Games & Challenges

Hey Team Three!!!

Let's do this!

 Challenge/Weigh in Thread:

http://caloriecount.about.com/forums/post/865 46.html

PRIDE ON THREE, PRIDE ON THREE, 1,2,3, PRIDE!!!!

Thanks y'all!

--kj

FINAL RESULTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Team 3
austj020 SW-201.5 Wk12-195.5 WL-0 TL-6
cristin SW-204.6 Wk12-199.8 WL-0 TL-4.8
ghostplanet SW-191 Wk12-179.5 WL-1.5 TL-11.5
kjmadill SW-215.6 Wk12-197 WL-1 TL-18.6
letsgetitstarted SW-182 Wk12-175.3 WL-1.9 TL-6.7
loladuvall SW-240.8 Wk12-225 WL-.8 TL-15.8
papa3169 SW-273 Wk12-263 WL-1 TL-10
starstruck1956 SW-203.5 Wk12-195.5 WL-0 TL-8
wildntaken SW-199 Wk12-180 WL-1 TL-19
zenasavvy SW-167.8 Wk12-158.4 WL-0 TL-9.4
zinkity SW-139 Wk12-132 WL-2 TL-7


Week 12 Loss Percentage
Team 1 - 0.44%
Team 2 - 0.34%
Team 3 - 0.26%

Overall Loss Percentage
Team 1 - 6.20%
Team 2 - 6.99%
Team 3 - 5.03%

Week 12 Biggest Losers
1(tie). stephtobea9 - 2lbs
1(tie). punkrockriot - 2lbs
1(tie). zinkity - 2lbs
4. resabg9 - 1.9lbs
5(tie). letsgetitstarted - 1.5lbs
5(tie). wildntaken - 1.5lbs



Overall Biggest Losers
1. stephtobea9 - 23lbs
2. punkrockriot - 22lbs
3. alle0299 - 20.5lbs
5(tie). wildntaken - 19lbs
5(tie). resabg3 - 19lbs

Congratulations to Team 2.  Loosing 6.99% of their total team weight and winning this challenge. 

Congratulations to Team 3.  Loosing only 4 members through out the challenge, compared to 19 members of the other two teams.

Congratulations to ALL the participants that stuck through the entire challenge, nobody that finished this challenge gaining any weight!

Here are some random stats for everyone. (All stats are based on the team members that were still active at the end of the challenge.)

Team 1 Starting Average Weight - 207
Team 2 Starting Average Weight - 237.81
Team 3 Starting Average Weight - 201.62
Overall Starting Average Weight - 216.05

Team 1 Finishing Average Weight - 194.5
Team 2 Finishing Average Weight - 221.69
Team 3 Finishing Average Weight - 191
Overall Finishing Average Weight - 203.86

Total Weight Lost - 227.9

Thanks to EVERYONE who played in this challenge and I wish the BEST to all of you as you continue your weight loss journey. 

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Biggest Loser CHallenge PART 7 SIGN UPS:

http://caloriecount.about.com/forums/post/104 479.html

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oh wow where has my team gone??

well good luck with weigh ins.... i have no hope for mine!!

hey wildntaken, sorry working late!!

Have you tried zig zagging your calories?  I found that constantly switching up my calories has helped me a lot.  I usually try to keep my deficit between 500-800, but when I feel my loss stalling out I take the deficit up as far as 950 and as low as 100 -200.  That usually gets it going again.  Keep drinking water, keep adding workouts! slow and steady!!

thanks kjmadill, this week my calories has really zig~ zagged.... meaning a couple of days, when i was sick, nothing stayed in.... and i pretty well maxed out a couple of days and even went over on sat..... and today i up 2 pounds! water is all i mainly drink anymore, i have one 12 ounce diet soda when i get up.... yeah that mite be bad.... but hey, its the only time i want it.... i cant drink coffee or tea, and i will have  8oz of juice with my breakfast... i just dont understand....  when it was going good and now nothing.... thanks... i wont give up!!!

good luck tomorrow!!

