Between the BLs (Biggest Loser) Summer Challenge 2010 Part 1

[LuvBaloo]

QOTD....my birthstone is a garnet and I don't believe I own anything (i did have a pair of earrings many moons ago!) I don't where much jewelery unless it's chucky and fun!
I had a strange call today that my dad wasn't feeling too well. He has had a triple bypass many years ago and never fully recovered so when I got done work (from home) I was planning to go right over there, only to remember my son has taken my car to the movie theatre. I will have to wait for hubby to get home. He is such a stubborn man and he has NO idea that his wife has called me. He definetly will not go see a doctor (what do they know)!?!? I think she is hoping I can talk some sense into him (doubt it!) We do believe pray works, so I am praying that he will do that right thing....sorry to go on....this seems like a place you can do that.
I might go for a run later tonight (great stress reliever) when it cools down.
Thanks, Tracey.

hope all is okay with your dad

Haven't been as good today but I'm still drinking my water!

Had a quick bite at McD's doing errands with DD2 this afternoon. Had turkey gorditas for supper. I'm hoping to go on another 2-3 mile walk in a bit. Still kind of warm though.

Tomorrow will be more me time than today. Though I do have to mow the lawn after dropping DD1 off at theater camp. Going to get lots of workout time in tomorrow. Only errand I need to do is to run to Kmart to get more school supplies. I did get a few at Target earlier today when I got the baby gift I needed!

Time to help my mom with her computer!

school supply shopping already! I don't want to think about that yet.

 

[mikamah]

KAthy be nice to your sister. I was very nervous about my first colonoscopy. When it was done I couldn't believe how easy it was.

Don't worry Dona, I was very nice to her. She was soooo nervous before too, and was shocked it was over and that it was so easy too. It's amazing how most patients feel that way. She has a great sense of humor, so we were joking before the procedure which helped her anxiety. I took a class on Humor in Healthcare a few years ago, and it was pretty interesting and humor is something I've used during my nursing career quite a bit. So many people can be made to feel more at ease with a little joke and laughter. Some, not so much, but the class was on reading cues from patients, and that's pretty easy to do usually. Love the pic of your husband. And that really stinkd they switched your class. Not very fair, and if it was me, I wouldn't be able to stay the extra 2 hrs because of camp hours too. You should take that friday you'll be off and pamper yourself all day.

So I’ve been considering using my lunch break at work to go for a walk/jog once the front office person gets back from his paternity leave. Then, I passed a sign this morning for a 5k in my town on 9/11. I think it may be fate… I have the sign up site saved – now I just have to get the guts to start the c25k and sign up… Come on guts! I’ll keep you guys posted.

Have a wonderful day everyone!

Bree

It's a sign!! The couch to 5k is calling your name, and you can do it!!!! You definitely have the guts, and if I can actually run, anybody can.

I'm also planning to watch a tivo'd "Wipeout" (no new episode tonight) with ds later. He laughs so much, I can't help but laugh, too!

Maria

that show looks hilarious. We've only seen the shorts on Disney xd, but I should find out when it's on and watch a whole show.

Ya know, it did actually give me a little perspective when I assaulted y'all with my whining yesterday. I mean, after all, I have lost 8.2 pounds in 8 weeks. I'm not breaking any records, but that's a perfectly good one-pound-per-week losing pace, so I'm really doing fine. I guess my frustration comes from knowing that if I stayed on plan a little better thru each weekend, I could have lost 10 or 12 by now. But, I had lost sight of the overall loss when I was focusing only on the weekly weigh-ins and it's good to have the overall back in sight again.

Oh, and I love that DH and I wear matching watches too. The entire watch is gold-toned with a mat-finish gold-colored face, a diamond where each of the numbers would be, and a small gold Mickey Mouse on the face to the left of center. No one knows its a Mickey watch unless I show it to them, so it just looks like a really nice piece of jewelry. But anytime I look at it, I see my Mickey and remember the great times that I've spent at WDW with my fella. I really do love this watch. And my fella, too.

8 pounds in 8 weeks is pretty awesome. Your watches sound so nice and it's very sweet you both match. I had an 15 yr old mickey watch with the gold face with mickey in gold and the tan band that I loved from my first trip, and it just broke last year. I looked on our last trip, but haven't seen one that I liked again.

Happy Tuesday everybody!
It's going to feel like a long day for me today. My leg is sore, and I'm hobbling around at work. Luckily I can sit for periods of time and put my foot up.

Fun for today: I will be making a strawberry pina colada (without the rum) and sitting back with my feet up watching a movie this evening.

Hope your leg is feeling better soon. A strawberry pina colada sounds lovely, but I'll take a little rum in mine.

QOTD....my birthstone is a garnet and I don't believe I own anything (i did have a pair of earrings many moons ago!) I don't where much jewelery unless it's chucky and fun!
I had a strange call today that my dad wasn't feeling too well. He has had a triple bypass many years ago and never fully recovered so when I got done work (from home) I was planning to go right over there, only to remember my son has taken my car to the movie theatre. I will have to wait for hubby to get home. He is such a stubborn man and he has NO idea that his wife has called me. He definetly will not go see a doctor (what do they know)!?!? I think she is hoping I can talk some sense into him (doubt it!) We do believe pray works, so I am praying that he will do that right thing....sorry to go on....this seems like a place you can do that.
I might go for a run later tonight (great stress reliever) when it cools down.
Thanks, Tracey.

