BL Challenge~ BLUE TEAM~ Week 6

[Eeyores Butterfly]

Work was slow today so they sent me home early! I have so much cleaning to do before my boyfriend comes up on Wednesday and I have to get ready to teach tomorrow. I'm switching from 7th grade to 4th grade for my second placement and it starts tomorrow. At this point though, I'm just going to take a nap. I really wish this stupid virus or whatever it is would hurry up and go away.

 

[Eeyores Butterfly]

I hope the slowness so far is because this is a weekend? Where are all my Blue Warriors? We had a great week last week by the sounds of it, let's see if we can rock this week out too! QOTD Monday: What diet/exercise sites do you visit?

 

[TammyNC]

Tammy: We need to change your top tag, lol. ! Seriously, congratulations on the 3lb loss. You rock girlfriend!

I know...it looks funny doesn't it?? I mentioned it sometime early on, it was one from several years back. Maybe the tag fairy will visit soon .

QOTD Monday: What diet/exercise sites do you visit? - I have just started getting to know sparkpeople so I'm still learning about the site. I also consider the WISH boards a great place for motivation and inspiration.

It was a busy weekend around here but did well all in all. Went for a nice walk at the parks track yesterday morning (it was crisp but felt good). Eating went pretty well, not as many veggies as I would have liked but will be working on it. Did get my water in this weekend, planned out meals for the week and went grocery shopping so I have what I need on hand.

Keep up the great work Blue Team...we can do it!!!

 

[Sparky47]

Busy weekend here too, didn't get on the boards too much -- except to book excursions and Palo brunch/dinner for January cruise !! Yahoo!

QOTD: I haven't been visiting too many diet/exercise sites except The Biggest Loser site. Nothing's been jumping out at me lately--probably the problem with everything too.

Hoping to stay on track starting again today...didn't have a horrible weekend but wasn't perfect either.

 

[baby1disney]

Hi ladies!!! I've had a very looooong weekend with work and I'm a little pooped!! I went into work on Friday at 4:30 and didn't leave until Saturday at 6pm!!! Minus about 2 hrs worth of sleep!!! Then the scale I was using broke!! So I had to go over to my inlaws on and use theirs.

I think I was at 315 last week and now this week I'm at 312!! Slowly, I'm losing it. So far to date, I've lost 13-14 lbs. I'm not sure if I lost 3-4 lbs last week. Sorry, but I'm still trying to get over this weekend!!!

I'm going to try and start working out this week. I have one of biggest loser dvd at home and let me tell you it works!! When I was doing it before, I lost about 7lbs in the first week, maybe even ten!!! I did it twice a day in the morning while everyone else was sleeping and then again at night right before dinner. I felt better doing it that way. I noticed after about two weeks how much my pants felt different.

As far as for the QOTD, I don't go to any sites. I either do it or don't.

I still think that some of us should get together and plan a women's vacation celebration for this!!! I think that would be a nice way to not only meet each other, but celebrate each other as women and friends. I'd be even willing to get it together. I was thinking either next year for the food and wine festival or the last week of November/begining of Dec for their Christmas party!!! Even if I had one friend to go!! LOL!!!! Or does this sound crazy?!?!?

 

[jimmduck]

I did the 10k race yesterday in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - in Eastern Canada.

The race report is a bit long, but here it is (skip over if bored) - will probably post on WISH events list also:

