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

[keenercam]

Okay, I am going to say goodnight and go do my 30 minutes of exercise. Thank you so much for letting me be your coach this week and for sharing such great answers to the QOTDs. I LOVED the responses to today's, especially. What amazing, interesting, brave, generous human beings you all are. Hugs and best WISHes, all!

 

[Disneywedding2010]

QOTD:

Was married and had my first child at 21 and became a widow at 24.

I'm the first person in my immediate family (mom, dad, brother) who has a Bachelor's Degree

Was the sole survivor of a drunk driving car accident in 2008 that took the life of my husband, daughter, and the drunk driver.

After everything that happened in 2008, I was still able to start and finish my Bachelor's degree, buy my own home, buy a vehicle, and take care of myself.

I don't like when people tell me I'm strong. I see it this way, "Its either be strong or wind up in a psych ward."

 

[trinaweena]

I think i've done a lot of cool things...cool to me at least
-swam with dolphins at discovery cove
- artificially inseminated a cow
- owned a pig (RIP Sneakers)
- competed in agility competitions with my dog
- wrote for the biggest LOST fansite online
- helped run one of the biggest Harry Potter fansites
- met a lot of actors, tv writers and producers
- paid off $7000 worth of debt and bought my first car for my 25th bday
- worked with many animals, including wolves and a tiger
- found the motivation to finally start running
- started reading at a college level in 6th grade

I've pet sharks, but they were just little reef sharks. My dream is to go to south africa to swim with the Great whites. Sharks are my favorite animal!

Well I thought i had finished my essay and then showed it to my teacher last night and he said it was a "good start" UUUUGH. He is seriously so condescending too it annoys me. Just two more weeks!

So yeah havent excersized this week yet but i just gotta get throught the next two weeks...im almost done with this class!

 

[jaelless]

Welcome to Healthy Habits!
My name is CC (like see-see) and I will be your Healthy Habits (HH) coach for the Summer 2011 BL Challenge. I big thank you to donac and jenanderson for showing me the ropes.

Here's How HH Works: Each week, there will be 2 "things" to do each day. You earn 1 point for each day you do each "thing." So, if you do each "thing" for all 7 days, you earn 14 points. There will also be 2 mini-challenges each week. You earn 1 point for each mini-challenge you complete for a total of 16 possible points each week. At the end of the week, please PM me your total points. Here is an example:

4/7 eating 2 fruits
3/7 drinking 6 8 oz. glasses of water
1/2 mini-challenges completed

I will post the top scores as well as a list of the participants each week on/about Tuesday. You have until Tuesday at 5 PM EST to send me your points. Everyone who participates (regardless of his/her total points) will be entered into the drawing for a prize. It will be something related to the week's HH. You will need to PM me your address so I can send you the prize. If you do not WISH to be entered into the prize drawing, please let me know.

Healthy Habits Week 9

For All 7 Days:
1. Drink at least 64 oz. of water per day.
2. Eat a total of 5 servings of fruits and vegetables.

Mini-Challenge 1: Exercise for at least 30 min. at a time at least twice.
Mini-Challenge 2: Do something you have not done recently. *Inspired by Cam's QOTD today, 7/28.*

Feel free to ask any questions! Have a great week!

I will post the results soon. I had to go somewhere after work and then my sister and BIL came over, which was unplanned.

Sorry if this comes across as a silly question, but I am still learning my way around here. Is this the challenge for the upcoming week or this past week?

 

[jaelless]

Great job on challenging yourself and seeing your goal in your near future! Shawn was referring to my suggestion of setting a personal goal of doing something for x number of days. I'd mentioned a 100 day challenge of doing 30 minutes of deliberate activity each day for 100 days and she jumped right on that suggestion. Since I have done 40, 30 and 40 minutes each of the last 3 days, I am going to jump on the bandwagon and do 100 days in a row.

Anyone else game?

I'm in since that will help me hit my August goal of 900 minutes if I do just 30 minutes a day.

i love the little smileys

 

[Disneywedding2010]

Hi everyone!

I'm getting ready to head to bed (at 1:30am CT time) but wanted to post an update on how things are going.

