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

[DisFam95]

QOTD: Goal for this challenge is just to stick with it! Keep with my journaling of my food/water/exercise. To do my best and forgive myself when I'm not 'perfect' (like a small handful of M&M's)

I did so well today i think. Got in my exercise early, had a healthy dinner, drank all my water and ate my 2 veggies!

I did have about 4 gummy sour worms and 8 m&m's over the evening...curse you candy. I have such a sweet tooth!

 

[MJonesMBA2001]

I want to join the LOSER'S team!! I sent a PM, but I thought I would post here and say hey.

So, hey!

 

[ShortyNBug]

Hello all. I was thinking we'd have a different post today to start things off but I must be wrong.

My goals: Exercise at least 5 days a week. Drink at least 64 ounces of water. Track calories everyday! And lose 25 pounds by my birthday. (Which just happens to be the last day of the challenge!)

Off to a great start this morning. Ricked the exercise and ate within my calorie range. Oh, and I'm long past 64 ounces of water.

 

[ohMom]

hello losers!!

 

[Mom2JPL]

Hi everyone. I'm Ellen, 44 (since 12/20!) and a SAHM to Janet 6, Peter 4, and Lydia 3. I know I can lose the weight (have done so several times ), but I am determined to go all the way this time! We're going to WDW 2/16 to celebrate Peter's 5th b'day and I'd like to be under 200 by then, and keep going 5 at a time after that until the end of the challenge.

I'm looking forward to dropping this weight and getting to know you all a little better.

Good luck to everyone!

 

[denise]

not a good start for me...got called to work for a medical emergency...customer needed their phone fixed! A call out on a holiday, wow, made great pay for working only 2 3/4 hours too! but that was short lived....

Then came home to find the water heater not working. neighbor and DH got it to come back on but something is really wrong. I did get my shower! and then spent the day shopping for water heaters and a new fridge (our freezer is dying too and if it dies the fridge goes with it ) Oh, the tv in the bedroom died too..but that will have to wait. We have had bad luck with all things electrical the last few months. A/C, computer monitor, back up hard drive all went out too.

So far the water heater is still working but we will get a new one soon.(in a day or two) It is really making weird spitting noises. My neighbor, who knows all, replaced his last week. His house is the same age as ours, 13 years...so it is time. Seems everyone in the neighborhood is doing it too.

Drinking my water but so much for going for a long walk. Does walking up and down the appliance isles count?

Tomorrow is a new day....

 

[DisneyFam5]

My goal is to lose 30 lbs by counting calories and working out. I've talked my husband, goofypete, into joining so I'll have a little extra support and competition!

 

[Conway733]

Hello All! Loser here! We are heading to the Outer Banks in May so I'd really like to shed some pounds before then. I guess I'm confused. It seems like this thread says we send the first weigh in today, and the other thread (sticky) says 1/8/10? Good luck to all!

I bought the Biggest Loser game for the Wii. I found it tough...but I haven't exercised in a while. I think between the Wii, watching the show, and this thread I'll remain motivated!

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

This is me. I drink water and my stomach starts growling. It's really hard for me to drink water at work. Even if I put a glass on my desk, I get so busy I don't even think to drink it. Then there is the problem of going to the bathroom all the time. I don't have time and the bathroom is not close by.

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

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

 

[MelanieC]

Hey everyone,

We woke up at 11am this morning - felt great to sleep in. DD17 and I got dressed and went to the mall to shop and have lunch. Since it was so late and I didn't want to eat a meal prior to going and eat (yet knowing it was at least a 45 min drive), I had some walnuts prior to going. By the time we left it was around 1:30pm and by the time we got there, waited to get seated we didn't eat till after 3pm. We ate at the Cheesecake Factory and split a Thai Lettuce Wrap (she ate all the noodles and Chicken since I'm vegetarian now), and I got extra cucumbers. We split a Hot Artichoke and Spinach dip, and I made sure to watch how many chips I ate and also added the salsa to what I ate for some extra veggie action. Unfortunately prior to ordering we had seen that they have a new cheesecake called the Red Velvet cheesecake (we both LOVE red velvet cake), so we split one of those. I figured since this was going to be my only meal of the day (since it was so late already), that It would be ok. I did have remorse after eating the cheesecake, but it left us stuffed and it wasn't until around 10pm that I started getting hungry, and it's too late to eat now. Once I got home I was able to find a website that had all of the Cheesecake factory calories and it was an actual list supplied by someone who worked for Cheesecake factory. The only thing it didn't have was the calories for the cheesecake because it's newer, but Sparkpeople did have it listed and it looks like a pretty good guestimate. Since I only had one big meal and the walnuts, I'm still within my calorie range!!! YEAH!!

We got home pretty late, and my back was hurting me some but I decided to get dressed and exercise anyway. I first started with one of Jillian Michaels cardio CD's but it was too high impact on my right knee (I've had some pain in it since before Christmas, but it's re-curring so it doesn't always hurt) and on my back. I did 20 minutes of that DVD and then turned on a 4 mile Leslie Sansone Walk Away the Pounds video. So all in all I did 70 minutes of exercise tonight.

Not bad considering I ate cheesecake and could have turned the day into a failure since I "already blew it". One thing that I kept thinking about was the Spark book I'm reading and how he talked about turning something into an upward spiral instead of a downward spiral (Get on the Right Spiral). He gave two examples where the person ate more than they wanted and then talked about what could happen if they let it turn into a downward spiral, and then took the same example and showed how the person could positively turn it around by taking postive steps (not getting mad at yourself, at the next meal making sure you eat your goal calories and squeeze in an extra 15 minutes of extra exercise). Because you have taken something negative and turned it into a postive, you 've stopped the potential downard spiral.

