Okay I posted me hula hooping on Danielle and my MPMU site you can have your laugh for the day! LOL...yes I'm aware of what a dork I am!

I also redid pictures since I'm down 11 lbs, I'm gonna try to do em every 10 lbs, probably not much of a change but its still fun to do.

Well I still am feeling like death over here. Just popping in to say hi. I wish I could do personals, but to be honest my head feels like it's going to roll right off my shoulders. That would make for a nice weight loss thoughLOL! Have a great weekend ladies~

Melissa I dont blame you for doing new pics I did some new ones of myself today. I was going to post it on the picture thread. I hope to see yours there too each pound lost is a victory in my book.


Tina I hope you are feeling better soon I am sending well wishes your way!

Hi Red Teamers!

Just spent the last hour catching up. It is so wonderful that we have such an involved group here. Sounds like everyone is hanging in there and doing their best to eat well and exercise. My scale was down a bit today so that made me feel better. I went to my hour and a half body sculpting class this morning. I have had to miss it the past few weeks and I found myself having trouble keeping up with the class. I stayed the whole class but I had to take a break in the middle to walk to the water fountain even though I had a water bottle sitting right next to me! I felt stupid just standing there but I needed a minute to recover. The teacher never stands still to do anything. She does all the upper body stuff while doing squats and lunges! I felt like it was a low impact aerobic class with weights. I never thought I would be so glad to do ab work in my life, I finally got to lay down and just do crunches!

Melissa-It's great your still running even if you are repeating weeks. I believe the C25K is designed to lead up to 3 miles in 30 minutes which sounds fairly ambitious to me. ( I may be wrong about that). Just listen to what your body is telling you. The great thing is that it will get better as long as you keep working at it. I have had to modify my program lately because I think I was working above my ability but I know I will get back there soon enough.

CountingDown-Congratulations on the weight loss. Awesome!

jlbake-Walk away from the Valentines Candy. Good going getting on the treadmill.

Tina-So sorry you are sick. I miss your postings. Hope you feel better soon.

Skinnyvibes-Atta Girl for losing two pounds this week. Super!

Danielle-Hi! Did I miss something? Are you really going to see Bob & Jillian in April?

Terapet, I WISH I knew for sure if I was getting to see Bob & Jillian in April! LOL Melissa & I are doing the Million Pound Match-Up together (Andi is doing it too) and 5 teams will win tickets to the season finale of this seasons TBL. Just trying to keep positive vibes going is all.

Congrat's on your scale being down! Even bigger congrat's to you for sticking it out in your class even tho you felt tired. Have you ever done the Biggest Loser dvd's? The new one, Cardio Max one that Bob leads is like that too, upper body stuff while doing the lunges and squats and I feel like I will DIE! lol I keep telling myself that one day I will be able to get through it without clutching my chest and gasping for air.

Tina, I'm bummed you're still not feeling well! Get better soon hon!

Mel, you stinker. You didn't tell me you were doing new pics! Go you!

Awww Tina, I'm so sorry you are still sick! I tell ya its really nasty this year. My cousin called last night and she had to rush her little one to the ER yesterday come to find out she's got RSV and the baby is getting it too. I hope you are feeling better very soon!

Jasmine...I feel the same way, as long as the scale keeps going down we are winning!! I didnt post my pics on the picture thread, just because i've got the MPMU site that I update often. Cant wait to see your updates!

Terapet....I was thinking that too, 3 miles in 30 minutes is ALOT for a big girl like me who has breathing issues. But I'm not going to give up, and I will definetly just keep listening to my body like you said! Way to go on your losses!!! Thats fantastic news! And great job with those workouts, I think a body sculpting class would kill me! LOL!! You are doing GREAT!

Danielle...no we ARE going to see Bob and Jillian in April! I've already cleared my calendar for it so you better be ready! LOL!

Someone posted this to Danielle on our MPMU site and I found it really something to think about. I'm not a religious person and this comes from the bible, something about it just rings very true and thought I'd share it with you.

from Matthew chapter 6:

25"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?
34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."

Just a little something to think about!

Hello All!

I've tried posting a couple of times in the past few days and the computer keeps eating my posts. I weighed yesterday just to see where I was. I was up a pound. I've been eating healthfully and exercising so I'm not going to freak out about it. I am one of those people who usually lose little to no weight for a little while and then have a swoosh. My swoosh was last week so I'm trying to not worry about the scale this week.

I have noticed that most of my pants are getting droopy so I ran to the store to look at the clearance racks. I have been a size 14 for about 4 years now. When I gained all of my weight, I went from size 10 directly to size 14 so I don't have any 12's in my tubs of clothes. Well, I just bought 2 pairs of size 12 pants! I don't want to buy too much in this size because I hope to not be here for long, but my new pants (and 1 medium shirt) are very cute. I'm actually tempted to buy one of the pants in a smaller size because I'm going to want to wear them for a long time.

I got the Denise Austin 10 Five Minute Target Toners DVD from NetFlix yesterday. It's set up that you can do all 10 segments, or a predetermined workout (i.e. upper body, lower body, etc) workout. Denise usually really annoys me but she wasn't that bad in this one. I just did the upper body workout and I am so weak! I really don't have any strength at all which I've known for quite some time. I'm going to keep with it and hopefully will be stronger in no time.

