Biggest Loser--Fall 2011 Challenge for Losers & Maintainers!!

[BernardandMissBianca]

QuOTD 9/14/11
For the WOOHOO moments:

you're off to great places today is your day,
your mountain is waiting so get on your way. ~ Dr. Seuss


QuOTD 9/15/11
For the weekend planning:

make today a day you are proud of

 

[cclovesdis]

I only have a minute or two, but I wanted to say hello and answer today's QOTD. I am so much better on the weekend. Weekdays are so inconsistent and weekends are not. I am much better about getting to the gym on Sat. or Sun. This weekend, I do have my college reunion to attend, but I know what is being served (due to my allergies) and it's OP!

for weigh-in tomorrow!

 

[my3princes]

OH MAN THIS IS SO FUNNY!!!!

The worst part is that we use pine litter, and when it disintegrates it looks EXACTLY like the white cookie crumbles on top, and then our "foster" (i.e. essentially our new adopted) cat uses the regular stuff, which looks like the stuff underneath... My god this is so gross and amazing. What an amazing sense of humor you have, I love this. Who did you make this for???

We're camping this weekend and it is Halloween weekend. Tomorrow night is the haunted trail and Saturday is Trick or Treating and a costume dance with prizes. Always a lot of fun. In past years the whole mean for Saturday night was "halloween" themed. I did witches fingers out of bread sticks, dipped in "blood" (marinara). Mummy toes (pigs in a blanket). jello eyeballs. Witches brew punch. There were other things that slip my mind at the moment.

 

[my3princes]

So I'm kind of a Halloween nut. I've made most of my kids costumes over the years. I've got some of them in an online photo album if anyone cares to look.

http://s12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/my3princes/Halloween Costumes

 

[kollerbear]

So I'm kind of a Halloween nut. I've made most of my kids costumes over the years. I've got some of them in an online photo album if anyone cares to look.

http://s12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/my3princes/Halloween Costumes

These are so cute... you're so talented!!! The Harley guy with the moustache cracked me up, as did the lifeguard with the sunscreen on his nose (such a cute detail)... and I love all the matching/themed costumes, like the Hercules characters, the Christmas tree + Santa, and Winnie the Pooh + the beehive. Such a great sense of humor. You got me excited for Halloween!!

 

[bellebookworm9]

Did you try the Men's Department? You may not be able to get something cute and fashionable but if you just need something in a basic black or brown "leather" to keep your pants up there are more size options there because they often size them to men's pants sizes rather than S/M/L/XL . I also found a stretchy belt in the Mens Dept at Walmart that doesn't even have holes, you just put the widget anywhere into the belt so it can adjust to whatever size you need.

Will keep this in mind for when the newer belt wears out.

JaxJags08, Did you attend UF? (Just guessing based on you name and avatar). As the summer challenge people know, that is where I would really like to go for grad school and would love to hear from someone with firsthand experience!

This looks frighteningly like my cat's litter box. I think we even have the same pooper scooper.

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Today was on plan through lunch and afternoon snack. I was all dressed and ready to head to the gym and I started getting shaky like my sugar was low, which didn't make any sense. I ate a lot of non-sensical gross carbs this evening.

Does anyone have any good low-calorie carb snacks to deal with low blood sugar? I had just eaten an orange, but that obviously didn't do much.

I've had a terrible sinus headache for about 6 hours. I've taken 4 motrin and 2 sudafed and it's just not going away. My face just hurts.

I'm cooking the pasta fagioli recipe tomorrow for dinner and fully intend to go to the gym in the evening, assuming my sinuses and sugar cooperate.

The strawberries that I just bought *yesterday* were already fuzzy today. Gross. I had to throw them out. But I have mini apples, navel oranges, bananas, etc.

 

[trinaweena]

I did myyy run tonight, but idk if i was on plan today. Im tired. Lol.im using saturday asa day to catch up with myself. I am just physically and mentally euxhausted. Actually i shud proably go to bed now so i will get up for yoga tomorrow

 

[buzz5985]

I am still looking for coaches for the above dates. If you are interested please PM me.

Janis

Thank you everyone!!! The Coaching schedule is full and updated on the first page.

Good morning all!

Sorry that I was not able to get back on last night due to school open house.

First, a couple of housekeeping matters:

Welcome to our incoming coach tomorrow, Tracey!

Tomorrow please don't forgot to PM those weights to dvccruiser76 and your HH (Healthy Habits) points to cclovesdis. I bet Satorifound might even still accept beginning numbers if you are doing WIN!

