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

[tigger813]

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!

WOW! That's awesome!

I love the parade! I wish I could do it perfectly! I also like the bike riding.

 

[maiziezoe]

I LOVE my bodybugg! It is exactly what I needed. DH got it for me for Christmas, I've wanted one but never wanted to spend the money. He got it through costco online for $179, which includes 1 year subscription to the service (he had to brag about his deal lol).

I know some people have had skin irritation from theirs, and I was worried that I would too because I have sensitive skin, but I haven't had any problems. I had been doing WW points and using my pedometer but it wasn't working for me. Well really I wasn't working it right - not writing down everything and estimating. Points are too "general" for me, I need exact. Writing down calories didn't do it for me either, I'd let it slide. But with the bugg you enter it in the computer, and for it to be effective I HAVE to put it all in there. So I do. I set my goals for 2 pounds/week loss, and a 2700 calorie burn and 1700 calorie consumption. This is a little bit of work for me but not so much that I'll quit.

At the end of each day you want a calorie deficit, mine is 1000, so 2 pounds/week. Jessie (Eeyore's Butterfly) posted a screen shot of her program that shows what you see. I don't remember which post though, sorry, and I don't know how to do that.

So...for me this has been great. It gets my mind in it - black and white, no fudge room (no pun intended there! lol ) everything counts.

I hope that helps! Feel free to ask if you have any other questions.

I'm really interested in getting the Bodybugg... can I use it while I am on WW or will I have to keep track of my points and my calories and fat grams?

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!

My next purchase is going to be EA Active and the balance board risers. Are you using the risers on carpet or hardwood floors (or something else)? I wonder if the will be slipp-y on my hardwood floors.

 

[maiziezoe]

I forgot to answer the QOTD.

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 don't take the weekend off. Today we went and had Indian food for lunch which was pretty frustrating because it's hard to figure out points for Indian food. They cook with a lot of ghee (butter) and ghee is terrible for you. So I ate very little and stuck to the veggies without sauce. We used to eat Indian every other Saturday and Sushi on the Saturday's we didn't eat Indian. I think I will be skipping our traditional Saturday lunches.

WOW! That's awesome!

I love the parade! I wish I could do it perfectly! I also like the bike riding.

The parade and the bike ride are my favorites!! Although, today I fell off the cliff while bike riding. My 2 year old DD thought it was HYSTERICAL.

 

[tigger813]

My next purchase is going to be EA Active and the balance board risers. Are you using the risers on carpet or hardwood floors (or something else)? I wonder if the will be slipp-y on my hardwood floors.

I'm using it on carpet. It's a little wobbly but I keep checking it to make sure it's stable enough. It seems ok. Not sure if it will be slippery on hardwood floors. I actually thought about putting it on a mat or a piece of wood but I think it'll be ok.

I liked the original active but the More Workouts has a lot of variety. I can't remember everything it has but I did like the step aerobic workout. I did this on the preset workouts. There are 3 to choose from and then other workouts as well as the ones that go along with the 6 week challenge. I will start that tomorrow! I never finished the 30 day challenge on the original, missed it by one day. I'll be checking the calendars tomorrow for the EA and the BL Wii game to set myself up a schedule!

The BL Wii game gave me a goal weight of 149. I hope to get to 145-150 so I was happy for the agreement on that.

 

[tigger813]

I forgot to answer the QOTD.

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 don't take the weekend off. Today we went and had Indian food for lunch which was pretty frustrating because it's hard to figure out points for Indian food. They cook with a lot of ghee (butter) and ghee is terrible for you. So I ate very little and stuck to the veggies without sauce. We used to eat Indian every other Saturday and Sushi on the Saturday's we didn't eat Indian. I think I will be skipping our traditional Saturday lunches.





The parade and the bike ride are my favorites!! Although, today I fell off the cliff while bike riding. My 2 year old DD thought it was HYSTERICAL.

I fall off a lot on that!

 

[lisah0711]

...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

There is always a link to the COW in post #4 on page 1 of this thread. http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=34801182&postcount=4

 

[Eeyores Butterfly]

QOTD: I normally try to use the weekend to make healthy meals and hit the gym- it didn't happen today. I woke up with another wicked sore throat which sucked because tonight was my night to sing at church. So I went straight to the ice cream and then took a nap. It did help at least.

