wednesday - last nutrition class

Tonight is last advance nutrition class for this session…

Anxious about measurements and weigh in

Its all Good gained momentum the last few weeks –

It will be interesting to see the results…

 

Had suspension training with pearla this am – thanks Pearla !!

Kicked my tush and I needed it

Work has imploded and I just want to be outside playing with my horses…

Stinks to be a grown up… sometimes  J ok off to work…

 

See you tonight at nutrition class

Have a great day

isy

saturday - isy blog

Beautiful day !! what an inspiring morning to get active and maintain our fitness goals

Had a great ride on Willie yesterday after work. He is going through a growth spurt – just turned 4. His body is filling out so we need to be patient with him.

Stumbling a bit as well. That means I can’t ask him to for a lot under saddle … BUT we make lemonade out of lemons and we practiced our walk and staying focused. It was a great session!!!

Motivated for more bonding this weekend –

Have a great one

Off to do barn chores and then bootcamp with Shannon

 

isy

friday - Isy blog

Hi all

Friday is here – but what a week it has been. Certainly a week to challenge my focus on healthy eating –

Putting Sheba down  yesterday was awful – but we had no choice

In the mornings I am like the pied  piper with dogs trailing behind me – tails wagging, out to the barn to take care of horses.

This morning the parade was shorter and one less dog doing her “happy dance”.

 

Today I will walk at lunch and I am riding after work. I have incorporated some stretching in my warm up and hip openers in the saddle – very good strengthening exercises and also helps me get my mind in the right place before I ask anything of my horse –

 

Have a good day

isy

Thursday 5/17 - Kelly

Hello everyone!!  Scott made delicious sweet potato "muffins" with grated zucchini, mushrooms, and ground turkey that doubled as a couple of extremely convenient meals today.  I need to ask him how he did it and pass the recipe along, they are great brain food in the morning and the spices he used pairs nicely with arugula.  Enjoy this lovely afternoon!!      

thursday blog - Isy

Hey team!

Sorry I was not at class last night – meetings in MHT kept me away –

My score was lower than I wanted so  I intend to pick up the pace for our last week

Starting today…

I woke up to my older Border collie having issues staying on all four – she has been declining for six months now and she must have had a stroke overnight.

So I am off to make her comfortable and make arrangements.

Sorry to be a downer right now

 

Stay strong

isy

tuesday and rain again??? IP

Tuesday and it is raining again…?

Had great bootcamp with Shannon last night –worked late tonight so missed her cardio kickboxing

My intention is to go to suspension training tomorrow am… I will miss another advanced nutrition class tomorrow night – I have meeting in manchester until 5:30… but I will turn in my scores tomorrow a.m.

 

All the best to team –

isy

Tues - Sarah

Holy Canoli...I am 6 months pregnant today....and starting to feel like it:)  But nonetheless, all is well.  Lettuce wraps for dinner last night and I am anxious to go have some more for my lunch....hahaha, my next lunch I should say:)  So...with that being said...mama is hungry, time to go eat!

Mangia,

Sarah

monday blog - IP

Hello all

Beautiful weekend for sure

Very hard to stay within my designated food choices while I was away. Did get crazy and had a few bites of the best lasagna on the planet…

Then I pushed it away - I did say NO to the choc cheesecake –

Monday is here and I am back on track

Have a great day

isy

Sun - Sarah

Happy Sunday everyone!  3 more days until we have another opportunity to take credit for all of our hard work!  Rack up the points Team "It's all good"  BRING IT!!!!  

The weather forecast is not very exciting for the week.....so I am racking my brain for ways to set goals for  the week, other than my normal goals to get through another rainy week...suggestions are always appreciated:)

~Sarah

sunday blog - isy

Good morning

Hiking/walking with dogs and sister today

Then back home (hoping traffic is light…)

Happy mom’s day to all my team mates and boot camp buddies

Have a great day

isy

Sat - Sarah

Happy sunny Saturday everyone!  Btw....I stink at grammar and english, so please don't be offended, I do my best....I understand that it can be annoying.  Today was a good day....lots of fresh air and sunshine today....will sleep like a baby tonight!  Thank you Kim for coming today and picking up the Elliptical machine, I hope you mom enjoys it!  

Hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday/Mothers Day tomorrow!  

Keep up the good work everyone!

~Sarah

saturday blog - isy

Hey team

Have a great Saturday

Will miss my bootcamp buddies today

But planning on lots of physical activity helping my best friend and sister clean her barn and do some small building projects – then a treat going out on her land and having a nice (hopefully quiet) ride on her horses – (riding her Arabians reminds me why I now ride a stock breed J) never a dull moment….LOL

Happy Saturday

isy

Fri - Sarah

Happy Friday Everyone!

