Sexy in Six Round 2- CALLING ALL YELLOW TEAM MEMBERS!

sarahkatara

Hello, Team Yellow!
I'm really glad to be a part of this group. I know some of you said you liked the little banner I made for my signature (it's a team yellow banner) so I wanted to give you all the code to add it to yours too! Solidarity, baby!

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn309/sawgrasssmile/MyBannerMaker_Banner.jpg

**PLEASE NOTE- you MUST add the letters 'img' surrounded by [ ] to both the front and back of the code or else it won't display. I couldn't add it or else it just posted as a picture instead of text.**

Add that to your signature, save, and REPRESENT! Go Yellow- never give up, we've got this in the bag!

jellybean1971

Add that to your signature, save, and REPRESENT! Go Yellow- never give up, we've got this in the bag!

Thanks for the banner, I love it. Have a 2 PM appointment with torture. My personal trainer actually warned me we were going to pick it up a notch today. I wonder where the we comes in, cause if I remember rightly it was me that was sweating my *kitten* off last time. Have a great day ladies.

arcticbear

I did it!!!!!!

sarahkatara

Looking good, Yellow Ladies! (who wants to be pink anyway )

160poundgirl

i love it!!!

Hope we all feel great tomorow- coz we the best!!!!

160poundgirl

Hey awesome team members!!!

How have we done on mileage for the week? ( i have about 14, i will try do 4 more today)

Do we want to think of a team challenge for next week? any ideas?

jellybean1971

I've done 14 miles so far, need to do 5 miles this afternoon (for another challenge I'm on). Love the idea of a team challenge, think we are going to kick butt this week.

sarahkatara

I hadto estimate a lot but i think i'm between 16-18 miles. We ARE kicking butt, just in attitude! i'm really glad to meet people like you all! it's been great i think tomorrow should be an awesome day!
i'll def start thinking about a smaller team challenge. I really like that idea too. Talk about challenge!

ejb245

I'm up for a team challenge! The mileage is a little too easy for me since I started spinning, but if we don't count that, then I'd be up for something like that. I currently run between 6-8 miles a week, depending on if I feel like going to the gym or not. And whether its raining. Are we thinking work-out challenge or nutrition/calorie challenge? Maybe to stay under sodium + exercise component. Just thinking about the areas that I have issues.

Great idea to start a yellow only thread!

emd0019

Hey girls,
I just found the thread so I'm excited!
I want to apologize because I had a significant gain this week. That is so unlike me. It was a combination of getting thrown from a horse 2 weeks ago and just being cleared to start exercising today as well as the fact that it was my birthday weekend last weekend.
SO Sorry, I will make sure and kick butt next week,
Erica

ejb245

No worries Erica! We all have those weeks. Just don't give up!
Elizabeth

160poundgirl

Erica- next week is a new week. Glad you are feeling better

160poundgirl

good idea ejb245!! Maybe we can all throw out our problem areas or other ideas, and make those challenges for the week? Lets see how many ideas we have by sunday then we can decide on what to do with.

ejb245- (Nutrition)sodium intake (exercise) running/walking only- does spin so miles add up quick!

160poundgirl- (Nutrition) under calorie goal (exercise) running/walking only- does elliptical so miles add up quick!

jellybean1971

Hope you feel better Erica from being thrown and we all have Birthday weekends so don't stress about it.

sarahkatara

We all face challenges but we're getting right back on the horse (lol, Erica, no pun intended but that was a pretty good pun! :laugh: )
Don't worry about a rough week. We've all been there! just keep your eyes on the prize. I'm still brainstorming for mini challeneges....i can't wait until the weigh-in is posted, i'm so excited to see how we all did!

ejb245

I eat a lot of ready-to-eat food because I'm alone during the week (hubby comes home on the weekends) which always have too much sodium, even if they're lower in calories. Maybe a little challenge would be good to make me find ways to make things at home ahead of time, like packing breakfast and lunch for work, instead of shopping for the ready-to-eat items at the grocery store.

arcticbear

Hello yellow ladies!

I just want to say - before we all get tooooo carried away on the team challenge - that though I promise to do my best , you will have this metaphorical/virtual 50 year old hobbling along behind you! I only managed 8/10 miles this week I was wondering if I could have some of your excess....now that's a thought!

I also want to thank you all for being so encouraging to me. In rather a similar way to be thrown off a horse, I am just getting over two very stressful weeks. By the skin of my teeth, I managed to keep logging, and whilst I kept on top of breakfast to lunch, dinner was harder - also, I drank too much red wine which is not a good way to relax, but there y ou go - grown up kids at home, dinner with friend with wine...and then tonight a party (last time I went to a party was 9 months ago btw!).

So, I gained 0.4 (REALLY SORRY) but I hearby declare I am back on track. As I said , thank you for your encouragement, it really has helped me! And , though she won't be reading this, I do have to thank Peanut for masterminding SIS!

