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

[Rose&Mike]

We are constantly altering our list of places. Hawaii, NYC, Italy, Greece... everywhere...



You did so great Rose!! What a great accomplishment! And, you look simply fantastic!



Oh, I don't know. At the moment, I'm really looking forward to taking DD out to see the fireworks tonight. Can't wait!


Oh my goodness. This is the first time I've had a chance to catch up around here since Friday. My mom and I got up about 5:30 Saturday morning and headed out to the race site at 6:30. The parking was about a half mile from the packet pick-up and starting line, so we were warmed up long before starting time. It was still sprinkling a bit when we arrived, and it was MUDDY! Sticky muddy. But, it stopped raining pretty quick and held off the rest of the morning. The cloud cover remained, so the temperature was nice although it was really very humid. Anyway... I finished my first ever 10K in 1:08:38. Other than walking long enough to drink a cup of water at each of the two aid stations, I ran the entire length of the race. I couldn't believe that i ran the whole time. I was kinda thinking that I'd have an even better time since I did run the whole way, but I still came in about where I thought I would. All in all, I thought it was a very successful event. Thank you so much for all the good wishes. You guys are great!

Thanks! That's a great time! And mud--yuck. I don't mind rain, but do not like mud. Was the whole course muddy? Aren't you glad you didn't have your new shoes on?! (I'm assuming here.) Conrats on running the whole way. Isn't is a great feeling? I'm still smiling!

We're off to drive around and look at houses in a neighborhood we're thinking about moving to and then I think we're going to see Toy Story tonight.

Jennz and Anne--we're thinking about running the Morse Mini and coming to the DisMeet on the same day. Are you all still planning on being there?

I still have to right up a little race report. I typed up a word document but I'm still processing a few feelings. Thank you all so much for the wonderful thoughts and complements. I hadn't looked at the pictures from the December trip in a while and when I posted them side by side like that it was kind of a shock. You all are so sweet!

Have a great evening! Might be on later to tell you how much I cried during Toy Story!

 

[jennz]

Hi Rose! I didn't realize there was a Morse mini If you and/or Ann go to the Dis Meet I'll definitely be there! We only live 1 1/2 miles away. Aaron (ADP) does a great job organizing it. He has a silent auction with proceeds going to Give Kids the World - I got a great DVC watch last year! He also has giveaways every hour. He gets stuff from WDW and also picks up some donations from our local Disney Store.

 

[tigger813]

Saturday QOTD: I dream of visiting London and someday Sydney! Paris would be nice too!

Sunday QOTD: We try to take a trip up to the White Mtns in NH. When it's hot we like to play video games together and watch movies.

Had a great day at the party. Not as many people this year as usual. Ate way too much. Not really going to eat supper tonight, just snacky stuff and have a nice drink or two!

We're watching UP now. It's my Dad's favorite! It just happened to be on when we got home. Everyone is resting up so we can watch the Boston POPS Concert and the fireworks over Boston Harbor. We do this every year.

On my 2nd large glass of water since coming home. Outside kind of in the sun dehydrated me a bit. Girls had fun swimming and playing games. They came home with a bag full of prizes and a few pieces of candy.

Enjoy the rest of your 4th or the rest of your weekend. We're all off tomorrow so we'll play games and hang out outside if it's not too hot.

 

[Connie96]

Thanks! That's a great time! And mud--yuck. I don't mind rain, but do not like mud. Was the whole course muddy? Aren't you glad you didn't have your new shoes on?! (I'm assuming here.) Conrats on running the whole way. Isn't is a great feeling? I'm still smiling!

No, the whole course wasn't muddy. The worst of it was in the park before we got started. All of the 5K course was paved, but most of the 10K course was on a crushed gravel running path. There were some puddles but it wasn't too bad. And, would you believe that, yes, I totally DID wear my new running shoes. They just felt TOO good not to. (And the girl at the store assured me that this shoe really did wear well out of the box with no break-in period.) They ran great! I can hardly wait to run in them again. I washed them this morning and they are fine. But I did sound like such a girlie girl complaining about getting my new shoes muddy.

 

[Connie96]

We're watching UP now. It's my Dad's favorite! It just happened to be on when we got home.

Ha! We were just watching that on STARZ. But it's going off now and I'm sending the girls (DD and my nieces) for one more potty stop before we head out to the park for the city celebration and fireworks.

Yall have a great holiday! Happy 4th!!

 

[my3princes]

We are constantly altering our list of places. Hawaii, NYC, Italy, Greece... everywhere...



