Black Team Week #1 Challenge thread-

Girlmom282109

Holy cow, Sam! Way to go!!!

Thanks Amanda!!

kandrews

I would like to join too. My starting weight on 01/01/2010 is 228. my weight today is 224? yeah baby..
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Marla64

That picture is great!! How long has the black team been the "black team?"

I think we have been together for about a year right? I think we got together around january of last year.

Yeah, give or take, Sam-- that sounds about right.

bryannakay

I had seen the list of team members but didn't see my name on the list!! My starting weight was 177 and now I am at 175....just wanted to make sure I was on here

bryannakay

Just kidding!!! I found my name on your spreadsheet!!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!! And by the way.....Batman!! haha! That is awesome!!!! Thanks for letting me into the group!! No sweets and much water it is!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nonibug

Hey all! Just got home from the gym and had a bit of a late lunch. I was STARVING! But maybe that had something to do with the tough workout I had today and then as soon as I got home to pull in the driveway...it was buried under about 5 inches of snow!:explode: I was already hungry for lunch and then had to shovel it all out so I could park. Normally I would blame the 2 teenage boys of mine living here for it looking so horrid...but lucky for them they were at school when most of the snow fell:laugh: So I just turned my HRM back on and got to work:bigsmile:

I finally get the driveway shoveled and think now I can eat and wouldnt you know it, I get a call from Alex (my youngest in high school) and the school was letting out early due to the inclement weather! Figures. I get back in my car, drive to the school to get the kids STILL STARVING lol and I just happen to have some of Aldi's Fit and Active Vanilla yogurt covered raisins in my van...YAY!!

Not only did they ruin my lunch, but they just got out of shoveling. Brats! lol We gotta love them though, right?

Hope everyone is having a great, healthy day!:flowerforyou:

~Roni

Nonibug

That picture is great!! How long has the black team been the "black team?"

I think we have been together for about a year right? I think we got together around january of last year.

Yeah, give or take, Sam-- that sounds about right.

Yep, I believe you guys are right for this one...but didnt we have a Black Team even before that? I think that was back when there were several "BL" teams on the boards...Red, Blue, Purple, etc. Of course they have long since dwindled...we should be so proud

Marla64

Roni....yes, indeed. Our team bonded incredibly. You're all so dedicated and inspiring....just love you all to bits!

Just had a lovely run....4 miles. Finished it in 41:30, even with a 3 minute period on one of the hills that I had to walk. Not bad for an old lady with arthritis. Finished with about a mile walk. Beautiful out today.

So proud of overcoming the pain....thought of you all on my last hill. Was soooooooo tired and wanted to stop, but thought of you all there pullin' for me, so on I went. Thanks, guys!

Lots of water...no sweets... good exercise...good friends....life is good.

zippy111

Spreadsheet looks great..I'm going to be out for a day or two...coming down with the cold and my body aches..no exercise this morning, and not really hungry..hubby making me some chicken soup...hope it does not last long.:sick:

I hope you feel better!

arewethereyet

so should I add extra calories for all the times I ran into a bathroom!!:laugh:

72lori

Marla- way to run through the pain

Roni- hope you got some food in you

Tamara- stay home and relax, stay out of the junk though for goodness sake. Once a day to the gym really is enough. I promise.

Zippy- I think Marla asked, but where in PA?

Ok, I know there was more of you I wanted to comment on. I'm tired. Brain is not working properly.

I went to the gym, took and easy day, just did a Zumba class. Then I headed to do a few Christmas returns and ended up shopping, even though I swear just yesterday I said "We don't need a darn thing, we are going to pay off bills this year if it's the last thing we do and I'm not going to go shopping!" Food and shopping, both addictions I suppose. :ohwell:

I just typed a paragraph about how tired I was from shopping and then deleted it. Sorry working teamies. I am grateful for my situation and I won't complain that shopping exhausted me.....:blushing:

For real though, I am SORE. I did my leg workout yesterday. I whimpered when I got out of the car at the outlets. Out loud, made a sad squealing whimper sort of noise. It has progressively gotten worse all day long. Lifting my legs in the air hurts. The gym should be fun tomorrow. :happy:

Ok, promised myself 30 minutes on here. Time's up. Gotta make dinner for the hungry kids. It irritates them when it's close to dinner and they see me in the chair with the comptuer on my lap. Sheesh! They could certainly offer to help!