Here is a fun little time passer that I got from the Challenge Forum:

Pick the month you were born:

January             I kicked
February            I loved
March               I karate chopped
April                  I licked
May                   I jumped on
June                 I smelled
July                   I did the Macarena with
August              I had lunch with
September         I danced with
October             I sang to
November          I yelled at
December          I ran over


Pick the day (number) you were born on:

1.               a birdbath
2.              a monster
3.              a phone
4.                a fork
5.                a snowman
6.                a gangster
7.                my cell phone
8.                my dog
9.                my best friends' boyfriend
10.           my neighbor
11.           my science teacher
12.           a banana
13.           a fireman
14.           a stuffed animal
15.           a goat
16.         a pickle
17.           your mom
18.           a spoon
19.           a smurf
20.         a baseball bat
21.         a ninja
22.        Chuck Norris
23.          a noodle
24.          a squirrel
25.          a football player
26.         my sister
27.         my brother
28.           an ipod
29.           a surfer
30            a llama
31.           A homeless guy


Pick the color of shirt you are wearing:

White        because I'm cool like that
Black         because that's how I roll.
Pink          because I'm NOT crazy.
Red           because the voices told me to
Blue          because I'm sexy and I do what I want
Green        because I think I need some serious help.
Purple       because I'm AWESOME!
Gray         because Big Bird said to and he's my leader.
Y ellow       because someone offered me 1,000,000 dollars
Orange      because my family thinks I'm stupid anyway.
Brown       because I can.
Other        because I'm a Ninja!
None         because I can't control myself

So for me it would be:

I karate chopped a smurf because I am sexy and I do what I want.

funny kjmadill!!!

i am I danced with a goat because that's how I roll.  funny!!

sorry team.... i am stuck at this 190.... so now i am shaking things up!! wish me better luck next week!!

Sorry, ya'll I have had a busy weekend and it bled over into yesterday. I had Scouts all day Sat, and then had to take my wife to the Airport and send her off for her vacation on Sun (that was at 2 am when we started out) also had to clean house, do laundry, do dishes and by the time all that was done was too pooped to do anything else. Yesterday, well yeah, and I will leave it at that. The past three days have not been the most fun! Any of you who know anything about special needs kids know that once they are taken out of their routine things go haywire. Since Momma left my son has been a royal pain in the backside! Love him to death, but pain none the less. Things will get better on Sat, get to go pick momma up! Hope to keep up on the support the remainder of the week.

Wildntaken - I do the same as Kjmadill, zig zag the calories on a normal basis, however for me to get the kickstart I need I cut way back on calories. I think I have told ya'll that I cut back to less than 1500 calories a day to get the start I like, after a couple of weeks I use the zig zag. I set my daily calories between 1800-2200 normally. That is still a lot under what I am supposed to have on a daily basis. I have tried to bump up the calories into the range that I am supposed to be eating but I feel stuffed when I do that, it is uncomfortable so I don't do it. I have to be doing something right 84 pounds gone since I started. Keep up the good work and you will soon work your way through!

Kjmadill - Ok, I will play your game! I ran over a birdbath because I'm sexy and I do what I want. Hope we continue to do as well as we have in the first four weeks. I have another 6 weeks to lose my final 14 before my family reunion in Jun. I want to be able to go back there and tell everyone that I have dropped 100 pounds. That would be awesome!

"Only you can make a difference in the way you feel!"

Papa

Congratulations to midnight mocha & cristin and all of team three!!!

wildntaken - I don't have any new ideas to offer, but I can offer some company in your situation.  I've lost a whopping 0.4 pounds in the last two weeks.  I know for me that my body has a "set point" where my weight likes to stay for a while.  It just so happens to be right around 230 lbs, which is leaving me stuck here at 234.2, just begging to drop below 230.  I know for me, I just have to keep on keepin' on and try not to get discouraged.  Easier said than done, though...this morning I threatened to throw the scale through the window. 

kjmadill - thanks for the game!!  I ran over my neighbor because that's how I roll.

