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

[pjlla]

QOTD If Mickey gave me a $100 I would save it to spend when I am at Disneyland in three weeks for a surprise mom/son trip with my DS. (Thanks to pjlla and mikamah who gave me the idea!

You're taking a Mother/Son trip??? WOOHOO!! YOu will have so much fun... and it's a SURPRISE!! Even better! Love to hear more about it!

QOTD: It is almost time for Fall. What are you looking forward to about the new season? It doesn't have to be related to working on your healthy/healthier lifestyle, but it can be!

I am looking forward to crunching into a fresh-from-the-tree apple! Apples are one of my favorite fruits but they are truly the BEST in the fall. I had one for lunch today that I bought at Shaw's yesterday.... it is close, but not quite there yet. Not sure where it was picked.

Honestly, other than that I don't look forward to much in the fall... not my favorite season and I DREAD what comes next.

can i join plz
i don't know how to pm
I need to be a loser!
thanks daphne

You are WELCOME to join us and be a LOSER! If you haven't figured out how to PM yet, look for the bright yellow box near the upper R corner of the DIS screen.... It should say " Welcome, Daphne". Under that is says "Private Messages" Click on the words "Private Messages" and it will bring you to the messaging screen. Scroll down the menu on the left of that screen and pick "Send New Message". You will want to send your PM to LuvBaloo (be sure to spell it right). PM her your starting weight and you are ready to go!!!

On top of PMS, dh got to me this weekend. I cleaned out the bedroom and filled 4 bags with clothes that are now too big. DH's comment? "Don't get rid of them all. You might gain it back like I did." Hello! What about a "great job!" or "you look nice"?

Give him a dope slap for me please!!! Some men just don't get it, do they?? for you.


Evening friends. Yup, I'm coping out of the exercise tonight. I'm worn out from coughing and blowing and now developing a stupid headache. I will have to call the doctor tomorrow and beg them to call in an antibiotic. Honestly, I must admit, at this point I can't wait to have a nice, normal RUN! Never thought I'd say that!

Tonight's dinner was delicious... glad I saved a few calories for it!! BBQ pulled pork sandwiches... homemade in the crockpot... side dish of roasted asparagus, steamed green beans and sliced peaches. I've transitioned the family away from big bulkie rolls down to either Sandwich Thins or light whole wheat hamburger rolls when we have pork, so I feel a little better about serving this meal. DD loves it, DH likes it, but DS doesn't care for it....but he'll eat if not offered an alternative. Tonight there was an alternative (leftover hamburger/cheese quesidilla from the weekend), so he was happy.

Tomorrow night will probably be a change of menus... from baked potato bar to leftover night.... DH just informed me he won't be here, so I usually don't cook a big meal if he is gone.

Talk to you all later!................P

 

[pinkle]

Tomorrow night will probably be a change of menus... from baked potato bar to leftover night.... DH just informed me he won't be here, so I usually don't cook a big meal if he is gone.

Talk to you all later!................P

Isn't it amazing how we don't cook when the DH isn't home...I do the same thing. If it wasn't for him I'm sure my kids wouldn't have such a healthy diet. When DH is home I pretty much always make a healthy dinner (he is crazy health conscious!!!!..43 and an awesome 6 pack ) and we try to sit down at the table as a family. It is a great tradition.
Today I had a TERRIBLE run, my legs were full of cement...which is ironic because yesterday was probably my best run yet!!!
I am really trying to stay focused and eat right but sometimes I just want toast and PB (after my daily eating is done)

 

[tigger813]

I'm back from Kindergarten Orientation. Izzie is doing great and I think she will have a great year. She has a lot of friends in the class and her teacher is great.

Had another great day food wise and did 5.12 miles on the elliptical and drank lots of water. Interested to see what the scale says in the morning here and at the doctors. NO headaches in a week so I think it was mainly from not enough to eat in the morning. Hoping to get to the wellness center before 10 for breakfast.

Have a great night. Time to take care of ALL the laundry piled on our bed!

