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

Deb- She is looking forward to my visit in 2 weeks and my sister needs a break. I am hoping that my brother and sister will chip in with me to get them their tickets to come up for Christmas. I need to discuss that with them after I approach them with the subject. I spoke to my mom briefly last night as she had chemo yesterday and was wiped out and had been sleeping all afternoon. Nothing was said but I have some ideas of things to do.

I just can't get up at 5am anymore to work out like I used to. No matter how hard I try I just can't do it. Hoping to do some elliptical during BL tonight. I have one client at noon today so that's a bit of a workout. Not even going to bother getting up. The rain woke me up this morning but I reset the alarm and went back to bed. From those of you who know me from the previous challenges this is so UNTIGGER like! I used to do 2-3 miles before 6am. Oh well, if I can keep doing the track 2 nights a week and workout sometime the other days. Hoping that will do the trick.

Off to finish getting Ash ready for school.
 
Good morning. It is another dark, cold, dreary morning here.

A bit of a fun
QOTD 10/4: What is your dream job/career? Really, no matter how out there it is!

One week from now will be our last day in Disney. :sad1: We have breakfast scheduled at Cape May Cafe and will then spend a few hours at Downtown Disney before Magical Express picks us up, probably around 4pm.

DQOTD: Do you have any Disney soundtracks or CDs that you listen to? They can be from theme parks or movies.
 
cc, I hope your day goes well!

QOTD This is a question I have been thinking about all day without the QOTD. Yesterday I had a very busy day and logged 17000 steps. I want to count this in terms of minutes of exercise but I am trying to figure it out

I understand this-I mapped it on Google Earth and figured out that on a normal day I walk at least a mile in normal courses of travel. But I don't wear a pedometer and it's not a steady amount of time so I don't know how to count it as exercise. :confused3


QOTD 10/4: What is your dream job/career? Really, no matter how out there it is!

DQOTD: Do you have any Disney soundtracks or CDs that you listen to? They can be from theme parks or movies.

QOTD: My dream job is what I'm going for: Audiology. I think it's absolutely fascinating. Another career would be a professional student. I'd be happy if I could stay in school for the rest of my life and just keep learning-without the loans, of course. I'd also like to be a Disney Fairy Tale Wedding Planner (I hope to eventually get married at Seabreeze Pointe, between Beach Club and Boardwalk-I'll take pictures on Friday!) or just a Disney Vacation Planner in general.

DQOTD: I have a lot of Disney music. I have the soundtracks to SpectroMagic, Wishes, Fantasmic, and IllumiNations. I have the 4 Parks, 1 World CD with lots of great music on it, like Soarin'. I also have a bunch of songs from Disney Movies-Beauty and the Beast, Mary Poppins, Pocahontas, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Princess and the Frog, Pirates of the Caribbean.
 
Good morning losers and maintainers!

Pamela, hope that the scrapbook is finished soon. :hug: I'm sure it is lovely and something that your MIL will cherish always! :flower3:

Tracey, glad that you had a good report from the doctor. :thumbsup2

LTS, I'm with you! I hate the "punish the class for the misbehavior of a few" thing, too. :headache: That makes for a long, miserable evening with that much homework night after night. :sad2:

Gretchen, it won't be long now! :cool1:

4HOLIDAYS, you really need the single digit dance after this week! :banana:

ougrad86, hope the ankle is feeling better soon! :flower3:

I didn't go to the gym on Friday, but did a Crunch video on Netflix. Of course, all the dogs and my DD joined me on the yoga mat for the video. I took Sat and Sun off and was back at the gym today to lift. Tomorrow I'll run and power yoga is Wed.

:rotfl2: Always nice to make exercise a family affair! ;)

kollerbear, I love the fall weather, too. :cool2:

Great job on the steps, Dona! :thumbsup2

CC, you can turn it around -- I know it! :cheer2:

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I always find that I have to hunt a bit more for my motivation as we get through the exciting first few weeks of the challenge, not to mention Halloween candy showing up en masse and Thanksgiving and Christmas right around the corner. :santa:

Have a great day all!
 

