"BL" Week #12

I know this is coming about a week late, but i was literally unable to reach a computer for the past week. sorry! :(




LIZZ (MYZZLYZZ)
Previous Weight: 208.6 / 209.5*
Current Weight: 213
Pounds Lost: 0*
Percentage Lost: 0%* 


BRET
Previous Weight: 277/280*
Current Weight:  283
Pounds Lost: -0*
Percentage Lost: 0.%

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Now, in true biggest loser fashion, we will have our finale in 6 weeks! (The contestants always have a while between the last episode on the ranch and the finale).


This is also because Bret and I will be away for the next 6-ish weeks. We won't have access to any scale.


Our finale will be posted when we come back!


<3

make sure to cast your vote at the bottom of the page for who YOU think will be the Just Another Whale "biggest loser" competition winner!

Best of luck to both of us!WISH US LUCK! :)

"BL" Week #10

LIZZ (MYZZLYZZ)
Previous Weight: 209 / 209.4
Current Weight: 208.6
Pounds Lost: -0.4
Percentage Lost: 0.001...%

BRET
Previous Weight: 277.4
Current Weight:  277.0
Pounds Lost: -0.4
Percentage Lost: 0.001...%




THIS WEEK'S WINNER IS: TIE!


Okay, so at least I'm a little caught up! haha. Good job Bret, hopefully next week i'll be the winner! :)


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• I created a formspring page, you can see it here! You can go and ask me questions about whatever topic you want, and can scroll through and see questions that other people have asked me. :) [there is also a link on the right-hand side of the page under "important links"]

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"BL" Week #9

LIZZ (MYZZLYZZ)
Previous Weight: 209 / 211.8*
Current Weight: 209.4
Pounds Lost: 0*
Percentage Lost: 0%* 


*on biggest loser they go by the lightest previous weight and not necessarily the previous week's weight. 



BRET
Previous Weight: 277.4
Current Weight:  277.4
Pounds Lost: 0*
Percentage Lost: 0%






Ugh i was so close! :( That just means that I've caught up a little....so next week, Bret - you better watch out!!! 

BL Week #8

LIZZ (MYZZLYZZ)
Previous Weight: 209 / 212*
Current Weight: 211.8
Pounds Lost: 0*
Percentage Lost: 0%* 


*on biggest loser they go by the lightest previous weight and not necessarily the previous week's weight. 

BRET
Previous Weight: 280.0
Current Weight:  277.4
Pounds Lost: -2.2
Percentage Lost: 0.99%


THIS WEEK'S WINNER: BRET!


Although I'm still running behind, I am not losing motivation. I took a page out of Jay's book for this upcoming week and will write "209" in pen on my wrist every morning until next weigh-in day. He is from this season's Biggest Loser and was known for writing his goal weight for the week on his forearm each day in big black marker. It kept him so motivated and focused throughout the competition, that for the finale, he got a tattoo with an encouraging quote on his forearm. 


My goal is to get back to my lightest weigh-in weight for this competition by next week, and now that I'm fully able to jump and run around as usual instead of wearing a stupid ankle brace, Bret- you better watch out!! :P


I would also like to send a big shout-out to the all-female finalists from the Biggest Loser - you all look so great!! :) And congrats, of course, to Olivia! The winner! :)

"BL" Week #7

Okay, so heres how this works since we this competition got sidelined because of finals. First, let me mention that this competition will be 12 weeks, not 8. Second, at the start of our summer, both me and bret weighed ourselves. That number is the bolded number after "previous weight." The other number is our lowest weigh-in for this competition. In addition, it is important to note that our rule concerning percentage lost stays the same. This means we will be going off of the not-bolded number for that, or the pounds lost count either. Furthermore, the weekly rewards have been done away with because bret and i cannot see each other every weekend, which makes most rewards (like back rubs, cooking for each other, etc.) impossible to execute. 


LIZZ (MYZZLYZZ)
Previous Weight: 209 / 217*
Current Weight: 212
Pounds Lost: 0
Percentage Lost: 0%* 


*on biggest loser they go by the lightest previous weight and not necessarily the previous week's weight. so, although my starting weight for the summer was 217, i'm still going off of 209 for the percentages and pounds lost because that was the lower number i logged in for the competition.