Hopefully it is only allergies and I can get back on track tomorrow.

 

[Riverhill]

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 will spend the weekend cleaning the house and preparing the next week menus for the family to enable me to suceed. Nothing is worst than a stressful day followed by trying to figure out what to cook for dinner that is quick and healthy. Thank goodness my DH works for Schwans. He makes my meal planning much easier.

 

[princessbride6205]

First I just wanted to celebrate reaching a fitness goal: jogging/running a 5k with no walking breaks. And I think I made pretty good time for a beginning runner. I started working towards this goal in November. Since it's winter in Minnesota, I have been running on a treadmill only. I'll have to train on outdoor running when the inch of sidewalk/road ice has thawed. I plan to keep running - I've never thought I would be a "runner" but I love the sense of accomplishment after completing a run. And I really want to do one of the Disney races - not sure yet which one due to work schedule/vacation. My next fitness goal is to jog a 10k on the treadmill.

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 don't give myself the weekend off, but I do tend to ease up a bit. I still get 1-2 workouts in, but we tend to go out to eat and/or order pizza. I'm pretty proud of my efforts this weekend, though. Friday night I only ate one piece of veggie pizza and made my own salad. Then jogged 5k and walked a little after that. Today I stayed within my cals and did a lot of walking (Mall of America!). Tomorrow I plan to get in another run and maybe try my new BL Wii game. We'll be eating all meals at home, so I'll work on keeping those on plan.

 

[my3princes]

First I just wanted to celebrate reaching a fitness goal: jogging/running a 5k with no walking breaks. And I think I made pretty good time for a beginning runner. I started working towards this goal in November. Since it's winter in Minnesota, I have been running on a treadmill only. I'll have to train on outdoor running when the inch of sidewalk/road ice has thawed. I plan to keep running - I've never thought I would be a "runner" but I love the sense of accomplishment after completing a run. And I really want to do one of the Disney races - not sure yet which one due to work schedule/vacation. My next fitness goal is to jog a 10k on the treadmill.

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 don't give myself the weekend off, but I do tend to ease up a bit. I still get 1-2 workouts in, but we tend to go out to eat and/or order pizza. I'm pretty proud of my efforts this weekend, though. Friday night I only ate one piece of veggie pizza and made my own salad. Then jogged 5k and walked a little after that. Today I stayed within my cals and did a lot of walking (Mall of America!). Tomorrow I plan to get in another run and maybe try my new BL Wii game. We'll be eating all meals at home, so I'll work on keeping those on plan.

I'm very impressed I'm so not a runner so that makes it even more impressive

 

[tigger813]

Happy Sunday Losers and Maintainers!

Sunday's QOTD: When was your last trip to Disney or when will you first/next trip be? Did you try to eat healthy while there or just go with the flow?

My last trip was in April at AKV! We had the best trip! The weather was great most of the time and we loved AKV! Wish we had bought there though we do like SSR. I had lost 30 pounds before that trip and tried to eat somewhat healthy. I loved the grilled chicken caesar salad at Mara. It was huge and DH and I split it several times. I think I got it 3-4 times! I drank lots of water but still had my margaritas and Welsh Dragons!

Our next trip is in December 2010 to celebrate the BIG 40! My birthday is actually in August but besides a party Disney at Christmas is all I want. We should be taking my parents again. I should be at my goal weight by then and will enjoy myself though still drink my water.

Did the EA Sports Active this morning and vacuumed the family room. Having company right after church to watch the Patriots game! We'll be having "football" food and burgers and margaritas! Going to enjoy myself today but also not over do it!

Have a great Sunday and I will see everyone tomorrow! I hope to get in 1-2 more workouts later this afternoon and tonight!

 

[ShortyNBug]

Sunday's QOTD: When was your last trip to Disney or when will you first/next trip be? Did you try to eat healthy while there or just go with the flow?

