BL Summer Challenge 2009

[MelanieC]

Originally Posted by LuvBaloo

MelanieC - the only thing that I noticed is your daily intake is quite consistent, perhaps mixing up your daily calories to have some higher days, might help?
PM your weights tomorrow and results will be posted by Tuesday.

That is what I'm thinking too. It's the only thing that makes sense. I think since I have the wedding this weekend and I know my calories are higher my mindset was to be good all last weekend and all this week. It might have backfired on me. I ended today around 1422. I'm tempted to have a snack now - but it's after 9pm already and should probably just wait till tomorrow. I'm going to Thai tomorrow, so my calories should be a higher tomorrow - and well I have no idea what they are having to eat at the Wedding. We are also going up tomorrow night to stay at one of my BIL's houses.


I guess I just have to hope that whatever I should have lost this week comes off next week and I have a big week then. Or maybe I'll get lucky for tomorrow, but where I'm at right now - I don't think it's going to go whoosh by tomorrow morning - especially since I had sushi today.

[RangerPooh]

Originally Posted by pjlla

So, the QOTD is how healthy are you going to be today?
Well, considering it is the last day before weigh-in and I haven't been exactly great this week, I am going to be VERY healthy today!!

I like your idea. That's usually me

[RangerPooh]

Today was an ok day. I didn't drink as much water as I had hoped, but I drank a bunch. I also watched what I ate throughout today. While I did have a burger and shake this afternoon after our playdate in the hot sun, I ate reasonably the remainder of the day. At dinner I even made a salad I know! DH really enjoyed it. Here's to hoping that I either lost today or remain the same.

[pjlla]

Good night all! See you for weigh-in in the morning! Sleep well...............P

[ibouncetoo]

hmmmmmmm.....an I going to regret choosing pasta for dinner tonight....we'll see.....

[LuvBaloo]

Good luck to everybody with weigh-in's tomorrow

I was good today and manage to get exercising in yesterday and today to make the week balance out.

[donac]

Good Friday Morning here on the east coast. It is a lovely day here in jersey. Sunny skies and temps in the 80's. Possible storms on Sat and Sun

THe time has come for the first COW

COW 1

THis week's COW starts on today 5/22/09 and will run until midnight Thursday 5/28/09. It will be an easy COW since we are all just getting started.

YOu get 1 point for each day you follow the COW

This week will start easy

Drink 8 glasses of water (1 point for each day)
Eat 2 servings of veggies (1 point for each day)
East 2 pieces of fruit (1 point for each day)

On Friday send me

XX days drinking water
XX days eating 2 serving of veggies
XX days eating 2 pieces of fruit.

Thanks and enjoy the COW


Do you do not have to do the entire COW. You can do bits and pieces of it that work into your plan. It is just there to motivate you and to help you think about developing new habits. THis will be a progressive thing. As the weeks go on I will be adding to these new habits. For next week you might want to find or get a pedometer, it might come in handy.


HAve fun with this.

This has been a crazy week. Wed night the local high school (not the one I teach at) won an local award for their costumes from their spring musical. It was ggreat to see the costume designer win after not winning last year for Beauty and the Beast. He got back to his seat and turned to me and said "I forgot to say your name" But he had mentioned all the incredible moms who help him and I know I was in there. Next month we are up for a state award for the same thing and my name is on the nomination for all that I have done for him. We won't win but it was nice to see my name on the nomination.

I also am pretty sure that I will be having foot surgery 2 days after school lets out. They called me about having done Jun 5th but that would mean I would miss the end of school and the award show that I mentioned above. I was more worried about the awards show but I would also hate to miss graduation. (I have been to as many as 4 graduations in one season)

I am the same as last week which is okay since it was such a crazy week. Hope everyone else is a loser.

I also got to see the new Star Trek movie last night. If anyone was a trekkie fan from the past you need to see it. It was a lot of fun and full of action.