BRET
Previous Weight: 285.4 / 287*
Current Weight:  280.0
Pounds Lost: -5.4
Percentage Lost: 0.98%


THIS WEEK'S WINNER: BRET!


I would like to send out a huge congratulations to Bret at this weigh-in because he is now 50 pounds lighter than he started! Congrats baby! You've worked hard the past two years and you really earned it!! :)


As far as my weigh-in goes, I'm just happy I didn't gain anything! Haha, being stuck in a chair for two weeks while healing could have really made me gain weight. I guess I have my willpower to stick to my diet and my mother's healthy cooking to thank for that minus 3 pounds! Haha!

BL Week #6

LIZZ (MYZZLYZZ)

Previous Weight: 209 / 213*

Current Weight: 213

Pounds Lost: 0

Percentage Lost: 0%

* on biggest loser they go by the lightest previous weight and not necessarily the previous week's weight. so, although my last week's weight was 212, i'm still going off of 209 for the percentages and pounds lost.

BRET

Previous Weight: 285.4*

Current Weight:  285.8

Pounds Lost: +0.4

Percentage Lost:0%

THIS WEEK'S WINNER: NOBODY !!

BL Week #5

This week's reward: the loser has to make the winner a dinner of their choice.

LIZZ (MYZZLYZZ)

Previous Weight: 209 / 213*

Current Weight: 212

Pounds Lost: -1

Percentage Lost: 0%

* on biggest loser they go by the lightest previous weight and not necessarily the previous week's weight. so, although my last week's weight was 212, i'm still going off of 209 for the percentages and pounds lost.

BRET

Previous Weight: 289.0/291.6*

Current Weight:  285.4

Pounds Lost: -3.6

Percentage Lost: 4%

THIS WEEK'S WINNER: BRET !!


Okay, I'm on the right track again. I was getting worried that I had already hit that dreaded plateau! And for that to happen so early to me in my weight loss journey would be (and is) pretty discouraging. I started this new monitoring program for my diet and exercise, the food & fitness planner on WebMD.com, (click HERE to start your own!). Its really great because it plain and simply spells out what I need to do, and offers a way of tracking all of my calories consumed and burned during exercise. I love it! You'll see a post about it soon, so keep an eye out if you're interested. :)

Congrats bret! :)

New week's reward is a 10 minute foot massage.

"BL" Week #4

Welcome to week four!

We're halfway done with this competition. (I'm kinda sad about that, I might end up extending it to 12 weeks.)

This week's reward: the loser has to make the winner a dinner of their choice.

LIZZ (MYZZLYZZ)

Previous Weight: 209 / 212*

Current Weight: 213

Pounds Lost: +4 (+1 from last week)

Percentage Lost: 0%

* on biggest loser they go by the lightest previous weight and not necessarily the previous week's weight. so, although my last week's weight was 212, i'm still going off of 209 for the percentages and pounds lost.

BRET

Previous Weight: 289.0

Current Weight:  291.6

Pounds Lost: +2.6

Percentage Lost: 0%

THIS WEEK'S WINNER: NOBODY!!!

This week we both had a rough time in regards to having no time to exercise. This weekend, we're gonna try to work our butts off (literally!). 

Next week's reward:  (same as this week, since we had no winner) the loser has to make the winner a dinner of their choice.

"BL" Week #3

Welcome to week #3! :)

This week we're back in school, and back to our usual busy hectic schedules. I know that I personally haven't worked out very much in the past week. I went to the gym twice before I left for school, and since then have unfortunately gotten no time to workout. But I have been eating healthy. I have the disadvantage this week of changing scales, so the number may be off from last week's number- it's hard to tell. Let's see how it goes...

This week's reward: Dessert of the winner's choice!

LIZZ (MYZZLYZZ)

Previous Weight: 209

Current Weight: 212

Pounds Lost: +3

Percentage Lost: 0%

BRET

Previous Weight: 290.8

Current Weight:  289.0

Pounds Lost: 1.8

Percentage Lost: 0.62%

THIS WEEK'S WINNER: BRET!!!