And, last but not least, consider signing up for a week of coaching. Our coaches pose the QOTD and keep the conversation moving. It is a lot of fun and very motivating. There is a QOTD archive to help you come up with questions and this group doesn't ever seem to run out of things to talk about! We are fortunate that we have enough participants that we can have a different coach every week. If you don't want to commit to a whole week let Janis know because we can split up weeks and even do a coach-of-the-day rotation sometimes. Please PM Janis if you are interested.

Let's talk for a minute about the week-ends. Do you sometimes find it is harder to stay on track on the week-ends than it is during the week? Here is a little excerpt from an article from sparkpeople.com called "10 Tips for a Healthier Week-end."

We all know how it goes. You make good food choices, avoid temptations, and work out every morning only to find that on Friday or Saturday night, your willpower goes out the window. Somehow you begin noshing on chicken fingers and guzzling beer then snoozing through your Spinning class the next morning. Sound familiar?

1. Squeeze in a longer workout.
2. Eat like it's a weekday.
3. Stick to your usual sleep schedule.
4. Get outdoors.
5. Fuel yourself for weekday success.
6. Limit your drinks.
7. Plan for relaxation.
8. Break the on-again, off-again diet mentality.
9. Weigh in Monday morning.
10. Plan for the week ahead.

Here is the link to the entire article if you are interested. http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/wellness_articles.asp?id=1607

Which brings me to the QOTD Thursday, September 15, 2011: Do you commit to healthy habits on weekends?
* Yes
* No
* Not always
* Other

I've had a lot of fun coaching this week. Thanks for all the wonderful responses!

Have a great day all!

Thank you so much for coaching.

I always seem to be the only one posting at 1:30 am...

I am ususally here late also. Only by the time I am on, all the questions have been answered, and I have nothing to add to the conversation!!!!

Janis

 

[donac]

Good morning everyone.

Deb I love your Halloween pictures. Dh's birthday is Halloween so it is a special holiday for us. I especially love your costumes from Hercules.

I had a long day yesterday but I did go to yoga and it felt great. I did smell a skunk again last night and my throat is sore again this morning. Maybe it is some sort of infection that makes me think I smell a skunk

I have to work distributing Boy Scout popcorn to troops and packs this afternoon so it is going to be a long day. Tomorrow I go and sew pillowcases for Kid with Cancer. I can't wait for that. We sew at my favorite fabric shop. I can't wait especially since yesterday was pay day.

I will weigh in this weekend. I think I have lost a couple of pounds but we shall see. Good luck to all those who are weighing in.

Have a happy and healthy day.

 

[baby1disney]

Keenercam...I don't have an account on that myfitnesspal.com site...but my name is Terrie!! Lol it's nice to meet you!!!

 

[dvccruiser76]

Good morning to all the losers and maintainers Everyone's weight has been entered. We are still missing 19 people, so I have sent out a PM to each one as a follow up. 2 of those are excused, so I don't want to miss the rest.

Good luck to everyone this morning on your weigh ins

QOTD Monday, September 12, 2011: If you were at Disneyworld or Disneyland right now, what would you be doing?

We would be heading to breakfast somewhere. If it's our first day I would hit the Kona Cafe for some Tonga Toast before heading over to the Magic Kingdom

I was shocked last night and a bit sad. My DS (16) told me when I take lil princess to Disney World next year for 3rd birthday, he doesn't want to go. He wants to stay home alone instead. (Grandma lives next door) I couldn't believe he said no. I hate teen years when guys are too kewl for disney. At least they get back into it after college. Is a good thing I have my lil princess to play with.

Oh no Say it isn't so.....

I would like to join the Fall challenge. Is it too late? I just started South Beach yesterday.

It's never too late. Just PM me your weight for last week and this week if you have them.

I will have to look into Pilates. I do not know much about it. Does anyone know if Zumba's a good program. We have a couple close to our house.

I have Zumba for the Wii too and love it You can select shorter or longer workouts and easy, moderate or hard depending on your level.

I have a question about the challenge. My wife would like to go through this journey with me, however she does not have an account. So my question is can she be under my name as DW? Thanks

Sure thing, just PM me her weight from last week and both of yours for today.

QOTD Wednesday, September 14, 2011: Happy Woo Hoo Wednesday! Let's celebrate those Woo Hoo moments (big or small) for the week!

I've had several woo hoos this week -- I've lost 4 pounds. Thank you coaching effect! But I think the biggest woo hoo is a big thank you to Patricia and Cam who told me about the scanning feature on myfitnesspal -- it is fabulous!