 

[pjlla]

Isn't it amazing how we don't cook when the DH isn't home...I do the same thing. If it wasn't for him I'm sure my kids wouldn't have such a healthy diet. When DH is home I pretty much always make a healthy dinner (he is crazy health conscious!!!!..43 and an awesome 6 pack ) and we try to sit down at the table as a family. It is a great tradition.
Today I had a TERRIBLE run, my legs were full of cement...which is ironic because yesterday was probably my best run yet!!!
I am really trying to stay focused and eat right but sometimes I just want toast and PB (after my daily eating is done)

I think we still eat pretty healthy when DH is gone... but less complicated. I was always brought up to make sure that the DH gets a "big" meal in the evening...and honestly, for years, when DH was going "out" for lunch with work for YEARS it seemed so silly. I mean, heck, the guy isn't a Long Shore Man or coal miner..... he's a desk jockey!! But it is a habit I haven't totally broken. And now he works from home, so he isn't have such elaborate, filling lunches any more. And I've tried to relax a bit about making big dinners. It's usually a hot meal and RARELY sandwiches, but it isn't a big elaborate meal.

And when DH is gone, I use it as an excuse to skip the cooking (which I HATE). If the kids want baked potatoes, I will make them, but I think they will be happy with the leftovers.... there are more choices! And the potato meal is easy to skip over....no defrosted meats to worry about.

Anyhow.... rambled on about that long enough...

The carpet measurers are coming between 8am and 10am, so I will have to rise and shine and get the place vacuumed early. But other than that things are still pretty clean from the weekend. I think I will stay home after the carpet folks leave and work on laundry and house projects. With DH gone and the kids at school it will truly be my first ALONE time in ages!! But I do plan on calling the doctor's office first thing in the a.m. to try to get some antibiotics for the sinus!!

**PSA*** Our BL recipe thread has been painfully quiet lately!! Anyone have anything new to share??

Good night!..........................P

 

[tiki23]

Dsis and I are off tonight for WDW! Be back on the 23rd.

 

[my3princes]

QOTD Wednesday: I am looking forward to finding full time employment. I want to get on a normal family schedule which working nights does not allow. I think exercise will be easier too.

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

The point of sharing this, is to say to everyone, especially those just getting started, we all mess up. In the past, I would have thrown the towel in, called myself a failure and quit. This time I just beat myself up a little bit, and I'm moving on.

ITA....we all do this every now and then and we all need this every now and then. Good for you for accepting it and moving on

So how many of you ate for dinner what you'd planned?

I had planned on doing Chicken, noodles, and veggies but I made homemade spaghetti sauce, noodles and garlic bread sticks.

Im back. Such a busy weekend and Im glad its finally over. I actually had to take Monday off to finish cleaning from Sundays party. My BF loved his party. We had a great time. I managed to make a red velvet ice cream cake. The cake mold I had made an ice cream heart in the middle of the cake so that was really cute. I managed not to gain any weight, but havent gone down from friday's weigh in. Since the hecticness of the party, I havent planned out my food for the week. I also fell behind on homework. But even out of all this craziness, I am still exercising! even at 11pm when the last guest finally left. Ive caught up on the thread. Im glad a lot of you had good weekends. Wishing all those who are sick right now good health soon. Good night! Jeanette

The party sounded like a lot of fun. Glad you stuck with your eating plan and to maintain during a party weekend I would say is a success

hey, I did finish the Half! I'm proud of myself for that!

You should be very proud of yourself. Great Job.

Then, DH had set his alarm for am instead of pm, and it went off at 6, woke AK up, she came down wired. Went to the kitchen to finish what I didn't do last night, and she had only hit snooze, woke both the girls up, I had to go up, turn it off, and lay down w/ Sophie so she would go back to sleep. Ran late all morning after that, forgot Sophie's backpack and had to go back home, never got my dis time, and had to take the time to post while my kids are working this am, or my day won't feel right!

I'll try to get on later, but I'm a bit scared of the Dis bug going around. Seriously, hope all that have caught it feel better soon!