Take care and have a great weekend. I'll try to get to personals later. I hope everyone under the weather gets to feeling better very soon!

You know, I read that same thing and it doesn't surprise me. I was sick back in October or November, got put on the Z-Pack, then had the flu shot, got sick again after the flu shot and now I'm sick again. Go figure. Makes me glad I didn't pay for the flu shot.

I went drinking last night, and I feel absolutely horrible today. Not in the hungover sense, but in the sense that I really sabotaged any chance of loss this week. The drinking itself was fine - I budgeted some calories for it, and basically was exactly even for the day with the three beers I had. However, I got extremely drunk, and when the group stopped at this Mexican burrito place for late-night food after... I went nuts. I had one... fine. The group started all going their separate ways, and after we said our goodbyes, I ducked back into the burrito store. I am so embarrassed even typing this. I got another quesadilla and sat by myself eating that. I then went up and got some kind of dessert-y thing (it was like a tortilla with some really sugary apple cinnamon filling on top). The guy at the counter even made some joke, asking if I was going to eat the whole store - I was mortified.

I am hoping this will be some kind of epiphany where I now stay perfectly on plan all the time. I feel so guilty and so embarrassed today.

Happy Sunday, team!

I'm so sorry that I haven't been on. Last week was down right TERRIBLE for me. My husband and I stay with my mother right now, because we went through some financial trouble awhile back. Well, we were going to move out with tax refunds. So I filed and I was waiting on my money to come when BAM--we get a letter from the government saying that they are keeping the money because of some of my husbands old student loans. I thought he had them all on deferment, but it turns out one of them was in default.
Then...my bank started messing with me, and well...yes, it's been a bad, bad week.

HOWEVER. Eating has been good, exercise has been good, and I'm expecting a loss come tomorrow.

Good Sunday Morning Red team!! Apparently we are all going to go on a little hike in the woods so I need to get a move on, had to stop by and say hello.

Karen...Yay!! You are shrinking!!! smaller clothes are the surest sign of your success, no matter what that stinkin scale says!! So keep up the great work!!

Andi...I just read that this years flu shots only cover 40% of the flu types out there. I've never gotten a flu shot ever. I hope you are feeling even better today!

Laura...that alcohol will lead to binging everytime! I hope you feel better!

Cassie...aww I'm so sorry to hear about your issues right now! I swear I hate money! Hopefully you'll be getting another little check from uncle sam come this summer that will help out some. I've had to live with family and I know how stressful it can be. But you are sticking to your plan and doing what you need to do so Way to go!! I hope this week is much much better for you! Cant wait to hear the good news from the evil scale monster!

Good morning ladies! Laura~ I'm sorry to hear about your attack of the munchies. But you made an awesome step in telling everyone about it and be accountable for your actions.
Cassie~ Sorry to hear about the financial trouble, I know it feels when you think you've got it all figured out, then BAM something slaps ya in the face and you have to refigure it all out.
No idea what we are gonna be doing today.... We did go pick up our Total Gym yesterday and I love it! My arms, chest and back are feeling it today. Didn't do a long work out, just tested it out. Little man was to interested in playing with it. Think I am going to do a workout on my legs today. Well I had better get moving.

Hello ladies!

Having a very lazy Sunday and am feeling very UNmotivated to do much. lol However, I did promise my girls I'd take them shopping so guess I gotta move my tush, huh? I had a great OP day again yesterday, I forgot to do my weigh in this morning so will have to make sure to get it done tomorrow as soon as I get up to post for the week. I hope I am down something, last week I stayed the same!

Karen, yay on the new clothes!!!! Size 12 is awesome, you have alot to be proud of right now. You and I are the opposite, I am SO weak in my lower body, lunges & squats just kill me after about 60 seconds. LOL Keep at it chicky, you'll be rockin & rollin before ya know it!

Andi, I hope you are feeling better this morning! My kids are fighting something that sorta resembles flu like symptoms but havent been laid up yet *knocks on wood*. Stay strong lady!

Carrie, oh boy can I relate to your dilemma! I'm sorry its a rough go for you right now, stay strong and this to shall pass. I love the fact that you have held strong to your healthy way tho and expecting a good loss on that scale, good for you!!!!

Laura, no one expects perfection from you that's for sure. What we want for you though is good healthy habits and for you to feel good about yourself! I hope you're feeling better this afternoon kiddo!

Mel, enjoy the hike with the family! I will cross my fingers you don't come across any bears or get lost, k? Don't forget, you have to hula today. heehee.... yes, and I am on my way to buy one as well. I think we need to challenge eachother to a hula-off. Whatcha say????

Alrighty, well I guess I better get myself moving and in "shopping mode". The weather here has been rainy & cloudy, so makes me want to curl up in bed and watch tv! My girls have other ideas though so i'm gonna be a good mommy and spend a good day with them! Be good everyone!

I'm up for a hula off!! LOL..especially when I get my new hoop! No bears..they are all hybernating still! I'm sure our mean ol cupcake of a dog will scare em off anyway!

Have a great day Red team!