Biggest Loser 9 Spring Challenge -- thread closing -- see new thread Part 2!

[LuvBaloo]

I will likely be able to get on her for coffee break or lunch break tomorrow, but I'm not positive, so I better get this posted tonight.

I will not have my computer with me on vacation.
The week 10 results will be put out a week late, probably on the same day as the week 11 results.

I'm empyting out my inbox before I leave, and I think it should be okay for the 2 weeks of weigh-ins, but if you get a message next week that's its full:
you can just hang onto it, and send it when I get back and empty out my PM box
OR you can forward to Lisah0711 and she'll forward it onto me when I get back.

 

[donac]

Have a great vacation Shannon

 

[flipflopmom]

Congrats on your great run!
No, I don't think 1000 is realistic or sustainable or safe. It's tempting to think that if you just severely limit calories you'll lose weight. And that's true to an extent, but it's better not to make your body think it's starving. I actually heard a sports nutritionist speak last weekend, and she said that if you don't have enough calories for your body to use (especially during exercise), your body starts "eating" the energy in your muscles. You body's last resort when looking for an energy source is your fat. So you may weaken your muscles a little by not fueling your body enough.
Anyway, if you check out a calorie calculator (I use Livestrong.com - you have to do the free registration to use it), you can see how many cals you should be eating. I typed in the info you provided. It said that if you want to lose 2 pounds/week and are only lightly active during the day, you can have 1550 net calories (in other words, 1550 calories plus more calories to equal the amount you're burning in workouts). If you are not tracking exercise calorie burn and just want to say you are a moderately active person, you can have 1900 total calories.
These are guidelines, which obviously depend on your metabolism, amount of muscle, age, etc. And as you lose weight, you'll need to eat fewer calories to continue losing, as your body will then be doing less work to keep you going. Hope this helps!

Thanks! I actually dowloaded the livestrong app to my itouch yesterday, but I haven't gotten to mess with it yet. I should try to up those calories some, and just deal with whatever comes my way. My body really does some crazy stuff with water weight, TOM, etc, so I've just got to remember this is a lifestyle, not just a race to ideal weight.

I am this morning, because my body was good to me this week. I am down 5 pounds, which makes for a 22 pound loss since Jan. 18!!!!

 

[tigger813]

UGH! I feel so BLOATED! About midday yesterday I started feeling this way. Stomach feels like a balloon that would love to pop! Going to hold off on my weigh in until tomorrow or Sunday and hope this goes away. I was pretty good and got in 9 miles+ BL YOGA and 30 minutes of Free Step and was up 2 pounds this morning so I'm definitely holding on to some excess fluid. I did just get in 3 miles and planning on doing 2 more at 7:30.

Finally completing our refinancing today so DH and I will eat lunch out afterwards. Not sure what I fee like eating, probably not much of anything. Think I'll go make myself some green tea now.

Hope everyone has a nice day and weekend! Don't forget those clocks on Saturday night!

 

[jenanderson]

Morning Everyone! It is an early one for me and I will have to be off the boards most the day because I have conferences all day today. Just had to check in and share good news...despite the funk I was in (that I am out of), I worked hard all week and was down 4 pounds today! That means I have loss 26 pounds total!!! It made me feel good enough to finally add a clippie to my signature. I think that in some ways being in a funk about losing weight this week actually helped me. I had to really think about what I wanted and work extra hard. The whole diet and exercise change is not going to come easy to for me and all my thoughts this week were focused on going back to the basics and seeing what I can do.

Thanks also to everyone here! Every single post helps me learn something new, or encourages me to keep going, or makes me laugh, or motivates me to try something new and so much more. I would not have reached this point without everyone here!

I hope everyone has a great day!
Jen

 

[IWISHFORDISNEY]

Just posting before work. I am wanting to run so bad but the weather is horrible here. Thunderstorms hail biblical rain. I did great this week down 2.5lbs. Thanks again everyone for all the support and encouragement on this thread. I surpassed my goal and have added a new one. I am down 23lbs but want to hit 30lb mark by Easter so that is my new goal. I dont know if I will make it but I am sure gonna try!! Have a happy friday everyone!!!

 

[jennz]

Jenn - I am so excited for you!!!!! Isn't it great to be able to do your training with NO PAIN?!!!!! It is great that the tape is working for you too! I still have to use it each time I run but that is fine with me because I can run like everything is normal. I am still working on exercises that will help my shin splints but for now....KT tape is my best running friend!

I have had a really good day. Easily stayed within my WW points range and have enough to have a snack (not really hungry so we will see). It was a running night - I ran 5K (personal best time of 33 minutes) and then walked an extra mile for a cool down. It felt really good and I am looking forward to my upcoming races!