I hope everyone had a great New Year today and remember we can all do this one step at a time.

 

[MelanieC]

It looks like the BL9 workout on 1/1/10 thread was a success. I see lots of people including myself who pushed themselves to work out. Do you guys want to move to the January exercise thread or do you want to continue a daily or weekly workout challenge?

I know this challenge pushed me to work out, and I even did it late and finished at 11pm. It might make us more accountable and we can still post our totals in the monthly exercise thread. What do you guys think?

I think I'll post one for tomorrow and we can decide tomorrow whether to just do the monthly or continue a little challenge thread for extra motivation.

Let me know what you guys think.

 

[denise]

Melanie,

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

We went to Johnny Garlic's on New Years Eve. It is a one of a kind so no list. It is owned by Guy Fieri from the food network. Yummy place but off our list now for awhile!

Garden burgers tonight....

 

[MelanieC]

I wish Pennsyvlania would pass that law. I would love to know the true calories in the cheesecake we ate. I agree, if I were to see the actual calories of some items it would be easier to make decisions. Sometimes something that seems low calorie really isn't. Guy Feiri likes his fat.........I can ony imagine the calories on his menu items, lol!

 

[NC_Tink]

Wow this board is moving fast!! I'm just about half way through reading.

Introducing me... My name is Lubi, I'm a 42 year old, SAH / Homeschooling mom to two boys - ages 12 and 10. My DH and I will be celebrating our 20th anniversary this year and we're cruising the Mediterranean on the Magic in April - so I really want to loose a big chunk of weight!

Once upon a time I was, what I would now consider thin -- but at the time thought I was fat. Now, I would be ecstatic to be that weight again! But, I digress...I started putting on weight in college - took it off before getting married - put it back on, plus more after getting married. Took it off again before getting pregnant - put it back on - any way - you get the picture - it's been a real yo-yo. After DS #2 - I got to within 10 lbs. of where I was prior to DS #1, but that's the lowest I've been in a real long time. Last year - I was back up and got real motivated to finally loose the weight! I started the weight loss journey with my DH and then found BL 8 and lost almost 10 lbs. That was a great start and I was on my way to meeting my 15lb loss goal for that challenge. But, due to a back injury just before Thanksgiving - wasn't able to really exercise for the last month and fell 5lbs. short of my goal at the end of the challenge. I did really well maintaining my weight loss until about a week and a half ago - when our family came into town and it's been a nonstop eating and drinking fest (I'm sad to say I lost all sense of self-control ) so I put about 5lbs. back on My goal for this challenge was originally going to be to lose between 15 - 20lbs., but now I think it's more like 20 - 25lbs. That will put me at a healthy weight for my height, bone structure and age and get my BMI well within a normal range.

Looking forward to sharing and losing with all my BL friends! This is a great community and a wonderful resource! Thanks all!

Okay - now I'm gonna go back and try to catch up on reading everyone's posts - I think I have about 7 more pages to go

 

[Eeyores Butterfly]

I need some advice.

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

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

 

[auntlynne]

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[cclovesdis]

I need some advice.

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

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

I can't think of any home remedies, but I will say that I love fat-free vanilla frozen yogurt and Skinny Cow fudge bars. I feel you on going back to school. I got sick over Easter weekend a few years ago and went into work on Monday sick as a dog. I had felt fine the day before and went to Mass on Sunday and figured ah, why not go into work. It's not like the day after a long weekend is a good day to take off anyway. Well, thinking I would be helpful, I stopped at a store on my way to work for those tissues that stop the spread of germs and by the end of the day, I had a rash covering my face. I am allergic to these tissues. I ended up not going into work on Tuesday. Only day I missed all year. No one was surprised I took the day off-I looked like I had been attacked because I kept putting the tissues on my right eye. But, of course, I missed my students dreadfully and was worried sick about them.

Best of luck and I hope you feel better very very very soon!

 

[jennz]

I need some advice.

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

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

Jessi don't you wish she found something?! How about some crystal light frozen bars, some crushed or store-bought small ice cubes with some crystal light or no-cal drink on it to give it a little flavor....italian ice or frozen lemonades from the freezer section (one of our store sells the frozen lemonades by nestle that they sell at WDW )...I'd run to the store for you but it'll take me about 8 hours to get to your house.

 

[rony1434]

Hi.
Hey man thanks a lot for sharing such a nice post.

 

[jbm02]

Wow this board is moving fast!! I'm just about half way through reading.


Once upon a time I was, what I would now consider thin -- but at the time thought I was fat. Now, I would be ecstatic to be that weight again!
Looking forward to sharing and losing with all my BL friends! This is a great community and a wonderful resource! Thanks all!

Okay - now I'm gonna go back and try to catch up on reading everyone's posts - I think I have about 7 more pages to go

...same here! What I wouldn't do to be the same size I was at 21! Back then, I viewed myself as the "fat" friend - at all of 110 lbs!! LOL.

Seriously, though, that plays into my QOTD response:

1. to honestly assess what I eat
2. to be happy with whatever weight I am able to lose - hoping for 25 pounds but recognizing that moving in the right direction is also an accomplishment. Heck, it took me 44 years to put all this weight on. I might be fooling myself if I think I can get rid of it that quickly!

Group challange: to keep as many people motivated and included in the BL for the entire time. Very early in the thread someone wrote Dory's refrain from "Nemo": "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming..." That's for me!!

BTW, I can't post during business hours during the week scared1 but as long as my subscribing thread works, I can read what others have posted through my email. So please continue to post all the motivational responses for the rest of us - it might save me from an elevator ride down for a pack of M&Ms (please don't flame me for the elevator - I'm on the 27th floor!!!)

Good luck everyone!!! Happy New Year and New Us!!!