Dixied - I hope you are feeling better soon!!!

Nix - I'm glad you are liking the bootcamp thing! Keep it up!

Diva - Are things back to normal at your house after the swine flu ordeal? I hope you're back on track!

Mercy - I figured out my burned calories by lifestyle, then eat to leave a 1000 cal deficit between them. So my daily lifestyle burned calories is 2450 so I eat 1400ish calories a day. If I work out too, I eat a little bit more. I wish I had a bodybugg to make it more accurate though.

So, it seems that switching to a lower calorie intake is what I needed. I was eating between 1500-1700 cals a day, and I was losing, but then I had that freaky gain for no reason. But now I'm eating 1200-1400 and the pounds are falling off me! My weigh in on Monday was 176.5, I'm down to 174.2 this morning! 2.3 pounds in 2 days, wow! I also haven't worked out since Friday. I'm too busy getting my house ready for my parents to come visit this weekend. So, I've been moving, just not cardio-ishly moving. Hopefully I can get in a workout tonight, even if it's only a 30DS.

you're welcome Mercy! :hug:

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good question! and yes you're doing it right!

i don't have a bodybugg, but i do have a pedometer, that i attach to my waist and wear throughout the day, and it monitors my movements, and gives me estimate of general calories burned, its not 100% accurate, but does the job fine for me personally. plus i like looking at it at random times of the day and i end up doing random jogging in the place to just bump up the calorie number haha.

http://www.chinawholesalegift.com/pi...4215745662.jpg

you can find out calories burned through exercise, by looking it up on the following websites:

http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cbc

or

http://www.dietandfitnesstoday.com/c...ration=10&id=2

okay so this is how i calculate my calorie deficient.

for eg a typical ideal day would be

total calories eaten = 1200
total calories burned = exercise + general pedometer reading = 600

my personal BMR is 1800.


so calorie deficient is calculated as follows:

my BMR = 1800
calories eaten 1200
calories burned = 600

BMR (1800) - 1200 (calories eaten) = 600 (calorie deficient from food)

then total calorie deficient calculated:

600 (calorie deficient from food) + 600 (calorie burned) = 1200 (total calorie deficient)

then to calculate predicted lbs lost.

1200(total calorie deficent) / 3500 (calories in 1lb) = 0.34 lbs loss.

for me personally if i do this on a daily basis. it keeps me focused, and if i want any indulgent snacks, i just work it in my calorie. and also stops me from binging. i dont think, oh i just had a chocolate, screw it i'm gonna go on a binge rampage, because i know i can make it up the next day, or in the evening. its all about total calorie deficient over a period of a WHOLE week. so everyday does count.

so yah you're doing it right! :hug:

ps thanks for the dare challenges - you and retiredone kicking my *** hehehe , it really helped me to burn those few extra calories!!!

yesterday my calorie deficient was a predicted -0.4lbs but this morning when i weighed in, to my suprise i lost 1lb overnight :cb: i know half of its water though. ;)


Blue team, join in the "fun"! :devil:

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/bigg...-week-5-a.html

I'm at work. Woo-hoo. I actually managed a walk today, I'm not sure I'll make my 1000 miles or not. I'd been keeping track on a scrap of paper, I need to locate it and see how many miles I added to my total.

In the "If its' not one thing it's another" file, I seem to have developed an allergy to my make-up. My the time I got to work my under eye area was bright pink and swollen. It burned so bad that I went into the restroom and washed all my make-up off. So now I look as sick as I feel. Since I didn't change anything in my routine, I've been told I probably had a allergy develop. Now I have to try and eliminate WHAT I'm allergic to. Oh Joy.:D

I'm going to go try to clean out my inbox, I'll be back later.

awww hope you feel better soon Dixie, nice to have you back!! :hug:

No, everyone should be excited when they accomplish something they wanted to do.

Glad you made it back with all that's been going on. Congratulations on your runner up status. I was this week and I know how you felt.

I'm right with you there, Diva. I can't see how anyone can work with Jillian. I work better with soft coaxing and praise.

TOM should be outlawed!!! Well, I guess that's a bit overboard but I remember.

Glad you found something that's working for you.

[quote=Echo;2969937]ps thanks for the dare challenges - you and retiredone kicking my *** hehehe , it really helped me to burn those few extra calories!!!

Hahahaha, I did several dares yesterday and was feeling a bit sore myself last night. Haven't checked out the thread yet today but I'm game for anything that won't turn me into a contortionist.

So glad to hear from you again. But so sorry to hear you were sick. Take care of yourself, girl. We missed you.