Woohoo on the 4 pounds

QOTD Wednesday, September 14, 2011: Happy Woo Hoo Wednesday! Let's celebrate those Woo Hoo moments (big or small) for the week!

Sorry I'm late, I have a woohoo moment for Thursday and that it's September 15th and the corporate deadline is officially over

My moment was being down 3.8 lbs at WW!

Woohoo

Welcome to Healthy Habits!

My name is CC (like see-see), which is short for Christina. No one has time to say 3 syllables so, it’s been shortened to my initials.

This is my 3rd time coaching Healthy Habits (HH) and I absolutely love it! I started a new job right after Thanksgiving and HH have been so important to me. I would like to give a shout out to donac and jenanderson who showed me the ropes coaching previous challenges.

For the WISH Biggest Loser 12 Challenge, I am revamping Healthy Habits. Each week will have a theme, and each theme will be a Disney movie. I will be using various components of the movie to determine each week’s daily habits and the 2 mini-challenges.

Every week you will have 4 “Habits” to do each day. There will also be 2 Mini-Challenges. These will be something like “Exercise for 45 minutes simultaneously once during the week.” The “Habits” will be things that are essential for good “Health.” One might be “Drink 6 8 oz. glasses of water per day.” I will be very clear about which 4 are for all 7 days and which 2 are the Mini-Challenges.

The Healthy Habits “week” is the same as for weigh-ins. A new “week” begins on Friday and ends on Thursday. At the end of each week, total your points and PM (private message) me them. Please list your total points in the subject of your PM. In the body of your PM, please separate each “Habit” and mini-challenge. Here is an example.
Habit #1: 5/7 days
Habit #2: 4/7 days
Habit #3: 7/7 days
Habit #4: 1/7 days
Mini-Challenge #1: Completed
Mini-Challenge #2: Not Completed

This will allow me to recognize participants who earned 7/7 for 1 or more “Habits.” It also gives me feedback for future weeks.

Please PM me your points by Tuesday at 5 PM Eastern Time. I will post the results as soon as possible after that. Everyone who participates will be entered into the “hat” for a chance at the prize. I have bought many of the prizes already and I think they are great!

It is optional to participate, but I know I do so much better when I participate.

Welcome to Healthy Habits Week 2: Toy Story

Buzz, Woody, and the gang have some great traits as they complete mission after mission. Week 2 on the show tends to be a difficult week. Well, we're not going to have that happen to us! Buzz, Woody, and the gang have persistence and so will we! They are also thinkers and planners. My favorite trait of them all though, is their happiness, which I believe comes from the bond they share with one another. That is something we have here and I know is "beyond" helpful for many, if not all, of us!

For All 7 Days:

Are you still using your journals? I hope so! No mission is successful without the proper fuel. So,

1. Your “Habit” is to drink 8 8 oz. glasses of water per day.

2. As you go about your day, write down everything you eat. This week, your “Habit” is to write down all the foods and caloric beverages you drink AND record one nutritional aspect of it (calories, fat, carbs, points, etc.).

3. Eat 2 servings of protein per day. (I'll let you decide what counts, but don't call your dairy serving your protein serving too.)

4. End your day with a mantra. A good one is "I am healthy." Remember, emotional health is essential too!

Now that we've got our fuel, we need our fitness.

Mini-Challenges:

1. Is your fitness plan ready for the month? Stick to it! If you complete all of your planned workouts, you completed this Mini-Challenge!

2. Did you include any strength training in your exercise plan? Include at least one strength training session during the week. Ten minutes is a great start!

Please, please feel free to ask any questions. You are welcome to PM me or post on the thread. I check my e-mail almost as soon as I get home from work and throughout the weekend.

Hope everyone has a great week!

Okay now that September 15th is behind me, I am ready for HH. And Toy Story? How could I not join. That's DS's favorite

I'm just sad that I missed Beauty and the Beast, because that's my favorite

So I'm kind of a Halloween nut. I've made most of my kids costumes over the years. I've got some of them in an online photo album if anyone cares to look.

http://s12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/my3princes/Halloween Costumes

Oh, let me check them out. Is it bad that I bought DS's costume in July



Last night I was determined to go to bed by 9:00. I actually went down at 8:35, popped in my Ipod and relaxed to Spectromagic and almost fell asleep. As it finished, I turned off my Ipod, placed it on my bedside table and was alseep in less than 2 minutes.


