BL Challange - Red Team - Week 6

[disneychrista]

Welcome to Week 6 - LOSERS!

Don't forget to send your official weigh-in to Weight-Keeper aka Brenda (Dare2Dream). Posting here does not count, you have to send it the Weight-Keeper.



I finally remembered to post Thursday night, so it is up & ready Friday AM.

 

[luckywife]

I lost 3.2 pounds this week!! That puts me at 50.2 pounds lost total so I was finally able to get my 50 pound clippie

 

[mikamah]

I lost 3.2 pounds this week!! That puts me at 50.2 pounds lost total so I was finally able to get my 50 pound clippie

Whoo hoo!! 50 pounds is amazing!!! Congratulations!!

I am down .6 this week. Slow and steady. Just gotta stick with it.

Good luck everyone!!

 

[Melisa1]

Congrats to you both!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is awesome! I only lost.5 pound this week. Probably due to my "visitor" . Next week will be better!
Good luck to everyone!

 

[IlliniMouse]

WTG Luckywife!!! That's awesome!

I'm down 1 pound this week. Did well on last weeks COW's other than the water intake. Eventually I will get ALL that water down!!

To get started on one of next weeks COWS, we are to discuss how relationships effect our weight loss. I have a few friends who are always very positive, always cheering me on. It doesn't matter if I'm having a good day or a bad one, they're always there to cheer me on, pick me up, whatever needs to be done in a positve way. I have others who don't put an effort into their health, so they don't understand why I would. There are others in my circle who are sabotagers (sp?) and say "Oh, one *insert food/drink* isn't going to kill you." I also have others who are evaders. They tend to be the ones who don't pay attention to their own health, so it kind of goes hand in hand. So, my successes can depend alot on who I'm hanging out with more. If I'm around the negative people, it's easy to fall back into my old habits. If I'm around the positive ones, they are the ones who help keep me on track. Postive attitudes really DO made a huge difference!!!

What did everyone have for breakfast today? I started my day off with oatmeal! +5 for this weeks COW!

I'm also buying pumpkins to carve this weekend and some Halloween cards to send out and surprise a few people.

Have a great day everyone!

 

[sahbushka]

Congrats all you losers...I gained 4 lbs! That's what happens when you eat anything the vending machine will give you! And I am scared because I don't feel the motivation to get back up and going!

Sarah

 

[lisaviolet]

I'm up two and down 1 inch on my waist. Thank God for measurements. So I'm saying whatever. The scale is very interesting sometimes.

 

[lisaviolet]

Congrats all you losers...I gained 4 lbs! That's what happens when you eat anything the vending machine will give you! And I am scared because I don't feel the motivation to get back up and going!

Sarah

Sarah,

Hang in there. I too gained this week.

Forgive me because you didn't ask for any advice or comments. And this blabbering might not be relevant to you. But this is something I feel very strongly about. And it's for you but it's also selfishly for me to vent. I truly believe that if you gained four pounds in one week - well you're being too strict the other weeks. A body just shouldn't do that. What I mean that "regular" people - who stay at a good weight - don't have those sways.

I have lost over sixty pounds but I've done it very slowly without restricting any food. Just trying to be more conscious with it all. Ie. eating when I'm hungry and stopping when I'm full. Not always successful of course. But I decided years ago that I never wanted to be the weight loss winner who goes on a vacation and gains 10 pounds. Never. I know it works for some - but I don't want it in my life. I truly believe that your body gets used to what we do to it. So if you're eating a certain way - well to all of us - can you eat that way for life? If you're exercising a certain way - can you keep up the schedule for llife?

I have no idea why I'm up two pounds. Great week. Same as most. However, I integrated a stretching/ballet/pilates program in my rotation for the last two or three weeks. And I've slowed down the losses and now gained. That meant that some of my aerobic workouts got replaced. Had to - it's an hour program. And guess what my body is probably saying - hey we got used to a certain amount of aerobics - what the heck is going on? Yet my waist is smaller probably from the new routine. What to do?

I truly believe we all have to make sure we can do it now and especiallly every day forever. Otherwise, bodies react big time.

