Welcome to the WISH Biggest Loser 7 Challenge

[robinb]

Hello everyone! I am down 3.4 pounds this week. I gained A LOT last week and I am still a bit above my Week 1 weight, but below my initial weight. So, I am still down a tiny bit but I was hoping to be down at least 3 lbs.

Time to kick it into gear!

 

[luvsTink]

Hi all! I had a good week and I am looking forward to consistently moving forward!

As for the qotd: My plan is to first...plan! My meals will all be planned AND I will be doing a "to do" list that will keep me busy. Weekends are the most difficult time for me.

Anne

 

[robinb]

Well this week the scale said 274.2 - which is up from before – I thought I didn’t do to bad at Disneyland but apparently not as well as I thought as the scale said 269.8 when I left. I have quickly got back on track with the eating so hopefully that will help things go back in the right direction.

It has been my experience that your extra post-vacation weight is just water gain. I always wait a day or two to weigh myself when I come back from vacation. {{hugs}} Hang in there! You'll do fine next week!

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

Thursday QOTD:

What is your next event that makes you nervous about staying on track?
What is your game plan to get past this event and stay on track/OP?

I don't really have an 'event', but I am nervous about the weekends. I always have more difficulty staying on track over the weekends. When I am at work I can be regimented and plan ahead. It all falls apart on the weekends.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I guess I would really suggest regimenting your weekend like you do for work, and planning in your food in advance. GET OUT OF THE HOUSE! Even if it is just for a trip to the gas station to fill up on gas, when you feel the cravings leave the area where the food is and go somewhere else.

I just logged because I was thinking about this afternoons disasterous encounter with a bag of chips. I had been doing so well and thought - ok I'll measure out a portion and put the rest away - well, I ate that portion and then started for "one more" out of the bag and, well, lets just say that the end result is not a happy one. I really feel like I guess I have to say no, ever, to chips in a big bag.

Vija - I don't know what to suggest - other than maybe after 100 days McDonalds won't be so tempting and that the fact that you were able to control your cravings will empower you so that it won't make it so tempting for a fast food frenzy. I know for myself that after my lack of control this afternoon, that I'm caving in and buying the more expensive prepackaged single serving chips. I might buy something I don't like or can easily resist for the family for the weekend but if I'm going to eat them - it has to be a small bag only.

QOTD - well, the immediate concern is all the girl scout cookies in my house that my daughter has to sell. I did look up the points value of them so that I didn't do my usual and eat a sleeve of thin mints (18 points btw) then look up how many points I just had. I am trying to think about how to enjoy a cookie or two and not binge on them. So far, I'm not convinced I can so I'm not having any. Not one. nope. (I have to keep telling myself - sorry)
Lisa

wow, we are on the same wavelength! Well, I have to admit that I don't think I will ever not crave McDonalds or chips. I can substitute baked chips and "get by", but McDonalds... LOVE their fries and food. that movie the guy did about mcdonalds... did nothing for me. I was hoping to loose interest... nope, just fell asleep during it. I am going to really have to think on this one.

I know what you mean about the girlscout cookies. I ordered a whole bunch, but those I put in the freezer and have just a couple when I want them. I guess I tell myself that the cookies only come around 1 x a year, and if I eat them all now, then I will be sad, but if I prolong it by only eating a few at a time, then it is so much better. Maybe freeze some and tell yourself you can have those in Feb, or March, or April. Set a time out a ways where you can enjoy it.

I so want to eat something else right now - But I'm at 1526 calories for the day and my range is 1200-1550 so I have to be done. No matter how much cheese and crackers, peppermint bark or a banana, peanutbutter and chocolate smoothie are calling to me............I WILL NOT EAT THEM!!!

Great job resisting when you know you are done for the day calorie wise.

It's been wonderful being the WISH Biggest Loser 7 Coach for this past week.

I'd like to welcome ohMom (Molli) as the new coach for a new awesome week that we will all ROCK!!

Thanks Molli for being our new coach!

Thanks Melanie for being such an amazing coach. LOVED the QOTD's you came up with. You also have such a way of encouraging us, thanks so much.

Welcome Molli! I know we are going to get great words of wisdom from you!

