Welcome to the final week of the Fall 2009 Biggest Loser Challenge! Congratulations for making it so far!!!




Here is the current standing of the Red Team.

Screen Name Total Loss % Lost
tinabinab -15.2 -6.61%
Mommyofsix -4.0 -2.07%
MonteCristo -5.4 -3.17%
KimL1214 -5.0 -1.85%
CanadaMel -3.4 -2.00%
JasonsLea -3.2 -1.22%
Aclai4067 -10.2 -3.94%
wfonseca3017 -19.6 -11.74%
IgetfitNStrongforme -34.0 -17.17%
shan84 -38.0 -10.76%
crcossel 0.2 0.13%
Ms Perception -14.2 -9.53%
RangerChic -2.8 -2.14%
mtiger 0.0 0.00%
shea5 0.4 0.16%
jessicado22 -40.0 -14.87%
sunnigummi -8.0 -4.99%
dcapulet 4.7 1.86%
Bette K 0.0 0.00%
Luckybustert -20.2 -8.99%
Enigma27 -10.0 -6.76%
ArmyWife02 -0.8 -0.53%

ETA - Well that turned out a mess. When I go to edit everything is in three nice columns where it is easy to read, but whenever it posts it is all jumbled. I hope you can still read it. The first number is the pounds lost, and the second is the percentage of starting weight lost.

Sorry for using a freebie. I am up a pound. I have not been eating well and did not get in any exercise unless you count shopping. I will do better this week. I did great at the grocery store and fresh market and get some fresh fruit and veggies and some low sugar hot chocolate. I am sure these things will help. I am happy about one thing though I bought some dress pants on sale about 2 months ago and this morning they fit great. now they fit when I bought them but I was a little concerned about the rear but today they fit good and drum roll please I tucked my shirt in, probably the first time I have in about 4 years. I have gotten a lot of recognition (which I could do without) especially since I have not lost any weight recently and I have actually been this size for about 6 weeks. But I appreciated any compliments I can get.

I am so behind on my Holiday shopping. The kids keep changing their minds!!!

I've posted a last chance workout for this week. Let's all work hard to make this one of Red Team's best weeks!

Not a bad week for me, a little loss to balance out the gains, but overall I disappointed myself this challenge. I didn't have a firm enough plan going in, and crumbled when things got crazy. Now I'm just going to try to have a strong last week, try to make it 4.5 lbs lost for the whole challenge, and hang in at maintanance for the next one. I'm already working on the plan. I guess at least I can say I didn't drop out... Thats something positive, and I'm going to be all about being positive from now on...

Meredith

I was able to post my best loss of the challenge this week. TOM really was kind to me and took some pounds off when he arrived. This week holds MANY challenges for me, so I'm not sure what my total loss will show for the week. DS's birthday is tomorrow and Family Christmas #1 is this weekend (including a trip to my wonderful hometown). I'm shooting for maintaining. I know it's not ideal, but it would be an accomplishment for me.
On a personal note: I found out this morning that my grandma is in the hospital. I've already called and talked to her since she's feeling a bit better, but it really made the morning less good to hear she wasn't well (pneumonia and mild heart attack!). If you're a pray-er, please pray she recovers well!

Wow I'm floored I didn't realize I had lost 17.17 % as of last week! With my weight loss this week of 2.8 Lbs what is my % now?




BTW: If I can do it anyone can!

Congrats IGetFit your doing so good.

Sorry I had to use my last freebie this week. I stepped on the scale this morning with a huge gain. Not really sure what happened. I've been stressed a lot with some things going on and trying to get ready to leave for Japan in four days! I'm going to do my best to get to the gym today (Tues), Wednesday, and Thursday. I'm supposed to weigh in Friday so really my last weigh in for this challenge is only covering about four days worth of diet and exercise.

Hope everyone has a good week and finishes strong!

i got new tires this morning - went in to have my rack n pinion checked and they said it should be good till hubby gets home and then go from there on what to do....but they gave me a good deal on the tires and went ahead and got the lifetime warranty alignment...but once they put my new tires on - my van didnt need an alignment. lol so yippee on that. but mom was paying so she told me to go ahead and have them put the lifetime alignment on the bill and pay for it, so i'm covered down the line. so this was my christmas and birthday (since the total for the alignment, tires, and battery went over her allotted amount)....so i'm happy to not have that out of pocket expense...
my parents will be here in about 2 weeks kids are excited and want the tree up. lol but its outside in the storage shed and have to pull lots of stuff out to get to it - so waiting for the rain to clear and the patio to be dry before doing that.

i hope to get better on planning and workouts/eating this coming week. i'm pumped for tomorrow's finale!! it's so motivating to watch the progress each week
i hope to do a workout on the wii after i watch one tree hill i have some serious house cleaning/clearing out to do this coming week to be ready for house guests.....have to figure where daddy and mom will sleep. last time they were both here (for the first time, at the same time - oddly enough they rode together in daddy's truck for DD's kinder graduation) - daddy slept in DD's room and my mom slept on my sofa... (they divorced 20+ yrs ago). but since there's no school - might put the blow up mattress in the living room or DD's room - depending on where she wants to sleep lol

I did it!! I was inspired by the new last last chance workout luckily i found it in time to get it done.....i made goals for each day.....and I did all 3 for today!! I'm so happy. i havent worked out in a while, and this was just what i needed to kick my butt back into it and i was disappointed that i've set goals to workout this month and have done none of them...well that stopped today!
I did 61 minutes of my wii fit plus workouts for a 650 calorie burn i ate 1470 cal, so i NET only 380 hopefully the scale will move in the right direction tomorrow and motivate me even more...plus can;t wait to see the finale tomorrow nite I plan to do some handweights during the show on my ball
i'm so proud of me well it's 1158pm and i have to get up in less than 7 hours to get the kids ready to take DD to school. just had to share

I'm sorry I didn't read this sooner, I will be praying for her and your family. Nothing is impossible for God!

Thank you Hun, oh I am so excited for you I've always wanted to go to Japan. The gain is probably water retention, if I even look at salt I swell up. I hope you have the time of your life in Japan. Where do you plan to stay? Which cities are you visting and what sites are you planning on seeing?

IGetFit-

Thanks I hope its just water retention. I'm trying not to get too down about it and just pick back up and finish this week strong. I'm heading off the island I live on, to mainland Korea on Friday night. Then catching the ferry to Japan on Saturday. I will be staying in Fukuoka, Japan. It's on the western side of Japan. I'm planning on doing stuff I enjoy, but never really get to do when I'm with other people. I'm going to visit the zoo, the botanical gardens, the marine world, two of the large shopping centers, and hopefully a couple of temples. I'm not really feeling excited yet. More stressed and nervous right now. I only have a few days left and its freaking me out instead of making me feel excited.

**Side Note to All: My Christmas card exchange is officially over. I have sent all my cards out as of tomorrow morning. Thanks to everyone who wanted to participate!**

The results are now posted in the the Results Thread. Congrats to Ms Perception for being the biggest loser!