Blue & Green Loft!
adancer59
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I hope you enjoy getting to know your new teammates! Good luck everyone!
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Greetings former Blue and Green team members and thanks to adancer59 for setting this up.
I must admit to not doing particularly well on this weeks challenges but I hope to post a good loss and i will try to be supportive of this new group.
Please feel free to add me, I've got a way to go and look forward to getting there!0 -
Would anyone on this team be willing to step up as a captain or co-captain?0
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Yeah, really looking forward to this team. I don't mind being captain if that's okay with everyone else??
*REMEMBER*
Communication is key to succeeding as a group. Support & motivate your teammates frequently (we all thrive on praise, feedback and acknowledgment)
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Hi everyone!
It is great that we are again a good-sized team, I am looking forward to get to know the former blue team members better!
So, just a few things about myself: My name is Mia, I am freom Austria. I have been active on MFP for about one year, and lost already about 28 lbs, but in the last two months I stopped losing weight and just went up and down one or two lbs over and over again :-(
So I try to stay on treack (although it is really frustrating, and then I start thinking that it doesn't matter if I eat this or not, because I am not going to lose anyway - you can imagine!) and being part of the challenge helps a lot. Some time I will start losing again... I just hope it is soon! ;-)
BadAtitude - thanks for stepping up as captain! If you need help in any way, just tell us!
Hope you all have a great Sunday!0 -
Ups - just realized I made a typo - not 28 but 18 lbs lost so far... I wish it was 28! :-)
This weeks challenge:
1. 4/7 days of exercise = 1 lbs advantage
2. 1 session of something new = 1 lbs advantage
3. 10 minutes of arms, legs, abs, or booty workout, 1 day for each body area focus = 1 lbs advantage
4. 5/7 days with at least 5 colors of food = 1 lbs advantage
5. Recipe = 1 lbs for everyone who posts, extra 1 lbs for best recipe
With the food challenge - at least 5 colors each day - now after the first day I realized it is not so easy as I thought. Today I ate something brown (bread), green (salad, cucmber), red (tomato), yellow (potato, cheese) and white (onion, cream cheese) - okay, these are 5 colors, so it is enough, but I am glad we don't have to eat 6 because at the moment I couldn't think of another one.
What are your food colors today? I am glad to get some ideas!0 -
hi blue and green team
My name is Donna. I look forward to doing this challenge together and will write more about myself later when I have time. Where do we post the weigh-in or do we just add it to the spreadsheet?0 -
hi blue and green team
My name is Donna. I look forward to doing this challenge together and will write more about myself later when I have time. Where do we post the weigh-in or do we just add it to the spreadsheet?
You can add it to the spreadsheet yourself, message me, or message your team captain BadAtitude 0 -
Hello everyone. Nice to see the new captain change. I was not getting any response from our old one and I'm sure bad attitude will do great! Really looking forward to this weeks challenge. I really needed some incentives to add some more fruits and veggies to my diet. Good luck everyone!0
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Hello everybody my name is Perla! I have been on MFP for 4 months and I had lost 34 pounds well it 33.4 since I gained .6 yesterday due to stupid TOM!
but oh well I know I'll get a good loss next week! 
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Salads, stir-frys and pastas are easy ways to incorporate multi-colored foods in any meal. I add red, green and yellow peppers, cherry tomatos, onions, radishes, spinach, mushrooms and cheese to any of these dishes. Sometimes all of them, like my spinach and chicken salad today and used a yummy low cal dijon yogurt dressing:happy:
It's probably easiest for everyone to update the spreadsheet themselves but continue to log in and tell us what your up to and hows the week going. I can already tell this is going to be a much more active group, really looking forward to getting to know all of you.
We might need a short form team name...any suggestions?
Lets go B-G's!!0 -
Good morning!
BadAtitude - good suggestions for cooking!
As a short name - I think BG's sounds good, but I am not very creative, so maybe someone will come up with another idea.
I too think that we should log in and report our progress often - I have found that I stay on track better if I write down every day what I have done, and the occasional kick in the butt from others is very helpful, too! ;-)
So, here is my week so far:
Yesterday I started the 30 Day Shred. I have tried it last year, but stopped sometimes during level 2. This year I am determined to finish it. Well, the first session wiped me out, afterwards I more or less crawled into the bathroom. But it will get better soon!
