LTL challenge RED GROUP! (closed group)

That's a great idea, Stephanie. I have no clue how to make those things, but if no one else knows how to I'll try to figure it out.

As for getting to know each other a bit better, I've got come questions we can all answer to get the conversation started. I'll go first and be the guinea pig.

1. Name? (I'm sure we already know each others name, but just in case)
2. Age?
3. Marital Status?
4. Kids?
5. What do you for a living?
6. What do you enjoy doing for fun?
7. Hobbies?
8. What type of music do you enjoy?
9. Early bird or Night owl?
10. When do you typically exercise?
11. How long have you been considered overweight?
12. What is your main reason for wanting to lose weight?

That's all I can think of for now, feel free to throw more questions out there!

1. Name? Gina

2. Age? 34

3. Marital Status? Engaged, getting married on St. Patty's Day 2012

4. Kids? not yet, but hopefully soon after the wedding!!

5. What do you for a living? I'm a special education teacher. I teach middle school kids with severe emotional and behavioral issues, as well as, learning disabilities.

6. What do you enjoy doing for fun? I like to play Facebook games to unwind, but I really like going to the beach or pool. I love rock concerts, playing with my dogs, and painting

7. Hobbies? Art, I love to paint and draw

8. What type of music do you enjoy? I'm a rock music type of girl, but enjoy some pop and country as well

9. Early bird or Night owl? Night Owl...which stinks because I have to be up at 5 am for work everyday

10. When do you typically exercise? I can't get up any earlier than 5, so I tend to workout in the evening

11. How long have you been considered overweight? Since I can remember...I was thin up until the age of 4 and the all heck broke loose. I've gone up and down all my life, but have spent much of my adult life in the 200s.

12. What is your main reason for wanting to lose weight? I want to be healthy for my future kids. I want to teach them good, healthy eating habits so they don't go through what I went through as a child.

If you guys have Facebook, feel free to add me as a friend. http://www.facebook.com/gfairfield

Fixed my Facebook, it should let you send friend requests now...I hope!

YAY!! I getting to know you!! ;0) Thanks Gina for starting this up!!

1. Name? Stephanie

2. Age? 35

3. Marital Status? Married for 12 years! Time goes by so fast!

4. Kids? 3 kids ... 7, 6, 4 year old! Always a lot of fun!

5. What do you for a living? Right now I'm studying to become an RN. I'm gearing up for my last semester of school!!

6. What do you enjoy doing for fun? Right now, I'd say exercise ... I it! But I also love to shop ... hahaha. Mostly, hanging out with my kids, especially my daughter - she's my bestie!

7. Hobbies? I really like to do arts and crafts type things ... see something in a magazine and make it ... love to plan/decorate for showers/parties and stuff. Even reading for pleasure!

8. What type of music do you enjoy? All kinds of music ... my first career was a music teacher!

9. Early bird or Night owl? I think my body is confused!! I'm a night owl for sure, but with kids I'm forced to be an early bird. Sometimes its nice to just wake up and have coffee in silence without SpongeBob or whining in the background!! lol

10. When do you typically exercise? Any chance I get! Now my hubby took the older 2 to church and the little guy just finished eating breakfast, so I'm ready to hop on and do something!

11. How long have you been considered overweight? Jeez ... probably for the last 12 years or so. When I met my hubby we drank a lot of beer and ate at restaurants all the time, and never moved a muscle!! That plus fertility treatments really sent me over the edge. Almost like it made the extra weight stick and then some. Not to mention, being depressed and an emotional eater doesn't help at 2am either.

12. What is your main reason for wanting to lose weight? It's funny because in my mind, I am still that sexy young girl that was always able to be a healthy look without working for it (I won't say thin, bc I was athletic and had meat on my bones, but always a healthy weight). When I see pictures of me it saddens me, b/c that's not how I feel. Recently I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism, and neither me or my hubby doesn't have the greatest of family medical history. So being my 3 kids are what gave me my life back, I owe it to them! They are the sunshine in my life.

13. Where are you from? Originally NY!! Now PA

I was thinking the same thing about a missing person. Only 4 of us seem to be here.

My weakness is everything, fast food, ice cream, cheese, etc. I just love food.

Hi everyone,
Just wanted to say hi.....I have been out of town and did not have access to the blog till I got back home.

Thank you ohsointricate8 for letting me send my info to her.

P.S. I love Skinny Cow!!!

What's your favorite way to workout??

Lately I like using the Wii Active 2 and JM Ripped in 30, but overall I'm more of the team sports kind of girl, and like working out with others that I'm comfortable with!

I'm just really happy that I keep exercising these days!! I the way it makes me feel. Like today, I really didn't feel like doing anything since I was tired from staying up late last night writing a paper for class, but I got in 30 minutes, and it went by so quick!!

I can really see this becoming a habit for me, and that is what I'm excited about!!

Hope everyone had a wonderful day today!! I'm treating myself to a night in bed early!! TTYT!!

GOOD MORNING & HAPPY HUMP DAY!!

Here's to a strong finish for this week!! I am up for the challenge and am ready to bring my A game!!
I play softball on some weeknights, and last night my team won 2 playoff games, which means we play again tonight!!

So, I'm all ready to come back from class and get all the challenges in (I'll try). Today's challenges are 50 woodchops and to stay under sodium (that's always a hit or miss with me).

Just a question for you girls. How are you managing to stay under your sugar for the day??? Even on days when I avoid it, I end up going over just by eating a banana and an apple!! I'm trying to find a happy medium in how to stay on top of that but am not having any luck. Also, I think I need to up my calorie intake - which will be hard for me ... especially on the days I exercise - I just can't eat those calories back.

OK, let me get back to my work!! See you all later!!

Hey ladies! I just want to let you know that I may not score a lot of points today. My usual workout definitely won't happen because I have so much to do for work, it's insane! I can't seem to accomplish much while I'm actually there so I had to bring a majority of my projects home. I'm going to attempt a walk a bit later, but not sure how long I'll have.

Stephanie - I don't have too much of a problem with my sugars. What you might want to do it switch to something other than a banana. Bananas and mangoes have the highest sugar content of any other fruit, so that's probably what doing you in. Melons and berries are low in sugar (hard to believe, but true) so you might want to try those instead. Just a thought.

It is hard to eat all the calories. On days I know I'll have a higher intensity workout, I try to eat higher calorie foods throughout the day. It seems to help a bit.

Well, I'm off to my pile of work. I'll definitely get my wood chops in and I'm working on keeping sodium down, so at least I'll have those. I'll check in later!