Taryn

Dont ya just hate these kind of days....the constant feeling of being behind. I hope your day got better and that beamer is eating more

I've also been absolutely PERFECT on my weight watchers plan for 8 days straight and have done all this exercise only to have the scale move UP .2. LOL! Just my stinkin' luck. Oh well, it's all about getting healthy and fit again. It's a process. I'll be patient.

You have the right idea. Patience is a virtue. It's so tough to not see the results on the scale when you are working so hard. You may be building muscle since your starting to walk more. Hang in there. Good things will happen. Take it one day at a time.

We had thunder/lightning/hail/pouring rain last night. It had mostly let up before my planned walk time. So I started out on my power walk. Teeth pain was bearable if I didn't pound too much. Started raining about 8 minutes into the walk, so I turned around and headed to the car. Sat in the car for a few minutes and the rain stopped, so I headed out again. I walked about a mile, but it was getting dark so I turned around. I decided to try a light jog back to the car. My teeth were definitely hurting with each step, but I decided I could "grin and bear it". So I did. It felt great to be moving again, even though I was sick. And when I got home my nose was running and running and running. And I seem to be a bit better..... so maybe the run got things moving out of my sinuses?? Hope so! Gotta go for now!......P

That is the worst feeling in the world...Teeth pain with sinus issues. I really hope you are feeling better soon.

but I woke up at about 3:45 with the tight shoulder like I had about a month ago.

That doesnt sound good. I hope it loosens up and feels better quickly.

The race went pretty well, I finished and I was not last! I also did not oversleep and miss it which was another concern of mine ! I had hoped to do better as far as my time goes, but at least now I have a time to beat for the next time.

You guys might just talk me into the Princess yet… it would be great to meet everyone!

Great Job on completing your first race. Dont worry about the time...the main point is you did it. Ok so I convinced you to do the MCM10K what do I need to say to get you to the princess.....other than it's Disney come on

QOTD If Mickey gave me a $100 I would save it to spend when I am at Disneyland in three weeks for a surprise mom/son trip with my DS. (Thanks to pjlla and mikamah who gave me the idea!

Lisa that sounds like its going to be a great trip with wonderful memories for you and your son. Great idea.

On top of PMS, dh got to me this weekend. I cleaned out the bedroom and filled 4 bags with clothes that are now too big. DH's comment? "Don't get rid of them all. You might gain it back like I did." Hello! What about a "great job!" or "you look nice"?

How Rude

Hi Lindsey! Do you not sweat? If I wrote something on my hands it would be all over me. I am constantly wiping sweat off of something when I run and wiping it on my shorts or shirt. I am a very sweaty girl! I could give myself a facial with the salt that is left on my face.

I sweat terribly but I found that if I keep the writing on the upper half of my hand its fine. the part towards my thumb must rub somewhere during my stride because once that part of my route got erased and I had to go off of memory. I really need to get with the ages of technology.
I hope you had a fun dinner with your friends.

Tonight's dinner was delicious... glad I saved a few calories for it!! BBQ pulled pork sandwiches... homemade in the crockpot... side dish of roasted asparagus, steamed green beans and sliced peaches. I've transitioned the family away from big bulkie rolls down to either Sandwich Thins or light whole wheat hamburger rolls when we have pork, so I feel a little better about serving this meal. DD loves it, DH likes it, but DS doesn't care for it....but he'll eat if not offered an alternative. Tonight there was an alternative (leftover hamburger/cheese quesidilla from the weekend), so he was happy.

Tomorrow night will probably be a change of menus... from baked potato bar to leftover night.... DH just informed me he won't be here, so I usually don't cook a big meal if he is gone.

You are my idol! I only wish I could get myself half as organzied as you are with your meals. I do the same thing when dh is home leftovers or quick freezer meals.

Kathy- Maybe closer to race we can exchange numbers and meet up on race morning. I would love to hang out with you and lisa while we are waiting. Otherwise I am not sure if I will be able to get to a dismeet. We have our itinerary already pretty packed in.

Wow I just spent 1 1/2 hours catching up on the past two days on here. This is almost a part time job.