We've never been to WDW. We are planning a trip for winter this year. I want to go in Oct. Eric wants to go in Dec. I think it looks more like the 1st week in Dec since I'm trying anything to please him as far as this trip goes because it's more my thing than his.

I am hoping to be to goal by then and if all goes great maintaining a few months before we go. I'll eat what I eat because it's more than likely going to be a one time thing for us. I'm planning to enjoy it to the fullest!

 

[lovedvc]

Sunday's QOTD: When was your last trip to Disney or when will you first/next trip be? Did you try to eat healthy while there or just go with the flow?

Our last trip to disney was this past September for a week. In the beginning I did pretty well with my eating habits and towards the end I was a bad girl. If I'm on vacation and spending all this money I am going to enjoy myself. You only live once and vacation was only 7 days out of my year. There is plenty of time to diet and exercise. I don't beat myself up anymore and think of myself as a failure. When I do that it only gets worse. Part of my success of losing 50 lbs 3 years ago was learning that I'm human and I will make mistakes and I have to forgive myself and move on. I don't beat myself up anymore.

In July we will be going for a week to Disney and that is after a week on the Carnival Dream with a group of friends. Believe me I have all ready been thinking about what I will eat those 2 weeks. I will hopefully be 30 pounds lighter by then and have a little play room, because 30 pounds lighter for me is actually to thin and my body doesn't stay there for long. I told my cousin last night that I was going to eat off the spa menu (yeah, right). Hopefully I can make wise choices for breakfast and lunch and then dinner I can have what I want. As always I will bring my gym clothes and try to work out a few times.

Yesterday we went to my cousins to watch the JETS game. We had turkey chili, rice, messy nachos and quesadillas. I handled the day very well. I brought a big veggie platter. Even with all the cheese, sour cream, chop meat and one wine cooler I was able to stay on program. I used 10 of my 35 extra flex points. I don't use my extra points during the week and usually earn 4 extra a day too with my workout and don't even use those. So I believe that yesterday was a successful day for me and will continue with the success today.

 

[kimara]

My answer to QOTD: Our last trip was Sept. 08 to WDW and I ate everything! It was free dining and I ate freely .
Our next trip is to Dland in February. I am a little worried about this trip because I will be gone from my exercise equipment and healthy food for a full week. I am not sure how I will get my cardio in , but I will eat healthy food. I'm planning fruits, veggies & sandwiches in the car and I will do my best in San Diego and Dland to make wise choices. My biggest concern is that the trip will come as motivation is probably at a low and the excitement has worn off. It'll all be OK, and I'll keep thinking happy thoughts..

 

[wezee]

Sunday's QOTD: When was your last trip to Disney or when will you first/next trip be? Did you try to eat healthy while there or just go with the flow?

My last trip to WDW was last October. DH and I were on the DxDDP and even though we only did a Signature and a 1TS each day.....we definantly did not eat healthy. It was so much food that by the end of the week we were canceling some ADRs. I gained 5lbs. even with all the walking that week.

Our next trip is coming up in March and we will not be using any dining plan. Hopefully with no dining plan and only a few ADRs, I will only eat exactly what I want and not feel like I have to get the most bang for my buck out of a dining plan. I will probably eat mostly salads for lunch and skip deserts at meals all together. Gotta have at least one Mickey Ice Cream Bar, a Grey Goose Slushie, and I so love those giant pretzels in Germany, but I will try to plan my splurges wisely.

 

[NCRedding]

QOTD: Next trip to Disney and will I stay OP?

My next trip to Disney starts on Friday!!! Going with DD and her best friend for our annual January trip, which started in 2005 when I tried the 1/2 marathon with the original WISH walkers.

Staying OP: My plan is to stay OP for breakfast. I'm taking my cherios and Fiber One. We plan one big meal at Le Cellier, where I know I will eat the soup and breadsticks (which are calorie heavy). Most of our other meals will be counter service which offers challenges. However, I rarely snack at disney, and snacking seems to be my downfall. I probably will not count points, since that is hard to do eating out most meals, and I won't have access to a computer. I do plan to take workout clothes and workout in the morning since DD and her friend sleep in. Hopefully it will all balance out!

 

[lisah0711]

First I just wanted to celebrate reaching a fitness goal: jogging/running a 5k with no walking breaks.

