BL Challange - Red Team - Week 6

[Disneynut71]

Question of the Day - Friday 10/17

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

I would pick Jillian. I know she is hard, but that is what I need. She would not put up with my excuses.

I have lost 4 lbs this past week and have hit 41 lbs lost. I hope I can keep it going. Have a great week all.

 

[TCB in FLA]

Hi red teammates -
I haven't posted recently, but did check in -- I'm down 2 pounds! Since the beginning of Sept., I'm down 8.5 pounds with WW. My clothes are finally starting to fit again -- esp. those that had "shunk in the wash."!

I've got a "pink party" to go to tonight (for breast cancer awareness) and really need to be on my best behavior food wise (well, and manners-wise as well I guess!). I've already had a spurge food today, which makes having two special events tough.

I'd pick Bob as my trainer. I tend to get competitive/defensive around strong women, so Jillian would be out.

 

[CharityLynn]

I'd pick Jillian, I like her toughness. I maintained this past week. I'm getting sick now and I have an injury so this is not going to be a good week at all.

 

[IlliniMouse]

It must be the week for injuries. My back is giving me fits. I can't even sleep in my bed. I'm frustrated by it because I don't think I'll make my exercise goal for the month, and by not being able to exercise I'm scared I'll fall off the wagon. I don't think I'll make the maximum for the 6000 steps COW this week, but I'm hoping I can make it at least once!!!

Let's pull together team and show what we're made of!!! We have yet to be the BL winner for a week. Let's make THIS week our week to shine! Healthy, injured, special events to go to, nothing going on-doesn't matter. Give it your all and we'll be able to do it!!!

 

[pickles521]

Good morning, everyone! I hope you had a good weekend. I did... I did 8 miles on Saturday WELL under the time limit I need for the Tower of Terror race on the 25th. I have plenty of time to finish, so I don't have to panic about it. I won't break any land speed records or anything, and I can't dally, but finishing shouldn't be a problem!

Question of the Day - Friday 10/17

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

I'm a little bit behind on this one, but I think I'd choose Bob. Jillian and I would just get in a fight, I think. I don't regularly watch biggest loser, so she may have changed, but I don't usually enjoy getting yelled at and made to feel small. I don't mind a little harsh motivation, but some of the stuff she says to people is just wrong (for me. I know people that it would work great for!). If she and I could come to some sort of understanding about what is off limits to yell at me about, I'd probably pick her.

How's the challenge going for everyone? I'm doing well, I think. The walking and breakfast are normal behaviors for me, so no worries there. Leaving the office is hard. I work at home and tend to work right through lunch to get done, so that will be a challenge. We're also supposed to discuss relationships, so here goes...

My DH is great. It used to be, when I'd try to lose weight, he be so sad at seeing me miserable that he'd bring me stuff like cupcakes. I don't think he was trying to sabatoge me, exactly, I think he just wanted to see me not miserable. I'm not sure what's different this time (maybe I have a better attitude?) but he's great! He doesn't offer me stuff like sweets. If I really want something like a candy bar, he'll split it with me and give me a third of it, which is usually plenty. He's also really supportive when I order something at a restaurant and decide it's not worth it. Like at Starbucks. I love their mochas, but sometimes you get a new person making it or something and it's just not good. I used to drink it anyway, because it was a lot of money! Now I'll dump it. Yeah, it hurts to throw out 5 bucks, but he is the first to say that I probably get $5 worth of enjoyment out of throwing away the calories instead of eating what I don't want.

Then there's my best friend. She is also trying to lose weight. She's not so supportive, but wants to be. You know how sometimes when you're working toward a goal with someone, one of you is more motivated? Well... this time it's me that's more motivated. I really have to struggle to eat right with her, because I'll easily fall back into bad habits. She's doing great with exercise, but not so great with food, so I have to be very careful when we're alone. However, the good part about both of these people is that they'll love me no matter what. Of that I am absolutely certain. There aren't many other people in my life at the moment since I work at home (geez... i REALLY need to get out more!), so I don't have a lot of variety of others to deal with. My family will be mostly supportive over the holidays I think - except for my parents "you better clean that plate" looks. Overall - I think I'm pretty lucky!

 

[disneychrista]

Question of the Day - Monday

What diet/exercise websites do you visit?

 

[Katy Belle]

Hi All!

How is everyone's week so far?? I'm not doing great, but doing ok. Made snickerdoodle cookies this weekend and ate far too many!

