Welcome Shay. How is it going for you at the gym? Are you seeing much progress yet?

Julia, I did the veges but didn't get any fruit yesterday.

How are we coming ladies with this week's challenges???

That's fine Julia. We will have weekly challenges. Join in when you can. Glad you're doing well with logging your food though.

After nearly a month with no weekly weight loss, I'm finally moving in the right direction again. Apparently, logging, exercise, avoiding processed foods and portion control matters. The nicer weather that we have had this past week didn't hurt either.

Yay Julia!! Congrats!!

Didn't get off work til 1 am so slow getting challenges up Be up shortly.

Congrats Julia on the great loss!!

- Did a mini upper body work out with dumbbells.
- I'm consistently staying right at my calorie goal so far this week,
- had the salad when I lunched with friends yesterday (and checked out the restaurants' s dressings online to choose the perfect one),
- plan to try a new recipe before the week is over,
- have done much better with cardio this week:180 min gardening and 10 minutes dancing to the music I heard my son working with downstairs. (actually have done about an hour more gardening, but I log a little less that I do because the calories seem high. Probably won't seem too high when the weather warms up more),
- for my core muscles, I spent one day remembering to flex my tummy muscles while walking and even sitting. Realized that night, just how out of shape I am and how much I need to continue to do that if I ever want to be able to hold my post-2 child tummy in again,
- Had the protein drink.

This week just seems to have gone better; more orderly.

You are doing amazing Julia!!

SweeteeBri wrote: »

I'm battling the worst head cold. Congested, sore throat, cough, can't sleep....and on top of all that, I'm on a 9 day stretch at work. Not off til Fri.

I NEED SLEEP....LOL.

Hope you're all better and rested. (*)

Hi sorry I have been MIA, been on a sugar bender and totally off focus. Have put on weight not happy about that at all. Looking to get back in control this week. Have caught up the spreadsheet with my sorry weigh-ins. My current short term goal is to get off this sugar bender. Completed 2 days successfully so far. I realise I need to take small steps to get my focus back. Lots of planning and preparation required.

Thanks Ladies for you well wishes. Note to self...getting off at 1 am doesn't help head colds get better...Lol. Will post challenges shortly.

Deb, glad you joined us. No worries. I did terrible this week due to this pesty head cold and working every day. Today is a new day in a new week.

Hi, Gals!
Bridget, I hope you are better.
Deb, good job getting back on the horse!
I've been MIA myself. As most of you know, we have been moving. It's still very busy, and it has been a week and a half. I guess I'd forgotten how much moving can interrupt things for a while. We are all sore and exhausted, and have been taking turns not feeling well. But...we are thankful for the new place and very happy to be here.
I will be even happier once everything is in its place. You should see it here. I sincerely thought we had done a great job at simplifying, and therefore this would be a quick and easy move, but so many boxes full of stuff are still waiting on me.
You may have seen my post that I couldn't find my scale. Bought another one that is going back to the store. Ordered a third one online, which arrived today. ...It doesn't work! Almost funny.
As you would imagine, I am getting lots of exercise in. I'm watching what I eat, as well. But I miss the challenges.

Bridget - Thanks for the weekly challenges. This week's challenges have reminded me to refocus on the protein, vegetables and fruits in my meals. My calorie levels have been good, but the quality of what goes into them was starting to slack a bit. At 1200 calories, I do best if those are all quality, nutritious calories. Yesterday, I was successful in putting good protein back in along with an assortment of vegetables and fruits. I still need to work on consistent exercise and remembering to drink extra water. The water will be back on target today. Tomorrow I will focus on a doable exercise plan incorporating cardio and weights. (Doesn't mean I won't do anything today. Just means that tomorrow I will have a doable, executable plan.)

Kris - Did you ever find a scale that works? Seems like it shouldn't be so difficult but we had a hard time finding a good one too. Finally ended up getting the kind of scale that you typically see in the doctor's offices.

Deb - Hope all is going well with your anti-sugar campaign this week.

Have a great weekend Red Team! (*)

Great job Julia!! Keep up the great job.