Sixers Love Yourself Challenge

Good day ladies!!

SBB1, that's a pain about the neighbours. Having bad neighbours is such a draining thing. We've been through that and are currently dealing too. Congrats

Cathy, YAY for son and his job!

Robin, good on you for the nagging. Women in particular are trained by this society that to compliment another woman they must put themselves down somehow. It's a dreadful habit and once you're aware you see it ALL the time! Instead of "you're so great at putting together presentations!" we tend to say things like "I'm SO disorganized.. I could NEVER put together a presentation like that!". We all need to stop it and just honour ourselves AND celebrate each other!!! :bigsmile:

Amy, heya! How long have you been doing weight-watchers? What do you like about it? Have a fun visit with your friends!

Kristin, I'm glad that you're feeling positive. That's ALWAYS a good thing

Ava had her first cleaning at the dentist today! She did really well. And Leith wanted to go next :happy: He has to go to the paediatric dentist in a couple of weeks. It's a consult but they need to do some work. I took Leith in the other day because I've been concerned about his teeth (we had to use a cloth to brush them when he was smaller because the attachment from his lip to gums was low and bled if we used a brush). My old dentist said no problem and suggested the cloth in the first place. But I've never been able to really get his teeth CLEAN and I've been worried that there is some decay going on. So I found a great new dentist and I was right. I'm really nervous at the thought of any sedation but he needs healthy teeth!! He's really cool with the process though so I'm hoping they can just do the laughing gas and not put him right under.

My meals for the day:

1. pumpkin apple oatmeal
2. gala apple & some dark chocolate covered pretzels (YUM!)
3: sodium-free Ezekiel toast w/ hummus & alfalfa sprouts
4. scrambled egg whites w/ salsa & mixed veggies
5. stuffed chicken breast left-overs
6. sweet & sour bison meatballs w/ rice & broccoli
7. blueberry vanilla power smoothie (plain ff yogurt, skim milk, vanilla ice cream protein powder, acidophilus, flax meal, blueberries & banana. It's a 300 cal before-bed snack that is WELL worth the calories!!)

Today is a rest day but I'm back to the grind with bosu tomorrow! May or may not check in later but I'll be lurking anyway :glasses:
Oh right, something I love about myself... I love who I am as a mother. I know that my children are getting a great foundation of love, emotional health, safety and routine and seeing the amazing little people they are affirms that I'm doing right by them! :bigsmile:

Hey everyone!:flowerforyou:

I had a wonderful day today, nothing to complain about, yet. Give me time, I'm sure I'll come up with something. JK!:laugh: Nothing to report today, just been doing my thing.

Love myself: I love that I am so universal at work. It helps keep my busy on slow days and lets me know every aspect of our office.

Food:
B- 2 packets of Maple and Brown sugar oatmeal
S- Popcorn
L- Rice and some broccoli
S- 100 cal cookies
D- Don't know yet. Youngest one wants Chick Fil A

Well, gotta go before hubby kills the little one.:laugh: Talk to ya'll's later.

By the way how did you come up with the name SIXERS.

Like Lauryn said, it's the six week challenges we do! A couple of us met in the summer during a 13 week challenge and since we wanted to keep posting together in challenges Kristin realized that it was 6 weeks between the end of the 13 week challenge and the start of American thanksgiving, then another 6 weeks between that and the new year!

Glad you're finding motivation here There is definitely a lot to be found and the great thing is that we all take turns :bigsmile:

Just made about a bzillion bison meatballs and they're now bathing in sweet & sour sauce in the crock pot and I'm off the the kiddos to walk our pooch!

Cathy - WAHOO! Glad you got some good news your posts always crack me up! Inflict pain that is good!

Amy - I love that poem... have for a long time.. you made me cry ... a good cry tho!

Tamm - So glad you decided on the job! SOOO Excited for you!

Strawberry - not everyone can be an animal lover like us! Cathy gave you some GREAT advice.. just be patient with him.. he/she's just a baby. What breed is ur dog? Certain dogs have what is called detachment disorder - I have a sheltie and she has it... does some crazy stuff when I am away....A friend of mine leaves a radio on when she is away it tends to sooth her dog - you could try that.

Pedal - I am coming to live with you so that you can feed me! Always sounds so good...

Okay why did you have to throw down the challenge of trying a new exercise.. yeah I wanna start going to the Gym in the AM instead of my basement to work out - do a class that will challenge me.. but it is soooo cold that early in the am! = )

Today I love that the stress didn't get to me! I am winning the battle!

