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Happy Saturday! The week is almost over -- how did everyone do? I came off the rails a little these last 2 days -- water and fruit servings were my downfall yesterday mostly due to laziness. I plan put on my big girl pants today and get back back on track.

Good morning all. How has everyone's week going? Jane -- I fixed the spreadsheet. Has your week gotten any better? We have some sunshine here this morning but it's pretty cold so no spring yet. Gloria -- how's the gym? Is it helping?

Jane I can update the spreadsheet formulas next time I'm in there to update my points. I know what you mean about the weather - looking forward to some sunshine. Hopefully this weekend.

Hi everyone. Hope y'all are doing well. Winners two weeks in a row -- what teamwork! Let's keep it up. For some reason I am finding this week a little more difficult -- work is super busy so I'm not getting my exercise in during the day. I have managed to do my workouts when I first get home from work but my first…

Hi everyone! How did your week start out? I did manage to get a 45 min workout in despite being swamped at work. I did the Walk Away the Pounds 3 mile walk -- felt good to move around since I was pretty much desk bound all day today. I probably would have skipped it along with my final veggie serving if it had not been for…

Way to go Gloria! I lost .8 lbs this week. Next week I'll have to step up the exercise to 45 min in order to get the max. exercise points so hopefully that will help increase next week's weight loss.

Hello everyone. Team Yellow has been rather quiet lately, hope y'all are doing OK. Had a bit of a slow start this morning but I did get a 30 min walk in with the dog this morning. It's supposed to get warm this afternoon so I'll try to take advantage of the spring-like weather and go for another walk later on. How has…

Hi Everyone! @FABRICWOMAN Gloria, glad you had a good laugh. @janetay01 Jane, hope you feel better soon -- having that type of bug really stinks. @Caleanra Cassandra, hope you survived "leg day" - I've seen lots of jokes about it similar to what you posted so I gather it's rather brutal. I'm sooo glad it's Friday (as I am…

I'm a stepaholic too. Once I was halfway to work when I realized I didn't have my tracker on - I actually turned the car around to go back home to get it. I also get irritable when the tracker app has a glitch and messes up my step count. Obsessing over getting my 10k steps per day has really gotten me moving and helped…

For smoothies I place the blender container on my food scale, weigh and record each item as it goes in including the frozen fruit, and then put it on the blender and blend away. I use the nutrition info on the frozen fruit bag but go by the grams not the cup measure.

Feeling kind of retro today -- I resurrected my Rebok step and an old VHS step aerobics tape from the basement and did a 45 min workout. Worked up quite a sweat by the end. I've got quite the collection of exercise tapes and DVDs that I've gathered over the years, some of which have never been opened. Maybe now I'll be…

Hello everyone. Good job @Caleanra and @FABRICWOMAN Not sure if snow shoveling counts as strength training or HIIT but it definitely counts as something -- LOL. Way to recover @janetay01 We all have (and will have) unsuccessful days, the key is getting back on track

Thanks @jessicakahn606 :)

Well done Team Yellow!

Good morning team. Hope you all had a successful day yesterday. I managed to do the Biggest Loser Cardio Max DVD yesterday - lots of lunges so I'm sure I'll be sore today. I've targeted Thurs and Sun for the other 2 Cardio Max workouts so I can reach my goal of 3 additional workouts this week. Hopefully stating my plan…

Good morning all. I'm ready for week 3. Are we all in for maximizing those points? I too am looking to step up the exercise this week -- I want to start adding some body strengthening workouts to my walking routine, particularly the arms and core. My goal is to add 3 workouts this week. I just need to find the motivation…

Same here - I lost 2.4 lbs this week. I did slack off on the exercise, relying solely on walking, but did well in the other categories -- I'm even managing 7 days of no sweets and no alcohol so I can keep within my calorie goal (too bad you can only get 6 days/5 days worth of points for those categories). I will update my…

We reached out multiple times since the start of the week to see if she was still participating but never got a response. Can we just drop her from the team?

Good job Gloria! Way to go!

Morning Team Yellow! Hope your week is going well. I'm finding it easier to do the diet part of the challenge but not so much with getting additional workouts in beyond my usual walking routine (30-40 min walks, 10-12K steps per day). I have 3 days left to try to get a video workout or two in. Looking forward to a 3 day…

They look like Pure evil >:)

Hi everyone! Hope your Day 4 is going well. I'm off to a slow start as I cut my morning walk with the dog short because it is just WAY TOO COLD out there. :D Hopefully I'll get out at lunch for a decent walk. Maybe tonight I'll get an exercise video in before dinner. We shall see. Other than that I have meals planned for…

I’ve set both mini and major goals, and treat myself when I reach a major goal. So far I treated myself to a new watch when I moved from "obese" to "overweight" in BMI weight (Oct.) and a new Ann Klein purse that I had on my Amazon wish list for a while when I reached my end of year goal for 2015 (Dec.). Next major goal is…

Ok, I admit, I've been trolling the other teams' discussions and you guys have had some great ideas. I just saw @vazquezmom7 idea for a motivation board and other people's suggestions for eating more fruits and veggies. I think it would be great if we could share these ideas in the weekly discussion threads so everyone…

Good morning / afternoon. Made a smoothie with greek yogurt and canned peaches last night that got me my 2 fruit servings and satisfied my dessert sweet tooth all in one fell swoop. Weaning myself off dessert after dinner is helping me keep to my calorie goal which is now being reflected on the scale. Hope everyone has a…

Good job Gloria on tossing away those treats -- I know it can be hard, especially if you have a sweet tooth like mine.

Good Day 2 of Week 2 to everyone! How did the week start off for everyone? I almost forgot my second fruit serving but had it with yogurt before going to bed. So what are your goals for this week? Mine is to add a cardio max/boot camp dvd to my workouts twice this week. I did it Sun. and had a hard time moving yesterday so…

Double points for water this week -- chug that water!!!

Small win today -- someone left a box of leftover cupcakes on the kitchen counter at work this afternoon and I actually decided not to eat one because I wanted my 5 "no sweets" points today. LOL. Without this challenge, I probably would have just gone ahead and eaten one with some rationalization of "tomorrow is another…