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

[carmiedog]

Could we pretty please get the results and cow links on page 1 updated? sorry if it's been asked - I only read the last page or two of posts on this thread when I sign on

 

[Carys]

Good morning everyone.

I thought we could use a week off from the COWs. We have been working very hard and it is time to pamper yourself. I will be giving you pampering challenges this week. There are no points to count. Just pamper yourself.

Today find 5 minutes this evening. Turn down the lights, light a candle and slowly breath and think about a place that makes you relaxed and happy.

Good luck

Sounds like a challenge right up my alley, this is the first week I'm going to attempt the COW! Thanks Donac!

Week is still going well, although I think I'm obsessing over the scale too much and not eating as much as I should be, which will backfire when I inevitably go nuts and eat half the supermarket's bakery department.

My skin seems to be looking more even in skin tone this week (I have extremely pale skin so every blemish is very obvious) so I think all that salmon is having a good effect. Going to Costco tomorrow to pick up a fresh slab of salmon for next week! Not the cheapest protein but oh so delicious and got those Omega 3s. I like to cook salmon very simply with pepper and lemon. Does anyone have any favourite healthy salmon recipes?

 

[jenanderson]

Good Morning Everyone! Well, I have to share my happiness this morning. I did not have a real positive week with being sick and I was in a bit of a funk with feeling bored with trying to lose weight. I did not let myself cheat at all as I still wrote everything down and I didn't eat food that I should not...but I did let myself eat a bit more than I normally would and I did not do the "make you sweat" type of exercising that I try to do every day. Well, here comes the good news...I lost 3 pounds this week!!!!! This means that I have now lost 21 pounds!!! I have wanted to reach that 20 pound mark for a couple of weeks and I have finally done it! It feels so great and maybe I will be my happy and motivated self again!

Thanks to Maria for coaching this past week!

Thursday QOTD: Bippity Boppity Boo! Your Fairy Godmother has just switched your body with your BFF, ala Freaky Friday. What advice does the person in charge of your body need to hear today?

There are so many things my BFF would need to know....
1. I will try to talk myself into chocolate EVERY DAY, you MUST talk me out of it. I don't really need it to survive.
2. I will try to talk myself out of cross training, you must still drag my sorry body to the Wii and make it do the workout.
3. Yes, my pants are getting a bit big on me. This does not mean you can celebrate by eating extra...they are my fat pants and they should be too big at this point.
4. You MUST write down EVERY single thing that is eaten...even if it is just a tiny bite to just try something.

Good morning everyone.

I thought we could use a week off from the COWs. We have been working very hard and it is time to pamper yourself. I will be giving you pampering challenges this week. There are no points to count. Just pamper yourself.

Today find 5 minutes this evening. Turn down the lights, light a candle and slowly breath and think about a place that makes you relaxed and happy.

Good luck

Ohh - THANK YOU! I LOVE the COW and think it totally helps develop habits that are great for me. I do not know if I would have done as well in the beginning of the BL without the water and veggie challenges. I love how you have come up with so many ideas that helped out at just the right time! Thank you for all the time and effort you put into this for all of us.

That being said...it was a challenging week for me and I totally am excited about being challenged to find time to pamper myself.

Have a great Friday everyone!
Jen

 

[Carys]

I freeze spinach and then use it later... it will taste better later if you blanch it quickly (put it in boiling water for a minute or so and then put it quickly into cold water) before freezing it. I have also used my food processor and chopped it up tiny and then froze it in ice cube trays so I could have an easy little bit to add to eggs or whatever I was making. On flylady I read that they like to add a bit of spinach to smoothies (if it's a dark berry you don't notice it) and so I use these little ice spinaches in smoothies too.

Hey thanks for the great advice! I will definately give blanching the spinach first a whirl.

I could use some help. I need an afternoon snack and am looking for good suggestions. I need something crunchy (mushy won't cut it) and am trying to keep the sodium as low as possible. I don't eat nuts, so they are out. (Blech). Carrot sticks don't have sufficient "crunch". (tried that). Pretzels, crackers - love 'em. But can anyone recommend a specific brand as being better than the others? Or a portion size? If I just buy a bag of pretzels or stick a sleeve of Ritz crackers in my desk drawer without a plan, the whole thing will be gone before my brain tells my hand to stop shovelling....