You did so great Rose!! What a great accomplishment! And, you look simply fantastic!



Oh, I don't know. At the moment, I'm really looking forward to taking DD out to see the fireworks tonight. Can't wait!


Oh my goodness. This is the first time I've had a chance to catch up around here since Friday. My mom and I got up about 5:30 Saturday morning and headed out to the race site at 6:30. The parking was about a half mile from the packet pick-up and starting line, so we were warmed up long before starting time. It was still sprinkling a bit when we arrived, and it was MUDDY! Sticky muddy. But, it stopped raining pretty quick and held off the rest of the morning. The cloud cover remained, so the temperature was nice although it was really very humid. Anyway... I finished my first ever 10K in 1:08:38. Other than walking long enough to drink a cup of water at each of the two aid stations, I ran the entire length of the race. I couldn't believe that i ran the whole time. I was kinda thinking that I'd have an even better time since I did run the whole way, but I still came in about where I thought I would. All in all, I thought it was a very successful event. Thank you so much for all the good wishes. You guys are great!

Great job

Hi everyone!!!
I am back from my first summer vavation....i didn't weigh in until this morning....I'm up 2lbs. I'm not too impressed, I have really need to get it together. I haven't got caught up on my thread yet, I'm still doing laundry ......I will maybe hop ontonight. I just needed to confess my weight gain, confession is good for the soul.
talk to everyone soon. Stay focused

2 lbs is nothing. Your body will hold onto weight just from being off schedule. I'm sure it will be gone by next weigh in

 

[my3princes]

We're going to watch the Macy's fireworks on NBC. The ship that we will be cruising on in a couple of weeks is the host for the fireworks tonight. I can't wait to get glympses of the Norwegian Epic

We went to a big family gathering today. I did really well with eating, lots of fruit, no bun on the hamburger and only a small amount of homemade mac and cheese. I did try a few small desserts, but not nearly what I would have consumed. We also took the peddleboat out. That was a workout and I snorkeled several hundred yards so I feel like I got a workout in

 

[mikamah]

QOTD for Sunday: What is your favorite summer activity to do with your family?

I'd say the beach. We camp at old orchard beach for a long weekend every year, and spend time at sebago lake too. I definitely like the ocean better, and we try to get to a nice beach for a day or two in gloucester over the summer usually.

I forgot to check in yesterday, but am thrilled to report that I am down 8.0 for the week!!

Whoo hoo!! That is awesome!!

Good Morning

We've got a busy day ahead of us, so I'd better get showered.

Love that cool sparkly star. Hope you had a fun day.

And today, I think, I have been re-motivated! I went clothes shopping!!!!

I have not purchased a single clothing item since January, and it turns out I did lose a size! My shirts are a 1X now, and my waist is 20 (1X).

Awesome!! Congrats on the new size!!!!!

As for needing more salt/sodium in my diet, I got really sick on Wednesday. My doctor isn't exactly sure what happened, but I may have blacked out. She recommended more salt and lots of water. I am considering being excused this week because I know the huge gain I had is due to all the extra salt I have been eating. I'm still debating. I will make a decision by tomorrow morning and PM Shannon accordingly. I am hoping the extra water I've been drinking will help as well. On the positive side, I am feeling better.

Glad you are feeling better.

This is a big celebratory week at our house. The 4th of July and two birthdays, company coming, if I can just hold the line I will be happy.

Holding the line is the thing to do on those busy weeks with lots of celebrations. Hope you had a fun holiday.

Have a wonderful 4th of July weekend everyone!!!! ... and for the DISers in other countries, hope its a fun weekend for you!
Jude

Happy fourth!! I forget there are many from other countries here too. Hope you all have a fun weekend. My friend had her brother and family visiting here from ireland last night, and in the next yard over a bunch of teenagers were yelling " USA, USA" and the 10 yo from ireland was trying to out do them with "IRELAND". It was too funny.

"Marilla, isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?" From Anne of Green Gables

We're going to go to see Toy Story 3 tonight with the five of us, my mom, sister, sister's friend, and my dad. The group wants to eat supper at the theater.

Love that quote from Anne fo Green Gables, and the advice below from Rose is right on. One meal will not break you, even if you go completely overboard and eat everything in sight. Enjoy your family time at the movies.

