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

[anut4disney]

I am so happy to say that I lost 1.5 lbs this week.

 

[50sjayne]

Jennz: Hmmm celebrity that I'd like to meet? I think I would like to meet Bob or Jillian, just to chat and not work out...to get some ideas, to find out some insight into me and my "emotional sabotage" I seem to do to myself when I start seeing success in my weight-loss...

Yeah I thought people could say Bob or Jillian. I absolutely love Jillian, like Bob but Jillian just does it for me.

Lisa0711: A big congratutionas to all the COW participants and especially to 50sjayne our winner for the week. I know those vegetables are not your favorite

Yeah I know I surprised myself. This week however I forgot to floss 3 times. All I can say for myself is I was tired 'cause I opened all week. Wed. I even woke up at 4 am to be at work at 6:30, got off at 3, did about 3 hours of errands, came home ate dinner then went to Toy Story at 7 pm with family. My stepdad had knee replacement surgery this week too. Life happens. Lost a pound though ;-)

Susan, when I first read this question and your answer, I wondered why you didn't say Alan Rickman -- then I realized that you did by inference!

Yep--that situation hasn't changed. I am sure my pound loss this week has something to do with promising myself I can watch Sweeney Todd if I did ;-)

 

[thelionqueen]

CONGRATULATIONS to everyone making healthy choices this week!!! (notice I didn't say just the weight loss successes )

I have been stagnant for about 3 weeks, and lost 4lbs this week!!! I upped my exercise, added swimming and focused on nutrition, and it worked! I know that next week I will likely stay the same, but I'm thrilled with the loss this week. We also have a Biggest Loser contest going on at work, and I'm thinking my 4lbs might just make me the leader this week

QOTD
If I had a day to spend with any celebrity, it would be Walt Disney without a doubt. I feel such a kindred spirit to him, and would absolutely love to be in his presence for any reason, for any length of time. He passed away before I was born, but he has impacted my life in so many ways, I feel as if I have known him my whole life

Good luck to everyone, I'm off to send my PM's

 

[princessbride6205]

I lost most of my gain from last week, so that's a start. I was back on track this week, but not quite all the way on plan.

QOTD: What is your MAIN reason for wanting to loose weight, is it health related? If not that is totally OK! Focusing on health... how will your personal health history benefit from weight loss?
My main reason is to be happy with the way I look in our photos and home videos. Secondary reasons are to be happier with the way I look in the mirror and to fit into my old clothes. Those are the main reasons I want to lose weight, but the main reason I want to exercise more is to up my level of fitness. I like feeling that my body is strong and flexible.
There is some history of heart disease and diabetes in my family so that's in the back of my mind as well.

QOTD - What celebrity?
I don't know. I am really shy and awkward around people I don't know. I agree that George Clooney would be cool to hang out with. My DH would probably say that I most want to meet John Stamos - I have kind of always had a thing for him. AND he has some cool Disney memorabilia.

 

[pjlla]

Hi all,
So, I am up again this week! It is so frustrating because I am letting my life rule my weight loss efforts! I know we all have crazy lives, but mine seems extra crazy right now. Between my dad's car accident last month, my Grandpa's passing a couple of weeks ago and my family constantly arguing over anything and everything, I am at my wits end.

So, this morning, I woke up and realized I had, had ENOUGH! I refuse to let family drama, dictate how my life goes! I had a healthy breakfast, brought a snack and a Smart One's for lunch, and bought a larger water bottle to get my water in. I also packed my workout bag, so after I run errands this afternoon, I can go workout. I will get back on track!!!

Thanks for listening!
Have a Magical Day!
Molly

I am so inspired reading what you said! Way to go on getting your head in the game! Try to hang onto that feeling for as long as you can. It will keep you moving and eating right. I told someone else on this thread, earlier this summer, (paraphrasing) you can't control what is going on in your life, but you can control how you react to it. If you eat into it, you will just end up more frustrated, aggravated, and overweight! And you will end up mad at yourself and the outside situation probably will not have changed!! Control what you can (your eating, exercise, and attitude) and deal with what you cannot control.

