team yellow!

hello lovely ladies! hopefully everyone's monday went well. today i managed to accomplish both challenges, do 6 miles on the stationary bike and get an additional 20 minutes of strength training in! i'm still pretty new to strength training and tend to feel a bit lost with what i should be doing. luckily my best friend (who has 2 brothers that are super into weight lifting and she also has a personal trainer) offered to put together strength training routine similar to the one she does for me. she's lost a lot of weight (she was my inspiration to change my lifestyle!) so it meant a lot to me that she wanted to help me out. i'm super stoked to begin it tomorrow!

your little reminder of tuesdays challenges:
Nutrition - At LEAST 10 cups (8oz) of water
Exercise - 50 Windshield Wipers

we're still in last place for the week according to the spreadsheet, but! i have a feeling we're gonna come out of left field here soon and surprise everybody with some big point values. they won't know what hit 'em, right, girls? :P

alright i think i'm done here for today! but, before i go, have this, too -- "You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think." remember that always! night yall<3

hey hi hello! hopefully everyone is doing well. today i'll start off with a little update on our team. jen (the woman in charge of the challenge) was finally able to get a response from verna this morning. unfortunately she has too much going on and had to drop out of the lots to lose challenge and is no longer a member of our team. jen also said she sent a message to someone on the standby list so hopefully with in the next few days we'll have a new addition to our awesome little team. i'll keep you all posted on that. til then we'll just all keep on doing the best we can!

speaking of our best, yesterday was our best points day so far. 210 points with just the four of us! i'd say that was a pretty kick butt day so kudos to each of you ladies for working so hard. our total is currently up to 495 points for this week.. and we're no longer dead last! see girls? already slowly but surely moving up in the ranks. lets keep this great momentum going strong! points do start over each week, though, so, there's always an opportunity to start fresh.

remember wednesdays challenges are-
Nutrition - Under Sodium
Exercise - 50 Woodchops (25 on each side)

quick little question i thought i'd throw in: when you all do the woodchops do you use weights or anything? i used a small medicine ball last time and i think i'll do the same tomorrow. maybe even use the slightly heavier one! all about progress, right?

as far as todays challenges go, i did both! as well as two miles on the treadmill. just like last time, those windshield wipers kicked my butt. hopefully they get easier as we go along, because, i agree with karen - 6 was enough for me, lol!

okay girlies i think that's all on my agenda for tonight. have a good night/day!

"Never consider the possibility of failure; as long as you persist, you will be successful." (:

hey girls! i'm happy to report that we've got our new team member. Jerzeeblondie is now a bold brave beauty! (:

Great job everyone on getting the challenges done!! and extra kudos to those who did more cardio than required!!!
i completed the challenges but no time to get a workout in as i was again running errands all day but this time with my 3 rd old grandson! tonight i put 40 pounds of blueberries in bags then into my freezer.....with the strawberries and raspberries in there as well as bread and meat it is now very full!!!
i am definitely going to the gym in the morning so will be able to add to our totals.....did not lose any weight this week but maintained from last week.....it seems that whenever i lose a bit my bodiy bounces back up a bit then sneaks down again as if to check and see if that new weight is ok......takes a while and makes me crazy!!! it seems that each pound is harder to lose now than before....

i have to say congrats on being down 102 lbs so far. the weight that you have lost definitely inspires me! sorry there was no change this week, i know how frustrating that can be. keep at it, though. you'll get to your ultimate goal weight in to time.

ah! sorry i didn't mention point values when i sent you the message yesterday. exercise challenges are worth 10 points, nutrition challenges are worth 5. 1 mile of exercise = 10 points. also! 20 minutes of additional cardio (you can't count the time spent doing the daily exercise challenge) that isn't measured in miles accounts for 10 points. there isn't a goal per se. just do what you can! every mile helps out our total (: and i definitely don't want anyone getting hurt, so! push yourself, yes.. but not to crazy extremes.

though, the points may be changing.. jen sent me a message and would like input from everyone! so when you get a sec, go to the thread below and check it out. she wants to keep everything fair and fun!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/302833-lots-to-lose-challenge-week-1?page=3#posts-4092381