Biggest Loser 9 Spring challenge -- Part 2! HERE WE ARE! :)

lisah0711 · Mar 23, 2010

Welcome Biggest Loser 9 Spring Challenge Participants!

WELCOME TO OUR NEW HOME PART 2!
This will be our home for the challenge. Here you will find the QOTD (Question of the Day), the COW (Challenge of the Week), and a list of our participants as well as the results from the weigh ins and the COW.

Anytime that you want to review the detailed information about our challenge check the sticky at the top of this page or use this handy link:
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=34666127&postcount=1

Our first weigh in is Friday. This is a 20 week challenge that ends May 21st!

IN AN EFFORT TO MATCH THE BIGGEST LOSER 9 SCHEDULE THE CHALLENGE HAS BEEN EXTENDED FIVE WEEKS TO MAY 21ST. LOTS OF TIME TO MAKE SOME MORE PROGRESS!

Thank you LuvBaloo for being our weightkeeper! Thank you donac for running the COW (Challenge of the Week)! Thank you to all of our coaches! And thank you to all our participants who make our challenge a great one! Good luck to all and may we all be losers (until some of us switch to the maintainer team!)

Our new clippie is here! A big, BIG thank you to corinnak for designing our challenge clippie!

lisah0711 · Mar 23, 2010

LOSERS TEAM:
LuvBaloo
donac
lisah0711
pjlla
ShortyNBug
tigger813
Eeyores Butterfly
Cinderella Girl
MelanieC
TammyNC
Worfiedoodles
mikamah
sahbushka
disney_mommy
jennz
DisneyFam5
SabrinaMouse
iluvtig2
ziggystardust
mrsschlep
MickeyMagic
mandac
heatherlynn444
ucfsweetie82
TammyAlphabet (winner of BL8 challenge )
cclovesdis
Tasha+Scott
My2Pixies
Lucky'sMom
NancyIL
seashell724
DisFam95
Riverhill
NCRedding
jimmduck
rgrutland
Derby
pakaramom
LegoMom3
Craftydawn
Conway733
ohMom
JordansMommie
RutgersAlum
goldcupmom
lisaviolet
ktaggie
wezee
mullysisters
mstinson14
PRINCESSVIJA
talytam
anut4disney
dthogue
CinderellasSister
StitchIsOurHero
jbm02
krisleee
mousemom11
lmhall2000
mthompson22
tea pot
Cruisin
NC Tink
3TinksAndAnEeyore
disneylove69
maslex
lacrosse lady72
LittleSeacow
lecach
kimblebee
MickeySP
claudia
IWISHFORDISNEY
pamperedlori
PeterPan09
kimwim8
My3princes
tbachelor
lovedvc
Christine & family
TAKitty
beansf
Life is good
CharityLynn
leamom2princesses
Disney Yooper
BernardandMissBianca
JFrey4240
denise
creativeamanda
Hollie
stace208
auntlynne
pppiglet
lornak
carmiedog
MrIncrediDad
KerBear
Southerngirl71
HomeSchoolMama
baby1disney
chskover
bumbershoot
tmfranik
kimara
clomahony
DisneyMommy-O
DisneyDaddy-O
mic&min
CindyBeth
Mom2JPL
jenanderson
peace.love.mickey
3 disprincesses
Where'sPiglet?
kitchensinkguy
Grammie3
bouldertcr
Ronda93
drinkme
chrisula
happysmyly
MaryAZ
double
omama
ajb1969
MJonesMBA2000
Colleen27
PedroPete3
kidsrfun
50sjayne
Rose&Mike
ElizaK
MissKelly
TIGGERmetoo
Piglet18
aurora23
goofypete
jimaker69
jimmy
joy@disney
maizezoe
pmama
TiknerBean
LeaderofthePack
catinthehat35
ALittleBitofPixieDust
zacem'smom
CptJackSparrowGirl
debf
AlreadyexcitedGrammy
Poohlove
*seanaci*
shellynn24
soozay
memy26
MissRee
KermitRocks
pgumiela
ladytink75
Octoberbride03
hyerpraise
flipflopmom
flamestardust
carys
nicole786
heather.mohler

thru p 20 thread 2

Please forgive me if I spelled your name wrong or forgot to add you to the list -- just PM me and I will fix it!

