Biggest Loser 10 Fall Challenge -- for losers and maintainers :)

[dvccruiser76]

Hi everyone, sorry for disappearing once again. Last week was hectic with the holiday and then today was my DS's surgery. They aren't kidding when they say it's worse on the parents than it actually is on the kid. I have a bad headache, my BP hasn't been the best, I'm exhausted and could cry at the drop of a hat.

All in all, he did great. He was cranky when he first woke up, and pulled out his IV, but they said it was perfectly normal. I had to rock him and give him juice while he cried for about a half hour, but then he passed out for about 30 minutes and woke up much happier. He was groggy and kind of cranky for the rest of the day, but did really well.

I logged on and didn't realize how far behind I was, so I'm finally caught up.

I need to get back on the exercise wagon. I've been slacking for the past 2 weeks. I've been doing good with my eating (except for Thanksgiving) and I'm only 1/2 pound to my goal. I'm hoping Sunday I will get my butt back in gear and start working out again.

I finally made it!!!!! 55 pounds and GOAL!!!!!!

Yay! Way to go! You leave tomorrow right? I wanted to wish you a great trip before you left. Have a WONDERFUL time Hope everyone is feeling much better and ready to go.

What terribly sad news. I'm so sorry. Even an unplanned pregnancy can become a joy.... Sorry you've had such a bundle of bad news lately.

Oh how sad. My thoughts are with them Planned or unplanned, it's just so hard to take.

DVCcruiser- I think today was the day your ds was having his surgery. Thinking of you and sending prayers and pixie dust that all goes smoothly.

Thank you so much for remembering. He's doing well and is fast asleep. I will asleep as well in about 5 minutes.

Ladies.... we have an angel among us.... her name is Deb!!!

I just had the most DELIGHTFUL visit from Deb (my3princes) here at my new temporary home (aka the ICU waiting area at DHMC here in NH).

She is so amazing (and stunning) and I cannot express enough how incredibly grateful I am to have her as a REAL LIFE friend now. She came in and took charge.... she showed me where to get free water, drinks, shower, tv areas, comfy chairs.... you name it!!

pjlla - I am so glad to hear that your DH is doing much better and was so sad to read about everything that went on. This must be so hard on your and your entire family. You are in my thoughts and prayers.

my3princes - You are beyond wonderful and giving in all that you have done. We are all lucky to have you on these boards with us.

 

[Rose&Mike]

Found out whyy we dont have internet. Mike called att on saturday to ask about prices and att decided to turn off our earthlink service. We are furious. we are hoping its back on by thursday. It blows my mind that they can get away with this . I guess they thought we would sign up with them if we were disconncted. And of course by the time we found out there was no one there to complain too. uggh!!!!

 

[my3princes]

Wow, I opened a response window this morning, but have completely forgotten what I was responding too

Pam, when is your husband being moved to rehab?

 

[tggrrstarr]

I'll probably hop on tomorrow night after visiting AK or Thursday morning before heading to MK! I can't believe the trip is finally here!!!!

Thank you all for your guidance and support. I will probably have a few pounds to get rid of after the trip so I'm not going anywhere and I'm looking forward to being a maintainer next round as well as the weight keeper!

Love to you all!!!!!

Have a great trip! I am so excited for you. I can't wait to hear all about it. Are you doing a dining review? I am curious to know what to look forward to losing after my trip! I plan on eating everything in sight!


I am sooo far behind. Like 18 pages! I plan on reading up on them on Thursday. I just thought I would log on now to say I'm still here, just a little behind. I didn't gain any weight at Thanksgiving, but it did keep me from losing anything for a few days. Pumpkin pie and stuffing leftovers were my downfall. I only ate enough to maintain my weight, not gain, thank God! I think I am back on track now for losing, I was down a pound this morning, hopefully more to come!

 

[lisah0711]

Have a great trip! I am so excited for you. I can't wait to hear all about it. Are you doing a dining review? I am curious to know what to look forward to losing after my trip! I plan on eating everything in sight!


I am sooo far behind. Like 18 pages! I plan on reading up on them on Thursday. I just thought I would log on now to say I'm still here, just a little behind. I didn't gain any weight at Thanksgiving, but it did keep me from losing anything for a few days. Pumpkin pie and stuffing leftovers were my downfall. I only ate enough to maintain my weight, not gain, thank God! I think I am back on track now for losing, I was down a pound this morning, hopefully more to come!

