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

[NCRedding]

QOTD: I'd love to go to a luxurious spa with fitness activities during the day, and meals that are planned, delicious and healthy!

 

[cclovesdis]

Got to catch up a bit

Fri. QOTD: My fitness goal is to finish the C25K training program and participate in a 5K. There is one scheduled in my town for April that I might do.

Sat. QOTD: I'm going with what appears to the majority here and say that I'd love to go to a spa with fitness activities. That was the first thing that came to mind.

Went to WW today and weighed-in, but didn't have time to stay for the meeting. My sister and I had to go to the grocery store and be back at home really quickly so she could get ready for later. I lost the five pounds I gained last week! I was shocked. I figured it would take a few weeks for me to lose that. Now, I just have to stick with it. I got in some exercise later in the morning. I'm hoping to get in at least 10 APs this week. I'm trying to stay on top of the Wii BL game so I don't get eliminated again. I'm going to continue with focusing on not bingeing. Today will make 8 successive days of being binge-free. I only have a few points left for dinner, before using my weeklies. I'm always on the fence with using them. I try not to because I fear that one day later in the week I'm going to need a lot of them. Have a great weekend everyone!

 

[pjlla]

After gaining back a little last week, I'm down .4 lb this week. I'm ok with it...I have been totally distracted this week so I'm thrilled I didn't gain again.

After months of looking at engagement/wedding rings, DBF surprised me New Year's Eve with a beautiful bridal set he found all by himself. Yesterday we set a wedding date of April 16 of this year. I would sure love to surprise him with a sexy body that I'm proud to show off in a pretty little nightie on our wedding night! But at the rate of 4/10ths of a pound a week, it will never happen.

Anyone have any secrets of how to make myself get up and exercise at 5:00 in the morning? I have the want to and when the alarm goes off I'm very much awake but I just lay there listening to the radio enjoying the quite of the morning and being all alone. How do I make myself get out of bed and get going? I am so jealous of all the people that get up and run/workout so early. I want to do that too!!!!!

Hope you all have a great weekend - expecting rain all day tomorrow here. But I have plenty to do making room in my house for my new "husband-to-be"!

♥Theresa

The evenings after work are my favorite times to exercise. But when I get home from work, DBF is there waiting for me, I spend some time with him, cook dinner, clean the kitchen, make him a lunch for the next day, send him home and spend time with DD6, get her in the shower and ready for bed...it's 8:30 by now! I have tried exercising at that time but then I'm up until midnight so hyped up from the workout! I think after we get married it will get easier to workout earlier in the evening. I am just so envious of those people disciplined enough to get up, get going, and get it over with!

♥Theresa

Theresa....I hope this doesn't sound harsh, but I am saying it in the spirit of true friendship. You don't sound like you are really interested in making an effort to get on an exercise schedule. Maybe you aren't really ready to make that committment. You have reasons why you don't want to get up in the morning, and reasons why you can't exercise in the evening. It is up to you to decide what you REALLY want.

And maybe the committment to exercise will be slow in establishing with you. I know it was with me. I went for a year or so thinking that 20-30 minutes three times a week was going to be enough.... but I wasn't truly and fully committed. I slacked off every time I could come up with a good excuse (too tired, too busy, too hungry, too much PMS). But I kept trying to remind myself how important the exercise is to my weight loss journey and healthy lifestyle and I kept plugging along. I finally got on track exercising 4-5 days a week for a MINIMUM of 30 minutes each time and I have kept that up since the fall of 2008. And even after all this time, it would still be really easy to sleep in (on a.m. exercise days), skip it, or shorten the workouts, but I don't. FINALLY after all this time of regular exercise, it has become enough a part of my lifestyle, that I will go to lengths to make sure I fit it in, even if it means exercising at 5am on the weekends, or walking 30 minutes during my lunch break, or doing a WATP video in a hotel room (or on my parents' freezing cold sunroom, as I did this past Christmas holiday).

