and the winner is................

Congrats Kristin you are officially the winner!!!!! way to go jrae for comming in a close 2nd and Ashley came in 3rd! good job girls. Kristin was 7.52% jrae 6.71% and ashley 3.35%. it was great playing with you all and i hope everyone can continue on with all their new habits and healthy way of life. best of luck to all!

To Kristen

I am so happy for you Kristen!!! You totally deserve to win this game after the many games we have played together. Congrats on being the biggest LOSER as of today ( i know i am ok using that word with you) I hope you continue in your journey and don't lose the momentum. If i were to play this game again i would certainly want to play it with you, but unfortunately, my game playing has come to an end. There always seems to be somebody who is sensitive to my style of blogging and i am done making enemies. Hopefully i can figure something out that works for me. GREAT JOB also with your new habits!

congrats!

Well if we were just going by the scores Kristin won with 8405, JRae in 2nd with 8350 and Ashley in 3rd with 8290...... so it comes down to the weight. Kristins % is 7.52 and Ashleys is 3.35%. I guess Jrae will weigh in in the morning so we will see what she ends up with. I am so proud of all of you!

Things I learned..

I started the last game I played at 172.4 and lost 9 lbs last game. From that time to the beginning of this game I managed to gain all 9 back plus an extra 14. So I started this game at 186.2. Wow 25lbs that takes some serious skill. I made it back down to 172.2 this game -14. I obviously have a serious problem it can not be good for my body to be so inconsistant. On the bright side I only swore 3 times this month. That's huge for me it was 3 or more a day before. So I am really sad we are done. I am my own worst enemy! If anyone is up for starting something new let me know. Thanks everyone. Score this week 1065.

Last Scores!

Not as bad as we thought out scores would be - yay for freebee's - but still not very good scores:

Braedon: 900
Katie: 900

Braedon's Final Weight: 189.6
Katie's Final Weight: 133.4

Braedon is finally below 190 which has been his goal for a while now! Yay! :)

Good luck the rest of you!

Winnings

We also need to decide on the final amounts for the top two places. I believe the total amount of money is $250? I was thinking we'd split the money so that first place gets $175 and then second place gets $75, how does that sound to everyone?

Other suggestions on splitting the money?

Get your votes in before the big weigh in! :)

tomorrow is the big day!

O.K. girls I will need all those that have a chance of winning to weigh in tomorrow at my house. let me know when you can come over. My daughter has a Dr. appt at 1130 but other then that i should be home. Jrae I am not sure what scale you weighed in on or in front of who but you will need to get with them to weigh in . good luck!

Last day:(

Hope we all have a good one! Only one kid sick so far! crossing my fingers. We have had anything and everything that has gone around this season. I need summer!!!

My house is a germ paradise

My 5 year old threw up again last night! So I am stuck home again! I swear if we all get the stomach flu again, someone is going to have to lock me in a padded room! With really good drugs!

I don't want this game to be over!

I don't trust myself! I need something to be accountable to. I fell off the wagon hard after the last game I played. I am barely back to the weight that I started the last game. This is a battle I will be fighting my whole life. I started making bad food choices very young and I am not teaching my kids good habits. Just setting them up to fight the battle too. It's all about the food! I have no problem with excersise I actually enjoy it! I just love all the wrong kinds of foods. The most depressing part is realizing that I still want to have one more baby. So I will be here again struggling with my many demons.

Endings

Sadly Lori is correct - it was horrible timing with the trip to Moab lining up with the last week of this game. Both Braedon and I just sorta... caved on the food.

At least we made it to the last week!

But don't fear - we are still keeping on top of things, just not as carefully as before. :)

Good luck to all those who have stuck with it and are doing well! Keep up the great work!

hang in there girls!

o.k. so me, jodi, braedon and katie have all thrown in the towel so good luck to the rest of the girls. end strong it will be a fight to the end. way to resist the easter candy kristin! good luck!

Have a good week!

I can't believe it's already been 8 weeks. School will be out before we know it. The only thing I dislike about summer is routine goes out the window!

Resisting Easter candy

a true battle:( This whole day smells like chocolate!

I Love the suspense

The weight bonus has been very motivating! Had my free day today. Went to a movie, ate junk. Went easter shopping, ate junk. Went to my in-laws for a family Easter party ate more junk. That should help the scale!

its going to be a tight race!

i just added up the scores and so far kristin is in 1st place with jrae in 2nd- only 20 points behind and braedon is 3rd only 35 points behind looks like the weight will be the determining factor maybe? katie and ashley are 4th and 5th and could still pull out a win depending on their end weight. there is only 105 point difference between 1st and 5th that is great! good luck to you all this last week!

score 895

i think i am going in the wrong direction. so much stress in my life right now and those that know me know i cannot do dieting and good habits with stress, it goes out the window. someday i hope to be able to handle both! luckily i am still down 7 lbs from the beginning so i guess that is o.k. hopefully my last week will be a little better. love ya all!

Greetings From Moab!

Thank goodness for smart phones! :) It sounds like everyone is in the same boat as Braedon and I... We are for sure also struggling (me more then him). But even a not perfect week is better then nothing, right!?

Sadly with being on vacation in Moab I can already tell my last score is not gonna be the best... But hopefully we can somewhat stay on top of things!

I love Jenirae's suggestion... I think keeping this blog going would be helpful once this game is over. I'm all for it. :)

Anywho... Our scores:

Katie: 1000 (Ouch - Lowest yet)
Braedone: 1025

score

 Ok week, very busy, caught a cold but all is well.
Hope you all are well too.
Score: 980

FINAL WEEK!

I think after this week, we should keep the blog up and running to give each other support and continue our healthy lifestyles even if we're not technically playing the game.

We can talk about fun workouts, healthy snacks, good ideas for recipes, and even just rant about that bowl of ice cream we absolutely had to eat because of our [kids, significant other, job, etc.]

:D

Tough Week

If it wasn't for this game I would be in a bad place right now. Because of the game I forced myself to suck it up. I did take 2 snacking penalty's ,but it could have been worse. Usually when I get in a funk everything routine in my life goes out the window. So I was so grateful it only took me 2 days to snap out of it! Score 1045

5 points

Just about lost the easiest points of the day!

Just here to check in

Been a really busy day! If you figure it out JRae let me know!

Cravings?

Has anyone figured out a successful way to stop junk food cravings yet!?

If so, let me in on the secret!

Nothing new

Still struggling with my inner demon. I am glad for the game. If I wasn't playing it I would be on a chocolate binge right now! As it is I already took a snacking penalty on sunday for a slice of chocolate cake. It wasn't worth it! We need to keep this thing going so I don't fall back into forbidden paths!

The wait is over...

This game I have been suprisingly up beat. I have a tendency to be kind of bi-polar most of the time. Maybe that little vacation threw me for a loop. I realized I need intense excersise to counter act my craziness. Not that hiking is not a good workout ,but sometimes when I excersise it's the only time I get away from my kids and I must be honest I need a timeout everyday even if it's only 30 minutes. I went for a really long walk last night but what I really needed to do was to sprint until I felt like my heart would explode. So here is the real me! Jodi if you ever figure out that balance thing let me know!

Finally, a nice day!

Yesterday was such a nice day! 

I walked with my dog and husband to Subway to get sandwiches, and then we walked to the park for a nice little picnic in the good weather. 

Then, I went to Lehi to visit my sister and her two kids. I haven't seen them in a while and it was really fun to watch them ride bikes and play on the playground together. 

I followed all this up with a delicious free dinner at Z'Tejas and hanging out with friends later. 