QOTD: Inspired by my scare...

What is your MAIN reason for wanting to lose weight, is it health related? If not that is totally OK! Focusing on health... how will your personal health history benefit from weight loss?



I was tired to being the fat person in the family. I was tired of being concerned that I am an embarrassment to my husband and kids. INTERESTINGLY.... I STARTED TYPING THIS WITH THE WORDS..."I AM" INSTEAD OF "I WAS".... IT IS SO HARD TO KEEP REMINDING MYSELF THAT I AM NO LONGER THAT 200+ POUND PERSON WHO FELT THAT WAY! I'M SURE SOME PSYCHOLOGIST WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT!

Anyhow, I have always been healthy... never had any specific weight-related health concerns (although I haven't had my cholesterol checked in many years, so who knows!). I just hated the way I looked and felt all the time. I HATED shopping for clothes. I got by with just the bare minimum of things that fit. I always felt like inside I was a pretty, slim lady just hidden under the ugly layers of fat. I felt like people judged me as lazy and stupid because I was fat (not that I ever had any specific reason to feel that way). I have never had a big level of self-confidence, and it was getting lower by the pound.

This is a rather telling tale..... I am fairly active on the scrapbooking board here (when I have time). I was looking at pictures that people posted quite a while back about a time when many scrapping Dis-ers got together. I had wanted to attend that crop, but had found a few excuses (legit and otherwise) not to go. When I saw the photos my first, instant reaction was..."WOW, I wouldn't have been the biggest one there!". Obviously, my subconscious reason for not going was my fear of meeting new people and being judged by my size. Nothing against the people involved in that crop. I can tell you right now I would never have judged them by their size when I met them. So why do I always think that people are judging me??

So, after all that rambling, my #1 reason for losing weight is strictly vanity.



Well, I hope everyone is having a good weigh-in day. I am down a pound. Quite frankly, after my sneak peek at the scale on Tuesday, I was hoping for a bit more, but I'll take it. I'm starting to think that I will NEVER hit the 130's!! I had originally (for two years) had a goal weight of 135, but I had recently lowered that goal to 130. But I am starting to think that even reaching 135 might be very difficult. The lowest I have been as an adult was about two weeks before I got married in 1992 and I weighed 138. This August, right before vacation, I hit 140.4... right where I am now. Maybe this is where I am meant to be??? I am going to give it a few more months of real effort and see if I can get to the 135. If I am still struggling, I might consider changing my goal weight to 138 and see how that goes. Anyone have any insight to share regarding this situation?

Have a great Columbus day weekend all!.........................P

 

[tigger813]

What celebrity?

I have different reasons for different people...For my health and to thank them for inspiring me of course would be Bob and Jillian.

For ME, it would be Orlando Bloom or Tom Hanks! Two of my favorite actors! Also love Meg Ryan!

 

[mullysisters]

If I'm being truly honest....vanity. I'd love to wear more fashionable clothes instead of big baggies. I'd love to look good in pictures with the rest of my family...then again...
I am being treated for hypertension, I have a bad lower back and terrible knees. I have quite a good energy level most of the time but it hurts to do most activities because of joint pain.
I know that getting to a healthy BMI would help in all these areas.

I came in and weighed at work on the good scale and , amazingly, I am down..................................................... 6 lbs from the start of the challenge? so that's kind of fun.

 

[disneychrista]

I am down 2# this week, which I am shocked about after having 2 high-calorie days. But I will take it! So it is on to this week...keeping calories in check & getting in all my exercise.

I plan this weekend is to take an extra long outdoor walk, in addition to my regular exercise. I also have to do more gardening/purning, tree triming. We have one green waste bin that fills up pretty fast...so it is going to take weeks to be able to get all this done.

 

[anut4disney]

QOTD: Inspired by my scare...

What is your MAIN reason for wanting to loose weight, is it health related? If not that is totally OK! Focusing on health... how will your personal health history benefit from weight loss?

Mine is two fold. I want to lose because I want to be healthy and feel good about myself.