Do you want to sleep 30 extra minutes or do you want a smoking hot body for your wedding night? The decision is yours to make.

FWIW, I do frequently sleep in my exercise clothes (including my bra and sox) when I know I will be rushing to fit in a morning workout. I don't allow myself to hit the snooze. And if I am doing a workout video that takes a few minute to que up, I grab my sneakers and lace them up while the video is starting up. And I don't take any extra wake-up time. I "hit the ground running" as they say. Honestly, some mornings I am more likely to take a nice, relatively easy WATP workout over Jillian Michaels 30 day Shred or the BL Cardiomax.... 5 am is just too early to deal with Jillian some days! I've made the decision that I prefer the new, slim, strong body that I have worked hard for, over that extra 30 - 60 minute of sleep.

Like I said, it may take a long time for exercise to become a true habit for you... a habit you take pains to not miss out on. It may not come immediately. But keep at it. You can do it.

I'm down 4 pounds this week!! YAHOO! The scale did not move at all for me the previous week and the week before that I had lost 4 pounds...so I'm hoping next week won't be a no loss again, not liking that pattern! I let myself have half a dessert tonight, that's the only sugar I've had all week...so hoping I can keep that trend up!!!

Keep up the focus and spirits everyone!! 2010 can be a losing year!!!

Tara

Um... hello?? I would LOVE a pattern like that.... lose 4, maintain, lose 4.. that is GREAT!

Here is Saturday's QOTD:
If you could take a 'fitness' vacation (money no object), where would you go and why?

I would go to a spa that specializes in healthy meals, yoga and hiking

I had a long post and my connection went out on me before I could save anything.

I am getting a cold that my dh had this week. I had a rotten night sleep. Woke a lot feeling hot and sweaty.

Dh is feeling better which is good since he wants to go visit his mom. She was hospitlized with inflamed lungs the other day. We were told she was coming home but I found out by an email from an aunt that she is still in the hospital. You would think one of his sisters would call us and tell us that she was still in the hospital. dh called the other night and was told that she would probably come home on Friday. He told his sister to call if there was a change. Why didn't they call him.. He's calling this morning so he knows where to go to visit him.

I don't have too much planned for today. Just shopping for some fabric for project going on next week.

Have a great day everyone

Sorry to hear you are feeling icky. Relax, push the fluids, get plenty of rest. Hopefully you will feel back to normal soon.

Getting up in the morning - not only is that hard, but do you guys start in right away or wait 15 or 30 minutes before you work out? My body is still tired!

As I mentioned earlier, I hit the ground running. This morning I was getting up at 6:09 am, had my exercise gear on and was "walking away the pounds" with Leslie Sansone by 6:15am.

But I've never really been the kind of person that needed a slow wake up. I really am only ever asleep or awake. I don't have that "in between" sleepy state that some people do (like my DH).

I took a few minutes to make myself a batch of carrot/raisin/apple muffins last night, so I had a quick easy breakfast to grab this morning on our way out to basketball.

Today will probably end up with me over my points. We are going to a Robotics get-together and I haven't got a CLUE what is being served for dinner. If it is REALLY outside the realm, then I will take a bit and push it around on the plate and eat a bite or two and then eat a "real" meal when I get home (we won't be too late). If there appears to be anything that I can manage, then I will eat there. I am bringing a small dish to share, but I kind of went with what was in the freezer/pantry, rather than trying to plan a light, healthy dish. So my sweet and sour kielbasa will be delicious, I'm sure, but nothing "light" or "healthy" about it!! But I had three packages of kielbasa in the freezer that I got on a GREAT sale this fall and I was saving it for just such an occasion.

Here is Saturday's QOTD:
If you could take a 'fitness' vacation (money no object), where would you go and why?

