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

[jennz]

hello everyone! Just a quick hello - prompted by Taryn on facebook. We're back from our vacation, it was fabulous. I'm finally sleeping at night now - strange how that started after we spread my mom's ashes.

Our memorial was great...the sun was actually out in St. Andrews, we went to the family grave site and dd and her cousins had brought some sweet peas from my Uncle's garden and placed them in the shape of a heart, then we all took turns scattering some ashes. When we finished it started misting and you could hear the strains of a piper playing "Amazing Grace," which was my mom's favorite. It was extraordinary.

I actually LOST 3 pounds while I was gone...I'd say due to being able to walk everywhere!

We're almost over our jetlag. Went for a walk in the park today with the doggies.

I haven't read the thread...but will try to get caught up. Maybe.

 

[tigger813]

Hi everyone,

All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go... We're not leaving on a jet plane just DH's blue Matrix!

Been a busy day! Took DD2 to the playground this morning for a kindergarten get together! One of the mom's stepped off a piece of playground equipment and may have broken her ankle so we had the police and an ambulance show up. Then we went and bought DD1 a "surfer" bathing suit, the kind that is a shirt and shorts with SPF50 protection. Then I went to work and got some waxing done. Came home and I packed and then took DD1 to Joann's to get some stuff for the girls to do in the car tomorrow. We came home and cleaned out both cars and vacuumed. After that I got DD2s clothes together and DD1 got hers together. She's very challenging when it comes to packing these days and loves to argue with me. DH and I also cleaned the kitchen and I gave it a Swiffer mopping. I also got to listen to the latest podcast.
We just all had hot fudge sundaes. We'll have snacky stuff for supper. We ate our big meal at lunch and I'm hoping I won't be hungry tonight.

Ok, after all that, I'm ready for a nap! I think I've earned one. No time for any exercise this morning as I slept in. I'll get back to it next week plus we'll be walking a lot over the next few days.

I need some water after having my sundae and then I'll try and nap!

Go Red Sox!!!!!

 

[Dahly]

Hi Everyone, I have been MIA for a while....life has been a bit crazy at home and work, but I have tried to jump on here and there and at least keep up up a bit but it hasn't been happening very much. I know I have missed lots, and I am going to try to skim back over the last week or so. My weight loss has been a bit up and down, i gained back 2 pounds 2 weeks ago, and then lost one with yesterday's weigh in. I am down 12 pounds for the summer challenge. Not quite where I wanted to be the first week of August, but I know where I am struggling (eating stuff I shouldn't be ) so I just need to step back and start over. I have been tracking my food but I don't think I am doing a good job of it, and I am seriously considering doing the online WW program, just to have a little more structure and to try to hold myself more accountable. I have been pretty good on the exercise, but I need to step that up as well. I don't know that I will hit the goal that I set for myself for this challenge, but I am okay with that. The 12 pounds I have lost would still be sitting on my hips if I hadn't found this group.

I did my 5 mile WATP dvd this morning, and we are taking the dog to the park later, once it cools down a bit, so I will get a bit more walking in then.

For those of you that had races this morning, hope it went well and wasn't too hot.

Tracey - have fun on your vacation with your family! Be Safe!

Taryn - thanks for asking about those of us who haven't been around. Life gets in my way sometimes!

CC - way to go on the (not) eating..I struggle with eating when I shouldn't as well, and I have been trying to find other ways to keep my self busy when I am faced with emotional issues, or when I am just flat out bored.

For the QOTD - my #1 excuse is I am too tired..it is so much easier to sit down in front of the tv after work, than put on my sneakers and go for a walk. I need to take a tip from Rose and plan out my workouts in advance. If something is written down, I am usually pretty good about completing the task. For most things in my life, I like to have a list and I feel good when I can check things off when I am done, so I need to do the same for my exercise.

That's it for me. Have a great Saturday evening.

Dahly

 

[tigger813]

QOTD: I've definitely been using I'm too tired lately but that has been true! I try never to use the excuse that I don't have time. I can easily squeeze in 30 minutes here and there to get in a 2 mile workout. My mom uses the excuse that she doesn't have time which really frustrates me as she would feel so much better with all the stress she is under if she took the time to exercise. I have purposely given her my easier WATP DVDs so she and Dad can do them but she always has an excuse. That may sound mean but if you knew my mother you'd understand. She hurt her knee which has been a valid excuse.

I'll be back on track with my exercising over the next two weeks. And especially once the girls are back in school but that's still over a month away! UGH! I will reach 50 pounds before I go to Disney in early December! There are no excuses for not getting there as I've made it this far I can make it farther!

