Biggest Loser Challenges - Red Team Fall Frenzy 2011 Chat Week 2 (09/26-10/02)

We made it through Week 1 RED TEAM
Way to Go!! (That wasn't so bad, was it?)

Thanks for being patient with me as I get my feet under me as a leader.

We did have 2 people weigh in late, but we let them count this week with the new weigh in time & blue team also had 2 late weigh ins. But we won't be so lucky next week.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE RED TEAM BIGGEST LOSERS FOR WEEK 1
Our co- biggest losers for week 1: with Munchey leading with a larger % loss
WTG Ladies!!

:cp:Munchey; -6lbs, -2.86%:bravo: :cp:
:cp:Jeanettey; -6lbs, 1.81%:cp:

Honorable Mentions:
:cheer:pokeycactus; -8lbs, -1.20%:cheer: (pokeycactus- you would have been our biggest loser if you had participated in the chat thread, awesome weight loss)
:cheer:Slimmer Down Now; -5.5 lbs, -1.92%:cheer:
:cheer:Sarati; -5lbs; -2.72%:cheer:


NOTE: newbie mistake-weight loss is by percentage- so munchey is our biggest loser! I'll get it right next time!
Team members who used their first freebie:
ksquared
SMSDreamer2007
poeticmuz
abluvion
mercee
wwpeggy
terapet
pat2011
caitbeans
NEMom
Excellent job everyone! Jacky (Bigmid) will post the team results shortly

Hi everyone,

CONGRATULATIONS:
Biggest Loser:
Munchey; -6lbs, -2.86%

Honorable Mentions:
Sarati; -5; -2.72%
Slimmer Down Now; -5.5 lbs, -1.92
Jeanettey; -6lbs, 1.81%

And a big high five for the rest of the red team you had some amazing losses this week......WOOHOO

Results are posted great job.

Wtg Red!

Woohoo. Congrats to everyone who lost this week.

Ahhh I remembered first thing this morning that I forgot to come here and post my weight!! Bummer! I will just have to be better about that going forward huh?

So I guess my next WI will be my loss from the start of the challenge to next week? Or do I go put in my weight anyway so I only weigh next week for the one week? I'm confused. :dizzy:

I'm busy busy for the next couple days and am sad I won't make it to the gym (unless I want to go at 10pm!). I'll just have to make a good effort to get in exercise some other way, like walking at lunch or something.

Well teamies, my apologies for missing the first WI. I promise to be better! :yes:

:bravo: Ladies nice work!

Early morning walk, renewed commitment to logging my food intake, more exercise plan for the day, and enjoying this challenge.

More Honorable Mentions (the 2 pound plus club)
CanadaMel 2
Beauty 4.8**
Kelly 3.4**
Rainbow 2.2
Rated 4.2**
LGW 2.2
Angie 3.8**
Jeanettey 6 WOW
Pokey 8 WOW
Anon 3**
Slimer 5.5 WOW
Sarati 5 WOW
Zogo 3.6**
Bette 2
Wav2 3**
bonbon 2
PEANUTT 3.2**
Munchey 6 WOW

I have so much respect and admiration for every one who lost weight last week and then pulled out incredible numbers this week. It is so hard to be consistent and it is inspirational to see it happen.

Good Morning Red Team!

Congratulations to Jenettey for getting the Biggest Loser title this week.

And of course our Honorable Mentions:
Honorable Mentions:
pokeycactus;Slimmer Down Now;and Sarati !!!

Nice job everyone :D

Thanks Jacky! I'll get the hang of this-evetually-LOL

It was a close one this week Red Team!

Week 2 is traditionally more difficult, and yo don't see as big losses, so let's get to work!

Abluvion- you will post your week 2 weight. By using a freebie your week one shows as a zero loss , make sense? Any questions let me know.

:woohoo: Great job: RED TEAM!

I'm ready for another OP week.

Goals for week 2: 630 mins of exercise, no junk food, limited carbs, protein w/ all meals.

Have a wonderful day everyone. :)

CanadaMel - thanks for the info! Well let's see if I can pull a big loss out for us this week :p I was going to post a 2.4 loss already, I'm gonna work on adding to that!

I feel like I've been eating like a hobbit today. Breakfast at 6, second breakfast at 9, and dang if I don't feel like having elevensies right now! :lol: Just one of those "hungry days!"

