The Biggest Loser (Mibba Style)

Okay so I have to start by saying that I am a little nervous to start a thread on here, especially since I am not even close to being "Mibba famous", because I don't know what sort of response I will get. But I'll just give it a try and we'll see what happens.

So it's 2013, a brand new-ish year and I think a lot of us are thinking ahead to spring and summer and all the fashion and activities that come along with those warmer weather months. To name a few: Shorts, tank tops, sun-dresses, and bikinis. Most people look forward all year to the chance to show off a little more skin, to flaunt their enviable figures.

But then again, some of us definitely do NOT.

In fact a lot of us dread it. And while, in a perfect world, it wouldn't matter to us what our bodies looked like and we'd wear whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted with pride...it's just not always that simple.

Now this is not to say that my main motivation behind starting this thread is vanity, that is hardly the case. It's just going to be an added benefit to look amazing in those summer styles ON TOP OF being toned, fit, healthy, and full of energy. Right?

So I just want to make this a place for those of you out there that are looking for a little motivation, a few "fitness buddies" that are going to actually be as diligent as you, and a thread for you to chronicle your stories, your struggles, and most importantly your accomplishments.

In order to become a member of this version of The Biggest Loser just fill out the stats below and let's get started!!!

Name:

Age:

Gender:

Height:

Starting Weght:

B.M.I.:

Ultimate Goal Weight:

Five Reasons You Want to Lose Weight:

A Fun Fact About Yourself (Non Weightloss Related):

Best of luck to all and I look forward to starting this journey with you!!!

xoxoxo Jac

And here I will start the fun!

Name: Jac(queline)

Age: 21

Gender: Female

Height; 5'8"

Starting Weight: 195 lbs (highest I have ever been in my life, oy)

B.M.I.: 29.6 (0.3 points from being classed as "obese")

Ultimate Goal Weight: 130-135 lbs

Five Reasons I Want to Lose Weight:

1. Fashion!!!
2. Self-esteem
3. My boyfriend
4. To feel healthy and comfortable in my own skin again
5. So that weight finally just goes back to being a number again and not a death-sentence

A Fun Fact About Myself: I used to be the drummer in an all girl band!!!

I'll join! I've recently lost 6 pounds so I'm looking to stay motivated!

Name: Alex(andra)

Age: 17.

Height: 5'3".

Starting Weight: 189.

BMI: 33.5 or OBESE.

Ultimate Goal Weight: 120.

Five Reasons To Lose Weight:

1. Because I want to look hot.
2. To just be overall healthier person.
3. I want to wear cute clothes and not hide my body.
4. I don't want any self esteem issues holding me back from enjoying everything about my senior year coming up!
5. I want to be happy with myself and not be able to truthfully say "I hate my body."

A fun fact about myself: When I was 14 I wanted to be a band photographer and got the chance to work with Black Veil Brides.

Firstly, I just want to say that while it seems as though I am on a healthy weight, I do have love handles/stomach/fat that is gross. So yeah, haha.

Name: Alex

Age: 18

Gender: Female

Height: 178cm - 5'10

Starting Weight: 67kg/147 pounds

B.M.I.: 21.1 (normal)

Ultimate Goal Weight: 62kg/136 pounds

Five Reasons You Want to Lose Weight:
1. I want to wear nice clothes.
2. A higher self-esteem.
3. I want to be one of those girls who are fully satisfied with their bodies.
4. I want to be comfortable in my own skin.
5. By next summer (Dec-Feb), I want to wear a bikini and wear it so there's no 'hidden fat' and I look like a model in it, haha.

A Fun Fact About Yourself (Non Weightloss Related): I can rap to Azealia Bank's songs.

Name: Elizabeth

Age: 16

Gender: f

Height: 5'3

Starting Weght: 155.4

B.M.I.: 26.9 nearly obese

Ultimate Goal Weight: 115-130. It all depends on how I look and feel. I'm aiming for curves but not major curves, and I don't want to be super skinny. Nor do I want ripped abs. Maybe a good pair of abs hidden with a small layer of fat because abs kind of gross me out

Five Reasons You Want to Lose Weight:
I want to be healthy.
I want to smile when I look in the mirror.
I need to meet a major goal in my life and weight loss in the only one I can achieve at this age.
I want people to look at me in an interested way and not a disgusted way.
I want to want to become mentally fit, and the only way I can do that is by becoming physically fit.

A Fun Fact About Yourself (Non Weightloss Related): I'm Elizbaeth III in my family

Name: Hina

Age: 22

Gender: Female

Height: 5'2"ish

Starting Weght: 185 kbs

B.M.I.: I can't remember. -__-"

Ultimate Goal Weight: 150 (but I'll take 170 for now)

Five Reasons You Want to Lose Weight: 1. I have a lot of clothes that I can't fit into anymore.
2. I want to get healthier.
3. I"m going swimming this summer and hopefully I can attract positive attention.
4. I want to increase my metabolism.
5. So I can prove that I can do SOMETHING!