Best of all, this morning I was down a full pound! I thought for sure after my free dinner, I would've gained, but maybe all that walking and trying to keep up with kids burned a lot of calories! 

I hope we get more sunny days like yesterday soon!

Correction

I just noticed that I looked on the wrong week in my excel spreadsheet of my scores.  So my score this week is not 1055... it's 1035.  I was thinking after I posted my score that it didn't seem right.  I guess that's what I get for trying to hurry and post before rushing out the door.  :)  Sorry guys!

Good morning, Good friday!

Great week!
Great food!
Great new grandson!
Great work!
Great sunny day!
Great life!
Great kids!
Great husband!
Great grandkids!

Pretty good score: 950

Jodi,
I am with you.  I can never figure out the eating part of it.  I don't have a problem at all with the workouts.  And thus I too am stuck in a weight loss rut.  I guess at least I'm not gaining ??  WIth that said, my score this week is 1055.

Katie's Score

1055 - I just had to take another snacking penalty. Sigh.

I was worried this week about keeping my weight since I lost so much from the Flu - but I actually lost from where I was at Friday... not really sure how that works, but I'll take the 10 points!

I think I am in the same boat as everyone else - my motivation is falling drastically. Hopefully I can keep pushing on till the end.

Here's to another week!

score 935

Balance? What's that?

My score this week was 1000. For the past 2 weeks i have been taking 2-3 hour classes of exercise a day. I'm loving it and becoming a bit obsessive with it but it makes my body feel so good. I feel like i am getting stronger but the weight is not working in my favor. I have proven to myself again that exercise alone is not the key to weight loss. Choosing the exact foods must be the key but i have not figured that piece of the puzzle yet. I'm making much better food choices than ever but i think i must be lacking in the protein. That is not my favorite choice of food. My other obstacle this week was not caring about blogging anymore, a mental breakdown and having my life out of balance. That's the great thing about this game. If you play it right, you will be perfectly balanced. That is something that does not come easy for me. Just by looking at me, you can see that. asymmetrical hair, red on one side, blond on the other with black in between. One black eyebrow, one red. Dang..... even the boobs cant be perfectly balanced. What is important is that i never give up!

SCORE

1065. Well apparently since I can't loose any more weight, I decided that I better have a perfect score. This will be the third week now that I haven't lost anything. I've maintained, so I guess that is something. But, it is getting frustrating. My peak last time was 190...and this time i'm still 1.4 pounds up from that. But I swear, by merlin's beard, the great god Zeus, harry potters wand, the star trek enterprise, etc etc......I WILL DROP BELOW 190!!!!! haha. But for serious, next week I will do it.

Curse my Cursing....

I have to blog my score early we are leaving in a few for Moab. Score this week is 1030 I have officially plateaued I am up the .4 I lost last week. I thought I had broken my swearing habit. Apparently not:(

Losing steam!

My scores seem to be getting lower and lower as the game goes on :( I'm really disappointed that I wasn't able to keep up the same motivation/dedication that I had for the first few weeks.

Hopefully, I can keep up some aspects of this healthier lifestyle when the game ends...

Also, I have been REALLY bad with my communication points this week. That was always the thing I felt  guaranteed to get because it was so easy.

Now it seems like I completely forget until the next day when I'm totaling my points and think, "oh crap! I didn't post anything to the blog today!" :(

I've stopped losing weight too, which is kind of depressing. I know I should either kick up my exercise or cut down even more calories, but I'm sort of loathe to do that at this point, because I know if I go too crazy I'll get burned out.

Anyway, hope everyone has a good week and is over the flu! Look forward to seeing the scores :D

Go Lori!

I love nachos too! there is something about nice weather baseball and food. We are leaving for Moab tommorrow afternoon I am a little bit nervous. Road trips seem to bring out the munchies. Sitting in the car for that long gets boring. I am hyper active so sometimes I think I just eat for something to do. I am packing all my healthy food and snacks. The best part about this trip is I will not have to worry about getting my excersise. We are going to Arches. There are so many beautiful hikes. So that will be good! It might even be more intense than my normal workouts because more than likely I will be carrying my 2 year old! I will also have to blog my score tommorrow before I leave. No internet:(

hello!

it is a beautiful day today, too bad it wont last :( today will be 3 baseball games in a row, so hard to smell those delicious french fries and nachos and not cave! I haven't caved yet! i just bring my water and chug away. love baseball! hope everyone is doing good.

Checking In!

Hello everyone! Just thought I'd check in on the blog today.

Kristin - I'm sure you are a wonderful mother! Don't be too hard on yourself. And let's be honest - your kids probably deserve the curses. ;)

I just bought some Starburts from the vending machine - I can have 5 pieces for 100 calories. If I suck on them rather then chew they last for a long time!

Mmmmmmmm...

Another day and....

I'm still in the running for Mother of the year! Curse my natural man!

I have a temper

I am going to ruin my children. I have no patience! I go into rages so bad that I could be compared to a 2 year old. I think I need to go to anger management!

Hey anyone else sick of the snow?

it's depressing! We need some sunshine! Had chinese food for dinner last night(free meal) it was heavenly! Why does everything bad taste so good?

Didn't post a score for this week, but got my habits and sleep solid. Just stuggling with the food and exercise for a while there, but started this week with a perfect day yesterday. So I am keeping track and will be on there next week!

updated kristins score

adding her points back in for 2 weeks ago, make it 1055 instead of 1000.

SCore 1055

This week has been crazy busy but I think that's why I've been able to get such a good score.  Wish the weather would warm up again though :)  oh well...

spring craft fair today and tomorrow

I forgot to invite you to a craft fair that I am doing. It is today and tomorrow from 10-6
It is at a home located on: about 4300 s. Alice Way (3020 w.).
If you turn west at the light on 2700 w. just across from the American Express bldg.
then go straight until the stop sign, then turn rt, you will see the home on the lt.
There are lots of easter, mom day, spring, kids stuff, and jeans, purses.
Hope you can come. Call me if you have questions. 801-243-4855

Yuck! What a week!!

But I at least survived it. It has been busy, and my fibro has kicked into high gear!!
Hope to have a better week next week.

Score= 960

Katie's Score.

Sounds like everyone is okay with the emergency day. Thank goodness for that!

Kristin - if you did take off any points for when you had the flu for a day just either let me know and I'll go add them back in, or just add them to next weeks score.

I'm going to be screwed for keeping my weight from this week to next week - I'm still down 3 pounds from the flu... which I know will just come right back on. Oh well!

My score is 1040.

score 945

Score 1065

Only down .4! Whew that was close.

no comments

1055

Score - 1040

That is if we are all agreeing on the emergency day. I like the idea.

And, didn't loose any weight this week, just maintained. Kind of a bummer, but, hopefully that means next week I will loose. :)

Being sick sucks

I'm fine with either decision. I just had a 24 stomach bug but I agree it is pointless to eat just to throw up! I don't think it's good for you either. When ever I have taken my kids in for stomach problems they always say to have them drink clear liquids then start with bland foods. I think if you continually force food you will only get sicker. There is a reason your body is resisting food. I would rather have anything but the stomach flu. I am so sorry you are sick!

reminder

Ashley and Jenell I still have not received your $25.00 entry fee, if you could get that to me as soon as possible that would be great, then I can seal the envelope. thanks! hope you are all doing good this week :) besides the sickies :(

Can't Catch a Break

Stupid flu. Stupid 101.8 temperature. Stupid being sick.

I am also down 3 pounds in one day - but this is definitely not how I would like to loose the weight.

I'm just hoping I feel better soon so I'm not sick during the funeral tomorrow.

