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I refer to that machine as the "stairway to hell" because of the first time I ever tried it. I was so out of shape, if I remember correctly, I was absolutely dying before the first minute was even over. Needless to say, I didn't stay on it long. A long time later I tried it again and could actually manage to do it...I was…

Team one won again. Congratulations guys!! Keep up the hard work. With our positivity and dedication to each other, I think we will continue to excel! Good job!

Isabelle, so glad you are feeling better, but like Connie says, take it easy. You are a strong member of this team and we would hate to lose you. Gayle, that is a great idea. Less than $3 is insanity. I cannot believe that. Weather here is crazy too. It will be mid 70s one day then 40s and 50s right after that. I am so…

Good morning team!! Today is my Friday. It has been a long week so I am ready! I have had a couple comments about some of my shirts looking big on me, so I might take advantage of the day off to do a little shopping. Hope everyone is doing well. Have a good day!

So sorry for everything going on Leanne and Isabelle. Leanne, things will end up working out in the long run and you just have to try to stay as positive as you can. It must be really hard for your husband too, so I'm sure it would help him if you can keep the optimism up. As for Isabelle, medically I do not have any…

LOL. I get the scale frustrations and the logic that other things should give you more of a gauge, but it is so hard when you are staring at that number. As far as it effecting the team, I don't think it does. I believe that that is only a part of the original challenge. I have a hard time remembering that the Amazing Race…

I have posted it for you. Considering all the stress, it is awesome to be holding steady. That itself is an accomplishment. Our thoughts are with everyone with all the craziness going on in Belgium.

So how are you feeling today from this video? Also, for the egg video, we only have to do it through the one time for the 5 points, right? At the end she tells you to do it for more rounds so I wanted to check. Hope everyone is starting the week well. I had a pretty rough day at work so looking for today to be much better,…

Gayle, that is absolutely amazing. Standing ovation for you. You must feel spectacular. This should keep you in high spirits. So happy for you.

I've been making what I call "Egg Bake" (I'm obviously not very creative) and I will take some to work for breakfast (paired with some turkey sausage links) or have a piece as a side dish to dinner. I typically use 1 big container and 1 small container of egg beaters original and mix in 2-4 eggs. I then add diced red…

Thanks Leanne for summarizing next week's challenge. It is definitely helpful to all of us, I'm sure. I hope the Easter egg fitness video is easy/short. I am having a hard time figuring out how to fit all these extras in without having to give up my normal routine. At least that one does allow partial points. Once I…

Unbelievable job Cheryl! That is SO amazing. You should be doing a happy dance for sure!! Thanks for sharing, that is so motivating.

Thanks. I am just looking to get through them for the points. Lol.

How exciting we are over half done with the squat challenge!

Curiosity question, do you know about how long all the dance videos are? I still need to figure out how/when to fit them in tomorrow or Sunday.

That is so awesome Leanne! So happy for you. With your dedication, I am sure you will be able to get to the weight you need/want by the end of April. It is so amazing having such motivational moments by our fellow teammates. I totally understand about not having many pics from your heaviest moments. Congratulations!!

My thing at least temporarily is that I keep telling myself that I just have to make it to May 10th. Lol. I also always have some kind of a snack after dinner, most of the time it is sweet. I have been trying to be very diligent with the tracking and if I can fit it in calorie wise, even if I know it is an unhealthy food,…

I just went into the spreadsheet to log my AM workout minutes and we have already reached our miles/minutes goal for the week. Everything added to the spreadsheet now is just for bonus points. Lets see what we can accomplish in week two!! Yeah team!! (Wow, that made me feel like a cheerleader, lol.)

OMG, Gayle. This is so awesome. :smile: I am so happy for you. Please do share the pics so we can all celebrate with you. Keep up the tremendous work. We are so proud.

Congratulations team!! That is so awesome. We truly have an amazing team. Let's keep up the good work. I can't tell you how awesome it is the amount of encouragement that gets passed around. It really does help to get the kudos on a job well done. I still have both roadblocks to figure out how to get in. I think that at a…

Leanne, you couldn't have posted your scale frustrations with any better timing. Thanks to you and Isabelle's posts, I am trying to pull myself back from the cliff edge. My scale is not cooperating at all this week and it is getting so frustrating!! So far I have been able to tell myself it will go down the next day and it…

Thanks for the share Olena. Hope to try this sometimes. I am trying to start many new habits and it is super hard to begin a good habit. Wish it was that hard to start a bad one. :smile:

Yeah!! Good job Isabelle!!! Totally get the every 0.2 counting. Mine only went down 0.2 from last week to this week, but I'm hoping it's all muscle. :smile:

Our totals are not tabulated yet. We are a work in progress. :smiley: Might have a better idea tomorrow. We are to be keeping track of this weeks minutes/miles and other accomplishments until the spreadsheet is updated.

You might take a look at how the other teams are handling it too. I threw the calculation at the bottom for week 1 so we could see how we were doing and then happened to look at other teams sheets, and some of them have it done really nicely. We could always copy off them (and give kudos too since we would be copying).…

Don't get too stressed out. I think we all understand how much of an undertaking this is for you and appreciate it very much. Hope you got some rest last night. If you ever need any of our help with the spreadsheet, let us know. Have a great day!

Does anyone else ever write a super long post only to have it cut off most of it?! I had probably another 10 or so lines...how frustrating.

Good morning! I originally thought we were going to have to get all those colors in every day...boy am I glad I was wrong. I agree that I think it is just to get one of the colors each day for 5 of 7....much easier.

Good morning all. Happy to be to week 3 of challenge and week 2 of being on this awesome team! I'm going to start racking my brain as to how to get all those colors on my plate. Well, my scale went up but I am hoping it is a fluke and goes back down for weigh in. With meals and water levels being so off for the last three…

I think 5 out of 7 is absolutely amazing. Good for you!! I know it really opened my eyes to see what all they threw sugar in. As for the hubby noticing the arms, isn't it so nice when they notice our results and comment on it. It means so much when they let us know. Way to go!!