TEAM MICKEY--Biggest Loser 11 Spring Team Challenge!

[keenercam]

Oops, I almost forgot. I thought I'd share my "cheat sheet" of names people have posted here. I love to think of everyone by their IRL name to be able to respond to them. I hope no one minds that I have compiled this and am posting it.


Aamomma
Alex&Evan’s Mom (Ami)
Applemomma (Dawn)
BELLE1109 (Reilly)
bethbuchall (Beth)
bgirldeb (Debbie)
cclovesdisney (CC)
Cupcaker(Jeanette)
DavidandDenise (Denise)
dis75ney (Stacy)
dis-happy
disneymom2one (MB)
Disney Yooper (Vicki)
erock
flipflopmom (Taryn)
girlrea (Maria)
good morning dewdrop (Karen)
happymatt (Matt)
Jaelynnandmom (Tiffany)
jamesnnick (Jen)
janmadre (Jan)
jenjolt (Jen)
Jordans Mommie (Michele)
Kathmzh (Kath)
keenercam (Cam)
kinntj (Tammy)
kitchensinkguy (Chris)
KristiMc (Kristi)
KSH (Karen)
liesel (Lisa)
lisam427
lovedvc (Vicki)
LoveTheMouse12302
maslex (Pam)
Merryweather27 (Nicole)
mizzoutiger76 (Nicole)
mmwalker (Michelle)
Molly Meow (Heather)
momoftwins+1 (Christine)
mommyof2Pirates (Lindsay)
Mrs D(Dawn)
mstinson14 (Megan)
my3princes (Deb)
newmouse2008 (Teresa)
phred84044
pigletz
pintamino
pospisil
pricesslvr (Veronica)
PRINCESS VIJA (Vija)
RayaniFoxmur (Liz)
ReAnSt (Becky)
Rose&Mike (Rose)
RT's Mom
ScubaD (Dave)
snow_white's_mom
Stinasmom (Marcy)
tea pot
tggrrstarr(Kelli)
TheMysteryMachine (Jeannine)
Tigger813 (Tracey)
tmfranlk (Tia)
WDWangela (Angie)
Williamandmom (Jenny)
yanni2 (Michelle)
Yogamama (Mary)

 

[Yogamama]

QOTD 1/1/11 Saturday--two parts
1. Introduce yourself, if you haven't done so yet. I've already completed this part a few pages back, but missed out on #2...

2. Do you have a goal for this week, this month, this challenge?
This week: I start a new job this week with a new shift, and so I'm hoping to work on time management this week with the goal of exercising at least 30 minutes each day.

This month: I need to my running up to 10 miles, so that I feel confident that I can finish the Princess Half in February.

This challenge: I would like to lose 20 pounds, or at least not be scared of what I look like in my swimsuit.

 

[RayaniFoxmur]

QOTD: Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011
This is kind of a sharing information and strategies question as we have a lot of newbies with us:
What types of exercise are you going to do or have been doing that can help others with this challenge?

I have been struggling SO much with exercise it's not even funny. I've actually been in a pretty high amount of pain the last two months or so because of my new job. I got a job at Sea World, but that job includes me going up and down stairs repeatedly all day long. That's great and all for my exercise (Also moving to a 3rd story walkup last month!) but I'm still struggling to get any aerobic exercise in.

We have a gym at our new apartment complex, so I think I might try to head up there 2 times a week, I don't know. At least to walk on the treadmill or something. We're getting a Wii this coming February since ours broke and we need to replace it so I was thinking about getting some fitness software for that too, but I know the software doesn't tend to be real friendly to someone my size... expecting exercises that I just don't have the ability to do.

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I just am having the hardest time getting into the right mindset again. I lost so much weight being so strict with myself, recording every single thing I ate on Sparkpeople and just being an outright obsessive person with food. I DON'T want to do that for the rest of my life, but it almost feels like if I don't I no longer have control and I won't lose weight. Arugh. I've never really talked about this feeling with anyone before... so I almost feel like it sounds crazy. I know I need to lose weight for health reasons... I just wish it didn't feel like I am taking away things that I love to do so. It probably doesn't help that I'm a pretty picky eater.

230 pounds just seems like such an insurmountable task right now... I know I can do it, but my need for instant gratification isn't helping matters. When my husband and I both lost the 70 pounds he went down more than 8 inches in his pants. I still wear the same clothes. That's SO frustrating, to not see the progress. I just don't get it.

I'm sorry to dump like that! I think I just need a hug!

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Yesterday was not so good for me, I am sick and had a fever. Stupid, I know. Upside is I have been drinking copious amounts of water.

Jeannine I hope your feeling better soon. Not a great way to start the new year huh. Take it easy today dont over do it. At least you are getting that water in.

Hello teammates,
Mid term goals are:
1. Weigh 250 pounds for my April trip to WDW
2. Weigh 230 pounds for my trip to Haiti in July

Dave

Hi Dave, What kind of trip are you taking to haiti??? Are you doing some outreach help or is it just a vacation? Just curious the dr that i work for went there this summer to provide medical care.

I suffered a potentially fatal heart condition called sustained ventricular tacchychardia caused by an electrical malfunction in my heart.