It's okay - it's just day by day. You can do it. I have been inspired by you and not totally given up chips etc but when I get home from school - my usual stress-eat-the-bag-of-chips-time - I have started having some fruit, or cottage cheese, or pita chips and then leave the kitchen and do something else (laundry, vacuum, help dd w/homework, exercise (gasp!) ). By the time that's done it's time to start dinner. After dinner I've been having strawberries or another fruit and I just realized that I haven't been craving chips or sweets - wow! Yesterday I did go w/dd to McD and we split some fries and had small choc milkshakes. Yes they were very very tasty but today, back to my routine and I didn't crave them.

So my point is your making a lifestyle change and while they will always be tasty you can have them when you choose. Maybe you can say on the 14th of every month you'll have McDonalds. Random I know.

Hope that helps a little!

Yes that does! I have to find a way to make it fit into the lifestyle. So glad that you have been able to do that with limiting the chips and switching out the unhealthy chips for healthy fruit. NOW THAT IS INSPIRING!

Tonight for dinner I had wild alaskan salmon that I got at Trader Joes - I've been looking for frozen salmon filet's that were wild alaskan. I see wild lots of times, but its not alaskan. I was so excited when I found it. I cut the package in two and put the other filet back in the freezer. Thawed it in the microwave, put a teaspoon of olive oil in the pan, put some organic lemon pepper on it and then doused it several times with organic lemon juice. It was so good and tasty - and only took 15-20 minutes before I was chowing down.

I also agree with Jen about trying to fit in your favorite indulgences once in a while. Otherwise your going to binge - or Vija, when you finish the 100 day's you will feel like you must eat it. Go ahead and let yourself have what your craving with the instructions that after that meal you move on. Everything in moderation. I'm not on a diet - I'm living my new lifestyle.

that fish sounded great, I don't really do fish, not that I don't want to, but I don't really know how to prepare it, that has given me an idea. Thanks.

And you are right about tryin to fit in the indulgences, I am going to have to work at it, and not overdo it. This weight loss is more important to me than going back to destructive patterns. I have to take the power away from the food and give it back to me. I love that part that I bolded, you are truly living proof of that. Way to go!

I just finished my event. We got back from disney world last night, and did the dining plan for the first time, and I definitely indulged. My plan was to get right back on track today, and not to let vacation continue for another week. Today I started journalling my points, and drank my water. I was wiped, and didn't exercise before work, but will be getting up tomorrow to start. I was definitely successful in the eating dept today, and tomorrow i'll add the exercise. I stepped on the scale last night, and it looks like I"m up a couple pounds, so I've been drinking my water, and I'll take what tomorrow's weighin brings. We had a fabulous trip, but I'm back and going to be a loser again.

Welcome back! How was it? Was it a slower time? I would love to go way off season sometime and spend WEEKS down there. It is such a happy place. the dining plan can be tricky and you did great by getting right back on plan. Great job!

I was once where you are. I started WW in sept of 06. My DH does the program with me. One of the things we decided we would not do was eat at McDonalds. And we ate there A LOT. gotta love those happy meals. And I am happy to say we still have not given in and gone there. Now its a matter of how long we can say its been since we haven't eaten there. My advice would be that once you get to 100 days, tell yourself 10 more days and so on and see how many days you can go mcdonalds free.

That is something I thought of too. Just see how long I can go. There are other fast food places around that can satisfy that "craving" and I am not addicted to those like I am to Mcdonalds. It is mostly their fries. I LOVE THEM. Congrats to you on not going there. You are really doing awesome. I just went back to see how long it's been since you've been there... WOW '06, that is amazing!

I went to rehearsal tonight (I'm stage managing) and it was the birthday of one of the actors. Not one but 3 people brought birthday treats - cupcakes, cake and a giant chocolate chip cookie. They set them down on my table (MY TABLE!!) Right under my nose. And you know what? I had the points for it! And do you know even more what? I decided that cake-mix cake and grocery store giant cookie were not worth my points! I moved and sat somewhere else so I wouldn't have to smell it and look at it. At break time, someone even asked "Aren't you going to have some?" and my response was "Believe me, it's better if I don't even start" Of course tomorrow's weigh in was on my mind as well.

THAT WAS AN AWESOME RESIST TO TEMPTATION! VERY IMPRESSIVE!

