Biggest Loser 9 Spring challenge -- Part 2! HERE WE ARE! :)

[jenanderson]

I could mention my 38 lb weight loss, or the fact that I can run a 5K now, but this little act meant so much to me last night, I have to share. I've been so consumed with my Master's class papers and things due, I come home every night and head straight to the computer. DD2 has cried to stay with her grandparents, and I know it's because I've been neglecting my family. Even though I felt bad, I made a lasagna last night, let DD2 help, sat down to a family dinner, and did not work on any class stuff after dinner and just talked to them. It was the best feeling to just be with them. My final exam is due in 1 week, I have 5 paper type essay questions to answer, and I just let it go. I am stressing now, but recharging with my family was great!

Off to shower for work. Mom has agreed to keep the girls for a few hours after school today so I can work on my exam, I hope to have 3 of the questions done before I pick them up. I thought about trying to walk this afternoon, but honestly, I need to work on the exam more. I will be so glad when next Tuesday night comes and everything is turned in and this class is over. I'll have the month of May off from class until my summer classes, and I can start planning my trip more! Have a great day, sorry for the book

WOW! You have so much going on right now. I am proud of you for holding all of it together. Good luck with everything for your master's...that will be another huge accomplishment. I think it is wonderful that you found time to share with your family and get the family back on track. Balancing it all is hard and you should be proud of it.

I am off to school. Since I am biking these days, it takes me a bit longer and then I have to figure in time to change my clothes when I get to work as well. I do like the extra 6 miles of exercise though and I think the bike cross training is helping out.

Quick QOTD answers - Things I am proud of:
1. Losing all this weight.
2. Running...even on the days I hate it.
3. Not giving up when the going gets tough. It seems that I would usually give up on my weight loss journey or that I would "settle" for stopping when I wasn't really there.
4. Telling my work yesterday that I am looking for a new job - longer story then I have time for right now but it was scary for me to have to go and tell them.

Have a great Tuesday everyone!
Jen

 

[tigger813]

I have such a headache this morning! I had a long night. DD2 wet the bed at 2:30 and then had a bloody nose at 5 right after I finally got back to sleep. No workouts this morning. I'm hoping I feel up to it later in the day. Trying to take a nap but no luck so far. I'm watching The Changeling as it's on the TIVO. Not an Angelina Jolie fan so maybe it will put me to sleep! LOL

 

[maiziezoe]

I'm baaaaacckkk, sorta! The surgery went okay. I got some great pain meds, and slept pretty much non-stop from Thursday at noon until Saturday afternoon. Stayed awake for a bit, helped DD and DH get ready to leave for a gymnastics meet, went back to Mom's, and slept until10 this morning. Havent' been back asleep yet, or taken pain meds since, and it is starting to catch up to me. Scared to weigh, b/c I've eaten lots of yogurts, jellos, ice creams, etc. and done nothing but sleep, but it was a necessary evil. Mom said as the dr. was wheeling me out to the car post-op I asked him when I could run. They both found that hilarious. He said Monday, don't know if I'll be up for that tomorrow or not. DD got 4th on vault at her meet, they should be home around 11 tonight. LONG weekend for DH, he worked yesterday and then made the 4 hour drive to her meet. I'm rambling, time to get some meds and go to bed!

Just wanted to say hey!

Good to see you and I am glad you are feeling better!!

Thanks for sharing the pictures! I love to see the difference in people's faces and it definitely shows in yours. Glad your taxes were a good surprise!



Well... not sure about this. Not sure if this person would qualify as a legit "celebrity", but I really like that girl "Ruby" who is doing the reality show on the (??) Style Network. She started at about 700 pounds and was essentially housebound. She has lost a few hundred pounds and can drive again and is exercising and such. I am SO pleased that someone is showing the world that you CAN LOSE WEIGHT, even lots of weight, without gastric bypass surgery!! She definitely has her ups and downs and seems to be dealing with some psychiatric issues from her past, but she seems to be on the up and up with everything.... she tries to eat right and exercise.... and that is the key, whether you need to lose 30 pounds or 300 pounds! I feel so inspired by her and so PROUD of her!!



I hope you hear good news from you monitor results. I'll be thinking of you. About the TOM issues.... I started having some irregularity and such about a year ago... which would have been about a year into my weight loss journey and I was probably down 70 pounds. But I am older than you and pretty much contributed the changes to perimenopause. Then I got a UTI a few months ago (very rare for me) and the doctor confirmed that this is common when women start menopause because of hormonal changes. My periods are definitely NOT the same as they were 10 years ago.... but the irregularity will come and go. I'll go a few months and be spot on at 24 days (my norm) and then a few months of being 36 days and then 18 days and such. Getting older is a drag!!



