Biggest Loser 11 Spring Team Challenge--for Losers and Maintainers

[cclovesdis]

Where to start? I have a feeling this is going to turn into a vent...

I got an e-mail from my doctor last night. She has lots of ideas for why I'm not feeling very well, including the stomach bug that is going around here. I'm not sure that high-pitched tinnitus and frequent lightheadedness equal the stomach bug, but I'm not ruling it out either. She had a few other ideas too that are related to the meds I am taking, but overall, there is no definitive conclusion. Well, except for one: I have to drink Gatorade.

So, I stopped for some on my way to work and decided on a 20 oz. bottle. I believe that is 130 calories. I read the ingredients when I got to work and . I knew it was high in sugar, but I wasn't expecting so many artificial ingredients. Then, I drank some. Or should I say, tried to drink some. It's like drinking liquid sugar. Try as I may, I was only able to drink about 8 oz. today. My doctor didn't say how much I needed to drink of it, but for some reason, I think she meant more than that. I will try again tomorrow. I'm not thrilled about drinking 5 points in Gatorade, but I wasn't nearly as lightheaded today, so it seems like I don't have much of a choice. I will stop again tomorrow for another bottle-maybe a different flavor-and see how the day goes.

I went to WW today and was expecting a decent loss based on my Wii, but I only lost .8 lbs. I'll take it, but I will definitely be kicking it up this week. I'm hoping to go to the gym sometime soon, but not until I have at least 2 good days in a row and I'm eating all my points and using my weeklies for Gatorade. I can't believe i'm saying this, but I miss exercising. I did get in over 9500 steps today, which gave me 3 activity pts, but I don't use my points from walking around work as food equivalent points. I consider them "bonus" activity points.

On a different note, it sounds like we are doing well.

QOTD: I try to keep Lean Cuisine type meals in the freezer, but we are rarely out of food. There is always something we can make-omelets or pancakes for dinner, pasta with some type of meat, tuna noodle cassorole. My mom would say, "I'm fine with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich." We are never short on bread and I don't think there is anything wrong with having a PB&J sandwich once in a while. They can have it on 2 slices of white bread and I'll have it one one slice of wheat bread.

I'm ready for bed, so I best be off for the night. Have a great day tomorrow everyone!

 

[tigger813]

Thanks to Rose for covering for me as Coach this week! It totally slipped my mind!!!!!

Well, Ash has soccer practice in the rain. Izzie and I went to hers and NO ONE was there!

Brian dropped Ash off, went to the transfer station and then went and bought us a new dryer that will be delivered tomorrow morning! I took a load to my next door neighbor to dry in her dryer! I will be doing a lot of laundry tomorrow!

Gotta run errands and stuff tomorrow as well as take the girls to the dentist! Brian needs new sneakers and I need Easter shoes and nylons. I dropped my dress at the dry cleaners and I can pick it up tomorrow! We also need some ink for the printer!

Time to relax and watch the Celtics! I'll get the results posted in a bit. No elliptical tonight as my left knee is bothering me tonight! I'll try to get some kind of workout in tomorrow!

TTFN

 

[tigger813]

Mickey & Donald Statistics: Week 15
Here we celebrate our progress and recognize our superstars.

Reminder:
-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: 3
Congrats Rose & Mike, StinasMom & Redwalker

LOSERS:
weigh ins----------------------- 38 (19 Mickey, 19 Donald)
gains---------------------------- 8
maintains------------------------ 8
losses-------------------------- 22


Biggest Loser 11 Spring Challenge Week 15!
This week’s group loss is 18.6 lbs

Total group weight loss for both teams so far 1215.1 pounds! WOW!!!!! (Doesn’t add up right as we had a lot of late weigh ins last week that were not included on last week’s results.)

AWESOME!

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 the week? 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 11 Spring Challenge Week 15 Superstars!!

#10- .70% DisneylandEmily (D)
#9- .72% aamomma (M)
#8- .82% tigger813 (M)
#7- .88% karliebug (D)
#6- .95% missoutandabout (D)
#5- .96% ScubaD (M)
#4- 1.08% Haleyknits (D)
#3- 1.10% KristiMc (M)
#2- 1.39% GoodMorningDewDrop (M)
and now
The WISH Biggest Loser 11 Spring Challenge
Week 15 Biggest Loser is:
#1- 1.50%BigDave10000 (D)

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 BigDave10000 from Team Donald !!!
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
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followed by

or we have a medium version



or use this
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followed by

and we have a small version



or use
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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!

 

[dvccruiser76]

Anyway, our little Caleb was having a difficult time focusing on things and they had him checked. What the doctors discovered was that he has a cancer called retinablastoma (spelling?) that is on the back part of both eyes. This is, I do believe, not life threatening, but can result in loss of his eyes. So we got the news and changed our plans to come back home to be with her and our son-in-law.

Dave, I was so saddened to read about your grandson. I will keep him in my prayers and hope that everything goes well for the little guy

Sue- Looking like a beautiful weekend here. Any fun plans? I think next weekend we're going to go down to lexington for some of the reenactments for Patriots day. This weekend I want to get or bikes fixed up a bit, and do some yard work. Hopefully we've seen the last of the snow.

