!

Kari - sounds like Zachary is like me, tripping over his own feet a lot LOL. I didn't break anything but my wrist though. And to be honest, most of my klutziness came later in life and is still here haha.