Team 3

SW - 201.5

Wk1 - 199

Wk2 - 194

Wk3 - 193.5

Wk4 - 198 

This Wk5 - 196

Loss This week = -2  Total Competition loss= -5.5

Slowly but surely guys...

Ok, so Last week I was 198, and now I'm 196...so yay!

- 2 lbs this week.

Congrats to the big losers this week.

hello team!!! 

i think i have busted that wall!!!!    weighed this morning and was down one pound!!! i am so determined!!  maybe zig zagging is what i needed to do!!

thanks team!!

kjmadill - thanks for the game!  I did the Macarena with my sister because I'm NOT crazy!

Team 3 
Start Weight (1 April 2008) - 182 
Week 1 (8 April 2008) - 180 
Week 2 (17 April 2008) - 178
Week 3 (24 April 2008) - 177 
Week 4 (1 May 2008) - 176 
Today's Weight (8 May 2008) - 176

Sorry Team! 

Loss this week - 0 
Total Loss in This Challenge - 6 lb

I seem to have hit the wall this week - just when I wanted to reach my mini-goal of 175 - oh well, next week............?

Congrats to all who have done so well.  Sorry I haven't been posting - the weather got nice and I abandoned my computer for the great outdoors!  I have enjoyed reading the posts and catching up.  Going back outside now to set up the BBQ! Have a good week everyone!

Thanks Jeremy! 

I have updated our original post to show this weeks results... As a team we are up a total of 0.3%.  What happened team??

Are we not drinking enough water?

Are we not moving enough?  Have we strayed from the calorie counting?

If you are having a tough time, post here, that is what we are here for, Support!

Seriously guys, I can motivate just about anyone.  If you have something you need to talk through then let's do it.

We have a really good lead on the other teams right now and we need to keep that lead going.  We need to keep dropping the pounds, not only for game reasons, but for life reasons!

We all have to remember why we started on this weight loss journey.  Maybe you want to fit into your size 9 jeans.  Maybe you want to be able to ride a bike or walk in the park with your kids.  Maybe you want to slim down for a wedding, reunion, or special event.  Maybe you just want to feel beautiful again.  Maybe you want to run a marathon, or compete in a triathalon.  Or maybe you just want to love yourself again instead of looking in the mirror and feeling disgust or despair.

We can do this.  Remeber that you dont have to live like that anymore.  It's all about choices!  We can make the choice to eat healthy today and to work some calories off.

Come on team it's not over.  Let's not give up!  Let's not coast either.

Let's get outside or get to that gym, put on the tunes and work it out!

Yay team!

I am SO proud of all of us!!!

Kjmadill, Very inspirational!

I know I'm having sabotage issues and I don't know how to get over it.  I've been expressing this to my mom and every time I do, she offers another "diet" idea.  This time it was just straight up fasting.  My grandmother suggested just eating celery.

Now, dont' get me wrong I love that they want to support me, but I feel like it's always when it's too late and I feel the support is sometimes laughable and makes me feel like what I'm trying to do it wrong.

I explained to my mom that everytime I get close to my goal, I go back and do EVERYTHING wrong.  I cheat.  I don't  count calories.  I don't exercise and I don't drink water.  This goes on for about 3 days, then when I'm retaining water I decide to get on the scale, and I see a pudge that I had just eliminated - I get depressed.

Whereas, when I want to cheat my family always says "it's ok to cheat.  Just don't worry about it".  Which is a HORRIBLE way to help me.  I just need that strength on my own and it's hard.

It's hard to see people eating ice cream, or drinking frozen margaritas, or eating pizza and I can't have any!  It's unfair and I go into "why me?  Why can't I have those things and be ok?  When I have them it's the end of the world."

My mother, who I love, says that my goals are too outrageous and that maybe I'm not supposed to reach them - but that seems like a cop out to me and makes me extremely sad if it is indeed true. 

