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

[LuvBaloo]

QOTD: Do you plan out a menu for the week over the weekend?

No, but DH & I are trying to make sure there's quick things available for Mon to Wed when we are rushing to kids activities.

Have a great Monday everybody! After no formal workouts this weekend, I'm aiming to get in exercise every evening this week.


I skimmed through the weekend posts, and saw that we've got a couple new participants!

 

[IWISHFORDISNEY]

QOTD - Yes I do plan out my menu for 1-2 weeks at a time before shopping. I cook dinner every night and need to know what I am doing. I guess I am a bit OCD about meal planning but can change on the fly if need be. I love grocery day when the house is all stocked up for the week. I usually do 1 big trip every 2 weeks and produce weekly. Since moving we have eaten out alot!! But now that our new house is done and we are moved in that has stopped and my butt thanks me for that. he he he...

 

[sahbushka]

My dh and I plan what meals we will make for a 2 week period...buy the stuff needed but don't decide what to have when until the night before.

I am bummed today. My weight was up again and I can't figure it out. I have been working out and eating within my points. I have been drinking lots of water. I am wondering if there is too much sodium in the Taco Junk I made. I have had it the past 2 days and those are the two days I saw gains. I have decided not to have it today or tomorrow and see if that helps.

Hope all are well.

Sarah

 

[baby1disney]

My dh and I plan what meals we will make for a 2 week period...buy the stuff needed but don't decide what to have when until the night before.

I am bummed today. My weight was up again and I can't figure it out. I have been working out and eating within my points. I have been drinking lots of water. I am wondering if there is too much sodium in the Taco Junk I made. I have had it the past 2 days and those are the two days I saw gains. I have decided not to have it today or tomorrow and see if that helps.

Hope all are well.

Sarah

I totally feel you on this!!! I notice that when I'm gaining weight or eating alot of salt, my feet/ankles swell really bad!! It looks like a chocolate puff!! (At least that's what my sweet DS(7) says sometimes!! HAHAHAHA!!!) I notice that when I truly watch what I eat and try not gain weight, my feet don't hurt as bad.

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Most of the DVDs have more than one workout on them, so you can kind of switch it up. I own 4 or 5 of her DVDs/VHS tapes and I have a few favorite workouts like the Walk and Kick, but I have tried them all. It is great to have different length workouts to use, depending on my motivation and how much time I have available. SEe if you can borrow one from the library or on NetFlix or something like that to see if you like it before you buy one. I'd loan you one if I could. Actuallly.... I wouldn't mind mailing you one to try for a while, since I have so many. PM me if you would like to borrow one!

Thanks, I found one today at Target, don't remember the name though. It's buried in the bag. Now if I can just get off my hiney to use them! LOL

QOTD: Do you plan out a menu for the week over the weekend?

I used to but kind of got away from it and then we started eating out more. We are in such a rut as a family food wise. Nothing sounds appealing but I don't have time to experiment with new recipes.
But I'm getting back on track with menus for every meal (used to do just dinner). I make my list for Sunday - Saturday. We will always eat out on Friday only because I get DH from the airport every Friday night between 6 and 7 so it would be to hard to eat early or eat late.

DH and I are going Sat to buy a chest freezer and I'm going to start going to Quick Cuisine's again, it's a food assembly place. This way we have great meals that I can put together without kids pestering me and then just pull them out of the freezer that morning. Most only take 30 minutes to cook.

 

[TammyAlphabet]

Hello!!! I am finally back from vacation. LOL. I gained 10 pounds! Ughhhh!! But I am back on track today. I hope that some of it was water weight. I am starting today and I will try to keep up with the thread this time. I saw that there were already 984 posts, so I think I will just start today. Best of luck to all my fellow losers!!

 

[A Litle Pixie Dust]

I plan our dinner menu out for the week before I go shopping..not so much breakfast or lunch.

Hope everyone has a wonderful week!

 

[ElizK]

Ok, last week was REALLY bad as far as my weight loss goes. My eating was really bad, and I only did one or two days of exercise. Today is a new day. I just finished Level 1 of Jillian Michael's 30day Shred. My muscles are still quivering. But I think I'll go do some Wii Fit!

 

[maiziezoe]

Good afternoon everyone!