Today TOM came to visit again. I really hope it doesnt mess to much with my weight because I felt like Ive been on a roll lately.

I have to say ever since I registered for the princess half I have been feeling a bit anxious. Will I loose the weight by then? Can I finish it? Will I let everyone down? What if I injure myself and cant do it? I even had a dream last night that I was running in a race and had to go over all these old bridges that the planks would break from under me and i would have to climb back up them or jump over huge holes in the bridge. If thats not an anxiety dream I dont know what it. I know the feelings will pass....

Im not sure if I will get on until late tomorrow so I figured I would answer tomorrows QOTD:

I love fall because:

1. cooler for running but not too cold.
2. My anniversary is 10-11
3. Pumpkin patch and Farm tour
4. Beautiful scenery
5. Football season
6. Thanksgiving (is this technically in fall or winter )
7. Wearing Jeans but no need for heavy jackets.
8. Fall scented candles....apple pie, cinnamon, etc.
9. Halloween
10. Sleeping with the windows open and fresh air coming in

Can you tell its my favorite time of year.

 

[goldcupmom]

Made it thru today....ate nothing nutritious except celery, berries, banana & my yogurt/fiberone breakfast....junk food galore from being overly tired, but managed to not quite use my APs & make my burn+ on my Bugg.

Muscles a bit looser - alternating tylenol/advil every 2 hours helps. Walked 4.89 this morning & 1.67 tonight. So I have happy dogs!

In between was chaos....1st had to take DD to the bus because we overslept. Then while walking DS21 calls b/c he can't find his t/th notebook. Had to run a couple errands, pay some bills & got a text from DS21s DGF that he had lost his cell phone. Took care of suspending service. Picked DD & her DBF up at the bus. Got a call that they found the cell in the SUB at UNM as I was on the phone with the ins. co. to get the phone replaced. Took the DBF to work, had time to cut my celery & spread on a piece of laughing cow cheese (that was dinner). Ran to pick DS21 up at church & drive him to UNM to get his phone. Managed to stop at the mall for a BOBA green tea(free hot tea Tuesdays if you have one nearby), was home long enough to start a load of laundry before going to pick the DBF up at work, went to DQ to say 'hi' to DD. Home to put clothes in dryer, waiting for the buzzer & then to bed as I am getting up at 5 to run DBF to the bus. (DBF is now DD's fiance & lives here a couple or more nights a week when he works. Story is somewhere buried in my WISH journal)

Is it any wonder I'm tired & my Bugg says I've walked almost 20k steps & almost 3.5 hours of moderate activity? And yet the scale isn't budging. But, it doesn't EVER when I am low on sleep.

QOTD Wednesday:I love fall! Probably my favorite season:
1. it cools off & I LOVE the cold (yet I"m stuck living in a desert)
2. I can sleep with the windows open
3. I can walk the dogs after dawn & not have to be home by 8a.m. or melt in the heat
4. Apples! I am GOING to make it to the mountains this fall & the orchard!
5. Usually before halloween I can see SNOW on the mountains from my house.
6. Balloon fiesta! On a typical year I can see between 500 & 700 from my HOUSE every morning.
7. The animals at the zoo actually come out of their hidden pens.
8. And I could go on & on & on......

Hope everyone sleeps well & has a good morning tomorrow!

 

[LuvBaloo]

Here we celebrate our progress and recognize our superstars.

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


First some stats

MAINTAINERS:
(staying within 2 lbs of their maintain weight is successfully maintaining!)
# of Maintainers Reporting In & Successfully Maintaining: 2
(congrats 50sjayne & Rose&Mike!)

LOSERS:
Current Participants-------------71!
not reporting in for 1 week------ 14
not reporting in for 2 weeks------ n/a
not reporting in for 3 weeks------ n/a
Excused------------------------- 1
weigh ins----------------------- 56
gains---------------------------- 7
maintains------------------------ 5
losses-------------------------- 38
new or returning members -------- 7


Biggest Loser Fall Challenge Week 1!
This week’s group loss = 70.2 pounds!
Average percentage of weight lost 0.75 %
Total group weight loss so far 70.2 pounds!
How soon will we reach 250lbs?
AWESOME!