I started out in a bit of a funk this week but worked myself out of it. I had to sit back and think about how important this really is to me and if I wanted to give up. I knew the answers - this is extremely important to me and there is no way I was going to give up after coming so far. I had to remind myself that it is not going to be an easy journey and started to think about all the positive changes. After all my reflection, I realized what a mental game this is for me and how hard I have to sometimes work not to give in to the feeling that I am not going to succeed so I might as well give up. I am going to succeed. So, I am feeling good again and am hoping that I will be close (maybe at) 25 pounds lost tomorrow.

Have a great night everyone!
Jen

Thanks! And great job staying on track - it really is becoming a lifestyle and not a diet isn't it? and GREAT JOB on 4 pounds down!!

So I missed the Oprah show today but she has a great story online about food. The guy talks about "Real food" versus processed stuff and what we have done to our animals to increase production.

Very enlightening stuff!
I took the Food IQ test and only got the first question wrong. Which reminded me of a story about our last trip to WDW.
The last day we were there we ate at SCi -Fi Dine in for lunch. DH asked for milk, whole if you have it......
Did I tell this story before????
.....Anyway the waitress, Sarah from the UK, said oh we only have 2% milk. Disney is on a healthy eating initiative.
Wait hold the phone and back up!!! Disney is healthy?? The place where I can get a 20 odd ounce glass of soda with free refills but I can't get whole milk??? I can buy a cup for $12 that I can refill 1000 times if I want to of soda or iced tea but I can't get milk? It was an odd conversation.

so which is worse to you?? the soda of whole milk??

BTW, we did drink more soda on that trip then we usually do because A) I could only so much water and B) to me the milk tastes nasty! By day 5 the kids said they felt like garbage after they drank the soda and didn't want anymore.

Disney started going "healthy" with their kids meals, when they put in grapes and carrots instead of fries and cookies. I guess they added the no-whole milk to it too. Woo hoo right?

Jumping on to post a happy memory for the QOTD.
This is my most recent funny memory.
When I picked my girls up from daycare yesterday, the teachers showed me the card my oldest (8) had made for the new young teacher. It said:

Happy St Patrick's Day!
I hope you get lucky!​

she doesn't think of that phrase the way I do

Thanks for being the coach SarahMay especially with all you've had on your plate this week. Hope your FIL is okay after your accident, and that your DD is feeling better quickly.


Dona - thanks for keeping the COW going! I think I'll try to keep that one going on my vacation - it should be possible

Love your dd's card!

Thanks! I actually dowloaded the livestrong app to my itouch yesterday, but I haven't gotten to mess with it yet. I should try to up those calories some, and just deal with whatever comes my way. My body really does some crazy stuff with water weight, TOM, etc, so I've just got to remember this is a lifestyle, not just a race to ideal weight.

I am this morning, because my body was good to me this week. I am down 5 pounds, which makes for a 22 pound loss since Jan. 18!!!!

Hello! About your calories - I've been reading that you need to eat your resting metabolic rate, so maybe you've been eating too little and if you bump your calories up you might start losing more. I'm on the bodybugg boards too and there have been quite a few posts about people actually eating MORE, they were eating less than their RMR, and they started showing good losses. SO, fwiw

I'm down today 2.2 pounds. I wish it was more of course but I'll take it. Even better - I measured today - 1.5 inches gone from my waist!! And 1/2 from my rear!

 

[mikamah]

Good morning and good luck everyone on the scale. I am happy to be back down under my starting weight again, and determined to keep moving in a downward direction. Looks like the rain is going to hold off til tomorrow here, so we'll go to the park so I can finish C25K week 2 after work today. I've not done it after work before, so we'll see how that is. I'm on my feet most of the day, but I want to get it in.

Jumping on to post a happy memory for the QOTD.
This is my most recent funny memory.
When I picked my girls up from daycare yesterday, the teachers showed me the card my oldest (8) had made for the new young teacher. It said:

Happy St Patrick's Day!
I hope you get lucky!​

she doesn't think of that phrase the way I do

That is hilarious, shannon. Have a fabulous vacation!!

I am wanting to run so bad

I just love this statement. You are really into it, and it is so inspiring.

I used the KT tape on my foot w/the plantar fasc yesterday - it was hurting, put the tape on and did the c25k day 2 and walked another mile - NO PAIN!!

Whoo hoo!! Nice job jenn. Love our little exercise competition. I would not have gotten on the wii fit last night, if I didn't know you were beating me.

Thanks everyone for the fantastic memories. They got me thinking about a lot of things.

The first one has been on my mind alot lately because the 35th anniversary of this event is April 23rd. Dh and I were in a class together in college and he put a rose on my desk that morning. I don't know why. It was in a white vase and the professor never said a word. We started dating soon after that.

The next story has all women saying "WHy doesn't my dh do this?" and has all the guys saying "Great he really showed us up."

