Buck Up Biggest Losers

NeveraGain · 02-15-2005, 12:08 PM

Hey ladies and Gentlemen,

I just wanted to give everyone a little reminder about WHY we joined this challenge. Stop and think about your reasons:

Maybe you want to live a longer life, maybe you love your kids enough to want to be around longer for them, maybe you want to be healthy enough to have kids, maybe you want to look in the mirror and be happy, maybe you want to finish a workout or a meal and be proud of yourself, maybe you want to believe that you can follow through on something.
Regardless of your reason, REMEMBER IT!!! Don't focus on how you feel others have let you down. MAKE A DECISION TO STICK WITH IT.

Every race has winners and losers....and everyone who quits chooses not to be a winner.

Just a little reminder. Buck up and choose to follow through with something.

~Shell

MISRobin2 · 02-15-2005, 03:28 PM

Great Post! We all need a little reminder wake up call every now and then!

We're also in what "they" call the post-holiday February "slump", don't let the slump get you down! Spring is right around the corner!

Thanks!
Robin

SJN02 · 02-15-2005, 03:32 PM

That is a great post. I just posted yesterday in my team thread that the excitement is gone from this challenge. I think everyone needs to make more of a effort or we will have hardly no winners come Dec. I like what someone said...all of us who finish this in Dec. will be the winners, it don't matter if you are a slow loser or a fast loser...as long as you are here from start to finish you are a winner. What can we do to get the excitement back??

LolaR · 02-15-2005, 05:59 PM

Yes, everyone just needs to remember to give it their best. Even if you aren't the biggest loser you are still a winner if you are a loser.....

hmmmm well you know what I mean. Honestly, I have lost about 12 pounds so far. Not even CLOSE to being the biggest loser, but honestly, I am very happy with it. If I were sitting on my butt not TRYING to get the most points possible then I would probably not have lost as much.

(I saw the other day that I was at 349.5 in July and when I started this in January I was 339. So in 6 months I lost 10 pounds. I lost 10 pounds in January and so far another 2 this month. I may not be the biggest loser but at least I am trying and by doing this I will definately be a WINNER!!!)

Ok, you get my point. So buck up and get your LOSER attitudes back people!!!

Rah Rah, Shishk Boom Baaa GO LOSERS!!!

(If you lose 10 pounds a month then in a year you have lost 120 pounds. As much as I don't like the sounds of only losing 10 a month.... I LOVE the sounds of being down 120 pounds in a year!!!)

JRSullivan · 02-15-2005, 06:31 PM

Focus, Focus, Focus on the prize- a happier, healthier, skinnier YOU.

Because weather you finish the challenge or not the year is still going to come to an end and faster then it may seem right now.
Take a look at how many years you have already wasted Now is the time to quit wasting and do.
Mine is about 23 years.

elisasadler · 02-16-2005, 04:29 AM

This was a great post and very much needed so TY Neveragain....great moral support...I know I needed it....Lets get that ecitement back into the challenge people....

lagpmgdsls · 02-16-2005, 07:44 AM

I agree with everything else said also...its really a shame that this challenge has gone sour. Everyone involved was so excited and pumped up just a month ago and now even our leader has dissappeared. Has anyone talked to Shawn or Wendy?? Are they still in this or have they backed out also?

I am getting the impression that we are on our own. I know for myself and my team we are STRONG and have been since day 1. No one has left or even waivered about leaving. We are in this until the end.

I hope that whoever stays and sticks this out can get their excitement back.

NeveraGain · 02-16-2005, 10:25 AM

Thanks for the postive responce. My team is going strong. I am so proud of myself and of them and of each one of you that is hanging on. I don't care if this thing crumbles around me...I'm sticking with the challenge and me and my team are gonna kick some major carb butt!!!

LasiRH · 02-16-2005, 12:00 PM

I know that Wendy is still in this, she is busy working and trying to compile all our data. She posted on her team. Nobody seems to know what happened to Shawn.

I know my team is struggling, just the 2 of us. I had my stepdaughter visiting us from FL and she had her baby early. That has thrown us in a whirlwind because she is going to stay with us. I have stuck to my diet but water and exercise has slacked up.

Hang in there everyone, we are, afterall, doing this for ourselves.