Retention Rate (compared to the 67 weighins for our start weigh-in on Sept 3)
(56+3+1)/ 67 = 90% (this includes the Losers and Maintainer and Excused people!)

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

Now let's get to the good stuff. Who were our superstars of week 1? This time I’ve done a TOP 10 LIST ! That criteria may change from week to week. Hey I'm in charge here and I get paid nothin' to do this so you better take what you can get! (and if there’s something you want to know, just ask me!)

The WISH Biggest Loser Summer Challenge Week 1 Superstars!!
#10- 1.33% - my3princes
#9- 1.43% - aamomma
#8- 1.52% - Chicogirl
#7- 1.61% - ireland nicole
#6- 1.64% - TIE! ImprovGal and disneymom2one
#5- 1.99% - Worfiedoodles
#4- 2.09% - tggrrstarr
#3- 2.22% - jenanderson
#2- 3.12% - MickeyMagic
and now
The WISH Biggest Loser Summer Challenge
Week 1 Biggest Loser is:
#1- 3.77% - carmiedog

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

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

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

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

or we have a medium version

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

and we have a small version

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

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

 

[LuvBaloo]

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

NOTE: this list includes participants who have reported in within the last 3weeks, once someone misses 3 weigh-ins they are dropped from this report.
How this works: you set your goal for what to lose in the challenge. Then I calculate your weight loss in the challenge divided by your goal to get a % to goal.
Anybody can change their goal at anytime (or add a goal) – all you have to do is send me a PM.
Since the goals are an individual thing, the list is just in alphabetical order to make it easier for everybody to find their own name. If there are any questions or suggestions please let me know.
We have done 1 out of 15 weeks, so the challenge is 7% complete.

aamomma 20.0
carmiedog 4.2
Chicogirl 40.0
corinnak 30.8
Cupcaker 7.5
Dahly -3.6
Daphne 0.0
disneymom2one 20.9
DisneyObsession 16.7
Dreamer24 0.0
dvccruiser76 0.0
goldcupmom 3.1
happysmyly 0.0
jenanderson 35.0
keenercam -2.4
liesel 13.3
lisah0711 6.7
lovedvc 16.0
MacG 0.0
MickeyMagic 25.6
mikamah 14.7
mommyof2Pirates 11.0
my3princes 13.2
NC_Tink 4.1
pinkle 0.0
Sarah's Mom 6.7
SettingSail 13.3
tggrrstarr 11.4
tigger813 4.0
tiki23 1.7
tmclanton 9.1
Worfiedoodles 26.7



I find everybody on the list an inspiration and everybody who participates in this challenge is an inspiration in and of themselves. Whether you post, lurk or just pm your weight and check results on Tuesdays, you have made a commitment to yourself. And that is the biggest inspiration of all!
BY Octoberbride03

 

[tigger813]

Congrats Carmiedog and all the losers this week.

Just finished 2 miles on the elliptical. I let DD1 sleep in. Got a crazy day ahead of me with little me time so not sure if I'll get my 5K in today. They girls get home at 12 and 12:30 today. DD1 will do her homework and then a little girl in DD2s class is coming over to play. I will have to watch them a little closer than usual as this child kind of gets to do what she wants and when she wants. They were over here in the yard yesterday and then starting coming right in the front door. I yelled nobody in the house. The little girl's sister is even worse. The girls have been begging for a playdate and I didn't have a good excuse for today.The house is a mess so if they are inside it will be restricted where they play.

I have my yearly checkup at 9. Can't wait to see what the scale says there. Probably will have blood tests so fasting this morning. Will probably be scheduling my first mammogram now that I'm 40. Hopefully I can get back to have my healthy breakfast. DD2 has dancing at 4 and then DD1 has soccer practice though it's not going to start until 6 and I have someone who wants a massage tonight so DH will take both girls with him. He walked 3 times around the track last night. Glad he's getting some exercise in. Wish I could go to but can't turn away clients.

