200+ Hot For Halloween!

Nava - I really like that name!!!

What about letting people into the group but not putting them on the chart until the next challenge? That way we know if someone is serious about staying with us? That would mean anyone that completes the challenge would be on the next chart. Just a thought... I did the charts when we first started the group and it is a pain and time consuming.

I have been so crappy about checking in here the past week. I'm sorry. I've been battling this stomach bug and Loki is still a bit under the weather and now I have a bit of a sore throat. They also say we might see snow....tomorrow:noway: . I think the weather is at fault for my sore throat and bad luck is at fault for the stomach flu. It DOES look like it's getting better though.

Victoria: I like your idea about not putting new people on the challenge chart until they have completed a challenge with us. It will cut WAY down on the work Kristina has to do for people who don't stick around. I also dig the idea of only accepting a certain amount of newbies to limit the confusion.

Krisitina: I vote for Nava's "Shedding the Stuffing" for the next challenge name - it's PERFECT!!!

Kendal: I'm pretty sure you WILL be in a Winter ONEderland this year (and that is pretty awesome!). I LOVE that BK pic, BTW!!! It's awesome that saving the house is a possibility!!!!

Hailie: I used to only buy new clothes when my current clothes stopped fitting me or fell apart but since I've gotten down into sizes that are in regular stores, I find myself shopping a lot more. I buy new clothes when something is a good deal AND looks great on me - although I have had to stop purchasing new nude-colored shoes as I have a bit of an obsession with them and it isn't healthy.

Tasha: Your costume is really cute. I can't get over how psychotically busy you are, you must be super-woman!

Lacey: I knew that Sarah was preggers, it's why she kinda of dropped out of the group but she didn't want to announce it until she was through the first trimester.

Megan: I would freak out having to be witty and charming in front of THAT many people!!! I used to have to give briefings in the military but that really didn't involve wit or charm of ANY sort and was never in front of 200 people. I am in awe of you!

Hosanna: Your Hen's Night looked so FUN!!!

Annette: I have decided to be back "on the wagon" with logging as of tomorrow (Thursday) and I plan to Re-start my P90X/running hybrid program on Sunday (as my first 2 weeks got so screwed up, I felt that just starting over would be for the best). So I'm all for checking in on your diary if you check in on mine!!

Jessi: Did you get your treadmill? How's Nerd's dad doing?

Pam: I'm glad you love Peas & Thank You as much as I do. You should definitely sign up for that boxing class if it comes around next month, that would be super-fun!

Kristina: I just want to add my voice to the girls' and say I miss you. I appreciate you doing the chart and keeping track of us but I miss knowing what's going on in your life.

My birthday was low-key but not bad. We put up all the Halloween decorations and just hung out together. I made an orange angel food cake and cardamom scented caramel sauce and it was AWESOME! I did a TON of reading (finished the 4th Game of Thrones book and started on the new one) as I've felt crappy and it's been raining so - perfect reading weather..if only I had a fire place...

I'm with Kendal, in the honestly not reading all the new people's stuff, as bad as that is.

Tasha - Thank you! I think working for having that something extra (like walking to get that Ben & Jerrys) is a pretty good solution... I also agree that costume looks AMAZING.

Hailie - Why not U of M-AA? That sucks. Also, I agree with your hating your cousin crying about 7 pounds. I know it's time to get new clothes when they just plain feel wonky. I'll wear too-big jeans until they literally fall off and the belt doesn't hold them up right anymore, but for shirts, they just feel weird, I guess. Not too helpful, I know.

Nava - Definitely like the name! Victoria - I like that idea, along with possibly limiting the number of newbies coming in.

Amy - I got to talk with Nerd's dad for a few minutes this morning on Facebook. He's feeling a LOT better, but knows he's got some big lifestyle changes (namely, quitting smoking being the biggest) ahead of him. I reminded him we want to keep him around. I didn't get the treadmill because the neighbor hasn't been home, but Friday at the latest. Cannot. Wait. We're also in for the potential of snow starting the 28th, according to Farmer's Almanac. It was barely above freezing when I walked to work this morning, and it's supposed to be getting below freezing next week. Poor Nerd might turn into a popsicle - but at least he's excited to see snow.

Katheryne - Feel better

We had an awesome guest on our radio show this morning, and I found him, so I'm pretty super proud of myself. They're even talking about doing an entire hour with him sometime, instead of having him for the tail. I couldn't sleep last night so I played Angry Birds until my phone was dying just after 2, and then laid in bed for another half or so before I could sleep. Walking this morning was really, really helpful in waking me up for a while, but I'm thinking that walking after work is definitely a necessity.