For our 24th wedding anniversary I came downstairs to find 24 balloons floating around the living room and 23 roses in a vase in the dining room (the 24th was in our bedroom). Through out the day there were a total of 24 presents. The last one was a lenox heart that said "Happy 25th ANniversary" Inside was a note saying "Will you marry me again?" SO that night we started planning our vow renewal. The next year we had it in our backyard with all our immediate family and a few select friends. A friend's husband is a deacon and he did the ceremony for us. It a was a beautiful day.

Disney memories Our 10th anniversary at HDDR where dh danced with me and then got to be in the show and a number of my family were in the audience.

The day ds's hat got knocked off his head on the boat ride to FW. We reported it to the CM. WHen we docked they asked us to wait and on the next boat the CM came off the boat with the wet hat on his head. Isent a letter about that day to make sure that they were thanked properly.


I will be back later with the new COW. I hope to get it in before I go to yoga. If not I will do it before I get to bed.

Have a nice evening everyone.

Oh, dona, you have such a sweet husband. Does he have a single brother?

I'm excited because I just rechecked the prices for the airfare I just booked yesterday and the prices came down $20 each way.... so I just saved $40! I only earn $65/day gross when I sub, so I almost paid myself for staying home today!! And I was able to find a reasonably priced rental car, thanks to some kind folks over at the Transportation board.... so I will be able to have a car and not rely on sketchy hotel shuttle service That really makes me do the happy dance!! Of course, just finally having a mini-trip to plan is making me the happiest of all today!! I love the trip planning almost as much as the trip itself!

Oh... and when I told DS last night about our trip, he was SO excited.... he was first excited about having a trip without his sister and secondly excited about going to his "favorite place in the world" (again, "without my sister!"). Makes it all worthwhile!! .....................P

Pamela, what wonderful memories you will make. Just michael and I went last january, and it was so nice to just do whatever he wanted, and not to have to meet up with anyone, or compromose on what we did when. I am going to surprise michael with a trip the last week of summer. I'm watching the flights too and hoping for free dining. When are you two going?

I did an early weigh in today and got my 25 pound clippie so I am a very happy camper -- next up one of those fabulous golden clippies!

Whoo hoo, Lisa!! That clippie looks awesome on you!!!

I worked in Fantasyland operations...Dumbo, Snow White, Small World, Peter Pan, etc. It was a fun job!

That sounds like so much fun. I work with a girl who did the college program, and she is the only one who gets my disney addiction. She had only wonderful memorie of her days selling hot dogs in Epcot. When I had to go to the nurse and get a bandaid at typhoon lagoon, I thought, maybe one day, I could get a job like that.

Exhausted, late day at work, but a great run in the rain tonight!!! It felt sooo good, best speeds yet.., wonder what tomorrow's weigh in will bring. Yesterday I weighed less at 7 pm than 6 am??? I notice my hands swelling more during the night, who knows??!? Ate pizza today, but due to work I had no choice. I am worried about the effects on the scale, really beating myself up about it. It seems like everytime I go over 1,000 calories, I gain??? I weigh 199, 5'7, and exercise daily. Is under 1,000 even safe??

I agree that 1000 calories doesn't sound like enough for you. Especially with all the activity and running you're doing. I do think if you don't eat enough to keep the metabolism up, it has the adverse effect, and your body goes into starvation mode and tries to hang on to every little bit of energy. I would give eating more a try, like princessbride recommenede.

Last night I made veggie lasagna for dinner. My kids usually will eat anything I put in front of them. As I was tucking my 5 year old into bed last night he said, "Hey Mom.... do you think.... someday... you could make something good for dinner?" He was so honest and innocent when he said it.

A few minutes ago he was running through the house and fell. He stood up and said, "Owwww.... I think I just crushed my GOLF bladder."

Every single day a favorite memory is made for me.

I love these. Kids say the darndest things. So funny. I tried to write down funny thing my son said along the way. My favorite was at a b-day party when he was about 3, a little girl with long blond hair walked in and he said, "When I'm a girl, I"m going to have hair like that." They are so cute.

I have a feeling the Princess Half will become a favorite memory - I really had the most amazing experience...

Congrats on running the princess half!! What an amazing accomplishment for you.

Have a great day everyone.

 

[mikamah]

I worked hard all week and was down 4 pounds today! That means I have loss 26 pounds total!!! Jen

Whoo hoo!!! 4 pounds is fabulous, and 26 pounds total, wow.

'm down today 2.2 pounds. I wish it was more of course but I'll take it. Even better - I measured today - 1.5 inches gone from my waist!! And 1/2 from my rear!

Awesome loss, jenn!! All that exercise must be helping too!! maybe you need to take a little break, and slow down.

 

[corinnak]

Good morning! I'm Corinna and I will be your coach this week!


I'm a SAHM to two great boys, I volunteer in several local theater organizations and I just completed my 4th Half Marathon last weekend. I've been participating in the Biggest Loser challenges since last January and have found it to be a huge part of my ongoing success. I am so glad to be a part of the maintainer's team so I can keep on going with my healthy habits as I continue to manage my food addiction.

