Biggest Loser 9 Spring Challenge -- thread closing -- see new thread Part 2!

[BernardandMissBianca]

today's QOTD is do you have a plan in place to help you reach your goals for the challenge?


I don't really have a plan, I need one though.
I guess follow cow, post here as often as I can for motivation, work out. Deal with my foodie issues one choice at a time.
I did decline DH's offer to buy krispy kreme today and ate cherrios instead!

 

[leamom2princesses]

today's QOTD is do you have a plan in place to help you reach your goals for the challenge?

1. Record everything I consume into Sparkpeople
2. Complete the couch 2 5K program
3. Work in Wii Fit on non-running days at least 2 other days of the week.
4. Once per week go to the fitness center for strenth training.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed on the C25K program. Hopefully the weather will cooperate. The back up plan is to do more Wii Fit. I really want to be able to run a 5k before April though.

 

[TAKitty]

today's QOTD is do you have a plan in place to help you reach your goals for the challenge?

I plan to "walk" to Disney for excercise.
I plan to drink only two sodas a day.

That's it for now.

 

[DisFam95]

I'm out at the museum of nature and science today. Got my bottle of water but it's now empty. Had a turkey sandwich no mayo and fruit at the cafe. Did not eat any of my sons cheetos or nachos!!

Poured out the rest of the egg nog!!!

My plan is to journal (bought a cute little journal at target that's pink with red apples on it. Commit to my workouts! Be active on here!

Well gotta run to the next exhibit..kids are done on the Dino dig!

 

[IWISHFORDISNEY]

today's QOTD is do you have a plan in place to help you reach your goals for the challenge?

my plan for this is:

1.Go back an a WW plan weather I decide to actually go to the meeting or do it on my own but I have to track my food or I mess up.
2. Do the 8 glasses of water per day because it does help no matter how much I try and deny it.
3. Stock my house with food that is on program and a few treats that wont kill my points
4. Start walking again. My goal this week is to take the dog for a walk around the neighborhood each day.

Get my life back in order. We have moved 3 times in 5 months and I just feel like everything is so disorganized. Now that the weather is cooler and I cant spend every day at the beach or Disney I can get this done. LOL.

 

[ElizK]

I'd like to join ya'll. I'd like to lose 40lbs total by the time my DD17 graduates high school at the beginning of June. I'll be happy with 30, but shooting for 40.

I've been cutting back portions for the past 6 days, and have exercised 4 of the last 6 (haven't done it yet today, but will). And I'm cutting out the grazing between meals.

I'm 41, married, and have two daughters - 17 and 14. I work part-time, and will be starting full-time classes at the local junior college in two weeks (that alone ought to help keep me out of the kitchen!).

 

[tmfranlk]

Yesterday we talked about our goals for this challenge, today's QOTD is do you have a plan in place to help you reach your goals for the challenge?

My plan is:
1. Return to tracking all of my food at Sparkpeople again
2. Push for at leat 5 days of exercise each week
3. Listen to the living conscience I have in the form of my 6yo DD who always asks if I've exercised, eaten healthy things, not eaten nuts (I have diverticulosis). I need to take lessons from her.

 

[50sjayne]

Here is our QOTD (Question of the Day): Do you have a goal for this challenge?

And a bonus QOTD do you want to have a group goal for this challenge?

Lose 5 pounds then maintain.

I think a group goal is helpful.

Was hard to stay active at work tonight as it slowed to a snails crawl when the big game came on, ( I live in Eugene Oregon and the ducks were in the Rose Bowl) pretty much right after I started my shift. The quietness of the store was like a death knell of course when they lost. I hadn't seen it that quiet and depressed in the store since Bush was elected the second time.
On the plus side I talked to my daughter and she got her card with the money and another gift I had sent her before Christmas. Was up till 2 after doing my annual Holiday Rage a little late this year. I dunno-- it started with husband not wanting to do the volunteer thing. It's all settled now, I got us all signed up to help organize a food pantry for the relief nursery. So between now and our trip I need to pay off $2000 credit card balance, lose 5 pounds and get son enrolled in college. No problem....

 

[pppiglet]

Hey stranger!!!!! glad you are here!

Water - I have found the best solution for me is to drink 8 oz right before I eat, like when I'm prepping. Then another 8-16 ounces with meals. Then you don't have the bathroom factor because the food absorbs some of the liquids, the water before the meal fills you up a bit so you eat less.

Thanks! That's what I'm thinking I'm going to do. Right before my dinner I'm going to drink a cup of water. Yesterday I made a light Turkey Chili, low in everything, but it tasted so good I couldn't just eat one bowl! I need portion control, so I need to force me to drink some water before I eat.

I skipped dinner though and finished of the Xmas M & M's to get them out of the house. My official start is Monday. I never start dieting on New Years weekend!

 

[pppiglet]

Here is California all the major restaurants have to have a calorie list available. Nothing is worse then going to CCF (cheescake) and have them hand you that along with the menu. Sure makes you change your order

Yeah...nothing like going to Red Robin and finding out my favorite salad has just as much fat and calories as a burger! In fact, you can hardly find anything under 1000 calories to order!

 

[pppiglet]

I need some advice.

I mentioned earlier that I have a sore throat that caused me to miss an event this weekend. Well, that doesn't even begin to describe it. The pain is excruciating, and it's all the way up the side of my throat and into my ear. It is like this stabbing/burning pain. It's the worst when I yawn, swallow, or sneeze. I did go to the doc yesterday and she couldn't see anything, even though the gland on my neck was swollen and tender. She did prescribe an antibiotic for if I start running a fever, but I haven't taken it. I have started taking a decongestant and am using Tylenol and a Chloraseptic spray for the pain with only modest success.

