BL 3 -- Blue team week 8

[AlreadyexcitedGrammy]

Team I hate to be the bearer of bad news - but I just had to get it posted and done - I was UP 3 lbs!!!!! oh mercy - I was not a bit happy about that - I know that I have not been drinking near enough liquid - so maybe this is just a major wake up call! We are heading out this weekend for a nice rr long weekend and I know that will be eating things that I don't normally do - I really need to get back down before then - I am not prepared to stay at this weight - I am hoping it is just an "off day"!!! UGH - BUT I need to be looking on the positive side and take Becka's words ............ will this be chalked up to a "ugly scale day" and just get right back to being healthy or will it be a downfall - really off the wagon - I choose to fill my water bottle today and continue to eat healthy and be looking at the long term goal.

Sorry for the bummer news not what I wanted to report at all!!

Here's to the rest of you and having a GREAT WI

 

[VernRDH]

AEG- I know the feeling. I am sad to report that I am status quo AGAIN. No loss, but I guess no gain either. It was a bad week this week, what with DH's birthday, our anniversary, DD's tournament and the house being in total chaos with the painting/decorating. I made poor choices and did not get to exercise nearly enough. But that's the past, can't change it, no use fretting over it anymore.

So I am back on the wagon today and ready to go. I SOOO want that 50 lb clippie.

Someone asked me the other day what time frame I had given myself to get to my goal weight. WHAT? Time frame? Isn't the point that it should take as long as it takes and the goal is better health and being able to MAINTAIN a loss. Are some people just that out of touch with reality?
Sorry, vent over.

I hope everyone has a losing day, and week. And I am committed to doing better this week, and I will resist the candy and goodies that my MIL is bringing over for DD's Halloween party on Sat. Actually we had cake on Fri and it was DISGUSTING!!! It was chocoalte (rather dry) with buttercream frosting that tasted like sweet lard. It just left that feeling on your mouth and throat of eating Crisco out of the can YUCK!!! So I have pretty much sworn off cake for now.

Have a great day!!

 

[MIdanceMom]

AEG. You have the right attitude. You are right back on track, and those 3 pounds will be gone in no time.

This week I am down 1 pound, but I rocked the challenge with 40 points.

Take care,
Beth

 

[LaLaroo78]

Hey Blue Team!

I'm sorry to report too that I gained I am going to workout extra hard this week and be really strict about my eating and hopefully I will get past this and lose the 2 that I gained and then some.

Hope everyone else has a great WI!

Have a great day!

Michele

 

[ohMom]

oh dddddear.....we are having a bad week?? i have to say as i hang my head that i am up 1.7 lbs this week......for me i think it's TOM, splurging Sunday on a dinner out and ice cream (but this is life too and i could've done a better job planning for that, budgeting my calories) and not journaling. you all are tired of hearing me say that b/c i'm tired of saying it!

so to all of us struggling right now....we gotta dig deep and find that inner strength to push through it.....this is TOO important to me. i'm tired of exerting energy and brain power on negative thoughts about not being at my goal weight.

my short term plan for this week is to recover from the 1/2 (geekerbell -- thanks for the kudos, i did powerwalk the entire course. i personally don't like to walk/jog intervals, i find it too hard to get back into a fast walk after the jogging -- i was just telling mom that i almost have this 'anti-jog' thing, I think i'm proud of giving walking a good name in the world of runners?)

anyhoo --- recover...my legs still have a few tight spots, yesterday my hips were really stiff and sore, i don't think they are as bad today. my lower back too..... so tomorrow i'll get back to the FC and hit the TM or elliptical. then my fitness goals are going to be shorter/more intense cardio workouts and pilates. i'm going to go this route until maybe like Thanksgiving and see if a good shake-up from my endurance, lower and slower, program.

i see all the WI PMs coming to me i'm going to work on that a little this morning but then i have a busy day, and will return later this evening. I think i've mentioned we have a spanish student here until Nov 3, tonight the program is hosting a holiday progressive dinner and i'm helping the halloween station, so i get to go set up a mini-mild-haunted room. but this means dinner out of my control AGAIN tonight! maybe i'll just pack a sandwich or salad? what do you all think? the stations are halloween (donuts, cider and candy), thanksgiving (traditional turkey meal), 4th of july and valentines day (no idea what they are doing) none sounds loser-friendly does it?

ETA: i keep forgetting to post my websites for the challenge!!

Marloah's WW recipes

recipes and tips at WebMD

journal to success website

i will admit i most always go to allrecipes.com when i'm looking for something specific, but i need to retrain myself to check these places first for a healthier version. i know healthier versions can be found on allrecipes, but those high calories ones tempt me!!

