BLACK TEAM CHALLENGE WEEK 9

janiebeth

OMG - I take a day off and I am 3 pages behind..

Fitness Chick = Elizabeth - You are so welcome here - anytime - you are an inspiration to me, and I love how uplifting your posts are. I'd be honored to have you as a team member

Andrew - great to have you back - we missed you dude..

Lori - WAY TO GO GIRL!! I think the last time I tried on a swim suit and liked the way it looked I was about 8 (years not size :grumble: ).

Sam - sorry about your sunburn (thought it would turn to tan) and your boss (maybe if you spill water on her she will melt - "I'm melting, I'm melting, oh, cruel, cruel world" - always loved that part in Wizard of OZ)

Shuntae - gave it up and now it makes you sick - awesome!! guess it was a good move to give it up - nice work..

Sara - what's for dinner - I'm starving...

Lynnie - so glad your sendoff was so special - sound like you worked with a great crew - I'm sure the new crew will be just as great - also congrats on coming down a category.. nice work girl

Marla - glad things are going better with your computer - your posts crack me up

Amanda - nice job working out - think how strong your arms will be when you can actually move them again - I know, I've done the same..

Tresa - the dancing sounds awesome - I've always thought I'd like to try Salsa, but I think I need to drop a few more pounds so I don't mess up my knees.

Jeannie - I echo others when I say I am so glad you found your way back to the light side of life - I felt so bad when you were unhappy - you are a bright ray of sunshine on this site (no pressure - right?).

Nicky - how are things going with the move? I'm hoping you have less allergy issues once you are out of mold central.

I know I have forgotten some, and for this I apologize.. I love you all, and think of you often...

Have a lovely and active weekend - be careful if you are getting any of this nasty weather..

Janie

arewethereyet

Hi Janie, good to see ya! Thanks for the sweet shout out, your words helped me thru a bad time.

:flowerforyou: Jeannie

Fitness_Chick

:grumble: I shoulda joined this challenge on the black thread just so I could come say hello and keep up with you all!!

I have no black member ID:noway: but I'm peekin my head in to say hello to so many of my friends I've not seen in ages:sad: ...hope you're all doing well towards your goals! Hope to catch up with some of you soon!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

FC

Lizbeth-- come hang out in here anytime....we're a friendly bunch!

Considering this is anytime I'll take you up on it Chickie:flowerforyou: Wanted to drop in and say hello to all and wish you a productve weekend! It feels SO great to be a part of an always friendly positive thread I'm very grateful and excited to be here. Thanks for the open arms when I peeked in

So great to read about all of your goals, challenges and losses (lbs of course)...looking forward to page one on this thread and catching up that way even more. Too funny but most of my most favorite inspiring giggly silly, uplifting friends are all in here! Very cool... again feels so great to be here.:bigsmile:

Elizabeth (who's feeling all warm and fuzzy right about now:blushing: )

arewethereyet

:grumble: I shoulda joined this challenge on the black thread just so I could come say hello and keep up with you all!!

I have no black member ID:noway: but I'm peekin my head in to say hello to so many of my friends I've not seen in ages:sad: ...hope you're all doing well towards your goals! Hope to catch up with some of you soon!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

FC

Lizbeth-- come hang out in here anytime....we're a friendly bunch!

Considering this is anytime I'll take you up on it Chickie:flowerforyou: Wanted to drop in and say hello to all and wish you a productve weekend! It feels SO great to be a part of an always friendly positive thread I'm very grateful and excited to be here. Thanks for the open arms when I peeked in

So great to read about all of your goals, challenges and losses (lbs of course)...looking forward to page one on this thread and catching up that way even more. Too funny but most of my most favorite inspiring giggly silly, uplifting friends are all in here! Very cool... again feels so great to be here.:bigsmile:

Elizabeth (who's feeling all warm and fuzzy right about now:blushing: )

Birds of a feather...........

Fitness_Chick

OMG - I take a day off and I am 3 pages behind..

Fitness Chick = Elizabeth - You are so welcome here - anytime - you are an inspiration to me, and I love how uplifting your posts are. I'd be honored to have you as a team member

Janie

Thanks Sweetie! Well, I'm 8 pages behind but looking forward to reading and catching up and quickly figuring out what 3 new things I'll try this week.

I'm looking forward to doing the BlackTeam challenges but only weigh in once a month so won't be an official weigh-in member but an unoffical offical member:laugh: (soon as I get my ID card in the mail from Jeannie:noway: )

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arewethereyet

OMG - I take a day off and I am 3 pages behind..

