Laboring Towards Labor Day (CLOSED GRP)
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Hi all
Thats the way Sonja!
Jennifer No worries... were only 1/2 way through the challenge!
GO- GO- GO- BLUE0 -
well we seem to have come to a crossroads this week...we ALL need to kick it in gear this week from wk 5-9 to get close to our goals....let's do this ladies...
this week was pretty dismal overall for everyone...it would have been worse had i posted my vacation gain...i will post whatever next week's weight is....
bifdiehl is this week's biggest loser with 1.01% lost
Teal Team is this week's biggest loser team with .19% lost
dixedreg is the biggest loser to date with 3.38% lost
Orange Team is the biggest loser to date with 1.64% lost
this week overall we GAINED 1 lb bringing our total LOST to 40.5 in 4 weeks...we can do this folks, we just need to get our head in the game.....BIFDIEHL and TEAL TEAM can you please come up with a challenge for the group so we can get refocused on reaching our goals in the next 5 weeks?????
thanks and i hope to see less of you next week - weight wise not people (i did drop arlene off cause she has been missing for almost 3wks now)
Next week will be better!!0 -
i HAS to be!!!!0
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B Positive!0
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I know we are all down - we just all need to get re-committed to our game plans. We can and WE WILL DO THIS! Go-Go-Go to ALL the teams - we all need to keep going and never give up!0
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Denise, did you not get my weigh in? I posted it but it doesn't show up on the chart (not that it matters since it is a 0.2 lb loss and we already won the week). Thanks for all your hard work!
OK, that IS sad that our team won the week with a 1.2 lb loss team total. Summer is hard. I'm plateauing which is frustrating because I exercise at least 6 days per week and staying under my cal goal. Hopefully this week will reflect my hard work. Kristen, I think it's only appropriate you make the challenge since you were the biggest loser in the group.
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i guess i didnt...sorry...i have updated it now so it reflects correctly for next week...sorry....Denise, did you not get my weigh in? I posted it but it doesn't show up on the chart (not that it matters since it is a 0.2 lb loss and we already won the week). Thanks for all your hard work!
OK, that IS sad that our team won the week with a 1.2 lb loss team total. Summer is hard. I'm plateauing which is frustrating because I exercise at least 6 days per week and staying under my cal goal. Hopefully this week will reflect my hard work. Kristen, I think it's only appropriate you make the challenge since you were the biggest loser in the group.
We all can do it! Go Teal Team!0 -
August Challenge for Green Team:
1 ) At least walk everyday weather permitting, if not,
do some sort of exercise at home for at least
30 mins.
2) Drink at least 8 glasses of water everyday.
3) Watch your sodium intake
4) Increase your fiber, more veges and fruit.
5) Add beans to your salads
Put some cayenne pepper on your veges to boost your metabolism.
:bigsmile: Brandi and Crystal if you have some suggestions for me let me know.
We can do this. I know summer's are hard but lets get our bodies in shape.
Just think how great we will look in our bathing suits. :drinker:
GO GREEN TEAM !!0 -
Great job Dana and Natalie you ladies rock!!! I will make it up to you this week for sure!
Let's go everyone harder than ever let's knock these last 5 weeks out the box I am definitely doing my share restarted P90X and continuing my zumba classes and riding my bike!!0 -
Okay, so I'm going to the store in the morning, and I am going to get some cayenne pepper...not really sure if that is in the spice department? I never use it...I am not really into spicy food, but I will try this for sure. (especially if it helps the metabolism) As for the beans on salads...I think that is a great idea! I will also buy more veggies and up my protein and lower my carb intake again...that actually seemed to help when I did it last week!!! I will also PROMISE to get in a walk daily...and up my water intake. I love to walk ... so this shouldn't be an issue. Thanks Shirley!!!!August Challenge for Green Team:
1 ) At least walk everyday weather permitting, if not,
do some sort of exercise at home for at least
30 mins.
2) Drink at least 8 glasses of water everyday.
3) Watch your sodium intake
4) Increase your fiber, more veges and fruit.
5) Add beans to your salads
Put some cayenne pepper on your veges to boost your metabolism.