If you don't mind the carbs, would home-popped popcorn have enough crunch for you? You would be able to control the sodium yourself, and just take in a ziplock of it for a snack. I love pretzels but hardly ever eat them, they're not as popular in NZ (or Taiwan) as in the US.

 

[lovedvc]

Well I am not going to weigh in this week. This stomach virus threw my body for a loop. I actually think I'm up about 3 lbs. After a virus my body tends to hold onto whatever I eat or drink over the next few days. It's kind of like survival mode. My stomach is so bloated I look 5 months pregnant, my jeans are so tight. Next week I will weigh in.

 

[mikamah]

Good morning and Happy Friday!!!

Thanks Maria-worfiedoodles for such a great coaching week.

I'm mikamah, aka Kathy and am very excited to be coaching this week. I'm a 46yo single mom to an 8 yo boy, and live about 20 miles north of boston. Hope all my fellow new englanders weathered last nights storm ok. We're one town in from the coast, and just some branches blew down, so I'm feeling lucky. As long as I have power for the sump pump, I'm ok. I'm a nurse in an out patient endoscopy unit, and had worked ICU for many years. I never imagined I'd enjoy endo, but I love it. I've done quite a few BL challenges. I think I found WISH about 3 years ago after our first disney trip, and my weight has been up and down for years, more up in the past year. I have received so much inspiration and support from my friends here, and without that, I know I would not have continued my weight loss journey through some challenging times, and instead of putting on 15 pounds in the past year, I probably would have gained 50. So thank you for all the inspiration, and support, and now I should get to coaching!!

Hope you all are happy with your numbers on the scale this week. Don't forget to email your weights to Luvbaloo, and cow numbers to donac. Dona, i love the idea of pampering ourselves tonight. We all can take 5 minutes to ourselves, and it does so much good just to sit and regroup. (I might add a glass of wine to my relaxing.)

friday qotd-We are all on the same journey to good health and weight loss. When did the journey start for you? Was weight something you always struggled with or has it crept up on you over the years?

Growing up, I tended to be chunky, I remember wearing pretty plus clothes from sears. I did thin down my senior year, and remember being thin for a few years into my early 20s, but pretty much my whole adulthood has been an up and down pattern. I've done ww many times, and when I stick with it, I am successful. When I got pregnant with my son, I weight 205, and 240 when he was born, and in the past 8 years, I've been a high of 229, and a low of 183 briefly. Right now I'm at 212, and trying to get back into One-derland. I definitely think of the times in my life when I was happiest, and those seem to be the times that my weight was lower, and i was in better shape. The emotional/stress eating is definitely my downfall, and I'm working on it, and I do think I'm slowly being successful.

Thanks for having me as coach this week. We have family coming tonight for the weekend, and I have a retirement party this evening, so if I don't get back on tonight, I'll see you in the morning. Drink that water, move those bodies, and eat those fruits and vegies, and have a fabulous friday.

 

[mikamah]

Well I am not going to weigh in this week. This stomach virus threw my body for a loop. I actually think I'm up about 3 lbs. After a virus my body tends to hold onto whatever I eat or drink over the next few days. It's kind of like survival mode. My stomach is so bloated I look 5 months pregnant, my jeans are so tight. Next week I will weigh in.

Hope you are feeling better soon.

Good Morning Everyone! Well, I have to share my happiness this morning. I did not have a real positive week with being sick and I was in a bit of a funk with feeling bored with trying to lose weight. I did not let myself cheat at all as I still wrote everything down and I didn't eat food that I should not...but I did let myself eat a bit more than I normally would and I did not do the "make you sweat" type of exercising that I try to do every day. Well, here comes the good news...I lost 3 pounds this week!!!!! This means that I have now lost 21 pounds!!! I have wanted to reach that 20 pound mark for a couple of weeks and I have finally done it! It feels so great and maybe I will be my happy and motivated self again!

Whoo hoo!! That is awesome Jen!! You are already sounding like your happy, motivated self!!

Week is still going well, although I think I'm obsessing over the scale too much and not eating as much as I should be, which will backfire when I inevitably go nuts and eat half the supermarket's bakery department.