MAINTAINERS TEAM:
PaulaSue
corinnak
50sjayne
PrincessBride6205

lisah0711 · Mar 23, 2010

Coaching schedule

Many thanks to everyone who has volunteered to coach during this challenge. Coaches act as hostess for our thread, post QOTD, reply to posts, and help keep our conversation moving. We couldn't have a challenge without you!

1/1 - 1/7 lisah0711
1/8 - 1/14 tigger813
1/15 -1/21 Eeyores Butterfly
1/22 -1/28 Cinderella Girl
1/29 -2/4 pjlla
2/5 - 2/11 MelanieC
2/12 - 2/18 jenanderson
2/19 - 2/25 Worfiedoodles
2/26 - 3/4 mikamah
3/5 - 3/11 sahbushka
3/12 - 3/18 corinnak
3/19 - 3/25 ShortyNBug
3/26 - 4/1 PrincessBride6205
4/2 - 4/8 tigger813
4/9 - 4/15 my3princes
4/16 - 4/22 cclovesdis
4/23 - 4/29 50sjayne
4/30 - 5/6 jenanderson
5/7 -5/13 jennz
5/14 -5/21 pjlla

Wow! Thank you so much to all of you who have volunteered to coach, especially after adding the extra weeks. If you want to try coaching and your name isn't on this list, just let me know and we can do some sharing -- it's a lot of fun -- don't be shy!

LOOKING FOR THE QUESTION OF THE DAY? OR WANT TO CATCH UP ON QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED? CHECK OUT THIS HANDY LINK http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=35031934&postcount=1 WE WILL ALSO USE THIS SPACE FOR SUGGESTED QUESTIONS AND FOR AN ARCHIVE OF QOTD TO HELP OUR COACHES AND PARTICIPANTS -- THANK YOU CORINNAK FOR MAINTAINING THIS THREAD!

lisah0711 · Mar 23, 2010

Looking for the COW?

Each week I will post links to the COW (Challenge of the Week) so they are easy to find and report. Thank you donac for being our COW keeper! :goodvibes

my3princes · Mar 23, 2010

I'm just happy to have found us :rotfl2:

Eeyores Butterfly · Mar 23, 2010

Wow, we needed a part two thread! That must be a first in our history.

QOTD 3/22: My stomach. I absolutely hate my stomach. It sucks being short and having a stomach because things that shoudl stop at my waist go to my hips which means the narrowest part of my shirts hit the biggest part of my body. Somedays I fantasize about just taking scissors and cutting the damn thing off so it's flat again. (Not that I would ever do that. But a girl can dream, right?)

QOTD 3/23: I think my legs have always been nice. I somehow have managed to maintain dancer's legs (well, at least below the knees).

lisah0711 · Mar 23, 2010

my3princes said:
I'm just happy to have found us

Yay! I'm glad you found us, too. :yay:

Eeyores Butterfly said:
Wow, we needed a part two thread! That must be a first in our history.

I know! It is so exciting! :cool2:

We should all give ourselves a big pat on the back for sticking with this. We all totally :rockband:

lovedvc · Mar 23, 2010

Wow! I'm glad I went on tonight and found all of you. I would have been lost.

QOTD: 1st.... I love my hair, it always does what I want. 2nd....I love my dimples.