Nonibug

Roni....yes, indeed. Our team bonded incredibly. You're all so dedicated and inspiring....just love you all to bits!

Just had a lovely run....4 miles. Finished it in 41:30, even with a 3 minute period on one of the hills that I had to walk. Not bad for an old lady with arthritis. Finished with about a mile walk. Beautiful out today.

So proud of overcoming the pain....thought of you all on my last hill. Was soooooooo tired and wanted to stop, but thought of you all there pullin' for me, so on I went. Thanks, guys!

Lots of water...no sweets... good exercise...good friends....life is good.

(Scratching head...) I thought Wonder Woman went out back when we were kids...? I know she went off the air...Oh wait, silly me!! Thats not Wonder Woman...its Marla!! I swear its getting so hard to tell the difference!

Seriously though Marla, you never cease to amaze me. Your always so busy with kids, dealing with pains, typing away on transcripts...did I say busy with kids? I honestly dont know how you hold it all together sometimes. And then to go out and do some of the runs you do...my hat goes off to you:flowerforyou: Yay for you! I couldnt run 4 miles on my best day right now!:laugh:

Isnt it interesting that we have Batman and Wonder Woman on our team? We are a lucky bunch!!:drinker:

Have a great night Black Team, see ya in the morning

~Roni

Nonibug

Ok ok I know I said I was going for the night:blushing:

Yes Lori, I did finally manage to get some food in me. Couldnt have held out much longer without it lol.

And dont you just love that kind of pain though? Thats the GOOD pain...tells you that you worked those muscles really good, right? As crazy as it may sound, I actually like it when I feel aches in my abs or arms or legs from working them out the day before. I feel like I did a good job Does that make me a glutton for punishment?:noway: :laugh:

Ok for real this time....have a good night team!:flowerforyou:

~Roni

familygirl37167

ok everyone I know its an awful picture but this is me after a 6.4 mile bike ride and 2.5 mile on machine!!!

72lori

ok everyone I know its an awful picture but this is me after a 6.4 mile bike ride and 2.5 mile on machine!!!

Is that a huge wet spot on your shirt? I can't wear clothes like that, the wet fabric sticking to me drives me nuts. I wear tank tops year round and the sweat runs and flings and drips. Sorry to those around me.

Marla64

ok everyone I know its an awful picture but this is me after a 6.4 mile bike ride and 2.5 mile on machine!!!

Woooo-- you've never looked more beautiful!

Look at that sweat-- on my best day I can't sweat like that!

Go Tamara--

Roni-- thank you, my friend, for the kind words. Really appreciate it-- :smooched:

richardsrm

Thanks to all who posted encouraging words If we get that storm in the northeast I should get some real exercise! drinking my water :drinker: messed up on the sweets today but will remember the team spirit and fight off the foodies knowing I have the Batman Black Team behind me Richie

SatelliteCrush80

Hey yall!

Awesome day...no sweets, lots of water, within my calories (I think- haven't logged yet, but today was full of good choices), picked up crabmeat for the weekend -on sale(!)...up until I was about to change at the gym. No sports bra in my bag.

Oh well. Still made good choices -and had an awesome, healthy dinner- patiently awaiting some nice chai tea.

Marla64

Thanks to all who posted encouraging words If we get that storm in the northeast I should get some real exercise! drinking my water :drinker: messed up on the sweets today but will remember the team spirit and fight off the foodies knowing I have the Batman Black Team behind me Richie

Where are you located? I'm in New Jersey.

averys7

Wow...what a work out! Yesterday I couldn't get into it and but suffered through it...today was totally different. I was running on that eliptical...hard...sweat pouring! Feels great. I messed up on the sweets and ate not one but 4 cookies today...I was on auto-pilot. I worked out hard to make up for it and it feels good. The water is a great challenge...I like it. Hope everyone had a great day! Tommorrow is Friday!

zippy111

Marla- way to run through the pain

Roni- hope you got some food in you

Tamara- stay home and relax, stay out of the junk though for goodness sake. Once a day to the gym really is enough. I promise.