And Team Yellow challenge - one idea, perhaps to do them at the weekend? I have space to exercise at the weekend, and cook properly.....and though I have never had a close encounter with spinning, elliptical dooberries etc, I will give anything a go!

jellybean1971

Sorry Team Yellow but my exercise for this week just got shot out the window. . Just spent the last 11 hours in the Hospital ER, what a zoo that place can be on a Friday night. So I'll be hobbling along for a bit, ended up with 35 stitches in my foot. Hubby;s skill saw picked a fight with my foot and I think it won. On the good note I get to go shoe shopping. I guess my weightloss for next week will be from diet.

sarahkatara

Sorry Team Yellow but my exercise for this week just got shot out the window. . Just spent the last 11 hours in the Hospital ER, what a zoo that place can be on a Friday night. So I'll be hobbling along for a bit, ended up with 35 stitches in my foot. Hubby;s skill saw picked a fight with my foot and I think it won. On the good note I get to go shoe shopping. I guess my weightloss for next week will be from diet.

NO APOLOGIES ALLOWED! You're doing your absolute best, right? I thought so. That is all anyone can ever ask so keep it up. Myabe do some simple stretching or yoga while your foot is healing to keep your body moving. Always listen to the doc of course.

As far as team goals- it can get to be too much quickly, if we're not careful. What if we each set a personal goal and check in on the weekends to see how we're doing? That way we can each work on something particularly important to us AND stay accountable through our awesome Team Yellow support! Thoughts?

StacyAS999

Thanks for the banner, and I agree, we all just do our best, no apologizing!

sakus32

Hey ladies . . . found the link and got the banner going. Excited to get this week started. Gonna shift my focus back to myself for a bit I have missed the gym and I think the sauna is calling my name after a work out It's the little things that make us happy, LOL

arcticbear

I've had a good weekend - and am feeling confident about this week's challenge. Go Team Yellow!!!!!

ejb245

I had a fantastic weekend, but not a good logging weekend. Hubby was home (wahoo!), so it seemed like a date weekend instead of a date night. Went to an opera, ate out a couple of times, walked a bunch, but not enough to account for the wine... Oh well, this is a new week and it was worth the extra work that I'm going to put in this week because of it.

sarahkatara

HELLO YELLOW TEAM!
So some of us had rough weeks, some a little better but i want to say GREAT JOB to everyone because i know from talking to you all that every single one of us is trying our hardest to kick *kitten* and in my mind, if you're giving it all you've got, you've already succeeded. So it's a new week and we can definitely rock it!

I'd love to have everyone post a goal of their own for this week, no matter how small. Mine is to PUT AWAY THE SCALE UNTIL FRIDAY! I tend to weigh myself every morning just to keep track. It's not healthy for my mind (i'm recovered from anorexia but there is always a struggle, in a certain way, to keep that voice in check) or soul, corny as that sounds.

I took some before pictures too. I've posted them below (eek! ::hides behind hands::) Letting ANYONE see these is a huge step for me. I need to learn to be ok with who I am at any weight though, so here we go :O Also, these aprticular pics are really a huge motivation because i'm wearing the bikini that i TOTALLY rocked the first time my fiancee and i spent a weekend together. I if ever ask him anything regarding my body, he always goes back to, "the way you looked in the hot tub..." :P he's amazing and loves me no matter what i look like in a bikini but it's gonna be awesome when i can blow his mind all over again!



SO, Yellow Ladies, what is YOUR goal for this week??

160poundgirl

My goal for the week is to KEEP GOING!!!! I had a horrible weekend of stuffing my face and i did not log any of my foods because i was too ashamed to do it plus the fact that i did not step into the gym due to not feeling well (horrible cold)

I have also lost a miserable 3 pounds in 20 days!!! so that disappointed me to- but chin up, chin up, chin up!!

Well- guess what!! this week i will KEEP GOING, stay under my cal goals for EACH DAY and...................work out!!! I still have a cough and all i want to do in sit in bed all day but I am motivated to keep at it, keep at it and keep at it.

goal for week is stay under cal goal and go to the gym EVERY NIGHT THIS WEEK.

sarahkatara

My goal for the week is to KEEP GOING!!!! I had a horrible weekend of stuffing my face and i did not log any of my foods because i was too ashamed to do it plus the fact that i did not step into the gym due to not feeling well (horrible cold)

I have also lost a miserable 3 pounds in 20 days!!! so that disappointed me to- but chin up, chin up, chin up!!

Well- guess what!! this week i will KEEP GOING, stay under my cal goals for EACH DAY and...................work out!!! I still have a cough and all i want to do in sit in bed all day but I am motivated to keep at it, keep at it and keep at it.

goal for week is stay under cal goal and go to the gym EVERY NIGHT THIS WEEK.

