QOTD: STRESS!!!! I eat when I am stressed or when I feel I "deserve it". It's a feeling of entitlement. Like I made it through a stressful day - (trust me- days are extremely frustrating with triplets who are 3.5!!!) so I deserve it. On the days when I have daycare kids here too, it's a feeling of deserving. Yesterday I had 5 kids under the age of 4. WOW. I was t-i-r-e-d.

What I really deserve is to be kinder to my body and eat better, not binge and eat crappy food!~

Cheers, Ginger

Aw shucks, I'm so bummed about Rhonda and Chellez. Glad you'll still be around though! I know I see you lots on the 100 pound board, Rhonda. It's all about so much more than the scale and this challenge!

Well, I'm off to the chiropractor. I had yet to get established with one since we moved back to Seattle, and this one was highly recommended, so hope I like him.

BBL...

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!


I am sticking around, even though I am a speed bump. I know that I hurt the team, but I was encouraged to stay. I think you should too.

I agree with onthetee. Don't drop out....let's just finish the challenge together and do the best we can.

I AGREE! This is about so much more than this game. I know I'm having a good time irregardless of others numbers. Obviously, you gotta do what you gotta do.

No one else can drop out.

Chellez, if you feel it's best for you to sit out of the weigh-in, by all means do so, but don't do it because you think you're holding the team back!

Seems like a lot of people are struggling. I admit, I'm one of them. I'm finally starting to get my head on straight. (Bathing suits in the store = Very nervous Amber)

I'm sorry you missed the weigh in Rhonda! You're still part of the Blue team though, even if you're weights don't count.
Have you ever thought of signing up for a 5k just to walk it? Plenty of people walk them and an actual event with an entrance fee might be just the kick you need! I know it always motivates me. Or, a lot of races have smaller '1-mile fun run.' You could sign up to run, walk, or run/walk one of those. I love the race atmosphere, it gets me so pumped! Plus... You get a t-shirt!!!

Just a thought.

Hi All,
Well that is bad news, makes me feel like a dork for staying in and having not even lost my 5 lbs yet. But I am still here, and I am not quitting, (unless I forget to post), so you gals are STUCK WITH ME! =)~
Anyway this is my 7th SEVENTH day in a row with NO candy, NO CAKES, no cookies, no coffee cakes, and NO DARN DONUTS, no m&m's, no cakes from starbucks, NONE OF THAT CRAP! Now
So I am EXTRA motivated that that will be helping my diet. Other than that I am on no diet or restricted plan now, just making small changes with food choices. I have been steady at 167.4-.8 and that is great for me.
Good Luck Blue team (that includes you Rhonda & Chellez)

OK, Heather - I jsut had some free time to look at your pics! Such delightfully cute kiddos you have! You are so pretty. Thanks for sharing!

Excited for BL tonight. I'm cooking Panko/coconut baked shrimp night. I'm excited to see if I like them or if it's a waste of $. The shrimp and panko are a tad expensive.

I do a walk/run combo for most of them. I have run one all the way through.

I am just in it for the t-shirt.

Nori, where did you buy panko? I looked at Albertsons and WalMart, maybe I'm not looking in the right place. Thanks

Rhonda! sorry to have you out, but i know I'll still hear from ya and see your successes.

Chellez, i don't think you should drop out of WI just for hurting the team...you are a memeber of us and deserve your place here no matter how you struggle. I am struggling as well, and there is something to be said for sticking to something to the end, ya know? BUT if it's a personal thing and you think you need out, then I do understand that. Just don't do it because you feel you're hurting us, that's my point

Missingmyerica--Why on earth didn't you start posting more a lot sooner? I hung on every word of your post and really needed to hear all that tonight. I am a severe sugar addict and feel so much better when I eliminate it completely. I really take a lot from your posts, so keep them coming.

Congrats to our biggest loser, and everyone who overcame an obstcle or took of some weight this week, no matter how little or big it helps. I am proud of us!

If we were on the real biggest loser we wouldn't leave any of our teammates behind. We would run back and run along side them until they finished too. That's how I feel about the remaining people staying in this challenge. At this point, who really cares if our team is the biggest loser? Let's just get everyone over the finish line and that will be a huge success in itself. In the past week I have opened myself up and gained more personally then I have the entire time I've been on 3FC's. That's because I allowed myself to open up and get to know you guys, something I don't easily do. I looked at this challenge as a job, something I just needed to get done, no feelings involved. Now, I really see you guys as teammates and I don't want to lose anyone. No matter what the issue is, let's just get over the finish line together. We can all share exactly what is working for us and what isn't and by the next challenge we WILL be the biggest losers. This challenge could be our warm up!


Purplefirefly: Thank you so much...you made my day. I think sugar and processed food addiction is why I could never lose weight before. I think eating these things, even in small amounts will lead to my relapsing. I am totally treating this as an addiction. When I dieted before I would allow myself those 100 calorie snacks and it ALWAYS lead to bingeing. Kind of like when an alcoholic gets a taste of that first drink, so I've chosen to totally eliminate it from my diet. So far, so good.

I have eliminated sugar and feel so good but have not been able to make it stick yet. I'm starting again today...I actually call it detox, as do a lot of others on these forums I think, it is a fitting name. It's not as hard for me to stop eating it anymore, but it is still too easy to allow myself to cave after having a long term of success. I just need to get myself going again, so I have a little goal of getting through the rest of this month OP, which includes no sugar because I can't eat right when I include sugar...there is no one small portion for me when it comes to that or pizza, or Taco Bell, so they are all no nos right now.

Where is everyone today? Gettin' quiet in here

I have the WORST sore throat. Not the kind where it is scratchy, but the kind that feels like you have a golf ball of pain under the back of your tongue. I can feel the pain from my ear, down to my throat. I cannot swallow. Aspirin has helped NOT at all. If I massage it, I can feel it drain some, but the pain does not stop.

On the upside, there will be NO WAY to be off plan today.

Those who track your days, do you have some kind of visual cue? I have started putting an X on the family calendar on the days that I exercise. It really motivates me. I don't know that anyone else in the family knows what it means, but it makes me feel accountable in some way.

QOTD

Last night on TBL, Bob said that the contestants get one cheat day a week. They have something to look forward to, so they do not feel so deprived during the week and can keep on their game. He also said it keep the body from starvation mode from all of the low-cal days.

Do you have a cheat day each week? If you have one, how do you keep from going crazy and having an 8000-calorie day? How do you feel about the idea of cheat days? Would that motivate you or throw you off your game?