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

[Cinderella Girl]

QOTD: DH and I just discussed this and of course we agreed. For us it would be a Hawaii vacation with lots of scuba diving, water sports, Hiking, walking on the beach, just doing things outside and enjoying the tropical environment.

This summer we are doing a week at Disney with lots of walking, a weeks cruise with snorkeling, hiking, zip lines, more snorkeling, water sports, then back to Orlando for time at US, SeaWorld and WDW. We will get lots more walking in. We are always active on our vacations. Now if we can make good food choices we'll be golden



DH wants to know if anyone is doing the P90X. If so what do you think of it?

I love active Disney vacations. I always come back from DW having lost weight! My cousins husband does P90X and he loves it! He says it has really helped him.

Q of the Day--I would love to see the Mayan ruins. We are also very active on vacations, and I think we would enjoy Hawaii as well.

Theresa--congrats on your engagement!

Hawaii is amazing!!! But I have never been there when I have been in shape, looking forward to that some day!

Home from work. Made myself some steak with onions and mushrooms with a teriyaki marinade. Really tasty and I have leftovers for tomorrow. Need to head downstairs in a while to get in my other workouts. I need to do the EA Sports Active and a few more miles of WATP. I thought about doing the elliptical but think I'll save that for tomorrow when I can do it earlier in the day. Not sure if I'll make all of my miles that I want to today but I did work today.

I have a $10 Target gift card so I'm going to do some research on the other Leslie Sansone DVDs that are out. I heard good things about the AB workout and am interested in the others people mentioned!

I know I already posted this, but I love Leslie's new Walk with Pilates. I got it at Target and it is great. I also like the Walk Away Belly Fat.

Like others, mine is to run a 5K - run the whole thing, not walk all/part of it. I'm thinking the Princess half in 2011 would be a good long-term goal, with the shorter term goal of running the annual 5K here at home and maybe the Wine & Dine 5K at Disney (if our May trip falls through - if I go in May, I won't be able to do Oct too!).



Hmmm, do I have to pick just one? I love active vacations, and there are several I'd like to do that would involve a lot of physical activity. If I had to settle on just one, money no object, it would be an extended trip to Australia with plenty of hiking, horseback riding, and swimming/snorkling/scuba. Hawaii would be a close second. And I've always wanted to hike the Appalachian Trail, so that would be a good one as well. Oh, and Costa Rica; I would love to do the rainforest and canopy tours, volcano hikes, etc.

I, too, want to do the 2011 Princess Half marathon. Other people on our thread have also made that a long term goal. Maybe we can all train for it and have a BL/DIS meet during the half. That would be fun!

Haven't gotten onto our thread for a couple days. Just wanted to pop in to say I hope everybody is having a great weekend.

I ended up with a maintain this week, but I'm okay with that, since I usually have a gain when its TOM so a maintain is a definitely improvement

There's been lots of weigh-ins coming in, which I haven't got opened yet, but I'm happy to see so many reporting in

DH & I spend loads of time this week looking into different vacation options to use up airplane points. We ended up picking a cruise over Vegas, so for our spring break in March DFiL is looking after our DD's, while DH and I head of to SanDiego for a 5 night cruise into Mexico Excellent motivation to stay focused on exercising

Congrats on the cruise, that sounds fun!!! Thank you for all you do with this challenge! We couldn't do it without you!!!!!!

Friday QOTD: A fitness goal I have for 2010 is to do more local races. Since I usually manage 1, it should be easy to improve by 100%! I'm hoping to do two 5Ks, and maybe a 10K. I need to get outside to run when it is warm enough to do so, I tend to stay in my basement and then the "real world" is a shock for my system.

Saturday QOTD: I would love to incorporate the Disneyland Half into a vacation! I don't know how realistic that is, but I love the idea. My second choice would be a lovely week at a spa, with healthy cuisine, great workouts, and practical advice I could take back to my daily life.

I ran 6M this morning, and it felt great! So good to be moving for a long distance again. I slowed down a bit, to make sure I could do it all, but no problem. I think I'm finally back in the "losing" mindset, which for me includes the workouts and healthy eating. It takes me a bit to recover from a trip, but I'm finally putting it all together. My snack for tomorrow afternoon's football playoff is cauliflower poppers, 0 pts from the WW website. I've never tried them so I'm hoping this is a new winner!

Maria

Great Goals!!!!! I also love the cauliflower poppers idea. I am having people over for the game tomorrow and I will look that up!

 

[Cinderella Girl]

What is the WATP dvd?:

It is a series if Walking dvd's by Leslie Sansone, called Walk Away the Pounds or Walk at Home.

I love them and use them almost everyday!
Molly

 

[iheartdolewhips]

It is a series if Walking dvd's by Leslie Sansone, called Walk Away the Pounds or Walk at Home.

I love them and use them almost everyday!
Molly

Thank you! I've heard of them before, I just couldn't decipher the acronym. What types of moves does she use?

