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

[Riverhill]

While we work on getting healthy it is important to think positively and be proud of any achievements that we make, no matter how big or small? SO, What is your favorite thing about yourself? This could be a body part that looks good or something that just makes you feel good.

This may sound really vain. But I really like everything about me. The older I get the more I like myself. Even though I want to loss weight when I get dressed every morning I'm happy with what I see in the mirror. I see a 40 year old woman with a loving family, a good mind, great hair, and a job she loves. I've earned all my smile lines and only have a few grey hairs. Life is good

 

[lisah0711]

Trying to use movies as my motivation this week- I really want to see The Lovely Bones tomorrow and 2012 comes out at the cheap theater tomorrow too. Since I don't have as much weight to lose this time around, (3 more pounds) I think I'll allow myself to go with only a maintain this week. I'm still way emotionally wrecked this week with the personal stuff that I'm dealing with. So I'll be kinder to myself. I think the worst of it is through though, I am completely exhausted today-just killed, so I think a might have had one of my mini nervous breakdowns, which I have been expecting fully and will now move on. Just working 5 hours tonight then I have 2 days off and I don't have anything else I have to do on my days off so it's good.

We had a pizza party lunch at work today. I had planned on that, but then also indulged in the ice cream afterwards - not planned. Back on track the rest of the day! I'm doing my best to stay on plan with eating and I've stuck to my exercise plan, but in general, I'm feeling lousy this week. I feel completely run down - tired, low energy. Emotional eating has reared it's ugly head the past few days, as well. I had one night at the beginning of the week that I couldn't sleep at all, and I just can't catch up. Also, I have the shortest fuse right now - anything can frustrate, upset or anger me. I really need a mental health day but we've had meetings every day this week at work that I can't get out of. *sigh* I just want to crawl into bed and get up when I feel human again. Today the exhaustion really hit and I'm having trouble getting thru my day. Hopefully better tomorrow.

WOW! I love the responses to this question! I took a while to come up with it last night. I wanted my last one to be a good one and with not feeling 100% this week I wanted to think positively!

A big for you all! I hope your week improves -- it's almost the week-end!

Maybe it is a winter thing? I told my DH today this is why I like to go to WDW in January -- it makes the month a lot more tolerable. I'll be fine once we get to February because it's so short and by then spring is around the corner!

While we work on getting healthy it is important to think positively and be proud of any achievements that we make, no matter how big or small? SO, What is your favorite thing about yourself? This could be a body part that looks good or something that just makes you feel good.

This may sound really vain. But I really like everything about me. The older I get the more I like myself. Even though I want to loss weight when I get dressed every morning I'm happy with what I see in the mirror. I see a 40 year old woman with a loving family, a good mind, great hair, and a job she loves. I've earned all my smile lines and only have a few grey hairs. Life is good

What more could a woman ask for?

I posted a link to the updated COW and the results for the first COW in post 4 of this thread. Remember you can always link to the current COW on post 4 and the latest results in post 1.

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=34801182&postcount=4

Have a great evening and good luck with those weighins tomorrow!

Thanks again to tigger813 for being a great coach this week and welcome to our new coach starting tomorrow, Eeyores Butterfly!

 

[jennz]

This morning I told myself I would NOT weigh myself before doing the Wii Fit... but what did I do??? I weighed myself! Ugh!! I'm going to find a therapist and put him/her on speed dial.


QOTD: What is your favorite thing about yourself? This could be a body part that looks good or something that just makes you feel good.

My favorite thing about myself is my (oh, they blocked out the word I typed... ... ummmm) my.... ummmm.... (trying to think of a word)... my "girls".

You are hysterical!!!

While we work on getting healthy it is important to think positively and be proud of any achievements that we make, no matter how big or small? SO, What is your favorite thing about yourself? This could be a body part that looks good or something that just makes you feel good.