Here's the way I look at it. One meal/afternoon is not a failure. So last night when I went to the ballpark and had beer, french fries with ailoi mayo sauce for dipping and hummus, I did not fail. I chose it. Was it healthy--nope, ok the hummus was ok, but the rest--no nutritional value. Am I up a bit today. Yep. But I did not fail. I don't do this everyday anymore and that's what makes the difference. If I ate and drank like that everyday I would be back where I was in January. So you have to choose what it is you're going to do tonight. There is not a bad choice. You could get a pb and j or a salad at home before you go and say no to the theatre food or you can make reasonable choices there, enjoy them and get back with the healthy choices tomorrow. The lesson in all this is to not beat yourself up no matter what you choose.

Have a great time!

Perfect advice.

My mom and I got up about 5:30 Saturday morning and headed out to the race site at 6:30. The parking was about a half mile from the packet pick-up and starting line, so we were warmed up long before starting time. It was still sprinkling a bit when we arrived, and it was MUDDY! Sticky muddy. But, it stopped raining pretty quick and held off the rest of the morning. The cloud cover remained, so the temperature was nice although it was really very humid. Anyway... I finished my first ever 10K in 1:08:38. Other than walking long enough to drink a cup of water at each of the two aid stations, I ran the entire length of the race. I couldn't believe that i ran the whole time. I was kinda thinking that I'd have an even better time since I did run the whole way, but I still came in about where I thought I would. All in all, I thought it was a very successful event. Thank you so much for all the good wishes. You guys are great!

Whoo hoo!!! Congratulations!! That is fantastic!!!

Hi everyone!!!
I am back from my first summer vavation....i didn't weigh in until this morning....I'm up 2lbs. I'm not too impressed, I have really need to get it together. I haven't got caught up on my thread yet, I'm still doing laundry ......I will maybe hop ontonight. I just needed to confess my weight gain, confession is good for the soul.
talk to everyone soon. Stay focused

2 pounds is pretty good for vacation weeks!! Like someone else said, just the change in routine and fluid retention can do that.

We're going to watch the Macy's fireworks on NBC. The ship that we will be cruising on in a couple of weeks is the host for the fireworks tonight. I can't wait to get glympses of the Norwegian Epic

We went to a big family gathering today. I did really well with eating, lots of fruit, no bun on the hamburger and only a small amount of homemade mac and cheese. I did try a few small desserts, but not nearly what I would have consumed. We also took the peddleboat out. That was a workout and I snorkeled several hundred yards so I feel like I got a workout in

Great job on the eating and exercise too. How fun to see the ship you're going to be on for vacation.

I actually ate fairly well last night, but consumed a few pina coladas, so any calories saved on the food was counteracted with the drinks. We had a really fun night, and were exhausted today. We just relaxed at my brothers and swam in his pool this afternoon, and when we came home around 6, I took a 2 hour nap on the couch while michael watched a movie. That kid doesn't sleep. He was up til after midnight, and up at 6:30 this morning, and just went to bed at 9. I snacked today away, chicken wings, leftover shrimp dip, blueberry cake, congo bars, a little vegie dip for good measure, and a couple mikes hard lemonades. Not an on program day, that's for sure. We are going to start tomorrow off with a run/walk and then clean the house. We have a cookout in the afternoon, but I'm driving, so I won't be drinking, and I'm going to get back on track tomorrow. I have 7 weeks til my vacation, and I want to get to onederland, which is 11 pounds away. I know I can do it if I buckle down.

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. Have a nice night.

 

[my3princes]

I'd say the beach. We camp at old orchard beach for a long weekend every year, and spend time at sebago lake too. I definitely like the ocean better, and we try to get to a nice beach for a day or two in gloucester over the summer usually.

Whoo hoo!! That is awesome!!

Love that cool sparkly star. Hope you had a fun day.

Awesome!! Congrats on the new size!!!!!

Glad you are feeling better. Holding the line is the thing to do on those busy weeks with lots of celebrations. Hope you had a fun holiday.

Happy fourth!! I forget there are many from other countries here too. Hope you all have a fun weekend. My friend had her brother and family visiting here from ireland last night, and in the next yard over a bunch of teenagers were yelling " USA, USA" and the 10 yo from ireland was trying to out do them with "IRELAND". It was too funny.

Love that quote from Anne fo Green Gables, and the advice below from Rose is right on. One meal will not break you, even if you go completely overboard and eat everything in sight. Enjoy your family time at the movies.

Perfect advice.

Whoo hoo!!! Congratulations!! That is fantastic!!! 2 pounds is pretty good for vacation weeks!! Like someone else said, just the change in routine and fluid retention can do that.

Great job on the eating and exercise too. How fun to see the ship you're going to be on for vacation.

