Pretty much, and a decent sized one at that...our 56 folks, playing the game, on my game 6, their game 1-5, and we lost a combined...drum roll....195 pounds!! I know the Biggest Loser doesn't play with 56 people, but I am very impressed with all of us losing a combined 200 pounds....!!!
Yes, still many jokes about the water, and how much they are peeing...even to the point that we, those of us who have played alot (5+ games) if 100 ounces was too much... We checked a website (I googled "how much water should I drink a day?), and lo and behold, for me, the site stated "94 ounces." I did this in my first game (because I felt I was drinking alot way back then), and it said "96 ounces." And this was with two different weights entered because I am not almost 25 pounds lighter....So, go with it, friends, drink the water...in the end, if you pace yourself, slowly, you will receive the fabulous health benefits---beautiful skin, feeling BETTER, detoxifying your body, and losing weight...all great things!!
So, goodbye to the 195 pound person we lost...we made our carbon footprint smaller, we are all taking up less space, and we FEEL better!! And our teams are supporting each other, even in this competition!! So we all are winners...and losers :)
Friday, January 13, 2012
Monday, January 9, 2012
A Football Championship -- just about the football?
I have to admit, watching the Alabama Crimson Tide was PERFECTLY enjoyable tonight...and I did so with a GAME FRIENDLY snack of multi grain pita crisps, shredded low fat cheese and some pistachios...and ...water...
And I really enjoyed the game--and my team--will be PERFECTLY happy with me...and my teammate/husband did the same (except he had a GAME FRIENDLY smoothie of greek yogurt, frozen pineapples, peaches and mangos)...yummy...
ROLL TIDE--love the 14 CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM!
And I really enjoyed the game--and my team--will be PERFECTLY happy with me...and my teammate/husband did the same (except he had a GAME FRIENDLY smoothie of greek yogurt, frozen pineapples, peaches and mangos)...yummy...
ROLL TIDE--love the 14 CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM!
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Day off....meal off....life ON...game ON!!
In the Game On Plan, there is a day off and an additional meal off in the plan...meaning, you can save up for that special day, special party, special event...2 times a week....It is the bad habits where we make EVERYDAY a day for dessert, EVERYDAY a day to drink alcohol, EVERYDAY we skip exercise, EVERYDAY we say that we will fix those habits TOMORROW...those bad habits get us in trouble and eventually searching for a plan like Game On!
I took my meal off last night--it worked out great. It was Saturday and we had one kid out, another kid at swim meet all day, another one with a play date all day...nobody wanted to then cook...husband and I enjoyed pizza...and wings...and fries...all in moderation...a little bit of this and that...and then finished "meal 5" as a Game Friendly (our verbage) meal...Today was day off..but I didn't feel called to anything but an egg sandwich for breakfast (game friendly), and spinach salad wilted by warm sweet potatoes and chicken sausage...again, Game Friendly. Dinner with friends was lasagna and salad...yummy, but again, special, not for EVERYDAY.
I can see what is happening to ME...the good habits, are becoming my habits. The bad habits are fallling by the wayside....6 months in, and things are truly changing.
On a side note, I wrote in a previous post about giving up and adding good and bad habits for the duration of the game...I added Sun Salutations...day 1, felt nothing. DAY 2...when I went down into "cobra"??? Well, let me just say that the stretch in those core ab muscles were SORE...well, AMEN to that...guess even those little bit of moves, little bit of stretches...do help...well, yay me!
I took my meal off last night--it worked out great. It was Saturday and we had one kid out, another kid at swim meet all day, another one with a play date all day...nobody wanted to then cook...husband and I enjoyed pizza...and wings...and fries...all in moderation...a little bit of this and that...and then finished "meal 5" as a Game Friendly (our verbage) meal...Today was day off..but I didn't feel called to anything but an egg sandwich for breakfast (game friendly), and spinach salad wilted by warm sweet potatoes and chicken sausage...again, Game Friendly. Dinner with friends was lasagna and salad...yummy, but again, special, not for EVERYDAY.
I can see what is happening to ME...the good habits, are becoming my habits. The bad habits are fallling by the wayside....6 months in, and things are truly changing.
On a side note, I wrote in a previous post about giving up and adding good and bad habits for the duration of the game...I added Sun Salutations...day 1, felt nothing. DAY 2...when I went down into "cobra"??? Well, let me just say that the stretch in those core ab muscles were SORE...well, AMEN to that...guess even those little bit of moves, little bit of stretches...do help...well, yay me!
Friday, January 6, 2012
The little voice calling to me....
I can hear it, almost as if there is someone on my shoulder..."I am hungry," it says...is it my inner self?? Is it my stomach?? Is it my dog?? No, it is my husband...who is on MY team playing this game and wants to take a SNACK penalty!!
What, I say to him, no, you go to bed...no eating, drink your hot herbal tea and go to bed...you are NOT disappointing our team...everyone else is having perfect days...you can NOT cave after 2 days...no, no and more no...