This may sound really vain. But I really like everything about me. The older I get the more I like myself. Even though I want to loss weight when I get dressed every morning I'm happy with what I see in the mirror. I see a 40 year old woman with a loving family, a good mind, great hair, and a job she loves. I've earned all my smile lines and only have a few grey hairs. Life is good

Not vain at all - extremely well adjusted! That is awesome!

QOTD: I like my smile and my eyes.

 

[jennz]

Hello everyone - are you getting tired me and my posts about myself yet? I've been having a bad - or more like sad - day today. Tomorrow is my birthday, my first one without my mom. As the day has gone on I've been sadder and sadder. But I want to post about my victories today! My mind was saying that I should lay on the couch and watch tv and have a pizza hut pan meatlover's pizza with extra sauce, but then this *other* voice said no - you don't really want that pizza (and it's true I didn't) and you should work out to get some of this emotion out. So...I did my BL wii workout and made a tasty tilapia for dinner, and I am actually feeling better. My habits are being changed. Yes I am still sad and miss my mom so much, but I am finding better ways to adjust and cope.

Thanks for listening.

 

[pjlla]

While we work on getting healthy it is important to think positively and be proud of any achievements that we make, no matter how big or small? SO, What is your favorite thing about yourself? This could be a body part that looks good or something that just makes you feel good.

This may sound really vain. But I really like everything about me. The older I get the more I like myself. Even though I want to loss weight when I get dressed every morning I'm happy with what I see in the mirror. I see a 40 year old woman with a loving family, a good mind, great hair, and a job she loves. I've earned all my smile lines and only have a few grey hairs. Life is good

Not vain at all! I love how positive you sound! Self-love is so important to good physical and mental health. I know we concentrate a lot on the physical health around here, but I really don't think you can achieve good physical health without good mental health.

WOW! I love the responses to this question! I took a while to come up with it last night. I wanted my last one to be a good one and with not feeling 100% this week I wanted to think positively!

DD1 has had a rough day! She just had one of those days where nothing seemed to go right! And to top it off she fell down the stairs and scraped her back right on her spine and bounced on her bottom! She's pretty sore and just lying on the couch. She was coming downstairs to tell me that she forgot a writing assignment at school that is due tomorrow. I emailed her teacher to ask for the weekend and to ask if he noticed anything wrong at school today. I think puberty is hitting as she has been quite emotional this week and this isn't helping.

My DD seemed to be going through puberty for YEARS.... attitude, mouthy, emotional... but she really didn't start what I would consider real puberty until about age 12. But I understand where you are coming from! Hope she feels better.

Thanks for all of your great questions this week!

Well.... I had a few more points today than I intended, but I didn't go OVER my points, so I guess I will be okay. I usually try to stay a few points under on Thursdays (before weigh-in), but I was feeling really snacky this afternoon and had a few extra points worth.... nothing tragic, just an apple and some LC cheese.

Here I am with yet ANOTHER evening where we are home earlier than usual (ski night plus DD is not going to swim practice because mid-terms start tomorrow). I just don't seem to know what to do with myself with all of this extra evening time lately! No wonder the laundry is caught up!

If anyone likes salmon and is looking for a convenient way to eat it more often, I found these great salmon patties made by "Ocean Beauty" It is wild caught salmon (better for you than farmed). I saw them in the most recent edition of the Nutrition Action Newsletter and I bought some and my Mom bought me some. So far I have only tried the "seasoned patties". They are very "salmon-y" and I am not a HUGE salmon fan, but they have been good. Next I will try the Herb crusted patties. I have been making them into sandwiches (using the Sandwich things) and wraps and with sauteed veggies (broccoli slaw and onions and spinach). It was good with all of these. Tonight I had the wrap with the patty diced up and I topped it with sauteed onion and spinach. They are 3 points each. The biggest drawback is the price..... It was $4.99 for a box of 4 patties (can't remember the unit price per pound).... and the fact that they contain HFCS (why???). But they are SO convenient. You don't need to thaw them. They can be cooked in the oven, toaster oven, on a grill, or in a pan. And they cook really quickly.... about 10 minutes. Plus they are a great source of those healthy omega-3 fats that we all need!