Hey! Did you know you were the weekly Biggest Loser?! http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=39062139&postcount=3037
So I would say that you are doing very well!

 

[my3princes]

We have 2 trees in our living room. One is all Disney and the other is everything else. We have 100s of Disney ornaments and our collection grows every year. Another thread that I frequent does a yearly ornament exchange. I think this is the 5th year. It so so much fun getting Disney ornaments that someone has picked out just for us

I'm exhausted and need to get to bed. Hopefully I'll find time tomorrow night to actually post.

 

[mommaU4]

Hello! Anyone mind if I sneak in here?

I've seen these Biggest Loser threads before but never joined one. I'd like to now though if that's possible. Is it too late? I see from the first page that this only runs through Dec. 17, is that correct? Maybe I should just wait for another one or a new one?

I did read through the front page, but I'm suffering from lack of sleep so it didn't all quite sink in. If someone can let me know if it's still okay to join in, and how I go about doing so at this point, that would be great. Thanks so much!

 

[Cupcaker]

Ughhhhh!!!! Thanksgiving was hard. I did good at my first dinner. Ate exactly what I said I was going to eat, then second dinner came and all control went out the window. I did learn something from this thanksgiving chaos- I have a problem with food laying around the kitchen. I just see it and theres nothing stopping me like having to open a fridge door or pantry door. We had a lot of breads, deserts, etc. sitting on the counters. I really wanted to just get everything and dump it in the trash. On top of my uncontrollable binge eating, TOM came around. I dont know why I think I should keep eating everything in site. Its kind of like I just want it to all go away, but its the wrong way of getting rid of it. The funny part is that all weekend long I got a lot of people asking me "How does it feel to be skinny now?" The sad part is I dont feel skinny. Although weight has a lot to do with it, I want to feel fit and healthy. That is what is going to make me "feel skinny."

I am following Shawns lead and losing the final 3 pounds for my challenge goal. Thank you Shawn for reminding us how much time we have left and the great example you are setting. I am looking foward to December as a new start. I have gone back to exercising 6 days a week.

Im sorry I havent been around that much in November. I felt bad not being on top of my game. I was up and down and up and down stress wise, motivation wise, and weight wise. But I am so close to where I want to be that I should not give up and I wont.

Pamela- I was happy to read that DH is recovering well and that he will be closer to home.

DVCcruiser- Im glad the surgery went well.

Tracey- Congratulations on reaching your goal. You must feel so happy and acomplished. Hope you have a great time on your trip. Please post some pictures when you get back

Off to the elliptical! See you all in the a.m.

Jeanette

 

[donac]

Good morning everyone.

dvc I am glad that ds's surgery went well. MY ds had surgery when he was 4 and he did the same thing when he came out of surgery. I hope he is feeling better soon.

Don't have a lot of time this morning. My workshop went well except for 5 people sitting in the back. They just wanted a day off. They came with a pile of papers to grade and just wanted to sit and talk. I was reading the evaulations and they are just like normal till I got one from the people inthe back row. They told me that I had done nothing new. I know that there was a number of things that some people do but I do know that there was somethings in there that most people don't do. I realize that you can't please everyone but I have been running into know it alls a lot in the last couple of years. I think it is time to give it up. I will have to think about it some more.

Question of the Day

When do you put up your Christmas tree?


I will answer later. I have a couple of things that must be done TODAY that I forgot about.

Have a great day.

 

[cclovesdis]

Hi Everyone,

Another good day yesterday at work. Baby-sitting was good, but the kids are at that transitional age. Never mind, kids are always transitioning.

I know I haven't been on much, I just need to have a good first week. I also have to baby-sit Thursday night, am trying to continue to tutor my neighbor (although she is doing much better and needs me a lot less ), and have random things scheduled as well. Today, I am getting a short chair massage. I sit for most of the day, so I think this will be helpful. Then, I also need to get to the library at some point like a week ago.

Anyway, enough rambling. Here is today's mini-challenge. We've been doing a lot of thinking/planning, so here today's is more a "doing" one.

