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

[maiziezoe]

QOTD: What is your favorite day of the week? And why?


I don't really have a favorite. I have favorite times of each day but I don't have a favorite day.


Today I had to take my 2 year old daughter to immediate care because she hurt her wrist. The immediate care center is right next to a Culvers. I was thisclose to stopping there to get her a sundae (which would mean a sundae for me because she has never in her life eaten more than two bites of ice cream at one sitting) because she did so great when they had to take x-rays... but I didn't and I am proud of myself! I came home and had yogurt instead!

Not usually and I really wish that I did. I think it will help me stay on track more, especially on the days when I work. Before, on my three work days, I'd frequently decide to do pizza night or something else quick, easy, and high calorie.

I had a plan this last weekend that I started implementing and may try to finish tonight. I printed out a bunch of meals (mostly dinner, but some breakfast and some lunch) that sound good and I'm going to put them in plastic covers and in a three ring binder. As I find another recipe that is easy to make or something I am likely to make frequently, I'll add it to the binder. I've had this idea for years, but never implemented it. I know DH and I used to make a bunch of WW and other healthy dinners years and years ago that we really liked, but I notice that we cook in phases and when we get tired of something, we forget about an old favorite.

Another thing I like about the binder idea is that I can just pull out the meals I want to use for the week and put them at the front of the binder once I've bought the ingredients. Once I've made the meal, I'll put it back where it belongs. I'm hoping this will also help with the food waste around our house. We have a tendency to overbuy groceries and then have to toss stuff when it goes bad. In the past, we'd make big meals with the thought of having lots of leftovers. The problem with the leftovers is that if we liked the meal, we overate. If we thought the meal was just okay or didn't particularly like it, the food would go to waste. So, now I'm making just enough for the four of us.

I LOVE this idea!! I am sooooooo going to steal it!

I've always found sushi to be great for working into my plan! It tends to be low calorie and low fat. When I did WW, it seemed like I could eat tons for just a few points. We had sushi for dinner last Sunday after going to see Princess and the Frog and I calculated the calories for a meal of 19 pieces of sushi, 1/2 cup of edamame, and 2 oz. of my DDs' chicken to be 919 calories. It meant my breakfast and lunch were light and no movie popcorn for me, but it was a very satisfying meal! And if I were budgeting fewer calories to that meal, I still could have eaten the edamame and about 12 pieces of sushi for about 600 calories. Just a thought!

This gives me hope. What kind of sushi did you have? My youngest DD turns 3 next month and wants sushi for dinner. If I know exactly what I can eat and how much, it will put me at ease.

Corrina ~ CONGRATS!! Great job on the race!! I am going to start the C25k on February 1st. I used to be a runner in my younger days and I miss it.

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Al-righty everyone I have a new target. We are taking DS13's class to Washington DC May 19-21. I have got to be in shape before we leave so I can keep up with the kiddos.
I need help!! so yell at me if I don't work out, yell at me if I eat bad food! LOL

I'm also going to have to figure out how to eat while we are down there. I'm not worried about the exercise part because it will be a lot of walking.

 

[MrIncrediDad]

QOTD: My favorite day of the week is Thursday. There is anticipation of the weekend ahead with only one day of work remaining. Fridays tend to be easier at work. Plus Friday is my day to buy a coffee rather than make my own. And on Thursday I always seem to forget about all the not so fun stuff the weekend brings (cleaning errands etc.)

 

[memy26]

QOTD- My favorite day of the week is Saturday because we are all home together.

Ok I need some major motivation. I have been counting WW points and I did great up until yesterday. For some reason yesterday and today I fell off of the wagon hard! I was so frustrated yesterday for doing that do myself and I swore I wouldn't do it again today. Well stupid me I did it again

Here's to a better tomorrow

 

[Piglet18]

QOTD: What is your favorite day of the week? And why?

