BL Summer Challenge 2009

[Worfiedoodles]

My favorite piece of equipment is my yoga mat. I love how I feel after yoga! Unfortunately, I don't get to use it often, but I'm hoping to change that. I'm on my reliable TM almost every day, so it get's the "workhorse" award, but it's not at soothing as the purple yoga mat!

Maria

[TiggersPal]

Originally Posted by MelanieC

Tuesday's QOTD: What is your favorite piece of equipment (equipment, propt, video, etc) for working out?

I would have to say my rollerblades!

[tink1963]

Originally Posted by MelanieC

Tuesday's QOTD: What is your favorite piece of equipment (equipment, propt, video, etc) for working out?

Mine is my Garmin Forerunner that tells me how many miles I have gone and how many calories I have burned.

that would be my Wii, my pedometer, and my ipod. I wear my pedometer everyday all day, all my walks I have my ipod and for home workouts it is the Wii.

[LuvBaloo]

(thanks to Dare2Dream! She is the inspiration for the post!)

Here we celebrate our progress and recognize our superstars for Week 4 of our BL Summer Challenge!

Reminders:
-after 3 weeks of no reporting, you are dropped from the challenged – (can re-start at any time, though )
-if anybody knows they will miss weighing in, just PM and let me know ahead of time
-I don't follow the BL TV version of handling gains. All losses are the simple formula of: (last week - this week) divided by last week


First some stats

not reporting in for 3 weeks ---- another 3 (they are dropped from the stats, but welcome back at anytime!)
not reporting in for 2 weeks ----3
not reporting in for 1 week -----2
Excused-----------------------0
new recruits this week----------3
weigh ins this week-------------28
gains---------------------------5
maintains-----------------------2
losses-------------------------21


Summer Between BL Challenge Week 1
weekly total group loss for week #4 = 37.1 pounds
Total group loss for the challenge so far = 139.7 pounds!
Average percentage of weight lost this week 0.61% (which is exactly the same as week 1! so that's a good indication that our group is going strong and heading for long-term losses!)

Before the weekly superstar list comes the disclaimer. I am human and I make mistakes. If you have any questions please contact me.

Now let's get to the good stuff. Who were our superstars of week 4? Since nothing different is popping into my head, I'll stick with the Top 10 Losers! That criteria may change from week to week. Hey I'm in charge here and I get paid nothin' to do this so you better take what you can get!

The WISH Biggest Loser Summer Challenge Week 4 Superstars!!

#10-0.84%- DisneyFam5
#9- 0.95% - CruiseBoundnKY
#8-1.14% - Sneezie
#7-1.34% - Donac
#6-1.39% - lisah0711
#5-1.40% - LuvBaloo
#4-1.66% - Eeyores Butterfly
#3-1.67% - tessiemez
#2-1.77% - lulamc

and now

The WISH Biggest Loser Summer Challenge
Week 4 Biggest Loser!!


#1-2.02%-SpaceMtnFan


How is your week going? Are you OP (on program)? Are you exercising? Drinking that water? You know what to do to make the magic happen. Get on the wagon. We are all here to help you on the journey. We can do this one day at a time. One bite at a time.

Have a healthy day!

Congratulations SpaceMtnFan on your second time as top loser!!! Keep up the good work. We have a very special clippie reserved for our weekly Biggest Loser.

This is our weekly reigning Biggest Loser clippie. We have the large version



or use this
[IMG]http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/31040weeklyBLsmall1.jpg
followed by [/IMG]

or we have a medium version



or use this
[IMG]http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/31040weeklyBLmed.jpg
followed by [/IMG]

and we have a small version

[IMG]http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/31040weeklyBLsm.jpg[IMG]

or use
[IMG]http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/31040weeklyBLsm.jpg
followed by [IMG]

Thanks to ohMom-Molli for these clippies. They were used for a previous BL but we can recycle. Don't they look great!

[Worfiedoodles]

Congratulations to all the Big Losers!

Maria

[mikamah]

Whoo hoo!! Congratulations all you biggest losers!!!
Thank you luvbaloo for being our weight keeper! You are awesome!!

Originally Posted by pjlla

. Like I said before.... you can't control your Mom's illness, but you can control what you do FOR YOURSELF! P

Thanks P. I wrote this down on a postit on my desk as a great reminder for myself. Thanks for the prayers.

