Blue Team WOSC Week 12 Chat
 

I wish I was trying to get pregnant:D

Nella - It WAS beautiful this weekend! A little overcast this afternoon, but still warm enough to forgo jackets, which always makes me happy. :D

Bigmid - Congrats on being the biggest loser!! And congrats to all the "losers" this week. You guys deserve a :cp: :D

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We went to the outlet malls and only walked 2.4 miles but were so TIRED at the end of the day. Then I realized it was cause we stood/walked for 3 hours without any sitting breaks. *whew* ;) I bought SO many little things. Stocked up on my xword puzzle books, a black belt for this pyjama gown I got as an xmas present that I'm converting into a summer look, haha. I can't find the exact one I got, but this is close enough and mine's solid purple. Anyway, I still need leggings (black) and black sandals to complete the look. I would've never worn this 20 lbs ago, but it's a possibility now. :) I also bought a brand new pair of brown corduroys as the ones I have now (12s) are almost white they're so worn out and they look/sit awkwardly because I'm smaller but not small enough for them to fall off. Oh well, gave me an excuse to buy something - $10 pants!! :D

Ok, I've yapped enough. Talk to you ladies tomorrow. Here's wishing everyone a happy week!

Hey everyone! Congratulations to all our losers this week!!

Sorry I've been away from the boards for the last week or so. I had a real dip in motivation and commitment to my goals, not just with weight loss but in life it seems.

HOWEVER, I am back on track and feeling great and ready to take on whatever comes my way! I am nearing the end of term at school so lots of deadlines coming my way, but I have a handle on them I think. Keeping on track with my food habits usually keeps me sane at times like these!!

Good luck for the week ahead :)

Congratulations to our Biggest Loser Bigmid and to the Runners Up Gracie, mageorge and weeblewobble. Lot's of weight lost this week.

Just a pop in to start the new week. Hope everyone gets a good dose of motivation and make this a super weight loss week.

Congrats to our biggest losers this week. Great job ladies and congrats to Bigmid for making it to ONEderland!!!

I'm back on track as of yesterday. :D

Did anyone watch the new Jaime Oliver show last night called "Food Revolution"? I watched last night and can honestly say I wanted to smack those lunch ladies. They had such attitudes and were so negative about everything. Of course MOST children are going to choose a big piece of greesy cheese pizza over chicken breast, brown rice, and vegetables! Anyways, after watching it, I realize how much I need to change our family eating habits. We don't eat nearly as bad as the family profiled in the show, but there is defenitely room for improvement. The data that suggests that children now adays are going to live shorter lives (10-14 years shorter) than their parents really makes me sad. So I'm going to make small and subtle changes. No more white bread, no more sugar filled cereal, more raw produce.

Its coming on friday as well! I think last night was a "preview"!

WOOHOO!! This was me last week so I can totally relate! Glad to have you back on board!! :D

He's going to have issues in the states. I watched this documentary - something about corn production in the US - that discussed this very idea. Apparently, foods with lots of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) are heavily subsidized by the govt and are, of course, selected as lunch items for kids in elem all the way through high school. They showed one school (forget where) that were growing their own veggies (cute!) and providing it to the cafeteria for lunch supplies and the kids were happy and without obesity problems BUT had the school opted straight for healthy meals, it would have been an incredibly high expense. They did a comparison and it was something like $0.30 a meal for HFCS crap and $2.50 a meal for veggies/healthy starches. With the insane cost difference and budget restraints, many schools are forced to select HFCS over good food. I admire Jamie's get-go though and I really hope he makes a difference!

BTW, anybody who wants to watch it and doesn't mind watching it on a computer screen - it's up on hulu.com! It's the first show highlighted. I was wondering what that was about this afternoon, guess I'll give it a look-see! :D

Starting last week (week 12) of Chalean Extreme...YEAH! I loved this program. If you like to lift weights and need a very structured program, this would be the one for you. I start P90X next week. My husband ordered it and I can't let him show me up. I am a little afraid...but no pain, no gain. Yesterday I did the p90x yoga...90 minutes! It was awesome, and don't let anyone ever tell you that yoga is not a good workout. I was very sore from it, but in a good way. Hope everyone has a great week! :hug:

Woohoo Bigmid! Awesome weightloss Chica:carrot::carrot:

I think I'm going to be heading back to the gym today. Have done virtually no exercise for 3 weeks so it should be.... interesting.