Working on the COW. I've been doing great with the breakfasts, and that's about it!
5 Discuss with the group how your relationships effect your weigh loss. Are these people enablers? How can you work around that? Do they love you no matter what? How does that help or harm your efforts? Discuss (10 points)
My DH is doing WW with me, as are my children. I feel we are all supporting each other, no one enabling or sabotaging anyone else. Since I'm the only one who cooks or shops, nothing is being brought in without my approval! My family does love me no matter what and we really are all trying to help each other. Friends....everyone who knows has been supportive. Its been pretty great actually!

Hang in there ladies! Lets see big losses this week!

Katy

 

[IlliniMouse]

Question of the Day - Monday

What diet/exercise websites do you visit?

I do alot of reading on spark people, but haven't fully taken advantage of all the things they offer.

In the past I've also liked thedailyplate.com

 

[pickles521]

Question of the Day - Monday

What diet/exercise websites do you visit?

I've used fitday.com in the past. Not so much recently though. I've also heard of sparkpeople, but I've never really looked at it. I think I'll do some exploring today.

Btw.... do any of you have any good exercises for the quads? I've been told to avoid squats and lunges, at least for the short term, and would like to replace them with something. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[dare2dream]

Hear Ye Hear Ye, the Weightkeeper speaks

If our challenge runs for 15 weeks we have completed 1/3 of it so far. We still do not have an ending date yet. You will be notified when an ending date is determined. After 5 weeks I like to take a look at things and see what the numbers say. That will be a separate post later. For now lets look at week 5.

We started the week with 111 participants. This week 10 folks have been removed for not reporting for three weeks and we have two newcomers. So we are now at 103 participants. 45 folks of our 103 did not report for the week. That's 43%. I'm not happy with that number. But what can a loving weightkeeper do? We are adults here and know how the challenge works. Please report in EVERY week

-------------------Black Team-----Blue Team-----Red Team-----Total
started week---------36-------------37-------------38-----------111
removed---------------3--------------4--------------3------------10
new members----------2--------------------------------------------
current-members------35-------------33-------------35----------103
not reporting 1 wk-----11--------------9--------------5-----------25
not reporting 2 wk------6--------------5--------------9-----------20
weigh ins for week-----17-------------19-------------21-----------57

Red Team Week 5

21 weigh ins
7 gains totaling 12.8 lbs
4 maintains
10 losses totaling 20.6 lbs

Weekly net loss 7.8 lbs
3 removed from challenge with losses totaling 9.4 lbs
Cumulative net loss 111.1 lbs

Now for this weeks PSA (public service announcement). I am going out of town. I will have the laptop with me and will have secure internet access the entire time I am gone. I am planning on having some fun beside DIS fun so next weeks announcement may be late. There you have been warned.

Now let's get down to business. Let's look at our Red Team Superstars.





The Red Team Week 5 Superstars

#10-0299%-Melisa1-Melisa
#9-0.305%-mikamah-Kathy
#8-0.403-pickles521-Bobbi
#7-0.442-IlliniMouse-Kelly
#6-0.671-TCB in FL-Tavel
#5-0.766%-adnil530-Linda
#4-0.948%-Katy Belle-Katy
#3-1.712%-Disneynut71-Michelle
#2-1.905%-luckywife-Donna

and now







The Red Team Week 5 Biggest Loser

#1-2.597%-ohMom-Molli

Congratulations Molli. You have had a great week! May this be the first of many great weeks to come. Here is a special clippie for you to add to your signature if you would like. You are welcome to flaught it until the next official announcement that will be made next Tuesday. Enjoy your reign!

or use http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/31040weeklyWIfinal-thumb.jpg
followed by

It is wonderful to celebrate out superstars but how did your team do? Let's see how you did this week.









The week 5 WISH BL 6 Challenge Biggest Loser Team


#3-The Red Team-0.192%
To be #1 you would have had to lose an additional 12 pounds

#2-The Blue Team-0.477%
To be #1 they would have had to lose an additional 0.4 pounds (Yes only 0.4!!)



and now announcing our weekly Biggest Loser Team Champions

#1-The Black Team-0.485%


Well Red this clearly shows that EVERY pounds counts. You too can be #1 if you all work together. What can you do this week to help claim a team victory?