Originally Posted by lisah0711

Remembering the good times and learning from the bad.Memory can be used for good or for evil. If you use your past as a source of learning, it's worth remembering. If, however, all you do is mull over your mistakes and punish yourself for your failures, it's a waste of time. Rehashing failure can paralyze you in mortal fear of making another mistake, which, of course, just makes the feeling worse and practically guarantees future letdowns. The key to making meaningful changes is to pay more attention to the future than to the past. Have you ever noticed that the best athletes also have the shortest and most selective memories? Instead of dwelling on a missed shot or a flawed dive, they concentrate on making corrections and getting the next one right. It's as if the failed attempt never happened. It's forgotten and they don't fear trying again. If you mess up, even in an epic, life-altering way, work hard to leave it behind and concentrate on the possibilities yet to come. Tomorrow is much brighter when it's not smeared with a fixation on yesterday.

So for those of us who strayed from our good heathy habits this week, forgive yourself, learn from your mistake, and spend that energy looking forward instead of kicking yourself for being human.
!

Thanks Lisa. This is such a good reminder, and I'm usually pretty good about not beating myself up after a bad day, and getting right back on the wagon. It's really the mindless eating that can continue for days that gets me in trouble.

Originally Posted by sahbushka

Morning all. Hope everyone is having a great op day! I am on WW and have been staying exactly on my target points every day so I decided to break it up and have a high point day yesterday. My dh and I went to the new Sonic in town as neither of us has ever been to one and he really wanted to go. I purposefully ordered a lot of food and had my high point day. I used 17 of my weekly points but it was such a large unhealthy meal and I had a hard time sleeping last night because I just didn't feel good, ya know? Anyway, I hope the plan to shake it up works because I would really like to see some bigger losses!

I've heard lots of people on ww have good luck when they mix their days up with higher points and lower point days, and my ww leader is actually encouraging it. It keeps the body's metabolism from getting used to one level all day, and helps keep it up.

Originally Posted by corinnak

Burger King: Veggie Burger, no cheese, no mayo with apples on the side

:

I never knew bk had a veggie burger. That's so good to know, we'll have to try bk instead of Mcd's next time.

Originally Posted by TiggersPal

[COLOR=#800080] No we aren't but my other sis Di and Jackie are always told that! Jackie is older - I guess I'm not aging very well.... sniff sniff but then again Jackie did say that photo of her was 7 years old - so maybe I don't need to dive into a sea of despiration quite yet...

No tears please, didn't mean to offend. You do look alike, and if the avatar pics were bigger, I"m sure you'd look much younger than your sis!

Originally Posted by Eeyores Butterfly

I lost 2.6 last week! It was such a nice boost after maintaining for forever.

Monday QOTD: I try to. I am currently having some severe abdominal issues that I've posted about elsewhere. I can never tell if it is directly related to food or something else (undergo an endoscopy/colonoscopy next week). The frustrating part is the same thing one day will be fine but the next day will be terrible. I've only been able to figure out one or two things that are definitely off limits.

Congrats on the loss, and good luck with your procedures next week.

Originally Posted by MelanieC

I took a 12 mile bike ride with DH and DS11 tonight. There were so many hills involved and I guess I had my gears set too high too - I noticed at one point when going up a hill that it seemed like the brakes were on because it got SO hard pedal (duh - yeah)! Even my arms are sore from the angle and holding the handle bar so tight!

Awesome Melanie. We went about 3 miles yesterday. My son is 7, and loving his bike, but it's a single speed, so we don't do to well on hills yet.
I'm actually going to get out this morning for about half an hour and ride before work.

Monday QOTD: Are you in tune with how your body reacts to foods? Do you listen to your body for cue's it gives you?
I'd say I'm not that in tune to my body as far as food goes. I do try to slow down while i'm eating and enjoy the taste. I have noticed lately that spicy foods will give me some heartburn, and really fatty foods tend to run through a little too quickly. That over eating, full bloated feeling is so not fun, but I need to think of that before I go off the deep end.

Originally Posted by MelanieC
Tuesday's QOTD: What is your favorite piece of equipment (equipment, propt, video, etc) for working out?
I guess it would be my hand weights, and my bike. I don't really have any other equipment

Have a great day everyone!

[ohMom]

congrats everyone! extra cyber high five for SpcMtnFan!!

[pjlla]

I'm going to toot my own horn and wish myself a happy birthday!

My way of celebrating ME is to stay OP as much as possible today. I originally was thinking that I might hop to Dunkin Donuts for breakfast instead of my usual at home... you know... I DESERVE a nice breakfast. But I started thinking about it. What I REALLY deserve to to be healthy, happy, and slim. So I skipped the Dunkins and really enjoyed my usual breakfast of French Vanilla Cafe and high fiber cereal with skim milk. I deserve a healthy body MORE than I deserve all those Dunkins calories (large latte light with Splenda and a veggie eggwhite flatbread is 9 points!!)

