The Three Part Challenge!!!

Stephanie: I'm SO glad you're back! Please keep us updated on your weekly progress at the Biggest Loser challenge!

I bugged Christine yesterday, too, to see where she's been hiding. She says she'll be back soon to check in, which I'm looking forward to.

Yesterday I thought for sure I was going to be WAY over on calories and sodium considering I had Dominos Pizza for dinner and Dairy Queen for dessert. Yes, I know I'm weak. After feeling guilty for about an hour after dessert, I decided at 9pm to get off my butt and do a workout. I was feeling so guilty that I went with Jillian Michaels Banish Fat, Boost Metabolism DVD, which I hate because it's so hard. Anyway, I did 50 minutes of Jillian's torture followed by 15 minutes of stretching for a total calorie burn of 652.

This morning, when I logged everything in, I found that I had 877 calories left over for the day yesterday. What?!? I was astounded. At first I was bummed because I was thinking, "Now I wish I would have had a larger ice cream." Then, I realized that it will only help me drop on the scale faster, so now I'm pretty proud of myself. It's funny how perspective can change everything so quickly, isn't it?

Yay, Christine, I'm so glad you checked in!

Olive Garden was my nemesis because one meal took me almost two weeks to get back down to where I was at. It was so delicious that I might argue that it was worth it...maybe...

So, I'm also a regular on another thread where we were talking about losing slower but enjoying the journey. I've been thinking much the same thing lately in that the changes I'm making are truly ones I can live with long-term. Although I know I could lose faster if I were more regimented, I wouldn't be as happy. I love being able to have my ice cream (though not as often) and still lose weight...sounds balanced if you ask me. Slow and steady wins the ultimate race.

Welcome back Christine! I live in Mass; I think all of New England was under water this past weekend.

I hear about the slow and steady wins the race! But I keep falling into the "Hmmm can I lose this much weight by this time", and then unfortunately when I don't lose it, I'm frustrated.

So where's Shredder? Nursing a hangover

good saturday afternoon everyone,

Steph... im the one nursing the hangover today.... just the headache, my husband and i went to our local eagles club and played some pool and had fun with friends, we stayed about 2 hours too long! last call for alcohol!! I did go and walk the mall yesterday with my daughter,,,, there was some exercise.. right?

Hope everyone is having a great start to the weekend :flowerforyou:

Christine

Hello!

I don't normally get a chance to check in on weekends, but here I am!

We did lots of exploring at state parks again this weekend, but unfortunately my healthy dinner last night wasnt nearly as healthy as I thought it would be. Sloppy Joe's aren't as good for me as I'd like to think...and they were homemade, not Manwich!

I've been doing LOTS of walking this weekend; one hour on Friday night, three hours of hiking yesterday and and hour of walking today. And what does the scale say? Up the two pounds that I keep bouncing around. The weigh in for tomorrow does not look like it will be a winner for me. Boo! At least I'm getting enough from taxes back to cover the class I need to take AND the hotel lodging, so I don't need the money from the challenge as much as I thought I would, but it would still be nice to have it.

I'm really hoping my muscles are retaining fluids and that I can flush everything out before 5pm tomorrow.

Hope you're all having a wonderful weekend...if only they didn't go so fast!
Heather

Stephanie: We haven't been doing group weigh ins for a while, but rather reporting periodically when we see a change.

Christina: Way to go on setting a mini-goal for yourself to get back on track. I propose that we ALL join you and get three workouts done this week, minimum. I personally do not belong to a gym, so I will make sure to do three workouts to DVDs (most likely Jillian Michaels). I need the extra push!

One of the other threads that I follow is challenging everyone to try some form of pilates this week (video, youtube, class, etc) and I think it would it would be good if we did something of the sort with our group. Any thoughts?

Stephanie: I'm glad to hear you're on board for the challenge. I will be doing a pilates video on Comcast at my boyfriend's house later in the week.

Good morning, ladies:

I'm bummed to report that I did not win either category for the weight loss challenge, but I came in third place in both categories. Unfortunately, only first place in each category wins money :-( But, in the twelve weeks of the challenge, I lost 12 lbs. and 8 inches. I can't be unhappy about that!

Yesterday I stayed within my calories, even with having Chinese for dinner after my final weigh in. The really stupid thing is that with all of the sodium in Chinese food, I was the exact same weight this morning as yesterday morning. It might be because of all of the water I chugged right before the weigh in...maybe it didn't allow my body to absorb the sodium.

Last night, I was watching tv and flipping through a magazine when I decided I was bored. I walked to the pantry in the kitchen and opened the door, with the intention of snacking. Right in front of my face were the homemade doughnuts my mom and aunt made last week. I immediately slammed the pantry door and walked briskly back to the couch without grabbing anything to eat. After a few more minutes I decided watching tv was a waste of my time, so I went to bed and woke up refreshed this morning. I'm pretty proud of myself for not giving in to the snack craving because I wasn't actually hungry, I was simply bored. Granted, I had enough calories left over in the day to eat the doughnut, but I didn't need to; I listened to what my body was really telling me. It's all about the baby steps!

I hope you're all having a fantastic day!
Heather