Weight-Loss The Amazing Race Challenge Legacy Red Ladies Team

[missblonde4878]

Thank you guys for the encouragement - money issues always suck.

Wulsk - you look great! Gives me a lot of motivation. You look like a different person.

I was supposed to take my monthly photos last night but got home so late that I just wasn't up for it. I'm kind of dreading it this month because even though I am down to ONE-derland, there isn't much of a difference from last month. But, I guess there will be months like that.

So, I will suck it up and post them.

I got my exercise in yesterday morning - did an hour of cardio w/weights in the morning and then walked on both of my breaks at work for 12 min and then 15 min. And then took the dogs for a short walk when I got home. Gave me a total of 107 min for the day.

And I'm getting my Kiwi one day at at time - I stop on my lunch hour and pick one up - it just feels better doing it that way with all of the loose change in my wallet instead of breaking that $10. Goofy, I know. lol

Well, hope you guys have a great day!

373 + 107 = 480/1085

 

[Omega]

Great pictures Wulsk. Kimberly is right. Your boyfriend is VERY lucky. Our projects are hard work - but very much worth it.

 

[mom2]

BB-What is a metabolic tune up? HOnestly when I am watching what I eat like I am right now I do loose weight but after the last challenge I 'relapsed' and gained it all back so what I am loosing now is for the second time over . That's part of the reason I am trying to count calories now, so I 'see' what I am doing. Also, this time I am trying not to do anythign too radical i.e. still working in about calories for treats etc as I tend to be such an all or nothing girl and it bites me later LOL--when I get to the 'nothing'. I am only interested in loosing about 1lb, 2lbs week max, so I make sure I am doing it right this time. Thank you

Lori-Is that the first excercise you did, 107 minutes you did? I think you said you did 100 before but I dont think they were added in? I am keeping track of mine separately and I am positive Wulsk is too so we can figure it out pretty easy.

Well scale still says -0.5lbs so I am happy I think I will have another 0.5lb loss before friday. Busy day today but I am going to pack my lunch to take with me so I am sure to make good choices.

So ladies what spot are we shooting for this week? 1st again??? ?? I'll be happy with silver or bronze as well !

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Week 5—Auckland to Seoul 24hrs 15min. That's 8hrs5 min divided 3 ways.

This week is a Detour, and here are your options: 1. Eat a live octopus (a Korean delicacy) or 2. Eat every meal with chopsticks. I guarantee you’ll eat less and much more slowly than normal.

 

[bikinibound]

A metabolic tune up is just a break from dieting to boost your metabolism. But if your problem is just falling off the wagon, that's a different issue..lol.

 

[mom2]

A metabolic tune up is just a break from dieting to boost your metabolism. But if your problem is just falling off the wagon, that's a different issue..lol.

LOL maybe that is what I have been doing ha ha ha giving myself a metabolic tune-up LMAO! I like the souds of that much better

Lori-hang in there, we're listening! Nice job on excercise yesterday

Wulsk-since you are our big success story can I pick your brain? If you ever tried to loose before what made you successful and stick with it this time? How long have you been at it and did you hit any significant plateaus along your way?

Well I got in another 66 minutes today so 277 total this week, so if 362 minutes is a 3rd I anticipate being a bit over. The food side things is not going as well today, all I want is chocolate! I had a cup of dark chocolate chex mix and a junior fudge bar (40 cal--great things I love them) but I really want a FUDGEY BROWNIE LOL. ANyway luckily I am stuck at home so I dont have access to one. I normally want chocolate right before PMS so not sure why I want it so bad today but its driving me bonkers . I was a good girl though and did not get anythign while out today and added up my calories and figured to stick to ~1800 I only have 400 left for dinner so lots veggies tonight, and another junior fudge bar!

480+66= 546/1085

 

[wulsk]

Thanks girls for the good words.

Nicole, (now, I know your name ) Well done for the 0.5 pound and for adding to the team minutes. I know how you feel about chocolate - I am addicted to sweet junk with chocolate. Many people told me that if I limit my intake of sweets my appetite will disappear... well it is a fat lie... I always want it. As for dieting before... well I tried many, many times but I wouldn't say I ever managed to lose any weight. I would start a diet, stick to it for 1-2, max 5 days and then would give up. All of those were fad diets and now I am thankful I didn't follow them for longer. Funnily enough I was thinking today why some people succeed and other never manage to reach their goal and what was this important thing which made me successful this time. I think the answer for me is that this time, I made it in a scientific and healthy way (which we all here do) and it became matter of self-respect. I wanted to see if I have the strength and power to stick to my plan no matter what! In the course of my journey I was concentrated only on the next day (tried not to think about the final but for the tomorrow) all I wanted is to follow what I have planned in the best possible way. It took me shorter than I planned - 8 months and 1 week to lose 70 pounds. I have a great record of undertakings which I never finished so it was important to NOT GIVE UP and prove to myself that I am not a person with a weak will. So what started as weight loss turned to be bigger challenge in my life basically an answer to the question "CAN I or I CAN'T"... As for the plateaus - I was lucky, I have experienced only one week which looked as a plateau - no loss, no gain (my period wasn't due). I didn't do anything about it. I am not sure if it was plateau at all.