Hi Kathy,
It was gorgeous out that weekend. We managed to go for a walk Fri, Sat and Sunday that weekend and Fri and Sat this weekend. Sunday I went to Kittery with my mother and Dylan and it was actually 67 up there.

I saw you walking last week, as you can guess it was April 14th so I was running late, but saw you We'll have to walk together soon. What do your Friday, Saturday or Sunday mornings look like? Do you work on the weekends?

I just turned in my last group assignment so I can finally say

COLLEGE IS OVER!!

Yahoo, you go

Amy, it's prosecco (sparkling Italian wine or champagne) with pineapple juice and a bit of juice from the marichino cherry bottle over ice. It's from the Olive Garden so I try to match that because that is where I got the calorie count. It's very yummy!

That does sounds yummy and they're building an Olive Garden in Danvers that should open any time now.

SO I came home and I told you all I wasn't going to weigh in but frankly I was absolutely dying to know how I had done. I mentally prepared myself for about a 5-7 pound gain, but really wasn't sure what to expect since I happened to bring an extra Aunt home with me. So I stepped on this morning and. . . EXACTLY THE SAME! The exact same weight as the day I left! Frankly I am shocked but certainly very happy! So back to a healthy diet and back to trying to keep up here. No way I can go back and catch up but I will just jump back in.

Awesome job

Here is one of me and DH on the cruise two weeks ago.

It makes me feel good to see the results - and hopefully get back on target to keep going.

That is an amazing before and after. You look great and your hard work has definitely paid off

May 16th – Getting up around 6:45am and throwing last minute things in our luggage. Alan is going to run to McDonalds and grab us some breakfast and bring it back to the house. We’re going to relax and eat breakfast and wait for our car to pick us up around 915am. Leaving out of DFW at 11am and arriving in Orlando around 2pm. Getting off the plane, heading down to Magical Express and jumping on to ride down to BLT!
Grabbing CS for lunch and lounging at the resort until our 8:15pm reservation at Ohanas (1st time!)

May 17th – Epcot - Dinner at Coral Reef

May 18 – Resort day - Dinner at 1900 Park Fare

May 19 – Magic Kingdom day – Dinner reservation at Liberty Tree Tavern at 640pm – Counter service at Cosmic Ray’s for lunch.

May 20 – Hollywood Studios Day – F! dinner package with dinner at Mama Melrose (1st time!) at 4pm and F! at 9 (I believe). Going to grab counter service somewhere during the day.

May 21 – Resort day – More lounging by the pool and dinner at Cape May Café @ 630pm (1st time!)

May 22 – Magic Kingdom (Evening EMH!) Lunch @ Tony’s (Alan’s 1st time) and dinner at Plaza Restaurant (1st time for both!)

May 23rd – Hollywood Studios – Yes, I know these two parks I’ll go to twice because I love them that much, plus I can’t leave Disney World without going to Sci Fi! We went during our Christmas trip and I loved it.

May 24 – Resort Day – Fulton’s Crab Shack (1st time!) Do some last minute shopping before heading home and trying a restaurant I’d never been at yet.

Ahhhhhh

Fun question, Cam.

When michael was about 3, we were at my nephew's birthday party, and a little girl walked in with beautiful, long curly blond hair, and he pointed at her and said, "when I'm a girl, I'm going to have hair like that."

Now that's a good one

Just wanted to stop in and say Hi everybody!
I dropped off the challenge because I just couldn't keep up, but I do miss seeing/reading how everybody is doing.
I'm slowly getting ready for our Disney trip, and just bought stuff for fish extenders today. I'm planning to get back on here next month.

Hi LuvBaloo! I'm doing a FE on my cruise in May. Is that what yours is for?

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

I did have a wonderful day yesterday. I ran our local 5 mile race. This was my first race last year and I was the poster child for poor training. Did it in 1:44 and couldn't do anything for a month afterward. This year it was 39 and windy at the start. I did it in 86 minutes -- that's 18 minutes off my time from last year. And I'm totally ready to keep on with my training for my half at the end of May. I may not be where I want to be weight wise yet but I've made great strides in my physical condition which will only help me.

Have a great day all!

that is wonderful Lisa. Congrats!

Hope ds has a good first day in his new job.

Now Kathy, I know I am tired of paying for daycare but I dont think nick is ready to start a new job at the age of 4. Im sure you meant dh...just joking with ya. I wrote more on the princess thread but his first two days were ok. Nick is doing well in his new PreK class too.

But the end of the day the word is this: I AM NO LONGER PART OF THE OVERWEIGHT AMERICANS STATISTIC!!!!

congrats that is great. I think as we loose weight we do get taller again because we dont have as much weighing us down.

Ahhhh.... life with teens. I didn't even get a hug or kiss when I left her at school. I see a crummy day ahead for both of us.... but hopefully she can shake it off before her chemistry test this morning.......P

Sorry P, I dont have teenagers yet but I remember being one. I apologize to my mom all the time. Im sure she didnt mean anything she said and maybe something else is bothering or worrying her causing her to freak out about the form. I hope all is resolved by now and that you both can sleep well tonight.

I go to sit down at my computer and load up my FB and low and behold this is what I see:

that is so exciting.