Hope everyone's feeling good!

Ang - WAY TO GO!! That's commitment (and an inspiration)!! :carrot:So you tried BL yoga, huh? I took ONE yoga class years ago and I was so bored that I told myself I'd rather do anything BUT yoga again. I was really sore after the class and this was during my 'gym bunny' phase, so it's a good workout! I'll probably do better with a yoga video than an actual instructor. I get a case of the giggles when someone tells me to breathe. I dunno, I find it funny because I AM breathing and anyone who needs to be told to breathe, well... :p

mageorge - Echo tried P90X and she said it was killer. So did the others who tried it and posted on the forums. I saw the infomercials when I used to wake up in the middle of the night (stress) and I thought it was major intense. Kudos to you for pushing aside your fear and trying it! Woohoo!! Good luck and let us know how it goes! :D

dayone - Excellent!! I just went last week after not going for um 3-4 weeks. :) It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Then again, I had to tell myself not to overdo it and to go slow. For me, it's always easier the first day back in the gym because my muscles aren't sore and they can go further. It's the days following that are a problem... :p Anyway, good luck today!! You'll be back on a losing streak in no time!

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I got TOM this morning, so I'm not sure if I will be able to get to the gym. I might not have any cramps, in which case I will go. If not, I'll get some much needed house-cleaning done around here which will be a semi workout. Also, I have netflix, so I can try out some of those workout videos.

I've also been staying up late (midnight+) and I get a serious case of the munchies then, but I've been ignoring them and drinking water instead. So far, it's working! I'm hoping to get down to 152 this weekend. I'm so excited - my parents are coming to visit!! We're taking them for a long weekend to the Outer Banks, a really beautiful beach area of NC. I've never been, so I'm looking forward to the trip as well. :D

Have a good day, all! :hug:

Hi everyone just a quick pop in I off to work in a couple minutes. Thank you for all the congratulatory comments they make me fell even better and they are much appreciated. Congratulation to my fellow biggest loser this week as well Gracie, mageorge and weebleswobble.
I hope I can keep this up we just bought an elliptical on Sunday it arrived yesterday and I hate it. It has none of the functions I was told it had. Oh well my fault for not looking closer I guess. But I will still do my workouts in the basement and this thing is in front of the TV so it will still get used now and then.
I hope everyone has a great day I will catch up later with personals.

Hello Blue Team. We are dwindling down to the final weeks and contestants. I'm losing and gaining the same 2 or 3 pounds...sigh...I'm maintaining, I guess and I need to start losing for real. So much food and so little time to eat it. :D

LOL Ms. Retire!...............

I think I have lost a 100 pounds this past year. The only problem is that I have gained it all back:D

Amen to that Mercy, lol

Just a quick Hi hello to all you beautiful ladies!

Got a walk in outside, thank goodness for warm weather :) Off to cook some yummy dinner!

I forgot to post that I pissed away 3 pounds today:carrot::carrot::carrot: Too much beer this week:D

Ok tommorow is all planned and I have a big sign on the fridge saying "NO MORE EXCUSES!!!". I'm sick of my constant excuses. I feel like caca because I've been making excuse after excuse. I'm tired and don't want to make dinner so we'll just do take out. Oh I'm starving so I'll just sit in front of the tv and munch. Oh I just don't feel like exercising. Not anymore!!!!

Hope you all had a good day!

I'm the same babygrant! Even after taking a step back, a deep breath, and calling myself out as an excuse maker I STILL ate a LOAD of chips last night. and CHEESE melted all over everything!? And I didn't go back to the gym like I said. WHAT THE ****????

I finally decided at bedtime to set my morning alarm an hour earlier than usual so I would get myself out of bed and to the gym. I realised it's been four weeks to the day that I last did any exercise! So this morning I ran two miles! It's not a huge achievement but I feel great and I'm hoping that maybe I've broken that self-destructive cycle just by forcing myself to DO something. :woops:

I am going to try to replace mindless eating with exercise. I am going on holiday in a week, so I need to be in the right place or I'll go away and put on ten pounds!!