Congrats baby! :) I'm proud of you! Since you're not a huge dessert person, if you'd like you can have a dinner if your choice. Congrats! :D

I'm pretty disappointed in myself, but now I know I just have to work even harder next week!

Next week's reward:  the loser has to make the winner a dinner of their choice.


I know we shouldn't be making the rewards food, but we're pretty short on cheap/free other kinds of rewards.

Also, new this week is the "email me" link under "important links" on the right column of the page.  I unfortunately couldn't find a gadget that allowed me to open an outlook email page or anything like that, so if you do decide to click it, please just copy and paste the email (which will appear in your web address bar) into your email. if anyone knows how to make a link that will come up as an actual email page and not a url, please let me know! :) feel free to email me with suggestions, comments, and even questions. I will attempt to answer my emails around twice per week, so don't get discouraged if i don't respond immediately. i will respond to all emails.  :)

thanks for all the support guys! :)

"BL" Week #2

Welcome to week two of Just Another Whale's "Biggest Loser" style competition! Last week, Lizz beat out Bret for a relaxing 30 minute massage. But that was last week. Today, they weigh-in for the battle for this week's reward! We both have been working out everyday this past week, because we are on spring break from school and had more time on our hands.

**PLEASE NOTE: Last week we talked it over and determined that judging us on our percentage lost is really unfair to Bret. For every pound I had to lose, he had to lose almost 2! So, while I will still make note of the percentage, from now on we will be judging based on number of pounds lost! This makes the competition alot more fair. But the final weigh-in, which we compare our total pounds and percentages lost will still be based on percentage lost!

This week's reward: The loser has to treat the winner to dinner at their favorite restaurant. 

LIZZ (MYZZLYZZ)

Previous Weight: 213

Current Weight: 209.0

Pounds Lost: 4

Percentage Lost: 1.88%

BRET

Previous Weight: 294.4

Current Weight: 290.8

Pounds Lost: 3.6

Percentage Lost: 1.22%

It was really close, but

THIS WEEK'S WINNER: LIZZ !!!

Next week's reward:  Dessert of the winner's choice!




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"BL" Week #1

Welcome to week number one of Just Another Whale's "Biggest Loser" competition! (I do not own Biggest Loser, NBC does! I'm just a huge fan of the show! haha)

The Rules/Information:
1. Each player is on her/his own when it comes to exercise and diet- although at the conclusion of each day we can share what we ate.
2. No desserts! (we will be making desserts a reward so if we allowed desserts anyway that wouldn't be motivating! haha)
3. Each player must weight themselves thursday morning, right when they wake up. (though I won't post pictures on here, we will text each other a photograph of what the scale reads to make sure neither of us is fibbing, not that we would anyway haha)
4. Lizz will write the blog posts, but Bret will calculate the percentages, since Lizz is not super excellent at maths and wants to show that she's not making stuff up!
5. Each week will have a reward. Since it's only 2 players, adding pounds lost will not be a reward as they are on the Biggest Loser. Instead, each week a reward will be mutually agree on, and will be listed in the previous week's blog post (instead of my usual "goals" section).
6. In addition to weekly rewards, there will be rewards for every increment of 10 lbs lost, for each "marker" of 10 pounds lost, you get one dessert of your choice!
7. This competition will last for 8 weeks. :) At the conclusion, the one with the highest overall body percentage lost gets a super special reward- to be announced- and bragging rights!

This week's reward: a 30 minute back massage from the loser!

LIZZ (MYZZLYZZ)
Previous Weight: 215
Current Weight: 213.0
Pounds Lost: 2.0
Percentage Lost: 0.93%

BRET
Previous Weight: 295
Current Weight: 294.4
Pounds Lost: 0.6
Percentage Lost: 0.47%

THIS WEEK'S WINNER: LIZZ!!!

Next week's reward:  The loser has to treat the winner to dinner at their favorite restaurant. 


Feel free to comment with words of encouragement or any suggestions for rules or rewards. Root for whoever you want- pick sides or go for both of us!

P.S.- wow, i actually put up a somewhat decent picture of myself on my profile! instead of my face in extreme close-up. haha