 

[Sabrina_Mouse]

I'm sad to report that I too am up this week .2 lbs. Oh well. It's the beginning of a new week.

Talk to you soon!

Sabrina

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

Good news and bad news to report... OK, I'll start with the bad news... I am sending in a big goose egg for the challenge. this is the first time that I didn't have any challenge points to send in and I am sorry! The next challenge I know I will do good with, so I'll be bringing the points home! Interesting that the food challenges I struggle with, exercise challenges I get them done!

The good news, I am down 1 #. How I did that I will never know, I ate TERRIBLE this week, I went to McDonalds every day (their monopoly game and all! ) and snacked a bunch, didn't really exercise either. Oh well, I'll take it!

Hoping that all the walking I do this week at WDW will help offset food and wine festival and the dining plan!

Thanks for sending the PM's to OhMom and thanks again OhMom!!!

NOW I need another favor from a blue team member... we need a motivational question for the week... anyone can post it, first come first serve!

And the best news of all????? I am off to WDW!!!!!!

 

[becka]

WOW! I really hate to post this since I have bad news and really bad news. I know I told you all about my bad day Sunday and then yesterday didn't go so well either...better than Sunday but that is not saying much. I have to get back to being 1000% committed. I just have not been feeling it lately.

The really bad news is that I am up 4 pounds for the week. I am so sorry. What is even worse is that I did a mid-week weigh in on Saturday and I was down 1.5 pounds at that time which means that since Saturday morning - just 72 hours ago - I have gained 5.5 pounds! I know that is has got to be sodium, and PMS bloating, etc.. but it was such a shock to see that number. Boy do I need a wake up call.

 

[DisneyMomTwins]

Well, there is some serious mojo going against the blue team this week...and I am contributing to it also.....I to am up .6 from last week.
I have really been off lately. I let myself get discouraged and that led to bad choices. I just kinda had a little pity party for myself.

I am getting back on track! My DH is of course dropping weight like crazy and I am trying to be happy for him.... Really I am...

to everyone this week! I am glad we have each other to vent too!

Here's to a better week!!!

 

[AuntieM03]

Hugs to all those struggling this past week. I did okay during the week, but I spent the weekend staying at the Grand Californian at Disneyland. I ate more than I should have, but not as much as I normally would We stayed on the 2nd floor so everytime we went anywhere we did the stairs. I am down .3 this week, but since I thought I would gain I am happy. Now it's all about getting back on track. I only made it to the gym once last week, my goal is to go at least 3 times this week.

Have a great week everyone!!!!

 

[disneychrista]

I am down .4 for the week. I expected a small gain since I was unable to exercise most of the week due to my back going out (who knew brushing your hair was dangerous?)

 

[luckywife]

Hello Blue Team

I stayed the same this week, no loss, no gain. I'm actually surprised about that since I didn't eat very well over the weekend. Trying to climb back on the wagon, hoping next week will be better. I think our team needs a big

 

[goldcupmom]

Well, not a stellar week here, either. Down .4, but at least something.

I, too, have nothing to contribute to the challenge.

 

[Debbie]

I think that it must be the eating of LEGUMES that is causing this result this week. I'm static this week, although I have 35 points for the challenge. (and I'm eating the darn things again tonight for supper!)

HUGS to us all, and congrats to those who are down. Vija...right now, you are top loser this week! Have a great trip for those that are on their way. Gotta head out....a mid-week concert is in order, which means I'm going to miss BL DH is going to tape it for me, and I'll watch it tomorrow. Keep your chin up, think happy thoughts and stay strong (and drink your water, too! : )

 

[NancyK]

I stayed the same weight this week. It's frustrating because I was down a couple of pounds a few days ago but that's not what the scale showed this morning. I can't stop myself from those mid-week weigh-ins. Congrats to those who lost this week. For everyone else - hang in there! Have a good week.

 

[AlreadyexcitedGrammy]

http://www.cookingcache.com/
http://www.reciperewards.com/Healthy.html
http://www.5aday.gov/

I tried this earlier and "poof" lost the post .........then DH and I watched a bit of tv and I said I MUST go post - I need points He just shook his head - did I stick around to explain - naw- I needed to make the deadline!

So with this 15 for food sites (officially posted) I can claim 40 pts for the challenge! MIdanceMom - we did good! Hope some others had success too!

Actually, this was a fairly easy challenge for me!

Hope some of you had some "new" tastes that you can add to your healthy list of foods. My best one was the whole grain fig newton - I had that little snack pak -pretty good and on the advice of my DD - tried the Fiber one bars - mmmmm - will consider both of those from now on!

