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

[Graciesmom77]

Eeyore's Butterfly - CONGRATS!!!! How exciting. I wish I were getting married again. It was such a fun and amazing time in my life!

QOTD: I plan on making my food choices in advance for the most part. If I know what I am going to eat for the day I can eat healthy, but as soon as I am left to figure it out at the spur of the moment I eat something really bad for me. I am going to make my menus a week in advance and stick to that.

For exercise I am going to aim for 3 times a week atleast 30 minutes. I know I should do more, but with DH being home for the first time for any length of time in a year, I know we will want to spend a lot of our time as a family. Maybe DH and I can find a way to burn calories together!

I weighed in today and was happy to see that since I had to suffer through the stomach flu all week, atleast it showed on the scale. I was down 5.2! Yea! I am only 1.8 away from reacing my goal of 30 pounds before June 17th! Heck, maybe with some I will lose 35 before I go!

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.

I hope you all are having a great day. Stay Strong, we CAN do this!

 

[DaniB]

I weigh-in every Thursday night at 7pm as it is, so I just PM'd last nights weight right now.

I hope LuvBaloo gets my PM. I couldn't find her profile anywhere to click on and send that way I usually do. I ended up typing her name in the receiver spot when I said to send a new message. I haven't sent PMs that way before.

Good luck to everyone! Hopefully this will be the motivation I need. I was able to lose 20 lbs so easily in my first 10 weeks, but I've only lost 2.6 in the past 6 weeks!! Argh!

 

[cativa]

Well, I now have a very good reason for losing weight. Aaron proposed tonight!

CONGRATS!!!!!

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

My name is Danielle and I am 34 year old wife and stepmother. I've fought my weight since...well...since birth I guess. I don't think I've had a single thin day in my whole life! I've battled it many times, with varrying degrees of success, but with always the same outcome: it all come back plus some. My husband shares my weight issues, and he's recently been put on cholesterol medication and the doctor is threatening blood pressure medication even though he isn't even 40 yet! Obviously something has got to change!

My goal for this challenge specifically is to loose 15 pounds (I need to loose more than that eventually, but this will be a good start!). Not only because I need to, but also because we have promised our daughter we'd take her to Disneyland this August for her birthday...and I want us to be able to enjoy ourselves as much as possible...meaning fitting on all the rides and having the stamina to take on the parks all day!

More than that though, I want to create a healthier lifestyle for myself and my husband. I want to make sure we are around for our daughter's wedding!


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've signed up for Sparkpeople in the past, but I've promised myself I am now going to really stick with the journaling. DH and I have also agreed to have fish one night a week, a vegetarian night weekly, and no more than one dinner out a week.

I take our dog out for a morning walk every weekday - its about a mile. This doesn't seem to be enough exercise though. My plan is to work out 3 evenings a week.

 

[N&B'smom]

Hello again!! You all sound so motivated, I just want to hang with you all day to keep me on track.

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'd like to include my DS11 too, I think it would be good for him and it's something we can do together.

I'm off to get showered for the concert and all, I will check in with everyone either tonight or tomorrow!!!!

Here's to a great first day!!

P.S. I'm planning the food for our family's Memorial Day BBQ, making healthy choices!!!!

 

[LMO429]

My goal for the first four weeks working out wise is to do a jillian michaels dvd rotation I read about online. Then the following month I plan on doing the turbofire workout plan for the following 12 weeks.

Here is a link to turbofire it looks super motivating and amazing! I can't wait:
http://www.beachbody.com/product/fitness_programs/turbofire.do?code=TURBOFIREDOTCOM

My biggest hurdle is going to be WEEKEND EATING!!!!!!!!!!!! I can eat great during the week and then the weekend comes and its SABOTAGE!..its going to be especially challenging with it being the summer.

As far as diet goes I am doing the bodybugg plan. Calories IN Calories OUT

 

[DaniB]

Hi everyone, I'm Dani! I'm turning 41 this year, married and have two children. My daughter's turning 11 in a couple of weeks and my son is 6.

Our family is going to Disney for the first time this September and I decided if we were really going to spend that amount of money, than I darn well was going to lose weight!