We're all playing Lego Harry Potter right now. We had chips and dip/ nachos for supper. We're going to get up and get going in the morning on the way to North Conway. We'll stop and get b'fast at McD's and then make some other stops on the way. I'm hoping to go shopping at the outlets when we get up there and see if we can get more school clothes and some other things we need. Looking forward to swimming tomorrow evening and then spending the day at Storyland on Monday.

I need to sign up for my local 5K with my neighbor and then really make a decision on the half with Redwalker!

Need to put the ac on as I'm sweating like crazy!

I will have WiFi access but don't know when I'll check in! Probably won't be until last each night so I'll hold off on answering the questions until I get back!

Love to you all!

 

[flipflopmom]

Which brings me to the QOTD today. What exercise excuse do you use most often?

I have 2. I GET my runs in on their scheduled days. No problems there so far, but that may change a bit now that I have to take DD2 to DH's parents in the am's before work. My morning times are greatly reduced. I guess 5am won't be early enough anymore..... But on other days, I get busy doing stuff in the am, so it's "I don't have time, I'll get to it this afternoon." Then at night "I'm too tired"......

[Taryn – I just have to say that I felt just like you did…once I hit that normal BMI, I felt so much better and did not feel like I was wanting to rush the whole weight loss thing. I still want to lose it and I stay pretty dedicated to the cause but I am so much more about what is realistic for life in the long-term and just take it slow. So, you are right…we are probably not going to make the goal as of Sept. 5th. However…we can say that we are incredibly strong and healthy woman as of that date! DH and I ran our 6 miles by the lake today and it was beautiful. I was impressed because we ran 6 miles in 57 minutes! That is like a record for us. I got a letter from the organization giving suggestions for training and OMG I might die in this race! I am going to try to take the training VERY serious and do exactly as they say so that I am ready!

You are exactly right. We will be strong and healthy. I'm actually wanting to focus on the strength stuff more now, to tone what I have left. I don't plan on slacking off, but I don't think I'll get as frustrated with it all now! AWESOME time on your run, and best of luck with the mud run training!

Thanks for asking about the Fall Challenge. This is what I know so far. Shannon will be returning as our weightkeeper and jenanderson will be continuing as COW keeper. donac and I will be co-hostessing. I am leaning toward starting the new challenge on September 7th and continuing until the middle of December -- a 15 week challenge. The last weigh in for this challenge is 8/31 so we would just move from one challenge to another. Then we might think about trying a BL alumni thread for those last two weeks of December and then the spring challenge would start at the first of the year. The BL alumni thread is a good way to keep the support during the holidays without the formality of an official challenge. In the spring we will probably try two threads merging into one because of the sheer numbers we get. We haven't done that for awhile.

That sounds great! Thanks to you, Dona, Shannon, and Jen for committing again! I like the alumni thread for the holidays. How do 2 threads work, I must admit that I am selfish and want to be on a thread with all the wonderful people I've become close to this year.

hello everyone! Just a quick hello - prompted by Taryn on facebook. We're back from our vacation, it was fabulous. I'm finally sleeping at night now - strange how that started after we spread my mom's ashes.

Jennifer, that was so beautiful it brought tears to my eyes. So glad you had such a memorable time. Glad you are sleeping now, and thanks for checking in. Don't worry about catching up, just don't be a stranger!

Ok, after all that, I'm ready for a nap!

I'm ready for a nap just reading it!

Not quite where I wanted to be the first week of August, but I know where I am struggling (eating stuff I shouldn't be ) so I just need to step back and start over. I have been tracking my food but I don't think I am doing a good job of it, and I am seriously considering doing the online WW program, just to have a little more structure and to try to hold myself more accountable. I have been pretty good on the exercise, but I need to step that up as well. Taryn - thanks for asking about those of us who haven't been around. Life gets in my way sometimes!

Glad you took the time to say hello! I worry about people we haven't heard from in a while! Sounds like you have a plan, and you know what to do. 12 pounds this challenge is AWESOME girl! Remind yourself of that!!!

I will have WiFi access but don't know when I'll check in! Probably won't be until last each night so I'll hold off on answering the questions until I get back!

HAve a blast!

Well, we got most of the school supply shopping done. I still have a few things I need for my classroom, but I'll grab that locally. We stopped at a health/whole/local foods store on the way up. I LOVE THAT STORE!!!! I need to get up there more often. The organic apples were actually cheaper that what I pay for regular apples here. Local watermelon cheaper than Wal Mart. Got a few things we needed, organic stuff we use. Got some almond butter, can't wait to try it. I know it won't be what I am used to, but I hope it's healthier than regular peanut butter. They have snack mix we love, and I think I overdid it on that as my lunch. Then we went out for dinner, and I don't think I ate tooo tooo much.... I was still full from snack mix! I got a salad, steak and baked potato. The potato wasn't good, so I only ate a spoonful. I did eat my steak, and one roll. I ate a bit of my salad and Anna Kat wanted it.

