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

[mommyof2Pirates]

Good morning everyone! I didnt get my run in last night, I couldnt bring myself to do it in the 90+ degree weather out there. I would have done it after the sun went down but my dh had a late softball game. So my plan was to get up at 5am today and run. Well 3 alarm resets later and that plan was shot. I just couldnt get out of bed. Well tonight I have to work the snack stand at DS baseball game. I plan on being there until 8 so maybe with some luck I will get out early to run. The other obstacle is the forecast calls for thunderstorms tonight. Hopefully I can fit it in somehow today. I have a 5K race on saturday morning so I dont want to run tomorrow. This is the first time in a month that I would be skipping a run. Right now I have been running 3x/week.

I cant wait for the challenge to start, I am loving getting to know all of you!

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning all!

Thank you all so much for being a part of our Summer 2010 Biggest Loser Challenge! We will have a great time, learn alot about ourselves, and hopefully lose a lot of weight -- last time we lost over 1289 pounds!

I did not watch much of the show this season but hearing all of your discussions made me check out the website. I saw the before and after pics. Wow amazing at how much some of them lost and how different they look. I am suprised at john and james too. If the only thing I had to focus on was exersize and eating... I would have thought to see a bigger difference in them. Its amazing how all the extra weight makes you look older. I think the biggest change as far as looks go is Daris. wow what a difference.

I never watched the show until this year. It is a bit addicting once you get into it. I think you can watch episodes online -- then you can fast forward through the barfing while working out and the long, long weigh ins. That is one of the nice things about our challenges, you don't have to watch to participate.

According to Jillian's recap on her web site (http://www.jillianmichaels.com/fitness-and-diet-tips/Biggest-Loser-Season-9-Episode-19), Koli lost 53.35% of his weight. Therefore, he would've won $250,000 had he been the 3rd finalist.

I thought Maria (Michael's mom) looked much younger, too.

I think that might have been why he was acting so weird -- I can totally understand the disappointment and you are stuck on national live tv.

I thought that Maria looked beautiful!

Late to the party....is it too late to join for summer?

I joined the boards years ago, but have been a bit of a lurker until now

We're headed to Disneyland this August (our first time at GCH!) and a few pounds off will really help me keep up with my stepdaughter!

It's Never to late to join a BL challenge!

Talked to mom today, apparently she had PF. I remember the boot but couldn't remember what it was for. She opted for the boot instead of the injections.

I'm going to start doing the exercises her Dr gave her. I need to call my dr again tomorrow, no appt available for the rest of the week.

Do you think I should hold off on doing C25K? DS13 has decided we are doing the Everest Challenge in 2011 if it's still available. So I have to get into some kind of shape, and I'll now have a year to do it.

Buffy, I would hold off on the C25K -- you'll have plenty of time to get started and train when you get back from WDW. Isn't this a do over trip because you were all sick last time? Having a PF flareup at Disney is the pits. I survived with alternating Aleve and Advil every four hours all day long. Can you see a podiatrist without a referral? I'm sending good thoughts your way.

I wanted Ahley to win, the whole girl power thing, but was happy for all of them. I was AMAZED at Micheal. Its hard to believe it was the same man! I voted for Darius instead of Koli too.

I have been sick with some stomach bug all week. I have never had the flu this long, but I can't seem to shake it. DD2's birthday and my cousins wedding all this weekend, and nothing is ready. The house is a MESS! You would think with my sis living here (for free) for the last 8 months, knowing how sick I have been and all I have to do, that she would help, but nope. She makes more messes than the kids! So frustrating.

Sorry about the complaining. Its been a crap week and I am in a crap mood. I have to say though, coming on here and reading all the posts certainly does help me. I hope you all know how much you help me!

Hope that you are feeling better soon. That stomach bug is the pits.

I am going to first post and say that I will be joining in. At little late, but still just in time. I haven't read the thread yet, but I will go back tomorrow during the day and get a feel for what is required.

Here's a little information about me. My scale died and I need to get a new one this weekend. If I had to guess I am approximately 30#'s overweight. I can confirm this after I get the scale.

I am also disabled with a myriad of health problems. The one that will hinder me the most is a severe neck injury. Just got the release to start walking again. So the treadmill has been dusted off and is ready to go.