My skin seems to be looking more even in skin tone this week (I have extremely pale skin so every blemish is very obvious) so I think all that salmon is having a good effect. Going to Costco tomorrow to pick up a fresh slab of salmon for next week! Not the cheapest protein but oh so delicious and got those Omega 3s. I like to cook salmon very simply with pepper and lemon. Does anyone have any favourite healthy salmon recipes?

I think drinking lots of water really helps the skin too. It's true you need to make sure you eat enough so your metabolism is kept up, and you don't feel deprived and hit the bakery. You're doing great.

Could we pretty please get the results and cow links on page 1 updated? sorry if it's been asked - I only read the last page or two of posts on this thread when I sign on

I think Lisa has been doing that, and she's away this week, so she will probably do it when she returns. Sorry.

I came looking to see what this week would be and was holding my breath hoping it wasn't give up coffee. A week off I can handle!

I think the only COW I haven't made a habit of is flossing my teeth every day. BUT, I am now flossing several times a week AND brushing my teeth most every night. I'm also making the kids brush their teeth most nights. We were naughty and not doing it before. HUGE IMPROVEMENT for our family! Thanks for the challenge!

Great job on the brushing and flossing. I too have started flossing more regularly thanks to the cow.

Good morning everyone.

I thought we could use a week off from the COWs. We have been working very hard and it is time to pamper yourself. I will be giving you pampering challenges this week. There are no points to count. Just pamper yourself.

Today find 5 minutes this evening. Turn down the lights, light a candle and slowly breath and think about a place that makes you relaxed and happy.

Good luck

I love this. Thanks Dona.

5. See how much easier it is to pee when you can sit down?

too funny.

It sounds like we are going through a continuous car wash! Unbelievable! We may need an ark in the morning!

Hope everything's ok in your neck of the woods. The sun is poking out here!! Yay!!

 

[lisah0711]

Thank you so much to Maria for being our coach last week. You had a lot of fun and interesting questions.

And a BIG thank you to mikamah for being our coach this week.

I know better, but sometimes don't listen to myself. I was on track yesterday and will stay on track today

Why don't we listen to ourselves more? Good job being back on track.

Just wanted to check in. Soon I'll be your coach and I promise to get on here everyday during that time. I've been so bad about it lately but I just can't find the time. I'm going to apologize ahead of time for maybe repeating questions since I haven't been on. I have been making sure I get on and report my weigh in every week though. That's a start.

Sorry it's been a busy time for you, Lynsey. That is the nice thing about our challenge -- you don't have to post and chatter to participat -- but we are always happy to hear from you when you do.

As corinnak told you, she has done a great job with the QOTD thread so it is easy to go back and see what questions have been asked. We don't mind repeats either!

Enjoy your week-end getaway with DH.

Lynsey - nice to see you again! Insanity sounds interesting - losing inches is where it's at!

Of course I'm not here to tell you not to repeat questions, but if it helps, I have collected all the questions together in a QOTD archive to assist coaches and also in case someone wants to catch up a few days. It's not always 100% current, but I try to keep up with it. The link is at the bottom of my signature and also in one of the early posts in the thread.

Thanks corinnak for keeping up the QOTD thread for us!

Hi everyone.
Thanks so much for the birthday wishes. I was going to try and let it slip by, so an extra thanks to you Lisa.

My pleasure! You can't have too many birthday wishes.

Good morning everyone.

I thought we could use a week off from the COWs. We have been working very hard and it is time to pamper yourself. I will be giving you pampering challenges this week. There are no points to count. Just pamper yourself.

Today find 5 minutes this evening. Turn down the lights, light a candle and slowly breath and think about a place that makes you relaxed and happy.

Good luck

donac, thanks so much for being our cowkeeper and for helping us to build healthy habits. Looking forward to seeing the pampering challenges!

Could we pretty please get the results and cow links on page 1 updated? sorry if it's been asked - I only read the last page or two of posts on this thread when I sign on

Sorry! Results are updated -- I am travelling and didn't get to them as quickly as I like. I saw I was actually two weeks behind so if you ever notice just let me know and I will fix it ASAP.

I will catch up on the QOTD when I return home tomorrow -- happy Friday all!