Congrats on the losses everyone! What a fantastic start!

Goals for week two: really pull my socks up, fit in an extra session at the gym, and surpass the 30lbs lost Mark by next weigh in :)

Let's hope for a week as good as the last, gooooo reds!

Waaahooo!! Congrats everybody!! :) Hope everyone has a great week this week! I'm kinda pumped about going to the gym tonight!!! Anyone else going to work out today? :)

Congrats to everyone on their losses this week!

wow!! what an awesome week 1 red team!! way to go!!
CONGRATULATIONS: YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING!!! WAY TO ROCK OUT WEEK 1 AND JUMP START YOUR CHALLENGE SUCCESS!!!!

Biggest Loser:
Munchey; -6lbs, -2.86%

Honorable Mentions:
Sarati; -5; -2.72%
Slimmer Down Now; -5.5 lbs, -1.92
Jeanettey; -6lbs, 1.81%

slimmerdown...i'm rocking the workout today too!! yeah red team!!

aseret...way to make an awesome plan for the coming week. having a plan is MORE THAN HALF THE BATTLE!! i know YOU WILL DO IT TOO!!

dangerouscurves...what a great plan you have too!! 630 mins!! wow!! thats fantastic!!

canadamel...thanks for rocking the red team all week!! thanks for all that you do!

celrae...i LOVE your post!!! always motivating!! i so heart you!! :hug:

Congrats to the biggest losers this week! Great losses posted. Now....make it happen again this week, but dig a little deeper to trounce that Blue Team!

HI Red Team
It's good to see that we all did so well. Special congrats to our biggest losers and runnerups. Well I messed up and did not make any of my goals for last week so I decided to do daily goals. Today's goals are half met already, the were to go on the elliptical for 20 minutes, which is done, and to work on my living room to get it ready to paint. I'm fixing old plaster and let myself get lazy about doing it but if I'm going to get it painted before winter I need to get working on it. I just have to think how nice it's going to be when I get done with it.

Everyone have a great week and I'll try to keep updating my goals and progress.
Bette K

WOOHOO!!!!...we did GREAT for the first week. I am back from a LONG and exhausting wedding weekend SO we will see the results when I WI on Wednesday. I stayed COMPLETELY on my program while I was away. I have loss 80lbs so far and only 8 more lbs until I get to the 200's! I am not letting anything get in my way that is for sure. Here is to another GREAT week RED team!!!

hey kris....your starting weight in the sign up thread was 169...but in the weigh in thread it is listed as 166.6....so actually it appears that you lost 2.1 pounds NOT gained .3 since the beginning of this challenge??? is that correct??

Congratulations to all this weeks winners!!! UHHHH I mean losers!!!:carrot:

Way yo go RED TEAM!!!!

Congratulations Munchey on being the biggest loser for the week! Nice job!!

Kudos to everyone who lost this week and to everyone who tried hard but did not lose -- there will be better weeks ahead!

TOM has kicked me in the butt -- an overnight 2.4lb gain to get rid of, plus a bit more for next Sunday...I've got my work cut out for me. I'm on plan so hopefully it will whoosh away in a few days.

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GOOD JOB RED'S! CONGRATS TO EVERYONE ON THEIR LOSES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS!

WE ARE GOING TO WIN THIS WEEK! LETS DO IT! GO RED TEAM!

I had a fairly good day. Got my rear up promptly at 4:00 this morning and got in a half hour of walking before work. Got in 40 minutes at lunch time.

I did fairly well with my food. I cooked up some boneless skinless chicken on my George Foreman Grill tonight. I have enough to last me for a couple of days.

Have a good Tuesday everyone! We can do this!
Munchey

MUNCHEY CONGRATULATIONS


Congratulations to all the other losers too. Let's make week 2 even better. This week I'm going to

FOCUS

FOCUS

FOCUS


I hope everyone has a losing week!!

Good morning RED TEAM

It's good to see everyone checking in & committed to another week.

This week I'm continuing to look at portion control but also water intake. As the weather cools down, how do you ensure that you drink enough water?
I usually drink hot tea (usually herbal)

Let's make today count!

Good morning, I have been drinking a lot of herbal tea as well, its so soothing. I always keep my water bottle with me everywhere I go kinda like my purse....lol.

Good morning everyone. Congrats to all the 'losers' last week.