Okay, now I am off to actually read the thread and post a proper requirement as needed.

Last but not least, sorry but I can't put the contest thingy in my signature. I find that things like that are too much pressure on me. Oh, by the way, my name is Diane.

Diane! It's never too late to join a BL challenge.

You should also send our weightkeeper, LuvBaloo, a PM and let her know that you will be sending in your starting weight a little late. It's no problem at all, you just need to let her know.

Well, hopefully not too many of you read the earlier version of this post where I thought I was saying farewell to the BL9 challenge!

 

[jennz]

Not to take anything away from Shay's weight loss (or yours), but I agree that 52 pounds in 5 months is good, but not spectacular. Especially when you are as large as Shay was to start. PLUS she got a good head start learning the whole exercise/eating right thing when she WAS on the ranch. When I re-started this whole journey 29 months ago, I was at 200 pounds. I lost almost 40 between January 2 and April 14.... that is more than 10 pounds per month. I also have two kids and a job and a big house and lots of activities to keep up with.... so no excuse there for Shay.

I can ASSURE you if someone was offering me $1000 per pound I would definitely have lost more than 52 pounds in 5 months!! Glad Subway gave her some incentive to keep going........................P

Me too!! Heck dh and dd would be pulling me along as well! Maybe we are just more money motivated than Shay. She weighed and I was saying "There's $48,000 she left on the table" and then when Subway offered to double it - $96,000!!!! Of course I would also have wanted my first 1/2 that night.

Talked to mom today, apparently she had PF. I remember the boot but couldn't remember what it was for. She opted for the boot instead of the injections.

I'm going to start doing the exercises her Dr gave her. I need to call my dr again tomorrow, no appt available for the rest of the week.

Do you think I should hold off on doing C25K? DS13 has decided we are doing the Everest Challenge in 2011 if it's still available. So I have to get into some kind of shape, and I'll now have a year to do it.

Girl I have that too and it can be soooo painful!! Here's what works for me...calf stretches at least twice/day and surprisingly thigh stretches as well. Naproxen helps to an extent. A frozen water bottle to roll on my foot when it gets sore. And my latest 2-thumbs-up - KT tape. I haven't been able to find it locally so I buy it online through MC Sports (I just use that store to get mypoints lol) This stuff is like magic! DD has Severs and I use it on her too. The best two for me are the stretches and KT tape.

I wanted Ahley to win, the whole girl power thing, but was happy for all of them. I was AMAZED at Micheal. Its hard to believe it was the same man! I voted for Darius instead of Koli too.

I have been sick with some stomach bug all week. I have never had the flu this long, but I can't seem to shake it. DD2's birthday and my cousins wedding all this weekend, and nothing is ready. The house is a MESS! You would think with my sis living here (for free) for the last 8 months, knowing how sick I have been and all I have to do, that she would help, but nope. She makes more messes than the kids! So frustrating.

Sorry about the complaining. Its been a crap week and I am in a crap mood. I have to say though, coming on here and reading all the posts certainly does help me. I hope you all know how much you help me!

I hope you feel better soon!!!

it seemed Koli lost a higher percentage of wt loss but I was not entirely sure. Thanks for the link

Personally Koli's attitude was annoying to me I'm glad he was not in the final 3. I also have a feeling he is going to gain his weight back. He had that same attitude that all previous winners had who gained the weight back. I think he had his eye to much on the big prize and not really about why he gained all the wt. in the first place.

His whole attitude changed after he didn't get the final 3, he seemed to get depressed and then just wanted to go home. I thought it was odd that he even said that after he won the $100k. That would have cheered me up a lot! Maybe he was thinking about what he didn't win

Well I got up early this morning to walk the dogs. I actually was giving myself all sorts of excuses to get out of bed instead of stay in. That's a good thing!

 

[escape]

Hi Lisa! I want to join the summer challenge. I joined the spring challenge too late. Since I teach, the end of the spring semester is always a killer for me and I knew better than to start something like this at that time. However, I'm ready to go for this challenge. I'd like to lose 20 pounds. Well, I'd like to lose more but this may be all I can handle for now.

 

[lisah0711]

Welcome to our Between the BLs Summer Challenge 2010!