QOTD: What is your strategy to stay on your healthy eating/exercise plan THIS weekend??

vija -- i think only you can decide what truly is the next step after your 100 days. for me it would be best to then decide foods I can substitute for those tastes i crave. hamburgers at home -- truly sooo much better than fast-food! i promise you. the lean ground beef is awesome -- if you are adventerous add some goat cheese and sundried tomatoes to the meat -- awesome! as for chips -- what about baked chips in single serving bags? that is the strategy at my house and i've noticed it helps my kids stop at one serving as well. for me, i would try to find a healthier choice chip that i like.

Well, this weekend I am going to go up north to my parents lake cottage, and we strategized a meal plan. That should help knowing what we will have in advance. And we are probably going to go ice fishing so it will be some exercise making the holes in the ice!

My Dr. said he'd love to see a 10lb loss by the time I go back to see him in 3 months. If I keep up this rate, I will have lost about 13 lbs. He would be so happy (as would I) with that loss!

Yeah! You will get there! just think, going there with a bigger loss than what he was hoping for. Imagine the happiness you will have when you step on that scale and show him! What an awesome gift that would be to you.

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

I am happy to report that I maintained this week. I felt so yucky all week that I only exercised last week Sat. am and then I went to taeKwonDo class last night. I ate too much at the party last weekend, and I had no idea where I would end up on the scale, so I am pretty happy with maintaining.

 

[Melisa1]

1/2 pound loss for me this week!
Good luck to everyone!

 

[Worfiedoodles]

I lost 3.2 this week, so I was pretty excited. That was my best to date, and makes up for that week when I lost a grand total of .2!

I was on track with eating and exercise, which is pretty easy for me for one week or so. Keeping that going is the tough part -- but I am determined!

Maria

 

[Nik's Mom]

Congrats to those who lost, and hugs to those who gained.

I finally lost weight this week, after gaining last week. I lost 3 lbs this week. I have lost a total of 7 since we started the challenge.

 

[corinnak]

I felt like I had a good week in terms of doing the things I need to do. I am down 1 pound. I don't know why I have a hard time getting excited about it. I just have to keep it up. I am so happy with how much better my pants are fitting and I think my face already looks less puffy. I can get excited about those things!!!

For the first time ever this coming week, I am going to try using all of my FLEX points. I have always felt, since their introduction, that the most virtuous thing to do is use as few of them as possible, but I've seen many people report greater success when they use them up. So I'm going to try it. I liked it better when years ago WW gave us a points range for the day - I like clear boundaries! I guess they have their reasons, though.

QOTD - for this weekend: It's set construction on Saturday and maybe Sunday as well. I'm going to plan on getting my run completed in the morning so I don't have to worry about how long I work on the set. I had probably better bring a few snacks, water and also think about bringing a sandwich or something in case we end up working into the evening.

 

[simpilotswife]

I'm sorry I haven't been around. I spent my birthday drowning my sorrows (turned 50 ) and then last week was just crazy.

Congrats to everyone who is losing and even those who aren't. As long as you are here and haven't given up you're still a winner!

I have lost. Sadly I had put some weight on over the holidays so I have a bit of a way to go before I am back where I was when the last challenge ended. I also need to start exercising again which I haven't done yet.

 

[MelanieC]

I lost 1.6 this week. Good considering the fact that I realized I had more high calorie days than low this week. My goal for Saturday and Sunday is to try to stay under 1400 calories both days. I'm going out to lunch again today, but it's a place I can stay on track and not go over. I think I'll have the other piece of salmon for dinner tonight - It was THAT good~! I'm sure DH will bring home a pizza and even though I can have pizza~ for health reasons I'm trying to stay away. There are way better things I can eat, that I would probably enjoy more. I haven't had a slice of pizza since we started this challenge.

Friday's QOTD:
For Saturday - I'm planning to keep my calorie range between 1200-1399. We haven't made any plans yet, but I know I can do it with planning my meals out in the morning on Sparkpeople.
For Sunday - DD16 has a cheer competition. As of last night, I still don't know where it's at, what time, how long, etc. I am hoping we learn more tonight at her basketball game she is cheering. I'm going to try to make a plan and stick to it for meals while I'm gone. I need to get a protien bar (maybe I'll try to get to Trader Joes after work and get some Green's Plus Bars). I'll just take it hour by hour and meal by meal. Hopefully after tonight I can make more definate plans when I learn the times. Last week's competition was so short (not that many teams) that it was over by 2pm. And we didn't leave home till 10am. I know I won't be that lucky today.

 

[ScubaD]

Hi all,
Someone invited me to join so I did. I have seen the thread but did not know what it was until I was challenged, so thanks for sharing.

