BLC 11 - GREEN Team Meeting Place!

Hello GREEN team! :D  Welcome to the Biggest Loser Challenge 11!  Congrats on signing up for the challenge!  Let's use this meeting place to keep each other updated and motivated to cross that finish line together.  Feel free to share stories, tips, "OMG" moments, and lots more.  Each and every one of us will succeed if we just all stick with the same, positive, go-get-'em attitude.

So, come on over, introduce yourself, and let's get this party started!! :D

-Nikki

GREEN TEAM
bhmoore  (W0: 197.6, W5: 189.8, Total Loss: 7.8, Total %: 3.95)
justsmileandnod  (W0: 224.6, W5: 219.4, Total Loss: 5.2, Total %: 2.32)
keyster  (W0: 275.2, W5: 263.8, Total Loss: 11.4, Total %: 4.14)
kilkenny3  (W0: 181.4, W5: 177.2, Total Loss: 4.2, Total %: 2.32)**
ladyduece  (W0: 172.0, W5: 168.5, Total Loss: 3.5, Total %: 2.04)
lilspoiled66  (W0: 155.0, W5: 157.0, Total Loss: +2.0, Total %: +1.29) **
mamamiasmith  (W0: 179.8, W5: 174.6, Total Loss: 5.2, Total %: 2.89)
nikki_08  (W0: 159.6, W5: 154.8, Total Loss: 4.8, Total %: 3.01)
ohtobethinagain  (W0: 185.8, W5: 183.0, Total Loss: 2.8, Total %: 1.51) **
r4eboxer  (W0: 164.2, W5: 160.0, Total Loss: 4.2, Total %: 2.56)
sarahc09  (W0: 210.2, W5: 200.4, Total Loss: 9.8, Total %: 4.66) **
shannie3  (W0: 190.2, W5: 179.9, Total Loss: 10.3, Total %: 5.42)
staziic  (W0: 236.0, W5: 228.0, Total Loss: 8.0, Total %: 3.39) **
tazzie_23  (W0: 213.5, W5: 202.0, Total Loss: 11.5, Total %: 5.39)
Green Team Total   Week 0: 2745.1, W5: 2658.4, Total Loss: 86.7, Total %: 3.16

Here is the link to the main BLC 11 thread just in case you want to jump between the two with ease.
http://caloriecount.about.com/biggest-loser-p art-week-weigh-ins-ft137127

*Edited to include team members. (05.11)
*Edited to include main thread. (05.12)
*Edited to include new team member. (05.15)

What a team!  I'm so proud of all of you!  Keep up the hard work...half way to the finish...no stopping us now!

I stepped on the scale today and the numbers are going down!  Woohoo!  Finally!  I'm back to contributing something to the team in addition to encouragement!

first of all, i'd like to apologize to ya'll for completely falling off the face of the earth over the last few days.  once again, i was out of town - the fiance and i flew back to our hometown over the weekend to volunteer for a youth leadership seminar that we've been involved with for the past forever, lol.

and second of all - way to go for winning it again last week!!!  and for keeping our title of the overall biggest losing team, woohoo!!  it just goes to show that we truly are working as a team - like i had said before, it's all about giving and taking, and i think we have a great balance of that.  there is not one single person that seems to be carrying the weight (no pun intended, hehe) of this team alone.  i am sooo blessed and extremely greatful to be part of this team - i freakin' love ya'll!

as always, here are the stats of our team with respect to last week's weigh ins:

 - as a team, we have lost a total of 76.6 pounds throughout the entire challenge.  that comes out to 2.79% of our beginning total weight gone forever!!

 - for week four, we lost a total of 16.4 pounds for a total percentage of weight lost of 2.85% - way to go team!

 - keyster has lost the most poundage and is officially down 10 pounds from her start weight at the beginning of the challenge - crazy awesome!!

 - shannie3 holds the spot for having lost the highest percentage of weight from the beginning of the challenge until now - she is down 4.73%!  shannie is also the second overall biggest loser for the entire challenge - you go girl!!

 - r4eboxer lost the most poundage between week three and week four; she is down 3.8 pounds from the previous week!  she also had the highest percentage of weight lost with a 2.32% decrease - woohoo!  AND, she is also the the biggest loser for week four for the entire challenge!! with that, r4eboxer, feel free to go into my gallery and grab your green team biggest loser banner for week 4.  you definitely earned it!

keep up the amazing work everybody!  without the efforts of every single person on this team, we wouldn't be as awesome as we are.  good luck to everybody and let's get ready to dominate once again!!

goooo green!

Way to go everyone!

Glad to report the evil sunburn is going away finally!  The itchy peeling set in and it's nearly over as well (Finally) so that's a huge relief.

Had something funky happen with my scale and I'm totally not sure what to think.  I was the same weight yesterday as I was on weigh in 171.0.  The battery on the scale went out this morning so I replaced it and weighed in at 177.0.  How the Heck did that happen????  It's got me a little freaked to say the least.

Wow, Green Team had another great week!  Good luck with tomorrow's weigh-in, I bet we'll be winners again!!! 

Weigh-ins start today team!  I'm so excited to see how everyone did for this week! 

I'm in this week with a 2.8 loss  Only 3lbs away from onederland! YAY!!

I was all set to weigh myself this morning then I hopped into the shower without thinking.  Oops!  At least I have tomorrow and Thursday morning!  I'm excited too!  I know that the scale is going down, I just don't know how much!