I actually ate fairly well last night, but consumed a few pina coladas, so any calories saved on the food was counteracted with the drinks. We had a really fun night, and were exhausted today. We just relaxed at my brothers and swam in his pool this afternoon, and when we came home around 6, I took a 2 hour nap on the couch while michael watched a movie. That kid doesn't sleep. He was up til after midnight, and up at 6:30 this morning, and just went to bed at 9. I snacked today away, chicken wings, leftover shrimp dip, blueberry cake, congo bars, a little vegie dip for good measure, and a couple mikes hard lemonades. Not an on program day, that's for sure. We are going to start tomorrow off with a run/walk and then clean the house. We have a cookout in the afternoon, but I'm driving, so I won't be drinking, and I'm going to get back on track tomorrow. I have 7 weeks til my vacation, and I want to get to onederland, which is 11 pounds away. I know I can do it if I buckle down.

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. Have a nice night.

11 lbs in six weeks is definitely within your reach. Maybe even a few extra lbs to give you wiggle room on vacation.

 

[flipflopmom]

Here's the way I look at it. One meal/afternoon is not a failure. So last night when I went to the ballpark and had beer, french fries with ailoi mayo sauce for dipping and hummus, I did not fail. I chose it. Was it healthy--nope, ok the hummus was ok, but the rest--no nutritional value. Am I up a bit today. Yep. But I did not fail. I don't do this everyday anymore and that's what makes the difference. If I ate and drank like that everyday I would be back where I was in January. So you have to choose what it is you're going to do tonight. There is not a bad choice. You could get a pb and j or a salad at home before you go and say no to the theatre food or you can make reasonable choices there, enjoy them and get back with the healthy choices tomorrow. The lesson in all this is to not beat yourself up no matter what you choose.

That is great advice. I was reading an article that talked about the "diet vs. lifestyle" mindset the other day, and how people with a "diet" mindset statistically almost always put it back on. If this is the way we are going to life for the rest of our lives, it is unrealistic to think we are not going to have meals/days/ that aren't the healthiest. Choose to do it then, then choose the lifestyle again the next meal.

We are constantly altering our list of places. Hawaii, NYC, Italy, Greece... everywhere...

Oh my goodness. This is the first time I've had a chance to catch up around here since Friday. My mom and I got up about 5:30 Saturday morning and headed out to the race site at 6:30. The parking was about a half mile from the packet pick-up and starting line, so we were warmed up long before starting time. It was still sprinkling a bit when we arrived, and it was MUDDY! Sticky muddy. But, it stopped raining pretty quick and held off the rest of the morning. The cloud cover remained, so the temperature was nice although it was really very humid. Anyway... I finished my first ever 10K in 1:08:38. Other than walking long enough to drink a cup of water at each of the two aid stations, I ran the entire length of the race. I couldn't believe that i ran the whole time. I was kinda thinking that I'd have an even better time since I did run the whole way, but I still came in about where I thought I would. All in all, I thought it was a very successful event. Thank you so much for all the good wishes. You guys are great!

Sounds like a fun time. Bet you felt hardcore slogging through the mud! Good time, too! You all motivate me to try to find a race somewhere, I still haven't done an official one yet. Maybe one on the horizon would be a motivator! Great job Connie!

Hi everyone!!!
I am back from my first summer vavation....i didn't weigh in until this morning....I'm up 2lbs. I'm not too impressed, I have really need to get it together. I haven't got caught up on my thread yet, I'm still doing laundry ......I will maybe hop ontonight. I just needed to confess my weight gain, confession is good for the soul.
talk to everyone soon. Stay focused

2 lbs. Wow. I'd love to have only 2 lbs to get off from vacation!! You'll get it off quickly!

Saturday QOTD: I dream of visiting London and someday Sydney! Paris would be nice too!
Everyone is resting up so we can watch the Boston POPS Concert and the fireworks over Boston Harbor. We do this every year.

That sounds so... American. And very cool!!!!

We're going to watch the Macy's fireworks on NBC. The ship that we will be cruising on in a couple of weeks is the host for the fireworks tonight. I can't wait to get glympses of the Norwegian Epic We went to a big family gathering today. I did really well with eating, lots of fruit, no bun on the hamburger and only a small amount of homemade mac and cheese. I did try a few small desserts, but not nearly what I would have consumed. We also took the peddleboat out. That was a workout and I snorkeled several hundred yards so I feel like I got a workout in

Good job on the food! Snorkeling sounds like fun!

I'd say the beach. We camp at old orchard beach for a long weekend every year, and spend time at sebago lake too. I definitely like the ocean better, and we try to get to a nice beach for a day or two in gloucester over the summer usually.