Got everything else at Target. Spent WAYY tooo much money. I splurged on a French press for coffee. I've been wanting one since I got a press pot at Kona! That will be a nice weekend indulgence!

Hope everyone had a great day! Connie and SarahMay, hope your races were great!
Taryn

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Ok, off for the day. Time to see if I can make it 2 days in a row of no bingeing!

You are doing great. Keep up the good work. You can do it. One day at a time

Thanks for the advice in negative splits. I made a concentrated effort to start out slower, and it only took me 6 minutes more to run 7 miles than it did 6 last weekend! Of course, the weather helped. It was cool and breezy this morning! I am excited, my longest run yet!
Great job on making good choices Kathy and CC!

Happy Saturday!
Taryn

Wow great job Taryn. I will need to give the negative splits a try too. I am planning on my long run tomorrow= 6 miles.

Our memorial was great...the sun was actually out in St. Andrews, we went to the family grave site and dd and her cousins had brought some sweet peas from my Uncle's garden and placed them in the shape of a heart, then we all took turns scattering some ashes. When we finished it started misting and you could hear the strains of a piper playing "Amazing Grace," which was my mom's favorite. It was extraordinary.

I actually LOST 3 pounds while I was gone...I'd say due to being able to walk everywhere!

That sounds like a beautiful memorial. Great job on the loss too!

We're going to get up and get going in the morning on the way to North Conway. We'll stop and get b'fast at McD's and then make some other stops on the way. I'm hoping to go shopping at the outlets when we get up there and see if we can get more school clothes and some other things we need. Looking forward to swimming tomorrow evening and then spending the day at Storyland on Monday.

Have a great time and really enjoy yourself.

Lisa- The ideas for the BL challenges sound great! and thanks for the ongoing encouragement.

QOTD- I am tired and have no time are my two biggest excuses. Not only for exercise but also for cleaning, laundry, etc. Ive improved alot with running.....I cant make excuses because I know a half marathon lays ahead of me. I am still working on the house work though

I had a wonderful day. My older son made me so proud today. He finished his 1/4 mile in 1:29 his fastest time yet. He pushed himself so hard and even had to hurdle over a kid that fell in front of him. My little guy still needed me to hold his hand to run with him. I guess I should just cherish it and not push him too fast because soon they both wont even want to hold my hand anywhere in public. We had an early lunch at a local diner with my parents and I talked them into going to washington,DC with us so I can run the Marine Corps Marathon 10K. My best friend and her dad are doing the marathon so I thought it would be a nice over night get away. We most likely will book the trip tomorrow. We are just doing so research of hotel locations and rates. Im and very excited to go. Its October 31! Anyone else near DC that would like to join me?

 

[lovedvc]

I have been completely MIA from this website for 4 weeks now. I came back from vacation with a big weight gain, but didn't let it shake me, I got right back on the horse. Then daily reality set in. Reality really sucks. I would so rather be on vacation for the rest of my life. My eating has not been horrible, but its also not exactly where it should be I have actually maintained the vacation weight and not gained anymore than that. I also came back to all the new changes at my gym and absolutely hated them. No classes, they moved the whole cardio deck upstairs. It's awful I don't even want to be there. I have only been there twice in the last 2 weeks that's how much I hate the change. When they switched names 2 months ago they told me to just continue my membership on a month to month basis and see how I liked the changes to give it a try. So I figured why not I'll give it a chance and if I don't like it I can leave. Well this week I called to get out of my membership and they told me the month to month wasn't so and I had to stay till next June. WHAT!!! No way was a I staying I called the manager and after a little back and forth I got out. He basically called me a liar in a roundabout way and told me his people would never tell me I could go month to month. Then why would I continue my $34 membership if the new fee is $19.99 a month am I just paying more to be nice. Don't think so!!! This Tuesday I am also going for an MRI with dye on my shoulder. I really think I tore the rotator cuff. After I get the radiologist report I will then decide what my next gym move will be. I have a new gym in mind, but it may have to wait a bit. Well that's enough rambling from me. I promise to not be so MIA anymore.

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning all!

Happy Sunday to everyone.

Some days we get caught up in all the things that we have to do and are trying to accomplish or are just so darn tired that we forget to enjoy ourselves along the way.

Here is a little article that I found (where else?) on sparkpeople.com that reminds us how important it is to find joy in your every day life.