I also want to do this for dh because he wanted me to start taking better care of myself.

 

[LuvBaloo]

QUOTD:
If you could spend a day with any celebrity--who would it be? Like say you won a contest for a charity or something like that?

Thanks for being this weeks coach!
Tough question. I'd go with Goldie Hawn. I love her as an actress, I read her autobiography and enjoyed it, so I think she'd be interesting to spend a day with. DH would expect me to pick Hugh Jackman, but I don't know anything about him as a person, he just looks yummy. I think Goldie would be more relaxing for the day.

I'm down 1.8 this week. I tried sending a message to LuvBaloo but it wouldn't go through. That's a first. I'll try again tomorrow as I'm going scrapbooking in a few minutes and won't be back until after bedtime.

Have a great weekend.

Weird that the PM didn't work. There's 21 in my box already, so must just have been a glitch.

Hi all,
So, I am up again this week! It is so frustrating because I am letting my life rule my weight loss efforts! I know we all have crazy lives, but mine seems extra crazy right now. Between my dad's car accident last month, my Grandpa's passing a couple of weeks ago and my family constantly arguing over anything and everything, I am at my wits end.

So, this morning, I woke up and realized I had, had ENOUGH! I refuse to let family drama, dictate how my life goes! I had a healthy breakfast, brought a snack and a Smart One's for lunch, and bought a larger water bottle to get my water in. I also packed my workout bag, so after I run errands this afternoon, I can go workout. I will get back on track!!!

Thanks for listening!
Have a Magical Day!
Molly

Fantastic attitude! I think I will need to have that same attitude. I'm doing my weigh-in tomorrow. Just felt fat and bloaty so didn't do it. DH said I looked bloated, so it wasn't all in my head. Hopefully tomorrow's weigh in will be a loss to get rid of last weeks' gain. I have done well with the exercising, but didn't eat too great, so I don't know what I'll get.

 

[swimchick1984]

QOTD: Inspired by my scare...

What is your MAIN reason for wanting to loose weight, is it health related? If not that is totally OK! Focusing on health... how will your personal health history benefit from weight loss?

My main reason for wanting to lose weight is that in the army I need to be a certain weight and I am no where near where I should be by about 24 pounds at a minumum. So that is my goal.

sooooo i have some good news to share with everyone. This week we had a PT test, including in the PT test is a height weight test. Last month when I did my height weight my measurments put me at 32% body fat. This month I was at 30% thats a drop of 2% I was so excited.


And then yesterday I took a PT test. It involves 2 minutes of push ups 2 minutes of sit up and 2 miles. Well I did 40 pushups (only need to do 17), 66 sit-ups (only need to so 53), and ran my two mile in 16 min and 39 seconds (only need to run 19 min and 30 sec). This translated to a score of 262 out of 300. I am sooooooo proud of myself because this is the best that I have ever done. I took close to a minute and a half off of my last two mile run time. I think loseing weight has helped my running. I have found that it is now easier to run after having lost a little weight.

My next cool for 6 months down the road (only have to take a pt test every 6 months) is to get a 270. I am close just really need to work on my sit-ups. I can do this by doing situps without anyone holding my feet. Means I engage my abs more and my legs less.

 

[LuvBaloo]

swimchick, I can't do pushups at all or situps, so I'm very impressed by your accomplishment! Great job!

 

[tigger813]

Great job Swimchick!!!!! I couldn't do all of that!!!!

Did the 3 and 2 mile WATP workouts today. I am down 2.4 for the week. Hoping to see the 160s next week. Only 1.9 pounds to go for that! Had some stir fry veggies for lunch today. Going to try and stay focused all weekend so I don't put on what I lost and have to work harder at the end of the week. I do enjoy my workout time as ME time!

Rainy day here so think it will be game and movie night before the girls go to bed. Also, need to watch my SOX tonight. Wish it started before 9:30!

 

[A Litle Pixie Dust]

Hi everyone!

I am late to the party! I just found this site so wanted to jump in.

I actually started this past Monday but went ahead and weighed in this morning so I could report in. I lost 1.7 this "week" so I am happy.