Rose- Glad you run went well this weekend and that you are getting some GF beer at the ball games. Try to relax and enjoy your time off!

Just a quick check in today. I have to catch up on some work that I had to bring home tonight yet too.

My weight seems to be going up rather than down but I still have not been focusing like I should. I am hoping to start fresh after the holiday.

NSV though to finish the night with a positive. I got back our family pics we had taken a few weeks ago and they are beautiful. It is the first time in a while that I looked at a pic of me and was very happy and not critical of how I looked. Although I still have weight to loose I was very happy with how I looked.

 

[Disneywedding2010]

Good Night Teams!

I didn't get a whole lot accomplished today like I had planned. I started feeling crummy so took it easy. I'm headed to bed I've got a busy day tomorrow.

Up at 7am, grab breakfast, and out the door for 9am training session. Then I'm coming home showering, eating a snack, and getting some cleaning done. Then I'll make some lunch and watch 2 Disney movies because we hadn't watched any the last few nights. I also at some point need to go Wally World and get a few things and if I don't remember to take anything out for dinner grab something while I'm there. I also have to run over to my mom's house and take care of the cats. Its going to be a busy day so better head to bed.

G'Night!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

NSV though to finish the night with a positive. I got back our family pics we had taken a few weeks ago and they are beautiful. It is the first time in a while that I looked at a pic of me and was very happy and not critical of how I looked. Although I still have weight to loose I was very happy with how I looked.

yay!!! what a GREAT feeling to actually WANT to look at a picture of yourself! a total NSV if you ask me!

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morning everyone! hope you all had a great day yesterday. what's on tap for today? we have mommy and me this morning evening though it's a half day at the school. then the kids are off for the rest of the week and next week. i'll miss not having mommy and me all next week.

i had my doc's appt yesterday and everything looked good! measuring 8 weeks 2 days and doc said my due date is 11/27. two weeks ago he said it was 11/25 but i guess he looked at his little circle calendar thingy wrong. no biggie though, i don't know anyone who has actually had their child on their due date! i was induced 2 weeks early with thomas (he had some growing issues). i'd like to be earlier rather than later so his/her bday isn't too far into december and close to christmas. although the beginning of december is a GREAT time to visit disney!!

i had to say goodbye to this doctor and it was really sad. i cried actually. but he's not in our plan (and we get 0% reimbursement on non-plan docs). plus, he's stopping delivering babies in august. i will miss him but he was so great and told me i can call him anytime. he also called the doctor i'm moving to (the one who covers for him when he's away) while i was there and told him to be good to me. he also told him i was a little high strung and sometimes needed to be calmed down. lol!

anyway, that's my story. i had to weigh in at the doc today. was 135. i was really happy as that is lower than what i started at with thomas! only like 5 lbs but still. i said, "well, ok." and the nurse was like, "that's not that bad." ugh. i wanted to be like, "are you kidding? that is skinny!" well, for me it is! i guess she's used to seeing these park avenue rich women who weigh like 100 lbs even with all their bling on.

hope everyone has a great day!

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on a side note - is anyone's smilies not working? i had to manually type mine in. when i click on them it doesn't work. and i can't click the top to bold or underline anything. even hitting control+B isn't working...thoughts?

 

[Rose&Mike]

Congrats to all the Losers and Maintainers!

CC--I like the original yellow--I guess it's lemon--gatorade.

Thanks to Rose for covering for me as Coach this week! It totally slipped my mind!!!!!

My pleasure. Hope you get that laundry caught up today.

NSV though to finish the night with a positive. I got back our family pics we had taken a few weeks ago and they are beautiful. It is the first time in a while that I looked at a pic of me and was very happy and not critical of how I looked. Although I still have weight to loose I was very happy with how I looked.

That's a great feeling, isn't it!

Nancy--glad it went ok yesterday. I hope you like the new doctor! My smilies are working. I had trouble with smilies once and I had get rid of my cookies--computer cookies.

******
Well, the weather came through about 1am. We were in the basement for about 45 min cause they issued tornado warnings. I heard hail, so I hope my azaleas are ok. They are just starting to bloom. The plan for the day was to start getting the house organized, but I might try to go back to sleep! I am pooped! I think I finally went to sleep around 2:00. We are running this evening. It is really windy, so hopefully it will calm down. No pain in my knee, so hopefully it will cooperate.

 

[Rose&Mike]

QOTD Wednesday, April 20
Here is a short article on Healthy Fats from Mayo Clinic. Do you regularly incorporate Healthy Fats in your diet? If so, which ones?
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/fat/NU00262

 

[pjlla]

Hello BL friends Great day today here Why is it that now that we are moving back home, every day is suddenly bright, sunny and beautiful with friends calling, lots of stuff to do, hearing about new stuff to do all the time, etc????? I am going to soak it all in while I can.

We had an Indian cooking class at school today, we made 4 dishes: Samosas, Chole (chickpea curry), butter paneer and vegetarian biryani. All were delicious! I had to mix in a little yogurt with some of my samples as they were too spicy for me and I really love hot and spicy food. The teacher did a great job. I have never met anyone from India who isn't warm and friendly. She gave us the recipes but I don't think I could make any of them at home! It's too easy to go out for great Indian food. I was a little alarmed at the amount of oil she used though - almost a whole can !

