Yellow Team Meeting Place-Biggest Loser Part 8

Hello Yellow Team,

This can be the place where we meet up at to give motivation to our team players :)

Lost the pound and a half vacation weight I gained last week. Super stoked! Even though I know it usually goes away, it is still very depressing to see a pound and a half gain. Today I weighed in at 156, by eventual goal being 140, but I've weighed 150 for most of my life, so I can't wait to see that number. I've lost almost 15 pounds so far using CC and I hope this puts me pretty close to my goal!

Hope everyone say encouraging results this week!!! =)

Hey Yellow Team !!

Hope everyone has a great time in this challenge and that we all suceed in our weightloss goals.

~k

Hey yellow Team!

 Here is a fun fact.  So far as a team we have a total weight of 2296.8 lbs, the red team is 3211.4 and the blue team is 2208.8.  (slow day at work:)  Thanks for setting up this Meeting Place sexycoolaries!  Good Luck to All!!!!

You are welcome BETZC. 

Welcome all and I hope we can lose all this weight together :). 

I need some weight loss advice: I work out (Jazzercise and strenght train) Mon 3 times an hour each, Tues 2 times an hour each, Wed 3 times an hour each, Thurs 2 times an hour, and Fri and Sat 1 time for an hour and sometimes my weight don't want to move.  It's frustrating at times.  I try to not go over 1474 calories a day but they say if you burn so much you should eat back the calories so you won't go over an 1000 deficit...Any advice in this matter so I can lose this weight?

Thanks for making this group Sexycoolaries!

I have lost 25 lbs since the beginning of my weight loss journey --June 08. Man, did it ever com off easy. But now I seem to have stopped at 160. I think I just have to step it up a bit more...mostly getting more exercise.

@ sexycoolaries: I think the amount of exercise you are doing is great. I wish I had that dedication. I would think that you would need to up your calorie intake to make up for the huge amount you are burning, or else you might be stepping into the starvation mode side of things. Just do a little calculation to check your numbers.

If you're too low, try adding some more good fats to your diet, like avocado or peanut butter.

Go Yellow Go ..we can do it!

Edited: To remove my faulty math.

d00r: Have you recalculated the amount of calories you should be eating for your new 25 pounds lighter weight? When I did this, the amount of calories I need to eat dropped by about 100 cals! This could be why you're stuck.

sexycoolaries: I love aries by the way. ^_~ But on another note, are you eating more on the days you're exercising? I was kind of confused by your post. Do you generally eat 1500 calories? If your burn meter is at 2000 and you typically eat 1500 calories on days your don't exercise, that's a good 500 cal deficit. However, on days you exercise, that certainly won't be enough. It sounds like you burn at least a 1000 cals with that kind of exericse, so if you burn 3000 calories on days you exercise total you should be eating AT LEAST 2000 calories that day so you have a 1000 calorie deficit. Any more isn't very healthy. Does this make sense?

My calories so far today is 1458 Eat Meter
Daily Goal: 1474 cal Burn Meter
Total Estimate: 2870 My deficit if substracting 2870 from 1458 is  1412 so what should I do and it usually be around this range.  I try to eat the extras but its hard when you are not really hungry.  I'm 147 pounds 5'7 tall and goal weight 130

I think you should eat the extra 400 calories. Even if you're just adding peanut butter to apple slices or drinking a milkshake. =) I think that's probably why your weight loss is stalled, because your body is holding on to everything you're taking in instead of letting it go.

Also, have you ever been at the weight 130? I'm 5'7", medium frame, and the lowest I've ever been was 145. I'm aiming for 140, but I really can't imagine being 130. Not saying that you can't reach that, just curious and thinking maybe it will be more difficult for you to lose because of that. I dunno though. Everyone is different. But I would definitely try to add a hundred calories to each of your meals on days you work out and see if that helps you out after a few weeks.

Good luck!

Agreed.  You're burning way too many calories to only eat 1400.

