BL 3 -- Blue team week 2

[AlreadyexcitedGrammy]

I am "out the door" but just enjoyed a cup of coffee - with all you - my new friends

Hooray - I saw posts from 'ol friends like Jody (WovenWonder) - thrilled that MelC is now a BL Blue teammie - so wonderful to read of all that weight that is "lost" and I so am praying that NONE OF IT is on it's way to find me in Dayton OH and reading along that one of us - just got a job on the spot and then and THEN ............. I see that P Vija is not only going to WDW one day earlier but she too landed a new job........ and oh, just so much news - sorry I can't tell EACH of you how much your posts mean to me - BUT they do - keeps me in check - my DH is gone until Sunday - so I need to make sure that I make decent choices and don't "blow" the progress I've made.

Keep up the good work and a

CYBER HIGH-FIVE from me to ALL

 

[AuntieM03]

Welcome to all the new Blue Team members

 

[Debbie]

Great job, Everyone! I don't have too much time, but....I'm getting my water in, AND I did a 2 mile walk tonight! Congrats to those sporting new clippies, and Vija, good stuff on the new job! WEIGH to go!

 

[MelanieC]

Hey everyone,

Since I joined a week late, here is my Introduction.

I'm 38 and live near Philadelphia. I've been married for 20 years and have two kids DD15 and DS9. I grew up in Vegas, but somehow ended up on the east coast????
I work full time. I do WW's, but for this challenge I'm going to try to rely soley on counting calories (unless it just doesn't work). I think calories, is what I want to end up doing for the rest of my life, versus "points". My favorite weight loss book is Bob Greene and Oprah Winfrey-Make the connection. Its his first book and it really explains things well. I just ordered Jillian Michael's two books. I read some good things about them, so I'll see. I love the Firm, but I haven't done them in a while. I have mostly been walking and lifting weights (although I haven't lifted in a long time). Lifting is my favorite exercise. I love how strong I feel afterwards. I have done two 1/2 marathons. One in the first ever WISH Walk and I did one in Ocean City/Assateaugue Island Maryland.


For this week -What I'm great at:
I'm a great Mother
I'm a great Wife
I'm a great friend
I'm great at losing weight when I get into my zone
I'm great at lifting weights and walking
I'm great at working on/with computers
I'm great at planning vacations
I'm great at eating healthy and eating mostly all natural or organic foods
I'm great at reading food labels
I'm great at researching and reading about healthy eating and exercising
I'm sure I'm good at more, but I'm too tired to think, lol!

 

[MelanieC]

Oh yeah - I've had 4 cups of water. I have to work on that. I can't drink any more tonight because I need to get sleep tonight. I haven't been feeling well and I feel very run down. Its probably my new boss. She is so demanding and needy. I haven't been leaving work till almost 6pm the past few days. I even have to go help her pack tomorrow.

I'll try harder earlier to drink more water. My food intake was awesome today - YEAH!! That is what I needed was a good food day to get me started and on track. I even opted for frozen blueberries for snack tonight instead of something with sugar.

My boss is taking me to lunch tomorrow, so I'm a little nervous about where we are going and what my options will be. Wish me luck that it's someplace I can eat at.

 

[slk537]

Hi Blue Team! Just checking in to say hello and good night!

 

[disneychrista]

Do we have results yet? Did I miss them some how?

 

[SeaSpray]

Good morning everyone

I've probably mentioned this before, but I'm alone at work in my department this week and I've been extremely busy, so last night I went to bed at around 8:30pm. LOL I got a great night's sleep though. And TGIF!!

CONGRATS on the new jobs!!! Next week I'll be training for a new position where I work, to cover for a woman who'll be out on maternity leave in a couple of months. The new position comes with a nice pay increase, so that's a bonus!


to the new Blue Team members!!!

I'm doing very well with my eating this week. I've lost a couple of pounds so far, so YAY for that. My DH is doing great too, I just changed his 25 pound clippie to the 30 pound clippie. He doesn't post here on the WISH board, he's mostly over on the Photography board (his user name is CapeCAD). I really want that 30 pound clippie...all gold and shiny!!! A goal I had set for myself was to get to 30 pounds before our cruise in 6 weeks. I only have another 2 1/2 pounds to go, so I feel confident that I'll be able to do that. In fact, now that I'm this close to 30 I'm wondering if I should strive for 35 pounds?! I'd have to lose 7 1/2 pounds in 6 weeks. Think I can do it??

I love reading everyone's posts. We're all doing very well, so let's keep up the great work!!!!

 

[SeaSpray]

Do we have results yet? Did I miss them some how?

Princess Vija posted the results on Page 5. We came in 2nd place this week

 

[ohMom]

good morning team!!

well i finally finished the show! i couldn't imagine actually pulling a jet plane!