 

[kimara]

this is just to give you all a little bit of friday love
last week when i weighed in i was up a pound. SO frustrating cuz there was no cheating or slacking on my part. my body was adjusting or i probably had too much salt, cuz this week's weigh-in was AWESOME. so happy.

a big thanks and lots of love to you all for:
this board
sharing the spark people site
telling about WATP.

i know i couldn't have done what i have done thus far, nor what i will continue to do, without you.

"i will only fail when i decide to give-up"

 

[princessbride6205]

*sigh* I had a really rough night last night. I had a bit of an emotional meltdown. There wasn't any one thing I was upset about, but I just couldn't function when I got home after work last night. Everything was making me angry, so I decided to take a break and lie down for a bit. That didn't help because part of my stress was being able to get everything done this week, and lying around just meant I was losing precious time. I have no explanation for why I was such a mess last night. There are lots of underlying things I feel stressed about, but nothing new or huge. It goes in cycles - feeling like I have my/family life kind of together, then feeling like I'm barely holding it together, then stress builds and I freak out. Does every parent feel like this? Is it worse because I'm working FT and don't want to be? Is it worse because I'm burnt out and stressed at work? I'm frustrated too because DD is staying with my folks this week and I'm STILL stressed out. I don't know if I'm looking for advice or support - I think I mainly wanted to vent.

friday qotd-We are all on the same journey to good health and weight loss. When did the journey start for you? Was weight something you always struggled with or has it crept up on you over the years?
I was a gymnast and a dancer throughout childhood so weight was always on my mind. I didn't struggle with actually being chubby or overweight, but there was always an underlying desire to be thinner. I stayed fit until my early-mid twenties through exercise, but food has always been a challenge. I love food. After my wedding in 2005, weight crept on, and by a year later, I was up 15 pounds. Fall of 2006 I decided I was going to lose that extra weight, started exercising again, and the following week I found out I was pregnant. I kept with light workouts during pregnancy, but really blew up like a balloon.
Fast forward...
The current journey started in January 2009. After having DD in 2007, I tried to get back into shape quickly and was so impressed with myself that I got down to my pre-pregnancy weight in a few months. So with everything go on, I stopped paying attention. Granted my pre-pregnancy weight was the heaviest I'd ever been, so that really wasn't a great achievement. In September of 2008 I started exercising again, but got derailed when DH was temporarily laid off the next month. I spent my evenings making money with an online job (in addition to my full time desk job). Lots of sitting! Finally, I saw photos of myself from Christmas 2008 - Lots of stomach rolls. I honestly hadn't realized I was that size. Before the holiday I was teetering on the edge of the healthy and overweight BMI, and after, I was in the overweight category.
In January 2009, I started exercising 4-6 days a week and "eating better." I put that in quotes because I never actually tracked anything. I know I gained a little muscle and lost a little fat, but in 4 months, I only lost 3 pounds. The hurdle for me in food tracking was that I didn't want to do that for the rest of my life. It sounds silly, but that's why I resisted. Finally, I started tracking calories and I realized that even though I thought I was being healthy, I was eating way too many calories to lose weight. At the same time, I was wishing I could be on the Biggest Loser - I knew I was too small to get cast, but I just wanted that support and to make a big change. Then, eureka! I found the DIS BL. I've lost 20 pounds since starting my current journey, and a little over 15 pounds since starting BL. I'm 2 pounds from goal, then looking forward to staying with BL on the maintainer team!

Thanks for the question, obviously I enjoyed answering it since I wrote so much. I'm looking forward to reading everyone's responses!

 

[tigger813]

QOTD: I started my journey in Christmas 2008. We got a Wii and Wii Fit and I decided to make a really conscious effort to get in shape. I turn 40 in August and decided I wanted to be a healthy person by then. Redwalker had been inspiring me to get moving and I did. I gained 30-40 pounds with both kids and didn't really lose much afterward. I discovered WATP and fell in love with it! I was also doing Jillian Michaels workouts and the elliptical. I had lost about 30 pounds by the time we went to Disney last April. I felt great!

