TEAM MICKEY--Biggest Loser 11 Spring Team Challenge!

[ScubaD]

Good morning Team Mickey!

I am stealing this QOTD from Team Donald.

2/10/11 QOTD: Please share how you journal and what you record, is it just the foods or do you list calories, fat, protein, fiber, etc for each food?


QOTD: I am on WW, so I use my Iphone app or my computer to track my points. One thing that I have found that helps me is if I know what I am having for dinner, I will put that track that in the morning so that it gives me a better idea of how many points to use during the day. This way I don't have that many left over at night.

That is what I do as well. Knowing the points value and budgeting the points is my plan for the day. My average is 10 points for breakfast, 15 points for lunch, 10 points for my adult beverages in the evening, and the rest for dinner. The "plus" points I use as a cushion should I need them and the activity points are extra credit.

Dave

 

[njtinkmom]

I am using MyFitnessPal dot com and I really like this website. I was going to do WW, but I am finding this to be really user friendly and helpful. When I weigh in tomorrow I will find out how "helpful" it really has been!

 

[Rose&Mike]

Hello to everyone! I wanted to let you all know, I won't be around much over the next couple of days. I hope everyone has a great weigh-in!

Thank you so much to KristiMC for coaching this week! And thank you to tggrrstarr (Kelli) for coaching next week. If I'm not back on, have a great weekend!

 

[Disneywedding2010]

2/10/11 QOTD: Please share how you journal and what you record, is it just the foods or do you list calories, fat, protein, fiber, etc for each food?

I use Sparkpeople's website and my nutrition tracker tracks the foods I eat along with the number of calories, fat grams, sodium, protein, carbs, saturated fat, sugar, and fiber.

There is also an area to track how many glasses of water I've drank.

 

[kinntj]

Just call me last minute gal. My DD6 has her daddy/daughter dance tonight and after school we're going to buy her a dress, tights and shoes. The dance starts at 6:30 and we'll leave at 4. Let's see if we can do it.

Today I've eaten pretty good and still have to exercise tonight while my DD8 does her homework.

I have to fast for 12 hours, so I can have my bloodwork done tomorrow morning. This is just routine tests for physical.

I'll come on later tonight.

Think healthy!

 

[Stinasmom]

2/10/11 QOTD: Please share how you journal and what you record, is it just the foods or do you list calories, fat, protein, fiber, etc for each food?

I am glad there are ways for people to keep track of these things.
I checked out a couple websites that others listed and am glad to see that they are free and look fairly easy to use. And an app on your phone! Great idea for the times you are not at home eating or exercising (probably more often than not for most of you).

I don't keep track technically. Just a general mental note and calculation. Since I am within about 5 lbs of my goal, I want to make my transition back to maintenance smooth and incorporate the changes I've made since starting this in January a part of regular life.

It is enough for me to find the time to post up here, weigh in once per week and check those measurements now and again. I think, for me, it would drive me crazy to actually count calories or points. And I know my DH would not handle it well. Don't need to stir up that hornet's nest any more.

Great job to those who have found what works for them!


Marcy

 

[tigger813]

QOTD: I actually don't journal. I tried several months ago and did it for a few days but it just wasn't for me. I keep track of all my calories for the day in my head. I just don't have a lot of time to write things down.

Had a pretty good day except I haven't gotten any exercise in as I slept in this morning. I have eaten well though. I had my shake this morning and a LC for lunch. I had a few mini peppermint patties and 2 small Ghiradelli dark chocolate mint squares. I've also had two big cups of green tea and a bottle of SoBe water. I plan on drinking a lot more water tonight. Dinner is turkey hamburger helper crunchy taco style and some french fries. I got a new spicy ketchup that I had ordered on line and can't wait to try it. I'm not sure if I will workout tonight. But calories are low so far for the day so I should be good. I didn't even eat lunch until 1:30 as I just wasn't hungry. I should have a small loss but hopefully can't kick it into full gear next week with workouts twice a day and two shakes everyday.

DH should be home shortly so I'll start dinner. Fries are already in the oven.

Don't forget to send me your weigh ins with TEAM NAME IN THE TITLE

TTFN

 

[Bungle]

2/10/11 QOTD: Please share how you journal and what you record, is it just the foods or do you list calories, fat, protein, fiber, etc for each food?

At the moment I don't record anything. I have a pretty high starting weight so I am losing just by choosing better foods for the time being. I used to use fitday and will probably go back to that after I start seeing a slow down on the weight loss. When I did record I put in everything and kept a careful eye on carbs. I'm not on atkins but I do think I keep my carbs a bit lower than the average amount.

 

[my3princes]

Unfortunately I am not tracking or exercising and with the stress of everything I've gained weight instead of losing. I need to get back on track, but need to gain control of other areas of my life first.

 

[SurferStitch16]

Unfortunately I am not tracking or exercising and with the stress of everything I've gained weight instead of losing. I need to get back on track, but need to gain control of other areas of my life first.