Some of us went downtown after that and sat in the biergarten all afternoon DH is out of town this week and I just felt like I was having a day off from life today!

Tomorrow night DS has his Board of Review to find out if he will move up to Star Scout. I am so nervous for him. He's met all of the qualifications but there are some requirements such as "Scout Spirit" and "Scout Participation" etc that I don't know how subjective they will be on. His volunteer service project was completed in the US last Summer and I'm afraid they may say it needs to be completed in this community here. I must say we've been so disappointed in the troop over here compared to back home. They do not make it easy for us to to participate being non-military. They did not even help us with base access until we'd been in the troop 8 months, no one had the time to bother with us. Anyway I am so hoping that he gets to advance in rank. He will only have Life Scout and Eagle to complete after that

It's been interesting to read today how many of us are needing a shot of motivation and feeling overwhelmed with all we have going on.....and how many of us are or were top-heavy I can certainly relate to ALL of that! Let's continue to encourage each other to take it one day at a time and do what you can for that day. If I just keep making healthy choices until it becomes a habit, it will stick with me.

Pamela, so sorry to hear about your morning. Pardon me for saying this, but I sometimes thank God I have a teenage son and not daughter!!! I know it's not easy but you are a great Mom. And most of the time, your DD sounds pretty great too. I know if I had a DD, it would be ALOT tougher. you are lucky to have both DD and DS

I'd love for you to share the curry recipe! But I would definitely have to dial down the spicy!

THanks for the words about DD..... I am lucky and I know it. Most of the time my kids are a dream!

Mine is g-f veggie burger (no bun) and a vegetable and oven fries. The problem is lately I've been adding in g-f mac and cheese as well. I need to get the carbs under control! We will also make thin crust pizza with premade crusts. I am getting very creative with my pizzas! They are loaded with veggies and healthy stuff!


I know I have a boy, but we are so close and he really took his frustrations out on me. He always eventually apologized and until this semester he was doing much better, but unfortunately he has had a rough semester--so who bares the brunt of it. Mom, of course. Hang in there. I had to learn to try really hard not to yell back--sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't. And we always reminded him how unacceptable it was. Anyhow, I used to remind myself that my job was to teach him how to handle stress and conflict. I know your dd loves you to pieces.

And unless my knee just goes crazy, I am planning on doing the half! Thanks for asking! Mike was going to run it with me, but I told him I could do it by myself and that he should run for time. The run on Sunday was hard, but I now know that just because it starts hurting doesn't mean it's going to immediately become unbearable. So I will just do the best I can.

Every mile I went on Sunday I kept saying--hooray for Pooh! By mile 10 I was almost crying--happy crying, not pain crying, which was a nice change from all the frustration I've felt lately! They were ugly miles and I had to put in a lot of stretching and walk breaks, but I think I can do 13!

Glad you were able to made a final decision about the half. You will do just fine! I'll be praying for you.

DD knows that she takes a LOT out on me and we have talked about it before. I'm okay being her "sounding board" but I don't like being her "punching bag" (for lack of a better term).

QOTD Wednesday, April 20
Here is a short article on Healthy Fats from Mayo Clinic. Do you regularly incorporate Healthy Fats in your diet? If so, which ones?
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/fat/NU00262

That is one place where I fall really short in my healthy habits..... oil. Most of my fats probably come in the dressing I put on salads. I sometimes will sautee in a bit of EVOO or canola oil instead of PAM spray. I NEVER, EVER use butter or margarine on anything. And since starting SB, I've definitely been eating more nuts (as opposed to NO nuts, which is my normal), so I've gotten a bit more oil that way.

When I make Good Seasons Italian dressing at home, I use half EVOO and half this mixed "heart healthy" oil I have in the fridge.... it is a blend of sunflower oil and flaxseed oil I believe.


**********Morning friends! I have just a minute or two to chat before I need to move to another class.

I should have figured out quicker yesterday that PMS was in the house and that was definitely a HUGE factor in yesterday's argument. She wasn't much better in the afternoon, but today she was my usual happy smiling girl. Yesterday is behind us and today will be good! And my Mom appreciated the 30-year-past-due apology for my teenage behavior!

I was confirming all of my travel plans on Monday night and managed to play with some coupons and codes and saved $40 on my rental car for my Disney trip, so I was really excited! That is more than a half-day's pay for me! Flight prices haven't changed and I didn't even bother to check the hotel prices, since I booked it during that 30% off room rates sale.... I figure I'm not gotta beat that price.

I took another spin class last night and might I say..... NEVER AGAIN!! It was a 45 minute class, I managed to get through it, but it was NOT enjoyable. I gave it a try twice now, so I feel like I made a full effort. But it is NOT for me. oh well. DD wants me to try a Vinyasa Yoga class with her this weekend if we can fit it in.... we'll see.

I'm expected in another classroom in about 6 minutes, so I gotta fly! I'll be back to chat later (I hope!).......................P

 

[ScubaD]

Caleb had his first dose of chemo yesterday and I wanted to keep my WISH family updated on his health.

First let me say how proud I am of my daughter and son-in-law. They are doing a great job of caring for Caleb.