I am a little confused about BMR. I thought it is the amount of calories which one would burn only by being alive and not moving at all. I am not sure. If some educated person read this - please help!

Kim, thank you very much! My name is Yuliana, but "Yu" is a nice and short to type nickname...

Lori, Thank you and I you are doing great yourself! It's almost unbelievable that you manage to juggle so many different problems lately. I know someday you will feel it was all worthy!

Margaret, thank you very much! Your experience is incredible and it is a priceless source of information for anyone who wants to lose. I hope you thought about publishing a book/guide.

Well, today I reached my goal. It coincided with my plan for a free style food day so it was a celebration day for me. I have realised that yesterday I forgot for THE FIRST TIME to do my sit ups and it I felt horrible because in my eyes it was a sign that I am taking it easy and before I know I will think that eating 6 donuts is normal as well as skipping exercises. So I did 40 sit ups in one go today and it was fine. I think I could do even 60. I took my exercises and I ate my kiwi as well as lots of other stuff. I didn't binge but I ate a lot. I think it was about 2700 cal. I also had half a bottle of wine. It was too good not to be punished tomorrow. But I will be back to normal, I promise.

Oh well I it became too long. Stop.

 

[mom2]

Yu-what a nice name, some dont want to give their name out on internet so I never asked, glad I know now. For the BMR you should have had to put in your basic height weight perhaps frame size then some will consider your basic activity level (i.e do you work construction or sit at a desk all day) then it will tell you how much any average person will burn in a day of normal activities that is yoru size. So theoretically that is hwo many calories you would consume in order to maintain your weight. Now if you were to work out at a pace of 300 calories a day you would want to up your calories by 300 a day. Also, even though mine says my BMR is 1500 it might be 1200 and it might be 1800 that is just an average for all people that size so it gives you a rough idea and you just have to try it out yoruself to see if it works or if you need to adjust. Does this make sense?

Also, thanks for the answers, you have a good way of looking at your challenge and I ahve begun looking at it a bit this way. I also do not want my duaghter to experience the internal torment I have so I dont want her picking up on mine (which means I need to elimnate it!) and I want her to have good habits from teh beginning!

negative calories for day but STILL wanting chocolate, I was supposed to go shopping for some groceries tonight but I refused because the temptation to buy chocolate was too great LOL!



Week 5—Auckland to Seoul 19hrs 15min. 6hrs25min split 3 ways

1. Drink 1 cup of green tea per day (must be from tea leaves or a tea bag—not the bottled sweetened kind) or 2. Do all 15 of the Tae Kwon Do how-to videos below once over the course of the week.

PS I drink green tea every morning-DONE! (we all still have to do it of course)

 

[bikinibound]

Yuliana is a beautiful name. Congrats on reaching your goal!! That is so fantastic, and something of which to be very proud! IMO, you earned your day of eating a lot. I don't know if you use fitday.com or not, but they have a way of figuring out how many calories you burn each day. You plug in your weight, height, age, activity level, exercise, etc and it tells you how many calories you burn. I think it's a bit on the high side, though. I usually subtract about 300-500 calories from mine.

Nicole--I hear ya on the chocolate. Oh how I love it, let me count the ways. I find that if I have a small bit of it, it often curbs the craving. But then sometimes it doesn't...lmao!! Stay strong, girl.

 

[missblonde4878]

Lori-Is that the first excercise you did, 107 minutes you did? I think you said you did 100 before but I dont think they were added in?

Nicole - you are correct! Thank you so much for pointing that out - for some reason I didn't notate my 60 min with the dogs on Sunday on my calendar. My mind is like mashed potatoes lately.

So, before yesterday, my total min was 167 min.

Yesterday, I got 13 min in of walking on breaks done - and then when I got home I did a 55 min tape. So that gives me 68 for the day.

So, for the week, I'm up to 235 - which means that I still need 127 min to get my portion of the exercise - and that shouldn't be a problem.

I have still been getting my kiwi each day on my lunch hour - I'm down to $5.34...lol.

