MFP The Biggest Loser Yellow Team***Closed Group***

That's awesome, Kristi!!! You really pushed through it, especially with all your issues this week. Hopefully that nightmare will be over for you soon!! I normally submit my numbers first thing Sunday morning, but today I'm going to wait until closer to the last minute so I can have one final push for a bunch of steps. I'm really paranoid, apparently. LOL.

I'm at 14300 right now (I was a machine yesterday and did 6000) and I'd like to get in another 6000 today if my body and legs don't give out. Not sure I'll have enough time for that many - it's 7:00 am here now and I only have until 2:00 pm my time to get in my numbers. Even if I don't get in that many, I still feel pretty good about what I've done. So glad Tira has pushed us all this week.

I wish us all the best with our numbers and hopefully we will have a good day today! GO TEAM YELLOW!!!

Oh gosh, you girls are A-MA-ZING! I won't be surprised if I'm the one going out this week. I only ended up with 3000 some steps. Ugh...I just didn't want to do much else other than snuggle with the husband. Other than my steps, I didn't do any other exercise. Guess that's why I have such a measily loss this week of 1.8lbs. I know I didn't beat Tira. I hope I'm still around after tomorrow...this wasn't a good week for me. Well, it was personally...just not weight loss, exercise.

I'm so glad you've had this time to spend with your husband. That is WAY more important than any competition. And I know you'll get right back into the swing of things once he has to leave again. You are on a mission, and you will get there. I hope he's been impressed with your efforts so far!!! You are doing a great job, and hopefully you will still be with our team for next week. And even if any of us have to leave, I know we will all still be here for each other as a great support system.

You guys all are such a huge motivation for me, and I thank you for it!

I cant do pushups, my hands wont let me, but will try and aim for 1000 situps. I know that is low but its something. Go team yellow, one of you can win this.

Jaygirl, I think 1000 sit ups is awesome! Keep up the good work!

Stacey, we are so glad to still have you even though we had to lose Ivy. I'm so excited that your treadmill is coming today - that is awesome! I definitely don't want anyone to go home this week.

Do you guys have a strategy for how you are tackling this challenge? It sounds like some people will be doing all three things while other people will solely be focusing on whichever one is their strength. What are you guys' plans?

I'm going to be trying to do all three, but focusing mostly on the sit ups and the running. I don't know what kind of handicap we were each given, so I'm nervous about that, but I'll just do my best. The push ups are definitely my weakest area, so I have no illusions about beating Don in those. I have one bad shoulder from a former injury, so those are a struggle for me though I'll still try to do some every day.

Do you guys have specific goals in mind for this week? Good luck everyone, and GO TEAM YELLOW! Let's all stay in this week!!!

Ok, just checking in. How are you all doing? Everyone think they will be safe on Sunday??

I'm really hoping my running time will be good enough to keep me safe. If not, then maybe my sit ups. Definitely not the push ups, though. LOL. I've run my 5K two times officially (with some other running in between to work on endurance). I made my goal time, but just barely - by 1 second. I have no idea how much of a headstart I've been given, so hopefully it's enough.

You guys doing well this week?

Ugh, that sucks. I hate it when my body does the opposite of what I'm working hard for. Your weight gain is probably just a temporary thing and has more to do with water and fluctuation than anything else. I'm sure it will right itself shortly! Hopefully either your 5K time or your sit ups will be enough to get you that immunity so the scale won't even matter! That's what I'm hoping for too. My best time was 41:59 which barely cleared my goal time of 42:00. LOL. I don't know whether it will be enough or not, though. I *might* try again tomorrow morning, depending on how my legs feel after my long day of hiking today. The scale hasn't been great for me this week, but it's at least moving in the right direction. Hopefully by tomorrow I'll see a bigger difference overall.

Everybody will hopefully have a great exercise and eating day today! Best of luck to everyone, and let's get this done!!!!!

My push ups were awful. LOL! I did 20 a day. I broke my wrist in HS playing volleyball, and I have no strength in it.

Sit ups--I did 100 at a time 5x a day, so I'm hoping that's enough to get me through. By the 5th rep of 100, I was cursing Don. LOL!

Stacey, that is awesome!!! That is a TON of sit ups! Coincidentally, I also have an old injury from volleyball (torn rotator cuff) which impairs my push up motion. I also only did 20 a day on those.

WOW!! Atticus, we are literally 30 seconds apart on our run times! I was 49:29!! LOL How many push-ups and sit-ups did you get in? You did SUCH a great job this week with everything! How was your hike at "Wet Beaver" was it?? **snicker snicker**

Stacy!!!!!!!! WOMAN!! You ROCKED those sit-ups!! You better be damn proud of yourself! Thats fantastic!! Its all good about the push-ups! Point is that you tried to do them! Keep up the fantastic work!


AFM: I only did 620 push-ups AND sit-ups....I was really hoping for more but I'm hoping its enough to beat Don this week I really expected to do more but it just didnt happen. Only lost .2 of a pound this week so I'm PRAYING I have beat him in something...we shall see!!

Kristi, that is cool about our run times - we must be right about at the same level. I know we are fairly close in weight, so maybe it makes it all even. LOL. And Wet Beaver Creek was awesome - and lived up to its name. LOL.

We should definiltely crown Stacey the Sit Up Queen of the week! That is so awesome! My totals were 120 push ups and 1305 sit ups. I probably could have done more of those if I'd really pushed it, so hopefully I won't be kicking myself if I don't have enough of something.

I was surprised at how much weight I lost this week, though, so that is a good thing at least! I didn't think my numbers were that great, but that's because I had forgotton what my weigh in was last week. LOL. I ended up with a 2.8 pound loss, which I'm sure is largely due to my long hike as well as all that running from this week. Hopefully even if I don't beat Don in anything, I'll have a big enough weight loss to save me if it comes down to that.

My hope is that every one of us is safe this week, though!! My guess is that Stacey will be safe through those sit ups alone, and I bet Kristi will be safe on the run. I'm kind of hoping the run time will keep me safe, but we'll have to see what kind of advantage Don gave us. Cross your fingers, everyone.

I'm so proud of you guys! We really worked hard this week, and I think we can make it through until next week. GO TEAM YELLOW!!!

Me too! I'm so so so bummed about losing you, Kristi. :sad: I really thought maybe this week we'd all be safe, but I just got lucky with my scale since I didn't beat Don in anything either. I'll definitely have to ramp it up this week. But please do stay with us, like Stacey said - we are all a great team together, even when we are getting booted off. We are still here for you - and your machine-like workouts definitely inspire me!

@Stacey - we've definitely got this!!! I hope. LOL. I know we can get through this week if we work hard. Sounds like several of the participants won't even be able to do them at all, which is totally a bummer for them. I wish everybody could win immunity every week! I guess that would defeat the purpose, though. LOL.

I'm not sure on the numbers either - I've been trying to figure it out in my head to even come up with an estimate. I guess I'll just have to get going on them and see how I'm doing. I'm guessing I'll end up aiming for a few hundred a day total in multiple reps? Maybe 500 or so a day if I can manage it? Who knows, once I get started I might find I can even do more, or that there is no way I can do that many. I hate it when I can't make an educated guess and goal for the challenge! :huh:

Let's just work our butts off and kill some major calories this week! GO TEAM YELLOW!!