All of his tests are coming back with wonderful news. His blood work is perfect, his MRI showed that the cancer had not spread to any other parts of the body, and the doctors continue to have a wonderful outlook on the diagnosis. And he was eating well at home last night when they all got home from the hospital. We could not be more excited for this little guy.

I thought I would include a picture of a proud grandpa with his two guys. Kai is on the left and little Caleb is on the right, my left.

Thanks for all of your support and prayers.

And don't forget to "WIN" on Friday.

Dave

 

[Rose&Mike]

Dave--what cute kids! I'm glad baby Caleb is doing ok.

Thanks for the reminder about WIN. Don't forget to take your measurements on Friday and send them into Connie. If you have questions, WIN is explained on the first page of the thread. You are welcome to start WINning at any time.

So they have determined there were tornadoes in the area last night. I hate night time storms. They are so scary. It's such a pain to go to the basement at night, but you never know when it's going to hit your area. It looks like the tornadoes were just over the river (about 15 miles or less). I have not heard anything about deaths, thank goodness. We had our one remaining old tree cut down last week, thank goodness. It was starting to rot in the middle. I guess there was also hurricane force winds last night. Very scary!

Hope everyone is having a good day. My eating has been awful. I am totally stress/emotional eating. I know what to do, I'm just not doing it. I don't want to sabotage myself. I have worked way too hard. Anyhow, just wanted to come clean. I'm going to attempt to get my act together this afternoon.

 

[tigger813]

Caleb had his first dose of chemo yesterday and I wanted to keep my WISH family updated on his health.

First let me say how proud I am of my daughter and son-in-law. They are doing a great job of caring for Caleb.

All of his tests are coming back with wonderful news. His blood work is perfect, his MRI showed that the cancer had not spread to any other parts of the body, and the doctors continue to have a wonderful outlook on the diagnosis. And he was eating well at home last night when they all got home from the hospital. We could not be more excited for this little guy.

I thought I would include a picture of a proud grandpa with his two guys. Kai is on the left and little Caleb is on the right, my left.

Thanks for all of your support and prayers.

And don't forget to "WIN" on Friday.

Dave

Thanks for the update, Dave! We will be praying for continued good news!

Back from the dentist. No cavities for Ash but got the referral for the orthodontist for her! Saw a woman I used to teach with and we chatted for a bit. It was great to catch up! Now, I definitely need to stop by for a visit!

Just had lunch. I still need to get Easter shoes and get the girls' hair cut. May just do it tomorrow afternoon or Friday. Not sure if we're going out for supper tonight!

New dryer is installed so I guess I will go and do some laundry! Very similar to old one.

TTFN

 

[liesel]

Dave-Thanks for the update! I love the picture!

KristiMc-I totally forgot to mention how fabulous you look!

P-Have fun on your trip!

Disneywedding2010-Congratulations on finishing your bachelor's! I'm sure your 2 angels are so proud of you. Your WDW trip sounds fantastic! I know how you feel about being at a crossroads.

Hi Kathy! Its great to hear you are still out there running!

Maria-Congrats to DH for running the Boston Marathon! How was it?

Lisa-I'll be excited about the Tinkerbell with you! My DH's childhood friend is also going to run and I contacted another of my friends in OC and am waiting to hear back. DH's friend is a marathoner and I'm sure she will be done, showered, and having a cocktail before I finish! Which leads me to:

Rose-I was wondering about Mike's perspective on running the Princess. DH is interested in the Tinkerbell Half and has no problem with it being a women's oriented race as long as men are allowed to run. I was thinking about proposing we run the DL half September 2012 together instead (it would also give me some more time to get a little faster) and I'll do the Tink solo. I told him that I'm sure there would be some men running. I saw on the events (big run disney announcement in april thread) that one guy said he had lots of rude looks and comments at the princess. That's quite the debate they've got going on about women's races. Thanks for the advice about cross training exercises. I've been neglecting them the last 2 months since I started running. I wanted to adjust to running first. They are officially back in my routine! I've rested and iced for 2 days and feel much better. I'll rest 1 more day and then get going on some strengthening exercises and ease back into it.


Things have been busy. My grandfather has been visiting from Texas at my parents' house and we all noticed that his health had very dramatically declined since we last saw him in September. They took him back to Dallas last week to see his doctor and discovered that he has type 2 diabetes so severe that he needs to have one of his kidneys removed next week. My parents are down there with him and discovered an extremely filthy house! Its clear that he can't be on his own anymore and some decisions have to be made. My family in Dallas doesn't want to look after him and the only people my grandfather wants to live with are my parents. But there are insurance issues. So we'll see what happens. This means that I am now hosting Easter (we were going to my parents) and I need to notify their guests that it will be here instead, plan, and clean! I also need to get a couple little things for my kids' easter baskets since they take after me and are not big fans of candy. I hope everyone is doing well!

 

[keenercam]

Dave - Thank you so much for the update. The boys are adorable and you look so happy! I am really glad things are going well.

Pamela -- Yeah, that explains a lot of my negative encounters with Jenn when she was a teen, too. Kudos on the savings!!

Rose - So glad to hear you are going to do the half marathon this weekend. Glad you are taking good care of yourself.

Nancy - Sorry you'll need a new doctor, but you must have been so happy to see that all is going well.

