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Hi all, I'm just checking in to say that I'm checking out of the Keeping it Green Challenge for a while. I have come to the gradual realization over the last few weeks that, somewhat amazingly, I'm happy at this weight and don't actually want to do what it would require to lose vanity weight. My body likes being 130, and I…

Friday May 2 Green: yes, 2/25 Blue: yes: 2/31 16000 steps today, a record for me! Made eating green easy, even given it being my daughter's birthday party today with the best brownies ever.

May 1 Green: Yes 1/25 Blue : Yes 1/31 Here's to a successful month for everyone!

Hooray for kawookie for keeping this going! I'll have another go this month, because the end of last month was a bit of a washout, and I'd really like to bust through this months-long plateau by getting away from loosey-goosey measuring and back to being a stickler for awhile. I'm guessing that's the problem. Shooting for…

April 28 Green: Yes, ?/30 Blue: Yes 28/30

Okay, tempting to just skulk away, but here I am after a few completely unlogged and presumably not green days. Not crazy days, but not paid attention too, so certainly over. I do always drink the water though, so I didn't thwart that part of the goal. SO, anyway, back in the saddle today, sigh. April 27 Green: Yes (can't…

April 21 Okay, reined it in, back on track -- knowing I wouldn't make my goal here unless i get every day green 'til the 30th made me walk away from the hot cross buns, the chocolate... But it wasn't hard because I'd really had my fill of that stuff, and it would've only been eating it because "oh whatever, I blew the…

April 18, 19 and 20: Green: totally not. meals out, wild chocolate snacking, pretty much guessing on my logging, so still 15/25 -- gotta to get all the rest green to make my goal this month, wow, no wiggle room. Blue: yes, so up to 20/30 Yummy times with family though, so, a nice break and worth it.

April 17 GREEN: NO :( 15/25 BLUE: YES :) 17/30 A silly red day... just lost my focus and accepted the goodies people offered all day. Okay, the lindor chocolate ball was pure awesome, but the other extras weren't that special. Anyway, onwards to Easter Weekend, with The Meal and the candy. Planning on lots of running.

April 15 Green: Yes, 14/25 Blue: Yes 15/30 April 16 Green: Yes 15/25 Blue: Yes 16/30 please... spring... come... back... I'm being a total wuss about going out to run now I've had a taste of warm weather and it's gone back to snow. @chevy: 17000! wow! I've never made it that high. awesome.

April 14 Green: yes, 13/25 Blue: yes, 14/30 rainy, rainy day here today... the air smells amazing... what I smelled of it anyway, since I didn't get out of work 'til 7 and right home to my pajamas, hoping to shake off this cold.

April 13 Green: Yes. 12/25 Blue: Yes, 13/30 @melissa: congrats on starting up the running. I'm on week 2 of a Couchto 5k program. Seems super easy, but I'm sticking to it to to avoid knee problems I've had in the past. Hope yours stay okay too! @jbhardwood: I remember someone on MFP saying how she realized that if she was…

APRIL 12 Green: yes, 11/25 Blue: yes 12/30 13,362 steps, one of my highest days ever, with a 5k run/walk and just walking everywhere I could today instead driving. It takes forever of course. I started thinking about how our days and schedules are so car-dependent: there's no way to have time to walk to work, for example…

April 11 Green: NO Total 10/25 Blue: yes Total: 11/30 just snacky today, I don't know what was with that. Well, probably TOM, come to think of it. oh well. @melissa: glad you're feeling better. that's been a long haul feeling crappy. @kawookie wow, what a fit and active day. that's what it's all about @all the silver…

Hi all, well, pulled something in my neck BRUSHING MY HAIR fer cryin' out loud, and so day 2 of Venus Factor was not an option tonight. Urgh. Hopefully it'll ease up by tomorrow and I can get back in action. @agent99oz stick it out, is what everyone says about the lifting and the losing vs gaining weight. This weekend I'm…

