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Plan B plus three (3!) exercises from plan C, eh? Overachiever! ;-p

Ok - I'm good to go on the exercises today - Plan B. For the "add from group C" plan, I've decided to take 1/2 of two of them - 50 crunches AND 50 jumping jacks each day this week. Both of those are challenges for me, and I would LOVE to get to the point (maybe this week?) where I can do each of those without stopping.…

So, my reward to myself for reaching my first mini-goal is a mile-high, hour-long flight in a glider plane. Something I've never done before, and I'm slightly terrified, but I also know it will be beautiful and exciting, and it was a good motivator for me to get going on weight loss. The flying season officially ends on…

Am I ready? Am...I...R-E-A-D-Y?!??!? Uh...yep. ;-p Gotta go look up some of the newer moves for this week, but otherwise ready to rock and roll! Only 5 days until my flight and I MUST weigh less than 240 lbs fully clothed or I won't be allowed to do it. So, I say to you, exercise challenges and calories and temptations: I…

Oh - one more thing. My honey and I are enjoying our dance lessons so much that we bought a little package of them today, and will also have the chance to do a practice party or two at the dance studio. We're learning swing and latin so far, and I'm excited to get our moves down and then hit the town! It's so much fun!

I'm loving eveyone's AOKs - very cool stuff! I'm "resting" today, other than the dancing, so I'll be getting in the last day's workout and the remaining crunches tomorrow. Good on cals and water today, but had to skip out on the choir rehearsal lunch in order to survive. They ordered pizza, so I walked outside and ate a…

Morning all! I'm taking my weigh-in day today, since I won't be home tomorrow. 239 lbs. So, I'm glad to have lost the weight I gained last week, but was hoping for a little more since I really pushed hard this week. Just gotta keep going now, though! Happy Saturday! I've got a busy day of rehearsals, a wedding, then a…

Add in 100 more crunches for me. So, only 50 left tomorrow. Whew - that was one of the hardest challenges ever for me. My abs are murdered right now!

Today was nice! Good on cals and water, and did Plan B challenge. Will have to make up some more crunches tomorrow, and maybe some on Sunday. We'll see how my abs feel tomorrow.... Mini challenge for dance was too easy for me since SO and I had our very first dance lesson together tonight - ha! It was lots of fun, and we…

800 crunches? You is cRaZZy!!! (But that's awesome!)

Water good. Cals good. Plan B = done. Also got in a 5:30 am bootcamp workout again, for the second day in a row, so I'm pretty worn out now. I also did 100 more of the extra crunches. Sooooo tiredzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Yes, that has happened to me, particularly when working out pretty hard for a while AND doing lots of core work (which we are....). For me, the spotting usually happens right after my TOM (so, week one), or the week or so before (late week 2 or 3). So, I think the body already has the blood ready and our working out might…

A kick UP the butt, huh? Hmmmm...wondering if this is an "across-the-pond" variation, but all I can say is: Ouch!!! ;-p

Sorry to hear about the funky pain, but hope you are feeling 100% again soon! You can do it!!!!

Arrrrgh, mateys! A good day here, but a slightly confused pirate (thanks to PMS!). The pre-week is always a hoot for me as I tend to forget what day it is and routinely trip, fall, or drop breakable things. Case in point...twice today: 1. Jumped on my treadmill tonight, trying to be good, and walked two miles before I…

Hiya team - I'm on Plan B, but I'm flipping the days. I have a hard time doing the longer walks AND the leg/core work, so I'm doing the walks with the upper body work, and will do the core work on opposite days. Today, walked 5 miles...no stopping. Only the 2nd time in my whole life I've gone that far. It was pretty tough,…

Oh my...I am SUPER excited for you!!! You are my superstar and motivation, since I have been dreaming about seeing a "1" before my weight since I was 12!!! Can't wait for you to reach that milestone! Keep it up!!!!!

Just a quick check in to report that water and cals done today, and off to sleep now. Catch you all on Monday!

Ok. So not a rest day for me. Plan B exercises done (from thursday), plus the remaining 50 bonus crunches. One of my goals for this week, now that there are even more crunches, will be to do more of them at one time. I really had a hard time with them and had to break them up a lot (10 here, 15 here, etc.). I want to be…

Way to throw some fat overboard, team! Really impressive losses this week for lots of folks! I'm apparently adding ballast with a few pounds of weight gain this week, but I suspect some of it might be do to high sodium and eating out four times in the last four days. Even watching calories (with the exception of Thursday),…

Ok, so I guess my friday log never posted, and I'm just getting to Saturday now (technically still saturday since we just got home from a late dinner out with friends). Friday - did Plan B, good on water and on calories and did 50 extra crunches. (That's 150 for the weekly challenge). Today was great, too, and I was happy…

Hi Team - Sorry to report that yesterday (Thursday) was a "fail" for me...but not intentionally so. My boyfriend surprised me by picking me up at work and telling me we were going to a fancy dinner and to the big show in town (Cavalia). We actually had a little rough spot for a bit because he couldn't understand why I was…

Thanks for your thoughts, Jill! And, I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one. Boredom (lack of being busy) is definitely NOT the issue. In fact, probably the opposite. I'm always running from place to place that I tend to shove food in as quickly as possible so that I can get back to whatever is happening next. I think…

It seems like you are really taking time to focus on yourself right now, and that's great! It is easy to get distracted by work, other people, relationships, etc., and to forget to put energy into being healthy, whole, and happy as individuals. I know I struggle with that a lot. Plus, with the colder, darker weather coming…

Hi Team - Got Plan B done, plus good on water and calories. So, that's a success! However...really struggling with hunger these days. I'm not sure if it is because I lowered my calories recently (since reaching the next lower threshold) or maybe I'm not making great choices. I have noticed that I've been eating more carbs…

Stealing our co-cap's format: WEEK 2 - DAY 2 Plan B: 2 sets of 15 Swimmer’s Presses - DONE 2 sets of 21’s - DONE 2 Sets of 15 Lawnmowers - DONE 2 sets of 15 Woodchops - DONE Plus: 20 Pushups - DONE (Plan C) 100 extra crunches - DONE for team challenge (100 so far in total) Under cals - DONE Water - DONE Have a great night…

Plan B (moderate impact) challenge done. Water met. Calories under. No extra crunches yet, but planning to space them out later this week. Have a great night all!

Happy Birthday, Lass! Found this online for you. Hope it counts as a gift! ;-p http://youtu.be/S8Et0iEzFF4 Noelle

Ok - Sunday is here! CW: 239, so one pound is gone forever - whoo hoo! Did about 40 mins of stationary bike today, good for water, under on calories. Bring on Week 2! Everyone did great this week, too! So keep up the good work, team!

Happy Weekend, Team Hidden Treasures! I'm feeling the Week 1 upswing today, and did a 5K this morning with my S.O. Still on the Plan B challenges, and my arms are appreciating it! ;) Also good on water and calories today. Beautiful weather, beautiful weekend, and a beautiful bunch of lady pirate teammates! Enjoy the day,…