BLC 13 - Yellow Team Meeting Place

Hello and welcome Yellow Team!

YELLOW TEAM
Yellow Team Meeting Place
cridina (W0: 229.0, W6: 219.0, Total Loss: 10.0, Total %: 4.37) **
cristin (W0: 186.0, W6: 187.6, Total Loss: +1.6, Total %: +0.86) **
foffles (W0: 172.5, W6: 168.0, Total Loss: 4.5, Total %: 2.61)
jodiferjuniper (W0: 191.0, W6: 189.4, Total Loss: 1.6, Total %: 0.84) **
keys1987 (W0: 194.8, W6: 188.8, Total Loss: 6.0, Total %: 3.08) **
liposuctioned (W0: 172.0, W6: 167.0, Total Loss: 5.0, Total %: 2.91)
mca2009 (W0: 180.0, W6: 174.0, Total Loss: 6.0, Total %: 3.33)
niccole-able (W0: 181.2, W6: 163.8, Total Loss: 17.4, Total %: 9.60)
proud2bme (W0: 221.0, W6: 216.0, Total Loss: 5.0, Total %: 2.26) **
rocconess13 (W0: 225.0, W6: 221.0, Total Loss: 4.0, Total %: 1.78) **
songwinds (W0: 210.0, W6: 210.0, Total Loss: 0.0, Total %: 0.00) **
starsanddots (W0: 146.0, W6: 146.0, Total Loss: 0.0, Total %: 0.00) **
Yellow Team Total   W0: 2308.5, W6: 2250.6, Total Loss: 57.9, Total %: 2.51
Total Challenge Points: 155.60 points

Let's see how well we can do! Remember to try and give the challenges a go.

 

CHALLENGE #7 – Balance
Runs from Week 6-Week 7

Challenge yourself to eat a balanced amount of calories every day.  As we all know, it is important to obtain our calories from various healthy sources.  Eating 500 calories worth of cookies is not the same as eating 500 calories worth of fresh fruits and veggies, whole grains, and lean meats – yes, the numbers are the same, but the benefits are oh-so-different.  This calorie count post breaks down the recommended calorie source ratio into 50% carbs, 25% protein, and 25% (good) fats.  For this challenge, keep track of your carbs-protein-fats ratio every day.  If your percentages fall between 45-55% for carbs and 20-30% for both protein and fats, all at once, you will earn 1 point for your team.  If your percentages fall between 48-52% for carbs and 23-27% for both protein and fats, then you will earn an additional point for your team.  Soo, there is a potential to earn TWO WHOLE POINTS every day!!  Your week can start on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday and must continue for 7 days straight.  Keep track of how many points that you earn throughout the week.  At week 7's weigh ins, don't forget to report how many points you earned for your team.  If you have any questions, feel free to ask!  I have included an example for this challenge below:

Sample Balance challenge
- week start: tuesday
- tues: carb: 48.2%, protein: 21.8%, fat: 29.9% = 1 pt
- wed: carb: 55.1%, protein: 12.2%, fat: 32.7% = 0 pts
- thur: carb: 50.9%, protein: 24.3%, fat: 24.9% = 2 pts (1 pt + 1 bonus pt)
- fri: carb: 47.6%, protein: 22.7%, fat: 29.6% = 1 pt
- sat: carb: 58.7%, protein: 20.7%, fat: 20.7% = 0 pts
- sun: carb: 53.3%, protein: 20.1%, fat: 26.6% = 1 pt
- mon: carb: 52.0%, protein: 24.8%, fat: 23.2% = 2 pts (1 pt + 1 bonus pt)
- total points earned for challenge: 7

Remember that these mini-challenges are to help guide you in becoming healthier.  If your ratios are under control or vary significantly from what has been listed in the challenge due to medical conditions, then please do not stray from your plan.  The last thing you want to do is hurt yourself if you’re already doing what’s right for you.  Good luck!!

 

CHALLENGE #8 – Calorie Deficit
      Runs from Week 7-Week 8

Challenge yourself to create a healthy calorie deficit that will aid in weight loss.  A deficit is the difference between how many calories you burn and how many calories you consume.  As we all know, the key to losing weight is to expend (burn) more calories than we consume.  If we eat more than our body needs, then those extra calories are stored as fat – and we don’t want that.  If we burn more than we eat, then our body turns to the excess fat we have and converts it into the energy it needs.  For this challenge, keep track of your calorie deficit every day.  For every 100 calories worth of deficit that you create, you will earn 0.5 points for your team – or you can look at it as for every 200 calories of deficit, you will earn 1 point.  Your week can start on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday and must continue for 7 days straight.  Keep track of how many points that you earn throughout the week.  At the final weigh in, don't forget to report how many points you earned for your team.  If you have any questions, feel free to ask!  I have included an example for this challenge below:

Sample Deficit challenge
NOTE: USED – CONSUMED = DEFICIT  <-- we want this number to be positive!
- week start: wednesday
- wed: cals used: 1700; cals consumed: 1570; deficit: 130
- thur: cals used: 2213; cals consumed: 1887; deficit: 326
- fri: cals used: 2172; cals consumed: 1720; deficit: 452
- sat: cals used: 1814; cals consumed: 1480; deficit: 334
- sun: cals used: 2143; cals consumed: 1655; deficit: 488
- mon: cals used: 2547; cals consumed: 2408; deficit: 139
- tues: cals used: 2084; cals consumed: 1560; deficit: 524
- deficit total: 2393; total challenge points: 11.97
NOTE: To calculate the total number of challenge points earned, add up your deficits from all seven days to get your deficit total.  Then, divide that number by 200.

