Between the BLs (Biggest Loser) Summer Challenge 2010 Part 1

[flipflopmom]

Well - big day here--DH's last day of school He got the official 'thanks but no thanks' letters yesterday for the jobs he applied for--so he's decided that we'll stay where he is til he retires (in 13 years ).

Liz - sounds like your DH is very lucky to have you! Great plans to make him happy!

Rose - We are probably very close in statistics. I would like to go below 150 but am going to start at 150 and see how that feels. I have been sitting in the low 160s for a couple of weeks and know this is not it yet.

Rose and Jen - I think I'm in the boat with you, but about to tip it over! I'm 5'7, sitting on 168 right now. You both look soooo great, this really motivated me. And thanks for the encouragement from both of you on my running speed. I feel like such a turtle! I only made a 10lb goal for this challenge, since DxDP will probably give me 10 extra, so it will be 20 total. I am thinking 145. But 23 more pounds sounds.....overwhelming. BTW, I am sitting at the computer with broccoli and carrots, drinking water out of my WDW mug thanks to you!

I know that a couple of you are nursing and I am too. My daughter is 13 months, but I am still going to nurse for awhile because she is so small she isn't even on the doc's charts anymore. Nursing can make weight loss a challenge, but I feel its worth it.

Good for you Michelle! I nursed DD1 until she was 18 months, and DD2 for 26 months. Nursing is soooo worth it!

My plan is to follow the exercise plan I sketched out yesterday for June/July. It adds up to about 35M/wk, which will be challenging but doable.

I am wondering about my goal of 13m a week. You rock, girl!

I'm back from the Y. I am up .6 from the end of the last challenge (last Friday)--not bad considering we were at Disney for 5 days! So I have 17.2 lbs to lose by the end of this challenge. My b-day is September 4, so my goal is to be at goal by then.

(read under my quote from Jen, I had a message for you there, too. ) But you will have to share how you did Disney well with me before I go! My b-day is Sept. 5, so I hope you reach goal by then as a birthday present to ME! I am pretty sure I can't get to goal by then, we'll just see.

I know what people mean when they talk about the weekends! That's my weakness! I usually gain back half of what I lost the previous week on the weekend and then spend most of the next week trying to lose it again. It has been harder since I've gotten closer to my goal.
Have a great night!

I am right there with you Tracey! I hope once school gets out, weekends won't be the issue they are now, especially since I'll be sitting in class from 4-8 on Friday and 8-5 on Saturdays. But being home will have it's own challenges!

I have binged multiple times in the past 2 weeks. I think I am really stressed right now what with the new job and my daughter has been sick and I hit the 100 lb mark. All stressful in their own way. SarahMay

I hope DD gets well soon, working out will definitely help you feel better mentally. Do you have any DVDs you could do at home to just release the stress? I agree, have a taste or two of what you are craving, get it over with, and then you can move on. That's what I have to do sometimes when I feel like cravings are taking over.

WOW! This day is HOPPING! We had field day - kickball with kindergarteners while wearing flipflops after a long run....not pretty! I've been really disgusted with myself this week. I just need to get over it. A friend is worried, b/c I feel soooo fat, and the pooch and other problem areas are all I see when I look in the mirror, not the 50lbs gone.

QOTD: My plan -
*Increase my mileage with runs. Mon - 4M, Wed. 5.5 or 6, Fri. - 3M, trying to be fast
*Actually finish the entire No More Trouble Zones 3 days a week
*Stay within 1200 calories a day-using daily plate to track
*NO SNACKING! I find I am trying to eat less at lunch to save room for dinner, and then snack when I get home instead of having a meal. DD will be in gymnastics during the day in the summer, so we will have family meals. That will help instead of everyone grabbing something when they can. I end up grabbing good stuff, just too much of it.
*Watch out for the weekends, although they will be hectic due to class
*Keep up on here, 2x a day, for my own motivation and encouragement
*Do the COW EVERY SINGLE DAY!

Happy Friday everyone! Knowing me, I'll be back later just to see what everyone is up to!
Taryn

 

[acename]

Oye.. I hear you there! Neither of my two kids napped well I would always hear from parents whose babies napped 3 hours a day and sleep all night, but not mine!