Congratulations, princessbride6205, on running a 5K with no breaks! What I think is just as impressive is that you started and ended with the holidays in between! Great job!

Happy Sunday Losers and Maintainers!

Sunday's QOTD: When was your last trip to Disney or when will you first/next trip be? Did you try to eat healthy while there or just go with the flow?

We just returned 2 weeks ago from a big family trip to WDW. I thought I was eating reasonably healthy and didn't go too overboard but came home weighing 11 pounds more than I left. Luckily the vacation weight slipped away quickly and only 3 of those vacation pounds are still around and will be gone by the end of the week I hope. I will have to do better on my next Disney trip!

We've never been to WDW. We are planning a trip for winter this year. I want to go in Oct. Eric wants to go in Dec. I think it looks more like the 1st week in Dec since I'm trying anything to please him as far as this trip goes because it's more my thing than his.

I am hoping to be to goal by then and if all goes great maintaining a few months before we go. I'll eat what I eat because it's more than likely going to be a one time thing for us. I'm planning to enjoy it to the fullest!

You never know, your DH might absolutely fall in love with it after seeing how much fun you are all having!

My answer to QOTD: Our last trip was Sept. 08 to WDW and I ate everything! It was free dining and I ate freely .
Our next trip is to Dland in February. I am a little worried about this trip because I will be gone from my exercise equipment and healthy food for a full week. I am not sure how I will get my cardio in , but I will eat healthy food. I'm planning fruits, veggies & sandwiches in the car and I will do my best in San Diego and Dland to make wise choices. My biggest concern is that the trip will come as motivation is probably at a low and the excitement has worn off. It'll all be OK, and I'll keep thinking happy thoughts..

Do you have a pedometer? When I was at DL last summer I walked 21,000 steps one day! That is enough cardio for me. Walking on the beach in San Diego is a lot of fun, too.

QOTD: Next trip to Disney and will I stay OP?

My next trip to Disney starts on Friday!!! Going with DD and her best friend for our annual January trip, which started in 2005 when I tried the 1/2 marathon with the original WISH walkers.

Staying OP: My plan is to stay OP for breakfast. I'm taking my cherios and Fiber One. We plan one big meal at Le Cellier, where I know I will eat the soup and breadsticks (which are calorie heavy). Most of our other meals will be counter service which offers challenges. However, I rarely snack at disney, and snacking seems to be my downfall. I probably will not count points, since that is hard to do eating out most meals, and I won't have access to a computer. I do plan to take workout clothes and workout in the morning since DD and her friend sleep in. Hopefully it will all balance out!

Sounds like a great plan to me! Have a great time and enjoy AKV!

 

[IWISHFORDISNEY]

Sunday's QOTD: When was your last trip to Disney or when will you first/next trip be? Did you try to eat healthy while there or just go with the flow?

I kind of did both. I tried to order healthier options. At buffets I tried to stick with mostly salad and just had a taste of the desserts I liked. I didnt do too bad. I gained 1 pound in 1 weeks time eating things I would not normally eat. So I will take it.


Living here is another story. I try to pack lunches. If we do have dinner I make sure we eat places they have salads or healthy options. It has been a challange to say the least and part of the reason I have gained 20 pounds since moving here in July. I am trying to sort this out as I go and have figured a few things out to eating more healthy in Disney. We never ate out back at home only on vacation so it was a huge change for us since we are at the parks a couple times per week.

 

[memy26]

Is it too late to join in? I use to do WW meetings but they closed the one closest to me, so since there wasn't one convenient I quit going (plus $ was tight at the time)

I'm trying to do WW at home now. I know how to do it but its really hard to stay motivated and I think that something like this would really help me.

Please let me know if I can still join and what I would need to do.

Thanks

 

[IWISHFORDISNEY]

I bought my hubby a Kuerig for Christmas. He loves it. What kind of hot chocolate do you use for yours? I bought some Ghiradelli's (it reminds me of DTD) but they are not K-cups... they are just little packages.

It is called Bellaccino and one point on ww. 60 calories. Very creamy and much better than the green mtn one.