CONGRATS to Vija and Desiree!! remember to come to US when the newness/stressfulness is wearing your down. and also to Seaspray on the promotion!

seaspray -- i just wonder if you could sport the 35 lb clippie in 6 weeks??

i'm heading into the weekend feeling strong, had 3 great days of eating and i'm determined to stay the course this weekend.

my first challenge is luch today too -- Melanie i'll be thinking of you and reporting in good choices! i'm going into a church retreat (Emmaus if anyone is familiar) to serve lunch and the lunches are NOT usually healthy as a priority. it will be soup and sandwiches -- big huge wraps with cheese and mayo. hopefully they'll have a broth based soup. i gotta eat something afer we are done b/c then it's straight to the grocery

i ended up not exercising today my hamstrings are so incredibly tight after my LW yesterday - but i got 'er done!

melanie -- what is your next 1/2? maybe we can find one mid-way sometime and walk it together? There are 2 here in April/May if you want to come stay and do one with me next year?

new BLUE teamies!

debbie -- GREAT JOB on the 2 mile walk!! 200 calories done and burned!

 

[flipflop]

TGIF team!

I got in 45 minutes of cardio today and am feeling good. I also have a lunch challenge today - I am taking a summer associate candidate out to eat and I know it will be tough. I am going to focus on portion sizes b/c there isn't really anything "healthy" where we are eating. I just guzzled down some water to fill me up.

OhMom - good luck with lunch today!

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

Hey blue team!

So, I know I shouldn't have done it... I really shouldn't have... but I did! I stepped on the scale today and I am down 6# since we started this! (that's 5# already for week 2 weigh in!) Oh yeah, oh yeah, I did it, I did it!!! So I am now sporting a new clippie! I haven't been able to have a "loss" clippie in so long. I have had the "member"on there for way too long! I am so excited, and the best part? I am so motivated to not loose that clippie and keep going the other way that I made some excellent choices today. I worked out on the elliptical for 23 minutes, and then went for an HOUR walk! It felt tremendous! AND to top it off, I was in the middle of bargaining with myself over McDonalds and I said NO, NO, NO!!! I am so glad I am sticking to it, so glad that I didn't let those horrible, mean and nasty people ruin it for me. YOU and DH saved me, Sunday night was the lowest of the low, and I will forever thank you my friends!!!

So many of you wrote fantastic PM's to me in support and encouragement and I just haven't had time to write back yet, the weekend is coming and I don't know that I will get to them. Please know that all those words of support meant the world to me!

Sounds like our team is really doing good this week!

GO BLUE TEAM!

 

[Debbie]

Excuse me. . . . I just need to get my sunglasses. That brand new 5 pound clippie is shining in my eyes, and I am dancin' in the glow.

Now, confession time. My t.v. guide had BL down as an hour show, so I watched the first half and totally missed the second. Can you say DUH!

Molli good work on getting that long walk in. The first time I walked this week, I was huffin', puffin' and saying some not so nice words at the half mile mark, the 2 mile was a little better, but I gotta wonder. . . did I really do 13.1? In 3 hours, 40 minutes? Good grief!

 

[ohMom]

good saturday morning!!

i had to get up and finish my early morning exercising commitment today b/c i flaked yesterday so i got 45 mins of WATP done and i'm ready to hit the shower. i wanted to check in quickly -- my neighbor is coming over and we are going to SCRAP the day away................

thinking of everyone -- hang onto the mojo this weekend!!

i'm making a new soup, if it's good i'll post the recipe

Vija -- congrats on the new clippie!!!!

debbie -- you are a STRONG WOMAN!! you did it and you get fit and strong once more b/c you are WORTH IT!!

flipflop -- great job on the workout! i did ok on the lunch, i was really hungry which is alway a problem. i had a wrap but none of the heavy potato/bacon chowder. i filled 1/2 my plate with veggies and bare minimal of dip. no dessert. i'm sure the wrap was high in fat though. so i compensated with 0 pt soup for dinner. i really wasn't hungry, of course i was hungry again when the girls got home and had a healthy snack then....i actually prefer bigger lunches and skimpier dinners. i feel better that way

gotta go -- PD TO ALL!! WE CAN DO IT WE ARE BLUE AND WE ROCK!!

 

[AlreadyexcitedGrammy]

well I am so glad it's Sat but shoot the day just isn't going like I thought it would............. woke up with my ear hurting my nose dripping, etc - ugh! Washed a couple of throw rugs and the drain must be blocked -water everywhere - of course DH out of town BUT I took care of it

I wanted to do "stuff" that I "wanted to get done" and waaaaahla - the sun is shining in (now I like that part) but it is making everything look sooooooooooooooooo dirty - now where is the cleaning fairy when I need her So, I have spent time doing the neglected stuff that I need to do.