I saw the most awesome thing today...I have to share it with you all so you can hopefully have a mental picture that will make you all smile too:)  I am driving to a hair appt this morning, sitting at a red light, jamming to a good song....when up next to me pulls a motorcycle with a sidecar on it.  In the sidecar is a DOG.....wait it gets better!  The dog....Irish setter....is wearing a down vest, a hunting hat with the ear flaps down and tied under his chin AND GOGGLES!!!! (He was also in some type of a doggie seatbelt/harness).  The goggles even had flames on the sides.  That has made me smile and laugh anytime I pictured it in my head all day!  Anyway, I hope that makes at least one of you smile:)

Going to make Ginger scallops for dinner tonight.....can hardly wait, they are SO good!  If you haven't tried that recipe yet, I would HIGHLY recommend it! :)

Hope everyone has a wonderful sunny weekend, Happy Mother's day to all the moms out there.....have fun!

~Sarah

Blog-5/11- Brittany

Good Morning.

I hope that everyone is having a great week. I had a good day yesterday and I am feeling great. So much better than last week. Have a wonderful day.

Brittany

friday blog - isy

Yeah… It’s All Good team for getting in all our scores this week

We are in the game – so that is a great start!!!

If we stay strong and make every effort to maximize individual points – we have a chance

Goal post is close and we will not drop the ball  J

Packing for NY trip and really stressing over being able to have my 6 meals a day. No oven or microwave when we are hiking or riding so trying to pack foods that can be eaten cold and still provide my protein and low carb(after 3) etc

Back in the day, I would pack sandwiches – but now I need to get creative and do it without the bread and deli meats

Any suggestions would be welcome!!!

Have a strong and great weekend – lots of sun tomorrow so great opportunity to get out there and get active

Take care

Go team!!!

isy

Tammy 5/10/12

These next few weeks are CRAZY busy with stuff and I began to think about it all while on the elliptical machine this morning…which was causing me to stress. How I am going to get it all done??? So, instead of focusing on that, I began to focus more on my workout and guess what? I forgot that I was stressed. (at least for the moment!)

Kim's Thursday Blog

I really wanted that whoopie pie tonight. But 1. I can't let Rachel kick my butt again. and 2. I'm looking at that 20 written on my wrist. I probably won't make it in the next two weeks, but I'm not giving up on getting there!

Thurs - Sarah

Hey everybody!  Awesome job last night!!  It is so exciting to see how close the game is now....Bring it ON! :)  Just my 2 cents about the next round....lets change it up.  The game is fun, but I would be up for whatever Pearla has in her bag of tricks for the next class.  I get bored easily...so that is just my idea...I will go along with whatever everybody else wants to do:)

Bring on the sunshine......please:)

Have a wonderful day!

~Sarah 

Thursday blog -Isy

Hi team(s)

So did Weight loss wonders have full participation in handing in scores for class last night? Hope so.

I did not make my  weight loss goal for last week – so this week I will push harder to make up the difference

I can make excuses as to why – but that will NOT get me closer to goal post… hard work will  J

This weekend I am going to NY to visit sister and she is a bad  influence. Doesn’t need to watch her weight so can eat anything she wants (not accounting for the health factor but just the calories) I am packing all my pre-measured portions and meals so I can stay on track. She is supportive of my lifestyle change so that helps – I just hope I can stay strong and avoid the cheesecake when presented at dessert time  -

My mantra is: I  will NOT cheat. I will lose 2 lbs this  week!!

 

Missing bootcamp Saturday but will be active in NY

Riding my sister’s horses (crazy Arabians) woo hoo!!! And hiking with our dogs –

 

Stay strong

isy

 

 

 

Blog 5/10

Good Morning. Nothing much new over here. I actually considered waking up this morning at 4 because my stomach was growling so much :) Fell back to sleep and then had a protein muffin with 32 oz. of water. Pearla is right, sometimes I forget to use the water as a filling technique but it totally works. I hope everyone has a great day! 

Brittany

WOW what a night, what a competition! 
Fit N' Fab is at 1783 points and with a strong come back is
It's All Good with 1781.

GAME ON PEOPLE!
Have a Happy Thursday.
P

wed blog - Isy

How is everyone on the team doing this week?

Halfway through the competition

Keep going strong  J

 

isy

Kims Wed blog

I hope everyone comes tonight and brings in their scores, or at least
sends them in!

Blog- 5/9 Brittany

Hello.

Had a much better day yesterday. I did blog about my lack of motivation and sticking to the plan (don't see it up there though must have done something wrong) but I feel like I am back on track now. Hope everyone  is doing well.

