Jeffrey - sounds like you had a terrific time - congrats - and wow what amazing rockstar talent you have! did you put that in your bio (hint, hint)

Gina - glad to see you - I hope you feel better!

Congrats on the losses this week everyone, especially you Lara with 8 lbs down! Way to go!

I just want to thank everyone for your comments on our last thread, I really appreciate that and I am so happy to have shared my wonderful news with you all!

I was wondering though, since I am now an official Rockstar Cheerleader, if anyone would mind if I still posted my goals with you all every week and still participated in some of the challenges? I would love to still be "held accountable" even if its just posting my goals and acomplishments.

Originally Posted by 9615

Congrats on the losses this week everyone, especially you Lara with 8 lbs down! Way to go!

I just want to thank everyone for your comments on our last thread, I really appreciate that and I am so happy to have shared my wonderful news with you all!

I was wondering though, since I am now an official Rockstar Cheerleader, if anyone would mind if I still posted my goals with you all every week and still participated in some of the challenges? I would love to still be "held accountable" even if its just posting my goals and acomplishments.

Sure! You are still a ROCKSTAR!

Oh Man do I feel bad my loss would have helped us to almost tie. I feel like such a bad teammate. I really haven't been around.
My Godmother is visiting from overseas, I haven't seen her in 2 1/2 years and she is here for a whole month!!! This is her trip of a lifetime as she probably wont be able to come visit again. So I have been neglecting all of my Rockstar buddies.

I thought about you all this morning as I sat in the DR's office (I have a really bad cold and pink eye) as the clock chimed 10 and I was too late to weigh in. I would have weighed in the night before but I was stuck in traffic for almost 4 hrs and got home at 3am.

I'm sorry to all of you

The win is important, but not even CLOSE to as important and your personal health

We did fine - 2nd place is very respectable

Hey everyone! I hope we all have a great week this week!

My goals for this week:

1. Get back on track with my special "soup and the basics (veggies, etc)" diet.
2. Cut out all sodas, cut down on milk, and drink more water, and more "drink additive" drinks (crystal lite, wyler's, etc)
3. Try to start back on working out (which I haven't done in months)... possibly an hour swim at least once a week!

Hi everyone, great work last week!!

I'm sorry Lara, I posted my two pound gain in the last thread (unless the computer is hating me again??) but didn't message it to you, MY BAD!!

I love the theme for this week and I am working in that vein to keep it up
Hubby surprised me early this morning with a day trip to Yosemite (can I say how much i LOVE living an hour away) so lots of little walking trips and play time with munchkin.

I am determined to have a really good week at my new temp job, even if i have an interview wednesday morning for one of the "big ones" i applied for a couple weeks back. this one is for a social services group, and the pay is about 1.5 or 2 times what i am making now, plus it is NOT a temp gig.

So my goals for the week:
keep up the water game at work (with the bracelets, totally awesome-- see my last blog for details)
no excuses for chef special lunches- healthy and home-packed is the way to go
2 evening walks with hubby

feeling good and moving forward!!
here's to a new week!

Yeah Lara! congrats on the 8 pound loss! That's amazing!

So, I really feel good about myself tonight. I went shopping in tulsa last week when i went to stay with our fellow rockstar, courtney and found some really cute clothes at maurices...they have a fat-girl (ahem...i mean "plus size", courtney) section now...and the clothes on the sale rack were super cheap. anyway, i was taking some pics of my new clothes and sending them to my hubby tonight when i was talking to him on the internet...(he's still in indonesia) and he was telling me how hot i looked. hehehehehehe that makes me giggle. anyway, i decided that i could use one of them as an after pic since i hadnt started doing the before/after part of my pictures. i dug up a pic that i took of myself about a year and a half ago...probably at my heaviest...to use as my before pic. I never realized how much difference 20 pounds makes! I am pumped because, honestly, I can be happy with the body I have in my new pics, even though I am no where close to my goal. Sure, I still have a lot to work on...but I think I look good the way I am right now..and thats whats going to keep me going.

wow! I hope this doesnt make me seem conceited...because I am anything BUT conceited...but for the first time in a long time...I kinda like myself (at least when i have cute clothes on ) go check out my new pics if you want.

Jennifer- Glad you're staying on with us. I think you should still participate...afterall, one of the main goals is to eat healthier and to stay active...it is safe to do both of those things even when you're pregnant!

my goals this week:
write down my foods
start exercising (shhhhh!!! don't yell at me!!! i still havent started)
eat at home every meal for the whole week! no eating out!
clean clean clean everyday!!
spend special alone time with each of the kids

Ally...I took the invitation to check out your new pics, and I must say I agree with your hubbie...you are quite the hottie. I'm happy for you to be rockin' your new clothes. Like you, I didn't really do a "before" pic and now that I've dropped over 20 pounds I think I'd like to dig something up. I will try before I leave for Florida to see what I have.

Good Morning Rockstars!!!!!

I hope those of you who I didn't get to talk to had a great holiday weekend. The new week is officially upon us so as Lara said...keep moving forward. Nothing can be done about the past so let it be that...the past. If you enjoyed your holiday parties and bbq's that is great and for me personally, I am glad you did enjoy yourselves...I know I did. This week is back to work work work on dropping the pounds once again.

My plans were to do some walking outside today and tomorrow morning because I will be in Florida as of Wednesday and really, who knows what will happen after that. I'll be busy at first, but then I'll also be on vacation too. When I woke up today and began to watch the news and weather, they were talking about how it's going to get up to 90-95 degrees and be terribly humid today and tomorrow with scattered T-Storms. At 8am it was ALREADY 87 degrees. For some reason I really don't think it's a great idea to head out walking....although I might give it a Rockstar try. If it's too hot I will just stop walking. If I don't try then I'm chalking it up to an excuse. I'm hoping if I head to the beach there will be a bit of a sea-breeze to at least take it down to 85 degrees anyway.

I'll be sure to keep everybody updated later today.

Keep on Rockin'!!!!