Good thing is that it covers also the arms, legs and booty workout for this week. For the abs I am not sure if the exercises sum up to 10 minutes, I am going to do some additional exercises one day.
1. 4/7 days of exercise = 2/4 (30DS, biking)
2. 1 session of something new = done (30DS)
3. 10 minutes of arms, legs, abs, or booty workout, 1 day for each body area focus = arms done due to 30DS
4. 5/7 days with at least 5 colors of food = 1/5
5. Recipe = not yet0 -
Just a short summary of yesterday:
1. 4/7 days of exercise = 2/4 (30DS, biking)
2. 1 session of something new = done (30DS)
3. 10 minutes of arms, legs, abs, or booty workout, 1 day for each body area focus = arms, legs done due to 30DS
4. 5/7 days with at least 5 colors of food = 2/5
5. Recipe = not yet
How is your week going?0 -
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Share your challenge ideas at the following link: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/996673-challenge-ideas0
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Didn't so good on the different colors today...
1. 4/7 days of exercise = 3/4 (30DS, biking, walking)
2. 1 session of something new = done (30DS)
3. 10 minutes of arms, legs, abs, or booty workout, 1 day for each body area focus = arms, legs done due to 30DS
4. 5/7 days with at least 5 colors of food = 2/5
5. Recipe = not yet
Where are you all? how are you doing?0 -
It's been a good week so far for me.
4/7 days of 60 minutes exercise
4/7 days 5 colours food...posting pic tomorrow
4/7 days of arms, legs, booty and abs (thanks to another challenge group I'm in)
Something new......not yet
Wow typing it all is like a challenge in itself....lol.
Hope everyone is staying on target, I know it's hard to keep focused by the end of the week but you are almost there and you can do it!!!0 -
okay, I finally posted my recipe....let's see if we can get our whole team posting a recipe, it's an easy 1 lb advantage for each of us 0
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1. 4/7 days of exercise = done (30DS, biking, walking)
2. 1 session of something new = done (30DS)
3. 10 minutes of arms, legs, abs, or booty workout, 1 day for each body area focus = done
4. 5/7 days with at least 5 colors of food = 4/5
5. Recipe = not yet
Still no recipe - I am glad we have until sunday :-)
I was slacking the last two days, I did my workouts, but didn't log my food, and was certainly over my calorie goal :-(
Today I booked my vacation in July, I will go trekking for two week - this should give me a great incentive to do better!0 -
I just posted my recipe :-)
1. 4/7 days of exercise = done (30DS, biking, walking, pilates)
2. 1 session of something new = done (30DS)
3. 10 minutes of arms, legs, abs, or booty workout, 1 day for each body area focus = done
4. 5/7 days with at least 5 colors of food = done
5. Recipe = done
I have a feeling that I am going to need all the advantage lbs I can get...0 -
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Finally tried something new "Flirty Girl Workout" then deleted the videos as I will NEVER watch/workout that again! How do people stay cute, perky and sweaty free when working out? I'm the totally opposite so this video pissed me off! :explode: well I better get an advantage for that waste of my time 0
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Hi Ladies,
We need to get our team results in. Please email me your challenge stats & weight or go directly to the spreadsheet and fill in your results for week 5. We are missing info from the following team members:
yoyotired
BNance509
i_am_losing_it
ald031
AphroditeP75
PerlaRubi2013 - I have your weight (good job BTW) but not how you did on the challenges.
Thanks everyone :happy:0 -
Week 6 Challenges:
In Summary:
1. 4/7 days of exercise = 1 lbs advantage
2. 1 session of something new = 1 lbs advantage
3. 5/7 days of drinking only water = 1 lbs advantage
4. 5/7 days getting at least 7 hours of sleep = 1 lbs advantage
5. Inspirational photo with 7 reasons you want to get healthy = 1 lbs advantage for completing, extra 1 lbs for posting a photo0 -
Good morning everybody!
Great idea with the motivation!
Although I have to think about it, don't know if I have 7 reasons at hand.
Yesterday's weigh-in was desastrous - TOM is close and I have gained almost 2 kg :mad: So I think I am going to land in the pit...