Fitness Chick = Elizabeth - You are so welcome here - anytime - you are an inspiration to me, and I love how uplifting your posts are. I'd be honored to have you as a team member

Janie

Thanks Sweetie! Well, I'm 8 pages behind but looking forward to reading and catching up and quickly figuring out what 3 new things I'll try this week.

I'm looking forward to doing the BlackTeam challenges but only weigh in once a month so won't be an official weigh-in member but an unoffical offical member:laugh: (soon as I get my ID card in the mail from Jeannie:noway: )

E

Hasnt gotten there yet? I will have to check the mail room:huh:

janiebeth

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Birds of a feather...........

Oh, my - a janiebeth smiley!! love it..

Tri_Dad

Evening folks.


Sam-Sorry the weight it being stubborn and the cupboards are bare and your boss is a jerk. Your a great teammate and friend and if you have taught me one thing it's that for every valley we find ourselves in there is a mountain top just down the road. You've climbed alot of mountains to get here and I know the scale will move again.

Sarah- Man you are a busy woman lol.

Elisabeth (fitness chic)-You are hereby required to be an honorary member of this team.

Jeannie and Lynn-I LOVE TENNIS. been a long time since I have played. You guys will love it.

Tresa- Sounds like you really enjoy your dance class! I would love to do a class with Beth but the kids and work keep us sooooo busy. Want to know a scary confession that very few men would be willing to make..... I have 5 years of Tap and 4 years of Jazz under my belt. and yes dancing is GREAT excercise.

Roni- You should be getting a little suprise in the mail any day now

Well it's just about time for me to head off to the gym. I will talk to you all later!

Peace out girl scouts!
:drinker: :bigsmile:

arewethereyet

Evening folks.


Sam-Sorry the weight it being stubborn and the cupboards are bare and your boss is a jerk. Your a great teammate and friend and if you have taught me one thing it's that for every valley we find ourselves in there is a mountain top just down the road. You've climbed alot of mountains to get here and I know the scale will move again.

Sarah- Man you are a busy woman lol.

Elisabeth (fitness chic)-You are hereby required to be an honorary member of this team.

Jeannie and Lynn-I LOVE TENNIS. been a long time since I have played. You guys will love it.

Tresa- Sounds like you really enjoy your dance class! I would love to do a class with Beth but the kids and work keep us sooooo busy. Want to know a scary confession that very few men would be willing to make..... I have 5 years of Tap and 4 years of Jazz under my belt. and yes dancing is GREAT excercise.

Roni- You should be getting a little suprise in the mail any day now

Well it's just about time for me to head off to the gym. I will talk to you all later!

Peace out girl scouts!
:drinker: :bigsmile:

Andrew I knew I loved you for a reason!! Your a dancer!! What a wonderful gift for your wife! My husband looks a bit like a Zombie that has been hit by a car while running from a meteor when he even THINKS about dancing!!

You should take 1 night a week or month and go......it would be great for you guys!

Oh, I am so happy for your wife!!

arewethereyet

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Birds of a feather...........

Oh, my - a janiebeth smiley!! love it..

Isnt that funny??? It really cracks me up:bigsmile:

3babybeans

Andrew! A tapper!!!! I have 10 years of tap experience! Oh, I could just hug you. I took tap classes with a boy (and about 15 girls) for 3 years & the poor thing just hated it. He had the classic "stage mom" that had 2 boys & took all her girly energy (including sequin costumes) out on him. I'm sure he's in counseling somewhere these days. Did you like it!? Oh, and a little correction. I'm not "busy"...I'm more of "crazy" :laugh: Seriously. I do the dumbest things just to make myself busier. It's only getting worse as the kids get older, though so I better get used to it!

Janie - Holla! We went to Bob Evans for dinner. Mama needed the night off. Grilled chicken breast, baked potato with a tablespoon of sour cream & a piece of banana nut bread (which I'm sure was more cals than the potato & chicken together! Ack!)

Sam - Maybe the spinning is making some crazy muscles in your legs & tushy that are holding some water. The scale is creeping back up on me, too but I'm blaming TOM coming up (I think...I hope) b/c I've burnt somewhere near 3000 cals this week. Jerk scales. *hugs*

Edit: I just checked. I've burned 3493 cals this week in exercise. Yeah. Stupid *kitten* scales.

AmandaJ

Oh my friends, not good, not good. Went out for my mom's birthday and did good at the restaurant but then hours later we went through Dairy Queen drive-thru and I had a banana split. Not only did it make me sick, I went over my calories by 500 calories! :grumble: I knew in the back of my mind when I ordered it, it was not a good choice but I did it anyway.