Hi Cam, I never knew this about you. I always thought you were amazing but wow surviving this and completing marathons. You are truly truly an amazing women. Are you still doing the disney race next weekend???? I know your knee wasnt cooperating but I didnt know if you were going to walk or not.

I just am having the hardest time getting into the right mindset again. I lost so much weight being so strict with myself, recording every single thing I ate on Sparkpeople and just being an outright obsessive person with food. I DON'T want to do that for the rest of my life, but it almost feels like if I don't I no longer have control and I won't lose weight. Arugh. I've never really talked about this feeling with anyone before... so I almost feel like it sounds crazy. I know I need to lose weight for health reasons... I just wish it didn't feel like I am taking away things that I love to do so. It probably doesn't help that I'm a pretty picky eater.

230 pounds just seems like such an insurmountable task right now... I know I can do it, but my need for instant gratification isn't helping matters. When my husband and I both lost the 70 pounds he went down more than 8 inches in his pants. I still wear the same clothes. That's SO frustrating, to not see the progress. I just don't get it.

I'm sorry to dump like that! I think I just need a hug!

Liz I have these same feeling so you are not alone. I just wish I could eat whatever whenever and not have to think about it. Unfortunately it doesnt work that way and the people who can do that and stay skinny are just not the norm. Take it one day, one bite, one choice at a time. When you have a large # to loose it can get discouraging when you dont see those immediate results. Set mini goals and look at the things that are not on the exterior. When you loose 10% of your body weight you make remarkable changes to your health. Here is a quote from an article I found.

''We have seen a consistent pattern in our weight loss studies that when patients lose 5%-10% of their body weight, they lower blood pressure, reduce LDL ["bad"] cholesterol, improve glucose tolerance, and in general, lower the risk for cardiovascular disease," says Catherine Champagne, a researcher with Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Center.

So even though you are still wearing the same size pants look at the more important things that you are making better. Dont compare yourself to your husband. Men loose weight faster and differently than women do. I get mad at dh for the same thing.

Eventually these choices and eating patterns will become routine for you and you no longer will feel like you are having to watch everything and obsess about it. Hang in there you will be ok.

As far as the pain goes, I bet as you loose lbs you will feel so much better. Maybe start with some strength training knee/leg exercises at home.

Ok well I think I just wrote you a book but I could feel your pain. I hope this advice helps and that you dont take any of it the wrong way. Here is a big for you.

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

QOTD 1/2/11 Sunday
This is kind of a sharing information and strategies question as we have a lot of newbies with us:
What types of exercise are you going to do or have been doing that can help others with this challenge?

I have been run/walking. Training for the princess half marathon. I will continue that as well as add in some strength training and ab work at home. I found that as I am loosing weight I am starting to look a little mushy. I have a book called 2 week turn around from prevention magazine. It has different exercises to do for each day of the week.


Today has been good so far. Went to my nana's after I picked the kids up from sunday school. Usually nana's is where I pig out but today I just ate breakfast. We are now home and I have a bunch of cleaning, laundry, and dishes to do but what else is new. We also need to get our xmas stuff down and our tree out of the house. Lots to do today. I think I may add in another run. Its a rest day on my plan but the weather is still so nice and I dont know if I would get 2 wkday runs in this week so I think I will just go for it and make it an easy run. I made quesadillas for lunch with ffree mozz cheese, tomatoe, spinach, and chipped ff turkey breast. It was yummy and I got 2 servings of veggies in. I also have 1/2 of my water in too.

TTYL
Lindsay

 

[Kitchensinkguy]

Hello

My name is Chris. I'm 40 years old and married to my3princes. We have 3 boys, Nick (15), Hunter (13) and Colby (8). I'm a master automotive technician and lacrosse coach. My goal for this challenge is to lose at least 30 lbs. Anything south of 200 lbs would make me happy. Mind you I was over 200 lbs in high school. I plan to follow the new weight watchers program once we figure it all out and I will start P90X on Tuesday. I was at 205 last summer, but let our extended vacation get the best of me and didn't jump right back into losing it after we got home.

This is my second Biggest Loser Challenge.

 

[tigger813]

Feel Better Mystery Machine!

God Bless You Cam!!! I have a printed out list but with all the new names that will be helpful!

Enjoying the Patriots game and my last chance to eat bad food and alcohol for several weeks! The scale is not my friend right now! I will jump back in tomorrow without a doubt!

95 our of 145 people have sent in weigh ins! EGADS! I'm going to start putting everyone on the official spreadsheet this afternoon.

Ornaments are off the tree except for the angel! We will remove it from the living room at half time!

TTFN

 

[keenercam]

I'm sorry to dump like that! I think I just need a hug!

Oh, Liz, I'm sorry you are feeling overwhelmed. I agree that a smaller goal is going to do so much for your mindset! Whenever I think about how much I have to lose I get overwhelmed, too, so I know how you feel. You may find that if you set a very realistic goal for this challenge and you just move toward that, your mindset will be so much more positive. You are getting so much great activity already. More than most of us get in any given day, I'd bet. Maybe you could focus primarily on food for the moment. I find that just writing down everything I eat is the first step for me. If you do that for a few days, you may find that it gets easier and easier. Just writing it down will make you think of it more too, so that you are eating consciously.