BadAtitude - I can totally relate to your thinking - I can't stand it if I am sweating away with the workout, and on the video they look like they just came home from a leisurely stroll in the park! If they want their viewers to work out seriously, they should take it seriuosly as well, otherwise it is like they are making fun at you.
This week's challenges:
1. 4/7 days of exercise: 1/4
2. 1 session of something new: not yet
3. 5/7 days of drinking only water: not yet - I don''t know if I can do this to my coworkers - without tea in the morning I am grumpy the whole day...
4. 5/7 days getting at least 7 hours of sleep: 1/5
5. Inspirational photo with 7 reasons you want to get healthy: not yet0 -
I guess the title of DVD kind of gave way that it wasn't going to be a quality fitness workout "Flirty Girl Workout" LOL! I am addicted to the Jillian Micheals videos and do these daily :happy:
I think a lot of things motivate me but they might seem negative to others so do I post it and risk offending people?? Nah! I'll play nice
I have already failed the water challenge *Damn Coffee* if it's not running through my veins 24/7 then I just can't function. I am a true caffeine addict as I only drink coffee that is strong black dark roast....no cream or sugar just caffeine!
posted inspirational poster but haven't done anything new yet.
How's everyone else doing? This is turning into the Maalea and BadAtitude show :drinker:0 -
Sorry Maalea and Badattitude, haven't been ignoring you/the loft but have some problems and not felt particularly sociable. Hubby has been suffering from a medical mystery which has been worrying us for a while now. Numerous tests have not identified a cause but we have been reassured that it is unlikely to be the return of cancer he had recently removed.
Anyway meals around hospital appointments, lack of sleep and lack of enthusiasm to exercise has not helped the weight loss for this week resulting in a small gain. No way will I be able to avoid coffee - need to be awake. Will endeavour to attempt the other challenges this week and am getting on the elliptical now...0 -
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Wow, look at those numbers!
Aphrodite and BadAtitude - you rock! Congratulations!! :drinker:
Uh oh - I am not the worse for the week (phew), but the worse overall...
Eventually it has to go down once more.
2muchchoc - don't worry, of course you have your hands full with your husband! I hope he will get better soon, and that it turns out to be completely harmless!
I am not doing the water challenge - I tried to skip my tea at breakfast, but I broke down in the morning at work and drank some there - I really needed to wake up...
This week's challenges:
1. 4/7 days of exercise: 3/4
2. 1 session of something new: standing calf raises (my calfs burned the whole day!)
3. 5/7 days of drinking only water: failed
4. 5/7 days getting at least 7 hours of sleep: 3/5
5. Inspirational photo with 7 reasons you want to get healthy: not yet0 -
Sorry Maalea and Badattitude, haven't been ignoring you/the loft but have some problems and not felt particularly sociable. Hubby has been suffering from a medical mystery which has been worrying us for a while now. Numerous tests have not identified a cause but we have been reassured that it is unlikely to be the return of cancer he had recently removed.
Anyway meals around hospital appointments, lack of sleep and lack of enthusiasm to exercise has not helped the weight loss for this week resulting in a small gain. No way will I be able to avoid coffee - need to be awake. Will endeavour to attempt the other challenges this week and am getting on the elliptical now...
I am so sorry to hear about your struggles. I can honestly say I have been there and it does get better. My boyfriend had an undetermined attack on his nervous system a few years back...it was HELL! all the appointments, hospitals, MRI's, CAT scans and then Physio to rebuild nerve control. I wish your hubby a speedy recovery (hopefully he gets good news soon). Please take care of yourself as well :flowerforyou:
BLUE/GREEN team was #2...woot woot! we ROCK girls! :drinker:
Hey Maalea don't feel bad, If I didn't work so hard for the pound advantages I would have been kicked out already.
I usually only lose 1 lb max at a time (one week I didn't lose anything) so I need to take advantage of the mini challenges to stay in the game. You can do it too :happy:
Oh and I also failed the water challenge. I actually drink 8 to 10 cups a day as well as a pot (or two) of coffee (I quit pop, juices and alcohol :grumble: ) so I won't give up coffee too - I think I made enough of a sacrifice already.0 -
Ha - I completely missed the team results - we are good!!
I am not really feeling bad, somone has to be the last. And there are other things in life to worry about than a MFP challenge ;-)
I hope your boyfriend is well now and completely over it?0