:bigsmile: Brandi and Crystal if you have some suggestions for me let me know.
We can do this. I know summer's are hard but lets get our bodies in shape.
Just think how great we will look in our bathing suits. :drinker:
GO GREEN TEAM !!0 -
I am focused and i am going to push myself to get to my goal for this challenge ! I know it might mean me losing 2 pounds a week but i can get it done !
Congrats to Team Teal for being the winners this week ! We are doing so wonderful Team Teal !
I am going to go ahead and put a challenge up here i hope the other 2 girls dont mind .
Exercise at least 45 minutes each day
and Drink at least 8 cups of water daily . May not be that hard challenges but the challenges help me stay on track better !
Love it Kris!
GO TEAM TEAL!!!0 -
We are strong and we will achieve our goals!!! Lets go laborers shed those pounds!!0
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Go Abby! and Good Luck this week I know we can all
use it.
I hope the suggestions work everyone.0 -
I knew it was the steroid shots!
DOWN 1 LB to 156.4 WOO HOO!
GO TEAM PURPLE!!!!!0 -
GOOOOO TEAMS!!!! STAY hydrated and eat well!!!0
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Put me down for a maintain. I've hit a plateau. Been about the same for 3 weeks now.
I thought maybe I was eating too much so I was extra careful this week and nope, no loss.
I need some suggestions on how to bust this plateau. I run 3-4 days per week, weight train 2 days and bicycle on those days. Saturday is a wild card exercise day. Sometimes I run, others I do zumba. I plan on upping my weight training to 3 days and I'm going to try zig zagging cals since I know that has busted other people's plateaus. What else can I do?.0 -
Put me down for a maintain. I've hit a plateau. Been about the same for 3 weeks now. I thought maybe I was eating too much so I was extra careful this week and nope, no loss.
I need some suggestions on how to bust this plateau. I run 3-4 days per week, weight train 2 days and bicycle on those days. Saturday is a wild card exercise day. Sometimes I run, others I do zumba. I plan on upping my weight training to 3 days and I'm going to try zig zagging cals since I know that has busted other people's plateaus. What else can I do?.
i sent you a message about the zig zagging...i'll copy and paste it here in case anyone else is interested...i also included a link to the spreadsheet i use on google docs....
__________________________________________________________________________________________________okay here is what i did....i set up the freedieting.com table with 0 exercise and chose the middle column, i think regular fat loss...then i eat most of my exercise cals (i wear a HRM so i know my true burn, i feel like that website obviously has to estimate based on what you tell them you are planning on doing)...anyway for example see below....
it has me set up for a total of 10235 calories over the 7 days divided up like this
mon 1403, tues 1543, wed 1400, thurs 1403, fri 1683, sat 1400, sun 1403
these are the net calories i should end up with by the end of the day....
so for instance: thurs i have 1403 cals to net plus i burned 817 cals at the gym so i had to eat 2220 cals to get the 1403 net...does that make sense???
another example: tues i have 1543 cals to net but i dont have any exercise planned so i just eat the 1543 for that day
i set up on MFP my daily calorie goal as 1462 since that is the daily average of 10,235/7...so at the end of the week i should break even if i hit my days right...but 5 days on MFP will show me over (in the red) and 2 days will show me under (in the green) but by the end of the week it averages all out creating the zig zag over the course of the week to jump start your metabolism....i'm back at it this week full on (less my 2 slip ups when i binged on monday and tuesday nights) but i'm trying to balance out the rest of the week and be a little lower than my net for those days to maybe make the mess at the beginning of week work out.....let me know if you need more info....also here is a link to a sample spreadsheet i keep on google docs to help me track the zig zagging...it helps me "SEE" what i'm doing - i'm a numbers girl....
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmsRzs_p1FWddHVQa3U1SFJDN3dRYmhNdmFPbkFkcEE&hl=en_US0 -
July 4 - 172.2 Red, White & Blue Challenge
July 11 - 175.8 vacation week - Sailing, biking, walking
July 14 - 172.3 Jimmy Buffet concert - Sailing over
July 18 - 172.4 Not too much damage over the weekend will
try harder next week.