I will be back later with some shout-outs, but before I take the kids to school:

This week on The Biggest Loser, we saw Koli nearly get into trouble because he didn't bring along his lunch. Fortunately he was rescued by a product placement spot for Subway!

3/12 Friday QOTD - What are some of your favorite portable snacks and/or meals? Do you have any "brown bag" success stories to share?

 

[tigger813]

QOTD: I like WW and LC meals but need a microwave available for those. I love the Chocolate Peppermint Stick LUNA bar and we just discovered the Fiber Plus Antioxidant bars. I like the Dark Chocolate Almond. I usually keep one in my bag that I take everywhere with me so I always have it available in a pinch. Pretzels and crackers I also find helpful to have with me in a pinch.

Didn't do the 2 miles at 7:30 as my tummy was really angry. Just dropped DD2 off at school and I have to think about taking a shower and getting ready for the day. Hope I don't get called into work later as despite going to sleep early again last night (10pm) I'm still feeling tired. I woke up at 4:30 this morning but fortunately went back to sleep until 5:15 and got up at 5:23.

TGIF! Enjoy everyone!

 

[lisah0711]

Lisa - woo hoo!! Your 25 pound clippie is fabulous!

I worked in Fantasyland operations...Dumbo, Snow White, Small World, Peter Pan, etc. It was a fun job!

Thanks! I'm hoping this clippie doesn't stay around too long.

So do you know any good ride secrets on those rides?

Looking forward to weigh in tomorrow! And hoping for a new clippie!

I'd say you are back to your workout machine mode! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you!

Exhausted, late day at work, but a great run in the rain tonight!!! It felt sooo good, best speeds yet.., wonder what tomorrow's weigh in will bring. Yesterday I weighed less at 7 pm than 6 am??? I notice my hands swelling more during the night, who knows??!? Ate pizza today, but due to work I had no choice. I am worried about the effects on the scale, really beating myself up about it. It seems like everytime I go over 1,000 calories, I gain??? I weigh 199, 5'7, and exercise daily. Is under 1,000 even safe??

I don't know about safe but it sounds so low that your body would go into starvation mode and stop losing if you did that too often. Princess Bride gave you some great information about that. You want long term, sustainable losses, it might take longer than you would like but it will be worth it in the end. I can't blame you for wanting to do whatever it takes to stay in ONE-derland though!

I have had a really good day. Easily stayed within my WW points range and have enough to have a snack (not really hungry so we will see). It was a running night - I ran 5K (personal best time of 33 minutes) and then walked an extra mile for a cool down. It felt really good and I am looking forward to my upcoming races!

I started out in a bit of a funk this week but worked myself out of it. I had to sit back and think about how important this really is to me and if I wanted to give up. I knew the answers - this is extremely important to me and there is no way I was going to give up after coming so far. I had to remind myself that it is not going to be an easy journey and started to think about all the positive changes. After all my reflection, I realized what a mental game this is for me and how hard I have to sometimes work not to give in to the feeling that I am not going to succeed so I might as well give up. I am going to succeed. So, I am feeling good again and am hoping that I will be close (maybe at) 25 pounds lost tomorrow.

Have a great night everyone!
Jen

Glad that you had a good day! We all have our good days and bad and as long as we push through them and keep working towards our goals, we will be fine. You've had a busy week with grades and conferences. I hope you have a nice, relaxing week-end! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for your new clippie, too.

so which is worse to you?? the soda of whole milk??

I would say the soda -- it's available in limitless quantities if you have a refillable mug. With milk I can at least make an argument that there's lots of calcium, protein and vitamins in whole milk. Because of the fat, maybe you would feel full longer.

But really, I would skip both and have water. And it goes to show that whoever is in charge of the so-called health initiative has no idea what they are doing -- have you ever seen Disney's idea of the serving size for dessert?

Hey all, sorry I wasn't on much this past week. I wanted to be such a good coach but alas, life got in the way. Yesterday we got a call from my daughters child care that she had a 104 degree fever! DH went and got her and took her home since the doctor couldn't see her till later in the day. Luckily her fever broke and they found she had an ear infection, again, so they have her on antibiotic. My mom stayed home from work today to take care of her. So between work, my father in laws car wreck, my daughters illness and trying to get back in the grove from being on vacation it has been a crazy week! Hope you all have a good one!

SarahMay

Thanks for being our coaching during your busy week. I think that you had great questions and responses -- in my book that makes you a great coach! Hope that everyone is feeling better soon.

I will likely be able to get on her for coffee break or lunch break tomorrow, but I'm not positive, so I better get this posted tonight.

I will not have my computer with me on vacation.
The week 10 results will be put out a week late, probably on the same day as the week 11 results.