MaryAz · Mar 23, 2010

Yay, another thread. Good for us! I want to be more active here again. I have been maintaining but 4lb from my goal :sad2:

Reading what others are doing will inspire and help me!

jenanderson · Mar 23, 2010

Oh man...I meant to reply to a bunch of the posts tonight and now I can't quote them all. I will try to sum up some thoughts:

For people who are struggling with this challenge, each day is a new day. It is so great that we can all come here and support one another and find motivation to keep going. I have had so many ups and downs - it is here that I find a place to share the ups and find support when I am down. I hope that everyone who is struggling just stops and thinks this...WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER!

For people who are stressed with what is happening in life...I hope that you can find support for that here too. :grouphug:

I will say that today I felt so overwhelmed with all that is going on and decided to go out and run on my lunch break. It was such a good choice for me. The exercising made me feel like so much of the stress was released...if just for the time I was running. I hope that everyone can find something to help them get through the tough days.

I am so excited to see others who are looking forward to the Princess 2011! I will be running in that race and hope to be meeting up with other WISH runners. It will be great to have so many of us here who have come so far reach that huge goal all together!!!

I have also decided that I am going to begin to train for a 1/2 marathon this summer. I am considering a race on June 6th :scared1:

but looking for others as well. It is totally scary to think that in January I could not even run for 60 seconds and now I am going to train for a 1/2 marathon but the reality is...I can do it.

It was a really good day for me today. I lost 3.7 pounds from my last week's WW weigh in and at my meeting today I met my 10% weight loss goal! :woohoo:

It felt really good to have a good loss because I have worked hard this week. I am hoping it means Friday's weigh in here will go good as well.

Alright, I have gone on long enough! Hope everyone had a great day and is ready for a successful day tomorrow!

Jen

my3princes · Mar 23, 2010

Confession time

I have been doing so well staying on track, but stress got the better of me today and I had a few things tha I wouldn't have otherwise. Tomorrow is a new day.

I am Program Director for a local lacrosse program. Yesterday and Today I had to get 6 teams up and running, registrations, roster, etc. etc. etc. On top of that we found out that we no longer qualify for state medicaid as a secondary insurance for our boys (remember the brain tumor :headache:

) I have no idea what that will mean for healthcare costs in the future. MIL called and needs help moving THIS SATURDAY.

I have now created a database for the program so I won't have much to enter the next few days as more forms come in. The first practices went well and people are already commenting on how smoothly this is going opposed to previous years. There is nothing I can do about the insurance, it is what it is. I just hope the Obama makes things better for all of us. MIL will get DH, but only when he is NOT busy with things we already had planned.

I am planning to go back to work Fulltime in September so today just emphasized the need. I'm going to watch the dvr'd idol show from tonight and unwind and give myself a break.

3TinksAndAnEeyore · Mar 24, 2010

Yeah! Shiny new thread! This is the first time I've ever been on a forum/ thread (DIS or otherwise) that has maxed out. I really feel like I'm getting to know so many of you and it is so fun! I love the constant encouragement and support from everyone on this thread. You are truly a great bunch of people.

QOTD: So yesterday we talked about trouble spots, today I want you to tell me what you like best about your body. Why is this spot your favorite?

My legs are becoming my favorite again. This question was asked at the beginning of the challenge and I never answered, because, sadly, I didn't feel like I had a favorite. Now that I've lost almost 30% of what I eventually want to lose, I feel like the real me is starting to reimmerge from the "fat suit". It's shorts weather in the afternoons right now and I'm feeling a little giddy as I look at my legs which are getting shapely again.

On a side note, my shorts are all too big now!

LuvBaloo · Mar 24, 2010

This time, Im combining the Week 10 and Week 11 results. The top losers for each week will be listed separately down below.

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 :goodvibes

-if anybody knows they will miss weighing in, just PM and let me know and youll be marked excused :goodvibes

First some stats

MAINTAINERS:
Reporting in week 10 & 11: 2!
Congrats to Corinnak & 50sjayne for successfully maintaining! :cool1:

(staying within 2 lbs of their maintain weight is successfully maintaining!)

