BL challenge ~ BLUE TEAM ~ week 2

[Jaime]

Jaime , 5# loss!!! WOOHOOO! Another superstar! Thanks for writing down your food journal, that is a great way to help others out. I was wondering how do you like Activia? their commercials seem great, wondering how you like it. The water drinking seems to be key, I think I will try and add water to my daily intake. And I love how you have your favorite foods on Saturday. Gives you something to work towards, and you aren't depriving yourself of anything you love. awesome job!

My dd's are big yogurt eaters...they usually have two a day...my dd 6 say the ad on tv and asked if we could try it. It is tangy unlike normal yogurt but also creamy. I really like the taste...not sure if it makes a difference to anything else but thi was our first week trying it.

Drinking water is the key for me...it fills me up plus eating is alot about habit for me so intead of putting food in my mouth I have a drink of water...I always have a full bottle in the fridge and always take one out with me no matter where I am going...

Now a question for you... What have you learned from reading other posts, that will help you along your path to a healthier lifestyle? Or have the posts motivated you to try something new, or add on to your current plan?

Reading post really help me stay on track...I don't feel alone in my journey and I feel I am surrounded by other people who understand...

Thanks Blue team

Lost 1.5 pounds. Slow start but ready for more!!

That's great! Not a slow start at all...when I was over 250 and started loosing my wieght I would loose 1 to 2 pounds a week...it took time for me to understand what works for me...and there was no way I could just jump into eating the food I do now over night...I had to make the change slowly. My doctor also told me that on average if you loose between 1 to 2 pounds a week you have a better chance of not gaining it back...

One thing I seriously need to work on is getting my water in as I am a serious Diet Pepsi addict.

A question for all of you. How did you decide what your goal weight would be? Was it a weight you were comfortable at in the past, a number on the BMI chart, a recommendation from your doctor or WW???? I'm having a really hard time determining what I should shoot for.
Jen

I am serious Diet Pepsi addict too...I was drinking almost 3 litres a day...horrible I know...I am down to only one glass a day now though...

I was on WW years when I was a 14(I was a big child)the weight they assigned for me is just not possible for me...I came so close but did not make my goal...I was a size 5 and weighed 136 pounds at 5'7" but WW said my goal needed to be 130 My body just would not make the goal and I ended up gaining about 125 pounds

When I was 24 I talked to my doctor...he told me I am a larger frame and told me that a good weight for me would be between 140-160 the high end of the healthy BMI scale for someone of my height. This is achievable for me...so I am aiming for 150 pounds...maybe 149 just so I can be below 150

WW works for so many people I know but not for me...

Well today is day one for me and it is going well but only a couple of hours in lol.

So far I have had a slice of carrot cake and a cup of tea for breakfast as pictured above.

I will be having cheese salad in a pitta bread for lunch and chicken with pasta for dinner.
I can then have pasta salad for lunch tomorrow as I will make loads.

I have some snacks planned to a banana and a snack a jack cheese rice cake with mini cheeses. If needed I can have a lasting satisfaction yogurt to help me feel full.

I had planned on just eating sensibly etc but as I have input all this on my calorie counter this also allows me to stay within my current calorie allowance to lose 2lbs a week.

I realise the above is a lot of food but I am very very overweight at least 100lbs possible 150lbs and as such my calorie intake gets to be higher kinda like getting more WW points when you are big.

This helps me as I am a snacker and often feel sick or dizzy if I dont eat every coupla hours.

Hope everyone is having a good day

Lisa this sounds good to me...I ate alot more when I was heavy as my body needed food to loose weight healthy...

Have a great day BLUE TEAM

 

[Dianatlol]

Good Morning....

We worked out in the yard so much yesterday, wheeewww! That soak in the hot tube late last night did me good!