I'm empyting out my inbox before I leave, and I think it should be okay for the 2 weeks of weigh-ins, but if you get a message next week that's its full:
you can just hang onto it, and send it when I get back and empty out my PM box
OR you can forward to Lisah0711 and she'll forward it onto me when I get back.

Have a great time on your vacation, Shannon!

Just posting before work. I am wanting to run so bad but the weather is horrible here. Thunderstorms hail biblical rain. I did great this week down 2.5lbs. Thanks again everyone for all the support and encouragement on this thread. I surpassed my goal and have added a new one. I am down 23lbs but want to hit 30lb mark by Easter so that is my new goal. I dont know if I will make it but I am sure gonna try!! Have a happy friday everyone!!!

Wow! Nice job! I think your new job agrees with you.

Good morning and good luck everyone on the scale. I am happy to be back down under my starting weight again, and determined to keep moving in a downward direction. Looks like the rain is going to hold off til tomorrow here, so we'll go to the park so I can finish C25K week 2 after work today. I've not done it after work before, so we'll see how that is. I'm on my feet most of the day, but I want to get it in.

Go, Kathy, go! You are doing a great job with your exercising and getting back under your starting weight!

Please be sure to PM those weigh in numbers to LuvBaloo and COW numbers to donac today.

Good luck to everyone on their weigh ins! I'm seeing some great numbers posted already.

 

[lisah0711]

Thank you for being our coach this week, corinnak! I'm looking forward to hearing your interesting QOTD!

Good morning! I'm Corinna and I will be your coach this week!


I'm a SAHM to two great boys, I volunteer in several local theater organizations and I just completed my 4th Half Marathon last weekend. I've been participating in the Biggest Loser challenges since last January and have found it to be a huge part of my ongoing success. I am so glad to be a part of the maintainer's team so I can keep on going with my healthy habits as I continue to manage my food addiction.

I will be back later with some shout-outs, but before I take the kids to school:

This week on The Biggest Loser, we saw Koli nearly get into trouble because he didn't bring along his lunch. Fortunately he was rescued by a product placement spot for Subway!

3/12 Friday QOTD - What are some of your favorite portable snacks and/or meals? Do you have any "brown bag" success stories to share?

I'm a big fan of WW or Michelina's frozen entrees. I also make sure that I have low fat yogurt and some fruit cups stashed at the office. I have a full size fridge and a microwave at the office. There are some Kashi bars stashed away too for PM munchies. I can go grab a fat free latte for a few calories or if all else fails and I somehow end up with a fast food lunch -- I just eat half of it. That doesn't happen too often anymore thankfully. Looking forward to hearing some good suggestions!

QOTD: I like WW and LC meals but need a microwave available for those. I love the Chocolate Peppermint Stick LUNA bar and we just discovered the Fiber Plus Antioxidant bars. I like the Dark Chocolate Almond. I usually keep one in my bag that I take everywhere with me so I always have it available in a pinch. Pretzels and crackers I also find helpful to have with me in a pinch.

Didn't do the 2 miles at 7:30 as my tummy was really angry. Just dropped DD2 off at school and I have to think about taking a shower and getting ready for the day. Hope I don't get called into work later as despite going to sleep early again last night (10pm) I'm still feeling tired. I woke up at 4:30 this morning but fortunately went back to sleep until 5:15 and got up at 5:23.

TGIF! Enjoy everyone!

Hope that you are feeling better soon, Tracey!

 

[ShortyNBug]

3/12 Friday QOTD - What are some of your favorite portable snacks and/or meals? Do you have any "brown bag" success stories to share?
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My favorite lunch, and it's really blah to most so beware, is the single serve packets of tuna with 1 tbsp miracle whip light and then 1/2 cup of fat free cottage cheese. I usually eat a low fat string cheese or cauliflower or something with it to. Like I said, looks and tastes blah to most, but I love it. And it's pretty portable if you have a small cooler to bring with you.

On days when I don't prepare well, we all have those, I grab a Lean Cuisine or Smart One out of the freezer. That, not as portable if you are just out and about but fine for work.

My favorite snacks are 100 calorie pack nuts (especially walnuts and almonds), fiber plus antioxident bars (choclate peanut butter), bananas, cauliflower, cuties.....all of which are super portable.

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

That's funny that Disney is so health conscious, because I noticed in January that all the counter service eateries had bacon double cheeseburgers as the burger of choice! To get a regular cheeseburger - I ordered the kids' cheeseburger meal at Liberty Inn.

If you're on a low-carb diet, the higher the fat content in milk - the lower the carb content.