Went for my walk this morning before the promised rain and snow gets here. I'm taking off now for a couple of hours to help give out free clothing at the church. Catch you all later.

Hey Dixie! So glad to know you're okay! Well, sick, but alive at least! i was getting worried about you!

Thanks for the congrats on winning week 3, but I don't deserve it! My starting weight for this whole thing was 136, then I hopped up during my period the 2nd week, and now it's finally gone back down. So I'm kind of just back to where I used to be.

Happening, don't kick a gift horse in the mouth. Take the Biggest Loser title for the week and wear it proudly.

This week's challenge is great. I've done several of the dares and my stomach is starting to feel somewhat sore from the crunches that people keep daring me to do. I just did the last dare and had to put on 2 bras to do it so I wouldn't be slapped in the face by flying boobs. Check out the challenge thread if you haven't yet.

I think the challenge this week is great, I wish I had time to do it! I haven't had time for a work out since Friday. I'm hoping I can slip one in tonight. I would do the challenges at work, but people here might think I'm nuts, lol.

From Jillian's first book: you just take your waist measurement and hip measurement, then divide wasit by hip. For women, she says healthy is at 0.8

You were under your calories and tossed most of the fries, so I think you did okay. Sometimes you just gotta eat! I think you really do more damage by forcing yourself to go hungry too long. Good job!

Yaaaaaayyyyyyy! So happy for you!

How did you find your boot camp? If you already reported on that and I missed out, sorry to ask again! I woudl love to find one in my area.

Congrats on figuring it out keeping on with it! That is what will get you to your goal, it always changes with progress.

@ Echo I'm jealous:D

@ RetiredoneThank you:hug:

Thanks for your reply:hug:

Thanks Diva! I can understand how you feel, but from my end, I just think I pushed myself too hard. I have been mainly swimming and using the stationary bike, so I think I just pushed MYSELF TOO HARD. Lesson learned though, I will ease into her exercises more slowly.

Miss you here:hug:

Good morning Blue Team. I got up early this morning and was on the road a few minutes before 7:30 am. It was crisp and chilly walking this morning but I had on a scarf and mittens so I wasn't in any distress. :lol: The promised snow did not hit our area yesterday but we had rain and wind but this morning all was blue skies. I'm going shopping this afternoon and wanted to get in the walk early. I have dinner already prepared, sheets off the bed and washed and are now drying and I'm going try and hem a few pair of jeans before I leave.

Have a good day everyone and stay on plan!

I did all of the challenge items last night as one big workout and it was so fun! You ladies could team up as personal trainers :lol: The hardest part for me was looking in the mirror and saying those 3 things. It was hard just to think of 1 thing, but I managed the first then the second was easier, but third was a mumble and run away because I couldnt think of another :shrug: I tried, but it is pretty sad and reminds me why I have to do this this time. Okay, enough sad stuff for 8AM!

Isabella---Could I please borrow some of your early morning productivity? I got the kids to school on time and they had a healthy breakfast so I consider myself doing well for 8AM :D You are impressive

Hey, SkinnyJeans, don't under-rate yourself. Getting kids off to school with a good healthy breakfast is one of the most important things you can do. As a retired teacher I can tell you alert, well fed children in the morning are a pleasure to teach. I don't always get up as early. :lol: Retired One is my handle. And you did great to do all those challenges as one workout. My, some of those things I did yesterday just about did me in, hahahaha.

Now, about looking in the mirror and coming up with 3 nice compliments about yourself. That should be easy. Look at your smile, your hair, your eyes, your complexion, your teeth, your personality, the fact that you're losing weight and taking charge of your life, great mother. There are all kinds of things to like and love. Being overweight is not who you are. You are who you are. The fat may be a cover, but covers can be removed. :yes:

I love that quote. You just put a smile smile on my face this morning:)

The scale is cooperating this morning:D I just hit 140 again, so maybe the elusive 139 is in sight again.

Thanks!:hug:

Miss you too. I miss all of you. I seriously want life to get back to normal and just when I thought it was, BOOM, in the bathroom tossing my cookies! UGH! Matt is fine but Jess and I are falling apart this week. I'll have a good half day and then push myself and oopsy, I am feeling ill. *sigh*

I want to join in on the challenge and be one of the stars here but...
Maybe next week. On top of all that, I have TOM here now too. grrrrr So Tired, achy, fever, sore throat, diarrhea, vomiting, headache and now TOM. Lovely week I am having....

Sorry to be a downer....