So Sarah - you will probably have a nice loss next week for sure. Hang in there. I'm frustrated as well.

Sorry for the rant. But it helped me too!!!!

Lisa

 

[lisaviolet]

I lost 3.2 pounds this week!! That puts me at 50.2 pounds lost total so I was finally able to get my 50 pound clippie

Oh that is so fantastic. Wonderful. Congratulations to you.

Whoo hoo!! 50 pounds is amazing!!! Congratulations!!

I am down .6 this week. Slow and steady. Just gotta stick with it.

Good luck everyone!!

That's right. And slow and steady - well it doesn't get the swings back and forth in the future. My head couldn't take that anymore. Congraulations mikamah.

Congrats to you both!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is awesome! I only lost.5 pound this week. Probably due to my "visitor" . Next week will be better!
Good luck to everyone!

In the words of Jillian Michaels and because of you using ONLY before your loss -

Don't make me rip off your arm and hit you with it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Melisa, congrats. You are doing so well.

WTG Luckywife!!! That's awesome!

I'm down 1 pound this week. Did well on last weeks COW's other than the water intake. Eventually I will get ALL that water down!!

To get started on one of next weeks COWS, we are to discuss how relationships effect our weight loss. I have a few friends who are always very positive, always cheering me on. It doesn't matter if I'm having a good day or a bad one, they're always there to cheer me on, pick me up, whatever needs to be done in a positve way. I have others who don't put an effort into their health, so they don't understand why I would. There are others in my circle who are sabotagers (sp?) and say "Oh, one *insert food/drink* isn't going to kill you." I also have others who are evaders. They tend to be the ones who don't pay attention to their own health, so it kind of goes hand in hand. So, my successes can depend alot on who I'm hanging out with more. If I'm around the negative people, it's easy to fall back into my old habits. If I'm around the positive ones, they are the ones who help keep me on track. Postive attitudes really DO made a huge difference!!!

What did everyone have for breakfast today? I started my day off with oatmeal! +5 for this weeks COW!

I'm also buying pumpkins to carve this weekend and some Halloween cards to send out and surprise a few people.

Have a great day everyone!

Yeah for you. Congratulations on everything. Loved reading about how people affect you.


Oh and hi Christa. I guess I missed your earlier in the week weigh in. But just saying hi and thank you for all your work.

Lisa

 

[disneychrista]

Question of the Day - Friday 10/17

If you could pick one trainer for a day, would it be Bob, or Jillian? Why?

 

[VernRDH]

Hi teamies!

I am a maintainer this week. Even though I ran 5x for 22 miles this week, I am a maintainer. I seem to be having trouble with where to set my calories with all the running. Plus I am pushing a bit harder with my running, and can feel my hamstrings and quads getting better/bigger/tighter whatever.

But maintaining is okay. I was a loser last week, so hopefully next week will be a loser too.

lisa violet, I sooo love your attitude! None of us got to where we stared this journey over night (took me 20 years to get to my highest weight) and if it takes 3 or 4 years to take off 100 pounds then so be it. I am not giving anything up, but have found that foods I used to go nuts over sometimes just don't "do it" for me anymore. Guess that is my body's way of telling me something.

I ran 7 miles today, as I have now officially started my training for the 2010 WDW Half Marathon!!! I have a few friends from around the country who will be running too and then we are taking a cruise after the race. I am anticipating my time right now to be 2 hours 30 minutes for the 1/2, but am hoping that with more training and weight loss, I can get that time down a little. But even so, it is okay no matter what time I finish in, just so long as I finish.

Well off to get some things done, today is DH's b-day and he is home today. Gotta go to the grocery store, the library, pet store, such a busy day! But will make sure to take my water with me!

Have a good day friends!

 

[luckywife]

Question of the Day - Friday 10/17

If you could pick one trainer for a day, would it be Bob, or Jillian? Why?

For me, hands down, it would be Bob. I like Jillian, I just don't think I could take her cussing at me and screaming in my face lol. I think she's a good trainer, she just wouldn't work for me.

Thank you everyone for the compliments. I agree with slow and steady being the best way to do this. I maintained last week so I figured this week would be pretty good.