I actually ate fairly well last night, but consumed a few pina coladas, so any calories saved on the food was counteracted with the drinks. We had a really fun night, and were exhausted today. We just relaxed at my brothers and swam in his pool this afternoon, and when we came home around 6, I took a 2 hour nap on the couch while michael watched a movie. That kid doesn't sleep. He was up til after midnight, and up at 6:30 this morning, and just went to bed at 9. I snacked today away, chicken wings, leftover shrimp dip, blueberry cake, congo bars, a little vegie dip for good measure, and a couple mikes hard lemonades. Not an on program day, that's for sure. We are going to start tomorrow off with a run/walk and then clean the house. We have a cookout in the afternoon, but I'm driving, so I won't be drinking, and I'm going to get back on track tomorrow. I have 7 weeks til my vacation, and I want to get to onederland, which is 11 pounds away. I know I can do it if I buckle down.

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. Have a nice night.

Your kid sounds like mine. I wish I had their energy!!! And good for you on recognizing those liquid calories counted up!


Well, the cookout was a blimp on my journey! I ate half of a chicken breast, some corn on the cob, green peppers, green beans, and one of DH's aunt makes this salad that we call Dorito salad. It literally has 2 inches of doritos on the bottom, and some on the top. But the middle is really good, with pinto beans, corn kernels, onions, and green peppers. Maybe ranch dressing, or something like it. I ate a LOT of this salad, but none of the Doritos mushed in with it. I felt good about my food choices, until I hit the desserts. MIL made a parfait with red and blue jello, strawberries, blueberries and cool whip. It was good, and probably not too terribly bad. Only drank lots of water. UNTIL I got to these bars she makes, similar to rice crispie treats, but they have peanut butter, butterscotch, and topped with chocolate. I ate several of these during the day, but in 1 inch squares at a time. Spent a lot of time playing in the pool. I haven't weighed yet, but it can't be good. Hoping all the corn, beans, and other veggies will help things to move away soon!


Hoping to get to TS3 today. DH is off today and tomorrow, and everyone is beat from yesterday, so a calm afternoon at the movies sounds good. Maybe more swimming tomorrow? Starting tomorrow with a run, I'll do some strength and zumba today.

On a side note: I've noticed that my weight is at it's lowest around noon. Anyone else have this? My first thing in the morning weight is usually up, but after coffee and moving around a bit, it's lower. I always thought first thing in the morning weight was your lowest.

Have a great day, everyone! Going to work on my TR and dining review until the family wakes up!

 

[tigger813]

I'm up waiting for my mom to go take our walk to Dunkin' Donuts! Neighbor and I are going to walk Tuesday, Thursday and Friday this week due to the "holiday" for businesses. Today we will play games in and outside. Set up our canopy for the week so if we want to be outside we can be under some shade though the backyard is shaded in the afternoon. It can get really hot out there in the morning. I think I need to take out some ground turkey to use for food today. I've bought like 6 packages in the past week. We'll probably play some Wii today and tonight and maybe watch a movie or two. I have to work tomorrow, Thursday and Friday. Wednesday I think we have a playdate with DD2s friend at the lake near us. It's going to be in the 90s all week. I would love if it was as nice as yesterday!

Time to finish getting ready for our walk. Wanna go before it gets too hot!

 

[pinkle]

Thanks everyone for the encouragement! I felt horrible being up 2lbs! It's going to be hot today, I'm from Canada so with the humidity it's going to feel like 43C (109 f) . That makes it very hard to exercise. Those of you who get out to exercise early are soooo wise! Unfortunatley I had to drive my son to summerschool at 6:35 this am
Stay cool!

 

[cclovesdis]

Good Morning Everyone,

I have the day off and I've been up since before 5 AM.

I tried to fall back to sleep, but no luck. So, I exercised! I did 35 minutes on the Wii Fit+ and burned over 150 calories. I did some Free Run and the Island Lap. This time, the Wii actually registered my movements and I had a good "Burn Rate."

My weight is down slightly since Friday. I am hoping to be back to at least my starting weight for this challenge by Friday. I think with more exercise than usual and lots of water I should be able to make it. I've already had my 6 8 oz. glasses for the day. I'll continue to drink water throughout the day. I'm hoping for at least 6 more.