I found the challenge for the week so I have that. and..

What is your MAIN reason for wanting to loose weight, is it health related? If not that is totally OK! Focusing on health... how will your personal health history benefit from weight loss?

Two reasons really.. I am not healthy... I need to get healthy for myself and my family.

Also...it would be wanting to look better. I see pictures of myself and am constantly amazed and how I let myself go. We love to cruise and I want to be able to fit into some of the beautiful dresses I still own and don't fit into for formal night! I am tired of wearing sweats as a coverup to what I want to be wearing. I love how comfy they are but I want a choice.

Nice to meet everyone!

 

[jennz]

Okay my loser friends...I REALLY need some support...it's always something isn't it? I just got back from the vet and our 9 year old shepherd has and acl tear and needs surgery...we're looking at at least $2,000, with a 50% chance the other knee will go in the next 18 months. The other option? She gets in worse pain and eventually has to be put down. With the loss of my mom in the last few months and my mother-in-law last year I don't think we even can consider the option of NOT having surgery. My daughter, who develops very strong bonds, has been having nightmares since my mom passed away.

So...I get home and what do I want to do? EAT FRENCH FRIES!! With lots of salt and ketchup. But I'm not because what will that accomplish? I don't know...I think I might go and get on the wii fit...

I know a lot worse is going on with a lot of people but this feels like such a blow financially and emotionally. Thanks for listening.

 

[lisah0711]

Hi everyone!

I am late to the party! I just found this site so wanted to jump in.

I actually started this past Monday but went ahead and weighed in this morning so I could report in. I lost 1.7 this "week" so I am happy.

I found the challenge for the week so I have that. and..

What is your MAIN reason for wanting to loose weight, is it health related? If not that is totally OK! Focusing on health... how will your personal health history benefit from weight loss?

Two reasons really.. I am not healthy... I need to get healthy for myself and my family.

Also...it would be wanting to look better. I see pictures of myself and am constantly amazed and how I let myself go. We love to cruise and I want to be able to fit into some of the beautiful dresses I still own and don't fit into for formal night! I am tired of wearing sweats as a coverup to what I want to be wearing. I love how comfy they are but I want a choice.

Nice to meet everyone!

Welcome, Desiree! Sounds like you are off to a great start.

Okay my loser friends...I REALLY need some support...it's always something isn't it? I just got back from the vet and our 9 year old shepherd has and acl tear and needs surgery...we're looking at at least $2,000, with a 50% chance the other knee will go in the next 18 months. The other option? She gets in worse pain and eventually has to be put down. With the loss of my mom in the last few months and my mother-in-law last year I don't think we even can consider the option of NOT having surgery. My daughter, who develops very strong bonds, has been having nightmares since my mom passed away.

So...I get home and what do I want to do? EAT FRENCH FRIES!! With lots of salt and ketchup. But I'm not because what will that accomplish? I don't know...I think I might go and get on the wii fit...

I know a lot worse is going on with a lot of people but this feels like such a blow financially and emotionally. Thanks for listening.

to you, Jennz, and your precious dog.

A torn ACL is a hard thing for our pets and their humans. Our dog, Charlie, had the same problem that started when he was about 12. I didn't know how we would ever get through the recovery period with him if he had to have the the surgery. We put him on restricted activities, wouldn't let him jump on and off furniture anymore, and periodically put him on pain meds. He lived to be 15 and lived several happy years after our first diagnosis. I will keep you and your family in my thoughts and prayers as you go through this difficult time.

Don't beat yourself up about the french fries -- just hop right back on that wagon again.

swimchick1984 you so totally !

Congratulations to all our losers this week and big hugs to those who gained or maintained and keep on keepin' on -- to paraphrase Dory, just keep swimming . . .

 

[NC_Tink]

QOTD for Thursday:

Inspired from the Biggest Loser show last night.... Did you see the commercial regarding a Biggest Loser Vacation Destination? Looks like you can go to a "ranch" where they will customize weight loss for you...

