Welcome to the WISH Biggest Loser 7 Challenge

[hhartill]

Oh wow - where did all of the people from PA come from on this thread, lol!

I live in Quakertown - we are pretty close! I've really started spending more time in Allentown now that they did a lot to the Lehigh Valley Mall. It's really nice now - way better than the Montgomery Mall.

That is true it is nice now. I used to go to WW in Quakertown, Saturday Am or Thurs Am. Have you ever been?

 

[hhartill]

PS...I'm also from PA NE philly suburbs

I used to work in Trevose, PA!!

 

[lisah0711]

Just remember, for those who aren't seeing "their name in lights", sometimes the tortoise beats the hare. Slow and steady.

So true!

 

[robinb]

Whoo hoo! I'm 20th . No ... really! I'm seriously happy.

I don't know how well this next weigh in will go. My weekend was a NIGHTMARE. *sigh* At least I drank lite beer on Sunday .


I have been eating slow cooking organic oatmeal. The kind of stuff that takes 10-20 minutes to cook. I make a big pot of it and then put the left overs in the fridge to nuke in the morning. The slow cooking oatmeal has more nutrients than the instant variety. I also dose it up with some wheat germ, ground flax seed, a scoop or two of soy protein and some splenda.

 

[jennz]

Whine alert...I am so darn tired and feeling lazy - yuck! I really kind of sort of want to execise but my chair is so comfy! I exercised yesterday. Tell me to get up and go! Please!

 

[donac]

Get up off the couch. I just did a little exercise myself after I went grocery shopping.

Good luck

 

[wdwmouse]

Hey, PA people! This is strange, must be something in the air here that we're all Disney nuts! I'm from Lancaster County.
Have any of you attended the Magic Meet? I've gone every year but the first. It's held in Camp Hill in the summer. Anyone can go, but it sells out quickly, and it's a blast!
Sorry if I'm off topic

I am doing pretty well with losing (14 lbs since NYE, 12 since I joined this challenge), but this week seems to be a plateau. I'm the same today as I was last Friday. I really need to get my water in, I think that's the problem. Can't be a slacker on the water!

Oh, Lucky's Mom, I have a miniature poodle names Lucky!

 

[MA pigletfan]

DELAYED congrats to all the big losers this week
I am afraid i am destined to be a gainer this upcoming weigh in ;(...the scale is not a pretty thing right now..i have not moved as much as i wanted to and i know that i could have been better OP this week too..ah well..If it is a gain i will take it and move on and do better next week!

 

[mikamah]

Congrat's to everyone who is rocking right now

I've got two day's that have been great now that I dragged myself back onto that wagon. I'm still at a loss from the start, and I'm working to get back to where I was. It won't take long.


My food the past two days has been stellar. Not one bad, processed, unhealthy thing has crossed my lips. Nothing, but whole natural clean foods. YEAH! And I feel I have a little more energy.

This is just what I needed to come here and be inspired by everyone who is doing so well this week. Good for you Melanie, and you will do awesome at the competitions this weekend. I am going to climb back in that wagon right now!!

Can I join please?
I was practically doing it (started on Jan 5th) but wasn't aware of this thread and hadn't joined it! I've already lost considerably... but I'd like to join anyway. I'm trying to lose as much as feasible by the time we cruise in May and then continue to lose- you know... for summer and the dreaded swimsuits. LOL

LMK if I can join and what I need to do to join at this late date? thanks!

(I sent the pm)

Welcome!! This is a great group of inspiring and supportive folks.

Thanks Jennz! Actually his surgery is at 10:00 this morning. I've been awake since about 3:30 (UGH!). I'm a medical coder, so I know the procedures he's having done today are pretty routine for the surgeon, but DH has never had surgery before so he's kinda nervous. I've packed my lunch (a turkey sandwich) along with a few extra 100-calorie snack packs to keep in my purse. He got news yesterday that there's a good chance that he'll be able to come home tonight. That would be awesome! :

Hope everything went well today, and your husband is home recuperating.

