Recipies Please!

This is a pic of the red cabbage salad I eat a lot- so yummy!! I want/ NEED more healthy recipes. Please post them :)

Challenge #4

Now that we have all focused on inches, exercise, and sleep (which have all been great challenges!), let's turn our attention to weight loss. This weeks challenge is: the person that loses the highest percentage of their initial body weight this week will win a $15 gift card to the clothing store of their choice. So let the losing for this week begin!

P.S. this means I will for sure need weight updates from all of you today.

Chad

Third Week Challenge

My apologies everyone, but I just got walked in the door from a quick trip to L.A... that was a long drive.

This week's challenge: Sleep.

I realize we have packed schedules, and life runs at a hectic pace... But sometimes you need to get some sleep to gear up for your crazy life. So, here are a few links I've found - since I have terrible, nay, horrid sleeping habits, (as this post's time stamp attests),

Weight Loss & Sleep: Is Your Diet Being Sabotaged By Your Sleeping Habits?
Insomnia Can Hinder Your Weight Loss
What's the Connection Between Sleep and Weight Loss

Let us take this week to reevaluate how much rest we are really giving our bodies. So this week, I'd like everyone to track their sleeping habits. Optimally, you should be getting 7-9 hours of sleep. I'm trying my hardest to get that one done - since I usually run on 6 or less.

The challenge will run from tonight, through Tuesday. So get some quality rest for yourself, and see if you can get a little more shut eye to help your body run a little better - and burn some extra calories.

Winner for this challenge will receive $15 to Barnes & Noble.

Sweet dreams everyone :)

And the winner of this weeks challenge is. . .

JULIE BYRON!!!!! She spent 595 minutes exercising this week!!! Way to go Julie!!!

Weekly Update!

So I know you all want to know the weekly update so here it is! If you notice that you have a 0 percent loss that is because you didn't get me an updated weight so I have input your weight from last week until further information is available! Also, I know Lauren is traveling but she will be posting the winner of last weeks challenge soon. And Kerina has the challenge for this week. She will also be posting the challenge soon so keep checking back!

Week 2 Challenge Results

Happy Tuesday!!! Please send me the total number of minutes you spent working out this week. My email address is lauren.cahoon@gmail.com

Thanks!!!!

End of Week 2

The end of week two is close at hand...so remember to send me your updated weights tomorrow and to send Lauren your total minutes. Good luck to all.

Also Kerina has the challenge for Week 3 so she will be letting us all know what that challenge is for this week.

Thanks to all.

Chad

After Week One!

Alright this image below has some key information that you will all want to see! First it is an updated list of who is participating and when they are hosting the challenge, so please look it over. We have two participants who are new, Julie and Shaunzi. They took the pace of people who dropped out last minute so we are now full again! Additionally it has the percentages lost this last week! I must say that the Byron/Ogaz clan is really rockin it. No but everyone did great. You may notice that there are some zero's and this is due to not having enough info to get there percentagtes yet. Anyway there is the update. Let's make this week even better and keep the support up on the blog. Thanks everyone!

Final Results for First Week's Winner...

And the results are in!!! Last week's big winner is Chad Byron!
Congratulations.

For those of you that are curious, Chad dropped a whoppin' 6.75". I know, you all hate him! If you're feeling bad about your measurements, don't worry...no one else even got close. We were all in the same range, except him, of course.

Announcement: Due to the week restraint on all challenges, your week's challenge information will be due every Tuesday at 8:00 pm. Please email your information to the challenge's host by that time so that your hard work will count!

Good luck to everyone this week and congratulations to all! EVERYONE dropped inches!

AWESOME Webinar

I'm watching Oprah's Best life Webinar on Weight. I think there are lots of "Ah Ha" moments to be had so I just wanted to share the link. For all you busy people - it can be downloaded driectly from I-tunes for FREE and you can bring it with you to the gym, in the car or wherever you might like it. Luckily I am getting paid to watch it... I know you want my job :) If you do watch it PLEASE let me know what you thought!

http://event.oprah.com/videochannel/lybl/lybl_vod.html?topic=1

Second Week Challenge

Alright....Lauren doesn't have internet access as of right now so I am posting the generals of her challenge this week!

The person who spends the greatest number of minutes lifting, doing cardio, and stretching (basically exercise in general), will win a $15 gift card to Target. This challenge starts Today, Tuesday and ends next Monday at midnight! So keep track of your minutes and have fun.

And the first week's winner is...

Ok all, you have one more day to make it count!!! Tomorrow morning, please send in your new measurements. Good luck to all and have a wonderful day!

How about them biggest losers?

I don't know about you but I was pretty darn impressed with Tuesday night's 32 lb weight loss! If you missed the show- beg, barrow, steal it and then watch it. For all you Comcast subscribers its only 14.95 a mo for a DVR... I got one specifically so I don't miss out. How have the first few days gone for everyone? I want to hear all about it! I am very excited to eat my Red Cabbage Salad tonight. I'll post the recipe soon. I made this post mostly to get some conversation going. What are you doing to work out? What are you eating?

1st Challenge

From Mandy Ogaz. Email: manddesign@hotmail.com

Ok all!

While you are taking your weight tomorrow am, you will need to do something else to prepare for this week's challenge.

Here we go!!!This week's challenge will be to see who can lose the most inches in a week. So, you will need to take the following measurements:
1. neck diameter
2. chest
3. waist
4. hips
5. butt
6. one thigh

Add up all your measurements and send them to me. I won't tell anyone what they are... To win you will need to drop the most total inches. It doesn't matter where you drop, just that you drop! Next Tuesday we will all turn in our total inches again to see who won.

Grand prize: $15 iTunes card

Good luck!!!

Biggest Loser 2009

Details:

In the post below you will see the participants for the Biggest Loser Competition 2009. It also contains the date that each person will be hosting the challenge. The challenge is totally up to that person. We all need to know what the challenge is, how to win, and what we win! You can do total amount lost that week, hours working out, highest percent lost or anything else you can think of. The prize should be something small...like a giftcard seeing that it will probably have to be mailed to the winner!

More rules: I will be posting the stats so I will need to have your Tuesday Morning weight updates sent to me each Tuesday. You can give those to me through the blog or via email! All my updates will be posted to the blog. My updates will only contain the percentage lost for each week.

Also each person is limited to winning 3 challenges, and you cannot win the challenge that you host.

Let me know what questions you have!

Mandy, you host the first challenge so let us know (in the blog) what that will be seeing as it is for the first week!

Challenge Dates