Clydesdales/Athenas (200+ lb / 91+ kg) - Clydesdale / Athena Biggest Loser Week One 9/29 - 10/5

Week One: Clydesdale / Athena Biggest Loser Challenge
Monday 9/29/08- 10/5/08

OK by popular demand..ok a few of us thought this would be neat. We are starting a Clydesdale Athenas Biggest loser. Based on the following thread: http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=469887

How does it work:
(1) Post your starting weight this Monday
(2) Don't weigh yourself (if possible) until next Monday
(3) Next Monday post Starting weight of previous week, New Weight and pounds lost and % of Weight lost.
(4) On Mondays when you post - post your own personal challenge. For example: Drink 8 glasses of water per day , Ride in Metric Century..and be kind to small animals
(5) During the week let us know how it is going. Let's be sure and post our riding goals as well -as this is a biking forum!

OK now for the team s- we are singles...

MissBumble aka Sue will be the Pink team - I have a beautiful white and pink bike
Turbocrusier - Green Team - I think his bike is Green
Raven - Black Team

OK who else is joining us?

I will post my starting weight tomorrow!

The weight loss may be slow for some of us - I have been at this a while and am looking for a 1-2 pound loss per week...so this is a marathon not a sprint!

Lol, if I were going off my bike's colors it would be um....the polished aluminum/black w/sparkles team???? Nah, I'm takin the green team cuz I like the color, that's all :)

I really changed my diet up, have everything laid out for the entire week. I'm shooting for a goal of 4-5lbs which is really quite insane...but to go from fast food 4-5 nights a week to good healthy food will make a HUGE difference. My biggest concern (don't flame me!) is I'm trying to quit smoking at the moment too and I know people tend to gain weight when quitting so that's extra stress on me. So I guess this week's goals will be:
1) Abolish smoking completely
2) Drop 4lbs with my new diet
3) Since it is BF, ride 100 miles this week (starting out easy)

I'll post my weight in the morning/early afternoon...game on!

Hi everyone,

I just read this post and I really want to participate.
I am starting cycling again after year of not doing anyting at all.
I started today commuting to work, in total 32 km per day.
My weight today is 176lbs. Quite a lot as I am only 1.60 tall (female). My average weight has to be 121lbs so... I !need to loose quite a lot!!!

I want to join this group as I think it will give me motivation an keep me going! I am planning to commute 5 days a week during the whole year, even that we don't have here in London a great weaather and the cold is coming!! I think it will give me a nice work-out.
I know it will be really hard, at least, the first month but I am really fed up with my weight and want to achieve the weight loss by the end of December. I don't know if this is achievable but I will try hard.
Do I create a new group or do I join one? If I can join one, I choose the green team as I like the colour.

29/09/2008: 176 lbs.

Lol, can't sleep (I got up really late today) so I decided to jump on my wii fit and grab a quick measurement...so here's me for the week: 217.2lbs
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/TurboCruiser13/sep29weight.jpg

Cool idea!

My weight this morning (post-180 mile weekend...so, it's a bit wonky, I'm sure) was 245.

Goals:
1. Lose 5 pounds.
2. Get to the gym for full body workouts three times this week.
3. Enjoy the journey!

I suppose I will be the Silver Team, since that is the color of my bike.

Count me in.

Team Western MD:

Start weight 212.4 (7:30 AM today)

Goal for this weeks:

1) Ride 3 days
2) At least 1 - 50 mile ride
3) No fast food for lunch this week

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=p4lQlSjxTqY1KzKB4jLY7bw

Updates to the biggest loser challenge can be found by clicking this link. It was getting a little complicated to break things down through regular posts, so my wonderful wife was nice enough to create a spreadsheet through excel and post it up for us. You can still send me your info and I'll have my wife upadate it as soon as possible. Just makes things a heck of a lot neater now, hope you guys enjoy!

I'm in!

Official starting weight as of this morning (9/29/08): 271 lbs

Goals:
-Ride 100 miles this week
-Make it to the gym 2 days
-Weekends are tough for me diet wise so I'm setting a max goal of 3000 cal/day this Sat and Sun

I'll be the "Red" team if its not taken yet.

Is there a quarter million dollar prize like on TV? :)

Thanks,
Brandon

Brandon aka gearhead is added to the list! If there's a quarter million dollar prize, he has been generous enough to put forth the money...thanks gearhead! Just playin with ya bud...I think the biggest prize at the end of the contest will be self gratification of losing weight. Hope you guys can keep up, I've already got 12 miles on the bike today and I'm not done yet :D

I'll play. I'll be on the Blue team.

