Morning Wildflowers
I get motivated by songs and love to listen to the lyrics and so my motivational song for today is: I rise up by Andra Day - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApSX-adHnB0
Hope this motivates some of you.

P.S. I am a morning person

I lost 1.5 lbs this week. Not a big loss, but I'll take it!! I'm hoping I'll be able to keep up with all the challenges and tracking points. There really is a lot of different things going on at once! Almost overwhelming.

Yes, Shelby. If you do the dance, record a "yes" and 10 under Roadblock 1. If you eat 5 Greek foods, it's a 10 under Roadblock 2. If you get to the end of the week, and you've only eaten 4 Greek foods, then it's an 8 under Roadblock 2. If you go sugar free for the week, score 5 points on Sunday. If you chime in here on the thread five times, and comment on five different team mates' statuses over five days, then score 10 points after the fifth day. (There can be partial points for this one, too; for example, only 4 days you would score 8 points). If you do the arm challenge or dumbbell challenge for the whole week, then score 10 points on Sunday.

Thanks @HASWLRS ! I was wondering if I was the only one a little overwhelmed lol I'm trying to focus here in the beginning on exercise minutes and at least 1 roadblock. I had Greek yogurt yesterday and I have pita chips to eat with my lunch today! We get 2 points per day, correct?

I'm also a bit of a spreadsheet nerd because I work with complex sheets at work all day, so I've been trying to make ours snazzy lol I'm tweaking it as we go!

Hello Wildflowers! I know I am starting a bit late, I do apologize. This is all new to me; there are so many aspects to this challenge. Hopefully I will get the hang of it. My name is Tori, I am a 32yr old STAHM to four kiddos. I lost the pregnancy (my youngest is 18months) weight last year with weight watchers, but I still have those last 15 lbs to loose. I have been very tired and depressed lately. I have hypothyroidism and will finally get to see the endocrinologist on March 18th, after a 5 month long wait of feeling this way. In the meantime I have been using my depression as an excuse to eat like crap. We all have something to use as an excuse, ya know? And it's just a matter of whether or not we use it. I hate to run, but I love to dance. I enjoy Piyo and Zumba, and I often walk the dog too. So excited for nice weather to put the baby in the stroller and walk for a while. I did that today, helps the depression a great deal too. Gonna eat some grapes and greek yogurt today and figure out these spread sheets. Have an awesome day ya'll!!!

Hi, Tori and Lisa and welcome to the official Team Wildflowers thread. Yes, there is a lot going on in this challenge. On page two of this thread I have a post where I break down all the ways to score points this week. If you are feeling overwhelmed, (and you are not alone), try keeping it simple. Record as many exercise minutes as you can this week, so we can get our team to Greece and try to do one of the roadblocks (either the dance or the Greek food). I think it helps our scoring abilities later on if we all do at least one roadblock. Have a great week! If you have any questions, we are here to help.

I was a late bloomer so my weigh in remained the same this week, hopeful for next week as I am determined to conquer all the challenges!!! Stay focused everyone!!

I know the feeling misstori4. I have hypothyroidism too and before my levothyroxine meds were at the right dosage I was terrible even putting on a pair of socks was hell, hair thinning, dry cracking skin and I was constantly depressed till it was sorted and stable. it can be hell on you if its not stable. it wasn't over night but once it was stable at the right dose for a little while everything got back to normal.

Congrats on the weight loss, Jenny. Kate lost just about the same amount and I told her that was a good sustainable rate for the long haul! You seem to be a bit of a natural in the kitchen; making everything from scratch! You're making the rest of us look bad! lol

Wow great job on all the weight loss. I too had 1.8lbs.

Keep up the good work.

Good Evening beautiful Wildflowers i hope you guys had a great workout in today and enjoying yall's night. i pulled a muscle earlier lifting some heavy boxes and i am still feeling it right now i am just glad i was able to do 70 minutes zumba and 80 minutes 4miles run. for some reason i don't feel the pain when i am working out,i only feel it when i am not doing anything. anyway, i am eating greek salad right now. did you eat greek today?

I hope your migraine is gone this morning, Shaunie, and you should be very happy about the weight loss! Congratulations!

I did the Mama Mia dance yesterday. Seriously, it is so fun and easy! A lot of the steps are repeated so it is easy to pick up on. I probably did it five or six times; I was trying to get to the point where I could follow along and not wait for their move. I thought of you, Tori. You said you like to dance. This is one you could do with your kids! And Ruffa, with all your Zumba training, this would be a piece of cake for you! Check it out!

Today is my rest day from the gym. It's going to be a gorgeous day here in WV today, so I'll probably take a walk or get out in the back yard with my little one this evening.

Have a great day!!