Flu.....

Well, came down with the flu last evening. Ended up not exercising last night. Was up all night...double dragon. And needless to say, my body WON'T have any food. The good thing is, i'm down 3.5 pounds this morning. That will go right back up when I eat. But Query is this...

If my body refuses to have food...Do I still take points off for not eating healthy? I wanted to get peoples oppinions on this. I will use what freebies I have left, but, in the end, there are some meals that I don't have freebies to use. Exercise I feel that I should loose points because I'm sure that if I tried hard enough I could lift a small amount of weights for 20 minutes. What say the group?

Rough Weekend, Rougher Day.

I'm not one to display personal things to others... Always one to stay true to the word because of my inability to deal with sympathy. But I feel like I have to share my feelings in some public way so sadly you are the ones that get to hear it.

Friday morning I got news that my Grandpa was back in the hospital in the ICU. He's been suffering from many ailments from failing kidneys to needing dialisis to horrible infections. The news that he was back in the hospital was not a good sign. Early Sunday morning we got the news that I deep down knew was coming all weekend long. My grandfatner had 24 to 48 hours left. His blood was too thin and the infection too strong for his frail body.

My grandpa finally passed away early this morning, only a few hours after the final son was able to arrive from Arizona to say his goodbyes. All his children and many of his grandchildren had the opportunity to see him one last time. I was also able to say my goodbye and express my love for him yesterday (where my grandpa then told me I had waited for a good man. So sweet).

It's hard to have motivation to exercise or not eat that bag of chips or piece of candy right now but I'm still managing. I am just grateful to know that my wonderful grandpa is reunited with his eldest son right now and is happy and pain free. I am also grateful for my beliefs and the comfort they bring to me.

Thanks for listening... I'm gonna try my hardest to keep working hard! :)

nothing new

enjoyed my class this morning. Already sore!

Checking in

everyone is healthy for now. I am so excited to go to my lifting class tommorrow after 2 weeks of work outs at home I'm excited to change it up! Have a good week! Had my free day today all I got out of it was a stomach ache. BLAH

Snow...

Ugh! I hate waking up in APRIL and seeing snow. My poor tulip buds are sagging now :(

Well, here's my update on the lemon water -

From friday to saturday, it actually worked great! I was able to drop a few ounces for a total of 10 lbs weight loss!

But then yesterday I used a free meal for dinner and kinda pigged out on chinese food :(... back up a pound today.

So, I'm going to really watch what I eat today for a more accurate test.

Have a good week, everyone! :D

Spoke Too Soon

Apparently I spoke too soon.

What the snow?

Sigh.

Let's just hope it melts fast and the warm weather comes back soon.

Hope you all are having a lovely Sunday! :)

Good Weather = Better Motivation

Has anyone else noticed that with the warmer weather eating healthy and exercising is at least a little bit easier?

I'm loving the warm weather and sun shiny days. Bring on SPRING!

I hope everyone else is enjoying the budding Spring. :)

Calling all Fools

Jodi we are in a fight! Game on! we will see who the loser is! j/k This is exactly why I love you I envy your ability to shock and get a rise out of people. Even though I thought you might be joking you still made me feel sorry for you! That takes pure skill! It worked you made a fool out of me! Much love!

End of the day...

First of all to everybody - this is not Mine and Katie's game. Sure, we were the ones who started the game up this time and created the blog, but it is not our game. Any one at any time has all rights to voice their opinions, to propose changes, and to leave at any point. Now that that is said,

Jodi - Never at any point did I say I want you to leave this game. I would not wish that as you are one of the few people I have met that actually stirs the competitiveness in my blood. There is no point in dragging what was said (on either side) any further as we are all adults.

Jenirae and anyone else who mentioned it -It was a beautiful day! and it was amazing to go out and enjoy it. Katie and I had a great time exercising outside today.

Heres to the next 4 weeks! Game On!

Hello!

Kristen, you're down 11 pounds!? Wow, I'm impressed! That's awesome. :D

Also, I don't remember who gave me the tip about the hot water and lemon in the morning, but I tried it this morning and will let you all know the results.

Have a GOOD WEEK! I loved taking my dog for a stroll today in the nice weather for my exercise points. Let's hope it continues!

To Lori

I need to apologize to you for having to deal with issues all day about my bad joke. I'm sorry that i made it a bad day for you. I wish the ones that were offended would have called me instead, and not have to involve you. Thanks for always having my back!

To B and K

Since you guys are in charge of this game on, I just want you to know that you have every right to X me out of your game for a joke that was so offensive to you. I don't want to make the rest of this game a negative one for anybody. Just let me know what you decide.

To Kristen

by the way, isn't that supposed to be a rats ASS? (ha ha) I'm so proud of you for working on your swearing! And thank you for your comments today. I really do struggle with this game more than you can imagine! I think we do struggle with many of the same challenges and i appreciate you being there to support me even though i was calling you a loser :)

Another April fools joke gone bad

Cmon family.... where's the LOVE!! Leave it to me to create drama. To those i have offended, i would love to sincerely apologize but cannot because i know i will not be able to control myself next april fools day. I'm picking myself off the floor and patting myself on the back for another "Gotcha" I just have to remind myself of all the other enemies i might have from previous years. I just "suck it up" and move forward. In my world, laughing and joking is funny (especially on a day that it is legal) So...... go yell it from the mountain tops or on facebook if you need to get it out of your system but just know that it was not meant to ruin your whole day (just part of it).
I really do love and appreciate everybody's courage to always strive to get healthier and more fit.
HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!

It's A BriGht SunShInY DAY!

WOW!!  That was a good one Jodi....  ;).  I'm sure everyone else is LOVING the sunshine the past couple days as much as I am.  It's been great to be able to walk/run/scooter/bike, you name it, to every park within 2 miles of our house (I LOVE being a Stay at Home mom!!!).  This week has been a super plateau week for me...infact this week I actually gained a lb (probably the pizza and ice cream while in St George!!)!  That shouldn't have made me gain that much more weight though....I'm hoping its just cause I am gaining more muscle and in the next week or so it will boost my metabolism and all drop off...here's to hoping right?!  In more positive news though my clothes are getting a little baggier so that's good...plus I have two of the best trainers ever....my daughters.  THey sometimes come in when I'm working out and say things like 'good job mom!' 'Just a few more reps...'  'drink more water mom, it's not gone yet' ;)  LOVE THEM!!  And when they ride scooters and I run with them....it's a great workout...they CRUISE!  ;)  My score this week is not as good as I would've hoped but what do you expect when you go on vacation?  I could have resisted the ice cream on saturday, or the pizza, but what fun is that?  Here's to a new week!  My score was 1025.  Hang in there everyone!  We are all improving our quality of life and getting a little bit healthier every week we stick to this!  SO keep up the great work. 


Oh and hope everyone has a HAPPY APRIL FOOL'S!  ;)

It's a Spring Fling so lets all sing!

What a beautiful day!! Luckily Jodi only ruined it for a short time. Thanks lori for stopping the madness.
It's been a good week. I have been busy working, and working at home on my crafts.
Next week on thursday- saturday, I am in a spring craft fair.
Come see me and all the fun spring things.  It is from 9-6
I also need some help seeing if you know anyone interested in a
vintage window shelf. I have taken ashley's old windows from her house and attached
a shelf along the bottom. I can make them in black or white.
They are real neat to hang indoors for a vintage look.
Call me if you know anyone that would like them or you are interested in coming. 801-243-4855
My score is 1005.

Drama...

Wow - Drama, drama, drama.