At the beginning of the year, I was 70 lbs over the weight I want to be at. My goal was to lose 50 lbs by July 1st but I guess that was not realistic enough for me . I have only lost 23 lbs as of last night's weigh-in.

I really am hoping to have 50 lbs gone by the time we leave for our trip early September. So my goal is to lose 30 lbs by the end of this challenge.

And specifically short-term - 10 lbs in the next 5 weeks darn it! I want to purchase a new swimsuit in July before all the nice ones disappear.

Once my husband realized I was serious about losing weight, he started with me as well and has lost 12 lbs.

Best of luck to everyone!!

 

[Kimkimba]

Thursday QOTD: I'm Kim and I'm 44 (not sure how that happened). I'm a SAHM with 4 kids. My dd21 is out on her own, middle two ds12 and dd7 both have special needs (autism, NLD, ED, ADHD) and dd3 appears to be perfectly average and awnry. Lived outside of Philly in a nice suburb my whole life. Happily married for 13 years this Sunday. Didn't have a weight problem until I became a SAHM 7 years ago. I've lost 30 of the pounds and still have 40 to go til I am thin again.

Friday QOTD: I'm going to increase my steps to 14,000 3 times a week. Normally I do 10,000 6 days. I can run a mile, but would like to be able to run 3 miles by the end of this summer. I'm really going to try to increase my fruits and veggies over the summer and get rid of most of the processed foods.

 

[DaniB]

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 so agree with your beinging strict for too long bit! I think the reason I lost so much weight quickly in my first 10 weeks was because I rewarded myself after each weigh-in. As long as we lost weight each Thursday, my husband & I would treat ourselves to fast food (our weakness) for lunch on Friday. Fish & Chips, Wendy's, pizza - whatever.

When my husband's shift changed and we could not do this anymore - I found it such as struggle. In 6 weeks I have only lost 2.6 lbs!

Thankfully his shift goes back to normal as of Monday!

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.

That is just amazing hearing you lost weight after marrying!! So many times it is quite the opposite for people. Wishing you a fast weight loss for your new little one!

I have lost my job as of tomorrow and my boys 21 & 24 have both left this week. So it's been a rought month. I hope this gets me motivated and off the couch.

That is rough. I'm sorry hear so many changes in so little time have happened. My daughter's turning 11 in a couple of weeks and it hit me last night (while getting her b-day invitations printed out) that she will be leaving in less than 10 years.

Speaking of Adventures by Disney...my 'BIG' reward for myself is the Italy trip next year for our 15th anniversary, but I am not willing to do it at the weight I am at now..as much as I loved our trip last year, I missed out on a few things because I just simply couldn't walk as far as the group was going to....so this challenge is coming at a great time! I want to be able to walk all over Rome and Florence without having to stop and take too many rest breaks.

Very cool!! I dream of being able to take my dad back to Italy as he has never been back since his family moved here. I sure wish I had put money away each paycheck all these years ago...

 

[Worfiedoodles]

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?

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'm also committed to seriously working on my food intake. I've recently given up chips and most processed food, so I just need to work on my quantities. I'm trying to shift more calories to earlier in the day. I need to get out of the habit of eating while I watch tv. And I need to work on my weekend eating -- even with my long runs I don't get as much movement as during the week and it shows in Monday's weigh in. I'm also going back to things that have worked for me before -- weighing daily, making sure I'm in bed by 9:30, and thinking about my goals -- and how I'll feel when I get on the plane for our vacation at the end of August -- I want to feel confident and happy going to visit my teeny tiny SIL! I also bought a new BL book, and I read some every night. This is to keep me focused and out of the kitchen after dinner.

Maria

 

[Rose&Mike]

Just PM'd my weight and wanted to crawl under the covers and cry. But....that's not going to happen. I have a VERY crazy day ahead of me...heading to a concert where we have GA seats so we will be standing/walking from about 2pm until about 9:30pm. Food will not be the easiest today but I will do my best to make wise choices!!!

I'm glad this day is here and am so excited to GET STARTED!!!!