Finding and celebrating the joy in life. Each day is a new chance to find joy and to dance. If you let it pass or think it useless, the chance is gone and you'll never get it back. When was the last time you played? Or just did something for the sheer fun of it? Joy is not found in the world around you, it's within yourself. You can make your own joy, especially during those dark times when you need to really feel alive again. Fun and play are healthy antidotes to taking life--and ourselves--too seriously. They're proven boosters of immune systems and mental health and make life worth the trouble. So do the twist. Sing in the shower. Learn a magic trick. Watch a cartoon. Challenge some kids to a game. Don't let a single day go to waste.

QOTD Sunday 8/8: Name one thing that you can do today to create some joy in yourself?

I'm going to hang out in the hammock on the upstairs deck this afternoon and watch the sky and listen to the birds.

BRB with some replies.

 

[50sjayne]

Good morning all!

Happy Sunday to everyone.

Some days we get caught up in all the things that we have to do and are trying to accomplish or are just so darn tired that we forget to enjoy ourselves along the way.

Here is a little article that I found (where else?) on sparkpeople.com that reminds us how important it is to find joy in your every day life.

Finding and celebrating the joy in life. Each day is a new chance to find joy and to dance. If you let it pass or think it useless, the chance is gone and you'll never get it back. When was the last time you played? Or just did something for the sheer fun of it? Joy is not found in the world around you, it's within yourself. You can make your own joy, especially during those dark times when you need to really feel alive again. Fun and play are healthy antidotes to taking life--and ourselves--too seriously. They're proven boosters of immune systems and mental health and make life worth the trouble. So do the twist. Sing in the shower. Learn a magic trick. Watch a cartoon. Challenge some kids to a game. Don't let a single day go to waste.

QOTD Sunday 8/8: Name one thing that you can do today to create some joy in yourself?

I'm going to hang out in the hammock on the upstairs deck this afternoon and watch the sky and listen to the birds.

BRB with some replies.

Gonna work on the kitten and being held. Lol. Really though he needs work with this-- you do it by picking him up and giving him bits of sandwich meat while holding him.

Kittens are great now--100%, mom is healing fine. Someone at work told me that one of the courtesy clerks had been feeding them so I talked to her and she said they'd been out there longer than the dairy guy knew. I thanked her for socializing the kittens as much as she had and will show her some pics I recently got developed. They said she was pretty upset when she found out they were gone, but she couldn't take them. There were more than a few kids at work out there handling them and they kept them quiet for a long time lol.

 

[LuvBaloo]

Life is busy! Started going through the house seriously yesterday to pull out the stuff that we are NOT moving. We're doing a garage sale next weekend, and whatever doesn't sell is going to be given away.

Thanks to Octoberbride & Lisah for coaching last week and this week.
Thanks to JenA for taking on the COW. This challenge I've been reading the cow and thinking about it, but seldom tracking or reporting.
I like the format of a max of 4 items. I prefer the concrete items (drink water, eat veggies, etc) over the more emotional ones (write down positives, etc) but I do think the emotional ones are good, and its nice to see the mental health be included.

And for my last QOTD:
What is your favorite way to enjoy a nice summer day outside of any outdoor workouts?

Kayaking is our favourite summer activity, but that may be considered a workout.

First - I AM NO LONGER OVERWEIGHT!!!! I HIT NORMAL BMI THIS AM!!!!!!

QOTD for Friday, 8/6: So tell us how would you rate your "diet rage"? Your choices are:

Low- I'm moving slowly, but I'm on my way!

Moderate- Everyone's moving except me

High- I'm screaming but no one can hear me!

All Over The Board- It's stop and go all the way

Right now, I'm feeling LOW. Very calm about the weightloss. Not doing well, but I'm happy to maintain at overweight for the next while. I know I'm much better than when the journey started and I'll kick it up a gear when I'm mentally ready to do more.

What exercise excuse do you use most often?

1. I don't have time
2. I'm too tired
3. It's too difficult for me
4. It's boring
5. I don't want people to see me
6. I don't know what I'm doing
7. I don't make any of these excuses

Definitely I don't have time or I'm too tired.
I use the "I don't want people to see me" from joining exercise classes, and in fact I was nervous about seeing people I work with when I joined soccer, because I didn't want people to see how bad I am. But when I filled in for the one game, I had fun. There was 20'ish lady from work on the other team, and she was way better than I, plus her dad who I also work with was there, and I was embarrassed to know people were seeing me, but then the next day at work I saw the lady, and she said "are you joining that team now? you should, its a lot of fun" and so I did and I'm enjoying it.

Thanks for asking about the Fall Challenge. This is what I know so far. Shannon will be returning as our weightkeeper and jenanderson will be continuing as COW keeper. donac and I will be co-hostessing. I am leaning toward starting the new challenge on September 7th and continuing until the middle of December -- a 15 week challenge. The last weigh in for this challenge is 8/31 so we would just move from one challenge to another. From your comments I think it is more important to move right into another challenge that worry too much about keeping with the BL schedule.