 

[Octoberbride03]

Oh FYI for Leslie Sansone fans. I got emailed the QVC schedule today and she will be on twice this coming friday. I imagine she'll have lots of stuff to share.

 

[maiziezoe]

How are you ending the day with 12 points unused? Not trying to be nosey, but it seems like you may not be eating enough if you have that many points left at the end of the day. Are you earning LOADS of activity points? I'll be the first to admit I never calculate or use my activity points, but I do try to eat my daily target minimum at least 5 days a week and then I use my Flex points for a splurge or two on the weekends. Just be careful of not eating enough.... it will drop you metabolism to nothing and you will stop losing.

I have no idea how I end up with so many points every day. I just don't have enough time in the day to eat 29 points. Today was the first day since I started WW that I dipped into my "Weekly Remaining" points and that was just 1 point. Last week I had 71 Activity points earned that went to waste because I didn't use them. I think I need to rethink my daily schedule so I can eat more.

After gaining back a little last week, I'm down .4 lb this week. I'm ok with it...I have been totally distracted this week so I'm thrilled I didn't gain again.

After months of looking at engagement/wedding rings, DBF surprised me New Year's Eve with a beautiful bridal set he found all by himself. Yesterday we set a wedding date of April 16 of this year. I would sure love to surprise him with a sexy body that I'm proud to show off in a pretty little nightie on our wedding night! But at the rate of 4/10ths of a pound a week, it will never happen.

Anyone have any secrets of how to make myself get up and exercise at 5:00 in the morning? I have the want to and when the alarm goes off I'm very much awake but I just lay there listening to the radio enjoying the quite of the morning and being all alone. How do I make myself get out of bed and get going? I am so jealous of all the people that get up and run/workout so early. I want to do that too!!!!!

Hope you all have a great weekend - expecting rain all day tomorrow here. But I have plenty to do making room in my house for my new "husband-to-be"!

♥Theresa

Congrats on your engagement!!!

I am getting a cold that my dh had this week. I had a rotten night sleep. Woke a lot feeling hot and sweaty.

Dh is feeling better which is good since he wants to go visit his mom. She was hospitlized with inflamed lungs the other day. We were told she was coming home but I found out by an email from an aunt that she is still in the hospital. You would think one of his sisters would call us and tell us that she was still in the hospital. dh called the other night and was told that she would probably come home on Friday. He told his sister to call if there was a change. Why didn't they call him.. He's calling this morning so he knows where to go to visit him.

I don't have too much planned for today. Just shopping for some fabric for project going on next week.

Have a great day everyone

I hope you're feeling better soon... and your MIL too.

Put your work out clothes out next to the night before, move your alarm clock across the room so you have to get out of bed to turn it off, and when you think "it's so nice to just lay here" think "I can't wait to wear that sexy lingerie!"

Getting up in the morning - not only is that hard, but do you guys start in right away or wait 15 or 30 minutes before you work out? My body is still tired!

Well even though today wasn't a weigh day, yesterday I was up about a pound or just over, today I am DOWN, that pound is gone plus another 1.2 so I am at 10 pounds! I am very excited and am changing my clippie!

Although I was sick the last 2 days it sure didn't matter to my appetite, so I'm really glad to see the scale go down. I had 2 days with no exercise and yesterday I walked slowly on the tm for 1/2 hour to get moving. Feeling okay so far today. I think we are going to Friday's tonight for a belated bd dinner for me, since dd is feeling better now. I love their Dragon Fire Chicken - yum! 500 calorie delish dinner!!

QOTD: If you could take a 'fitness' vacation (money no object), where would you go and why? Hmmmm...dreaming going on here. I love it! I think I would be like iheartdolewhips and take an active vacation, either to Hawaii or Australia. I would love to hike in the rain forest, walk on the beach...

The alarm clock across the room was EXACTLY what I was going to suggest!

CONGRATS on your 10 pound weight loss and clippie!!

I have been debating on getting another WATP video (getting bored w/the one I have) but I think I will do it, my muscles feel like they're going to break when I wake up and do my wii BL or PS Personal Trainer! I can that in the afternoon.

You just reminded me... I ordered a WATP DVD over a week ago and I still haven't received it. Hmmm.

Just tried a new recipe tonight from a friend of mine who is a Zumba instructor. It came from Healthy Cooking/Taste of Home cook book. It was really yummy and my whole family liked it. Wanted to share the recipe with everyone.

Prep/Total Time 15-20 mins.

Tangy Parmesan Tilapia

1/4 c. grated parmesan cheese
2 tbsp. reduced-fat mayonaise
1 tbsp. reduced-fat butter, softened
1 tbsp. lime juice
1/8 tsp. garlic powder
1/8 tsp. dried basil
1/8 tsp. pepper
dash onion powder
4 tilapia fillets (5 oz each)
1/4 tsp salt

Mix first 8 ingredients in smal bowl; set aside. Line broiler pan w/ foil and coat w/ Pam. Place fillets on sprayed foil and sprinkle w/ salt.
Broil 3-4 inches from heat for 2-3 mins. on each side.
Spread 1 tbsp. cheese mixture over the top of each fillet; broil 1 -2 mins longer OR until topping is golden and fish flakes easily w/ a fork.