I hope everyone has a GREAT weigh-in tomorrow. I haven't peeked at the scale, so I am not sure where I will be. I did have a few days off of the exercise early in the week, but then I also did a lot of exercise the remainder of the week. I've been eating well and counting my points, so I should see a loss, but as we all know, scales can be very FICKLE!! I'll pray for a good number, but won't beat myself up if I don't get it.

Good night all!.................P

 

[pjlla]

Hello everyone - are you getting tired me and my posts about myself yet? I've been having a bad - or more like sad - day today. Tomorrow is my birthday, my first one without my mom. As the day has gone on I've been sadder and sadder. But I want to post about my victories today! My mind was saying that I should lay on the couch and watch tv and have a pizza hut pan meatlover's pizza with extra sauce, but then this *other* voice said no - you don't really want that pizza (and it's true I didn't) and you should work out to get some of this emotion out. So...I did my BL wii workout and made a tasty tilapia for dinner, and I am actually feeling better. My habits are being changed. Yes I am still sad and miss my mom so much, but I am finding better ways to adjust and cope.

Thanks for listening.

First of all, let me be the first to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Sorry that it might be a sad one without your mom. I can only imagine how that feels. But you did the right thing by continuing your workout and healthy eating. If you hadn't, you would have woken up feeling guilt tomorrow... and that is no way to feel on your birthday! Plus, your mom would have wanted you to be happy and healthy on your birthday so that you can celebrate many more of them. Dedicate tomorrow's healthy day to your Mom.

Best wishes for a great birthday.......................P

 

[maiziezoe]

Hello everyone - are you getting tired me and my posts about myself yet? I've been having a bad - or more like sad - day today. Tomorrow is my birthday, my first one without my mom. As the day has gone on I've been sadder and sadder. But I want to post about my victories today! My mind was saying that I should lay on the couch and watch tv and have a pizza hut pan meatlover's pizza with extra sauce, but then this *other* voice said no - you don't really want that pizza (and it's true I didn't) and you should work out to get some of this emotion out. So...I did my BL wii workout and made a tasty tilapia for dinner, and I am actually feeling better. My habits are being changed. Yes I am still sad and miss my mom so much, but I am finding better ways to adjust and cope.

Thanks for listening.

Jen!!

I'll wait until tomorrow to wish you a Happy Birthday!

again!

 

[tigger813]

While we work on getting healthy it is important to think positively and be proud of any achievements that we make, no matter how big or small? SO, What is your favorite thing about yourself? This could be a body part that looks good or something that just makes you feel good.

This may sound really vain. But I really like everything about me. The older I get the more I like myself. Even though I want to loss weight when I get dressed every morning I'm happy with what I see in the mirror. I see a 40 year old woman with a loving family, a good mind, great hair, and a job she loves. I've earned all my smile lines and only have a few grey hairs. Life is good

GOOD FOR YOU! That's great that you like yourself. I am liking myself better and better everyday especially when I get compliments about how I look. I have worked hard to get where I am and will continue until I reach my goal!

 

[jennz]

First of all, let me be the first to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Sorry that it might be a sad one without your mom. I can only imagine how that feels. But you did the right thing by continuing your workout and healthy eating. If you hadn't, you would have woken up feeling guilt tomorrow... and that is no way to feel on your birthday! Plus, your mom would have wanted you to be happy and healthy on your birthday so that you can celebrate many more of them. Dedicate tomorrow's healthy day to your Mom.

Best wishes for a great birthday.......................P

Thank you! I don't want to eat bad b/c then I'll end up feeling like tigger for the next few days!

Jen!!

I'll wait until tomorrow to wish you a Happy Birthday!

again!

Thanks! I'll be watching for it!