Tomorrow is another day and will have to kick it back into gear tomorrow.

3babybeans

Oh, Amanda! 500 cals isn't TOO bad! Plus, you already caught it & you'll correct it tomorrow! *hugs* The belly ache, though...that's no fun. :sick:

Girlmom282109

Sam-Sorry the weight it being stubborn and the cupboards are bare and your boss is a jerk. Your a great teammate and friend and if you have taught me one thing it's that for every valley we find ourselves in there is a mountain top just down the road. You've climbed alot of mountains to get here and I know the scale will move again.

Tresa- Sounds like you really enjoy your dance class! I would love to do a class with Beth but the kids and work keep us sooooo busy. Want to know a scary confession that very few men would be willing to make..... I have 5 years of Tap and 4 years of Jazz under my belt. and yes dancing is GREAT excercise.

Peace out girl scouts!
:drinker: :bigsmile:

So this is what I have figured out. Running really makes me feel better when I get stressed out! I just wish that I could get to the treadmill right when I get stressed out instead of having to wait hours. I jogged for an hour and five minutes and burned 700 calories!!:noway: :noway:

Thank you andrew for the nice words I might have cried a little. People always tell me that they think I am mean when they first meet me and I think it's because I'm not one to hide my feelings and if I don't like you you will know it and if you don't like me I could give a *kitten*!!! :bigsmile: :blushing: but then once they get to know me they really like me. :happy:

My hubs scary confession is that he is a theater geek. He played the dentist in Little shop of horrors and he would have had danny in grease if he didn't dance like frankenstien!!!:laugh: :noway: No he really does!

Check these pics out.
http://www.flaglerplayhouse.com/photo-websites/lsh-website/index.html

3babybeans

How fun, Sam! My husband doesn't have any deep dark man secrets like that...his one true obsession is fishing & he'll be happy to tell you anything you want to know about it. *eye roll*

I'm glad you've found jogging as a stress release! Good job on the great calorie burn! Woo hoooo!

I never though you were mean, for the record. You & I kicked some butt in the song lyric game so you were good people to me. :bigsmile:

tresa1234

So this is what I have figured out. Running really makes me feel better when I get stressed out! I just wish that I could get to the treadmill right when I get stressed out instead of having to wait hours. I jogged for an hour and five minutes and burned 700 calories!!:noway: :noway:

Thank you andrew for the nice words I might have cried a little. People always tell me that they think I am mean when they first meet me and I think it's because I'm not one to hide my feelings and if I don't like you you will know it and if you don't like me I could give a *kitten*!!! :bigsmile: :blushing: but then once they get to know me they really like me. :happy:

My hubs scary confession is that he is a theater geek. He played the dentist in Little shop of horrors and he would have had danny in grease if he didn't dance like frankenstien!!!:laugh: :noway: No he really does!

Check these pics out.
http://www.flaglerplayhouse.com/photo-websites/lsh-website/index.html

Oh how fun!! I used to do theater in high school but didn't any more after that... it's such a blast!!

I'm glad that running made you feel better ... {{{Sam}}} ... you've got a lot of stress on you right now ... be good to yourself!

Tresa

loreeb18

Today when I told my mom that Dave had said I looked like death warmed over, he tried to correct what he said. He was like, “No, I mean because you were walking all stiff like a zombie.” :huh:

Welcome, FC. Are you going to do the challenges with us too?

Marla – Wow! You ARE being positive! Thanks. Now I feel much better.

Sara – Woo hoo! Go you! Good feeling trying on a bathing suit that fits huh? See the reason you haven’t lost is because you burned 3493 calories. It takes 3500 calories to burn 1 pound of fat. As soon as you burn 7 more calories you will be good to go. :huh: Right? Isn't that the way it works? (Note to black teamers: This is why I do not give out fitness advice.)

Roni – I’ve never been coordinated enough to do tennis. I see the ball coming, I swing at it…and I completely miss it.

Shuntae – Another show-off getting all 3 new things in with plenty of time to spare. :laugh:

Jeannie – This sounds really bad but my tub is not clean enough to use for a bath. That is why I take showers. Sorry if TMI or now you think I'm all gross.