Wednesday actually. Although I love pretty much every day, and it really depends on the week. But Wednesday is my easiest day at work, so I always get a bunch of marking and everything done (tomorrow I am updating all my bulletin boards hopefully), so I always feel like I am getting a bunch done. And I like sleeping in more on the weekends (5 is way too early). And I like early dismissal on Fridays... okay, I am completely unable to stick to a decision apparently.

It is so hard to keep up on the boards; I really feel like I am just skimming to get the QOTD, and a few responses to it. I try to catch the COW and any updates about weigh-ins, but I miss a lot I feel.
Oh well, I try to get most of it in the evening and on the weekends.

 

[3TinksAndAnEeyore]

This gives me hope. What kind of sushi did you have? My youngest DD turns 3 next month and wants sushi for dinner. If I know exactly what I can eat and how much, it will put me at ease.

Here's an awesome site for you: The Sushi FAQ - Sushi Calories and Nutrional Information . It has calories, fat grams, and even WW points for various sushi items (rolls, sushi, sashimi). Here's an example: California Roll - 255 calories, 7 g fat, 5 WW points. A shrimp tempura roll will run higher (of course), but a tuna roll would be less. Hope that helps you with your daughter's birthday dinner. Also, I hope her wrist is okay!

My finish time was 2:13:35, which I am very proud of since my time last year had been 2:59.

When you've recovered a bit more, I would love to hear more about how you decided to start running and how you went about it! I'm working on the walking to running aspect right now to prepare for running Disneyland's Half Marathon in September! Your pictures were really inspirational! Thank you for sharing them.

 

[sahbushka]

Hello! Happy BL night. Getting all comfy cozy to watch it in 5 minutes here. Just wanted to let you all know I'm here and still participating. I feel like I have no time and the board is moving super fast right now so I'm sorry I can't keep up during the week. Hope everyone is having a great week and has awesome weigh ins.

I know exactly how you feel!

QOTD- My favorite day of the week is Saturday because we are all home together.

Ok I need some major motivation. I have been counting WW points and I did great up until yesterday. For some reason yesterday and today I fell off of the wagon hard! I was so frustrated yesterday for doing that do myself and I swore I wouldn't do it again today. Well stupid me I did it again

Here's to a better tomorrow

I have done that many times and what helps me get back on that wagon is an analogy one of the ladies on these boards gave. If you are doing dishes and break a plate what are you going to do?....break all the plates?...no, you are going to clean that one up and continue doing the dishes. Just because you messed up a couple days doesn't mean you should keep doing it and undo all the great work you have done up to this point. That slip up is over, in the past. Make a plan for tomorrow, write it down and stick to it telling yourself you can do anything for 1 day. 1 day will become 2 and 2 will become 3 and you are back on that wagon! You can do it!

QoTD: My favorite day is tuesday because it is my wi day at ww and it is Biggest loser night!

Sarah

 

[LuvBaloo]

Here we celebrate our progress and recognize our superstars.

Reminders:
-after 3 weeks of no reporting, you are dropped from the challenged – can re-start at any time, though
-if anybody knows they will miss weighing in, just PM and let me know and you’ll be marked excused


First some stats

MAINTAINERS:
Current Participants-------1!
Congrats to PaulaSue for successfully maintaining!

LOSERS:
Current Participants-------------164
not reporting in for 1 week-------24
not reporting in for 2 weeks------15
not reporting in for 3 weeks------ there’ll be a number here next week!
Had to drop out of challenge -----2
Excused-------------------------2
weigh ins-----------------------123
gains----------------------------4
maintains------------------------8
losses--------------------------101
first time weigh-ins---------------10

Biggest Loser 9 Spring Challenge Week 1!
This weeks total group loss 318.2 pounds!
Total group weight loss so far 318.2 pounds!
We are well on the way to the group goal of 500 pounds.

Retention Rate (compared to the 135 weighins for our start weigh-in on Jan 1st)
123 / 135 = 91%

Average percentage of weight lost 1.43%

Before the weekly superstar list comes the disclaimer. I am human and I make mistakes. If you have any questions please contact me. For your reference this is the magic percentage of weight lost formula - weight loss for the week divided by weight for last week times 100, that gives us the percentage. Now let me test that with my numbers for week 1, click, click, click goes the calculator. Yes, that agrees with the percentage on the magic spreadsheet.

Now let's get to the good stuff. Who were our superstars of week 1? This week I’ve went with a TOP 19 LIST, which also happens iseverybody that got over 2.5% loss! That criteria will change from week to week. Hey I'm in charge here and I get paid nothin' to do this so you better take what you can get! (and if there’s something you want to know, just ask me!)

The WISH Biggest Loser 9 Spring Challenge Week 1 Superstars!!
#19- 2.52% - StitchIsOurHero
#18- 2.56% - lornak
#17/16 – TIE AT 2.62% - stace208 & 3TinksAndAnEeyore
#15- 2.63% - ohMom
#14- 2.69% - Leader of the Club
#13- 2.80% - carmiedog
#12- 2.84% - DisneyFam5
#11- 2.86% - happysmyly
#10- 2.88% - tigger813
#9- 2.95% - leamom2princesses
#8- 3.02% - goofypete
#7- 3.05% - tea pot
#6- 3.18% - iluvtig2
#5- 3.19% - beansf
#4- 3.45% - Kitchensinkguy
#3- 3.73% - jbm02
#2- 3.75% - 3 disprincesses

and now

The WISH Biggest Loser 9 Spring Challenge
Week 1 Biggest Loser!!

#1- 3.79% - Piglet18


Quote from Dare2Dream: How is your week going? Are you OP (on program)? Are you exercising? Drinking that water? You know what to do to make the magic happen. Get on the wagon. We are all here to help you on the journey. We can do this one day at a time. One bite at a time.

Have a healthy day!

Congratulations Piglet18 !!! What a great week you have had. Keep up the good work. We have a very special clippie reserved for our weekly Biggest Loser.

This is our weekly reigning Biggest Loser clippie. We have the large version

or use this
http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/31040weeklyBLsmall1.jpg
followed by

or we have a medium version

or use this
http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/31040weeklyBLmed.jpg
followed by

and we have a small version

http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/31040weeklyBLsm.jpg[IMG]

or use
[IMG]http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/31040weeklyBLsm.jpg
followed by

Thanks to ohMom-Molli for these clippies. They were used for a previous BL but we can recycle. Don't they look great!

 

[LuvBaloo]

NOW FOR THOSE OF US WHO SET A GOAL FOR THE CHALLENGE!

How this works: you set your goal for what to lose in the challenge. Then I calculate your weight loss in the challenge divided by your goal to get a % to goal.
Anybody can change their goal at anytime (or add a goal) – all you have to do is send me a PM.
Since the goals are an individual thing, the list is just in alphabetical order to make it easier for everybody to find their own name. If there are any questions or suggestions please let me know. This is something new for BL9

We have done 1 out of 15 weeks, so the challenge is 6.7% complete.

3TinksAndAnEeyore 23.21
beansf 30.77
bouldertcr 32.50
chskover 1.67
debf 8.67
denise 10.71
DisFam95 6.96
disney mommy 0.00
DisneyFam5 20.00
Double 19.23
heatherlynn444 17.78
IWISHFORDISNEY 12.96
jbm02 20.00
jenanderson 11.67
JFrey4240 19.78
jimmaher69 20.00
Jimmy (Denise's DH) 8.87
Jordans Mommie 18.50
kimara 25.00
kimwim8 16.00
Kitchensinkguy 24.24
leamom2princesses 17.67
LegoMom3 7.14
Life is good 3.33
lisah0711 20.00
LittleSeacow 13.64
LuvBaloo -4.41
maiziezoe 17.24
mandac 0.00
MaryAz 16.67
MickeyMagic 4.00
mousemom11 13.33
MrIncrediDad 13.79
mullysisters 13.33
my3princes 10.00
NC Tink 12.50
pakaramom 7.87
Piglet18 18.93
poohlove 9.33
PRINCESSVIJA 0.00
Riverhill 6.67
Rose&Mike 13.33
Southerngirl71 12.00
StitchIsOurHero 20.00
talytam 5.00
Tasha+Scott 5.60

