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

[tigger813]

My BIL calls "church" Our Lady of the Links!" when he does that instead of church!

Glad you like the Chinese sauce packets.

Had some turkey enchiladas with fat free tortillas and mostly low fat Mexican cheese ( I was running out). Of course I ate 3 but will workout later and eat lighter tonight!

 

[pppiglet]

Day 3 with no chocolate. I'm very happy today, by now I would have had something chocolate. I never realized that I ate that much of it but I have passed up a shake, oreos, hot chocolate from Dunkin Donuts, and rocky road ice cream.
I really really wanted and oreo last night but it was just to darn cold to leave the comfort of my snuggie! LOL I was not about to ask DH to get me one either since I told him I gave it up.
Today I dished out some ice cream for DS13 and resisted a taste test. I'm soooo proud!

And I maintained this week so while I haven't lost much weight, I feel 100 times better.

I could not go without my dark chocolate everyday. I ran out last week and tried some milk chocolate and it just wasn't the same. It just tasted so much more fattening. Do you like the dark? It really is good for you. Just one Dove or Ghiradelli a day could help you pass the other chocolate up that isn't good for you.

I'm starting to feel like I should have joined the Maintainers instead of the Losers. I'm good at maintaining! I need to lose though. Only one pound lost this week and I'm sure I ate it all back this weekend!

It's nice to read that so many of you are exercising so well! I just can't get motivated. I guess I'm just getting old!

Thanks for letting me check in with you all for support. At least I'm not gaining!

 

[tea pot]

Oh WOW you guys.. Thanks so much for the support
I'm so grateful to have found this thread

Hooray you're still here! This can be a s-l-o-w process but you're continuing it - be proud of that!! And - um- no lobotomy please.

Yes Still Here and so glad

But I've found (like Tea Pot) that when I get Off Program, it's really a struggle for me to get back on.

You got it I'm Struggling to get back on that wagon. This time I just have to Hang On

I am glad you are still here. I think most of us can relate to what you are saying. I know I can. Over the last 2 months I have learned to become very selfish and I am putting myself first for once. I am a nurse and try to do everything for everyone but me. Maybe thinking of it that way. That is what helped me this time. I like the dish analogy also. I hope to see you around without the labotomy.

Oh Boy do I hear you... Nurse here for 30+ yrs and a Mom. Isn't the whole world our responsibility? We just can't help ourselves.


"I am so glad you are with us! No one I know ever succeeded perfectly the first time. You really do learn more from your mistakes, and so if something isn't working for you, it's ok to stop, re-evaluate, and try something else. That may not work either, but trying different things until you find what works for you is important -- we are not "one size fits all" in so many ways -- everyone will have a slightly different formula for success, and you just have to keep trying until you find yours. No lobotomies allowed, you can do this! "
Thanks Worfiedoodles re-evaluate is the key. I can hear that GPS voice "recalculating"

Love you guys

 

[tigger813]

I could not go without my dark chocolate everyday. I ran out last week and tried some milk chocolate and it just wasn't the same. It just tasted so much more fattening. Do you like the dark? It really is good for you. Just one Dove or Ghiradelli a day could help you pass the other chocolate up that isn't good for you.

I'm starting to feel like I should have joined the Maintainers instead of the Losers. I'm good at maintaining! I need to lose though. Only one pound lost this week and I'm sure I ate it all back this weekend!

It's nice to read that so many of you are exercising so well! I just can't get motivated. I guess I'm just getting old!

Thanks for letting me check in with you all for support. At least I'm not gaining!

I'm with you on the chocolate! I have to have my handful of M&Ms everyday! It really is a NECESSITY! I don't like the dark chocolate ones though. I prefer dark chocolate but eat whatever I have. My new chocolate addiction is 3 Musketeers Truffle Crisp. They are sooooo yummy! I had a small handful and I think I will have another one since I have a headache. I will get my water and then sit down and try and read more of The Lost Symbol!

OH how I wish it was time for the hockey game!!!!!

 

[jbm02]

Saturday QOTD: What is your favorite Olympic sport? Is there an Olympian who has inspired you past or present? (And no, I don't mean Zeus or Poseidon!)


The Magnificent 7 - 1996 US Women's Gymnastic team. DH and I watched a lot of those games together at the gym and loved to watch those women compete. Especial favorites were the two Dominiques and Amanda Borden. Remember how Kerri Strug did that incredible last run on the vault and stuck the landing, winning the medals for the team, then collapsed in agony?

Favorite Olympic sport: I am an Olympics geek. I'll watch everything with enthusiasm - except maybe curling. I still can't get into that one...

Do you believe in miracles??? I still get the chills thinking about that game in 1980. We were in Lake Placid that night (although not at the game). we watched the game in a packed restaurant. Everyone was yelling, waving American flags. What an incredible memory.