I am VERY proud of all of you and I can't wait to feel human again.

Oh Glad to see the return on {{{{{{{Dixie}}}}}}:hug:

Miss you all...seriously...I do. :hug:

:carrot:http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...Smiley/118.gif:carrot:

Day 2 of my reboot. Skipped the make-up this morning. After my attempted run (did 4 miles, but sloooowwly) my face felt like it was on fire. Could I be allergic to my own sweat? How horrible would that be. I put on some aloe vera and a teeny bit of mascara and seem fine now. Somehow, I thought that once I left obesity behind, my body would start making more sense. :dizzy: I think my warranty has expired.

Being sick for almost a month left me 7 pounds heavier at the end of last week. I've managed to lose 2.5 lbs already, but now TOM is here. Grr! I hope I can lose some more by Sunday. I don't mind posting a small gain, sometimes it's just life, but I don't want to type out a number that officially puts me back in the overweight catagory. :mad:

There's now 11 weeks left in 2009. I'm going to use that time to revamp my workout. Strength training has completely fell off my schedule. HIIT too. I'd been all about the longer walks/runs just to get my miles in. I've got to find a way to incorporate it all, and fix my diet. Cooking? Yeah, haven't done that in weeks. Living on cereal, ice cream and takeout, when I ate at all. :( Does anyone remember what I ate before I go sick? Cause I sure don't.

Sorry for the novel, I just needed to get some things out of my head and onto the screen. I'll try to come back in a bit.

[QUOTE=SkinnyJeansInWaiting;2970849]From Jillian's first book: you just take your waist measurement and hip measurement, then divide wasit by hip. For women, she says healthy is at 0.8






Yaaaaaayyyyyyy! So happy for you!

Thanks:) Great info also!

Aw, thanks Diva:hug::hug:

Dixie, hope you feel better soon!

It's been a hectic week here so far. Feeling 'off' for the past few days. I'm thinking it's the BP and/or Diabetes meds. Seems I may need to back off on one, if not both. Am going to the Doc today so will find out. Will be away right after that until late Sunday. I'm going to a cabin in the middle of nowhere with a bunch of friends. Hopefully we can get these meds worked out and I can feel better again. The weight has stayed pretty much the same though, even though my eating has been erratic at best.

On another note, I'm starting Scuba diving lessons on Monday !! I'm so excited, have always wanted to dive but never had the nerve and, quite frankly, was never fit enough to do it before. I'm going to Hawaii in January so thought this would be a perfect time to learn. Have any of you done any diving and what do you think of it?

Have a great weekend team !

I went to Hawaii 10 years ago with my sister. We went diving in Oahu, and I will tell you that you will have an experience that you will talk about for ages. We went to Hunana(Spelling?) Bay which has some of the most spectacular coral reefs in the pacific. It has the most peaceful and panoramic views you will ever see.

Keep up with your training and weight loss and you will be fine.

Oh, Dixie, I'm so sorry!

Sounds like it's a lot of girls' TOM, bummer! :(

Hi fellow Blue Team!! Glad to be back. The trip was awesome and I even lost weight, so I'm super excited! I hope everyone has been enjoying their week and is looking forward to weigh in time. There's nothing like getting on the scale and seeing a smaller number! :D

Hi girls though you might be interested in these links that I posted:

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/bigg...e-ironman.html

Matt from the biggest loser in Kona HI (Ironman world championship) a few days ago. Story and Race Report from his coach.

Hey team! Have had a busy week this week, things are slowing down so maybe I'll have some of that "ME" time you were all talking about.

I go in spurts with my exercise. I used to go the gym religiously, then I got my treadmill and I started exercising at home. Currently I'm struggling finding the time to exercise at home and thinking about joining the local gym again.

Muse-thanks for the article. I think its amazing that people can push themselves to accomplish something as difficult as an ironman whether they make the cut or not!

Interesting article. I have never really thought about this. I would have to say that I work out harder at the gym than I do at home. I also work out harder when I am alone than with a partner.

{{{Hugs}}} for Diva and dixied, that all your sickness will be leaving very soon. dixied hope you find out what is making you break out in hives, that sounds painful.

want to say Hi to everyone else, need to catch up, on my reading....

*****
as for me QOTD-I exercise at home, just pop in a DVD and away I go, I've never tried working out at a gym, or getting a personal trainer, for me when I started this journey, I was WAY.....too self conscience, to be seen in public at 300lbs, and now I find my routine is so set, breakfast, pack my lunch, do my daily chores, then me time, pop in a DVD, I don't think I would enjoy having to leave the house, to exercise. But I won't say never, who knows, maybe.