Great goals! Proud of you for your motivation. You can do it! Don't forget to listen to your body. If you can't do EVERY night in the gym because you are not feeling well, take a walk or something to keep it moving but remember that we don't want to beat ourselves down in t his process! I know how you feel not wanting to log bad days. It's embarassing! I've found it quite empowering, though, because next time i remember that feeling and think twice before eatingn. try logging everything no matter what. get back on the horse, girl. 3 pounds is wayyyy better than nothing.

ejb245

I am definitely having a rough week so far. I had lost 3 pounds (finally!), but its all come back on plus one and I have no idea why. I slept through 3 alarms this morning which is weird because I love my spinning class and have found the motivation to get up for it for over a month without any difficulty. I got 10 hours of sleep last night and I'm still feeling worn out. I hope I'm not getting sick, but at the same token, I do hope I am because this is weird and I don't like the feeling. I'm feeling discouraged and out of sorts and I'm not sure how to snap out of it. Willing myself to perk up does not appear to be working...

ejb245

My goal for the week is to get past the freak out, go to the gym for the rest of the week (including either a run during lunch today or right after work), and actually watch what I eat/drink this weekend when my hubby is home, which will include at least one weekend run.

160poundgirl

I am definitely having a rough week so far. I had lost 3 pounds (finally!), but its all come back on plus one and I have no idea why. I slept through 3 alarms this morning which is weird because I love my spinning class and have found the motivation to get up for it for over a month without any difficulty. I got 10 hours of sleep last night and I'm still feeling worn out. I hope I'm not getting sick, but at the same token, I do hope I am because this is weird and I don't like the feeling. I'm feeling discouraged and out of sorts and I'm not sure how to snap out of it. Willing myself to perk up does not appear to be working...

Beauty of it all is that you can look back and be proud of your self BUT only if you keep going and not lose hope. I was disappointed at 20 days and ONLY losing 3 lbs. I thought for sure i would lose 2lbs a week (not so much). But i was reading through profiles of MFPs who have been here for months to an end and guess what? they have lost 20, 30, 40, 60lbs and on and on and on and on....................... so i decided to keep at it and picture myself January 2012 thinking..................what an amazing job i did those past 3 months!!!

So girlfriend- keep at it- those 4lbs will be gone before you know it!!! My plan too is to go to the gym EVERYDAY for the rest of the week and if i do not- i will celebrate me for the days that i have gone and for remaining honest and determined even through the storm of the feelings and the stupid pounds!!!

You can do it!!!! am rooting for you....................

sarahkatara

I am definitely having a rough week so far. I had lost 3 pounds (finally!), but its all come back on plus one and I have no idea why. I slept through 3 alarms this morning which is weird because I love my spinning class and have found the motivation to get up for it for over a month without any difficulty. I got 10 hours of sleep last night and I'm still feeling worn out. I hope I'm not getting sick, but at the same token, I do hope I am because this is weird and I don't like the feeling. I'm feeling discouraged and out of sorts and I'm not sure how to snap out of it. Willing myself to perk up does not appear to be working...

Beauty of it all is that you can look back and be proud of your self BUT only if you keep going and not lose hope. I was disappointed at 20 days and ONLY losing 3 lbs. I thought for sure i would lose 2lbs a week (not so much). But i was reading through profiles of MFPs who have been here for months to an end and guess what? they have lost 20, 30, 40, 60lbs and on and on and on and on....................... so i decided to keep at it and picture myself January 2012 thinking..................what an amazing job i did those past 3 months!!!

So girlfriend- keep at it- those 4lbs will be gone before you know it!!! My plan too is to go to the gym EVERYDAY for the rest of the week and if i do not- i will celebrate me for the days that i have gone and for remaining honest and determined even through the storm of the feelings and the stupid pounds!!!

You can do it!!!! am rooting for you....................

We all are 100% behind you. I had the exact same type of day a few days ago. i was swinging up and down with my moods (bipolar) and i was in the WORST mood. I fought my myself and forced me to do a workout. i felt at least 95% better afterwards! On those days, just keep your head up and remind yourself that getting some exercising in isn't too hard (walk the dog, do some jumping jacks and crunches, do some heavy cleaning in the house...) and LOG THAT FOOD! We all have these rough patches- if we didn't there wouldn't be much to change. keep going girlie :flowerforyou:

ejb245

You guys are awesome. I went to the gym this morning even though I'm still feeling off and while it wasn't nearly as good as it usually is, I think I feel a little better today. Still, I'm making an appointment with the doctor to make sure its not something else. I've had high blood pressure in the past (when I was 30 pounds lighter, go figure...) by cutting back on stress and have had anemia and what's going on now feels like a combo of the two but it came on kind of quickly, so we'll see... Hoping that its all in my head.