Whew! For a second there I thought Jodi had been stalking me and I had been caught! How else would she know that I was cheating, lying and a looser... ummm.... I mean... I don't cheat.... or lie... ever. *shifty eyes*

;)

But seriously.

Next time - go with the 'I'm pregnant' joke. It will go over better. ;)

I hope you all have a lovely Friday and a wonderful weekend!

My Score: 1045

APRIL FOOLS! STOP THE MADNESS

O.K. for those of you that don't know Jodi very well, she LOVES to pull April fools jokes and usually she offends people when she does. she just hopes now that you know you can all laugh at it a little. she would never feel the way she posted. she loves all of you and is very proud of you that you can all do so well. please forgive her if she has ruined your day. she is going to be gone for a while so she wanted me to make sure and post for her so she doesnt offend any one else. please try to have a sense of humor after all isn't that what april fools day is about??? have a great day, by the way her real score is 1005. I knew imediately that it was april fools when braedon called me and told me what she posted, i guess you just have to know my adorable sis! by the way my score is 990

Wow........

I hope this is a joke! I have to agree. I am not a liar and I do not cheat! I had a great week until yesterday then it was out of my control! forced myself to work out BIG MISTAKE! Then missed 2 meals and a snack because I was to sick to eat. Have to say the scale doesn't lie I'm down 11 pounds! Strangely enough I was just thinking about how much I missed you on the blog this game Jodi! I will be your support! I totally get how your brain works because mine works the same way! I was just commenting to Lori that I'm suprised that the devil hasn't come out in me. Usually by this point in the game I'm ready to throw in the towell because honestly I want to win too! I get discouraged because there are some days when I don't give a rats about anything or anyone! I have a tendency to have an all or nothing mentality. The last game we played I was right where you are! I never wanted to play again because the game just became something else for me to fail at. I am embaressed to say I started this game 14 pounds heavier thatn the start of the last game. I am not even down to where I was at the start of the last game! That was my rock bottom. So when I decided to play again. I decided it wasn't about anyone else but me. If I shove my face full of food it's no one's fault but mine! I am so sorry you are frustrated and have felt unsupported. If you want someone to cuss at lets go for a run and I'll listen! Jodi your are my favorite and I love you! I get it! score 1000

Frustrated/Score.

Jodi – I just want to let you know that I am not a liar, I do not cheat, and I do not appreciate you calling me a looser in life. I'm not sure if this is an April Fools joke or what, but either way I don't feel it's appropriate. Life is hard for everybody. I work my ass off to get the scores that I get - even to the point of being more harsh on myself then the rules tell me to be and take off extra points.  If you want to rage against yourself, do it to your self, not to everybody else. It isn’t fair to put everybody else down. When you talk about how the game is about support, calling everybody else loosers in life isn’t the way to promote that. And besides, when was the last time anyone cut you down in this game? When was there any time when someone said anything negative on the blog? As far as I know, never in this game. I would appreciate if you would not act like a 4 year old throwing a temper tantrum. Thank you.


My score: 1045

This friday sucks!

OK.... I'm just going to let it all out and tell you how i really feel! I have done this game for several times now and every time, i think that i will be the winner. If you notice, i started my first week out with a perfect score and it was slowly going down until this week when it took a total dive. My score is 420 and i officially QUIT!!!!! I feel like i have had no support in this game which it should be all about (Am i wrong?????) I feel like i am also in a game with a bunch of losers that lie their way to the top. (which is true in life. That's the only way to make it) I've decided to be true to myself for the first time and just be who i am inside and not try to fool others with my positive attitude and my high scores that are a complete lie! I SUCK AND I HAVE ONCE AGAIN FAILED!!!!! I think all of you should be true to who you are also because i think you are all losers not only in this game, but the game of life!!!!!
Sorry..... just keeping it real!!!

going to work out right now

Feeling a bit queasy this morning! curse the stomach flu! I have kept my breakfast down so far! Wish me luck. I am refusing to get sick! Mind over matter right?

The Dreaded Plateau...

So, I always hate this stage of dieting because it's so disappointing to not lose any weight.

The first couple weeks of this program, it seemed like I was losing a pound a day and I was so excited to reach my weight loss goal. However, to past couple of weeks, it seems like I am just staying the same! I lose a couple ounces, then gain it back the next day. Lose. Gain.

So frustrating! I try switching up my snacks and my workouts, but nothing seems to do it.

Any suggestions?

Movie

Tonight Braedon and I have free passes to a movie premier of Source Code. I don't know much about this movie besides that fact that I get to go for free and I'm excited.

I might just have to take a 10 point snacking penalty and get myself some popcorn. We'll have to see.

I hope you are all doing good! (Sorry to hear about all the sick kicks Kristin!)

Things I am grateful for this week...

My washer and dryer. I can't imagine having sick kids without them. I had my laundry room cleared out 2 days ago. Between washing bedding, rags and clothes I went downstair s this morning and I probably have 10 loads. Sometimes you have to look for the good. I am so grateful for little convieniences. I am also grateful it is spring break this week both my kids missed almost the whole week last week and they would have been missing this week too! kind of a sad spring break ,but at least we don't have to do more make up work! :)

Hello......

It's so nice outside today! I didn't get out of bed early to work out this morning and now I am regretting it! It is going to take all of my will power to get my butt on the treadmill! I am stuck in my house again. My oldest daughter just threw up. Here we go again :(

bad day

bad day yesterday, i am really sick and have a horrible sore throat needless to say i did not get all my water in, it hurt to bad to swallow that much. i also missed out on the exercise, went to bed at 8. i may have to drink warm water today and see if that will be easier to get down. oh well, can only do what i can do right? better luck today!

Monday, monday...

Still somewhat on track. Went out of town over weekend, and went to work early this morning, so feel like monday went fast! Did manage to get my exercise, H2O, and sleep. Happy to start another day.
I am SO thankful for family, love, support, food and work.
I hope you all have a great week!!

Communication Points!!!

I was really tempted to just put the title of this post with nothing in the body of the post, and still counting it as my communication points. But, decided that probably wouldn't work.

Can I just say that working out when you are sick sucks. Freak. I came home early from work today because I was feeling so queasy, but, I have to do my exercise. It was good though. I have to remember that if I truly want it, i'm going to have to work for it.

hello!

sorry i havent posted for a bit, so easy to just call and talk to my family but i do love reading the blog. hanging in there so far. feeling not so good today, massive headache and extremely tired with no energy.

Good thoughts Katie

Have a good day everyone!

Self-Mastery

So last night after almost caving and not doing a workout I decided I need to be better at Self-Mastery, not only in eating right and working out but in all the other little things that cause me to say in my mind "I really need to work on that" or "I really need to be better at doing this". 

So I decided that today was the day to start - I've made some more personal goals that I'm adding to the ones already made for this game and I started working on them today.

First thing - get up when I actually say I'll get up the night before. 

It felt good! I'm not a huge morning person (nor am I a huge night person - I'm the rare "afternoon person" ), but having some self-mastery to get up when I really wanted to so that I can work on these goals really felt good.

I'm not sure what exactly made the light-bulb go one, but I'm glad it did - and I hope know that I will keep improving and get better with my goals. 

