RED TEAM IS RECRUITING! WEEK 6

Well, off I go to the special olympics. As of yesterday, it was supposed to be a nice day today - in the low 80s and partly/mostly cloudy. But now, of course, there's a 50% chance of Tstorms in the afternoon. Just great... :noway: And, I'm not allowed to carry anything besides what I have to - 2 forms of ID, my car key, and my cell phone, and anything they give me. Therefore, if I get drenched, not only am I going to be drenched ALL day (great for being sick - right?), but my phone will get mad at me. PLEASE DO NOT RAIN! And now it's only going to be 73 degrees... and I have to wear shorts/capris. It might be a bit chilly early in the morning...

Oh, and yesterday I had a pretty good day - went over my calories by 80 or so, but I don't really care so long as its not like 300. We'll see how today goes because I don't know what I'm going to have to eat for lunch and/or dinner.

Well, have a great day [and a great weekend].

Just thinking ahead a little bit - if people post or message me your weights on Monday, I'll update the spreadsheet and post a couple versions as new weights come in.

I feel weird starting the new thread since Monique started the team, so I'll just hold my pants on.

Unfortunately, I'm back up at 180. :sad: Which, honestly, I have no idea why or how! Granted I only went to the gym 4 days last week (but still, Saturday I had quite the workout all day at the special olympics running around everywhere - so 5 days). I might have exceeded my calories a couple days, but I was still well under my BMR (+ exercise calories). I've been eating most, if not all, my exercise calories back, because I'd still have about a 5000 calorie deficit. This is so frustrating! :explode:

And you cannot say, oh you are just gaining muscle, because the measuring tape says I have not gotten smaller... anywhere.

Anyway, I hope your scales are nicer to you. I'm going to buy a new cheap scale and compare it to the somewhat expensive (but old) scale in my parents' bathroom. Perhaps it's just worn out... haha.

So now I'm bummed and don't feel like going to the gym.


So, when you all wake up (wow! It's already 7am here! time flies), just message me or post your weights and I'll stick them in my spreadsheet. Thanks

freezeframe and vani, i have your new weights in my chart... so when the week 7 thread opens, you don't have to worry about re-posting if you don't want to. congrats to both of you for doing great.

i turned my frustration into motivation and just burned 650 calories at the gym. SO tired now. haha

Good morning! Well I just weighed in and am happy to report that even with two days of going over my calories (not by a lot, by 300 on one day and by 50 yesterday), I lost THREE pounds this week, bringing my weight to 182.4! Yay! I was pretty disappointed last week when I had only lost 0.8 pounds, by I think I was hanging onto water from increasing my workout intensity so quickly. I was hoping to see the difference this week and I did!

I also just bought a GoWear Fit this weekend (an early b-day present from my mom) so I can't wait until it gets here! I'm still plugging through C25K although I've decided to repeat week one because I had some asthma related issues at the end of last week. I also got the 30 Day Shred this weekend, so I'm really excited to start that!

Now I'm off to the chiropractor to get my darn sacrum put back where it's supposed to be before I go wog. I hope every one is having a great Monday!

all right - Andrea, Jenn, and kelly - I have your week 7 weights, so you needn't worry about re-posting them on the week 7 thread (which, I am still waiting on Monique to open since she started the team... it only feels right).

buuut good job to everyone.

Andrea - I went back up to 180 (apparently, my body really likes it there - but I don't!), so don't feel too bad about maintaining. Like vani said, it's better than gaining!