Being from NE and KNOWING how good Friendly's ice cream is, that is a DEFINITELY VICTORY!!

As much as the family LOVES Friendly's (especially DS) I try to avoid it now. They are not particularly forthcoming about their NI, so I kind of figure they have something to hide. I emailed their corporate office a few years ago asking for a list of NI for their meals and they asked me to name a specific meal and they would send info for that ONE. But I was looking for NI for everything so I could make an informed choice and weigh the options. The laws are changing, though, and sooner than later they will be FORCED to make that information available. Heck, if McDonald's can post their calorie counts right in their restaurants, why can't Friendly's??



First of all... to feel better.

Second.... I know EXACTLY how you feel with regards to fitting into DD's jeans. I am now SMALLER than my 14 1/2 year old DD and while I feel great, sometimes I feel guilty! I make excuses as to why she can't borrow a pair of shorts or something... because I KNOW they won't fit her and it will make her depressed. But like your DD, my daughter is active and muscular. And I keep reminding her of how much swimming muscle she has, compared to my old lady flabbiness! And DD seems to be okay with us being a similar size now. She actually loaned me a brand new Disney shirt from her closet to wear on Earth Day (adult XS !! ) and she didn't squawk about me fitting into her clothes. It WILL get easier, I promise!

Quotd Sunday: What's your favorite scent?[/QUOTE]

Vanilla comes to mind first (cause I was thinking of cooking scents). But I like lots of scents. My favorite B&BW scents are Cucumber Melon, Sea Island Cotton, and Sweet Pea. I am definitely into clean, fresh, and floral. I don't go for anything heavy or musky.

DD love the smell of peppermint and I usually buy her a bunch of new B&BW peppermint stuff around the holidays.



You CAN do anything you set your mind to... and you proved it with that run! I am so pleased for you.

And I would agree... the scent of "DISNEY" is the BEST!



Glad you are on the road to recovery. Hopefully you will feel like yourself really soon. And to your DH for taking care of the girls and their gymnastics stuff while you were under the weather! Nice job on the 4th place for DD!



to you. Hope things are looking up.

QOTD... wow... I watch a lot of "junk" movies and chick flix. I can't really think of anything particularly "inspirational". My favorite movie of all time is "The Sound of Music" and I guess I find that pretty inspirational. They defied the government of the time (the incoming Nazi regime) and fled the only home they knew, left EVERYTHING behind, and started a new life, eventually here in the USA. Those scenes at the end of the movie of the entire family hiking through the Swiss Alps gives me CHILLS every time. Their real-life story is equally as inspiring as the movie.

I'll have to give some thought to coming up with two more.



I think I missed the QOTD about which princess I would be. I would say Cinderella I guess. But I've never had a wicked stepmother or stepsisters. My life has been pretty good. I am probably more like MULAN. Stubborn, willing go make sacrifices for my family, hard working, not willing to take "no" for an answer sometimes. But I can also be like Ariel... a bit flighty, not thinking things through completely before committing to them, sometimes making snap decisions based on the heart rather than the head.


Well... happy Monday all! My crazy 24 hours in NYC was just that... crazy! We arrived in NYC about 9:30 pm. We checked into our hotel, parked the car, and then took a quick walk to Time Square. We checked out the Macy's store entrances and decided on which one we would wait at in the morning.

We were at Macy's Men's dept. entrance by 6:40 am the next morning! I circled the entire store about every 15 minutes, both for exercise and to make sure that there wasn't a large line forming somewhere else. We were essentially alone until about 8 am. Then a Dad showed up with his twin teenage daughters and they waited with us. The Dad circled the store a few times too and said there were a few people at another entrance. We were unsure whether we should go to where they were or stay where we were. We stayed where we were. When they opened the door, DD and the twins SPRINTED for the lower level of the men's department and we arrived just barely behind the two families that were waiting at the other entrance. Macy's didn't have any queue set up for the event or anything. They told us to go shopping and come back at 1pm! Well, the other mom (I call her Jersey Mom) and I were having NONE of that! We insisted that they tell us where to stand and we were WAITING there until 1pm. When the Macy's folks realized that we were going to refuse to budge, they decided to set up a line outside on the sidewalk. That was fine with us, as long as we didn't lose our place in line.

