DITR Round4 Week3
DiamondsInTheRough
Posts: 115
Hello Diamonds!
Sorry there was a delay in this post, it is a holiday here in British Columbia today...and I slept in :yawn:
Hard to believe we are already in Week 3 of the Diamond Challenge! We’ve had another fantastic week with a total weight loss of 34.6lbs!!
Blue Team was hard to beat this week with a loss of 20.2lbs. Way to go ladies!
Yellow had a total weight loss of 8.2lbs. Great job!
Pink finished us off with a total weight loss of 6.2lbs. Keep it up!
Our biggest losers are as follows;
Blue ~ Twistedsister with 6lbs
Yellow ~ Ravenclawseekergirl with 4lbs
Pink ~ Pverbarg with 2.6lbs
Way to go ladies! Keep up the great choices!:flowerforyou:
Who was victorious?! US!! Way to go DITR, let's make it a clean sweep!
Sorry there was a delay in this post, it is a holiday here in British Columbia today...and I slept in :yawn:
Hard to believe we are already in Week 3 of the Diamond Challenge! We’ve had another fantastic week with a total weight loss of 34.6lbs!!
Blue Team was hard to beat this week with a loss of 20.2lbs. Way to go ladies!
Yellow had a total weight loss of 8.2lbs. Great job!
Pink finished us off with a total weight loss of 6.2lbs. Keep it up!
Our biggest losers are as follows;
Blue ~ Twistedsister with 6lbs
Yellow ~ Ravenclawseekergirl with 4lbs
Pink ~ Pverbarg with 2.6lbs
Way to go ladies! Keep up the great choices!:flowerforyou:
Who was victorious?! US!! Way to go DITR, let's make it a clean sweep!
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Way to go DITR!!! Keep it up ladies!0
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Great job ladies!!!!! Keep up the great work!0
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Our biggest losers as well as the entire blue team can add a diamond ring to their signature, these can be found in the DITR blog.0
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Awwww it's understandable us pinks would not be in the lead.. But we will get it next week!!
My turn..
MONDAY QOTD: How have you lost weight so far? What is your workout routine and eating plan if any? x0 -
Great job blue diamonds!! I know we can all do better.. lets get it done this week!!0
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Wow i'm kinda amazed, never thought that i wold be the biggest loser out of the Yellows :drinker:0
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MONDAY QOTD: How have you lost weight so far? What is your workout routine and eating plan if any? x
I've not had any particular plan for either. I just try to get in exercise everday and eat within my calorie allowance. As well as this i've tried to control my comfort eating.0 -
Awwww it's understandable us pinks would not be in the lead.. But we will get it next week!!
My turn..
MONDAY QOTD: How have you lost weight so far? What is your workout routine and eating plan if any? x
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CONGRATSSS Blues
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CONGRATSSS Blues 0
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This is so awesome! DITR won 2 weeks in a row! Congrats Blue! Yellow really will win next week!0
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Wow i'm kinda amazed, never thought that i wold be the biggest loser out of the Yellows :drinker:
Well you earned it! Congrats!!!0 -
MONDAY QOTD: How have you lost weight so far? What is your workout routine and eating plan if any? x
The only way I can lose weight is to eat right AND exercise. I've tried doing just one or the other and it doesn't work. Right now I am just trying to stay within my net calories with my food and exercise.0 -
Just a bit of an update ladies, miss_jamaica and I are working on having to count the percentage of weight loss, rather than just the overall pounds lost. This will be a big decider on whether we keep beating the LittleDiamonds or not!! Keep up the healthy choices this week ladies, let's hit this one out of the park!!!0
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Congrats to all the biggest loser for an another awesome week. Everyone keep up the great work 0
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We did it! I'm soooo happy, Ladies! I finally broke through my plateau! Thanks to all of you who are my inspiration and encouragement! I love you all!0
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MONDAY QOTD: How have you lost weight so far? What is your workout routine and eating plan if any? x
I really like working out for the most part. When I first started MFP I was only working out at the gym and I saw no results. I even had a trainer and nothing was happening. So this past March I started working out at home 4-5 times a week doing 30DS, Turbo Jam and Walk Away the Pounds. That's when I started to see little results but when I added good eating to the mix everything changed for the better.0 -
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QOTD Monday: What is your workout plan for losing weight, if any?
When I started losing weight in June, I was very sedentary. I began walking one mile per day (that was a challenge at 364 pounds!). My ticker only shows 13 pounds lost, but I have lost a total of 31 pounds since June 3rd! I am now walking 3 miles per day, I also push my lawn mower up and down my yard at least 4 times per week for 30 minutes, which is like a 4 incline on the treadmill. Add three nights of DVD cardio workouts and abdominal crunches and that's my exercise regime!