It's great to have you all here!

For those of you who are new to our challenge, I will explain how we get started.

Tomorrow you need to PM (private message) LuvBaloo your starting weight in pounds, i.e. 153.5. Every Friday you will PM your weight to her. She is the only one who knows your weight. Your number will never be published on the thread, only the percentage of loss if you are in the top group. If you have any questions about sending your weight or how the calculations are done, Shannon will be happy to answer them for you.

Later today our COW (challenge of the week) keeper, jenanderson, will be posting the first COW. This is an exercise in building healthy habits. It is a lot of fun and I encourage everyone to give the COW a try. I will let Jen tell you more about what she is planning. Again, if you have any questions about the COW, Jen will be happy to answer them. You will PM your COW points to jen starting next Friday.

Last, but not least, I will start the QOTD today. Each week we have a different coach who will ask different questions to keep our conversation going. There is a link in the thread to our QOTD thread so if you get behind or are looking for a question, refer to that thread. Thank you corinnak for helping us maintain the QOTD thread.

I will be your coach this week and I am the hostess/organizer for the challenge. Links to important info will be posted in the first few posts of this thread. Feel free to ask me any questions about the challenge.

Thursday QOTD: Tell us a little about yourself and your goals for this challenge.

I am Lisa. I am married and have a DS who is 10. I will hit the big 5-0 during this challenge and that milestone birthday has been a good motivator for me. Thanks to my involvement in the WISH boards, I have lost weight and kept the loss off for the first time in many, many years. I can't say thank you enough to all of you for all the support and encouragement that you give me!

I have an ambitious goal this challenge to lose 25 pounds. That is just a little less than 2 pounds a week and would get me to ONE-derland or pretty darn close.

For those of you who are interesting in chatting about Jillian Michaels new show Losing It I started a separate thread, like the one we did for Biggest Loser, in the WISH section. Here is a link http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36782293&postcount=1 The show premieres June 1st.

Best of luck for all of you for a losing summer!

Let's get this party started!

 

[lisah0711]

Hi Lisa! I want to join the summer challenge. I joined the spring challenge too late. Since I teach, the end of the spring semester is always a killer for me and I knew better than to start something like this at that time. However, I'm ready to go for this challenge. I'd like to lose 20 pounds. Well, I'd like to lose more but this may be all I can handle for now.

escape! Thanks for joining our challenge! We have several teachers in our challenge so you will feel right at home. You'll find some of your fellow INCREDIBLES, too.

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

QOTD-

Hi my name is Lindsay I am 31, married and mother to two DS's 5 1/2 and 3. My total goal is to loose 60lbs by the time I run my first half marathon which will be in 2/2011 at the disney princess! I have lost 10lbs already this past month. This challenge my goal is 20lbs. I have had mild weight issues since graduating high school but the worst has come after having children. I am done reproducing so I am ready to get this weight off and keep it off once and for all. I am so glad to have this thread and all of you to support me. It truly makes a huge difference.

 

[ibouncetoo]

Thursday QOTD: Tell us a little about yourself and your goals for this challenge

I'm Jackie and a long time DISer. I actually registered for the DISboards after lurking for a year or so, so that I could participate on the WISH forum! I was also in the first group of WISHers who participated in the WDW marathon/half marathon in January of '05.

I've had some health battles since then and am once again at my all time high on the scale. At 60, I know it will be much more difficult to get the weight off, but I'm going for it! It's really impacting my mobility and I want to keep traveling for a long, long time.

My goal for the challenge is 20 pounds, an amount that once gone will make it much easier for me to start doing some walking, which will really aid in additional weight loss. In the meantime, the swimming pool will be my source of exercise (and fun!), as it is the kindest exercise for these pesky joints.

I look forward to getting to know all of you loosers!

.

 

[sherry]

QOTD

Hi my name is Sherry, I am 52 and have 2 dd's. My oldest is married and my youngest is a science high school teacher. I have had a home daycare business for 22 years, I love the little ones! I have lost a lot of weight, put a little back on and want to stay where I was. My goal is 25 pounds and regular exercise, even more important as I have been diagnosed with arthritis in my hip.