My husband's relationship with food has ALWAYS been different than mine which is why his GAME ON experience will ALWAYS be different than mine...as I think it is for most of the men who have played this Game with me and my friends...Why do men have more of the mentality that food sustains them and is not a reward or is "deserved" or feeds the soul...food does not feed the soul...food feeds the body...so in this GAME we give the body what it needs. However, the benefits of this game make them come back...one of our current players lost 300 points in his trigylcerides after ONE MONTH on the game!! He went from scary (I think it was 370 down to 90!!)...health benefits? I would say so.
Is he hungry? Probably...his timing was off today, so, he doesn't have an evening snack...and his metabolism runs high...Is he holding strong...keep your fingers crossed...I haven't seen anyone admit to losing points yet...and it is day 2...
What, I say to him, no, you go to bed...no eating, drink your hot herbal tea and go to bed...you are NOT disappointing our team...everyone else is having perfect days...you can NOT cave after 2 days...no, no and more no...
My husband's relationship with food has ALWAYS been different than mine which is why his GAME ON experience will ALWAYS be different than mine...as I think it is for most of the men who have played this Game with me and my friends...Why do men have more of the mentality that food sustains them and is not a reward or is "deserved" or feeds the soul...food does not feed the soul...food feeds the body...so in this GAME we give the body what it needs. However, the benefits of this game make them come back...one of our current players lost 300 points in his trigylcerides after ONE MONTH on the game!! He went from scary (I think it was 370 down to 90!!)...health benefits? I would say so.
Is he hungry? Probably...his timing was off today, so, he doesn't have an evening snack...and his metabolism runs high...Is he holding strong...keep your fingers crossed...I haven't seen anyone admit to losing points yet...and it is day 2...
Thursday, January 5, 2012
One day down, a lifetime to go?
A friend complimented me in the parking lot...another gamer, one of my best friends was there....the complimenting friend asked "how long will you do this? It's alot of work for you in charge of it?? That's crazy!" My gamer best friend looked at me and said, "You are going to do this the rest of your life."
Hours later, this remark, although we have said it to each other and I probably have said it to anyone reading, is probably the truth....good thing is, for me, it feels do-able...Like I could, and very well might, do this the rest of my life...
I have had wonderful conversations with some of our 60 players today...those who took time off during the holidays and are SO glad to be back on track...glad to be starting the new year with focus, purpose and knowing the direction they are going.
And then our wonderful NEWBIES...LOVE their excitement, their enthusiasm, their questions...because it keeps it all new and exciting for those of us trudging along...it seriously kept me up at night and looking forward to stepping on the scale today...and doing my new habit this morning (Sun Salutation three times when I wake up---did I feel different, not necessarily, but hopefully, by the end of this game, I will...but I digress)...
So how did our group of 60 do?? There were many facebook posts (that's how we all communicate, through a private fb page) about how much they had to pee...and how much they had to eat (ever been on a diet with that complaint??!!) ...and how they missed their beer...well, true to all the above... But tomorrow, many will weigh themselves in the morning. And they will be shocked by seeing the number on the scale... BUT even more, they won't believe how in control they felt today and how in control they will feel TOMORROW...and even, on a day they count as an "OFF DAY" how they will come back to the game...because even if they didn't feel strong enough to, their teammates will help them come back.
The fun, in this particular game, is the bantering...lots of fun, "we are going to kick your skinny asses" and "the deli man tried to get me to eat a SNACK by offering me a slice of deli meat!" But it gets everyone laughing, which is what makes this GAME, FUN!!
Hours later, this remark, although we have said it to each other and I probably have said it to anyone reading, is probably the truth....good thing is, for me, it feels do-able...Like I could, and very well might, do this the rest of my life...
I have had wonderful conversations with some of our 60 players today...those who took time off during the holidays and are SO glad to be back on track...glad to be starting the new year with focus, purpose and knowing the direction they are going.
And then our wonderful NEWBIES...LOVE their excitement, their enthusiasm, their questions...because it keeps it all new and exciting for those of us trudging along...it seriously kept me up at night and looking forward to stepping on the scale today...and doing my new habit this morning (Sun Salutation three times when I wake up---did I feel different, not necessarily, but hopefully, by the end of this game, I will...but I digress)...
So how did our group of 60 do?? There were many facebook posts (that's how we all communicate, through a private fb page) about how much they had to pee...and how much they had to eat (ever been on a diet with that complaint??!!) ...and how they missed their beer...well, true to all the above... But tomorrow, many will weigh themselves in the morning. And they will be shocked by seeing the number on the scale... BUT even more, they won't believe how in control they felt today and how in control they will feel TOMORROW...and even, on a day they count as an "OFF DAY" how they will come back to the game...because even if they didn't feel strong enough to, their teammates will help them come back.
The fun, in this particular game, is the bantering...lots of fun, "we are going to kick your skinny asses" and "the deli man tried to get me to eat a SNACK by offering me a slice of deli meat!" But it gets everyone laughing, which is what makes this GAME, FUN!!
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Tips for Day 1 and Week 1
One more day...about 36 hours, depending on when my teammates and opponents wake up, we will start this game...For me, Game 6...for many, Game 1... What I hope many see is that this GAME, can be for FOREVER...alterations can be made once you hit your goal, but at least for me, I see me doing this...forever...