Congrats to everyone that made the list this week, and for all of us who keep on plugging away at this. Just remember, for those who aren't seeing "their name in lights", sometimes the tortoise beats the hare. Slow and steady.

I've noticed at least for myself, when I've more gradually lost weight, I may put some back on, but when I've lost alot fast, I've always gained it back, plus some.

I am a firm believer in slow and steady. I too, have lost a lot quickly and gained it all back plus some. This time, I'm losing it very slowly, but I will not gain it all back ever again.

Hey all...been awol for a few weeks due to back and hip problems. I ate my self crazy. I finally got mentally hold of my self a whopping 3 days ago. I have decided to cut out processed sugar and as many preservative that I can. I've made it 2 whole days eating and drinking like someone who wants to accomplish something health. So far I haven't hit a point where I need to resist tempation. I'm not allowing tempation...I just plain don't want to eat anything so unhealth that it makes me sick...physically and emotionally.

I had a gyn appt yesterday and my BP number was very elevated for me...I'm usually 70/95 or so and yesterday I was 96/135. It made me take notice again.

Hopefully I'm back for the long haul. When I'm able to exercise I will be really happy.

Kimball

Congrats on getting back on track. You are motivating me. I have been eating so much junk the past few days, after a binge filled weekend, and I don't know why. There was a bowl of candy hearts and m and m's at work today, and I started in on them. The same candy that I walked right by a hundred times last week, just called my name today.

Whine alert...I am so darn tired and feeling lazy - yuck! I really kind of sort of want to execise but my chair is so comfy! I exercised yesterday. Tell me to get up and go! Please!

Are you up and exercising yet!! You can do it!! Get on up!!

Get up off the couch. I just did a little exercise myself after I went grocery shopping.

Good luck

I read this post first, and thought you were talking to me, and you didn't even know how bad I have been. I have started every morning with a 30 min watp video, so at least that is something.

DELAYED congrats to all the big losers this week
I am afraid i am destined to be a gainer this upcoming weigh in ;(...the scale is not a pretty thing right now..i have not moved as much as i wanted to and i know that i could have been better OP this week too..ah well..If it is a gain i will take it and move on and do better next week!

I'm going to be right there with you on the gain, I'm sure. Next week, we will do better. I'm going to make dinner now, and tonight I will not eat the evening away.

Thanks to everyone here for the inspiration and motivation. I can do it, and I'm going to go write everything down that I have eaten today and be accountable, and get back to healthy eating right now.

Have a great night. One more day til weighin!

 

[momoflizandains]

Is it too late to join this group? I need help with motivation, and being motivated by those who also love disney sounds wonderful.

 

[LuvBaloo]

Whine alert...I am so darn tired and feeling lazy - yuck! I really kind of sort of want to execise but my chair is so comfy! I exercised yesterday. Tell me to get up and go! Please!

Is it too late to join this group? I need help with motivation, and being motivated by those who also love disney sounds wonderful.

Welcome and jump right in!

 

[cquick]

Congratulations to the Superstars!!

QotD:
What is your favorite fruit to eat?
I like honeydew melon and strawberries. But I'll eat almost any fruit except cantelope

What is your favorite veggie to eat?
I like raw carrots.....also peas and potatoes, but I have to be careful there! Cucumbers! mmmmm

What are your vacation plans for this year?
Cruise on March 7.
Trip to visit our son at Duke University in May.
A week to England to see friends.
DVC member cruise in September.

Good luck with your hubbie's surgery! He'll feel so much better afterwards.

 

[jennz]

Thanks donac! The Dis and facebook is keeping me on the couch too much, but I did get up and exercise for 40 minutes (with dd's "encouragement").

 

[lisaviolet]

Hear Ye Hear Ye, the Weightkeeper speaks

Congratulations to our week 4 superstars. As I said our percentages are shrinking. Could you be a superstar this week?

The WISH Biggest Loser Challenge Week 4 Superstars!!


