H'lo all, just poppin' in to add my "hi I'm a newbie!" post :D

Look forward to gettin to know you all.

Hi Everyone!
 

I got all pumped up after reading the thread. I finally went to the gym (*the one I have been paying a membership fee to for the past year and hardly gone:( )

But I managed to do the eliptical for 20 minutes and the stairmaster for another grueling 20 minutes. I have made my commitment to go at least 5 days a week. After all I am paying for it! And I have got to get over the intimidation factor! Everybody has to start somewhere.

Hope everybody has a good day tommorrow.:carrot:

Hi everyone! I'm a newbie too and I hope everyone had a good day. :)

I had a fabulous day today and feel great about it....can't wait to attack tomorrow just like I did today.

Well, I figured out why my smilies wern't working!I have a pop-up blocker on my virus alarm, all fixed now!

I'm off to bed, g'night!
Wendy

Umm, kinda bad day today. I didn't overeat (:)), I overslept, barely passed the recommended daily 20 pts, and didn't exercise. Barely got my water too. :(

BUT I found out that I weigh less than I thought. Monday's are my officialy weigh in days but I wasn't able to do it last monday because I couldn't get to a scale. Finally broke down and brought my own scale last weekend, weighed myself and saw that I weighed 249.8. But I must have looked at it wrong cause when I weighed myself today, I saw that my weight was actually 245.8! And I know that I couldn't lose 4 lbs in a day ESPECIALLY with TOM! So I guess that a good thing. :)

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Just dropping by to say hi and I can't wait for the game to start.

The game started today!

Hi there, just found the chat. So far alls well with the challenge.Was just wondering how the inches thing works. Do you add up the different measurement losses or just take it from the waist?
And I was also wondering who won the challenge last time and what their total points were.
Anyway, hope you all have a great and healthy day

Good morning ladies. I hope everyone is off to a good start.

Well i did not get all the excercise points that I was aiming for yesterday. I did get my 1/2 hour of walking in (i am following this walking plan by Leslie Sansone and the first week is only 30 min walks) I did way better on eating too. I'm going to get home a little earlier today so I hope I won't be too lazy to get my SI6 in. I so want to start it again. It's hard work, but there are amazing results.

Brandy-slacker my butt lol. I have seen you work the hardest here. And now you are maintaining. Now you can enjoy the life!

Nail Lady-great willpower. I am lacking in that dept. send some of yours my way. My 3 points of excercise are supposed to be coming from walking and My Slim in 6. But 3 points is nothing. Keep track of Brandy. She usually brings in 6 or more points!!!

BrendaLee-we all have those slow motivation days, so don't worry about it. just stick with it and when you see your hard work paying off, that will be motivation enough.

Emily-great to have you back. now that your back from your hiatus, I hope your ready to get your butt in gear. :)

MtaTJac-I know exactly how you feel about those measurements. Look at mine. I'm like a deformed pear. But, hey that's why we are shedding all our blood, sweat, and tears-to change our bodies. So hang in there!

Angela-I hope last night was awesome. All those things you did sounded really sweet. Tony is lucky to have you.

Katallan-hey, awesome workout. The hardest part is gathering the courage to actually go to the gym, but once your there you are is good as gold. and you proved that yesterday!!

Wendy-glad you smilies are working. I know how devestated you were when they quit on you!!

Shari-a day of not overeating is always a good day in my book. i am happy that your scale is lower than you thought. what a great thing to keep you moving.

jayarthur-you add up inches lost from wherever you measure. i usually do bust, waist, and hips. I don't know who had the most points last challenge, but like we always say...we are all winners.

Welcome to Courtnie, CherokeeAngel, LadyTiger, Sakai, and all the newbies. Hope you guys find this challenge as helpful as I have!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have a good one!!!

Morning all! I'm another newbie. My screen name is miasmom. Mia is one of my cats :) Barkley is the other. I was looking around for some motivation and luckily I found this challenge right when it was starting. I got 11 points yesterday! The exercise points are what bumped me up-I've started walking home from work(1.5 miles) so that bumps up my total. Exercise point won't always be that high!

Nice to meet(read) y'all!!!

Nice job on those points, miasmom!!!

Hi gals! It is so cool to see this thread so active. We kicked butt on our 4 miles and did it in 58 minutes this morning!!! Took a short break to talk to hubby before he left for work, then did an hour of turbo. I feel great. Today is fun errand day. Gotta get my allergy shot, do some iridology training, then go play in my polymer clay class. I have a make up piano lesson to teach and then we're going bike riding.:D God I love how much my new lifestyle allows me to do!!

Rosario-Great job getting that walk in!! That paired with a good day of eating is a terrific start to the game.:D I know I'm not a slacker, but I also know I'm scared to start running, and that's why I backed out yesterday. I want to get over my fear and do it, but I'm having trouble.:(

miasmom-Welcome. Great job on the points yesterday. Its cool your able to walk back and for to work! What a great way to fit it into your schedule.

jayarthur-WE ALL WON! Seriously, I don't know. As for the inches, I total from chest, waist, abs, and hips, but you could also keep track of arms, thighs, and calves.

tete-WOW! I wish I had room for more than the 2 I have, but alas, I dont. Great job getting out with them. I take mine on short walks-not my 4 mile ones. My beagle will honestly stop, lay down on the side of the road and bark at you when she gets tired. My hubby has actually had to carry her home because she refused to walk.:lol3:

JasonsLea-Congrats on the loss!! Dont let a bad day get ya down. Jump back in today starting anew!

Wendy-Glad you finally got those smileys moving. :boxing: :whoo: :tantrum: :sumo: I think those are so cute!!

katallan-Glad your finally getting your money out of that gym membership!! Great start on that exercise routine.

nail-lady-Good choice. I love snacking on fruit. And don't you just love how you feel after choosing something healthy and sticking to it!

Lydia-Glad your weekend was awesome. I remember those long distance relationship days. Craig and I did 4 years of that! We lasted through it and it sure was worth it. This year Nov. will be our 10 yr. anniversary!!!!

Brendalee-Please be careful with your calories. I think you are to low. I don't want you to get sick:(

Emily-So glad you're back. Sounds like you had a needed rest and vacation and are back into things ready to go!!! Great job on the exercise, and good luck getting that eating back into the groove.

Angela-I hope you had a terrific night. I would say tell us all about it:o , but my innocent ears might not be able to handle it.:rofl: :lol3: :rofl: I hope you had a fantastic time. It sounds like he is the luckiest man in the world with all you did!!!

La3y-Glad your weekend bike trip was fun!!!

NEWBIES-I am so glad you're all here. I can't wait to get to know all of you better!!!!!

Well, off to start running my errands. Have a great morning.