After all was said and done, somehow DD ended up with #4 (somehow a single girl ended up in the front of the line, and the Jersey family in front of us got numbers 2 and 3 for their boys). I KNOW beyond the shadow of a doubt that DD and I were the FIRST ONES at the store that morning, but frustratingly we didn't know which entrance to be at. But no big deal.

To make a long story short, DD got her picture taken with Michael Phelps TWICE and she has been on ever since. She swears it will be her Facebook profile page until the day she dies. Sadly, there was NO personal time, no conversation, and no personal autographs (although the photo frame was autographed). He did ask her how she was and she said good and such... but that was about it.

As the mom, I am just happy that she is so thrilled with her pictures and meeting. It was DEFINITELY worth it. We also went to the American Eagle store in Time Square where you can get your picture put up on their giant electronic billboard ("get your 15 seconds of fame" promo). She had her photo taken holding her picture of her with Michael Phelps and added the message "I just met Michael Phelps!" and then we got to see it in Time Square!

On the way home she got a txt message from someone that said "holy crap!! I just saw your picture in Time Square!!" Come to find out a swim team friend is vacationing in NYC (it is April school vacation week here in NH) and the friend actually saw DD up on the billboard later in the day (they must play it repeatedly if they don't have lots of pictures taken that day).


I"ll ask DD later if she minds if I post the pictures here.

I did fairly well with my eating over the weekend. Not QUITE as good as I hoped, but definitely okay, considering the obstacles and temptations. And between my laps of Macy's on Saturday morning, I stood at the door doing high knee raises. I lost count at my 4th or 5th set of 50 reps, so I at least got in my workout that day!

I need to bump up the workouts to account for the cookie dough accident I had yesterday... I hate to sabotage myself for the week over that. DH has made homemade cookies 3 times in the last 10 days. That needs to STOP. I am hiding the remaining choc. chips in the back of the freezer.

Well... here it is almost 11:30 am and I have done NOTHING of substance today except make apple raisin scones for the family for breakfast. Time to get MOVING!.......................P

I love Ruby!!! I never miss her show and I follow her on Twitter.

Your trip to NYC sounds like a great time for you and your DD and it cracks me up that someone she knows saw her on the big screen!!! Too funny!!

So what do you guys do when you've hit a plateau? I feel so deflated and "whats the point?" I've come so far but i feel like i haven't come far enough, i can't even get >200! (i'm stuck at 204 right now down from 218) I know I need to change my diet (is my body getting used to it?) and my excersize routines (i'm running right now but need to incorporate strength) any other suggestions? Super bummed...

If you are working out more than you used to, you need to eat more to fuel your body. I know it sounds crazy but it is true. I was at a plateau for two weeks and my nutritionist kept telling me to eat more (6 small meals a day plus two protein shakes)... I started doing that and had a loss of 1.5 so far this week.

 

[maiziezoe]

Thank you ALL for the birthday wishes!! I really appreciate it. I had an interesting day (started with a spin class and ended with a Blackhawks win... two great things... the middle part of the day was not good. lol)

50'sjayne ~ love your after picture you posted. You look great!


quotd monday: What are your 3 favorite inspirational movies?

Food, Inc.
SuperSize Me
Forest Gump


Quotd tues. : Share with us something you have done lately that you are proud of.

Well, besides the weight loss and the lifestyle change....

My blood pressure has gone way down.

I ran/walked a 10k on Sunday just for fun (okay, I did it to get out of the house. My kids were driving me NUTS).

Spin Class... after the first class last week, I swore I would never take another Spin class. I took another yesterday. I feel my Spinning days are over though. It's a little rough on my old Lupus body.

I need to get out for my run/walk. I can't decide if I want to do a 5k, 10k or 4 miles today. My knee hurts a little from Spinning yesterday. I can't di anything unless I step away from the computer.

 

[yrdlyprincess]

Yesterday was such a trying day--- had to be up early--but couldn't get out of bed at 6a- so 7a worked-did 30 minutes of the treadmill kindergarten registration than 1hr on the elliptical. I am getting more motivated because seeing that everyone can run this and run that-- I feel like why int he world can't I run---but I will try. I can run for a mile and I can workout hard even for speed burst but can't seem to steady run-- just got to keep trying! I like when I mix up my workout -- make my body keep thinking-- so 3 days on the elliptical 3 days on the treadmill and 1 on the bike-- we'll see what happens when I have to be at the football field from 8a-10a then baseball --ugh! I may be up at 5am--don't think that's going to happen!

