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

[mikamah]

Just a quick hello from my sisters computer, since I think mine is dying and I can't get online at all. I get a blue "fatal error" screen whenever I shut it down. Gotta make a plan, I'm having serious dis withdrawal.

I wanted to see how your race was, Rose, and loved reading all about it and the pictures. Congratulations!! You did just amazing and you look fabulous and so happy. You should be so proud.

Jude- I can't wait to hear how your first half went yesterday!! I hope it was amazing, and you rocked it!!

Hugs to those who are struggling. I don't have time to read through all I've missed so far but have skimmed through.

JenA- what a horrible situation. Good thoughts are coming your way and I hope all will be resolved soon.

I'm thinking of you all, and without a computer my house should be clean as anything, but I've been reading, and playing games, and not doing as much cleaning as I'd like.

Have a great week ahead, and I'll be popping in as I can. Keep on trucking!!

 

[JOANNEL]

Good morning,

Sorry I have been in the land of the missing. We went to the beach for the week end. I ate so bad!!!! We had a great time though. The weather was beautiful.

I had interview # 4 with Margaretaville this morning. I have never had so many interviews for one job.

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning all!

We had a great time on our trip to Disneyland in spite of big time crowds and some not so magical acting people. The Halloween decorations were a nice change and we did succeed on our quest to find the Monkey Bride in Haunted Mansion Holiday!

I have read all the posts and am just going to jump in here.

I am so far behind again! I'll be able to catch up tomorrow morning. Just wanted to post a few things. First, it happened about 3 days later than I had hoped, but I hit 30lbs lost!!! I woke up this morning and the scale finally showed me what I wanted. 30 more to go by my Disney trip in January. I definitely think I can do it!

Woo hoo on the 30 pounds lost!

Am I the only teacher in the free world working today? Well, other than at my school, anyway. Just a quick second to post.

Nope, Taryn, there are few teachers working in Idaho today -- DS had school.

I'm feeling a bit better this morning, but not 100%. The dizziness I experience yesterday was like being on the tea cups and never getting off. Right down to the motion sick tummy. Anything in came right back out At least I can function today and unless I have sudden movements the dizziness is at bay. I did lose 2 lbs yesterday so I guess I'll take that small benefit of being sick. I got up with the boys this morning, drove them to school then came home and went back to bed. I'm making sure that my body has all the rest it needs to recover. I don't have any sub days planned this week and since my schedule is still up in the air as to when I'll have my second interview I think I'll just work my night job and get things done around home during the day. I hate to pass up the money, but the interview is way more important in the long run. The boys have appointments Tuesday and Thursday afternoon which throws a monkey wrench into subbing those days anyway.

Hope that you are feeling better soon, Deb!

Nope! My kids are in school today.

I did my 20 minute run on C25K! WOO HOO!! You guys were right! I did it and then did another 5 after a 5 minute walk. My neighbor didn't make the 20, but did 15 and wanted to do the extra 5 so I did it with her.

I have a question for you all. At what weight/size do you feel like you can stop calling yourself fat or overweight? I've called myself short and fat for a long time and last night realized that at a size 12 I can probably stop calling myself fat. I told my husband that and his response was "well you are still short".

Congrats on the 20 minute run!

I definitely think that at a size 12 you can stop calling yourself fat.

It doesn't hurt to revisit height/weight charts or even ask your doctor what they think about the number you should be shooting for. I know that when I started working with my trainer that I found out a normal weight for my height changed when I turned 50 -- it means that the number that is at the high side of normal for me turns out to be a lot higher than I realized. I doubt if I would want to shoot for that number as a final number but psychologically it was a big boost to find out that it wasn't as far away as I thought. I think of those numbers in big bright letters -- kind of like those know your credit score ads!

I am exhausted and think I may have picked up a bug in my travels. I hope not because I have a big hearing on Wednesday I have to attend no matter how sick I am.

Have a great day all!

 

[lisah0711]

Just a quick hello from my sisters computer, since I think mine is dying and I can't get online at all. I get a blue "fatal error" screen whenever I shut it down. Gotta make a plan, I'm having serious dis withdrawal.

Bummer about the computer! Hope you can get back to Dis'ing soon!

Good morning,

Sorry I have been in the land of the missing. We went to the beach for the week end. I ate so bad!!!! We had a great time though. The weather was beautiful.

I had interview # 4 with Margaretaville this morning. I have never had so many interviews for one job.

So do you have to know all the words to the song to work there? They must like you if they keep calling you back!