Lori, Thank you and I you are doing great yourself! It's almost unbelievable that you manage to juggle so many different problems lately. I know someday you will feel it was all worthy!

It's definitely starting to catch up to me. I was so tired when I left work yesterday..my boss told me to go home and have a beer!

I know that in the end it will all work out - its just a big challenge mentally. And, I'm so thankful that I have you guys and this challenge because without both - I don't think I'd be focusing too much on the weight loss.

I was very excited this morning because Aunt Flo came into town on Monday - but I'm still 199 on the scale. So, after the extra water weight goes away - which will be by Friday, I'll be even lower!

Well, I'm off to get ready for work - have a wonderful day girls - you're both doing an awesome job!

 

[wulsk]

Hi girls,

Nicole, all what you said about calories does make sense. I still have problems understanding how many calories I burn per day though. I tried fit day but all is so confusing, I don't remember the exact duration of my activities, there is no pilates and I have no idea of my speed of walking. I am keep on trying to understand this, guys! I have a month. I rememeber that I was confused in the same way about calories counting but slowly slowly began to make sense of it all.

I am sure that having a child is an another powerful source of motivation. And parents usually ignore their needs but if they feel they "do things for the child" then it all gonna work!

Well done on resisiting the chocolate. The crisis will go after some days. It is like menstrual cramps comes and goes away hehe...

Lori, you are a little hero! I know from experience that all the things get worse in the same time and then all of a sudden they improve again together. It won't be long before you find yourseld full of money, lean and confident at work! We all would like to deal with one problem at a time, but it is rarely the case in real life.

Well done with the exercises! That's really good!

Kim, thanks again for all your help and patient to guide me and all of us in this challenge.

Well, today was a mixture of positive and negative feelings. First, it started bad. My eating was punished. I was up 2.2 pounds. This made me feel bad. I was demotivated all day. Sitting arround, doing nothing, feeling sorry for myself... On the positive side, I didn't have much appetite and ate a little. Then finally at the end of the day I prushed myself to do my pilates and I really did it well! I gave everything of myself to complete the exercises to a very high standard. So after all it was a good day.

I got confused about our total team minutes and I didn't update it last time. My total at the end of day 6 is 327 min

I will be reaching 1/3rd tomorrow if any of you has doubts for not getting all the exercises let me know.

 

[mom2]

I have 357 minutes in as of today (I went to the gym for 60 then did sauna for 15 of course that doesnt count but it felt good then walked dogs tonight for 20), so I need to get in 5 minutes tomorrow LOL, dont worry I'll do at least a few extra! When I went to the store today I bought a snack pack of chocolate so I didnt damage my calories too badly, the only thing I have left to eat today is kiwi and that puts me at -300 calories for the day.

Lori-wow if you are at 199 and AF is in town then you are doing super super job! Glad to hear you still have a few $ left, you are doing very well with all aspects. GIve yourself 3 months before you worry about the job much, that has been my experience anyway, you are bound to be stressed and feel not up to par for at least that long (I do anyway).

Wulsk-dont worry I bet the weight will be off by friday, your body just didnt know what to do on account of having yoru calories so low lately. You deserved the day so dont get down on yourself.

I forgot to weigh myself this morning so very interested to see what scale says tomorrow

 

[missblonde4878]

Morning girls!

Yesterday was a little rough. I don't know why, but I wanted to eat EVERYTHING in my sight! I went grocery shopping for my grandmother last night after work and broke down and bought a little snack size cherry pie. It was loaded with calories and fat, and completely out of my norm, but I did it. I could smack myself!

But, she did help me pay for some things that I needed which helped a great deal. I got the last kiwi and I also got my Green Tea for next week. I'm very excited about that because I love green tea!

I got up this morning to weigh myself - and the battery is dead in my scale!

So, I'm going to have stop and get one on my way home tonight - unless I can find the spare that is in this house somewhere.

I did manage to get in 65 min of exercise, and I don't go in this morning until 11 - so I'm going to try to get half of what I still need in this morning before I leave, and then the rest tonight.

Yu - I am with you on the calorie thing. In the beginning, I tried counting calories using an online counter - but ran into the same thing with my exercise tapes not being on the list of activities to choose from.

I searched and searched online for anything that said how many calories I burned during that workout - but had no luck. So, I eventually just figured out portion size instead..and it has worked for me. But I'm sure I go over/under my daily allotment of calories at times.