Hope your dad is ok.

Haven't been as good today but I'm still drinking my water!

Had a quick bite at McD's doing errands with DD2 this afternoon. Had turkey gorditas for supper. I'm hoping to go on another 2-3 mile walk in a bit. Still kind of warm though.

Tomorrow will be more me time than today. Though I do have to mow the lawn after dropping DD1 off at theater camp. Going to get lots of workout time in tomorrow. Only errand I need to do is to run to Kmart to get more school supplies. I did get a few at Target earlier today when I got the baby gift I needed!

Time to help my mom with her computer!

Enjoy your me time tomorrow.

school supply shopping already! I don't want to think about that yet.

I totally agree with this. It seems like we're the latest and don't go back til the wed after labor day.

Works is quiet this week, so I got cancelled tomorrow for the day. I'm going to send michael to camp anyway for half the day and get a long run/walk in, and do some housework. I neglect that pretty badly in the summer especially since summer is so short, and i want to do fun things with michael on our days off. We may go to the beach in the afternoon. We're going to go have our fun now and play a game. My pick. Hmmmmm don't know yet, maybe disney scrabble.

Have a nice night.

 

[tigger813]

Just back from a walk with DD1 to the library. We also walked to the center of town to see the kitten's in the window at the vets and then to the ATM and home again. I really needed this walk since Mom surprised me with a cake for my b'day. She won't be here for my b'day so we had one tonight. I had a small piece and some like French Silk ice cream. Need to track my walk on sparkpeople, at least 2 miles. Having my last bottle of water now.

Hoping to walk in the morning either by myself or with my neighbor. DD2 and I are going to visit the Omaha Steak store and also go to the cheesecake factory to pick up a few pieces for Friday night's dessert. I also need to mow the lawn before it gets too hot! I also plan on getting several more miles of WATP in at some point.

Have a good night!

PS we walked an add'l 2.27 miles tonight so I got in over 6 for the day plus I gave a 75 minute massage!

 

[cclovesdis]

Hi Everyone,

Hoping this attempt works. Just lost a message to the "poof" fairy.

I'll start with the QOTD: My idea of fun is probably a little distorted, but here is what I did. I took a nap after work.

It's been a horrible last 2 days. I binged both days. I'm hoping to avoid that tomorrow. I bought some salad ingredients today and am actually considering trying Phase 1 of the South Beach Diet. I am hoping doing that might help reduce my "junk" food cravings. I love WW, but I also know that changing things up a bit can help.

Well, BL friends, as some of you always say "Tomorrow is a new day" and I'm hoping to make it one of the best ones ever!

Thanks for letting me vent!

 

[Rose&Mike]

So I’ve been considering using my lunch break at work to go for a walk/jog once the front office person gets back from his paternity leave. Then, I passed a sign this morning for a 5k in my town on 9/11. I think it may be fate… I have the sign up site saved – now I just have to get the guts to start the c25k and sign up… Come on guts! I’ll keep you guys posted.

Have a wonderful day everyone!

Bree

That's really exciting! Can't wait to hear all about the c25k and the 5k in September.

I can't leave my house without my wedding rings! Even on race days, I wear at least my gold band. I know my hands will swell up, but I just can't run without it I should probably get over that! I survived, but I am definitely booking WL as a comfort. I have to deal with them all again for the holiday party we host, and I am going to deserve pampering after that nightmare...


Maria

I used to wear my rings all the time--never took them off. Two years ago DH's wedding band wore through and mine were beat up, so we got a new band for him and a new set for me. It's really lovely with lots of tiny diamonds around my original diamond and on the wedding band. It gets sooooooo dirty and when I workout my fingers sometimes get like sausages. So since I workout after work a lot, I don't put them on most days, because I don't want to leave them in the locker at the Y and I definitely don't want to try to run. I've kind of gotten used to not wearing them. Sometimes I just wish I had a plain gold band to wear.

Did you book a solo trip to WL? When are you going to be there?

Pinkle--hope your Dad is ok.

CC-- Sorry you are having a hard time.

Anne--if you are reading posts, I hope things are going better and you are feeling better.

Good evening. Mike is doing his stupid Tuesday night conference call. The dog is whining because he wants to be with Mike--who is upstairs.

We had a really good run this evening. It was cloudy/light rain. Horrible humidity but only 80. So we did our 4 miles at an 11:08 pace. Six miles total with warm up and cool down. The last .4 of the run I ran as hard as I could (though Mike says he thinks I could have gone harder because I could still say--I can't run any harder) so that we could see what my heart rate did. It was nice to have the garmin because we could check our pace and watch the heart rate monitor. A couple times it stopped measuring heart beats, but we don't know if that was because of transmission issues or skips. Anyhow, it was pretty comforting to know that even when I was really tired, my heart was going strong at an acceptable level. Looking forward to having it for the long run.

Saturday we are going to run a 4 mile race. Very last minute, but the group that is sponsoring the race decided this week that they want to have our non-profit receive the proceeds. My boss said today--you run don't you? What are you doing Saturday? It should be a pretty easy morning run, though the race doesn't start until 8 so I'm hoping it's not too hot. I guess we'll do our long run Sunday. I never run 2 days in a row (trying to avoid injury) but we decided if we don't go as far Sunday that's ok.