I know, everything is double this, double that. EWWWW!! We always buy a double cheeseburger and get an extra bun and split the food between DS9 and myself. We typically stick to Buffets for table service because the kids always fill up on salad and peeled shrimp. At least I know the kids are getting their veggies in the salad. I've had people actually come up to me and ask me how I got the the kids to eat salad. I also get that when they eat sushi and oysters too. LOL

Hey all, sorry I wasn't on much this past week. I wanted to be such a good coach but alas, life got in the way. Yesterday we got a call from my daughters child care that she had a 104 degree fever! DH went and got her and took her home since the doctor couldn't see her till later in the day. Luckily her fever broke and they found she had an ear infection, again, so they have her on antibiotic. My mom stayed home from work today to take care of her. So between work, my father in laws car wreck, my daughters illness and trying to get back in the grove from being on vacation it has been a crazy week! Hope you all have a good one!

SarahMay

SarahMay, I'm sorry you had a rough week. Hopefully things will start looking up today and through the weekend.

Disney started going "healthy" with their kids meals, when they put in grapes and carrots instead of fries and cookies. I guess they added the no-whole milk to it too. Woo hoo right?

I'm down today 2.2 pounds. I wish it was more of course but I'll take it. Even better - I measured today - 1.5 inches gone from my waist!! And 1/2 from my rear!

The kids meals are better but I'd like to see more options besides nuggets and mac and cheese. We always ask for double grapes, I love Disney's grapes! My favorite place to shop for snacks is the fruit stand on the way to Tower of Terror.

Way to go on your loss!!!

Good morning! I'm Corinna and I will be your coach this week!


This week on The Biggest Loser, we saw Koli nearly get into trouble because he didn't bring along his lunch. Fortunately he was rescued by a product placement spot for Subway!

3/12 Friday QOTD - What are some of your favorite portable snacks and/or meals? Do you have any "brown bag" success stories to share?

Hi Corinna!!!

loved the plug! LOL

Friday QOTD:grapes, celery, the flavor pouch things for water. I like the ocean spray cran-lemonade but I can't find any up here so I bought a ton of boxes when we were in FL and shipped them home.
meals - WW frozen meals. They are easy.

Didn't do the 2 miles at 7:30 as my tummy was really angry. Just dropped DD2 off at school and I have to think about taking a shower and getting ready for the day. Hope I don't get called into work later as despite going to sleep early again last night (10pm) I'm still feeling tired. I woke up at 4:30 this morning but fortunately went back to sleep until 5:15 and got up at 5:23.

TGIF! Enjoy everyone!

I hope you're not getting what the kids had. Feel better!!!

I would say the soda -- it's available in limitless quantities if you have a refillable mug. With milk I can at least make an argument that there's lots of calcium, protein and vitamins in whole milk. Because of the fat, maybe you would feel full longer.

But really, I would skip both and have water. And it goes to show that whoever is in charge of the so-called health initiative has no idea what they are doing -- have you ever seen Disney's idea of the serving size for dessert?

Yeah, Disney needs some help in the food dept. The only optimal serving sizes I've seen are at Cinderella's at lunch (haven't been to the other meals) and Brown Derby dinner. Those seemed smaller then most of the other meals.
Just be careful with the water. You can drink to much, which is really bad for you too. We try to do 2 glasses of milk a day and then alternate water. DS13 hates water but when it's hot or we are at WDW I make him drink it. He'd drink milk all day every day if I let him.
We have our milk delivered at home and it comes in 1/2 gallon containers. Between the 6 of us we drink 1 container a day.

 

[pjlla]

Hey all, sorry I wasn't on much this past week. I wanted to be such a good coach but alas, life got in the way. Yesterday we got a call from my daughters child care that she had a 104 degree fever! DH went and got her and took her home since the doctor couldn't see her till later in the day. Luckily her fever broke and they found she had an ear infection, again, so they have her on antibiotic. My mom stayed home from work today to take care of her. So between work, my father in laws car wreck, my daughters illness and trying to get back in the grove from being on vacation it has been a crazy week! Hope you all have a good one!

SarahMay

No worries! We appreciate ANY time you can spend here with us. Glad they were able to diagnose DD quickly and get her started on the road to recovery. Nice that your Mom is close enough to help out.

Pamela, what wonderful memories you will make. Just michael and I went last january, and it was so nice to just do whatever he wanted, and not to have to meet up with anyone, or compromose on what we did when. I am going to surprise michael with a trip the last week of summer. I'm watching the flights too and hoping for free dining. When are you two going?

We are going for a long weekend May 7-10. We will arrive early on Friday and be non-stop park commandos until we have to head to the airport Monday afternoon. Sure, I would have LOVED a longer trip, but it wasn't in the budget.... plus I don't want him to miss any more than 2 days of school.

When I started taking my kids away for Mother/child weekends, I thought it would be a bit more "exciting" if it involved at least one day out of school. Plus our summers are a busy, so it is hard to fit it in then. So I try to take them in May or June. Doesn't always work out that way, but it is nice when it does. Plus May is a (somewhat) slower time for Disney, so hopefully we won't be battling many lines.

I KNOW I will have some pangs of missing DD while I am there... she loves it as much as I do and I'm sure I will keep thinking..."DD would LOVE this"... but she had her trip to WDW with school this past January so I am trying hard to not feel any guilt about this.