Have a great Friday everyone

 

[lovetoscrap]

Quick drive by

Off to crop! As usual I am running late and since I am the one organizing it I guess I have to be there to open the door. Have to get my HEALTHY snacks and meals packed up and all my scrap crap. Fortunately it is at the pool clubhouse just 10 mins from my house so I can come and go if I forget anything.

Everyone have a great ON PLAN day!

 

[mikamah]

make today a day you are proud of

We all can do this!! Let's start this week off on the right foot.

I missed lots of lisa's questions last week, but thoroughly enjoyed reading everyone's answers. On the tracking, for me, tracking is such a huge part of my success. You'd think I'd do it more. Well, I've got my paper in pocket, and my breakfast written down, and my goal is to track every bite this week, and make smart choices. I'm debating on doing ww points again, since I haven't stuck with it for a while, I think I'm going to go with the journalling, and see what this week brings.

Which brings me to the QOTD Thursday, September 15, 2011: Do you commit to healthy habits on weekends?
* Yes
* No
* Not always
* Other

not always. Or if I commit, something comes up and I fall off the wagon. This weekend, I am committing. Other than football on sunday, it's a low key weekend, maybe apple picking saturday, it looks like a beautiful fall weekend here. Next saturday I have a b-day party for my nephew, and a half marathon that I haven't trained much for. If I can stay on plan for this week maybe see a decent loss, I can be as good as I can for the race, and feel motivated to behave at the party.

Thank you, Lisa for coaching and for all the fabulous qotds. You sure did have a busy week and as always are such a great support to all of us here.

Welcome coach Tracey. Thanks for coaching this week. I hope to read the article later today and answer the qotd.

Lts- So sorry the foot is bothering you so much. I meant to say the other day congratulations to you for maintaining over the summer. That is a huge success in my book, and not easy to do.

Deb-that kitty litter box is awesome! As are all of your costumes. I started looking through them, and oh, I loved the christmas tree, and then the beehive, and then pooh and the beehive, just precious. And your husbands head on the platter. priceless. You are so clever. Have a great weekend camping.

CC-Congrats on your great loss this week, and thank you for doing the hh again. I definitely want to take part again, and hope to kick some of this weight to the curb once and for all.

Sue-Thank you for being our weightkeeper. Sounds like you needed a good nights sleep. I went to bed by 9 a few nights this week too.

Hello to everyone else!! Have a healthy, happy day!!

 

[tinkerbellfriend]

Ok, the first week on this challenge has definitely been a challenge for me. I started off the week really strong until I hit Wednesday. Went out to eat with the family to celebrate my nephew's birthday....totally blew it there. So on Thursday I tried really hard to be good.....then crashed at the end of the day by eating 2 bowls of Reese Puff cereal. Now today, I am feeling horrible but trying to get back up again and start over. I am not off to a good start. I have another hurdle today. I am going out to eat with a friend that I have not seen in a long time so I feel I cannot cancel. We have been trying to get together for a very long time.....this is just bad timing for me with starting this challenge. I am very weak when it comes to eating out...everything is just so tempting. So I am going to try very hard today and pick something healthy. I have to do this!!! I sure could use a little pixie dust today! Now I am going to catch up on some questions of the day:

QOTD Thursday, September 15, 2011: Do you commit to healthy habits on weekends?
* Yes
* No
* Not always
* Other

My answer: When I am fully committed to the healthy lifestyle, yes, I am committed to healthy habits on the weekend. My problem is just getting started this time. I did great a few years ago, lost 25 pounds....felt great.

QOTD Wednesday, September 14, 2011: Happy Woo Hoo Wednesday! Let's celebrate those Woo Hoo moments (big or small) for the week!

My answer: It is hard to answer that one now since I blew it on Thursday and Friday but I will say that this has been a stressful week and usually when things get stressful, I head to Culver's for a treat....but I did not do that this week. I guess that is my woohoo moment.

QOTD Monday, September 12, 2011: If you were at Disneyworld or Disneyland right now, what would you be doing?

My answer: At Disney World, since it is around 9 AM my time right now, I would be probably be on a bus heading to one of the parks, hopefully Magic Kingdom since that one is my favorite. We would have our day planned as far as the rides we want to do and the dinner reservation already planned. Our first ride of the day would most likely be Splash Mountain.

 

[JaxJags08]

JaxJags08, Did you attend UF? (Just guessing based on you name and avatar). As the summer challenge people know, that is where I would really like to go for grad school and would love to hear from someone with firsthand experience!

Hi! Yes, I graduated in 2000 with an Economics degree. My sister is currently doing a joint PhD program between UF and a college in France in the Aerospace Engineering program. What are you planning on studying in grad school?

