jel
We all have times like that. Letting it go for a few days is not a good idea. Tomorrow becomes the next day and Monday becomes a few weeks from now. Come pull yourself up by your boot straps. Get some house work done, that always makes me feel like I have accomplished something and get back on the trail.

Melissa
Hope that cough gets better. Sounds like you did great. I made stuffed peppers for dinner since everyone loves them. What is it with people around here and beef lol. We had a very nice dinner.

cakes
I know it can be hard sometimes but just get back on track. That weight will come right back off. You will feel better about yourself and be going in the right direction. Seems you are doing well exercising. Hope your child's name comes up soon.


Tina
Oh no, not you too. It really has been going around. My daughter can't seem to get rid of it. Lucky, I was a bit off color and then was ok. You try to take care of yourself and get better.


Cathy
Hope you have a great day.


Hun
Nothing wrong with burgers I make them once a week. I don't care for them but everyone else loves them.

Jas, terapet


Counting
My mother called the other night at 10 pm she talked and talked and talked. I finally said MOTHER it is 1 am. You are 3 hours behind me REMEMBER. lol


Mom
I think that is a great idea about running between mail boxes.

Good Afternoon Red team!! I hope everyone is having a great day!! I'm gonna attempt to get caught up on personals since it feels like forever since I've connected with you all!

Diva...LOL!! You are so funny, I would have loved to have seen your singing on the treadmill LOL! Way to go on finishing week 1...it means ALOT even if you are repeating. I'm repeating Week 3 LOL! Way to go! I'm so very proud of you for giving it a try.

Rennie...you are so right, nothing wrong with a burger now and then. This is afterall a lifestyle and not a diet. How's everything going with you?

Emily...I'm sorry to hear that you are having a rough go this week. I think its that time of year when we get the dulldrums, plus we've been doing this for awhile and sometimes that can just feel overwhelming. I hope you have a wonderful long weekend and ready to get back to business come Monday!!

Cat...you have been doing such a fantastic job lately! Dont let that hunk of metal get you down. Its bound to fluctuate from day to day. Just keep up the great work! You'll see those results!

Tina...oh no!! I'm so sorry to hear that you are sick! Man, is it really going around or what. I hope you are feeling better now. Get that rest and push the fluids. Take good care!

Cathy....excellent job yesterday!!! I didnt have a OP day thats for sure! LOL!! Keep up the fantastic job!!

Melissa73...OMG I'm so incredibly impressed with you and what you've been doing! Talk about an inspiration! Are you ready to move on to Week 4 of C25K? I really hope things get to moving (pun intended LOL) and tomorrow is good news for you!! Have a wonderful vacation!!

jasmine...so good to see you on the boards!! Sounds to me like you are making your plan work for you and thats a key to success, you'll fit that exercise in when you are ready. Just cant force it or you wont want to do it. No sense making another battle for yourself.

Terapet...I've got days where I feel more hungry than others. I hope you are able to keep it in check!

Counting...so glad you had such a good valentines. I LOVE chinese! LOL!

Karen LOL...I've been married for 15 years and I bah humbug Valentines. To me its more for the kids. I told dh not to buy me anything, I'd rather get a gift just because rather than because he HAD to.

mom23bc....I think your running plan is FANTASTIC!! I'm so excited for you and your boys. and what a great idea to have a reward for the end, something to look forward to! Keep up the great work!

Barbara...I'm glad to hear the sick one is feeling better! I can imagine the move has really worn you out! You'll need a vacation once its all done LOL!

Andi...feeling any better yet? I'm thinking we all need some warmth and sunshine to get rid of these bugs! Feel better soon!

Laura...excellent job on your NSV!!! Girl you are gonna be flying on that thing soon!

Tara....how'd the grocery trip go? I hate that place with such a passion!! I dont even really know why I just hate to go get groceries! LOL!

Jen.... How is everything going?

Cassie....excellent job staying out of the chocolates!!! I wish I could say the same but the devil got me LOL!

Melissa73...just saw how incredible you did yesterday!! Like I said before such an inspiration! You show us all what we can do if we just put our minds to it!! Way to go!

Ambie...I'm sorry that the scale was not your friend this weigh in. I would suggest taking full advantage of the support system you've got here. It may not seem like it would make a difference but it really really does! Sorry TOM was so wicked! But, you've gotta know its just TOM stuff causing a gain, that its not really weight gain. Just keep fighting the good fight! You didnt let anyone down.

Dont forget weigh in deadline is Monday 11:59EST!

Here is the freebie list updated:

1 freebie used
bbybear712
cakses
catway8
jasmine987
jmoon
mtdebster921
nicoyaangel
optimistk
skinnyvibes
tina30
tinkerbelle

Both freebies used (elimination after next missed weighin)
countrygirl18
jerseymadchen
pinksnowdays

And now for some fantastic news!! After 4 weeks we've got some superstars on our team! Check it out!