I also measure all my portions now instead of "eye balling" them (big difference). Its been a process, but now I find somedays hard to even eat all my calories because of all the fruits and veggies I am eating now. Finally, I started making smaller goals to accomplish instead of the ultimate goal of 165! 199 pounds is a lot to lose and can cause discouragement when so little is lost on the scales each week. So my next goal is to lose 30 pounds by the end of October!0 -
So proud to be on the Blue Team and glad I could contribute to our win!!! YAY!!!!0
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MONDAY QOTD: How have you lost weight so far? What is your workout routine and eating plan if any? x
I've lost by tracking and measuring everything I eat and working out a lot. I'm working out following a 1/2 marathon training plan. Run 3 days a week (long runs on Saturdays), cardio 1 day (generally bike or ellipitical) and strength 2 days per week. My running is still very slow but I'm more concerned about getting in the distance than speed right now! I've also really stepped the intensity of my workouts - found I can do much more than I ever thought possible!0 -
MONDAY QOTD: How have you lost weight so far? What is your workout routine and eating plan if any? x
The majority of my shedding was done through changing my eating habits ... eating clean and, believe it or not, eating more. Once I got rid of the processed/junk food, I was amazed at how much I really needed to eat to fuel my body. My eating plan is, for the majority of the week, to eat lots of fresh veggies and fruit and protein, stay away from processed foods, and have a treat now and then (whether restaurant or dessert) and not feel guilty about it. I workout 6 days a week, alternating every other day between strength training and running.0 -
Yep, definately a lot of factors went into the smaller numbers but hey... there is always next week!Awwww it's understandable us pinks would not be in the lead.. But we will get it next week!!
My turn..
MONDAY QOTD: How have you lost weight so far? What is your workout routine and eating plan if any? x
Agreed
I haven't really followed much of a schedule... I just watch my calories, drink lots of water, and exercise at least every other day.0 -
RavenClaw 4lbs! That is an awesome loss! I'm in another challenge and on average everyone seams to be losing about 2-3lbs a week... so you are doing amazing! Same as TwistedSister... way to go ladies!0
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MONDAY QOTD: How have you lost weight so far? What is your workout routine and eating plan if any? x
im on a bit of a plateau at the moment..but i am getting more muscle and looser clothes! workout routine is just to be active every day, walk when i can, ride my bike etc. always stay under!0 -
Hello Diamonds!
I would like everyone to welcome 3 new DITR members! They may be new to DITR, but not new to the Diamond Challenge in the least, and I am THRILLED to have them with us!!
Both northernchic and skylar1907 will be joining the Yellow Diamonds and mzmonica76 will be a new "pinkie"
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welcome ladies!!! lets go DITR!!0
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MONDAY QOTD: How have you lost weight so far? What is your workout routine and eating plan if any? x
I have just changed what I eat completely no more fast food dinners, no more crap snacks all day long and I drink tons of water as well. As for my workout routine, that changes daily, it goes between doing the Wii Fit Plus to swimming, depends on how I am feeling.
Welcome to the new ladies!!!0 -
MONDAY QOTD: How have you lost weight so far? What is your workout routine and eating plan if any?
I have been calorie counting (1lb/week = 1500 calories) - eyeballing food since I mostly eat out - but what it really comes down to is that I eat more or less the same as I ate before (I was not a super duper unhealthy eater, I just ate too much) but I never ever get a soda or juice (down from about 1 soda every 2 weeks, not a huge change) and I used to have treats a lot - I'd get a cookie or a boba tea after lunch a lot of days, for example, and I'd take fries or mashed potatoes with my meals if that was the 'standard' option - I never subbed veggies or fruit in. I've also stopped ordering the kinds of things that just blow your daily calories out of the water, like a steak and brie panini. I order a lighter option instead -- it tends to be the difference between 650 calories and 900 calories.
So it hasn't been terribly tough although I really really REALLY miss snacks. I'm not the kind of person that sits down and eats a pint of ice cream or a bag of chips, I'm the kind of person that wants to have a handful or two of chips, then a couple spoonfuls of ice cream, 5 ounces of steak, half a scoop of mashed potatoes, a couple pieces of sourdough bread with butter ...... well you get the idea. I like to eat a LOT of flavors often rather than gorge on one flavor. so I've kind of had to just eat fewer flavors per meal - like I can't have a sweet, and a savory, and a salty-crunchy every time I eat. Its working out pretty well for me so far, I expect to maybe plateau at some point closer to my goal weight.
For exercise, I started walking every day....did 30-40 minutes the first few days then stepped it up to an hour every day. When it got hot I bought a kinect and Dance Central to do inside. When I am walking I try to be very conscious of my posture and use my arms in controlled weighs - I pump them a specific distance and rhythm (so you have to use your muscles to stop them) or I throw punches or elbow hits out. Looks stupid but gets my heart rate up and my back actually looks REALLY good from the combination of posture + arms and also from the dance central. When I lose the last layer of fat on it I think its going to look nice.
I *just* started working with a personal trainer on Sat - I'm going to see her 2 days a week. It was awesome and I really hope it helps me accelerate this $#!%!
Also I don't really take rest days - its like 1 every 2-3 weeks so far. On my rest days I just head out and walk verrrry slowly (or well as fast as I feel like I can go without my legs telling me to slow the #*@% down) -- basically I just want to make sure I still do SOME activity even if its slow pathetic activity.0 -
Monday QOTD :
So far i've been trying many different things because nothing seemed to work but now i've (previously mentioned somewhere) discorvered zig zagging and lost 6 lb in 2 weeks!0
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