I had a real eye opener this week, I'm always looking for ways to decrease my sodium intake, I think the closer I get to ending my relationship with TOM, I find I retain so much more water, at that fun time of the month...sorry maybe TMI, anyway, just found out that instant FF/SF pudding has 480mg of sodium in one 1/2c serving, {and that's just the dry mix, then the milk adds on to that} and somedays I might of have 2servings, that's a whole lot of salt!!! Funny, you think, you're doing pretty good, by having a low calorie treat, only to find, you are adding a ton of salt into your system. Just wanted to share, cooked FF/SF pudding has 110mg, I wonder if it's possible to make your own pudding?

well need to get to bed, have a wonderful Friday everyone, a very cold, wet one is in store for us this weekend.

:wave: Hello everyone. Welcome back Bigsexy. Glad you had a good time on your trip and doing so great with the weight.

I had a good day shopping yesterday but was dead tired by the time I got home. Bought lots of great fruit and vegetables. Funny thing, I've never had such sweet fruit before, I'm sure. Maybe it's the lack of sugar most days that has the fruit tasting so good.

Institches, here is a recipe I found in my files. Using splenda and leaving out the butter and using skim milk will give you a sf/ff pudding. The servings are huge so you can get about 8 small servings instead of 4. But you will notice the sodium is still high for the regular servings so you could also leave out the salt or cut it down to a pinch. Leaving out the butter (if it's salted) will also cut down on the sodium. If you want vanilla pudding just leave out the cocoa and increase the vanilla extract by at least another teaspoon or two.

Chocolate Cornstarch Pudding

Yields: 4 servings

INGREDIENTS:
½ cup white sugar
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
¼ cup cornstarch
⅛ teaspoon salt
2 ¾ cups milk
2 tablespoons margarine or butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS:
In a saucepan, stir together sugar, cocoa, cornstarch and salt. Place over medium heat, and stir in milk. Bring to a boil, and cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens enough to coat the back of a metal spoon. Remove from heat, and stir in margarine and vanilla. Let cool briefly, and serve warm, or chill in refrigerator until serving.

Nutrition Info (per serving)
Calories 271 (29% from fat) | Protein 6.5g | Fat 9.1g (sat 3.3g) | Carbohydrate 42.7g | Fiber 1.4g | Cholesterol 13mg | Iron < 1mg | Sodium 221mg | Calcium 212mg

:hug: Thanks for the support. I needed that.

I hope you feel better soon...TOM always picks the most wonderful moments to make an appearance!

:hug::hug: it's a good idea to think about revamping and getting things back on track by the end of the year. WOW....the end of the year? Really? Seems it has just flew by me.

I have to get thinking about Christmas :dizzy:

Morning Bluesies!

Finished my 1st week of bootcamp last night. Have a nutrition class tonight, and if the scale isn't lying, I'm down 3 lbs since monday. I can't move my arms (seriously, it is killing me to type!) but I am loving it.

Will be back later to do personals. I am off work today, but gotta go get my walk in before I end up browsing all day!

BBL.

So yesterday I was POP. Ran a little, walked a lot, ate right, hydrated....and I gained 1/2 a pound. :?: My body is just confused, I know it's no reason to get down about it, but still.... :mad:

TOM is in full swing and tomorrow is the 10K I'm supposed to be running. Not a chance of that happening, I don't think I'll even attempt the 5K this weekend, except by myself at the track. I added 4 more miles to my total this morning, it took 53 minutes. A little off my pace from before I was sick, but not too shabby. Considering that a year ago this week I was just starting C25K, I think my (adjusted for warm-up/cooldown) 12 minute/mile pace isn't too bad.

Roni - :hug: I hope you feel better!

Leslie - I've always wanted to learn to scuba dive, and here in FL there's a ton of places to learn and go, but I've been told that people with chronic sinus issues shouldn't dive, so that's been my excuse. :o

OOPS! I just realized that I forgot to say "Thank You!" to all of you who kept the chat thread and challenges going while I was out sick. I'm never going to be able to thank ya'll enough for that and the PMs checking up on me. You're all awesome.

Good morning everyone!

I have some good news today!

I have broken the elusive 140 mark for the second time in 8 years this morning:carrot::carrot:

I hope this holds up, it will mean that I have had a 2 1/2 pound weight loss this week.:D

Mercy - WAHOO!!! That's great!!! Keep up the good work!