Name, pounds lost, percentage lost
andi18, 6, 2.40%
bbybear712, 17.2, 4.51%
cakses, 4, 1.97%
cassie501107, 5, 2.29%
catsgetnhealthy, 4.4, 1.81%
countingdown, 8, 4.94%
hun.e.b, 5.2, 2.12%
idealmuse, 14, 6.06%
jasmine987, 6, 2.11%
yellofly, 8.8, 4.51%
jelynn, 9, 3.83%
jlbake, 5.4, 2.84%
jmoon, 6.5, 2.93%
ksk571, 6.5, 3.63%
melissa73, 18.6, 7.49%
mom23BC 10.5, 5.17%
msteacher, 18, 7.44%
scenestealer, 0.8, 0.63%
shy moment, 4, 2.53%
skinnyvibes, 1.8, 0.94%
spidermonkey78, 7.6, 3.80%
sugar n spice, 8.5, 3.55%
terapet, 2, 1.18%
tina30, 5, 3.29%
utahgirl1982, 6, 2.17%


and our Onederland Wonders!
cakses
mom23BC
spidermonkey78

Hun
Things are going good. Life is good. I woke up ALIVE lol. Don't everyone scream at once lol I had a mac and beef lean cuisine for lunch. I love the things. Didn't feel like cooking, it fit into my plan. I don't do this to often now but once in a while isn't going to kill me and I wouldn't have eaten at all if I had to cook.

Diva
Sounds to me like there are some good reasons to go to the gym lol.

I ate way under my cals yesterday, but way over today. However, I also did something really bad today... I ate tons of cookies/brownies because I justified it by deciding I would go on a run later to make up for it. Clearly, running does NOT make up for it - it's all still in my body! I need to not get into that mindset or I will always be eating crap and then trying to make up for it by working out. And as we all know, successful weight loss has to be BOTH diet and exercise.

One thing that was great about my Valentine's Day - I got fairly drunk off just two glasses of wine, which meant I stopped drinking after just two - meaning only about 160 calories! Much better than the days I used to drink an entire bottle or even two (no, I was not an alcoholic - just a college student! Haha).

Rennie, isn't it great when things that are bad for you just aren't appealing anymore? The thought of certain foods just grosses me out, which is a big clue to me that I'm really on track to eating healthy permanently

Mom23BC, you are doing awesome! Keep it up and you'll be running all the mailboxes soon

Karen, I'm doing a library run tomorrow and will definitely try to pick up a copy. I'm not sure I would necessarily qualify myself as an emotional eater, but I do binge when food is in front of me, which is bad! I'll let you know once I start reading.

Tina, hope you feel better soon!

Diva, I sing out loud sometimes when I run. Not a lot - just a word or two is all I have the breath for - but I do sing along in my head constantly (if that makes any sense). Also, with some songs, there are certain drumbeats that I always will kind of swing my arms down for. Silly I know Great job with C25K - keep it up!

Laura
Now if I could just decide I hate brownies lol I would have all my vices kicked lol. Yes the mind set of working it off really is dangerous. Working out is good for the body in many ways. It helps circulation it helps tone, it does all kinds of things. For me it does NOT help me lose weight.

Hello to all! It looks like we survived another holiday And most of our chickes are getting better! There is a lot of flu going around here - so take care of yourselves this weekend

A very good day for me. DH got me a rice cooker for Valentine's day (ok, it was what I asked for - I'm trying to break the tradition of getting something unhealthy). We made the most wonderful rice pilaf today. I am thrilled to be able to make wonderful rice and have it ready when I get home from work (it has a timer). No more 90 second microwave rice for me

I hope you all have a wonderful POP weekend!
Laurie

Thank you for the well wishes everyone I'm finally starting to feel better! In fact I made it out to tonight with some of my hubby's coworkers. I am planning on making it to the gym tomorrow morning to

Sorry I have not been able to do personals, hopefully this weekend I will be able to read back a bit and respond. I hope everyone gets to enjoy their weekend! I am looking forward to a 3 day weekend myself!

Andi
Sure glad you are starting to feel better. I was reading that the flu shots aren't even working this year. To many darn strains of flu going around.

Counting
Cool, isn't it great when they get us what we want lol. I use the 10 min rice on the stove. Never thought of a rice cooker. Does the rice taste better in a cooker than cooked on the stove? Now if I could only find a brown rice with not so many carbs lol.

Hi everyone -

I got thrown off plan on V-day. I made cookis for the husband and I ended up eating about 8 of them plus we went out to dinner. I only had 2 small Tapas dishes, but I decided to just get what I wanted and they weren't the most diet friendly options. For some reason the bad behavior carried over into today and I think I ate to about maintenance calorie wise. I was only able to get in 30 mins of biking today but I was too sore to continue. I ordered a Gel Seat hopefully that will come soon.

I'll try and make up for it for behaving extra good this weekend.

Good morning Red Team,

Well I lost 2.2lbs this week for a total of 20.8. WOOHOO!!!

Melissa: I made it to the gym last night to do my last day of week 3 c25k and it was a little easier than earlier in the week when I couldn't breath. So i'm going to give week 4 a chance, if I totally can't do 5 minutes of running, I will repeat week 3 since I was sick for most of it! But i'm going to give it a try. Congrats on finishing week 1. Thanks for the compliment...i've been working hard and really working the WW program and am seeing great results..i'm really proud of myself. My mom is doing it with me and she got her 10% key chain today. I"m so proud of her. I have about 4.2lbs to go to get mine! My goal is by March 1st. I'm defnitely going to enjoy my vacation and get some extra workouts in this week!

Sorry, I can't do personals right now for everybody, my son wants to use the computer and my belly wants breakfast!