9/29/08: 250.6 lbs

Goals:
1) Continue commuting 5x a week.
2) Keep weekly mileage ~75 miles.
3) Have fun! (This one should be easy. :) )

Got'cha added joe...good luck! If you're having too much fun, you're not pushing yourself hard enough :D

PINK TEAM CHECKING IN!

OK Thanks Turbo for taking charge - as I am commuting to Chicago from ATL Monday mornings.

OK - Here I am 5'7"+ (maybe 7.5) weight 188.5 (down 1.5 from last week yay!!! for a Total Weight loss since April 21 of ....38 pounds)
Goals for the upcoming week:
Weight Loss: 1 pound
Ride: 25+ on Saturday, 80 (My longest) in a charity ride Sunday (Tony Serrano Ride)
Tuesday, Wedensday, Thursday, Friday 40 minutes of cardio on elliptical or stair climber.
Lots of Subway sandwiches for lunch and or dinner (1/2 a sub - Wheat, chicken breast, 2 squares cheese, mustard, lettuce , tomatoe, baked lays and diet coke...) Try it - amazingly better choice then hitting a restaurant in Chicago!
Water Goal: Drink alot!

Ultimate Weight Goal: 145-140 - Sexy Sue!
Ultimate Bike Goal: Keep up with the Bike Group on the Sky Loop (hilly)

There she is! Don't worry, I'll have things under control for ya while you're on your commute. Good luck with the charity ride...I just did my first MS150 last weekend (no, NOT yesterday lol) and I had to hit the sag wagon a couple times...I guess I can't complain considering I'd never ridden more than 30 something miles before that. So to go from 30ish miles to 150 = wtf was I thinking!?!?

Mmmmm....suuuuubbbbwaaayyyy. Why'd ya have to remind me that I'm hungry!

Im in.

319.2 this morning
Team ThirdHand
Goals for the week:
1. lose 3 lbs
2. commute to work 4 days
3. Learn how to fix my shifter or deraileur at the co-op Weds

You're in Tech...best of luck to ya!:thumb:

Darn, I wish I'd seen this thread BEFORE I stopped at the store last night and bought Bryers! :cry:

Weight this morning: 258
Short term goals:

Beat last months miles. I'm at 294 for Sept, rode 300.2 in Aug, so should be easy to break.
Ride a metric this weekend. I only rode once last week because I was out of town Thursday through Sunday. Hope I can do it.
Loose as many pounds as possible by Oct 14.

Edit: team colors gold & black

Hi,

I choose the Yellow Team!!

Windywheels

cohophysh selects the black team for his black leader bike
1) current weight 310
2) Goal 3lbs-just starting SB lifestyle (south beach)
3) No junk food

Can we make this a sticky???

Hi all!
I am new here and to road cycling in general. I am getting married this may and need to be in shape since we are getting married in Jamaica. Hopefully I can use this little competition to keep myself motivated and exercising. I don't know my exact weight but I will check in as soon as possible. I might as well join Team Pink as I live in the ATL area too and we need to represent!

Weight: 242.4
Week's goals:
1. 2-3 lbs. loss
2. 75-100 total mileage
3. Start drinking water almost exclusively

edit: Added weight

Lookin good sofar! Oh and I think we diecided we are singles not duos so sorry Lowkeyed I made ya the fuschia team (It's like a vivid pink - subject to change if ya like) ... but we Atlantans will rock the competition no doubt...And we can form an alliance..!

MissBumble-Pink Team: 188.5
Lowkeyed up - Fuschia Team- Awaiting official weigh in
Raven-Black Team: Also Awaiting official weigh in
Turbocruiser-Green Team: 217.2lbs
WindyWheels- Yellow Team: 176lbs
UnCadan8- Silver Team: 245lbs.
Natbla- Western MD Team (what color?)- 212.4lbs
Gearhead82- Red Team: 271lbs
JoeMetal- Blue Team: 250.6lbs
TechknowGN- Team ThirdHand (what color?)- 319.2lbs
Cohophysh - Need Team color - Black is taken...How about Blue? 310lbs
Piperchuck- Gold Team: 258
Timokabo - Team Asalama (what color?)- 266.2lbs
Daintonj - Grey Team - Team Metric 107kg or 235.9lb
14 Players/losers thus far (boy that doesn't sound good lol) any others are free to join! Let the losing begin!
OK - Did I forget anyone???