My major goal is 145.  Last time I challenged weighed I was 196 this morning I'm 201.  My goal, since last April, has been to lose 10 lbs.  So, to get to 191.  I haven't done it!  I can't believe that that goal is unattainable!  I just can't!  I even altered my goal to 5 lbs.  and when I got to 5 lbs, I just went back up, due to the sabotage.

Part of me wishes I could just avoid the scale entirely, but it, in an odd way, keeps me on track.

So I don't know why I sabotage, but I dont' want to.  Not anymore.  I don't want to blame my family, but I feel it would help a lot if I had more support - or rather different support.  But my mom doesn't believe in calorie counting and exercise...so how can I do it?

I just need to know how to start over and I'm tired of falling off and getting back on the wagon.  This is SO FRUSTRATING.

Can anyone help?

I think it's social.  I've thought about everytime I've cheated.  It's usually not when I'm alone, but in the company of others.

I'll have drinks with friends, or a birthday and I'll have cake, or mother's day and I'll have pasta.  Or the Movies, and popcorn.

For me, some social events are connected to certain foods, and I don't know how to get through them without feeling deprived.  Like if I'm at a frozen margarita party, I dont' want to not have a frozen margarita.

If I'm at the movies, I want popcorn.

If I'm watching a movie, and all my friends are hungry, and we get a pizza, I want to have pizza.

I dont' want to exclude myself from the group you know?

Any suggestions?

hey team!

i only lost 1 pound!! but it is a loss!! i had a sick set back!! so i didnt get all my workouts in or all my cals. either, sorry. i feeling better today so maybe this week will be much better! good luck to you all!!

austj020 - i know what you talking about!! but if i know i am going to the movies or eat with family or friends, i work those calories in my calorie count.... and i do have a "cheat" day where i do eat whatever i want, within reason..... if going to the movies, get a small popcorn hold the butter! eatting pizza with friends, have a peice, but eat your veggies, fruits, or healthy stuff before hand, where you are not very hungry, where you will stop with only one slice.....  if your family is not on board with you changeing you life style, we TEAM 3 are here for ya!! before you cheat ---- come on here and tell us, as you are on here telling us maybe your own words will talk you out of cheating.....  and after you post it  - we will all be behind you patting you on the back saying we know you can "stick with it"  hope this helps..... cause i know what you are talking about!! 

i am sticking with it, but seem to cant lose!! this week i zig zagged my cal. and only lost one pound... so i am not really sure how or what i am doing wrong!!  i have upped my walks, and add a bit more to my workouts, and working in the yard more.... but then i wonder if being sick is stopping me.... cause 4 days this week, i didnt workout or walk, i could barely get off the couch! now i am feeling better so i will see where this week goes.

hope you all do better than i did! good luck!!

Hey guys. 

Austj020 - i too know what you are talking about.  I have totally lost my motivation lately.  It kills me cuz I want to lose the weight so badly but then I sabotage myself.  My boyfriend and I just bought a boat.  We took it to the lake this weekend.  Another couple came with us and the girl was in a bikini and looked amazing.  I felt awful.  So what do I do?  I ate McDonald's yesterday.  Yeah...that's gonna help.  

I had a really busy week at work last week so I didn't get to the gym.  Then I got a bad sunburn this weekend.  It hurts to move!  I am hoping to feel better enough to get to the gym tomorrow. 

I spaced weighing in today, but I can't imagine it would have helped my mood much if I had weighed in.    I hope you guys are having a better time than I am. 

First thing I HAVE to do is APOLOGIZE to all of you. I was by myself last week as my wife to a vacation to Viriginia, and I was running around like a chicken with it's head cut off. I still watched what I ate and got as much working out in as I could. I must also apologize for not making weigh-in's last week. I will make it this week. I just hope that I am lower than the 266 of two weeks ago.