My son cut out his naps completely shortly after 2 1/2.

By 3 he was waking up EVERY NIGHT in the middle of the night for 2-4 hours... By the time JK started I was phoning the doctor for drugs - for him! I wanted him to sleep so I could sleep No drugs... But thankfully JK wore him out that he only woke up like this a couple nights a week instead of every night.

Now he's 6 and for the past few months he just can NOT fall asleep before 10pm! However, I much prefer this as he will stay in his room (for the most part) quietly playing and now sleeps all through the night!! Every night!!!

My daughter? Somewhere around age 8-9 she started sleeping 12 + hours. It is hard to wake her now

My daguther does so great. She'll go to her room and look at books and play if she's not sleepy.

My son wants to be held all the time. The second I put him down his eyes pop open and he starts screaming. So frustrating. Hopefully he'll outgrow it. Right now it's hard to get anything done.

 

[donac]

Good evening everyone. Busy couple of days so I haven't been on.

Bree Happy Birthday. Mine is Saturday the 29th. It will be a good one.

I have a couple of questions of the day that I have to answer.

First My name is Dona (It is spelled with one n since I have twin sister Dena). I will turn 55 tomorrow. It is a great number since I can now officially retire not that I am going to since I am not ready. I have been a math teacher in the same building since the day I got out of college. I have been teaching for 33 years. I now teach very advanced courses. I teach AP calc to juniors and seniors. Next year will be a challenge since I will be teaching 4 different classes due to budget cuts. My classes will be large but it is better for mine to large since the kids are well behaved. They are trying to keep the lower level classes small if they can and I completely agree with this.

I have been married to my college sweetheart, also a math teacher for a middle school, for almost 32 years in Aug. Our older son is 25 and our younger son will be 20 at the end of the June. Older son just got a new job that he is not sure of but I am hoping that it will work out for him. Our younger son is going to a junior in Sept. He is living at school for the summer working on campus with one of his engineering teachers.

I lost weight in college and kept it off until I had my older son. Since my younger son was born it has been going steadily up. About 5 years ago I lost 30 pounds and was at a pretty good weight. But my bp never went down low enough to take me off the medication. Then they found an irregular heartbeat so now I always have to be on that medication. After that I got discouraged and the weight came back on. A year and a half ago I had the shingles and that slowed down any exercise plan that I had. Last summer I had bunion surgery and just vegged out.

This past Nov I started taking a yoga class once a week. In Dec I started wearing a pedometer everyday. Since Jan I have lost almost 12 pounds. I really think that the yoga has help me be more aware of what I put in my mouth.

My plan is to push up my number of daily steps and to try to get a yoga tape in a couple of times a week. I will increase things when school gets out next month.

It will be nice to get to know everyone. I have been with the BL on the WISH for a while but I just seem to be getting good at it. Good luck everyone.

 

[Yunchman]

Hi my name is Stacy and I would like to join the challenge! I am a loser!

I have always struggled with my weight fluctuating up and down. I was a pretty healthy kid until the summer between 8th grade and freshman year of high school when i gained about 40lbs (140 to 180)! Then in 10th grade I lost nearly all of it only to gain it all back and then some after high school graduation. At my heaviest I was about 215ish at the end of 2005. I then went through a bad break up with my bf at the time and lost about 30lbs because I was not eating much of anything so it wasn't lost in a healthy way and was at about 180 when I started eating again.

Well now I am getting ready to marry the love of my life my wonderful DF in November on a Disney cruise (wedding and a cruise, eek!, two good reasons to lose!) and am trying to lose some weight and get healthier beforehand. I am currently at 197lbs and would like to lose about forty lbs or be somewhere in between 150-160 and see how I feel there. I have not been under 180 since probably 2004 so that benchmark will be awesome!

I have been working out and trying to cut out the bad foods for the past 4 weeks or so and have lost 5 pounds already! I am doing it slow (2-3lbs per week) so that it stays off! I want to look beautiful on my wedding day and just be healthier overall! I am excited to do this challenge with everybody and make some new friends and workout/weight loss buddies!

So like I said I am currently at 197lbs and looking forward to losing some weight my goal for this challenge would be between 30-40 lbs lost! We can do it!