 

[donac]

Am I the only teacher in the free world working today? Well, other than at my school, anyway. Just a quick second to post.

No taught all day today but dh was home.

I just got home and dh was laying on the couch in the living room. He mowed a lawn this morning, came home took a shower and had a couple of cookies and read the paper. He said he layed down and about an hour later woke up and started to throw up. he is just laying there and I hope he is feeling better soon and that NO ONE else (like me) gets it.

Well I better figure out if I want to go grocery shopping. If dh is not going to eat dinner maybe I don't have to shop till tomorrow.

Have a nice evening everyone.

 

[brinalyn530]

Jeanette – Great pictures! Welcome back and glad you had a good trip!

Lindsay – Your anniversary sounds nice, hope things settle down for you soon.

Taryn – I feel for you on the vomit, story to follow… I hope Sophie and AK are feeling much better now.

Cam – Thanks! I bow to you , if I had to do that Precor thing again, I’d full out pitch a fit - never mind volunteering for it!

Rose – Thanks so much for posting your race story and pictures. You are awesome! And you look absolutely exuberant in the post race picture – how can someone who just ran a half marathon have such a big smile on her face ? I am so impressed and I really hope I can do that one day.

Deb – I hope you feel better soon!

tggrrstarr – Congrats on 30 pounds down!

Lisa – Welcome back and hope you kick those germs to the curb real quick!

Well, if anyone heard a train screeching to a halt and derailing this weekend, that was me. We went to dinner with my parents and brother for his birthday on Friday, had a great time, tried something new, had a drink, lots of laughs – it was a great night. Got home at a decent hour and got some laundry done before bed – right on schedule . Woke up early on Saturday morning and promptly got sick, really sick – like “I think I’m going to lay here on the bathroom floor and die” sick . Apparently I had food poisoning . I got DS set up with breakfast, laid down on the couch and fell back to sleep for about an hour, got up and switched the laundry and went back to bed for about an hour. Got up again to get ready for DS’s baseball game, got sick again, got showered and dressed, and got DS to the field on time for warm ups (which is really saying something since I didn’t even have the energy to pick up my purse, I had to drag it behind me to the car!). DMom and DDad met me at the game and were kind enough to take DS home with them for a sleepover so I could go home and get sick some more, and then go to bed. About 9:30 pm I attempted to eat a graham cracker (the most bland thing I had in the house) because I was still planning on going to meet the trainer at 10 on Sunday morning. When I still couldn’t keep three bites down, I emailed him and canceled. Even if I had been 100% better on Sunday morning, it would’ve been well over 24 hours since the last time I was able to keep food down – there’s no way I would’ve had the energy for that kind of workout. I went back to bed and slept in late yesterday morning. I felt better when I woke up, I was starving, so I had my normal breakfast and it stayed down. I ate little mini meals yesterday, got all of the laundry done (even the bed linens) and made it to the grocery store. However, I did not get any cleaning done. Obviously I missed my training session, and couldn’t bring myself to try to run – walking through the grocery store was about as much movement I could tolerate even yesterday evening – so no exercise for me all weekend .

I am 100% today though, well rested, tummy has settled, ready to run tonight. I hate that the house is still a mess, but I did get the laundry done, the grocery shopping done, and the menu plan is done for the week. I still have to reschedule with the trainer too, I’ll email him back when I’m finished here. Also, my weigh in was pretty good on Saturday morning, down a little bit so I was happy. And then I was curious yesterday morning when I got up to see what food poisoning might do to a person’s weight… 5 full pounds gone in 24 hours! I’m not counting that weight at all, actually I’m sure most of has already come back simply because I’ve been able to drink water and eat, but I thought it was interesting.

“The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” Yes, John Steinbeck, they do. So I’m not even going to try to come up with a plan for this weekend. I may even end up calling the guy who used to clean our old house and see if he can come by and do a one-time clean for me – I am really that done with trying to do it myself. If it means a couple less video games under the tree at Christmas, so be it – at least I’ll be sane.

And since Rose brought up DS drama, anyone else’s kid turn into a compulsive liar around age 10? I’m hoping this is just a phase, but God help me to keep from strangling him before he outgrows it !

Gotta go – baseball practice and running tonight! Have a great evening everyone!

Bree

 

[cclovesdis]

Hi Everyone,

Good day overall. Had the munches mid-afternoon but made some good choices. I think it's TOM. The other not-so-DIS friendly symptom gave it away.

I think I'll watch TV again tonight. I don't watch anything exciting, but I do feel more "normal" by vegging on the couch every once in a while.