Brittany

Tammy 5/9/12

Hey Team FIT and FAB-A little early morning inspiration for you: “There is ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS something to be grateful for.” Enjoy the day!

Tammy 5/8/12

AWESOME kick-boxing class tonight Shannon…so glad I gave it a try! J

Tues - 5/8 Sarah

Stay strong Kim.....I feel your pain.  I was in a store today and saw a man carrying a big bottle of water and a large bag of Fritos.....I wanted to tackle him! :) BUT, as much as I wanted to, I did neither tackle him OR go get a bag of my own.  So it was a win day:)  No risk of getting arrested or eating something I would hate myself for after!

On other notes.....looking forward to tomorrow and seeing how we did...as a group but also as a TEAM.  Hoping we have another good turn out for attendance so we can take credit for all of our points/hard work.

Have a good rainy day everyone:)
~Sarah

tuesday blog - Isy

Hello – another rainy day – and they say we need the rain… ok

Shannon’s bootcamp kicked my but (literally) last night but I needed it so badly – I know I missed only a week of fitness classes but it seemed like longer

Looking forward to cardio kick boxing tonight –

Will not be in class tomorrow but will give my points to pearla in suspension training tomm. Morning (wed) –

Just a friendly reminder to Weight loss wonder teammates: if you can’t make it to class – please hand in your points (phone, email, etc) so we can all benefit from 100% participation???? Thanks!!!

Have a great day

isy

Blog -May8th-Brittany

Good Morning.

It has been a while since I have blogged and truthfully I think it is because my motivation/ self control over the past couple of weeks has not been very good. I have been giving into cravings a lot more and not following the plan like I know that I should. I am writing this in hopes that I can get myself focused again. I have been exercising religiously so I think that that is helping with maintenance but I am not doing what I need to do to lose. So with that said it is a new day and a new hour. I am focusing myself and I am going to try journaling to see if I can see any patterns with my cravings (time of day, day of the week, etc.). We will see. Hope everyone is doing well. 

Brittany

Kims Tuesday Blog

Good morning everyone. I know we need the rain but I also know I
don;t need the headache that came with it. I'm really wanting to go
for that diet coke for the caffeine but I don;t want to lose 10
points. Oh the dilemma!

Monday 5/7 - Sarah

Hey gang....what a day!  Glorious sunshine:)  Got out for a bit today...actually took Liam over to the farm to look at the cows.  I think we were just minutes late from watching a calf be born.....the momma was definitely cleaning off a new baby and there was lots of grossness hanging out of the momma!  Sorry for the TMI, but, if you saw it you would say the same thing:)  ANYWHOOSEY.....hope everyone had a great day, I did.  Also just throwing it out there again in case some of you missed the offer in my other blog...I have a practically brand new Elliptical machine that we do not have the room to hang on to anymore...it is free to anyone interested and willing to come pick it up.  If i don't get any takers it is going to the side of the road with a free sign on it!

~Sarah

Tammy 5/7/12

Happy Birthday to FIT and FAB team member, Brittany! Enjoy your special day! J

Kim's Monday Blog

Yeah for the sun today! Beware of clean eating recipes. Not the
chicken barley stew which came out good. I also printed a chicken
quesadilla recipe because it looked like something everyone would like
and it froze well. I'll bring it in on Wednesday. It seems pretty
deceptive in servings, serving size, and nutrition. Needless to say I
will not be making it. Keep rocking teammates!

Kims sunday blog

Well back to work tomorrow. I hope everyone had a good weekend. I just finished putting on a crockpot of chicken barley stew from the clean eating web site. It will be ready to pack for lunch tomorrow. I'll let you know how it turns out.

Tammy Bond 5/6/12

Mowing our lawn is like my own personal boot camp! J It was beautiful out today…have a great week! Tammy

Sun - Sarah

Well, Liam's Birthday extravaganza went off yesterday without a hitch......except, I was so busy I didn't get my blog in yesterday...AHHHH!  Team, Please forgive me!  I hope every one is having a fabulous weekend:)  It is a beautiful day by looking out the window as I write this, so....my goal for the day is to take a walk:)

Cheers,

Sarah

Kim's Saturday Blog

Feeling pretty good today. Hope everyone's weekend is going well.  Glad to see the sun a little today.  getting my cardio done is getting easier.

Fri 5/4 - Sarah

Good evening all....I have 15 minutes to make this count for today:)  Hope that everyone had a good day....BTW if anyone is interested in an Elliptical machine...let me know.  We have one and do not have the room for it anymore.  Free if you come pick it up.  I can get you more details if you are more interested (Name brand, etc....)