Last weigh-in for this challenge is actually Aug 27th (Friday) with final results coming out Aug 31st.
Sept 7th is a Tuesday, so I think you wanted the first weigh in on Friday Sept 4th.

QOTD Sunday 8/8: Name one thing that you can do today to create some joy in yourself?

get more packing done! The feeling of accomplishment will be great.

Time to get busy as its already 9:30. I won't be opening any weigh-ins until tomorrow, so I'll try to get the reminder post out tomorrow afternoon.

Have a great day everybody!

 

[mikamah]

Which brings me to the QOTD today. What exercise excuse do you use most often?


1. I don't have time
2. I'm too tired
3. It's too difficult for me
4. It's boring
5. I don't want people to see me
6. I don't know what I'm doing
7. I don't make any of these excuses

I'm in with the I"m too tired and I don't have enough time crowd. the princess is definintely a huge motivator for me too, Lisa, and I know if I didn't have my eye on the prize, I would not be out in the heat we've had this year. It would be the perfect year to quit exercising, but some how I'm not. I could do more and as fall hits, I'm going to be more faithful about my 2 days of cross training.

hello everyone! Just a quick hello - prompted by Taryn on facebook. We're back from our vacation, it was fabulous. I'm finally sleeping at night now - strange how that started after we spread my mom's ashes.

Our memorial was great...the sun was actually out in St. Andrews, we went to the family grave site and dd and her cousins had brought some sweet peas from my Uncle's garden and placed them in the shape of a heart, then we all took turns scattering some ashes. When we finished it started misting and you could hear the strains of a piper playing "Amazing Grace," which was my mom's favorite. It was extraordinary.

I actually LOST 3 pounds while I was gone...I'd say due to being able to walk everywhere!

welcome back, Jen. It sounds like a beautiful tribute to your mom, and I'm sure she would have loved it. I'm so glad that things went so well for you, and a huge congrats on 3 pounds gone on vaca!!! That is awesome.

QOTD Sunday 8/8: Name one thing that you can do today to create some joy in yourself?

I am going to put on my bathing suit and get in the pool and play with Michael and his cousins today. I often just sit on the deck and enjoy them but it's fun to play too.

Great question, Lisa. I envision a margarita in your hand as you relax in the hammock. Though, you may be taking a break from them after vacation.

I ran/walked 5.5 miles yesterday morning, and then we took a walk with my sister and my brother's dog. She's dogsitting this week, so we met at the park and walked about an hour through the woods. The dog loved it, seeing all the chipmunks and squirrels. Did some back to school shopping, and rented movies last night. This morning we biked 5.5 miles. Michael's record, and I thought he'd need to walk up some of the hills with his single speed bike, but he did awesome. I'm so happy he likes biking, and really looking forward to getting back into it with him. I used to ride all the time before I had him. We saw the Pan Mass challenge on the news yesterday, and we were talking about doing a benefit ride one day in the future. My brother is away for the week, so we're heading over there to hang with my sisters and swim.

Shannon- good luck with the cleaning out. It felt so good to clean out our basement a couple weeks ago, and actually make a little money in the yard sale. Good luck with yours, and the key is not to bring anything back in the house after the garage sale. I only brought a few things back in.

Lindsay- Congrats to your son on his race. How exciting for him to do so well, and your little one, so sweet he wants to hold your hand. We're getting to the stage of no more public displays of affection, but he's still very snuggly when we're alone, so it's ok. Earlier this year we were walking down the street and he held my hand for no reason, and it was so sweet, but I know those days are numbered. On the daredevil crazy little boys antics that make you anxious, no advice but look away. Just kidding, I know just what you mean, but it makes me anxious too. The other day he was riding ahead of me, and it looked like he fell off his bike, but he had actually jumped off while riding, to fall into the grass. I don't get it, but I'm not an 8 yo boy. I just try to teach him to be careful and safe, and pray he develops a lot of common sense.

CC- Great job on not stress eating after your issues with your mom.

JenA and Taryn- I love to hear your positive attitudes about reaching a healthy bmi, and not stressing about getting to the final goal, but enjoying how far you've come and realizing what a huge accomplishment it is. I'm so proud and happy for you.

Lovedvc- good work getting right back on track after vacation. Summer is so busy, and there not always enough time for all we want to do. I hope all works out with your shoulder.

Dahly- great to see you again, and 12 pounds over the summer, is a pretty good loss in my book. It's so hard with all that is going on to stick with a plan. I've not done ww on line, but have heard good things about it. Sparkpeople is supposed to have a good plan and it's free.

Hello to everyone!! Hope you're having a nice weekend.