Have a great day tomorrow everyone!

CC

Tracey: How did you day turn out?

Connie: Glad you got some sleep! for your long run! Hope you were able to get to the fair tonight.: goodvibes

First, it happened about 3 days later than I had hoped, but I hit 30lbs lost!!! I woke up this morning and the scale finally showed me what I wanted. 30 more to go by my Disney trip in January. I definitely think I can do it!

That's awesome! Congrats! I definitely think you can reach your goal!

Am I the only teacher in the free world working today?

I understand the school district I used to work for had PD today. I'll let you decide if that answers your question.

Hope your DDs are feeling 100%!

Deb: How are you feeling tonight? for a great morning tomorrow!

I did my 20 minute run on C25K! WOO HOO!!

Congrats!

I see Lisah answered your question. So glad, because well, you know how my body image is.

Just a quick hello from my sisters computer, since I think mine is dying and I can't get online at all. I get a blue "fatal error" screen whenever I shut it down. Gotta make a plan, I'm having serious dis withdrawal.

Hope your computer fixes itself. Have a great week!: goodvibes

I had interview # 4 with Margaretaville this morning. I have never had so many interviews for one job.

That's wonderful!

Lisa: Glad you had a great trip! Hope you are bug-free!

Dona: Same to you!

Bree: My goodness! I feel awful. I am relieved to hear you are feeling better.

Hope things are better with DS ASAP!

Speaking of Steinbeck , has anyone watched the TV show teach with Tony Danza? Anyone know if it is staged, etc?

 

[Rose&Mike]

Tracey--can't wait to hear how DH liked WWOHP. I keep trying to convince Mike and DS to make a day trip in December, but they both are not in a crowd mood.

Connie--hope the legs are feeling better.

Tggrrstarr--congrats on 30 pounds lost!

Taryn--our schools were in today, too. Hope you had a good day.

Deb--sending good thoughts your way for a great second interview!

Nope! My kids are in school today.

I did my 20 minute run on C25K! WOO HOO!! You guys were right! I did it and then did another 5 after a 5 minute walk. My neighbor didn't make the 20, but did 15 and wanted to do the extra 5 so I did it with her.

I have a question for you all. At what weight/size do you feel like you can stop calling yourself fat or overweight? I've called myself short and fat for a long time and last night realized that at a size 12 I can probably stop calling myself fat. I told my husband that and his response was "well you are still short".

Congrats on your 20 minute run! And I don't think you need to call yourself fat.

Hi Kathy! I wondered where you were this weekend. Sorry about the computer problems.

I had interview # 4 with Margaretaville this morning. I have never had so many interviews for one job.

Hope you get good news soon! That is a lot of interviews!

Welcome Back Lisa! Glad you found the Monkey Bride! Hope you are feeling better soon!

Dona--hope DH doesn't share his tummy issues!

Rose – Thanks so much for posting your race story and pictures. You are awesome! And you look absolutely exuberant in the post race picture – how can someone who just ran a half marathon have such a big smile on her face ? I am so impressed and I really hope I can do that one day.

And since Rose brought up DS drama, anyone else’s kid turn into a compulsive liar around age 10? I’m hoping this is just a phase, but God help me to keep from strangling him before he outgrows it !

Bree

Hi Bree! I really did feel that happy and good at the end of the race--until the bag check disaster! I am sold on walk breaks for long distances. And I know you will be able to do it one day soon! Glad you are feeling better. Mike and Tom had food poisoning last December at WDW. It was awful. The only thing worse than throwing up is listening to someone else throw up over and over! Yuck! And our DS lied a lot at that age. It was so annoying. 99 percent of the time he was lying about stuff he wouldn't have even gotten in trouble for. So then he got in trouble for lying! Hang in there. I'm sure it's some developmental thing, but can't remember what!

Had a good day today. I went to strength. I might look at one of the other Ys in the area for a different strength class this fall. I need to do something different. I hate the word bored, but it's getting kind of boring.

Tomorrow we're running. I'm going to run a timed mile just for fun.

I made goat cheese pizza with carmelized onions for dinner. If anyone is interested I'll post the link. I think I found it on Cooking Light.com. I think it was the yummiest home made pizza I ever made!

Have a great evening!

 

[MelanieC]

Good morning Just a short post before I leave for school. Dh has the day off so he is still sleeping. Ds2 just left to go back to college. I am in tears. He brought back some blankets since it is getting cooler. I know he has his Mickey quilt that we bought years and years ago. Today he brought a quilt with him. It was a quilt he made one summer with me. His cousin wanted to learn how to quilt so she came down to spend a couple of days. He, his cousin and a friend of my son all came to learn to quilt. We spent the morning in the basement sewing and cutting. At the end of 4 days they all had quilt tops. He has been using it since he was 12. I just can't believe that he brought it with him this morning.

