Biggest Loser 8 Fall Challenge -- for losers and maintainers!

[Worfiedoodles]

Tuesday's QOTD:
What is your favorite season and why?

My favorite season is Summer -- since we moved to New England I've forgotten what Spring is like...

I like the warmth, the fresh fruit, the nice breezes, and the feeling that things are a bit more laid back. We also traditionally vacation in summer, so I always have that to look forward to. I love going to the beach, relaxing in the backyard with a barbecue, and not checking homework!

Maria

 

[airtime247]

Best of luck and great job for everyone doing the C25K!

-steve

 

[tigger813]

QOTD : What is your favorite season and why?


HMMMM that's a tough one because I like each one for different reasons and have a reason for not liking part of it.

I love the colors of the trees in NE in the fall. They are just started to turn hear which is amazing. I'm having trouble enjoying it this year due to the large amounts of acorns denting up my car. We have some really old trees and some years the number of acorns is unbelievable. I swept the acorns off of my driveway after mowing this morning and you'd never know it!

I like winter as that was the season DH and I were married. And Christmas. But last winter we had the mother of all ice storms in early December which was not fun!

I like summer but not the heat.

Now, that I think of it I like the spring the best as the flowers are blooming and it is warming up!

 

[Colleen27]

Tuesday's QOTD:
What is your favorite season and why?

Spring and fall, followed closely by summer. From April until November, there's a constant chain of things I love about the season where we live, from the first hyacinths and lilacs in the spring to pumpkin picking and the smell of burning leaves in the fall. It is just winter that I could live without!

 

[LuvBaloo]

Good Morning All,

I have been absent from the boards for a few days because my Grandpa passed away. With all the funeral planning and family drama, ther hasn't been a time to check in. But, I decided for my sanity's sake, I needed to check in this morning. Reading all your posts has really lifted my spirits! The funreal is tomorrow, so right now I am just trying to get through. One challenge I am facing is all the food people are bringing over. It is very sweet of them, but it is hard not to snack on it while I am dealing with everything. Sorry to vent, just needed to get it out.
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Sorry to hear about your grandpa.

Happy Autumn to everyone (well in a few hours anyway).

Tuesday's QOTD:
What is your favorite season and why?

I like the fall. There's a fresh start in the fall, my birthday's in the fall, then Thanksgiving, then Halloween. We just started getting things for DD4 & DD7's Halloween costumes. They get an idea, we look at the costumes in the store, and then I come up with something similar, but able to be worn with warm clothes underneath. It could be snow or cold when they go trick-or-treating so they have to be able to be warm

I'm happy today because I am wearing a new pair of jeans and they are a size smaller than what I've worn for the last ten years or so! And they aren't even pinchy or uncomfortable!

enjoy it!



airtime247 - hope you feel better soon

 

[LuvBaloo]

Welcome to the first official announcement of The WISH Biggest Loser 8 Challenge. Here we celebrate our progress and recognize our superstars.

Reminders:
-after 3 weeks of no reporting, you are dropped from the challenged – can re-start at any time, though
-if anybody knows they will miss weighing in, just PM and let me know ahead of time, and you’ll be marked excused

First some stats

Total Participants---------------- 98
not reporting in for 1 week------- 14
not reporting in for 2 weeks------ 17
Excused------------------------- 0
weigh ins------------------------67
gains----------------------------13
maintains------------------------3
new starting weights-------------6
losses--------------------------45

Biggest Loser 8 Fall Challenge Week 1
weekly total group loss 84.1pounds!
Group weight loss goal 500pounds! We’re well on our way!
average percentage of weight lost 0.60%

Before the weekly superstar list comes the disclaimer. I am human and I make mistakes. If you have any questions please contact me. For your reference this is the magic percentage of weight lost formula - weight loss for the week divided by weight for last week times 100, that gives us the percentage. Now let me test that with my numbers for week 1, click, click, click goes the calculator. Yes, that agrees with the percentage on the magic spreadsheet.

Now let's get to the good stuff. Who were our superstars of week 1? To keep it simple, I’ll list the Top 10 Losers! That criteria may change from week to week. Hey I'm in charge here and I get paid nothin' to do this so you better take what you can get! (and if there’s something you want to know, just ask me!)
The WISH Biggest Loser 8 Fall Challenge Week 1 Superstars!!

#10-1.39%-cindylou
#9-1.43%-Lifelong Dreamer
#8-1.45%-samkj
#7-1.69%-susan514
#6-1.75%- jenjolt
#5-2.16%-DisCanCan
#4-2.17%-stitch1986
#3-2.25%-chirugeon
#2-3.26%-goldcupmom

and now

The WISH Biggest Loser 8 Fall Challenge
Week 1 Biggest Loser!!

#1-4.54%-shewelch


Quote from Dare2Dream: How is your week going? Are you OP (on program)? Are you exercising? Drinking that water? You know what to do to make the magic happen. Get on the wagon. We are all here to help you on the journey. We can do this one day at a time. One bite at a time.