 

[Rose&Mike]

Jennifer--welcome back! Sounds like a lovely trip!
Tracey--Have fun!

Yesterday's QOTD was interesting for me, because I haven't had a day that I've wanted to skip a workout in a while. If anything I want to skip the off days. Which may be starting to be a small issue. Friday I had a meltdown because instead of celebrating meeting my initial goal of 150 (which I was actually under) I spent a lot of the day thinking about how much more I could go and what I needed to eat, etc. It was not pretty. I know everybody has days like this, but I think it's starting to become a problem. Anyhow after a long talk with Mike, I have a plan for running, exercising and weight loss that I am feeling good about. I am going to maintain when I hit 147 or on my birthday whichever comes first. I'm going to stick to my exercise plan and we are using a running plan to avoid overtraining. Like a lot of people, my weight is very tied to emotional stuff. I'm hoping with a more concrete plan, I get a little bit of my confidence back and feel better about things in general.

Hope everyone is having a great day. Mike and I are doing baseball tonight and DS is having friends over to play poker. I told thim they have to be gone by 11:30, because some of us have to work tomorrow! Tomorrow a friend of his from school is coming and staying overnight so we've been cleaning today. She's a vegan--so still not sure what we're going to feed her.

Have a nice evening!

 

[flipflopmom]

I'll be back later, but this was in my inbox. I immediately thought of my BL friends. Please take time to watch - YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE!

http://www.acknowledgmentmovie.com/

Taryn

 

[donac]

Good evening everyone.

I didn't feel like being on the computer yesterday. I was on all week and I neded a day off.

Today was busy. Went to church and ended up being a Eucharistic Minister becasue there were a lot of no shows. Then off to a farmer's market and grocery shopping. I still have to do dishes, order books for ds2 and pay his tuition.

Please continue the PD for ds1. His interview was pushed up to 8am tomorrow morning and he doesn't land in Newark until 11:30. He just texted me that they are on the ME to the airport. Ds texted me this morning and asked me to ask his DAD to iron his shirt Dh not only washed it but ironed it. There is so much positive about this situation that I am praying works out.

Can't stay on much longer. I have lots to do and I have class again this week

Have a great week. I will try to check in a couple times this week.

 

[flipflopmom]

I had a wonderful day. My older son made me so proud today. He finished his 1/4 mile in 1:29 his fastest time yet. He pushed himself so hard and even had to hurdle over a kid that fell in front of him. We had an early lunch at a local diner with my parents and I talked them into going to washington,DC with us so I can run the Marine Corps Marathon 10K.

HOW very cool on all accounts!!! That sounds like a blast! Hope you got a good deal!

I have actually maintained the vacation weight and not gained anymore than that. I also came back to all the new changes at my gym and absolutely hated them. This Tuesday I am also going for an MRI with dye on my shoulder.

for all of it! I hope you can get some results with your shoulder and a good plan in place for rehabbing it, whatever it is. I'm so sorry you hate the gym, and had to go through the crazy money stuff! Sending PPD your way for a better shoulder, a great new gym, and the desire to get the vacation weight off. It took me about 3 weeks to get mine off, so hang in there!!!

QOTD Sunday 8/8: Name one thing that you can do today to create some joy in yourself?

Probably not what you were thinking, but I cleaned for 5.5 hours last night. I feel soo much better now that it is done! I also cuddled two sweet little girls and chatted with my mom!

Gonna work on the kitten and being held. Lol. Really though he needs work with this-- you do it by picking him up and giving him bits of sandwich meat while holding him.

Good luck! You are so great to those little guys!

Life is busy! Started going through the house seriously yesterday to pull out the stuff that we are NOT moving. We're doing a garage sale next weekend, and whatever doesn't sell is going to be given away. But when I filled in for the one game, I had fun.

Moving is not for the faint of heart! to you!! And I your attitude about soccer!

I ran/walked 5.5 miles yesterday morning, and then we took a walk with my sister and my brother's dog. She's dogsitting this week, so we met at the park and walked about an hour through the woods. JenA and Taryn- I love to hear your positive attitudes about reaching a healthy bmi, and not stressing about getting to the final goal, but enjoying how far you've come and realizing what a huge accomplishment it is. I'm so proud and happy for you.

Sounds like a lovely morning!!! I am beginning to wonder if my final goal is low enough, but somehow, not really worried about WHEN I'll get there. I think knowing that I'll have my 35th birthday in a little less than a month, and I won't be overweight, is sitting rather nicely on me right now.

Friday I had a meltdown because instead of celebrating meeting my initial goal of 150 (which I was actually under) I spent a lot of the day thinking about how much more I could go and what I needed to eat, etc.

