BATTLE OF THE BULGE SUMMER WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE!!! - Whose

UltraRunnerGale

SW: 146
CW: 143
GW: 125

Hope this is all the info you need! :flowerforyou:

kacione

WOW --Kristy you have worked so hard. All of the work translates into success for us all. Thank you so much for this challenge and all of your work. I for one have renewed confidence that I will be able to do this with all the support from you and the people in this challenge.I have seen my first weight drop in over a year. I was getting really discouraged. Again, and I can't say it enough- thank you:bigsmile:

PhoenixRising17

Wow this challenge is great! I know for me it definitely has helped me stay motivated this week...I love seeing everyone's suggestions too I just checked out that 100 pushups website Hannah posted and I'm gonna try it out Also everyone feel free to add me as a friend I've sent out a few requests myself but would love to get to know as many of you as I can because I can use all the motivation and support I can get!!!


As far as my cravings up to this point I've not been able to do much to sustain my cravings other than to endulge but I am committed now to finding healthier solutions for these cravings...I have never been a real fan of vegetables but one difference I am going to make I learned from a low carb website was how to make mock mashed potatoes using cauliflower instead of potatoes and let me tell you I COULDNT TELL A DIFFERENCE! I mean it tasted THAT GOOD!

Shout outs to everyone in this challenge we CAN do this!!!

******and also a special shout out to Kristy ~thank you for creating this challenge and for all the hard work you put into this it is greatly appreciated!!!******

agreenmess

Thanks Kristy for all your hard work the spreadsheet is amazing!!!! Thank you for keeping me motivated throughout this. I will send you an email with my goal weight

Now with regards to cravings, Im a big big craver of cheese in any form (well apart from the moldy stuff lol) and i tend to just buy the small little pre-packed stuff you can get in Tesco/ M&S and eat them, instead of getting a big block which i know i will be gone in just the same amount of time lol

Newme4eva

Sounds great ! Count me in !

nlsalvatore

Congrats to all who stuck with it this week! Big shout-out to Kristy for all the time she put into this - it is so motivating!!! Congrats to the top losers this week!! Good luck all over the holiday weekend!

BeachGurl815

Thank you Kristy for heading up this challenge and motivating everyone. You really put your heart into this and it shows. You are awesome!!!!

This challenge was just the kick in the butt that I needed to get me jump started. Congrats to everyone this week. So many of you did so well!

DRSRiley

congrats to the winners this week...I am so inspired....I will increase my intensity during my workouts for sure this week and beyond....thanks everyone....let's keep rocking on!

beautylovetruth

Sounds great ! Count me in !

Please message and friend Kristy, she'll be able to get you in that way

Visit the EPIC website --> http://www.wix.com/prplangl4/battleofthebulge
You can click the top left hand corner to add her!

bethalicia

Thank you Kristy!! And thanks to everyone for the great tips and suggestions. It is really helping to read these posts everyday.

I am finally losing! It is so exciting. Who would have thought a website could make such a difference!
Cravings? Chocolate! Yesterday, my husband got a package of boxed yoo-hoos for the kids. They each had one after dinner and left the rest on the table in front of me. It was the hardest thing to just put them away in the kitchen. But I did. And then I got on my bike for five minutes, finished my water and went to bed. However...I am still thinking about those yoo-hoos 12 hours later.
As a fix for my cravings, I keep a jar with sugar free 30 cal chocolates on my desk. Usually just the taste will take care of it.

TheSpicyMermaid

I'm addicted to french fries! And fried potatoes an everything that comes close.. Sometimes i just have a little bit, but when it really doesn't fit, i love to roast them on a high temperature setting in my oven. Just take some regular potatoes, use at most one tablespoon of olive oil mix it through with whatever spices you like and roast it for about half an hour at about 200 degrees celcius.. yum.

Me too! Fries is the one thing I think about. I don't crave anything else but that. I love potatoes from the oven though. I put a nice spritz of ground sea salt on my 'taters. When we go camping, I slice a small Gold potato and wrap it in tin foil, then BBQ for about 15 mins. DEELISH!

TheSpicyMermaid

Good job, to the winning losers (LOL)!!!!

What a sweet challenge for today. I think I've been added by quite a few BOBers so far. Thanks too all of my new buddies!