So, how do you get through Day 1...the excitement, especially after hearing me going on and on, might be, well, perhaps a downer...That would be a disappointment for me if everyone wasn't as excited as me, but I have yet to see a game played where players are not SIGNIFICANTLY surprised and delighted by not only the results but that they CAN do it...I don't think a marching band will wake you on Thursday morning, but there will be voices in your head...your teammates and your opponents, telling you, LET's GET THIS GAME STARTED!!
So, if you are "playing with me :)", we weigh in for the first time on Thursday morning within 10 mins of waking. That weight is recorded on the Week 1 scoresheet. Your weight goal is 1% less than the weight on the first day of the week...so you need to be 1% less than you are this Thursday, next Thursday....got it??
And your day will begin. Think carefully about the timing of your meals. I HIGHLY recommend for newbies that you track your food through http://www.myfitnesspal.com/. There is an app for your smart phone. But you don't have to...if you are following the Game On! plan, you should lose weight.
So, you have to do all your meals (5) by plan today, get in that exercise(at least 20 mins), communicate with the players (one opponent and one teammate or through our FB page), good habit(keep it now, a change will cause big time points lost), bad habit (get rid of--bad habits are holding you back!), drink that 100 ounces of water (yes, we are all drowning and walking to the bathroom again and again--you are in GREAT company)...no procrastinating on this diet...can't eat all 5 meals before noon and throw in the towel..those teammates will kick your butt!! Don't save the water for the nighttime...you will never sleep if you do that...pace yourself, listen to your body, eat every 2-4 hours and savor the NEW in this plan...DON"T call it a diet...it is a plan and it is DO-ABLE and you CAN do it!!
My fun quote of the day: "First thing first; second things never." This is our first thing, friends!! If we can do this, and WE CAN, those other things we thought we would try to get off the weight or get healthier or both, will NEVER have to be done!!
Thanks for playing, thanks for reading...THANKS! GAME ON!
So, how do you get through Day 1...the excitement, especially after hearing me going on and on, might be, well, perhaps a downer...That would be a disappointment for me if everyone wasn't as excited as me, but I have yet to see a game played where players are not SIGNIFICANTLY surprised and delighted by not only the results but that they CAN do it...I don't think a marching band will wake you on Thursday morning, but there will be voices in your head...your teammates and your opponents, telling you, LET's GET THIS GAME STARTED!!
So, if you are "playing with me :)", we weigh in for the first time on Thursday morning within 10 mins of waking. That weight is recorded on the Week 1 scoresheet. Your weight goal is 1% less than the weight on the first day of the week...so you need to be 1% less than you are this Thursday, next Thursday....got it??
And your day will begin. Think carefully about the timing of your meals. I HIGHLY recommend for newbies that you track your food through http://www.myfitnesspal.com/. There is an app for your smart phone. But you don't have to...if you are following the Game On! plan, you should lose weight.
So, you have to do all your meals (5) by plan today, get in that exercise(at least 20 mins), communicate with the players (one opponent and one teammate or through our FB page), good habit(keep it now, a change will cause big time points lost), bad habit (get rid of--bad habits are holding you back!), drink that 100 ounces of water (yes, we are all drowning and walking to the bathroom again and again--you are in GREAT company)...no procrastinating on this diet...can't eat all 5 meals before noon and throw in the towel..those teammates will kick your butt!! Don't save the water for the nighttime...you will never sleep if you do that...pace yourself, listen to your body, eat every 2-4 hours and savor the NEW in this plan...DON"T call it a diet...it is a plan and it is DO-ABLE and you CAN do it!!
My fun quote of the day: "First thing first; second things never." This is our first thing, friends!! If we can do this, and WE CAN, those other things we thought we would try to get off the weight or get healthier or both, will NEVER have to be done!!
Thanks for playing, thanks for reading...THANKS! GAME ON!
Sunday, January 1, 2012
EXCITEMENT growing, ANTICIPATION huge!! 2012 will be AWESOME!!
One of my best friends gave me a book of lovely, wonderful quotes today...This one struck me today:
"Believe in something big. Your life is worth a noble motive." Forty-five ladies and gentleman have decided to play Game On! with me starting on Thursday. They have asked for Q and A time tomorrow to go through the details...newbies and experienced gamers are coming...they are excited, nervous, and getting me in the direction that I need to be in too...this Game works because the excitement can continue...This is our BIG today and this week, and truly, for the next 4 weeks...and some may not like it the way I do, but some, well, some WILL!! And it will be worth it for them!! Oh, this year, 2012, will be AWESOME!! GAME ON!!
"Believe in something big. Your life is worth a noble motive." Forty-five ladies and gentleman have decided to play Game On! with me starting on Thursday. They have asked for Q and A time tomorrow to go through the details...newbies and experienced gamers are coming...they are excited, nervous, and getting me in the direction that I need to be in too...this Game works because the excitement can continue...This is our BIG today and this week, and truly, for the next 4 weeks...and some may not like it the way I do, but some, well, some WILL!! And it will be worth it for them!! Oh, this year, 2012, will be AWESOME!! GAME ON!!
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