Good morning! I'm Corinna and I will be your coach this week!


I'm a SAHM to two great boys, I volunteer in several local theater organizations and I just completed my 4th Half Marathon last weekend. I've been participating in the Biggest Loser challenges since last January and have found it to be a huge part of my ongoing success. I am so glad to be a part of the maintainer's team so I can keep on going with my healthy habits as I continue to manage my food addiction.

I will be back later with some shout-outs, but before I take the kids to school:

This week on The Biggest Loser, we saw Koli nearly get into trouble because he didn't bring along his lunch. Fortunately he was rescued by a product placement spot for Subway!

3/12 Friday QOTD - What are some of your favorite portable snacks and/or meals? Do you have any "brown bag" success stories to share?

Laughing out loud at your "rescue" comment. If they want to continue doing product placements like that, they need to get more BL contestants that are BETTER ACTORS!! Before I realized it was an "ad", I thought that it was kind of rude that no one offered to share their lunch with him!!

Brown bag success stories.... hmmmm.... well, since I am the queen of cheap, especially when we travel, we tend to brown bag it a LOT. We took an 8 day trip to Washington, DC a few years ago with the kids and managed to eat only 3 dinners out the entire week. For the rest of our dinners we ate from a cooler and other foods we brought along (bagels, crackers, cheese, hard boiled eggs, fruit, veggies, juice, pretzels, cream cheese, peanut butter, granola bars, etc)

We went to NYC a few years ago for a 5 day trip (actually, ended up being a 3 day trip because DD ended up with appendicitis and we had to rush home for surgery!!). I planned and packed meals to make in the apartment kitchen for every night! (Although I suppose that isn't so much brown bagging, as I had a kitchen available.)

Some of my brown bag meals vary, depending on how long they will be without refrigeration.

For around town and busy weekends at swim events, I am fond of things like "kits" that you can buy... tuna kits, hummus kits, etc. You know... those things that have a can of something plus some condiments and crackers. They can be a bit pricey and aren't always the healthiest, but they are GREAT for having in the cupboard for emergencies and they don't need refrigeration.

You can buy a cup of hot water at most coffee shops so I will often grab a packet of instant hot cereal (oatmeal, Go-Lean, grits, etc) and throw it in my bag, just in case. Some places will give you the water for free. If I am just making oatmeal I ask for just a half a small cup and then I mix the cereal right in the cup. I prefer a small cup, especially at Dunkins, because they are paper and not styrofoam. ICKY styrofoam.

I like to pack a wedge of Laughing Cow cheese, some melba toast rounds, and a small container of mango salsa. I top the toast with the cheese and put a dollop of salsa on top. So delicious and easy to pack.

Dried fruit (without added sugar) is an easy to bring along snack... but be careful because it can be addictive and it has a high calorie to portion size ratio. Same with nuts... quick and easy but high calories so measure out your portions before you pack them up to bring along.

Low fat cheese sticks are quick and easy and seem to do okay out of the fridge for a few hours.

There are THOUSANDS of snack bars/nutrition bars/granola bars available out there of varying nutritional content. Finding a brand/type/flavor you like and keeping a few on hand is always a good idea. I like the Luna bars, but didn't like the fact that most of them were 3 points. So I buy the mini bars. One point each and a great snack and easy to keep in the purse, glove box, gym bag, etc.

Okay... did I beat that QOTD to death enough???


Good Friday morning everyone! From the posts I have read so far it looks like many, many people liked what they saw on the scale this morning! I am excited for everyone. I had a good loss, but honestly, I was hoping for more. I think I need to double check my points because I am starting to think I haven't been eating enough... especially considering my exercise schedule.

***NSV REPORT*** Gotta share this with you all. Sorry if it sounds like bragging, but I KNOW you all can appreciate this story.

I've been taking a circuit training class at the Y for about two weeks now.... just twice a week. I don't know the other 3 women in the class, although they all seem to know each other. It is only about a 30 minute class but the workout is really good. I've kept up with the exercise pretty well. I've noticed I'm the only one who does real push-ups (as opposed to the girlie kind... no offense meant). And our trainer had us do a 1.5 mi "sprint" before class started last night to get a good idea of our cardio condition. I think I finished with the fastest time... and I am the oldest in the class by 5 years.

ANYHOW.... after class the ladies were chatting amongst themselves as I was stretching and one of them asked me how many years I had been working out. I replied "off and on for two years, but pretty steadily for the past year or so". She made a comment about me being (get this..... are you ready for this??)..... "one of those naturally skinny people"!! When I told her that a little over two years ago I weighed almost 220 pounds, they were all FLOORED. She thought I was just naturally "small and skinny"! I FLOATED out of that gym on She will probably never realize how that comment MADE MY DAY!!