OKAY WHINE OVER .............
I have my water poured into a pitcher on the counter and I will drink it all today - have not been good about that..... AND I will continue to plug away at the things that need done BUT still focusing on that I can get my other stuff started too............ guess "one step" at a time doesn't just relate to eating healthier

Keep up the healthy choices - the weekend DOES count

 

[MelanieC]

Hey BLUE TEAM - We ROCK!!

So yesterday was the day I moved my boss (my needy boss). It was pretty much ME moving her, while she spent time with the help desk getting her new Blackberry working, and taking a few meetings, and taking calls on the phone etc. There were also the times when she was doing those things that I couldn't do much but STAND around because if I did a box on my own, of course she had to have it packed a certain way (and I didn't do it right) or she needed to go through that stuff. I put together around 80 boxes and lids and lifted all those boxes all around. I worked my butt off yesterday. My feet were sore by the time I went home. She did take me out to lunch and we went to an Indian restaurant. A buffet of course. I think I did pretty well. My first plate was very sparsley filled and the middle of the plate was empty. My second plate only had a little rice and the sauce from a dish. I did have a Mango Lasse as well, but I was starving from all the working I was doing. I had two ginger pulls(40calories) as a pick me up snack in the afternoon.

I think all in all I did well even thought I had no idea how many calories I really ate.

When I got home I had to work at the snack stand at the High School Football game. I worked my butt off there too. That was almost 4 hours of complete madness and running around that building making things, getting change etc. I was extremely sore and exhausted after such a full day.

We stopped and picked up Sushi on the way home because none of us had eaten. I literally got home, took my car in to the shop, DH picked me up and we went home and picked up the kids and went to the game. It was almost 11pm by the time we got home. Too late too eat, but nothing we can do about it. I did have 14 grams of macademia nuts prior to going so it would hold me over till I had dinner. It did the trick, but I was starving. The Sushi tasted so good at that point.

I got on the scale this morning. Despite my lunch and sodium in the soy sauce with my Sushi, I'm definately down since I started BL. I guess a few days of being on track really makes a huge difference. Having a couple of IN-CONTROL days really makes me feel IN - CONTROL. It does a lot for your motivation and self asteem. A reminder that I can do this and it feels really good to feel like that.

I've been really run down this week, and I've been mindful of the Iron I've been eating the past few days. My iron was really low when I went to give blood and couldn't last week. While looking at what to eat for breakfast, I noticed that the Malt-O-Meal Hot wheat cereal I have has 60% iron. Its fortified, but heck it's still a good amount of iron. So I made a serving of that. Threw in a 1/4 cup of soy milk and 1/2 cup of pureed canned punkin (280% vitamin A in that!!), and a little bit of cinnamin and nutmeg. For 209 calories it was filling and pretty healthy. I didn't put any sugar and it was pretty bland, but I usually can stomach bland things once in a while in the name of health. I probably could learn to like it once in a while. I tried pumpkin in oatmeal once and for some reason that gagged me. Maybe now that I eat oatmeal smoothies more often maybe I would like it. I may try mashing a bannana or pulverizing it in the blender or magic bullet to put in there too. That would sweeten it up and make it yummy without refined sugar.


I'm not sure if I'm going to exercise or not today. I still feel VERY sore from yesterday and still run down. I'm going to try an allergy pill. I'm slightly congetsted. Either I picked up a mild cold or fall allergies are bothering me. Maybe that is what's making me feel run down, or its just the icing on the cake that's pushing me to feel so bad. The good thing is, my eating is under control.

Vija- Congrats on the new job! Woo hoo!! Congrats on the clippie too!! You ROCK!

Bev- I know you'll make good choices with DH being gone.

Molli- Great job on getting up and working out. Have fun scrapping. That would be fun to do a 1/2 together. We'll have to look into that. I would love to have one to train for again. I know I could easily do it again because many Saturday mornings I crank out an easy 5 miler.

Debbie- Hang in there with the walking. It's hard at the beginning when you get back into it, but I found that the more I did it, I was getting back to what I used to do when I trained for the races.

Flipflop- Congrats on the cardio, I hope your lunch went well!!

SeaSpray- I say go for the 35!! You can do it- Blue Team Rocks!!

Have a great happy and healthy Saturday everyone. Weekends are the best!

 

[luckywife]

I posted a few pages back about the accident I had slipping on the bathroom floor and hurting my hand and finger. I went to the orthopedic doctor on Thursday and found out that I broke my ring finger in 2 places and also a bone in the top of my hand. It's actually not feeling too bad and I'm getting used to only being able to use a few fingers on my left hand for now.