DD1 is getting dressed and I need to think about what to fix her for lunch and snack today. I'll check back in after my dr appt.

 

[flipflopmom]

fly by!
Ran this am - set a PR for a 5K by a minute, but I think my body forgot how to run. My stride,form felt off!

On track for a loss this week, if TOM delays his arrival, that is!

I'll catch up, eventually!
Taryn

 

[jennz]

Ugh this cold just won't leave me!! It's not bad enough to stay in bed but more like an irritation, kwim? I'm going to take the dogs for our trail walk today around 11 before it gets too hot for them (and me)

 

[Rose&Mike]

The carpet measurers are coming between 8am and 10am, so I will have to rise and shine and get the place vacuumed early. But other than that things are still pretty clean from the weekend. I think I will stay home after the carpet folks leave and work on laundry and house projects. With DH gone and the kids at school it will truly be my first ALONE time in ages!! But I do plan on calling the doctor's office first thing in the a.m. to try to get some antibiotics for the sinus!!

**PSA*** Our BL recipe thread has been painfully quiet lately!! Anyone have anything new to share??

Good night!..........................P

Enjoy your alone time and thanks for the reminder about the recipe thread.

Dsis and I are off tonight for WDW! Be back on the 23rd.

Have a great trip!

QOTD Wednesday: I am looking forward to finding full time employment. I want to get on a normal family schedule which working nights does not allow. I think exercise will be easier too.

Sending good thoughts your way.

I have to say ever since I registered for the princess half I have been feeling a bit anxious. Will I loose the weight by then? Can I finish it? Will I let everyone down? What if I injure myself and cant do it? I even had a dream last night that I was running in a race and had to go over all these old bridges that the planks would break from under me and i would have to climb back up them or jump over huge holes in the bridge. If thats not an anxiety dream I dont know what it. I know the feelings will pass....

I think this is pretty normal. I was nervous all summer. As I got in longer and longer long runs, I started to have more confidence. Then the week before our labor day 1/2 I started getting really nervous again. Bad dreams, cranky and irritable. I know a lot of people like to do a Disney race for their first half, but I'm glad we went ahead and did a "practice" half. I don't feel nearly the pressure for the upcoming W&D. Hang in there.

QOTD Wednesday:I love fall! Probably my favorite season:
1. it cools off & I LOVE the cold (yet I"m stuck living in a desert)
2. I can sleep with the windows open
3. I can walk the dogs after dawn & not have to be home by 8a.m. or melt in the heat
4. Apples! I am GOING to make it to the mountains this fall & the orchard!
5. Usually before halloween I can see SNOW on the mountains from my house.
6. Balloon fiesta! On a typical year I can see between 500 & 700 from my HOUSE every morning.
7. The animals at the zoo actually come out of their hidden pens.
8. And I could go on & on & on......

Hope everyone sleeps well & has a good morning tomorrow!

Great list Julie!

I have my yearly checkup at 9. Can't wait to see what the scale says there. Probably will have blood tests so fasting this morning. Will probably be scheduling my first mammogram now that I'm 40.

Hope you have a good check up. And the mammograms really aren't that big a deal. I've had 4 or 5 and a couple of ultrasounds as well. It's more a scheduling pain than anything.

fly by!
Ran this am - set a PR for a 5K by a minute, but I think my body forgot how to run. My stride,form felt off!

On track for a loss this week, if TOM delays his arrival, that is!

I'll catch up, eventually!
Taryn

Have a good day.

I had a nice dinner with friends last night. They both have small children, so I spent a lot of time with not much to contribute, but it was nice. I iced my knee when I got home, and it's feeling good so far today. I am so paranoid about injuries. Not sure if I am going to work out today. I will probably not make my exercise goal this month. We will do a lot of walking this weekend, so I need to pay attention to that so that I can count some towards my goal. Lots of laundry to do today, and I need to clean up the house before we go see ds. I hate coming home to a messy house.

Have a good day.

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning all!

Congratulations to all our superstars and especially to our biggest loser, carmiedog! We did a great job putting a dent in our first group weight loss goal!