Sarah...don't give up! You've been doing SO well and I KNOW you can do it! I understand how you feel, it does get frustrating at times, but this is just a little bump in the road that you can get through. Remember, your team is HERE FOR YOU!

I want to tell everyone congratulations, no matter if you lost, maintained or even gained. This is our 6th week and still being commited to this and still trying is a great accomplishment and one to be proud of, no matter what the scale says.

 

[lisaviolet]

Hi teamies!

I am a maintainer this week. Even though I ran 5x for 22 miles this week, I am a maintainer. I seem to be having trouble with where to set my calories with all the running. Plus I am pushing a bit harder with my running, and can feel my hamstrings and quads getting better/bigger/tighter whatever.


!

That is difficult to know. Very. I remember when Oprah was training for her marathon, she gained. Because she had to do long and slow day after day and her body was used to shorter and more intensity.

Congrats on the maintain. Onward for us all.

 

[lisaviolet]

The scale!!!!!!!!!

For some stupid reason I just got on the scale. This morning I was up two pounds. Now I'm only up .5. WTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[disneychrista]

The scale!!!!!!!!!

For some stupid reason I just got on the scale. This morning I was up two pounds. Now I'm only up .5. WTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is why you CAN NOT focus on the "number." Only use it as a snapshot. You can be up or down 2 - 3 pounds over the course of a day just by eating, going to the bathroom, workingout & sweating, etc.

I gained this week but it was not unexpected. Again a busy life is getting in the way, together with an injury that won't go away (but Dr. says "nothing is wrong") UGH!

 

[lisaviolet]

This is why you CAN NOT focus on the "number." Only use it as a snapshot. You can be up or down 2 - 3 pounds over the course of a day just by eating, going to the bathroom, workingout & sweating, etc.

I gained this week but it was not unexpected. Again a busy life is getting in the way, together with an injury that won't go away (but Dr. says "nothing is wrong") UGH!

I know. I know Christa. Thank you. I don't normally go on and on it. It's just that two was such a shock for my week. I could handle a gain that is expected. And I'm sure I'll have one.

And I'm unfortunately an obsessive personality - which doesn't make the scale a good tool for me. Rational thinking is difficult for me.

So I got on again and only a half a pound gain now? An hour later? You would think it would be up - not down. And I checked it twice. And I haven't PMed Brenda so honestly I don't know what to report. Maybe I should report a weight in between the two. I know, I know thinking too much.

I'm going back to once a month after the BL ends. Most of my weightloss in the begininng was not scale based. I never went on except for physicals once in a while. And lost lots. But BL makes it come off much more quickly - like 10 times as fast - because I am conpetitive and more diligent.

Thanks Christa,

Lisa

 

[lisaviolet]

Christa,

Sending good thoughts on the injury. I can imagine how frustrating that must be.

Lisa

 

[Melisa1]

Question of the Day - Friday 10/17

If you could pick one trainer for a day, would it be Bob, or Jillian? Why?

Jillian - she is tough!!!!!


(Good one LisaViolet! )

 

[Katy Belle]

Congratulations to all the LOSERS! Hugs to maintainers and gainers...hang in there, your time will come!

I had a great week. Down 2 more lbs! I'd sort of hit a plateau, due to vacation, and now I'm on my way down again. Since I started WW I've lost 18.5 lbs, in 2 months! I'm happy. Down a pants size!

I earned 60 COW points this week!!

Keep up the good work! I'm off to read the new COW for this week!
Katy

 

[ohMom]

evenin' all

i was down this week, i was really hoping to be since I was over-inflated with residual vacation fluff last friday i'm not sure, i actually think i went down 4 lbs, but i don't feel that much difference in my clothing. but it is motivation to start my weekend off....

speaking off....HANG IN THERE TEAM!! remember your RED teammates when faced with treats over the weekend. with halloween approaching, candy bowls are starting to surface around me....NOTHING tastes as good as thin FEELS

i did terrible with workouts this week, i just joined a contest at the FC that starts monday so hopefully that will get me motivated on that. i really need to workout as much as i can next week as the following week i'm working alot

CONGRATS to our losers!! WTG!!

pixie dust and cyber strength for the RED TEAM!!