 

[tigger813]

YES!!!! headache is finally gone. Gotta wait until they come to install my new dishwasher before I start my workouts! I'll do 4 miles after the kids are home and then try to do the elliptical during BL tonight. Had a roast beef sandwich and a bowl of rainbow sherbet for lunch. Not sure what I'll eat for supper. DH is working late so I will probably make myself something small. Time to get drinking my water! Haven't had much of anything to drink today! May have my green tea first.

Gotten dark outside so I think it may be raining or trying. I have the blinds shut due to my earlier headache so it's nice and dark in here.

 

[tigger813]

YES!!!! headache is finally gone. Gotta wait until they come to install my new dishwasher before I start my workouts! I'll do 4 miles after the kids are home and then try to do the elliptical during BL tonight. Had a roast beef sandwich and a bowl of rainbow sherbet for lunch. Not sure what I'll eat for supper. DH is working late so I will probably make myself something small. Time to get drinking my water! Haven't had much of anything to drink today! May have my green tea first.

Gotten dark outside so I think it may be raining or trying. I have the blinds shut due to my earlier headache so it's nice and dark in here.

Did the 4 Fast Miles workout!They aren't coming to replace the dishwasher until after 3:30 so I did that workout. Hope to do the 3 mile in a while. Then I'll do 2 more later. Almost done with my first jug of water! Still need my tea! And I'm so excited that I finally found the Crystal Light Raspberry Iced Tea! I've been looking everywhere for it! Gonna make some for later!

 

[LuvBaloo]

Quotd tues. : Share with us something you have done lately that you are proud of.

Excellent question. My first thought was that I haven't done anything lately, but as I thought about it more, I found stuff.
On Sunday, I was tired (stayed up too late Fri & Sat), but I still got the sticks picked up in the yard and did the spring raking, and got the strawberry patch weeded out. Then took 3 garbage cans of sticks plus 5 garbage bags of leaves to the dump and emptied it onto the brush pile there. (good enviromental thing to dump the leaves out of the bags!). And then I got a few loads of laundry washed, dried & folded! (I'm horrible for getting not folding the clean laundry). Plus I got the kitchen cleaned up to start the week all fresh and clean. I did reward myself after that with a strawberry pina colado (no alcohol, just pina colada mix, fresh strawberries and ice all blended together).
And last night I was wiped after my full day at work followed by 3 hour work dinner, so I went home to sit and relax, but still manage to wash 2 loads of delicates and get them hung up to dry.
So overall just feeling proud that I didn't just curl up on the couch and actually got stuff done!

Today's another full day, then I need to go to an air quality town meeting tonight for 3 hours.

Tigger - glad your headache is going away.

Enjoyed reading everybody's favourite inspirational movies. I need to watch Sound of Music with my kids and introduce the youngest to it.

 

[tigger813]

QOTD: I'm proud of myself for getting so motivated again! I had a rough start today but it's getting better!

I'm also proud of myself when someone says they really love the massages I give!

I'm proud that I got the girls rooms cleaned out!

I'm also proud that I've been able to retain my 40 pound clippie though I really want my 45 back!!!!! I'll be even prouder when I get my 50 and my goal clippie!

Time to get ready to pick up DD2!

 

[jennz]

QOTD: I'm proud of myself for getting so motivated again! I had a rough start today but it's getting better!

I'm also proud of myself when someone says they really love the massages I give!

I'm proud that I got the girls rooms cleaned out!

I'm also proud that I've been able to retain my 40 pound clippie though I really want my 45 back!!!!! I'll be even prouder when I get my 50 and my goal clippie!

Time to get ready to pick up DD2!

The Energizer Bunny is back! Great job refocusing.


QOTD: I have been proud of myself this past week getting my exercise in every day. It was a year ago today that my mom passed away, and it's been a melancholy week, dd's been sad, and I've been thinking "last year at this time..." plus somehow I've added guilt to myself for not being a good daughter...where the heck has that come from a year later? Anyway - through it all I have walked my dogs every day and done an exercise tape and I think that has really helped. There have been a few days where my muscles have ached, and I think maybe a massage would have helped (hint hint Tracey ) because I think it was from being stressed.

So - although there was definitely stress eating involved I still exercised and haven't gained weight. That is a huge win for me!

 

[LuvBaloo]

The Energizer Bunny is back! Great job refocusing.