Hope everyone has a nice evening. My shoulder is still sore, but not quite as bad as yesterday. So no strength tomorrow. I guess I'll do 4 or 5 on the elliptical. Talk to you tomorrow.

 

[flipflopmom]

I don't have time to reply, but I do need to vent.

Terrible, horrible, no good day.

1. Ate great yesterday. 3 M run, and the scale was UP 3 pounds this am????? No swollen hands,etc....
2 - Took AK to gymnastics, came home hoping for a walk after DH got home. My appt. was at 3:30 this pm. Well, he decided to take himself out for breakfast, didn't get home until 10:30. In the meantime, the dr. called and asked if I could come at 1 instead. Jumped in the shower, took Sophie to Mom's, got there just in time. NO WORKOUT!
3- Got to dr.'s office, and weight was about 5 lbs higher than at home.
4 - Got in their lovely swaddling clothes, and WAITED FOR 50 minutes in a tablecloth for the dr.
5- Went to DMV to renew my driver's license. WAITED FOR 1HR and 40 MIN!
6 - Girls argued, Brad pouted this evening.
7. Didn't get to make or drink my tea, so no caffeine during the day, major headache.
8.Going to take the little s to bed. 1HOUR LATER THAN they should at their latest, due to a phone call that the person didn't take the hint!
9. Quick email check, we had registration today and the kids found out who their teachers are. I ALREADY HAVE A FRIEND REQUEST ON FACEBOOK FROM A PARENT!!!! I didn't even get to register my OWN child. I have strict no parents on my FB rule, hate to start a relationship with this person in that way. I might just never get back on!!!!
10. Good night.
Taryn

 

[Connie96]

Okay, I answered the QOTD this morning with my two "fun" things: lunch with mom and after work run. WELL! I got neither. First, my mom was without a car today because my sister had it while hers was in the shop, so... we rescheduled for Thursday. And, thunderstorms this evening, so no running. Instead I pedalled the exercise bike for 45 minutes while I watched thru a new exercise video that I plan to do later this week. It was fine, but I'd rather run.

Oh well... tomorrow is another day. Y'all have a good evening.

 

[LuvBaloo]

Here we celebrate our progress and recognize our superstars.

Reminders:
-after 3 weeks of no reporting, you are dropped from the challenged – can re-start at any time, though
-if anybody knows they will miss weighing in, just PM and let me know and you’ll be marked excused


First some stats

MAINTAINERS:
(staying within 2 lbs of their maintain weight is successfully maintaining!)
# of Maintainers Reporting In & Successfully Maintaining: 2
(congrats PrincessBride6205 & Corrinak!)

LOSERS:
Current Participants-------------58!
not reporting in for 1 week------ 12
not reporting in for 2 weeks------ 5
not reporting in for 3 weeks------ 9
Excused------------------------- 4
weigh ins----------------------- 28
gains---------------------------- 8
maintains------------------------ 2
losses-------------------------- 18
new or returning members -------- 1


Biggest Loser Summer Challenge Week 8!
This week’s group loss = 18.0 pounds!
Average percentage of weight lost 0.33 %
Total group weight loss so far 380.9 pounds!
Will we get to 400 lbs next week?
AWESOME!

Retention Rate (compared to the 78 weighins for our start weigh-in on May 28th)
(28+2+4)/ 78 = 41% (this includes the Losers and Maintainer and Excused people!)

Before the weekly superstar list comes the disclaimer. I am human and I make mistakes. If you have any questions please contact me. For your reference this is the magic percentage of weight lost formula - weight loss for the week divided by weight for last week times 100, that gives us the percentage. Now let me test that with my numbers for week 1, click, click, click goes the calculator. Yes, that agrees with the percentage on the magic spreadsheet. (btw if its been more than 1 week between weigh-ins, then the % loss is divided by the number of weeks, to keep everybody on the same basis)

Now let's get to the good stuff. Who were our superstars of week 8? This time I’ve done a TOP 9 LIST which happens to be everybody over 0.7% and includes 1 tie! That criteria may change from week to week. Hey I'm in charge here and I get paid nothin' to do this so you better take what you can get! (and if there’s something you want to know, just ask me!)

The WISH Biggest Loser Summer Challenge Week 8 Superstars!!

#9- 0.73% - bouldertcr
#8- 0.74% - pjlla
#7- 0.78% - Rose&Mike
#6- 0.96% - carmiedog
#5- TIE AT 1.03% - mikamah & our newest member Zoesmama03
#4- 1.34% - mommyof2pirates
#3- 1.35% - brinalyn530
#2- 1.40% - Dahly

and now
The WISH Biggest Loser Summer Challenge Week 8 Biggest Loser is the lady who said:
I AM GOING TO MAKE AN APPEARANCE IN THE NEXT WEEK'S TOP TEN BIGGEST LOSERS.

#1- 1.46% - Connie96

Quote from Dare2Dream: How is your week going? Are you OP (on program)? Are you exercising? Drinking that water? You know what to do to make the magic happen. Get on the wagon. We are all here to help you on the journey. We can do this one day at a time. One bite at a time.