I had a busy, fun filled weekend celebrating my twins 7th birthday. They had a small celebration Friday in school. Saturday was a small party with a few friends and then Sunday was a larger get together with the family. I'm all partied out.

Today's plan is lots of veggies and water with some commercial exercise during TBL.

I never have a problem with adequate water intake. I keep a bottle by my side at all times and regularly drink between 3-4L a day.

Hi Girls,

Sorry I missed the weigh in. I was just being lazy. I am still struggling to get my eating back under control after several trips in August where I went astray. Yesterday I managed to stay under 1800 calories which is good for me.

Is anyone watching The Biggest Loser? I am intrigued by the ads about the age differences. That could be interesting. I would be rooting for the oldsters like myself!

Have a Healthy Day!

HI Red Team,
I was successful in getting yesterday's goals done so I have 2 more for today andI'm half done with them too. My first goal was to do my WATP dvd workout and I got that done, my next one is to finish the patching in the living room. I got most of that done yesterday, but I still have a few cracks to clean and fill and then it's going to be time to sand and add second coats to some of it.

Terapet- I missed The Biggest Loser last week, but hope to watch tonight. I'm going to do some exercises during the comercials also.

Plans for this weekend is going to the orchard and picking apples and getting some fresh cider. YUM

Everyone have a great week.
Bette

Watchin the Biggest Loser - got back from the gym not long ago. I'm takin advantage of an amazing opportunity at the gym to join a Biggest Loser challenge..andd it's FREE!! It's 6 wks with a trainer in small groups doing a full body insane circuit. It starts Monday, but I worked out with him today and WOW i'm going to be SORE tomorrow!!! :) We have to work out with him 3 days a week (about an hour a day) plus cardio. I'm hoping this will really get my losses going!!

Hope all are well!!

i'm watching too...loving dolvett!! he is a freakin machine!! with a killer smile. riding the bike during the show and then dumbbells during the commercials, love love love working out while watching...ok gotta get back, commercial about over!!

GGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Red Team!!!

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I'd love to be Dolvett's red t-shirt <<blush>>

I give myself periodic water challenges. Some days I have trouble because I take my dogs hiking and there's only a port-a-potty at the entrance to the park. Ewwe GROSS! So I try not to drink before I take them.

For the rest of the week I am going to challenge myself to meet my daily challenges of 12k steps a day and 12 cups of water a day for wed-sat.

I hope everyone is having a great week! I will start to participate in the treads more after Halloween. I make specialty sized costumes and Sept & Oct. are obviously very busy. My only other priority, other than making sure my kids don't starve, is to LOSE WEIGHT!

Good Evening RED TEAM

This will be short & sweet as I have to prepare treasurer reports for my school council meeting-blech

Sarati- Would love to see some of your costumes

Lisa- Welcome back! Any details about the wedding you want to share?

Peanutt- How'd your 10K go?

Zinkemomx2- Mom to twins! You go!! 7 is such a fun age! My youngest turned 7 in August.

Today was pretty well on plan. Didn't get as much walking in today though, my energy drops to nil at TOM.

The week is flying by.

What is your favourite meal? Breakfast, lunch or dinner?

I love lunchtime right now. I graze throughout the day while I'm working. So I pack so many different things and just nibble away. Lots of fruit. Need to up my veggies and decrease the dairy and I think I'll be set.

Was another great week for the Red team!! lets stick with the program and kick tail again this week!

The wedding was amazing, everything was perfect, the weather was awesome, wasn't hot and humid and it didn't rain!!....I stayed away from the food table, brought my own veggies with me, Drank my Water with MIO in it and that was my food while I was at the reception. Only a few people made comments on my loss but not everyone has seen me at my biggest so I was ok with that. Now NEXT time I see them I better get compliments....hahaha

Mel - My 10K was great! Thanks for asking! I had a goal time of 1:20:00 and we finished in 1:09:25 by my Garmin. The conditions were nearly perfect and I felt strong.

I had a really good day today. I went to my first TRX class which is strength training and it made my legs and arms so sore. Then tonight I went to spin class so now I am REALLY sore.

I am worried about the rest of the week because it is my boyfriends birthday on Thursday so I am taking him out for dinner and then on Sat I have a friends Bachlorette party so I will be drinking. Im sure the scale will not be kind to me on Sunday but I will make smart choices but I also want to have fun and enjoy myself.

