Biggest Loser Blue Team Challenge

[jennz]

Hi everyone! I'm the captain for the Blue team for the Biggest Loser WISH contest...GO BLUE! First, about me...I'm 40 years old, a SAHM with a 7 yr old DD and I'll have my personal title of biggest loser once 50 pounds is gone! I'm excited that we're doing this!

Everyone will weigh in on Tuesday nights, then post or pm me your weight loss and I'll add it up for our team total for the week.

The position of Fitness Guru is open, please let me know if you'd like to be him/her! You don't have to be Jillian, just someone who has motivational posts on exercise and healthy eating, and maybe a "tip of the day" type of thing.

Finally, we can change our color if we want to - please cast your vote for our color! Also feel free to add any suggestions you have to help us out.

Team members are (updated 9/15):

jennz (Captain) -1.7
Laurajean1014 -3.0
dopey4disney -3.5
helenk -4
WDW4life -6
Blueeyes101817 -1
WDWFAN9 -1
QuiltTeddy -3.4
Lesli54 -1.5
geetey -4
tootsiemolly
K and K's Mommy -3
robinb -2.4
hlane
WeirdEyes
sap1227 Cruisin' on the Wonder this week!
Samantha -1

 

[QuiltTeddy]

Checking in.

I vote to keep the blue!



Well I'm editing this to add that I'm 48. Married 24.5 years and have no children. Guess I'm the old lady in the bunch so far. I just went back to WW so that's the plan I'll be following. I will also be using those weigh-in days since I don't want to get on the scale between weigh-ins.

 

[Lesli54]

Blue is fine with me.

Are there any rules to this that I don't know? I have never seen the show and actually, I probably won't see it this season either, so I am relying on others to help guide me here.

 

[dopey4disney]

Good moning all!!! I am so excited to get started on this challenge. I know we will all do great and we will all be winners!!

My name is Christie. I am 39...almost 40, I have been married to my DH for 11 years and we have no children. I am looking forward to getting to know all my fellow challengers!!

Blue is fine with me!!

 

[geetey]

Terry is checking in!! I weighed myself last night and I am motivated to get back onto the losing path!!!

I only saw bits and pieces of the show last year so I hope we don't have to watch to be able to play here. I won't know the rules!

Has everyone decided what 'plan' they are going to use for the challenge?

 

[wdw4life]

Good morning everyone!

I'm really looking forward to this challenge. I need something to help motivate me and I think this is it! I'm 37 and just started WW this last weekend.

Blue is fine with me.

 

[Blueeyes101817]

hi everyone! im jen, i will be 21 next month...Wasnt sure if i should join this or not, but here i am I am a junior in college and my ideal weight lose would be 10-15 lbs..i wnat to be able to get down to at least 140, 135 area...i weighed myself last night..
havent seen this show before, but watched it last night for a few minutes

blue is fine with me

 

[catherine]

Good luck everyone!

 

[helenk]

Hi,
I'm Helen, I'm 51 years old I have 2 children a son 23 and a daughter 18 who is in her first year of college 4 1/2 hours away. Now that it is just my husband and I, I've found I'm back to eating just out of boredom so I was happy to see this challenge. We are going to WDW in Dec, so I definately want to lose at least 15 pounds before we go, but altogether I need to lose around 30 to 35 pounds.
Blue is fine with me!

 

[WDWFAN9]

Hi teammates!!

A little about me......I turned the big 5-0 this year! Married 13 yrs, 4 kids ages 18 - 28. My baby leaves this Saturday for Ohio State. It is just going to be me, DH, and our dog at home! I have started training for the WDW Half-marathon in January. And I am looking forward to this challenge. I don't have a lot to lose, but I can't seem to break through a certain number and I have probably lost the same 5 lbs five times in just the last couple of months.

Go Team!!

 

[jennz]

Welcome everyone! It's nice to get know about you. I hope everyone had a great first day on the DIS Biggest Loser competition!

How about a Blue Team challenge for tomorrow (Thursday)? Actually I have 2 in mind...the first one is "Just Say No." Just as it sounds, we all will "Just Say No" to anything and anyone that would sabotage our healthier lifestyles...this includes the coffee break donuts and the friend who wants to park in the spot that's closer to the door! Throughout the day keep track of how many "no's" you say and post here...whoever has the most is the winner of the challenge! (If you have to say no to those donuts 14 times count each one! )

The next one is to get a minimum of 10 minutes of exercise doing WHATEVER...if you park farther away than usual and it takes you an extra 5 minutes to walk to work/the store (home if you park on a different street!) and an extra 5 minutes to get back that's 10 minutes. Let's see how many total Blue Team minutes we can log in on Thursday!