Have a healthy day!

Congratulations shewelch !!! What a great week you have had. Keep up the good work. We have a very special clippie reserved for our weekly Biggest Loser.

This is our weekly reigning Biggest Loser clippie. We have the large version

or use this
http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/31040weeklyBLsmall1.jpg
followed by

or we have a medium version

or use this
http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/31040weeklyBLmed.jpg
followed by

and we have a small version

http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/31040weeklyBLsm.jpg[IMG]

or use
[IMG]http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/31040weeklyBLsm.jpg
followed by [IMG]

Thanks to ohMom-Molli for these clippies. They were used for a previous BL but we can recycle. Don't they look great!

 

[disneychrista]

That makes sense then! I like the apple fries, no caramel, so I'd rather have the bun! It's all about choices, isn't it? We can eat anything we want, we just can't eat EVERYTHING we want!

EXACTLY!!

Tuesday's QOTD:
What is your favorite season and why?.

Mine would be spring...the warm-up after a cold winter...gotta love it.

Fall would be my #2 as it starts to cool down after the HOT summer.

Can you tell I dont like extreme's? I like it warm, don't mind the cool, but do nto like the HOT or the COLD

 

[MelanieC]

I think I ate my snack too early - I'm starving right now. Thank goodness its time to go home. I'm feeling hummus tonight. I think I'll whip up a batch. I just have to try not to eat it in two days this time like I did a few days ago. Wish me luck at staying on track tonight. I so want to beat this and get back into control.

 

[mullysisters]

Nice work LuvBaloo on those stats. Okay I didn't make the top ten but, I think I will next week

Congrats to Shewelch, you go girl!

 

[sahbushka]

Hey all! I just got back last night from Disneyland. We had a fantastic time! So many great memories! My ds4 turned out to be a ride daredevil! He went on rides my dh wouldn't go on! I am so proud of him! I ate ok but not great...pretty sure I gained a couple pounds but will work to get them off by next week! I am hoping to watch the first BL episode tonight as well as the one scheduled for tonight so I won't read back until I have finished with that just in case there has been talk which I imagine there has been!

As far as favorite season....deffinitely fall. I love the colors and the smell, the bright sky and harvest contrasted with the rain.

Sarah

 

[LuvBaloo]

Saw this in a thread on the Community Board and it sounds good to me. I was wondering if anybody had tried it? I wonder how it would be done with chicken and chicken broth instead of the vinegar/soya sauce?

On the suggestion of one of the DIS'ers here, we have recently added the INSIDE OUT EGG ROLL to our healthy eating repetoire.

One bag cole slaw mix
Sesame oil
Minced garlic
chopped onion
Meat of choice (diced chicken is our favorite, but lean ground beef/turkey/pork ok too)
Rice Wine Vinegar
Soy sauce

Heat oil (Just a couple of tablespoons) in a wok or large skillet and brown garlic. Add bag of cole slaw to it and mix it up to coat, then let the slaw cook down/soften (will take a while). After it has cooked down mostof the way, add some rice wine vineagr and soy sauce to taste.

Delightful!

 

[donac]

HI everyone. This week is a little crazy. I didn't get home from work until 5:30 yesterday because of a math meet. Today I had a meeting after school and I have another one after school tomorrow.

Tuesday's QOTD:
What is your favorite season and why?
I love spring because the winter months seem to bring me down and spring just brightens me up. I also love the color and the feel of autumn. SUmmer this year in jersey was almost perfect for me since it was cool and rainy. It alsohelped that I couldn't get around too much so cool in a house with no air conditioning was great. But there is nothing lilke a blizzard when you find out the night before that you don't have to go into work.

Cinderella Girl sorry to hear about your grandfather.

Congrats Lisa on your new size.

Congrat Shewelch on being the BL this week.

I will post the COW result in a little while.

 

[donac]

Good evening everyone. What a COW this week has been. We had 31 people working on the COW. Anyone who tried it this week is a winner. Keep up the good work.

Here is the list of people who scored 14 points for COW 1

50sjanye
Cindylou
discancan
DIzzyforDisney
donac
FLAngie
jenjolt
jennz
jimmduck
lisah0711
luvbaloo
MickeyMagic
mickamah
NC_tink
Northen Julie
Redwalk
tigger813



Come join the party. COW 2 ends Thursday but COW 3 starts on Friday so watch out for that.

 

[jenjolt]

HUGE Congrats to this week's biggest loser shewelch!!! YAY!!!

I'm sorry I'm behind on my QOTD...I have been so swamped getting ready for my trip!!!!!

Tuesday's QOTD:
What is your favorite season and why?


I love Fall...I love the changing color of the leaves!! I love harvest time and Halloween! I like the beginning of the school year!! The cooler temps and just the wonderful feeling of all things Autumn!!!!