Yesterday I messed up big time. Ugh, I don't even want to talk about it. Normally when I mess up I tend to run away from it all, go into denial and stop trying at all. But not this time. I need to get over this all or nothing mentality I have or else even when I reach goal I'll still have issues. So today is a new day and I'm starting over.

Anyway, I'll catch up with everything else later. I'm off to work now. :)

Good morning RED TEAM

Go Beauty go!! You can do it

Peanut- nice time! Great job!

Rated- what did you think of the TRX? I'd be afraid I'd get in, but wouldn't be able to get out of the straps-LOL!

It's humpday- how did that happen? We're racing towards another weigh in. Be sure you are making choices that will help you reach the outcome you hope to reach!

OMG OMG! I just won a competition for a photoshoot in London with 2 friends! AHHHHHHHH!!!

I've never won anything in my life!

This is what I wanted to do when I get to goal but they are so expensive. I have until December to take it up so now I have serious incentive to get to goal! OMG OMG OMG!

Congrats Beauty! That is a huge incentive. You know you can do it.

Monday I got ALL my water in...you know the formula where it is half your weight in pounds, consumed in ounces of water. Wow I think I used a whole roll of TP:rofl: It really does fill you up and I was hardly hungry. I just don't think I can practically do that every day. Maybe once a week is a good goal to start.

Today, ground beef is on sale and I figured it's a good day to make a crockpot full of low carb chili. Wonder if my kids will miss the beans?:chin:

Beauty- that is awesome! Talk about a seriously cool incentive! Take advantage of that motivation and opportunity!!

Rated - I totally understand!! My birthday is tomorrow too! hahha We're going out tonight to dinner and I'm gonig to enjoy myself. Just have to get right back on track afterwards! I think the trick may be to go ahead and indulge every now and then, but don't look at it as though the whole day/week/month etc. is ruined. Just that meal. Get right back into it. It's easy for me to get the mentality of "ohh well, I already screwed up, why not just call it a whole free day..".. and I'm going to try to take a new approach and just enjoy that moment and then get back on plan. :)

Ladies (I think we're all ladies right?)... I am SORE! And I think it's going to just get worse as the day goes on... whew!! That's a good thing! :)

Have a great day!

I had a really good day today. I went to my first TRX class which is strength training and it made my legs and arms so sore. Then tonight I went to spin class so now I am REALLY sore.

I am worried about the rest of the week because it is my boyfriends birthday on Thursday so I am taking him out for dinner and then on Sat I have a friends Bachlorette party so I will be drinking. Im sure the scale will not be kind to me on Sunday but I will make smart choices but I also want to have fun and enjoy myself.

It's a good kind of hurt! ;) Don't worry about what will come this weekend. If you're deciding to take a couple of days off, then weigh in earlier and let yourself enjoy the celebrations (within reason, as you mentioned making smart choices) without worrying about what the scale will say!

OMG OMG! I just won a competition for a photoshoot in London with 2 friends! AHHHHHHHH!!!

I've never won anything in my life!

This is what I wanted to do when I get to goal but they are so expensive. I have until December to take it up so now I have serious incentive to get to goal! OMG OMG OMG!

That is awesome!! DH and I want to do a photoshoot together when we're both at goal. To win that reward is even better!

Beauty- that is awesome! Talk about a seriously cool incentive! Take advantage of that motivation and opportunity!!

Rated - I totally understand!! My birthday is tomorrow too! hahha We're going out tonight to dinner and I'm gonig to enjoy myself. Just have to get right back on track afterwards! I think the trick may be to go ahead and indulge every now and then, but don't look at it as though the whole day/week/month etc. is ruined. Just that meal. Get right back into it. It's easy for me to get the mentality of "ohh well, I already screwed up, why not just call it a whole free day..".. and I'm going to try to take a new approach and just enjoy that moment and then get back on plan. :)

Ladies (I think we're all ladies right?)... I am SORE! And I think it's going to just get worse as the day goes on... whew!! That's a good thing! :)

Have a great day!

You're absolutely right on. In my opinion, that's the perfect approach to a celebration/holiday/whatever. Make smart choices for the rest of the day (maybe eat a little lighter, work out a little longer, drink more water) and then kick back and enjoy yourself for the one meal. So long as you don't find a reason to make everyday or every week a celebration! ;)

Hey Mel,
Just wondering how you calculate the percentages. I figured mine at 2.04% (probably the largest I'll ever have, lol) 176.2 to 172.6 (-3.6lb) Maybe I've got the equation wrong?