 

[donac]

I forgot to mention. I went to the award ceremony the other night for local high school theater productions. Our costumes did not win but one of the students won for best featured performer. We did Gypsy so if you know the show there is a great number about strippers having to have a gimmick. Our three strippers won for best group. We were very happy about that since they thanked the costume people for the great costumes.

Last night I went to a retirement dinner where I had to speak about a fellow teacher who I have know my 33 years at my school. My husband had read my speech and told me that he didn't think that I could get through it without crying. Well I got up there and I thought I might but I didn't. I was so happy that I could do it. I got a lot of complements on my thoughts.

ALso here is my non scale victory for the week. ON Wednesday night before the awards ceremony I went over to get my ticket and to see how the kids were doing. I had on a blouse that I would not have worn before I lost the weight I just lost. The kids are used to the costume guy and myself pretty messy and in our oldest clothes since it was always so cold where we worked. We were both dressed up and every where we went the kids were telling us how nice we looked. I was talking to him and one of the kids came up to me and told me how nice I looked and asked if I had lost weight. It really made me feel good.

Thursday night I wore the same outfit and I got a number of complements again. Someone told me this morning that you could tell you lost weight because of the outfit. I wa really happy.

HAve a nice evening.

 

[Graciesmom77]

donac- that should be your new favorite outfit. I would wear it everyday!

Hope you are all having a great day.

 

[pinkle]

hug: for your busy day. All that teen excitement will be motivating! Please PM your starting weight to LuvBaloo. You will do that every Friday. You never have to post your weight anywhere else, unless you want to.



Thanks...day is done......just had two pina colodas.....big NO NO!!! this is highly unusual I won't being doing that again for a loooon time1



My plan is to track every bite on www.sparkpeople.com aiming for 1200 to 1400 calories a day.

 

[mikamah]

Yes we can! Did you see jenanderson's new headband? We have to get ourselves one of those!

Definintely, so long as we're not slow enough to be swept, slow is fine with me. Congrats on the 2 pounds and your nice new clippie!! 35 lost looks good on you.

Friday QOTD: We talked a little yesterday about ourselves and our goals for this challenge. Today's question is what is your plan to help you reach your goals?

I am going to track my food at least 6 days a week, and exercise at least 5 days a week, 3 days run/walking, and 2 other days, wii fit, biking, or tennis. I'll also do the monthly exercise challenges 1000 min /month at least. I'm also going to do the cow each week and check in here every day. It makes such a big difference.

I've decided to start running, it's not something I love but I think I will grow to love it if I can make it a habit.

I never thought in a million years I'd enjoy running, but after doing the couch to 5K, I really do enjoy it. I'm run/walking because my joints feel better than straight running, but I feel so much better when I do it. You'll be surprised. Good luck with the running.

:I'm back from the Y. I am up .6 from the end of the last challenge (last Friday)--not bad considering we were at Disney for 5 days! So I have 17.2 lbs to lose by the end of this challenge. My b-day is September 4, so my goal is to be at goal by then.

.6 isn't bad at all after a disney trip. I'll be in disney for your birthday, so I'll have a mickey bar for you.

Aggggghhhhhh! All I can think about is junk food! I want to do well and eat healthy but then I think of pizza or mexican food or candy and I feel like I can't stop myself....I am not used to this. The past year I have been able to resist and now all of a sudden I can't seem to!

SarahMay

You have done so well. Do you have a set day each week where you might have a big splurge? After being so successful losing, and hitting that 100 pound milestone, I wonder if you are feeling deprived a little, and if you worked in some splurges it might help keep you focused the other days.

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Well now I am getting ready to marry the love of my life my wonderful DF in November on a Disney cruise (wedding and a cruise, eek!, two good reasons to lose!) and am trying to lose some weight and get healthier beforehand. I am currently at 197lbs and would like to lose about forty lbs or be somewhere in between 150-160 and see how I feel there. I have not been under 180 since probably 2004 so that benchmark will be awesome!

Congratulstions on your wedding.

Just checking in quick, and am being paged back to the living to finish watching Pinocchio. This thread is hopping, and it's so nice to see how positive everyone is. Have a great night.

 

[Rose&Mike]

.6 isn't bad at all after a disney trip. I'll be in disney for your birthday, so I'll have a mickey bar for you.