Kristina - Yay on a graduation date!

CC - Maybe the G2 would be just as helpful as far as the electrolyte issue. I really can only like the orange flavor and I even add some water to it.

Jeannette - It was good to see you posting. You've been missed, sweetie. Hugs and good luck as you juggle all those balls at once. You are so amazing!

Sorry to all I missed. Another disastrous food night last night though I still haven't used all my weekly points. Ended up at a business lunch yesterday and ate only 1/2 turkey & ham sandwich on white and some kosher dill pickles. Avoided the sandwiches made with all the yummy breads like croissants, asiago bread, multi-grain, and ciabatta. I also avoided all the chips and the 5 varieties of huge fresh-baked cookies.

At Andrew's awards banquet last night, I had salad greens with balsamic vinegar (avoided all the dressings), a piece of lightly breaded chicken breast, a taste of roast beef and some green beans. No mashed potatoes. No brownies. No huge sugar, chocolate chip or oatmeal raisin cookies.

Then, what did I do? I went home and stood at the kitchen island and ate anything I could reach - lite hummus and pita chips, low fat chips, fat free pretzels, 2 oreos. How ridiculous is that? 2 nights in a row!!!! Then I went upstairs and exercised for 30 minutes. It was a stupidly stressful night and I was making myself feel better. I need to re-read that article on emotional eating. I know it is going to be a huge problem for me over the next couple of months.

UGH! work emergency. Back later.

 

[bigdave10000]

Sorry, I haven't been posting. Long days at work. Usually go to bed early so I can get up at 5:30 to run. Been averaging about 60 miles per week the last 6 weeks. I also have been doing a good job keeping up with my calories on Lose-it. I have lost 11 pounds since February 1st and have 22 to go.

I do read the thread every couple of days and hope everyone is doing well.

David

 

[Rose&Mike]

Rose-I was wondering about Mike's perspective on running the Princess. DH is interested in the Tinkerbell Half and has no problem with it being a women's oriented race as long as men are allowed to run. I was thinking about proposing we run the DL half September 2012 together instead (it would also give me some more time to get a little faster) and I'll do the Tink solo. I told him that I'm sure there would be some men running. I saw on the events (big run disney announcement in april thread) that one guy said he had lots of rude looks and comments at the princess. That's quite the debate they've got going on about women's races. Thanks for the advice about cross training exercises. I've been neglecting them the last 2 months since I started running. I wanted to adjust to running first. They are officially back in my routine! I've rested and iced for 2 days and feel much better. I'll rest 1 more day and then get going on some strengthening exercises and ease back into it.

I'm sorry about your grandfather. I hope your family is able to find a solution that works.

I agree--quite the debate about the women's only races. I have opinions, but so far have been avoiding being too vocal. I'll ask Mike again, but I don't think he felt like anyone was rude to him at the Princess. We were actually planning on going again in 2012--any excuse to go to FL in winter! He also felt like it was a women's race, and that a woman should have crossed the finish line first. He told my Fairy Godmother when we met her that he was there to carry the water--she told him, oh you're a dromedary! He kept saying that the whole weekend was about me. Originally my sisters were supposed to come and I think he just really wanted me to have a good time. He spent a lot of time over the weekend being handed cameras and asked to take pictures, and he was perfectly ok with that. It just wasn't about him, and that was ok. He's a pretty good guy.

One comment I read on here that really bothered me personally, was someone who said that any woman who ran it with a boyfriend, husband, etc. was basically missing out because they just didn't get it. And that they felt sorry for those women. After reading that, I felt like a loser because I chose to run it with my running partner--who just happened to be a man. But if my running partner was a woman, that would have been ok. And honestly, in retrospect, with all the health stuff I had going on this year, I needed someone with me who could give my health history if I collapsed. That comment was just a little hard to shrug off.

I'm not sure what we will do next year. It really was fabulously fun. And all of the WISHers we met were so welcoming to both me and Mike!

You and your DH should do W&D. That's an "acceptable" couples race. I'm glad the icing is helping!

Sorry to all I missed. Another disastrous food night last night though I still haven't used all my weekly points. Ended up at a business lunch yesterday and ate only 1/2 turkey & ham sandwich on white and some kosher dill pickles. Avoided the sandwiches made with all the yummy breads like croissants, asiago bread, multi-grain, and ciabatta. I also avoided all the chips and the 5 varieties of huge fresh-baked cookies.

At Andrew's awards banquet last night, I had salad greens with balsamic vinegar (avoided all the dressings), a piece of lightly breaded chicken breast, a taste of roast beef and some green beans. No mashed potatoes. No brownies. No huge sugar, chocolate chip or oatmeal raisin cookies.

Then, what did I do? I went home and stood at the kitchen island and ate anything I could reach - lite hummus and pita chips, low fat chips, fat free pretzels, 2 oreos. How ridiculous is that? 2 nights in a row!!!! Then I went upstairs and exercised for 30 minutes. It was a stupidly stressful night and I was making myself feel better. I need to re-read that article on emotional eating. I know it is going to be a huge problem for me over the next couple of months.

UGH! work emergency. Back later.

Hang in there Cam! Graduation is such a stressful time. Things are being thrown at you from every direction. I am finding myself doing some serious emotional eating lately, and to be honest it's quite scary. I feel very out of control, and I'm guessing that's the part that's stressing you out so much. That's what's stressing me out. Even as I'm doing it, I KNOW I'm messing up and I just don't stop.

Hang in there. Keep posting. Keep exercising. Just take it one bite at a time.

Sorry, I haven't been posting. Long days at work. Usually go to bed early so I can get up at 5:30 to run. Been averaging about 60 miles per week the last 6 weeks. I also have been doing a good job keeping up with my calories on Lose-it. I have lost 11 pounds since February 1st and have 22 to go.

I do read the thread every couple of days and hope everyone is doing well.

David

Congrats Dave on being the BL this week! Remind me, are you training for something special?

 

[keenercam]

One comment I read on here that really bothered me personally, was someone who said that any woman who ran it with a boyfriend, husband, etc. was basically missing out because they just didn't get it. And that they felt sorry for those women. After reading that, I felt like a loser because I chose to run it with my running partner--who just happened to be a man. But if my running partner was a woman, that would have been ok. And honestly, in retrospect, with all the health stuff I had going on this year, I needed someone with me who could give my health history if I collapsed. That comment was just a little hard to shrug off.
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Hang in there Cam! Graduation is such a stressful time. Things are being thrown at you from every direction. I am finding myself doing some serious emotional eating lately, and to be honest it's quite scary. I feel very out of control, and I'm guessing that's the part that's stressing you out so much. That's what's stressing me out. Even as I'm doing it, I KNOW I'm messing up and I just don't stop.

Hang in there. Keep posting. Keep exercising. Just take it one bite at a time.

Rose - It peeves me that anyone said something here that upset you. These endurance races are NOT about doing what someone else thinks you should do. They are about testing yourself, your limits and doing it in the best possible way so that you stay healthy and happy. I am SOOOO happy that you and Mike run together. You are very fortunate to enjoy each other's company and for each of you to put aside any ego elements that might make you want to go it alone. I think it is awesome that Mike was your dromedary. I love the man and haven't even met him. Those who care about you are not going to criticize how or when or with whom you do a race. They are going to be so outrageously proud of you and happy for you for your accomplishments. (This is Cam stepping forward to be the first to say how proud of you I am and how happy I am for you )

Thank you for understanding the eating thing. Yep, even as I was eating it I knew what I was doing. It wasn't brainless by any means. It was a fully conscious, deliberate, this-is-what-I-want/need-right-now-at 8:30p.m. binge. I have to stop doing that. There are no excuses and I'm not even making any. I'm definitely acknowledging, however, the precipitating emotions and circumstances. Knowing that the circumstances are not going to improve until I am on a flight to Barcelona in just over 9 weeks means I have to find a better way to deal with the emotions and circumstances. Yeah, recognizing the problem is the first step to solving it. But not taking the second step does NOTHING to solve the recognized problem, right? LOL!

By the way, congratulations to all of our losers!!!

 

[SettinSail]

Congrats to all the Biggest Losers this week and esp to Big Dave!!! Nice job!

Had another great day here. I got up at 6:30 and did 30 minutes on the elliptical while watching BL. I need to watch the rest sometime. The immobilien (realtor) for my landlord here came to take pictures of the apt. At first, I did not plan to do any special cleaning but they told me they'd be here between 10 and 12 and did not arrive until 12 so I started doing a little tweaking and straightening while waiting and ended up cleaning for 2 hours. The whole place is looking great now. It will be nice to leave on Friday with all the cleaning already done. After that, I went to a luncheon. My friend was hosting her book club and just invited me over for the end part when they eat I'm actually in a different book club. It was very nice; I love a potluck event. Had many small tastes of yummy things and some wine spritzers. We hung around there until school pick-up time and then DS and I sat outside playing cards with the neighbors. It was such a nice day outside! DS had his board of review and he is now a Star Scout. He only has Life and Eagle to go. I am so proud of him. When we got back from that, the neighbors wanted to go for a bike ride. I could tell I was in much better shape than my neighbor even though she's 5 years younger than me and maybe 20-25 lbs smaller than me. She was saying she needs to start exercising and getting in better shape.

I got an e-mail from my doctor last night. She has lots of ideas for why I'm not feeling very well, including the stomach bug that is going around here. I'm not sure that high-pitched tinnitus and frequent lightheadedness equal the stomach bug, but I'm not ruling it out either. She had a few other ideas too that are related to the meds I am taking, but overall, there is no definitive conclusion. Well, except for one: I have to drink Gatorade.

Ugh, I hope you are feeling better soon. I remember the short bout I had with vertigo and it was awful. You would think there would be a sugar-free version of Gatorade.....what would the Dr recommend to a diabetic patient?
Hang in there

NSV though to finish the night with a positive. I got back our family pics we had taken a few weeks ago and they are beautiful. It is the first time in a while that I looked at a pic of me and was very happy and not critical of how I looked. Although I still have weight to loose I was very happy with how I looked.

i had my doc's appt yesterday and everything looked good! measuring 8 weeks 2 days and doc said my due date is 11/27.

135 is GREAT!!! I would love to weigh that !