Zippy- I think Marla asked, but where in PA?

Ok, I know there was more of you I wanted to comment on. I'm tired. Brain is not working properly.

I went to the gym, took and easy day, just did a Zumba class. Then I headed to do a few Christmas returns and ended up shopping, even though I swear just yesterday I said "We don't need a darn thing, we are going to pay off bills this year if it's the last thing we do and I'm not going to go shopping!" Food and shopping, both addictions I suppose. :ohwell:

I just typed a paragraph about how tired I was from shopping and then deleted it. Sorry working teamies. I am grateful for my situation and I won't complain that shopping exhausted me.....:blushing:

For real though, I am SORE. I did my leg workout yesterday. I whimpered when I got out of the car at the outlets. Out loud, made a sad squealing whimper sort of noise. It has progressively gotten worse all day long. Lifting my legs in the air hurts. The gym should be fun tomorrow. :happy:

Ok, promised myself 30 minutes on here. Time's up. Gotta make dinner for the hungry kids. It irritates them when it's close to dinner and they see me in the chair with the comptuer on my lap. Sheesh! They could certainly offer to help!

I'm going to have to get use to carrying on conversations. Live in Abington PA just north of Phila. Are you from PA?

bryannakay

Hello all....just wanted to put my first input/help/advice to the team!! Many times I cook a recipe for my family that has about 376 ingredients that are hard to put together into an actual number of calories per serving. So, here is a site where you can enter in all of the ingredients then put how many servings it cooks and then it tells you how much calories there are per serving....does that make any sense? Just go check it out.....it's awesome!!!


http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-calculator.asp

Thanks for your support everyone!!

Bryanna

jessica_benson

Ok, I finally lost another pound. I am only 210 now. Maybe by next week I can lose another 2 pounds. Its not much but every little bit helps.

Tri_Dad

Good evening black team!:drinker:


Marla and Shuntae- I hear you on the artificial sweetner thing. I am trying to phase it out and actually enjoy my coffee black. (I know...crazy man) Still remember the anti caffeine challenge last year. That was an UGLY week.

Roni- Oh kids, I hear you. Love mine to death but they have a way of changing your plans. lol

Richie- It's early in the winter and I am DONE with the snow. Ever since changing the lifestyle I enjoy being on the road with my bike and running outdoors. Being a Mainer, the weather rarely cooperates this time of year. But the shovelling is great cardio!

Tamara-A sweaty black teamer is a beautiful black teamer. Keep it up you as always kick "butt" and take names. (happy marla?)

Lori-So i bet the "stinky" girl from the gym complains to her friends about the sweaty girl dripping all over everyone! lol

Sara- I am proud of you. SO proud of you. Not because you ate cookies. (In fact if you keep that up I will come find you and take them away). I am proud of you because despite having a rough workout yesterday you stuck with it today. I am PROUD of you because you understood that eating four cookies didnt mean the day was lost. You made up for it in the gym. you got up on your VERY NEXT oppurtunity. This is what makes people succeed. No more "I'll start over tommorow" stuff. Our society is stuck in a "I'll start over tommorow" rut. You my dear seized the day and made it yours. Well done!

Jeannie-Your back in it lady. Look out!

Here is the bad and the good of what I see. The bad- seems to be a good number of folks stumbling on the sweets thing. The good thing is that not one of you made an excuse. You all admitted that you fell and didnt come up with some "reason" why. You guys are great and I am so proud to be on this team with you all.

I thought the Marla's introduction was a great way to get the team familiar with not only her but the team they have joined. So I thought I would do the same.


