RED TEAM WEEK 2

Oh I am ready for bed...got my walk in tonight, which is good, except that means it'll be harder in the morning :ohwell: Well just a bit ago I finished a strawberry pineapple banana smoothie, and I still have not even had 1200 calories today, so I think I'm gonna go in there and finding something else for a light snack, that will put me at at least 1200 calories for today.

Yeah, the dentist does suck! lol. Hopefully by tomorrow or at least a couple of days my mouth will be adjusted and not hurting any more.

Nevermore, sorry to hear you're feeling kinda bum-ish. but like you said, don't let it bring you down!! Just keep eating healthy and doing any exercise you *feel* like doing. You don't want to push yourself too hard!

Man I can't believe tomorrow is Friday and Monday will be week number 3!!
I was thinking, maybe our next challenge should be like, mild stretching for at least 10 minutes a day? Stretching is important. Plus I realized how much flexibility I lost after I stopped taking dance lessons...it's crazy! What do y'all think?

By the way, this goes to Jenn and everyone else, y'all can call me Jessica. or Jess. Either one. lol

oh, and no Deb, haven't read Jillian's book. Haven't really read anything in years...lol.

Today I got a digital scale!! So on Monday I am going to have to weigh on the analog and the digital and then recalculate what my real starting weight was and my real current, because the digital is far off from the analog!

Happy Friday!!

Hello, Red Team!
I hope everyone is doing well.

Today I scrubbed and scrubbed and scrubbed the cement walkway around my big pool because it was filthy and I bought this stuff that was supposed to clean it "easily". HA! Definitely very far from easy... :grumble: I am SO tired from all that scrubbing. Essentially that is all I did today, besides eat. I ate too much, but just by a little, so I'll forgive myself.

I bought a bike so now going to work is going to be so much more gentle on my feet. No so much my legs though, but that's fine. I rode home yesterday but had to get off and walk up the hills, I could have rode up them, but I didn't want to strain my calf muscles out since I had worked a 9 hour shift standing on my feet. I need to put the reflectors on my bike today so that I can ride in the morning before sun up since I'm an opener and need to be at work at 5am.

Which means I've sometimes broke the rule of not eating three hours before bed due to the fact that I'm so tired at the end of the day about two to and hour after I eat I need up falling asleep. Of course walking to work use to take me a hour and 18 minutes, so I'm wondering how my bike will effect my time. I use to have to wake up at 2am close to 3am just so I can leave before 4am to get to work on time.

I hope that everyone is having a great weekend... and making good food choices. :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Woo Hoo! Just weighed in for my first week back with MFP and I lost 8.5 pounds this week. I know some was due tothe stomach flu last Sunday but a lot was also getting back on track and logging so I was more accountable. Hope you all have a great weekend!:flowerforyou:

Sorry I've been pretty much MIA for a couple days. I started my summer semester of classes on Wednesday night and I've been freaking out ever since then about how I will have no time to do anything but eat, sleep, go to work, and do homework! :sad: I also hit bottom about my ability to add exercise into my lifestyle. I've been slacking a little with my calorie counts, but I'm still logging it all and I'm very aware of my food intake. I've just been pretty willing this week to say the heck with this, i'm gonna eat those M&Ms anyway! :blushing:

Anyway, I had a long talk with my hubby about it (he's a pretty decent fitness buddy, except he always wants to celebrate things with food b/c he knows how much I love to treat myself...). Tonight, I went shoppping for some clothes for vacation next weekend, and I realized I'm 2 sizes smaller than I was!!! I've been focusing on the scale too much for the last 3 weeks instead of the inches. I know my body type...I'm not planning to lose any more sizes, but I'm still reeeeeeeeeeeeally mushy around the middle, and my legs and arms needs serious toning. It's going to be tough, because I have so little free time, but strength training and toning need to be my focus now, since I've finally managed to control my calorie intake. YIkes.

I like the idea of stretching everyday as the challenge. I am terrible about it and tend to always have sore legs at night when I'm trying to fall asleep and a stiff neck when I wake up.

Hurley, I can't eat when it's hot outside either. Eat more fruit & veggies! There's no cooking and it's always cool and refreshing. I like to get the pre-made fresh fruit salads from the grocery store, or make fruit smoothies. Not eating b/c it's too hot won't give you any energy to exercise or get anything done! We need to keep you healthy! :happy:

oh man, there is an ice cream social tonight. meaning, there will be TONS of store bought ice cream, homemade ice cream (my FAVORITE), and all sorts of other brownies, cookies, cakes, pies, etc.!

ugggghhhh how will i survive???????????????