LOSERS:
Current Participants-------------WEEK 10=87; WEEK 11=85
not reporting in for 1 week------ WEEK 10=13; WEEK 11=11
not reporting in for 2 weeks------ WEEK 10=15; WEEK 11=9
not reporting in for 3 weeks------ WEEK 10=2; WEEK 11=13
Excused------------------------- WEEK 10=6; WEEK 11=3
weigh ins----------------------- WEEK 10=50; WEEK 11=48
gains---------------------------- WEEK 10=5; WEEK 11=15
maintains------------------------ WEEK 10=7; WEEK 11=7
losses-------------------------- WEEK 10=37; WEEK 11=26
first time or returning weigh-ins---------------0

Biggest Loser 9 Spring Challenge Week 10/11!
total group loss =76 pounds for those 2 weeks!
Average percentage of weight lost week10=0.63% & week11=0.10 % :cool1:

Total group weight loss so far 1048 pounds!
We reached 1000! :cool1:

How far will we go? :yay:

Retention Rate (compared to the 135 weighins for our start weigh-in on Jan 1st)
(48+2+3)/ 135 = 39% :goodvibes

(this includes the Losers and Maintainer and Excused people!)

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. (btw if its been more than 1 week between weigh-ins, then the % loss is divided by the number of weeks, to keep everybody on the same basis)

Now let's get to the good stuff. Who were our superstars of week 10& 11? This time Ive done a simple TOP 10 LIST for each week! That criteria will 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 theres something you want to know, just ask me!)

The WISH Biggest Loser 9 Spring Challenge Week 10 Superstars!!
#10- 1.24% - Rose&Mike
#9- 1.40% - maiziezoe
#8- 1.53% - MrsD
#7- 1.59% - pjlla
#6- 1.82% - donac
#5- 1.84% - Graciesmom77
#4- 2.00% - jbm02
#3- 2.27% - jenanderson
#2- 2.34% - kimara

and now

The WISH Biggest Loser 9 Spring Challenge
Week 10 Biggest Loser!!

#1- 2.83% - Worfiedoodles

The WISH Biggest Loser 9 Spring Challenge Week 11 Superstars!!
#10- 0.90% - NC Tink
#9- 0.93% - lecach
#8- 1.05% - teapot
#7- 1.23% - NancyIL
#6- 1.26% - DisneyFam5
#5- 1.32% - Graciesmom77
#4- 1.53% - tigger813
#3- 1.61% - MrIncrediDad
#2- 1.65% - carmiedog

and now

The WISH Biggest Loser 9 Spring Challenge
Week 11 Biggest Loser!!

#1- 2.24% - flipflopmom

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 Worfiedoodles AND flipflopmom !!!
What a great week you both had. Keep up the good work. We have a very special clippie reserved for our weekly Biggest Loser. You can both wear it with pride this week! :goodvibes

:

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

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

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

LuvBaloo · Mar 24, 2010

For the individual Goal Post, I've opted to just post where we are at for the end of Week 11.

NOW FOR THOSE OF US WHO SET A GOAL FOR THE CHALLENGE!

How this works: you set your goal for what to lose in the challenge. Then I calculate your weight loss in the challenge divided by your goal to get a % to goal.
Anybody can change their goal at anytime (or add a goal) all you have to do is send me a PM.
Since the goals are an individual thing, the list is just in alphabetical order to make it easier for everybody to find their own name. If there are any questions or suggestions please let me know. This is something new for BL9 :goodvibes