My Name is Andrew. As you guys figured out I got nicknamed batman. It was either Marla or Jeannie that first coined that nickname. I assume is the whole superhero who dresses in "Black" thing. I guess that day I had done something worthy of the title. It stuck. The picture was actually in response to being called batman. Anyway, that's where that came from.
I'm a 29 year old father of two wonderful little guys. Aiden, who just turned 6 and Riley, 3. I have been Married to my wonderful wife Beth (musicmom04) for what will be five years this May. (I know, I know, Aiden 6.....5th wedding anniversary. black team controversy! eeeek!). Anyhoo, I have been big since my early teens. When Beth was pregnant with Aiden we both gained weight. Then we lost a bit for our wedding...then with Riley we gained again. I had spent most of my adult life around 250 lbs. Before I knew it I was 319. Tired, Depressed and hopeless. In November 2008 Beth and I decieded that enough was enough. We started getting active and found MFP in December. I logged in and saw that they were starting a biggest loser challenge. I signed up and was assigned to the Samantha's team (Bohlon15) The BLACK team. Over the last year I have learned so much about being healthy and taking care of my body. I started running at 250lbs and ran my first 5k in May of 2009. I've been in love with racing since. I was down to 194 In august and once the cold weather and holidays in I jumped back up to 208. (Lesson Learned) OMW back down. My job requires alot of travel and I work alot of hours so I don't take "I don't have time" as an excuse. If I have time....you have time. I am glad to have the chance to run the team this year as I am a type A personality (I'm sure those have been around a while know that.) And if I can help even one person get started then I'm a happy camper. Couple of before and after pics of the family to show what MFP and elbow grease did for us.

Summer of 2008



Summer 2009



Drink that WATER!:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

Tri_Dad

Hello all....just wanted to put my first input/help/advice to the team!! Many times I cook a recipe for my family that has about 376 ingredients that are hard to put together into an actual number of calories per serving. So, here is a site where you can enter in all of the ingredients then put how many servings it cooks and then it tells you how much calories there are per serving....does that make any sense? Just go check it out.....it's awesome!!!


http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-calculator.asp

Thanks for your support everyone!!

Bryanna

Thanks Bryanna!

Recipe calculators are great! I'm sure this site will be a great help! Glad we managed to sneak you into the spreadsheet! lol

AmandaJ

Team, I am exhausted completely exhausted and not sure why. Gave myself a rest day and thought it would help but it didn't. It is 6:30 and all I can think about is going to bed. UGH!!!

Marla64

Marla- way to run through the pain

Roni- hope you got some food in you

Tamara- stay home and relax, stay out of the junk though for goodness sake. Once a day to the gym really is enough. I promise.

Zippy- I think Marla asked, but where in PA?

Ok, I know there was more of you I wanted to comment on. I'm tired. Brain is not working properly.

I went to the gym, took and easy day, just did a Zumba class. Then I headed to do a few Christmas returns and ended up shopping, even though I swear just yesterday I said "We don't need a darn thing, we are going to pay off bills this year if it's the last thing we do and I'm not going to go shopping!" Food and shopping, both addictions I suppose. :ohwell:

I just typed a paragraph about how tired I was from shopping and then deleted it. Sorry working teamies. I am grateful for my situation and I won't complain that shopping exhausted me.....:blushing:

For real though, I am SORE. I did my leg workout yesterday. I whimpered when I got out of the car at the outlets. Out loud, made a sad squealing whimper sort of noise. It has progressively gotten worse all day long. Lifting my legs in the air hurts. The gym should be fun tomorrow. :happy:

Ok, promised myself 30 minutes on here. Time's up. Gotta make dinner for the hungry kids. It irritates them when it's close to dinner and they see me in the chair with the comptuer on my lap. Sheesh! They could certainly offer to help!

I'm going to have to get use to carrying on conversations. Live in Abington PA just north of Phila. Are you from PA?

No, I'm across the river in Jersey-- just across from Easton, in Phillipsburg New Jersey.

Marla64

Ok, I finally lost another pound. I am only 210 now. Maybe by next week I can lose another 2 pounds. Its not much but every little bit helps.

The hard part is accepting baby steps-- but anything other than a gain is a good thing.

Slow and steady wins the race, Jess-- hang in there!

AmandaJ

Andrew and Beth, how your boys have grown from one summer to the next and how you have shrunk!! :laugh: You look like a wonderful, healthy family! AWESOME!!!

Tri_Dad

P.S.
Hun, I miss you terribly and can't wait to come home.
:flowerforyou: