RED TEAM WEEK 9!

Keyisha, thanks (for tyring to talk some sense into me and putting up with my dreary mood). I'll be back on board tomorrow no doubt about it (and I have eaten well today - as long as I don't totally mess up at supper, I should be within 1500 calories, which I am pleased with). I'm just fighting a personal battle between my failing body and other little problems. I'm just super bummed out right now... summer kills me. 55 days until school starts and normalcy returns, that's all I keep telling myself.

Andrea, yes, happy July 1st to you as well.

Jess, thanks. And wow - you are amazing with 2 jobs, school and working out. The past two semesters I was balancing 2 jobs and 20 credits, buuuut there was definitely no time for working out. This fall I will only have 17 credits (still full-time, but definitely do-able), 2 jobs, and hopefully time to work out! yay. I wish I was working on Saturday. Oh and fantastic job on the 4 miles.

Liz, I'm worried too. haha. My mother goes nuts and makes enough food to feed a few armies and she's relentless when it comes to making people eat more and more and more. I've actually already planned my meals on saturday. haha. I'm hoping I can stick to it though! :ohwell: I'm hoping to workout Saturday morning... so long as I'm not in pain like I was yesterday and am still today.

Anyway, today I'll hopefully relax and feel better, but I don't know. My parents are both going nuts today with yardwork and such. But hopefully they won't make me do anything to strenuous because I ache... all over. Not from working out or anything... just from being me.

burned over 750 calories at the gym this morning on the elliptical (for a looong time) because I was ticked off at the obnoxious chicks pointing out girls in the commercials on tv saying how they must weigh close to 300 pounds when they looked fit as a fiddle to me (I'd say 150lbs, tops). so it made me angry so I stayed on the elliptical since all the bikes/treadmills were taken - I guess everyone works out on the 4th of july. haha.

so I can't go over my cals now... well, I can... but it's going to be much easier not to.



Happy 4th, everyone!

Yessie, I gained 2 pounds eating well and exercising. I don't know what to say besides life is cruel...

Hmm I wish I had something useful to say to help you, but I'm in a rather glum mood myself and probably cannot be of much help.

I do wish you and your family some peace though.

I must admit that I am absolutely terrified to weigh-in tomorrow morning! I have been good ALL week (I think I went over 1 day... and it wasn't by a lot). I exercised 4 days, which seems to be my average (usually 45-50 minutes each time). And I'm feeling pretty good. But the scale has been known to disappoint me. :ohwell: It hasn't really budged in several months (a pound here, a pound there... up and down), but I'm really hoping this week will be the week. I just don't want to be disappointed after I feel like I did so well this week! So I'm scared! :frown:

But, on a happy note, I haven't measured myself in about a month, and I lost 1/2 inch off my thighs and 1/2 inch of my waist. Which puts me back where I was at the end of April (I had added on 1/2 inch both places... even though I hadn't gained anything... odd).

Well, best of luck to you all tomorrow morning... I'll probably start a new thread when I wake up if I come online early. Maybe Monique will be back from vacation.

Mack - glad to hear things are settling down.

Yessie - I hope you are doing well. You are in my thoughts. :flowerforyou:

Everyone else - I hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend and I look foward to hearing about everyone's progress tomorrow! :bigsmile: Hopefully we get a better showing than this past Monday...

Mel