[TammyNC]

Not much time again this morning but want to pop in and try to stay caught up on the posts. I love how busy our thread is.

I didn't do the greatest in way of eating yesterday but it could have been a lot worse...I ate 1/2 of my sandwich at lunch but had a few fried green beans (there is this one locally owned deli that we eat at while at convention and it is always great). For dinner, I ended up eating pizza but only had a piece and didn't snack any the rest of the day. I drank lots of water and on top of lots of walking around the bookfair, we walked to our meals and stores yesterday once we parked the car, we didn't get back in it.

Today is a new day...I'm going to have a good healthy breakfast and have a salad for lunch today no matter how tempting the other stuff seems. At dinner we'll split a meal so no problem there.

I'm going to keep the water bottle filled today and drink lots. If I'm making a lot of stops at the bathroom, I'll know I'm doing my job.

I hope everyone has a great day. Stay on track and let's have a great WI this week.

[mikamah]

Originally Posted by ibouncetoo

hmmmmmmm.....an I going to regret choosing pasta for dinner tonight....we'll see.....

hope not!

Happy weighin day fellow losers!! Hope everyone has a great day and good weighin. If it's not a good week for you, that's ok, just start fresh with a new day, and next week will be better.

I am happy to be down 1.6 pounds. I went to the beach last night with a picnic supper, and only brought healthy foods- fruit yogurt, turkey and cheese, and I did not miss the cookies and goldfish that usually accompany us to the beach one bit. My son didn't either. He loves fruit and we had strawberries and cantaloupe, so he was thrilled. I'm off to work early today, so I'll be back in tonight to catch up on everyones weighins. Good luck to all!!

[pjlla]

Good Morning all! Sorry I didn't get on here earlier... it was a busy morning!

I have been selected the "Coach" this week. I look forward to sharing my thoughts and ideas and hearing yours.

I am pleasantly surprised to be able to report that I am down 1.8 this morning. It kind of ties in with my theory that maybe I haven't been eating ENOUGH lately. I had a couple of big meals last weekend that effectively used up all of my 35 flex points for the week, most of which I RARELY use. Maybe I need to think about using them more often.

Anyhow.... I will start off my week with this Question Of The Day.

What is your favorite physical attribute (on yourself)? Maybe you have great eyes, or perfect teeth. What is it about yourself that you really like right now? (Not in 10 pounds or whatever.)I don't tend to think about myself in a very positive tone, as I suspect most people with weight problem would agree to, so I had to really think about this. I eliminated several things (I have nice hair, but I don't like the gray, I have nice long thin fingers, but my hands are showing their age lately). I think I will go with my LEGS. I don't tend to hold onto too much weight in my thighs, I don't have any varicose veins (thank goodness that gene didn't get passed), and I only have one tiny spider vein behind my knee. I have nice small ankles and since I am blonde my legs never look too hairy!

So there you have it.... that is my favorite physical attribute. How about you?

For those of you who don't really know me, I'll give you a quick intro. My name is Pamela (NOT Jill). I am almost 45 years old and I am happily married for 17 years. I have an almost 14 y/o DD and an 11 1/2 y/o DS.

I have struggled with my weight since I was an early teen. I lost weight in early high school and kept it off through high school and college. I was slightly overweight when I met DH, but for the 4 years before we were engaged I gained more. I lost it before we got married but rapidly regained it after the big event. I have bounced around several times since 1992 with my weight but never managed to quite hit my goal or to keep the weight off. This time I AM DOING IT!! I am currently 9.2 lbs away from my goal weight. The last time I was this thin was probably a few months before my wedding. Sometimes I can't believe how slim I am, but other times I can't believe I ONLY have 10 pounds left.

Most all of my weight loss over the years has been done with Weight Watchers, but I did try a brief stint with Jenny Craig in 1995 (through a friend who worked for them) and I made a few weeks attempt at Atkins, but it was NOT for me.