Would you go?
How much would you be willing to spend?
Who would you take with you, or would you go by yourself?
What would you expect they could do for you?
Would you try and loose weight before you go?

I honestly don't know if I would go. I like to think that I'm my biggest critic and don't really want other people telling me what they think is wrong with me (I honestly don't know if that's what would happen - but I picture these places to be like mini-boot camps and I don't do well when someone's yelling at me to do better, go faster, whatever (deep seeded issues that stem from childhood ).

Health update: OK, I am glad I went to the MD, because I am SOOOOOO relieved, it isn't anything serious! When I would lay down at night, I would hear a "wooshing" in my left ear, basicly I could hear the blood flow in my ear from the carotid artery. Sometimes it went away quicly, but lately it was getting worse, and waking me up at night. I did research online and more often than not it was related to carotid artery disease, so of course being the nurse I am I thought the worst. A friend's dad had something similar and they wisked him off to surgery. Neeldess to say I was quite scared. Turns out that there is a build up of fluid in the ear. I need to take decongestants to try and get rid of it. WOW, all that worry for something really minor. I am so glad I went in and got everything looked at today. And since I made it also a wellness visit that we have to do once a year, the visit was FREE!!!!! Even better! thank you for your prayers. They really helped me find comfort as I headed to the doctor.

Now, I know that someone else is taking over as the coach tomorrow, so welcome to the new coach, I am not sure if I need to post a QOTD for tomorrow or not, so just in case, I will post a bonus question:

QOTD: Inspired by my scare...

What is your MAIN reason for wanting to loose weight, is it health related? If not that is totally OK! Focusing on health... how will your personal health history benefit from weight loss?

So glad to hear that your medical issue is nothing serious!!

As for my main reason for loosing weight - well because I'm tired of being overweight. I'm tired of avoiding family pictures because of the double chin thing going on. I'm tired of not being able to wear cuter clothes. I'm not obese (although I've been there), but I'm still not where I need to be (I've got about 30 lbs. to go). Also, I guess my health is another good reason -- my cholesterol has been about 20 points high for the last couple of years and I've been threatened with meds. if I can't lower the numbers on my own.

And, thanks for being our coach last week!! You definitely asked some insightful questions that made me really think!

QUOTD:
If you could spend a day with any celebrity--who would it be? Like say you won a contest for a charity or something like that? I actually thought about this off and on today and although I know who I'd like to spend a night
with these days...I think I would choose choose Robin Williams because I'd laugh all day

Thanks for being our coach this week!

Hmm, don't know. If I could spend a day with a celebrity -- Angelina Jolie -- I just think her life and her travels are amazing! I know that she has crazy money and is so fortunate that she can do what she does. But, to have that kind of celebrity and to use it for so many good causes - it just amazes me.

 

[TammyAlphabet]

A day with a celebrity--Definitely Johnny Depp, I would just look at him all day!!!

 

[LuvBaloo]

ALittlePixieDust


jennz - great job not eating the fries, and good luck with your dog's surgery if you decided to do that.

 

[Eeyores Butterfly]

Ugh. Another one of those days. So far my cough just continues to get worse. And of course, I had to restrain a student this morning who was trying to run from the room. He's a larger kid, (and I'm 4'10") so it's hard enough when I'm feeling fine. Afterward I could barely breathe. I was also bitten again today. I didn't realize he got me until about half an hour later I noticed it was purple and swollen. At least he was able to get back on track and do his work for me immediately after it happened- a first. Yay for progress!

To top everything off, I fasted all day for a Glucose Tolerance Test only to have the lab refuse to do it (even though they told me over the phone they would.) Oh well. I weighed myself when I got home and my weight was down form where it was when I weighed in on Wednesday. Although I don't recommend starving yourself to lose weight, it was a fringe benefit to all this nonsense. Sigh.

Tomorrow is a new day. I take the test tomorrow so no sleeping in, but at least the doctor gave me a work excuse so I don't have to work at Worlds of Fun this weekend. Something tells me that working 15 hours in freezing temperatures while coughing to the point of almost throwing up is not conducive to getting better.