Here's to growing and being in charge of my own self. :)

My computer is back on track and so am I. Neither of us were doing very well last week. (It really does help to be able to access the blog.) I actually didn't even keep track; guess I could go back and figure it out. I did keep up my habits, some exercise etc. so it would be better than nothing. I'm ready to start fresh. I got my healthy breakfast: steel-cut oats, eggs, and grapefruit fresh off the tree and hand-delivered last night from Arizona; and my hour of boot camp at 6 this morning (I am so not a morning person, don't know what I was thinking when I signed up for that!) So here's to a better week.

checking in

no worries JRae

I'm a swearing fool. I'm already down 10. I had to take my baby to primary childrens last night for a cat scan because he fell on my treadmill(it was off) and hit his head. So I have had no control of the things coming out of my mouth! He's ok! thank goodness! Can't wait to see that bill:(

Step up my Game!

Whew! It's a tight race... I better step it up if I want to keep my 5 point lead! :P

Good scores this week, everyone!

score 1025

well still room for improvement! proud of all the scores! down a total of 8 lbs. hoping for a little more then that but i will take it!

score 1040

cheers to a new day and a new week!!!!

Score.

Well - not as good as I would like. I forgot to do my good habit... But thats okay. :)

Score: 1045

Happy note: My sister had her baby this morning. I am now the proud Aunt of two beautiful baby girls that are only 15 days apart. :)

Score 1040

Well, better than last week. I know I can do better!
Have a great weekend everyone!!

Score 1065

Finally learned to watch my mouth. This week anyway.....

Score 1055.

Not the best, But I'll take it!

Referring to my weight that is. I lost 1.8 pounds this week. Wish I would be loosing more, but, a loss is a loss. As for my score, I feel pretty dang good about it.

1055.

:S

I didn't do so well this week... kind of stressful with starting a new job and I wasn't as focused on my habits or water drinking as much. Interestingly enough, eating healthy and exercising has been the easiest part of this game for me!

Well, luckily I have 5 more weeks to make up for it! Hopefully I get better and not worse and the weeks go on.

Good Luck! I'm excited to see the scores tomorrow.

tomorrow

tomorrow is score day, dont forget to post your score by noon. good luck everyone! My best week yet. yahoo! still room for improvement.

Good Morning

Just checking in!

comments

Ok... I don't know what is wrong with me, but I still can't make comments! Or, maybe I'm commenting 8 different times and just can't see them on the blog.

Anyway, I see other people commenting, but I don't know what is wrong with me. I log in to the blog under my gmail account and then try to post comments under my gmail profile and they never show up. I even tried changing the blog settings. No luck!

Anybody have any ideas? I really do check in everyday and try to comment... Hopefully there aren't 8 different iterations of the comments I try to post and I just can't see them for some reason.

-Jenirae

Hello

I am so grateful for this game! My husband has been out of town since last Wednesday. He did come home on Sunday night at 8:30 but then left again at 5 on Monday morning. So I am not counting that. My baby got sick the day he left and the sickness has worked it's way through all my kids. My 9 year old is still home from school today! What this means for me? I can't go to the gym my husband is not home to watch my sick kids and I can't take them to the kids club sick. In the past this would have been my free ticket to not excersise. I have a treadmill, weights and videos at home. So because of this game I have excersised at home this week and guess what? it didn't kill me! So thanks for the invite! Instead of sitting around feeling sorry for myself all week I have made the best of it. You have no idea how huge that is for me. Thank you! Also, welcome to Mike we need some more bloggers!

HOWDY!

Wow this is my first post ever! Better late than never! So this is me, me is he, he is who is a bit slow at things, especially jumping into a lifestyle change. Your probably thinking this "Mike" kid isn't taking this seriously or that I don't care, but everything I do is taken in stride. I don't care so much for the game aspect as I am more adjusting to change my regular habits and routines for example I am increasingly aware of what I am putting into my body, I am drinking so much more water than before, of course its hard when I go out to the bar and what not to control what I drink. I know what I have to do, its just getting motivated enough to make it happen as well as part of my regular lifestyle. When you go from eating whatever, whenever and having copious amounts of food because you like to try things and when your raised in the restaurant business thats what you tend to do when you go out to eat it makes it just a little more challenging.

So with that, hello to all! This is a glimpse of who I am and I know already that what I have changed so far within these first couple weeks will stay with me for a long time if not forever.

Hugs & Kisses -3

doing good

this has been a much better week so far. this crazy diet has made me feel so good and in control. i am surprised with all the temptations that i have had and been able to say "no" to. i am feeling really tired the last couple of days, so i didnt exercise one day (boy that kills the points!) but i will make it, only two days, i can do it!

Spring

Hello all!

Just thought I'd do some checking in of my own. For some reason the past few days I really have not been wanting to go to the Gym. I think it's the weather that's been playing with us the past week or so. I just want it to stay warm so I can go out hiking!

Come on Spring!

I hope you are all doing well! :)

Checking in!

Miss hearing from everybody. Hope you are all well!

about portions

This is my problem too! I read in a fitness magazine Quote" make a peace sign with your plate. Your food should form a peace sign, with startches(pasta, rice or potato) and meat composing smaller parts and vegetables and salad the larger ones." Another good rule of thumb, if your meat is larger than a deck of cards it's to much. Pasta, bread and chocolate are the biggest culprits for me. I think we should have all types of food I just need to limit it to 1 Reeses instead of 10. or half of a roll not 2 rolls. Sunday dinner is the worst to much food!!

Portion Control

I had dinner at my mother-in-law's today and found myself eating WAY too much of the yummy food that everyone brought! (Thank goodness for a free meal)

Anyway, I have decided that portion control is the majority of my problem. I don't eat unhealthy foods most of the time, I just eat too much food.

Any good tips or ticks for eating the right portions?

Among other things I Hate

SICK KIDS! I really needed to go to church today. I'm in need of a spiritual boost! AHHHH!

Checking in!

I HATE RUNNING ON A TREADMILL! It was a little to cold to run outside today. So I endured torture on the treadmill. YUCK!

For Points

Just checking in to get my communication points for today!

Good Luck this week, everyone!

Oh oh, didn't think I could do worse than last week, but I did. I did better on my habits, but missed 4 days of exercise which really zapped me. I'll do better next week and remember that it's helping me be more aware, prepared and responsible. I also hope I'm helping all those who are getting over 1000 but "didn't do very well" feel better. That is still a solid 'A' week! My score was 875.

not so good!

score 1010

Scores!

Both Braedon and I had a tough week - we just didn't have the motivation that we normally do. Plus I was in the same boat as Lori - such a wonderful time, eh? (Luckily I was still able to maintain my weight!) Hopefully we can get back on track this week!

Katie: 1035
Braedon: 1020

Good job everyone else!

Score 1025

Better than last week but this week what I struggled with most was keeping the clothes off the floor :(....sounds simple but I have a hard time once clothes are washed to fold and put away and with myself and Summit being so sick this week there were a couple times I just went to bed instead of folding and putting the clothes away.  So that's where I lost my points.... Here's to a new week and HOPEFULLY healthy kids.

Score 1045

Only swore twice this week! it's getting easier.

Mistake!!

Jenirae brought a mistake on the score sheets to my attention - on time reporting is only worth 5 points each week. This is written correctly on the blog as well as the 1st week's score sheet - but is written as 10 points on the remaining weeks score sheets. Please remember that it is only worth 5 points! Sorry about that!

Scores to come.

score 1015

well a little better then last week. next week i am shooting for perfect. i started my 17 day diet yesterday and i was so proud of myself we had to go to hoppers for my mother in laws birthday dinner and all i got was a grilled chicken breast and steamed veggies. not even one bite of their delicious hot bread or a fry off my daughters plate. i was so proud of myself. if i can stick to this diet exactly i will finally have a perfect score next week. weight loss was only .2 (lovely monthly!) Hey I can't complain, I usually gain this time of the month so hopefully that means i really had a better loss. hope everyone does well today.. have a great weekend!