Not lookin forward to weighing tomorrow! Good luck everyone!

Oh yeah - I am running a Biggest loser Challenge at work 12weeks. How fun right? Well any ideas you ladies have please send them my way.
Becky

Oh yeah - I am running a Biggest loser Challenge at work 12weeks. How fun right? Well any ideas you ladies have please send them my way.
Becky

Hey Becky, we had a Biggest Loser at work twice. The first one the winner won a WII Fit package and runner up won a $200 gift card to JC Penney's. It had lasted 12 weeks and was before Christmas. They did wonderful. Then the second one they did ended the week before Christmas and was like 7 weeks or so. That one they had everyone put in $10 to join and gave so much of that money to the winner and runner up. I didn't do either because I had done one weight thing there before that and nobody was motivated to do anything. Half of us weighed more at the end than at the beginning.
Good luck with it though. A good advice that we did was we met once a week for lunch and had a meeting persay about how our week went and any ideas. For that lunch we would make low fat, low cal dishes to bring in and try and the recipes. It was some good food!!!! I hope this was enough. I'm sorry I'm very talkative tonight, ready for bed.


Everyone else, hope ya'll have a good evening. And I'm glad Momma you can inflict pain on my little brother.:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Good night.:yawn:

Hey! Where is everyone?! This is our check-in! Well, I'll get it rolling then :happy:
I don't think we're updating the list on Fridays, right? So I'm not copying it here. But I'm down.... wait for it... 2.8 lbs since Tuesday :bigsmile: :drinker: :bigsmile: :drinker: :bigsmile: And my word, I've earned every bit of it. Of course, that is because I've had 5lbs of holiday weight to shed but as new weight does, it came off quickly with the right work. I'm now weighing in at 169.8 lbs and I will NOT be visiting those 170's again this time. So I'm back to what I was the day before I got my horrid flu last month and everything spiraled into a pit of less than ideal choices. WOOHOO!!! I'm very happy about this :bigsmile:

My meals for today are:

1. pumpkin apple oatmeal
2. ezekiel toast w/ hummus & alfalfa sprouts
3. ezekiel toast w/ almond butter & banana
4. scrambled egg whites w/ skim milk cheese, veggies & salsa
5. chocolate protein shake
6. we're ordering from that amazing local organic pizza place (where they brush the crust with honey and sprinkle on poppy seeds and use all seasonal local ingredients, goat cheese... oh my lordy it's SO good!) I'm having 3 slices.
7. chocolate protein shake

work out is bosu / cardio kickboxing class tonight.

Breakfast time!! TTYL!

Good morning Sixers. I am the same this morning. No change. That is good and bad. Down would have been lovely. Oh well. I am off to the gym right now after this posting.

Food is not planned.

I will be back later to read everyones posts and post my food choices.


Amy:flowerforyou:

PS- What I love about myself today.....I am making it to the gym!

I am down 0.2 lbs. haha!!! but I'll take it!! :laugh:

Today I love that I got to sleep in!!!

Needing to do a little research for work today before I speak with my adviser on Monday so hopefully will get that done!!

Check back soon!

O.k. Since I am new to this group I now know what Sixers stand for and when the challenge is over and to post something that I love about myself every day, but now I am still trying to figure out all the rules. You know like when you all weigh in, when are we supposed to copy that chart with everyone's name on it and change our stats, and maybe anything else I may need to know.

Everyone sounds so great in this group and I hope that I can get to know you all better. I have struggled with my weight ever since my first baby. I hope to keep steady on here and gain some confidence. I want to be at my goal weight by the time my anniversary this year and before my SKINNY big sister has her baby. This is my chance to catch up you know!

Today I love that I have planned all my meals and snacks and am following the plan so far!

chipper15173 THANKS SO MUCH!!! Since I am new I feel a little out of the loop, but I hope that I can read enough and check in enough that I will get to know all of you better.

Hey Sixers! Hope everyone had a relaxing friday. I am ready to give my stats. Today was a good day for me, I got up early enough, ate breakfast, worked out, looked at apartments on line and etc. I feel like It was a productive day!!! YAY My goal for this six week challenge is to remember to say something I love about myself everyday.... that's the best idea AND remove 7lbs. My december low was 218, I am up 2 lbs from that, now 220 but I am ready to work.