Hang in there and good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Princess Nancy]

Unfortunately I am not tracking or exercising and with the stress of everything I've gained weight instead of losing. I need to get back on track, but need to gain control of other areas of my life first.

Hang in there! Best of luck!!

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Hi Team,

I didnt have time to read todays posts. Wanted to stop in and say hello. We had a tragedy in our area late last night. I think it might have made it onto the nation news. It is in allentown, PA. There was a gas explosion and 2 families lost their lives. A 4 month old and 16 year old, and their parent and an elderly couple. It is so sad. This was only 2 blocks from my parents home. The explosion was felt for miles. I also damaged a total of 47 homes. Please keep these families in my area in your prayers tonight. It is such a sad disaster. This is like the 4th home gas explosion that I have witness in my years living in the city. Its very scary. I have oil heat but my parents have gas. Its just so scary to see this happen.

 

[cclovesdis]

Welcome to Healthy Habits!

My name is CC (short for Christina) and I will be your Healthy Habits coach for BL 11. I love the BL challenges and Healthy Habits has helped me significantly in achieving many of my goals.

Some Background Information: Thanks to donac (Dona-hostess of Team Donald) and jenanderson for their amazing help so I know how to coach! I couldn’t do this without seeing them in action previously. I will be continuing the prizes that Jen started.

Here’s How Healthy Habits Works: Each week there will be 3 Healthy Habits (HH) to complete. The first two HHs will always be drinking water and exercising. (Note: The amount and time will increase throughout the challenge!) At the end of each week, you will tally up the number of points you earned for the week and send me a private message with your total. Here’s an example. For Week 1, the 3 HHs are drink Six 8 oz. glasses of water a day, exercise a minimum of 20 minutes per day, and eat at least 3 servings of vegetables a day. If on 4 days you get in all 3 HHs, you would report your points like this:

4/6 days of drinking water
4/6 days of exercising
4/6 days of eating veggies

Your total points (ex: 12/18) AND your team name should be in the subject of your PM.

This is a team competition. On/about Tuesday evening, I will post the week’s results. I will share the number of participants on each team and the top scorers on each team. New for BL 11: I will also list the people who earned 7/7 on one or more of the HHs for the week. If you participated on the team with the most participants, you will be entered into a drawing for the week's prize. Each prize will have something to do with the 3rd Healthy Habit for the week. I will post the winner and ask that you PM me your contact information. (Please Note: If you do not wish to be entered into the drawing, please let me know in your PM. I understand people’s WISHes for privacy.)

Participation in Healthy Habits is entirely optional, but I encourage you to participate and help your team be on top for the week. Good luck on your journey and I hope that HHs helps you as much as it continues to help me!

Welcome to Health Habits Week 7

Week 6 is 2/4-2/10.

This week's 3 Healthy Habits are:
1) Drink Eight 8 oz. glasses of water.
2) Exercise a minimum of 25 minutes a day.
3) Journal you food.

At the end of the week, please PM me your points. I will post the results on/about Tuesday. Don't forget, this is a team competition!

Remember, every participant counts, regardless of the number of points you earn!

If you have any questions, please free to ask!

P.S. Week 5 Results will be posted over the weekend. I apologize. I haven't been feeling well and have had lots to do at work. I appreciate your understanding.

And, I just saw today's QOTD.

 

[tigger813]

Ugh!!! Got that bloated feeling tonight! Not sure why!

All the schools in town are back open again.

Watching CSI with Brian.

Hoping Izzie doesn't cough all night. If she does I will take her to the dr tomorrow! Need her feeling well for the weekend.

I feel like I wanted to share something with all of you earlier but I can't remember what it was now. UGH!!!!

Spicy ketchup with SPICY but tasty!

Not sure if I'll have much of a loss tomorrow. I didn't work out today at all. Oh yeah, I just remembered what I wanted to share! MY LEGS ARE KILLING ME TONIGHT! Jillian's 30 Day Shred really did a job on me. They didn't start hurting until tonight though.

I did my transfer station run today, took care of laundry and finally got vacuuming done in the living room.

We're going out to supper somewhere tomorrow night. Wanted Chinese food but just not sure right now.

Going to go lie down on the couch for a bit.

TTFN

 

[ScubaD]

Hello teammates,

I had my WW weigh-in tonight and was not expecting much. I had hit a wall in my P90X workouts, but I did them all. We went to Disneyland and went out for dinner and when the dessert plate arrived it was "damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead". Tasted GREAT, but I was bloated all night long while walking in the parks.

So anyway, I stepped on the scale and I was down 3.0 pounds, plus I reached my 10% body weight loss since starting with WW in December.

How did everyone else do this week? Can we take the Ducks again this week?