Well, I am going to not go with the flow.... I have no real interest in a spa type vacation. I don't care for massages or facials or any of that girlie stuff. I would love to work a Disney vacation into a "fitness" vacation. Maybe include the Disney 5K. Not sure what else could be included. Maybe a Disney restaurant where EVERYTHING on the menu is healthy and under 500 calories? (nice dream, huh?) We do SO much walking at Disney, that would certainly count for some of the fitness.

Other than that, I would say (as someone else did) someplace like Hawaii... walking/running on the beach, hiking the rainforests and the volcanoes... and definitely a hotel with a restaurant with all light healthy meals. I HATE COOKING and I hate having the temptations of yummy but unhealthy foods at restaurants.

Well, I'm going to go scrap for a while before we have to head out for this Robotics thing......................P

 

[tigger813]

QOTD: I will go to Canyon Ranch! As long as I could get a massage while there. I'm a massage therapist who never has time for a massage myself!

Congrats, Theresa on your engagement!

What gets me out of bed is the feeling I have after the workout of accomplishment! I also have clothes that I want to fit into that I try on periodically to see if they fit. It makes me feel good when they finally fit without trying to stretch them out.

I was up a bit this morning from my weekly drink and pizza I had last night. DId the 2 mile WATP this morning and heading off to work in a few minutes to give a massage. I will do the EA Sports Active this afternoon and some elliptical and maybe another WATP. We had McD's for lunch since I'm rushing around. I took out some steak tips and chicken for supper. Not sure what I'm going to do with it but it's defrosting.

Time to get changed for work!

Have a great weekend everyone!

 

[tigger813]

I agree with you pjlla! You really have to want to do it! I used to make excuse after excuse and now I'm committed to working out daily! It took awhile. I have friends and even my mother who always give excuses as to why they don't work out. If you REALLY want it you have to do it for yourself! I sometimes go downstairs shortly after DH gets home. He knows how important it is to me and I am a better person for what I have done for myself. My mother used to say "You should really lose weight and exercise!" That frustrated me and drove me crazy. I have lost almost 40 pounds since last Christmas so she now keeps her mouth shut though she doesn't work out like she should and gives excuses daily. They are going to Disney with us next December and my dad has trouble walking a lot. I gave her the WATP DVD for Christmas and want them to take 20-30 minutes to do the 1 or 2 mile workouts. I keep hearing excuses. So I have decided not to say anything anymore.

It's up to you and no one else but you!

Good luck! Keep coming back here and we will help you on your journey! We have all been there before!

Gotta leave for work in 10 minutes!

 

[jennz]

I have been debating on getting another WATP video (getting bored w/the one I have) but I think I will do it, my muscles feel like they're going to break when I wake up and do my wii BL or PS Personal Trainer! I can that in the afternoon.

 

[Cinderella Girl]

I have been debating on getting another WATP video (getting bored w/the one I have) but I think I will do it, my muscles feel like they're going to break when I wake up and do my wii BL or PS Personal Trainer! I can that in the afternoon.

I Love Leslie's new Pilates walk and I just ordered her Power Walk with friends. It is fun to keep it new and fresh.

I have been getting up early for many years now. The alarm goes off at 4:20 and I am out of the house for work by 6:20. In the past I would spend about a half an hour to 45 minutes working out. I have gotten out of that but I am trying to get back into that. Then I eat breakfast and watch the news then shower dress, pack lunch and out the door. Some mornings I am out the door by 6 to get to school by 6:20 to get paperwork done in my classroom. The kids are able to come into my classroom at 7 for extra help. Friday morning I had 12 kids in there because I was giving tests all day

Even if I don't get a work out in I am a morning person. Even during the summer when I don't have any where to go I am up early, usually before 6.

I need to get used to working out after school. I seem to not do it if I have to work out after school. And I could do it after school since the latest I am home is 4 and that is if I have a meeting (5 on some long meeting days). Now that it is light out until 5 maybe I should go for a walk. Maybe that will be a goal for another week.