My best friend is leaving Saturday to head back to Atlanta. Tomorrow Alan and I are going to be making a list of things that we are going to donate. I've found a kidney foundation that I can donate all my clothes too. I need to get online and set up a pick up with them. Then I found another foundation in our area that helps abused women and children and they take donations of larger items (i.e. furniture, electronics, etc). Alan is going to give them a call and figure out what exactly they will take and set up an apt with them to come pick up items.

I was going to have a garage sale but I have so much other stuff going on I'd rather just donate it and have people come pick it up. I went through stuffed animals last night and today went through a box that had stuff in it from my childhood all the way to high school graduation. My diploma was at the bottom of the box . Alan also said he's going to work on getting the garage organized over the next few days and figure out what we're keeping and what we're getting rid of.

Well, that's all for now. I'm going to go watch a little tv and then hit the hay. Everyone have a great day!

 

[buzz5985]

I was talking to my DH and he said to me - you sound a little down. And I explained to him how the QOTD was asking about the cook things that you have done - and I didn't have anything to share. He told me are you nuts?? Then he started to remind me of the things I have accomplished.

The first is the wonderful man I decided to marry way back in 1985. He always been my best friend and champion. We went to Ireland for our Honeymoon. I kissed the Blarney Stone - even after I was told all the locals pee on it!!!!!

At the same time - I was one of five woman in the US that was a federal railroad safety inspector.

On a Princess cruise to Alaska I was lucky enough to take a helicopter to a glacier and get out and walk on it. Then we took a small gauge railroad along the Klondike trail in Skagway.

My first car was a Camaro. My house will be paid for in 14 more months. When you live in the Boston area - this is a HUGE accomplishment.

I will be 52 years old in 2 weeks, I currently have 32 years in with the Federal Government, and will be able to retire in 3 years. But my DS will be a senior in High School, so it may not happen, but it will be a really good feeling to know that I can.

My son is pretty cool too. Boy Scout, baseball player, soccer player, lacrosse player (and coaches 1st grade), hockey player, most recently rock climber. He has decided to play soccer, lacrosse and wants to wrestle in high school.

Oh and I make all my own bread.

This was a great exercise in appreciating ones self. I think as woman, a lot of us lose that focus. I know I had. I am so used to having negative thoughts about myself.

I am leaving on vacation in a couple of weeks. I always have good intentions of being more active on this board - but I seem to only have time to read. But when I am away, it's a relaxing vacation no running around to the parks - ok maybe one day, LOL. I will "participate" more.

 

[mikamah]

Good morning!

Thank you Cc for the healthy habits. Jaeless- they are for the upcoming week, starting today through next thursday. Any time next friday you can pm your results to CC, and she will tally them during the following week and post results when she has time.

Cam- Thank you for coaching this week and your great qotds. Love reading all about the cool things people have done. We have such an amazing group of people.

Kristina- You have an amazing, positive attitude.

Buzz- Having your house almost paid off it awesome! I kissed the stone too, but didn't know the locals peed on it til after. I meant to say before, i was so impressed with your son and the rock climbing. He's a cutie.

I'm up early and don't need to work til 9, so I'm going to go do some wii fit. No excuses. Even though it would be easy to pour a cup of coffee and goof off instead. Have a fabulous friday everyone!!

 

[donac]

Good Friday morning

Thanks Cam for being our coach for the last week

I will be your coach for this week.

Sorry if this comes across as a silly question, but I am still learning my way around here. Is this the challenge for the upcoming week or this past week?

The week 9 HH are for this week starting today.

Don't forget to send in your weight to me for this week.

Question of the Day If you were in Disney World or Disneyland today what is the one splurge thing you would want to eat? What would be good to eat to try to stay on track with your weight loss?


My one splurge would be a Mickey Bar or a Dole Whip

My one trick to stay on point would be to order a kids meal for lunch when you are at a counter serve. I also always ask for a glass of ice water and put it in my water bottle or camelback backpack.

Have happy and healthy day

 

[mikamah]

Welcome Coach Dona!! Thank you for coaching this week!!