______Little bit of advise here______

As far as counting calories, to start losing you need to cut approx 200 calories per day from your body weight, example if you are 190lbs, to sustain your current weight you would eat 1900 calories, to lose you need to drop about 200 calories down to 1700. and continue to eat about this many calories, once your body weight decreases to 170 then you cut back some more. You DO NOT want to be drastic in the begining, say you weigh 190, do not go BELOW 1700 calories, unless after a few weeks your body is just maintaining, then drop another 100 calories. LISTEN TO YOUR BODY. The bigger your body, the more calories your body NEEDS. If you cut back too much in the begining your body percieves it as starving and it will hold onto any nutition that enters the body. In other words your body will hold onto the glucose aka a sugar (what food is converted into) This will be stored in the LIVER and your MUSCLES.

I have done so much research on the body/losing weight/storing of glucose/starvation mode etc.... I just want to help get info out there.
Listen to your body, learn from it.

Any questions let me know!

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

HEAR YE! HEAR YE!
BLUE TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT!​

A couple of us wanted to have a mini challenge within the blue team. Starting tomorrow on Monday, for 1 week, challenge yourself to make a change that you have been struggling with. I know that Bellybee and hypermommy expressed interest, if anyone else is interested PLEASE join us and challenge yourself to make a change!!!! It is only 7 days! YOU CAN DO IT!


I'll keep a running list of participants (and please feel free to join us if you don't see the post until Tuesday, etc.... LETS MAKE A CHANGE TOGETHER!

Princess Vija: Avoid McDonalds and potato chips (and other fried snacks), So as not to deny myself the "crunch" factor, I can have baked chips in appropriate servings

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

Yesterday was pretty good. Woke up EARLY and went for a long walk with DH, DD and the dog. BEAUTIFUL morning!

The only problem was I went to see a movie with my parents, and I had the popcorn with butter... (I got a smaller size) OMG, I felt so sick afterwards, I even had to go and lay down for over an hour. I guess my body is telling me it doesn't like that greasy stuff anymore....

 

[moredisneyplease]

Good Morning....

We worked out in the yard so much yesterday, wheeewww! That soak in the hot tube late last night did me good!

______Little bit of advise here______

As far as counting calories, to start losing you need to cut approx 200 calories per day from your body weight, example if you are 190lbs, to sustain your current weight you would eat 1900 calories, to lose you need to drop about 200 calories down to 1700. and continue to eat about this many calories, once your body weight decreases to 170 then you cut back some more. You DO NOT want to be drastic in the begining, say you weigh 190, do not go BELOW 1700 calories, unless after a few weeks your body is just maintaining, then drop another 100 calories. LISTEN TO YOUR BODY. The bigger your body, the more calories your body NEEDS. If you cut back too much in the begining your body percieves it as starving and it will hold onto any nutition that enters the body. In other words your body will hold onto the glucose aka a sugar (what food is converted into) This will be stored in the LIVER and your MUSCLES.

I have done so much research on the body/losing weight/storing of glucose/starvation mode etc.... I just want to help get info out there.
Listen to your body, learn from it.

Any questions let me know!

WOW, thanks for the info! I'm going to have to adjust my caloric intake!

 

[moredisneyplease]

OK, here' my challenge: stay away from cardio (left calf was torn a few months ago and is upset at me) for a week and do all weights and pilates instead.....OK, MAYBE do a spin class because that shouldnt bother my calf


Here's my posting for my yesterday (Sat): I tracked my calories for the 4th day in a row and am sooo proud of myself!! Here's what really made me feel empowered: I went to a church bbq/fair yesterday and didnt eat anything!! We took the kids in the early afternoon so that we could eat lunch and dinner at home (saved money too!) and just let the kids have a snack there.