Hey Mel,
Just wondering how you calculate the percentages. I figured mine at 2.04% (probably the largest I'll ever have, lol) 176.2 to 172.6 (-3.6lb) Maybe I've got the equation wrong?

http://www.fitwatch.com/qkcalc/calculate-weight-loss-percentage.html

you calculated perfectly!!! way to go!!

Happy Hump Day Red Team!!

Hope you are all having a great week! What are you doing today to reach your goal?

Hope everyone is having a good week. We are halfway thru the week and I'm already showing an amazing loss for this week. Loving this new lifestyle change and ready to prove to myself and other "haters" that it will work this time. Also, a great satisfaction comes from knowing I'm doing this for me and not anyone else.

Good morning!

I am off to a good start this week. My eating is on point and I have worked out everyday so far. Wishing all of you much sucess this week.

Hi all! :wave:

Just wanted to quickly check-in before I get started on my pm workout! :) I honestly don't feel like doing it.

But I have NO choice but to get it done. I MUST pull a decent number this week. My team's depending on me and I want to beat the Blue Team badly!!! :carrot:

:coach: Let's go Red Team. Let's go! :cheer:

Looks like we are having a great week so far this week. I wanted to share a pic of my mom and I from the wedding last week.

You looked lovely, Wuv!!

Looks like we are having a great week so far this week. I wanted to share a pic of my mom and I from the wedding last week.

omg...YOU LOOK SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!! :) i bet everyone was just so happy to see you getting healthy and what did they say, the ones who hadn't seen you since you lost weight?

zogo- my fault- when I went through the results I did it by pounds lost (not percentage). Newbie leader mistake- I'll get it right next week!

Lisa- you & your mom look beautiful. Thanks for sharing the photo.

Shan- you sound great & energized. Denver must be agreeing with you.

Dangerous- way to be committed to your evening workout. I will walk with my son to his soccer practice, so that will be my additional workout & maybe squeeze in a dog walk when all is said & done.

Mercee- Sounds like you've got the right formula this week! Keep up the good work!

Beauty- What a way to start the day & I agree- the carrot to keep you motivated!! HOoray.

omg...YOU LOOK SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!! :) i bet everyone was just so happy to see you getting healthy and what did they say, the ones who hadn't seen you since you lost weight?

Thanks :)

They kinda freaked out and asked if I was sick....lol...I said no I want to lose weight and they all said I looked great and to keep up the good work :)

I AM SO SORE!!!! I look like I have something stuck up my rear end when I walk! OMG I hope tomorrow isn't worse!!!

Guess that workout was the GOOD stuff!! I'm scared of next week when I have to do 3 in a week... may need to rent a wheelchair?!?!?! :o

Canada Mel - You should try TRX it was such a good work out. I am in pain but I can't wait to go back so they can kick my butt again

Shan- I am glad to hear you are having success. Can't wait to see you post your weigh in.... biggest loser maybe;)

peanutt - Yeah I am weighing myself earlier for this so that my weekend out doesn't mess up everyone else and prevent us from beating blue! I plan on making semi-smart choices like mixing my alcohol with crystal light or diet pop which is better than getting all the pop calories also. For dinner I am going to enjoy myself but get a side salad instead of a side of fries. I couldn't believe it, I looked up calories for the restaurant and a side of fries was 960 calories! For that many calories it is not worth it I will just steal a few from my boyfriends plate.

Rainbow - So glad you are gung-ho again! Here's to being positive and remembering how good we feel when we are on track.

When we first signed up I was 169 and I don't think I had a chance to change the weight before we actually started the challenge. Not sure if I was supposed to go by the original weight of 169 or the actual weight of 166.6 the week the challenge started. So I either lost 2.1 or gained .3.

Rated - You're doing so well! You're an exercise machine now!

hey everyone, Just checking in to see how everyone is doing on this lovely Thursday afternoon. I hope everyone is well and sticking to their goals!

hey everyone, Just checking in to see how everyone is doing on this lovely Thursday afternoon. I hope everyone is well and sticking to their goals!

having a great day....got my workout done early...went grocery shopping and got lots of fresh veggies!!! i love finding delicious foods and making healthy versions of dishes to enjoy!! its 88 degrees here today...with a lovely breeze so i took a nice afternoon walk!! was going to walk 1 mile, ending up walking 2 yeah!!! staying on plan feels GREAT!! i'm sticking to my goal, how about you wuv?? hows your thursday going??