Question of the Day If you were in Disney World or Disneyland today what is the one splurge thing you would want to eat? What would be good to eat to try to stay on track with your weight loss?

I would have a mickey bar for sure. It's my favorite treat, and I have to have at least one every trip. The trip we took one january was really cold, and I only had one because it never got all soft and melty like it does in the warm weather. mmmmmm.
I think it's bad that I dream about the Bavarian cheese cake from Germany.
Ah, healthy would be fruit. I often start the day with a fiberone bar or yogurt and fruit when we are there. Banana's are my favorite. For our last trip, I packed bananas to save a little money, and they did travel pretty well. The dole whip I would choose as a healthier option to the mickey bar.

Now i'm still here and haven't exercised yet.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

thank you to cam for coaching us this last week. your encouraging words were helpful to us all!

and welcome to coach dona!!!

nice first QOTD!!! love the disney related ones!!

wait, i can only pick ONE splurge?? that right there would be a good weight loss technique for me while at WDW. only picking ONE splurge instead of a non-stop splurge. let's see. i suppose it depends on when i'm at WDW. for the cooler months (we like to go in january) my splurge would be a funnel cake from sleepy hollow. and maybe i'd split it with DH...maybe. nothing extra on it like icky congealed fruit - just the powdered sugar. in the hot months...let's see...ooo i got it! THIS!

a sundae from edy's! yum

we are usually pretty good while down at disney - at least until dinner time! we tend to do oatmeal in the room for breakfast and i make pb&j's for lunch and take some crackers and other snacks. then we don't feel as guilty spending money on dinner every night.


i hope everyone has a great day! it rained last night and i forgot to bring my jogger in. so, even though the rain seems to have stopped, i won't be going for my walk today. i really needed a walk today as my weight is coming on like crazy but oh well.

today is the first time this whole pregnancy where i've needed some tums. oh boy, here we go. last time i went through bottles and bottles of tums. at least i haven't needed any until now (23 weeks).

 

[tigger813]

HI all,

My walking buddy baled on me so I went down and did the 2 mile WATP and then did Bob Harper's 20 minute strength workout.

Had to take Izzie to camp as my ride forgot again. It's only a mile down the road so not a big deal. Taking Ash to basketball camp in a minute and then have to drop Brian's cell phone off at work. He forgot it on his night stand. Then I think I'll stop at the Wellness Center to check on things for tonight and then stop by the spa to pick up some business cards and brochures for tonight and tomorrow.

Been sprinkling a bit here this morning. Very humid. I've had my shake and tea and am drinking my water.

Burgers for supper. I need to pick up rolls and some bread today. Hoping to get some more work done on the walls today and some more time on the Wii Fit. I still have 2 episodes of Falling Skies to watch before Sunday and then I will be caught up.

Time to fun!

TTFN

 

[keenercam]

Good morning, everyone. Well, Shawn's exercise challenge "forced" (okay, maybe "motivated" is the better word. LOL!) me to exercise last night for 30 minutes. Howard takes a boot camp class at the Y on Fridays at 6am so I decided last night to ride over with him this morning and exercise while he was in class. I did ~20 minutes on the espresso bike (2 virtual rides - one through redwood forest and another on a track); ~20 minutes on an ordinary stationary bike and ~20 minutes on the elliptical. We are going out to dinner tonight so I am glad I got my exercise in early and I also feel like I can splurge a bit tonight if I want.

Thank you Dona for coaching this week. I know I am going to get so much out of this!

QOTD: My WDW splurge is a vanilla cupcake with buttercream icing. Delicious! If we were at DTD I might instead do a dark chocolate sundae with nuts at Ghirardelli. My healthy eating options at WDW are fruit. I also prefer the bananas and will often get one at Main Street Bakery while my family eats breakfast sandwiches.

I am so grateful for all of the support and encouragement that everyone shares here. I had a great first week (started all over at WW last Thursday) and am pleased with everything I did right including staying in my points, drinking plenty of water, eating lots of fruits and veggies instead of other types of munchies, exercised 5 days out of 7 (besides other "activity" like walking at the mall and walking for hours of shopping), lots of lean protein, low fat and fat free dairy.