Sorry for the $.02. I just can't help myself. I'm such a Mom. I can't stand to see anyone feeling badly. So, here's the hug, too. I'm so glad you are here. I am excited to share your journey!

Hi Cam, I never knew this about you. I always thought you were amazing but wow surviving this and completing marathons. You are truly truly an amazing women. Are you still doing the disney race next weekend???? I know your knee wasnt cooperating but I didnt know if you were going to walk or not.

No, Lindsay, no races for me this coming weekend. I just have to be realistic and 9 miles completely totalled my knee for several days. I am so worried about doing more damage to it, so I have persuaded myself to NOT do the 1/2 this year. Thank you for asking. I will be very content cheering on all my WISH friends who are doing the 1/2 and the full.

Hello

My name is Chris. I'm 40 years old and married to my3princes.

Well, aren't you the lucky one? You do know that Deb is utterly adored here, right? She is an absolute darling and is such a good friend to all the WISHers. I am so glad you two will share this challenge. It will be fun to get to know you better.

 

[keenercam]

Hello teammates,

My goal this week is to complete the first 7 days of P90X. I attempted this in the past and got to day 11 or 12 before it was too much of a hassle. I was traveling all of the time and exercising in a hotel room was tough. Now I am home every night and it is much easier out in my garage (man-cave).

Mid term goals are:
1. Weigh 250 pounds for my April trip to WDW
2. Weigh 230 pounds for my trip to Haiti in July

Dave

Dave - I am also curious. What will you be doing in Haiti? We will find out tomorrow if we are going to have a young high school student from Haiti living with us for the next 5-6 months and I am so excited at the prospect of all we will learn from him and from living with him.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Here is my lunch that I altered. I wanted a salad. I am addicted to the Panera Greek Salad.

Well, I have all the ingredients including the dressing. So I count out all the calories and realized that 2 TBSP of dressing is 150 calories. Now I knew it was high but geesh.

Luckily I was prepared and I have some red vinegar for salads and 2 calories per TBSP, much better.

Now to see if my reflux can handle it.

Feeling much better with my cold today. No fever and I am not sneezing and blowing my nose non-stop.

I love reading everyone's tips and introductions. It is nice to not have to go it alone.

 

[HappyMatt]

Hi Team Mickey!!!

My name is Matt. I am 31. My wife and I married 4 years ago in Disney World. We now have 2 beautiful daughters who are 3 and 1.

I am new to the BL Challenge as well as the DIS Boards in general. My wife has been on the DIS Boards for years. We decided that we would lose weight this year and this challenge should help us keep focused. We are really taking eating healthy and exercise seriously this time.

I have always been the fat kid my whole life. I have been on and off diets and I usually do good with them. But then I hit a holiday or trip to Disney World. Then the diet would be out the window.

I had pretty mush resigned myself to being extremely overweight for the rest of my life. But I have two reasons to get healthier. My two daughters. I want to live a long healthy life to watch them grow.

My goal, as of right now, is to lose 10% of my body weight. I will still have a lot to lose after that, but I will make a new goal once I make my first one.

As far as work out advice, I have very little. My wife has started to Zumba. I figure I will give that a try so I can start moving on a daily basis.

This should be fun. My wife is on Team Donald so there should be a lot of competition in our household.

Happy New Year!

 

[janmadre]

Hi all! To answer today's question, my exersize of choice is walking. Since my daughter & I are both doing this challenge (she's on team donald), we walk our dogs together on the weekend, and I'll be walking on the treadmill at work since we have a fitness center in the building.
Cam, the wedding pictures from your renewing vows ceremony are beautiful! What a dream come true to be able to do this at Disney!
Hope everyone has a great day. Back to the world of work tomorrow.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

QOTD 1/2/11 Sunday
This is kind of a sharing information and strategies question as we have a lot of newbies with us:
What types of exercise are you going to do or have been doing that can help others with this challenge?

Oh! Question of the Day! I was wondering what QOTD was.

So my answer.

I am not sure. I hurt my back doing Jillian Michael's "No More Trouble Zones". The lunges she had did a number on my lower back. It is been healing. This was about 9 months ago.

So I am going to start off with walking on my treadmill. It is an old my mom had but a treadmill nonetheless.

I want to walk my dogs more as they need the exercise as well.

I have Netflix Streaming here and they several DVDs to choose from. I think I would like to try something on there and see if it sticks.

If my back starts acting up, then I am going to tell my doctor I need physical therapy.

 

[my3princes]

Busy day. Chris and my brother moved and stacked about 3 cord of wood this morning. We've taken down all of our Outside Christmas decorations which only leaves the Christmas cards left to put away. I also switched my wardrobe from summer to winter. It has needed to be done for a while, but I wanted to get the new closet organizers installed. Over this 4 day weekend we empty the master bedroom closet, fixed the old wall anchor holes, painted walls and ceiling, installed the laminent flooring, installed all the new organizer shelves and reloaded the closet, throwing out a bunch of stuff that we no longer need or want. Now the closet looks great and I can find whatever I'm looking for.