Have a good rest of the week and I am just sure that this week was just a "fluke" for the Blue Team - remember it was just a fluke - not a "we fell off the wagon" - wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeee back on track - RRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHTTTTTTTTTTT

to all!!

 

[disneychrista]

Just went over the challange for the week and it looks like I can only add 5 points. Those 5 are for posting 3 websites. I ate bean twice, got fruits & veggies in every day but can't say it was 5 servings every day. Got in some dairy every day but again not 3 servings. I knew this was giong to be a hard challange for me.

 

[ReAnSt]

Sorry for all of you who struggled last week. Get out there and get moving and making healthy choices.

I am down 1.8 pounds for the week and I am now .2 of a pound from my starting weight. Since I am not in it 100%, I am happy that I have lost those 7 pounds in less then a month. I know I could be doing better if I could completely get my head in the game. But I continue to struggle, mostly due to my wacky work hours. I left at 7:30am and just got home. Tomorrow will be the same. It makes exercise hard.

I am going camping this weekend. I have not went in awhile and can't wait.

I received this in my email and thought I would share.

Seven Unhealthy Habits That Prevent Us From Losing Weight
By Frances Largeman, R.D.
1. Skipping Breakfast
We all know the deal: breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Still, many of us skip it thinking that it will help us shed pounds. In fact, this bad habit actually packs on the pudge. A recent study found that those who ate ready-to-eat breakfast cereal, hot cereal or even quick breads (like muffins and banana bread) had significantly lower BMIs (body mass indices) than those who skipped breakfast.


2. Eating at Your Desk
Everyone is time-crunched, so it makes sense these days to eat when and where we can — in the car, at our desks and in front of the TV. Unfortunately, when we tune into work or to our favorite show, we generally tune out healthy eating habits and don't pay attention to internal cues that tell us we're full. Make time for meals as often as you can. When you designate only the dining room, kitchen and restaurants as places to eat, you're less likely to be distracted and overeat.


3. Cleaning Your Plate
Calories add up. So, even that light pasta dish or bean burrito can add girth if you're taking in more calories than you're burning off. Beverages and snack foods are common culprits for including multiple servings in what looks to be a single-serving size container. Without thinking, you can down 180 to 240 calories in beverages that are otherwise healthy. Check the label and stick to the portion size, even if it means putting the rest in the fridge or taking home a doggie bag.


4. Forgetting Fitness
Many dieters think that just cutting back on calories will lead to lifelong weight loss. This works initially, but only for a while and often leads to yo-yo dieting. Studies show that most people who successfully lose weight and keep it off long-term do so by both cutting calories and adding regular exercise to their lives. Couch potatoes take heart: just 2,000 steps a day will go a long way toward keeping off unwanted pounds. Get a pedometer and get going!


5. Late-night Monster
This is by far one of the most common ways people sabotage their weight loss goals. They've been good all day and had a reasonable dinner. Then they plant themselves in front of the TV, where the munchie monster calls and they head for the chips or ice cream. Other folks are plagued by late-night eating due to long hours at the office. If this is your case, make sure to keep healthy snacks on hand so that you can make a smart choice about what to eat when you finally get home.


6. Fat Phobia
If you eschew fat of any kind and live in the land of fat-free food, you're not getting the bargain you hoped for. In addition to making food taste wonderful, fat also helps us feel satisfied. Cut it out of your diet and you'll feel the need to stock up on fat-free, but calorie-full foods, like cookies and pretzels. You're better off keeping your fat intake to about 30% of your total calories and enjoying small portions of your favorite foods once in a while.


7. The Bar Scene
Alcohol, no matter what form it comes in — beer, wine or spirits — packs on the calories mercilessly. Not only does alcohol contribute seven calories per gram, it also has the effect of making you eat more during a meal. You don't need to be a teetotaler; just try to stick to one drink (for women) or two drinks (for men) per day. If you're at a bar or a party, space each drink you have with a glass of water and avoid super-sugary and calorie-packed tropical and frozen drinks. Also, don't head out for a night on the town without eating something first. Otherwise, you'll fill up on nutrient-free alcohol and really hate yourself in the morning.

 

[ReAnSt]

I see I only posted 2 websites here is a third.

The third website is Cooking Light. It has recipes, healthy living ideas, menu and meal planning ideas, and also a message board. It is really helpful and a great resource.

 

[ohMom]

REMINDER -- PLEASE PM ME YOUR TEAM CHALLENGE POINTS BY 3 P.M. EST TODAY!!! found here

i only have 9 blue teamers reporting in so far.........??????

debbie...you don't like legumes??? LOL