There are many goals during this year to keep me motivated on my goal.
1. Going to New York on March 29 with my DW. I WILL enjoy a frozen hot chocolate at Serendipity 3. I promised my bride

2. Daughter is getting married on July 18th. I want to look good for her pictures.

3. 25th Anniversary aboard the Disney Magic in August.

4. Disney Half Marathon next January.

So I am now looking forward to the Biggest Loser event on the boards. To everyone on it I wish good luck, and what I have seen so far you are all doing great. Keep up the good work.

If you want to check out my "beginning" photos I posted them on the thread about posting the pictures.

Dave

 

[lisah0711]

Well, no loss for me this week but no gain either so I am happy.

QOTD I will get more activity in this week-end and really work on my planning and shopping for the week so I will have what I need on hand and won't have to make do with something that is not so good for me to eat.

Good luck to all the Losers!

 

[Danauk]

I list 2lb this week, making an 8lb loss so far. I was hoping for more, but never mind. My wii fitness coach is being delivered today (it only came out today in the UK) so hopefully that will make me do more excercise which is what I need.

 

[My2E's]

I am very happy to report a 4 lb weight loss this week! I can't beleive it. I was hoping for 2 lbs, so imagine my suprise!

MelanieC, I will post the exact recipe maybe this evening. If not then, I will definitely have time tomorrow. And thanks for being a great coach this week!

 

[disneychrista]

Well I posted a gain (1.2#) this week. I had a pretty big loss last week so this is probably a correction, as I have been OP for the most part, getting in my exercise, etc. I think it also may be that it is getting to be that time of the month.

 

[hobbester]

I had a small gain this week - it is my TOM, so hopefully I will have a big loss next week. Everyone is doing so good, it is very inspiring to read these boards. Thanks - Lisa.

 

[donac]

QOTD: What is your strategy to stay on your healthy eating/exercise plan THIS weekend??

I plan to get up early to exercise. I find that if I work out in the morning my joints move better throughout the day. At 53 and some problems with my feet the joints are pretty creeky. Tomorrow should be pretty good with the eating since I will be around the house all day quilting ( I wanted to finish it for SUnday but it aint gonna happen. I am making a quilt for inlaws 60th anniv. We are having lunch on SUnday but if I finish it by next Wed I can get it to them on their actual date) Sunday is lunch out and I should be able to find a light soup and salad type of thing for lunch.

Thanks Mollie for taking over the coaching this week.

 

[mybestieismickey]

I lost 3.2 this week. Factoring last week's gain, I'm down a total of 0.2 pounds. I'll take it. I was really nervous about gettin on the scale this morning. I'm not really sure why. I was really good this week. I excercised 4 or 5 times and I was really good about portion control and food choices. I guess I was feeling a little bloated when I went to bed last night. Lots of water for me this week.

QOTD: My plan for the weekend is my husband is working. He is my biggest tempter and he's working 2 10 hour shifts this weekend. I don't workout on Sundays so I just have to watch the absent minded snacking. That is my biggest downfall.

That and I find myself really wanting snacks in the evenings. About an hour after dinner I'm usually going through the cupboards and fridge looking for something to satisfy my craving. It doesn't help that I usually alternate back and forth between wanting salty and sweet. This last week though I mostly limited myself to water and popcorn. Not a lot of calories with chewing to make me feel like I was eating and filling up on water. Works for me.

 

[lisaviolet]

First of all. Congrats for all of us for being here.

Guys!!!! I can't believe the number of people that have lost and wish they would have lost more. Stop that! Really. Cherish your losses. Take this from someone who has been losiing for a long time - cherish. And the slower you lose it a lot of the times is about rational choices for life. That you can stick by. Trust me when you maintain or gain, which everyone does on a weight loss journey once in awhile, you will be thankful for such losses.

I am down .8 and I am beyond thrilled. And very proud of myself. Back story which I posted on here.

I am under a lot of stress right now. And I had emotional overeating for two to three days this week. And I hadn't emotionally overeaten for a long time. It surprised me. So I said if you can't control that right now - what can you control? Water and exercise. So I drank my water and exercised throughout all the eating. And I stopped the overeating by Monday by actually having the feelings. And exercised consistently with an interval program.

And lost!!!

I'm so pleased with myself. And it's time in my life to shout that from the rafters instead of looking at any negative.


Kathy.