Oh, by the way - Blue is the color of choice so Blue we will be! Any creative team members that come up with a clippie or something??

Go Blue!

 

[Blueeyes101817]

the mini challenges sound good!! there are a ton of times that i have the oppurtunity to say no!! ill have to try to keep track

im not creative, so cant help wit hthe clippie--do we have to think of a name too or is it just blue team?

 

[Lesli54]

Well, I went power shopping for a Homecoming dress tonight with DD15, so I am counting the fast paced walking as exercise.

About me.....I am 38, have a very supportive DH and 4 children. DD18 (now in college), DD15, DD7, and DS (he's 2). We own a grocery store of all things and I do the bookwork at home, am very involved in GS, spend time trying to keep track of the family's comings and goings, and every once in awhile try to find time for myself, amongst the other myriad of things I am involved in.

As far as weight, I am halfway to my original goal. It's taken 6 months, but I have lost 40lbs, much better than I have done before finding WISH. My biggest problem is exercise. I know I need to do it, I know that once I get going I really enjoy it and all the extra energy, but for some reason, I just can't get motivated lately.

But, I am sure we can all do this together!

Hey, WDWFAN9, where are you from? You're not too far away. I'm west of you, close to the Mississippi. I am finding more and more people on WISH are in the Chicago suburbs.

Everyone have a great night!

 

[dopey4disney]

Good morning everyone!!

It's great getting to know everyone! I hope the first day of the challenge went well. Jennz I love the mini-challenges. I will definitely work on those today.

I WISH everyone a great day!!

Go Team Blue!!

 

[jennz]

A few people have asked about the rules for this - there aren't many. Kelsie has them listed here . The eating and exercise plans you use are up to you.

Geetey- Terry - I forgot to answer your question about the plan I'm using for this...I have problems with portion control and started buying the frozen meals for lunch and dinner. I add some fruit to lunch and veggies to dinner. I eat a snack between meals of 100 calories, so I eat about every 3 hours. My snacks are usually Pria bars (chocolate mint yum!), granola bar (again chocolate), wheat thins, or a piece of fruit. I also have desert, about 100 -150 cals usually a fudge bar or the ww choc cake. I am keeping my calories between 1200 - 1400/day. I also exercise but not a lot. We have a bowflex and I work out on that 3/week and am on my second week now. I have a WISH buddy and we challenge each other to do some kind of exercise every day and that helps too - it keeps me thinking about it until one day it becomes habit.

What is everyone else doing?

 

[Kelsie]

Good Morning Blue Team!

You have some new members!

Here is the complete list so far:

Team BLUE

jennz (Captain)
Laurajean1014
dopey4disney
helenk
WDW4life
Blueeyes101817
WDWFAN9
QuiltTeddy
Lesli54
geetey
tootsiemolly
K and K's Mommy
robinb
hlane
WeirdEyes
sap1227
Samantha

 

[K and K's Mommy]

Hi Blue team! I have been added to your team! I am a SAHM with a 6, 4, and 10 month old. My 6 year old started first grade so that has been a bit traumatic! I am doing South Beach. I lost 35 pounds on it, but then gained 55 pounds when I got pregnant! Anyway, the baby is weaned so last week I started again. I actually started at exactly the same weight I started last time. My first week I lost five pounds!

I love the mini challenges! I have already said no to my DD left over waffle! I also just got done exercising for 30 min. during my baby's nap!

Hope everyone has a great day! Too bad I can't count all my "no's" I say to my 10 month old! http://www.disboards.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=9939052#
http://www.disboards.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=9939052#

 

[jennz]

Welcome new members!

K and K's Mommy - I'm in Indy too - welcome! Great job saying no to the left over waffles - for me, I don't realize how often I eat a bit here and there off of DDs plate until I do something like this challenge. And 30 minutes - great job using nap time to doing something for yourself!

I have 1 no for the day, just turned down some chips and am now off to exercise...

so far today:

"Just say no" - 2
exercise - 30 minutes

Blue Team's off to a great start! (Hmmm, here's a thought...the dancing banana is kind of like our mascot - he's shapely, happy and moving! Too bad he's not blue! )

 

[wdw4life]

Good morning and welcome to the new team members!

The mini challenge sounds like a really good idea. It really helps me to focus on a small goal rather than just the big picture. I've already had 1 no and I really wanted to say yes. This challenge is helping already!

K and K's Mommy- How great that you've already exercised today! I'm not able to do mine until the evening and sometimes I really have to force myself to do it.

Have a great day everyone!

 

[QuiltTeddy]

Well so far today I've said "no" to what I really wanted to have for breakfast (a second light muffin), also said "no" to buying lunch and instead, packed a good one and just went into 7-11 and only got a diet pepsi and said "no" to the bag of pretzels which were calling my name.