Hi everyone!  I'm Susan and I joined CC on July 1st weighing 176 pounds.  This morning, I was 159.3 lbs and I'm very very happy to be back below 160 (though I'm going to stick with yesterday's 160.9 as my official "start weight").  The last time I weighed this little was in '99 when I finished undergrad.  So, I've met my interim goal and my longer term goal is to get down to 140, a weight I passed at some point in high school.  I tend to be quite muscle-y so, while that's at the very top of my healthy BMI range, it may be about as low as I can get.  I'll re-evaluate once I get there - which I hope will be in February so I can be "skinny" for my birthday! 

Hey Team Yellow!

Thanks to sexycoolaries for this meeting place.    Here's hoping we're all big losers!

I have a question - Is there a specific food you rely very heavily on during weightloss?  For me, it's frozen vegetables.   I would rather eat fresh but frozen is so convenient because I can keep them in the freezer at work and microwave a bag when I need it.  I'm vegan so I also rely heavily on fortified bran flakes and nutritional yeast flakes. 

Good luck to everyone! 

 

Cherry tomatoes.  It sounds crazy, but when I really really want a snack and really really shouldn't have one, I can have a handful of cherry tomatoes for only 20 cals - and who can feel guilty about 20 cals?  I get them from a local farm so they're super sweet and yummy; not sure what I'm going to do this winter as grocery store tomatoes just aren't the same. 

Hey everyone !

 

Just wondering if everyone would like to set up a weekly challenge,

Example :

Week 1 Low sodium

Week 2 High Fiber

Week 3 Lots of water.

Week 4 Fruits and Veggies.

etc etc... let me know and I will set something up =)

I'd be up for that (though I'll do horribly at a low sodium challenge - one turkey sandwich and you're hooped!  ).

Hayyyyyy

tincognito:  My lowest at my height was 117 but that was after bootcamp.  I never want to go that low again but I feel very comfortable at 130 pds.  I guess I'll work on eating the calories when the deficit is too much.  

The challenges sound good korali.....

Thanks to everyone that gave me advice.  I doubt I lose anything this week since its time for that FRIEND to come this week.......

 

Wow sexycoolaries, 117?! No wonder you want to lose weigh, haha. It sucks to know you could be lower. =(

Korali, I will never, ever be able to do a sodium challenge! Hahaha! I don't even care about sodium. (Gasp, shock, horror, I know!) But you can all laugh at the ridiculous amounts of sodium I ingest if you want. ;-P

I rely on sherbert, jpoage. I love icecream, I really can't give it up, and this is a much lower cal version. It keeps the cravings at bay most of the time.

Susicue, could you try baby carrots? Grocery store tomatos are the worst. =/

Is 14 too young to be here? lol

Korali -

I'm in for the weekly challenge.  Sodium has been killing me lately so I'm excited about that one!

Jen

Hey everyone! I feel terrible. I just posted my Week 2 weight and because I was sick, I actually gained this week.  I am back on track today, if I bite it I am writting it and back to working out tomorrow.  Hopefully I have a big loss for all of you next week.

Ok guys, starting today, this weeks challenge will be to stick to our calorie goals, everyday for 7 days.

As an example my weekly goals is to have 6 days of good counting days .. and one maintenance day. So that is the challenge for this week.

Lets everyone keep in mind that ...

Your body needs at least 1200 calories per day to survive. Here is a very rough scientific break down provided by a dietician for a  5' 2", 19 year old female weighing approximately 100 pounds, sitting around all day and doing nothing:


-The heart needs 12% of the calories (144 cals)
-The kidney needs 12% of the calories (144 cals)
-The Liver needs 23% of the calories (276 cals)
-The brain needs 23% of the calories (276 cals)
-The skeletal muscle needs 30% of the calories (360 cals)

WEEK 1 CHALLENGE = STICK TO OUR CALORIE GOALS FOR 7 DAYS !

This challenge should be quite easy, when compared to others like a fiber challenge  or a sodium challenge.