As I mentioned in reply to an earlier post, I love me some french fries too but substitute fried for baked. Snacking is the hardest part for me so when I really want some potato chips, an easy substitute is pork rinds. In moderation, of course, I don't even miss chips!

sarahrobin

I often crave french fries, greasy burgers, chocolate and pizza! I can usually ignore the french fry and burger craving. For the chocolate one, I've been keeping a bag of chocolate chips in my freezer and letting myself have 1-2 tbsp on those days I just have to have some! We have been making our own pizza to help cut down on calories (and save money!).

Congrats to everyone for the amazing 1st week! It's just going to get better and better!

Eeyore2011

I just joined if you do another one. Please let me know.

thanks so much

kirianna55

I crave chocolate a lot, especially during my TOM. I've found that reducing the amount of chocolate I eat helps. Plus I try to eat chocolate with higher cocoa content. I also crave brownies, but I have found a wonderful recipe to get my brownie fix without all of the calories. I plan on mixing up some flour this month to promote better health in my family. I try to do things like this without them noticing. I have one sister who wont eat anything that has the word "healthy" in the label. I plan on mixing 10 cups of whole wheat flour, 1 cup Flax seeds, and 1 cup Chia seeds. I would use this recipe rather than the spelt flour because it tastes a lot better. II already made a recipe and this is the calorie break down for 1 cup::
Calories 480
Potassium 85
Fat 6
Protein 18
Fiber 21
Calcium 9

Here Is my recipe on MFP, This is what I use for my Chocolate fix:
Triple-Chocolate Chipotle Brownies

cherubcrnp

I just joined too....hopefully, I am good to go for this week. I haven't had too many craves over the last few weeks but well meaning people are trying to be helpful. One girl that I work with brough Sara Lee Cheesecake bites and proudly said that I could eat them as they only had 20 calories a bite. NOT....I know that if I ate one, it would not be the last. It was hard, but I walked away and never touched one. I was gracious and thanked her though for her thoughtfulness.

mishkamichelle

First - a BIG THANKS TO KRISTY for being so awesome and doing all this hard work!

Second - cravings kill me! I crave candy the most. I will literally drool when I see a bag of cherry blasters or sweedish berries at the store. And daily getting onto the subway they have little convenience stores and stands that sell tons of candy. I have to put my eyes down and walk quickly past (especially if it was a bad day at work!)

I find that the more I exercise, the more I am able to fight the cravings though. If I am not exercising a lot, I can talk myself into candy and other things more. Also, I have started grocery shopping after rugby practice so that I feel too guilty to by bad for me foods. After a big workout I am more likely to purchase (and eat) veggies, fruit, lean meats, etc.

And apples help with my sweet tooth. Red delicious apples can be very sweet and tasty.

But as you can see by yesterdays diary, I did have a few sweedish berries... Cravings sometimes win

LadyOfOceanBreeze

just sent you a friend request 'cuz I am start this challenge. I will weigh tomorrow...thanks for the inspiration!

prtykekedd

OMG! potatoes are my weakness too! I like french fries, potato chips, and the potatoes boiled in the seasoning with the crawfish. I try hard to stay away from them all!

Cutie_pie

I'm in if its not too late???

prplangl4

THURSDAY MAY 26th - DAY 11! "NO SUGAR TONIGHT IN MY COFFEE!"

CHALLENGE/TIP
I've been seeing a lot of posts where SUGAR is a big weakness! We do have some diabetics in our group so this could be a great challenge to help with them too! Today try to satisfy that sweet tooth in ways that are sweet for your health and weight loss progress! TODAY STAY UNDER YOUR ALLOWABLE SUGAR INTAKE FOR THE DAY!!!

MOTIVATIONAL SONG OF THE DAY
CANDY - Cameo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwHkMB2voXw&feature=related
THE SWEET ESCAPE – Gwen Stefani http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0lf_fE3HwA
NO SUGAR TONIGHT - Guess Who http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPqT031SWT4
SUGAR SUGA – The archives http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JywK_5bT8z0
*we have people from Australia to Austria of all backgrounds, ages, and ethnicities so my songs will be varied each day to accommodate ;-)