Hi ladies-
Coming up for air- busy day at work whew. Indoor Soccer season started this week as well, so we're working out our new fall routine.

Amidst the craziness though, staying OP food wise- even with TOM rearing it's ugly head. Not out of control cravings like it can be some months.

Happy birthday Slimmer!!

Tomorrow is my weigh in day- so time to go get a good jog/dog walk in.
Have a good night ladies!

Having a GREAT afternoon in hot, humid Houston town. It's RAINING!!! A little bit stormy as well, but please. Who could complain?

I weighed in Wednesday. Good news...a loss!!

Did anyone see the Dr Oz Transformation Nation? What a great promotion for Weight Watchers.

Checking in at 212.4 -- cannot seem to shake this nonintentional maintenance phase....

ok so i am over the moon proud of myself!! nigel took me out to dinner tonight...to cracker barrel...we are celebrating a 2 month extension on his employment placement!!! 2 months!! i am so thankful!!

i love cracker barrel...normally i would have the large chicken and dumplings, hash brown casserole, fried apples, 2 corn muffins with butter, and sometimes a biscuit with honey...that is about 2250 calories!!!!!! i never even calculated that until tonight. i never knew i was eating so much. that is more calories than i even eat in an entire day!!

tonight...i had the turkey and dressing dinner, no gravy, 1/2 order of the dressing, green beans and pinto beans...1/4 muffin, yes 1/4!!! and no butter!! even we split a pumpkin custard dessert and a coffee with cream...and my total INCLUDING the custard was only 635 calories!!!

making good choices = MAKING MYSELF STRONG!!!

lukesmom...yeah on the loss...way to go!

mel...way to stay OP with all the craziness!!! yeah!!

having a great day....got my workout done early...went grocery shopping and got lots of fresh veggies!!! i love finding delicious foods and making healthy versions of dishes to enjoy!! its 88 degrees here today...with a lovely breeze so i took a nice afternoon walk!! was going to walk 1 mile, ending up walking 2 yeah!!! staying on plan feels GREAT!! i'm sticking to my goal, how about you wuv?? hows your thursday going??

It was pretty good, work was hectic but overall it was a good day. Humidity wasn't bad here so that is a good thing :)

I've never eaten at a Cracker Barrel. Sounds like that is a good thing.
I'm pleased to report that despite any effort this week I am still able to post a loss. I don't understand how but I'll take it. :)

I gained 2.. :( Glad my weigh in day isn't today because it would be even more. grrr! Will be more on track next week, and am starting the training sessions Monday for 3 days a week (if it doesn't kill me haha)

Thanks for the birthday wishes, mel! It ended up being a rough day. Worked all day, then went to school, then had to spend awhile in the emergency vet clinic w/ my mom's dog (which I lived with for many yrs.. a family dog) and she's not doing too good. She's home now, but not doing the best... :( I just want her to be comfortable. It's very stressful... and I just wish I had time between work and school to visit with her.. won't happen until Sunday. :sigh:

Hope everyone had a better week.

Oh.. and SORRY TEAM! :( I'll make it up next week!

Yay!!!!!!! My new elliptical is here.

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I am going out of town this weekend but I have Monday off so I plan to assemble and break it in Monday.

weighing in early this week and won't be on the thread till Monday.

I wish everyone the best, on weigh in day. GOOOOOOOOOOO Red Team!!!

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Weighing in with a 2 lb loss. :carrot: :broc: :cb:

Every morning this week I looked at the scale and sang, "I'm going down....I'm going down". Can't wait to post weigh in on Sunday morning!!

Sounds like everyone is ready for the Weekend!!

GO RED GO

weighed in this morning- didn't lose, didn't gain- not bad for TOM. So I'll take it.

Rainbow- way to make good choices while eating out! The more we are armed with information/knowledge the better choices we can make.

Jeanettey- YAY for the eliptical!