Have to go Have a great day.

(hugs) - I so understand the college thing and the tears. I just start crying out of the blue. Some days it' s just so depressing.

wow we are really close. I actually live in bethlehem but I work in Center Valley.

Don't tell me you work in the Promenades? I just was in Center Valley yesterday at the Promanades.

Had a good night's sleep. Weird having the whole bed to myself! I just finished watching the Bucket List that I started watching about a month ago.

TTFN

I love having the whole bed to myself usually, unless DH is in Afghanistan or Kuwait or some place like that. Also when I went to Missouri 2 weeks ago and on Sunday night I stayed in the hotel room by myself. That was a very sad depressing and lonely night all by myself in that huge bed.

I try to plan menus for the week on Sunday, and I plan out when I'm going to workout. I am happy to say I did do the menus yesterday and Mike went to the grocery so we are good to go this week! Tonight we are having homemade pizza with carmelized onions, goat cheese and sun dried tomatoes. We're also planning on trying a spinning class on Thursday.

Yummy - your pizza sounds so good!

I actually woke up when the alarm went off at 6. I am trying to get myself on a decent sleep schedule. It is working okay, but it would be better if I could fall asleep sooner. But, no complaints really, because I slept through the night again.

I have to share what happened last night. As you know, things were not going well at home. I ate dinner because my dad volunteered to bake my meat. He still drowned it in cheese and breading though. And, served it with pasta. I went to church and that did not go well at all. I can't even begin to explain why. I'll just say it had nothing to do with having a fractured foot. Remembering to step with my right foot first and not putting too much pressure on my left foot was the easy part.

Great job working on getting a better night sleep. I really need to work on this. It's something I sturggle with. I hope your foot gets better soon.

I have NO time, but I just wanted to say "hello".

I did get up and do that early morning 10 miles on Saturday followed by the Heart Walk and an afternoon/evening at the Fair. I'm here to tell you that it was TOO MUCH on too little sleep. I am STILL recovering. I managed to get my yoga in on Sunday and that did help, but my legs still feel tired and the rest of me does too. Yesterday was disastrous as far as eating goes. I'm feeling more in control this morning because I did get a decent night of sleep.

We did not go to the Fair yesterday because we were all just too stinking tired, but I told DD that we'd try to stop by there for a little bit after work this evening. Since we spent the money for the week-long passes, I have to make sure and get my money's worth out of them!!

Anyway... I've gotta get to work but wanted to pop in for a minute. I haven't read anything since last Friday, but I will try to catch up at some point although I have no idea when that might be.

Happy Monday, everyone!

Hope you get caught up on sleep. Sorry to hear you were run down.

I am so far behind again! I'll be able to catch up tomorrow morning. Just wanted to post a few things. First, it happened about 3 days later than I had hoped, but I hit 30lbs lost!!! I woke up this morning and the scale finally showed me what I wanted. 30 more to go by my Disney trip in January. I definitely think I can do it!
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Yeah on the 30 pounds You can definately do it!!

Am I the only teacher in the free world working today? Well, other than at my school, anyway. Just a quick second to post.

Money stuff worrying me again. Hate it when I can't get it off my mind, no matter what I do... Always happens when I actually look at my bank account. Dh did get to work 5 days last week, but only 4 this week. Thankfully the freezer and pantry were stocked, and we're getting by just on buying a little milk, etc. Not too much produce right now, but we had frozen, so just lacking fruit.

Taryn

My son was off today - so our school district teachers were off. Hmm and Dh was off (Govt employee/military) so not fair, lol.
Glad your pantry and freezer are stocked. It stinks when things are tight. Hang in there.

I do not plan. I try to plan each day first thing in the morning or the night before, but that's about it. My exercise is planned out though, due to P90x, each day has a specific workout. I decide while I am on my walk whether I feel like doing only 1 mile or doing the whole two miles. Everytime I try to get more organized, it only lasts a few days. So I just gave it up!

Great job on planning the exercise!! I need to work on that

I did my 20 minute run on C25K! WOO HOO!! You guys were right! I did it and then did another 5 after a 5 minute walk. My neighbor didn't make the 20, but did 15 and wanted to do the extra 5 so I did it with her.