We have done 11 out of 19 weeks, so the challenge is 58% complete.
3TinksAndAnEeyore 100.0
bouldertcr 82.5
chskover 18.3
debf 34.3
DisCanCan 34.1
DisneyFam5 77.0
Double 38.5
happysmyly 62.7
heatherlynn444 26.7
IWISHFORDISNEY 81.7
jbm02 46.7
jenanderson 90.0
JFrey4240 72.5
jimmaher69 35.2
kimara 74.3
Kitchensinkguy 72.7
leamom2princesses 56.0
LegoMom3 46.4
lisah0711 75.0
LittleSeacow 29.5
lovedvc 40.0
LuvBaloo 25.5
maiziezoe 86.9
mandac 10.7
MaryAz 66.7
MickeyMagic 28.0
mikamah 10.0
MrIncrediDad 53.4
my3princes 8.3
NancyIL 50.0
NC Tink 55.5
redwalker 4.0
Rose&Mike 72.0
sahbushka 45.7
shellynn24 19.4
talytam 32.5
Tasha+Scott 62.4
tigger813 67.0
wezee 50.0
Worfiedoodles 74.0

donac · Mar 24, 2010

Just wanted to stop in and say hello before I run to get dressed for school.

Congrats to all the new losers.

Got to go. I have to order some flowers since it is mil's birthday today and I forgot to do it yesterday.

Have a good day everyone. Nice to have to go to another thread.

flipflopmom · Mar 24, 2010

Just what I needed! So excited to see my name in lights! :banana:

The wii tried to give me a boost this morning, too. Unbeknownst to me, there was something under it. I stepped on, and it said I had lost 34 pounds since my last weigh in. Yesterday. :lmao:

Moved the board around, tried again, and tada! I still lost .7 of a pound yesterday. So now I only have 2 lbs. of TOM to get off before Friday.

It tried to get me to change my goals, said I was a normal weight.... :rotfl:

Can someone tell me when the new ending date is? I have officially decided I need to set a goal by then, pm it, and go for it. Oral surgery and all.

Thanks for all the encouragement. Made it through the night w/o painkillers. Yesterday was really rough, but I made it! My consultation w/ the surgeon is on Good Friday, so hopefully I can get the ball rolling soon. I have a much better outlook today. TOM came, so that was some stress gone, too.

My legs were really stiff and sore yesterday. I really think they missed their run! First time I've gone 2 days without exercise in a month and a half, first every other day run I've missed since Feb. 8. I am going to try to at least walk this afternoon, depending on how my mouth feels.

Off to work, but had to send :hug:

back. Thanks everyone. :grouphug:

jennz · Mar 24, 2010

jenanderson said:
Oh man...I meant to reply to a bunch of the posts tonight and now I can't quote them all. I will try to sum up some thoughts:

For people who are struggling with this challenge, each day is a new day. It is so great that we can all come here and support one another and find motivation to keep going. I have had so many ups and downs - it is here that I find a place to share the ups and find support when I am down. I hope that everyone who is struggling just stops and thinks this...WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER!

For people who are stressed with what is happening in life...I hope that you can find support for that here too. I will say that today I felt so overwhelmed with all that is going on and decided to go out and run on my lunch break. It was such a good choice for me. The exercising made me feel like so much of the stress was released...if just for the time I was running. I hope that everyone can find something to help them get through the tough days.

I am so excited to see others who are looking forward to the Princess 2011! I will be running in that race and hope to be meeting up with other WISH runners. It will be great to have so many of us here who have come so far reach that huge goal all together!!!

I have also decided that I am going to begin to train for a 1/2 marathon this summer. I am considering a race on June 6th but looking for others as well. It is totally scary to think that in January I could not even run for 60 seconds and now I am going to train for a 1/2 marathon but the reality is...I can do it.

It was a really good day for me today. I lost 3.7 pounds from my last week's WW weigh in and at my meeting today I met my 10% weight loss goal! It felt really good to have a good loss because I have worked hard this week. I am hoping it means Friday's weigh in here will go good as well.

Alright, I have gone on long enough! Hope everyone had a great day and is ready for a successful day tomorrow!

Jen

Wow congrats on 10%!!!! That's great! You have been doing awesome! :woohoo:

flipflopmom said:
Just what I needed! So excited to see my name in lights!