I bet you're getting excited about your trip! September will be here before you know it!

Taryn--Too funny that our birthdays are one day apart! I bet you will be close to your goal by then. I picked 147 because if maintaining is + or - 2 pounds that will keep me below 150. I would say the key last week was portion control. I ate and drank everything that I wanted, but we shared a lot. I left food on my plate at almost every meal. I'm a vegetarian, so I was working hard to make sure I was getting some protein besides cheese! We took two 5mile+ runs and walked A LOT. If we could walk we did it, rather than ride a boat or take a bus. I would say the big thing is, remember it's ok if you leave food on your plate. A little tastes good, alot just makes you feel yucky.

Thanks for the positive comments about the pictures. I am still not used to my new shape, but I am starting to enjoy it!

Back from the ball game. I had hummus for dinner and two beers and a small ice cream. I haven't put it in sparkpeople yet, but I think I'm still within my calories for the day.

Tomorrow is our long run. We are shooting for 6miles. Have a nice evening everyone!

 

[cclovesdis]

Hi Everyone!

My name is Christina, but most people call me CC (like see-see). I'm 25 and when I was like 8-13, I was overweight. I lost a lot due to having braces and not being able to eat as much and becoming more severely lactose intolerant than I already was. I was fine through high school and college and my first year teaching. During my second year of teaching and the start of grad school I gained a lot of weight. I joined Weight Watchers in Sept. 2008 and lost 30 pounds in less than 5 months. Then, for various reasons, I started taking this med, then that med, then a few at a time and well, my weight went up, up, and up. Sometimes, if I really resisted the hunger feelings, I'd lose weight, but mostly I gained. I started working with a new doctor on Monday and she is determined to find a medication that helps me, but without weight gain-or any bothersome side effects.

My final goal is to weigh 117 (I'm 5'1.") and my goal for this challenge is to lose 17.5 pounds. To do that, there are a few things that I have to do:
1. Avoid chocolate.
2. Avoid chocolate.
3. Avoid chocolate.
oh, and journal everything I eat, drink lots of water, and re-start and complete the C25K.

Good luck everyone!

 

[A.Mickey]

QOTD: I am doing the South Beach Diet. Almost halfway done with Phase 1. Signed up with Sparkpeople.com today too. I have a very physical job where I sweat alot, but I will think about getting back to the C25k when I am on to Phase 2 in a week and a half.

 

[NancyIL]

My final goal is to weigh 117 (I'm 5'1.") and my goal for this challenge is to lose 17.5 pounds. To do that, there are a few things that I have to do:
1. Avoid chocolate.
2. Avoid chocolate.
3. Avoid chocolate.
oh, and journal everything I eat, drink lots of water, and re-start and complete the C25K.

Good luck everyone!

But dark chocolate is GOOD for you!

 

[Scrappy_Tink]

Geeze, I'm already behind on the QOTDs...I will start with yesterdays

My name is Kelly, I'm 50 years old, and have been married to my wonderful DH for a whole year!! We've made it through the first year with all the stressors of a lifetime....death, job loss, moving, oldest son moved away. If we could make it through this last year, we can make it through anything!! Anyway, we moved with my job a few months ago, and survived our first winter in Colorado. We have my other DS still living with us, he's 16 and will be a senior this coming school year. He's my computer geek.

Anyway, I've added about 12 pounds this last year to my already heavy frame. I'm a very emotional eater!

Todays QOTD...I'm going to try to eat more veggies and fruit and get more

I'm really excited about this board and thread!! My biggest challenge is I work 10 hours, 4 days a week, so it's kind of difficult to keep up with everything posted. I can sneek on a couple times during the week, but too busy to linger.

Hi to my fellow losers, we are going to rock this summer!

 

[Yunchman]

what's C25K?

 

[maiziezoe]

Walk Away the Pounds=WATP

I love WATP! Leslie Sansone is the instructor on the DVDs. There are MANY of them. I do at least one of her workouts daily and sometimes 2-3 of them when time allows. My favorite is the 3 mile Pilates walk. I also love her 2 and 3 mile walks that she does with hand weights. Check out WalMart and Target for them at the best prices or Amazon. She may be annoying to some people but she is quite motivating especially in the Pilates walk. Another favorite of mine is the 4 Fast Miles that takes about 50 minutes to do. It involves intervals which actually move along pretty fast. I highly recommend them.