Tomorrow I can't eat until after my dr. appt so hopefully I can get back to the wellness center before 10. If not, maybe I'll just have a healthy lunch there instead.

Good luck at your doctor appointment today, Tracey!

Well, I was really busy at work yesterday so it took me yesterday afternoon and most of today to catch up to y’all! Sorry for being so late, but here it goes…

No worries! You can always just jump in where we are, too.

I did it. I rode my bike 5 miles. Of course this is Vermont, VT is mountianous, the road was not flat. I admit that I pushed the bike up 2 hills, but even that was a workout. It took me 50 minutes. Exercise is done for the day. By the way...I still hate to exercise.

Nice job!

Thats exactly how I guilt trip my BF to not eat stuff. I just tell him in the middle of a work out, "All this time working out and all you burned was the granola bar you just ate." But I do agree with you, when putting things in perspective, you dont want to eat things as much.

It does put a whole new perspective on things.

QOTD: It is almost time for Fall. What are you looking forward to about the new season? It doesn't have to be related to working on your healthy/healthier lifestyle, but it can be!

CC, have a great time with your granddad!

Fall is one of my favorite seasons. Fall to me means Halloween decorations -- and we have a lot of them, even though we don't get more than one or two trick or treaters.

can i join plz
i don't know how to pm
I need to be a loser!
thanks daphne

Daphne! Thanks for joining our challenge!

Thanks for the kind words, everyone! Just knowing I'm weighing in and becoming "official" on the weight loss side of things is keeping my eating more in check than I would be otherwise. (In other words, I didn't stop to get a second Starbucks this morning. )

Progress is progress!

Great job on finishing the DL half, Stephanie!

BRB with rest of replies -- too many smilies!

 

[lisah0711]

I am feeling better. Throat is still a little scratchy but the cough is starting up so I guess I am getting better.

Glad that you are feeling better, dona!

DH's comment? "Don't get rid of them all. You might gain it back like I did." Hello! What about a "great job!" or "you look nice"?

, carmiedog, isn't it amazing what comes out of their mouths when they don't think? Sounds like a little insecurity on his part, too, with his own issues. Unfortunately, they have to figure those out on their own, like we did.

Connie and Lisa--my new trick for a good driver's license photo is to get my hair cut and styled in the morning before I get my picture made. For once I am happy with my picture!

Hi Rose! Great tip. I'll try to remember it when I get my next license is 2016.

Sorry about the run. I'm glad you are willing to give your body a rest. You need to be able to walk around WDW soon!

You're taking a Mother/Son trip??? WOOHOO!! YOu will have so much fun... and it's a SURPRISE!! Even better! Love to hear more about it!

pjlla, hope you can get some antibiotics today and feel better soon!

After hearing about your fun mother/son trip this spring and thanks to mikamah's surprise trip with her DS, my DS wanted a surprise trip. We are going to Disneyland for 3 nights on Columbus Day week-end -- thank you DVC. We will be at the DL Hotel. It's hard to plan when you can't ask "what do you want to do?" I have a couple of ADRs, including one for World of Color, and tickets for Fantasmic dessert party. It will be so fun to see the decorations, Haunted Mansion Holiday and Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy. I will just let him be in charge of what he wants to do and follow him around.
He thinks that we are going in April before our cruise! (We are actually having to cancel the cruise but he doesn't know that yet -- that is another story.

When I worked at Disneyland my Mom would go with me to pick up my paycheck and we would have lunch at Blue Bayou and ride Pirates and maybe a couple of other rides and go home. I remember those trips as much as I do the ones that we took as a family.

Isn't it amazing how we don't cook when the DH isn't home...I do the same thing. If it wasn't for him I'm sure my kids wouldn't have such a healthy diet. When DH is home I pretty much always make a healthy dinner (he is crazy health conscious!!!!..43 and an awesome 6 pack ) and we try to sit down at the table as a family. It is a great tradition.
Today I had a TERRIBLE run, my legs were full of cement...which is ironic because yesterday was probably my best run yet!!!
I am really trying to stay focused and eat right but sometimes I just want toast and PB (after my daily eating is done)

Sorry about the stinky run, pinkle. Sounds like you are going a great job staying OP!