Of course, my knee started bothering me shortly before the trip so I had to cut back. I had trouble getting motivated again and I had gained back 10 pounds by August when I went to my nephew's Eagle banquet and the dress I wore was feeling tight again after it had felt so good at Easter. I joined the last challenge and ended up losing 22.5 pounds and finished 2nd. I was so excited. I was averaging 5-8 miles of workouts a day and really wanted to keep it up. I gained 8 pounds over the holidays and joined this challenge.

I have finally fallen below that weight and am so excited! I reached a new low this morning of 156.0! I don't remember the last time I was at that weight. I want to lost about another 10 to reach my goal. The Wii Fit says I need to lose 20 more but I think that would be too much for me. I am also doing the Walk your way to Disney challenge on the boards. I have 1303 miles to Disney and have done 212 miles so far! I have just over 9 months until our trip so I should be able to reach my goal in plenty of time. It has become harder and I keep losing the same weight over and over again.

I didn't want to see 170 again and now I don't want to see 160 again!

I was never morbidly obese but I started as obese. I am really close to the healthy weight area on the Wii so I am going to keep working.

DRINK your water! That has been a really helpful factor to me!

Just signed up for the give a day get a day program which will take place in April. The location is one town over which works well for us. Only 3 of us can do it but that's ok.

I need to PM LuvBaloo!

Have a great weekend! I've done 5 miles so far today! Going to a college hockey game so probably won't eat very healthy tonight. But it's a weekend and you know what that means: I CAN HAVE A DRINK! May have a beer at the game or just wait and have my Welsh Dragon when we get home or tomorrow!

 

[corinnak]

Maria - thanks for a fantastic week of coaching! Your questions were fun AND thought provoking!

Kathy - I'm looking forward to this week - your first QOTD is a great one! I look forward to learning more about all of our journeys.

Thanks corinnak for keeping up the QOTD thread for us!

Truly, it is my pleasure. It keeps me current. I hope it's helpful to others as well.

last week when i weighed in i was up a pound. SO frustrating cuz there was no cheating or slacking on my part. my body was adjusting or i probably had too much salt, cuz this week's weigh-in was AWESOME. so happy.

A testament to tenacity! I it! Congratulations on your success and on pushing through when the scale was discouraging.

*sigh* I had a really rough night last night. I had a bit of an emotional meltdown. There wasn't any one thing I was upset about, but I just couldn't function when I got home after work last night. Everything was making me angry, so I decided to take a break and lie down for a bit. That didn't help because part of my stress was being able to get everything done this week, and lying around just meant I was losing precious time. I have no explanation for why I was such a mess last night. There are lots of underlying things I feel stressed about, but nothing new or huge. It goes in cycles - feeling like I have my/family life kind of together, then feeling like I'm barely holding it together, then stress builds and I freak out. Does every parent feel like this? Is it worse because I'm working FT and don't want to be? Is it worse because I'm burnt out and stressed at work? I'm frustrated too because DD is staying with my folks this week and I'm STILL stressed out. I don't know if I'm looking for advice or support - I think I mainly wanted to vent.

Nicole - Sooo sorry you're having this kind of week. I think everyone does go through cycles and it sounds like you're buried under a lot of stuff you "gotta do" right now. Those are the toughest times, for sure. I'm sure that it does not help either that we are rapidly approaching March, which means we've been doing the Winter Slog for a while now. We need a little green! Hope your venting helped - sometimes it's just good to get it out, I know!

continuing...

The hurdle for me in food tracking was that I didn't want to do that for the rest of my life. It sounds silly, but that's why I resisted. Finally, I started tracking calories and I realized that even though I thought I was being healthy, I was eating way too many calories to lose weight. At the same time, I was wishing I could be on the Biggest Loser - I knew I was too small to get cast, but I just wanted that support and to make a big change. Then, eureka! I found the DIS BL. I've lost 20 pounds since starting my current journey, and a little over 15 pounds since starting BL. I'm 2 pounds from goal, then looking forward to staying with BL on the maintainer team!

Wow- congratulations on your loss - I'm so glad you found the BL challenge! It is so great to have that support. I also hear you on resisting the tracking, even though I know it becomes just regular routine after a while, it is daunting to start. Amazing what a difference it makes, though. I'm looking forward to having you on the maintainer's team soon!