The things I did not do great on were: multivitamin (0/7) and healthy oils (4/7). I am going to really work to improve these things. I bought multi-vitamins this morning and already took one. I am going to try to be more diligent.

I hope everyone has a fabulous, on-plan day. Remember to send your weigh-ins to Dona (donac)!

 

[glss1/2fll]

Good morning! I went for my run this morning--in slo-mo speed. But heck, now I can cross that off my list. In a bit DH and I are going to pick blueberries. Can't pick too long because I need to get back home. DS2 has promised that I can cut his hair this morning. He has to be at a music rehearsal at 11. DS1 has a baseball game at 2:30 so now I'm trying to figure out what's for dinner. Should do something in the crockpot, but definitely don't feel like it!

Thanks for coaching last week, Cam.

QOTD: just one splurge hmmm At MK this past trip we went to Mrs. Pott's Cupboard and had a brownie sundae (it was a snack credit) so yummy. We also had those humungo cupcakes at HS. To be good, I usually split a counter service meal. Also, I always drink only water. That's why I'm loving the HH because I know that's 7 automatic points for me!

Better go head to the blueberry patch. Have a great day everybody. Don't forget to send your weight to Dona.

 

[liesel]

OK, here I am catching up (AGAIN!) on this thread and this sentence jumped out at me:

We had a late lunch in Mexico and then just sipped margaritas and wandered about world showcase.

I hope Michael enjoyed his margarita! Beautiful picture and I love your story about how Michael came into your life!


Cam-Thanks so much for coaching this week, you had fantastic questions and I am enjoying seeing everyone's pics and hearing about the cool things they've done, even though I didn't get a chance to participate this week. I hope your dog is doing well.

Thanks to Dona for coaching this week! I loved your pictures! I coach next Friday and the kids are starting school the following Tuesday so I will definitely be around more.

I hope everyone is having a good week. I still can't seem to get my exercise in with having the kids 24/7, but I am just trying to enjoy the rest of the summer, school will be here soon!

QOTD Thursday:
I had a hard time coming up with cool things at first too.
Coolest vacation experiences:
-hot air balloon ride (that was here in Colorado)
-helicopter ride in Maui
-private tour at Sea World San Antonio-I can't recommend this enough to people! In the off season the Sea World in San Antonio is only open on the weekends (and close for 2 months). During the week, you can take a private tour of the backstage animal areas, see them care for the animals, talk with the actual trainers, and feed the dolphins and sea lions without a huge crowd. It was a blast-there were only 12 of us on the tour and we were the only customers in the park! It was also very affordable.

Coolest place I've ever lived:
we lived in Hawaii for 6 months-work assignment for DH

Coolest celebrity experience while working as a catering manager:
Hillary Clinton, she was very friendly and gracious and treated us like real people unlike many who I've cooked for (the funniest part was when we offered to feed the Secret Service-she was first lady at the time-and wanted a head count so we would know how much food to bring and they wouldn't tell us!)

Nancy-Count me in for learning that dance!

Trina-very cool list!

 

[jaelless]

Question of the Day If you were in Disney World or Disneyland today what is the one splurge thing you would want to eat? What would be good to eat to try to stay on track with your weight loss?

My splurge was always the chicken parmesan I would get at Pop Century for dinner, it was just right and came with a side ceasar salad. To stay on track and still have fun I would have to say the apples that had Snow White imprinted on them.

 

[tigger813]

QOTD: My splurges are always my Grand Marnier Slushie and my Margarita and my Welsh Dragon at RoseNCrown.

I try to drink lots of water and when we stayed at AKV we loved to split the the chicken Caesar salad at Mara....best EVER!!!!

I have been working for the last 2 hours on getting the glue off of the walls. It's going better than I thought. It's definitely giving me quite the workout! I've been sweating like crazy! I was down about .8 for the week so far. Going to see if I can get a little lower by Monday or at least by Sunday. I think I'll make myself something for lunch now. Got about 2 1/2 hours until I start picking the girls up. Doing chair massage at the Wellness Center tonight for a spa night. Just hope people show up!

Lunch time!