I know those feelings. It's almost a mental game of "How low can I go". I do that sometimes, and it does feel a little.... scary and anorexic. Even though I don't look it, sometimes I can catch myself with a "how little food can I eat and get by today". I try to catch that pretty quickly, but it's odd how obsessed I can become. It seems like with each milestone, I think, well, 10 more won't make me look the way I want to, so I'm forever thinking 15 more, regardless of what my weight is. Glad Mike was there to help you out!

Please continue the PD for ds1. His interview was pushed up to 8am tomorrow morning and he doesn't land in Newark until 11:30. He just texted me that they are on the ME to the airport. Ds texted me this morning and asked me to ask his DAD to iron his shirt Dh not only washed it but ironed it. There is so much positive about this situation that I am praying works out.

Sending PPD his way!!!!

Morning everyone! Last night was WILD!
Girls spent the night with MIL and FIL, they are finally home. DH dropped them off on his way to work. I immediately started "cleaning", which mostly consisted of putting things where they belong, changing sheets, cleaning out toy boxes and toy closet, doing laundry, etc. I started at 7:30. Finally, AT 1AM, I konked out in the bed, but my mind was still thinking about everything I NEED to do. Didn't go to sleep until close to 2. Then at 3, the battery started beeping in the smoke detector to tell me it's dying. I forgot we have 2 upstairs, jerked them out of the one by my room, and it's still beeping. Called DH, he told me to check the other one. I'm sure getting a call from me at 3am scared him senseless! WHen I finally found the other one, and got back to sleep, it was 3:30ish. Alarm went off at 5. Going on about 3 hours sleep. Trying to decide if I have a 3M run in me this am. I want to, but like Rose, I am injury scared! I have to leave in 10 if I'm going.... Workdays are a little more slack about arrival times.

We have back to school night tonight. I might come home for lunch and try a 30 min. power nap to make it through it all. Lots to do at school.

Not a bad weekend, about the same weight as Friday, so I'm feeling positive.

Have a Happy Monday!
Taryn

 

[pinkle]

Good morning everyone! I am still having a hard time with this quote thing (like quoating someone, who has lots of quotes) and where to delete too......That is why I have 2 teenage boys who are techie they help there "duh mom" out.
I Hope everyone has a great day. I'm gettting ready to go for a run but it's sooooo humid already!
I'll be checking in later

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning all!

I got a letter from the organization giving suggestions for training and OMG I might die in this race! I am going to try to take the training VERY serious and do exactly as they say so that I am ready!

Great job with the training, jen! So what kinds of things are they suggesting you do for training? Sounds like an interesting race!

hello everyone! Just a quick hello - prompted by Taryn on facebook. We're back from our vacation, it was fabulous. I'm finally sleeping at night now - strange how that started after we spread my mom's ashes.

Hi jennz! Nice to have you back! for your service and trip to honor your Mom. It sounds amazing!

tigger813, how was Storyland?

Hi Everyone, I have been MIA for a while....life has been a bit crazy at home and work, but I have tried to jump on here and there and at least keep up up a bit but it hasn't been happening very much. I know I have missed lots, and I am going to try to skim back over the last week or so. My weight loss has been a bit up and down, i gained back 2 pounds 2 weeks ago, and then lost one with yesterday's weigh in. I am down 12 pounds for the summer challenge. Not quite where I wanted to be the first week of August, but I know where I am struggling (eating stuff I shouldn't be ) so I just need to step back and start over.

Hi Dahly! Nice to see you again! A 12 pound loss is more than a pound a week. I think that you are doing great!

I like the alumni thread for the holidays. How do 2 threads work, I must admit that I am selfish and want to be on a thread with all the wonderful people I've become close to this year.

I'm not really sure how the 2 thread thing will work. In the past we had two teams when we had two threads and each was coached separately. Eventually both teams got pretty darn quiet -- which is hard to believe, I know -- and we've done single threads by majority vote ever since. The mega-threads overwhelm a lot of people, especially when we have a lot of participants, so we were thinking two threads merging might be the best of both worlds.

We do listen to what the participants want and do our best to accommodate the majority when we put these challenges together so don't be shy about sharing your thoughts with us.

QOTD- I am tired and have no time are my two biggest excuses. Not only for exercise but also for cleaning, laundry, etc. Ive improved alot with running.....I cant make excuses because I know a half marathon lays ahead of me. I am still working on the house work though

I'm always working on my house, too, Lindsay. I think it was Maria who shared the Flylady philosophy that housework that is speedily done still blesses your family!

I have been completely MIA from this website for 4 weeks now. I came back from vacation with a big weight gain, but didn't let it shake me, I got right back on the horse. Then daily reality set in. Reality really sucks. I would so rather be on vacation for the rest of my life.