I want to be back in that biggest loser list dammit!! :D

Bigmid - sorry to hear about the elliptical. Reminds me of my parents' treadmill they bought a few years ago. It's a really bare bones model and I hate going on that thing, but I needed the workout at the time (winter). Eventually, I got used to it even though there was no TV in the basement :mad:. :)

Mercy - :lol: at the beer weight. That's gotta be encouraging right? We should promote the "beer diet" - Instant pick-me-up about your weight!! :p

Babygrant - WOOHOO!! :carrot:You sound incredibly determined and I'm sure you'll make it! :D

Dayone - 2 miles - go you! :carrot: I'm gearing up for my long weekend vacay in a few days and I would LOVE to be at 150 then, but we'll see. I totally agree with you about being the right mind though. It's SO easy for me to go off-plan during vacays. Then I come home and regret it... :^:

Ang - I did some random yoga video last night. It was on Netflix and it covered the basics so I thought it would be a good idea. OMG. I made it through 7 minutes and went back to playing my Facebook games. I think I'd like the BL yoga. I'm into workouts where I feel like I've worked out (muscles sore and sweating, all that good stuff :D).

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Cleaned the whole apt yesterday when I was only planning on doing a room at a time because I'm lazy. I was sweating a teensy bit by the end of it so I know I got some sort of workout. Did yoga for a hot second and have sore back muscles and thighs. It's incredible but I need it to be a little faster. I'm going to search Netflix for the BL yoga. :)

Yesterday I was just SO hungry! I made and ate this cashew dessert. It's called katli and it's basically finely ground cashews mixed with ground cardomom and sugar syrup. The paste is then rolled and cut into diamonds. It's really easy and takes 20 minutes to make plus we had cashews sitting around. I ate way more than I should have. :o Thankfully I only saw a 0.1 lb gain this morning, but it's enough to scare me into eating right today. A couple of weeks ago, I would see gradual gains but think "oh it's only 0.3 lbs, no biggie." Well not THIS time!! :D

:hug: ladies, have an awesome day!!

I'm sorry I haven't been here. Finally yesterday we keep calling up the chain at the adoption agency. We did get approval for the boys. They got an email to place them with us that day. So we should be so glad.

But they aren't even AVAILABLE for adoption. We cannot believe they did this to us. We were going to get a newborn last Sept but in June last year they had called and said they had 2 baby boys, did we want them. We said yes. So we put all other plans on hold. Then they call and say there is a 4 month old boy too, the bio mother had but was hiding. So all 3 were removed and we wanted them all, even tho it would be very hard to logistically do. We'd have one 8 yr old and 5 others under age of 4.

So I'm losing my hair, alot of hair, my ponytail is half as thick as before, and have broken out in a bad rash on my face and neck that's gotten worse over last few months. I think it's stress. I can't believe people refuse to do their job. We called every month at least, asking. There is no excuse for her to keep saying they are just waiting for approval for our home study when the boys aren't even available. They want to let the bio parents try to get them back. Bios who have lost custody of 9 other kids they've had! I am just stunned. Stunned. Just couldn't believe what we were hearing.

As far as the game, I'm back down to 199.5 after TOM is almost gone, thankfully. If you all have helped me stay under 200 thru this whole challenge its been worth it. In times like these I would have Always gained. Thank you all soooo much for letting me vent.

My husband is devastated and my kids are sad and mad. It's just not right. Fine if they are wanting to give them back. Then MAKE the bios do what is necessary. I bet you anything they won't. Just like with the 9 other cases. But how can they let them be in care for 2 yrs with no permanent plans? They don't even care that they are growing up in a foster home who they won't get to speak to again once they move to the next home. I know because we don't get to speak with kids we've had. It's extremely hard for them to go thru. We just wanted them to have a family and to get out of all that. And now it could go on another 2 years. We can't wait two years and wonder if they'll come. We desperately want out of it all. We just want our family to be whole and move on. We are calling higher today and find out what is up and once we have confirmation that we can't have them, we are probably going to put in for a newborn. Which means getting one, bonding to it, and my kids bonding to him and they could take him at any time that a relative comes forward, even 2 years after we get him. I just don't know if I can keep going thru it all. My son wants a brother, they all do. I can't tell them no. So I guess we have 2 more years at least of inspections and orders from the agency. Do whatever they want. They check every plug in my house and every cabinet lock. And we've passed every visit for 8 and a half years. They get accusatory if each dose of tylenol isn't written down perfectly. They even question if logs were done later because the pen doesn't match. (A friend told me that.) Gets so old. Please, please pray for us. And if you don't like to pray, please send us magical fairy dust wishes that our dreams will come true. :df:

Hugs, I hope things are going better in your lives. I promise to come read and find out soon.