Thanks for all the concern re: my health. I am definitely feeling better with more salt and more water in my diet. Yesterday, I had at least 6 8oz. glasses of water, plus 12 oz. of diet soda, and at least 16 oz. of Crystal Light. Taryn, my doctor kind of implied, but never used the word, dehydration. She did use some other long word that started with /v/. She mentioned it as possibility. She doesn't want to make any type of diagnosis without consulting with my neurotologist. (Since I had no idea that there was such a specialist, I'll go ahead and explain that title. There are ENTs, who specialize in the obvious. Then, there are otologists who specialize in the ear. Neurotologists specialize in the inner ear/cochlea.) Taryn, you also asked another great question: follow-up appt. I already had an appointment for about a month from now scheduled, although I thought about pushing it up before I got sick, so I will call tomorrow and try to schedule it for late July. That would probably be better for my work schedule anyway. I'd call today, but I should check with my boss first. Oh, and her office is probably closed for the day.

I should probably go get some things done. The basement is filled with teaching supplies that I am not using as I'm not teaching, but for some reason it's one messy pile. I want to tackle that today as well as the bookshelf in my bedroom. Those are my goals for today. Now, to see if I actually achieve them.

Have a great, on plan day everyone!

CC

 

[Nicole786]

Haven't lost weight in a month so I can't get out of the 190s which is really frustrating!! I'm changing up my excersize this week, going from just running to alternating running and weights/circuit. Hope this helps!!

Does anyone have any good running music? I recently downloaded "It's your life" by Francesca Battestelli (the song they play on the BL all the time) its funny when it comes on because I pretend i'm on the show lol

 

[flipflopmom]

Haven't lost weight in a month so I can't get out of the 190s which is really frustrating!! I'm changing up my excersize this week, going from just running to alternating running and weights/circuit. Hope this helps!!

Does anyone have any good running music? I recently downloaded "It's your life" by Francesca Battestelli (the song they play on the BL all the time) its funny when it comes on because I pretend i'm on the show lol

That's a food idea to keep your body guessing! My running music - I love I Run for Life by Melissa Etheridge, and Till I collapse by Eminem. There are some language issues, but it is really motivating! I also love everything by the Black Eyed Peas to run to, Say Hey, I Love you, Carryout by Justin Timberlake, Ke$ha, (blah blah blah is great to tell my mind it's all blah blah blah when I feel tired).

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning all!

Sounds like everyone had a safe and enjoyable 4th of July!

Good Morning

Sounds like lots of fabulous plans for today Please come back here tonight and report in. That should help keep all of us on track

I'm enjoying all of your summer favorites. I hope to incorporate some of your ideas into our summer plans.

I love your sparkly 4th of July clippie!

Hi all. It has been a tough summer so far. I have been losing and gaining the same bit though I think I am down a hint overall. So far July has been ok. I am trying to think of it as a fresh start (again) but I know it will be hard with my birthday coming up next week. Hope you all have a safe and healthy 4th. I am thinking of stopping by subway on the way to the party to get me a healthy filling option.
SarahMay

When is your birthday this week, SarahMay? I don't have you on the birthday wishes list. Both my son and I have birthdays this week, too. Sometimes these are good weeks to tread water.

This has always been one of my favorite quotes from the time I was a child. I thought that it may help you.

"Marilla, isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?" From Anne of Green Gables

I am logging on to share my fear that I am doomed for failure today.

We're going to go to see Toy Story 3 tonight with the five of us, my mom, sister, sister's friend, and my dad. The group wants to eat supper at the theater.

My question for everyone is, is it possible to eat a junk food supper at the theater and stay on track? What are my best options? I was thinking that maybe a pretzel with cheese sauce, but if I go that route I can't eat anything more.

Eating only popcorn will give me a sore tummy.

Ugh!! What to do, what to do?

Hmm, dinner at the theater -- that is a tough one. Pretzel without the cheese sauce and maybe an ice cream?

Here's the way I look at it. One meal/afternoon is not a failure. So last night when I went to the ballpark and had beer, french fries with ailoi mayo sauce for dipping and hummus, I did not fail. I chose it. Was it healthy--nope, ok the hummus was ok, but the rest--no nutritional value. Am I up a bit today. Yep. But I did not fail. I don't do this everyday anymore and that's what makes the difference. If I ate and drank like that everyday I would be back where I was in January. So you have to choose what it is you're going to do tonight. There is not a bad choice. You could get a pb and j or a salad at home before you go and say no to the theatre food or you can make reasonable choices there, enjoy them and get back with the healthy choices tomorrow. The lesson in all this is to not beat yourself up no matter what you choose.

Have a great time!

This is great advice, Rose!