Event sponsors: Sue (The Bee) & Justin (Turbocharger)

Team Metric (Grey)

107Kg
Goals - 1Kg loss and run 1KM@8KM/h (I suck at running).

Count me in. As of 2 mins ago im 266.2 pounds. ill be team asalama. my goals include:1 biking to work 4 out of the 5 days i work a week 2. get down to 220 lbs by my 21st b-day on april 26th 3 put many many miles on my newly completed schwinn peloton 4 last but not least have fun. good luck all and im going to try and win lol. also i would like to cut out all junk food and make all food myself and drink only water and milk

Ok I have everybody up to date on my original post...for those that chose themed teams I'd like to stick with colors if possible. I think we still have colors like indigo, sky blue, and turquoise left over (just trying to choose simple colors from the drop down menu lol) so if you guys/gals want to separate those colors they're all yours...first come first served!

I also thing this list is getting very crowded! We may have to put a cap on this thing or it's gonna be crazy tryin to get to everybody!

Okay, I'll join in. I'd pick Indigo, but since that's my name it's a bit too on the nose, hah. I'll be team "Dark Orange" (from the dropdown for convenience). I was ~283lbs last night. I'll post a more official weight later on when I do today's Wii Fit.

Okay, "official" weight is 283.1 lbs.

Thansk Turbo! OK Biggest Losers- Almost thru with day one. What you did not join us?? Have no fear - come on in...We will keep this open a little while longer. To jump on in - post your starting weight, ok?

This is a no pressure, just lots of support thread. So not to worry if you are not a speed loser... Me I am going for the nice and slow one pound a week.

OK - wanted to post my progress. Threw out the little chocolates that were on my pillow in my hotel! And had salad for lunch and Subway for dinner - so pretty good all in all. Tomorrow will workout before I head to the office.

Hope y'all who could went out and rode! I will have my heart rate monitor on for my workout tomorrow which is a good motivator. I also listen to a guy from www.itrain.com (http://www.itrain.com) who tells me how hard to set my elliptical and how fast to go...Really gives me a great workout ...great web site - I download the podcast or whatever it is into my ipod...(I would ride but i am away from home during the week - so grab a quick workout in the hotel gym).

OK - Hang in there all! Oh and ya know I personally feel so much better with 38 pounds off. I really can't get used to it. I have a new life - I have incredible weekends full of riding - and have been dating a bit.. and meeting a ton of folks - I feel renewed..and am glad we are sharing this healthy journey together!

Anyone in ATLANTA?? Lowkeyed - I bet there's a route for you on the Charity ride next Sunday -Tony Serrano...check it out....The biggest loser goes to the Atlanta Charity Ride. Good thing I have a ton of pink shirts!


And welcome to our newest BL - imeridian - Dark Orange team... Woo Hooo....

I want in.....266lb today. Rode 50 miles yesterday and plan on eating better before I go on the road for three weeks. Not going to be easy staying on track while on the road.......:notamused:

Goals

1) Eat better this week
2) Trainer in the am, Swim in the pm three x's this week
3) Ride 75-100 miles this week

Welcome aboard nobull60 - Turbo will add you to the list soon. Maybe even assign you a Team color...As for being on the road - 2 words for you Sub Way...It's my life savior :)

The Bee

Hello all,

I've been lurking here for several weeks but this biggest loser game has drawn me out of the shadows :thumb: No long intro here...I'm an over 50 Athena and started riding regularly about 4-6 weeks ago. My DD left a 10 yr old Spec Crossroads in the garage when she headed out for school. It's a bit big for me but ridable. I dusted it off, put some air in the tires, and am doing up to 30 mile on it. Last June I hit 184 lbs. (at 5'5") and was embarrassed by my appearance in photos from our trip to Ohio to visit family (I'm in Tucson). From the end of June/beginning of July I've been doing Jari Love's Ripped videos, walking, eliptical/stat bike at the community center, and now riding. From Sat to today I've ridden about 50 miles but won't get much done during the week.

On to the stats:
Wt. on 9/29 - 169

Goals:
1) to continue losing about 1 lb a week.
2) ride the 35 mile distance in the Tour de Tucson in November (longest practice run is 31 mi)
3) move on to a better bike.

Team Color? Hmm.... If Silver isn't taken, it's mine.

Wanda

ETA: Looks like both Silver and Gold are spoken for so I'll settle for Bronze!

Sorry for the delay! We were out of town all day and I just NOW got back home and on the computer.

I did weigh in this morning and I weighed 317.4 lbs. When I actually decided to do something about my weight nearly a month ago, I weighed 333+.