I really loved my time at UF. It is a quintessential college town - everything revolves around the university and mostly it's numerous sports programs. I know for some people, they find Gainesville a little too small and they miss what big cities have to offer. I've never lived in a busy city, so it didn't bother me at all. I actually grew up in a pretty small town, so Gainesville had a lot going on to me! The school is great for health conscious people. There were always students running and biking and there are some great gyms on campus that are free for students. As far as the school goes, it has top notch facilities and some great professors. Oh, and the weather is awesome and you are always within a couple hours of the beach and Disney World!

Feel free to ask me any questions and I'll do my best to answer!

 

[lovehoney]

Found what I was looking for so I will post your first task for the week.

I am Tracey and I will be your coach this week! This is my 5th challenge. I was absent for most of the last challenge but I am here to work with you all and succeed!

You will be reading articles or part of articles on several areas related to weight loss (protein, metabolism, control, carbs, etc).

The first article I would like you to access is on the basics of weight loss. You may read the whole article when you have a chance or scroll to the section on Metabolism.

Go to www.weightlosschallenge.com
Select Course 3
Choose Week 2
username: wlc (all lowercase)
password: weightloss (no spaces, lowercase)

After reading, answer the following questions:
1) What things do you eat already that can help you speed up your metabolism?
2) Do you limit the foods/drinks that slow down your metabolism?
3) What new things did you learn from this article?
!

I can't access the article. Would you mind summarizing?

 

[pjlla]

I would say "Other". It's not that I commit or don't commit because it's a weekend, but I don't seem to be on or off plan on some days of the week as opposed to others, KWIM?

I meant to comment on this before. THis is a GREAT attitude..... I'm frankly kind of tired of people commenting on "are you 'on' your diet this week/weekend?" or "are you going to stay 'on' your diet for vacation?" Honestly this is NO LONGER just a DIET for me! It is a total change to healthier, lighter eating and exercise habits! I don't really plan days to be "on" or "off", although sometimes I do plan ahead for a splurge. And of course, the best laid plans sometimes go awry and I eat more/worse than I originally planned to, but of course, the next meal is right back to my "normal, healthy eating".

I think that it is this kind of thinking that makes me (reasonably) successful and will make you successful in this journey too!!

Lisa - let me add my voice to the others - thanks for coaching. Really great questions.

The answer to to QOTD is a resounding yes - I do, I have to. To me there is no good/bad foods or days.

I used to binge, starve and purge my way to wonderful weigh ins, each week, at WW, but I don't do that any more.

To keep my "lion" in check, I need to be consistent (or strive for it), daily.

But as I plan my meals to include a little of everything, I don't need to "cheat" - just plan.

I don't need a "last supper" whatever I want can be worked in. I do have lower/higher calorie days, but cannot "wait until tomorrow" anyday, because, for me, tomorrow never comes.

If "Scar" is in check, this works, if I let him out of the cage it doesn't, that simple.

Have a magical day folks. Scale in the morning - scary, but going to do it.

Training tonight.

Linda

Again..... you're RIGHT... the key to success in this journey is being CONSISTENT! You can't be constantly thinking about your "last supper" or what you will eat when you are "done" with this! You need to make changes that you can stick with for the long run! And you might surprise yourself as to what those changes will be!

And this is a reason why those "all or nothing" type diets rarely work (SlimFast, Medi-Fast, etc)..... they don't teach you ANYTHING about making permanent changes, portion control, etc. And you spend the entire "DIET" thinking about what you will eat when you are "done"!

I'll be the first to admit, when I re-started this journey for the billionth time back on 01/02/2008, this wasn't my mind-set. I was just "losing for Disney" (again ) and couldn't WAIT to be in the parks eating whatever I wanted! But something changed this time and I realized I need to make more permanent changes! And when I got back from Disney (and yes, I definitely overate), I got RIGHT BACK ON PLAN and I haven't looked back since.

When I have a craving, I usually try to put it off and plan it for a Friday or Saturday and then I have something to look forward to. And usually, by that day, I don't even always want it any more! But if I still want it, I have it.... be it chocolate, ice cream, pizza, whatever! But honestly, I so rarely crave anything like this any more. I am SO content and happy with a homemade pizza on low carb pita pocket crust.... I know you probably don't all believe me, but it's true! ANd for a big splurge I might have a handful of Baked Lay's and a 64 calorie beer!

There is so much "indulgent" food that I just couldn't care less about any more that I NEVER thought I'd want to give up..... french fries come to mind first. Sure, I might steal a few from DS occasionally when we are out, but I never, ever, ever order my own any more ANYWHERE and I DO NOT miss them!