APRIL 9 GREEN: yes, 9/25. yay, pretty close to macros today! BLUE: yes, 9/30 I notice I drink a lot of calories by way of coffee and tea from the milk. Milk's fine, but if I could switch out some of that to herbal tea without milk, I could EAT more. Tomorrow I'll give it a shot. RQueenie: it's called Countdown Me,…

APRIL 9 Green: Yes, 9/25 Blue: Yes, 9/30 lovely run today. using this C25k app is great... I'm totally following it even though it seems easy because a) it makes getting out for a run not seem as daunting as when I have some huge nebulous plan to work out really hard and b) all the other times I've started running I've…

I ran today instead of doing the next venus workout. I'm finally recovered enough from the incredible muscle soreness from Saturday that running was a possibility and it was finally so lovely out that I could NOT exercise inside today. Tomorrow... day 2.

right on that you gave the workout a try even though you felt poopy. I find that if I get started I usually want to finish... the fact that you didn't probably means you really are coming down with something and probably should rest... anyway, I hope you stay well!

hmmm, I think I'm a bit behind: April 6,7 and 8 GREEN: Yes (8/25) BLUE: Yes (8/30) 12000+ steps today! I was only at 7000something and so when I dropped my daughter off at choir instead of doing miscellaneous errands that really weren't that vital, I walked! soaked up some daylight, and listened to a meditation on my phone…

Hey, good idea on the weekly thread thing. well, after yesterday's week 1 day 1 my legs are SO SORE. not so bad when I woke up but now later, ooh wow. I can say for sure that I will NOT be doing another session tomorrow. question for you more experienced folk: does the soreness continue? I mean, I like to know I've worked…

APRIL 6 Green: Yes 6/25 Blue: Yes 6/30 @RQueenie: that's awesome (your avatar concept)! but I think you should get big diamonds for the pounds already lost too! @rlstep: nice mileage! I just started the running thing again so I'm walk/running for just a tiny distance so far. @chevy: love my fitbit. totally dependent on…

Did it. :smile:

APRIL 5 GREEN: Yes GoL 5/25 BLUE: Yes 5/30 Finally did some weight training today!

@jaidenphyr: THANKYOU!! just what I needed. was in a "watch a movie? workout?" kind of mood and it was tipping to couchtime... but NOPE, gonna go DO IT and THEN watch a movie.

APRIL 4 Green: Yes Goal 4/25 Blue: Yes Goal: 4/30 a measly 6000ish steps today, oh dear. one of those days I just couldn't get away from the desk at work, urgh. But lo! the weekend! Time to shake my booty (well, go for a run, more likely). @kawookie: great fitspo! you do look transformed! @melissa phipps: good luck with…

ack, still here but week got away from me. WILL start again tomorrow! I too have found the venus site annoying and clunky - though nice to have the videos to check form - and the much-ballyhooed venus community to be pretty inactive on the forums. also, I'd rather just log on one place, so this is my pick because I'm on…

@kawookie: awesome mileage! @funky granola: hope the ladies' night and wedding were a blast! great planning ahead, there APRIL 3 GREEN: Yes, 3/25 BLUE: Yes, 3/30 This challenge is REALLY helping me drink up. I have this glass 2 cup measuring cup and a funky metal straw and just knock back 2 of them before I leave for work…

April 2 GREEN: YES 2/25 BLUE: YES 2/30 How much easier it is to be active now the snow's (almost) gone! My 9 year old is full of spring fever too so we've been out bike riding and now she's got jump rope fever! I've been joining her instead of "mum's a bit tired" or "I'll just watch today". WOW there's a workout. Here I…

Green: YES Total/Goal: 1/25 Blue (Hydr8): Yes Total/Goal: 1/30 Day 3 of couch to 5k, plus heaps of steps at work (unusual) and got myself home in time to walk to and from my daughter's school... which means I've ended up waaaaay under calories. But now it's 10 and I'm too sleepy to get up and eat. Thing is, so far on this…