I have a question for you all. At what weight/size do you feel like you can stop calling yourself fat or overweight? I've called myself short and fat for a long time and last night realized that at a size 12 I can probably stop calling myself fat. I told my husband that and his response was "well you are still short".

For me - it will be when I get back down in the 140's and 130's. Im short too, lol.

Just a quick hello from my sisters computer, since I think mine is dying and I can't get online at all. I get a blue "fatal error" screen whenever I shut it down. Gotta make a plan, I'm having serious dis withdrawal.

I hope your computer gets better soon. That stinks.

Good morning,

Sorry I have been in the land of the missing. We went to the beach for the week end. I ate so bad!!!! We had a great time though. The weather was beautiful.

I had interview # 4 with Margaretaville this morning. I have never had so many interviews for one job.

Hope the interviews went well. Ahh would love to be at the beach, sigh!!

We had a great time on our trip to Disneyland in spite of big time crowds and some not so magical acting people. The Halloween decorations were a nice change and we did succeed on our quest to find the Monkey Bride in Haunted Mansion Holiday!

I have read all the posts and am just going to jump in here.

Glad you had a great time at Disneyland. Its been so many years since I've been there. I can't wait to go back someday!!

I just got home and dh was laying on the couch in the living room. He mowed a lawn this morning, came home took a shower and had a couple of cookies and read the paper. He said he layed down and about an hour later woke up and started to throw up. he is just laying there and I hope he is feeling better soon and that NO ONE else (like me) gets it.

Well I better figure out if I want to go grocery shopping. If dh is not going to eat dinner maybe I don't have to shop till tomorrow.

Have a nice evening everyone.

Hope your DH gets better soon.

Well, if anyone heard a train screeching to a halt and derailing this weekend, that was me. We went to dinner with my parents and brother for his birthday on Friday, had a great time, tried something new, had a drink, lots of laughs – it was a great night. Got home at a decent hour and got some laundry done before bed – right on schedule . Woke up early on Saturday morning and promptly got sick, really sick – like “I think I’m going to lay here on the bathroom floor and die” sick . Apparently I had food poisoning . I got DS set up with breakfast, laid down on the couch and fell back to sleep for about an hour, got up and switched the laundry and went back to bed for about an hour. Got up again to get ready for DS’s baseball game, got sick again, got showered and dressed, and got DS to the field on time for warm ups (which is really saying something since I didn’t even have the energy to pick up my purse, I had to drag it behind me to the car!). DMom and DDad met me at the game and were kind enough to take DS home with them for a sleepover so I could go home and get sick some more, and then go to bed. About 9:30 pm I attempted to eat a graham cracker (the most bland thing I had in the house) because I was still planning on going to meet the trainer at 10 on Sunday morning. When I still couldn’t keep three bites down, I emailed him and canceled. Even if I had been 100% better on Sunday morning, it would’ve been well over 24 hours since the last time I was able to keep food down – there’s no way I would’ve had the energy for that kind of workout. I went back to bed and slept in late yesterday morning. I felt better when I woke up, I was starving, so I had my normal breakfast and it stayed down. I ate little mini meals yesterday, got all of the laundry done (even the bed linens) and made it to the grocery store. However, I did not get any cleaning done. Obviously I missed my training session, and couldn’t bring myself to try to run – walking through the grocery store was about as much movement I could tolerate even yesterday evening – so no exercise for me all weekend .

I am 100% today though, well rested, tummy has settled, ready to run tonight. I hate that the house is still a mess, but I did get the laundry done, the grocery shopping done, and the menu plan is done for the week. I still have to reschedule with the trainer too, I’ll email him back when I’m finished here. Also, my weigh in was pretty good on Saturday morning, down a little bit so I was happy. And then I was curious yesterday morning when I got up to see what food poisoning might do to a person’s weight… 5 full pounds gone in 24 hours! I’m not counting that weight at all, actually I’m sure most of has already come back simply because I’ve been able to drink water and eat, but I thought it was interesting.

Glad your feeling better.

 

[MelanieC]

Sorry it's late -

Today's QOTD:

What is your favorite healthy recipe book?

I have several - Eat Drink and Be Vegan, Vegan Yum Yum, Clean Foods and any recipe book by Tosca Reno (Eat Clean Diet).

 

[tigger813]

Rose- We are going to WWOHP on Friday, December3rd so if you are there then, let me know!

CC- Day was good. I got a few things for the girls. DD2 is now going to be Barbie from Barbie, A Fashion Fairy Tale for Halloween. I had to order DD1s Princess Leia costume on line.