TTFN

 

[satorifound]

I gotta say if I were at Disney today my splurge would be TO splurge. I am not making my vacation time a time to eat healthy. That said, I do find myself leaning towards healthier options. Gonna have a Butterfinger Cupcake, a Dessert Party, thinking about getting an everything including the kitchen sink. LOL

 

[momofdjc]

Question of the Day If you were in Disney World or Disneyland today what is the one splurge thing you would want to eat? What would be good to eat to try to stay on track with your weight loss?

My one splurge thing I would want to eat is probably funnel cake. My splurges at Disney are ussually of the adult variety.

To stay on track I would if we are on the dining plan is to eat salads at the counter service. If we are not on the dining plan it would be to have kids meals for counter service.

 

[dvccruiser76]

Okay jumping in quick. We're heading to my inlaws in NH for the weekend. Would rather be Lisa, do you have any of those tasty margaritas for me? I may need one, or six

dvccruiser-Unfortunately there is nothing else to do to up the free step. I wish it could go faster! The 30 minutes does go by fast if I'm watching something interesting.

I keep waiting for it to unlock advanced, guess I can stop waiting

He does, doesn't he. It's amazing how much he grew this spring, I'd say at least 3 inches, and the buzz cut ages him too. I tried to talk him out of it this time, but it didn't work. just want to keep him little a little longer.

Yeah I thought it was a much older picture when I first looked at it.

Wow, that's quite the list of accomplishments. I don't know if I'd be able to jump out of a plane. Good for you. Your poor mother is right. lol. Bet she'll be laughing when Dylan is just like you.


I know right?

I try not to be a worrier. I was a sophomore when a senior football player broke his neck and was paralyzed at the thanksgiving game in Beverly. I think about that, but I also think he could get hit by a car walking down the street, or fall off his bike, or get in a car crash. I want him to have fun, and love what he's doing. My nephew played all 4 year of high school, and we watched many of his games, and michael enjoyed that a lot. I think you have to live life to the fullest, and try not to let the "what ifs" paralyze you from enjoying all the life has to offer. I don't want him to be a worrier either, but it seems that the men in our family tend to have more anxiety and worry than the women, so I try not to let michael see me when I am worried or anxious about something. I'll let you know how it goes when he has his first real game, and some big kid knocks him down. I may need some valium.

Maybe we'll walk and watch one of his games. You'll have to send me the schedule some time. Are they local games?

I got to square dance in the parade at Disneyland in 2001 It was so awesome- I was 14, and a Disney FREAK (not much has changed ) It was so amazing, I'm still trying to get the pictures on my computer. This was a few years before digital so I have to get them scanned somewhere and put on a disk to post. But it was so so cool. Every year there's an international square dance convention, and that year it was at the Anaheim Convention Center, right in Disneyland's backyard. And one day, a whole ton of us loaded up on these tour busses and made the short trek to the backstage entrance to the park, lined up, and strutted out. So incredible!

That sounds pretty darn cool

QOTD: I'm a mother of 3 sons. Somehow I managed to survive those pregnancies which can only be described as pure h e ll. My doctor said that if I got pregnant again I would die.

I've been scuba diving in Cancun and snorkeling in Cozumel. We bought our first house at 21.

I'm very handy and crafty and can fix just about anything and I do all of our home improvement projecs.

I volunteer way to much

I have my motorcycle license and have my own motorcycle (which I haven't ridden in a couple of years as the kids are usually with me)

I have no problem towing our 33 ft camper and Have even towed it using a 30 ft bus as the tow vehicle.

I'm a lifeguard, bartender, waitress, hostess, have a business degree and I live everyday to the fullest as you never know what tomorrow will bring

We were grand marshalls in MNSSHP parade

Wow that is a lot of stuff, good for you.

QOTD:

Was married and had my first child at 21 and became a widow at 24.

I'm the first person in my immediate family (mom, dad, brother) who has a Bachelor's Degree

Was the sole survivor of a drunk driving car accident in 2008 that took the life of my husband, daughter, and the drunk driver.

After everything that happened in 2008, I was still able to start and finish my Bachelor's degree, buy my own home, buy a vehicle, and take care of myself.