Loladuvall - I am glad I am not your NEIGHBOR!!! (the game from kjmadill)

Austj020 - Congrats on the 2 pound lost! Your doing great. I am going to go ahead and put some things in here from you last two posts also. If theyare offering "diet" ideas then just let them know that you appreciate it but what you are in need of is a life style change. You have the support at home and that is a good thing, Your mother and grandmother love you and we all need that! Just let them know that if they want to support you that they need to support you ALL THE TIME and not when they feel like it. Just give them little nudges letting them know that this is the way you do this or that and if they could please start doing things like that for you it would help much more than what they do now. YOU ARE LOSING WEIGHT AND YOU ARE DOING IT RIGHT!!!! Never think you are doing it wrong. If you are losing and making a LIFE STYLE change in the process YOU ARE DOING IT RIGHT!!!! Can I ask you a question? CAN I SHOOT THE LITTLE VOICE IN YOUR HEAD FOR YOU!!! (my wife has this same little voice, but for different things) I am going to give you a simple solution, when I go somewhere like that I have a picture in my pocket that I look at and tell myself, that is the way you got there and I don't ever want to go back. It has helped many times. Now your family is right, it is ok to cheat, but you have to have the will power to stop after 1 margarita, a cup or two of popcorn, a piece of pizza is fine too, 1 scoop of sherbert is fine! Just don't cheat everyday. I have a cheat day, every Sunday morning I go eat breakfast at a local eatery and I have a 8 oz. Country Fried Steak smoothered in Gravy, eggs, hashbrowns, and toast. Now, that is where I draw my line for cheating, Sunday is my cheat day, but I do not get to outrageous the rest of the day. You HAVE to have some of those things or you will not only sabotage yourself, you will go on a bender. (then you will fell terrible) Allow yourself small cheats IT IS OK, and it will keep you sane!!!! THERE IS NOTHING OUTRAGEOUS!!! I am so close to 100pounds I can taste it, Blaynedrops has already hit 100 pounds. YOU CAN MAKE 145, I believe in you and I know by the end of this challenge you will be 185. That is 15 pounds you can do that standing on your head!! YOU HAVE ALL OF US STANDING BEHIND YOU ROUTING YOU ON!!!! Use your (for lack of better word) fear of the scale to EMPOWER yourself. Tell yourself the scale DOES NOT control you, you control you and you can do it!!! I am going to tell you that the only way that I lost my weight IS to count calories and bust my butt in the gym! I am also going to tell you that you do have support, you have all the support you need, all you have to do is let us here know what you need or want and we can help out as much as we can (I think I am speaking for everyone in our FAMILY) I had to sever ties with some friends when I started because they were thin and they were always wanting to do the things you talked about, popcorn, drinks, pizza, steaks, ribs, etc.... I have since reconnected with some of them and the first time I saw them after losing the weight they felt bad because I told them the only reason why I stayed away is because of what they had done. That hit them hard, so if your close friends there really care about you, try sitting down and talking to them, they may be more understanding than you think! Until your will power is strong enough you may have to stop going to those certain social events. Better yet, you hold the party and put out the stuff you fell that needs to be out. I have made dishes from Weight Watchers or other low fat, low cal recipes and every time I have done that I have had at least one friend ask where I got the recipe and when I tell them they are like "No Way!" then they ask if they can have it because it tastes so good! I know you don't want to seperate yourself from your group, and that is why I think you should talk to them about it. If they want to help they will, and if they don't then you need to seperate from them at those times. (again only until you know you have the will power to withstand the temptation) I want you to look in the mirror and tell yourself you are going to reach your goals, every single one of them! And I am going to say this to you.......
YOU ARE A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN AND YOU HAVE A HEART OF GOLD, YOU ARE AWESOME AND DESERVE EVERYTHING YOU ARE GOING TO ACHIEVE!!!!!!

Wildntaken - Woot! Woot! Busting walls is FUN! Congrats! Keep up the good work and you will have even more fun busting down the next one! Trust me on that! I have busted down about 4 since starting my loss two years ago.