 

[LMO429]

Hi! My name is Lauren from NYC...actually we recently moved to Manalapan NJ but we lived in nyc for so long I am having a hard time admitting where I am from now

I have been a hardcore DISer since 2007. I have gone to WDW more times than I can count. My next trip is this upcoming October with my 2 aunts, my mom and my cousin! An all-girl trip. My goal for this challenge is to lose 15 pounds.

I love love love to workout at home. I literally have tried and probably own every workout dvd on the market. My favorites are anything jillian michaels, turbojam and right now I am doing insanity workouts from beachbody.

I would say my biggest challenges is my all or nothing attitude and my weekend eating sabotaging all my good efforts i made during the week.

Looking so forward to this challenge, the new friends I will make and the support!

 

[pjlla]

Welcome to our Between the BLs Summer Challenge 2010!

I will be your coach this week and I am the hostess/organizer for the challenge. Links to important info will be posted in the first few posts of this thread. Feel free to ask me any questions about the challenge.

Thursday QOTD: Tell us a little about yourself and your goals for this challenge.

Best of luck for all of you for a losing summer!

Let's get this party started!

First of all... HUGE thanks to Lisa for her continued upkeep and support of these challenges!! And thanks for being our starting coach for the summer!

As for myself.... I'll try to be brief...

My name is Pamela and I am very soon to be closer to 50 than I am to 40 . I just celebrated my 18th wedding anniversary and I have a DD who is almost 15 and a DS who is 12 1/2. I am a substitute teacher, although I still really don't know what I want to be when I grow up!

I "re-started" this healthier lifestyle journey on January 2, 2008 (at 200 pounds even) in preparation for another trip to WDW. I had lost some weight before our 2004 trip, but had put about half of it back on. I didn't want to return to Disney fatter than I had been the last time. I put my nose to the grindstone and managed to lose almost 40 pounds in 3 1/2 months.

The BIG change came, however, after that trip. I STUCK WITH IT! I didn't just throw in the towel or give up after returning from that trip. I got RIGHT BACK ON PLAN the first morning we were home and I haven't looked back since!

I have since hit my original few goals of 145 and then 135 and am now aiming for what I think will be my final goal of 130 (although I am secretly hoping to maintain around 128). I wish I could tell you exactly what "clicked" for me this time, but I'm not really sure myself. I do know that I am CONSTANTLY reminding myself that this is NOT a diet, but it IS a LIFESTYLE CHANGE!! I know that this healthier eating and exercise will need to be a habit for the rest of my life. And I am truly embracing it. I am more and more interested in nutrition, health, etc.

I have just a hair over 2 pounds left to hit my goal, so hopefully I will be joining the maintainers group here in no time. But I won't leave this challenge... I need you all to keep me on track and motivated.

Well... my "break" is over. I have students coming in just a few minutes, so I'm going to run! I can't wait to learn more about you newbies and maybe learn something new about you BL challenge veterans!..................P

 

[my3princes]

Hello My name is Deb. I have 3 sons ages 14, 12 and 7. I am a stay at home Mom that makes a little vacation money by bartending, waitress and substitute teacher. I also run a Lacrosse program with 5 teams (boys and girls grades 2-8). In my spare time I am very actively involved in end of year activities for my 8th grader with grad dance, class trip and graduation plans all forming. I am married to my high school sweetheart and we'll be celebrating our 18th anniversary on our 3 1/2 week vacation this summer. He is the most wonderful husband and the best Daddy ever. Dh and I started our weight loss journey back in 2003 when our youngest son was a baby. We started with Atkins and I lost 50 lbs and he lost 40 lbs in just 4 months. The good news is that I've we've managed to keep it off, with the occasional ups and downs, but we're both really wanting to shed the last few pounds. I seem to be stuck right around 143 lbs which is at the very top of the normal weight range for my height. I would love to be able to maintain at 130 lbs, but I've never made it below 137 and I seem to always bounce back to 143. So my goal for this challenge is to hit 135 lbs before our trip and to make that my new maintainance weight. Once I conquer that I will consider trying for 130.

 

[Connie96]

Thursday QOTD: Tell us a little about yourself and your goals for this challenge.