I envy you. I have to get up at 5:30 to be at school by 7:00, there is no way I could get up earlier. I always workout after school. I find it keeps my stress levels down because I can get rid of my frustations!

After gaining back a little last week, I'm down .4 lb this week. I'm ok with it...I have been totally distracted this week so I'm thrilled I didn't gain again.

After months of looking at engagement/wedding rings, DBF surprised me New Year's Eve with a beautiful bridal set he found all by himself. Yesterday we set a wedding date of April 16 of this year. I would sure love to surprise him with a sexy body that I'm proud to show off in a pretty little nightie on our wedding night! But at the rate of 4/10ths of a pound a week, it will never happen.

Anyone have any secrets of how to make myself get up and exercise at 5:00 in the morning? I have the want to and when the alarm goes off I'm very much awake but I just lay there listening to the radio enjoying the quite of the morning and being all alone. How do I make myself get out of bed and get going? I am so jealous of all the people that get up and run/workout so early. I want to do that too!!!!!

Hope you all have a great weekend - expecting rain all day tomorrow here. But I have plenty to do making room in my house for my new "husband-to-be"!

♥Theresa

CONGRATS on your engagement!!!! I too, am working on getting out of bed earlier, so far not working so well but I will continue to try!

I'm down 4 pounds this week!! YAHOO! The scale did not move at all for me the previous week and the week before that I had lost 4 pounds...so I'm hoping next week won't be a no loss again, not liking that pattern! I let myself have half a dessert tonight, that's the only sugar I've had all week...so hoping I can keep that trend up!!!

Keep up the focus and spirits everyone!! 2010 can be a losing year!!!

Tara

Awesome loss!!! You are doing great!!!

Saturday's QOTD:
If you could take a 'fitness' vacation (money no object), where would you go and why?

I would love to go to the BL ranch and train with Jillian... I know she could really put me back into shape and bring back my hour glass figure that I had so many years ago.

I would also love to train on the ranch with Bob or Jillian. What an amazing expierence that would be!!!!

Saturday's QOTD:
If you could take a 'fitness' vacation (money no object), where would you go and why?

There's an Alaska cruise that John "The Penguin" Bingham runs and it's a marathon over the course of the week, medal and all. Sounds really cool to me!

That sounds like an amazing fitness vacation!

 

[3_disprincesses]

 

[my3princes]

QOTD: DH and I just discussed this and of course we agreed. For us it would be a Hawaii vacation with lots of scuba diving, water sports, Hiking, walking on the beach, just doing things outside and enjoying the tropical environment.

This summer we are doing a week at Disney with lots of walking, a weeks cruise with snorkeling, hiking, zip lines, more snorkeling, water sports, then back to Orlando for time at US, SeaWorld and WDW. We will get lots more walking in. We are always active on our vacations. Now if we can make good food choices we'll be golden



DH wants to know if anyone is doing the P90X. If so what do you think of it?

 

[Peace.love.mickey]

After gaining back a little last week, I'm down .4 lb this week. I'm ok with it...I have been totally distracted this week so I'm thrilled I didn't gain again.

After months of looking at engagement/wedding rings, DBF surprised me New Year's Eve with a beautiful bridal set he found all by himself. Yesterday we set a wedding date of April 16 of this year. I would sure love to surprise him with a sexy body that I'm proud to show off in a pretty little nightie on our wedding night! But at the rate of 4/10ths of a pound a week, it will never happen.

Anyone have any secrets of how to make myself get up and exercise at 5:00 in the morning? I have the want to and when the alarm goes off I'm very much awake but I just lay there listening to the radio enjoying the quite of the morning and being all alone. How do I make myself get out of bed and get going? I am so jealous of all the people that get up and run/workout so early. I want to do that too!!!!!

Hope you all have a great weekend - expecting rain all day tomorrow here. But I have plenty to do making room in my house for my new "husband-to-be"!

