!!Health4life team Thread!!!

Ok all here for motivation!!!!  

Cardio minutes

KT-195

chris-160

sheila-45

val-180

i eat the special k red berries and that to me is not a treat. megon said we need to use other things besides sugar to sweeten our treats but also said anything with sugar coutns, even if it's somthing that you can't replace the sugar in. it just doesn't make sense. if i'm using my discretion then my cereal is fine and i'm nto losing points for it. but if they dont' want us to use our discretion we need this explained a little better.

D'oh, and I should add that I will try a sugar substitute at least once this week.  I gotta go around to the ladies in the office and see if they have any extra packets I can have.  If I like it then hey...I'll switch. 

Splenda is not as after tasting, it is good!!

GMMMMMMMM H4Lers!!!

How is e1 this monday morning??

me, i am good!!!!  This challenge is confusing, and not explained to well, my apologies team!!

I am lost cause my protein bars have sugar.....lmao so now i cant eat them???  jUST KIDDING, I HAVENT EVEN LOOKED!!  Not understanding here for instance this challenge shuld be based on grams, if lets say special k has 2g sugar, then that should be like 2 points, compared to 30g in candy, im justguessing here, almost everything has sugar in it, including fruit.,,,,

what do i substitute on my grapes.......i mean grapes naturally have 14.9g of sugar in them so cant eat those???  13g in my apple???  hmmmmm   lmao sorry  so what CAN I EAT, I HAVENT EATEN ALL DAY LMAO CAUSE EVERYTHING HAS SUGAR!!!!   Jk, but seriously, name one item besides water that has no sugar??

ok done complaining, i guess just veggies his week!!!

well scale says 190 this morning wooooooohooooo, i hit my july goal!!  thats 5 pounds since last monday though, but i also last monday was TOM, so that makes since!!

Don is back...  Only peron i never heard fom on weigh in was jjlewis????????

Fruits are safe.  I just snuck into the Slims thread and saw Sleepy put out a plate of fruit.  (LOL)  Also Sleepy mentioned putting fruits into things to replace the sweet of regular sugar.  SO....

WOW 190...you are on a roll!!!

lol...im just clrifying there is no clarification in this challenge, sorry prolly wasnt nice.. but here is what read..fron megan..

No Sugar Challenge

No sugar period.  

nothing that already has sugar... no adding sugar!!

The point is to try new ways to sweeten your treats.. new artificial sweeteners or substitutes.

Everyone starts with 1500 points... everytime you have ANY sugar you take away 100 points...


now it says no sugar period!!!!  THAT MEANS NO FRUIT!!!!  lol

soooooo thats why it needs to be cleared up

hahah chris yea that's kinda what i've been thinking too! ok i guess i will lose big this week since i can't eat anything! hahaha

way to go on 190! i'm just 20 pounds behind ya! you are doing awesome!

o guys i put up soem new pics from graduation in my profile finally. you can go check them out!

I love the two fisted drinker pose Kt!!!  Lol 

Well I'm not counting fruit against me.  It doesn't have "added" sugar and I don't add sugar to it.  Besides, like you mentioned, pretty much everything has sugar in it.  Even veggies...a cup of brocolli has 1.5g of sugar, onions 6.8g,  green beans 2.0g.  So me eating my strawberries is comparable to me eating onions!

Lmao seeeeeeeeeeeeeeee???  everything, i didnt even look through veggies!!

KT- u are such a doll i love the new pics!!  one more day and your BF will be home!!! YAY

ok guys i am gonna go mow outside in this miserable heat!!!  Well its 89 out but feels like 97 lol gotta love the humidity!!

ok ill be back in a couple of hours!!

Be careful Chris!!!  Take lots of breaks. 

Hey Kt, talking about this week's challenge and I forgot to talk about bf coming back tomorrow.  So you say you're going to be BUSY with him tomorrow?  Make sure you let him get the jet-lag out by helping him drain any extra energy he has.  ;)  Yeah, I'm back to being e-v-i-l...whooaaaaaaahaaaahaaahaaa...

hahaha val you're so bad! lol i'm gonna pick him up from the airport tomorrow and take him hoem so he can shower and rest (he's gonna smell lol) then I'll get to hang out w/ him tomorrow night. :) adn i'm taking wednesday off from work to be w/ him. I was watching thsi cute show last night called "i propose". i don't know why i torture myself w/ crap liek that but it was soooo cute! i can't wait til he finally proposes! i am tired of waiting! haha but i'll take what i can get right now i guess lol

ok i just looked and my pics aren't all there! ill have to fix them when i get home :(

Well I'm glad I'm not the only one having mondo confusion with this challenge!!! But I haven't eaten yet today.... and I'm getting pretty hungry..... lol! What can I eat?!?!!? How come the week I join it's all confuzzling?? It's probably my fault... bad karma or something... sorry team!!! Hee hee hee...

lol not your fault trv!!!

ok so i was on slimseekers, and apperantly it is just lke sleepy said...here is here post again:

The idea of no sweets week is to get us to find ways of satisfying our sweet tooth in other ways that are more healthy. like instead of using brown sugar on oatmeal try fruit that is naturaly sweet. Not eating cereals that are sugar coated like frosted flakes. I don't think spagettie sauce that has sugar will cause you to lose points there is not enough in it. Megon can give the final word on that. this challende will also make us aware of what we are eating that has sugar in it that we might not of thought of. hope this helps

sleepy

OKKKKK i just mowed te backyard now its raining lol  so it took me an hour and a half i believe that i just burned 900 calories maybe more...prolly more with the heat!! 

ok now that i can eat my fruits and veggies ill go do that!!

Does that mean you're ready to start on my yard Chris!??!

haha, i really woud love to, i really do love mowing, good excersise, infact i have a rider, but switched to pushing cause of the amunt of calories burned!!  i find it relaxing, i like to look at the pretty lines...lmao im the same way about vaccuming, it is some obsessive thing i have, my mind and body just relax, the smells lol

ok ill stop being crazy, i told ya all i am very very weird!!! 

Ahhh, I love the smell of fresh cut grass.  I would hate it if I ever developed an allergy with that.  *knocks on wood*  You're getting rain Chris...I see the clouds rolling in over here, they're probably coming from your area. 

Trv...you're so silly.  You should see how confusing some of the challenges can be...like the cardio minus walking challenge. Lol  We always make sure they're cleared up though so we're all on the same page.

I'm going to have to skip volleyball tonite if it rains.  I think I'll work on my arms a little and do some treadmilling. 

I wold be i heaven in everyone mowed on the same day here!!!!

IM SO EXCITED I GOT MY NEW MP3 PLAYER TODAY!!!!

here's the latest from megon:

"you didnt give the wrong info sleepy.... yeah things like spaghetti sauce with small amounts of sugar are fine.. you were right...  sugar coated cereals.. pastries... soft drinks.. juices high in sugar.. etc...

just use common sense here guys... if its SWEET .. try going for something a little healthier..."

my problem w/ common sense is that it isn't very common. i don't consider my special k sweet. but i'm not sure if megon considers it sweet or not. so as far as i'm concerned i still have all my points. if megon wants to say i need to deduct points then they will have to be more specific. that's my take on this challenge!

woohoo for new stuff chris!

val it's maybe gonna rain here tomorrow! it's so weird after it being 100+ last week!

Lmao kt-my problem w/ common sense is that it isn't very common  I thought this was so funny.  I was on the phone with  my friend and I had to explain why I damaged her ear drum!  :)