Selina

LOL. I loooove farkle. ;)

WHAT?!?!?!? I'm soooooooooooo sorry. :hug: I can only imagine the stress and sadness that you are experiencing. :(

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Hi ladies. I ran and walked today and had a good workout. Last night I also jumped on my bike for the first hour of BL and biked along with the contestants. Ha, ha. I didn't know they'd have a biking challenge.

So sorry about your troubles, Selina. How unfair to everyone involved. I'll pray that all things work out for good.

Gotta run (not literally). Catch you later.

I'm just popping in quickly to say hello. I've been OP, finally losing some again. I actually upped my calories a bit and that seems to have helped. My GoWear even says I'm burning more calories with the increased intake. I've been unable to spend much time online...I am in the last 2 weeks of my classes and it's crunch time. The stress is making me want to eat everything, but I'm sticking to plan. I'll try to pop in when I can!

Hugs to all who need them!

Angela, someone at work told me to take fiber one cottage cheese (has to be this one because of the high fiber), put it in a food processor and blend until smooth. Then you can add any dip mix like ranch, spinach dip, taco seasoning and blend. It makes a really yummy dip for very few calories or points. I made the ranch one (my favorite) and spinach. Both were great with veggies, on baked potatoes, as salad dressing. Enjoy!

I'm calling out for help ladies.

I've had jaw problems since 1999 when I got my wisdom teeth out. Have tried medications, jaw splints, surgery, and nothing is helping. I had a specialist appointment a couple of days ago and found out that I have severe degeneration in my left joint as well as bone spurs. Treatment is a $3000.00 mouth piece that we just can't afford. So I'm going to need to start a soft food/liquid diet because the pain is just so bad.

So does anone have any idas for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks that require very little chewing?

Babygrant, so sorry to hear. I have TMJ and that's bad enough. I can't imagine real pain from it. Wish I knew of something that could help. I'd just eat low fat puddings, jellos, and mashed beans, mashed taters, etc til I thought of more interesting food. I'm so sorry I don't have any ideas! :(

Thanks guys for the sweet words. We put in for a newborn today and could get a call anytime. Maybe our next baby isn't born yet. :( Trying really hard to know that God has a plan we don't know about yet. Very hard to do. :(

Hugs to all your bloootiful bloosers!!! :cheer3:

Selina :hug:

babygrant, what about a food mill? You could eat anything you like but puree it yourself (pot roast comes to mind, I love pot roast) but mushed. At least you would get the taste of "adult food". That would be easier than grabbing a food processor. Or you could try an immersion blender.

I get the box soups at Trader Joe's, they are very good (it's 4 servings, maybe 1 liter, 3/4 liter?) -- you'd probably have to find a similar store, don't know if they are in Canada. A foofy kind of whole-foods place, hippie foods.

Oatmeal, cottage cheese, hummus...(but I usually want something cruncy with hummus), yoghurt, pudding, jello (sf)...custard (not diet friendly)

egg dishes...

You'll want to chop your veg's very small...get your food processor out every few days and mince your peppers, onions, or other often used veg's and put them in containers so you can pull them out and throw in a handful to an omelette or something...if you're not chewing, you're not digesting well...

Selina, My heart is just breaking for you, I am so sorry for the pain you are going through. If you ever want to talk on the phone, let me know, I don't know how much help I can offer you but I can certainly offer a friendly ear...I'll be traveling this weekend but I'm free to talk all day Monday.


As for me, I am afraid that traveling all week this week (2 trips to Michigan and my regular stay at school) and I've come down with a migraine yesterday has not been good for me--I've eaten very irregularly, not enough calories, and broke down and ate some TGIF potato skins 329 calories at 8pm from the vending machine because I'd only had about 500 calories that day...that was the closest thing to food I could find, sad. Yesterday, I didn't eat much and then (TMI, sorry) threw up...today I feel much better...

You watch, I'll post a gain...lol. Most of all I hate being away from the scale!

I did get to go to Salvation Army with my mom and got a beautiful SIZE 12 suit for $6 and a bunch of other clothes (a pair of pants from the GAP!) for a pittance, so I was thrilled. It's amazing wearing "such a small size"...I haven't been in "not plus sizes" for 16 years....