Have a great weekend! I've done 5 miles so far today! Going to a college hockey game so probably won't eat very healthy tonight. But it's a weekend and you know what that means: I CAN HAVE A DRINK! May have a beer at the game or just wait and have my Welsh Dragon when we get home or tomorrow!

Have a great time at the game and enjoy that Welsh Dragon, if that's the direction you decide to go! In your recipe, I saw that you said to blend with ice - I don't know if you meant to mix it in a mixer or not. The ones I've had at WDW have just been poured over ice, but I bet it would be good as a frozen drink, too. Mmmm. Welsh Dragon....

 

[tigger813]

We've done it both ways! It's really frothy if you blend it in the blender! Either way it's YUMMY!

 

[corinnak]

First of all, I am also a fan of "If You Had Wings." I only got one trip to WDW in my youth, but that ride made a huge, huge impression. The song...it is with me even now!

Oh my gosh, Corinna! Thank you for this site! I was having trouble figuring out exactly how far I was walking and now I know. I just mapped out a great route and as soon as I am done posting here, I am going to walk it. It's mostly uphill!

Oh good - I am always glad when I get a chance to pass on stuff like that! I usually run either on the TM or with my Garmin Forerunner, both of which tell me the distance, but there have been times that I neglected to charge the Garmin or I wanted to find the elevation of a run and it has been brilliant for that as well as for pre-planning longer distances so I don't end up with too big or too small a loop just by chance. I've done that too, and it's not so good!



2/26 Friday QOTD: We are all on the same journey to good health and weight loss. When did the journey start for you? Was weight something you always struggled with or has it crept up on you over the years?


I started writing this up and realized - wow, it is a really long story. My whole life, really. I've wrestled with the same 60 pounds for so long. I'm not sure how much of it anyone really wants to know - are we going all out here or summaries?

 

[maiziezoe]

Thursday QOTD: Bippity Boppity Boo! Your Fairy Godmother has just switched your body with your BFF, ala Freaky Friday. What advice does the person in charge of your body need to hear today?

Well, that would be kind of an interesting one since my BFF is my DH . I would probably say this to him:

1. Yes, you really do need to wear a bra.
2. A little makeup is not a bad thing and try not to poke an eye out.
3. Have fun at the gym. Go twice if you'd like. (DH exercises at least twice as long and twice as hard as I do on my best day.)
4. Remember that many of the bumps and squishes on this body are directly related to the creation and nurturing of our two lovely DDs. Don't knock them, I'm working on them.
5. See how much easier it is to pee when you can sit down?

That made me spit a little water! Too funny!!

Good Morning Everyone! Well, I have to share my happiness this morning. I did not have a real positive week with being sick and I was in a bit of a funk with feeling bored with trying to lose weight. I did not let myself cheat at all as I still wrote everything down and I didn't eat food that I should not...but I did let myself eat a bit more than I normally would and I did not do the "make you sweat" type of exercising that I try to do every day. Well, here comes the good news...I lost 3 pounds this week!!!!! This means that I have now lost 21 pounds!!! I have wanted to reach that 20 pound mark for a couple of weeks and I have finally done it! It feels so great and maybe I will be my happy and motivated self again!

Awesome!! Congrats on your 3 pound loss!!

QOTD: I started my journey in Christmas 2008. We got a Wii and Wii Fit and I decided to make a really conscious effort to get in shape. I turn 40 in August and decided I wanted to be a healthy person by then. Redwalker had been inspiring me to get moving and I did. I gained 30-40 pounds with both kids and didn't really lose much afterward. I discovered WATP and fell in love with it! I was also doing Jillian Michaels workouts and the elliptical. I had lost about 30 pounds by the time we went to Disney last April. I felt great!

Of course, my knee started bothering me shortly before the trip so I had to cut back. I had trouble getting motivated again and I had gained back 10 pounds by August when I went to my nephew's Eagle banquet and the dress I wore was feeling tight again after it had felt so good at Easter. I joined the last challenge and ended up losing 22.5 pounds and finished 2nd. I was so excited. I was averaging 5-8 miles of workouts a day and really wanted to keep it up. I gained 8 pounds over the holidays and joined this challenge.