QOTD: I have been proud of myself this past week getting my exercise in every day. It was a year ago today that my mom passed away, and it's been a melancholy week, dd's been sad, and I've been thinking "last year at this time..." plus somehow I've added guilt to myself for not being a good daughter...where the heck has that come from a year later? Anyway - through it all I have walked my dogs every day and done an exercise tape and I think that has really helped. There have been a few days where my muscles have ached, and I think maybe a massage would have helped (hint hint Tracey ) because I think it was from being stressed.

So - although there was definitely stress eating involved I still exercised and haven't gained weight. That is a huge win for me!

isn't it amazing how strong guilt can be and how it can come back. I read something once, about how guilt is strongest where there is other strong emotions.


Just tried a new flavour of Crystal Light. I'm on day 2 of no pop/soda at work, and am instead trying Crystal Light in my lunch water. The raspberry peach is quite tasty and has 3g of fibre in it.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Quotd tues. : Share with us something you have done lately that you are proud of.

I recently upped my long run from 6 to 8 miles, and started making 6M the distance for my daily runs. I'm really proud of that. Mentally it's hard to face some days, but I know I need to keep moving forward. I'm also proud that getting out of bed has become the hard part, once I start moving I just keep going until I'm done.

Maria

 

[tigger813]

7 miles down and 2 more to go! Trying to finish 2nd 30 oz bottle of water! Already had a 14 oz crystal light raspberry iced tea. I forgot to have my protein water this morinng so I'll have that after my workout later!

Having a thin crust buffalo chicken pizza for supper...splitting it with DH. I'll work it off later! Girls are having mac and cheese and carrots.

Can't wait for BL tonight! I'm going to skip the elliptical and just do another WATP workout as knee is still iffy. Just feels "funny"!

Enjoy your night!

 

[LuvBaloo]

Here we celebrate our progress and recognize our superstars.

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


First some stats

MAINTAINERS:
Reporting in week 16 !
Congrats to Corinnak & 50sjayne & seashell724 for reporting in & maintaining!
(staying within 2 lbs of their maintain weight is successfully maintaining!)

LOSERS:
Current Participants-------------54
not reporting in for 1 week------ 6
not reporting in for 2 weeks------ 8
not reporting in for 3 weeks------ 6
Excused------------------------- 2
weigh ins----------------------- 32
gains---------------------------- 9
maintains------------------------ 8
losses-------------------------- 14
first time or returning weigh-ins---- 1

Throwing in a quote from my daytimer:
To accomplish great things, we must not only act but also dream, not only plan but also believe. ---Anatole France

Biggest Loser 9 Spring Challenge Week 16!
total group loss =4.8 pounds!
Average percentage of weight lost 0.05 %
Total group weight loss so far 1206.1 pounds!
Let’s see when we will hit 1250 pounds!

Retention Rate (compared to the 135 weighins for our start weigh-in on Jan 1st)
(32+3+2)/ 135 = 27% (this includes the Losers and Maintainer and Excused people!)

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

Now let's get to the good stuff. Who were our superstars of week 16? This time I’ve done a TOP 8 LIST which includes a 3-way tie, so there’s really 10 names in the 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 9 Spring Challenge Week 16 Superstars!!
#8- 0.45% - jennz
#7- TIE! 0.47% - MJonesMBA2001 & MrIncrediDad & leamom2princesses
#6- 0.60% - jenanderson
#5- 0.73% - sahbushka
#4- 0.75% - pjlla
#3- 1.28% - Heather.Mohler
#2- 1.97% - carmiedog
and now

The WISH Biggest Loser 9 Spring Challenge
Week 15 Biggest Loser!!

#1- 2.19% - flipflopmom

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

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

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

or we have a medium version

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

and we have a small version

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

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

 

[LuvBaloo]

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

How this works: you set your goal for what to lose in the challenge. Then I calculate your weight loss in the challenge divided by your goal to get a % to goal.
Anybody can change their goal at anytime (or add a goal) – all you have to do is send me a PM.
Since the goals are an individual thing, the list is just in alphabetical order to make it easier for everybody to find their own name. If there are any questions or suggestions please let me know. This is something new for BL9

We have done 16 out of 20 weeks, so the challenge is 80% complete.
3TinksAndAnEeyore 66
DisneyFam5 63
Double 45
escape 15
happysmyly 87
heatherlynn444 22
jbm02 52
jenanderson 71
kimara 93
Kitchensinkguy 82
leamom2princesses 74
LegoMom3 54
lisah0711 78
LittleSeacow 27
lovedvc 42
LuvBaloo 0
maiziezoe 82
MaryAz 75
mikamah -10
MrIncrediDad 55
my3princes -25
NancyIL 45
NC Tink 73
redwalker -28
Rose&Mike 82
sahbushka 81
talytam 75
Tasha+Scott 64.0
tigger813 55
Worfiedoodles 92

 

[Rose&Mike]

Congratulations to all the losers!
I'm enjoying reading everyone's responses to the QoftheDay. I'm having trouble coming up with something right now. I'll have to think about it some more.