My issue is that I'm wanting to eat things like ice cream to make it feel better, which of course is not helpful to losing weight. Does anybody have any good home remedies for something like this? School starts back for students on Tuesday and I can't afford to be sick or not have a voice!

Eat sugar free Jello instead of ice cream! Drink warm tea, not hot tea as it might irritate it more. To stay healthy, I find the more sugar and carbs I cut from my diet, the less I am sick. As soon as I start to eat crap, I'll get a cold. (which is why I usually get sick at Xmas time....to much fudge and cookies!)

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[jimmduck]

Yes, yes, yes! Think I got it!

Thanks everybody.

No running today - snow, freezing rain, just cannot leave the house.

Linda

 

[jimmduck]

For those of you who have been successful at the BL (or WW, etc etc) before, can you offer any recommendations for journalling? I purchased a small notebook just for this but am not sure - is that what most people do? Is there a template that most followed til they got into the hang of it? I don't have access to my laptop while at work so using that is not really an option - unless I write it down during the day and then transfer it over later. I am just afraid that I will get lazy and then I'll have something written here, there and everywhere - and I'll lose accountability of myself.
I read Lynsey's online journal/blog. OMG. I would love to do something like that but it is totally beyond my limited computer skills. But it is really awesome and what a great way to be accountable to oneself!!
Thanks for your suggestions - I am totally new at this!!
Jude

A notebook would be fine - just write down everything you eat - and I mean everything. If you bite it, write it. If you drink it, ink it!

That really helps me. I gained a few pounds over Christmas because I was not doing this.

I do follow WW online, but here in Canada, I cannot get it on my Blackberry yet. So I use a pen and paper.

If you are counting points, write your point allowance for the day, then subtract as you eat like a bankbook. If you add bonus or activity points, deposit them.

If you are counting calories, do so diligently.

That is the biggest key to any success I have had to date.

Linda - so glad to have the clippie - it is soooo cute!

 

[mikamah]

Good morning BL 9 participants!

It's so great to see so many motivated folks in our challenge. Please be sure and PM your starting weight to LuvBaloo, if you haven't already. Our first official weigh-in for the challenge will be Friday, 1/8/10. I hope that we have a lot of big losses this week after all our hard work.

Yesterday we talked about our goals for this challenge, today's QOTD is do you have a plan in place to help you reach your goals for the challenge?
I will wait for another day or two before we put up a group goal to give everyone a chance to tell us what they would like -- it is sounding like a group loss of 500 lbs is a good place to start?

Just popping in at the library because my computer is not working well at all. I'm calling the geek squad monday. I thought I'd have time to read through all the posts, but have been on 25 min, and have a few pages left. It's so great to have such a big group to motivate each other.

My plan to reach my goals is to also journal all my food, go to ww each week, and exercise at least 5 days/ week, and do the wish exercise challenge.

Wish I had more time, but the library is closing. Have a great night, drink that water, and eat those vegies.

 

[MaryAz]

QOTD
Check out Sparkpeople or journal eating/drinking/exercise
Find my pedometer-keep checking Ebay for a Bodybugg
Stay up to date with thei thread
Carry my own snacks to places where I would buy

 

[tmfranlk]

Here comes the first big test....We're headed to Cheeburger Cheeburger in a few minutes for dinner. However, I've already checked the menu, figured out my order and will ask for a box to bring home half of my burger for tomorrow. With all that, I'll still be on the low end of my calories for the day. If I'm later, I can snack on veggies or something else good like that and not blow my day.

 

[jennz]

Here comes the first big test....We're headed to Cheeburger Cheeburger in a few minutes for dinner. However, I've already checked the menu, figured out my order and will ask for a box to bring home half of my burger for tomorrow. With all that, I'll still be on the low end of my calories for the day. If I'm later, I can snack on veggies or something else good like that and not blow my day.

Great planning Tia!

 

[Riverhill]

My plan to stay reach my goal is to be more organized in my life. I have planned out and bought all the meals my family will be eating for the week ( including healthy snacks). I have found it is easy to be sloppy with my diet when the rest of my life is out of order. I'm spending this weekend cleaning and organizing my home.

 

[Rose&Mike]

My plan to stay reach my goal is to be more organized in my life. I have planned out and bought all the meals my family will be eating for the week ( including healthy snacks). I have found it is easy to be sloppy with my diet when the rest of my life is out of order. I'm spending this weekend cleaning and organizing my home.

You make a great point. We eat way too much takeout, mostly because at the end of the day I don't have the energy to come up with a plan. I really like to cook, it's the figuring out what to cook that's hard. We're kind of in transition right now, because DS is home from college for another week, but I think I need to start planning meals for the week on Sundays. We eat healthier when we're not eating so much takeout.

 

[tigger813]

Had some frozen fish for lunch and we just had chicken veggie chili with low fat Mexican cheese and corn muffins. Topping that off with a mango margarita. Surprisingly I was down .4 this morning. After I did the 2 mile WATP!

DD2 probably has an ear infection or double. Gotta call our drs office in the morning to be seen. Slight fever and pulling on her ear. Motrin has done the trick right now. She's still full of energy though! And ate all of her supper!

We're watching the Rockette's Holiday Celebration DVD. Girls are enjoying it. We are planning on playing Sorry Sliders again in a few minutes. Hoping to get more workouts in tomorrow. We tried out some of our new Wii games. Need to do the BL game and the EA Sports Active More Workouts tomorrow. Only planning on going out to the drs if necessary tomorrow. May go to church if it's not snowing in the morning. Had 3-4 inches today!

All right. Back to the show now!