Happy St. Patty's Day!!

Another week down, and it has been a better week than last.
I have to thank all those great ideas for healthy snacks. It has helped
me so much find good things to snack on other than sweets and chocolate.
Its been fun planning our green dinner this week. We have found a lot of green,
healthy foods to eat, and thanks to Ashley being so creative & fixing dinners
it has been easy for me to eat better. Ashley is a great cook!
Sorry Ashley, I will try and get better and helping with
dinners, planning and preparing, but thank you for all your hard work at helping
me stay on track!!
I have to work all day tomorrow, so I am posting my score early for the week
Score= 1040
better than last week, but I can do better!!

Happy St. Patty's

Thought since the kids weren't needing every second of my attention at the moment that I'd post something.  Katie I totally agree with the sweets thing.  Why can't we just crave all the healthy stuff? ;)  I haven't had much luck this week with the weight loss...I've lost maybe a pound but I have noticed everything tightening up a little...especially though my shoulders and back, if only I could notice the tightening in the abdominal area more ;)... hopefully soon.  It's a step in the right direction though.

Good work everyone!  Hope you all have a happy healthy St. Patrick's day!

Gay mom Blog What?

My husband feels the same way ,but at least it keeps some accountability in my life! Ha! Happy St. Paticks to you!!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

So this morning my husband asked me what I was doing; "posting on my blog," I answered. "What blog?" "The Game On Blog" "What??" "You know that thing I'm doing with Lori." Then he had one last question, "Why are you posting on a 'Gay Mom' Blog!"

checking in

Have a good day!

Tough day

My husband is leaving town tommorrow again.... He has been gone most of the month and I'm ready to pull my hair out. I feel a sense of entitlement when he's gone this is my inner monolouge."I deserve to eat out tonight the kids don't eat when I cook anyway". Then it's 5 days and thousands of calories later and I'm beating myself up! I've got to accept the reality of things. My husband is gone at least 50% of the time every month this month it has been about 80%. And eating everything in sight is not going to change that!

Sweets

I love hearing how everyone is doing - their struggles and successes, it helps me keep fighting the fight. My fight is with sweets. I love candy so much! I also love cookies, desserts, ice cream, etc. But I know it's better for me to not eat so much sugar so I'm glad this game is helping me control my sugar intake.

But I still think I will forever pine after sour watermelons, gummy bears, fruit rolls, laffy taffy, smarties, and all the other wonderful things you find in the candy isle. ;)

Sick

It's been a rough few days, I haven't had much computer time because I've been taking care of myself and baby boy who have been sick.  I've surprisingly still been able to maintain working out, etc but just haven't had time to get on the blog.  Here's to hoping that we can get feeling better soon.  Just grateful for husbands who take time off of working and studying to take care of us.  But nice job Kristin for staying on top of the blog ;)....

Finally

Wow I am finally able to post something. I've tried comments etc. and been very frustrated since it was not working for me. So I am very happy to keep Kristen company on here. I had a rough start and have been out of town more than home, but hopefully can get going a little stronger now. I'm impressed with the weight losses you all are posting and the all the near perfect scores (and the 8 miles). I better up my game, some tough competition here. (I did remember my seat best every time today!)

It's a food world.

It's amazing how much time you have for other things when your world doesn't revolve around food!

The only thing I used to really look forward to during the day was eating. I would sit there at work and think about what I was going to have for lunch, and then come home and think about what I was going to have for dinner.

Well, it's amazing how much you can get done when you're using your brain for thinking about more than just food! I've read 2 books and written 30 pages of a screenplay in the last week and a half. :D

Has anyone else had this experience the last week?

hi kristin!

Sorry you have been the only one on lately. unfortunately because 6 of us are family we talk to each other all the time so we dont need to blog. i still get on and read all the time though. i have no idea where the other gamers are though. glad you are becoming aware of your habits. i am so proud that you chose such a hard habit to change even though you knew it would make you loose points. that is such a great habit to change. hope you have a great week. i know jenell chose a really hard habit also (hooking her seat belt) and sadly that happens numerous times a day so that is why her score is so low also because if she forgets 10 times a day that is a huge deduction. i am proud of her also because that is a very important habit. we will both be better because of your choices. lets have a great week!

To Kristen

Hey.... great job on your blogging!!!! It looks like you have been a bit lonely on the blog. Hope you have a great non-cussing week. You can do it!

Self control

It's amazing how many things I say and do without thinking! I am now very aware of how much I swear. It's getting better ,but I've had to catch myself on numerous occasions.

Where is everyone?

Ha!

Where is everyone?

Ha!

Here for my points

Have a good week!

jenells score 910

Jenell called me and asked me to post her score for her. she has been out of town.

Week 1

Wow, like a lot of you it has been a hard week, but I think the first week can be sometimes the hardest.
I had a bad tooth problem this week, and after 3 dentist appointments, 7 shots in the mouth, 2 nights of not being able to sleep due to severe pain, 2 bridges put on, and 1 root canal, I finally am feeling better!! 
My score for this week is 1000 also lori. Good job to the rest of you, and lets make this next week even better. I am down 2 lbs ;( but at least I'm down right?

Week 1 = 1065!

I will have you know that this week's perfect score in no way reflects my usual willpower when it comes to dieting and exercise. (I would like everyone to know that there is a can of coke in the fridge that remains unopened... that is a big deal for me!)

It was a pretty laid back week, so I was able to focus a lot on exercising and eating right. Hopefully I can keep it up next week and the 6 weeks after that!

I'm down 5 pounds!

I didn't do so well...

Wow!  You guys are all so good!!  I swear having three little kids makes this a little harder ;).  It's ok...Next week is a new week and I'm ready to do better.  I'm so upset...I usually have no problem doing my workouts, but yesterday was crazy (Dr appointments, play group, making dinner for neighbor all on top of regular motherly activities) and on top of that at 7:30 I started to feel crummy.... I guess I finally caught this nasty head cold :(...so by the time I could actually workout it was 9:30 and I was DEAD!  So I missed 30 points for that.... Bringing my total to only 1010!  The first day was super hard to drink my water so -15 for that and stupid snacking!  Oh well...Bring on a new week.  Great Job to everyone else though!!! 

score 1000

Wow, I sure hope I can do better next week. It was a tough week. I had to work 42 hours and had a funeral, play, movie, jury duty, etc. etc. etc. Crazy week. I am down 5.4 lbs though so that is awesome! It can only get better right :)

Score 1035

-30 for swearing. HOW DUMB IS THAT! on the bright side I lost 6 lbs. So if I can keep my potty mouth under control maybe I can be perfect next week:)

Score Time

This week was good. Hard at times, but good. I was on a sugar crave all week - and actually caved yesterday when my work gave out free fresh Krispey Kreme donuts (drool). So I lost ten points. But besides that I did pretty well! My score is 1055.

Also - Way to be Jodi (and yes you did add right).

Here's to another week! Bring it on!

Woo Hoo!

Welp, I didn't loose as much weight as I would have liked in the first week of the game. But it was a hard week. I don't know what my deal was, but I wanted to eat every piece of chocolate there was. Good thing for my 100 calorie snacks.
Well, my score this week was 1055. And I lost 7 pounds. Not bad, could be better on the weight loss. But I am still super grateful for what I did loose! Lets hope that I can at least loose half of that next week. Last time I did this game, I think I actually gained my second week. Eeek.

Yeah to week 1

I usually have struggled with this game but i was so ready to start it did not seem so hard this week. I got my total points which i think is 1065 if i added right and not only that, all it took was one week to get myself out of a funk that i have been in for the entire 3 winter months. I hope i can keep up the momentum!