Letsgetitstarted - I don't know about your answer to the game, if I saw you doing the macarena with yout sister for no reason I would think you WERE crazy. You are doing awesome with the weight loss, and everone hits the wall. You just start mixing up things that you are doing and keep confusing your body and it will soon break and you will bust through the wall. Keep it up and you will do fine!!!

Kjmadill - I have noticed (now that I am back) that there are not as many posts as there have been in the past. I think between your motivating and my motivating there is enough motivation in this thread for anyone on anyone of the three teams! We by far have the most active thread of any of the teams. We will be losing the pounds, but for me like you say it is for life reasons, I want to be around for my son for a long time. I agree with you when you say we all have different reasons for losing the weight, I just told you mine, and I think it might help us all reconnect if each of us would post the reason why YOU want to lose your weight. We as a team CAN AND WILL do this, we should be helping each other do this, get through the hard times and congradulate each other on our victories. We WILL NOT give up and WE WILL lose all the weight that we each want to lose.

Cristin - Ok, first things first, You are going to look awesome in a bikini, and I would love to see you in one. It's fine if you eat McD's YESTERDAY, just don't go back today! I had a busy week last week also, and I still got in some gym work only at home. The sunburn thing (I know it sounds gross) have you tried using Vinegar? It takes the sting away and it really does help, I have sworn by it for the last 20 some years. You will be fine to go to the gym tomorrow. Good thing the scale excaped you today, sunburn = water retention!!!!! Just remember you cannot live YOUR life by the way someone else looks, just get pissed off and make that your drive to lose the weight so you can look better in a bikini than what she did! I know you can do it, and I will be waiting for you to post that picture of you in your bikini.

Again, I am going to throw out there that I am here for anyone who needs to talk, my ear has been chewed on for a long time and will be for a long time to come!!! I am here for my girls! You are all my CC Family, we know what each other are going through and with that we can call on each other for help/encouragement/motivation!!! Let's get movin' and groovin'!

QUOTE FOR THE DAY:

I BELIEVE IN MYSELF AND I WILL REACH MY GOALS!!!!

Papa

Sorry the last post was so long!

I will go first:

The reason why I am losing my weight:

Is so I can be here for my son, to better my own health and beat the genes I have been blessed with. (I am 6'2" and 266, which even at 350 I was the runt of the family)

Papa

Hi everyone.  Sorry for not being around on the board.  I am struggling with my weight.  Don't think I will weigh in until tomorrow..but it is not going to be good

I just need to find my motivation again...I don't know if I am on a plateau or have just been very neglectful and been blowing it.

Also I will need to edit my goals because NOW they are no longer realistic (the timeframes I mean).

z

Papa - Thanks   Great pep talk!

Cristin -  I can DEFINITELY relate to the desire for the bikini body!  We'll post our bikini pictures together.

Wildntaken - Thanks for your empathy!  It's good to know I'm not the only peer pressure eater, and your alternative plans are great ideas that I'll try to implement.

I usually weigh on Wednesday, so I'm going to follow that train this week...

Well, last night my ankles were swollen (uh oh!)  They are swollen today as well, which leads me to believe that I haven't gained a whole bunch of fat back or anything like that from 3 days of cheating, but that I've had too much salt. 

(I was wondering, WHERE did all the salt come from?  Then I remembered my fiendish intake of margaritas with salt around the rim and thought AHha!  Yes, that's it.)

So, perhaps this can help everyone.  I'm trying to figure out how I can A) Reduce water retention and B) Lower my salt intake.

I never really saw it as a problem, but it could be my major issue.  I know I've lost weight, I can SEE it!  I wear a smaller size etc, but I'm pudgy and so is my face along with my yo yo weight gain and drop.  Perhaps other people are having the same issue.

So, this week, I challenge myself (and the rest of the FAMILY) to reduce/eliminate extra sodium salt intake, and just SEE if that makes a difference on it's on.  I have reason to believe it will.

I need to get all the sodium out of my body...anyone got any ideas?