Nicole - things are much better at work. I'm slowly getting the hang of stuff - and apparently, I'm going a pretty good job - everyone keeps telling me how wonderful I'm doing. So, that's encouraging. I found out that I'm going to be transferring to a school that is only 8 minutes from my house (right now I'm travelling about 45 min each way), so I am very excited, but on the downside, I have gotten close to a couple of the girls I work with and will be sad to leave them. But, I have to do what's good for me.

Well, I am off to exercise and look for my battery - have a great day girls!!

 

[Omega]

Yuliana is a lovely name.
Thanks for saying such nice things about the value of my experience.

Congratulations on getting to goal.

Dont worry about the slight gain since. You got to goal and free food day or not were bound to celebrate. Just like other momentary celebrations (e.g. Christmas, Valentines Day) - they will be gone within a day or two. You are only aware of them because you weigh regularly. I cannot tell you how envious I am of your BMI.

 

[mom2]

Lori-dont be rough on yourself, you deserve a treat here and there. I bet you will have a really good day today with working out before and after work. I too am having same problem with not knowing how much excercise to put into my sparks because it doesnt have eliptical and it doesnt do weigh sessions calories burned however I do have a heart rate monitor that keeps track of that so I should stop and get a new battery--I really love that thing. I think whatever works for you is great and you are right the entry is a PITA but I will commit to this week and next and then see how it goes.

Yu-How goes today? Are you back to planned eating or trying to do freestyle from now on? I will be interested to hear of your maintenance journey, I am sure it is a tricky thing to get used to. PS I just noticed your BMI is exactly my ending desired BMI, now I have real incentive by looking at your pictures LOL!!!!

Omega-hi again! Keep up the good work (but not too good) we still want first place LOL! I like the idea of keeping tabs on the BMI since that is what really matters so I added mine in, thanks for the idea.

Well ladies I had to pop in to report that I am down 2lbs !! I am in 140's yeah! I did it in feb for a *very* brief period like a few days then started AF and fell off the wagon. This time I am just finishing AF at 149 and feeling very determined not to fall off so I believe next week will be a new low for me!!

 

[wulsk]

Good evening from sunny England. It was a real spring day today and I loved it!

Nicole, you are doing so well with the exercises and weight loss this week! Absolutely sharp as a swiss watch! I see now that actually you have very good weight and you are skinny girl yourself! You can't imagine how good is that you started to control your weight at this stage! It makes your task easy and even pleasent.
I am not ready to go on "freesyle mode" for good yet. Honestly, I don't see this possibility in the coming 6 months. My first task would be to bring my exercises to reasonable levels. I plan to exercise for life time but I can't do more than one and a half hour per week. As soon as I establish a routine which I feel comoftable with, I will deal with the food.

Lori, you seem to be coping quite well now! I am not worried about your cherry pie. I have strong evidences that after such treats the metabolism is getting toned up (exactly as Kim and Nicole discussed). It always works with me. The tricky thing is that people often can't stop after one treat. As soon as you go back on track it is not only harmless but even qutie positive.

Margaret, thank you soooo much! I must say that even it might be unbearable for you to wait to reach your target BMI, you are about to experience the happiest feeling to see yourself in your best possible shape soon. It is too exciting and this final period is much more easier than the beginning. Although the weight might not drop too quickly it is totally different state of mind, confidence and fitness. You will have a great summer!

Well, it was a good day here. All exercises done! All kiwis eaten. My weight is down again and I am tempted this week to go with the higher weight of Thursday and Friday. We 3 did well and I don't think we will be under threat. If next week myself or some of you face any problem it might be nice to have some reserve. If none of you contradict to this I will try this approach and I will keep my fingers crossed because it's always a risk, you know!

 

[mom2]

Yu-I was going to say that you should use your lowest since there is a challenge for second place based on cumulative points and the team with most weight loss gets one bonus point but I see the weight you have is already -2.2lbs, wow WOW wow! You are the crazy weight loss diva! I see that 2.2lbs left you quickly eh? And you were so worried. Either way you want is fine with me. PS two weeks after having my daughter I was still at 193 and I got down to 155 range on my own before coming here but I do have to admit it seemed alot easier since it hadnt been on a long time.

Lori-how goes it? I hope your stressful week is winding down ok. I bet you are doing just great at the job and it is veyr nice to work so close to home plus saves alot $$$ on gas! I wonder if you could get a bike and ride some days? Some people at our work do that and love it (save money and get in excercise--double bonus). I found that errands in my town that take me 8-10 minutes to drive to only take about 12-15 max to ride bike and that is at leasurly pace, I can get there about same as a car if I huff it!