Here's the real cool thing: there was a cake spin booth where you place 50 cent on a number between 0 and 32 and I played on each of our birthday numbers. Well I ended up winning and there were all kinds of huge cakes to chose from. I let my DS pick something and he pointed to ONE cupcake in a big batch. The guys said "you get all of the cupcakes not just the one" but I said "No thanks, he just wants one". Later on my sister wanted to play the same cake game so i played our birthday numbers again and won AGAIN!! This time we picked a medium chocolate cake and my family of 4, my sister's family, and our mom ended up back at my house where I cooked dinner and we used the cake to celebrate my mom and my nieces' birthday. I had a small slice (it fit in my calorie budget) and then my sister took the half of the cake that was left over and took it to her vet clinic for them to polish off. the "old" me would have kept the cake and finished it over the next few days! Woohooo for me!

Here's to another great day!

 

[Bellybee]

HEAR YE! HEAR YE!​

BLUE TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT!​

A couple of us wanted to have a mini challenge within the blue team. Starting tomorrow on Monday, for 1 week, challenge yourself to make a change that you have been struggling with. I know that Bellybee and hypermommy expressed interest, if anyone else is interested PLEASE join us and challenge yourself to make a change!!!! It is only 7 days! YOU CAN DO IT!


I'll keep a running list of participants (and please feel free to join us if you don't see the post until Tuesday, etc.... LETS MAKE A CHANGE TOGETHER!

Princess Vija: Avoid McDonalds and potato chips (and other fried snacks), So as not to deny myself the "crunch" factor, I can have baked chips in appropriate servings

I am so there for the next seven days my challenge is:

Bellybee to reduce daily chocolate eaten, I will replace chocolate with better snacks and try and avoid it altogether.
I am going to allow for errors so will allow one regular chocolate bar a day. If i avoid this all week I will allow myself a weekend treat of a bigger bar.

 

[moet7]

Hi
I stayed the same, no lost no gain. A bit disappointed, as I walked/ran 4 days this week with some new friends.

I'll join the other posters for the 7 day - I will drink ALL my water each day! (even if it means getting up in the middle of the night to go potty!)

So I'm hoping with the walking/running and now adding the water I will have a lost this week!

 

[Bellybee]

I did Wii Fit today for half an hour then played Wii Sports for 10 mins burnt off a few calories according to the calorie counting website I am on.

Gonna start dinner now I am starving.

 

[MelanieC]

Just checking in -

Hubby is home YEAH!!! He got in 8:45pm. With as many of these deployment returns that I have been too, they are still such exciting emotional event to witness. To watch little kids, wives and parents cry as the plane lands and dad's and mom's hold small babies they haven't seen for months just breaks your heart. For me, the most emotional part is when you see the lights of the plane get bigger and brighter and it finally lands. It felt like it was in the air forever as we waited for it to touch down. Then waiting for the plane to taxi back and turn around. Finally they opened the doors and everyone got to deplane. I really felt sorry for the Army guys who had been in Afghanistan for 15 months and still had to fly home that night. They had to wait on the plane before they could head out again. It couldn't have been easy for them to watch the family reunions out the window.

So life starts again for us today. Woo hoo!

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

wwwosie, 1# loss is fantastic! The oreos made a difference! Keep up the great work! Your amicable separation with Ben and Jerry made me laugh! And I am sorry your mom is sick. Hopefully she will be better soon and the stress in your life will diminish. Hang in there.

moredisneyplease, hey you are making some GREAT choices and you are inspiring me! Just the idea that you passed on candy and chips & dip is terrific! You deserve that pat on the back!

TammyNC , that is a great idea of taking it 10 pounds at a time. My short term goal right now is 10# because it will put me into a new "bracket" that I have been trying to break into for almost a year, ir not longer.

Bellybee , thanks for sharing the blueberry muffins with us. I'll bet they will be fantastic! And great job on day #1!!!! You will be a superstar for sure this week!

hobbester , thanks for checking on the Amazing race start. I can't wait! Great job on the walk & jog. I love those early morning walks, of course that is when I can get my but out of bed!

CSwan1 , 1.5# is a TERRIFIC start! You are doing great!