Mini-Challenge for Wed. 12/1: If you take a multivitamin and/or a supplement, take it/them today.

Have a great day everyone!

 

[my3princes]

Good morning everyone.

dvc I am glad that ds's surgery went well. MY ds had surgery when he was 4 and he did the same thing when he came out of surgery. I hope he is feeling better soon.

Don't have a lot of time this morning. My workshop went well except for 5 people sitting in the back. They just wanted a day off. They came with a pile of papers to grade and just wanted to sit and talk. I was reading the evaulations and they are just like normal till I got one from the people inthe back row. They told me that I had done nothing new. I know that there was a number of things that some people do but I do know that there was somethings in there that most people don't do. I realize that you can't please everyone but I have been running into know it alls a lot in the last couple of years. I think it is time to give it up. I will have to think about it some more.

Question of the Day

When do you put up your Christmas tree?


I will answer later. I have a couple of things that must be done TODAY that I forgot about.

Have a great day.

Good Morning.

QOTD: We usually put ours up around Thanksgiving. This year we put both trees up the weekend before Thanksgiving mostly because the house was clean and the weather was nice so I decorated the yard and was in the spirit.

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning all!

Please be sure and PM those weights and WIN! numbers to LuvBaloo and Connie, if you haven't already. I know it is the end of the challenge and hard to keep the momentum going but our coaches do a wonderful job for us and we need to help them!

Still trying to get this eating under control. Yoga was cancelled today and I am totally bummed. Plan to get up and run tomorrow, if dh doesn't rush me out of the house...

Your Belle ornament sounds so pretty, Maria. Bummer about the yoga. I was reading a study that said that folks who do yoga regularly have a higher level of a fell good chemical in their brains -- do you have a yoga DVD for those times when it is cancelled? I have a Biggest Loser Yoga DVD I've never tried, maybe I will do that for my cross training.

Howdy folks!

I currently have TWO of you reporting in for WIN! If you'd like to participate for this round, please send in your numbers today or tomorrow.

Sorry Connie! I was little late on reminding folks so hopefully you will get a few. This WIN! round went right under my radar.

Our internet is down--so this is from my phone. i read everything. but it is a pain to post. Just wanted to tell Tracey to have a great trip!!!!! Hopefully the internet will be fixed soon.

That is a bummer. It's okay reading on the cell phone but trying to post -- forget it! I just don't have skilled two thumbs typing skills, do you, Rose?

I'll probably hop on tomorrow night after visiting AK or Thursday morning before heading to MK! I can't believe the trip is finally here!!!!

Thank you all for your guidance and support. I will probably have a few pounds to get rid of after the trip so I'm not going anywhere and I'm looking forward to being a maintainer next round as well as the weight keeper!

Love to you all!!!!!

Have a wonderful time, Tracey, and safe travels. Thanks for volunteering to be the weightkeeper next challenge, too!

BRB the smilie police want a shorter post

 

[lisah0711]

No real time to catch up. First night in 1 month I haven't taken a nap when I got home. Maybe I am finally on the mend

Even after the rough morning, the day really didn't get a lot better. Had some unexpected things at work, Principal wanted me to sit in on some interviews. Made me feel rather important, but wish I had known BEFORE the interview had started. Hair was in a french braid, not the best outfit, wasn't sure which questions I could legally ask, etc.

BAD winds, rain, crazy, crazy weather! It was 40 at noon, now it's 60, going to be 30 by late afternoon tomorrow. Lights are blinking. Scared we'll lose power. Off to feed my DH, who just got home, and watch Rudolph!

Sorry for the rough day, Taryn. Starting to be caught up on your rest will help everything else in your life. Nice that Principal wanted your input!

All in all, he did great. He was cranky when he first woke up, and pulled out his IV, but they said it was perfectly normal. I had to rock him and give him juice while he cried for about a half hour, but then he passed out for about 30 minutes and woke up much happier. He was groggy and kind of cranky for the rest of the day, but did really well. .

Glad that your DS came through his surgery with no problems. Sorry it was so rough on the parents. Sounds like you did well weight wise and will be back on track soon with the exercise.