 

[tigger813]

Finished 6 1/2 miles today between the elliptical, WATP, and the EA Sports Active! Feeling good! Water for the rest of the night.

DD1 is ok just sore. She's got a nice round red circle on the center of her back and her tailbone is also sore. Finally got her to take some Motrin for the pain. Hopefully she will be able to sleep tonight!

Lots of shows that I like on tv tonight: Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, Project Runway, CSI! Guess TIVO will be working overtime tonight. Also recording the movie Doubt later tonight. Started watching it while on the elliptical until DD1 took her tumble and then had to stop to help her. DH is interested in seeing it as well.

I need to get to bed early so I can get up and do the Last Chance workout!

Good luck with the weigh ins in the morning! Don't forget to PM LuvBaloo your weigh in and donac your COW. Once again I didn't do the COW but I'm going to really try this week!

Good night and thanks for all of your support and glad you enjoyed the questions! I had fun coming up with the questions!

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

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!

I can use all the motivation I can get. It has not been a good week.

QOTD: What is your favorite healthy snack?

Raw green peppers. Love em, should eat more of them. I think I'll go to the grocery after my PTO meeting and pick some up.

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.

Oh I need to plaster this all over my house!!

Thursday's QOTD While we work on getting healthy it is important to think positively and be proud of any achievements that we make, no matter how big or small? SO, What is your favorite thing about yourself? This could be a body part that looks good or something that just makes you feel good.

Not much right now. I used to have nice hair but after DD was born it starting falling out in a big way.
I guess on my body it's my eyes. I have a nice color to my eyes.
What makes me feel good in general? Helping the 8th graders (DS13's class) with their final year at school. I have meshed well with this group of kids even though they are a challenging bunch, very strong willed but I love it. They are a really interesting group and when we can draw out their strengths it's just amazing to stand back and watch and know I was a part of that.

 

[maiziezoe]

Finished 6 1/2 miles today between the elliptical, WATP, and the EA Sports Active! Feeling good! Water for the rest of the night.

DD1 is ok just sore. She's got a nice round red circle on the center of her back and her tailbone is also sore. Finally got her to take some Motrin for the pain. Hopefully she will be able to sleep tonight!

Lots of shows that I like on tv tonight: Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, Project Runway, CSI! Guess TIVO will be working overtime tonight. Also recording the movie Doubt later tonight. Started watching it while on the elliptical until DD1 took her tumble and then had to stop to help her. DH is interested in seeing it as well.

I need to get to bed early so I can get up and do the Last Chance workout!

Good luck with the weigh ins in the morning! Don't forget to PM LuvBaloo your weigh in and donac your COW. Once again I didn't do the COW but I'm going to really try this week!

Good night and thanks for all of your support and glad you enjoyed the questions! I had fun coming up with the questions!

Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh... THANK YOU for reminded me that Project Runway starts tonight! If I wouldn't have read your post, I never would have remembered and I would have missed it!

My DVR is working overtime tonight. It's taping 2 things at 9, 2 things at 10, 2 things at 11 and Project Runway at 12 and Models of the Runway at 12:30. *shew*

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

ugh, not having a good week. I have made some, ok, a lot of bad food choices. And have done minimal exercise. I dread weigh in tomorrow, I know I've gained.
What the heck is wrong with me?? It was a crazy week at school, stacked up with meeting after meeting. I'm truly exhausted, I've fallen asleep on the couch every night this week.
I need to go to the grocery store and stock up on good food again, the kids ate all the celery, carrots, apples, oranges, and clementines. I'm glad they ate the good stuff but darn, save some for me!

I have lost the desire to care about food. I'm in a foodie rut. How do I get out of it??