I have finally fallen below that weight and am so excited! I reached a new low this morning of 156.0! I don't remember the last time I was at that weight. I want to lost about another 10 to reach my goal. The Wii Fit says I need to lose 20 more but I think that would be too much for me. I am also doing the Walk your way to Disney challenge on the boards. I have 1303 miles to Disney and have done 212 miles so far! I have just over 9 months until our trip so I should be able to reach my goal in plenty of time. It has become harder and I keep losing the same weight over and over again.

I didn't want to see 170 again and now I don't want to see 160 again!

I was never morbidly obese but I started as obese. I am really close to the healthy weight area on the Wii so I am going to keep working.

DRINK your water! That has been a really helpful factor to me!

Just signed up for the give a day get a day program which will take place in April. The location is one town over which works well for us. Only 3 of us can do it but that's ok.

I need to PM LuvBaloo!

Have a great weekend! I've done 5 miles so far today! Going to a college hockey game so probably won't eat very healthy tonight. But it's a weekend and you know what that means: I CAN HAVE A DRINK! May have a beer at the game or just wait and have my Welsh Dragon when we get home or tomorrow!

Hey, that's awesome!! Congrats on your new low!

 

[flipflopmom]

Hey everyone. I am really late to joining this party, but I have been lurking for a month. After a depressing dr. visit on month ago today, when my weight was 218, I started a lifestyle eating change. 1 month later, after continuing healthy food choices, finishing the 3rd week of Couch to 5K, and other exercise 3 days a week, I weighed 202!!!! 16 pounds this month!

I am not kidding myself into thinking it will keep falling off like this. I was a soft drink addict and did no exercise, so the weight loss will slow down. But I am thrilled to be where I am now!

I decided to finally join instead instead of lurking, I need the accountability. On my way.....

 

[maiziezoe]

Afternoon all!

friday qotd-We are all on the same journey to good health and weight loss. When did the journey start for you? Was weight something you always struggled with or has it crept up on you over the years?

I didn't have a weight problem until I met my husband. Most of my teen years and a majority of my adult life were spent with an eating disorder (bulimia). I met my husband in mid-2002 and had already packed on a good 25 pounds by the end of 2002. The more I fell in love with him, the more I gained. The more I gained, the more HE fell in love with my new curves. Then in 2004 I got pregnant... I was on bed rest for 7 months. After my son was born in December of 2004 and before my daughter was conceived in May 2006, I got pregnant 4 times and had 4 miscarriages. I was basically on bed rest from April 2004 when I was pregnant with my son until my daughter was born in February 2007. While on bed rest I ate and ate and ate. After my 4 miscarriages, I ate and ate and ate. After my daughter was born, I nursed her for 14 months... I ate and ate and ate. December 2009 I was at my biggest.

I asked for a Wii Fit for Christmas and got one. Since Christmas I have only missed 2 days working out. The day after Christmas and New Years Day. I joined WW in mid-January. I've lost almost 25 pounds since Christmas day. It's been pretty easy for me so far... until today. I'm having a bad day today.

TGIF everyone! I'm spending my day washing the sheets my BFF forgot to wash while she was using my body yesterday. What a goof!!

 

[50sjayne]

Thursday QOTD: Bippity Boppity Boo! Your Fairy Godmother has just switched your body with your BFF, ala Freaky Friday. What advice does the person in charge of your body need to hear today?

I dont really have a BFF. Or a BF. Or an F . In fact, so many of the other mom's on my Mom's boards said the same thing that we just formed a new group: The Friendless Friends. We went to Melting Pot last week and are having lunch on Sunday.

Yeah I don't have any really close friends either. there's a great couple we get together with every once in awhile, I have 'work' friends, but that never leaves the workplace. Well I went to a movie with Randy once but he talked the whole movie so....that's cool you did that and it sounds like it was a success.
Here's my response to a great and very original quotd:
#1. Stay away from all male Russian ice skaters—you have no control…your body has developed a feverish, cougar’s prowl lately. Even watching re-broadcasts on tv and you tube will do you in. Whatever you do don't try to compare Evan's performance with Plushenko--it will only upset you. You won't have any desire to look at Evan anyway....