There’s a few other people who set goals, but either didn’t report in this week, or it was their first week
redwalker
Nicholfamily5
shellynn24
*Seanaci*
soozay
joy@disney
Grammie3
TIGGERmetoo
Worfiedoodles
MickeySP
KerBear
clomahony
Geekerbell
kimblebee

 

[LuvBaloo]

Its been a crappy day for me, I have one eye with a weak spot that is acting up big time, so I ended up at the optometrist to find out its an ulcer and he put a bandage contact in and prescribed some drops, so it'll be a couple more days of pain, and then back to normal.

QOTD: What is your favorite day of the week? And why?

My favourite day of the week is Saturday because its the middle of the weekend, there's a bit of sleeping in, there's family activities and knowing I can sleep in again the next morning.

Corrina - You look great! Glad you had a great run

maiziezoe - great job making the choice not to have a sundae! Hope your DD is okay

It is so hard to keep up on the boards; I really feel like I am just skimming to get the QOTD, and a few responses to it. I try to catch the COW and any updates about weigh-ins, but I miss a lot I feel.
Oh well, I try to get most of it in the evening and on the weekends.

its tough with so many of us. Hang in there and get what you can out of it. And CONGRATS on being our Week 1 Biggest Loser!

 

[donac]

Al-righty everyone I have a new target. We are taking DS13's class to Washington DC May 19-21. I have got to be in shape before we leave so I can keep up with the kiddos.
I need help!! so yell at me if I don't work out, yell at me if I eat bad food! LOL

I'm also going to have to figure out how to eat while we are down there. I'm not worried about the exercise part because it will be a lot of walking.

Have fun in Washington. It is the only place that you may walk more than in DW. I have been there with a group of scouts and it is a lot of fun.

 

[StitchIsOurHero]

I haven't really gotten to check in this week, and I've been having a little pity party because work was poo this week so far, but I'm back at it!! I love our motivation here! I sort of dread weighing in tomorrow (that's my day)--I don't think I've gained, but I don't think I've lost any either (or maybe a pound). We'll see!!

QOTD: My favorite day of the week is THURSDAY!!! I love it because I know Friday is almost here, but the best thing about Thursday is the fact that I still think the weekend is a blank slate. I always think, "We'll do this and this and this on the weekend". By Friday, I've figured out how much laundry and stuff there is to do, but Thursdays are always great!

Buffy--I meant to quote your post, but you know me and the quoting thing. You CAN DO THIS!!! You will be in kick-butt shape in Washington DC! We'll stick together on our goal!

 

[tigger813]

QOTD: What is your favorite healthy snack?

I LOVE CLEMENTINES! The seedless ones to be exact! I usually eat 3 at a sitting. I actually need to get some more.

Got up and did the 2 mile WATP. I will do another workout after DD1 gets on the bus. Also giving 2 massages this morning. Hoping to then go to Target and get my new 3 lb dumbbells before they aren't on sale anymore. Just trying to decide which one to go to. I have 4 to choose from all relatively the same distance away from me. Gotta check their website. Also have some necessities to get for the house like aluminum foil, sandwich bags, quart sized bags and laundry detergent.

Got a bit of a headache this morning. Woke up at 4:45 and when I went back to bed I had a headache. Hoping the workout would help. Maybe the COLD morning air will help at 7:!5.

Time to get DD1 out of bed and fed!

Have a great day everyone!

 

[Piglet18]

QOTD: What is your favorite healthy snack?