Can you tell that DS is hearing better? The first time DS had tubes he couldn't talk and tell me that he could hear better. But the second time he would be riding in the car and keep saying "what's that sound?" I felt bad because I had not realized how much it had affected his hearing. His hearing is fine now except for when he chooses not to listen. You won't have that for awhile!

We have 2 trees in our living room. One is all Disney and the other is everything else. We have 100s of Disney ornaments and our collection grows every year. Another thread that I frequent does a yearly ornament exchange. I think this is the 5th year. It so so much fun getting Disney ornaments that someone has picked out just for us

I'm exhausted and need to get to bed. Hopefully I'll find time tomorrow night to actually post.

Hope you can get some rest, Deb. Those long Mondays and Tuesdays are killers. You've done a great job getting all your Christmas stuff up and ready early plus being a good friend to Pamela -- you are like superwoman!

Hello! Anyone mind if I sneak in here?

I've seen these Biggest Loser threads before but never joined one. I'd like to now though if that's possible. Is it too late? I see from the first page that this only runs through Dec. 17, is that correct? Maybe I should just wait for another one or a new one?

I did read through the front page, but I'm suffering from lack of sleep so it didn't all quite sink in. If someone can let me know if it's still okay to join in, and how I go about doing so at this point, that would be great. Thanks so much!

Beth! It's never to late to join a BL challenge. You would have a couple of weeks with us for this challenge. There will be an interim less formal thread from 12/17 through 12/31 and the next challenge will probably start on 1/1/11 (that date has to be good luck right?). You would also have time to do one round of WIN! where you track your measurements -- details are in one of those first few posts -- which is a great way to measure you success another way besides the scale.

Hope that you decide to join us!

The funny part is that all weekend long I got a lot of people asking me "How does it feel to be skinny now?" The sad part is I dont feel skinny. Although weight has a lot to do with it, I want to feel fit and healthy. That is what is going to make me "feel skinny."

I am following Shawns lead and losing the final 3 pounds for my challenge goal. Thank you Shawn for reminding us how much time we have left and the great example you are setting. I am looking foward to December as a new start. I have gone back to exercising 6 days a week.

Im sorry I havent been around that much in November. I felt bad not being on top of my game. I was up and down and up and down stress wise, motivation wise, and weight wise. But I am so close to where I want to be that I should not give up and I wont.

No way, you don't want to give up now, Jeanette! Sounds like you did reasonably well and are getting right back on track -- that is the important thing. I think you've shown that you are truly making the lifestyle change you need by doing that. It is unrealistic to think we will never be tempted or go off plan but as long as we don't beat ourselves up about it and get right back on track, we are headed in the right direction!

Question of the Day

When do you put up your Christmas tree?

Dona, sorry for your talkers yesterday. Too bad you couldn't split them up or hand out detention like you could in your classroom!

We put up our Christmas tree that week of Thanksgiving or the week after. This year it will be this week-end.

Hi Everyone, Another good day yesterday at work. Baby-sitting was good, but the kids are at that transitional age. Never mind, kids are always transitioning.

Glad you are having a good week, CC! I will take my multivitamin today as well as my vitamin D -- thanks for reminding me!

My cable internet modem was moved to the room where the computers are but now I am having trouble getting the router set up. That will be my job for this morning before work as apparently life without wireless is hardly worth living, or so I am told! This prompted me to sound like a grandma yelling "in my day we didn't even have computers or the internet and we all survived!"

I'm feeling like all my "fluffiness" from the long week-end is receeding and I'm getting back into the groove. I do have a UTI (sorry if that is TMI) but the antibiotics are already kicking in and I can still do what I need to so all is good.

Have a great day all!

 

[Dreamer24]

I'm losing steam and the numbers are going up!

My promises to myself and all of you:
I will not eat crap today!
I will go to the gym today!

Good luck to all of you as we make it through the last few weeks. What can YOU promise YOURSELF you will do today?

 

[Rose&Mike]

Still on the phone trying to post. cupcaker--I think its pretty normal as you get close to goal to have those feelings. And fwiw I cant have the stuff in the house either. Hence all the cheesecake I ate this weekend. Remember that its a process. Hugs to you. I am trying not to be too ticked about the internet. I googled it last night and I guess slaaming is pretty common but my question is why is it legal?! ttyl

 

[mikamah]

I'm feeling like all my "fluffiness" from the long week-end is receeding and I'm getting back into the groove. I do have a UTI (sorry if that is TMI) but the antibiotics are already kicking in and I can still do what I need to so all is good.
!