I'm not gonna lie, I like the idea of closing the group for a while. I totally like the idea of limiting the number of people to join in a challenge but I don' tknow how you could do that, how would you say to people, sorry you are number 6, stay away until the next challenge. Its not that I don' tmind saying it to people, but its awful hard to monitor that on open threads like this.

Perhaps on top of saying that a new person won't be added to the chart until they have completed a challenge, maybe a note could be made to address the fact that popping in to list your weight, list a few things about whats going on with you once every one week or so and then out when you are new isn't really what this group is about. I mean, we all have times where we can't respond to eveyrone. Hell I've been that way since the middle of September. I get that. But to put a statement at the top of the new group challenge that says both you aren't added to the list until you've committed and completed one challenge AND that we are a supporting group, meaning, we respond to each other, we tell about our lives, but we support by responding as much as we can when we can. It is a two way street.

On that note.

Nava - totally LOVE that idea for the challenge name!
Amy - yeay for getting back on track.
Annette and Amy - I so want to track and be accountable. Right now for me thats not possible with my life so crazy with work and other committments after work. So start without me and hopefully by the beginning of November I will be back on track.
Nava, Katheryne and Megan - Hi. MY name is Lacey and I am a postbreak up Hair Hacker Offer.
Jessie - I've not had time to talk to you about your preFIL.. like that term? I'm glad to hear he's doing okay and yeay for getting new awesome guests on the radio!
Victoria - between the car thing and the treadmill pinball thing, I've be looking for ghosts lol.

I'm sorry ladies thats all I got right now. I realized this morning that the only meal I had yesterday was the lunch (salad and octoupus with fried fava beans, both small plates) and the latte that morning, so no freaking wonder why I felt like I had food poisoning or something when I was cooking dinner last night> Headache, stomach ache, fatigue, somewhat felt like sunstroke. DUH> I had maybe eaten 800-1000 cals all day and it was clost to 7pm at that time! Sheesh.

Also, this recipe is effing FANASTICAL. YOu must all make it! I decree it!
http://mygreendiet.com/green-diet-plan-recipes/how-make-amazing-thai-salad/

Lacey - I LOVE the term preFIL. :P That's awesome. My day today was about the same as yours yesterday for food. Nerd brought me a sandwich at 2, and I realized I hadn't eaten anything all day. Fail.

Victoria - For some reason, your problem coordinating made me immediately want to suggest Skype. I realize you're not on a treadmill, so that is a totally fail idea, but hmm... maybe I need to find a Skype-able accountability partner to exercise with!

I have a question for you ladies today. What do you call a knitted woolen cap you wear in the winter tim?

On the way to work this morning, I told my husband that this weekend I wanted to go through the closet and dig out the thermals, gloves, earmuffs, and taboggons. He laughed and asked if I was expecting enough snow this weekend to need a sled. I told him that while it was a sled it was also a kind of knitted skull cap used to keep warm in the wintertime. Now, am I the only one that calls them taboggons? Do any of you call them that? And if you do, where are you located, My husband grew up in passed between Maryland and Arizona, and I grew up in Kentucky. Maybe it's regional. Anyway, I thought i would ask you all since this group is spread all over.

-Katheryne

KatheryneLynne, we call them "beanies" down here. Or perhaps it's spelled beenie.

Nava - you're right - bEEnie.

Help ladies.
I've been at this for some months and have lost 11 lbs. Very very very slowly. I'm eating 1200 calories a day as suggested. My balances are pretty good. I am rarely over and if so by 100 or so. I eat almost the same thing for two meals each day. I don't eat much processed food. I do drink wine but count it all and not every day.

I am exercising 5 days a week, but only for 30 minutes and burning between 150 and 270 calories doing that.

I am almost never drinking all the water, but have been pushing it this past two weeks. I'm getting at least 5 each day but it is often flavored water or crystal light.

I see that you all exercise A LOT more than me, but in the past this has been plenty. Sometimes my weight loss has been better on weeks when I exercised less.

So now I've confessed everything. give me guidance-- or tell me that this is how it will go and I'll accept that too. I'm 61--and have lost weight quickly, but have lost it before.,..

I'd like to lose 5-6 lbs a month-- am I undrealistic.

Sheeba - I agree with Victoria. You probably aren't eating enough. 1200 is bare absolute minimum for a woman per day, and if you are exercising then you are well under 1000 cals net per day. That isn't probably enough.


Nava - I like Macys.