#20-(tie)-.84%-hugabearjo-Joleen
#20(tie)-.84%-robinb-Robin
#19-.9%-luvsTink-Anne
#18-.97%-lisah071-Lisa
#17-1.04%-jamesnnick-Jen
#16-1.05%-IngridRalph-Ingrid
#15-1.06%-flower222-Rachel
#14-1.21%-50sjayne-Susan
#13-1.3%-married2grumpy-Simone
#12-1.35%-LuvBaloo-Shannon
#11-1.39%-Krisi616-Krisi


the excitement builds




#10-1.48%-jennz-Jennifer
#9-1.52-philbenjc-Juanita
#8-1.54-mvlimmex-Vicki
#7-1.58%-DisneyFam5-Michele
#6-1.63%-Lucky'sMom-Julie
#5-1.7%-wdwmouse-Beth
#4-1.78%-Disneynut71-Michelle
#3-1.89%-Triton'sDaughter-Melissa
#2-2.09%-sskem96-Sara

and now

The WISH Biggest Loser Challenge
Week 4 Biggest Loser!!

#1-2.4%-Raenstoirm-Carla Rae


Congratulations Carla Rae!!! Our COW keeper rules!


Have a healthy day.

Congrats to all the biggest losers. Here's a and and a for you.


And a special and a one dancing and and a special for our superstar -

Congratulations to you Carla Rae. I must say it's a strange feeling seeing your name after all this time. It's really lovely though.

Yeah for you! Well done.

 

[hhartill]

Hey, PA people! This is strange, must be something in the air here that we're all Disney nuts! I'm from Lancaster County.
Have any of you attended the Magic Meet? I've gone every year but the first. It's held in Camp Hill in the summer. Anyone can go, but it sells out quickly, and it's a blast!
Sorry if I'm off topic

I am doing pretty well with losing (14 lbs since NYE, 12 since I joined this challenge), but this week seems to be a plateau. I'm the same today as I was last Friday. I really need to get my water in, I think that's the problem. Can't be a slacker on the water!

Oh, Lucky's Mom, I have a miniature poodle names Lucky!

I have never been to the meet, how do we get tickets...do we get tickets?

 

[mybestieismickey]

Yay for those who did well last week and keep going for those who didn't

I feel like I've been away from the boards forever. I went away for the weekend and between my MIL, the wedding, and the super bowl, the diet went completely to pot. I had hoped to do a little catch up this week, but my sinus infection decided it was a full blown cold and I have been wiped out since Monday. It's hard to excercise when you can't breathe. I'm hoping to be back in the saddle again tomorrow and that the damage won't be too bad when I get on the scales on Friday. Yeah right. But the important thing is I'm not going to quit. I made this goal and I am not attending that wedding in April looking the way I do.

QotD:
What is your favorite fruit to eat?
Apples that aren't mealy, and little oranges. And watermelon. I could eat a huge one all by myself.

What is your favorite veggie to eat?
I am a corn, peas, and carrots kind of girl. Especially corn on the cob. Yummy!

What are your vacation plans for this year?
WDW 4/2-4/11 attending a wedding and DH's first trip
DLR for family reunion around 10/24 (reunion day is set, our plans are not)
Possible cross country drive to help a friend move at the end of April. I'm the backup driver if another friend can't go.
Possible trip to Harlingen, TX for a wedding in August. But they keep moving the date, so who knows.

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

Hi Princess V! Do you work in a hospital? If so, you might actually work in the one we're headed to in a couple of hours for DH's surgery! I know you said you live in the West Bend Area - we're actually going to Community Mem. in Menonomonee Falls (we live just west of Racine, though). How cool would that be to see a fellow BL7 Diser there?

I do work in a hospital, but not Community Memorial. It would have been fun to see a fellow BL7 DISer! I hope your DH's surgery went well.