Lifelong_Dreamer, Hey that is surely wonderful that your mom is getting the treadmil. Keep us posted how it is working for you.

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

Eeyores Butterfly, 1.2# loss!!! TERRIFIC! It is great that you are listening to your body. That is so key, and you are doing great. What is the dawn effect? I hope you feel better this week, and get to bed when you can. It stinks being tired, it really does affect so much of your mood, and what you want to eat.

While planning out my day tomorow, I was watching Disney Channel and saw that htey are coming out with a HSM 2 Deluxe Dance Edition. The I used to be a dancer (and performed for Disney for 2 CPs).

What is the dance edition? Is it a video game, DVD, or something different? And what is the CP? I think that is amazing that you performed for DISNEY!!!!!


ToodlesRN , maintaining is still a success! Good luck on your surgery on Friday, I hope you get better fast!

Dianatlol , I'll bet that hot tub soak felt great after working out in the yard. Thanks for the calorie advice. It makes sense to make the small changes and keep it going and then keep changing it up.

moredisneyplease, what a lucky day!!! And you are a smart lady to just go with the one cupcake! Teaching DS portion control very early!!!! And tracking 4 days in a row! Woohooo!

moet7 , please don't be too dissapointed, maintaining is success. Just hang on and you will be a superstar before you know it!

MelanieC, oh, so glad your DH is home safe and sound!!!!! I have watched on TV many of the reunions and I always cry. I can't even begin to imagine the emotions you must have.

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

Mini challenge participants:​

I'll keep adding to the list as people join in!


Princess Vija: Avoid McDonalds and potato chips (and other fried snacks), So as not to deny myself the "crunch" factor, I can have baked chips in appropriate servings

moredisneyplease: stay away from cardio (left calf was torn a few months ago and is upset at me) for a week and do all weights and pilates instead.....OK, MAYBE do a spin class because that shouldnt bother my calf

Bellybee : to reduce daily chocolate eaten, I will replace chocolate with better snacks and try and avoid it altogether.
I am going to allow for errors so will allow one regular chocolate bar a day. If i avoid this all week I will allow myself a weekend treat of a bigger bar.

moet7 : drink ALL my water each day! (even if it means getting up in the middle of the night to go potty!)

 

[cjackearl]

My eating has been on track this weekend, except for one slip, but I learned a lesson from it so its ok. We spent the afternoon at the apple orchard. It was a beautiful day and we had so much fun and came home with about a bushel of apples. (If anyone has any good, low cal recipes using apples, please share!) Anyway, after we got home I made an apple pie. I had originally decided not to have any, but after a sparse dinner, I realized I was well under my goal points or cals for the day, so I'd have a small slice. I didn't look up the points before hand, however, and when I looked it up it was like 9 points I like pie, but not 9 points worth!! Anyway, the lesson learned was to definitely check points or calories before hand.

Weekly mini challenge: I'm going to make it to the gym 5 out of 7 day.

 

[Bellybee]

My eating has been on track this weekend, except for one slip, but I learned a lesson from it so its ok. We spent the afternoon at the apple orchard. It was a beautiful day and we had so much fun and came home with about a bushel of apples. (If anyone has any good, low cal recipes using apples, please share!) Anyway, after we got home I made an apple pie. I had originally decided not to have any, but after a sparse dinner, I realized I was well under my goal points or cals for the day, so I'd have a small slice. I didn't look up the points before hand, however, and when I looked it up it was like 9 points I like pie, but not 9 points worth!! Anyway, the lesson learned was to definitely check points or calories before hand.

Weekly mini challenge: I'm going to make it to the gym 5 out of 7 day.

The lowest calorie apple recipe I know off is baked apple just core the apple and stuff it with sweet mincemeat or raisans rub lightly with like 1 teaspoon of butter and bake for 30-40 mins. The skin goes all caramely and the apple is soft and delicious. Another alternative is to have a pork fillet with apple slices just grill them together.