Fruit....fruit....fruit. Right now I am working on grapes. Yum. I usually buy a lot of one "snackable" fruit, then go through it, then work on a different type altogether. Depends what looks good at the grocery store! I have a sweet tooth, but NOT for chocolate, only for fruit. Love it!

Fabulous weather here - really weird for Alberta Canada at this time of year; yay Chinook! What it means is that I am actually willing to venture outside!

Hope everyone has a great day today! I stepped on the scale this morning and saw another 1 lb loss since the last time I weighed myself, so that was exciting! I just wanted to say how much I appreciate a place like this where everyone can talk and is so supportive. You guys rock!

 

[lisah0711]

Congratulations to all of our superstars and especially to Piglet18, our biggest loser! You guys all ! What a great start to our BL challenge!

How is your week going? Are you still OP and raring to go or has the excitement of this new lifestyle started to wane? Don't let it get you down!
I thought that you might be interested in this articles from sparkpeople about keeping the New Year momentum. http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/motivation_articles.asp?id=384&page=3

Success is a year-round choice. You must decide what you want, why you want it, and how you plan to achieve it. No one else can, will, or should do that for you.

So take heart. Keep working on those goals. If you have a bad day, or two, pick yourself up and start again. Consistently working on your goals will get you where you want to be sooner or later!

QOTD- My favorite day of the week is Saturday because we are all home together.

Ok I need some major motivation. I have been counting WW points and I did great up until yesterday. For some reason yesterday and today I fell off of the wagon hard! I was so frustrated yesterday for doing that do myself and I swore I wouldn't do it again today. Well stupid me I did it again

Here's to a better tomorrow

, memy26. Everyone has good and bad days. It is when you give up on yourself completed that you really fail -- until then you are a work in progress!

QOTD: What is your favorite day of the week? And why?

Wednesday actually. Although I love pretty much every day, and it really depends on the week. But Wednesday is my easiest day at work, so I always get a bunch of marking and everything done (tomorrow I am updating all my bulletin boards hopefully), so I always feel like I am getting a bunch done. And I like sleeping in more on the weekends (5 is way too early). And I like early dismissal on Fridays... okay, I am completely unable to stick to a decision apparently.

It is so hard to keep up on the boards; I really feel like I am just skimming to get the QOTD, and a few responses to it. I try to catch the COW and any updates about weigh-ins, but I miss a lot I feel.
Oh well, I try to get most of it in the evening and on the weekends.

It is hard to keep up but if you just jump in where you left off or even just read the last two pages, you can usually get a good idea of what the QOTD is and what is going on. Congratulations on being the BL this week!

QOTD: What is your favorite healthy snack?

I am a big fan of Laughing Cow cheese with some multigrain crackers that I got at Safeway. I am going to have to try a clementine -- you guys are always talking about how good they are!

 

[IWISHFORDISNEY]

Right now it would have to be the fresh oranges and juice from the Orchard across the road from my house. I have been using the fresh squeezed juice to make popsicles for a sweet treat at night and it is awesome.

The other find I had was vita muffins. I bought the chocolate ones. They are one point on ww have lotsa good stuff in them. It kills any sort of craving I am having. I had herd of these but never had them. I saw them at Target in the frozen food section. Micro one for 30 secs and you have an instant healthy brownie. I do limit to one per day and they are pricey.

Oh and my great news is no loss for about 5 days and today it was down 4lbs. I just couldnt believe it I had to weigh myself 3 times.

 

[jennz]

My finish time was 2:13:35, which I am very proud of since my time last year had been 2:59. I ran the first 5.5 miles with my fast friends - my roommate was going for a sub-2 hour half marathon. I have known Lysa for a while but not especially well before this trip - it turns she is a WW leader now - I had no idea she had ever lost any weight!! After a while I decided to fall back to a less challenging pace for myself and just had a great time with the rest of the race.

Unfortunately, due to water on the lens, my other character photos didn't turn out as well as the one I took with Buzz. I'll also post one of my pictures from last year, so you can see the after/before effect, at least a little.