Well, the weather came through about 1am. We were in the basement for about 45 min cause they issued tornado warnings. I heard hail, so I hope my azaleas are ok. They are just starting to bloom. The plan for the day was to start getting the house organized, but I might try to go back to sleep! I am pooped! I think I finally went to sleep around 2:00. We are running this evening. It is really windy, so hopefully it will calm down. No pain in my knee, so hopefully it will cooperate.

I'm glad you are all OK. The area I'm from just went through a bad storm over the weekend. It's really sad to hear about all the damage. I lived through a very bad tornado 23 years ago and you never forget it! It makes you very nervous the next time storms come through.

I'd love for you to share the curry recipe! But I would definitely have to dial down the spicy!

Chole (chickpea curry)
1 can chick peas
1 large tomato sliced*
1 medium tomato chopped*
2 spoons tomato paste*
(can sub 1 can of chopped tomatoes for all)*
2 large onions
4-5 green chilies
1 bay leaf
1 spoon cumin seeds
chopped coriander
1 large piece of ginger
3-4 large flakes garlic
2-3 spoons oil for frying
1 1/2 spoon red chilli powder
1/2 spoon tumeric powder
2 spoon coriander powder
1/2 spoon garam marsala
salt to taste

Blend large tomato, one onion, cunmin seeds, ginger, garlic, green chilies to a smooth paste using a little water. Slice other onion. Heat oil and add bay leaves. After 10 seconds, add the sliced onion and fry to light brown. Add the tomato paste and fry until the oil leaves the sides of the marsala. Add the dry powders. Fry for 60 seconds. Add the chopped tomato and coriander leaves. Fry for 5 minutes. Add the chick peas with the water, tomato paste and salt to taste. Add water to make a gravy. Add the garam marsala and punjab chole marsala and mix well. Let it come to boil on low heat. Simmer for 5 mins. Serve hot with phulka(chapati) puri or bhatura.

See why I said I don't think I could make any of the dishes myself ! Don't ask me any questions about this recipe

Congrats on the rental car deal, I love to snag a deal!

Caleb had his first dose of chemo yesterday and I wanted to keep my WISH family updated on his health.

First let me say how proud I am of my daughter and son-in-law. They are doing a great job of caring for Caleb.

All of his tests are coming back with wonderful news. His blood work is perfect, his MRI showed that the cancer had not spread to any other parts of the body, and the doctors continue to have a wonderful outlook on the diagnosis. And he was eating well at home last night when they all got home from the hospital. We could not be more excited for this little guy.

Great news! Thanks for the update and photo!

Things have been busy. My grandfather has been visiting from Texas at my parents' house and we all noticed that his health had very dramatically declined since we last saw him in September. They took him back to Dallas last week to see his doctor and discovered that he has type 2 diabetes so severe that he needs to have one of his kidneys removed next week. My parents are down there with him and discovered an extremely filthy house! Its clear that he can't be on his own anymore and some decisions have to be made. My family in Dallas doesn't want to look after him and the only people my grandfather wants to live with are my parents. But there are insurance issues. So we'll see what happens. This means that I am now hosting Easter (we were going to my parents) and I need to notify their guests that it will be here instead, plan, and clean! I also need to get a couple little things for my kids' easter baskets since they take after me and are not big fans of candy. I hope everyone is doing well!

Sorry to all I missed. Another disastrous food night last night I went home and stood at the kitchen island and ate anything I could reach - lite hummus and pita chips, low fat chips, fat free pretzels, 2 oreos. How ridiculous is that? 2 nights in a row!!!! Then I went upstairs and exercised for 30 minutes. It was a stupidly stressful night and I was making myself feel better. I need to re-read that article on emotional eating. I know it is going to be a huge problem for me over the next couple of months.

I've had days like that too and I find that I just have to get through them with as little damage as possible until I can get to the "other side" of it. Then I will be back to normal appetite until the next time this strange hunger takes over me. The journaling definitely helps and think back to what a binge might have looked like before you were healthier. It might have been 15 oreos, half a bag of regular chips, etc. Much more than what you descrbe above. Maybe it was a 300 calorie binge insted of 1300 calories in the past.
Anyway, good luck getting it under control, I know you will

Sorry, I haven't been posting. Long days at work. Usually go to bed early so I can get up at 5:30 to run. Been averaging about 60 miles per week the last 6 weeks. I also have been doing a good job keeping up with my calories on Lose-it. I have lost 11 pounds since February 1st and have 22 to go.

I do read the thread every couple of days and hope everyone is doing well.

David

Very impressive! Congrats on being the BL this week!

Hope everyone has a great rest of the day. Tomorrow, I'm going walking with a group of ladies who do a regular Thursday "power" walk. Last Thursday we walked for 2.5 hours!! I bought all the food for our trip today and I still need to print out our check-in form and make sure I have all the addresses for the sites we will visit as well as booking our bike tour in Amsterdam. I was going to book tickets in advance for the Anne Frank museum too but they are time specific and I don't want to have to work around that so we will just stand in line for a while. The only other museum we'll do in Amsterdam is the Van Gogh. DS and DH can only take so many museums

Shawn

 

[keenercam]

Shawn - Your day sounds fabulous!! Wow! Quality times with friends and DS and great food. Your trip to Amsterdam sounds really wonderful!