And After Two Weeks....

Sorry I've been lacking in the commitment, but here's the latest results.....

Mom:
Start weight: 219 lbs
Last weeks weight: 207.5 lbs
Weigh in: 209.5 lbs
Total lost last week: -2 lbs
Percentage: %
Total lost: 9.5 lbs

Leona:
Start weight: 214 lbs
Last weeks weight: 211 lbs
Weigh in: 210 lbs
Total lost last week: 1 lbs
Percentage:0.47 %
Total lost: 4 lbs

Ashley:
Start weight: 207 lbs
Last weeks weight: 195.5 lbs
Weigh in: 197.5 lbs
Total lost last week: -2 lbs
Percentage: 0
Total lost: 9.5 lbs

Congrats Leona for being the only one to lose weight this week!!

Weigh in for March 23/09

Mom:
Start weight: 219 lbs
Last weeks weight: 210 lbs
Weigh in: 207.5 lbs
Total lost last week: 2.5 lbs
Percentage: 1.19 %
Total lost: 11.5 lbs

Leona:
Start weight: 214 lbs
Last weeks weight: 212 lbs
Weigh in: 211 lbs
Total lost last week: 1 lbs
Percentage:0.47 %
Total lost: 3 lbs

Ashley:
Start weight: 207 lbs
Last weeks weight: 200.5 lbs
Weigh in: 195.5 lbs
Total lost last week: 195.5 lbs
Percentage: 0
Total lost: 11.5 lbs

Congrats Mom! Keep it up ladies!!

WEIGH IN!!!

Mom:
Start weight: 219 lbs
Last weeks weight: 208.5 lbs
Weigh in: 210 lbs
Total lost last week: -1.5 lbs
Percentage: 0
Total lost: 9 lbs

Leona:
Start weight: 214 lbs
Last weeks weight: 212 lbs
Weigh in: 212 lbs
Total lost last week: 0 lbs
Percentage:0
Total lost: 2 lbs

Ashley:
Start weight: 207 lbs
Last weeks weight: 200.5 lbs
Weigh in: 195.5 lbs
Total lost last week: 5 lbs
Percentage: 2.5%
Total lost: 11.5 lbs

Well since I only went to the gym three times this week I think my sickness is what helped me along! Keep going the more you do it the more habitual it becomes. I'm finding that if I'm not working out and eating better then I feel crappy. It's amazing the difference that it makes, even if I'm not seeing huge things on the scale I'm feeling more energized and healthy. What about you guys?

Mom:
Start weight: 219 lbs
Last weeks weight: 210.5 lbs
Weigh in: 208.5 lbs
Total lost last week: 2 lbs
Percentage: 0.95 %
Total lost: 10.5 lbs

Leona:
Start weight: 214 lbs
Last weeks weight: 214 lbs
Weigh in: 212 lbs
Total lost last week: 2 lbs
Percentage:0.93 %
Total lost: 2 lbs

Ashley:
Start weight: 207 lbs
Last weeks weight: 198 lbs
Weigh in: 200.5 lbs
Total lost last week: -2.5 lbs
Percentage:0
Total lost: 6.5 lbs

Seems like when I'm not working out I'm not eating well either!! Oh well I'm back to the gym this week and my foot is completely better so I will be buying tape before I start running again.

Good Job guys!!!!!!!!!

Goals

Mom

To swim at least one hour twice a week. Walk up the stairs at work at least 2 flights, which is one floor, 5 times in each 12 hour shift. Do Osteo Free Weight Exercises for 1 hour twice a week. These I want to do by March 16.

Leona

Now that I have my wii fit: right now I do 10 minutes yoga,10 minutes strength trainging,15 minutes of arobics, and 10 minutes of balance. I hope to increase all of it so i am doing one hr a day total by march 15th

Ashley

I would like to be able to jog 20 mins straight by March 9, 2009. Although I had a bit of a set back last week when I injured my foot running, at that point I was at 18 minutes though. I'll be back in the gym starting Monday to see where I am at with my goal. I'm hoping to still be able to jog at least 15-18 minutes and continue to increase it.

Good Luck!