DH just called from WWOHP! He was with Ashley Eckstein who is the voice of Ahsoka in the Star Wars CLone Wars series at Honeydukes. Ashley Eckstein got on the phone to talk to DD1! I thought she was going to cry! She'll have a hard time sleeping tonight! That was so sweet of her to talk to DD1. DH asked her if she would do a favor and talk on the phone with DD1. Guess she'll have a lot to talk about at school tomorrow! DH videotaped her on the phone with DD1!

He's having a lot of fun. Got some great photos that he posted on the SciFi Storm FB page! He's headed over to the main attraction at WWOHP now! He'll be joining me on the challenge if he can't fit onto the ride!

Only got in the walk to Dunkin this morning and the walking around the mall today and giving one massage. I have been good eating wise. I ate a protein bar for lunch. I did have one tiny piece of teriyaki chicken and one tiny piece of chicken from Chick Fil A and about 5 fries. For supper I had eggbeaters with a few slices of bacon and 2 pieces of potato toast. I had a Skinny Cow chocolate sandwich for dessert. I'm drinking more water now and have a cup of tea cooling right now!

Have to work at the spa manning the desk from 9-12 tomorrow and then I'll come home and get in a workout and also run to the dump. DD2 has soccer practice tomorrow night so hopefully I can get some walking at the track in tomorrow during that. Also hope to walk on Wednesday during DD1s soccer practice!

Have a good night!

TTFN

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Don't tell me you work in the Promenades? I just was in Center Valley yesterday at the Promanades.

No I dont work there but up the road in the corporate parkway area. I frequent the promenade when I have spare time which lately has not been much. I do subway there a lot and pita pit. My boss and I go to dinner there for our meetings. Melt and pacifico are yummy. I use to go to childrens place all the time too. We are trying to watch our finances so I dont stop there at lunch time anymore. I was spending way to much money on the kids.

Ok TOM arrived so soon again. This every 21day crap is for the birds. I am miserable and bloated and I cant even begin to tell you my eating choices today. I am off to bed and hopefully will wake up happier in the morning because right now I am resembeling grumpy dwarf.

TTYL

 

[my3princes]

Good morning,

Sorry I have been in the land of the missing. We went to the beach for the week end. I ate so bad!!!! We had a great time though. The weather was beautiful.

I had interview # 4 with Margaretaville this morning. I have never had so many interviews for one job.

I hope you get the job

 

[my3princes]

Thanks for all the pixie dust. I am feeling so much better tonight. I worked tonight, bartending. I felt so so when I went in, but by the end of the night I was feeling 100%. I actually got a great lead on a potential job, though it is in retail. I've always avoided retail because of the screwy hours, but since I had the owner of The Paper Company and the hiring manager in front of me I decided that it couldn't hurt to toss my resume into the ring. I would be applying for a department manager position is a new store that is opening Nov 2. I emailed them my resume when I got home tonight

I also had an email with the interview time for my sit down interview on Thursday. Overall it was a promising day on the job front.

I also think I've come up with a solution to our kitchen storage issues. We built our house 10 years ago and do not have enough cupboard space. I've toyed with adding more cupboards, but they are pricey. My DB built his house a year before us and has the same cupboard. Eventually he wants to redo his kitchen so I could have his cupboards which match ours, but who knows when that will happen. Anyway while trying to nap today I realized that we have enough unused space in our cellar stairway that I can actually use some of the space to build a closet, accessable through the kitchen. It would technically be a pantry I guess, but there is enough space for shelves and the vacuum cleaner etc. I think we're going to do it and the cost should be minimal. I'm eager beyond words to get rid of the clutter that is now my kitchen I'll need to hit Home Depot tomorrow to make sure that I can find a door that matches the doors we have, but I don't think it will be an issue.

 

[Cupcaker]

Why is it still so hot over here? I have decided that my body does not like hot weather. I never feel good in this weather. Another super busy day today. Lots of papers, exams, presentations, reports, homework, etc. due this month. I decided to cancel my pumpkin carving party because Im so busy I dont want to stress myself any more. I feel bad, but decided my sanity is worth more. I still plan on having the gingerbread party, so at least theres that to look foward to.

I cant go down in weight!!! Ugh! I am hoping that I will hopefully see a loss this week???? Please??? My computer is dying. I guess that means its time to workout. Good night! Have a great day tomorrow.

Jen- the races sound so fun. How nice for your entire family running together. You will need to post some pics of your race later!

Tracey- That’s great about your mom wanting to exercise as well. How did it go? How nice of Ashley Eckstein to do that! Your DD must be on cloud 9.