Have a healthy day!
Congratulations Connie96 !!!
What a great week you had. Keep up the good work. We have a very special clippie reserved for our weekly Biggest Loser. Wear it with pride this week! :

This is our weekly reigning Biggest Loser clippie. We have the large version

or use this
http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/31040weeklyBLsmall1.jpg
followed by

or we have a medium version

or use this
http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/31040weeklyBLmed.jpg
followed by

and we have a small version

or use
http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/31040weeklyBLsm.jpg
followed by

Thanks to ohMom-Molli for these clippies. They were used for a previous BL but we can recycle. Don't they look great!

 

[LuvBaloo]

NOW FOR THOSE OF US WHO SET A GOAL FOR THE CHALLENGE!

NOTE: this list includes participants who have reported in within the last 3weeks, once someone misses 3 weigh-ins they are dropped from this report.
How this works: you set your goal for what to lose in the challenge. Then I calculate your weight loss in the challenge divided by your goal to get a % to goal.
Anybody can change their goal at anytime (or add a goal) – all you have to do is send me a PM.
Since the goals are an individual thing, the list is just in alphabetical order to make it easier for everybody to find their own name. If there are any questions or suggestions please let me know.

We have done 8 out of 13 weeks, so the challenge is 62% complete.

aamomma 38
bouldertcr 45
brinalyn530 21
buzz5985 34
carmiedog 67
Connie96 82
Dahly 72
disneymom2one 94
flipflopmom 70
jbm02 10
jenanderson 25
JOANNEL 103
keenercam 42
Leleluvsdis 0
lisah0711 4
lovedvc 107
LuvBaloo 14
maiziezoe 19
mommyof2Pirates 63
N&B'smom 18
njcarita 28
nunzia 18
OctoberBride03 20
pinkle 25
redwalker 14
Rose&Mike 66
sahbushka -6
sherry 15
tigger813 -54
tiki23 50
Tinker'n'Fun 16
Tricia1972 79
Worfiedoodles 42
Zoesmama03 30

I think I can believe in myself today and it will help me continue to meet my goals. In the past I have always given up thinking Im too far gone and cant be helped. I have now realized with every food decision and every choice to run/workout if I just believe that I can really do this it will help me to continue to make the right choices. Even when I slip and make a bad choice, if I still tell myself its ok....the next choice will be better it will help me to keep going on the right path.
by mommyof2Pirates

 

[flipflopmom]

Congratulations Connie!! AND ALL THE TOP LoSeRs = great looking list!!!!

I have always been a very practical and rational person so whatever I end up deciding it will have been due to careful consideration and meticulous planning, now I just have to get the guts to start the c25k and sign up… Come on guts! I’ll keep you guys posted.

Glad to find another meticulous planner out there. I think C25K might JUST be the ticket! Didn't you say the other day how you need something different, well, it just fell into your lap! Start it ASAP, it's supposed to be an 8ish week program, but I bet you can go faster. Once you get started, I'll give you more info if you want, but it's broken into weeks, and I just did every other day, without taking a "weekend break". Hope you gave the air a beating tonight! A jog break at lunch would really help you with the stress there.

It's going to feel like a long day for me today. My leg is sore, and I'm hobbling around at work. Luckily I can sit for periods of time and put my foot up.

Are you icing and taking ibuprofen? Rest it girl, rest it!!!! Hope it's better soon!

I had a strange call today that my dad wasn't feeling too well. He has had a triple bypass many years ago and never fully recovered so when I got done work (from home)

I said a prayer for him last night before bed. Hope he's okay.

Don't worry Dona, I was very nice to her. She was soooo nervous before too, and was shocked it was over and that it was so easy too. I'm going to send michael to camp anyway for half the day and get a long run/walk in, and do some housework. I neglect that pretty badly in the summer especially since summer is so short, and i want to do fun things with michael on our days off. We may go to the beach in the afternoon.

You are such a great mom!!!! Humor does help, as does a little caring. After 10 days with Daddy in a hospital, seeing all kinds of drs and nurses, I was amazed at the different bedside manners. There were things, both good and bad, done that I will never forget. I'd bet you are a great nurse, too!

PS we walked an add'l 2.27 miles tonight so I got in over 6 for the day plus I gave a 75 minute massage!

So after I did all my waiting yesterday, I had another hour to wait for AK to finish gym camp. I thought "what can I do? What would Tracey do?" It was rainy, so I went to the "mall" and walked for 45 minutes. At least I was moving. It bothered mu ankles and knees a bit, b/c I was in flip flops, as usual, but you definitely motivated me from afar!

It's been a horrible last 2 days. I binged both days. I'm hoping to avoid that tomorrow. I bought some salad ingredients today and am actually considering trying Phase 1 of the South Beach Diet. I am hoping doing that might help reduce my "junk" food cravings. I love WW, but I also know that changing things up a bit can help.

Hang in there girlie - AND GET ON HERE AS MUCH AS possible! I know your messages go poof, but at least you are making the effort. I know I binge less when I do. Change is good, I hope South Beach does well for you. I've contemplated it, myself. You can do this!

The last .4 of the run I ran as hard as I could (though Mike says he thinks I could have gone harder because I could still say--I can't run any harder) so that we could see what my heart rate did. It was nice to have the garmin because we could check our pace and watch the heart rate monitor. Anyhow, it was pretty comforting to know that even when I was really tired, my heart was going strong at an acceptable level.