You have obviously found the key to success this time! WTG!!

Found what I was looking for so I will post your first task for the week.

I am Tracey and I will be your coach this week! This is my 5th challenge. I was absent for most of the last challenge but I am here to work with you all and succeed!

You will be reading articles or part of articles on several areas related to weight loss (protein, metabolism, control, carbs, etc).

The first article I would like you to access is on the basics of weight loss. You may read the whole article when you have a chance or scroll to the section on Metabolism.

Go to www.weightlosschallenge.com
Select Course 3
Choose Week 2
username: wlc (all lowercase)
password: weightloss (no spaces, lowercase)

After reading, answer the following questions:
1) What things do you eat already that can help you speed up your metabolism?
2) Do you limit the foods/drinks that slow down your metabolism?
3) What new things did you learn from this article?

I am training on a new website to be an official weight loss coach. I should be able to invite people to this FREE site by the end of tomorrow. One thing I have had to do is log all the food I eat through the day, weigh in, record my exercise, and write a personal journal each day. I have been doing this for 10 days at this point. The Nutrition journal is so easy to use! It is like my fitness pal or pro according to a friend of mine.

If you are interested in checking out this FREE site, PM me with your email address and I will invite you to join me. The site is called iChange. There is no pressure to buy anything but you will learn about the products I use and I will do what I can to help you lose weight. Helping people get healthy has become a passion of mine for almost 3 years.

The WISH boards has been a big help and I have learned so much from everyone here.

Have a great evening! I will answer the question later tonight!

Thanks for this! I'll read when I am done posting here and then answer the QOTD.

Kitty Litter Cake: Looks gross, but is yummy and NOT diet friendly

Recipe: http://www.fabulousfoods.com/recipes/kitty-litter-cake-for-halloween

EWWWW!!!! But I LOVE it! Waaay ickier than "dirt" cake!! Almost TOO realistic!

Wow, I thought I answered this questions.

Now I forget what my woohoo was, but tonight I was hottie mom instead of PTO mom. We had open house and I dressed in nicer jeans, a nice shirt and heels. I got loads of compliments. Would have looked a little better if I had a smaller belly but whatever, the jeans were tight enough that I didn't want to eat! LOL
Oh I remember my woohoo, I signed up for My Fitness Pal.

for hottie mom!! Heels??? I"m impressed! I can't even WALK in heels any more!



DS still doesn't have his phone back, long story, but I'll send on the message. We have the first really big meet Saturday!

Whoops.... I'll let her know.

Welcome to Healthy Habits!

My name is CC (like see-see), which is short for Christina. No one has time to say 3 syllables so, it’s been shortened to my initials.

This is my 3rd time coaching Healthy Habits (HH) and I absolutely love it! I started a new job right after Thanksgiving and HH have been so important to me. I would like to give a shout out to donac and jenanderson who showed me the ropes coaching previous challenges.

For the WISH Biggest Loser 12 Challenge, I am revamping Healthy Habits. Each week will have a theme, and each theme will be a Disney movie. I will be using various components of the movie to determine each week’s daily habits and the 2 mini-challenges.

Every week you will have 4 “Habits” to do each day. There will also be 2 Mini-Challenges. These will be something like “Exercise for 45 minutes simultaneously once during the week.” The “Habits” will be things that are essential for good “Health.” One might be “Drink 6 8 oz. glasses of water per day.” I will be very clear about which 4 are for all 7 days and which 2 are the Mini-Challenges.

The Healthy Habits “week” is the same as for weigh-ins. A new “week” begins on Friday and ends on Thursday. At the end of each week, total your points and PM (private message) me them. Please list your total points in the subject of your PM. In the body of your PM, please separate each “Habit” and mini-challenge. Here is an example.
Habit #1: 5/7 days
Habit #2: 4/7 days
Habit #3: 7/7 days
Habit #4: 1/7 days
Mini-Challenge #1: Completed
Mini-Challenge #2: Not Completed

This will allow me to recognize participants who earned 7/7 for 1 or more “Habits.” It also gives me feedback for future weeks.

Please PM me your points by Tuesday at 5 PM Eastern Time. I will post the results as soon as possible after that. Everyone who participates will be entered into the “hat” for a chance at the prize. I have bought many of the prizes already and I think they are great!

It is optional to participate, but I know I do so much better when I participate.