Enjoy eating them all.

I have had a good day and stayed within the calories but I am actually feeling really really hungry tonight.
I will be having a cup of tea with a snack before bed so that will have to keep me going.
It will probably be easier at work.

 

[Briarmom]

Just checking in -

Hubby is home YEAH!!!

That's awesome news!

OK, I have been vigilant about writing down every bite for the last two days. I realize that this is going to be an important part of my life.

Today I did TWO 45 minute sessions on the treadmill. I did this when I lost weight before (I hate writing that ) and it seems to work for me. I have to work out in the morning to get myself 'on program' and then at night it helps me to not eat crap. I'm less likely to have beer (which I love) and nachos or something horrid if I've worked out at night.

Hmm...the mini-challenge...I have to think on that.
I'm off to have a 100 cal popcorn. I actually like those so much more than the faux butter ones...

 

[junebugTN]

I think the blue team challenge is a great idea. I'm going to commit to writing down everything I eat this week. Every time I do that, I drop my best weight loss numbers, but I just can't seem to get in that habit. This week, I'm going to do it, though!

I'm also going to take Eeyores Butterfly's great advice and not keep so many snacks in my desk. Having them around did break me of my daily vending machine habit, so I think it's a good idea to start limiting the amount I have laying around.

It really helps to know that I have made a commitment to my team, and that you're all such a great support! This is gonna be a great week for the blue team... I can feel it!

 

[Eeyores Butterfly]

Prince Vija: The Dawn Phenomenon is when your blood sugar is high in the morning because your liver releases glycogen (stored sugar) to counteract a nighttime low. Ideally, your blood sugar when you wake up should be under 100. Anything over 100 is considered prediabetes and anything over 120 (used to be 126) is the threshold for diabetes. The last week mine's been hovering around 110, normally it's in the 90's. To counteract the Dawn Phenomenon (if you are controlling with diet and exercise only) is to have a carb snack before bed so you don't get the nighttime low and then your liver won't release the glycogen.

The HSM 2 Dance Edition is a DVD. So it has the movie on it, and also teaches you the dances.

Today has gone pretty well so far. I'm very proud of myself, we had a rush like none other, so I didn't get my break until 6 hours into an 8 hour shift. I was really craving that Coke, but I knew it would put me over my carbs, so I had an iced tea instead. Let me tell you, it took all my willpower! I want to participate in the mini challenge, and for me it will be cutting all soda out of my diet.

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

My challenge this week is to eliminate the unhealthy snacks. I am usually pretty good when it comes to eating healthy meals but I fail when it comes to snacks. Chips, chocolate, ice cream, I love them all.

 

[Jaime]

Mini challenge participants:​

I'll keep adding to the list as people join in!


Princess Vija: Avoid McDonalds and potato chips (and other fried snacks), So as not to deny myself the "crunch" factor, I can have baked chips in appropriate servings

moredisneyplease: stay away from cardio (left calf was torn a few months ago and is upset at me) for a week and do all weights and pilates instead.....OK, MAYBE do a spin class because that shouldnt bother my calf

Bellybee : to reduce daily chocolate eaten, I will replace chocolate with better snacks and try and avoid it altogether.
I am going to allow for errors so will allow one regular chocolate bar a day. If i avoid this all week I will allow myself a weekend treat of a bigger bar.

moet7 : drink ALL my water each day! (even if it means getting up in the middle of the night to go potty!)

I love the idea of a mini challenge...my downfall is exercise...I find it really hard to get the time...I do walk my dd back and forth to school but I want to challenge myself a little more with exercise.

Jaime: I want to challenge myself to at least 5 days of at least 30 minutes this week on my Wii fit or elliptical/free weights. I really enjoy freestyle boxing, jogging & step on the Wii fit...usually do 10 minutes of each but just haven't been taking the time to do it...it's been a real struggle.