I had that exact feeling when we started the last challenge, and I really was pessimistic that I could succeed. If I can do it--you can do it! Enjoy the concert!

Hopefully by the time I am fully in charge of my intake again I will have eliminated the compulsion for night time snacking and will have the fortitude to just not do it.

Just a thought--but if you enjoy an evening snack, can you build it into your daily calories? DH and I often have "dessert" around 8:00. But I always know what I'm going to have. A tiny bit of chocolate ice cream with strawberries tastes just as good as a huge bowl of ice cream with fudge toppings.

Lisa--Can't wait to celebrate One-derland with you!!!

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.

QOTD--drink my water, keep up the exercise (6 days a week), cook at home Monday-Thursday at least, and limit my grown-up drinks to Friday and Saturday. I'm also going to track for a while on Spark People because I'm not getting enough calories on some of these big workout days.

Have a great day everyone! I'll check in later.

 

[DaniB]

Welcome to our Challenge of the Week (COW)!

PART ONE
Drink 6-8 oz of water each day (1 point for each day) ( 1 cup of coffee or tea counts)
Eat 2 vegetables each day (1 point for each day)

PART TWO
To help establish the habit of drinking your 6-8 oz of water each day, your challenge for this week is to find a cup, glass, mug, bottle…whatever….that will inspired you and make you feel happy each day! No need to send me a PM of what you found. Instead, post at any time this week about what is inspiring you to drink your water! Can't wait to hear about all the fun cups, mugs, bottles, etc!

Ohhh, the drinking water part will be easy as I already have that down pat. I drink about 65 ozs. Wow - I had not realized it was that much. I just weighed my drinking glass full of water - emptied it and re-weighed it. 13 ozs x 5 glass a day. Am I over drinking water??? I do not drink coffee, tea (unless I'm sick) and only have a can of pop once or twice a week.

Now the veggies... I really don't like veggies. This will be harder but as I REALLY want to drop 10 lbs in the next 10 weeks I'll force myself...

 

[NCRedding]

QOTD: My plan is to TRACK, TRACK, TRACK my food on WW, even if I use the entire week's extra points in one day! It is easy for me to say increase my exercise, as lately I've have been doing no formal exercising. Drinking water always helps so I plan to focus on the COW this week to get my water and vegetable intake to closer to where it needs to be.

 

[DaniB]

My daughter was such and easy baby. My son however, is not. He hates to sleep. I know it's crazy but he really does. If I get one 2 hour nap out of him a day I'm doing well. My daughter doesn't nap anymore and she likes to exercise with me (well she dances around me while I do workout dvds but still..) Hopefully I can get him on a good schedule so I can exercise most days.

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

 

[DaniB]

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 drink lots of water
- keep busy with a project so I do not want to take the time to eat/snack
- not eat high-fat, high-sugar foods... eat more protein & veggies, less carbs
- I eat a light breakfast, larger lunch, and a meal replacement shake for dinner
- lots of walking! I try to walk 6 kms a day, somtimes 8kms. Hmm... that's 3.75 to 5 miles a day.

** and I know everyone says not to... but I weigh myself on WII FIT every morning. When I see that -.4 or -.9 in the morning, it really keeps me motivated for the rest of the day!

 

[Dahly]

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?

Since finding this challenge last week..i joined sparkpeople, and have been tracking my food each day for the past 6...wow..to see the numbers of calories and fat grams that I have been eating is a real eye-opener! My plan is to continue to track..and learn to better pre-plan my meals. I am very lucky to work from home, but I am not good at keeping healthy food in the fridge/pantry...I also need to leave DS home when I grocery shop, stuff ends up in the basket that neither of us of needs, and then of course I help him eat it!

Several weeks ago we put the kabosh on buying ice cream at the grocery, after realizing we were going through 2 half gallon blue blue tubs A WEEK between 3 of us. I think i would rather pay the premium at Ben and Jerry's or Cold Stone, and have one serving occasionally on a Saturday, rather than having a tub sitting in the freezer that I can get to at any time!