Today: Taebo Fat burning, 55 mins w/ Billy Bands.... completed... that was a real workout. WOW
Food: Oatmeal for BF, VEGGIE lasagne Lunch, dinner unknown, going out w/ BF.


Deb- congrats on getting into the nursing program. My mother has been a nurse since she was 19 and she loves it. I wish you the best. And I love your point program. I may need to try something like that for myself. Thanks for sharing the idea

Becky- thanks! I'm happy to finally be on the move again. Hope the challenge at work goes well. You can do it.

To everyone else-- keep up the good work. We are 9 days into the new year and we have done well so far. Lets keep the focus and motivation. I appreciate everyones opinions and comments, they make me a stronger person in the face of chocolate.

KRISTIN
CONNIE

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SW264 / GW 258 /CW 264 / PROGRESS +/- 0lbs
RHIANNON ----SW 172.6 lbs / GW 165lbs / CW 172.6lbs / PROGRESS +/- 0lbs
SHANELL

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SW 212.5 lbs/ GW 199 lbs/ CW 212.5/ PROGRESS +/- 0 lbs
CATHY

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SW 209 lbs/ GW 199 lbs/ CW 209/ PROGRESS 0 lbs
EM

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SW 160 lbs / GW 140 lbs / CW 151.2 lbs / Progress +/- 0lbs
LAURYN

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SW 159 / GW 155 / CW 159 / PROGRESS +/-0lbs
Katy

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SW 172.8/ GW 164.8/ CW 172.8/ PROGRESS 0 lbs
Robin

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SW 193 lbs / GW 185 lbs / CW 193 lbs / PROGRESS 0
Heidi

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SW165lbs / GW 155 lbs / CW 165 / Progress +/- 0lbs
Becky

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SW146.4lbs/GW 140lbs/CW 146.4/Progress+/- 0lbs
Amy

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SW 198lbs/GW 188lbs/CW 198 /Progress+/- 0lbs
Deb

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SW202.4/GW 194.4 lbs/CW 202.4/Progress 0lbs.
Tammara

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SW220 / GW 213 /CW 220 / PROGRESS +/- 0lbs

Talk to y'all soon.

drtamm....did you decide on which job to accept? and where is it? details please.
glad you had a good day. it makes a difference.

have a good weekend all. might be back on tonight, if not tomorrow. MIL drama going on here tonight. DH is very upset. i haven't heard certain words come out of his mouth is a long time. at least he's not mad at me for buying new shoes today

where's kistin today?

well, off to fix a drink and a hot tub.

later gater...

Don't forget Momma, it's not only MIL drama, but SIL also.:laugh: Like you said at least it isn't any of us.

Hope everyone had a great evening. I'm going to try to get everything together to have another great week next week.

Well, just figured I'd stop in and say what's up before going to bed. Later.:yawn:

I believe Kristin's DH had wisdom teeth out today and I think she was helping him out. That's NOT a fun surgery.

Tamm, congrats on your great attitude!!

Connie, YEAH!!!! SEE???? :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Cathy, sorry to hear about the MIL drama. That's a rough go. I hope you were able to get some stuff done around your house!

Becky, we all need those nights from time to time

I've had a GREAT day. Wonderful visit with one of my best friends then a GREAT bosu / kick boxing class at the gym (and I got to do a little bout on the eliptical first!) then my family scooped me up and we went swimming then picked up our delicious organic pizza! It's a late night for Ava and Leith but I'm just about to get them into bed and either watch a movie with Kyle or hit the hay myself. Back to the gym first thing in the morning for some cardio!

Good night my wonderful sixers!

pedal sounds like you had a great day.....

connie...yea for 2#s.....keep it up, funny how if you catch it fast it does come right back off, doesn't have time to set up

i talked with my mom last night she lives in mass. i live in sc. anyway she was telling me she use to go to one of the first gyms ever open to the public. that gyms use to be just for the bodybuilders. and this one bodybuilder opened gyms to the public and she went at night all the time. they had ladies night and mens night. they weren't co-ed than. she got my dad going to build his upper body. he has polo and since it affects his lower body he needed upper body. my dad always wants things his. so he built a weight bench and made wights. i remember this. he had made a little gym in our house. i remember the sauna he had. i use to play in it. my dad always goes all out for things. i do that too. so i guess the "gym" runs in my blood.

well, time to get dressed. think i will run to wally world and stop at a few yard sales or goodwill.

back later.......have a great weekend.