♥Theresa

Congrats!!! I think the key to working out early is getting into a routine...pack the gym bag ahead of time, or have your day set up! Once you do it a few days, you kinds just get into the swing of things!!!

 

[Rose&Mike]

Q of the Day--I would love to see the Mayan ruins. We are also very active on vacations, and I think we would enjoy Hawaii as well.

Theresa--congrats on your engagement!

 

[tigger813]

Home from work. Made myself some steak with onions and mushrooms with a teriyaki marinade. Really tasty and I have leftovers for tomorrow. Need to head downstairs in a while to get in my other workouts. I need to do the EA Sports Active and a few more miles of WATP. I thought about doing the elliptical but think I'll save that for tomorrow when I can do it earlier in the day. Not sure if I'll make all of my miles that I want to today but I did work today.

I have a $10 Target gift card so I'm going to do some research on the other Leslie Sansone DVDs that are out. I heard good things about the AB workout and am interested in the others people mentioned!

 

[Colleen27]

HERE IS FRIDAY'S QOTD:
What is a fitness goal you have for 2010?

Like others, mine is to run a 5K - run the whole thing, not walk all/part of it. I'm thinking the Princess half in 2011 would be a good long-term goal, with the shorter term goal of running the annual 5K here at home and maybe the Wine & Dine 5K at Disney (if our May trip falls through - if I go in May, I won't be able to do Oct too!).

Here is Saturday's QOTD:
If you could take a 'fitness' vacation (money no object), where would you go and why?

Hmmm, do I have to pick just one? I love active vacations, and there are several I'd like to do that would involve a lot of physical activity. If I had to settle on just one, money no object, it would be an extended trip to Australia with plenty of hiking, horseback riding, and swimming/snorkling/scuba. Hawaii would be a close second. And I've always wanted to hike the Appalachian Trail, so that would be a good one as well. Oh, and Costa Rica; I would love to do the rainforest and canopy tours, volcano hikes, etc.

 

[tigger813]

Didn't stick to my plan today on the workout front. Only got in 2 miles this morning plus gave a 1 hour massage. Knees were a bit sore tonight and the kids wanted to play Harry Potter Scene It and then we played Lego Rock Band. Now my wrist is aching from playing guitar for an hour! Sometimes your body needs a rest! I will get back OP tomorrow. Pretty good food wise and drank my water today!

 

[donac]

Like others, mine is to run a 5K - run the whole thing, not walk all/part of it. I'm thinking the Princess half in 2011 would be a good long-term goal, with the shorter term goal of running the annual 5K here at home and maybe the Wine & Dine 5K at Disney (if our May trip falls through - if I go in May, I won't be able to do Oct too!).



Hmmm, do I have to pick just one? I love active vacations, and there are several I'd like to do that would involve a lot of physical activity. If I had to settle on just one, money no object, it would be an extended trip to Australia with plenty of hiking, horseback riding, and swimming/snorkling/scuba. Hawaii would be a close second. And I've always wanted to hike the Appalachian Trail, so that would be a good one as well. Oh, and Costa Rica; I would love to do the rainforest and canopy tours, volcano hikes, etc.

I mentioned to dh that I thought we should hike this trail I read about in his Backpacker magazine. It is south jersey and it is VERY flat. Now he is talking about taking me on a couple of sections of the Appalachian Trail He plans to spend more on a new pair of hiking shoes for me than I spend on an outfit.

Didn't stick to my plan today on the workout front. Only got in 2 miles this morning plus gave a 1 hour massage. Knees were a bit sore tonight and the kids wanted to play Harry Potter Scene It and then we played Lego Rock Band. Now my wrist is aching from playing guitar for an hour! Sometimes your body needs a rest! I will get back OP tomorrow. Pretty good food wise and drank my water today!

I tried Toy Story Mania this morning and my thumb is sore from pressing the button to shoot. I spent about an hour and it was a lot of fun. Some of the same graphics as the game in DW. I am not a video game person but I had fun. I was also playing by myself.