 

[Piglet18]

Hey all...
Funny how one day can change so much. I was on top of the world yesterday, and then today started out badly, with me eating stuff I didn't need and didn't even want. I usually stop at Timmy's (all you fellow Canucks understand) on the way to work, but this morning I went right by McDonalds, so I thought, hey, I'll just stop and get an orange juice instead, and maybe I'll splurge on a breakfast sandwich and skip snack, since I had packed a healthy lunch. Instead, no OJ so I got bad coffee, greasy hashbrowns, and the sausage mcmuffin - which I usually love - was so not worth the feeling gross after. After I was just like, what did I do? I felt like crap about it. Then, to top it all off, when I got to work I realized it was hot dog day, made by the students to support school programs... kind of a requirement for the teacher, so I did that too for lunch. I am trying really hard to stay positive, but now I am fairly certain that I will not see much - if any - loss on the scale tomorrow at all. And this weekend is going to be bad. It's my birthday on Monday, so my parents and siblings are coming to town to take me out, which is great, but not exactly healthy. And DBF is taking me out too on Saturday; at least I can be healthier then.
I guess I will just get up early tomorrow for a last chance workout before work, and then try to make the smartest choices possible.
I don't think I will be lucky enough to hang on to that clippie for long! Trying not to get frustrated.

Anyway, shake it off! Today QOTD: (yay, something positive!): My favourite feature about me is my eyes. I do have a favourite (silly) part of me - I have a freckle on my foot that I like. It's weird. And I like my feet and my collar bones. Those are the best physical features.

As for the favourite things about me, the favourite things that make me happy...
When I come home from work and my golden retriever and pomeranian scamper to the top of the stairs to watch me take off my shoes before running to me, wagging tails furiously.
The smell of my golden retriever's paws - like doritos, only inedible, so no calories.
Taking pictures. My new video camera. Scrapbooking.
The kitty purring in my lap right now.
When my boyfriend runs to the door, lifts me up in a giant hug, spins me around, then runs back to whatever it was he was doing before I got home.
My boyfriend.
Texts and nonsense phone calls from my teenage sister.
Watching my teenage brother play the guitar in his band, or at the church (like at Christmas), or for anyone who will pause long enough to listen.
When a student who was struggling with something understands it. Or when one of them surprises me with something incredibly profound, witty, insightful, or just plain GOOD.
Knowing that I had a hand in that, no matter how small.
My job. my job, my job, my job.
Chick flicks. The Dirty Dancing movie. Singing loudly in my truck. Sunsets. Sunrises. Theatre, complete with popcorn (gasp.). Inside jokes. Shopping (especially for scrapbooking supplies!). A bubble bath. Green tea with lemon. Sitting in a clean room of my house (realistic enough to not say whole house, just one room), and knowing that I am organized; if only briefly.
Sitting in front of a campfire in the mountains.
Everything Disney.
Finally realizing that yes, to some people, I do matter.

I realized I just totally rambled and went off on a tangent. Sorry about that. But sometimes I think people just need to say things to themselves, or to anyone who will listen.

Thanks for listening.

 

[Eeyores Butterfly]

So this is a really random question:

I use Bodybugg and part of the program is logging what I eat and then it shows me my calorie deficit or surplus for the day. Here is where the question comes in: If you throw up, would you count that meal?

I became severely nauseated after dinner last night. I'm pretty sure it was one of my diabetes meds. It pretty much sucked. By the time I got home I was hypo (low blood sugar) and pretty much hung around in a mild hypo all night. I was too sick to my stomach to eat something, so I told myself that as long as I was above 60 I would not correct. I'm glad I didn't because about 2 hours later I threw up my dinner. I'm thinking I'm not going to count it.

 

[my3princes]

Congratulations all those who participated in COW1. We had 43 people try COW1. This is great and I hope all of you and more are coming back this week to report that they did COW2.

Here are the big winners for COW1

With 12 out of 14 points:

3_disprincesses
jennz
lisah0711
my3princes


With 13 out of 14 points:

bouldertcr
Christine &Family
goofypete
MaryAz
NC_Tink
pakaramom
talytam

AND
with 14 out of 14 points:

donac
50sjayne
carmiedog
cclovesdis
DisneyFam5
HappySmyly
IWISHFORDISNEY
Tasha+Scott
teapot

Congratulations everyone who sent me a COW1 number.Keep up the good work.