You the faithful losers are sticking with our challenge. It is getting harder isn't it? I know it is frustrating that your team has not triumphed yet but I know that you can. How is your motivation? Look deep inside yourself and reclaim that fire you had at the beginning of our challenge. Get committed. Work hard. You can do it. You can change your life for the better. You can get healthy. That's why we are here together. Encourage each other. Get active on your team thread. Have a COW. Get to work.

Have a healthy day!

 

[disneychrista]

Question of the Day - Tuesday

What are your non-weight goals for getting healthy?

Sorry this is so late...was not at a computer all day until now.

 

[Disneynut71]

Question of the Day - Monday

What diet/exercise websites do you visit?

Atkins is the one I seem to visit the most. I need to keep up to date on what I can and cannot eat on my diet.

Question of the Day - Tuesday

What are your non-weight goals for getting healthy?

Being able to run and play with my kids. Just a few weeks back I took my daughter to the park and was able to run up and slide with her.

I would also love to wear a size 8. I don't think I was ever a size 8. It will sure feel nice when I get there. I plan to buy a whole new wardrobe and I will have a bunch of stores I have never been able to shop at before to buy it!!

 

[pickles521]

Question of the Day - Tuesday

What are your non-weight goals for getting healthy?

Sorry this is so late...was not at a computer all day until now.

Good morning!

Goals... let's see.... I'd love to do a marathon, but I don't know if my knees and ankles can handle it, so I'll say do a half marathon - running the whole thing. I'd also like to do at least a portion of the Appalachian Trail. I can totally picture myself with my hubby and dog, dressed in stylish (not just "well, it fits so it will have to do") outdoorsy clothes hiking along, looking like I belong in the woods... Cheesy, huh? I'm also secretly (or not so secretly now!) hoping that losing weight might have an effect on fertility. We've pretty much given up on it, but I'm still hoping a little bit... And my totally superficial goal is to curl up on the couch in jeans and a sweater with my legs pulled up under me and have a cup of coffee. And be comfy. Totally comfy with no pinching by the jeans and no feeling like there's too much of me and not enough of the couch!

Wow... I feel really shallow today... Oh well. We're all entitled occasionally, right?

Hope everyone is having a good week!

 

[mikamah]

Question of the Day - Monday

What diet/exercise websites do you visit?

I go on the weight watchers web site occasionally but mainly to find a recipe. I love DWLZ- dottie's weight loss zone to check for ww points before I go out to a restaurant. It's great to know ahead how many points things are and I will plan what I am going to eat before hand, or have a few ideas and choices.

Question of the Day - Tuesday

What are your non-weight goals for getting healthy?

Being able to keep up with my son who is six. When I started ww 3 years ago, he was 3, and when he ran, I would get so winded trying to keep up with him, but when I'm exercising regularly, it's so much easier and more fun to get out and play. I also want to be around for him for many years, and as I age, I want to be strong and independant, and I don't want to have the weight related health problems so many of our past generation has. My mom has diabetes, heart, and kidney disease, and has had so many problems, I want to prevent what is preventable, and be as healthy as possible. I also have a variety of clothing in smaller sizes to get into.

Congratulations Molli!!! Our biggest loser!!! Whoo hoo!! Congratulations to the rest of the top ten.

I was surprised to see my name there with a small loss last week. It is motivating me to get my butt in gear and get back on track.
I haven't had a very good week eating wise, but I am recommitting to stay on track now.

Hang in there everyone!! We can be the biggest losers!!!!

 

[mikamah]

Good morning!

Goals... let's see.... I'd love to do a marathon, but I don't know if my knees and ankles can handle it, so I'll say do a half marathon - running the whole thing. I'd also like to do at least a portion of the Appalachian Trail. I can totally picture myself with my hubby and dog, dressed in stylish (not just "well, it fits so it will have to do") outdoorsy clothes hiking along, looking like I belong in the woods... Cheesy, huh? I'm also secretly (or not so secretly now!) hoping that losing weight might have an effect on fertility. We've pretty much given up on it, but I'm still hoping a little bit... And my totally superficial goal is to curl up on the couch in jeans and a sweater with my legs pulled up under me and have a cup of coffee. And be comfy. Totally comfy with no pinching by the jeans and no feeling like there's too much of me and not enough of the couch!

Wow... I feel really shallow today... Oh well. We're all entitled occasionally, right?

Hope everyone is having a good week!