Just finished grading some papers from my calc class. I had one student do no calculus at all to solve the problems. BUDDY what is the name of the class? They had 45 minutes to do 5 problems and I had one student do only 3 problems. What was he doing?

Have a great evening everyone.

 

[tigger813]

I've been thinking about playing Toy Story Mania the past several days! Maybe we'll play it tomorrow afternoon after church. Time to snuggle on the couch with DH. Haven't had time all day!

 

[LuvBaloo]

Haven't gotten onto our thread for a couple days. Just wanted to pop in to say I hope everybody is having a great weekend.

I ended up with a maintain this week, but I'm okay with that, since I usually have a gain when its TOM so a maintain is a definitely improvement

There's been lots of weigh-ins coming in, which I haven't got opened yet, but I'm happy to see so many reporting in

DH & I spend loads of time this week looking into different vacation options to use up airplane points. We ended up picking a cruise over Vegas, so for our spring break in March DFiL is looking after our DD's, while DH and I head of to SanDiego for a 5 night cruise into Mexico Excellent motivation to stay focused on exercising

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Friday QOTD: A fitness goal I have for 2010 is to do more local races. Since I usually manage 1, it should be easy to improve by 100%! I'm hoping to do two 5Ks, and maybe a 10K. I need to get outside to run when it is warm enough to do so, I tend to stay in my basement and then the "real world" is a shock for my system.

Saturday QOTD: I would love to incorporate the Disneyland Half into a vacation! I don't know how realistic that is, but I love the idea. My second choice would be a lovely week at a spa, with healthy cuisine, great workouts, and practical advice I could take back to my daily life.

I ran 6M this morning, and it felt great! So good to be moving for a long distance again. I slowed down a bit, to make sure I could do it all, but no problem. I think I'm finally back in the "losing" mindset, which for me includes the workouts and healthy eating. It takes me a bit to recover from a trip, but I'm finally putting it all together. My snack for tomorrow afternoon's football playoff is cauliflower poppers, 0 pts from the WW website. I've never tried them so I'm hoping this is a new winner!

Maria

 

[joy@disney]

Just tried a new recipe tonight from a friend of mine who is a Zumba instructor. It came from Healthy Cooking/Taste of Home cook book. It was really yummy and my whole family liked it. Wanted to share the recipe with everyone.

Prep/Total Time 15-20 mins.

Tangy Parmesan Tilapia

1/4 c. grated parmesan cheese
2 tbsp. reduced-fat mayonaise
1 tbsp. reduced-fat butter, softened
1 tbsp. lime juice
1/8 tsp. garlic powder
1/8 tsp. dried basil
1/8 tsp. pepper
dash onion powder
4 tilapia fillets (5 oz each)
1/4 tsp salt

Mix first 8 ingredients in smal bowl; set aside. Line broiler pan w/ foil and coat w/ Pam. Place fillets on sprayed foil and sprinkle w/ salt.
Broil 3-4 inches from heat for 2-3 mins. on each side.
Spread 1 tbsp. cheese mixture over the top of each fillet; broil 1 -2 mins longer OR until topping is golden and fish flakes easily w/ a fork.

1 fillet equals 179 calories, 7 grams fat (3 g sat fat), 29 g protein.

 

[iheartdolewhips]

I gave her the WATP DVD for Christmas

What is the WATP dvd?

We just got an elliptical two days ago and I am LOVING it. We found it used on Craigslist and it's perfect. I've been playing around with working out for a month or two, but have been making excuses, waiting until I could afford an elliptical / find a nice one. But now that I have it, I've decided my excuse time is OVER!! I did an hour yesterday (split between two 30 minute sessions) and 30 minutes so far today. I wonder why we always forget how good working out feels until after we do it. Maybe I should make myself a poster that says that to remind me.