A GOAL ACCOMPLISHED, ANOTHER UNCERTAIN

I did the BMO Nesbitt Burns 10k walk in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island yesterday.
It has been awhile since I completed that distance - certainly not since I got sick in September (twice - two nasty bouts of stomach flu, one near dehabilitating). I lost several weeks of training and it took a while to regain strength.
But Bonnie (my sister in law) and I really wanted another event in before Spacecoast, I had my registration carried over from last year when I could not go, and so it seemed right.
Neither Bonnie nor Norm, my husband, could get today off, so Norm agreed to do the driving and take care of us. We just stayed in PEI one night.
I cannot sleep the night before any race, and Saturday was no exception.
The hotel was comfortable and DH and I did not have to fight over the pillows (there were plenty), but between their snoring and my nervousness, I only cat napped and, by the morning, felt like I would just throw up (and I did not have the stomach flu again). I was unbelievably nervous.
We got a great parking spot and I even warmed up before the race - my overall fitness has really improved since my last race fiasco in May.
Norm was there to see us off - a first, though he is almost always there at the end.
My sister, Nancy, came up from New Brunswick to see me, and my friend, Daphne, followed me several times over the course of the race, offering support.
The weather was sunny and cool, perfect for walking.
They almost did not let me start without a doctor's note - what's up with that? They told me that they informed me of this when they removed me from the course last year for medical reasons, especially when I had been in the medical tent the year before.
Uh, guys, I did not even do this race last year and I have never been in a medical tent - what the heck are ya talking about?
I realized they were talking about my friend, Sue, who has environmental illness. They apologized and wished me a good race.
Sue and I are both big girls, but she is at least a foot taller than me and we hardly look like twins - sheesh!
My WISH shirt draws some comments, and one guy takes a picture of it at the start line. It says DLF (dead last finish) is better than DNF (did not finish) which greatly trumps DNS (did not start).
I started off well - really did not begin to suffer until after the 7th kilometer. There is a section of the course where you have to walk around the university. That is long to me (over a kilometer) and very boring. At least there was a horse outside the horse barn to talk to for a minute. Better than the darn dogs barking at me in the neighbourhood.
I was all by myself there and tentative about the route, but do manage to navigate it. A lovely lady brought me a fresh bottle of water.
By 7.5 kilos, I do not feel I can continue, by the 8th kilometer, I am sure of it.
But my sister did not come all this way to see me quit! There is no way that I am going to do that. I find a way to get to the next kilometer - surprisingly, though I am taking lots of breaks, the pace does not drop all that much. I just want it done.
Norm joins me with just about 3/4 kilometer left to go. He tells me (and this is the hilight of the day) that he can tell by the way I am walking that my pace is really getting there - even that late in the race.
He asks what is wrong with me, I feel like my legs will not hold me up, yet they do. His favourite line in getting me to finish lines when I am hurting - “Its just a walk to the mailbox”.
Bonnie joins us, my sister is behind us snapping pictures (she went to her car to get her coat and missed me coming) - my friend Daphne makes it to the finish line to watch, Norm walks me over the line - done!
Major pain in the legs yesterday but just some minor stiffness today. A bit tired, but recovering well.
I am pleased to get this done and will likely have to be content with the fact this medal, it will likely be my last this year.

Sooo - the good, the bad and the ugly again...
The good
1) My pace is improving and the actual walk time was less than before.
2) I am in far better shape than I was in May, when I struggled to do half of this distance.
3) After being so sick in September, for so long, I was happy I was able to do it at all.
The bad
1) Deplorable time - the rest time especially was excessive.
The ugly
1) This body is not ready for a half marathon yet, I have to face that, so what do we do about Spacecoast?
Three choices really:
a) Don't do it at all;
b) Decide only to do a certain distance (I want to do more than I did yesterday and am thinking maybe 7 miles?) - walk 3.5 miles, then turn around, perhaps, but how does that work?
c) Go as far as I can go, and not think about quitting until after 7 miles.
I am just not sure what to do, I don't want to be a big bother to folks. I know at Disney, the sag wagon is omnipresent - but what about smaller races? Is there anyone to help if I decide to go with option (c)? If I cannot continue, is it an option in these smaller races?
This is what I am trying to decide.
My “e coach” sort of (and a dear friend) does not believe that I should attempt a half at this point, she is too afraid I will get hurt. I am not going to do anything stupid - she is right..
I am not sure what to do.
It is frustrating, I wish I were farther down the road than I am right now, but such is life.
Facing another “public failure” is also tough to face again.

The fact is, however, that if I did not “reach for the stars” - I would likely not reach at all.

Someday, I will do that darned half. Someday, I will have my own Donald.

Linda
P.S. My sister in law did great and is hoping for a PR at Spacecoast - we are doing this one again as part of Joints in Motion.

 

[dare2dream]

You did it!! I'm so proud of you. I love the encouragement of DH Norm “Its just a walk to the mailbox”. Keep reaching for the stars Linda. You CAN do it. Thanks for the inspiration. There are stars out there for me too.

 

[Joanna71985]

I hope the slowness so far is because this is a weekend? Where are all my Blue Warriors? We had a great week last week by the sounds of it, let's see if we can rock this week out too! QOTD Monday: What diet/exercise sites do you visit?

Eeek! Sorry I've been MIA! I've been so busy with school and marching band. I had a game and a competition over the weekend. Hopefully that will help some.

For the QOTD, I would say the only site I really visit is the Weight Watchers one. I need to find more.

 

[leamom2princesses]

Hi everyone! I had a bad food weekend. Too much candy, pie, and cookies sitting around from Halloweenfest and Fall Festival.

jimmduck: WAY TO GO LINDA! Thanks for posting. I needed the inspiration tonight.

baby1disney: Great job on your weight loss! Keep it up girl!

QOTD: I get email from WW from when I was on their program. Other than that I really haven't looked at any other sites.

Hope everyone is well!

Leanne

 

[Eeyores Butterfly]

QOTD TUESDAY: What are you non-weight goals for getting healthy?

 

[TammyNC]

WTG Linda, thank for sharing your story. You should be very proud of yourself!!!

 

[Hypermommy]

Hi everyone!

Not doing too well for the past several days. Just having a hard time telling myself no. Heck, I can't even seem to tell myself "not so much" right now. But every day is a new day and I'll get back on track.

QOTD: Nonweight goals for getting healthy? I don't really have any. I know I should quit smoking but I don't want to. As for the rest of it, most of my health problems are due to my weight so I figure I'll tackle that one first and then go from there.