Weigh in

Mom:
Start weight: 219 lbs
Last weeks weight: 210.5 lbs
Weigh in: 210.5 lbs
Total lost last week: 0 lbs
Percentage: 0 %
Total lost: 8.5 lbs

Leona:
Start weight: 214 lbs
Last weeks weight: 213 lbs
Weigh in: 214 lbs
Total lost last week: -1 lbs
Percentage:
Total lost: -1 lbs

Ashley:
Start weight: 207 lbs
Last weeks weight: 198 lbs
Weigh in: 198 lbs
Total lost last week: 0 lbs
Percentage:0
Total lost: 9 lbs

We seem to be up and down all of us hey? But I think with all our new goals we will be well on our way. Good Luck this week. I'll try and do an updated goals post tomorrow.

Mom:
Start weight: 219 lbs
Last weeks weight: 213lbs
Weigh in: 210.5 lbs
Total lost last week: 2.5 lbs
Percentage: 1.17 %
Total lost: 8.5 lbs

Leona:
Start weight: 214 lbs
Last weeks weight: 206 lbs
Weigh in: 213 lbs (New Scale)
Total lost last week: - lbs
Percentage: -
Total lost: 1 lbs

Ashley:
Start weight: 207 lbs
Last weeks weight: 198 lbs
Weigh in: 198 lbs
Total lost last week: 0 lbs
Percentage:0
Total lost: 9 lbs

We're still going!!! When I set my goal of running for 20 minutes I was a little skeptical if I could do it or not; but I was determined to try so I set myself on a rigorous schedule of running. I started with 3 minutes walk 1 minute run for 20 minutes, every day I increased it with 30 seconds of running. On Saturday I was up to 3 minutes running and 1 minute walking for 20 minutes. Monday I decided that now that I was up to 15 minutes total running (1.25 miles) I would see how much I could run without stopping to walk. I got to 10 minutes before I had to walk. I then walked for one minute then jogged for 5 then walked for one and jogged for 2 and walked for a final minute, 17 MINUTES TOTAL!! woo hoo! I'm going to try and increase it one minute a day until I get to 20 (jogging every other day).

Seriously if I can do this, you guys can reach your goals too!!!

Weigh in for Feb. 16/09

Mom:
Start weight: 219 lbs
Last weeks weight: 214lbs
Weigh in: 213 lbs
Total lost last week: 1 lbs
Percentage: 0.47%
Total lost: 6 lbs

Leona:
Start weight: 214 lbs
Last weeks weight: 209 lbs
Weigh in: 206 lbs
Total lost last week: 3 lbs
Percentage: 1.44%
Total lost: 8 lbs

Ashley:
Start weight: 207 lbs
Last weeks weight: 199 lbs
Weigh in: 198 lbs
Total lost last week: 1 lbs
Percentage: 0.5%
Total lost: 9 lbs

Well the good news is last week is over and we're back on the ball again. Way to go guys!!!

Update on my goal today I will be running 10 minutes out of 20. I started with 5 on Monday, so by next week if all goes as planned I will be up to 20 minutes!!

Any updates on your goals??

Good luck this week, I'm so happy we're doing this together!

OK Sorry this has taken me a while, it's been busy. I'm pretty sure my scale at home is weighing 10 pounds light so I'm going to adjust my weight on this post.

Mom:
Start weight: 219 lbs
Last weeks weight: 210 lbs
Weigh in: 214 lbs
Total lost last week: -4 lbs
Percentage:
Total lost: 5 lbs

Leona:
Start weight: 214 lbs
Last weeks weight: 209 lbs
Weigh in: 209 lbs
Total lost last week: 0 lbs
Percentage: 0
Total lost: 5 lbs

Ashley:
Start weight: 207 lbs
Last weeks weight: 199 lbs
Weigh in: 199 lbs
Total lost last week: 0 lbs
Percentage: 0
Total lost: 8 lbs

On other news, the Superstore that has my gym above it got temporarily shut down because of a mice infestation so the gym is out of commission for a bit.

GOOD LUCK!

GOALS

ASHLEY'S GOAL
I would like to be able to jog 20 mins straight by March 9, 2009.