The important thing to remember is that our bodies need a certain amount of calories (energy) to live, so maintaining a net calorie intake of at least 1200 or 1500, for women and men respectively, is extremely important.  It is also important to understand that creating too large of a deficit can be harmful to your body.  For this reason, any deficit that exceeds 1000 calories in a single given day will not be eligible for points.  Anything less than that is fair game.  Oh yes, and remember that these mini-challenges are to help guide you in becoming healthier.  If you are successfully losing at a certain deficit, please do not irrationally increase your deficit just to win points.  The last thing you want to do is hurt yourself if you’re already doing what’s right for you.  Good luck!!

go yellow! for the challenges, are we supposed to keep track on paper or something and just report the grand total when we weigh in? or do we report daily? or do we report each amount for each day at the weigh-in?

thx for setting up the meeting spot foffles!

GO YELLOW!!!!

Hi liposuctioned. :) I think we just need to report totals during the weigh ins. You can feel free to keep track of it daily in here though. That's what I was thinking of doing.

and hello and welcome proud2bme! Glad you could join us. And agreed, Go Yellow!

thanks. i'm excited :)

Hi all!!! I'm excited to get this BLC going :-)

I'm doing a little slow on the water drinking... never been a big water drinker, but I'm doing my best!!   Let's kick some BLC BUTT!!!!

I'm happy to see so much excitement for this! Hopefully we can keep it going throughout the challenge. Good luck to all of you at losing weight and drinking water!

I see some of my SAHM are on my team Yeah!!!

I have been keeping track on paper.  I do drink LOTS of water so this challenge is a easy one.  Finally something easy. 

Thanks for being the captain FOFFLES .

Lets kick the rainbows butt.

hey yellow team just checkin in , thanks for being captain foffles

Hi everyone!  Thanks for starting this page and being captian Foffles!  I am excited to be on a team now.  I have been sick since Thursday so my water intake isn't what it normally is but I will try hard!  Good to see you all!

So glad to see so many people in here. :)

I hope your weekend is going well! Today was my boyfriend's birthday, so I didn't eat the healthiest food, but I did well as far as moderation goes, so we;ll see how that goes.

Good luck to all of you and I'm happy to be your captain with such a great group of people. ^_^ Thank you all for being part of the team. Go yellow!

Hey all, just checking in to see how you are all doing! I hope you all had a good weekend, drank plenty of water, and have a great week ahead of you.

Remember, weigh ins are tomorrow through Thursday, and you need to post not only your weight, but your water drinking challenge points as well. Come on Yellow Team!

I did much better this past weekend than I did the previous weekend as far as eating goes. I usually don't drink but about 6 glasses of water unless I am working out, but this challenge really helped me to make a conscious effort to drink at least 8 oz everyday whether I exercise or not. Good luck to everyone at the weigh-in! If we have until Thursday, I probably won't weigh in until then.

Good job with the water proud2bme :-)  I never have been a big water person but this week I have been working on drinkin' more!  It feels good knowing I'm doing good to my body.  Hope everyone is doing well :-)  <3

I have been drinking only water.  I have been drinking it hot with a squish of lemon as my "tea" in the morning when it is cold but besides that I have been drinking it straight.  I have never been a soda fan so this is a nice easy challenge for me.  I bought myself a 12pack of diet coke with lime back in June I think I have had 1 and a few guests have had some but there is still 8/9 left. 

So far for the month I have drank 1092 Oz.  I have been keeping thack from another group..  I have noticed that my weightloss has been steadier then when I wasn't drinking enough. This week So far is 480. low day on sunday because I was at an amusement park, $2.75 for water.  Drank it slow at that price (and not allowed to brink in drinks I had my bottle)

Just checked week 2's challenge.  I'm so happy.  It's cardio.  I do an hour at nap time and then 45-50min after then kids go to bed everyday.  I get in at least 8 miles.  plus some strength stuff.  Yeah. 

2 weeks of good stuff. 

Week 0.   9/8-9/10: 210

Week 1.   9/15-9/17: 210

- 9/8 tues: 100oz = 1.00 pts
- 9/9 wed: 100oz = 1.00 pts
- 9/10 thur: 100oz = 1.00 pts
- 9/11 fri: 100oz = 1.00 pts
- 9/12 sat: 50oz = 0.50 pts
- 9/13 sun: 60oz = 0.60 pts
- 9/14 mon: 60oz = 0.60 pts

Challenge Points: 5.70

(I'm not exactly sure which page to be posting this on...)

songwinds - post it on the BL thread so you get credit.  great job on the H2O.

Hey all, just checking in. I see that some of you have posted your results for the week! Great job! Remember, tomorrow's the last day to post.

Good Luck Everyone!

Original Post by foffles:

So glad to see so many people in here. :)

I hope your weekend is going well! Today was my boyfriend's birthday, so I didn't eat the healthiest food, but I did well as far as moderation goes, so we;ll see how that goes.

Good luck to all of you and I'm happy to be your captain with such a great group of people. ^_^ Thank you all for being part of the team. Go yellow!

This weekend was my birthday as well!  I decided that I was going to have my cake and eat it too!  I haven't gotten on the scale yet but I'm guessing the canoli cake (yes it was a cake with canoli filling between the layers) will show up on the scale tomorrow, but I'm committed to BLC 13 and I'm going to rock it out from now on!

Just wanted to check in and say GO YELLOW!

good luck with the cardio everyone!