DQOTD: Do you have any Disney soundtracks or CDs that you listen to? They can be from theme parks or movies.
I have Fantasmic!, the Disney Parades and Parties music (MNSSHP, P&P), 4 parks CD.
Also since I'm a stay at hme mom I put on Mouse World Radio or Park Hopper Radio on Live365, almost the entire day. Right now I'm listening to Sounds Dangerous
 
It's a beautiful morning here. Bright sunshine, cool weather, clear as a bell, but my mood is cold and dreary.

My DS10 is at sleep-away environmental camp this week. It is the first time he's stayed away from home more than one night. I didn't think I would be so sad. I know he is having a great time - he was so excited to go.

I have another interview this afternoon. Normally I would be super excited because I've been looking for a job for over a year now. Now I'm worried - What if I do get the job? I've been a SAHM for 9 years. How will I manage winter and summer break? I've always spent time with the boys during this time. When I factor in day care for DS2, after school care and summer/winter camps for DS10 and DS7 - there isn't that much left over. We do need the security of having both DH and I having jobs, so I need to go back to work.

Then there is the food. All i want to do is eat. I haven't eaten breakfast this morning because I'm afraid. I don't know if I can stop eating once I start. How do you control the urge to binge when you are emotional?
 
QOTD 10/4: What is your dream job/career? Really, no matter how out there it is!
after I had to go to the nurse at Typhoon Lagoon, I thought one day I'd like to be a nurse in WDW. Maybe one day, you never know.

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I have Country sings the best of disney, and Disney's beach party cds in my car. I always look at the cd's in disney but never end up buying one with the songs from the parks. I guess I could buy some songs from itunes and put them on ds's ipod. He wants an ipod touch so if I get him one for his b-day/christmas, i'll inherit his ipod.

I know that some people were feeling a little discouraged at their numbers, but really, any progress is GREAT! :banana:Feel free to join at any time, whether it is a WIN week or not. Our next WIN! measure-in will be Friday, October 21st.

Please remember to send in the TOTAL of your measurements rather than the five individual measurements. Thank you!
:cool1:

And our top ten list:
#10- glass1/2full with 1.02%
#9- audisneydad (wife) with 1.12%
#8- mackeysmom with 1.16%
#7- mom of djc with 1.24%
#6- desiree with 1.43%
#5- buzz5985 with 1.54%
#4- 4holidays with 1.6%
#3- kollerbear with 2.49%
#2- audiodisneydad with 2.53%
and the winner.............................

:woohoo: aamama with 2.66% lost!!!!! :woohoo:
Congratulation everyone!! Great losses this week!!
Thank you satorifound for tracking the WIN this challenge.

I'm on track for my big goals but just barely. Need to work a little harder to ensure those dreams come true! pixiedust:
You can do it, Lisa!!!:wizard:

Anyway, as you can probably guess from my lack of posting, I have not been on plan. Today WILL be a good day. I made some GF bread last night and am looking forward to a well-rounded lunch. I even bought some cheese I can eat and will have some for lunch. I had it yesterday, but not on bread. Good, but not great. I think there's something about deli meat and cheese that screams bread to me. Plus, my body needs a good amount of carbs and I haven't been having enough.
I'm feeling the same way, not horrible, but not great, so just kinda hanging in the maintaining mode. I need to get moving. I am doing some hh, and will definitely get the exercise in this week. Here's to a good day today!!!:thumbsup2

I'm pulling out all the Halloween decorations. I love decorating for holidays!

Maria
I did that on saturday!! I love decorating for the holidays too.

kathy--Yesterday I watched The Time Traveler's Wife on TV. It was soooo good!
Glad to hear you liked it. I've heard mixed reviews.

They're both still kind of confusing to me, and I can't actually think about the time travel too much because then I just get all mixed up in my head. :laughing:
:lmao: I hope by reading the book, I won't be as confused for the movie. I feel that way about the pirates movies. When #4 comes out, I want to buy them for ds for christmas, and watch all of them again, and figure out who's dead and who's alive.