Yesterday I worked out alot, I did an hour on the elliptical at home, and I upped the level by 1. This morning I did a WATP tape because I didn't have enough time to get in the BL workout I wanted. Now I am VERY tired, don't feel very good, and wondering if I should just do the BL workout tomorrow AM or get it in tonight. Or maybe I should do something different? Hmm, decisions, decisions!

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

Thanks for the warm welcome, Kathy!

Here's a question, perhaps some of the ladies here can help me with. Although my wife isn't in this challenge, she also is trying to lose weight. She got a gym membership and is going anywhere from 3 - 5 days a week for 45-60 minutes each time. Then she also does the Wii Fit on most days that she doesn't go to the gym.

The issue is, she sees/hears me losing weight, by playing basketball once a week, doing the Wii Fit a couple times a week, and just cutting back on food. She on the other hand is down, but (in her mind) just a couple pounds.

It really seems to get to her. It's definitely a lopsided advantage. The one time we figured it out, I could be eating a Big Mac + a bit more than her each day, and still lose.

Any thoughts?

Here's my thoughts- for what they are worth. LOL
She MUST stop comparing the two of you. If I compared myself to my husband I'd never lose a lb because I'd go into a deep depression and never come out of it!
Most men are just different- I'd say all men lose faster than women but I'm sure there is some exception to that rule. LOL It's downright annoying how much quicker men can lose- while eating more and eating things that would make me ADD lbs quicker than you can blink an eye. They even make commercials about this- seen the ones where there is a woman and man and she talks about how they do the same things and she loses nothing (or only her top part if you know what I mean) while her husband becomes downright skinny? Yeah- that's pretty much the rule. She has to not ever ever compare herself to you.

With that said- honestly comparing herself to ANYONE else is counterintuitive or whatever you call it (LOL) to losing weight and staying on any plan. No two people are the same- no two people can lose the exact same way- no two people's bodies are the same- period. She needs to focus on herself, on how she's eating more healthy, enjoy HER weightloss or other goals she has met (inches, exercise, etc.) and not focus on anyone else nor compare herself to them. This may be hard for her to do- but it's a hurdle she must overcome. The alternative is going to be consistently bummed out because you or someone else is doing better.

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

Oh I forgot I was going to share something that someone else posted on a weightloss board I'm a part of (since 2003). I thought it might help others- I thought it was pretty neat to think this way.
What the thread was about- was acknowledging little things you overcame each day that strengthened your resolve to continue. It could be a tiny goal you met (not just weightloss but that you exercised when you planned to, ate on plan as you expected, etc.) or it could be just that you turned down eating something tempting/etc.

Mine for today is that I served up my kids a special treat... ice cream with strawberries and nuts on it. And I didn't even crave a bit (although I will admit I offered it up just to try to get all the ice cream out of the house- there's still a bit left though LOL) But I didn't for one second think about making myself a bowl of ice cream! And for that I give myself a go me high five! LOL

What about you?

 

[Tiger Lily 03]

cquick, thanks for well WISHes for my DH. Waiting is the worst right now. He will be better after for sure.

HarleyMom, hope your DH's surgery went well and he recovers quickly.

BuzzBiteyear, MelanieC already answered the things I'd be saying. Another thing might be that she is trading her fat for muscle. Perhaps she is losing size. Sometimes that happens too. Tell her not to judge he loss against yours. Men do have a faster loss more often than women. She can also log in her food on sparkpeople or fitday and check her balance. These web sites are a bit labor intensive in the beginning, but once you get going on there the info is valuable.

robinb, the oatmeal sounds like it is good. I use flax seed in mine, but never tried with soy protein. Better idea I think.

We got hammered with at least a foot of snow so I spent about 3 hours playing with the snow removal. Good work out for certain. I came in and did Wii Fit Yoga for just a few minutes. At least I moved quite a bit today.

I got on the scale after the weekend and all the working out I've been doing with the snow. I should be careful since I know it is dangerous to keep checking that scale. Well, anyway, I really liked what it showed. I sure WISH I could use those figures for Friday's WI. Man! I was really down.