Tresa – The only reason I’ve heard of “lindy hop” is because I love So You Think You Can Dance. I would love to be able to dance and I really wanted to take lessons with Dave before our wedding. He said no. :grumble:

Sam – I know food in the house is fair game but I hate when I plan to eat something only to see that Dave finished it off first without telling me so I could buy more. P.S. I’m sorry your boss is the :devil:

Lynnie – Those pictures are so wrong! But yea! On the overweight!

Amanda – Good attitude about going over your calories! I wish I could be like that.


Dave and I went to the show my cousin is working on. It was cool. I love watching people dance and it's all Billy Joel music so nice and beat-y. (Not to be confused with beets like the yucky purple things.) Plus my cousin got us great seats like 8 rows from the stage. We dropped Harley off with my mom and then everybody met us to eat after the show

The restaurant kept telling us our table would be ready next (We had 7 people) but then kept seating other big parties (5, 6, 8) before us. Then I thought I'd get a lot of food and take some home. I got spaghetti and it wasn't that much at all. My meatballs were burnt and the waitress brought the spaghetti covered in sauce not sauce on the side like I'd asked. We kinda had to rush through dinner so my cousin could get back for his next show. So even though it was nice to visit, I was kinda in a cruddy mood after that.

After we got home, I put in my food, thinking I'd done decently. (I skipped the bread, had water to drink, and didn't have dessert.) I was still over by a couple hundred calories! So that made me feel even cruddier. So what did I do? I went upstairs and shoved one after another NutriGrain bars in my mouth. 5 bars and 650 calories later, I feel like poop. Now I'm WAY over my calories and so pissed at myself.

I've been doing pretty well lately. But this happens whenever I think I am doing well but I end up going over my calories while not even really enjoying my food then I go crazy and just start stuffing food in my face. Even as I'm doing it, I'm thinking I shouldn't be but the pissed part of me takes over and I do it anyway.

I know tomorrow is a new day but why do I do this and what can I do to NOT do it? Now I have a headache and a :sick: tummy and I just want to :sad: .

tresa1234

Evening folks.


Sam-Sorry the weight it being stubborn and the cupboards are bare and your boss is a jerk. Your a great teammate and friend and if you have taught me one thing it's that for every valley we find ourselves in there is a mountain top just down the road. You've climbed alot of mountains to get here and I know the scale will move again.

Sarah- Man you are a busy woman lol.

Elisabeth (fitness chic)-You are hereby required to be an honorary member of this team.

Jeannie and Lynn-I LOVE TENNIS. been a long time since I have played. You guys will love it.

Tresa- Sounds like you really enjoy your dance class! I would love to do a class with Beth but the kids and work keep us sooooo busy. Want to know a scary confession that very few men would be willing to make..... I have 5 years of Tap and 4 years of Jazz under my belt. and yes dancing is GREAT excercise.

Roni- You should be getting a little suprise in the mail any day now

Well it's just about time for me to head off to the gym. I will talk to you all later!

Peace out girl scouts!
:drinker: :bigsmile:

All you folks with little ones ... we really didn't get out and do much when the girls were little. Getting a babysitter every once in a while is a great thing to do so you can get out and remember who that person is that you are married to ... and one day before you know it they'll be all grown up and you can go out and kick up your heels! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I wish I had found dancing long ago ... it is such fun! I think it is just way cool that you took tap & jazz all that time, Andrew ... you will be all set for when you guys want to go dancing!

3babybeans

Lori - start driving west & I'll start driving east. When we run into each other, I'll give you a BIG hug! I SO know how you feel! I blew my cals today, too (I thought I did good....turns out I was very very horribly wrong...:grumble:). I'm eyeing the girl scout cookies as we speak.

Anyways, what I've found that helps the "i wanna stuff my face and cry" feeling is doing something else with my hands (like umm...typing on MFP. :laugh:) or drinking a big mug of hot herbal tea. It makes me feel like I'm getting a treat with only minimal cals b/c I only put about a teaspoon of honey in it. Something else I try to do is do the math in my head before I get the food out. If I ate 1 cookie, it would be 45 cals...if I ate the box...welll..you know. *sigh* It IS a vicious cycle, is it not?! You can do this, Lori! You've done so good this far! *hugs*

Oh, and BTW, we stopped going to the Spaghetti Warehouse that is here b/c they SUCK. It used to be SO good when we were growing up, but everything has gone SO far down hill. BLECK.

3babybeans

All you folks with little ones ... we really didn't get out and do much when the girls were little. Getting a babysitter every once in a while is a great thing to do so you can get out and remember who that person is that you are married to ... and one day before you know it they'll be all grown up and you can go out and kick up your heels! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I wish I had found dancing long ago ... it is such fun! I think it is just way cool that you took tap & jazz all that time, Andrew ... you will be all set for when you guys want to go dancing!