I still need to install the laminent flooring in the hall coat closet and pantry. At that point all the floors will be done. I really have time to do it today, not sure I have the motivation though.

I had a grapefruit for breakfast and got in 2 servings of veggies at lunch

 

[Rose&Mike]

Last night was soooo much fun. 56 degrees turned out to be perfect for tubing and iceskating. They said as long as it wasn't 70* it all would be running. I used to take figure skating lessons when I was younger, but I haven't been for over 10 years. It was so great to get back on the ice! I even burned some calories doing it.

Sounds like a wonderful evening.

Remember this is a journey and not a race, take each day as it comes. If you mess up hop right back on board making healthy choices. I look forward to getting to know all of you.

This is fabulous advice!

My ultimate goal is to lose 30 pounds by the end of the year. At the same time, I am planning to run the January marathon in 2012. It will be 1-1/2 months after my 50th birthday. I want to prove to myself that 50 is just a number. I start the training for that today as well.

What a great goal! 50 is just a number!

I'm doing the Publix 1/2 in Atlanta on March 20th. This is my 5th year in a row, and I did another Atlanta half that was on Thanksgiving for 5 years too, from 2005 - 2009. This year (I guess technically it is last year now!) they changed the course for that one, eliminated the marathon and added a 5k. So I just did the 5k this time, may go back to the half next year.

I've only done 5k's at Disney, a friend and I did the Expedition Everest Challenge the first two years. I'm still not sure I want to travel and do a longer run! I really like to nap afterward and think that would just feel like wasted time on a trip!

Your success is very impressive! It is great to hear from others who have been there. Thank you for running this challenge and the advice you share. I can already tell the support is awesome!

We looked at doing a race over Thanksgiving in Atlanta last year, might have been the same one. If I remember it was listed as very hilly. It is my pleasure to run the challenge this time. I have gotten so much from everyone involved. And I have only ever traveled for 1/2s. I think you just have to plan to be unproductive after the race for at least a couple of hours. It is a lot of fun to run somewhere new. (Though I guess if you look at W&D, it wasn't that new, since we've been to Disney so many times!)

Hi! My name is Ami and I'm 33 years old. I've been married 14 years to my amazing husband Gary and I have two wonderful boys, Alex(9) and Evan(6).

I've known for a long time that this weight had to go, but I always had excuses for not starting. Something was always more important than my health. Then last year I found out that my 52 year old Dad had a terminal illness brought on by not taking care of himself. He also has numerous other health problems including diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol due to his size. My mom is 10 years older and in better shape but still has some issues with her larger size. I decided for myself and my family(and sticking around for my kids) that it was now or never. I needed to start when I was still in decent shape.

I started in August and have lost 44 lbs. so far. I limit myself to a certain amount of calories and make sure I have plenty of fruits and vegetables. I also work out 3-4 days a week for 1 hour at a time. I'm a huge fan of Richard Simmons and I love his workouts. My husband and kids actually work out with me a lot and my boys got me another Richard Simmon's video for Christmas!

I know I've got a ways to go(my goal is 140) so I've got exactly 100 lbs. left. But I know I can do it this time. I've been averaging about 2 lbs. a week and hope to keep it up. I feel so much better and I'm starting to notice muscles I've never had before!

Finding a supportive group of people is really important to me. I've tried talking to some friends but they're either not interested or feel threatened by my progress. It's so nice to find like minded people! Well, I've yammered on long enough so I guess I'll go for now. Good luck everyone!

Great job on the 44 pounds!!! That's wonderful! And you can do it!!!

Hi! My name is Megan, and I am 14 years old. I have joined this challenge as I am a tad over 300 pounds, have battled being overweight ever since I can remember and would like to change. I look forward to accomplishing my goal, I just can't wait to be skinny!!

Hi Megan! Welcome to the challenge.

Hello! I'm already a day behind...story of my life.

I'm Beth, and I really need to lose weight. I'm 46 years old and have been happily married to a wonderful guy for over 22 years. I have three children--a 19-year old (sophomore in college) son, a 17-year old (senior in high school) daughter, and an 11-year old (6th grade) son.

This is my first Biggest Loser Challenge, but not the first time I've tried to lose weight. I went to Weight Watchers in September, 2001 and lost a lot of weight in about 10 months. I regret to say that I have found it all again (plus a bit more). I haven't successfully stuck with any plan since then. Hopefully, I have learned from some of my failures and can put it to good use to make the lifestyle changes that I need to now.

Goal for the week: Start making positive changes--getting all my water, eating vegetables and fruits instead of junk, and start exercising.

Goal for the month: Don't give up!

Sometimes it takes a lot of tries to find the thing that you can stick with. Hang in there. The important thing is to keep trying!

Happy new years everyone! My name is Jeanette. This is my second BL challenge. Im 28, about to be 29, newly engaged, full time job, PhD student, cupcake lover. I have lots going on, Im always super busy, but I have now made me one of my priorities. Wedding planning is definitely my number one priority right now My journey started last January when I was at my all time highest- 180, and Im barely 5'. So I plugged away, started eating right, exercising, joined BL, and have lost 55ish pounds so far. Im so happy to be in the 120s, I havent been here since high school. I plan on this being my last weight loss journey!

