khalley888 wrote: »

Wow. Keep up the great work! Sorry I haven't been keeping up with the discussion board. My boyfriend of a year broke up with me out of the blue this week so I've lost a lot of my focus. Hoping to get back on track this weekend with exercise, if nothing else to distract me and keep me busy. Get ready for more exercise minutes from me!

Well, I'm gonna join everyody on that. It's a sad news. I wish you the best going through that.

Yesterday, I went way over my calories and today I felt better... I guess my body needed fuel. I went for a run and I was way faster than usual!
I find it hard at this point to figure out how much to eat, I want to keep losing a few lbs but I also want to get strength, a little muscles and mostly, I want to feel good!

It was nice running outside today!

I'm planning on keeping doing the arm challenge for the whole 30 days because I'm curious to see the results I will get from that.

I also think, everybody should do the roadblock 1. It's really easy 10pts, fun and short! I did it a few times while singing out loud of course!

I agree with Leanne, our team is really doing amazing! Keep it up gals !

I noticed that "lcolpo" name appears 2 times on the spreadsheet and I think that it's affecting the total of our miles.

Have a nice evening!
lsabeIIe

Thanks for the support, team! I used the unexpected free time this weekend to work out and make soup for the week. I'm just going to focus on being my best self as a healthy distraction!

Hi all! It's a rainy day so probably won't get to walk today, hopefully I'll get some activity in but I have a lot of paperwork to get done. It might be a good time to start yoga again. I've done it in the past by following You Tube series & I really liked how it strengthened & stretched my muscles. I'll also clean my fridge & feezer of some leftover vegetables & make a pot of soup for the week.

As this week comes to an end I just want to say how much I enjoy reading all our team posts. I think it was so clever of mallowbar to add accountability to our challenge. I hope we all keep communicating with each other even when points aren't involved. It's so nice to get encouragement from each other & also hear about the challenges we each have to deal with on this road to a healthier self!

@cjborkowsk can you post the yoga video you like. I like to use youtube videos sometimes and always looking for good ones. I like working with a team and feel that I work better and harder with you. being on the sugar challenge prevented me from making a wrong choice at my meetings I attended. Let's have another great week!

I find that the team dynamic is definitely helping me make some better decisions. I felt guilty after not using the hotels fitness center on night one. So for night two, I was really trying to talk myself into going. Problem was that we had not eaten much during the day and were getting to the hotel after 6. I made myself do it though and it was all for the accountability aspect here. Also made way better food choices than I might have if I didn't have the fact that we all see how well we did each day. Lol. Glad it is working for me this way. I also hope that our team keeps this up after points are not involved. I say we aim to blow away the other teams in the number of posts in our thread. So far we are normally at the top so let's keep it up!

I like Yoga With Adriene on You Tube. She has a couple beginner videos & many others, everything from yoga for stress to a bedtime routine. The ones I like are slow paced & she explains the poses as you go. Once I get better at it I may check out some others too.

farmerpam1 wrote: »

I had a bit of a struggle with the sugar thing yesterday and today. I went 5/7 without any, though. I should have known better than to buy powerbars when grocery shopping yesterday. If it's not in the house then I won't eat it. I'm looking forward to next weeks challenge. The squats are starting to take some time to complete and hubby made a comment about the muscles in my arms, so I'm going to keep up with the arm challenge also!

I think 5 out of 7 is absolutely amazing. Good for you!! I know it really opened my eyes to see what all they threw sugar in. As for the hubby noticing the arms, isn't it so nice when they notice our results and comment on it. It means so much when they let us know. Way to go!!

I agree Isabelle. Everyone put in a lot of effort, no matter what their situations. Great job all!

Good morning all. Happy to be to week 3 of challenge and week 2 of being on this awesome team! I'm going to start racking my brain as to how to get all those colors on my plate. Well, my scale went up but I am hoping it is a fluke and goes back down for weigh in. With meals and water levels being so off for the last three days, I'm assuming that's what it is from.

bm1409 wrote: »

If someone would post a break down of everything we are suppose the do this week it would be greatly appreciated!

Ok, It helps me also to break it down. Here is what I understand we have to do this week if we want all the points possible:

• Roadblock 1= Do the 7 Irish dancing videos (35pts)
• Roadblock 2= Eat/make Irish inspired food/meal (5pts)
• Color food = For 5 days eat one fruit or veg in these colors: Red, green, blue or purple, yellow or orange and white (5 pts)
• Logging = Log what you eat for 5 days (5pts)

I had a quick start this morning. I made what's called "Irish potatoe farls". It was a total disaster! Hahahah! But I ate it and enjoyed it and was happy ! (Because I ate it with bacon and eggs). But I don't think I would make Irish people proud!

@lsabeIIe thanks for the breakdown, I am going to try to do all the weeks challenges hubby wants corned beef and cabbage Saturday

where do we post our minutes? I dont see a new space on the spreadsheet for this week.

How I get it is one veg/fruit of one of these colors 5 days out of 7. ( So you wouldn't be done )
Actually, if I get it right, it's really easy and most people do it everyday anyway.