I have been CRAVING fried clams lately... since seeing a newspaper article about a new place that opened. I have been mentally planning how yummy those fried clams, french fries, and onion rings were going to be.... after all, I DESERVE them since I have been working so hard on losing weight. But again, after thinking about it.... I DESERVE a slim healthy body. So our dinner plans are Applebee's where I will order from their WW menu and I am SURE that I will thoroughly enjoy it!.................P

[corinnak]

Originally Posted by pjlla

What I REALLY deserve to to be healthy, happy, and slim.

P - you are brilliant. What a wonderful way to celebrate, by taking good care of yourself so you can celebrate many, many more times. I am so impressed with the way your thinking has shifted. When unhealthier foods stop looking so much like tempting "rewards" and start looking like impediments to the things you REALLY want, you know your brain is in a new place!





Congratulations to everyone who lost and maintained last week!

[ibouncetoo]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PJLLA!


Congrats and sticking with your plan on your birthday. You are soooo right, we all deserve a healthy body and feeling fit. I'm going to remember this the next time a piece of fried chicken stares me in the face!

This morning I hit my WW 5% goal. And I'm averaging 1.6 pounds per week (not bad for a still inactive old lady). So my next goal is to drop 17 more in the next 11 weeks till my WDW trip. I'll have some mini-goals along the way to keep on track...next one is that 15 pound WISH clippie!

...time to go pack my lunch....

.

[princessbride6205]

Happy Birthday, PJLLA!

QOTD Tuesday: Fave equipment?
Favorite equipment at the gym: elliptical machine
Fave accessory: iPod Touch - watching the Biggest Loser on my iPod while I work out is so motivating! Now I'm listening to podcasts and deciding my next show to download.

[lisah0711]

Congratulations SpaceMtnFan and to all the other losers!
I'm glad to see our group is heading in the right direction even as our numbers dwindle. Remember there is lots of summer left and plenty of time to get back on track and be ahead of the game when fall rolls around. You can do it!

Originally Posted by mikamah

Thanks Lisa. This is such a good reminder, and I'm usually pretty good about not beating myself up after a bad day, and getting right back on the wagon. It's really the mindless eating that can continue for days that gets me in trouble. Have a great day everyone!

Oh, yes, Kathy, the mindless eating. I'll be glad when our new healthy habits have really set and mindless eating is a thing of the past!

Originally Posted by pjlla

I'm going to toot my own horn and wish myself a happy birthday!

My way of celebrating ME is to stay OP as much as possible today. I originally was thinking that I might hop to Dunkin Donuts for breakfast instead of my usual at home... you know... I DESERVE a nice breakfast. But I started thinking about it. What I REALLY deserve to to be healthy, happy, and slim. So I skipped the Dunkins and really enjoyed my usual breakfast of French Vanilla Cafe and high fiber cereal with skim milk. I deserve a healthy body MORE than I deserve all those Dunkins calories (large latte light with Splenda and a veggie eggwhite flatbread is 9 points!!)

And that sounded like a reasonably healthy breakfast before you said the points . . .

A great big happy, happy birthday to you, Pamela!

You have so much to celebrate after all your hard work paying off for you! You totally rock and are an inspiration to us all!

Originally Posted by ibouncetoo

Congrats and sticking with your plan on your birthday. You are soooo right, we all deserve a healthy body and feeling fit. I'm going to remember this the next time a piece of fried chicken stares me in the face!

This morning I hit my WW 5% goal. And I'm averaging 1.6 pounds per week (not bad for a still inactive old lady). So my next goal is to drop 17more in the next 11 weeks till my WDW trip. I'll have some mini-goals along the way to keep on track...next one is that 15 pound WISH clippie!

And a great big congratulations to you, Jackie, for making your mini-goal. I'm chasing the 15 pound WISH clippie, too. I am going to have to work really hard the next few days to get there.

Have a great day, losers!

[TammyNC]

I think I am caught up on reading now, WOW, I had a ways to go.

Congrat's to all the losers this week, great job!!

No time to respond to posts but hopefully the internet will corporate and stay on-line for a few more days until our new modem comes in.

Going to try and get my moose back into my sig too.

[pjlla]

Originally Posted by ibouncetoo

This morning I hit my WW 5% goal. And I'm averaging 1.6 pounds per week (not bad for a still inactive old lady). So my next goal is to drop 17 more in the next 11 weeks till my WDW trip. I'll have some mini-goals along the way to keep on track...next one is that 15 pound WISH clippie!

...time to go pack my lunch....

.

Way to go on the 5%... I remember that moment and it was exciting.

Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes!..................P

[robinb]

He everyone! I'm back in the challenge . I PM'd my starting weight to LuvsBaloo and I am ready to go. I am sad to say that I am at exactly the same weight I was at when I started the LAST challenge. BUT ... I started Weight Watcher's (again *sigh*) this week and I am way more accountable than I was last time.