For this challenge, I would like to lose 10lbs more. Since I will be getting married this year, having lost the majority of my weight has definitely been a stress reliever. I will be going on a disney cruise in 18 days and am really looking forward to that.

My goals for this week and month are to get back into the swing of things. I have taken a few weeks off from the dedication I used to put into my weight loss.

Some advice for those new to this challenge: do the healthy habits, its so helpful in creating new habits and you get some great rewards from it; losing weight slowly is a good thing! dont get discouraged that others might lose weight quick. everyone's body is different and eventually you will catch up; find exercise that is fun. many of us dread exercise, but when its fun its much easier to do; journal your food. it helps keep you accountable. there are some great online resources for that and even smart phones have some cool apps. I use calorie counter on my android.

Im looking foward to sharing this journey will all of you and getting to know you all better!

Jeanette

Hi Jeanette--did you have any trouble with flooding?

I'm also a huge Leslie Sansone Walk Away The Pounds fan!! I have about 8 of her DVDs and I rotate through them weekly never doing the same workout back to back! I really enjoy her "boosted" walking ones and the ones involving weights! I also sporadically through in Jillian Michaels Shred workout and some of the FIRM DVDs which incoraporate Strength and Cardio together!!!!

I also am thinking of starting to jog with husband in the evenings!!

Look at the C25K program. A lot of folks have had a huge amount of succes with it. Also google Jeff Galloway or go to rundisney.com. He's got a lot of ideas for new runners. The important thing to remember is to go out slow. You might feel fabulous while running, but your body needs time to adjust to the stresses of running. I have learned this the hard way.

QUOTD:

I'm incredibly simple. I walk (outside) just about every single day. When I started, I could barely make it around the block but it did get better. I generally try to start with a 4 miler in the morning and then usually another 2 to 3 in the afternoon. I've started semi-jogging for (small) parts of it. I was a runner many moons ago and am basically dipping my toes into that world again but for now, walking works. The tough part is just fitting in the time. I leave my house for the morning one at 3:45 am which is somewhat insane but that's the only real time I have due to our schedules.

MB--I never tire of hearing how successful you have been or how dedicated you are.

I just wanted to say it seems like we have a great team. All such unique individuals yet we all have very similar stories. It will be great to get to know everyone even more and to work together to be healthy.

Good Night!

ITA!!!

Goals. I joined WW on Wednesday and I'm trying to sort through the new plan. I hit the grocery store today and stocked up on fruits and veggies. I managed to forget my points calculator so some things that I picked up turned out to not be good choices. My old reliable peanut butter is now more points than I'm willing to give up for a tablespoon. I even have 4 different brands and they are all too high. Bread, even sandwich thins take a chunk out of my allowence. It's going to take a few weeks to find my stride. I also stocked up on water and flavored waters. so my first goal is to adapt to the dietary changes. Within a week or two I need to add in regular exercise. That will prove to be much more challenging as I work 2 jobs and free time is negligable. I have been relying on home improvement projects to give me activity over the holidays. I must say that my house is improving even if my body isn't. DH is onboard too so that will help. He is signing up for the challenge too, I'm just not sure which team he will be on yet. I guess we could be on opposite teams. Ultimately my goal is to lose 22 lbs by the end of this challenge.

Deb--have you looked at natural peanut butters? Where literally the only ingredient is peanuts? I have a mini pepperidge farm whole wheat bagel for breakfast a lot, but I don't how it translate into ww world.

 

[my3princes]

Sounds like a wonderful evening.


This is fabulous advice!


What a great goal! 50 is just a number!


We looked at doing a race over Thanksgiving in Atlanta last year, might have been the same one. If I remember it was listed as very hilly. It is my pleasure to run the challenge this time. I have gotten so much from everyone involved. And I have only ever traveled for 1/2s. I think you just have to plan to be unproductive after the race for at least a couple of hours. It is a lot of fun to run somewhere new. (Though I guess if you look at W&D, it wasn't that new, since we've been to Disney so many times!)

Great job on the 44 pounds!!! That's wonderful! And you can do it!!!


Hi Megan! Welcome to the challenge.


Sometimes it takes a lot of tries to find the thing that you can stick with. Hang in there. The important thing is to keep trying!


Hi Jeanette--did you have any trouble with flooding?


Look at the C25K program. A lot of folks have had a huge amount of succes with it. Also google Jeff Galloway or go to rundisney.com. He's got a lot of ideas for new runners. The important thing to remember is to go out slow. You might feel fabulous while running, but your body needs time to adjust to the stresses of running. I have learned this the hard way.


MB--I never tire of hearing how successful you have been or how dedicated you are.


ITA!!!


Deb--have you looked at natural peanut butters? Where literally the only ingredient is peanuts? I have a mini pepperidge farm whole wheat bagel for breakfast a lot, but I don't how it translate into ww world.

Unfortunately peanuts are high points. I bought Chris a jar of unsalted peanuts and 2 tablespoons of peanuts are 5 points. That equated to 39 half peanuts No even a snack

 

[Merryweather27]

Hiya, Team Mickey! I'm a little late to the party.