BigSexy - Welcome back! Hope you had a nice time, and WAHOO that you still had a loss while away from home!

Skinny Jeans - The year is flying by! Keep up the good work, and like Retiredone said, don't under rate yourself.

Dixie - Sounds like you are almost back in full swing! Glad you are feeling better.

Diva - How ya feeling? Hope you kick whatever you have soon!

Nix - Great job with the boot camp this week!!!

Retiredone - Thanks for the recipe!


Well it seems like TOM is catching a lot of us. I can feel the puffiness, and am not looking forward to the next few days. I have had a significant loss for this week (-2.4 pounds from Mon to Wed) but have been sitting tight at 174.2 since Wed morning. But NOT complaining! I'm actually ecstatic! I have not been working out for the last week, things have been way to busy at home. And I had some TOM cravings and made brownies last night. I went over about 350 calories or so, but I still had a 750ish calorie deficit, so I'm not going to sweat it. I have some major house scrubbing to continue tonight. My parents are coming tomorrow to help DH and I with some projects we have around the house that we have been putting off for *sigh* 2 years. House renovating is such a PITA, especially while you live in the house.

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!!

retiredone! you're doing freakin awesome!! thanks for taking part in the dare challenges!! you and mercy and skinny jeans! are doing great

just a reminder, its not too late to check out the dare challenge peeps!

the latest dare is to prevent rounded shoulders!

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/bigg...eek-5-a-2.html

if you get the dare done, than you have the power to set the next dare :devil:

Thanks retiredone!! and lol at being sore from all the dare challenges. hehe
i know i had to hold onto my girls when i was doing the jumping challenge!

aww thanks Nella! come on right in to the dare challenge!
Thanks Skinny jeans! that's really helpful! :-) and congrats to you!

lol Mercy :) aww you're so welcome :)

its funny, now im so grateful that cause of my height i get to have a higher bmr - when i was younger, like a teenanger, i was so selfconscious about my height, and felt like some giant, cause all my friends and cousins were shorter than me, and would you believe it, i would always say, i wish i was shorter. i was so self conscious about my height, and never wore high heels and always wore trainers or flat shoes, had a hard time buying shoes cause i didnt want heels. i also had this friend who was tall himself saying he prefers short girls cause they are more cute and feminine. which made me feel self conscious. its stupid how other peoples personal taste can have an effect on your own mindset.

but then a couple of years later, this other guy friend of mine, said to me, are you crazy, being tall is great, girls love being tall. and i used to say, but if i was shorter than i could wear high heels lol. so stupid i know.

but now i love my height and am more confident and now think its great cause i get to have a higher bmr haha. so thinking more to walk tall, stand up straight.

i think the older you get - the more confident you become... teenange - early twenties is a hard time. i think the older you get the more self confident you become. has anyone else found that?

wow you are a machine Skinnyjeans!! well done on completeing all of the challenges!! you rock!! :bravo: :cheer3:

aww thanks so much Skinnyjeans thats such a lovely thing to say! totally made my day!!!!! :hug:

awesome Retiredone! love that

awesome Mercy!! well done ! :bravo:

Miss you too Diva!! take care of yourself! remember when you're run down, best thing to do is take plenty of rest

thats such a great idea Dixie to revamp your workout for the rest of the year! as long as you're fully recovered, dont want you pushing yourself when you're still feeling under the weather.

i think its great to share your thoughts through writing, helps to declutter your brain!

i know for me personally, when i go to bed, i might have random thoughts running through my head, so i have a small note pad next to my bed, and write things down that i want to do the next day. and then i can stop going over then and can get to sleep.

WOW thats so awesome LeslieB you taking scuba diving lesons!! and wow hawaii, you must be so excited!!
good for you for learning and trying something new! :bravo:


nice to have you back bigsexy! your challenge last week rocked!!! :broc:

well done on losing weight even on your trip! :bravo:
That's great dream710!

Thanks for the article muse!

Thanks for the chocolate pudding recipe retiredone! Thats really interesting about the high sodium institches. you're so right, it might say low fat, but not necessarily good for you in other means.

wow nixmon, good job on bootcamp and losing 3lbs!
wow i'm so impressed how much you run! i've recently started the c25k, i hope next year i get to run as much as you! at the moment can only run for 1 minute at a time :)

and you're so welcome!! we missed our team leader

THATS AWESOME Mercy! well done!!! :bravo: :celebrate:

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Good night Blue Team. Time for some shut-eye. My big weigh in is tomorrow morning....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....

:congrat: That is exciting!