YAY for strong hearts!!!!!! Glad the shoulder is better, and good decision to keep resting it. Also for being picked to run Saturday, what a great feeling to know that you can be asked at the last minute and be physically ready for it! I love Mike's comment! Have a safe trip to get DS today! How long will he be home? Enjoy!

I got neither. It was fine, but I'd rather run.

Congrats to you, lady!!!! I know what you mean, when it comes right down to it, running is my cardio of choice. Hoping you get a run and lunch soon!!

 

[tigger813]

Congrats Connie!!!!!

Getting a late start on my walk. Neighbor had a migraine so she was skipping this morning. So, I slept late. I'm going to head out and do 2-3 miles this morning. Knees bothering me a bit so I'll take it easy. I'm going to do more WATP later once my house is mine again. We'll drop DD1 off at theater and head to the Omaha Steak place and pick up a few pieces of cheesecake for Friday's dessert. THen I'll come back and mow the lawn. Hasn't grown much but needs a trim in certain places.

Time to get my workout clothes on form my walk!

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Wednesday QOTD: Who is your favorite Disney villain? Sometimes the heros and heroines need a villain in their lives to be a catalyst to personal discovery and finding happiness. Has there been a villain in your weight loss journey?

Maria

 

[tigger813]

Flipflopmom- Thanks for the boost I needed to go out and walk 3 miles this morning! I'm glad I inspired you to walk the mall. It took me a long time to feel that if I was just sitting around I was wasting my time! I plan on hitting 10 miles today which with mowing the lawn should be easy!

QOTD: My favorite villain is Maleficent! I really came to "know" her reading the Kingdom Keepers books! She is nasty! Somedays I feel that way: LOL!

Parents are leaving when I leave this morning so I had better get moving!

I'll check in with my progress and eating later! I also want to share my walking playlist with you! Some of it is amusing (or at least I think so!)!

 

[pjlla]

Pamela--do you eat bananas? I usually have a banana before all my runs, even the 4 mile (6 total with the warmup and cooldown) during the week. We do the short runs after work and I run out of steam quick if I don't have one. Sometimes I'll have a luna bar instead about an hour before the run. I try to hydrate really well the day before and that morning because I hate having a sloshy stomach. I think it's harder to drink fluids during the short run (even though it's warmer out) because my stomach just feels sloshy really fast. For Saturday this week, we bought Clif shots I think--like gu, vanilla flavored. The ingredients looked more "real" than the gu. I think it's going to be a bit cooler this Saturday, so I am excited!

So is a dump cake where you layer the ingredients in a big bowl or serving dish? It sounds good, and I think Ds will like it. Thanks!

I meant to buy bananas, but I forgot. I had one of my homemade breakfast cookies and a big spoonful of fat free yogurt before my run yesterday and I think it helped. The cookie is whole wheat with some sugar and fruit, so probably a good choice. I did my planned 4 miles and was still feeling good, so I did another full mile. At the end of the 5th mile I was contemplating doing another .5 or so, but my left ankle/leg were feeling wobbly and weak. Since this is a nature trail I run on, there are a lot of rocks/roots to avoid. I didn't want to trip or fall, so I walked the final mile. I was very hungry when I was done, but not that "sick/weak" feeling I had last week.

You are right about the dump cake (fancy folks call it a "trifle" ). You could conceivably make it with any sorts of favorite flavor/ingredients. The original recipe I had was made with yellow cake, vanilla pudding, Cool Whip, and fruit. And I've seen a low fat/low cal version done with angel food cake, ff/sf pudding, Cool Whip Free, and fruit. Just be sure to put it in a pretty glass dish so you can see the layers.

Hi All, I'm back from my 16 day vacation. We had a wonderful time. We went on a cruise for a week and then off to Disney for a week. After all the non stop eating for those 2 weeks my weight gain was a whopping 8 lbs. I was a little stunned when I got on the scale I knew I had gained but didn't think it was that much. For years I have had a problem with sodium and water retention, by the third day I was so swollen from the knees down I couldn't even wear my heals to dinner. I'm not upset with the weight gain I just know I have some work ahead of me. I got home on Saturday and have all ready returned to my daily regimen today.

You know that 2-3 pounds of that is probably water and will be gone in no time. You got RIGHT BACK ON TRACK when you returned and that is truly the KEY TO SUCCESS! Nice job!

Tuesday QOTD: What are you going to do to have fun today? Studies have shown that people lose more weight when they are happy and satisfied in other areas of their lives. Are you going to do something active? Whatever it is (and plan something now if you didn't already have "fun" pencilled into your day!), be sure it makes you smile!

Maria

Well... it was a busy day, but I did have fun. After morning swim practice and my run (and of course my shower ), I drove half way to my Mom's house and met up with her to drop off DS (he is spending the week with my parents). Then DD and I spent the rest of the afternoon doing some shopping (some fun shopping and some necessity shopping) and out to lunch. That was fun... especially since DD seemed to be an in exceptionally good mood! (Hey, she's a teenager.... you learn to relish those moments! ) I didn't get any of my planned stuff done (so that all gets crammed into today), but that's life.

My fun today is not active per se, I am going to go for a "gab walk" at lunch with my co-worker, where we can chat at will but still move. That will make me smile, because she always has something funny to share. I'm also planning to watch a tivo'd "Wipeout" (no new episode tonight) with ds later. He laughs so much, I can't help but laugh, too!