 

[Joanna71985]

QOTD TUESDAY: What are you non-weight goals for getting healthy?

I've been trying to give up drinking sodas and drink more water (although, my water has sugar-free lemonade mix mixed in ).

 

[MelanieC]

Ok - I'm here to confess I fell off the wagon. But it's ok, I've perservered many times and this time will be no different. I faced the scale this morning and it wasn't pretty, but I know if I get back on track I can lose most of it rather quickly.

I have no idea why I do these things to myself. First it's just that I do it, and second that I run and hide as if I'm fooling anyone (The scale never lies). Why do I hide when it's what I need most. Who am I hurting besides myself. I guess it's shame? Not sure why. I really do want to be at goal by my birthday next summer. I really do want to be healthy and fit by 40. What is causing me to sabotage myself. I just can't figure out why I can't fight these demons. I prefer to eat healthy, in fact I won't buy most stuff unless it's organic. So what causes me to eat the very junk and food I won't buy (guess hubby is somewhat to blame for buying it, but ultimately I control my life and what goes into my body).

I am sorry to all my blue team mates. Sorry I went awol. Off to send a PM about my weight- I sure wish I would have gotten back on track last week.

 

[MelanieC]

QOTD TUESDAY: What are you non-weight goals for getting healthy?

I'm going to get back to nature - Stopping the sugar, and unhealthy processed foods. I am going to get back into buying mostly organics and all natural and eating foods that only have mother's and came from the ground (as much as possible). If it is processed it will be organic and / or all natural as much as possible.



OK - I just posted my gain and it was 5lbs -

MOVING ON!

 

[baby1disney]

Hypermommy--I'm in the same boat as you are!! I splurged last night at McD's. Ate stuff that I shouldn't of and had healthy soup and stuff at home!!

Joanna--I drink water everyday too--with those packets!! They're sugar free and either zero calories or no more than five. I just looked at one of my packets and there's no fat, carbs, sugar!! It's the Wal-Mart brand and it's good!!!! Cherry-Limeade is the flavor.

As far as for my non-healthy thing, I'm in the same boat again as Hypermommy--we should become BFF's!! LOL!!! I smoke and there are times that I would want to give that up and times where I really and actually enjoy it. Also, being lazy!! I'm a very bad procrastonator when it comes to myself and things. If it involves others, I'm on it!! But, not for me!!

If I'm down 50-60 lbs by the time we go on our next trip, I think I'm going to do a weekend or a week in Disney by myself or maybe a gf, if they want to come!! We'll see!!!

 

[TammyNC]

QOTD TUESDAY: What are you non-weight goals for getting healthy? - Getting back to taking my vitamins and eating breakfast (I know how important it is...just have to make myself and have to be prepared so I don't end up eating some high sugar content breakfast).

Fixed some applesauce/oatmeal muffins this morning and everyone enjoyed them...will be looking for more of those types of things to help out on the breakfast front.

Remember everyone...when you have a rough hour/day/week...you can get back on track. Don't feel like you have to apologize to us, we have all been there at one time or another. We are the Blue team and we rock!!! Keep up the great work everyone, stay focused and in control...we have the power, we just have to use it.

 

[jimmduck]

Fixed some applesauce/oatmeal muffins this morning and everyone enjoyed them...will be looking for more of those types of things to help out on the breakfast front.

Recipe please?

Linda

 

[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

Blue Team Week 5

19 weigh ins
2 gains totaling 7.4 lbs
4 maintains
13 losses totaling 27.3 lbs

Weekly net loss 19.9 lbs
4 removed from challenge with losses totaling 17.2 lbs
Cumulative net loss 158.8 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 Blue Team Superstars.





The Blue Team Week 5 Superstars

#10-0.327%-PRINCESS VIJA-Vija
#9-0.336%-njmom23girls-Lisa
#8-0.578-Jaime-Jaime
#7-0.637-baby1disney-Terrie
#6-1.19-hobbester-Lisa
#5-1.303%-jamesnnick-??
#4-1.579%-TammyNC-Tammy
#3-1.74%-Eeyores Butterfly-Jessi
#2-2.146%-sparky47-Linda

and now







The Blue Team Week 5 Biggest Loser

#1-2.632%-shewelch-Shelley

Congratulations Shelley. You have had a great week! You are doing really well with this challenge. Keep it up. 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 our team do? Let's see how we did this week.









The week 5 WISH BL 6 Challenge Biggest Loser Team


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

#2-The Blue Team-0.477%
To be #1 we 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 Blue this clearly shows that EVERY pounds counts. I know we can be #1 if we all work together. What can you do to help us claim a victory?

You the faithful losers are sticking with our challenge. It is getting harder isn't it? 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!

 

[MelanieC]

Ok - So why couldn't I have gained 4.6 pounds and not 5- UGGH!!! - LOL!! At least I can laugh at myself. Course my number may not have been reflected because of my lateness.

Wow - everyone did such an awesome job!!! Way to go!