SHARE YOUR SECRETS TO SUCCESS:
How do you satisfy that sweet tooth in a healthy/low sugar way?!?
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1. I chew on extra gum (they have a deserts flavors) - I get the mint chocolate chip flavor (15 calories per stick, sugar free I believe, AND satisfied the craving without eating icecream!).
2. I also get these hard candies - baskin robbins mint chocolate chip sugar free (they have other flavors) only 5 or 10 calories per piece!
3. I have hersheys DARK CHOCOLATE kisses (eat 2 for that soft chocolate craving)

SHOUT OUTS:
To our new joiners this week:
Ashley2789
dancer_emt
rmjjohnson
moofer
jessilea35
cherubcrnp
Newme4Eva
Eeyore2011
jodibixler
rabbitslave
cutie_pie

SHOW SOME LOVE TO prtykekedd !!! EVERYONE add her as a friend and help her to shed some lbs for our next weighin!!!

STAY MOTIVATED: VISIT OUR WEBSITE for some music and official rules - www.wix.com/prplangl4/battleofthebulge

mishkamichelle

That's a really good challenge! Will be hard for me but I am game to try - and I will stay away from stores that sell candy

For coffee drinkers - I find that adding cinnamon to my coffee rather than sugar tricks me into thinking it is sweeter than it actually is. It may work for you too?

TheSpicyMermaid

Oh man. The TOM is the worst. I crave chocolate and I don't even like it the rest of the time. If I can't satisfy my sweet tooth with strawberries (usually does the trick), then I'll have a mini candy like Snickers or Three Musketeers. BUT, I don't buy them. I work at a veterinarian so our drug supplier sends a bag of candy with the shipment every week. Fortunately, I won't eat just any chocolate and they normally send candy I don't like. Yay?

LadyOfOceanBreeze

I buy the organic dark chocolate 73% super dark from trader joes. there must be something comparable for those of you not in tj's area? only about 30 calories per square and super delish with fresh blueberries and a couple slices of banana!
another trick I have are the "altoids smalls" which last a while if ya don't bite 'em...I love cinnamon in my coffee and just found a tea made by "stash", chai green tea, it is not only sweet but also contains slight appetite suppressants if you drink up to 8 ounces a day!
and, sounds funny but baby carrots also satisfy a sweet tooth! YUM )
enjoy! and best wishes everyone!

LadyOfOceanBreeze

love love cinnamon soooooooo healthy!

achampionsheart

i like to use low carb, low fat wheat tortillas, spread some smart balance omega-3 peanut butter on it and add grapes to it, roll it up and its a great healthy snack that allows for natural sweetness from the grapes...i only use about 5-6 seedless grapes but its enough

cherubcrnp

I satisfy my sugar crave by eathing fruit....10 raspberries, strawberries, mango, pineapple does the trick for me. Putting Splenda in my ice tea also works for me. My Keurig ice tea is sweetened with Truvia as is some flavor packets for water. To be honest, I have't craved any candy so far.

BTW....if you need my weight....270.7

Pam

andtian

OMG! potatoes are my weakness too! I like french fries, potato chips, and the potatoes boiled in the seasoning with the crawfish. I try hard to stay away from them all!

I'm on a eating plan that allows you about 1000-1200calories and the main thing you always have at dinner is 125grams of potatoes, but it is cooked potato, which can get boring so i put it in the microwave now and then.. It is based on the normal Dutch person's eating style, which is potato, veg and meat.. So potatoes are not bad, it is the prep of it, and all the other things you eat with it..

PhoenixRising17

I myself am diabetic and have REALLY been trying to watch my sugar and carb intake since I started this program...yesterday a woman gave me Godiva chocolate Gems they came in a small box with just 6 small candies...instead of eating the whole thing I picked out 3 of the candies and gave the rest away because I knew I just couldnt have them and the 3 candies were only 100 cal....not sure about the sugar content but my blood sugar stayed within normal range yesterday so it couldn;t have been so bad...

Right now I am just trying to stay away from sweets all together because I feel like I may choose to indulge a little more than I'd like...everyday it gets easier and easier to resist temptation but I do think from now on if I just HAVE to have something sweet I would choose a sugar free candy...or like Kristy said that Extra Dessert flavored gum is GREAT (I agree the mint chocolate chip is def my fav).

journey2size10

I don't have a sweet tooth, all my teeth are sweet!
I like the different dessert gum flavors, fruits like strawberries, grapes, watermelon & mango and when I'm low carbing it sugar free jello does the trick!