Maria

My DS loves this show too. I never intend to watch it, but I get kind of sucked into it when he has it on. It is amazing to me what people are willing to put themselves through for a cash prize!!

Happy Tuesday everybody!
It's going to feel like a long day for me today. My leg is sore, and I'm hobbling around at work. Luckily I can sit for periods of time and put my foot up.

I didn't hear what you did to your leg, but I hope you are taking care of it!

QOTD....my birthstone is a garnet and I don't believe I own anything (i did have a pair of earrings many moons ago!) I don't where much jewelery unless it's chucky and fun!
I had a strange call today that my dad wasn't feeling too well. He has had a triple bypass many years ago and never fully recovered so when I got done work (from home) I was planning to go right over there, only to remember my son has taken my car to the movie theatre. I will have to wait for hubby to get home. He is such a stubborn man and he has NO idea that his wife has called me. He definetly will not go see a doctor (what do they know)!?!? I think she is hoping I can talk some sense into him (doubt it!) We do believe pray works, so I am praying that he will do that right thing....sorry to go on....this seems like a place you can do that.
I might go for a run later tonight (great stress reliever) when it cools down.
Thanks, Tracey.

Sending prayers for you and your DDad.

I don't have time to reply, but I do need to vent.

Terrible, horrible, no good day.

1. Ate great yesterday. 3 M run, and the scale was UP 3 pounds this am????? No swollen hands,etc....
2 - Took AK to gymnastics, came home hoping for a walk after DH got home. My appt. was at 3:30 this pm. Well, he decided to take himself out for breakfast, didn't get home until 10:30. In the meantime, the dr. called and asked if I could come at 1 instead. Jumped in the shower, took Sophie to Mom's, got there just in time. NO WORKOUT!
3- Got to dr.'s office, and weight was about 5 lbs higher than at home.
4 - Got in their lovely swaddling clothes, and WAITED FOR 50 minutes in a tablecloth for the dr.
5- Went to DMV to renew my driver's license. WAITED FOR 1HR and 40 MIN!
6 - Girls argued, Brad pouted this evening.
7. Didn't get to make or drink my tea, so no caffeine during the day, major headache.
8.Going to take the little s to bed. 1HOUR LATER THAN they should at their latest, due to a phone call that the person didn't take the hint!
9. Quick email check, we had registration today and the kids found out who their teachers are. I ALREADY HAVE A FRIEND REQUEST ON FACEBOOK FROM A PARENT!!!! I didn't even get to register my OWN child. I have strict no parents on my FB rule, hate to start a relationship with this person in that way. I might just never get back on!!!!
10. Good night.
Taryn

Hope today is better.

The WISH Biggest Loser Summer Challenge Week 8 Superstars!!

#9- 0.73% - bouldertcr
#8- 0.74% - pjlla
#7- 0.78% - Rose&Mike
#6- 0.96% - carmiedog
#5- TIE AT 1.03% - mikamah & our newest member Zoesmama03
#4- 1.34% - mommyof2pirates
#3- 1.35% - brinalyn530
#2- 1.40% - Dahly

and now
The WISH Biggest Loser Summer Challenge Week 8 Biggest Loser is the lady who said:
I AM GOING TO MAKE AN APPEARANCE IN THE NEXT WEEK'S TOP TEN BIGGEST LOSERS.

#1- 1.46% - Connie96

See Connie... you made a plan and it WORKED!! That is what I am always talking about!! Way to go! (and woohoo to me... I can't believe I made the list!)

Wednesday QOTD: Who is your favorite Disney villain? Sometimes the heros and heroines need a villain in their lives to be a catalyst to personal discovery and finding happiness. Has there been a villain in your weight loss journey?

Maria

My quick answer is Queen of Hearts.

My biggest Villain along my weight loss journey has been myself.... and I have also been my own greatest Hero... sometimes both in the same day!!

As much as we might like to blame our downfall on this journey on others, let's face it, ultimately it is ALL UP TO US! (I had a much more eloquent response written, but I had a "poof" moment here and I don't have time to re-write it all!)


Happy Wednesday! Like I mentioned, I had a response already written and I was about 20 characters away from hitting "submit" and it all went poof and I just don't have the time to keep chatting and repeating myself.

Suffice to say, I have a busy day here.... housecleaning, packing, workout, projects, etc. I will try to hop on again later......................P

 

[donac]

Good morning everyone

Just ran to DMV to get my dl renewed and unlike Taryn it was only 20 minutes from the time I left my house to the time I got back. I never even had a chance to sit down. They also used my picture from last time which I really loved. SO I am happy.

I have some emails to do today and then nothing planned until tonight.


QOTD I love the villians even more than any other characters. I have a poster of all the villians in my classroom. The kids love it. One class told me that "They never thought I had such a dark side" If there is one I have to pick it would have to be Cruella. Even though Chip and Dale are not really villians what they do to Donald could classify. They are also 2 of my favorites since I met them at the 1964 World's Fair in NY.

Pampering Day Reach out to a friend. Call or meet a friend today.

I got invited to go out tonight with some moms that I have worked with on the musicals at the local high school. I am thinking about skipping yoga to meet with them. I can't believe how quiet it has been here at the house and I think I need some conversation more than yoga.