Don't forget to send in your COW2 points to me tomorrow

Welcome to COW 3

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 3

Drink 8-8 oz of water each day (1 point for each day) ( 2cups of coffee or tea counts)
Eat 2 vegetables each day (1 point for each day)
Spend 10 minutes a day doing something just for yourself (this has been a hot topic this week so I think we need this. YOu can use some of your exercise time for this)
Do at least 20 minutes of exercise every 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
XX spending time doing something for yourself
XX days fo exercising for 20 minutes per day

This challlenge runs from Friday Jan 15, 2010 to Thursday Jan 21, 2010. On Friday Jan 22, 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.

I like next weeks COW. I hope that gives me the extra motivation to get my butt moving.

Hello everyone - are you getting tired me and my posts about myself yet? I've been having a bad - or more like sad - day today. Tomorrow is my birthday, my first one without my mom. As the day has gone on I've been sadder and sadder. But I want to post about my victories today! My mind was saying that I should lay on the couch and watch tv and have a pizza hut pan meatlover's pizza with extra sauce, but then this *other* voice said no - you don't really want that pizza (and it's true I didn't) and you should work out to get some of this emotion out. So...I did my BL wii workout and made a tasty tilapia for dinner, and I am actually feeling better. My habits are being changed. Yes I am still sad and miss my mom so much, but I am finding better ways to adjust and cope.

Thanks for listening.

Bravo. You are creating new habits and they are sticking.

I've spent the day thinking about the QOTD and also discussing it with DH. DH's response was very nice He said the best part of him was me I guess that we have been together long enough that most people consider us a unit Anyhoo I am very critical of myself and truly would love to have a full body makeover to lift things that have fallen, fix the crooked things, erase the stretch marks, vericous vains etc. I am way more critical of myself than others could ever be. If I had to pick one body part I guess it would be my butt. It hasn't drooped yet and still looks damn good in a pair of jeans. I am most proud of my children as they are straight A students and upstanding citizens and Alethetes to boot. I guess that makes me a good Mom and I certainly strive to be the best Mom for them. I am active in every aspect of their lives and I am there for them whenever they need me and they know that.

 

[happysmyly]

Just wanted to thank you all for your great posts today about what you like--physically - not so many things that I like right now--I don't dislike them - more like I just don't think about it much. I was going to say my brain--and then my sister said that and that just made me smile...

Piglet - thank you so much for your going off on your tangent just now--it got me thinking about what my list of 'favorite things' would be--and those thoughts make me smile as I think of all the non-weight related things that are so very good and how very blessed I am in my life.

I am glad for this new week's COW of exercise--cause that is just not something that I enjoy or am good at... yet. If we had a pool closer than 75 minutes away I'd be there tons - but I have to come up with other options if I want to make this work--and I really do want to make this work.

Earlier today Kimara posted this on her FB status: You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go... Dr. Seuss

Couldn't have said it better myself. Thanks to all of you for your great posts--those having good news and those with difficulties. Great to be a part of this group--good luck with the WI tomorrow and the new week that lies ahead for us all.
Liz

 

[Eeyores Butterfly]

I will be your coach for this coming week. Friday QOTD: Looking back on the first two (ish) weeks of the year, how do you feel about your progress oh your resolution to lose weight? Is it going how you anticipated? Are you as motivated as you were on January 1?

 

[maiziezoe]

Piglet18 ~ I love that you typed all the things that make you happy!!!

 

[tea pot]

Hello All
Watching the New Project Runway reading and posting during the commercials.
Well went out Target today and bought a new scale, pedometer and BL jump start DVD...... Not sure if I can do it but going to give it a try.
Next week my focus is stepping up the exercise.