Hello everyone! Hope you all have a great day.

Thanks for the encouragement campingma.

I am so sick. DH was sick in the weekend and stayed home from work yesterday. Woke up feeling sick. So now its me and the one year old. All I have done is make lunch and that's it. Good thing that have leftovers for dinner. I am planning on getting off the couch and pick up some. I haven't even put on a bra! TMI sorry.

I hope that you get to feeling better vazquezmom7.

Had me some chicken broth right before going to bed and I feel a little better. Thanks for your well wishes.

I hope to stick to the plan today. I'm down a little in weight, but still need to get on the stick with better eating habits and exercise. Everyone have a great day!

@campingma how are you doing with your exercise?

@betsym keep your eyes on the goal?

@goingforahundred how are you doing this week? Were you able to get out of the funk you were in? If you need someone to talk to, send me a message! :-)

I am feeling a lot better, needless to say I have not been exercising but the rest has been good, well the scale shall say on Sunday! :-)

@vazquezmom7 So glad that you're on the road to recovery! congrats on sticking to the non-exercise parts of the challenge in your condition!

@betsym3 Like vazquezmom7 said, keep your eyes on the prize lady. We're all in this together and if you need any healthy food suggestions, I'm sure we could help out. And remember with the exercise, start small. ANYthing is SOMEthing. At least that's what I tell myself

@campingma The fruits are actually pretty difficult for me to get in (weird, considering I have such a sweet tooth). What are your preferred fruits?

@goingforahundred I've really wanted to reach out to you about your post a couple weeks ago. Depression is a strange, really crappy, very misunderstood thing. I've actually been medicated for it since high school - at times taking myself off the meds thinking "They're probably just a placebo effect. I don't really need it, I'm fine." But I was never fine. Someone once told me that Depression is the lack of any feelings. I didn't understand that at the time, but once I was in the real depths of it, I completely understood. It's not feeling sad, or feeling down...it's feeling nothing. Not happy, not sad, just...there. During my episodes, I want to sleep ALL THE TIME. Sometimes for 18 hours straight. There's no desire to do anything. With anyone. Including my awesome husband. Which makes me feel worse. That I have wonderful people in my life, a comfortable home, a good job...and that I don't want to participate in anything resembling a life.
I'm currently on a low dose of Prozac (tried others that made me feel like a zombie O_o). Between the medication, having a supportive family, and taking part in active events like this that make me feel strong and capable of facing down fears/guilt...well, I feel happy to get out of bed in the morning.
The point is - you're not alone. And it won't feel like this forever.
(Hope I didn't overstep my boundaries. You all have been so supportive of each other and myself, just wanted to return that)

ANYWHOO.

Finally saw some weight loss this week! It was so encouraging. Even better than seeing it on the scale, I'm physically feeling the difference - stronger, leaner. This challenge really has been exactly what I needed - a kick in the booty.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday!

I'm just so excited to share this with someone- my husband eagerly agreed that when I hit my goal weight (or size), that we'll gone on a cruise!!! We've been talking about a cruise for a while, and it seems like the perfect reward.

Let's go - week 5 - whatever our obstacles might have been previous weeks - we got this .

Happy Monday Red Team!