This morning I filled the crock pot with all the ingredients to make the Weight Watchers Chicken Soup. It's smells great already and it's only 2 points per serving (although, the recipe calls for 1 pound chicken thighs and one pound chicken breast but I used 2 pounds breast instead. I don't like thigh meat).

Last night I ordered a WATP DVD. I am looking forward to trying it out. I'm also looking for a Wii Boxing game... or Boxing Fitness something. I reached the highest level on the Wii Fit Boxing and I feel like I need something else to push me... I love boxing!

QOTD: Do you plan out a menu for the week over the weekend?

Yes!! Every Saturday night or early Sunday morning I plan all our meals for the week and on Sunday I go grocery shopping. I know exactly what everyone is going to eat at every meal of the day. We always have soup for dinner on Mondays and we almost always have breakfast for dinner on Thursdays. We usually go out to dinner on Friday's and a late lunch on Saturdays... but our Saturday lunches are going to end because Indian food and Sushi are not really in my "plan".

Every night this week our dinner is coming out of one of the Weight Watchers cookbooks. I'm a little concerned because 2 of my kids are underweight but my hubby is going to benefit from our healthy meals!

 

[lisah0711]

I skimmed through the weekend posts, and saw that we've got a couple new participants!

Go, Shannon, go!

QOTD - Yes I do plan out my menu for 1-2 weeks at a time before shopping. I cook dinner every night and need to know what I am doing. I guess I am a bit OCD about meal planning but can change on the fly if need be. I love grocery day when the house is all stocked up for the week. I usually do 1 big trip every 2 weeks and produce weekly. Since moving we have eaten out alot!! But now that our new house is done and we are moved in that has stopped and my butt thanks me for that. he he he...

I bet your heart will thank you too!

My dh and I plan what meals we will make for a 2 week period...buy the stuff needed but don't decide what to have when until the night before.

I am bummed today. My weight was up again and I can't figure it out. I have been working out and eating within my points. I have been drinking lots of water. I am wondering if there is too much sodium in the Taco Junk I made. I have had it the past 2 days and those are the two days I saw gains. I have decided not to have it today or tomorrow and see if that helps.

Hope all are well.

Sarah

, sahbushka! I bet it is the taco stuff and hope that gain will be gone in a day or two. Are you using all your flex points? Maybe it's time to mix up the points and eat a few extra points, too. You've done so well! It may take a little fine tuning as you body adjusts to your new, smaller self!

DH and I are going Sat to buy a chest freezer and I'm going to start going to Quick Cuisine's again, it's a food assembly place. This way we have great meals that I can put together without kids pestering me and then just pull them out of the freezer that morning. Most only take 30 minutes to cook.

Wow! I wish we had a place like that here -- it's been tried but just doesn't seem to make it. I love it when I know what we're having and it's ready to go! (I was having a little talk with myself on this subject this week-end -- it really shouldn't be surprise when dinner time rolls around every night! ).

Hello!!! I am finally back from vacation. LOL. I gained 10 pounds! Ughhhh!! But I am back on track today. I hope that some of it was water weight. I am starting today and I will try to keep up with the thread this time. I saw that there were already 984 posts, so I think I will just start today. Best of luck to all my fellow losers!!

Glad that you had a great time! That vacation weight will be gone in no time, I'm sure! Good idea picking up from here!

Ok, last week was REALLY bad as far as my weight loss goes. My eating was really bad, and I only did one or two days of exercise. Today is a new day. I just finished Level 1 of Jillian Michael's 30day Shred. My muscles are still quivering. But I think I'll go do some Wii Fit!

, Elizk. Sorry that you had a bad week. But it sounds like you did something good for yourself a time or two with the exercising that you did get in. Sounds like you are off to a great start this week!

Every night this week our dinner is coming out of one of the Weight Watchers cookbooks. I'm a little concerned because 2 of my kids are underweight but my hubby is going to benefit from our healthy meals!

Good planning! Maybe you can add a snack for the kids to help the concerns with their issues.

 

[princessbride6205]

WOOHOO!! Nice job on the 5K! What was your time? Were you using the C25K to train for this? I recently ran a full 5k on the treadmill myself for the first time, but I know it was really slow. Isn't it a GREAT feeling of accomplishment?