Several people have mentioned they were going to stop drinking soda...I used to be a 4-6 can a day drinker of coke...DH and I switched several years ago..me to sprite, and then diet sprite, and he to diet coke. Since then , I have cut out soda altogether..and I can't stand the taste of coke or even sprite anymore..way too sweet. I will have a sprite zero once a month or so, just to have a taste of something other than water/tea...however, my new addiction is sweet tea...so I am working on cutting my tea intake from 4-5 glasses a day to only one with dinner. So far this week I have hit my 8+ glasses of water each day..so that is a major change right away!


Exercise - I have a weak ankle, so I don't get to walk as far or for as long as I would like. I am hoping that as some weight comes off, the pressure on my ankle will let up somewhat. I do take the dog for a mile or so walk each evening, and I use the Wii...Wit Fit Plus and EA Active...but not consistently. I have 3 WATP dvds that I like, but again, not consistent on those either. My plan is to work out at least 4 nights a week for at least 30mins, varying between the Wii and my WATP dvd's, in addition to the dog walks.

The other piece of my plan is to learn from you guys! So many of you have done these challenges before, and there is so much collective wisdom out there. I have started to copy some of things you are posting into an email to myself...so keep them coming!

Hope everyone is having a great Friday!

Dahly

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

.... I decided to use my WDW refillable mug we got in sept. I think its about 16 oz (someone help me if I am wrong).

If you fill the refillable mug to the inner rim it's exactly 16 oz (no ice in it)

Ohhh, the drinking water part will be easy as I already have that down pat. I drink about 65 ozs. Wow - I had not realized it was that much. I just weighed my drinking glass full of water - emptied it and re-weighed it. 13 ozs x 5 glass a day. Am I over drinking water???

Yes you are over drinking water!!! You can get water poisoning if you drink to much. Your goal is 48 oz a day and you can count 1 cup of coffee or tea in that.

 

[nunzia]

Please add me to the Loser's team. First timer so if I goof up , please tell me.

 

[RENThead09]

QOTD...

I start officially training for my half on Monday! Woo Hoo

I am just finishing 10 sessions with a trainer, so I am going to do core workouts twice a week

I bought a Biggest Loser DVD and am doing that twice a week.

I also am checking out this Sparkspeople everyone is talking about. I used a bodybugg last year, so this may be a great help.


Sounds like everyone is ready to get this summer started on the right foot. Have a great weekend and make happy healthy choices!

-Pat

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Hi it's me again!!!

I'm BernardandMissBianca aka MissBlink, BAMB, Mom, hey you. Etc... but you can call me Buffy.
I'm 36 cough cough. and I've been married to Mr. Blink for 17 years.
We have 4 kids as seen below (and yes, they are really like that). 3 boys 13 (almost 14), DS9, DS8 and my little princess DD4.

I'm the sarcastic one in the group. I'm a bit of a sassy britches, especially to Jennz. I love giving her a hard time, it's my job. LOL

I am the moderator of the Creative Community so all you crafty people out there come over.

Goals -
- to lose 20 pounds during this challenge
- to feel better about my self (had an epiphany about clothes today)
- to do C25K DS13 and I are aiming towards the Everest Challenge in 2011 so I need to get moving on training for that


how to obtain these goals -
- cutting out fast food. I did it for a while but we've gotten back into the habit of it.
- reducing snacking
- good better foods, more from scratch
- walk/run the boys are doing 3 sports camps and Mom said she'd take DD so that give me 3 hours every day over the course of 3 weeks to train. Plus the mileage I put in at Disney

 

[Connie96]

Ohhh, the drinking water part will be easy as I already have that down pat. I drink about 65 ozs. Wow - I had not realized it was that much. I just weighed my drinking glass full of water - emptied it and re-weighed it. 13 ozs x 5 glass a day. Am I over drinking water???

The usual recommendation is 8-8oz glasses per day, which is 64oz, so I think you're fine. I generally drink in the neighborhood of 72 - 96, and that's just straight water, not counting a couple of glasses of tea.

Although, I wonder (and maybe I'm just a dunce, but) I know that the recommendation is based on fluid ounces, not ounces by weight. Does 1 fluid ounce of water = one weighed ounce??