Anyhow.... here come my students, so I have to run. I'll be back later to see how everyone is doing........................P

[MelanieC]

Originally Posted by pjlla

I have been selected the "Coach" this week. I look forward to sharing my thoughts and ideas and hearing yours.

I am pleasantly surprised to be able to report that I am down 1.8 this morning. It kind of ties in with my theory that maybe I haven't been eating ENOUGH lately. I had a couple of big meals last weekend that effectively used up all of my 35 flex points for the week, most of which I RARELY use. Maybe I need to think about using them more often.

Anyhow.... I will start off my week with this Question Of The Day.

What is your favorite physical attribute (on yourself)? Maybe you have great eyes, or perfect teeth. What is it about yourself that you really like right now? (Not in 10 pounds or whatever.)I don't tend to think about myself in a very positive tone, as I suspect most people with weight problem would agree to, so I had to really think about this. I eliminated several things (I have nice hair, but I don't like the gray, I have nice long thin fingers, but my hands are showing their age lately). I think I will go with my LEGS. I don't tend to hold onto too much weight in my thighs, I don't have any varicose veins (thank goodness that gene didn't get passed), and I only have one tiny spider vein behind my knee. I have nice small ankles and since I am blonde my legs never look too hairy!

So there you have it.... that is my favorite physical attribute. How about you?

For those of you who don't really know me, I'll give you a quick intro. My name is Pamela (NOT Jill). I am almost 45 years old and I am happily married for 17 years. I have an almost 14 y/o DD and an 11 1/2 y/o DS.

I have struggled with my weight since I was an early teen. I lost weight in early high school and kept it off through high school and college. I was slightly overweight when I met DH, but for the 4 years before we were engaged I gained more. I lost it before we got married but rapidly regained it after the big event. I have bounced around several times since 1992 with my weight but never managed to quite hit my goal or to keep the weight off. This time I AM DOING IT!! I am currently 9.2 lbs away from my goal weight. The last time I was this thin was probably a few months before my wedding. Sometimes I can't believe how slim I am, but other times I can't believe I ONLY have 10 pounds left.

Most all of my weight loss over the years has been done with Weight Watchers, but I did try a brief stint with Jenny Craig in 1995 (through a friend who worked for them) and I made a few weeks attempt at Atkins, but it was NOT for me.

Anyhow.... here come my students, so I have to run. I'll be back later to see how everyone is doing........................P

Glad your going to be cheering us on this week

You know when I was a weight watcher I SWORE by eating all my extra flex points each week, but my biggest key was varying my points each day by using those flex points. So a few days a week, especially near WI, I'd have a low points day - at actual point goal. Then I'd have a few HIGH point days where I'd go well above my regular points and then I'd have some mid range point days to fill in the week. I think your body definately needs the "guessing" and I was BIG on this. There is this girl at work who you can't tell her anythin because it's only her way. But she is on maintenance and eats the same amount of points as when she was losing. Yep - she thinks I'm crazy when I tell her she should have been eating high points to lose weight in the first place and then on maintenance it's the time to test yourself and work on slowly ramping up your points till you get them as high as possible - still varying them, but just eating more so you maintain. It seems silly to me that she is still "dieting" when she is on maintenance. She said she tried my advice once and gained weight and never again. I tried to no avail to tell her that yes, her body is going to respond at first by gaining some water when you increase points - which is why you do it slowly adding a few each week and adjusting. If it's done slowly and you let your body level out before you freak out with a water gain - it will level back off once it adjusts to your new point range. I lost my original weight eating all my flex points plus all my exercise points. Maybe I lost a little slower, but my body learned to burn the calories off while I got to eat more.

This same lesson applies to calories - which I do now and love.