Gini · 02-16-2005, 12:20 PM

Let's just give a swift kick to that postinduction/postholiday/drearyFebruary slump!!!

It looks like at least half of us are still going strong! For some it was like a New Year's Resolution that died by the wayside.

But for the rest of us it is working to succeed at that dream...for many of us it is 100 pound loss (or more) or goal wt in 2005!!!

Let's just keep on keeping on!!! We can do this!!

Even if our February losses are not as exciting as January it is our determination that makes us winners!!

It was the tortoise that won the race! I, like many others, started out like an Induction Hare with great points and loss in January. The turtle pace of February can be depressing. But.....it was the tortoise who won the race!! Everyone who crosses that winning line in December is a WINNER!

Analyze. For myself I think I took a wrong turn when I added lc pasta to my foods. Bye Bye Lc Pasta!! Hello Fat Fast!!

northnstar · 02-16-2005, 12:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by LasiRH

Hang in there everyone, we are, afterall, doing this for ourselves.

Very well said, Lasi!

It's about YOU, YOU and YOU, yes, YOU! If you're reading this, it's about YOU! Don't let Christmas 2005 roll around and we didn't do nada about our weight and health. I want all of YOU to be ALL that YOU want to be by the end of the year.

Make that CHOICE, DECIDE, and COMMIT!

Gini · 02-16-2005, 12:21 PM

Team 10 still has their determination!! yay team!

northnstar · 02-16-2005, 12:22 PM

Great post Gini!

northnstar · 02-16-2005, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by NeveraGain
Thanks for the postive responce. My team is going strong. I am so proud of myself and of them and of each one of you that is hanging on. I don't care if this thing crumbles around me...I'm sticking with the challenge and me and my team are gonna kick some major carb butt!!!

This is exactly what I LUV reading! Don't stop kickin'!

northnstar · 02-16-2005, 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by LolaR

(If you lose 10 pounds a month then in a year you have lost 120 pounds. As much as I don't like the sounds of only losing 10 a month.... I LOVE the sounds of being down 120 pounds in a year!!!)

And with your winning attitude, you'll make the grade!

SJN02 · 02-16-2005, 01:59 PM

I know one thing I am noticing is that some people are posting on other parts of the board and not on their team challenge...this really bothers me..what is this saying to your team members who need the support and motivation? Some say it is because they are busy....hmmm too busy to post on your team thread but not busy enough to post on other parts of this board... I don't get it. I think everyone needs to really think about (myself included) what this challenge means to you. I joined this challenge to have the support and motivation and in return give support and motivation...this is not something I take lightly. I really hope things will get better for the Biggest Loser Challenge. I know people are getting fed up and leaving...what is that saying to team members...maybe we need to make sure we are giving support to everyone who needs it. I want each one of us to finish this challenge.

JRSullivan · 02-16-2005, 07:37 PM

I intend to finish this challenge with or without the challenge, I have been struggling to lose for 23 years enough is enough!!!!
2005 is it for me to be fit.

morgan980 · 02-17-2005, 10:38 AM

Just wanted to say first of all everyone needs to find that something that is motivation for you to continue on this lifelong journey. Whether it is a piece of clothing, a picture from the past or a feeling. Focus on that and do not lose sight of the goal. The models that we made of ourselves shrinking was certainly an eye opener. Secondly, it is wonderful that we have each other to come to and share our victories and disappointments with the support system is wonderful. To those of you that have had 5 members on your team and they all still remain that is GREAT. Some of us post on other threads because we do not have a complete team. There are only two of us, lives become busy and we should be able to go to anyone for the support that we need to receive and give. I appreciate so much the postings I have shared with other people just because they know how I feel and what I am going through. I would like to also say to Sweets that I appreciate you getting the stats out to us. I understand that you have a life outside of this challenge and I know how overwhelming all of this can be. If there is anything I can help any of you with in the future I will try to do so....we all all after the same goal. A new you and me in 05. M

NeveraGain · 02-17-2005, 11:19 AM

Team 10 glad to hear that you are going strong.

For everyone else...

keep your determination up. Set monthly goals for yourself and push yourself there. I did a protein fast this week cause I was stuck in a rut, this is only my third day and I have just reached my goal weight for March 1st.