But my official starting weight is logged at 317.4.

My challenge this week is a simple one - drink at least 64 ounces of water per day.

I'll add a challenge or two more on given days but for now, this is the main one.

Hey guys.

This morning's weight: 217

Weekly goal: Under 215

Forever Goal: Under 190


215-217 is the lowest I've been since the summer of Junior year in High School, and it's been pretty hard to break. I haven't been under 200 since Jr. High, and that number has been, ahem, a weight on my shoulders since.

Cohophysh choses the team name Blue

Hope y'all who could went out and rode! I will have my heart rate monitor on for my workout tomorrow which is a good motivator. I also listen to a guy from www.itrain.com (http://www.itrain.com) who tells me how hard to set my elliptical and how fast to go...Really gives me a great workout ...great web site - I download the podcast or whatever it is into my ipod...(I would ride but i am away from home during the week - so grab a quick workout in the hotel gym).

...Hey, Ms. Bee...Is it Keith Irace from iTrain on your ipod? I dl'd a stat bike w/o of his and really like it. If you like audio w/o's you want to try Sean OMalley's Cardio Coach w/o's. Not equipment specific like iTrain but he does more 'coaching' for both body and spirit. Here's a link: http://cardiocoach.com (http://cardiocoach.com/).


I like Cardio Coach (CC) for treadmills/eliptical (don't like treadmills much, though) and iTrain best for the stat bike. ENjoy your trip!

Wanda

Weigh ins officially closed for the week...with 18 players I think we'll have some good competition among us! For anyone viewing the challenge, we will see if we can't work you in somewhere for next monday just keep watching the thread for further details. Other than that, best of luck to everyone playing and keep us updated!

Woo HOO Biggest Loser Week 1, Day 2 Begins...Are you Ready for this???

Here's the Line up and Teams and some summary of the goals and a few Bee comments in Italics..We are amazing...Big group Hug. Looks like we are all sizes , come form all over and have a wide range of ages! We are in it together!



MissBumble-Pink Team - 188.5lbs - Gonna Drink water, eat subways, ride 80 miles in the Tony Serrano - Atlanta.
Raven - Black Team - 317.4lbs Lose 2 lbs…Drink 64 oz water /day!! 30 minutes of biking exercise, 3 times per day - Ohio
Turbocruiser - Green Team - 217.2lbs - Quitting smoking, Riding 100 miles, dropping the lbs!! You Go!!- California - Oh and thanks for organizing our lovely group!You are awesome!!
WindyWheels - Yellow Team - 176lbs - Commute 5 days a week in London! Hoping this group will give her the motivation to keep going!
UnCadan8 - Silver Team - 245lbs. - Lose 5 pounds, Hit the gym for full body workout 3 times this week and Enjoy the Journey!- ah inspiring, Jillian and Bob would love you! Pennsylvania 1. .
Natbla - Western MD Team - 212.4lbs - Ride 3 days with at least 1 - 50 mile ride and No fast food for lunch this week - Maryland ... "Jared" here - maybe Sub Way if ya gotta do the fast lunch choice...
Gearhead82 - Red Team - 271lbs Surving the weekends! Ride 100 miles this week! Make it to the gym 2 days! Hoping to win the 250k prize....hmmmm... that one might be tough :)
JoeMetal - Blue Team - 250.6lbs Commuting and fun, weekly mileage about 75 miles!! Indiana
TechknowGN - Team ThirdHand - 319.2lbs Lose 3 pounds, Commute to work - learn how to fix the shifter on bike. Maybe you can teach us?
Piper Chuck- Gold Team - 258lbs LOSde as many lbs a spossible by Oct 14 ride a Metric Century and increase mileage over last month WOO HOO- Mileage Goal Met!- NC
LowKeyedUp - Fuscia Team - 75 to 100 miles - driniking water! Getting married this May!! Congrats!! Atlanta
CohoPhysh- Sky Blue Team - 310lbs - Lose 3 pounds...South Beach Diet! No junk...Pacific Northwest
Daintonj - Grey Team - 235.9lbs Run the metric way: 1KM@8KM/h Admirable!!
Timokobo - Team Asalama - 266.2lbs Commute 4 out of 5 days, cut out all junk food and make all food and drink only water and milk .
Imeridian - Dark Orange Team- 283.1lbs Uses the Wii fit...ohh tell us details. How do you like it?? Does it yell at you? Pennsylvania
Nobull60- Indigo Team - 266lbs. Eat better this week... Trainer in the am..Swim in the pm three x's this week and Ride 75-100 miles. Hey No bull how bout working on momentum and a plan for when you go on the road. If it's a vacation how bout this is one where you have acces to the PC, check in with us....and either maintain or lose weight - carry a ton of water! Whaddya think?
Wandalyn - Bronze Team - 169lbs Lose 1 pound a weekk - ooh like Miss Bumble I see! We can do it! Keep on riding! Train for the Tour de Tucson (Does this mean you live in Arizona?)
Jjjjeremy - White Team - 217lbs New to BF! Welcome - Looking to move under his Junior high weight this week! 2 Pounds you can do it!! Back away from the table!!
Theetruscan- BrownTeam - 221.8lbs - 150 miles this weekend!
Funrover - Purple Team - Weight TBD - Goal 100 mile week commuting, catch up in school, and help wife stick to her diet - Colorado
RemarkblyOrnry - Ivory Team - 240.4lbs Goals - Drink water almost exclusively... cut out the soda and Ride 75 miles - Oklahoma
Abbynemmy - Weight TBD -Goals TBD
Ok off to the gym! Cheers to you all. Raising my water bottle to all of you! keep on Riding!