Not much else in my brain right now.....good night all!

Happy weekend:)
~Sarah

Rachel's Friday Blog

"A craving for sweets is just a feeling. You can conquer it."

- hope everyone had a good day and wish you all the best tomorrow... weekend Time

Rachel

Kim's Friday Blog

Got all my points for yesterday. Even wrote a journal entry last
night! Had a craving for poptarts and diet coke this morning. Had
water and protein muffin instead. Won't say I enjoyed it more but had
no regrets after eating it. Good luck to my teammates as we head into
the weekend!

TGIF

Thank goodness it is Friday – another brain crunching week at work is almost over –

Now for post mortem meetings and process improvement projects…but at least the hours and pace will be somewhat human like    J

Working out this morning on my own – Jillian Michaels’ DVD is getting dusted off – I have to say – I can now motivate myself and work harder when I workout –which is the point, isn’t it??? Why do it if you are not going to give it 100%????

But before Pearla’s classes, I did not push myself – and that is why I never got the best results -

When I do workout on my own these days – pearla and Shannon are in my head… pushing me

That said, I will miss bootcamp Saturday morning because of a horse related commitment – but I will still workout and look forward to seeing the gang on Monday night with Shannon   J

Have a good weekend

Be strong –track your points (score sheet), please

 

Isy

 

 

 

Thurs 5/3 - Sarah

Good Evening~

Today was a day....not bad, not good.....trying to prepare for my little mans big second B-day party on Sat.  Got a lot done toward that but not much else done for myself.  Tomorrow is a new day:)  On the brighter side, I am still finding everyday easier to eat regularly and well, as well as get in my Gallon of water....so all in all, a good day!

Good night all,

Sarah

Tammy Bond 5/3/12

Hi Team FIT and FAB-Instead of indulging in my bad habit, I am blogging to you all! Hope it’s been a great day! J

 

thursday - day one week 3

Hi gang

Thanks everyone who handed in score sheets last night – next week – let’s hope for 100% submission for Weight Loss wonders team (team#2)

IF we all participate- at least we have a chance at the game…

 

With this cold and damp weather – comfort food is on my mind –and comfort food was my downfall before I changed my eating habits.

I promised my husband meatballs and spaghetti tonight – Thursday is our night to eat dinner together –

I did not want pasta because of the carbs, so I made spaghetti squash for myself –

Boy was it GOOD!

Turkey meatballs, homemade tomato marinara sauce and spaghetti squash… yummy

Who needs the pasta???

There is always a way to invent tasty dishes with the BETTER/Healthier food choices… thanks Pearla, for your constant inspiration

Missed bootcamp this week but worked out by myself today and my goal is to work out every day -

…. Work is getting back to normal – 50 hour week – so I expect to get back  into my routine starting Monday.

Have a great evening

Stay strong!!

isy

 

 

 

Rachel's Thursday blog

Sooo. Let us see... How was my day? It was good I don't really have the munchies (which is good). I ate when I was supposed to eat, and it was the stuff that is good for you (so check off for another good thing). And for that last and the most exciting....... I played basketball! SCORE! So that is how my day went. Well I hope my day is this good tomorrow.

Kim's Thursday Blog

Woke up at 4:59 this morning, just before the alarm. Must be a sign.
Dragged myself out of bed to get on the elliptical. Glad I did! had a
lot more energy today than I have had in about a week. A quote: "I
don't always love working out, but I never regret it. NO REGRETS." -
Hasfit.com

Tues 5/1 - Sarah

Hey gang....I don't remember blogging yesterday....dangit!  Tomorrow, I am the mother of a 2 year old....holy COW!  Where did 2 years go...other than adding flab to my butt and gut!  Well....Cheers to new beginnings!  Healthy and happy babies and mommy:)

I hope that you all have had a good week....I hope attendance is STRONG tomorrow for our team....WE NEED YOU THERE!

Have a good night!

Sarah

tuesday...

Hi team

Don’t forget to phone in, email or send via carrier pigeon, your score sheets tomorrow night

But hopefully everyone will be in class to hand theirs in

Hope you had a good day – rainy days are for eating comfort food so boneless chx and salad was the closest I came to it 2night

Take care

isy

 

Kim's Tuesday Blog

Back to writing my goal on my wrist. Need a reminder of the "prize" at
the end of this six week journey. Not really looking forward to the
scale tomorrow night but will deal with whatever it shows. Had all
the good intentions of being super good while in DC but not the
willpower. Sorry Teammates! But I am tracking points this week and
now I just need to get my butt out of bed in the morning to get the
cardio in before getting ready for work.