Posts by julia_xenakis

hello ladies and gentleman.  congratulations to thesilverstar (again!) the big winner!  blue team has pulled ahead, in a big way, earning greatest percentage lost in the last week as well as overall.  I hope we can do our best to reverse this upset!

jennlett!  again?!  amazing.  I'll email you soon with your prize!

(this is probably too late )

red team

week 4:  143

I am so sorry to have missed the weigh in.  dammit.  I thought I would be home by 10pm, but I dragged myself through the door at 4am.

who's the biggest loser of the week?

(I liked the corn muffin the best, followed immediately by the chocolate top with coffee chips)

http://caloriecount.about.com/biggest-loser-c hallenge-part-closed-group-ft114858-9

this is the site, lynzeh.

so, week 2's weights haven't been posted yet...but when they are, I'll name the winner on our site.

dear women and gribbish,

after being fairly adament about remaining apolitical this election year, I have completely buckled, which is why I haven't posted this entire weekend.  but, I'm back!

milwaukeegirl:  shabbat dinner makes me miss my hometown (though I'm not jewish either).  I cannot believe you stayed under 1900 calories.  it is so much easier to totally abstain from a big meal, than to participate, but keep some level of control.  I think you did wonderfully, and I am jealous of your self-restraint.  do not feel bad for yourself.  take a breath, drink some water, and the feeling will pass.

silverstar:  the vitamuffins are incredible.  I was toasting mine, but now, I eat them frozen, as a snack -- the double chocolate ones taste like ice cream.

jennlett:  on weight training days I only run for ten minutes, to warm up.  I love the weight room in my university's gym.  the men (mostly men in the weight section) are so chatty, compared to the women who do cardio.  I have a list I follow that was made for me by one of the gym instructors.  having things to check off, motivates me, even though that sounds dippy.

gribbish:  all I can say is good luck, boy.

I read a study on shelterpub.com about weight training vs. weight loss.  it quoted a study in which 2 groups of overweight men started an exercise regime for eight weeks.  one group -- purely aerobic, the other -- half aerobic, half weight training. 

On average, the group doing half weight training gained 2 pounds of muscle, and lost ten pounds of fat, equaling 8 pounds net loss, while the purely aerobic group lost 3 pounds fat and .5 pounds muscle, equaling 3.5 pounds net loss.

I think weight training is beneficial for feeling good, retaining muscle during dieting, as well as for weight loss (provided you are overweight).  though the article did mention that initially, you will most likely see no weight loss, or even weight gain, as your body builds lean tissue.

here, in Biggest Loser world, we have 12 whole weeks to get deisel -- so don't be afraid to pump some iron.

In fact, yesterday I bought a traction bar and mounted it in my living room.  I can do 6 proper pull-ups and 2 proper chin-ups (id est: without flailing about like a fish).

lynzeh and ashelia -- wonderful that you found the red thread.  don't let scholastic pursuits mess with your health.  my own program sponsors "pizza seminars" every wednesday, and every other friday:  free pizza and pop for anyone who stumbles into the lecture that day.  I choke down apples and watch the number theorists go through slice after slice of pepperoni, thinking mean thoughts.  but by the time I get home, I am so impressed with myself, it becomes a welcome challenge.  fight for yourself!

hey feds and everyone -- ups dropped off the vitamuffins -- a whole variety kit -- I put them in the freezer save for the "double chocolate dream," which I ate.  amazing.  6g fiber and 100 calories.

*** RED TEAM ***  <--- for the reds.  join the forum.  win muffins.

Week 1.   9/30-10/2:  145.4
Week 2.   10/7-10/9:
Week 3.   10/14-10/16:
Week 4.   10/21-10/23:
Week 5.   10/28-10/30:
Week 6.   11/4-11/6:
Week 7.   11/11-11/13:
Week 8.   11/18-11/20:
Week 9.   11/25-11/27:
Week 10. 12/2-12/4: 
Week 11. 12/9-12/11:
Week 12. 12/16-12/18:
Week 13. 12/23-12/25:
Week 14. 12/30-1/1:

(edit:  changed hours to minutes)

Hi Milwaukee Gal!  I am so happy to find out I'm on your team!  This is my first Biggest Loser Challenge as well.  The only other real challenge I've done was April 2008 Exercise Challenge.  I signed up for 1250 minutes (not hours) of exercise a month, did 1436, and lost twenty pounds.

(look on the earlier post -- I have a challenge for us Red-Losers)

I am cutting up carrots and thinking about VICTORY!

weighed in this morning (I forgot yesterday) at 143, down from 144.2 last week.  I am thrilled.  the last time I saw this number, I was twelve years old.

my jerk roommate gave me a cold, the cats are howling for food, my lemon tree is dying, the washing machine is broken, and I have to spend the day studying.  good morning -- feh.  I'm quite cranky.

don't you women get sick, eat your oranges.