KEEP IT UP!!! THIS CHALLENGE WILL SURVIVE BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED!!!!!!!

Who knows, maybe we will all be seeing each other on Oprah someday

'Former Fat Chicks Took on the Biggest Loser Challenge and lost an average of 100 pounds each'!!!! ~ It could happen!!!

elisasadler · 02-21-2005, 05:43 PM

I want to say thanks for this thread and for all of the inspiration here...it was needed and needed more.....Southern Comfort is still hanging in there although Feb has been a strange and slow month....we hope for great things for our team and every other team and person that is battling this journey to become healthier human beings.....God bless all of us and stay strong Big Losers we will all get there together as long as we don't give up!!!!!Keep the faith high and the carbs low people....

77 pounds gone and 75 more to go!!!!!

hitting goal in 2005

02-15-2005, 12:08 PM	#1
NeveraGain Senior LCF Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: VA Posts: 629 Gallery: NeveraGain Stats: 283/283/185 WOE: Whatever it taks! Start Date: April 13, 2007	Buck Up Biggest Losers Hey ladies and Gentlemen, I just wanted to give everyone a little reminder about WHY we joined this challenge. Stop and think about your reasons: Maybe you want to live a longer life, maybe you love your kids enough to want to be around longer for them, maybe you want to be healthy enough to have kids, maybe you want to look in the mirror and be happy, maybe you want to finish a workout or a meal and be proud of yourself, maybe you want to believe that you can follow through on something. Regardless of your reason, REMEMBER IT!!! Don't focus on how you feel others have let you down. MAKE A DECISION TO STICK WITH IT. Every race has winners and losers....and everyone who quits chooses not to be a winner. Just a little reminder. Buck up and choose to follow through with something. ~Shell __________________ Height5'10" ~one day closer to the woman I want to be~

02-15-2005, 05:59 PM	#4
LolaR Senior LCF Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 492 Gallery: LolaR Stats: 442 High/408 start atkins/318/165ish WOE: Low Carb Start Date: 10/6/03	Yes, everyone just needs to remember to give it their best. Even if you aren't the biggest loser you are still a winner if you are a loser..... hmmmm well you know what I mean. Honestly, I have lost about 12 pounds so far. Not even CLOSE to being the biggest loser, but honestly, I am very happy with it. If I were sitting on my butt not TRYING to get the most points possible then I would probably not have lost as much. (I saw the other day that I was at 349.5 in July and when I started this in January I was 339. So in 6 months I lost 10 pounds. I lost 10 pounds in January and so far another 2 this month. I may not be the biggest loser but at least I am trying and by doing this I will definately be a WINNER!!!) Ok, you get my point. So buck up and get your LOSER attitudes back people!!! Rah Rah, Shishk Boom Baaa GO LOSERS!!! (If you lose 10 pounds a month then in a year you have lost 120 pounds. As much as I don't like the sounds of only losing 10 a month.... I LOVE the sounds of being down 120 pounds in a year!!!) __________________ LolaR Team MeltDown 1/1/05 339, 1/15/05 330, 1/31/05 329, 2/15/05 327, 2/28/05 323, 3/31/05 318, 4/15/05 307, 4/30/05 307, 5/31/05 307, 6/30/05 305 7/28/05 303

02-15-2005, 06:31 PM	#5
JRSullivan MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: MN Posts: 1,209 Gallery: JRSullivan Stats: 356/299/250 WOE: LC whatever works Start Date: restarted 10/08/07	Focus, Focus, Focus on the prize- a happier, healthier, skinnier YOU. Because weather you finish the challenge or not the year is still going to come to an end and faster then it may seem right now. Take a look at how many years you have already wasted Now is the time to quit wasting and do. Mine is about 23 years. Last edited by JRSullivan : 02-15-2005 at 06:33 PM.

02-16-2005, 04:29 AM	#6
elisasadler Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: North Carolina Posts: 991 Gallery: elisasadler Stats: 311/239/135 WOE: atkins Start Date: 3/11/2004	AMEN!!!! This was a great post and very much needed so TY Neveragain....great moral support...I know I needed it....Lets get that ecitement back into the challenge people....