Our team is doing GREAT!! Vija that new clippie looks fantastic on you. Congratulations

Is our new challenge a water challenge? Are we supposed to report how much we drink each day? I really hope I can contribute to the weekly loss this week. Keeping my fingers crossed. Hope everyone enjoys their Saturday

 

[SeaSpray]

Hi everyone

We just got back from going out for brunch. I had a multi-grain waffle with a tiny bit of sugar-free syrup, and 2 scrambled eggs. I had tea with SweetNLow. All in all, not too bad considering that was my breakfast and lunch.

I weighed myself this morning and I'm down 2.5 pounds this week so far, for a total of 4.5 since we started BL My total loss so far since I started South Beach on June 1st is 28 pounds.

I think I WILL set the goal of 35 pounds by the time I cruise in 6 weeks. That's only 7 pounds... I hope I can do it... I think I can...and thanks so much for all of the confidence and support from the Blue Team!

luckywife: *ouch* I'm glad that you're doing ok with your broken fingers and hand. Did the doctor say how long those bones generally take to heal?? Do you have your hand wrapped up or in a cast or anything??

Melanie: Wow, I'm tired just reading about your day! LOL You got a LOT done in a single day!! lol And it sounds like you got a lot of good exercise, in the process. Yay for you!

Grammy: I, too, having cleaning to do this weekend. My DS19 decided to make more room in his bedroom so he packed up his drum set. So now that has spurred me on to clean out the laundry room so he can move the drums to the back of that room. So THAT means that my DS16 will help me today go through clothes that I have stored in there, and we'll bag up clothes for donation. Big Brothers-Big Sisters is scheduled to come to my house on Tuesday morning and pick up the bags of clothes that I'll be donating. I love that they come right to my house and pick them up I also need/want to start packing up all of the summer clothes, but I can't pack everything because of our Caribbean cruise in 6 weeks. Anyway, you've inspired me to get moving, and get some things done around the house today.

ohMom: What kind of soup are you making?? Let us know how you like it

Debbie: I wonder if you can go on the network's web site and watch the second half of BL on there??

Princess Vija: Congrats on the 6 pounds!! WOO HOO! You can do this, and I'm proud of you for getting past what happened with those idiots last week!!!

flip flop: How did you do on your lunch challenge? What foods did you choose?? Inquiring minds want to know! LOL

Everyone on the Blue Team: Have a great weekend!!

 

[MelanieC]

Hey guys,

DH and I were making a weekly menu of food and our weeks are going to be tough this year with our kids schedules. I need some really healthy crock pot ideas. Keep in mind I try not to use anything processed when I cook and try to keep it to whole foods in my recipes using very little packaged foods. So I don't use canned soups (like cream of chicken), boulion cubes, jarred dressings etc.

Here are ones that we have that I would be willing to share. Chili, stuffed peppers, Morrocan Chick Pea soup, pork & sauerkraut, I have one that is lowfat with Kilbalsi and beans- but I'm trying to figure out a healthier meat (maybe I'll check at whole foods for a non-nitrate turkey sausage/kilbalsi), those are the ones I can think of.

Thanks in advance for any ideas. I guess I could also use any healthy recipes for anything that only takes a few minutes to whip together.

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

Hey everyone... 1/2 of my work week is done! I had a hard time going to work and not SMILING because I know I will be leaving that job!

Work was ok, I ate more than I should have, my coworker is having a birthday celebration all weekend long. I will have to make better choices tomorrow! I don't want to turn in that shiny clippie!


Debbie, That really stinks that you missed 1/2 of the BL. I have it on tape, do you want it?

OhMom, I love to scrapbook too! It is a fun past time. I have yet to do it for our daily photos, I have mostly done it for special occasions and gifts.

AlreadyexcitedGrammy, sounds like you have too many things going on, and you need some me time! I hope you feel better too!

MelanieC, as I read about your boss, the movie Working Girl came to mind with Melanie Griffith (sp?). Her boss was terrible, and your boss sounds about the same. YUCK! But, the good side of all that packing is that was some exercise for your body as well! I hope you start to feel better, it stinks when you are feeling run down. And especially knowing that you are down in weight since starting BL, it is hard to pull out of that not feeling good slump, hang in there! I'll have to think of some healthy recipes... I use cream soups and I see you don't, so I'll look and see what I have!

luckywife, OUCH, that hurts! Hopefully your broken bones will heal soon. And yes, we are encouraging each other to drink 64 oz of water each day and report our progress. That has been a hard one for me, I like soda too much! *diet soda--caffeine free* I know it doesn't make it any better, but at least there aren't any calories...

SeaSpray... YOU GO GIRL! YOu are on a roll! I can feel the excitment you have through your posts, that is awesome!!!!! You have done fantastic on South Beach, that is awesome, and before you know it you will be enjoying yourself on the beaches during the cruise, reaping the benefits of working so hard! You rock!


Go blue team!