2. Don’t pick up Harvey the gorgeous black monster cat. You’ll want to—he’s adorable and your hands will itch to do it but unless you have experience as a lion tamer, I wouldn’t recommend it. Be strong...he wil look at you with huge golden eyes full of love but he is a devil.

3. Do go to the close by pool, have a swim and soak in the Jacuzzi- I’m too lazy a** and computer addicted to go do it.

4. scoop the litterboxes- you're the only one who will do it. Bend at the knees when you do so--'s easier on your back.

Going to Costco tomorrow to pick up a fresh slab of salmon for next week! Not the cheapest protein but oh so delicious and got those Omega 3s. I like to cook salmon very simply with pepper and lemon. Does anyone have any favourite healthy salmon recipes?

I like to take the cooked meat off the skin and mix it with mayonaise, then spread it on english muffins with a little sheese on top--best tuna melts Ever.

2/26 Friday QOTD: We are all on the same journey to good health and weight loss. When did the journey start for you? Was weight something you always struggled with or has it crept up on you over the years?


I started writing this up and realized - wow, it is a really long story. My whole life, really. I've wrestled with the same 60 pounds for so long. I'm not sure how much of it anyone really wants to know - are we going all out here or summaries?

The boards slowed down--let's go for it if you want-- it's free therapy. Had a tendency to be a little chunky when I was a kid, was mostly normal weight though. I really liked doritos--and twinkies however lol. And I read- I was a book worm. I also rode my bike a lot though, skate boarded and roller skated up until I got into my teen years. Then I got a little more chubby which resulted in the anorexia I touched on here before (and bulimia) As a young woman it was up and down mostly kept my weight off. Wehn I got married and after my second child the weight started creeping up a little at a time. Husband liked it--lol and I have always had an active job and ate what I wanted. There was an incident about 12 years ago that left me broken hearted ( I won't get into the intricacies of my marriage here on the board) that triggered some weight gain I think...looking back anyway and I just kept slowly gaining until I hurt my back badly last year just before christmas. I decided the only way I was going to be able to work my job (which I love) was to lose weight so I joined a BL challenge on the boards here in January with a goal to lose 25 pounds which I did. I then took some time off and maintained, then decided if I could lose 25--I could lose 40 so I joined the fall challenge and came close but the Holidays wrecked me, then I joined the spring and finally am at goal weight and have maintained for about 3 weeks now. Every week I have of maintaining I am so delighted-- almost shocked at the scale. I would say it's still a struggle, but easier than I thought to maintain.

 

[my3princes]

I'll have to come back after work tonight to answer the QOTD. I'm bartending tonight instead of waitressing and I haven't really done this in years.

We were part of the horrible storm last night. Winds were the worst I've ever experienced. We lost power at 12:30 this morning and didn't get it back until 3 this afternoon. Of course I've been cooped up with the kids with no electricity or heat so I have eaten every bad thing that I laid eyes on Ring Dings, Choc Chip cookie dough. Ugghhh. I will be better tomorrow. We did not weigh in this morning, never even thought about it will everything that was going on. Between not sleeping and lack of electricity I think my brain shut down. I really thought the window were going to blow in at times.

 

[cclovesdis]

QOTD: I was the bigger kid growing up (like 3rd-9th grades) and then lost some weight. I just donated my prom gowns and my junior year one was a 4P. I guess I lsot some serious weight. I was average through college and my first year teaching. I gained about 50 pounds in about 9 months during my 2nd year of teaching and my 1st semester of grad school. I started WW in Sept. 2008 and have be at it ever since. I lost 30 pounds pretty quickly, but then I was put on a medication that makes you gain a lot of weight about a year ago-I gained back 12-15 pounds depending on how I did for the week. I was back down to close to 30 pounds lost and then I went on another medication and the cycle repeated itself. I went off of it last week and I dropped quite a few pounds within days. I gained a few back, but I'm back down to about 20-22 pounds lost and am doing well now. I might top 25 pounds lost (again, but no biggie) when I weigh-in tomorrow morning.

I had a good day today and dinner should be fine. I'm looking forward to a good weigh-in tomorrow morning. I'd like to get some exercise in tonight, but I doubt that will happen. I have to make exercise more of a priority.

Dona, I love the "COWs" for the week! Good luck with all your weigh-ins!

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