It was still sprinkling a bit when we arrived, and it was MUDDY! Sticky muddy. But, it stopped raining pretty quick and held off the rest of the morning. The cloud cover remained, so the temperature was nice although it was really very humid. Anyway... I finished my first ever 10K in 1:08:38. Other than walking long enough to drink a cup of water at each of the two aid stations, I ran the entire length of the race. I couldn't believe that i ran the whole time. I was kinda thinking that I'd have an even better time since I did run the whole way, but I still came in about where I thought I would. All in all, I thought it was a very successful event. Thank you so much for all the good wishes. You guys are great!

Sounds like a great race, Connie!

Hi everyone!!!
I am back from my first summer vavation....i didn't weigh in until this morning....I'm up 2lbs. I'm not too impressed, I have really need to get it together. I haven't got caught up on my thread yet, I'm still doing laundry ......I will maybe hop ontonight. I just needed to confess my weight gain, confession is good for the soul.
talk to everyone soon. Stay focused

Those two pounds will be gone before you know it, pinkle!

Jennz and Anne--we're thinking about running the Morse Mini and coming to the DisMeet on the same day. Are you all still planning on being there?

I still have to right up a little race report. I typed up a word document but I'm still processing a few feelings. Thank you all so much for the wonderful thoughts and complements. I hadn't looked at the pictures from the December trip in a while and when I posted them side by side like that it was kind of a shock. You all are so sweet!

Have a great evening! Might be on later to tell you how much I cried during Toy Story!

A little race and a DIS meet -- sounds like fun!

We're going to watch the Macy's fireworks on NBC. The ship that we will be cruising on in a couple of weeks is the host for the fireworks tonight. I can't wait to get glympses of the Norwegian Epic

We went to a big family gathering today. I did really well with eating, lots of fruit, no bun on the hamburger and only a small amount of homemade mac and cheese. I did try a few small desserts, but not nearly what I would have consumed. We also took the peddleboat out. That was a workout and I snorkeled several hundred yards so I feel like I got a workout in

How fun to look at those fireworks and see your ship!

I actually ate fairly well last night, but consumed a few pina coladas, so any calories saved on the food was counteracted with the drinks. We had a really fun night, and were exhausted today. We just relaxed at my brothers and swam in his pool this afternoon, and when we came home around 6, I took a 2 hour nap on the couch while michael watched a movie. That kid doesn't sleep. He was up til after midnight, and up at 6:30 this morning, and just went to bed at 9. I snacked today away, chicken wings, leftover shrimp dip, blueberry cake, congo bars, a little vegie dip for good measure, and a couple mikes hard lemonades. Not an on program day, that's for sure. We are going to start tomorrow off with a run/walk and then clean the house. We have a cookout in the afternoon, but I'm driving, so I won't be drinking, and I'm going to get back on track tomorrow. I have 7 weeks til my vacation, and I want to get to onederland, which is 11 pounds away. I know I can do it if I buckle down.

Now that you've got this holiday week-end behind you, I bet you can get into ONE-derland before vacation! But the pressure is going to start building here keeping that trip a secret from Michael until the last minute!

That is great advice. I was reading an article that talked about the "diet vs. lifestyle" mindset the other day, and how people with a "diet" mindset statistically almost always put it back on. If this is the way we are going to life for the rest of our lives, it is unrealistic to think we are not going to have meals/days/ that aren't the healthiest. Choose to do it then, then choose the lifestyle again the next meal.

More words of wisdom -- and an attitude that is so much easier to live with every day!

I'm up waiting for my mom to go take our walk to Dunkin' Donuts! Neighbor and I are going to walk Tuesday, Thursday and Friday this week due to the "holiday" for businesses. Today we will play games in and outside. Set up our canopy for the week so if we want to be outside we can be under some shade though the backyard is shaded in the afternoon. It can get really hot out there in the morning. I think I need to take out some ground turkey to use for food today. I've bought like 6 packages in the past week. We'll probably play some Wii today and tonight and maybe watch a movie or two. I have to work tomorrow, Thursday and Friday. Wednesday I think we have a playdate with DD2s friend at the lake near us. It's going to be in the 90s all week. I would love if it was as nice as yesterday!

Time to finish getting ready for our walk. Wanna go before it gets too hot!

Enjoy your day, Tracey!

Haven't lost weight in a month so I can't get out of the 190s which is really frustrating!! I'm changing up my excersize this week, going from just running to alternating running and weights/circuit. Hope this helps!!