Dan Jansen winning his gold medal...finally!! The skating around the rink with his daughter. Who couldn't be happy for him?

Current Olympians: I wasn't a fan before, but Evan Lysasek's classy interview after winning the gold made me sit up and take notice. Not only is an incredible skater but his refusal to saw anything negative despite the Russian reaction to his win spoke volumes.

Lyndsey Vonn - what a role model for a strong, determined woman.

Kerri Strug's vault: OMG.

Hello Everyone
I hope you are all well.
I've have a difficult last 2 weeks and I didn't even weigh myself Friday
I was just about to write a "good bye I'm giving up again" post but
I just realized this could be the first time in my life I didn't.... and that I could start New today.
Yes I'm way behind but to give up this time at my age... It may just be a give up forever.
Thanks to two thing you have shared with me
1. If you break a dish do you throw out the whole set? ( right now I'm down to less than a serving for four)
2. I can't succeed because I keep can't stop sabotaging myself.
Or is it I won't.
So I'm back for one last try. I'm giving myself one more week or I just might need to schedule a lobotomy.

Off to read back Oh about 50 pages

Take Care and God Bless

Mia, I sooo needed to read your post. Life has overtaken my weight loss journey and I;ve been feeling very frustrated and overwhelmed. Without the DIS, today might have been the day that I just decided to give up and accept "size large" for the rest of my life....

Wow, that is dedication checking into the DIS in the middle of your busy weekend! This thread moves fast, doesn't it?!


If I didn't check in, I'd be "checking out" of my healthy eating plan. As it was, our office was a chocolate gorge fest today - someone brought in a FIVE pound bag of M&Ms, chocolate xrinkles and chocolate-covered raisins. I practically closed my eyes every time I walked past the table right next to the door to our officce... But I made it through with NO slips!! WOOOHOOO (I'm an M&M-holic. One M&M will lead to about 17 handfuls, so I can't even start with one...willpower might come in another life...)

I made those cauliflower poppers for lunch - yumm!!! They have a bit of a kick to them. I also made some hot and sour soup, so my entire lunch was around 100 calories - that is great!

Jenn, I missed the cauliflower poppers recipe. (maybe I didn't look back far enough?? ) Can you send it? Can I "disguise" the fact that its cauliflower from my DH???

 

[Octoberbride03]

Evening everybody

Been a busy yet lazy weekend. Had taxes done yesterday and tried to visit some stores where were looking for stuff we needed. Didn't find a thing. Took the day off from working out yesterday. i just couldn't bring myself to do it. I usually take a day off about every 3-4 not after just 2. But I let it ride and got back on the wagon this afternoon.

Trying to work in the Upper Body routine on my ball into my new rotation. It was a good decision and yet I realize that its been way too long since I've done it. I'm hoping this will be a good decision for me metabolism wise.

And I've also learned that I have the loosest hips on the planet. I can stretch them so far without feeling anything I could take them right out of their sockets.

And for those of you keeping up with the entire thread I have to admit I really don't have time to go back through everything I've missed a lot of the time. But I hit the past couple of pages and mosey on.

 

[mstinson14]

We are going to WDW this week, any tips on how to stay on track while vacationing?

 

[tigger813]

We are going to WDW this week, any tips on how to stay on track while vacationing?

Drink lots of water! Have some healthy snacks with you. I had Luna bars or other low cal snacks with me and ate those in the morning. Lite popcorn is also something easy to take with you on the run.

Have a great trip! I've got 9 months to go!

 

[cclovesdis]

We are going to WDW this week, any tips on how to stay on track while vacationing?

My sister and I share whenever possible. We never get dessert and rarely buy a snack. I looked over the menus and wrote down probable POINTS values for menu items that were frequently offered. It's over a year old, but if I can find it, I'll try to PM it to you. Don't be afraid to ask questions. The last 2 times we've went, I was on a low-salt diet and couldn't eat or drink nuts/peanuts, chocolate, caffeine, or alcohol. I can eat/drink those now, but because I couldn't then, I got so much information. There are lots of healthy options. I was able to get a salad at Flame Tree BBQ in AK. My sister and I have 2x split a flatbread from Captain Cook's at the Poly. The 2nd time we split a side salad and a fruit cup as well. We also brought our own cereal/oatmeal/granola bars and buy milk for breakfast. We brought a few healthy snacks as well. We even had room in our luggage to pack a few water bottles. Speaking of which, that's my biggest tip: drink your water!

Had a really good day today. Still have calories left over if I want a snack. I'm kind of hungry, so I might. Got in 48 minutes of exercise as well!

QOTD: I preplanned dinner for tomorrow. Usually we fry the chicken, but tomorrow it'll be baked!

Off to try to find that list!

Have a great week everyone!