I don't like when people tell me I'm strong. I see it this way, "Its either be strong or wind up in a psych ward."

I give you so much credit You are a very strong woman indeed!

I think i've done a lot of cool things...cool to me at least
-swam with dolphins at discovery cove
- artificially inseminated a cow
- owned a pig (RIP Sneakers)
- competed in agility competitions with my dog
- wrote for the biggest LOST fansite online
- helped run one of the biggest Harry Potter fansites
- met a lot of actors, tv writers and producers
- paid off $7000 worth of debt and bought my first car for my 25th bday
- worked with many animals, including wolves and a tiger
- found the motivation to finally start running
- started reading at a college level in 6th grade

I've pet sharks, but they were just little reef sharks. My dream is to go to south africa to swim with the Great whites. Sharks are my favorite animal!

Well I thought i had finished my essay and then showed it to my teacher last night and he said it was a "good start" UUUUGH. He is seriously so condescending too it annoys me. Just two more weeks!

So yeah havent excersized this week yet but i just gotta get throught the next two weeks...im almost done with this class!

Discovery Cove is on my list. Have you been diving in Nassua? That's where I did my shark dive. It was amazing. Go through Stuart's Cove, they were great.

I was talking to my DH and he said to me - you sound a little down. And I explained to him how the QOTD was asking about the cook things that you have done - and I didn't have anything to share. He told me are you nuts?? Then he started to remind me of the things I have accomplished.

The first is the wonderful man I decided to marry way back in 1985. He always been my best friend and champion. We went to Ireland for our Honeymoon. I kissed the Blarney Stone - even after I was told all the locals pee on it!!!!!

At the same time - I was one of five woman in the US that was a federal railroad safety inspector.

On a Princess cruise to Alaska I was lucky enough to take a helicopter to a glacier and get out and walk on it. Then we took a small gauge railroad along the Klondike trail in Skagway.

My first car was a Camaro. My house will be paid for in 14 more months. When you live in the Boston area - this is a HUGE accomplishment.

I will be 52 years old in 2 weeks, I currently have 32 years in with the Federal Government, and will be able to retire in 3 years. But my DS will be a senior in High School, so it may not happen, but it will be a really good feeling to know that I can.

My son is pretty cool too. Boy Scout, baseball player, soccer player, lacrosse player (and coaches 1st grade), hockey player, most recently rock climber. He has decided to play soccer, lacrosse and wants to wrestle in high school.

Oh and I make all my own bread.

This was a great exercise in appreciating ones self. I think as woman, a lot of us lose that focus. I know I had. I am so used to having negative thoughts about myself.

I am leaving on vacation in a couple of weeks. I always have good intentions of being more active on this board - but I seem to only have time to read. But when I am away, it's a relaxing vacation no running around to the parks - ok maybe one day, LOL. I will "participate" more.

See, sometimes you just need a little reminder. That's a lot of cool stuff.

Question of the Day If you were in Disney World or Disneyland today what is the one splurge thing you would want to eat? What would be good to eat to try to stay on track with your weight loss?

I would hit up Karamelle Kutche in Germany for al their tasty Werther's treats since I've never been

I think it's bad that I dream about the Bavarian cheese cake from Germany.

Wait, what is this????? Did you try my banana snack that I wrote the recipe down for? If you love bananas like I do, it reminds me of the Cheesecake Factory Banana Cream cheesecake, but only 3 points plus the banana.

thank you to cam for coaching us this last week. your encouraging words were helpful to us all!

and welcome to coach dona!!!

nice first QOTD!!! love the disney related ones!!

wait, i can only pick ONE splurge?? that right there would be a good weight loss technique for me while at WDW. only picking ONE splurge instead of a non-stop splurge. let's see. i suppose it depends on when i'm at WDW. for the cooler months (we like to go in january) my splurge would be a funnel cake from sleepy hollow. and maybe i'd split it with DH...maybe. nothing extra on it like icky congealed fruit - just the powdered sugar. in the hot months...let's see...ooo i got it! THIS!

a sundae from edy's! yum

So darn cute



Okay we're out of here. Talk to everyone Sunday night. Have great safe healthy happy weekends everyone