Pictures

I never realize how large I've gotten until I see myself in a picture. I'm so glad we started this game this week because when I saw my lovely picture today I was able to say it's o.k. I'm doing something about it! I think I tend to be in denial most of the time. I'm not to far gone and the scary part is if your not careful it can always get worse. Has anyone been watching the Biggest Loser? They had a 600lb contestant this year. Why is it so easy to gain weight and so hard to lose it?

Blog issues

Ok, I don't know if anyone else has been having this problem, but every time I try to comment on someone's post, it doesn't end up showing up on the blog :S

Am I doing something wrong?

struggling!

boy i am struggling this week, i keep snacking! i am just hungry and nothing sounds good but junk. hopefully my attitude will change this next week :(

checking in

thanks for the snack ideas!

SNACKS!

I have had a request from my adoring son to list some snack ideas. he is getting very bored with his choices. so here goes:
1. yogurt - low fat or better yet, plain and add fresh fruit in.
2. 1 c. non cream based tomato soup sprinkled with 1 oz. shredded part-skim mozzarella
3. cucumber slices or celery dipped in 1/2 c. plain yogurt, 1 t. honey, lemon zest, lemon juice,salt and curry powder.
4. large tomato slice with 1 oz. part skim mozzarella and 2 basil leaves drizzle with olive oil and balsamic vinegar to taste. dash of salt
5. air popped pop corn
6. shelled edamame
7. fruit/nuts
8. 1 T. almond butter onto mini pita
9. baby carrots dipped in 2 T. hummus
10. 1/4 c. arugula, 1 oz. prosciutto and 1/2 oz. parmesan in mini tortilla
11. 1 c. raspberries with 2 T. plain yogurt and 1 t. honey
12. 1 oz. baked tortilla chips with 3 T. black bean dip
13. 1/2 c.sorbet
14. laughing cow cheese with veggies or a few baked chips
15. roll up deli turkey with asparagus and fat free cream cheese
16. baggie with whole grain cold cereal. i love the chocolate cheerios
17. protein shake
18. celery or apple with peanut butter
19. cold cooked shrimp with sauce
20. cottage cheese with seasoning and beggies
21. sliced strawberries and fat free cream cheese on 1 piece whole grain toast
22. hard boiled egg
23. jerky

hope those ideas help!

Swear words

I made it through yesterday without swearing and then this morning my 9 year old was an absolute pill. I was referring to having to wake her up for junior high. Right now she doesn't go to school till 8:45 and we struggle. So without even thinking I said to my husband. Getting her up for junior high is going to be pure **** . There is no other way to describe it -10 again. Somebody shoot me!

I just have one question...

Does shoveling 800 lbs of snow from last night's storm off your driveway count as 20 minutes of exercise?... It should!

Something to think about

Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain.

Ok.... so the other day i went with a friend that is training for a 15 mile run in 3 weeks. We went to antelope island to train. You must know that i have barely done any exercise in 3 months, have gained 12 pounds and now have asthma attacks regularly. When this friend asked me to go with her to do an 8 mile run/walk/jog, being the crazy person that i am, i actually said yes knowing i might die. She claimed she was out of shape also, and that i would keep up just fine. You do the calculations...... 8 miles in 2 hours 20 min. No running. More walking and jogging that was probably not much quicker than our walking pace. This is all my friend could do and i learned a great lesson. 8 miles came and went. No asthma due to not overexerting my lungs, and now i have no fear doing 10 miles with her on Sat. It's amazing what our weak and out of shape bodies can do when we slow down and enjoy the journey.
As i start this journey (again) i have already realized that it is not the speed at which you go, it is how long you can keep the momentum.

Gym

So in preparation of starting this Game Braedon and I set up a membership at Golds Gym through Braedon's work. I honestly wasn't looking forward to being a Gym Member. I haven't been to an actual gym since my sophomore year of high school - choosing instead to do at home things such as P90X or the treadmill. Well then came Friday, day one of the game, where Braedon and I took our first trip to our local Golds Gym. All my fears/annoyances/notwantingtogotothegym feelings bubbled up as I felt that everyone was looking at the very scrawny/non-athletic white girl (our gym just so happens to be in West Valley where white is definitely the minority) that didn't belong in such a place. We then proceeded to do our workout. Some time on the treadmill, time on the bike, and a few weights lifted later we were done with our workout - and you know what? It felt good!

We have now been everyday since (besides Sunday) and all my ill conceived notions about gyms have been put to rest. I actually enjoy it now. Yes there are still some times when Braedon will have to nudge me to actually go to the gym, but once I'm there I work harder then I would at home, maybe that's just my competitive side coming out (how dare the girl next to me run faster then I am, I'll show her!).

I'm glad this Game pushed me and Braedon to get gym memberships and even better I'm glad it pushes us to actually go and use the membership.

Anywho, my arms are tired and so are my legs, time to take a shower and snuggle to a good movie - I actually feel like I deserve it. :)

Night all!

Water

Anyone have good ideas on how to drink all the water we need to?  I'm really struggling with that...why am I struggling with something that should be so simple?!

Happy Anniversary Kelly!

I can't believe you have been married 30 years already! congrats! Off to jury duty I go, I sure hope they don't keep me, that is not where I want to spend my week or even my day! thanks for all the birthday wishes yesterday, it was a great day and what a better way to spend it then with all my family! I love you all!

Happy Birthday to an AMAZING sister!!!!

Hey Lori
Im 2 for 2. I think you know what that means. Well the good thing is the day is not over and the other good thing is that i am blogging late and saw Kristen's blog. (way to go Kristen!!!!)
Love ya sis!

Happy Birthday Lori

I never thought not swearing would ne so hard! I am a worst potty mouth than I thought. I'm already down -20:(

day 3

Ok day one was perfect and great, then my hubby surprised me and took me away for our anniversary!
Thank goodness for a free day... It saved me, and now back on track for day three.
I hope all is welll with you all. ;)

Free day already?

I know it's dumb ,but about 3 weeks ago I traded a whole saturday off to my husband in exchange for a trip to the NCAA basketball tournament with his dad! LAME I should have asked for the whole weekend! So of course I overdid BLAH!

I am the lamest pea brained idiot in the entire planet when it comes to computers

So........ i am trying to put in my goals and can not find my name off to the right like it says to. My new goal is to not say negative things about myself (just looking at my title, i hope you know i am joking)
Really.... my new goal is to drink a full glass of water before breakfast and my bad habit goal is to kiss and hug every member of my family daily and tell them how much i love them
So now.......... if there are any non lame, non pea brained idiots (which i'm sure are all of you) that would like to help a sista out. Please help me add these goals in the correct and proper place before i screw up the entire blog and rearrange what should not be rearranged, i would love you dearly!!!
Glad to be back on track!

The Beginning

So...Can i say how much i love and hate beginnings. But, it will be worth it. Already i'm looking at all of the wonderful, delicious, and fatty foods that I absolutely love that I want to eat. But then, I have to remind myself how much better I feel when I don't eat them. Plus, I get my 100 calorie snack. Plus my meals off. All in all, i'm excited to be starting again. Day one was not as bad as I had thought it would be.

Ready to Rock! ;)

I have to say I am super excited about doing this.  I have needed that extra push to eat healthy. With three kids who are pretty picky eaters sometimes it's just easier to eat what they will eat, which usually isn't the most healthy choice.  I don't know about you guys but I'm always looking for new ideas to try.  So I just thought I'd post some of my favorite things....

I LOVE these for a quick on the go snack....

