WEEK 5 WI!!!!

 Can you believe it's Thursday already!!!  You know the drill--post your WI's here.  In case you didn't read my earlier post from Tuesday, here's information about a little mini-contest we'll do! 

So, let's up the ante a little bit to keep this thing interesting!  Let's do a little mini-contest to see who loses the most weight by week 6 WI.  Our next WI (week 5) is on Thursday, so that's not enough time.  So, whoever loses the most weight between this Thursday's WI  and the following Thursday's (week 6) WI will win a prize!  The individual winner will be the one with the biggest difference in weight from week 5 to week 6; no teams here--it's every girl for herself!   I know the weight differences are usually calculated from the starting weight, but for this small contest, it will be a little different.  The regular challenge is still ongoing and the teams are the same, etc etc.  I hope that makes sense!  Okay, let's see what you're made of, and may the best gal win!  

WEEK 4 TEAM RESULTS!!!

Hey, everybody!  How you doing!  I hope you didn't eat too much this past weekend.  I did, but it's over and done with and I'm ready to move on!  Here are the results from the latest WI:

So, let's up the ante a little bit to keep this thing interesting!  Let's do a little mini-contest to see who loses the most weight by week 6 WI.  Our next WI (week 5) is on Thursday, so that's not enough time.  So, whoever loses the most weight between this Thursday's WI  and the following Thursday's (week 6) WI will win a prize!  The individual winner will be the one with the biggest difference in weight from week 5 to week 6; no teams here--it's every girl for herself!   I know the weight differences are usually calculated from the starting weight, but for this small contest, it will be a little different.  The regular challenge is still ongoing and the teams are the same, etc etc.  I hope that makes sense!  Okay, let's see what you're made of, and may the best gal win!  

WEEK 4 WI!!!

  My, how time flies!  We're already in week 4 of this challenge!  September is right around the corner!  You know the drill---comment to this post with your latest WI.  If possible, please only use the Thursday WI posts to report your weights.  Sometimes EP does not notify me by email when someone comments, and it would make it a lot easier if I just have to look under one post for WIs instead of all over my blog!  Thanks and good luck! 

Welcome back from vacation, MomonaMission!    We missed you!

WEEK 3 TEAM RESULTS!!!

I'm sorry this is so late; I've been in meetings all day.  Here are this week's results.  Note: the differences posted are the difference in weight between the SW and the most current WI! 

BACK TO SCHOOL!

This is my favorite back-to-school commercial!  I love it! 

My 13-year old DS went back to school today--he's in the EIGHTH GRADE!   OMG where does the time go!  I remember his first day on this earth, and now next year he'll be in high school  !!!!   Okay Monica, get it together!  *woooosahhhhhhhh!!!*  *deep breath*  I'm (a little) better now!  How did the first day of school go for the rest of you?

As far as the challenge goes, I still need last week's WI from several people.  I haven't heard from MomonaMission or safak72000 since the beginning of the challenge so it anyone has any contact with them, have them contact me and tell me if they still want to be a part of the challenge.  They're both on the pink team.  I'll wait until tonight to get more WI's then I'll post the results! 

Happy Monday!

Week 3 WI!!

  Yep, it's that time again!  Comment to this post with this week's WI!   TOM's at my house so mine doesn't look so good (sorry Yellow team), but hopefully you did better than I did! 

Good luck to all!

The great cheesecake fiasco

You see that up there? See the yummy raspberry swirls surrounded by a sea of cream cheesy goodness with a scrumptious buttery graham cracker crust?  Yesterday, against my better judgment, I ate that.  I said to myself, "Self, you've been doing so well, one piece of cheesecake won't hurt you.  Plus it's your coworker's birthday; we can't be rude.  Plus (you see the excuses piling up here?), TOM's on the way, we'll just blame it on him."

Now don't get me wrong, every morsel was delicious, but as soon as it was gone, I realized I had dumped 450 calories and 30 grams of fat into my body.  I say  "dumped" because that what you do to garbage, also known as junk (food).  I haven't had a food regret in a long time, so I guess I'm due for one.  On a more positive note, the fact that the regrets are getting fewer and farther between means that I am making better choices overall in my life.  And that, my friends, is a good thing!

Today's a new day, to make better choices, to exercise a little harder and eat a little healthier.  I have my running class tonight so I'm really looking forward to that. 

So the moral of this story:  "Raspberry in a cheesecake does not count as a fruit serving--just say no!"

To all the challengers, if you haven't done so already, check out the post below for the latest WI results.  Have a great, healthy Tuesday.  And like it's said on The Biggest Loser, at the end of the day, when you're lying down in bed, ask yourself  "What have you done today to make you feel proud?" 

Toodles!

WEEK 2 TEAM RESULTS!

Happy Monday everybody!  Just a few "housekeeping" items to take care of before we get to the results.  My dear friend TatumsMom has dropped out of the challenge.  If you can, stop by there and give her some encouragement; she could use it right now.  So to make the teams even, I'm going to add PreciousWade to the yellow team next week.  Our teams just moved at work so she doesn't sit behind me anymore, she's a few rows over.  That just means I have a few more steps to take to go over  there and knock that Snickers bar out of her mouth!   Also, hopeangel is still in the challenge, but she won't be recording her WI's for a few weeks.  One more thing:  something about EP that doesn't like the plus sign, so if you have a gain, I have to say  "1 pound up" or "up 1 pound", something like that.  So, without further ado: (what exactly does that mean anyway?! )

So there you have it!  Next WI: Thursday!  Let's make it a good one!  Toodles!

Running update

I've been so busy with the team challenge I haven't talked about the women's beginner running program I'm in.  We're now in our 3rd week and this past week we did run 3 minutes, walk 1 minute intervals for 2.25 miles.  Thursday's run was horrible!   My calves were absolutely rebelling against me.  I didn't do anything to them except ask them to support 195 pounds of weight for about 40 minutes.  That's not so much to ask! 

Today's run was SO much better!  What a difference 2 days can make!  My legs were much better and I was able to do all of the intervals without stopping and I was able to keep up with the group.  I am so much closer to my first short-term goal of running a mile nonstop.  I so love this group of women!  The runners are all so nice and the volunteers are great!  Today the  roadrunners club had their annual pancake breakfast after our run so that was nice.  Hopefully all this running will show an even lower number for my next WI!

To the challengers, if you haven't sent me your latest WI, try to do so ASAP so I can report the results on Monday.

Have a fabulous rest of the weekend!  Toodles!

WEEK 2 WI!

Alright, challengers!  Comment and leave this week's WI here!  Good luck to you all! 

Note: when you report your WI, if you would, just send me the number that the scale said instead of how much you lost or gained.  I have a spreadsheet that I created where I just plug in the weights and the formula figures out the difference from the starting weights.  Thanks!