Welcome to the Challenge! We are all here to help!

I enjoy WATP on rainy days when I cannot get outside. Her voice annoys me so I either mute her or turn her down really low and wear my iPod. I like her 5 mile burn DVD.

Hi my name is Stacy and I would like to join the challenge! I am a loser!

I have always struggled with my weight fluctuating up and down. I was a pretty healthy kid until the summer between 8th grade and freshman year of high school when i gained about 40lbs (140 to 180)! Then in 10th grade I lost nearly all of it only to gain it all back and then some after high school graduation. At my heaviest I was about 215ish at the end of 2005. I then went through a bad break up with my bf at the time and lost about 30lbs because I was not eating much of anything so it wasn't lost in a healthy way and was at about 180 when I started eating again.

Well now I am getting ready to marry the love of my life my wonderful DF in November on a Disney cruise (wedding and a cruise, eek!, two good reasons to lose!) and am trying to lose some weight and get healthier beforehand. I am currently at 197lbs and would like to lose about forty lbs or be somewhere in between 150-160 and see how I feel there. I have not been under 180 since probably 2004 so that benchmark will be awesome!

I have been working out and trying to cut out the bad foods for the past 4 weeks or so and have lost 5 pounds already! I am doing it slow (2-3lbs per week) so that it stays off! I want to look beautiful on my wedding day and just be healthier overall! I am excited to do this challenge with everybody and make some new friends and workout/weight loss buddies!

So like I said I am currently at 197lbs and looking forward to losing some weight my goal for this challenge would be between 30-40 lbs lost! We can do it!

Congrats on your wedding and your cruise!!!

I forgot to mention. I went to the award ceremony the other night for local high school theater productions. Our costumes did not win but one of the students won for best featured performer. We did Gypsy so if you know the show there is a great number about strippers having to have a gimmick. Our three strippers won for best group. We were very happy about that since they thanked the costume people for the great costumes.

Last night I went to a retirement dinner where I had to speak about a fellow teacher who I have know my 33 years at my school. My husband had read my speech and told me that he didn't think that I could get through it without crying. Well I got up there and I thought I might but I didn't. I was so happy that I could do it. I got a lot of complements on my thoughts.

ALso here is my non scale victory for the week. ON Wednesday night before the awards ceremony I went over to get my ticket and to see how the kids were doing. I had on a blouse that I would not have worn before I lost the weight I just lost. The kids are used to the costume guy and myself pretty messy and in our oldest clothes since it was always so cold where we worked. We were both dressed up and every where we went the kids were telling us how nice we looked. I was talking to him and one of the kids came up to me and told me how nice I looked and asked if I had lost weight. It really made me feel good.

Thursday night I wore the same outfit and I got a number of complements again. Someone told me this morning that you could tell you lost weight because of the outfit. I wa really happy.

HAve a nice evening.

Woooo Hooooo!!!!! Soon that outfit will be too big!

what's C25K?

Couch to 5k. It's a running program that takes you from the couch to running a 5k.

 

[crzy4pooh]

Hi everyone! I would love to join the challenge and be a loser, too!

Thursday QOTD: My name is Lynnda, and I'm 37. My hubby and I have been married almost 12 years, and we have two boys - ages 7 and 3. We usually frequent the Wish Events board - we've been part of the WISH racing team since 2005. I had been obese my entire life until I joined WW in 2002. I lost 137 pounds, and was at my goal weight for the first time in my life - yay! Unfortunately, that only lasted about 6 months until the weight started coming back on. I was training for a full marathon and a triathlon, and I went right back to my pre-WW eating habits. I also had not really addressed the emotional issues that got me to my highest weight, and struggled (and still struggle) with some of that. So... I am right back where I was when I started WW, although I have now done 3 half marathons, a full marathon, 5 triathlons, and training for #6 in November. I love what I have been able to accomplish, but do NOT love looking at the pictures from the races... I'm ready to be healthy, once and for all, so that I can be the wife and mommy that I want to be, and to set a good example for my boys so they never have to go through the weight issues I have.