Nutrition info:

Calories	45	Sodium	5 mg
Total Fat	0 g	Potassium	85 mg
Saturated	0 g	Total Carbs	11 g
Polyunsaturated	0 g	Dietary Fiber	1 g
Monounsaturated	0 g	Sugars	9 g
Trans	0 g	Protein	0 g
Cholesterol	0 mg
Vitamin A	0%	Calcium	0%
Vitamin C	0%	Iron	0%

I get them from Target and while they are a little pricey they are SO YUMMY!!

To satisfy the chocolate cravings I find that a few of these will hit the spot and since they are dark chocolate and have fiber from the raisins, they are healthy....just don't over do it!  There is also Dark Chocolate covered plums at Walmart that are SOOO good!!

Then there is my new favorite breakfast....  A cup of this...

Nutrition info:

Calories	110	Sodium	105 mg
Total Fat	0 g	Potassium	300 mg
Saturated	0 g	Total Carbs	20 g
Polyunsaturated	0 g	Dietary Fiber	0 g
Monounsaturated	0 g	Sugars	14 g
Trans	0 g	Protein	7 g
Cholesterol	5 mg
Vitamin A	20%	Calcium	25%
Vitamin C	0%	Iron	0%

with 1/4 cup of raspberries or other fruit and a 1/2 cup of these yummy things...

 

Yummy and it keeps me full longer!  

Nutrition info:

1 serving = 1 cup

Calories 250 Sodium 250 mg Total Fat 3 g Potassium 210 mg Saturated 1 g Total Carbs 44 g Polyunsaturated 1 g Dietary Fiber 5 g Monounsaturated 1 g Sugars 10 g Trans 0 g Protein 6 g Cholesterol 0 mg     Vitamin A 10% Calcium 10% Vitamin C 10% Iron 90%

These are Just a few of my favorite things. 

For dinner my favorite thing lately is Steak fajitas.  I just buy some sirloin and cut it into strips.  Before I do that I put onion, red and yellow peppers and garlic in a frying pan with some EVOO for a few minutes then set them aside while I cook the meat.  I marinate the meat in Lime juice, cilantro, jalepeno, and more garlic, and EVOO (I've only marinated for 30 minutes and it is still so yummy!)  I think they are good without sour cream, cheese, or salsa on a tortilla.  So yummy!!

I hope you guys find these helpful.  I always enjoy hearing what people make that is healthy. 
  

And it Begins.

We have finally started! Yay! I honestly already feel a difference - if nothing else but in my way of thinking. I am large and in charge (too cheesy?). ;)

Also another reminder for those that still haven't put in their goals on the blog to make sure and do so today! And also to make sure that it is a daily habit that is easy to monitor or measure.

Good luck everyone!

weight

i hope you all remembered to go home and weigh on your own scale so you know each week if you have lost weight or not. if you forgot just do it this morning. for those of you that are not used to the water you might be in the bathroom a lot for the first little bit :) well, here we go, hope you all have a great first day!

Vote

2 winners is ok!

Ready, Set, GO!!

Yay, here we go again! I am excited and ready to get started tomorrow.
Good luck to us all, and let's pat ourselves on the back for doing something
for ourselves.

My Vote

I think that having a first and second place winner would be good.
Ditto to the fact that doing this is the most important thing to me,
getting rid of bad habits, and gaining new good habits to feel better
and losing weight will be the reward for me!!

My Vote.

My vote for the winnings would be to have two winners. 1st place get most of the pot while second place gets the reminder. But I agree with Lori that I'm not too picky. :)

my vote

my vote for the winnings is 2 places. but i am really ok with any decision because i feel that we will all be winners if we gain new habits, get healthy and lose weight :)

Tying up Loose Ends

Okay all - we are starting this Game for reals tomorrow. I'm really looking forward to getting back some control on what I'm doing with my body.

Just a few last things I feel needs to be discussed before the starting day tomorrow.

1. 25 dollars - just a reminder that everyone will need to put in 25 dollars at the beginning of the game (I realize it's hard to see some people often, but just as soon as possible). Lori Goudie will be keeping track of the money - don't worry, she's trustworthy. ;)

2. Winnings - this brings us to our next topic of business which is the winning pot. We've had it suggested by a few people that it might be nice to have a second (and possibly third?) place winner. What do you all think? I feel this should be something that is voted on, not just decided by me. So here are our options:

            a. Winner Takes All. One winner gets all the pot (10 people = 250 dollars)

            b. 2 Winners. 1st would get 200 and 2nd place would get 50  (or something similar)

            c. 3 Winners.  1st would get 150, 2nd 75, and 3rd 25. (Again numbers could be different)

Post your vote on the blog and we'll decide officially what we want to do with the winnings. :)

3. Weighing In - In order to make sure that the final weight bonus points are accurate we will need to all weigh in at the beginning of the game (this week) and at the end of the eight weeks. Since we are all a little all over the place and may not know each other, we thought it would be easiest to just weigh-in in front of at least one other player to vouch for your weight. Also it would be best to make sure you use the same scale at the beginning of the game as well as at the end of the game to keep numbers more accurate. This of course applies only to those that haven't already weighted in front of Lori. :)

Welp, I think thats it.

Don't forget to post your vote on the winnings - if no one puts in their vote I'll just decide on my own. ;)

Healthy Meals/Healthy Snacks

I've had a few people ask me about the phrase 'Healthy Meals' or 'Healthy Snacks', so I thought I would post on the blog for everyone just to some what clarify what those phrases means exactly.

While we don't want to put huge restrictions on what people eat (thats one of the advantages of this game is being able to feel what your body needs and eat accordingly), there are of course guide lines that can help you eat healther. For example - having balance in a snack or meal. Try to have some protein or fiber (or both!) in a snack. Try and have at least a veggie or fruit with each meal (as well as a protien, carb, and a fat).

Baked chips would not be considered a healthy snack - but a handful of nuts and some carrots would. Just an apple on it's own would not be considered a healthy snack, but throw in some string cheese and you've got one.

As for meals, again try and throw in some veggies or fruit to the mix, keep calories down - but make sure and get enough, don't eat a lot of starchy, fried, or super sugary things and of course always remember portion control. 

Hopefully this helps people understand what Healthy Meals and Healthy Snacks are. 

:)

hello!

ok i am so excited to start this again especially with such an amazing group of people. I have updated my goals and i picked really hard ones for me this time so it will be a challenge! good luck!

Updating Habit's

Hello again!

I believe I have now sent you all an invite to your Email address. Once you have accepted the invite (and possibly made an account and password) you should be able to post things to the blog. As soon as you accept the invite I will go in and give you admin rights so you can go and edit your habits page and put in what your New Habit and Old Habit are for the game. You will have until Friday to change these if you decide to.

To edit your habits just click on your name on the right and then you should see a little pencil at the bottom of the page that when you put your mouse over it it says 'Edit', click on this and type in your goals and then click publish page.

If you'd rather not deal with this I can put in your goals for you - just Email them to me at katie.goudie at gmail.com.

Let me know if you run into any problems!

Getting Ready.

Hey all!

We are getting ready to finally start this game on Friday! First off I will need everyone's Email address so that I can give them rights to post on the blog. I also need your Email so that I can give you the spreadsheet to keep track of your points each week.

Please Email your Email address to: katie.goudie at gmail.com

You can also Email me any questions you might have about the game before we get started!

Can't wait to hear from you all!

Games Starts Soon!

The blog is up and running and we should be ready to go to start this new Game On! soon. I'm excited to get back on track and also to have a support system again for healthy living!

For the updated rules and points just click on the tab above.