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

[jenanderson]

Jenanderson - just wanted to say hello to a fellow Minnesotan.
and also say that the combination of WW and DISboard's Biggest Loser Challenge has been has been a great one for me this year. Are you doing meetings or online?

Hello! I will be doing WW meetings and online (using the monthly pass). I received an e-mail special offer for 50% off the first month. I don't get a whole lot out of the meetings EXCEPT I know that the person who weighs me in gives me the honest answer each week and I need that. I think it will help that I am going to go to the meetings with a friend this time.

Hope you are staying warm!
Jen

 

[corinnak]

Sounds like a good plan, Jen! I am mostly just online at this point. If you (or anyone else!) want to be "friends" over there, look me up - my username is corinnak4 over there! The new "Community" section, I think, is really good now. I am loving a lot of the user Blogs and Challenges!

 

[donac]

Hi everyone.

I just got back from seeing The Princess and the Frog. Enjoyed it but not as much as UP. Did love all the great jazz music and it reminded me so much of Port Orleans.

We are dancing here right now because ds2 got his passport with his visa for his trip. It is now official He is going to Gambia

I am off to the store to get some things to make a snack for a party we are going to tonight. We are not staying past 10 but ds2 will stay until the family hosting sets off the fireworks.

Will be back with the first COW of the challenge.

 

[cclovesdis]

Hello! I will be doing WW meetings and online (using the monthly pass). I received an e-mail special offer for 50% off the first month. I don't get a whole lot out of the meetings EXCEPT I know that the person who weighs me in gives me the honest answer each week and I need that. I think it will help that I am going to go to the meetings with a friend this time.

Hope you are staying warm!
Jen

I hear you on that one, that's all I get out of meetings too. Sometimes, I since I don't stay for the meetings, I have my sister come in the building with me. It's really hard to lie to my sister about how much I gained when she is standing right there. I love the montly pass because you get eTools. I keep debating about going down to just online, but I want to see how the Wii Fit Plus works out first. Best of luck!

 

[MaryAz]

Another newbie, I'm Mary (another original screen name ) and am 39. Hitting the big 40 in June. I am a SAHM to 2 wonderful little girls 5.5 and 3. I volunter in both their classes and drive them around to all their "stuff"
I just want to fit back into my clothes. We have lots of trips planned for this summer and I want to feel good. I have done WW and lked it but just got tired of counting points. I want to loose 10-15lb.
So many inspirational people on this thread. I really liked the changing the "can't to won't" I also lost my mom 6 months ago, my dad died when I was 5. Going to sign my hubby up too though he won't post. Looking forward to getting to know and chat with you all.

 

[TammyNC]

Good morning everyone! It's awesome that this coincides perfectly with the new year. I'm actually starting to watch what I eat today. Our plans for NYE have changed since DD17 has to work, she didn't realize it was NYE. So we cancelled our dinner at a Japanese Hibatchi and will go on Saturday instead. I'm having the veggie hibatchi on Saturday, and know it will fit in to my calories for the day.

I threw out my mid-back last night. We went to see Alvin and the Chipmunks (really cute) and as I was walking out of the bathroom I took a deep breath and I had a huge pain shoot across my back. I'm working from home today so hopefully that makes it easy to stay on track. We are going to have spagetti tonight now, yummy!!

Hope your back gets to feeling better and dinner sounds good.

Hi everyone.

I just got back from seeing The Princess and the Frog. Enjoyed it but not as much as UP. Did love all the great jazz music and it reminded me so much of Port Orleans.

We are dancing here right now because ds2 got his passport with his visa for his trip. It is now official He is going to Gambia

I am off to the store to get some things to make a snack for a party we are going to tonight. We are not staying past 10 but ds2 will stay until the family hosting sets off the fireworks.

Will be back with the first COW of the challenge.

So glad to hear that your ds got his passport for his trip, I know that is a relief!!

 

[tea pot]

Hi everyone just finished reading back and I just had to ask

Who are the Sparkpeople and what is a Bodybugg?

Oh and is it contagious?

Prayers, Hugs and Pixie Dust for all of us

 

[tmfranlk]

Hi everyone just finished reading back and I just had to ask

Who are the Sparkpeople and what is a Bodybugg?

Oh and is it contagious?

Prayers, Hugs and Pixie Dust for all of us

Sparkpeople is a free weight loss website. www.sparkpeople.com You can track your food, exercise, read articles, talk on community boards, join teams, get recipes, and get exercise suggestions/demos. I don't use a whole lot of it, but I love the easy way to track me food and exercise. I have tried the forums some, but don't often have time for that and DIS. There is lots of good info there though!

 

[beansf]

I was going to use livestrong.com as my food journal, but maybe I should check out this Sparkpeople thing since so many people are on it.

I do have a bodybugg and used it for several months. It is a device on an armband that you wear, usually during your waking hours. It tells you how many calories you burn all day. It is a great tool. I lost weight with mine. I have gained a bit back since I took my bugg off, but that was due to my poor eating. When I don't track it, I have a tendency to give myself too much latitude in the eating dept. In any case, I did eventually want to live without the "bump" under my sleeve and I think I know how much I generally burn in a day and with certain activities, so I will try to do without it for awhile. If I have troubles though, I might resubscribe for a month or something.

 

[Rose&Mike]

Hi everyone. I'm new as well. I'm Rose, 42, married 22 years, Mom to one Ds who is a freshman in college. I recently went back to work and am job sharing an administrative assistant position at a non-profit. I'm really excited about the challenge. I lost 30lbs 3 years ago, but have put 20 back on. Ultimately I would love to lose 35 which would put me back to the weight I was at before I had Ds many years ago. Realistically, I would be happy with 20 for 2010.

I have struggled with weight issues for as long as I can remember, but really need to stop making excuses. My DH is very supportive, but he's a bean pole. I think my biggest obstacle to overcome is the one in my head. My Mom is 5' under a 100 lbs her entire life, and I am 5'7". So I heard for as long as I can remember that I am a big girl. Really, I was very normal size, until I hit my 30's. I always thought I was overweight. Well, now I definitely am a big girl. I just hope when I get to a healthy weight I am able to recognize it. I am definitely an emotional eater, but have found that regular exercise really helps with that. Last time I lost weight it was portion control and lots of exercise. I think it might be a little harder this time because I have had a few minor foot injuries, but I'm motivated and so excited about hearing everyone's stories. Thanks for having me!

Oh--I can really relate to all the comments about looking better in pictures. We got back from WDW a couple of weeks ago and I spent the whole trip wanting to take family pictures, while at the same time worrying about what I was going to look like between two very thin men (DS and DH). I would like to be the small one in the picture just once!

DONAC--glad your son's passport is going to make it.

Happy New Year everyone!!!
Rose

 

[donac]

Welcome everyone to the Biggest Loser 9 Challenge

This is the first Challenge of the Week (COW)

You do not have to participate but it is there to help you build good habits. Each week we will have two to four habit suggestions for you to do. At the end of the week you report your points to me.

It has been said that if you do something for 30 days it will become a habit. We will start off easy with two habits that have been known to help weight loss. As the weeks go by we will add to these habits. We will never have more than 4 habits to work on each week since that seems to be the number that most people could do without a problem.

COW 1

Drink 6-8 oz of water each day (1 point for each day) ( 1 cup of coffee or tea counts)
Eat 2 vegetables each day (1 point for each day)

When you send me your points please post your total in your RE and then in the main part of the pm list your points as follows:

XX days drinking water
XX eating 2 veggies

This challlenge runs from Friday Jan 1, 2010 to Thursday Jan 7, 2010. On Friday Jan 8, 2010 pm me your points for the week. The COW results will be posted the same day the weekly totals are posted.

HAve fun with the COW.

 

[jennz]

donac woo hoo for everything falling into place for your son!!!

MaryAz about your Mom, my mom passed away in April. I can't belive it's actually been 8 months - I still start to pick up the phone to call her.

Just got back from walking the furs - didn't want to but did, in anticipation of snacking tongiht.

 

[pakaramom]

I think I'll need to print the Cow every week and hang it on the fridge otherwise I'll never remember!

Happy New Year!

 

[kimara]

hello to all!
this is my first biggest loser challenge and i am SO glad i found this at the perfect time. i am hoping to be a big loser in the next year (40 lbs would be nice), but will be happy to lose 20.
i am a stay-at-home mom to 4 amazing kids (11, 9, 5, 2). i really don't care as much about the weight, i just need to feel healthy again. from the ages of my kids you can see i had 4 kids in 9 years--including nursing each for a year. my body got thrashed. my muscles are gone and i didn't sleep for a straight decade. i want to exercise and eat right to rebuild a strong, crazy, fun and energetic body.

i love my kids and i am glad i have them, but now i want me back.
happy new year to all!

 

[lisah0711]

Our next Disney trip is in December (knock on wood) and I really want to be at my final goal by then. I was so much happier with the pictures from our Christmas trip to CA last year after having lost 25lbs that I want to make it happen again, but even better this time!

Oooh! A Disney trip to plan and think about -- sounds fun!

Thank you all for BL9, it has really made me excited about 2010. My goal is to lose 10-12 lbs., excercise and make new friends on the BL9 thread. Good luck to all and have a Happy New Year! Terri

Good luck and Happy New Year to you too!

The last month or so, I've made an effort to get out and walk/jog and I've been doing that fairly regularly. I've been getting frustrated though, because I have not been noticing a difference on the scale OR with the tape measure. I HAVE noticed a difference with my stamina and my speed while walking/jogging, but I'm ready for it to show up on my waist so my pants fit again!

I think that when you exercise it is easy to think that you can eat more than you can when really it takes a lot of exercise to be able to eat anything you want -- even our participants who are doing the half marathon and marathon say they can never run more than they can eat.

 

[lisah0711]

He said he will loose pound for pound that I do!!!1: No more couch potato!!! I am so excited, while my 25-30 pounds of fat is distrubuted all over, he carries his on his belly. We will be two hot DIS fans in 2010

Good job recruiting DH! It helps a lot when you are both on the same page eating/exercising wise.

I threw out my mid-back last night. We went to see Alvin and the Chipmunks (really cute) and as I was walking out of the bathroom I took a deep breath and I had a huge pain shoot across my back. I'm working from home today so hopefully that makes it easy to stay on track. We are going to have spagetti tonight now, yummy!!

Hope that your back feel better soon!

Hey tea pot...glad to see you over here, now we can chat in two places.

A few Wilderness Lodge Groupies moose show up here regularly.

Now that some DHs are joining I'm sure that I can get my Dh to join too. He and I always work on weight loss together anyway, it's just a matter of getting him to post. His DIS name is kitchensinkguy cause he has won the kitchensink challenge at Beaches n Cream twice

DH and DS discovered Beaches and Cream this last trip -- thankfully they decided the kitchensink was not for them.

Hi Everyone!

This is my first biggest loser challenge. This challenge sounds like a great way to stay motivated.

I'm doing this challenge with my wife (LittleSeacow) since we both have some baby weight to lose. Like my wife I have always struggled with my weight, and last spring we took on a diet and I lost 57lbs. I have slowly gained about 20lbs that needs to go so I can get back on track and in better shape.

MrIncrediDad!

I am ready to work hard at this though and feel it is time to find the time for a healthier life. I have been doing a lot of thinking and planning these last few days to determine what I need to do to be successful this time around and I am going to be ready on Friday for the first weigh in as well as having plans to get me through the first week! I am excited to have this group to help keep me accountable!

Sounds like its time to take care of jen now!

Hi everyone! This is my first challenge and I am super excited!

My name is Megan, I am 33 and very recently single...My weight tends to go up and down, more up then down I work at a school and anyone who works at a school knows the faculty room is the worst with treats and goodies. I need to learn to steer clear of those extra treats, but it is just soo hard when they are sitting there all day. I would like to lost at least 20lbs!

I am excited about this challenge and looking forward to a great 2010....ready for a change! Thanks for the oppurtunity!

Megan!

We are dancing here right now because ds2 got his passport with his visa for his trip. It is now official He is going to Gambia

Yay for DS getting his VISA for you as he gets ready to leave.

So many inspirational people on this thread. I really liked the changing the "can't to won't" I also lost my mom 6 months ago, my dad died when I was 5. Going to sign my hubby up too though he won't post. Looking forward to getting to know and chat with you all.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/SIZE]

So sorry about your mom, Mary. Welcome!

Hi everyone just finished reading back and I just had to ask

Who are the Sparkpeople and what is a Bodybugg?

Oh and is it contagious?

Prayers, Hugs and Pixie Dust for all of us

Nah, it's no worse than DVC add-on-itis!

Hi everyone. I'm new as well. I'm Rose, 42, married 22 years, Mom to one Ds who is a freshman in college. I recently went back to work and am job sharing an administrative assistant position at a non-profit. I'm really excited about the challenge. I lost 30lbs 3 years ago, but have put 20 back on. Ultimately I would love to lose 35 which would put me back to the weight I was at before I had Ds many years ago. Realistically, I would be happy with 20 for 2010.

Rose!

hello to all!
this is my first biggest loser challenge and i am SO glad i found this at the perfect time. i am hoping to be a big loser in the next year (40 lbs would be nice), but will be happy to lose 20.
i am a stay-at-home mom to 4 amazing kids (11, 9, 5, 2). i really don't care as much about the weight, i just need to feel healthy again. from the ages of my kids you can see i had 4 kids in 9 years--including nursing each for a year. my body got thrashed. my muscles are gone and i didn't sleep for a straight decade. i want to exercise and eat right to rebuild a strong, crazy, fun and energetic body.

i love my kids and i am glad i have them, but now i want me back.
happy new year to all!

Wowza! It is definiately your turn now kimara!

 

[sahbushka]

Hi all, I am Sarah married mother of 2. I work full time plus and this will be my3rd BL Challenge. I started out with 134 pounds to lose and I am over half way there! Today has been a not on plan day to say the least and ya know what....it is New Years and I am deciding to not worry about weight today and start fresh tomorrow. I haven't had even one day since I started back in May that I have said that...I have stuck with it through thanksgiving and christmas, birthdays and anniversaries but today...I am just not going to worry.

Have a safe new years all and I will see you on the other side!

Sarah

 

[Tasha+Scott]

Hi, everyone! I haven't done a BL challenge since the 2nd one (I think...). I'm really looking forward to this one!

My name is Tasha and I will be 29 in Feb. I have been married to my highschool sweetheart for just over 10 years and we have 2 absolutely wonderful kids together. Our dd is 4 and our ds is 18 months. I work full time for a group of Internal Medicine doctors and love my job most days but I don't have much free time in the evenings as a result anymore. I will try to get online as often as I can to check in to this thread but that could sometimes be once a week, if lucky. I'll definitely make a note to send in my weight every week though!

My short-term goal is to lose around 50 lbs for this challenge but my long-term goal is to be close to maintainer status by my 30th b-day! I want to bring in my 30s much healthier than I'm leaving my 20s! My biggest problem is that I LOVE food! (Who doesn't!) I will have to get my butt in gear to make better choices that still taste good but I'm hoping that this is my year!

Thanks to everyone who organized this and good luck to all!!

 

[my3princes]

Welcome everyone to the Biggest Loser 9 Challenge

This is the first Challenge of the Week (COW)

You do not have to participate but it is there to help you build good habits. Each week we will have two to four habit suggestions for you to do. At the end of the week you report your points to me.

It has been said that if you do something for 30 days it will become a habit. We will start off easy with two habits that have been known to help weight loss. As the weeks go by we will add to these habits. We will never have more than 4 habits to work on each week since that seems to be the number that most people could do without a problem.

COW 1


Drink 6-8 oz of water each day (1 point for each day) ( 1 cup of coffee or tea counts)
Eat 2 vegetables each day (1 point for each day)

When you send me your points please post your total in your RE and then in the main part of the pm list your points as follows:

XX days drinking water
XX eating 2 veggies

This challlenge runs from Friday Jan 1, 2010 to Thursday Jan 7, 2010. On Friday Jan 8, 2010 pm me your points for the week. The COW results will be posted the same day the weekly totals are posted.

HAve fun with the COW.

Am I reading 6-8 ounces of water each day or is it 6 8 ounce servings each day?

 

[Riverhill]

Hi I'm Catherine. I'm 40 and starting a new job on Jan 4 2010. Perfect time to start a new healthly lifestyle. I have been married for 17 years and have DS 12 and DD 14. I want to lose 40 pounds.