Dsis and I are off tonight for WDW! Be back on the 23rd.

Have a great time!

I have to say ever since I registered for the princess half I have been feeling a bit anxious. Will I loose the weight by then? Can I finish it? Will I let everyone down? What if I injure myself and cant do it? I even had a dream last night that I was running in a race and had to go over all these old bridges that the planks would break from under me and i would have to climb back up them or jump over huge holes in the bridge. If thats not an anxiety dream I dont know what it. I know the feelings will pass....

You'll be fine, Lindsay, with all your training! It is good to have a little anxiety sometimes -- it helps you prepare. Remember when you would have dreams that you couldn't take care of the baby before your baby was born?

Made it thru today....ate nothing nutritious except celery, berries, banana & my yogurt/fiberone breakfast....junk food galore from being overly tired, but managed to not quite use my APs & make my burn+ on my Bugg.

, Julie. You are one crazy, busy person but you manage to keep OP so I salute you!

On track for a loss this week!

on track for a loss!

Another busy day coming up so I will catch up with you folks later!

 

[lisah0711]

Ugh this cold just won't leave me!! It's not bad enough to stay in bed but more like an irritation, kwim? I'm going to take the dogs for our trail walk today around 11 before it gets too hot for them (and me)

Hope that you are feeling better soon, jenn!

 

[jenanderson]

I am so sorry for being MIA...I still don't even really have time to post right now. There has been a bunch of job stuff that I have HAD to focus on and it is eating all my free moments. I am hoping that by tonight...I will be all caught up with everything and can honestly sit down here and do some posting.

This is a final reminder to everyone...please send your Healthy Habits data for the 1st week if you haven't done so. I will be finalizing week one results when I get home tonight.

I have been reading the posts when I can but I am sorry I have not had time to respond to everyone. Sometimes life gets so crazy and so overwhelming. So, I will make the general statement for right now... hugs if you need them and great job to everyone who has things going the way you want them to.

Time to run. I just didn't want you all to think I had disappeared!
Jen

 

[keenercam]

Good morning, everyone!

Lisa -- Your Mother/Son surprise trip sounds like so much fun!!

Congratulations to all of our losers last week and especially to carmiedog.
And congratulations to everyone who is participating in this challenge. Just making the effort to eat healthier and to be more active is a huge commitment for many of us and it really does require constant vigilance and planning.

Seeing my dismal overall goal statistic is a bit depressing, but knowing I lost 4 pounds the week before this challenge started reminds me that my efforts will pay off eventually. Unfortunately, it is looking as if that won't be this week. LOL! I can't believe the scale is creeping up instead of down. Trying not to be disappointed. And I'll just keep plugging along.

Sorry I didn't get time to respond to everyone. I am trying to at least keep up with reading so that I can continue to get to know all my fellow BLs.

Busy day at work today and tonight is back to school night for DS17. I am worried about getting up and down the stairs in his 3 floor school to run through his schedule tonight, especially with the crowds and everyone rushing. I'll just do my best and hope his teachers won't think I am rude if we arrive late to all of his classes.

 

[cclovesdis]

Hi Everyone,

The trip to my grandparents' was well worth it-on many levels. I slept very well for sleeping on a 50-year-old firm mattress night. Of course, I was up pretty late rambling with my cousins who happened to also be at my grandparents' house to celebrate as well. We had a great time and my grandparents were shocked to see us. When I walked in (goodness knows you don't ring the doorbell at your grandparents' house ), I said "Hi Grandma." She just looked at me. My next statement was, "Don't have a heart attack." She was speechless for 2+ minutes and it wasn't even her birthday.

I will catch up with the thread when I return from the gym. I want to get my workout in a little bit after breakfast instead of just before lunch. I felt a little faint getting off the treadmill yesterday. No surprise, I felt nauseous during most of the run. I did eat 3 meals yesterday, so that was a plus, but my timing wasn't great.

Have a great day everyone!

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