Connie- Hope you get some good rest.

Kelli- Congratulations on the 30 lbs lost! That’s a huge deal. 30 more is totally doable especially since youre doing the C25K and Px90. Wow!

Taryn- I had to go to school/work today Hope AK gets better soon.

Deb- being dizzy sucks. Good luck on the interview.

Susan- That’s a huge accomplishment. Congratulations! I think at size 12 I called myself chubby, totally not fat anymore. Who knows when I will start calling myself skinny. Unfortunately for us, we cant do anything about the height thing.

Joannel- Good luck!

Lisa- Aww, sorry about the not so magical acting people. Isnt the Haunted Mansion Holiday great? I love it this time of year. What is the Monkey Bride?

Dona- Hope DH gets better soon so that you don’t get it.

Bree- Thanks! Sorry to hear about the food poisoning. How awful! Glad youre better now.

What is your favorite healthy recipe book?

The only one I have is a Hungry Girl one. I used to use it, but not so much any more. I am looking for something with more natural ingredients. But it did the trick in the beginning.

 

[flipflopmom]

Feeling sort of disconnected from the thread. I know that sounds crazy, but I just have so much going on, I can't keep up with replies, which really helps me to feel part of the group. Does that make sense?

Forgive me please. I hope to be able to do a better job of being a friend, cheerleader, and responder soon. I have a huge project due Monday for my master's class, and I am working on that, dealing with kids, school, schedules, etc. This class is on educational technology, and I'm designing websites, knols, presentations, etc. I used to think I was computer savvy, but getting all these stinking images in is taking all my computer time!

As for me, personally, well, I'm hanging on. Some moments better than others. Money stresses me, and when I think about it, I can't focus on ANYTHING else. School is still pretty nuts, and I do voice my opinions to my principal. We have a great relationship, so that's nice.

My eating is going fairly well, I haven't been able to run this week due to schedules. They have detected some skin cancer on MIL's face, and my mom has been keeping Sophie on Mondays for MIL's appts. MWF are my running days, don't have time if I have to take Sophie to mom's. I should get a run in tomorrow am. I'm still up a bit from the weekend, but not so much that the run tomorrow shouldn't take care of it.

Sorry I haven't been more involved here. It seems everytime I am going to "catch up" 100 other things need to be done.

AK was "barking all night" again last night. We stayed home from gymnastics because anytime she gets hot she can't stop coughing, and I know from experience with her that for some reason, the flipping and working out means for an even worse night. I guess it bounces all the congestion around?? Anyway, she needed to rest.

I was cooking dinner last night, and the girls went outside to play in the little Playskool or whatever it is playhouse. Checked on them once, and Sophie was "painting" the outside with sidewalk chalk. "It looks better blue, Mommy." I didn't care, walked back in the kitchen. Less than a minute later, AK comes running to the door "MOM COME QUICK, SOPHIE FELL OUT OF THE WINDOW!" The playhouse is on a brick "porch" to our storage building, I run, and Sophie was running to me, blood running down her leg. Thankfully, nothing was broken, just gashed her knee a bit. I made her ice it for a while, it didn't seem to bother her after an hour or so...

See why I can't get caught up?

Bree- sorry you were sick!

Connie- sounds like the run was successful! Hope you are feeling 100% today!

Cupcaker - it's 90 here again! I HEAR you on the homework!!!!

Lindsey - Sorry TOM loves you so much. Hope you woke up as Happy Dwarf this am!

CC -TOM's favorite date is munchies in front of the TV. Hope you had fun together!

Rose - I want that pizza recipe. Sounds delish!

Tracey - TOO cool about the phone call!

Deb - Glad you've got some job prospects!

Dona - Hope DH gets better soon and you don't get sick! What a terrible way to spend the day off!!

Lisa - glad you had a great trip, hope you are feeling better!

Kathy - BAD PC! Get that thing fixed girl!

Joannel - glad you had a great weekend at the beach, good luck with the job interview!

MelanieC - thanks for coaching. Sorry I haven't been such a good participant!

EVERYONE ELSE = HEY TO YOU! Don't take it personally that I didn't get a shout out to you. I love you, I really do! Keep on keeping on!

QOTD: I have a ton of cookbooks, but Paula Deen and Southern Living don't really count as healthy, do they? I rarely open them, and generally just search on all recipes for something that I can make with the ingredients I have on hand if I 'm not using a standby recipe. OR, I make something up, like last night.