Mom:
Start weight: 219 lbs
Last weeks weight: 214 lbs
Weigh in: 210 lbs
Total lost last week: 4 lbs
Percentage: 1.87%
Total lost: 9 lbs!!!

Leona:
Start weight: 214 lbs
Last weeks weight: 209 lbs
Weigh in: 209 lbs
Total lost last week: 0 lbs
Percentage: 0
Total lost: 5 lbs

Ashley:
Start weight: 197 lbs
Last weeks weight: 189 lbs
Weigh in: 189 lbs
Total lost last week: 0 lbs
Percentage: 0
Total lost: 8 lbs


Ok Good job mom!!!!!!! Woo hoo.

I have an idea, it's easy to just come to this site and see your "weight loss" but it's gonna get hard to keep going so I think we need to set some personal goals and share them so we can keep each other accountable. You can post them in comments or e-mail me and I'll post them. It needs to be a goal that is measurable and not directly weight loss goals. For example your goal cannot be I want to lose 10 lbs, maybe you want to eat healthy for one week, or you want to be able to walk 1 mile in 20 minutes etc. So along with weigh in's we'll also have check in's regarding our goals.

Get it??

Week 3: Here we, here we, here we go!!!!

Mom:
Start weight: 219 lbs
Last weeks weight: 216 lbs (corrected)
Weigh in: 214 lbs
Total lost last week: 2 lbs
Percentage: 0.93%
Total lost: 5 lbs

Leona:
Start weight: 214 lbs
Last weeks weight: 212 lbs
Weigh in: 209 lbs
Total lost last week: 3 lbs
Percentage: 1.42%
Total lost: 5 lbs

Ashley:
Start weight: 197 lbs
Last weeks weight: 190 lbs
Weigh in: 189 lbs
Total lost last week: 1 lbs
Percentage: 0.53%
Total lost: 8 lbs

Week 2: it's starting!

This competition is starting to get really good!!! Here's the results:

Mom:
Start weight: 219 lbs
Last weeks weight: 218 lbs
Weigh in: 211 lbs
Total lost last week: 7 lbs
Percentage: 3.21%
Total lost: 8 lbs

Leona:
Start weight: 214 lbs
Last weeks weight: 213 lbs
Weigh in: 212 lbs
Total lost last week: 1 lbs
Percentage: 0.47%
Total lost: 2 lbs

Ashley:
Start weight: 197 lbs
Last weeks weight: 197 lbs
Weigh in: 190 lbs
Total lost last week: 7 lbs
Percentage: 3.55%
Total lost: 7 lbs

Way to go!!!! Keep it up, see you next week!

FIRST WEIGH IN!!!

Well it seems we have successfully made one week. And the results are not drastic but every little bit counts. For myself, I'm afraid there's no counting.... next week though it's on!

Mom:
Start weight: 219 lbs
Weigh in: 218 lbs
Total lost: 1 lbs
Total Percentage: 0.46%

Leona:
Start Weight: 214 lbs
Weigh in: 213 lbs
Total lost: 1 lbs
Total Percentage: 0.47%

Ashley:
Start Weight: 197 lbs
Weigh in: 197 lbs
Total lost: 0
Total Percentage: 0

Good Job guys!! I think we'll count it as a tie since the percentage is so close. Now lets continue.....

Good luck this week!

In the beginning....

Ok so everyone's results are in and here they are, I've used a body mass calculator to get all the info on www.webmd.com.

Mom:
* Height: 5' 5"
* Age: 58
* Current Weight: 219
* BMI: 36.4
* Healthy Body Weight Range: 111 and 150
* Target Heart Rate: 81 to 122

Leona:
* Gender: Female
* Height: 5' 8"
* Age: 34
* Current Weight: 214
* BMI: 32.5
* Healthy Body Weight Range: 122 and 164
* Target Heart Rate: 93 to 140

Ashley:
* Height: 5' 10"
* Age: 23
* Current Weight: 197
* BMI: 28.3
* Healthy Body Weight Range: 129 and 174
* Target Heart Rate: 99 to 148


Good Luck this week!!