Slimmer- sorry to hear about your dog :(
and sorry your birthday was so rough :grouphug:

Shan- Yay for going down! love Bruce Springsteen :p

I had to hunt for the thread, It didn't come up for me today for some reason. I am so excited my youngest is coming home for the weekend from college. I have a big pot of red beans and rice cooking for him and his friends. Should be an interesting weekend for sure.....everyone have a good one!

Hi Red Team
I see the red team has been making a lit of good choices this week.
Rainbow Smiles Congrats on your choices, I also went out only to a Chinese buffet, but I hoped I made some good choices too.
Jeanettey- What a great looking elliptical, I love mine even tho it isn't as nice as yours, it's a great workout.
Shan- HI glad your are doing well.


This has been a good week for me, I got my first call to substitute teach and have 4 more days coming up in the next month and will probibly get called for more. I got most of the plastering done in my living room, just need to sand it down and do some slight second fills on the bigger cracks then I can prime and paint. Tomorrow we go th the orchard and pick apples, maybe get some cider too and I want a couple of squashes. And I have menus made out for the next week through Thursday. I've also been making all my exercise goals so I have 4 days of working out since Monday.
I Hope everyone has a great weekend
Bette K
ps I weigh in tomorrow but think I should have several pounds lost.

Happy Saturday everyone!! its beautiful here on the Mississipppi Gulfcoast, I am thinking when my son gets off of work we will go to Mobile and go to the Flea Market there for fresh veggies and maybe do a little shopping since I am between sizes its kinda hard to shop :)

Everyone have a wonderful day!!

Hi Red Team! Happy Saturday.

Bette- you've bee busy with the house. Congrats on the substitute job may they continue coming your way.

I walked the dog while one kid was at a birthday party- now to try & get my heart rate up.

Have a wonderful day all!

Good Luck on our weigh ins tomorrow Red Team!!!!

BetteK...WOW...have you been very busy!! It is such hard work getting a room ready for new paint..but so nice once its all freshly painted!!! What color paint are you using??

Loved...did you find any good bargains at the flea market? I went to our farmers market and bought a lot of fresh veggies for the week!! It was a perfect day here today!! OMG...such a refreshing cool breeze...and down from 90 degrees yesterday to a pleasant 77!! this week i am baking butternut squash with maple syrup yum!!

rated...you are doing fantastic!!!! way to go!

mel...maybe you can do a walk / jog / walk / jog when you take the dog out to get your heart rate up??

shan...way to have an awesome week!!

jeanettey...i am STILL IN AWE OF YOU...your weight loss is coming along so well and how the heck do you do that elliptical thingy!! it is so hard to me!! i'd rather do jeanettey challenges!! hahaha

everyone enjoy the rest of the weekend!! i had a blast walking on the beach earlier and a picnic lunch!! then it was off to the farmers market for fresh veggies and now ready to grill out and hit the bowling alley!! fun times!!

Everyone sounds like they are on track! I overate a bit today but my new tack is to burn off extra calories - in addition to daily workout. That will teach me!

Everyone sounds like they are on track! I overate a bit today but my new tack is to burn off extra calories - in addition to daily workout. That will teach me!

love your attitude.... :D already a plan in action for damage control!! way to go!!!

Hi Red Team
I had a great day today, this morning we went to the apple orchard and picked apples off the tree. I have a bushel of yummy fresh jonathan and yellow delicious apples that will last me into the winter. I also got 3 kinds of squash, fresh apple cider, and some cinnamon flavored honey. All locally grown. This afternoon I took DD's friend home and was able to stop at the cemetary and visit mom. I hadn't been there in a while and it was so beautiful there with the trees starting to change color and the corn about ready to pick (it's a rural family cemetary) Then finished my day by going to evening Mass. It was just a perfect fall day.

Rainbow Smiles- The paint color is called burnished clay, it's a light gray in the blue spectrum, and the trim is going to be pearl white.

I hope everyone has a great weigh in, I'm down 3 lbs this week, I hope I can keep it up, I have a goal to get below 220 by Jan 1st, only 13 lbs to go!

Have a great week
Bette K

Hi red team, it sounds like everyone is having a great week! Keep it up!

I have stayed the same this week.. since it's not a gain, I'll take it! I just started a new job and although I'll only be working a couple of days a week, I had to do training so I had minimal exercise time. I only got to work out twice! My eating was ok though which is probably why I managed to avoid a gain.