Have a good day everyone!
Taryn

 

[tigger813]

Good morning!

WOOHOO! I woke up to a .6 loss since last Friday! Now to just increase that!!!! I'm going to stay focused for the next 3 days and squeeze in exercise whenever possible!

DH posted this morning that he was up most of the night! He thinks a dessert had some strawberries in it and he is allergic! Hopefully he is feeling better by now! I just sent him a FB message.

DD1 is up and eating breakfast! I'll be going to the wellness center with my mom after DD2 gets on the bus and then she'll walk home while I drive to work. Hoping boss gets there by 12 as promised so I can get in a workout and get to the dump.

Time to go make DD1s lunch.

TTFN

 

[Rose&Mike]

(hugs) - I so understand the college thing and the tears. I just start crying out of the blue. Some days it' s just so depressing.

Also when I went to Missouri 2 weeks ago and on Sunday night I stayed in the hotel room by myself. That was a very sad depressing and lonely night all by myself in that huge bed.

Glad your feeling better.

It really does get better. I've told this story before I think, but last fall I just started crying on the interstate on the way home from work. Have no idea why. And visiting DS at college is still a little stressful. Everytrip gets a little better, but it's still hard.

Rose- We are going to WWOHP on Friday, December3rd so if you are there then, let me know!

TTFN

We don't get to WDW until the 21st. Just in time for all the crowds.

Ok TOM arrived so soon again. This every 21day crap is for the birds. I am miserable and bloated and I cant even begin to tell you my eating choices today. I am off to bed and hopefully will wake up happier in the morning because right now I am resembeling grumpy dwarf.

TTYL

FWIW, everytime I lose weight I am so irregular, so I feel your pain. This last one has now lasted 13 days, so who knows when the next one will come. This summer I was doing every 20-23 days. It does get old after awhile.

Taryn--here's the recipe link. We did not have tomato sauce, so I took a few tablespoons of tomato paste and added some water, oregano, and garlic. It was delicious! We use Mama Mary's crusts.
http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=10000000226734
Hope you get a run in this week. And the Paula Dean and Southern Living comment made me smile. One of the casinos around here now has the Paula Dean buffet. I can't even imagine all that food.

Cupcaker--feel you on the heat. It was 90 here yesterday and over the weekend, and I think upper 80s again today.

Well, guess it's time to get ready for work. I am really looking forward to tomorrow. I haven't had a day off at home by myself in a while, and I have lots to do. We're running tonight. Looking forward to seeing how fast my timed mile is. And I reached a new low on the scale today. If it's down again tomorrow, I'm going to bump my maintain weight down a pound or two.

Have a great day!

 

[pjlla]

Happy Tuesday morning everyone!! Where is that "computer bashing" smilie??? I had a full response ready to go and it went POOF!

Anyhow.... sorry I wasn't on this weekend. We are trying to finish painting the house before the weather turns too cold. DH and I painted all weekend. If I can finish two coats of white on the four lower window trim today, I will consider the trim DONE for this year. DH needs one more gallon of paint to finish up four clapboards across the front and then he will be done for this year too. We are aiming to get on a "one side per year" schedule going forward. (Although we did two sides plus trim this week.)

Prayers and hugs to those of you who are fighting fall colds and sinus infections and stomach issues. I've had a bit of an intestinal bug since Friday night.... nothing incapacitating, but definitely some gastric distress.

I am going to try my hardest to get back on here tonight and get caught up again!! For now, I need to hang a load of laundry and check the temperature outside..... as soon as it hits 55°, I need to pick up the paintbrushes!

TTYL...........................P

 

[tigger813]

Hello!

Just spent the last 90 minutes browsing all the threads on the boards. I never have the time so this quiet time at work is nice! I replied to some things on the budget and family boards!

Excited to say that I am down a pound from Friday so far! Happy to see that at the wellness center this morning! I want a good loss this week! Aiming for 4 pounds! Just hope I can get my workouts in later today!

Going to have steak and onion sliders for supper so I need to be good all day! I've had my 'healthy breakfast" at the wellness center and my cup of green tea. I think I'll make another cup as it's a little chilly in the spa. I have my big bottle of water as well!

I should be able to get in 2 miles during DD2s soccer practice tonight. I may try and jog some as I haven't done any running lately! I also hope to do the 5K on the elliptical this afternoon. Should be out of work around noon. I have a peanut butter protein bar for lunch so that will be good. I also found a mini hershey bar in my bag so that will be my chocolate for the day! I also have a honey crisp apple with me!

Time to enjoy my tea!

TTFN