You're not shallow at all!! Those are great goals. There is so many cute hiking clothes out there. I hven't hiked much, but this summer, we climbed a little mountain in Maine, it was a 1.6 mile hike, and it was so much fun and great exercise. You never know what can affect your fertility. I'm sure it's been a tough road.
I know what you mean about the jeans on the couch. I don't even try. I love my pajamas with a cup of tea. Just can't do that with company.

 

[kcashner]

OK, I'm behind but I just read the week's threads.

50 pounds--wow! I'm jealous. |Congrats!

I'm down a pound. I really lightened up on the workout. I had increased it significantly and was VERY sore and stiff. Kept thinking it would get better, but it didn't. SO, I took a couple days off from the gym and am now back doing 2 miles instead of 3+ and less elevation. I plan to increase a little each day.

Which trainer? Probably Bob. I love Jillian, but her "mean, " in your face style would only last while I'm with her. Bob seems to be more into psychologically figuring out what's happening...and that would probably last longer with me.

How people around me affect my eating....I really need to be stronger with the "won't power." No one made me eat a piece of chocolate yesterday just because a friend brought a box to a meeting. DD (17) can be helpful and hurtful. Helpful because she will ask if something is good for me, but hurtful in that she likes to have food around the house which I really shouldn't have. The bottom line is that only I am responsible for what goes into my mouth.

OK...a total of 6 down so far. If I lose a pound per week (a very do-able goal), I'll be a whole lot down before WDW trip and a whole lot more down before the cruise. Think consistency.......

 

[disneychrista]

Question of the Day - Wednesday

Do you reward yourself for reaching goals? If so how?

 

[Katy Belle]

Hear Ye Hear Ye, the Weightkeeper speaks

Now let's get down to business. Let's look at our Red Team Superstars.
The Red Team Week 5 Superstars

#10-0299%-Melisa1-Melisa
#9-0.305%-mikamah-Kathy
#8-0.403-pickles521-Bobbi
#7-0.442-IlliniMouse-Kelly
#6-0.671-TCB in FL-Tavel
#5-0.766%-adnil530-Linda
#4-0.948%-Katy Belle-Katy
#3-1.712%-Disneynut71-Michelle
#2-1.905%-luckywife-Donna

and now

The Red Team Week 5 Biggest Loser

#1-2.597%-ohMom-Molli

Congratulations Molli. You have had a great week! May this be the first of many great weeks to come. Here is a special clippie for you to add to your signature if you would like. You are welcome to flaught it until the next official announcement that will be made next Tuesday. Enjoy your reign!

It is wonderful to celebrate out superstars but how did your team do? Let's see how you did this week.
The week 5 WISH BL 6 Challenge Biggest Loser Team


#3-The Red Team-0.192%
To be #1 you would have had to lose an additional 12 pounds

#2-The Blue Team-0.477%
To be #1 they would have had to lose an additional 0.4 pounds (Yes only 0.4!!)



and now announcing our weekly Biggest Loser Team Champions

#1-The Black Team-0.485%


Well Red this clearly shows that EVERY pounds counts. You too can be #1 if you all work together. What can you do this week to help claim a team victory?

You the faithful losers are sticking with our challenge. It is getting harder isn't it? I know it is frustrating that your team has not triumphed yet but I know that you can. How is your motivation? Look deep inside yourself and reclaim that fire you had at the beginning of our challenge. Get committed. Work hard. You can do it. You can change your life for the better. You can get healthy. That's why we are here together. Encourage each other. Get active on your team thread. Have a COW. Get to work.

Have a healthy day!

Congratulations to all the losers and especially Molli!!!!! I'm very happy to be on the list!

Congratulations to all who are still trying. We all have ups and downs, but we will not get healthy if we give up!!! Hang in there! I'm proud of all of us!

Katy

 

[luckywife]

Question of the Day - Wednesday

Do you reward yourself for reaching goals? If so how?

Yes, I do. It's never anything major but I like to do something special for myself when I reach a goal, even the small ones. Last month when I hit the weight I had set for myself, I went shopping and out to lunch with my best friend. I bought myself a new outfit and that was my reward for that goal. I've got another goal set for myself (I measure mine in reaching a certain weight) and have about 5 more pounds to reach it so I'm planning to do something special for myself again. I feel like it gives me something to look forward to once a month or so.

Hope everyone is having a good week

 

[CharityLynn]

Question of the Day - Wednesday

Do you reward yourself for reaching goals? If so how?

Not really, but I think I might start. Its been a really rough week for me. I'm still fighting a nasty cold add to it my monthly decided to come early. Cramps and coughs do not mix well