That is a bummer about the gym. Sounds like you did well on vacation and are right back on track -- that is an accomplishment! ITA about how hard it is to come back from vacation.

Gonna work on the kitten and being held. Lol. Really though he needs work with this-- you do it by picking him up and giving him bits of sandwich meat while holding him.

I'm so glad that the kitties are feeling better. You can't help but feel joyful when you have a little kitty in your lap!

Last weigh-in for this challenge is actually Aug 27th (Friday) with final results coming out Aug 31st.
Sept 7th is a Tuesday, so I think you wanted the first weigh in on Friday Sept 4th.

Thanks! I need to try and remember not to post dates without looking at a calendar!

donac, for your DS!

Connie96 and SarahMay how were your races?

I'm in with the I"m too tired and I don't have enough time crowd. the princess is definintely a huge motivator for me too, Lisa, and I know if I didn't have my eye on the prize, I would not be out in the heat we've had this year. It would be the perfect year to quit exercising, but some how I'm not. I could do more and as fall hits, I'm going to be more faithful about my 2 days of cross training.

You are doing great with the exercise this summer, Kathy, and it shows how far you've come in making this lifestyle change that we need!

, Rose, one thing I have learned from our challenges is that it is a big adjustment switching to maintaining -- in some ways even harder than losing. You can do it, I know that you can!

Taryn, I hope that you can get some rest today.

Good morning everyone! I am still having a hard time with this quote thing (like quoating someone, who has lots of quotes) and where to delete too......That is why I have 2 teenage boys who are techie they help there "duh mom" out.
I Hope everyone has a great day. I'm gettting ready to go for a run but it's sooooo humid already!I'll be checking in later

Good luck with your run today! The quotes begin with the QUOTE, the username and a number, and end with /QUOTE -- you need the brackets, too, but if I type them now, it would make a quote.

BRB with QOTD.

 

[lisah0711]

Today's QOTD is inspired by the video that Taryn shared with us. If you haven't seen it yet, take a few minutes to look at it -- it is a good reminder of how important each of us are and how we make a difference in so many people's lives.

So take a few minutes today to tell someone who has made a difference in your life how much you appreciate them and tell us who it is and why they make a difference to you.

I am going to say that all of you have made a big difference in my life. If it wasn't for all of you and your sharing your struggles and encouragement, I would still be stuck instead of moving right along on this journey to good health!

Have a great Monday!

 

[my3princes]

QOTD Sunday 8/8: Name one thing that you can do today to create some joy in yourself?

BRB with some replies.

I hope to make time to sort through vacation photos



We got back from our 3 1/2 week vacation on Saturday afternoon. We had a fabulous trip, but my weight paid dearly. Cruises are not diet friendly. Of course we didn't have proper food in the house until I went shopping yesterday afternoon so my weight gain continued yesterday. Today I am 100% back on track. I had a gain of about 14 lbs. I'm really hoping that I can shed those lbs quickly. I feel huge. I did go for a walk Saturday night, but no exercise per se yesterday. The 25 hour drive was tough on us and we really need recovery time after that. Laundry is caught up, but I do have a ton of things to put away. That is the plan for today. I also need to be at work at 5 PM.

I brought 4 disposable cameras to Walgreen's yesterday. Somehow they managed to ruin 2 entire rolls of film This was the underwater pictures from snorkeling in Honduras and Paradise Beach Cozumel. I cannot begin to tell you how angry and upset we are. I need to deal with that issue today.

 

[Connie96]

Hey there. I've been on a couple times over the weekend, but have you ever been so tired that you're just feeling very anti-social? I mean, I enjoyed checking in, but I just didn't have it in me to post anything. I'm still kinda feeling that way, but I figured I oughta at least say hello since I've got a race to report on and a book to review for you guys.

Connie96 and SarahMay how were your races?

My race was... okay. I woke up at 4:30am, got myself dressed and fed and woke up DD at 4:55. I got her dressed and gave her breakfast in the car as we left at 5:00. We picked up my mom, sister and 2 nieces and we were leaving town by 5:10. Arrived at the race site at 6:00 and picked up our stuff. (Mom and I were the only ones registered, but we all participated.) After standing around for an hour, the race began at 7:00. I finished with 30:56.40. I ran the full distance and this was my slowest time this year, so I was a little disappointed. I think I'm gonna start racing with walk breaks. Although Jeff Galloway has been telling everyone for years that walk breaks can improve overall finish time, it's just so hard to try it because it seems so counter-intuitive. But, my best 5K time this year was my first race in 8 years and it was the race where I took the most walk breaks. I think I'm just gonna have to get serious about this method.

I've gotta get back to work, but I did finish reading my new fitness book and I'll be back later to give y'all a synopsis.