Also - I think this is exactly why I haven't lost weight this week. I squeaked a .2 loss out this week and I felt I had done very stellar. I lost 1 pound last week and I had 2 very high days one being over 3000 pounds (yep - yikes)! But I lost 1 pound. This week my calories were on the low side from Fri-Fri. My highest day was yesterday at a little over 1600. At one point this week I had lost a pound - yep the scale was showing a loss, I was on a roll and I really thought I was going to wake up a few days from then and see maybe 164 or dare I dream for 163. Well the next day I woke up to more than I was last Friday, and the same the next day. I really was worried that if I was showing these numbers on Thursday I wasn't going to have a loss. Lisa reminded me that I probably haven't varied my calories enough. I suspected that, but with my wedding tomorrow I really thought being completely low till that date would help me out. WRONG. All I did was hold on to the weight. So I decided to go ahead and have the snack last night late because I was starving - had a light dinner at 5:30p, so by 9:30pm my stomach was singing. Today I'm having Thai - but it's all planned out. Its a heavy lunch so that is my big meal for the day. I had hummus and crackers from breakfast - still full from that. I'll probably have more hummus and crackers because I need to eat the hummus I made earlier this week and it's almost gone. Tomorrow I have no idea at all how it will go.

But my plan for this week is to have a low day on Sunday and Monday since I'll have had 3 higher days in a row. Have a medium day on Tuesday and then Wednesday and Thursday 2 more low days. That should leave my body guessing and I've got a good feeling that next week I'll see that loss I expected this week

I guess I feel the pressure of 70 something days till Disney and knowing that NONE of my shorts fit. I am not buying new ones, so this is my only hope. I feel I have the drive and determination now, so that isn't the problem. It's just getting my body to respond. Also - I know I've got to get my lazy butt up and exercise. This is what is going to make the difference. I know it - but knowing it and doing it are two different things.

I'm going to committ to exercise on Sunday and Monday and no excuses. -can't tonight or tomorrow because of the wedding and being out of town.

Hope everyone has a stellar week!! OMG this got long. And I really am happy that I have a loss

[CruiseBoundnKY]

Weigh in went well this morning!

What is your favorite physical attribute (on yourself)? I like my legs. I got a tattoo when I turned 30. Just a small one on my ankle and I love it. It's a great accessory to my legs.

Wishing all my Disbuddies a wonderful, safe long weekend

~Karen

[DisneyFam5]

Hi everyone! Just found this thread and joined. Thanks to everyone for organizing this. My name is Michele and I'm an engineer in Illinois. I've been married almost 18 years and have 3 boys 12, 14, and 16. I joined BL 7 and won it! It is the reason I stuck with it and this week I reached 50 pounds lost. I'm so excited! My goal is 35 more and then see what I think. We are headed back to WDW in July for a diabetes conference. I'd like to be down 13 more by that trip. I managed to pretty much maintain on my April trip so hopefully I'll be able to do it again.

[princessbride6205]

I'm really happy with my weigh-in. I did so well on my calories and work outs this week, and feel so rewarded to see the lower number on the scale. Lost 2.2 pounds this week! Finally! After 3 months of working out and losing only 2 or 3 pounds that whole time...now I've started tracking calories and it's been the key.
Looking forward to this week!
Congrats to everyone on Week 1!

QOTD: Fave physical attribute
I think I would have to say my calves. Even when I've been heavier, my calves always look toned. Runners up are my hair and finger nails.

[lisah0711]

Good morning, losers!

Thanks pjlla for being our coach this week.

And another big thank you to donac for starting the COW this week and to LuvBaloo who is going to be busy collecting all these great weigh in numbers!

I was down 2 pounds this week and as happy as can be. I think the big challenge will be staying on track over the holiday week-end. I don't have anything bad to eat in the house and need to keep it that way!

What is your favorite physical attribute (on yourself)? Maybe you have great eyes, or perfect teeth. What is it about yourself that you really like right now?

These questions are always hard because it is easier to find a big long list of things I don't like about myself than it is to find something I do like. Why are we so hard on ourselves? Anyways, I have to say that I like my eyes. They are big and blue and have very long lashes.

Welcome DisneyFam5!

Have a great day everyone!