A Fun Fact About Yourself (Non Weightloss Related): I am weird. I can't really think about anything.

Name: Victoria // Vikki

Age: 18

Gender: Female

Height: 5"6' the last time I checked (which was about 5 years ago )

Starting Weght: 185lb, I think. I don't have a set of scales, just the Wii Fit.

B.M.I.: 29 point something, I think. Again, not too sure.

Ultimate Goal Weight: I'd like to get down to like 160lb or something like that. I've been working this all by dress sizes. I just want to be able to fit into my size 12 shorts again.

Five Reasons You Want to Lose Weight:
1. So I can fit into my shorts for Italy
2. So I don't look like a whale in a bathing suit.
3. I have horrid strech marks on my stomach, so I want to lose weight and see if they go with it.
4. I want to be a generally healthier person.
5. Everyone else I know is tiny and I'm not.

A Fun Fact About Yourself (Non Weightloss Related):
I'm a musician; I play the guitar, trumpet, cornet, clarinet, bass and ukulele

I just want to let everyone know that I've lost 2 more pounds.

I now have lost a total of 8 pounds and have 62 more pounds to go!

@ sempiternal.
Way to go! :) That's awesome.

Name: Amber

Age: 21

Gender: Female

Height: 4'11-5'. I need to check.

Starting Weght:180, I have double checked. :)

B.M.I.: 30, I think. :(

Ultimate Goal Weight: 100

Five Reasons You Want to Lose Weight:
1. I want to go swimming this year.
2. I want to be able to run for miles without feeling like I'm going to die.
3. I need to be healthier.
4. It will help with my self-esteem and confidence issues.
5. I want to buy amazing clothes I see all the time but can't ever fit.

A Fun Fact About Yourself (Non Weightloss Related):

I was born four months premature and weighed 1 pound and 11 ounces.

Here's a bonus reason I want to lose weight:
6. BECAUSE I was born premature and was so tiny, I want to/should be tiny.

@ DarkestStorm

Thanks so much!

Name: Jessica

Age: 21

Gender: Female

Height: 5'0"

Starting Weght: 147 lbs.

B.M.I.: 28.7

Ultimate Goal Weight: 115-120 lbs.

Five Reasons You Want to Lose Weight:

1. I have never been thin my whole life, been a chubby kid and throughout my teenage years it just got worse, touched 200 pounds a couple of times and it was just bad. I never want to be that weight ever again.
2. So I can wear shorts outside of the house and feel great. Summer just gets too hot for jeans, even capri's.
3. When someone, especially if it's a guy, calls me pretty, beautiful, or whatever, I want to feel like I believe them. I don't want to roll my eyes, shake my head, and laugh. I want to believe them.
4. To lose dat ass! I hate having such a big bum and if I lost some of it, I would be a couple jean sizes down and that would be great.
5. And lastly, aside from wanting to feel pretty and wear pretty clothes, to be healthy. I want to know what healthy feels like.

A Fun Fact About Yourself (Non Weightloss Related):
~ I used to be a heavy soda drinker when I was a kid and somehow stopped when I was around 17. Dr Pepper was my best friend. And now all I drink, aside from milk, is water. I don't understand how anyone can dislike water.

@ sempiternal.

You're welcome.

Oh my god guys...I found out my weight today. :( And body measurements. I could cry right now. I bought a scale today, one of the non-digital ones. It said I was...220 pounds. But I did read on some Walmart reviews that the scale can be/is off by 30 pounds...but my mom wasn't really surprised I weighted that much...

@ DarkestStorm

Well you're in luck that you've found this thread, yeah? Your weight is one of the few things that you have control of in life, exercise that control. Working out and eating healthy are all mental things. Your body won't go where your mind won't push it.

@ sempiternal.
Thanks for the pep talk. Haha. I might be working out later. Depends on if I can afford a pass or not. I'm waiting for my fitness program, Power 90 to ship from Amazon.

@ DarkestStorm

No problem! I worked out this morning. I did 100 jumping jacks, 15 squats, 20 tricep dips, 30 second plank, 50 crunches, and some other junk. In a little bit I'm going to hop on the treadmill and shoot to get 300 calories off.

@ sempiternal.
Wow, that's awesome. How much running do you think it would be to get that many calories off? I'm working out with my cousin later. Mainly using the treadmill.

@ DarkestStorm

Last time it was between 2mph and 3 for almost an hour. It WASNT even really running, just brisk walking.

@ sempiternal.
Oh ok.

@ DarkestStorm

I got up to 3.1 MPH and in 50 minutes I managed to burn 325 calories just now. It's really not bad at all. I have my headphones in and am texting and singing as I'm doing it so it passes quickly.