 

[lisah0711]

A great big congratulations to all of our superstars this week and especially to shewelch our biggest loser for the week! Way to go!

And a big congratulations to all of the COW participants and folks who made the list. Soon those new habits will be part of our lives!

I think I ate my snack too early - I'm starving right now. Thank goodness its time to go home. I'm feeling hummus tonight. I think I'll whip up a batch. I just have to try not to eat it in two days this time like I did a few days ago. Wish me luck at staying on track tonight. I so want to beat this and get back into control.

You can do it, Melanie!

Hey all! I just got back last night from Disneyland. We had a fantastic time! So many great memories! My ds4 turned out to be a ride daredevil! He went on rides my dh wouldn't go on! I am so proud of him! I ate ok but not great...pretty sure I gained a couple pounds but will work to get them off by next week! I am hoping to watch the first BL episode tonight as well as the one scheduled for tonight so I won't read back until I have finished with that just in case there has been talk which I imagine there has been!

As far as favorite season....deffinitely fall. I love the colors and the smell, the bright sky and harvest contrasted with the rain.

Sarah

Welcome back! Sounds like you had a good time! I haven't watched BL yet either. I will have some catching up to do. There is a separate thread to chit chat about it on the WISH boards and general discussion here is okay, too, just try not to put out any spoilers.

HUGE Congrats to this week's biggest loser shewelch!!! YAY!!!

I'm sorry I'm behind on my QOTD...I have been so swamped getting ready for my trip!!!!!

Have fun on your trip, Jen!

HallsintheKingdom, have fun at AKV!

Have a great evening all!

 

[Piglet18]

CONGRATULATIONS to all of the "losers"! Way to go! I am so excited to weigh in next time!

Favourite season... I love the beginning of EVERY season... I get all giddy. So right now I absolutely love fall, because all the leaves are changing and the colours are fabulous and everyone is harvesting and excited for back to school and halloween... I love the colours! And each season I love switching out the day-to-day clothes

 

[corinnak]

Just wanted to point the way over to the Biggest Loser TV Show Chat thread here:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2287356

It's a place where you can feel free to spoiler away and talk about NBC's Biggest Losers.


QOTD: My favorite season is the one we had this year which I call "Springautmn." It was like transitional weather all summer long. Lovely. Seriously, though, I think I like spring the best these days. The thaw. The slow emergence of green. The warmer temperatures. The longer days. And then my favorite - the few weeks when first the lilacs and then the crabapple and chokecherry trees are in bloom. The sweet fragrances are so lovely, while they last.

 

[lisah0711]

Just wanted to point the way over to the Biggest Loser TV Show Chat thread here:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2287356

It's a place where you can feel free to spoiler away and talk about NBC's Biggest Losers.

Thanks for posting the link, corinnak! I started to and got sidetracked and forgot.

 

[DisCanCan]

Quote:Originally Posted by DisCanCan
I would love to share my spreadsheet but i am not sure how to do it...

Candice

Hmm - I'm thinking you would have to e-mail it since its an excel file.
I so agree about having what you want in

If you PM me your email address I can send it to you!!

Good Morning All,

I have been absent from the boards for a few days because my Grandpa passed away. With all the funeral planning and family drama, ther hasn't been a time to check in. But, I decided for my sanity's sake, I needed to check in this morning. Reading all your posts has really lifted my spirits! The funreal is tomorrow, so right now I am just trying to get through. One challenge I am facing is all the food people are bringing over. It is very sweet of them, but it is hard not to snack on it while I am dealing with everything. Sorry to vent, just needed to get it out.

Thanks for listening!
Molly

I am so sorry to hear about your grandpa.

Happy Autumn to everyone (well in a few hours anyway).

Tuesday's QOTD:
What is your favorite season and why?

My favorite season is fall because I love the changing of the trees. I also like the smell of the first rain is Spring too.

 

[shewelch]

QOTD-My favorite season usually is the next one- so today it's fall and football (pointy and round/soccer)... I am always looking forward to the next adventure and/or holiday. I have a 8th grader, a kindergartener, and a very active hubby so they help me to stay on the ready.

Thanks for the well wishes being the first week loser. My hubby is traveling three weeks straight so it allows me to focus only on my meals (the girls are easy) and I went on a strict 1200 calorie diet and two a day exercising. Well sort of- I did exercise bike cardio on days I coached soccer.

I am encouraged to learn that portion control and activity really do make the world of difference. My mom actually decided to "challenge" me this week with her own 1200 calorie regimen since she noticed the difference in me in such a short time.

I watched Hell's Kitchen real time, and now am watching BL8 on DVR playback. I really appreciate the nutrition information on tonight's show. Portion and calorie confusion have definitely messed me up through the years-well along with the Prozac that made me gain 60 pounds in two years just to control my PMS. I went cold turkey last year so that's another story...

Congratulations and continued good luck to all of us losers!!!