It is nice to be here by myself but it can get too quiet. It is great for a weekend but dh has been gone for a week now and still has a week and a day till he gets back. Ds2 asked if I want to meet for lunch this weekend so I think I am going to see him on Sat. My friend whose husband went with my dh is leaving town for a week so I can't call her. Ds1 is home sometimes but more times than not he is out or visiting his gf. And then he is leaving on Sun morning for DW. So you can see why visiting friends are on my listof things I need to do for myself.

Well I have paperwork to do so I hope everyone has a great day.

 

[flipflopmom]

Quick good morning. Did my 3M run, got AK to gym. Whatever weird weight I had yesterday is gone, whew! Feeling MUCH happier!!!!!

pamela - great job on run yesterday
Dona - have fun with your friends!!!! Glad your trip to DMV was happier!
Tracey - get it girl!

QOTD: My biggest villains are myself and DH. He, unfortunately, enjoys lots of unhealthy foods and doesn't always understand my lack of willpower. My favorite villain? Maybe the voodoo guy in Princess and the frog? I like the music!

Just read a great article about protein I wanted to share, since we were talking about it the other day.
http://www.wellnessresources.com/tips/articles/how_protein_helps_weight_loss/
Taryn

 

[mikamah]

You are such a great mom!!!! Humor does help, as does a little caring. After 10 days with Daddy in a hospital, seeing all kinds of drs and nurses, I was amazed at the different bedside manners. There were things, both good and bad, done that I will never forget. I'd bet you are a great nurse, too!

Thank you taryn. As a nurse there is absolutely no reason to treat patients or their families rudely and there are some nurses out there who should not be in that profession. I know what you mean about the good and the bad as I went through that all with my mom too. One doctor, who I also see occas at work said something to me that really upset me and made me feel so awful, and I its all I can think about when I see him. I think I should say something to him some day, and he probably doesn't even remember saying it, but I do. I don't see him very often, but one of these day's I might not let it go.

Big hugs to you, Taryn on your nightmarish day yesterday. I hope today is 200% better.

Pamela- when I run in the morning, I just have one glass of water, a chobani yogurt and a banana. I've tried other fruits, but I seem to burp anything other than a banana up the whole time I'm running. I have a hard time in the afternoons knowing what to eat. If I've had a light lunch, I'll have a banana just before. I don't know why the bananas go so good with exercise. Years ago whenever I'd do a long bike ride, I'd stop in a store and grab a banana for a snack. I've heard the potassium helps nourish your muscles.

Rose- I'm glad the garmin worked out well for you. Funny on the talking while running, so you could have run faster. You ds should be coming today, i think, so have a wonderful visit. That's a nice long time he'll be with you too.

Dona- I vote for going out with the girls tonight. It's always good for a few laughs, and is probably as good a stress reliever as yoga.

congrats Connie!!!! and the rest of us!! The first time this challenge for me to be in the top ten. Connie, I love that you made number ONE afte setting your mind to it last friday and also pumping many of us up to join you. Great work everyone!!

SHannon- thank you for all your time as weighkeeper. I so appreciate all you do. I hardly find the time to come and post some days, and every week you have faithfully posted the losers list after all the calculation. Thank you.

I ran/walked 5 miles today!!!! It took me 81 min, so just over 16 min/mile average. Slow and steady. That's my motto. Now I'm am going to dust, vacuum, and wash the kitchen floor before we go to the beach. It's looking like a perfect beach day.

Have a happy, losing, healthy day.

 

[jenanderson]

I AM BACK! Oh it feels good to be home. We had an incredible trip and I would not trade it for the world but...I was so tired of dirty campground bathrooms and sleeping in a small little camper-sized double bed with DH (DH is 6'4" and takes a lot of room).

We got home late last night and before I went to bed, I stepped on the scale to see the damage. I am happy to say that I am exactly where I was when I left. This is amazing because I ate ice cream, smores, Culvers burger and fries (driving out there and driving home), and many other things that I normally know that I should not put anywhere near my mouth. I am sure I was able to maintain because of the amount of hiking we did.

Since I have had a week off of running, I am going to be starting up slow again. I have to start getting a training plan in place since I have only 6 weeks until my next race. My goal today is to write up a plan and then get a nice 3 mile run in later tonight.

It is time to get going again though. I am going to make a statement that as of TODAY, I am going to stay focused and dedicated to getting rid of the last 10 pounds. Maintaining is good but it would be better to maintain if I were at my final goal.

I have kind of skimmed though some of the postings from when I was gone but know there is no way that I can catch up with it all! I will try to respond to some more of it later today after I have unpacked a bit and put away some of our camping gear.

Dona - THANK YOU! The week of pampering looks great! I so appreciate you stepping in to keep things going with the COW!

Connie - WOW! You did it and I am so proud of you for being the biggest loser this week!

Pamela - I think it was you who was commenting that you would like to go to the Black Hills and Badlands...if you ever get the chance, DO IT! It was so beautiful. If you want to see my photos and you have a FB account, let me know...I have most of our photos uploaded to FB already.

Alright, time to have some breakfast! Haven't had my oatmeal in a while so I am actually looking forward to it.
Later -
Jen

 

[Rose&Mike]

Wednesday QOTD: Who is your favorite Disney villain? Sometimes the heros and heroines need a villain in their lives to be a catalyst to personal discovery and finding happiness. Has there been a villain in your weight loss journey?