Welcome to Healthy Habits Week 2: Toy Story

Buzz, Woody, and the gang have some great traits as they complete mission after mission. Week 2 on the show tends to be a difficult week. Well, we're not going to have that happen to us! Buzz, Woody, and the gang have persistence and so will we! They are also thinkers and planners. My favorite trait of them all though, is their happiness, which I believe comes from the bond they share with one another. That is something we have here and I know is "beyond" helpful for many, if not all, of us!

For All 7 Days:

Are you still using your journals? I hope so! No mission is successful without the proper fuel. So,

1. Your “Habit” is to drink 8 8 oz. glasses of water per day.

2. As you go about your day, write down everything you eat. This week, your “Habit” is to write down all the foods and caloric beverages you drink AND record one nutritional aspect of it (calories, fat, carbs, points, etc.).

3. Eat 2 servings of protein per day. (I'll let you decide what counts, but don't call your dairy serving your protein serving too.)

4. End your day with a mantra. A good one is "I am healthy." Remember, emotional health is essential too!

Now that we've got our fuel, we need our fitness.

Mini-Challenges:

1. Is your fitness plan ready for the month? Stick to it! If you complete all of your planned workouts, you completed this Mini-Challenge!

2. Did you include any strength training in your exercise plan? Include at least one strength training session during the week. Ten minutes is a great start!

Please, please feel free to ask any questions. You are welcome to PM me or post on the thread. I check my e-mail almost as soon as I get home from work and throughout the weekend.

Hope everyone has a great week!

CC..... thanks again for taking SO MUCH time and effort with the Healthy Habits! I think this is GREAT, especially for some of our "healthy lifestyle newbies"! I know I'm not good about keeping track of my HH points and stuff, but I want you to know that I always read your HH posts and try to follow them!

BTW, got your PM.... package should go postal today! Hope it helps.

Today did not go well today, I don't think I over ate but I didn't eat on plan. I got sucked into school drama that I don't want to be a part of. I need to figure out how to get out of it. And it's really bad, like people may lose their jobs bad.

Then we had open house #2 tonight, last night was DD's and DS9's. Today was DS10. That didn't go as planned, DS10 was getting on my nerves with his friends, DD was running around like crazy (I'd really like to keep them home in the future). I snapped at DH and the kids when I got home because they were all yelling at each other while I was on the phone, sadly it including cussing and I not happy. Not one of my finer moments.

Can I have a do over?

Yup..... today is your do-over.... it is a brand new day with no mistakes in it! It is called the "present" cause it is a gift to you, new, every single day!

So I'm kind of a Halloween nut. I've made most of my kids costumes over the years. I've got some of them in an online photo album if anyone cares to look.

http://s12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/my3princes/Halloween Costumes

Can't wait to look at those pictures! I've sewn most of my kids costumes over the years too. I don't care much for Halloween and we've always had rules in my house limiting costume selection to nothing "evil, bloody, icky, scary, demonic, etc" and the kids have always come up with really fun ideas! DD is determined to be Rapunzel this year complete with the beautiful purple gown! And DS is kind of bucking the "rules" and wants to be a Dementor from HP. Not sure that will be happening, but you never know. Looks like I had better get out the sewing machine NOW!

Quick drive by

Off to crop! As usual I am running late and since I am the one organizing it I guess I have to be there to open the door. Have to get my HEALTHY snacks and meals packed up and all my scrap crap. Fortunately it is at the pool clubhouse just 10 mins from my house so I can come and go if I forget anything.

Everyone have a great ON PLAN day!

Lucky you! SO WISH I was going to a crop anytime soon!

Ok, the first week on this challenge has definitely been a challenge for me. I started off the week really strong until I hit Wednesday. Went out to eat with the family to celebrate my nephew's birthday....totally blew it there. So on Thursday I tried really hard to be good.....then crashed at the end of the day by eating 2 bowls of Reese Puff cereal. Now today, I am feeling horrible but trying to get back up again and start over. I am not off to a good start. I have another hurdle today. I am going out to eat with a friend that I have not seen in a long time so I feel I cannot cancel. We have been trying to get together for a very long time.....this is just bad timing for me with starting this challenge. I am very weak when it comes to eating out...everything is just so tempting. So I am going to try very hard today and pick something healthy. I have to do this!!! I sure could use a little pixie dust today! Now I am going to catch up on some questions of the day:

QOTD Thursday, September 15, 2011: Do you commit to healthy habits on weekends?
* Yes
* No
* Not always
* Other

My answer: When I am fully committed to the healthy lifestyle, yes, I am committed to healthy habits on the weekend. My problem is just getting started this time. I did great a few years ago, lost 25 pounds....felt great.