189.8!  I'm in the 180's!!!!  I don't know when I was last in this range.  I lost 1.6 pounds which is less than I was hoping for, but I'm definitely excited!  I made it past my first goal and the scale keeps going down!  How are the rest of you guys doing?  Are you having good weeks too!

bhmoore - congrats on your loss and congrats on now being in the 180's, woohooo!!!

i came in with a 1.4 pound loss this week, which (again) is a total shocker!  to be completely honest, i haven't really worked out (like really worked out) in about three weeks now.   so, you all remember that i was sick for like two weeks, and then i finally started getting over that (and squeezed in an attempt to run and a yoga dvd) and then i freakin' twisted my ankle really really bad (i thought it would be a good idea to jump off the stairs at my apartment complex - turns out it was a terrible idea, lol).  it swelled up like crazy and turned purple.   it still hurts when i walk, so running is totally out of the question.  i am going to attempt to get back into the gym this week - maybe on the stationary bike at least.  i don't want to hurt my ankle any more than it already is but sitting on my butt doing nothing is driving me crazy!!  i have, however, seen more weight drop since i haven't been exercising than i had while i was exercising.  how that happens, i have no clue.  the only thing i can think of is maybe i was somewhat starving my body.  i kept to a very strict 1200 net cal intake everyday (with the occassional ~1700 cal days on the weekends).  since i've been sick/hurt, i've averaged around 1400 cals/day and the pounds are coming off faster than ever!  in two weeks, i've lost the same amount of weight that i did in april and may combined.  that just goes to show that drastically restricting (to be honest, sometimes i wasn't even meeting the 1200 net, i'd only get to like 1000 - sooo bad, i know!) is a terrible idea and your body will totally rebel, lol. 

anyhoo... i've met another milestone (155lbs) and i am 4.8 pounds away from my first major goal - 150lbs!!!  i'm soooo excited and am hoping to meet that goal by the 4th of july, which just so happens to be the end of this challenge!

i hope you all have an awesome week and let's totally dominate again!!
gooooo green!!!

Hey there team! Just checked the BL thread and there's still 5 of our team that need to weigh in yet.  I won't name any names...You know who you are!  

I'm looking forward to seeing how we did this week! Congrats to everyone!

Yay Green team!  Lets rock this again this week!  Make sure to post your weight for the week if you haven't already.  Even if it is a gain, post it anyway... we'll still love you!

Kilkenny3, lilspoiled66, ohtobethinagain, sarahc09, and staziic - we missed you guys this week! Hope to see you back this upcoming one! good luck.

We are still winning, but we missed a bunch of our team.  Please come back, we miss you!  I want to completely smoke the rest of the teams and we can only do that if everyone is involved. 

Speaking of smoking, guess who is on her way to being smoking hot?  Me!  I stepped on the scale this morning, and I have officially lost 11.2 pounds!  AHHHHHH!!!  I passed the 10 pound mark!  I'm so excited!

alright, it's that time again - here are our updated stats:

- as a team, we have lost a total of 86.7 pounds for the entire challenge!  that's a 3.16% loss for the amazing green team, woohoo!!

- between week 4 and week 5, we lost a total of 10.1 pounds!  that's 3.25% of our week 4 weight gone forever!!

- tazzie_23 has dropped the most poundage from the beginning of the challenge until now - she is down a total of 11.5 pounds!!  way to go tazzie!!  she also had the largest amount of weight lost between weeks 4 and 5, dropping 2.8 pounds between weigh ins!  that also left her with the biggest percentage of weight lost at 1.37% of her total weight from week 4 gone!!  so, bottom line, tazzie is totally kicking ass, lol!  ms. tazzie, feel free to go into my gallery and grab your "green team week 5 biggest loser" banner and display it proudly (if you'd like!) .

- shannie3 has the biggest percentage of weight lost from our team for the overall competition - she is down 5.42% of her total beginning weight.  how awesome is that!?!

congrats, once again, to all of the losers from last week.  as always, the green team is doing an amazing job in this challenge!  let's finish it strong, we only have three more weeks left in the BLC 11.  let's prove to the rest of the teams why we deserve to be the winners!  now is not the time to give up - now is the time to push harder than you've ever pushed before!!  don't forget, if you need help or support or comfort or a swift kick in the butt to get you going, we are all here for each other - we will be that motivation you need to pick yourself back up when you don't feel like going on.  we all can do it, i know we can!

i have a challenge for our team.  since the beginning of this BLC, we have lost a total of 86.7 pounds, which is crazy awesome!!  i challenge us to lose a total of at least 100 pounds by the time this competition is over.  we have three more weigh ins to make 13.3 pounds go away forever!!  who's up for the challenge??

I think our team is deifnatley up for the challenge and that we will surpass 100 even!! go GREEN

Great challenge Nikki   We might even beat 100 pounds lost by our next weigh-in! 

We could totally make 100 pounds by our next weigh in!  If everyone lost one pound we'd be there!  And since someone always loses more than one, the people who lose less or even stay the same can know that they helped us reach 100 in previous weeks!  Lets do this!

Yep, let's do it!  I've already posted my weight & I'd love to see our team hit the 100 pound mark!   Good luck everyone!

We're down 1.2 lbs
12.1 more to go!

might i just add that i absolutely love LOVE mamamia's enthusiasm!!

i will post my weigh in for this week tomorrow morning.  keep your fingers crossed for me that i pull a good number again this week!!  my last two weigh ins have been pretty impressive, if i may say so myself, lol.

c'mon green team - we can do it!!!

Nikki - my fingers are crossed! 

I posted my weight and man does it feel good to see that scale drop!  I read some articles on superfoods recently and have been incorporating a few of them into my diet.  More fruit, more nuts, more yogurt.  Also, more dark chocolate!  (In moderation of course!!!)  Anyway, that, combined with pushing myself to exercise in addition to dancing, and drinking tons of water has helped.  I'm really excited to see how I can end this challenge, and I'm even more excited to see us as a team break 100!  We can do it!