Maria

I don't know who my favorite villain is--maybe Cruella. I did like the teddy bear in TS3. I felt really sad for him. My villain in this journey has been me, and the messages I still keep hearing from when I was a kid. It would be easy to say it was my Mom's fault, but I'm a grownup now. It did really help to talk to my sisters about it and realize she did it to all of us--we all hear those messages. I'm sorry they have to deal with it, but it helps knowing she wasn't just singling (sp?) me out--she had "issues."
Good question, Maria!

Dona--I say go out with the girls! Mike was traveling a lot last fall, and it got old. DS had just left for college and I hated being alone. Now I don't think I'd mind a few days here or there, but two weeks is a long time. Have fun tonight!

Pamela- when I run in the morning, I just have one glass of water, a chobani yogurt and a banana. I've tried other fruits, but I seem to burp anything other than a banana up the whole time I'm running. I have a hard time in the afternoons knowing what to eat. If I've had a light lunch, I'll have a banana just before. I don't know why the bananas go so good with exercise. Years ago whenever I'd do a long bike ride, I'd stop in a store and grab a banana for a snack. I've heard the potassium helps nourish your muscles.

congrats Connie!!!! and the rest of us!! The first time this challenge for me to be in the top ten. Connie, I love that you made number ONE afte setting your mind to it last friday and also pumping many of us up to join you. Great work everyone!!

I ran/walked 5 miles today!!!! It took me 81 min, so just over 16 min/mile average. Slow and steady. That's my motto. Now I'm am going to dust, vacuum, and wash the kitchen floor before we go to the beach. It's looking like a perfect beach day.

Have a happy, losing, healthy day.

Kathy--congrats on making the list and the exercise this morning! I think it is the potassium and I think bananas metabolize quickly into sugars. If you like bananas, I think they are a great prerun food.

Pamela--good idea about the angel food cake. That sounds good with strawberries. I don't use sugar free anything, but pudding with lowfat milk is still pretty good and I think sometimes our Kroger has chocolate angel food cake! Sounds like you had a good run!

Taryn--hope you have a better day today.

Congrats to all the losers, especially Connie! I am excited to make the list, because my weight is coming off verrrrry slowly this summer.

I'm meeting a friend I haven't seen in a while for lunch, then back to clean up the house and get ready for DS. I am cautiously optimistic that we are going to have a better visit this time. I did 6.2 miles on the elliptical this morning. I contemplated strength, because my shoulder isn't feeling too bad this morning, but decided that would be a really poor choice. Hope everyone has a great day. I'll try to check back in later.

Jen--just saw your post. Welcome back!

 

[brinalyn530]

Whoohoo Connie!

Congrats to everyone on the list this week, and to everyone not on the list who is still here participating!

Glad to find another meticulous planner out there. I think C25K might JUST be the ticket! Didn't you say the other day how you need something different, well, it just fell into your lap! Start it ASAP, it's supposed to be an 8ish week program, but I bet you can go faster. Once you get started, I'll give you more info if you want, but it's broken into weeks, and I just did every other day, without taking a "weekend break". Hope you gave the air a beating tonight! A jog break at lunch would really help you with the stress there.

Thanks Taryn! I do think it will help with the stress, and the boredom! Missed Punch Out last night, DS had lots of work to do for school so by the time he was done he was grouchy. He also wanted a Klondike bar – which he cannot for the life of him pronounce correctly - so he got really mad at me when I laughed at him (I know, I know, mean mommy ). I think if he doesn’t feel like playing tonight, I’ll just play by myself! Hope you have a better day today than yesterday. That’s the one thing I hate about Facebook – I’m not quite sure what to do about the people that want to be friends that I don’t really want to be friends with but I don’t want to hurt their feelings and “ignore” them? I usually just chicken out and leave them there in que, one girl’s been there for over a year .

It seems that lots of us have had difficulties this week, I think we need a group hug ! Sending PD and get well wishes to everyone who needs them !

We have some doctor and nurse horror stories from the eight months my dad spent in different hospitals after his accident. But you know, I remember every good nurse my dad had, if not by name, by face – they made such a big difference in my father’s recovery and in my family’s stress levels and the process of “accepting” his injuries – you can easily tell which nurses love their job (they laugh and joke with the patient and the family – like you, Kathy!) and which ones were just there for the paycheck. The absolute worst though was the surgeon who told my mom to stop crying and “get over it” after he told her that my dad would never walk again and would be totally dependent on her for the rest of his life. I still hate that guy .

Wednesday QOTD: Who is your favorite Disney villain? Sometimes the heros and heroines need a villain in their lives to be a catalyst to personal discovery and finding happiness. Has there been a villain in your weight loss journey?
My favorite Disney villain is Hades, he’s so funny! I would have to say that I am definitely my own worst enemy as far as my weight loss goes, I don’t know if I’d call myself a villain though!

Welcome back Jen A!

OK, I’m going to be researching the C25K to fill up my day today. If it doesn’t look too torturous, I may go ahead and sign up for the race today too – so I have something to be accountable to. I’ll try to get back on before I leave here today to give y’all an update!

Have a wonderful, on plan day everyone!

Bree