Glad you're starting to feel better. Not fun having a uti. Good luck with the router. You can give me some tips when I get my laptop. I already have the wireless router, but need to figure out how to set up the network/passwords, etc. I'm hoping my bil comes for michael's party saturday and he'll help me.

I'm losing steam and the numbers are going up!

My promises to myself and all of you:
I will not eat crap today!
I will go to the gym today!

Good luck to all of you as we make it through the last few weeks. What can YOU promise YOURSELF you will do today?

Great promises!! I promise I will cook a healthy dinner, and drink my water.

Still on the phone trying to post. cupcaker--I think its pretty normal as you get close to goal to have those feelings. And fwiw I cant have the stuff in the house either. Hence all the cheesecake I ate this weekend. Remember that its a process. Hugs to you. I am trying not to be too ticked about the internet. I googled it last night and I guess slaaming is pretty common but my question is why is it legal?! ttyl

Nice job with the phone typing. Itn's it awful. When verizon came to set up my internet, somehow my cable wire got cut and the cable was out. The cable guy came, said verizon did it, intentional or not? Who knows. I was shocked. Hope you're up and running soon.

. Yoga was cancelled today and I am totally bummed. Plan to get up and run tomorrow, if dh doesn't rush me out of the house...

Maria

Did you run this morning? I just got back, it is so warm out. Hope you were able to get out there before the rain.

Howdy folks!

I currently have TWO of you reporting in for WIN! If you'd like to participate for this round, please send in your numbers today or tomorrow.

Thanks!

Thanks for the reminder and for keeping track of the win challenge for us.

Thank you all for your guidance and support. I will probably have a few pounds to get rid of after the trip so I'm not going anywhere and I'm looking forward to being a maintainer next round as well as the weight keeper!

Love to you all!!!!!

You're probably landing right now!! Hope you have an absolutely fabulous, magical, amazing time. I'm sooooo jealous.

No real time to catch up. First night in 1 month I haven't taken a nap when I got home. Maybe I am finally on the mend

Even after the rough morning, the day really didn't get a lot better. Had some unexpected things at work, Principal wanted me to sit in on some interviews. Made me feel rather important, but wish I had known BEFORE the interview had started. Hair was in a french braid, not the best outfit, wasn't sure which questions I could legally ask, etc.

BAD winds, rain, crazy, crazy weather! It was 40 at noon, now it's 60, going to be 30 by late afternoon tomorrow. Lights are blinking. Scared we'll lose power. Off to feed my DH, who just got home, and watch Rudolph!

Have a great night, all!

Hope you're feeling better soon, and the weather has passed. It such a busy time of year, and I hate feeling overwhelmed. Did you enjoy rudolph? We didn't watch last night because michael said it was on after bedtime, so I didn't argue. We saw it the other night on dvd. I love those old shows.

Hi everyone, sorry for disappearing once again. Last week was hectic with the holiday and then today was my DS's surgery. They aren't kidding when they say it's worse on the parents than it actually is on the kid. I have a bad headache, my BP hasn't been the best, I'm exhausted and could cry at the drop of a hat.

All in all, he did great. He was cranky when he first woke up, and pulled out his IV, but they said it was perfectly normal. I had to rock him and give him juice while he cried for about a half hour, but then he passed out for about 30 minutes and woke up much happier. He was groggy and kind of cranky for the rest of the day, but did really well.

So glad ds did so well and you all made it through the day. Hope you all slept like babies last night.

Wow, I opened a response window this morning, but have completely forgotten what I was responding too

Like when you get up and go into another room to get something and totally forget what.

I didn't gain any weight at Thanksgiving, but it did keep me from losing anything for a few days. Pumpkin pie and stuffing leftovers were my downfall. I only ate enough to maintain my weight, not gain, thank God! I think I am back on track now for losing, I was down a pound this morning, hopefully more to come!

Whoo hoo for a thanksgiving maintain!!

Hello! Anyone mind if I sneak in here?