Friday QOTD: journal, consistent exercise (not just right before a race), and stop the nighttime snacking (bingeing)

 

[princessbride6205]

My daguther does so great. She'll go to her room and look at books and play if she's not sleepy.

My son wants to be held all the time. The second I put him down his eyes pop open and he starts screaming. So frustrating. Hopefully he'll outgrow it. Right now it's hard to get anything done.

Oh, that was our DD. She was the most colicky baby! We got the Miracle Blanket (fool-proof, wiggly baby-proof swaddling blanket), which was a life saver. She needed it until 4 or 5 months, then could sleep on her own. Have you read Happiest Baby on the Block? It was a great read for us. Do you have a baby carrier like the Bjorn or the Beco Butterfly? Taking walks carrying DD in those, she would always fall asleep. Didn't give me much of a nap break, but did get me exercise. I'll send good thoughts your way that your DS sleeps more for you!

We have strawberry shortcake just about every weekend as a special treat. Fat free-sugar free angel food cake, fresh strawberries and fat free whip cream. Fat free/low sugar and DE-LICIOUS!

I am totally craving angel food cake tonight!

Hi, all! I'm Nicole and I'm a maintainer this challenge. Last summer was my first BL. I reached my goal this Spring. DH and I have been married for 5 years as of next week and we have a DD who will be 3 in July. After our wedding was my first full-time desk job, that coupled with blaming weight gain on a lot of imaginary issues, and not prioritizing exercise...I gained about 20 pounds. When I got pregnant with DD I was 1 pound from an overweight BMI. I did my best to lose after DD was born, but stalled out and started gaining again after she turned 1. I had my annual physical and the doctor warned me that I was overweight. I was still in denial - denouncing BMI. But a few weeks later was Christmas and I saw some photos of myself and was really upset.

That spurred me into trying to lose weight, but I tried the exercise-only method which was not successful. I started counting calories and joined the BL here last May. One of my exercises was jogging/walking and I did the C25k. Then I trained and did my first half marathon in March.

My goal for this challenge is to maintain my weight and train for another half marathon. I'm training for my next race - still deciding if I'll do something local or wait until WDW 2011.

QOTD Friday: To help reach my goals, I plan to eat 5+ fruit/veg a day, run 3x a week and strength train twice a week. I'd really like to fit in a dance class, but my schedule has been crazy, so incorporating that might be difficult, in addition to my other workouts.

 

[sahbushka]

Thanks to everyone for your support today. I went on a jog with a friend after work and that was able to completely change my mindset. From there I went to the gym and jogged a 5k on the treadmill! I then ate a healthy, veggie laden dinner and am going to head off to bed! Excersize really is the key for me!

Later all,
SarahMay

 

[LuvBaloo]

Loved reading all the posts today!

SarahMay - I'm glad you were able to get out and get some exercise to feel better.

Dona - nice non-scale victory!

I couldn't out to run today, so ended up just walking/running in place to try starting running today. I know that running place isn't as good as really running (which DH was quit to point out, which made me want to smack him as he's sitting on his butt). I figure something is better than nothing, and restrained myself from saying some not-so-loving words. He's an all or nothing type person, so I'm glad he's said he's not going to do the running program with me, as he can go faster than me, and we'd just end up arguing. He's usually very supportive, but sometimes he just ticks me off. Enough venting about that, moving forward now

gotta get up and go to kids soccer tomorrow morning, and then DD8yo has a friend coming for lunch and playtime. It'll be interesting to keep DD5yo from driving them crazy. I've almost got her convinced that helping me plant the garden will be fun.

 

[DisCanCan]

Thursday QOTD: Hi I am Candice… I am 33 & from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada… I started the last challenge but life got in the way & I didn’t finish but I plan to this time, so please add me to the loser list... I have been struggling with my weight & getting healthy all my life… I have a habit of starting off strong & then slipping & going back to old habits… I made a promise to myself that I would give 110% & I would also keep telling myself that this takes time & I am trying really hard not to expect immediate results… But its easier said then done…


Friday QOTD: When I started the last time I decided that I was going to take small steps instead of doing everything all at once & feeling over whelmed by it all & it helped me jump start… So I am starting to use www.sparkpeople.com to help me track my eating & watch my portions… I am also going to start the C25K program…