Angela - These cashew squares (diamonds, circles, whatever) are SO yummy!! Dang, I need to get my blog going again. Then I could post these recipes with pics for anyone interested. I suck. :p Hey, I just added the Yoga DVD. Really excited to try it!! :D

Selina - Really sorry to hear about what's happening with you. :hug:to you and your family during this time. You all will be in my thoughts. :)

babygrant - Sorry about the jaw pain. I was in so much pain when I got my wisdom teeth removed, so I can only imagine what you're feeling. Ugh. The first thought that came to mind was yogurt. Also, rice doesn't require too much chewing. You can overcook it just a tad and make it a little softer than normal to make chewing easier. When I was little and would fall sick, my mom would overcook rice just to the point before it becomes mush. She would feed me that with the cooking water and it seemed to help. Sounds gross, but I loved it. Haha.

Weebles - holy crap, you only ate 1300-ish calories in one day??? Wow, I would seriously pass out. Sorry to hear about your migraine and sickies. :hug:feel better! :) BTW, that's wonderful about the suit! I always appreciate a good bargain - $6! Woohoo!!

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As for me, yesterday I went for a walk. I couldn't decide between going to the gym or going outside. It was SUCH a beautiful day, but I wanted to get some running in and I knew I wouldn't unless I went to the gym. So I went online and found a flip-a-coin site. Yes, I did this online, I'm a net junkie! ;) I flipped it and got heads, which meant a walk. So I flipped it 4 more times just to see if I should REALLY go for a walk or not, and I got heads all 4 times! So apparently someone upstairs really wanted me to go for a walk. Haha. :D

Yesterday's food intake was not too shabby. I could stand to ignore the cashew squares, but I didn't scarf too many down, so I'm proud of myself for that. Also, by mistake I let my goal weight slip to my hubby. Now he knows approximately how much I weigh and I really didn't want him to know unless I was at goal or um ever. :p He weighed himself this morning and based on the way he said it, he weighs less than me. He's 6" taller and weighs less than me. Plus, this is AFTER I've lost weight. :( I felt REALLY bad this AM and he was really sweet about it and tried to get me over it, but I felt bad just the same. Although it did renew my determination to get to 145 at least. :)

Have a good day ladies!! Oh, I forgot to mention, I'm going away for the weekend with my parents (Outer Banks, beautiful!!) so I'll be checking in on Friday instead of Sunday. Hope that's ok. :)

Sunnigummi, my husband is also a 6' tall guy who weighs about 150-160 (check my weight/height, I'm also 6" shorter than him and I used to weigh 100 pounds more than him! I feel great now only weighing 25 more). All he does is read books--frankly, the man needs to put on some MUSCLE! Remember, boys don't have boobies or booties, so you shouldn't compare yourself to him...my husband and I can wear the same T-shirts and pajama pants even though we are 6" different in height, and I weigh 25 pounds more, so there is obviously some density difference.

:) Don't feel bad, what's important is that you are working on it.


As a point of clarification, I'm counting calories to make sure I eat at least 1200-1400 calories a day (I usually don't go over 1500 but allow a 2000 day now and then). If I don't count, I drop below 1200 which is BAD. I started taking a migraine medicine last August that has a side effect for the lucky few that causes loss of appetite--I happen to be one of the lucky few. My mother in law takes it (for migraines) and she doesn't get the effect (which is too bad because she failed to comply with Gastric Bypass). Some people get it from their doctor just for weight loss, but I think that is very dangerous, as the drug really messes with your brain--it's good if you have epilepsy or migraines (and great if you happen to also be obese and get the side effect) but I can't imagine dealing with all the other side effects just to lose weight (but on the other hand I know how desperate people can be to lose weight...)...

Hi everyone just a quick post sorry. I just wanted to say hello to all of you and I will take time for personals I promise. It seems like so much is happening to all of you right now.
So sorry Selenia about the boys, I will keep you in my thoughts that you get the boys.
babygrant - I will think of some soft foods and post back, sorry for your pain. Feel better soon. Will health care not pay for any of that?
Mercy03 - yeah on the 3lbs
Angela - WTG on being down 2 since Sunday
I am down 2.4 as of this morning and I am hoping for good things for Sundays weigh in.
Will catch up with the rest of the posts later off to work now. Have a great day everyone.

My beloved sister, 8 yrs older than me died in her sleep last night.

R.I.P. Karen Cruz.:cry::cry::cry:

My heart is broken.................

Oh Mercy I'm so sorry. :( :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: Keeping you in my thoughts.