QOTD Wednesday, September 14, 2011: Happy Woo Hoo Wednesday! Let's celebrate those Woo Hoo moments (big or small) for the week!

My answer: It is hard to answer that one now since I blew it on Thursday and Friday but I will say that this has been a stressful week and usually when things get stressful, I head to Culver's for a treat....but I did not do that this week. I guess that is my woohoo moment.

QOTD Monday, September 12, 2011: If you were at Disneyworld or Disneyland right now, what would you be doing?

My answer: At Disney World, since it is around 9 AM my time right now, I would be probably be on a bus heading to one of the parks, hopefully Magic Kingdom since that one is my favorite. We would have our day planned as far as the rides we want to do and the dinner reservation already planned. Our first ride of the day would most likely be Splash Mountain.

Try finding the menu from today's lunch restaurant online. FIgure out the calories/points/whatever from things you might like, make your selection for lunch, write it down, and when you get to the restaurant DON'T EVEN OPEN the menu! Order from your note and STICK WITH IT!! And you order first so you aren't tempted by what your friend orders. And don't be STARVING when you get there.... have a cup of tea and a piece of fruit or cheese before you go, to take the edge off. It is MUCH EASIER to make good healthy choices when you aren't starving! GOod luck.

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Happy Sunny Friday friends! I hope everyone is enjoying a beautiful day in their neighborhood today! It is sunny and breezy and COOL here! Definitely fall is arriving.

I never did fold that laundry last night. By the time we were home, had dinner stuff cleaned up, etc, etc, etc, I just did NOT have the energy for folding.... so it got moved aside for the night and is waiting for me NOW. Dang. Guess I was hoping that the laundry fairy might have visited during the night!

"Splurged" with a bit of extra carb at breakfast this morning and really enjoyed it. Had a 3 eggwhite omelet with spinach and goat cheese and a homemade WW carrot pineapple muffin that I had in the freezer from a batch my Mom made a while ago. I grilled the muffin with just a bit of PAM spray after my eggs were done.... it was delicious!

Need to find a recipe to use up some hamburg in the fridge. Got a few ideas for it, but thought I might check the SB website or allrecipes. com for some other ideas.

I'm gonna go read that article that Tracey posted so I can reply to the QOTD and then check out Deb's pictures! Be back in a few....................P

 

[MinnieMouseMom]

I'd like to join as a loser

 

[jillbur]

I may go a little off plan tonight (and I'm fine with it because I feel so good this week). I think I'm taking my DS's to see Lion King 3D! And I'm sure they (and I) will want some popcorn! We still have 3 passes leftover from the M&M packages that had the chance to win free movie money. We have 3 passes for free movies up to $12 and our movies with 3D are $11.50 so it's FREE!! I am so excited to see this movie again on the big screen (especially after the horrible day I had at work yesterday with our IEP program. I wrote an entire IEP on a new version of IEPwriter and they switched back to the old, so I lost everything ). I feel like I deserve a night out with my boys (DH will be working though).

Anyone else planning on seeing Lion King 3D?

Have a great weekend everyone!

 

[bellebookworm9]

Hi! Yes, I graduated in 2000 with an Economics degree. My sister is currently doing a joint PhD program between UF and a college in France in the Aerospace Engineering program. What are you planning on studying in grad school?

I really loved my time at UF. It is a quintessential college town - everything revolves around the university and mostly it's numerous sports programs. I know for some people, they find Gainesville a little too small and they miss what big cities have to offer. I've never lived in a busy city, so it didn't bother me at all. I actually grew up in a pretty small town, so Gainesville had a lot going on to me! The school is great for health conscious people. There were always students running and biking and there are some great gyms on campus that are free for students. As far as the school goes, it has top notch facilities and some great professors. Oh, and the weather is awesome and you are always within a couple hours of the beach and Disney World!

Feel free to ask me any questions and I'll do my best to answer!

I am planning to get my clinical doctorate in audiology. The school sounds like a bigger (people wise and grounds wise) version of my undergrad college. We are also in a quintessential college town in a very rural area-our big outings are to the grocery stores! I was looking at the various gym facilities and was very pleased with the options. I’m submitting my application very soon, like today or tomorrow.

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Meals are planned for today, my headache was gone (thankfully) when I woke up and I'm at work for the next four hours. Will start cooking when I get home and head to the gym for a bit later. I think I'm also having a movie night with my friends.

I skimmed the QOTD article last night, but my eyes hurt so I didn't really retain much, but from what I do remember, it was things I kind of knew already.

Exactly 3 weeks until Disney!