The wii tried to give me a boost this morning, too. Unbeknownst to me, there was something under it. I stepped on, and it said I had lost 34 pounds since my last weigh in. Yesterday. Moved the board around, tried again, and tada! I still lost .7 of a pound yesterday. So now I only have 2 lbs. of TOM to get off before Friday. It tried to get me to change my goals, said I was a normal weight....

Can someone tell me when the new ending date is? I have officially decided I need to set a goal by then, pm it, and go for it. Oral surgery and all.

Thanks for all the encouragement. Made it through the night w/o painkillers. Yesterday was really rough, but I made it! My consultation w/ the surgeon is on Good Friday, so hopefully I can get the ball rolling soon. I have a much better outlook today. TOM came, so that was some stress gone, too.

My legs were really stiff and sore yesterday. I really think they missed their run! First time I've gone 2 days without exercise in a month and a half, first every other day run I've missed since Feb. 8. I am going to try to at least walk this afternoon, depending on how my mouth feels.

Off to work, but had to send back. Thanks everyone.

Congrats on being Biggest Loser!! :rotfl:

Nice to see that with all the stress going on right now for you! :hug:

jenanderson · Mar 24, 2010

Shannon - Nice to have you back and I hope you had a fabulous vacation! :thumbsup2

Worfiedoodles and flipflopmom - Congratulations on being our Biggest Loser winners for week 10 and 11! Enjoy the success! :banana:

my3princes said:
Confession time

I have been doing so well staying on track, but stress got the better of me today and I had a few things that I wouldn't have otherwise. Tomorrow is a new day.

Sounds like a bit of stress...I am sorry for that. :hug:

I am a stress eater too but am working hard to find new ways to deal stress in my life. I am really sorry about the health insurance issue - it is something that terrifies us because our DS has so many health problems. We have been lucky to this point but often feel like we are trapped in our jobs because changing jobs means changing insurance and we are fearful that new insurance would not cover him. :hug:

I am glad you were able to say that tomorrow is a new day! It is and that is a great thing because we all have a new chance for success!

3TinksAndAnEeyore said:
On a side note, my shorts are all too big now!

That is great! :woohoo:

I bet you are feeling so good about that!

donac said:
Just wanted to stop in and say hello before I run to get dressed for school.

Hello! Hope you have a great day at school!

flipflopmom said:
Just what I needed! So excited to see my name in lights!

Thanks for all the encouragement. Made it through the night w/o painkillers. Yesterday was really rough, but I made it! My consultation w/ the surgeon is on Good Friday, so hopefully I can get the ball rolling soon. I have a much better outlook today. TOM came, so that was some stress gone, too.

Sounds like you are feeling better! It is so great that you were the biggest loser for week 11! Way to go on your weight loss!!!!

I am glad to see that some of your stress is working itself out. Life is no fun when it is sending us a lot of challenges all at once.

Well, I am planning on trying something new today....I am going to try to bike to work. It is about 3 miles each way so I know that it is something I should be able to do. I need to do something besides run every day so I hope that biking will become a nice cross training activity for me.

Have a great day everyone!

jenanderson · Mar 24, 2010

jennz said:
Wow congrats on 10%!!!! That's great! You have been doing awesome!

Thanks! It was a great feeling to work so hard and be rewarded with earning my 10% goal! :cool1:

tigger813 · Mar 24, 2010

Congrats to all the losers especially our biggest losers of the weeks!

Will be a gainer this week thanks to my overindulgence over the weekend! Didn't control myself yesterday either! Will do better today and get some workouts in. Water heater installation is keeping me home today so I will try to do some during and after the guy is here. Lots of water too! Making turkey enchiladas for supper. Getting some more Skinny Cows when I run to the grocery store this afternoon.

Catching up on BL from last night as I was out at a meeting. Also didn't sleep well again last night. DD2 wet the bed at 2:20 and I didn't get back to sleep until 3. Really hard getting up so I need to get motivated. I think I'll start with a 2 mile workout and work up from there.

Time to get moving and stop whining!

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