Interesting Article

This is an article I found that I thought would be interesting/helpful. Here's the link:
http://www.everydayhealth.com/diet-nutrition/weight-loss-programs.aspx


If you're looking into weight-loss programs, the best one is both the easiest and the hardest: Change your lifestyle.

"People should not go on a weight-loss program," says Keri M. Gans, RD, CDN, a nutrition consultant in New York City and a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association. "They should develop healthy eating habits. The problem with a program is people feel they can go off at any time. If you instead change your lifestyle and how you approach food, then you're looking at a long-term plan for health."

The Best Weight-Loss Programs

It all comes down to calories. If you eat 100 more food calories than you burn each day, you'll gain about a pound a month. If you eat fewer calories than you burn, you slowly but surely will lose weight.

Figure out how many calories you should be taking in to maintain your current weight. The number can range from 1,600 calories a day for a sedentary older woman to 3,000 calories a day for an active young man.

Next, increase your physical activity to match or outburn the calories you take in every day. Also, choose your foods carefully to maximize nutrition while minimizing calories.

Lifestyle Obstacles to Weight Loss
Finally, begin your weight-loss program by carefully re-examining your life and recognizing some of the bad habits that can block weight loss. These include:

* Skipping meals. "Are you eating small, frequent meals throughout the day, or are you skipping meals and having long gaps between meals?" Gans asks. "That only makes you hungrier, and you'll tend to overeat at your next meal."
* Eating out without thought. "Do you dine out all the time and use that as an excuse not to make healthy choices at a restaurant?" Gans asks. "Even when you're dining out, you can make healthier choices. Order broiled food, not fried. Say no to desserts. Have a bowl of berries instead of pie. Order sauces on the side."
* Keeping unhealthy foods in your house. As part of a smart weight-loss program, you should clear out all the junk food and make sure you have a wealth of healthy options available for snacking and dining. "You need to keep fruit, vegetables, low-fat dairy in the house so it's there for you to make meals out of," Gans says. Simply limiting some foods, such as soft drinks, that are high in sugars may help you significantly reduce calories.
* Keep your portions small. One quick way to control weight is to cut back on the size of your portions. Many personal weight-loss programs fail because people ladle out way too much food for themselves and then feel compelled to clean their plates.

Make Smart Food Choices
Your food choices can also help determine the success of your weight-loss programs. Healthy and nutritious eating will include:

* Fruits and vegetables. "Low in calories and rich in nutrients, fruits and vegetables can build your meal and help fill you up," Gans says. Orange and dark-green vegetables contain some of the best nutrition around.
* Whole grains. At least half the grains you eat should be whole. They contain loads of fiber and will help you feel full.
* Low-fat milk and milk products. They fill you up and ensure you get enough calcium to stay healthy.
* Lean meats, poultry, and fish. Everyone needs protein, which satisfies hunger like no other food group. So choose lean meats, poultry, and fish and prepare them by baking, broiling, or grilling — no frying.

Last but not least, remember that lifestyle-based weight loss will occur more slowly than with fad diets, melting off only one or two pounds a month, Gans says. But because you've changed the way you eat, you'll be glad to hear that those pounds are far more likely to stay off.

Welcome Aboard!

OK, so we're all on board now and hopefully this will help us all to stay on track. I think we should start Monday, January 5, I don't know about a cut off date, I was thinking 3 months, and then 6 months. It's way longer than the actual show but we don't have time to work out 8 hours a day and make special food you know? Ok the rules:

1) Weigh in every Monday, preferably in the morning before you've had anything to eat because this is supposedly the most accurate. Also be sure to always use the same scale.
2) Only NATURAL ways of weight loss. Which means lifestyle modification in exercise and diet, no pills or anything like that.

I've set up a web page which will show the results on a weekly basis and maybe some other things if I get time to put it up. Bookmark this page www.bakkebiggestloser.blogspot.com. Every Monday e-mail me your weigh in results, I will calculate the percentage lost. Which means that the winner will not necessarily have lost the most pounds but the most percentage of their weight. Ok I think that's it. 3 days till the first weigh in!

Also I don't know what the prize will be yet. Maybe I'll win something on the radio or something to put as the prize. Or we can make Dad by something since he's probably the worst for criticizing weight hahaha.

GOOD LUCK!