I've seen these Biggest Loser threads before but never joined one. I'd like to now though if that's possible. Is it too late? I see from the first page that this only runs through Dec. 17, is that correct? Maybe I should just wait for another one or a new one?

I did read through the front page, but I'm suffering from lack of sleep so it didn't all quite sink in. If someone can let me know if it's still okay to join in, and how I go about doing so at this point, that would be great. Thanks so much!

We'd love to have you join us. Join in an ask any questions as you go along.

I am following Shawns lead and losing the final 3 pounds for my challenge goal. Thank you Shawn for reminding us how much time we have left and the great example you are setting. I am looking foward to December as a new start. I have gone back to exercising 6 days a week.

This is such a good reminder. We do have 3 weeks til christmas and we all can make a difference.

Don't have a lot of time this morning. My workshop went well except for 5 people sitting in the back. They just wanted a day off. They came with a pile of papers to grade and just wanted to sit and talk. I was reading the evaulations and they are just like normal till I got one from the people inthe back row. They told me that I had done nothing new. I know that there was a number of things that some people do but I do know that there was somethings in there that most people don't do. I realize that you can't please everyone but I have been running into know it alls a lot in the last couple of years. I think it is time to give it up. I will have to think about it some more.

Question of the Day

When do you put up your Christmas tree?


I will answer later. I have a couple of things that must be done TODAY that I forgot about.

Have a great day.

How frustrating for you. Some people can be so rude.

We cut our tree down at a tree farm usually 2-3 weekends before christmas. We put our other decorations up thanksgiving weekend, and michaels b-day is the following weekend, so the tree is after the b-day.
My favorite disney ornament is a mickey mouse head, big green one with mickey sitting ontop of it.

Another good day yesterday at work. Baby-sitting was good, but the kids are at that transitional age. Never mind, kids are always transitioning.

I know I haven't been on much, I just need to have a good first week. I also have to baby-sit Thursday night, am trying to continue to tutor my neighbor (although she is doing much better and needs me a lot less ), and have random things scheduled as well. Today, I am getting a short chair massage. I sit for most of the day, so I think this will be helpful. Then, I also need to get to the library at some point like a week ago.

Anyway, enough rambling. Here is today's mini-challenge. We've been doing a lot of thinking/planning, so here today's is more a "doing" one.

Mini-Challenge for Wed. 12/1: If you take a multivitamin and/or a supplement, take it/them today.

Have a great day everyone!

Glad work is going well for you cc. Thanks for the vitamin reminder. I moved mine back to the kitchen table and I'll start remembering again.

Good morning losers! 18 more days in our challenge and 18 days until our visit to USA !!!
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Sooo exciting. You and your whole family must be so excited for your trip. HOw long will you be staying here?

Not a whole lot of time to post today. i have a flu clinic once again tonight tonight; wont get home until 830p or so. I will miss watching rudolph with the kids. but on the positive note Im sure it will be on another few times before christmas. its not like when we were kids.

I wish I could give everyone a few days off. Hope things wind down a little for you.

I walked michael to school this am, and then run/walked 2.5 miles more. He wanted to go for school store and the bus was late yesterday so he was afraid he'd miss it, but I said I was going to run, so if he wanted to walk, i'd walk him, and he was good with that.
Off to get ready for work. The morning time just flies. It's my short day, so I hope to get back on later.

Have a great day.

 

[SettinSail]

Hello to all my loser friends! Snowing here again, everything is white, ground, buildings, sky. High of 28 today I made it through my jog yesterday on the paths through the fields. They are wide paved paths and sometimes cars, tractors, horses, etc come down them too For some reason, I was soooo sore and exhausted after that run. Everything hurt yesterday, feet, knees, back, etc. My knee buckled when I walked downstairs this morning. DH says I must have been very tense and clenched up throughout the run, trying to be careful not to fall.