I started off my day with green tea, I realized I hadnt been drinking it since being home. I was pretty hungry today so had a few more calories but still did fairly well, I was a bit more active too. I did 70 more minutes today so total 427, I jogged/walked dogs 4.5miles. My workout intensity was not as high this week but I did get good time in . I am pleased with the -2.0lbs and anticipating seeing it tomorrow.

 

[wulsk]

Nicole, you are also a weight loss diva. Actually I don't want to demotivate you but you are really quite normal size and even this 193 after giving birth is not scary much. But please do keep up high motivation. The fact that we are not in the morbidly obese cathegory doesn't mean we can just relax. Congratulations on the huge loss and being so strict with the exercises.

My day was so so. Fot the needs of the competition I have done my munutes but I didn't do the pilates to a very high standard and also I still haven't done my Taekwando. It's 10 pm here and I am determined that I want to do it every day this week. I will make sure to add the minutes I do Taekwando to our total. If I was a single player I wouldn't because it is not really an exercise but since Kim said we can add the minutes I will play for my team and use all legal means to help us win this.

Food wasn't great today either. Usually I eat 3/4 cup of cornflakes + 150 ml milk but this morning I ate whole cup by mistake!!!!
Then I have prescribed to myself too much dark choclate for snack and also I messed my dinner - I created new combination of foods and the quantity was again too big! As a second snack I had a handful of pistachios but oh boy what a handful it was - there is a handful and hand-more-than-ful! (Pistachios are so tasty but too expensive!) As a result the scales tomorrow are 100% up!

I decided to go with my worst weight. Today I have a new low but it is TOO low. I know if I use it next week I will struggle to report a loss. I am sure we will be fine!

Well let's hope for the best tomorrow.

Individual total: 52
Team total: 52/1155

 

[mom2]

Yu-Ahh, don't tell me that nice compliment LOL, part of my struggle to loose these last 10-15lb I want to loose is because even though I am not happy at this size I am kind of used to it and I think it's not 'that' bad LOL. But I believe I have the resolve this time to do it so I can quit being back and forth, I told myself I dont have to be perfect I can still allow myself treats but this time no quitting I either A-learn to love my body at this size or B-get to a size I am happy with, it is not worth all the negative energy I creat thinking about it!

I agree with your weight entry, you know best and I know what you mean by 'too low'. Sorry you had an off food day. I did too.

Lori-I hope your stressful week is wrapping up and all turned out ok. And is treating you ok.

I had an 'off' food day here, I ate too many calories before dinner even and I dont know how to add up dinner in sparks. We went to china buffet for dinner (my favorite) and I was good with eating started with sushi and soup filling but not too high calories then I allowed myself one serving rice noodles weith meat and rice and only 2 fried coconut shrimp, I did not have any of my normal fry cakes and I had fruit for dessert but I know it was still too much calories overall consumed. Have been veyr tired today and no excercise, blah,, tomorrows another day though!


can't wait to see if we have 1st again!

Individual total: 0
Team total: 52/1155

 

[mom2]

1. Legacy Red Ladies---36.2pts--5.2lbs
2. Exercise Bunnies-----33.3pts--3.3lbs
3. Weightloss Warriors--31.9pts--2.9lbs
4. ABS of Steel---------30.5pts--2.5lbs
5. MILF/Aussie Battlers--28.5pts--6.5lbs
6. Omega-3-------------28.5pts--1.5lbs
7. Blue Crew------------27.4pts--1.4lbs


Wahoo! Party!

Looks as though we are a force to be reckoned with, ok, maybe that is just a big head LOL.

We are doing very well ladies, we deserve a small pat on the back, before we get back to the grindstone (I think my pat on the back came in the form of a flub day yesterday LOL). I see it is good Battlers did not complete something or they would have beat us with a 6.5lb loss---goodness!

Today's a new day, have your green tea and have a good day!

you ladies are great!

 

[missblonde4878]

Wow, that is so AWESOME! Coming in first really makes all the stress SO WORTH IT! GREAT JOB GUYS!!

Yesterday was a fun day - it was Friday for starters - and then after work, me, my boss and another girl I work with all stayed after and I got my hair done! The perks of working with stylists is just too cool!

I am BLONDE again! Woo hoo! I'm blonde at heart..its just my personality. (Not the dumb quality) But blonde suits me...and I feel like I'm getting back to where i was before all of the layoffs started. I'm gonna take some pictures this weekend and update my avatar.

I got my first paycheck and it was $200 more than expected, so I could payoff some more bills..and I'm that closer to being caught up.

I didn't exercise yesterday because I was at work until about 9 pm..but I did get in my Green Tea (pretty easy for me..I'm used to drinking it)

Well, awesome job girls! We are rockin!