02-16-2005, 07:44 AM	#7
lagpmgdsls MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: CT Posts: 1,023 Gallery: lagpmgdsls Stats: 258/240.5/140 WOE: Atkins/fasting Start Date: 1/04/07 ( again )	I agree with everything else said also...its really a shame that this challenge has gone sour. Everyone involved was so excited and pumped up just a month ago and now even our leader has dissappeared. Has anyone talked to Shawn or Wendy?? Are they still in this or have they backed out also? I am getting the impression that we are on our own. I know for myself and my team we are STRONG and have been since day 1. No one has left or even waivered about leaving. We are in this until the end. I hope that whoever stays and sticks this out can get their excitement back. __________________ Laurie

02-15-2005, 03:28 PM	#2
MISRobin2 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 218 Gallery: MISRobin2 Stats: 337/337/180 WOE: Atkins Start Date: 12/05/05 Restart	Great Post! We all need a little reminder wake up call every now and then! We're also in what "they" call the post-holiday February "slump", don't let the slump get you down! Spring is right around the corner! Thanks! Robin

02-15-2005, 03:32 PM	#3
SJN02 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,502 Gallery: SJN02 Stats: 235/203/135 WOE: Low Calorie Start Date: Feb. 7, 08	That is a great post. I just posted yesterday in my team thread that the excitement is gone from this challenge. I think everyone needs to make more of a effort or we will have hardly no winners come Dec. I like what someone said...all of us who finish this in Dec. will be the winners, it don't matter if you are a slow loser or a fast loser...as long as you are here from start to finish you are a winner. What can we do to get the excitement back??

02-16-2005, 10:25 AM	#8
NeveraGain Senior LCF Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: VA Posts: 629 Gallery: NeveraGain Stats: 283/283/185 WOE: Whatever it taks! Start Date: April 13, 2007	Thanks for the postive responce. My team is going strong. I am so proud of myself and of them and of each one of you that is hanging on. I don't care if this thing crumbles around me...I'm sticking with the challenge and me and my team are gonna kick some major carb butt!!!

02-16-2005, 12:00 PM	#9
LasiRH Senior LCF Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 601 Gallery: LasiRH Stats: 304/278/140 WOE: Atkins Start Date: 5/24/05 again	I know that Wendy is still in this, she is busy working and trying to compile all our data. She posted on her team. Nobody seems to know what happened to Shawn. I know my team is struggling, just the 2 of us. I had my stepdaughter visiting us from FL and she had her baby early. That has thrown us in a whirlwind because she is going to stay with us. I have stuck to my diet but water and exercise has slacked up. Hang in there everyone, we are, afterall, doing this for ourselves.

02-16-2005, 12:20 PM	#10
Gini MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 2,753 Gallery: Gini WOE: Whole Foods Plan Start Date: June 2003, Jan 1 2005 Challenge	Let's just give a swift kick to that postinduction/postholiday/drearyFebruary slump!!! It looks like at least half of us are still going strong! For some it was like a New Year's Resolution that died by the wayside. But for the rest of us it is working to succeed at that dream...for many of us it is 100 pound loss (or more) or goal wt in 2005!!! Let's just keep on keeping on!!! We can do this!! Even if our February losses are not as exciting as January it is our determination that makes us winners!! It was the tortoise that won the race! I, like many others, started out like an Induction Hare with great points and loss in January. The turtle pace of February can be depressing. But.....it was the tortoise who won the race!! Everyone who crosses that winning line in December is a WINNER! Analyze. For myself I think I took a wrong turn when I added lc pasta to my foods. Bye Bye Lc Pasta!! Hello Fat Fast!! __________________ Hugs, Gini WOE Whole Foods Plan, Diabetes (follow glycemic index) Candida (no cheese, no mushrooms, no aged foods, sobs no Blue Cheese!) Thyroid (no soy) But blessed by the Lord! This is one of my goals to attain this level: "Eating is a deeply symbolic act of receiving God’s grace into my body. I do not want to dishonor this divine gift, so I never eat too much, or without thought, anymore."

02-16-2005, 12:21 PM	#12
Gini MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 2,753 Gallery: Gini WOE: Whole Foods Plan Start Date: June 2003, Jan 1 2005 Challenge	Team 10 still has their determination!! yay team! Last edited by Gini : 02-16-2005 at 12:22 PM.

