I love the love and support - what an inspiration every one is! Lets have an awesome week 29!

Rock On ROCKSTARS - Reminders

Weigh ins are on Saturday if at all possible. Any time is fine. If you need to "do an emergency weigh in" be sure to get it to me by 10 am Sunday.

As a weight loss challenge team we are here to support each other the best way that we can. To do that we need to make sure that we are:

reading and commenting on blogs
posting in the forums (the forums are totally rockin this week)
giving each other pats on the back, support, and advice
checking in when things are hectic, so that we can help you

Thanks,
Lara, Josh, Jinni, and Jeffrey

Just remember all that in order to be competitive (not that it is the be all of the ROCKSTARS, but one of the things we do) we have to make sure that we are weighing in. I may take people off temporarily who have not weighed in or checked in for 2 or more weeks. If you have some reason you can't weigh in for a while, you can still be on the team, but we may want to give a "weighing space" to someone else. For example, I know there are many teams who have members who are pregnant, and they are still on the team, but are not a part of the challenge. If you are chronically late or not doing a weigh in, you will be on the team as a cheeleader. It is not fair to weigh in only when you are having a loss....We need to know how everyone is doing. This is the way the other teams are doing it, so just wanna be consistent.

Stats for this Week
Lara - M
Robert -
Kylie - M
Heather -
Katie - 2
Debbi - M
Annette -

Total So Far:

Josh - M
Stacey - 1 (220's yay)
Gina - M
Shana -
Tina - 3
Leanne -
Shawna - 2
Total So Far:

Jinni - 3
Ally -
Roxi -
Sandi - M
Allison - M
Jennifer-
Sarah - 2

Total So Far:

Jeffrey - M
Debbie - 1
Blaithin -1
Linda - vacay
g. -
Erin - 1
Ryan -
Angela-
Total So Far:

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Angela

I am starting anew this week and my goal is to transform my body through strength training and through eating right. It has been hard because I am so poor right now. When someone offers to ny me a meal (and this has happened frequently this week) - I eat as much as I can because I dont know where the next protein or nice meal will come from. I don;t have much in the house, so I am going to supplement a lot with vitamins and I am going to get these muscles back in shape!

Watch out stairs, here I come!

Originally Posted by 16646

I am starting anew this week and my goal is to transform my body through strength training and through eating right. It has been hard because I am so poor right now. When someone offers to ny me a meal (and this has happened frequently this week) - I eat as much as I can because I dont know where the next protein or nice meal will come from. I don;t have much in the house, so I am going to supplement a lot with vitamins and I am going to get these muscles back in shape!

Watch out stairs, here I come!

I feel for you Lara! Hang in there!

Thanks Lara for the (220's yay) for me! It makes me feel good! I don't know about you all but my family is down to buying groceries on credit cards. Our credit cards are nearly full and we wonder what we will do next. I think we are going to file bankruptcy but then I watched that movie, "Maxed Out on Credit" and OMG is that scary!!! Basically you can't ever get away from debt because it will be with you until you die...thanks to George W. I try not to think about it but its very scary! I may end up losing weight by force so I can appreciate the situations Lara has going on. I would like to get a job so bad, but with the situation with my son, so far, a job will not work for me. So, we are taking it one day at a time.

We got thru the 90's with using food banks and I have been poor before so I think I can adjust. My husband makes great money and it's terrible to be this far in debt!

Anyhow, I don't wanna get all sappy with my life...I am grateful that I can walk and have faith in God. It gets me thru my tough times and I keep trying to focus on weightloss and health. We had to stop watching the news because it's just too much for anyone to bear!

Oh, on a positive note....Yes, I am damn proud that I am in the 220's now!!!! Finally!!! 229 baby!

WOO HOO New Week! I'm about to head out of town and across the state to Erins brothers wedding reception! I'll post pics when i get back

Originally Posted by 7944

Thanks Lara for the (220's yay) for me! It makes me feel good! I don't know about you all but my family is down to buying groceries on credit cards. Our credit cards are nearly full and we wonder what we will do next. I think we are going to file bankruptcy but then I watched that movie, "Maxed Out on Credit" and OMG is that scary!!! Basically you can't ever get away from debt because it will be with you until you die...thanks to George W. I try not to think about it but its very scary! I may end up losing weight by force so I can appreciate the situations Lara has going on. I would like to get a job so bad, but with the situation with my son, so far, a job will not work for me. So, we are taking it one day at a time.

We got thru the 90's with using food banks and I have been poor before so I think I can adjust. My husband makes great money and it's terrible to be this far in debt!

Anyhow, I don't wanna get all sappy with my life...I am grateful that I can walk and have faith in God. It gets me thru my tough times and I keep trying to focus on weightloss and health. We had to stop watching the news because it's just too much for anyone to bear!

Yes - one day at a time...I just want to be able to pay my bills every month. I have filed bankruptcy before and do not have too many cards....it is other things that i thought I could afford and no savings for car problems, ticket, teeth problems and medical. The root canal is done for now...I still need one more, but I know how t onurse it until I can afford it. I can'y watch the news it makes me sad. I thought at first because I didn't have anything, I couldn't lose anything, but I can't even get a high interest loan anymore. I have a payday loan that I have had for years that I need to get paid off, because although I have always made my payments, they could close that to me too.

Yeah, I keep wondering how'd we get here. Well, I know my husband decided to buy cars on credit cards (general lees from the movie) and now we are in debt to our eyeballs from paying for the cards, and then our living expenses are just too much. We had a 2nd on our home and the good thing is that got paid off or we'd be even more apt to lose the house! But, as long as he has a job, we will pay the house payment first and go from there. I would like to do some work from home but don't really know how to start that. Any extra income would be great for us!

Oh, the general lees he bought, well he sold the best one and we spent the money on bills haha, didn't pay off a credit card or get out of debt, then the 2nd one, he can't even get a third of what he paid for it! So, for now, it's a rust project on the side of my house!

Originally Posted by 7944

Oh, the general lees he bought, well he sold the best one and we spent the money on bills haha, didn't pay off a credit card or get out of debt, then the 2nd one, he can't even get a third of what he paid for it! So, for now, it's a rust project on the side of my house!

OMG General Lees

I know and it is hard to say stuff is just stuff when all the other expenses are there. I still have no phone....it is kinda embarrassing, but thank god I have my computer. I am expecting my electricity to be cut off this week. even more incentive to go to the gym. I can shower and get ready there til payday and will have to use the office computer/ or sit in the lounge area to "ROCKSTAR" Oh well...I am blessed in many ways