My doctor's office called today. I was at work and it was a little chaotic right when they called. I have to go see a cardiologist on Thursday morning because they saw something on the Holter monitor. No exercise until after I see the cardiologist. I'm really bummed about that. I guess I'm proud of the fact that for the first time in a long time I really wanted to binge after work and I mostly didn't. I wanted potato chips and dip. But I know that wouldn't have fixed anything. Dh and I went to panera instead and I had a small mac and cheese and 1/2 a med. veggie sandwich and a small bag of chips. Not a great dinner, but better than a binge on chips and dip. Tomorrow starts my week off work (jobshare) and I have no idea what I'm going to do with myself since I can't workout!

Have a nice evening. The sun is finally back out here and hopefully it's going to warm up tomorrow.

 

[tigger813]

Giving myself the rest of the night off! I worked hard today and the lack of sleep from last night is catching up with me tonight. I hope I can stay awake for all of BL!

I did 7 miles total and have had 60 oz of water plus 28 oz of Crystal Light Raspberry Iced Tea. I think I'll make myself some green tea right now. Skipping the protein drink today. I'll have one in the morning.

I'll have to get up early to do my workouts since I have to be at work at 9 to get the stones ready. I hope to get 5 miles in before heading off to work. I'll try to do 2 more later in the day.

Going to have turkey enchiladas for supper tomorrow night. I bought some whole wheat tortillas that are only 70 calories per tortilla as opposed to 100 or more!

Pizza that DH and I had tonight was SOOOOO SPICY! We both had to have a large drink after as our mouths were on fire. It was Red Baron Buffalo Chicken Pizza! Yummy but HOT!

 

[donac]

Good luck Rose with the doctor. They may want to schedule a full stress test to guarantee that it is pvcs. You really can't tell that by the holter monitor.

Congrats flipflopmom and all the other winners this week.

Just sat down to watch the BL. We went to mow sis inlaw's lawn. First time for the season. It is going to be a long season. Her backyard was under water but it really didn't look like it so I stepped and it covered my sneakers with water. My toes are frozen. The only thing that has kept us going with the lawn mowing is that we eat at Roy ROgers. I love their roast beef. I did have the fries but the rest of my day was great. I also did not have any soda and I got the small fries so it all fit into my day. I think dh is going to do his dad's lawn on Sunday. Yes add in our lawn and dh does three all season long. I help him when I can. For Christmas I bought him a set of ramps to make it easier to get the lawn mower into the truck he drives. The joke last year was I was going to mow with my crutch after my foot surgery. Luckily ds2 helped him last summer.

Saturday is going to be a challenge. We have a first communion/confirmation party. My neice makes her first communion on Sat and her brother made his confirmation in March. Their parents are both out of work so my sister in law's sister (different sis in law) is having the party for them. Unfortunately the party will not be at my brother's house which is only 20 minutes away. We have to travel an hour and a half just to get there. I hate these types of parties. They always wait until most of the people get there until they start to serve the real food and by then you have been sitting around for 2 hours. They also serve a lot of drinks and I don't drink so then I over dose on water and end up going to the bathroom 3 times in an hour. If I don't get served food by 5 (party starts at 3) I think I might leave.

Off to get some advil in me and then curl up in a warm blanket to get warm.

Have a great evening everyone.

 

[cclovesdis]

Hi Everyone,

Just have a moment to answer the QOTD. I will hopefully have some time to respond to people tomorrow.

QOTD: I was having an emotional few days. I was told that I have been handling it very well. That's huge for me. That actually happened today. Great timing!

Have a great day tomorrow!

 

[flipflopmom]

I have been on the computer for the last 5.5 hours, and I have managed to answer a total of 2 of the 5 questions for my final exam. Stopped in to say goodnight, and . Very excited. Too tired of computers to even load the clippie tonight, that can wait until 5 when I get up. I'll respond to you guys then, too!


I have the feeling that last week's biggest loser will be this week's biggest gainer. I will not let it get to me, though. I have to finish this exam. I can't eat anything crunchy, big, chewy, leafy, so I am limited to my diet somewhat. I can't run, yet, but hope I can get one in by the weekend.