July 22 - 168.2 Next level goal is 165
July 29 - 170.0
August 6 - 170.8- Best I could do
I lost 3.2 lbs from last weekend to do this weigh in. Fighting the fight.
Wedding last night so here I go again.
Social life should be winding down some, so I hope to get lower by next week.
Hubby will be gone for the weekend and its just me to eat right.0 -
Team Orange!
I'm hoping for a good week this week! I've been eating well and exercising more than I have in awhile!
Let's go!0 -
walked 14 miles yesterday in the heat. walked three miles today... I am beat. Cant wait for the weighin monday.0
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153.8 :bigsmile: WOO HOO!0
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Starting Weight: 222
Goal Weight: 207
7/01: 222.0
7/10: 221.8
7/18: 221.4
7/24: 221.4
8/01: 222.0
8/08: 220.6 :happy:
8/15:
8/22:
8/29:
9/05: GOAL 207
Didn't think I had a great week, but I had a loss finally - SOOOO HAAAPPPYYY!!!
Go Blue Team!0 -
7/3: 157.8
7/10: 156.2
7/17: 155.0
7/25: 154.6
7/31: 153.2
8/7: 151.8
8/14:
8/21:
8/28:
9/5:
So I'm finally getting on the computer and making my little chart instead of replying from my phone! I've had a rough week. My husband started a new work schedule where he's working 12 days straight on, then 2 days off. We're only on day 7 and it has already been really hard on me. I'm grateful he gets to come home every night, but he usually just comes home, eats dinner, then falls asleep around 8:30 in front of the TV :ohwell: I'll admit, today I've been feeling very lonely and frustrated with the situation and ate my feelings. Guess what? I don't feel ANY better! But tomorrow is a new day, and I'm really hoping I can come back from today and have a good loss next Sunday (my birthday!) Hope you all have an amazing week! Especially my beautiful BLUE TEAM!!!!! :bigsmile: ....... Sorry for the rant!0 -
vkpmusic, thedestar, jllipson - Congrats on losing weight!
thedestar - That 12 day shift sounds awful for you and for your husband. Take care of yourselves.
Starting Weight: 217.8
Goal Weight: 208.8 (New Goal Weight 204)
7/1: 217.8
7/7: 214.4
7/14: 211.8
7/25: 210.8
8/1: 211
8/8: 2090 -
I lost half a pound this week to be at 188.0 this morning . Good luck to everyone today ! Go Team Teal !0
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:::: Orange Team:::
Beyond my comprehension but it's a ZERO. I really do not understand.
7/04/11 225.0
7/11/11 222.6
7/18/11 222.0
7/25/11 218.4
8/01/11 217.4
8/08/11 217.4
8/15/11
8/22/11
8/29/11
9/05/11
Final Goal for Challenge 2070 -
Team Teal!!
Weight 140 I feel heavier though. I set my scale to a new place so I wouldn't move it. Good lucl everyone reach your goals!!!0 -
I'm really at a complete loss this week. Up exactly two pounds. I'm not sure how it is even physically possible. If we play by the numbers, I should've been down .9 lbs. I'm trying really hard not to get crazy about this but it's about to make me flip my wig. All I can think is that because I've upped my strength training that I'm retaining water.
So Team Green, you can feel free to kick me off the team because I am going to be a major weak link until I get this banana figured out.
7/1/11 196.9
7/11/2011 198.9
7/15/2011 198.9
7/22/2011 198.4
7/29/11 196.9
8/5/11 198.90 -
7/04: 176.2
7/11: 174.6
7/18: 173
7/25: 172.6
8/01: 177
8/08: 174 blew my mid point goal of 165 doesn't mean I'm not going to work hard for goal!!
8/15:
8/22:
8/29:
9/05: 1610 -
So this is going to be a Shannon-focused week. I'm taking baby steps to get back on track and nothing is going to derail me.
7/04: 170
7/11: 169
7/18: 169
7/25: 169
8/01: 169.5
8/08: 169.5
8/15:
8/22:
8/29:
9/05:0
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