QOTD: On busy days like today, how do you go about keeping your eating and exercise on track? What are some ways you could incorporate healthy strategies in, if you don't already?
Planning ahead, having a plan of what to cook on the days we're home, with leftovers for the days we have football makes a big difference. For exercise, I do better if I plan to get up and do some wii fit, or plan to run after ds gets on the bus. But if I don't make a definite plan, it's too easy not to do it.

One week from today we will be spending the morning at Stormalong Bay (:love:), heading over the Wilderness Lodge for lunch at Whispering Canyon Cafe, and then spending the late afternoon through midnight at Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party. I hear the party is super crowded lately due to the Fantasyland expansion taking up a lot of walking space, so:

What are you most and/or least excited for that is coming with the new Fantasyland Expansion?

Here's an article about it if you have no idea what I'm talking about. http://www.**************.net/2011/...ld-expansion-emerge-from-imagineer-interview/


I'll be back shortly with my own answers and replies![/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
I'll have to check out that article later, but i've heard there will be a second Dumbo, so that will be nice. I hate waiting too long for dumbo, and often we skip it because of the line.

We went to the Fair today in the not so great weather. But, with bad weather comes smaller crowds which was nice
We went to the fair last night, and got rained on, but it wasn't too bad. We had fun, and I didn't do too badly, had a bite of michael's corn dog, we split a cheeseburger, and split an apple crisp, and had one apple cider donut. We stayed away from the deep fried twinkies and oreos. :thumbsup2

Thanks for the encouragement, and CONGRATULATIONS on finishing your half, and for finishing it faster than your last! Unexpected PB! Haha. Do you have a next race planned? For myself, I would love for it to be a Disney race, but I don't think we'd be able to afford that next year and there are good races in the New York City area, so probably not. I'm thinking about the Manhattan half marathon in Central Park in January-- New York Road Runners does a half marathon series in each borough of the city throughout the year, and it's nice to be able to train on the exact path you'll be running (the Central Park loop). My first 1/2 was about a year ago in Central Park, and I loved it. They also organize nicely, with frequent water/Gatorade/gel stations and a clock at every mile. I remember when I ran my second 1/2 in New Haven, which was a much more professionally organized ING race, I just assumed I'd see a clock every mile, and when I didn't it really threw me off! BUT one day I hope I'll get to run WDW as my first marathon! That's the whole reason I got into running last year, and even though it didn't happen exactly as planned, I hope it'll happen, maybe in 2013. Just remembering what you said--if you set your mind to it and put your heart into it, you can do it!
Central park is so beautiful, it must be amazing to run through. We spent one afternoon there, walked around for a long time, and when we looked at the map we hadn't even seen 1/6th of the park. I have a 5k on thanksgiving, but no longer race plans. Though my goal is to do another half in disney in 2014 for my 50th b-day. I'd like to do the january half and cheer on the full, but we'll see what happens. The disney marathon will be a fantastic motivator for you to continue your traiing.

PamelaLooks like the rain is headed your way. Hope it's not too bad for you. Nice work on the scrapbooking. I want to get some scrapping done once football ends. We spend about 8 hours each week total for practice and games, so if I even dedicated 2 hours a week to scrap, I could get so much done.

Tracey- It's so hard. Hang in there. :hug:

Good morning, losers!! Rainy day here, but it seems to be stopping. My yard is flooded, and the water has been pouring over my bulkhead threshold into the basement, stressing me out. I have a sump pump that's working overtime, but I'm very happy the rain is stopping. I was cranky with ds when he was not ready for school, but luckily the bus was late so we weren't fighting when he left.

Need to get back to tracking today. Lost it on sunday, but am starting fresh again.

Happy Birthday Nancy!!:dance3:

Have a great day everyone!!
 
Good morning. It is another dark, cold, dreary morning here.

A bit of a fun
QOTD 10/4: What is your dream job/career? Really, no matter how out there it is!

One week from now will be our last day in Disney. :sad1: We have breakfast scheduled at Cape May Cafe and will then spend a few hours at Downtown Disney before Magical Express picks us up, probably around 4pm.

DQOTD: Do you have any Disney soundtracks or CDs that you listen to? They can be from theme parks or movies.


My dream job would probably be working with animals. When I was little I wanted to be a trainer for Sea World. So, maybe something along those lines?

We have The Lion King CD in our car at all times and my DS5 requests it all the time. We just love The Lion King!

So far, today's been pretty good. I am trying to find time to take DS8 running later since we signed up for a 5k on Saturday. But, it is gloomy and drizzly here. I get home at 3 and have a PTO meeting at 4. My DS has a hard time running after dinner because he seems to get cramps. So, I have no idea what to do. I guess we'll play it by ear. Other than that, I hope everyone has a great day!

Jill
 
Good Morning!
I have already spent way too much time here on the computer so I need to get moving. Since I was gone yesterday the house didn't get cleaned and I have no idea what is for dinner tonight. I haven't even had breakfast yet! We have some sun today so I am going to look at my paint samples and see if I can pick a color for the hallways.



I don't like change either and I was really upset too. Heck, I'm still upset that I never got to experience things like Horizons or the Tapestry of Dreams/Nations parade.

Me too! I was really glad that we got a chance to see the Main Street Electrical Parade 2 years ago when were there.

I try and sorta plan the outfits each of us wears so the photos look a little better than all crazy colors.

I am so glad that I am not the only one that does that! My family knows to just ask each morning "What am I wearing today?"

Awesome!!! :thumbsup2 Congrats! OH and we just discovered the Sherlock Holmes BBC series with Jeremey Brett streaming on Netflix... have you ever seen it?? We thought the acting was just awesome...
DH just introduced DD15 to the Poirot mysteries on Netflix. Now she wants to watch one with him every night. I think Sherlock Holmes will be next.

Plus, my body needs a good amount of carbs and I haven't been having enough.
Can you eat beans? Like black beans or navy beans? They are a great source of carbs and there are some good recipes available that you may be able to use. Pureed beans are good as a thickener in soups.



A bit of a fun
QOTD 10/4: What is your dream job/career? Really, no matter how out there it is!

One week from now will be our last day in Disney. :sad1: We have breakfast scheduled at Cape May Cafe and will then spend a few hours at Downtown Disney before Magical Express picks us up, probably around 4pm.

DQOTD: Do you have any Disney soundtracks or CDs that you listen to? They can be from theme parks or movies.[/COLOR]

Geez, I got a little :sad1: just reading that today will be your last day next week.

Dream Job? Well I think I have it-- Stay at home Mom. I really don't like working outside the house (heck, I don't like working inside the house some days!) but I have done it and very likely will do it again at some point. I think that I would like to be a Children's Librarian or be able to write Educational Curriculum. I was a teacher but really just didn't enjoy all the crap that goes along with it. I love to plan the lessons. Actually the job I have enjoyed the most was as a Technical Librarian as a Temp for a large company. I was brought in from the temp agency to get things cleaned up and organized-- they basically had a storage room piled with papers and magazines and documents. I really enjoyed that. I ended up pregnant not too long after I started and due to extreme morning sickness that lasted all 9 months I had to leave and never got to finish the job. I really wanted to stay there as it was a temp to hire position.

Disney Soundtracks: I have Wishes, Fantasmic!, Nemo the Musical and a 5 disk set of music from parks and movies and TV shows, as well as various children's music sung by Disney characters, Christmas Music, and several things from the Muppets (which are now disney).
 
QOTD 10/4: What is your dream job/career? Really, no matter how out there it is!

you know, i really don't know WHAT my dream job would be! i feel like it changes all the time. hmm...how about...a travel writer?? that could be fun! or maybe a job at disney that actually pays well? ;)

DQOTD: Do you have any Disney soundtracks or CDs that you listen to? They can be from theme parks or movies.


nope, i don't have any soundtracks or cds. i was listening to sorcerer radio on my iphone while walking for a while but since i'm not walking anymore (too painful right now) i haven't been listening to much. i actually need a little disney break after our last trip. i loved it but i have too much stuff going on right now to be able to keep up with my disney addiction!

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hi everyone! i've been so busy these last few days that i haven't had any time to DIS. shame! i know! we decided to sell this house and buy another one in the neighborhood. so i've been trying to get the house all nice and neat in case we get any bites but with a 2 year old and being 8 months pregnant it's much harder than i thought it would be.

had an early OB appt this morning. managed to actually get a parking spot down in manhattan. woot! $27 saved right there!

eating has been crazy and i'm up over 30 lbs for the pregnancy. i've given up worrying about it. i've lost it before, i'll do it again.

have a great day everyone! i hope to be more active soon...just as soon as i take this nap.... ;)
 
Happy Birthday, Nancy! :bday: party:

aw, thanks lisa!

you know you are getting older when you have to be reminded by facebook that it's your bday. i woke up this morning, popped in the shower, sat down to guzzle a cup of coffee before heading out and checked email and facebook. only after i logged into facebook and saw the happy birthday messages did i remember what day it was! lol!!!
 
:bday:party: Nancy!

lovehoney Good luck with your interview!

LTS I was cracking up when the filter edited out your "specialty mushroom."

JacksLilWench Welcome back! I hope you had a great vacation!

Gretchen Enjoy your upcoming trip! Thanks for being the coach this week!

Tracey :hug: for all the parent stuff. It must be difficult being caught between caring for your own family and looking after your parents. Hang in there!

Kathy Being a nurse at WDW would be awesome!

Maria I put up some Halloween decorations this weekend too, but since we don't have a lot of furniture, there isn't many places for them to go!

CC Thanks for doing healthy habits again this challenge, you're so creative!

Pamela Hi, I hope everything is going well for you.

DisneyWedding2010 I hope you were better able to enjoy the rest of your WDW trip. Good luck with getting settled into your new house!

Wow, I see we have multiple Lindas in this group, rivaling the Nancys and Lisas!

Hello to everyone else, I'll try to keep up with this thread!

Hi, for all the newbies, I'm Lisa and I've been a major slacker with posting lately. I was on vacation and have been spending the last week playing catch up and getting ready for another trip to CA for a wedding and of course Disneyland! This is my 4th challenge, my first was last fall. I was inspired by so many of the participants here who have accomplished amazing things that I am now training for my first half marathon, the Tink in January. This is a fantastic group!

QOTD: My dream job would combine my love of travel with my culinary background so I would pick food writer. I used to be a decent writer once upon a time. Either that or to have a very small cafe of my own.

Have a great day everyone!
 
Quick hello again.

UGH, I am soooo far gone from this group, I miss you guys!! I will be glad when Cross Country season is over!

Trying my best to stay on plan. Need to get my work outs in, I have not been diligent enough with that.

I still intend to coach this coming week, I'll have to make myself get up early to post. I won't be around much Saturday since DS15 has the biggest meet of the season and it's DS10's birthday. But I will pop in when we get home.
 
QOTD 10/4: What is your dream job/career? Really, no matter how out there it is!
I would love to work at WDW, anything really (with the exeption of food service), right now I can;t since I'm going thru an immigration process, but soon, I hope/wish.
My day is not going at all well, I have a massive headache, it's TTOTM (that time of the month) for me, I haven't been able to workout today because of the headache and I got the munchies for chocolate, which happens each and every month. To make matters worse my daughter is selling World Best Chocolate for school fundraiser and I have a bucket of candy from MNSSHP. Needles to say I've exceeded todays calories already. Hoping for this headache to go away so I can get my Zumba on,
 
I have another interview this afternoon. Normally I would be super excited because I've been looking for a job for over a year now. Now I'm worried - What if I do get the job? I've been a SAHM for 9 years. How will I manage winter and summer break? I've always spent time with the boys during this time. When I factor in day care for DS2, after school care and summer/winter camps for DS10 and DS7 - there isn't that much left over. We do need the security of having both DH and I having jobs, so I need to go back to work.

Don't sweat the interview - the decision comes later. It is a tough decision to go back to work, and the thought of what to do about childcare makes it even tougher. If it is the right job, you make it work. If not, the right one will come along. I hope your interview went well!:cheer2:

QOTD 10/4: What is your dream job/career? Really, no matter how out there it is!

Starting on it now - I was a lobbyist before I left to be a SAHM and now I am apprenticing with a friend of mine who is a dog trainer. You really have to like people - this job is 20% dog and the rest is dealing with the dog owners! :rotfl:

DQOTD: Do you have any Disney soundtracks or CDs that you listen to? They can be from theme parks or movies.

I have a selection from a bunch of different movies on my Ipod. We like to listen to them in the car with DD.

Jennifer
 
Ugh, I hate when I forget to answer the QOTD! Have to catch up!



QOTD: On busy days like today, how do you go about keeping your eating and exercise on track? What are some ways you could incorporate healthy strategies in, if you don't already?


What are you most and/or least excited for that is coming with the new Fantasyland Expansion?


I'll be back shortly with my own answers and replies!

On busy days, I always try to keep my blender bottle with me with a scoop of protein powder ready to go inside. Also, if I know where I'm going, I scope out what places there are to eat so I don't get stuck eating fast food if I don't have to (and I never have to!)

I am MOST EXCITED!!!!! for the Little Mermaid ride set to open for the expansion. I want so desperately to be there on opening day, regardless of wait time or crowds. That has always been and will probably always be my favorite movie :lovestruc



QOTD 10/4: What is your dream job/career? Really, no matter how out there it is!


DQOTD: Do you have any Disney soundtracks or CDs that you listen to? They can be from theme parks or movies.

Dream job? Definitely a nurse. I am starting to really look at schools in the area, and am very excited to see what's out there. BTW, if there are any nurses on the board, what questions should I ask the instructors at open houses, and what are things I should be looking for?? Any help would be immensely appreciated!

I have all three of the Disney's Greatest CD's. Well worth the $12 on iTunes! I listened to them on the way down last month and it made the drive that much more enjoyable. And that much more tolerable on the way back home! :sad1:
 
Good morning. It is another dark, cold, dreary morning here.

A bit of a fun
QOTD 10/4: What is your dream job/career? Really, no matter how out there it is!

One week from now will be our last day in Disney. :sad1: We have breakfast scheduled at Cape May Cafe and will then spend a few hours at Downtown Disney before Magical Express picks us up, probably around 4pm.

DQOTD: Do you have any Disney soundtracks or CDs that you listen to? They can be from theme parks or movies.

I think my dream job would be a trave agent or do they have a secret traveler you know, like a secret shopper that just travels and tries out resorts. Hmmmm

No Disney soundtracks here. I usually just listen to the radio

It's a beautiful morning here. Bright sunshine, cool weather, clear as a bell, but my mood is cold and dreary.

My DS10 is at sleep-away environmental camp this week. It is the first time he's stayed away from home more than one night. I didn't think I would be so sad. I know he is having a great time - he was so excited to go.

I have another interview this afternoon. Normally I would be super excited because I've been looking for a job for over a year now. Now I'm worried - What if I do get the job? I've been a SAHM for 9 years. How will I manage winter and summer break? I've always spent time with the boys during this time. When I factor in day care for DS2, after school care and summer/winter camps for DS10 and DS7 - there isn't that much left over. We do need the security of having both DH and I having jobs, so I need to go back to work.

Then there is the food. All i want to do is eat. I haven't eaten breakfast this morning because I'm afraid. I don't know if I can stop eating once I start. How do you control the urge to binge when you are emotional?

I was a stay at home for 9 years. Well I also worked part time at a restaurant, but the schedule was totally flexible and I worked nights while hubby was home with the kids. I needed adult interaction. I began looking for a full time job last August and have landed 3 since then :rolleyes: The first went out of business, the second lied about the benefit package and my current job which is going well. It was certainly an adjustment and requires a lot of juggling. My dh and kids have been great with it. My kids are a bit older so daycare hasn't been an issue as the older kids watch the younger one, or maybe the younger one watches the older ones? Good luck.