 

[IWISHFORDISNEY]

Since I had to cancel our Disney plans for the day I treated us to a seafood feast at home and I also had my non food reward of a Watermelon Yankee Candle. Losing weight is fun I love my reward days!!! Had to share that with everyone. Now I hope I dont regret the lobsters. It is my sons favorite food and he insisted he was having one for dinner. He seems fine and ate the entire thing along with some corn on the cobb and watermelon. Funny now kids rebound so quickly.

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Is it even LEGAL to serve ice cream to others without having a taste??? Seriously.... nice job.

Probably not, but I did it!! LOL

Saturday QOTD: What is your favorite Olympic sport? Is there an Olympian who has inspired you past or present? (And no, I don't mean Zeus or Poseidon!)

Winter - curling, it's athletic and strategic
Summer - gymnastics and equestrian (DH had tickets to the 1996 Olympics but I stayed home. DS13 was only a few weeks old at that point)

Athletes- Dorothy Hamill (when I was little, I wanted to be her)
Dan Jansen - To get out on the ice after finding out his sister died, what amazing strength.

I could not go without my dark chocolate everyday. I ran out last week and tried some milk chocolate and it just wasn't the same. It just tasted so much more fattening. Do you like the dark? It really is good for you. Just one Dove or Ghiradelli a day could help you pass the other chocolate up that isn't good for you.

I'm not a fan of dark chocolate. DH is though.
Still no chocolate, Took the kids to McD's for McFlurries though. Had to explain to the girl at the drive thru a thousand times I wanted a plain sundae with nuts. LOL
It's getting easier and I'm finding that I'm not snacking right after meals either. I pop my Extra Sugar Free gum instead (love my ad?? )

 

[heatherlynn444]

QOTD:
winter-speed skating and figure skating
summer: gymnastics

growing up my sister and I pretended to be nancy karrigan (sp) and would make up routines (on the ground,mind you, not skating!) and I will always remember that!

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Sunday QOTD: What will you do today to ensure you will feel less stressed about the coming week?

Pack my DH up and send him off to DC again. Seriously, it was not a good weekend with him home. We were stressed, he's in pain because of his back, the walls were closing in around me.

This week I need to stick to my schedule. It's a busy week and I need to stay on task to get what I need to do, done.

Watching Ruby and they are headed out for a road trip. Her trainers gave her the following quote when they were discussing eating on the road.

"Don't set yourself up for failure"

 

[tigger813]

QOTD: I made our menu for the week so I will be less stressed. Of course, the next 3 days are filled with extra things after school. Tomorrow, the rest of the family will have turkey hot dogs and I will have a tuna fish sandwich on an Arnold sandwich thin. Tuesday I will be picking up McDonald's as DD2 has a 5pm appt and DD1 has communion class until 5:15. Wednesday the girls will eat one thing and DH and I will have pierogies with sauce and parmesan cheese. Thursday will be sweet and sour chicken and Friday we are going to a college hockey game and there is a reception before so we will eat something there and probably have something during the game.

Monday- dancing at 5 for DD1 and 7 for me
Tuesay- communion class at 4 and dr at 5
Wednesday- dancing at 4 for DD2 and theater at 5:20 for DD1
Thursday- DD2 has a playdate after school
Friday- hockey game

I'm tired just thinking about it. Only 1 client scheduled so far for this week on Wednesday. Tomorrow I have to help DD1s teacher unpack the classroom in the morning as they've moved into the renovated side of the building.

Plan on doing a 2 and 3 mile workout in the morning. Calves were too sore today to do anything. I also will need to catch up on the BL Wii game as I skipped that today too.

Ok, enough babbling for me. Nervousness watching this Olympic hockey game I guess. I need to get back to my book too!

 

[jenanderson]

Sunday QOTD: What will you do today to ensure you will feel less stressed about the coming week?

This is a good question for me today. I had a pretty "stressed" type of weekend and know that I need to find some peace for my week. After thinking about it, I have decided that I will plan my menu out for the week. I am feeling really horrible tonight with bad cold symptoms and I think if I plan out some really simple meals for the week, it will help.

I am also going to give myself a "free pass" to have some glasses of OJ if I my cold continues. I really wanted some today and did not want to "waste" points on it. The silly thing is that I rarely use my flex points or my exercise points. I should not get so stressed about having a glass of OJ when I don't feel the best. I will record it and not let it bother me to use some of those points on juice if it makes me feel better.

Hope everyone has a great week!
Jen

 

[carmiedog]

Sunday QOTD: What will you do today to ensure you will feel less stressed about the coming week?

I'm adding 12 hours to my work week starting tomorrow (from 16 hours to 28). My regular routine is get up, get the three kids ready and take them to school, then come home and eat breakfast, play on the computer, take a shower, treadmill before going to work. I'm going to miss my morning time! To survive next week, I'm starting by going to bed earlier. I've also got the kids bags packed and lunches mostly done, things I usually do in the morning. And I have a house full of food - the store is just down the street and I waste of lot of time running there every day or two for what we want. All about organizing and not procrastinating.