Does anyone have any good running music? I recently downloaded "It's your life" by Francesca Battestelli (the song they play on the BL all the time) its funny when it comes on because I pretend i'm on the show lol

, Nicole, it's hard when you get stuck but sometimes I think your body needs to adjust. Adding some cross training will definitely help your running. I think that there is a list of running songs on a thread on the Events board. One that I just recently added and like is Fabulous from Phineas and Ferb -- it's too short so I have to use it for a warm up. There are lots of lists of songs on iTunes, too.

A little more cleaning to get ready for company and a little resting from our late night watching fireworks is on deck for us today. Have a great day everyone!

 

[Tricia1972]

I was up until 1:30 am babysitting the aquarium. Literally. I happened to get up for a few minutes around 11:30 and checked on our very pregnant fish who'd been freaking out before I went to bed.

She was in labor, and with babies already in the breeder box, it was nearly impossible to get her in.

Enter Tricia with her amazing rescue net.

Our OTHER pregnant fish ate a lot of the babies but I managed to save 11 of the new babies.

Anyone need some Tropical Fish? We have lots now! (I shouldn't have checked on the stupid tank and then most of the fish would be gone through natural selection. However I am a bleeding heart and as soon as I saw babies, I had to save them )

Today, I am sure, it will be hard to keep motivated. When I am tired, I treat food like fuel and I like sugary fuel!!

Do most people have off today? My husband had to go into work (He manages a lube center in town), but will be coming home early if it's slow.

 

[DaniB]

This has always been one of my favorite quotes from the time I was a child. I thought that it may help you.

"Marilla, isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?" From Anne of Green Gables

My question for everyone is, is it possible to eat a junk food supper at the theater and stay on track? What are my best options? I was thinking that maybe a pretzel with cheese sauce, but if I go that route I can't eat anything more.

I love that quote - it's so true!! My favorite thing for the New Year is a fresh brand new calendar. I love writing on it for the first time.

And yes, I do think you can eat a junk food supper and stay on track. If you plan for it and keep it in mind for the rest of the day. I knew we would be eating at Swiss Chalet one evening with my parents. Luckily their website shows the nutrition breakdowns. I was able to plan my meal for the night, and make sure my morning & afternoon calories did not exceed my planned evening calories for the day. And my dinner was all high-fat/calories - so satisfying..

On a side note: I've noticed that my weight is at it's lowest around noon. Anyone else have this? My first thing in the morning weight is usually up, but after coffee and moving around a bit, it's lower. I always thought first thing in the morning weight was your lowest.

I always find my weight is the lowest in the morning. I'm not sure about mid-afternoon... I don't think I have weighed myself much then. I know by evening it's up anywhere 2-3 lbs. I like morning weigh-ins better! But for my weekly weigh-in reports I weigh-in around 7pm.

It's going to be hot today, I'm from Canada so with the humidity it's going to feel like 43C (109 f) . That makes it very hard to exercise. Those of you who get out to exercise early are soooo wise! Unfortunatley I had to drive my son to summerschool at 6:35 this am
Stay cool!

Why so early for summer school?! BTW, where-abouts in Canada are you? I'm just east of Toronto. It's going to be that hot out here today.

My kids are so bummed (me too!). Hubby had a 4-day weekend and worked at putting up the pool. Today was suppose to be the first day for the kids to use the pool. Only he phoned this morning (from work) and said NO! Two of the supporting posts "sunk" into the dirt enough that the level went down further on one side. He and my dad will fix it this evening. Lovely... I had to break that news this morning. They're kids - they don't "really" understand why they can't use it.

 

[tiki23]

Tricia - congrats on the babies! (No, I don't need any, lol!)

Good work to those of you staying on track - I've been trying!

I've found that even though I am eating some things that I probably shouldn't, I am able to eat smaller portions without a twinge of regret or wanting to go back for more. I can even say no to many things that just aren't "calorie worthy" which is a huge step for me.

I even took my teens to our fave burger place for DS#2's b-day and only ate half of a burger and only took a bite or two of the humongous fab dessert they serve for birthdays.

Congrats to cclovesdis - this week's winner of the BLC!

 

[Ltl Mermaid]

OMG things have been crazy and I have been missing my Disboards fix. Some family stuff came up and I was out of town until just yesterday! I have missed the weigh in the past 2 weeks but will be participating again this week, though I am not looking forward to stepping on the scale.

I have been eating horribly, stress eating due to all of the family drama, which is NOT an excuse and I am NOT happy with myself right now. I feel bloated but I can't seem to stop eating junk!

I hope to get back on track soon, wish me luck and I will check in later today or tomorrow!

Hope everyone had a good 4th!