02-16-2005, 12:22 PM	#13
northnstar MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: NW Posts: 1,073 Gallery: northnstar WOE: LCLB to fit me Start Date: 12/31/04	Great post Gini!

02-16-2005, 01:59 PM	#16
SJN02 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,502 Gallery: SJN02 Stats: 235/203/135 WOE: Low Calorie Start Date: Feb. 7, 08	I know one thing I am noticing is that some people are posting on other parts of the board and not on their team challenge...this really bothers me..what is this saying to your team members who need the support and motivation? Some say it is because they are busy....hmmm too busy to post on your team thread but not busy enough to post on other parts of this board... I don't get it. I think everyone needs to really think about (myself included) what this challenge means to you. I joined this challenge to have the support and motivation and in return give support and motivation...this is not something I take lightly. I really hope things will get better for the Biggest Loser Challenge. I know people are getting fed up and leaving...what is that saying to team members...maybe we need to make sure we are giving support to everyone who needs it. I want each one of us to finish this challenge. __________________ BIGGEST LOSER CHALLENGE WEEK 1: 214 WEEK 2: 210.5 WEEK 3: 203 GOALS: October 31: 195 November 30: 185 December 31: 175

02-16-2005, 07:37 PM	#17
JRSullivan MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: MN Posts: 1,209 Gallery: JRSullivan Stats: 356/299/250 WOE: LC whatever works Start Date: restarted 10/08/07	I intend to finish this challenge with or without the challenge, I have been struggling to lose for 23 years enough is enough!!!! 2005 is it for me to be fit.

02-17-2005, 10:38 AM	#18
morgan980 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: CO Posts: 153 Gallery: morgan980 Stats: 296/274/200 WOE: Atkins Start Date: 12/30/04	Just wanted to say first of all everyone needs to find that something that is motivation for you to continue on this lifelong journey. Whether it is a piece of clothing, a picture from the past or a feeling. Focus on that and do not lose sight of the goal. The models that we made of ourselves shrinking was certainly an eye opener. Secondly, it is wonderful that we have each other to come to and share our victories and disappointments with the support system is wonderful. To those of you that have had 5 members on your team and they all still remain that is GREAT. Some of us post on other threads because we do not have a complete team. There are only two of us, lives become busy and we should be able to go to anyone for the support that we need to receive and give. I appreciate so much the postings I have shared with other people just because they know how I feel and what I am going through. I would like to also say to Sweets that I appreciate you getting the stats out to us. I understand that you have a life outside of this challenge and I know how overwhelming all of this can be. If there is anything I can help any of you with in the future I will try to do so....we all all after the same goal. A new you and me in 05. M __________________ Character is who you are when you think no one is looking.

02-17-2005, 11:19 AM	#19
NeveraGain Senior LCF Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: VA Posts: 629 Gallery: NeveraGain Stats: 283/283/185 WOE: Whatever it taks! Start Date: April 13, 2007	Team 10 glad to hear that you are going strong. For everyone else... keep your determination up. Set monthly goals for yourself and push yourself there. I did a protein fast this week cause I was stuck in a rut, this is only my third day and I have just reached my goal weight for March 1st. KEEP IT UP!!! THIS CHALLENGE WILL SURVIVE BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED!!!!!!! Who knows, maybe we will all be seeing each other on Oprah someday 'Former Fat Chicks Took on the Biggest Loser Challenge and lost an average of 100 pounds each'!!!! ~ It could happen!!!

02-21-2005, 05:43 PM	#20
elisasadler Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: North Carolina Posts: 991 Gallery: elisasadler Stats: 311/239/135 WOE: atkins Start Date: 3/11/2004	Great Inspiration I want to say thanks for this thread and for all of the inspiration here...it was needed and needed more.....Southern Comfort is still hanging in there although Feb has been a strange and slow month....we hope for great things for our team and every other team and person that is battling this journey to become healthier human beings.....God bless all of us and stay strong Big Losers we will all get there together as long as we don't give up!!!!!Keep the faith high and the carbs low people.... 77 pounds gone and 75 more to go!!!!! hitting goal in 2005 __________________ Elisa Last edited by elisasadler : 02-21-2005 at 05:45 PM.

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