Made it to yoga this morning and when I was walking home from the train station I slipped and broke my bottom I think if that is possible.
A nice man picked me up, a lady handed me my bag and another lady asked if all was OK. Thankfully I was able to say "Ich bin OK" (I am OK) in a weak little voice. I was just so stunned, I never saw it coming. On my feet one minute and on my bottom the next. I warmed up my rice sock in the microwave and sat on it on the couch all afternoon watching the Biggest Loser from last night. It was a good show! Had chicken noodle soup and a turkey sandwich for lunch. I am experimenting with eating more food for breakfast and lunch to see if that will help me stop eating so much in the late afternoon and evenings. Need to stop that little bad habit that has been sneaking back up on me lately

OK, you know it's coming.....we have 17 more days in our challenge! Time to put on your game face! Will YOU be the Biggest Loser in the Fall Challenge? Will you meet your goal? What do you need to do to make it happen? Plan your strategy and don't forget all those Holiday temptations that are heading your way. You probably know what they are from previous years. Imagine that party or that restaurant and plan your food choices in advance! Would a pre-event work-out help or maybe eating a bowl of soup before you go? You may want to plan for the surprise temptations also. If someone gives you a present of goodies that you are not expecting, take a minute to think of what you would do. Can you eat one and pass the others on to a different family or group? Can you throw them away? Are they "worth" the calories? OK, I am of course talking to myself also here We all know what happens when we fail to plan!

I am in charge of the question of the day today and for the rest of the week.


Question of the Day
If you celebrate Christmas and put up a CHristmas tree do you have some Disney ornaments on it? If yes, what is your favorite one?

We have a few from our Disney trips, my favorites are the Disney Cruise ship replica, and the Toy Story ornament that reminds me how much my son loved TS when he was little.

I'm heading to work early because i need to pick up my bil and bring him with me for a procedure. I hope to have more time tomorrow to spend here. I ordered a laptop yesterday from walmart, and am excited to be able to sit in the living room and have the dis up while I'm watching tv. Of course, I need to set up the wireless router.

Hope all went well with the procedure I read this over a few times but still can't decide if it's you or bil having the procedure done, I'm gonna guess it was him since you said you were heading for work!

for your new laptop. You will love it. We don't have a desktop anymore, we all 3 have laptops and sometimes we're all sitting in the LR watching TV and using our laptops. Good luck getting all set up

I think that you would make a great coach, Shawn! I'll add your name to the planning thread.

Thanks for that interesting fact -- I'm sure it will be appreciated by all your co-workers, too.

The Guiness Book of Records and Ripley's Believe It or Not books are good books of gross useless facts that fascinate boys. I spent an interesting morning in the Ripley's Museum a couple of years ago.

Have a great day all!

Thanks for letting me get involved.

Those are books my son loves too. Also the Dangerous Book for Boys

Still trying to get this eating under control. Yoga was cancelled today and I am totally bummed. Plan to get up and run tomorrow, if dh doesn't rush me out of the house...

Maria

If you figure that out, can you let me know

I swear there is the me that is exercising, killing herself and planning out the whole day to eat lightly and stay busy and there's the me that comes along about 8:30 pm with blinding hunger and eats 500 calories of snacks in 10 minutes. I want to kill her

Howdy folks!

I currently have TWO of you reporting in for WIN! If you'd like to participate for this round, please send in your numbers today or tomorrow.

Thanks!

I need to do this. I have to go back and find the instructions!

BAD winds, rain, crazy, crazy weather! It was 40 at noon, now it's 60, going to be 30 by late afternoon tomorrow. Lights are blinking. Scared we'll lose power. Off to feed my DH, who just got home, and watch Rudolph!

Have a great night, all!

Hope you survived the storms ! I was able to IM a lot with my BFF back home this morning as she was up all night following the weather. They were under tornado watch until 9 this morning. Did you hear there was an earthquake off the coast of LI this morning ??!!

All in all, he did great. I need to get back on the exercise wagon. I've been slacking for the past 2 weeks. I've been doing good with my eating (except for Thanksgiving) and I'm only 1/2 pound to my goal. I'm hoping Sunday I will get my butt back in gear and start working out again.

Yeah for a succesful surgery and post-op. I agree much more stressful on the parents. DS had hernia repair at 9 months and we were basket cases.

Kick that 1/2 pound to the curb!

Hello! Anyone mind if I sneak in here?

Beth !!!!!!! This is my first challenge too and it has been awesome! I second everything that Lisa said. I would join right now and not wait for the next challenge to begin. You will get 3 weigh-ins if you start with us now. Then, pick back up with us when the next chalenge starts!
If you are like me, I need all the help I can get over the holidays!

