-2 for Thunderbuns. I'm getting closer to my 00 and I can't wait!!!

not skipping out...

our weigh in days are now fridays...so I'll weigh in this friday. Felt like we ate relatively healthy this vacation...and hope that the swelling in my feet and legs goes away by friday!! Now I've gotta think of some goals.....

Hot Momma & Saints fan

Up again

Gained another one this week. Blah. I did go to a fireside last night given by the coach of the Highland Rugby team. Coach Gelwix. (From Forever Strong) He was amazing. He gave everyone there a "Champions Challenge" It is 7 days and you only have to do 2 things. Seems easy, but apparently is NOT. All his rugby players have to complete this challenge. I thought that it seemed great, but also adaptable to Club Zero. So here is your "Champions Challenge" Club Zero. Choose 2 goals. Make them health or weightloss related. Make them not too hard, but not too easy. (The way Coach Gelwix put it was that as we float through the river of life we don't want the things to just drift to us on the current, but things we really have to seek out) Then post your goals here, and everyday, report to us the success of your goal. (See you only report the success, because you will not fail, you are a champion, and it is ONLY 7 days.....right?) So, are you in?


..by the way his real Champions Challenge goals were this:
#1.Find someone you don't NEED (they have nothing you want) and treat them better
#2. Find something that isn't your job to do and do it

It was an amazing fireside. I am so grateful for a journal to record such great spiritual moments in. I refer to it often.

-Cookie

the first

I will be the first to post :) I am down .5. I was hoping for a better number, but I think I am losing inches and that is what counts :)
-Razzle

Sorry it's late

I am glad to report a -1. Slow and steady!!
Zody

forgot

Sorry, I forgot to post yesterday. I stayed the same :( I have a new found determination and will hopefully be seeing some results soon :)
-Razzle

So close yet so far away :(

Well no I didn't make my vacation goal :( I am the same this week which is nothing short of a miracle ;) but still happy about what I have done before vacation. And we too are planning on alot of laughing and walking on vacation so maybe....... And when we get home I am going to get Alfalfa to jump back in and we are going to go crazy again!!!

Darla

Vacation goal not met...

...but I did loose 3 lbs this week :) (and that was after gorging myself on fries at Red Robin Thurdsay night (we weigh in on Fridays))

I sure wish I would have been motivated sooner...oh well...There will be no weigh in for Hot Momma and Saints Fan next week...but we'll be walking LOTS and LOTS :) and planning on lots of laughing too...that burns calories you know!!

-Hot Momma

Vacation Goal Met

My Last Chance Workout (LCW) was amazing this week. It included a 30 minute run on the treadmill, 2.5 miles non stop! I followed that up with 2.5 miles on the elliptical, then cooled down on the bike. I had some really great workouts this week that resulted in meeting my 30 pound pre-vacation goal.

Down 4 pounds!

- Saints Fan

Let's Celebrate

I am taking a page from "Saints Fan's" book and think we should all celebrate something we have done good this week. (non scale related please). I think we are all working hard and need to remember why we are really doing this.
For me today I was grateful for a husband that is supportive. I was super tired and didn't want to get up to work out. He helped me realize how much better I would feel if I just did it.
He was right.
I did!
I think for me doing is most of the battle!!

Let's hear them everyone. Post your celebrations in the comments!
Zody

P.S. I am 0 for this week

Getting closer

Well I am getting closer but I certianly won't make it by next week to my 20lb goal but still getting closer I was down 3 this week :) But after that post from the saints fan I am going to pull out some old clothes and see how close I am :) WAY TO GO EVERYONE!!!!!

Darla

Thanks Jillian

(not really...I hated that workout!)

-2 this week :)

Hot Momma

Well...

I am -1 this week. Isn't what I wanted it to be, but at least it's down.
-Razzle

Forget The Scale - It's Been A Great Week

I gained a half a pound this week, and I know how it happened. Have you ever bought a candy bar and after the first bite thought "Thats not what I wanted," then finished it anyway because it cost $.75. Dang you Easter candy and curse you John Cadbury.

Even with this set back let me share some ups from this last week...

I ran 1 mile this week not once but twice without stopping. It was on the treadmill paced at a 12 minute mile. I know some of you could run nearly 2 miles in that time, but I haven't ran that distance without stopping in almost 15 years. 5k run, here I come.

While attending the temple with my wife, I fit into a pair of pants that my wife bought for me around the time we got married 9 1/2 years ago. I haven't been able to wear those pants in nearly 6 years, but I have left them in the temple bag with hopes that I may fit into them again some day.

I noticed at work on Monday that my extra chin was nearly gone. I went to pull on it and it wasn't there.

I have had to wear my wedding ring on my pinkie finger because it hurt to wear it on my ring finger which was too fat. This week I wore it on my ring finger every single minute.