Hello all! My name is Connie and I am 36 years old. I have been married to a great guy for 14 years (this August) and we have a beautiful 3 year old DD.

I guess I already shared my recent weight loss/gain history and my motivation, but just to follow along in the conversation...

Hi. I've been on the DIS for a couple years, but all I ever really do is check out the trip reports when I need a fix.
...
Last year, I lost 25 pounds (still not quite to my actual goal) and then I promptly gained 15 of it back again over the past several months. Although weight loss achievement was not his true motivation, my DH just got a motorcycle last week and mentioned to me this weekend that it makes a pretty good reward for his losing 60 pounds over the past year or so. And, yes, he did a great job and I am so proud of him, but my response was a snarky comment about how if I had had such a nice reward, maybe I wouldn't have gained back so much so fast. So... he said that if I meet my goal weight we can get DVC. Oh my holy frickin’ cow! You got yourself a deal, mister!! You’ve never seen anyone jump on the wagon so fast! (Why couldn’t he have said that 15 pounds ago?!!)

I did change the rules, though. I mean, DVC is a BIG deal. We can’t afford it any time soon and it’s a certainly more expensive than his motorcycle. So… I will choose for myself an appropriate, yet extravagant, reward for reaching my goal weight (I'm guessing about 20 pounds to go, because I haven't been on a scale in a while), and DH and I have agreed that DVC will be the reward for maintaining for a full year – 52 consecutive weekly weigh-ins under a set limit.

What I learned (again!) from losing weight last year is that being too strict for too long is a recipe for insane over-eating. I've lost weight many times and rewarded myself by pigging out for days, months or even years.That's why, this time, I'm choosing to reward myself BIG for the maintenance of the weight rather than for the loss. I'm hoping to lose about 8-10 pounds during this challenge and I have derived an ultimate goal by finding the midpoint of the "normal" range on the BMI chart and calculating the corresponding weight for my height. I'm looking at losing about 23 pounds to achieve that goal.

My goals also include adding distance and speed to my current running skills. I achieved a new personal record for the 5K back in April and I just registered for another 5K to be held June 5 and I will soon be registering for my first ever 10K to be held July 3. I hope to be ready for a half marathon by the end of this year, although I'm not sure the Princess Half will be an option for me but... ya never know.

Best of luck to all of my fellow losers!

 

[brinalyn530]

QOTD

Hello everyone! My name is Sabrina (Bree for short) and I am a single mom of one 9 yo DS. I work full time and my son plays sports pretty much all year except the summer (thank goodness) so we're constantly running around somewhere. I started my "journey" last spring, lost about 30 pounds but then gained 20 pounds back between December and the end of our Disney trip a few weeks ago. I fell off the exercise wagon and wasn't as careful about my eating as I should have been (darn holiday candy). I have about 55 pounds to get to my goal weight - I would really love starting our back to back Dream cruises next May at goal !

I work out at home in - DVDs right now, mostly Jillian Michaels - but I hope to swim at least once a week this summer, plus I hope to find a relatively inexpensive treadmill or elliptical soon. I definitely need to do more cardio.

Well, that's enough about me... Thanks to everyone who is organizing the challenge!

Bree

 

[Greenfield1984]

Thursday QOTD: Tell us a little about yourself and your goals for this challenge

I am 25, married to my wonderful DH for 3 years and have a beautiful DD2.5. We are working at adding to our family and have had some heartache over the past year, so I've decided to try and put that to the back of my mind and focus on becoming healthier and losing weight until I do get pregnant again.
I've always been overweight, except for one brief time when I actually managed to get down to 130, but unfortunately that was not long lived as I let my old habits come back into my life. My overall goal is to lose 60 pounds (though my DH thinks I was too skinny last time, so I guess my goal # may change if as I get closer he thinks I'm getting too small!). My goal for this challenge is to lose 20 pounds, unless I get pregnant in which case it will be to keep up with my healthy eating and exercising habits while still eating enough for baby to grow.
Good luck everyone!

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Thursday QOTD: Tell us a little about yourself and your goals for this challenge.

