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The final push!
This is it everyone! The final week (+ a couple of days)! Don't forget to weigh in at your community by Monday, March 31st! Congratulations to every single one of you who participated in this challenge. Regardless of how much weight you will have lost during the challenge, whether or not you've reached your goal, whether…
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Biggest Loser Challenge - Week 11!
Can you believe it! March is winding down, Spring is around the corner and our first Team Springs Biggest Loser challenge is nearing completion! So, as we’ve asked for each of the previous weeks, (except last week. Sorry) how’s it going? What are some daily health habits you’ve introduced to your routine? As much of a…
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Week 9 - What's going on?
Just because the challenge ends in 4 weeks doesn’t mean that your own weight loss efforts need to. Now, instead of weight loss, think about how you are feeling. More energetic? Less inclined to eat that donut than you were 8 weeks ago? Look at yourself in the mirror. Go ahead. It’s okay. Are you toning up a little? Maybe…
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Week 8 - Can you believe it?!
I’ve noticed in the last couple of weeks a decline in tracking on myfitnesspal from what I had been seeing and I wanted to talk a little about that in this week’s post. First, let me say that I know tracking workouts and/or diets on a daily basis can seem a very cumbersome thing to do that does not appear to offer much in…
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Nutrition & our diets
The surprising truth about fats. There are some major myths about fats. Let’s start with the 2 most common. 1. True or false? All fats are bad for you — FALSE. Some fats are actually healthy. Monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats can be good for you, because they help lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart…
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Healthier choices in our diet
I've received some great ideas, tips and recipes from several of you related to diet and nutrition. Time to share! And so should you! Any recipes or tips on eating healthier that you would like to share with the team? Here's the place to do it! Thanks to everyone of you! So to begin - here's a link to a snack recipe that I…
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Week 7 - How's it going?
I hope you’re enjoying our Biggest Loser Challenge. I hope that you are seeing some awesome results, results you envisioned for yourself at the start. If you aren’t though, if you’re not progressing as you thought you would, please don’t be discouraged! This is a process and it is not an easy one, no matter what anyone…
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Tip o' the day
On Healthier choices in our diets - Use dark leafy greens, like romaine lettuce and spinach, to make salads. Add red and orange veggies for extra color and nutrition. Have one you'd like to share?
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Week 6 - The Halfway point!
So here you are at the beginning of week #6 of the Team Springs Biggest Loser Challenge! The Halfway Marker! Hurray for you! I hope that you’re recording all of this extraordinary activity of yours these past 6 weeks. I think you’ll find it fascinating weeks and months from now to look back at this 12 week journey, whether…
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Week 5. What's going on in your week 5?
What’s going on at week five? Here are a few things you might be experiencing. If you’ve been losing weight like gangbusters and you feel so much more energetic than you did at the start of this challenge, don’t be surprised if you reach a plateau at some point. Not a permanent one but a point and a period of time where…
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Week 4! How's it going?
So here we are at week four. How’s it going? Are you on target with your goal? Are your numbers encouraging? Or are they a little discouraging. What if you’re not on target to reach your goal? Does that mean that this whole effort is a failure? Or that you yourself have not done things right? Not necessarily. We are each…
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Week 3! How's your exercising going?
Week Three: Time flies! So what kinds of exercising are you doing to help facilitate your weight loss? Let’s hear from everyone. Let’s spend a few moments and throw our group support to – well, the whole group! Way to go Team Springs! Not all of us are logging our exercises on myfitnesspal and that's fine. But what kinds…
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your gym membership - a quick thought
Are you a member of a gym? According to Club Industry, a leading media source for fitness business professionals, 67% of people who sign up AND PAY for a gym membership, NEVER use it. So - are you a member of a local gym? Do you use your gym membership? If not, now would be a great time to start! Today!
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Week Two: What's working? What's not?
Week Two: You should be developing a little bit of rhythm and regularity to your Biggest Loser routine. Whatever it is that works for you to get you eating the right foods, maybe in smaller portions, exercising with a little more frequency and regularity, keep it up! Keep in mind that this time, for this challenge, it’s…
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Week Two: What's working? What's not?
Week Two: You should be developing a little bit of rhythm and regularity to your Biggest Loser routine. Whatever it is that works for you to get you eating the right foods, maybe in smaller portions, exercising with a little more frequency and regularity, keep it up! Keep in mind that this time, for this challenge, it’s…
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your gym membership
Are you a member of a gym? According to Club Industry, a leading media source for fitness business professionals, 67% of people who sign up AND PAY for a gym membership, NEVER use it. So - are you a member of a local gym? Do you use your gym membership? If not, now would be a great time to start! Today!
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BLC - Week one
For those who are participating in our Biggest Loser Challenge but haven't migrated over to that group, here is the first of what will be weekly (at least) posts to help motivate you along the way. Thanks everyone! Week One: Establish your focus. What do you want to do? More importantly why do you want to do it? Please…
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Week one. A beginning!
Week One: Establish your focus. What do you want to do? More importantly why do you want to do it? Please answer that question for yourself. Write it down. Do you want to lose 2 lbs. each week? Don’t try for too much. Shoot for a goal that you can comfortably reach, at least these first few weeks. Besides, it’s really not…
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BLC Prep. Week
This week is our prep week: Get yourself weighed, have your body fat% registered if you want, make sure you’re registered on myfitnesspal and a part of our Team Springs group. Are you ready to go? Think about what you want to accomplish in this challenge. Take a moment and visualize how you want your 12 weeks to shape up…
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BLC - Prep Week
Prep week: Get yourself weighed, have your body fat% registered if you want, make sure you’re registered on myfitnesspal and a part of our Team Springs group. Are you ready to go? Think about what you want to accomplish in this challenge. Take a moment and visualize how you want your 12 weeks to shape up (pun intended!).…
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Welcome!
Welcome to our Team Springs Wellness group on Myfitnesspal! We're glad you made it! Much like at the first meeting of any group, we should have introductions, right? So while many of you know me, there are many who do not. So here's mine - briefly. My name is Art Bradley and I am your Wellness program and Safety Coach.…
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Team Springs Biggest Loser Challenge
Hello Team Springs! I just discovered that the Biggest Loser group that I had created specifically for our upcoming challenge I began as a private group so you probably did not see it listed as an option to join. I had thought that keeping the Biggest Loser group separate from all general Team Springs things that we can do…
