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

[cclovesdis]

QOTD: I stray from my plan/WW over the weekend and I still try to get in exercise, but I do tend to use more of my WPA over the weekend. This is especially true when my sister's boyfriend comes to visit. He's here today, but I'm hoping to use less than 5 of my WPA. Sat. is my weigh-in day so I don't want to use all my weeklies on day 1 of my week.

Had a good week. Down 1.6, which is good for me. I was hoping for a little more, but that's ok. I did the math, and if I continue to lose at this rate, I'll be at goal by the end of BL 9. And, I'll look great as maid-of-honor for my sister's wedding, which is after BL 9 ends. I had to order a size I was really uncomfortable having to buy, so I'm hoping to need lots of alterations.

Have a great OP day everyone!

 

[tigger813]

Welcome Lorna!

Yeah, I gained about 8 over the holidays and lost 4.8 this past week so I'm on my way.

Just did the BL Wii game for the first time. Did a light 12 minute workout with 8 minutes of stretching at the end! Felt great! Did sweat but not a ton! I'll do more tomorrow!

Time to play Jr Scrabble with the kids!

 

[my3princes]

I stick to points on the weekend, at least I think I do. To be honest I've been counting points in my head for years so I just calculate what I remember everything being, but my goal is to start actually weighing my food, calculating the true point value and writing it down. I bet that I'll see a huge benefit from it. As far as exercise goes that's a weakness for me. While I'm very active in RL I really don't exercise per se. Now I could go to WDW right now and have no problem opening and closing a park and walking the entire time. I could go to the pool and easily swim a mile, that's just how I've always been. It's the extra physical activity that my brain thinks unpleasant. Adding to that is the fact that I am allergic to the cold so if I don't plan ahead and dress in many many layers I will break out in hives. That means I don't head out for winter walks or really go out unless it is necessary. That being said I had planned to be on ski patrol this year, until that was derailed by Hunter's brain tumor since I couldn't make the training sessions with everything that was going on. Hopefully I will do that next winter. I will go skiing with the boys at some point, but it really does need to be closer to freezing rather then well below zero as it is now. I know everyone is thinking why do you live in Vermont? I've lived here all my life and the allergy didn't develop until my freshman year of college. My family is here and so is DH's. I've learned how to effectively deal with it, I really just have to plan ahead, kind of like dieting.

 

[Northern_Julie]

What are you going to do this weekend to stay OP? Do you give yourself the weekend off from exercise and watching what you eat?


It is easier for me on the weekend. I know it sounds wierd. It is because I can actually take time and think about what my body want and the options. As long as healthy food is around I can take a break from planning the whole day. I did my groceries and am happy with how I did. I usually cook a couple of meals on Sunday. Charirties bag groceries on the weekends and the cashier and the bagging lady were commenting on my bell peppers, grapes and bananas (it is sometimes hard to get nice fresh fruit & veggies when you live in the subartic)and how nice they were. I got myself some stuffed peppers in the meat section and am pairing it with a low calorie sauce and salad. I think the tough part is not running to Tim Hortons for my Sunday afternoon chai tea and donut. It is a 2 minute walk from my house and this is my ussual weekly treat that I want to phase out.

I usually head to the Curves before I do the shop. I am opening the Wii Biggest Loser this evening. I got it for Christmas and since traveling home it was going to be more like a chore. I wanted to have time to actually play around. I am hoping this will be a regular evening routien and Curves my morning workout.

 

[3TinksAndAnEeyore]

QOTD: Saturday: What are you going to do this weekend to stay OP? Do you give yourself the weekend off from exercise and watching what you eat? I am absolutely staying OP over the weekends. Once I'm on a roll (which I feel I am right now) I can keep rolling for awhile. Once I stop, it's really hard for me to get going again. I always say, "Tomorrow." I started working last night on putting together a recipe file with breakfast, lunch, and dinner recipes and snack ideas. I printed out a whole bunch last night with the nutritional information. I'm giong to put them in page protectors inside a three ring binder. When I decide which ones I'm using for the week, I'll put them in the front section. As I find or decide on new recipes, I'll add them to the binder. These recipes are all ones I like or ones I'd like to try and are low cal/low fat. I've already gone for my daily walk/jog and will do Wii Fit when I finish up this post.

I'm going to try out the BL Wii game and and the EA Sports Active More Workouts. !

Are these fun like the Wii Fit games? I have seen people write that they are better workouts, but I enjoy doing the Wii on top of my walk/jogs because it's like playing a game. I don't think I'd feel motivated if it was just a workout. I'm really just starting out on the Wii Fit and I'm still trying to break the beginning records and see what happens to the piggy bank when you continue working out.

I had a really good week weight loss wise, but got sick yesterday and ordered pizza for kids cause I didn't feel like cooking and today on the scale was yuck (because of course I ate a bunch of pizza). Just telling myself today is a new day and I'm still down overall.

Pizza is my downfall, too! If you never, ever have it then you'll just crave it more, right? Today is definitely a new day. I hope you feel better.

DH is gone this week-end so it is just DS and myself at home. We went to the grocery store yesterday so I have good, healthy food to eat. We are eating some things that would not be eaten if DH was here, like tuna fish and tofu!

You are so good! It's my habit to eat more poorly when DH is gone. I tend to splurge more on kid food my DDs and I both like (Macaroni and Cheese!) that DH doesn't consider a proper meal. I'm going to have to make very good plans for next time he's gone for a night or two.

I also plan on making a large pot of WW taco soup. I love to make this soup and freeze it in individual servings for my work lunches.

Yum! That sounded good on a cool foggy day like today! I looked it up online to see if I could find the recipe and I did. I'm going to add it to my binder!

A major part of staying OP for me during the weekend is my weekly visit to Costco/grocery store. If I shop right, it sets me up to be successful.

You are so gooooood! DH and DDs are at Costco right now. I went to do my excercise and then ate my LC lunch at home. Otherwise all those little booths with all those yummy samples would be calling my name. It's better if I just don't go in there at all right now!

 

[my3princes]

I'm off to work shortly. I'm bartending tonight. One of the perks of bartending is that my meal is free. I hope to choose well and stay on track.

 

[tigger813]

3TinksandanEeyore- It is a real workout using the BL workout! I love the Wiifit plus better than the regular WiiFit

 

[donac]

It is nice to sit down for a while. I went to the yarn store and bought $40 of yarn that I would have spent on $80 on. It is sad to see a small business closing but the owner is sick and no one to take it over. I have a lot of socks to knit. I bought yarn to make dh and sons socks in a nice green. I bought some pink , lilac, and maroon for some socks for me. I also splurged on some other yarn to make multicolored socks for me. The yarn was expensive and I normally wouldn't buy it but at half price it wasn't bad.

Then I took ds1 grocery shopping for the week. We came home and made chili for the crockpot. Won't eat it today but it will be nice to have tomorrow night. I also made up some meatloaf and put those in the freezer. A couple of them were small for my ds2 to take back to college.

My dh bought me a couple of books. I suggested that we spend some time hiking this summer. I read his Backpacker magazine and they had one in there that sounded pretty flat and I thought I could do it. So I suggested that we do that this summer (last summer he suggested DW so we went there). Now he got me a couple of books on the Appalacian Trail . I found a couple in NJ that were listed as EASY but he is looking at the more moderate ones. They are supposed to have the best scenerey. I guess this is something that I started. He also knows if I do this his friend will be very jealous. I don't know if my ankle can handle it but I think it is a challenge that I am going to try.

HAve a nice evening everyone.

 

[jbm02]

...rough day here. I have military drill this weekend from 7AM-5PM so there isn't much oppportunity to exercise. Hopefully I can get up early tomorrow and do the BL before heading out at 6:30AM. I was able to get all my water in - but just barely. The rest..well, I'm desperately avoiding the kitchen, where the extra-cheese pizza my DH ordered is sending out calls to me. (had just once slice but it was soooo good - pulled the cheese off too and had just a little piece of that). Luckily, we're heading out tonight to a high school musical so I won't be tempted by the aromas from the firehouse pizza!!
..I have to go back a few pages to find this week's COW again (forgot what it was!). Does anyone have the link before I go back too far???
Hope everyone has a terrific weekend.
Jude

 

[NC_Tink]

Well, one of my New Year's resolutions this year was to not spend so much time on my butt sitting at the computer - but wow this board moves so fast - I can't keep up

Scanning through - looks like many are making great progress this week! That's great! I'm down 3.2 lbs at weigh-in yesterday - I'm happy about that - but i'm still working on the holiday weight gain

QOTD: Saturday: What are you going to do this weekend to stay OP? Do you give yourself the weekend off from exercise and watching what you eat?

I try not to take weekends off - I usually end up taking off a day during the week instead. But, I don't usually get to the gym on the weekends either - the boys' sports schedules often take up most of the weekend - along with all of the "errands" that need to get done on Saturday and Sunday. So, the weekend's cardio workouts are typically workout videos instead of the elliptical and the bike at the gym, and I don't tend to do strength training on the weekends. As for diet - I try to stick to it on the weekends - it's too easy for me to fall into bad habits - so I try to make good choices consistently. But, I do treat myself - if I'm having an exceptionally good day - I really like the WW Giant Cookies and Cream Ice Cream Bar - YUM! It's a treat that doesn't do a lot of damage Oh - and today I tried and love the Chocolate Jello Mousse temptations - it's sugar free and only 60 calories! Today we went to the store and I got Black cocoa almonds - almonds covered in dark chocolate and then dusted in dark cocoa - really YUM! I only had two - had to try them - but they could be dangerous - I'll have to somehow work them into my "treats".

OMG - I tried the Jillian Michael's 30 day Shred video today - only level 1 and all I can say is OWWWW!!!! Totally kicked my butt! I may have to take tomorrow off because I'm not sure that I'm gonna be able to move!

 

[auntlynne]

It's sad to hear people saying they feel bad for only losing 1, 2, 3...6...8 pounds in a week. If you gained that much you would be horrified - when you've lost it (the opposite), you should be--the opposite--ecstatic. MUST CHANGE THE MINDSET! Celebrate the lost pounds.

...It is true, a wish or a goal those two different things. A wish, is well, it may or may not happen, but you are not actively trying to attain it. The Goal-you are actively working towards and making progress, taking it into your own hands and making it happen for you, and not waiting for anyone else to do it for you. ...

Do we have to change our thread from WISH to GOAL (Getting On with Active Living)?

 

[DisFam95]

Regarding the Girl Scout cookies...you can always just make a donation and say no to the cookies. That's what i do with my friend who's kids sells!

 

[NCRedding]

QOTD: I try to stay OP on the weekends, but find it much harder simply because I spend more time at home, and it makes it easier to snack!! Snacking is my downfall. Today has not been good for me diet-wise...I've most grazed on snack food. Started out with a great healthy breakfast, but went downhill from there.

I hoped to have some quiet time just for me this evening, but DH decided to change his plans and came home from the ballgame early. I was planning on a salad for dinner; that wasn't enough for him so now he is cooking, which wouldn't be a problem except that he used twice as many dishes and pans as he needs, leaves stuff everywhere, etc. I've already scrubbed the kitchen top to bottom (having guests tomorrow) and now I get to do it again.

 

[pjlla]

Hi Everyone
Just a short note to say hi....I'm a newbie to the thread. I'm 42, married - no kids, live in NJ and have 80 lbs to lose. I'm so glad there's a group to help me stay motivated. Good luck everyone! I look forward to "talking" to you more.

Glad to have you here with us!

QOTD: I don't really plan a treat into my day. I would call myself a binge eater, although it's not formally diagnosed and one treat often turns into 5 or more. Chocolate especially does me in. I am thinking about building a mini bag of that 94% (I think) FF popcorn into my diet as it's portion controlled. I tend to do better that way, with emphasis on "tend." Someone mentioned asking for support. If anyone has any suggestions for binge eating, I'd love them. TIA.

Have a great day tomorrow and congrads to all those who lost.

Well, my only suggestion regarding the binge eating would be to avoid the binge foods as much as possible. For example (as I mentioned a few days ago) I just have NO control when I have an open bag of Terra sweet potato chips around (but if they are closed, I can resist). So I have just stopped buying them. Sadly, they don't seem to come in individual size bags. And no one else in my family likes them, so no one to share them with. But I just can't stop myself when I get started.... so I just don't get started!

That doesn't mean that I don't have treats.... but I make sure that they are something that I can control.

Hang in there, and don't give up. It's so frustrating when you see a gain, but keep trying. There is lots of support and inspiration here. Tracking is so helpful for me too, especially when I'm not on track, at least it helps keep me accountable. Here's to a better weighin next week.

maiziezoe- I am so sorry to hear about your aunt. You did so well dealing with it, and not turning to food. I have learned this past year, that comfort food might make me feel better in the moment, but those feelings of sadness and stress are still going to be there, and I don't need to add more pounds that will just make me feel worse in the long run. I hope your aunt will do well with her treatments, and I'll be sending a prayer your way. Hang in there.

It's been so great to read about all the big losses this week!! Some pretty impressive numbers here, we'll be well on our way to that 500 pounds!! Nice work everyone.

I'm going to quote my sisterinlaw's facebook quote, "Do you have a GOAL or a WISH this year? A goal without a daily plan of action is just a wish." It sort of struck home with me. I have a goal to fit into some capris that are in my basement this summer, and I am ready to work and get there.

Did 65min total wii fit today, and tomorrow am off to to western ma for my nieces bday party. Rollerskating, and I'll skate, and will have 1 piece of pizza, and a small slice of cake. It's a new ww day so I've got my 35 points at the ready.

I forget who was talking about not using all her ww points, and I'm a firm believer in using all the daily, plus most of the flex points. I try to eat the healthy guidelines for the daily points, and the 35 for those splurges that will make the plan liveable, and help me to not feel deprived. Congrats to everyone here!!!Keep up the great work.

I LOVE that quote!! I'm going to write it down in many places!!

It is so nice to find a plan that you CAN make livable because as we all know, we are ALL trying to do this FOR A LIFETIME, right??

Wow! This is a fast moving thread! This is the first chance I have had to check in since we got started! I can see I am way behind! I am really excited about this group and challenge and I'm hoping you'll still let me give a quick introduction and join in the fun....

My name is Lorna and I live in northern Minnesota. I am a wife and mother of 4 great kids (13, 11, 10, 5). I have my own business and I work from home. I have struggled with my weight all my life. My 20 year class reunion was in 2008 and that year I decided I was going to lose weight before it happened. I did lose 20 pounds before the event and then 10 more afterwards. I did WW at home and was very excited about the loss even though I wanted to lose about 30 more pounds. However, I have slowly put 12 pounds back on. I have decided to get seriously back on track again. I work out at Snap Fittness each week. My goal is 5 day but I usually end up around 3.

I did have a great first week losing 4.9 pounds. But, in fairness, I gained 5 pounds over the holidays so I am really only right back where I started. But it does make me feel motivated to see the scale moving.

I look forward to the weeks to come and being a part of this group!

Glad you made it on here with us!


Good evening everyone! Surprise! I didn't think I would make it back here this quickly... but I am exhausted. We returned home from DD's high school swim meet at 11 pm last night and were OUT THE DOOR at 5:00 am this morning to head to the pool at MIT in Cambridge. I thought we MIGHT stay overnight nearby, but the event went quickly and we were out of there by a little after 1pm, so we came home for the night. But we are out of here at 5:30 am tomorrow, so I am heading to bed SOON!

QOTD: Saturday: What are you going to do this weekend to stay OP? Do you give yourself the weekend off from exercise and watching what you eat?

Well... usually my splurge meal/day is Friday or Saturday (unless I am saving it for a special meal later in the week, like a birthday). And Sunday is my usual day off from exercise (unless there was a day during the week that I was unable/unwilling to exercise, like Christmas day). Other than that I try to stay on plan, weigh/measure/track my foods, do my exercise, drink my water, etc. It is just too tough to get back on track if I go hog wild, even for one or two days.


It kind of looks like today will be my (unplanned) splurge day. Since I was up SO early, I had eaten 1/2 of my daily points by about 10am and so I have, of course, gone over my points so far and I would still like a little treat. It won't be a big splurge day, but more than I had originally counted on. I did stay with my planned foods for the day, for the most part, but I ended up being much hungrier this morning than I anticipated, so I had some extra fruit and that is what will end up putting me over for the day probably. And despite thinking that I would come home and exercise this afternoon, I was barely awake enough to get dinner on the table . I'm going to get bathed and off to bed in the next hour or so (hopefully I can stay awake until 8pm...) I am definitely one of those people who needs 8 hours of sleep! And I had TWO cups of coffee with caffeine today, something I don't normally have... and I was still half asleep on the drive home at 2pm!!

Hopefully after a good night's sleep tonight, I will have enough energy for a workout tomorrow night when we get home. I really tried to talk myself into 30 minutes on the TM tonight, but it is just not going to happen. It's not the getting up at 4:30 am that was the problem, since I get up at that hour on Tuesdays and Thursday regularly anyhow.... it was the getting to bed at midnight the night before that was the problem!!

DS made brownies tonight.... not sure how I will resist, but I'm going to try. How many points in one bite do you suppose??

Happy dreams everyone!................P

 

[sahbushka]

Hi all, I haven't posted in a while but I have been working hard. I saw a 1 lb gain this week but that is because I wi on tuesdays. I weighed in the tuesday before new years and then new years eve was insanely not on plan and I was able to get the damage somewhat under control so that I only showed a 1 lb gain at weigh in this past tuesday. Since the new year started I have been to the gym every day but one and on that one day I was at my ww meeting. I have been eating on plan and really feel in the groove. I have not had any soda since the new year started and I am feeling good and on a roll! My dh and I have been trying new recipes and it has been lots of fun...tonight we are trying a recipe I got from WW back in 2002 and never got around to making it....well, tonights the night! It is called taco junk and I will let you know if it is any good!

QOTD: Saturday: What are you going to do this weekend to stay OP? Do you give yourself the weekend off from exercise and watching what you eat?

This weekend I have been staying on plan and going to the gym though I won't be going tomorrow as I have to work 8-4 and then the kids have swimming lessons and then my dh and I are going to see the Princess and the Frog movie! My ds has already seen it so now it is mama's turn! We are doubling the batch of taco junk so we will have low point options to take to work with us this week. It smells good so I hope it tastes as good as it smells since i will be eating it all week! I find that if I go off my plan I stay off for way longer than I intend to so I try to stay op as much as possible...however my disney vacation in February might be mostly off plan!

Have a great one all!

Sarah

 

[tmfranlk]

QOTD: Saturday: What are you going to do this weekend to stay OP? Do you give yourself the weekend off from exercise and watching what you eat?

I usually stay OP during the weekends. I think in part that is because my weekends don't differ a whole lot from my weekdays. I'm home about the same on both, DD is with me the same on both, etc. The only difference is that I have fewer kids with me during the weekend, which should actually make it easier to stay OP on weekends. (That's the plan anyway!)

 

[IWISHFORDISNEY]

QOTD - What am I doing this weekend to stay OP.

NOTHING right that is for sure. I made homemade spaghetti sauce and splurged a bit at dinner. Had to many snacks with football today. I had to lay off the P90X due to muscle soreness. WOW I couldnt move. It is snowing here in FL yes SNOWING in FL. So no parks to walk for me this weekend. OK enough complaining I will get myself together tomorrow and enjoy the rest of the day. I might try that C25K thing this week.

 

[tea pot]

QOTD: Saturday: What are you going to do this weekend to stay OP? Do you give yourself the weekend off from exercise and watching what you eat?
I am definitely staying on program with my eating plan but now I need to get a consistent exercise program down for this week.
I like to walk outside but it is really too cold to stay out for any length of time. It was sunny today.... Love a sunny winter day
One new goal this year is to try to walk outside even just for a short while for the fresh air and sunshine.
Next I have a new yoga dvd that I need to try and I have a treadmill that I use.

I'm doing a little better with keeping up thanks for the strategy luvbaloo

milkamah I love your goal vs wish quote That one is going in the journal, thanks a bunch

take care and hang in there everyone

 

[tigger813]

OK, I got in my workouts! Did the BL Wii game earlier! I'll do more tomorrow morning and at night hopefully!

Then I went downstairs to do the 2 mile WATP. Then I decided that I would take a look at the EA Sports Active More Workouts! I ended up doing a 30 minute step aerobic workout! I LOVED IT! I love using the balance board as a step. DH had gotten me a riser for the balance board so I used that. It said I should burn about 159 calories and I burned 221! I liked the variety! I did the easy version since I had just done another workout. I will do more tomorrow.

I really need to figure out a plan for all my workouts that I just love! I love my WATP DVD, Wii Fit Plus, the elliptical, BL Wii game, EA Sports Active More workouts and the BL Last Chance workout! I may need to make a spreadsheet to schedule everything. I try to workout 2-3 times a day: early morning- once or twice, afternoon after girls get home from school and in the evening before or after girls go to bed. Tuesdays I usually like to do the elliptical while watching BL.

Gotta start thinking of a question for tomorrow. Hope everyone has a nice night!

 

[ShortyNBug]

Had an awesome day. I ate 1378 calories and burned 1284!

I popped in BL 30 Day Jump Start and did the whole thing. That's 60 minutes. Then I put in BL Last Chance and did the last chance workout and the upper body for 48 minutes. By this time my oldest daughter was occupied and my youngest was sleeping so I decided to do BL Wii right away. I did a challenge and some upper arm exercises for 46 minutes. The time got away from me on the wii game. I can't believe how quick it went.


By this time the kids were hungry so I showered and made dinner. Then I got the WFP out. The girls like to bet me on the games on the WFP. If I don't get what they tell me to (the high score, perfect parade, perfect kung fu, whatever) they get a quarter for their disney jars. Makes it fun for all of us. We did that for 20 mintes and now they are taking turns playing while I post.

Really looked more and more into the body bugg and I think I'll be buying one. I have to convince my hubby I really need it!

Oh, and the fed ex man dropped my books off. I start class next Wed! Super nervous!