My name is Maria, and I'm been happily married for 17 years with a wonderful ds12. I am a runner, but don't let that fool you into thinking I am in shape! I have about 40 lbs to lose, I'm going to try for 10 lbs this challenge. Theoretically I do WW online, in practice...well, if I was really doing it I would have gotten to my goal by now I'll be having one of those birthdays during the challenge but not a milestone. I'm still in the early stages of "40 and holding". I am trying to lose as much weight as I can this year, since I want to train for the WDW 2012 Full Marathon next year. Despite what Bob said on the BL, everyone I know agrees that marathon training and weight loss do not mix well. I have three WDW Half Marathons under my belt, and expect to do # 4 in January. I work full time, so most of my training takes place at 4:30 am. Now you know why I miss some workouts...

Maria

 

[jennz]

Hello - I'm Jennifer...46 years old cancer-surviving sahm & wahm, married 19 years to a dh who works too much , 12 yo dd who is in competitive cheer , and two dogs .

I have found I lose weight verrrrrry slowly so I'm setting my goal for this 8 weeks at 10 pounds, but secretly I hope to reach 25. We are leaving for Scotland 7/25 and I would love to have more seat room!

 

[Littleprincess2010]

Thursday QOTD: Tell us a little about yourself and your goals for this challenge.

Let's get this party started!

Hi everyone, I haven't posted much but hopefully I can change that. Im a 26 yr old wife and mom to DD6. My daughter is from a previous relationship and consequently so is all my weight Since meeting (and marrying) my husband I've lost almost 30 lbs!!!! We want to add another bundle of joy to our lives but I've got another 30 lbs to go before I hit my Pre-pregnancy weigh, which is my goal before we have another little munchkin.

I've got a bike and treadmill at work that I use for 30 min 5 days a week (lunch break workouts!!) and my husband bought me "EA Sports Active" and its been amazing!! The 30 day challenge really drives you and I always make sure to get in at least 5 workouts a week on that.

The hardest thing for me was learning how to portion size. My view on what was a healthy amount of food to eat were sooooooo messed up!!! Now that Im learning to eat healthy I can also have those treats I crave, just smaller sizes (which means no more spoon in the ice cream bucket ).

Anyways, Im so looking forward to working with you guys. Everytime I read this thread it makes me smile to know that we all have so much support for eachother.

So as Lisah0711 said "Let's Get This Party Started!!!"

 

[uptown_girl44]

QOTD-
Hi!! I'm Vanessa! I'm 22 and two weeks ago I finished my third College Program at WDW and finally figured out my life plan for the near future. I'm planning on starting cosmetology school in Aug. The other thing I realized during my time at WDW was that I am ready to make a lifestyle change. My DBF and I have recently started talking about marriage so we'd both like to start healthier lifestyles before we start our lives together. So this is my first step. I'm looking to lose around 20 lbs during this challange and probably 28-30 lbs total.

And just to make it even harder on myself I've decided to go visit my grandparents for the weekend. I know I always make bad choices when it comes to food while I'm there. My goal this time is to not deprive myself of the things I love, like Grandma's biscuits and gravy, but to pair those with more fruit and eggs than I normally do.

 

[tigger813]

Hi all,

My name is Tracey and I'm an almost 40 year old happily married mother of 2 beautiful girls and licensed massage therapist. This will be my 3rd challenge! I have lost over 45 pounds since December 2008. I enjoy Walk Away the Pounds and my elliptical. I also have a Wii and Wii Fit that I try and use at least once a week. My goal is to lose about 8-10 more pounds.

I turn 40 on Friday, August 13 so my goal is a week before that. We are going to Disney to celebrate my 40th from Dec. 1-9. I can't wait!

I'm holding within 1-2 pounds of my ending weight last week so I'm good with that. I have lightened up on my exercise this week. I have walked 2 days with my neighbor and we will walk again tomorrow. I have been counting my calories but also relaxing a bit. Hoping I can hold it together this weekend. We have a b'day party to go to on Saturday and then meeting some Dis folks for a bbq on Sunday. On Monday we are going to see Shrek at 10:30am and then probably going to a bbq in town at one of DD2s friend's houses. Our calendar is filling up like crazy yet again. I just have to drink my water which helps me a lot!

Have a great rest of your day. I just got back from Target and WalMart and will do a few more errands at around 1. I need to finish taking care of what I bought and clean the kitchen before heading out again!