Two great things I'm excited about:

1) More money we desperately need.

2) Without having lost 20 pounds, exercising every day, and eating healthy, I don't think I'd have the energy to pull off more work hours and handle everything else. My energy is so much more than it was two months ago. Thank you, BL9 Spring Challenge!

 

[my3princes]

Mikamah we do have a sugarhouse. Actually it's my brother's, but it is next door and he can't do it without help from our entire family. It is a ton of work. We have a shop on ESTY if anyone is interested I could post the link. The next month or so will have 11 of us running, often late into the night.

QOTD: I have a busy week ahead. I'm working 4 nights and am running a meeting one other night. I'm not sure how many days I will be subbiing at school or how much the sap will run. We did get some groceries taken care of today so that will help.

I got more exercise today. The five of us went skiing. Well, I went skiing and they boarded. It was a beautiful day, nice terrain. It was wonderful spending time with the kids and DH with something they really enjoy. I am amazed at how well my 7 year old is doing. Lessons gave him great technique and he is so confident now. It was the first time this year that our DS12 has been allowed to go. Technically he has 2 more weeks before he is cleared for "contact" sports which is what Snowboarding is classified as. He has healed so well and he wore his helmet and was very careful. He told me multiple times how happy he was to be able to go. We made it off the hill with no brain or head injury

 

[lecach]

Sunday QOTD: What will you do today to ensure you will feel less stressed about the coming week?


Good question for me this week. I dont think there is anything that I can do other than maybe drink.

Monday - Cholesterol screening at 10:30 so no coffee or food til after
then we have a work meeting over lunch with our finance committee and I have to pay attention and write the minutes

Tuesday - two board level meetings that I have to write the minutes of

Wed. and thursday arent too bad

Friday - my yearly review

AND to top it all off, we're supposed to find out this week if DS got into either the magnet kindergarten or the year-round one. The school he's assigned to is really bad.

This is me this week:

 

[Carys]

Just a quick check-in for me today, busy couple of days to start off this week. QOTD: I wrote a brief exercise plan so I don't have to think about it, I just do it. I watched the latest episode of the Biggest Loser last night and was so jealous about how much they lose every week! But then you get out of it what you put in I suppose. I can't imagine how awesome a double figure weightloss week after week would be!

So many posts I want to comment on, but not really time today, so lots of hugs and encouragement to everyone!!

 

[3TinksAndAnEeyore]

I made a really, really, yummy dinner tonight. DH raved about it, oldest DD was suitably impressed, and the pickiest member of the family (not quite 4 youngest DD) even finished her bowl. I'll definitely add this one to my three ring binder of keeper recipes. It was a Spanish Meatball Soup (in other words, albondigas) from the Positively Ageless cookbook/nutrition plan book. It's written by Cheryl Forberg, RD, who is apparently one of the nutritionists for The Biggest Loser. That being the case, I thought it seemed appropriate to share the recipe with this thread! Despite the long list of ingredients, it was really quick to make. It would have been even faster if I had some rice ready to go (I usually have leftover rice in ziplocks in the freezer) instead of making it from scratch.

1 TB olive oil
1 cup finely chopped onions
1 TB + 1 tsp minced garlic
1 bay leaf
4 cups fat-free chicken broth
1 cup fresh tomato sauce (I used canned)
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
3/4 pound lean ground turkey (Safeway has Foster Farm's ground turkey on sale - buy one get one free right now)
1/4 cup stone-ground yellow cornmeal
1 egg
2 tsp chopped fresh oregano or 3/4 tsp dried (I used dried)
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1 cup cooked brown rice
2 cups sliced zucchini

Heat the oil in a heavy, large pot over medium-high heat. Add 3/4 cup of the onions. Saute for 5 minutes, or until very soft. Add 1 tablespoon of the garlic and the bay leaf and saute 1 minute longer. Add the broth, tomato sauce, and cilantro and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes.

Meanwhile, combine theturkey, cornmeal, egg, oregano, salt, pepper, cumin, and the remianing 1/4 cup onions and 1 teaspoon garlic. Mix well. Shape by tablespoonsfuls into about 32 balls. Add the meatballs to the simmering broth. Cover and simmer for 5 minutes, or until the meatballs are tender, stirring occasionally. The meatballs will float when done. Remove the bay leaf. Add the rice and zucchini. Simmer a few minutes longer until heated through. Ladle into bowls and serve.

The preface to the recipe suggests adding a cup or two of your favorite beans or lentils to kick up the fiber and I did add two cans of white beans (cannellini). I added them at the same time as the rice and zucchini. Without the beans, this is the nutritional break down: Makes 8 servings (1 cup each) - 150 calories, 3 g fat, 2 g fiber.