Does anyone have any advice on what to do if you don't like vegetables? I really can't stand most of them! I'm okay with raw carrot, celery, lettuce and cucumber but I really don't like any others. It wouldn't be so bad but I'm starting to get bored! Any ideas would be greatly appreciated :)

Keep up the good work reds!!

Checking in at 210.4 -- that's actually a gain -- for some reason I had this whoosh to 209 last Sunday and an almost immediate gain -- so I actually feel as if the 210 is a loss if that makse sense. I was hanging in the 212-214 range for over a month, so hopefully I'm on my way to a downward trend here. On my way to the grocery store to start the week off right!

Week 2 is nearly in the books

Let finish strong RED TEAM

Remember to post your weights by 6pm central

Have a great day

I'm sorry red team -- I've had some sodium/water retention issues this week and I'm up 3.6lbs, I thought it would have been gone by today. I can guarantee you it's not from calories and I'll be drinking water and eating asparagus like crazy this week to make sure it's gone again by next week! I hope you guys fared better than I did.

Good luck to everyone with weigh in.

I pulled my huge loss like I said I would. WOOHOO! I don't think I've ever lost so much in one week. I'm working my butt off with this new lifestyle change. I'm feeling great too! I also lost 14 inches on top of the 18.2lbs from this past week.

Now to work on week three. See you all later.

Hi Red Team
Hye Aseret, I saw your post in not likeing vegesand since I'm the master ofhiding veges in food let me give you some hints. First is my famous squash burgers, initially made and given to 2 teen boys when I was short of hamburger. They didn't know the difference. grate or grind a zuccini or other summer squash and mix well with a pound of hamburger. I sometimes throw in an egg for a binder , then make patties and cook like usual, they are so much moister than regular hamburgers and you cannot taste the squash. Next I've put zuccini into about anything, it's great in brownies, carrot cake ( very moist and doesn't need frosting.) You can aso puree any type of vege and add it to soups, gravy, or anything you you would use liquids for. I'm not a big fan of mashed cauliflower, but that's just because I like mine barely cooked, but it is a substitute for potatos, if you want to you could mix 1/2 with potatos to get the potato taste. Also have you tried your veges raw or barely cooked, I don't like my veges cooked too much, I prefer the crunch.

I hope I've given you an idea of things you can do to change the taste of veges, you can also try different spices to hide the tast, like curried veges, or with nutmeg or other strong spice. Just ry something new and you might find veges are your new best friend.

Have a great week.
Bette K

Shan - How in the world did you lose so much weight? Did you visit the Ranch this week?

Nope didn't go to the ranch. I've been researching a different lifestyle change and although its controversial it was discussed on Dr. Oz. So I'm doing it and 10 days in now and doing phenominal!

I hope everyone had a great week! I bought a puppy on Monday and am having trouble finding time to get online. Weight loss is good, though!

Nope didn't go to the ranch. I've been researching a different lifestyle change and although its controversial it was discussed on Dr. Oz. So I'm doing it and 10 days in now and doing phenominal!

what are you doing? that is a phenomenal loss!! awesome job!

Thank you very much Bette K, I'll definitely be trying the squash burgers!

Shan84, woah!!! Way to go, wish I could lose that much in a week!

AnonymouslyYours, what kind of puppy did you get? What's his name? I love animals, the effort it takes to care for them is so worth the rewards :)

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I missed the weigh in cut off time, so I'll post here. I'm in Pacific time and the cutoff time is Central. I guess I won't make that error again.

my actuals for 9-25-11 thru 10-1-11 are:
Weight loss = 2 lbs. (Current Wt. 202)
Walking = 33 mile
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I only weigh once a week and I was a bit lame brained this morning when I weighed in. I mistakenly thought I weighed as 202 last week instead of 204. I spent most of the day thinking that I wouldn't be reporting any loss this week (until I copied my record from last week for this posting) What a relief! But perhaps it was a good thing, because it really made me evaluate areas for improvement.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

* Mileage goal was 25 - got in 33

* I'm making my best attempt to get my munch on with cucumbers, carrots & salsa

CHALLENGES TO WORK ON

* Need to move adequate sleep and wake up time compliance to the top of my list

* Still struggling with anxiety, sleep, energy and appetite taming.

* Still taming the Munchies and better food accountability. Need to limit Pop Chips and popcorn as snacks this week
* Drink More Water
* Better compliance with meal timing.