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Here we celebrate our progress and recognize our superstars.

Reminders:
-after 3 weeks of no reporting, you are dropped from the challenge – can re-start at any time, though
-if anybody knows they will miss weighing in, just PM and let me know and you’ll be marked excused


First some stats

MAINTAINERS:
(staying within 2 lbs of their maintain weight is successfully maintaining!)
# of Maintainers Reporting In & Successfully Maintaining: 1 Congratulatons Rose&Mike!


LOSERS:
Current Participants-------------94!
not reporting in for 1 week-----2
not reporting in for 2 weeks----16
not reporting in for 3 weeks----23
Excused--------------------------2
weigh ins-------------------------51
gains-----------------------------5
maintains------------------------10
losses----------------------------36
new or returning members ----1



Biggest Loser Fall Challenge Week 3!
This week’s group loss = 61.3 pounds!
Average percentage of weight lost 0.65 %
Total group weight loss so far 202.2 pounds!

AWESOME!


Retention Rate (compared to the 95 participants we had sign up for our start week on Sept 9th)
57% (this includes the Losers, Maintainers and Excused people!). Let's keep sending those weights people!


Before the weekly superstar list comes the disclaimer. I am human and I make mistakes. If you have any questions please contact me. For your reference this is the magic percentage of weight lost formula - weight loss for the week divided by weight for last week times 100, that gives us the percentage. Now let me test that with my numbers for week 1, click, click, click goes the calculator. Yes, that agrees with the percentage on the magic spreadsheet. (btw if its been more than 1 week between weigh-ins, then the % loss is divided by the number of weeks, to keep everybody on the same basis)

Now let's get to the good stuff. Who were our superstars of week 3?

The WISH Biggest Loser Fall Challenge Week 3 Superstars!!
#10- 1.09% - keenercam
#9- 1.24% - jillbur
#8- 1.29% - tigger813
#7- 1.45% - Crazy4Disney06
#6 - 1.50% - Settinsail
#5- 1.54% - Redcat52
#4- 1.55% - aamomma
#3- 1.65% - EDuke98080
#2- 2.76% - satorifound
and now
The WISH Biggest Loser Fall Challenge
Week 3 Biggest Loser is:
#1- 3.41% - liesel

Quote from Dare2Dream: How is your week going? Are you OP (on program)? Are you exercising? Drinking that water? You know what to do to make the magic happen. Get on the wagon. We are all here to help you on the journey. We can do this one day at a time. One bite at a time.

Have a healthy day!
Congratulations liesel !!!


What a great week you had. Keep up the good work. We have a very special clippie reserved for our weekly Biggest Loser. Wear it with pride this week! :

This is our weekly reigning Biggest Loser clippie. We have the large version




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or use this
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followed by

or we have a medium version

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or use this
http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/31040weeklyBLmed.jpg
followed by

and we have a small version

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or use
http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/31040weeklyBLsm.jpg
followed by


Thanks to ohMom-Molli for these clippies. They were used for a previous BL but we can recycle. Don't they look great!
 
Here we celebrate our progress and recognize our superstars.

Reminders:
-after 3 weeks of no reporting, you are dropped from the challenge – can re-start at any time, though
-if anybody knows they will miss weighing in, just PM and let me know and you’ll be marked excused


First some stats

MAINTAINERS:
(staying within 2 lbs of their maintain weight is successfully maintaining!)
# of Maintainers Reporting In & Successfully Maintaining: 1 Congratulatons Rose&Mike!


LOSERS:
Current Participants-------------94!
not reporting in for 1 week-----2
not reporting in for 2 weeks----16
not reporting in for 3 weeks----23
Excused--------------------------2
weigh ins-------------------------51
gains-----------------------------5
maintains------------------------10
losses----------------------------36
new or returning members ----1

Drat!!! I forgot to PM you this morning.
Next week!!
 












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