I did learn something from this thanksgiving chaos- I have a problem with food laying around the kitchen. I just see it and theres nothing stopping me like having to open a fridge door or pantry door.
I am following Shawns lead and losing the final 3 pounds for my challenge goal. Thank you Shawn for reminding us how much time we have left and the great example you are setting. I am looking foward to December as a new start. I have gone back to exercising 6 days a week.

Jeanette

I am so glad you are not giving up! You are so CLOSE!!! Isn't the brain funny? Mine is always sending me signals to EAT EAT EAT when it SEES the food. If it doesn't SEE the food, it is alot better for me. I can't get it to understand that I don't need any more food!

I keep waffling back & forth between 21 pounds lost and 23 pounds lost.
I need to have 26 pounds lost to meet my goal for this challenge. I don't know that I am setting such a great example but I am determined to keep trying!

except for 5 people sitting in the back.

Question of the Day

When do you put up your Christmas tree?
Have a great day.

JERKS !!!

Hope you don't let a few jack a**es make up your mind. If you are good at this or it is something you like to do or if it allows you to make extra $, I say forget them and carry on

We put up our tree the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

It is unrealistic to think we will never be tempted or go off plan but as long as we don't beat ourselves up about it and get right back on track, we are headed in the right direction!

Love this

Hope your infection is gone soon

I'm losing steam and the numbers are going up!

My promises to myself and all of you:
I will not eat crap today!
I will go to the gym today!

Good luck to all of you as we make it through the last few weeks. What can YOU promise YOURSELF you will do today?

I will eat NO MORE crap today! I will drink LOTS of water!

Well, I've been on here so long DS is home from school now so I need to log off. He loves to look over my shoulder and he loves the smilies and wants to update the one in my sig for him so look for something new there!

They had very sad news at school today, an 11th grader passed away while walking to school. I believe she had heart problems. We got an email about it earlier today. So sad.

Make it a great day

Shawn

 

[mizzoutiger76]

Ok I'm going to bite the bullet here too, since Beth just joined, and ask if I may join as well I probably won't participate in the actual challenge until next month, but I'd like to hang around here if you guys don't mind

I've been kind of lurking around for the past two weeks and I got to say you guys rock I some how managed to find my way to this board while looking for a support board for C25k...the days that I have no motivation to exercise, I come and read your posts and find the will to get up and just do it So thank you everyone

A little about myself, my name is Nicole, I'm 29, married with a 2 year old. I'm about 50 lbs over what my ideal goal weight should be, so I've got a long way to go. I've been really concentrating on exercise and my diet for the past 6 months, but I've only lost 8lbs so far which is kind of disappointing. I have lost 3 inches off my waist but the scale is really a mood crusher for me.

Yesterday I did get my full 6 glasses of water in and did a zumba class. Did pretty good food wise, though I did eat 3/4 of a cup of ham and potato soup with 2 pieces of bread for dinner, but I woke up starving last night so that must mean I didn't have too much of it

Plan on going for my 33 minute run at lunch, but I don't have a clue what is for dinner yet.....

 

[Worfiedoodles]

A little about myself, my name is Nicole, I'm 29, married with a 2 year old. I'm about 50 lbs over what my ideal goal weight should be, so I've got a long way to go. I've been really concentrating on exercise and my diet for the past 6 months, but I've only lost 8lbs so far which is kind of disappointing. I have lost 3 inches off my waist but the scale is really a mood crusher for me.

Nicole!

I'm originally a Missouri girl, too! I went to Truman State for undergrad, but passed through Columbia all the time...

I hope you enjoy the BL thread, there is a lot of great support and information here!

Maria

 

[Rose&Mike]

STILL posting from ny phone. mike called att and they said to expect a rouTer today from them but we can send it back. big of them right? They dont know when earthlink will be turned back on. And of course the people who do that dont take calls. welcome to our new losers!!! I feel like a bad hostess in training but i am not going nto attempt multi quotes. Shawn hope you arent too sore. And all you east coasters--we had the rain yesterday an d it is freezing today. I am getting a lot of cleaning done today so not a complete waste of a day off.