Braedon's Score:

Good thing we get freebies because I used every single one of mine this week! It's been a stressful week for sure.

My score: 710

Katie's Score Week 5

I'm ready for this week to be over! It's been very stressful... but once the GRE is over tomorrow, I am going to fully enjoy my holidays. :)

My score for this week is: 720.

What a wild week!!!

Thanks to all of you for all the work you have done for tonight. I love our family and the support we have to help each other out. I did a little better this week on my points. Yeah!! 700

hello!

I am kind of sad that we took away the points for posting. I love reading the blogs and I never feel like i need to get on so i dont unfortunately. I have not lost as much as I would like, but I agree with katie, how many people can say they stayed in control and lost weight over the holidays. not many. I know being on this game made me make way better choices then i would have while on vacation. If i wasn't on game on, i would not have taken my protein shakes and had them for breakfast everyday, i would not have tried to have a healthy snack twice a day and make better choices for lunch and dinner. amazing what this game will do for you. I am hoping to lose a lot more but i will be happy with any loss with all this stress and parties. thanks for asking, braedon! loves and hugs!

Update.

I'm pretty sure Braedon knows where I'm at, but I still share for everyone else. :)

I've lost 6.6 pounds at this point. I'm kinda feeling a long the same lines as Braedon where I'm happy that I've lost weight... but I thought at this point I would have lost a little bit more. But thats okay, I knew my weight loss wouldn't be huge going into this, so I'm just gonna keep working hard.

All in all I feel happy and healthier then before I started this Game On! And that was my main goal, to feel good with myself. Ya of course I hope I'll loose a little more weight, but I'm just glad that I feel healthier then I have in a long while. :)

I'm a little nervous for the upcoming holidays - there are so many Christmas parties coming up. But I think with careful planning that I can make it work. :)

One thing is for sure - it feels good to say that I've lost weight during the Holiday season (so far) and I don't think many people can say that. :) And it's nice to know that I have family that are going through this Game with me!

Love you all! And hope to hear some more about how things are going!

Curiousity

Since we are half way I just wanted to know where everyone was at and how everyone was doing. So I decided I would ask.

How are you all doing? How is the weight loss going? What is your weight loss?

I personally am a little frustrated with my weight loss - it's not as good as I wanted it to be, but I guess loss is loss right? So far I've lost 10 pounds, which I am really happy about, but I just guess it would have been a little bit more by now.

I'm hoping if I see how everyone else is doing it might help modivate me to work harder! So who is willing to share!?

Braedon's and Katie's Scores:

I can't believe we are already half way! I can't believe it's December for that matter. Weird.

Katie's: 720

Braedon's: 714

:)

Lori's score this week is 672
Jodi's score is 677

Hello!

I woke up early enough to post this morning. thanks braedon and katie for posting my score for me. wow has this been hard on vacation. going to the parks all day it is almost impossible to eat 5 snacks/meals a day. we are lucky to get three! We went to the beach yesterday and thankfully dawn and henry packed a cooler for us with healthy stuff like apples, oranges, water and snacks. i think yesterday was my only day will all 5 meals. the water has been really tough too. we dont have a stroller so i just have my one water bottle that is for all 5 of us and we have to keep finding places to refill it. plus if you drink a lot you have to always find the bathroom. i feel really swollen and my ring doesn't fit so i know i am not drinking enough. we are having a blast though and i am trying to make good decisions on my food. sorry you are all in the snow and we are in nice 70-80 degree weather and getting sunburned. LOL sorry to hear kelly's sad news. hang in there dear, it will get better. hope you all have a great week. love you all!

What a slacker i am!!

The first part of last week i was absolutely perfect but thanksgiving put an end to that in a hurry. My one day slip ups turn into at least a couple of days of being out of control. Unfortunately, i could have used that extra 10 point to blog on time. So i guess that brings my total down to 670.

"I'm a day late and a dollar short"

Hi guys, yes I did find thanksgiving to be a little hard.
It was yummy food, and luckily my tummy didn't
tolerate much of it.

my score: 678

Katie's, Braedon's, & Lori's Scores

Hey all! First of all I want to thank you Kelly for posting your struggles - and also you positive attitude. We all love you! Let us know if you need anything.

Now for the scores:

Lori's: 678

Braedon's: 708

Katie's: 708

Anyone else thought it was hard this week to be good with Thanksgiving!?

count your blessings, name them one by one...

Today I feel depressed and frustrated with my physical limitations
and the thought that I might need to go back into surgery,
 but then to boost my spirits I remembered that I need to be thankful for
my blessings... family, friends and the gospel are at the top of
the list! Thanks to you I am truly blessed!! What a support you
have been in my life. I love each of you so much!!
With being bedridden, I am also able to focus more on my
diet and have already lost 6 pounds!! I just hope it stays off
with all the meds that I am taking.
Things could be so much worse in life, and we need to be
grateful for what we have, and remember our blessings.

Week 2 already?!

Boy am I a slacker!!  Sorry I haven't been good at bloggin so far.
Week 1 was good and I felt like I could keep on track pretty good,
but this week..... not.  I have to say I feel like I have a good reason though.
It looks like you are all doing well. :)
I have not had any problem with portion control, sleeping,
H2O intake, or even keeping my goals this week,
but the exercise, and variety of foods have been awful!!

Last week score: 680
This week score: 700

Thankyou all for being so encouraging, supportive, and helpful!!

Katie's Score

Agreed - thanks Jodi! I'm certainly trying to get control of my life again. :) It's really hard though when all I want to eat is candy and funyuns. Haha. But like I said last week it will be worth it in the end.

Sadly I think my body didn't like the amount of weight I lost last week (or something...) and am somehow up a pound this week - even though I feel like I exercised better this week. Kind of frustrating... but I'm just hoping it will all even out in the end.

My score is: 710

Here's to another week!

Braedon's Score

Jodi - Thank you for the advice. I am quickly learning that even at my age already it is hard. Over the last 3 years I have allowed myself to be way too lax. I remember before my mission I actually felt good about myself, was a good weight, exercised daily...what the hell happened?!? In any case, this feels good to be accountable to someone else to kick me in the butt. My score for this week is 700. My dang habit of biting my fingers is taking advantage of me unfortunately. Oh well. Another week.

Another Friday

I can't believe how fast this 2 weeks have gone by. I also realize that just because I start new games doesn't mean that this time will be different. Am I too old for change? Am i afraid of success? Braedon and Katie.... get control of your life now. It just gets harder the older you get. You both are doing so well. Keep it up!

Lucky for me i barely made my 1% by the skin of my teeth. Too bad that only makes up 10 points.
2 for 2 Yeah! Now if i can work on my extreme eating habits. Here's to a new week and a better score.

690

score 680

the exercise killed me this week. two days without and you are down 40 points. tough first week home from work. hopefully it will get easier. off to cook dinner for 60 people at hale theatre. it will be a busy day! I am so excited though, i made my 1% again so i am down 5 lbs. yahoo!

score for the week is 690.

score 690

I missed a day of exercise and I thought I had to have a candybar one day :(