My name is Nicole. I'm 28, married for 7 years to my high school sweetheart, no kids, one big dog. I work at a college bookstore, which alternates weeks of running around nonstop (the start and end of semesters) with months of mostly sitting on my butt at a computer working on reports.

I have been battling my weight for pretty much my entire adult life, most of it piling on during early college. I was a skinny little thing at HS graduation, but by the time I married 3 years later, I was 50 pounds heavier. In 2005, after having added another 20 pounds in 2 years, I got sick of it and threw myself into hardcore dieting. I lost 40 pounds in six months, then plateaued and fell off the wagon. Since then I have since gained it all back plus 10 buddy pounds. Subsequent dieting attempts have never lasted longer than 2 months or yielded more than a 10 pound loss.

SO...segue right into QOTD #2 here...my goal for this challenge is to *stick with it*! As long as I'm still here in May, and I weigh anything less then as compared to now, I will count it a win! My goal for this week is to do all of the Healthy Habits, and to stay away from soda. My goal for the month is to look on Netflix Instant and try different workout DVDs until I find a few that I like enough to stick with.

Aside from DVDs (QOTD #3), I will mostly be working on strength training with body resistance exercises. I have had trouble in the past when losing weight that I don't really lose inches accordingly, meaning I'm probably losing more muscle than fat. When I lost that 40 pounds five years ago, I only went down ONE pants size. So, I'd like to work on preserving muscle mass this time around. I've looked a bit at the 100-pushups/200-crunches challenges, and might give those a whirl.

 

[keenercam]

Just did my 3 mile WATP tape plus 25 crunches and push-ups (on the ball). Off to figure out dinner and pack lunch for tomorrow.

 

[Rose&Mike]

Hello Team! I've really enjoyed reading about all of you so far. Some of you have had such fantastic success already! I'm Jen--I'm a 34 year old speech therapist. I'm married to a fantastic guy, and I have a 16 year old stepson, an almost 9 year old son, and a 5 year old daughter. I joined a BL challenge a while back and did really well, but I got distracted, and I've gotten out of so many of the good habits I worked so hard to develop.

My goals are:
Add consistent exercise back into my routine (I enjoy using the Wii and walking). I like the idea of running, but I'm really going to need to work my way up to being able to go any sort of distance.

Fit back into my favorite jeans--I refuse to give these jeans away because I'm going to be able to wear them in public again some day.

I'd like to lose 25 pounds during the course of this challenge.

Go Team!

Great goals! And I had a pair of jeans like that. By the time I tried them on this fall, they were too big! I never thought I would get below that size! Hold onto the jeans, definitely! I have a dress from a formal in college that I have moved all over the country. I can now get it on! Won't say I look the same in it, but it was so exciting to be able to zip it up!

Rose, hope everything is OK! Prayers for you.

I started off OK. My food intake wasn't the greatest, but I did go to the gym today with DS, he really wanted to go, so that worked well for me!

QOTD: I like to do my DVD tapes. I use the BL tpaes, WATP, and a variety of taebo, jane fonda, etc. I also LOVE the just dance for the WII. I actually get a good work out from those.



Have you ever tried the BL workout DVD's? I just got the new walking one and I LOVE it! I have only done the first mile, but it is my favorite walking DVD and I too love Leslie Sansone.

I like WATP too, especially if I can't get to the Y.

Hi, my name is Angie. I am a school teacher and have been married for 28 years. We have two grown children and 2 beautiful granddaughters (3 and 4 years old).
I would like to lose 25 pounds. My goal is to start regular exercising and watching what I eat. My husband and I tend to eat out way too much, so will try to eat more at home.

Eating at home makes such a big difference for me! I just have to plan, which I am not always very good at.

Howdy Team Mickey!!

As of right now, I have received WIN measurements from *7* members of Team Donald and *9* members of Team Mickey.

If you choose to participate, please try to send in your WIN number by late Monday.

So far, you've got more people participating that Team Donald, but I'd love to see even more of y'all as WINners!!

Thank for running WIN, Connie! Go Team Mickey!

QOTD: Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011
This is kind of a sharing information and strategies question as we have a lot of newbies with us:
What types of exercise are you going to do or have been doing that can help others with this challenge?


Well, since I've been inactive for YEARS and have 200 lbs to lose, I don't have any advice on what other people should do for exercise but rather I can't wait to hear what everyone else does.

Right now, even walking any distance is a chore for me. I do know that I can walk 2 times around the track (what's that? a 1/2 mile?). The thing is though I live in a region that gets very cold, well actually FREEZING most of the winter with whipping winds (actually where I live it's known as Hurricane Alley because the winds get so bad) So when it's cold AND really windy outside, it's to the point that it's impossible to be outside.

I do have many exercise dvd's that have collected dust over the years. I have a whole dvd set of Richard Simmons "Sweatin to the Oldies" a set of 5 WATP dvd's (although I just found out this week that I had bought an advanced set instead of a beginners set) I have 2 Weight Watcher dvd's that I bought a couple of years ago and still haven't used. I also have the Wii "Walk it Out" and the Wii Fit (unfortunately I'm over the weight limit for this so I haven't been able to even use it yet) And my last one is the EA Active?? (I think that's the name of it, but unfortunately on that one, the leg strap isn't big enough for my leg)

Over the past week or so I've been using the Wii Walk it Out and tried the WATP (that's how I found out it is was the advanced one---definately not for me right now LOL) The thing is though, I have realized that walking in place is killing my back. (I have a lower back injury from 3 years ago that I'm still dealing with) I'm not sure if it's because it doesn't mimic a natural walking pattern or what but....

So it looks like when we do have a decent weather day around here, I'm going to go do my 2 laps around the track but on other days, I think I'm going to try the Richard Simmons dvd's. Keep your fingers crossed!!!

The one mile WATP is very basic. I don't know if will help with the back pain or not. Just remember--every step is a step in the right direction!

Hello Team!

Rose, sending prayers! Hope everything is okay.

Hope everyone is having a good day! For me, this is when it starts getting tougher. The excitement of Jan. 1 is over and reality starts to sink in - what, I can't have whatever I want for breakfast? I have to think ahead about what I'm going to have when we go out??? - so I'm super excited to have found this challenge and have you all to help me through it! Knowing I'm not doing this alone makes it easier!

I did well yesterday, journaled for the first time in forever and learned the basics of the new WW plan. While I went over my points a little I know I don't have anything else coming up this week that I'll need to save my weekly allowance for so I decided to have a little more champagne and go over on points. It is motivating to know it was a conscious decision before I drank it, instead of how I usually do it which is to eat and drink then journal afterwards when there is nothing I can do about the points I have consumed! So I think I am making some progress toward where I need to be.

As for the QOTD, I have learned two things over the years: I love being outdoors and I like to exercise with others. I like to run (or run/walk) so I do that with friends or training groups (my local running store has a run night every week, and people of all levels show up - even walkers), and I love outdoor boot camp. It combines running with body weight strength exercises, and I am much stronger from it. It is really challenging but suffering with others makes it easier! Over the years I've made great friends and it is also nice knowing they will miss me if I'm not there. Even though I'm not a morning person it motivates me to get up and out there at 5:45 a.m. in all kinds of weather. So my advice is to find out what you really like and you'll be more successful with it! Don't torture yourself at the gym if that is not for you. I can't tell you how many hours I wasted watching exercise videos (yes, watching, not doing) before I figured out that just wasn't going to help!!

Karen

I have wanted to try boot camp for a while now, but every time it is starting back up, I am gearing up miles for a 1/2. Still hoping to get in! Classes are great motivators!

Hello teammates,

My goal this week is to complete the first 7 days of P90X. I attempted this in the past and got to day 11 or 12 before it was too much of a hassle. I was traveling all of the time and exercising in a hotel room was tough. Now I am home every night and it is much easier out in my garage (man-cave).

Mid term goals are:
1. Weigh 250 pounds for my April trip to WDW
2. Weigh 230 pounds for my trip to Haiti in July

Dave

Dave--there was a p90x infomercial on yesterday and I thought of you! Hope it goes well!

Cam--thank you for compiling the list. I have tried to add first names to the first page and this will really help me when I go to update it! I am so glad the new ww is working so well for you!!!

This month: I need to my running up to 10 miles, so that I feel confident that I can finish the Princess Half in February.

This challenge: I would like to lose 20 pounds, or at least not be scared of what I look like in my swimsuit.

You can do it!!! Can't wait to hear about your 10 mile run!

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I just am having the hardest time getting into the right mindset again. I lost so much weight being so strict with myself, recording every single thing I ate on Sparkpeople and just being an outright obsessive person with food. I DON'T want to do that for the rest of my life, but it almost feels like if I don't I no longer have control and I won't lose weight. Arugh. I've never really talked about this feeling with anyone before... so I almost feel like it sounds crazy. I know I need to lose weight for health reasons... I just wish it didn't feel like I am taking away things that I love to do so. It probably doesn't help that I'm a pretty picky eater.

230 pounds just seems like such an insurmountable task right now... I know I can do it, but my need for instant gratification isn't helping matters. When my husband and I both lost the 70 pounds he went down more than 8 inches in his pants. I still wear the same clothes. That's SO frustrating, to not see the progress. I just don't get it.

I'm sorry to dump like that! I think I just need a hug!

I totally get the frustration. And I get that it feels so insurmountable. Just take it one step at a time, one meal at a time, one pound at a time. And I agree with Lindsay, you can't compare it to husbands, men lose diffenently in different places. My belly/waist was the very last thing to budge. Hang in there, let us support you.

QOTD 1/2/11 Sunday
This is kind of a sharing information and strategies question as we have a lot of newbies with us:
What types of exercise are you going to do or have been doing that can help others with this challenge?

I have been run/walking. Training for the princess half marathon. I will continue that as well as add in some strength training and ab work at home. I found that as I am loosing weight I am starting to look a little mushy. I have a book called 2 week turn around from prevention magazine. It has different exercises to do for each day of the week.


Today has been good so far. Went to my nana's after I picked the kids up from sunday school. Usually nana's is where I pig out but today I just ate breakfast. We are now home and I have a bunch of cleaning, laundry, and dishes to do but what else is new. We also need to get our xmas stuff down and our tree out of the house. Lots to do today. I think I may add in another run. Its a rest day on my plan but the weather is still so nice and I dont know if I would get 2 wkday runs in this week so I think I will just go for it and make it an easy run. I made quesadillas for lunch with ffree mozz cheese, tomatoe, spinach, and chipped ff turkey breast. It was yummy and I got 2 servings of veggies in. I also have 1/2 of my water in too.

TTYL
Lindsay

Those quesadillas sound great! And I think you will love strength training--though it migh take a while to love it! I can actually occasionally see an ab muscle--only one, but it's there!

Hello

My name is Chris. I'm 40 years old and married to my3princes. We have 3 boys, Nick (15), Hunter (13) and Colby (8). I'm a master automotive technician and lacrosse coach. My goal for this challenge is to lose at least 30 lbs. Anything south of 200 lbs would make me happy. Mind you I was over 200 lbs in high school. I plan to follow the new weight watchers program once we figure it all out and I will start P90X on Tuesday. I was at 205 last summer, but let our extended vacation get the best of me and didn't jump right back into losing it after we got home.

This is my second Biggest Loser Challenge.

Hi Chris! We are so happy to have you and Deb on our team!

Here is my lunch that I altered. I wanted a salad. I am addicted to the Panera Greek Salad.

Well, I have all the ingredients including the dressing. So I count out all the calories and realized that 2 TBSP of dressing is 150 calories. Now I knew it was high but geesh.

Luckily I was prepared and I have some red vinegar for salads and 2 calories per TBSP, much better.

Now to see if my reflux can handle it.

Feeling much better with my cold today. No fever and I am not sneezing and blowing my nose non-stop.

I love reading everyone's tips and introductions. It is nice to not have to go it alone.

Glad you are feeling a little better! Hope the reflux stayed away!

Hi Team Mickey!!!

My name is Matt. I am 31. My wife and I married 4 years ago in Disney World. We now have 2 beautiful daughters who are 3 and 1.

I am new to the BL Challenge as well as the DIS Boards in general. My wife has been on the DIS Boards for years. We decided that we would lose weight this year and this challenge should help us keep focused. We are really taking eating healthy and exercise seriously this time.

I have always been the fat kid my whole life. I have been on and off diets and I usually do good with them. But then I hit a holiday or trip to Disney World. Then the diet would be out the window.

I had pretty mush resigned myself to being extremely overweight for the rest of my life. But I have two reasons to get healthier. My two daughters. I want to live a long healthy life to watch them grow.

My goal, as of right now, is to lose 10% of my body weight. I will still have a lot to lose after that, but I will make a new goal once I make my first one.

As far as work out advice, I have very little. My wife has started to Zumba. I figure I will give that a try so I can start moving on a daily basis.

This should be fun. My wife is on Team Donald so there should be a lot of competition in our household.

Happy New Year!

I think setting a starting goal is a wonderful plan! And showing your daughters healthy habits is a wonderful thing!

Hi all! To answer today's question, my exersize of choice is walking. Since my daughter & I are both doing this challenge (she's on team donald), we walk our dogs together on the weekend, and I'll be walking on the treadmill at work since we have a fitness center in the building.
Cam, the wedding pictures from your renewing vows ceremony are beautiful! What a dream come true to be able to do this at Disney!
Hope everyone has a great day. Back to the world of work tomorrow.

How fun to have walking partners!

Oh! Question of the Day! I was wondering what QOTD was.

So my answer.

I am not sure. I hurt my back doing Jillian Michael's "No More Trouble Zones". The lunges she had did a number on my lower back. It is been healing. This was about 9 months ago.

So I am going to start off with walking on my treadmill. It is an old my mom had but a treadmill nonetheless.

I want to walk my dogs more as they need the exercise as well.

I have Netflix Streaming here and they several DVDs to choose from. I think I would like to try something on there and see if it sticks.

If my back starts acting up, then I am going to tell my doctor I need physical therapy.

I didn't know netflix streamed exercise dvd's. I will have to look for those!

Busy day. Chris and my brother moved and stacked about 3 cord of wood this morning. We've taken down all of our Outside Christmas decorations which only leaves the Christmas cards left to put away. I also switched my wardrobe from summer to winter. It has needed to be done for a while, but I wanted to get the new closet organizers installed. Over this 4 day weekend we empty the master bedroom closet, fixed the old wall anchor holes, painted walls and ceiling, installed the laminent flooring, installed all the new organizer shelves and reloaded the closet, throwing out a bunch of stuff that we no longer need or want. Now the closet looks great and I can find whatever I'm looking for.

I still need to install the laminent flooring in the hall coat closet and pantry. At that point all the floors will be done. I really have time to do it today, not sure I have the motivation though.

I had a grapefruit for breakfast and got in 2 servings of veggies at lunch

I think you all need to count all that as your exercise!

 

[girlrea]

QOTD

I am trying to work on my treadmill for at least 30 minutes a day, and for the days I am working, I intend to take a break from my desk and walk two laps around the plant.

In the evenings i'm usually in the bed around 8:30pm, I'm trying to stay up later and get a workout on the wii.