Dave

 

[Merryweather27]

Hi everyone,

Just checking in - it's been a crazy couple of days. Our dog Zoe came home from the vet's yesterday afternoon after her surgery Tuesday, and has been about as good a patient as I would be under the circumstances. Which is to say, not very. I didn't really get any sleep last night. She has DH wrapped around her paw; he feels guilty that she's sore and tired, so he is spoiling the crap out of her. Which doesn't help - it just makes her more whiny and picky since she knows she can get away with it. This is going to be a long couple of weeks.

2/10/11 QOTD: Please share how you journal and what you record, is it just the foods or do you list calories, fat, protein, fiber, etc for each food?

I use the tracker on Sparkpeople. I only really watch calories, though - I've found that the other info can be quite inaccurate on there sometimes.

 

[Disneywedding2010]

Welcome to Healthy Habits!

My name is CC (short for Christina) and I will be your Healthy Habits coach for BL 11. I love the BL challenges and Healthy Habits has helped me significantly in achieving many of my goals.

Some Background Information: Thanks to donac (Dona-hostess of Team Donald) and jenanderson for their amazing help so I know how to coach! I couldn’t do this without seeing them in action previously. I will be continuing the prizes that Jen started.

Here’s How Healthy Habits Works: Each week there will be 3 Healthy Habits (HH) to complete. The first two HHs will always be drinking water and exercising. (Note: The amount and time will increase throughout the challenge!) At the end of each week, you will tally up the number of points you earned for the week and send me a private message with your total. Here’s an example. For Week 1, the 3 HHs are drink Six 8 oz. glasses of water a day, exercise a minimum of 20 minutes per day, and eat at least 3 servings of vegetables a day. If on 4 days you get in all 3 HHs, you would report your points like this:

4/6 days of drinking water
4/6 days of exercising
4/6 days of eating veggies

Your total points (ex: 12/18) AND your team name should be in the subject of your PM.

This is a team competition. On/about Tuesday evening, I will post the week’s results. I will share the number of participants on each team and the top scorers on each team. New for BL 11: I will also list the people who earned 7/7 on one or more of the HHs for the week. If you participated on the team with the most participants, you will be entered into a drawing for the week's prize. Each prize will have something to do with the 3rd Healthy Habit for the week. I will post the winner and ask that you PM me your contact information. (Please Note: If you do not wish to be entered into the drawing, please let me know in your PM. I understand people’s WISHes for privacy.)

Participation in Healthy Habits is entirely optional, but I encourage you to participate and help your team be on top for the week. Good luck on your journey and I hope that HHs helps you as much as it continues to help me!

Welcome to Health Habits Week 7

Week 6 is 2/4-2/10.

This week's 3 Healthy Habits are:
1) Drink Eight 8 oz. glasses of water.
2) Exercise a minimum of 25 minutes a day.
3) Journal you food.

At the end of the week, please PM me your points. I will post the results on/about Tuesday. Don't forget, this is a team competition!

Remember, every participant counts, regardless of the number of points you earn!

If you have any questions, please free to ask!

P.S. Week 5 Results will be posted over the weekend. I apologize. I haven't been feeling well and have had lots to do at work. I appreciate your understanding.

And, I just saw today's QOTD.

So week 7 is 2/11 - 2/17?

I'm confused.. (could be that I'm tired)

 

[Flossbolna]

Hi everyone!

I am new to the challenge and was just assigned to Team Mickey! I really hope that this challenge will keep me motivated!

I lost about 20 lbs some time ago and am now at a weight that is just above a BMI of 25 even though I had always planned to lose some more I somehow stopped. But I put on a few pounds over the last year and restarted Weight Watchers Online in January with the goal of losing another 20 lbs to finally get to my goal!

I had been doing great for the first three weeks but this last week I had a gain and I decided that I needed something to help me stay within the program! At the moment I am doing quite well with regard to exercise, I signed up for a 5k in March and am following a training schedule which makes me go out and run three times a week. Besides that I walk to and from work, so that's 40 minutes brisk walking every day. I have more problems with eating the right things! So this weeks Healthy Habit challenge to journal my food is going to be really good for me!

 

[tigger813]

Not the way I wanted to start off the day and weekend! Izzie has a 101 temp and is coughing like crazy and complaining that her chest hurts when she coughs!!! AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! We're supposed to go to Coco Key with other Disers this weekend! I hope the doctor can give her something strong to get her to stop this cough quick though I'm not counting on it! She slept well last night. Didn't cough until I covered her this morning and then put the vaporizer on this morning!

I got up and did 3 miles on the elliptical while watching Grey's Anatomy!

Planning some sort of take out for supper tonight. Hoping it will be Chinese food at our favorite place! May just have Brian pick it up on his way home from work. Ash has her basketball game tonight at 7:30. I hope we can all go!

Time to make Ash's lunch and get myself dressed. Gotta call my boss at 8 and the doctor's office as well. I know my co-worker won't be in until at least 10 this morning.

TTFN

 

[tigger813]

OOPS! Forgot to weigh in before I had my shake this morning. I guess it will have to wait until tomorrow!

TTFN