I don't want to be that "Fat Dad," that is clumsy, slow, and out of breath. I don't want my boys to be teased about my size, I don't want them to be ashamed of me. I am grateful for an inexperienced doctor that was more blunt than my normal doctor had been, scaring me into a change.

- Saints Fan

Sorry

Busy week, numbers changed. 2 more for me to report as well. Blah. I am heading fast in the wrong direction. Just need to refocus.
-Cookie

Hey Cookie...

get those numbers changed...I don't wanna see a plus EVER AGAIN!!

Forgot to weigh in yesterday ..... but as of today I am down 2!!! Hallelujah!!!

-Thunderbuns

I need a new attitude!!!

I am +1 this week BLAAA But I have no motivation to do anything so that is the problem. WINTER SUCKS!!!!! I need to suck some motivation from Saints Fan!!!

Darla

new scale...new attitude

-3 this week putting me at a grand total of -1...shows how dedicated I've been this year...huh...well no more. Dave made me join a weight loss contest, and I don't want to be the dead weight...so here we go!!

(oh, and I got a new scale that says the same thing EVERY time I step on it (meaning when I get on and off of it 5 times in a row) now there's a novel idea)

-Hot Momma :)

Finally

I don't know if it is because of the dehydration caused by fast Sunday, or if it is because of my veggie and water goals last week, or a combination of the two, but since both scales agreed I FINALLY get to declare a loss. -3!!!! It feels like this has been a long time coming. I am only -2 for the year, but at least it is going the right direction. Hears to a good week ahead.
Zody
P.S. Cookie Fogarty should still be 0, you gave him my plus one last week. Wait, maybe I should always let him claim my positive numbers ;)

+1 for me...again :sigh: :(
-Razzle

Taking Up Yoga

I am going to start yoga, does anyone have a yoga DVD that isn't too girly? I just don't want to be beat up if someone walks in on me.

This week I started lifting weights, going through a complete upper body workout Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (Ask my wife about the gun show, oh ya). My thinking is that weight training would help burn more calories over the long run, even though I may gain a little now due to the increased muscle mass. To finish the week I had some heavy cardio workouts on the bike and elliptical. Climbing on the scale I was elated to find out I had lost another 2.5 pounds this week.

On a side note...Twelve more workouts until I can wear mouse ears in public.

P.S. My work is starting a 8 week Biggest Loser contest with prizes. I am hoping that the grand prize is $250,000! My beautiful wife has agreed to join my alliance along with a guy from work who is doing Weight Watchers and is losing weight fast, we should stay on the ranch a long time.

-Saints Fan

Oopsies I gained 2 pounds!!!! I have to say I'm not quite sure why...... usually I "Earn" my gained pounds but this week I was actually pretty good. Oh well, whatever is up with this monkey business I hope it ends soon!!!!

Thunderbuns

Late report for me....

...I gained 2 this week. I blame it solely on the discovery of Pioneer Woman. And just when I thought I could withstand any more temptation from that devil woman, today she gave a recipe for apple fritters. I am hopelessly obsessed. HELP!! ......and btw, those 2 lbs were totally worth it ;).....

-Cookie

Just wondering ??????? :)

Do monster cookies count as a vegetable??????? Or are they in a foodgroup at all :) Or maybe they are their own foodgroup!!! All I know is they must leave my house or I will eat them all ;) YUMMY!!!!!

Darla

A change of scale

I haven't signed in for a few weeks, not because I didn't care or wasn't still working, just because the proximity to my usual scale had been more difficult to get to.
Anyway, there is a new scale at the gym and I can now weigh in every Monday morning. So I am not sure how accurate this is because it was a new scale and place and time of day, but put me down for a +1. Truly not too bad considering I have been sick for a week and not able to exercise or care about what I eat.
I am taking a page from the Saints fan's book and listing some Non-weight related goals so I can feel some positive encouragement even if the scale doesn't.

Exercise 1 hour a day 5 days this week. (even if it has to be in 15 minute spurts)
8 glasses of water daily
8 servings of fruits and veggies (that's a lot, but I am again inspired)
and . . .
I don't know that I can change the weather - but I promise not to complain about it any more (maybe if I change my attitude that alone will feel warmer)

Good luck to everyone this week!
Zody

well...

I am up 1 this week :( Wish I could actually have a success and get motivated again instead of this roller coaster ride.
-Razzle

:)

Yes Darla is happy today!!!!! Happy to report a -3 YEP!!!!!!!!!!! WAHOO!!!!!!!!!!! I didn't have a chance to exersize and I didn't "diet" great but I was conciously aware of what I was eating (even when it was cookies) and aparently stress works wonders. But I don't want any more of that :) so 7 lbs 3 weeks here we come!!!!! ( I really just want to actually like myself in the pictures) But I can't be sad because as of today I am down 20 lbs since the first of december!!! WAHOO!!!!!!! So today I start exersizing again and really working hard so I can have a fabulous time on vacation!!!!