Doug & I were just talking about what we'll be doing in 20 years when none of them live here any more. :laugh: One good bonus about cramming them all together in age...they'll all be out of the house at the same time! Although, I'm sure I'll be :sad: for a few days...weeks...okay, okay, YEARS once they are gone, at least I'll be able to go out & do things without worrying about losing someone! LOL

Girlmom282109

So what did I do? I went upstairs and shoved one after another NutriGrain bars in my mouth. 5 bars and 650 calories later, I feel like poop. Now I'm WAY over my calories and so pissed at myself.

Wow the next time you want to stuff that many nutrigrain bars in your mouth remember what your intestine and bum will feel like the next day:noway: :noway: :noway: !! If we don't hear from you for a couple days I will know why!!!:laugh: :laugh:

M loves those cereal bars but we had to cut her back because she stopped Pooing!! Remember that the next time lori!! This makes me laugh and feel for you at the same time!!:drinker: :flowerforyou:

3babybeans

:laugh: Only parents can sit around & talk about pooping without missing a beat in the conversation. HA! Poor M!

loreeb18

So what did I do? I went upstairs and shoved one after another NutriGrain bars in my mouth. 5 bars and 650 calories later, I feel like poop. Now I'm WAY over my calories and so pissed at myself.

Wow the next time you want to stuff that many nutrigrain bars in your mouth remember what your intestine and bum will feel like the next day:noway: :noway: :noway: !! If we don't hear from you for a couple days I will know why!!!:laugh: :laugh:

M loves those cereal bars but we had to cut her back because she stopped Pooing!! Remember that the next time lori!! This makes me laugh and feel for you at the same time!!:drinker: :flowerforyou:

Okay, I've had one at a time before and never had any poopage problems. Hopefully, I'm good. When I said "I feel like poop" I didn't mean "I need to poop but can't" :laugh:

Girlmom282109

Okay, I've had one at a time before and never had any poopage problems. Hopefully, I'm good. When I said "I feel like poop" I didn't mean "I need to poop but can't" :laugh:

There was one day that I couldn't get M to eat anything but those all day long and the next day was miserable! :grumble: :frown:
you might not be able to tomorrow!:noway: :laugh: :laugh:

Girlmom282109

Oh and you all will now call me THE QUEEN!! :laugh:

Princess madison jasmine stinkmiester says to me tonight your not mamma anymore you are now "the queen"

I was told I have to call her Princess Madison Jasmine I added the stinkmiester part! :laugh:

Hubs is either the king prince phillip or your majesty! She is a Bull in a princess dress!:bigsmile: :blushing:

3babybeans

Quick! Grab the prunes!

loreeb18

Okay, I've had one at a time before and never had any poopage problems. Hopefully, I'm good. When I said "I feel like poop" I didn't mean "I need to poop but can't" :laugh:

There was one day that I couldn't get M to eat anything but those all day long and the next day was miserable! :grumble: :frown:
you might not be able to tomorrow!:noway: :laugh: :laugh:

I guess it's a wait and see. :noway: :laugh:

3babybeans

Oh and you all will now call me THE QUEEN!! :laugh:

Princess madison jasmine stinkmiester says to me tonight your not mamma anymore you are now "the queen"

I was told I have to call her Princess Madison Jasmine I added the stinkmiester part! :laugh:

Hubs is either the king prince phillip or your majesty! She is a Bull in a princess dress!:bigsmile: :blushing:

Aww! That's so cute! I just get, "mama, I'm gonna bulldoze you!" Yeah. My 3yo thinks he's heavy machinery. *eye roll*

When T was born, my MIL asked "her" what her nickname would be b/c my neice is nicknamed "the princess". I was high on hormones & said, "Well, I guess T will just have to be the queen, then!" BWAHAHAHA!

Okay, off to bed. I'm sure you're all done with my pointless stories anyways. LOL

loreeb18

Oh and you all will now call me THE QUEEN!! :laugh:

Princess madison jasmine stinkmiester says to me tonight your not mamma anymore you are now "the queen"

I was told I have to call her Princess Madison Jasmine I added the stinkmiester part! :laugh:

Hubs is either the king prince phillip or your majesty! She is a Bull in a princess dress!:bigsmile: :blushing:

Queen Jillian Sam. "Now workout or I will have you beheaded!"

loreeb18

Quick! Grab the prunes!

I don't have any calories left for prunes! :noway: :laugh: