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Victoria- seriously. We need to get our acts together... we were on FIRE back in October! There's no excuse to not be losing weight with the amount of working out you're doing and the amount I should be be doing. You know what that leaves... food. You know it and I know it. Get that food back under control. Think about how…

Wowsas... three posts in a row. You gals need to step it up! JK. Just getting an early start to the day. So running in the morning begins again! I think the only way I'm going to be able to double up on my exercise is splitting it in the morning and evening. So, this morning, my alarm went off at 5:30 (ugh), and Emma and I…

I just put my training plan (running + insanity) into an excel file and it's a bit overwhelming. This is going to be interesting!! Tomorrow: 4 miles and plyometric cardio circuit. fun?

Marian- welcome! That's great that you started running!! What full marathon did you sign up for? I'd love to run one full marathon in my life, but I want to wait until I speed up more. Hopefully sooner than later I'll be ready. Both Victoria and I started running in fall/winter of 2009 and ran a half-marathon together in…

Amy- I tend to throw a fair bit of crushed red pepper to give the soup a bit of a kick as well. I'm hioping with my running group that this weekend's long run will have more people with my new group that I can run with. Sarahthes- jumping BMI categories is HUGE! I can't wait until I finally drop to overweight, which at one…

Morning ladies! Well, I'm feeling pretty chipper this morning and pretty proud of the amount of exercise I did yesterday. 2 walks with Emma, a 4 mile run, and hill workout with the group. I had even flirted with the idea of doing the insanity fit test last night, but quickly realized I was, pun only partially intended...…

Suzie, Here's the curried lentil soup recipe. I haven't figured out how many calories it is, but by looking at the ingredients, there's nothing bad in it really, so it's pretty healthy! Yield: 6 servings Ingredients 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1 cup chopped onion 1 cup chopped celery 1 cup chopped or diced carrots…

Kendal- BoBerry biscuits were always my fav. I didn't go very regularly though... not a very vegetarian friendly place! Suzie- great that you're back on track. 60 min on the treadmill is impressive! Keep it up! Noelle- I can be a stress eater at times as well, though I think I'm with Kendal in that I'm more of a bored…

Kendal- I understand your decision. I'm sure it was a hard one. If you want to talk more about it, we're here for you. Enjoy your Bojangles... just not too much! Victoria- don't overdo it at work! you're going to burn out, lady! I hope you get your 2 miler in today. It might help with destressing and you'll feel better…

AND here's this week's chart: Name/Starting Challenge Weight/Last Week's Weight/This week's weight (lb difference)(%difference) Kristina / 182.4 / 180.6 / PASS Victoria / 192 / 190 / 192 (+2) Kendal / 217.6 / PASS / 217.2 (-3.8)(1.72%) -- took the difference from your last weigh in 2 weeks ago Lacey / 206.6 / PASS /…

Kendal- Whoa! What happened? If you want to talk about, we're here for you!! I went to my training orientation group. I'm definitely the biggest there, and about half the group have run halfs before and half are novices to the race. The default training plan has running 5 times a week, and 2 rest days, but the trainer will…

Victoria & Amy- the pizza monster got me as well, and I totally felt like crap afterwards. A combination of my stomach hurting and the guilty conscience! Kendal- being from NC, I of course know what Bojangles is. Granted, I'm a vegetarian, so I didn't go there often, but mmmm.. boberry biscuits. *drools* jamie- sorry about…

Morning ladies! I'm alive! I'll post in greater detail once I'm at work, but I went through the posts and wanted to call out a few peeps who haven't weighed in yet this week, so I can post the chart this evening. Those whose weights I don't have/missed: Kim Amy Karen jamielr84 suzieqdiva (i know you said you lost weight,…

Kerry- I didn't realize we had another Michigander in our group! Both Victoria and I are in-state.--- her upstate, I'm in Ann Arbor. I liked level 1 of 30DS SO much more than level 2... i didn't find it that much harder, but just didn't like the exercises as much. Yesterday didn't turn out to be a too hot of a eating day,…

Kerry- Welcome and congrats on your weight loss so far! I agree with Amy that weekends can be incredibly challenging. It's hard when they aren't as structured as a regulary work day. I would also suggest that you make sure you're still logging your foods on the weekend, cause it's too easy to slack off otherwise. If you go…

Victoria- yay for outdoor running! Isn't it great? I'm so proud of you and your burn! I can't wait to start upping my mileage again. I'm still in the 3.5ish range. *grumbles* What a calorie burn! I'm so VERY impressed with you. Andrea- welcome! we're in our third week of a six-week challenge, but we also welcome newcomers!…

So, I lost the original chart I was keeping everyone's name and weight. Excel unexpectedly shut down and I lost the info. ACK! But I think I was able to recreate mostly everything. If you see something off, let me know. So here's this week's numbers: Name/Starting weight of challenge/last week's weight/this week's weight…

Hey ladies... I'll check in later with how my trip went and with our weekly chart. I just skimmed through peep's responses and these are the the weights that I'm missing for the week (though I might have just missed them). Please check in asap, as I'll post the chart when I get home this evening: Kendal Lacey Debra…

Amy- I'll put your weight down as is, but if you weigh in lower tomorrow, I'll change. Victoria- I actually had you last week at 191, so you totes lost a pound! Nice run today-- I miss those longer runs, and can't wait until I get back into it. ct1986- challenges can really hope with motivation. I think it's great that…

Lacey- I used to be pretty good about measuring at least some of the foods that I ate... if they could be measured pretty easily (i.e. cups), but if it came down to weighing? Nah... and I have a food scale, so there's not a lot of an excuse. And yay for your legs slimming down. They've probably been doing it steadily, but,…

I've been trying to read more as well. I started up with "The Girl Who Played With Fire" the other day. I'd been meaning to read the series for a while. The first book took some time to get into, but then it was a "page turner". So far the second book is good. I'd like to read 50 books read in 2011, but I'm only 5 down.…

It's been a super busy day for me (and here on the board apparently!), so I don't have time to respond to everyone, but I did read all your posts! Everyone who posted their weight after I posted the chart, I added your weight to the list, and you'll be back on next week when you post your next weigh-in. Noelle- welcome to…

And here we go ladies. Week 1 of our 6 week challenge down and we had some great numbers this week. See below: Name / Starting Weight / Current Weight (Lost Lbs) (Lost %) Kristina / 182.4 / 180.6 (-1.8) (0.99%) Victoria / 192 / 191 (-1.0)(0.52%) Kendal / 217.6 / 221(+3.4) Lacey / 206.6 / 205.6 (-1.0)(0.48%) Kim / 196.5 /…

Kendal- That's fabulous news!!! So happy for you! *twirls* I know that raise will certainly help your situation! I'm waiting for mine as well. They're dragging their booties... then again, that's the government. It's gotten to the point now that if something doesn't happy very soon, I'm going to ask to get put on the…

I'm down to 180.6 this morning. That's 1.8 down, which is right on track of where I need to be if I want to reach my weight goal for this challenge. Still 5 pounds higher than my lowest, but I'll get back there! I'm so glad today was a holiday, as I just spend an hour shoveling snow, and I'm glad I then didn't have to hop…

Evening ladies.. just a quick check in. Just when I was getting used to the grass and the nice weather, it's snowing outside. hard. Looks to be 3-4 inches already outside and it's supposed to change over to ice. Ugh. Took Emma for a short walk in it, and it was just a mess to wade through. Victoria, I ended up not hitting…

Emma and I jogged a 5K this afternoon with much success! She kept up nicely, and it averaged out to a 11:29 pace... I think we might have been even a bit faster, because I didn't stop the nike+ every time she sniffed around for a bit. I feel so much better about myself when I move my fat behind around. The weather today…

Just a quick check in this morning, but I'm sticking with my goal of checking in every day with you all, as you're such good motivators. Weight was the same this morning. I'm hoping for a drop tomorrow or Monday. Need to be good this weekend. Had a nice long morning walk with the dog, and as long as the weather holds, I…

Amy- EEEE! You hit below 210! Just one week after your goal for your last challenge. Miss superstar!! Less than 10 to go until ONEderland. I'm so happy for you! Karen- considering how much weight you dropped last challenge, the half a pound ain't shabby! Keep up the work and the pounds will continue to come off. Congrats!!…

bump! where my girls at?