It was a great feeling! My time was 35 minutes.
I did use the C25k to train but had to modify around swine flu, holidays, etc. I was able to start on Week 3 or 4 rather than "couch" level as I'd been quite active before, just not running.

QOTD: Do you plan out a menu for the week over the weekend? I plan more for my grocery shopping and to avoid the 6pm, "What the heck is for dinner?!" dilemma. I write out the list of meals for the week, but don't assign the exact day. That way we can just look at the list and choose something.

 

[donac]

QOTD: Do you plan out a menu for the week over the weekend?

I try to make a general plan so I have an idea of what to buy. I don't say this is going to be the meal for this day but I have 5 or 6 meals that are in the frig. Lunches are either leftovers or something I can grab out of th frig. Breakfast is either toast or cereal.

 

[my3princes]

QOTD: We do not plan out a weekly menu. Our menus are based on whatever is on special when I have time to get to the grocery store. We always have side dishes like brown rice and frozen veggies in the house so whatever I pick up for main dishes is totally financially driven. We don't get the grocery sales fliers from the stores that we shop at so I never know until I get there. I also work several evenings each week so DH cooks when I'm not home.

 

[Leader of the Club]

QOTD: I plan out the dinner menu and shopping list. For breakfast and lunch I usually buy the same staples.

I have made a new plan! In order to get myself out of bed and to the Y at least three times per week I have signed my DS5 up for three morning classes: swimming, boot camp and Lego club. Now I HAVE to go!

 

[jennz]

Ok, I am letting myself have a bad night, and then tomorrow I'm going to get up and workout. We took DS to the airport yesterday, and I thought I was over the being sad when he went back to school, but today has been awful. DH and I have both been a mess on and off all day. I haven't eaten since breakfast, but now I just want some food that I know is not good for me. (My first mistake was skipping lunch, but I just wasn't hungry.) I know I need to kick the comfort food habit, but not today. We were ready for him to go back to school, but it still hit us like a ton of bricks today.

Anyhow, sorry to keep going on. I'm going to have my spinach dip and tomato caprese calzone. At least I was able to not eat the potato chips...Thanks for listening.

Has today been better for you??

QOTD: I used to plan out everything and decided today that I will start again. I'm doing the fridge/pantry meals til we run out and plan to shop on Mondays. I'll make my menu up on Sundays.

 

[memy26]

QOTD: Do you plan out a menu for the week over the weekend?

No I have tried but I can't plan out for the week because my moods change too much. I will though buy certain things to make meals easier(like when my kids are playing ball and such)

 

[Nicholfamily5]

QOTD: Do you Plan a menu for the week over the weekend?

Sorta kinda. I plan a couple of dinners, but nothing specific for days. I'd say 4 out of 7 days are planned.

 

[Riverhill]

QOTD: Do you plan out a menu for the week over the weekend?

Yes! I plan out 7 dinners and only buy the needed supplies for those meals. I work in breakfast and lunch too. Each day we just eat which ever meal we are in the mood for. The nearest grocery store is 18 miles away so this is the best way to plan my week.

 

[Rose&Mike]

Has today been better for you??

QOTD: I used to plan out everything and decided today that I will start again. I'm doing the fridge/pantry meals til we run out and plan to shop on Mondays. I'll make my menu up on Sundays.

Much better, thanks. No tears today, and I went to work, even though it was my day off, so nice distraction, and I don't snack at work! Talked to DS today and he's doing good, so time for us to get back into a routine at home. Thanks for asking.

Have a great week everyone!

 

[mikamah]

QOTD: Do you plan out a menu for the week over the weekend?
This is a perfect question for me right now. I try to plan and shop on sundays while michael is in ccd, but there is no ccd during jan and feb, so I didn't go yesterday. I went into work early, with the plan to get out early, but that didn't happen, so we just went after work to the grocery store, without a list and plan, and I just wasn't in the mood, so I'll need to go back. Just picked up stuff for tonight and tomorrow. So, I guess my answer is that I try to plan for most of the week, but we tend to eat out one or two nights/ week, usually my late nights at work or on the weekend. I like to make a big meal one night that will last a few nights. My lunches are usually leftovers, or sandwich, but this past week, I've had yogurt, minibagel with peanut butter, fruit and a couple babybel cheeses.

Have a great night.