I might bring in a "before" picture to show them next week... would that be too "proudy pants"?? I don't really mean to brag, but I know that they are all trying to lose weight and I am hoping to inspire them.

Anyhow... that moment at the Y last night helped balance out my slight disappointment on the scale this morning... but I shouldn't complain... it moved and in the right direction, just not as much as I was hoping for.

I've already done most of my housework for the day, plus my 60 minutes of exercise and had a shower and breakfast, so I am going to update my WISH journal and then hit the scrapbooking table!!

I hope you all have a Fabulous Friday!............P

 

[ShortyNBug]

I might bring in a "before" picture to show them next week... would that be too "proudy pants"?? I don't really mean to brag, but I know that they are all trying to lose weight and I am hoping to inspire them.



I've already done most of my housework for the day, plus my 60 minutes of exercise and had a shower and breakfast, so I am going to update my WISH journal and then hit the scrapbooking table!!

No, bring the picture in, I'm sure they'd love to see it. And like you said, it'll give them some inspiration.


And I'm super jealous you are going to SB. My poor scrap room hasn't even had the door opened since the week before Christmas. Makes me super sad. I'm going to get so far behind but my school work has to come first now.

 

[redwalker]

I hope everyone is having a good day. I have been on a streach of doing 10 miles a day this week. Well, 3 out of the 5 days I have done 10 miles. Tues 5 Thrus 2. I watched BL on Tuesday and was impressed with Lance and his words of wisdom regarding his 300lb wall. I have had a wall for a while. I think I have let it gain reinforcements in the past year or so. I come close to going through 130, maybe get to 129,then go back up to 133. I loose the same pounds over and over and over again. It is so annoying. I feel like I need to some how let it go. Stop thinking about it. The last time I broke through it was 3 years ago when I actually hit my goal weight. Now, I am grateful for being where I am, and I am trying to look at these past years as I have learned how to maintain this current weight, which I have little experience in doing. Here I am through the holidays and stress still sitting in a range which is acceptable...maybe on the high end, but acceptable. I think we all put so much stress on a number, even saying that I get a funny feeling in my stomach like I NEED to be 129..I have to...I am thinking...I am going to try to blow off that stress. I know I am doing the right things. I know I am eating well. Eating more organic foods, exercising, drinking water. Let me be. This week was a good example of that, I didn't weigh myself for 4 days, I had gone up to 135 last weekend. The stress of my husband traveling to Australia for 2 weeks for business always gets to me. Today, 130.8. I am planning on doing more weigh loss yoga with Bob's dvd. I am trying to relax, get better sleep. I sleep terrible when he is away, but sleep is so key to weight loss. I need to let that wall go. Has anyone else had this same feeling? How do you handle it? I could use some tips!
A happy Healthy Friday to you all!

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

I might bring in a "before" picture to show them next week... would that be too "proudy pants"?? I don't really mean to brag, but I know that they are all trying to lose weight and I am hoping to inspire them.

no it would not be a "proudy pants" moment. We need to see that for motivation for ourselves!!! I'd rather know that people like Jillian were fat at one time, it shows me that they really do know how we feel instead of giving us lip service.
My BFF's sister has gastric bypass and we were at a party once and talking to the hostess. She was talking about how skinny my friend was and she was like I hate people like you, you don't have to do anything. blah blah blah. Well, my friend pulled out a before pic and her drivers license, the hostess was shocked! Friend weighed well over 300 pounds before surgery, now she's down to 160 ish.

 

[lisah0711]

***NSV REPORT*** Gotta share this with you all. Sorry if it sounds like bragging, but I KNOW you all can appreciate this story.

I've been taking a circuit training class at the Y for about two weeks now.... just twice a week. I don't know the other 3 women in the class, although they all seem to know each other. It is only about a 30 minute class but the workout is really good. I've kept up with the exercise pretty well. I've noticed I'm the only one who does real push-ups (as opposed to the girlie kind... no offense meant). And our trainer had us do a 1.5 mi "sprint" before class started last night to get a good idea of our cardio condition. I think I finished with the fastest time... and I am the oldest in the class by 5 years.

ANYHOW.... after class the ladies were chatting amongst themselves as I was stretching and one of them asked me how many years I had been working out. I replied "off and on for two years, but pretty steadily for the past year or so". She made a comment about me being (get this..... are you ready for this??)..... "one of those naturally skinny people"!! When I told her that a little over two years ago I weighed almost 220 pounds, they were all FLOORED. She thought I was just naturally "small and skinny"! I FLOATED out of that gym on She will probably never realize how that comment MADE MY DAY!!

I might bring in a "before" picture to show them next week... would that be too "proudy pants"?? I don't really mean to brag, but I know that they are all trying to lose weight and I am hoping to inspire them.

I definitely think you should share your picture with them -- in fact, I think you should dip your toe in the water by sharing them with your WISH friends! Pretty please!