Lol...I know that took you FOREVER to write out/copy and paste hehe. Have fun at the gym...I'm Wii fitting it as we speak :)

OK I think I need a WII Fii Workout description. What happens? How does it work? Do you get a good workout? ETCETC

Wii Fit comes with a tiny little scale looking board that is used to measure various bodily stats. It keeps a cool little graph of your weight among other things over time. The "game" also has built exercises that it schedules for you that work on balance, cardio, and some strength training. The exercises are good but the progress tracking is so awesome.

Oh and if you are completely clueless...you need a Nintendo Wii system, and also the Wii Fit "game/system" to participate.

Thanks for setting this up!

Forgot to post when I weighed myself yesterday. Wii Fit says 221.8

Shooting for 218 even, doing 150 miles this weekend, so hopefully I can swing it.

OK Thee truscan we added you as the Brown team - hope you don't mind the color :)

Is it too late?

Is it too late?

Not in my view. I think this whole program/accountability thing is a great idea.

Others?

OK Funrover - Made you the purple team- and snuck you in... Go get weighed in -Have courage you can do it! Then let us know your goals for the week.

Wii Fit comes with a tiny little scale looking board that is used to measure various bodily stats. It keeps a cool little graph of your weight among other things over time. The "game" also has built exercises that it schedules for you that work on balance, cardio, and some strength training. The exercises are good but the progress tracking is so awesome.

Oh and if you are completely clueless...you need a Nintendo Wii system, and also the Wii Fit "game/system" to participate.

The Wii fit is not very good for serious exercise, but if you need something around the house that makes it insanely easy to exercise no matter what, it's great. The flexibility and strength games have their moments once you unlock the "challenges" for strength. If you ride a bicycle, the aerobic games will drive you insane with their 3-5 minutes of low intensity cardio followed by a bunch of button pushing.

For lunch I had a spinach omelet (good so far) and 2 delicious chocolate cookies. Fail :( Ah well, I'll run an extra mile today.

Weight 269

Goals
1. 100 mile week commuting
2. Catch up in school
3. help wife stick to her diet

Is it too late? If not here are my stats :)

How does it work:
(1) 240.4
(2) Drink water almost exclusively... cut out the soda
(3) Ride 75 miles (My bike won't be in until Wednesday.)

I'll take the Ivory team.

Is it too late? If not here are my stats :)

How does it work:
(1) 240.4
(2) Drink water almost exclusively... cut out the soda
(3) Ride 75 miles (My bike won't be in until Wednesday.)

I'll take the Ivory team.

It works by showing up here - posting your weight and all of us supporting each other. No big grand prizes - but accountability.... We are here to support each other. Also I figure you are in the group - but if you gain weight 3 weeks in a row I say you are out. That way we know if we slip up we cna get right back on track. Lots of us tend to gain weight after a big ride (water, etc...) so that way this allows for it.

Anyway - Turbo and I started this - so we are quite flexible with the rules... well I am ...Turbo may yell at me when he sees the extra people I have added :)

OK - go to it! Report in! And ride RemarklblyOrdnry Ride!

Personally I can't wait til I post my skinny picture 40+ pounds from now!!Maybe one of me on the bike - passing some pace line!

Pretty sure I got everybody in there...nah I'm not gonna yell at'cha lol. For those of you who signed up today you just have a little more catching up to do since you're a day behind but being the first week it shouldn't be a big deal :)