Woo hoo welcome back and congrats!!! Thanks for the pics and yes you can definitely see the before and after - I didn't realize that's what they were and I was wondering if the 2nd pic was of a different person! lol

Made pita pizzas for DH and me. I grilled some chicken on the George Foreman and then cut it up and put it on bbq sauce and cut some onions up too and then topped it with light mozzarella. Not bad. Got more chicken that I can use tomorrow for more pizza, like a chicken enchilada pizza.

That sounds delish! I'm going to try it...

Have a great evening everyone. I think the fatigue that I have been expecting is starting to hit and I getting very tired. I may not see all of BL but I can watch it on FLN on Friday or Sat night so if I fall asleep it not the end of the world.

for you ...you sound so tired...

Today I had to take my 2 year old daughter to immediate care because she hurt her wrist. The immediate care center is right next to a Culvers. I was thisclose to stopping there to get her a sundae (which would mean a sundae for me because she has never in her life eaten more than two bites of ice cream at one sitting) because she did so great when they had to take x-rays... but I didn't and I am proud of myself! I came home and had yogurt instead!

This gives me hope. What kind of sushi did you have? My youngest DD turns 3 next month and wants sushi for dinner. If I know exactly what I can eat and how much, it will put me at ease.

Corrina ~ CONGRATS!! Great job on the race!! I am going to start the C25k on February 1st. I used to be a runner in my younger days and I miss it.

Great job avoiding the pull of Culvers! I love the california roll sushi and get it w/brown rice.

I think I'm going to start the cs5k around the same time as you...I've been putting it off until I get a little stronger, I tend to overdo things and hurt myself. I'm trying to be smarter this time.

Al-righty everyone I have a new target. We are taking DS13's class to Washington DC May 19-21. I have got to be in shape before we leave so I can keep up with the kiddos.
I need help!! so yell at me if I don't work out, yell at me if I eat bad food! LOL

Permission to yell? I'm in!

QOTD: What is your favorite healthy snack?

I love Kashi Dark Chocolate Mocha Almond bars...yummm!!! I also love a fruit snack - clementines, any kind of berrie, and pineapple.

 

[lisah0711]

I haven't really gotten to check in this week, and I've been having a little pity party because work was poo this week so far, but I'm back at it!!

Good job! I like how you've added your goal tracking and exercise minute tracking to your signature -- do you mind if I swipe your idea? I like the idea of seeing what is going on every time I DIS!

Oh and my great news is no loss for about 5 days and today it was down 4lbs. I just couldnt believe it I had to weigh myself 3 times.

Wow! Isn't that exciting? So now you know if you are on OP and don't see a loss for a few days, don't worry, it may all let go at once!

I've added a link in Post 1 for the weekly weight and goal results. I will add a link to for the COW results in Post 4 where I keep the other COW links. I am hoping that will make things a little easier on our mega-thread. Please don't give up because of the thread size, it will become much more manageable as the challenge progresses!

Have a great day!

 

[jennz]

Aargh - I am having an argument in my head right now! I weighed myself yesterday and was down 1.2 pounds, today - yep back up that 1.2 exactly, so no loss for the week yet...my argument "you shouldn't have weighed yourself, only once a week - you see people post on the boards and then end up with a loss at weigh in" "whatever! eat some pizza! take today off!"

Help!

 

[kimara]

a quick CONGRATULATIONS to Piglet18 for being BL.
another congrats to #11 happysmyly, cuz she's my sister and i'm proud of her too!

QOYesterD: no favorite day of the week--i'm a stay at home mom involved in all sorts of stuff, so every day is crazy!

QOTD: i LOVE cuties for snacking, and i'm not a fruit person. they are just so easy and yummy. i am also addicted to popcorn, so i love airpopping some and putting a garlic-herb blend on it. yum.

today's goal for me: drink water--i've gotten SO off track with that this week. i just don't get thirsty, so it is difficult for me. i need to get about 3 more cups in today. i will.