1 fillet equals 179 calories, 7 grams fat (3 g sat fat), 29 g protein.

I made this a few months ago. Very good!!

 

[beansf]

I actually like quite a bit of activity on my vacations. I would love a spa trip with my sister where there were yoga classes, fitness trainers, and spa cuisine.


I went for a walk today, even though it was chillier than I like. I was just glad it didn't rain on me since that is all it has done for over a week! I also used my elliptical trainer. I am not ready for weight training due to the pinched nerve in my neck, but I will hit the cardio as much as I can.

I decided to order one of those Omron pedometers from Amazon. I don't feel like wearing the Bodybugg anymore but I would like some feedback.

Have a great rest-of-the-weekend, everyone!

 

[maiziezoe]

Good evening!

Today my hubby and I went to lunch with some of our Dis-er friends to 5 Guys Burgers. Best burgers EV-ER! I spent yesterday afternoon going over the menu and deciding what I wanted and then I planned the rest of my day today around those points. I ordered the "Little Hamburger" without cheese and mayo. 11 points. However, about 3/4 through the burger I noticed I was eating the regular hamburger (double meat) at 17 points. Ack!!! Totally screwed up the rest of my day and I think I had a small anxiety attack over it. Not only that, I only did 30 minutes of exercise today because we were running late to meet our friends. Ack again!

Here is Saturday's QOTD:
If you could take a 'fitness' vacation (money no object), where would you go and why?

I would go to the Miraval Life in Balance Resort and Spa in Tucson, Arizona. My friend went there a few months ago and said it was A-MAZE-ING. Oprah and Gayle have been there a many times too. It's super expensive. My friend stayed in the second cheapest room and it was $710 a night. But, money is no object, right? I'll stay in the room Oprah stays in!

 

[sahbushka]

Theresa - just remind your self that you will have those wedding pictures forever, your kids will look at them, your grandkids will look at them....do you want to look back on that day with regrets? If there is something you could do right now or at 5am that would help garantee that you won't have regrets would you do it? If the answer is yes then put a wedding picture on the alarm clock that you have placed accross the room and make sure you have everything ready the night before so that you can just get up and do the exersize without any more prep.

Good luck and congrats!

SarahMay

 

[IWISHFORDISNEY]

I had some disappointing news yesterday so my husband took us over to Disney yesterday. We had a fun time. So I got lotsa exercise running around the Magic Kingdom. BUT....my great find for healty food. The Wave at CR. It was amazing and just what I was looking for on my diet. I ordered the fish of the day it was Artic Char soooooo good. Pan fried in Olive Oil and saffron over a fresh succotach. It tasted very fresh and light. The succotash was def hand picked lima beans and corn cut off the cob with some sort of tomatoe butter base. It was really a nice change from all the other heavy food they serve. I did splurge a bit and share the dessert with my husband. Over all great day!! so if you are going to the world and want to watch it a little give it a try we were skeptical but like it alot.

 

[pjlla]

I'm sorry. It would appear that I hurt your feelings. I really didn't mean to do that. I just wanted you to be realistic. Nothing we say is going to make you exercise until you decide that you are ready to do it for yourself. Sure, we can offer up plenty of helpful suggestions, but you have to act on them.
Again, I am sorry if I was too harsh. I didn't mean to offend you and I am truly sorry.

Haven't gotten onto our thread for a couple days. Just wanted to pop in to say I hope everybody is having a great weekend.

I ended up with a maintain this week, but I'm okay with that, since I usually have a gain when its TOM so a maintain is a definitely improvement

There's been lots of weigh-ins coming in, which I haven't got opened yet, but I'm happy to see so many reporting in

DH & I spend loads of time this week looking into different vacation options to use up airplane points. We ended up picking a cruise over Vegas, so for our spring break in March DFiL is looking after our DD's, while DH and I head of to SanDiego for a 5 night cruise into Mexico Excellent motivation to stay focused on exercising

First of all, great job on the maintain! Secondly... the vacation sounds exciting. My DH is such a stick-in-the-mud and never wants to plan to go ANYWHERE. Getting to Disney every few years is kind of like pulling teeth! I'm sure you will have a SUPER time.

Just tried a new recipe tonight from a friend of mine who is a Zumba instructor. It came from Healthy Cooking/Taste of Home cook book. It was really yummy and my whole family liked it. Wanted to share the recipe with everyone.

Prep/Total Time 15-20 mins.

Tangy Parmesan Tilapia

1/4 c. grated parmesan cheese
2 tbsp. reduced-fat mayonaise
1 tbsp. reduced-fat butter, softened
1 tbsp. lime juice
1/8 tsp. garlic powder
1/8 tsp. dried basil
1/8 tsp. pepper
dash onion powder
4 tilapia fillets (5 oz each)
1/4 tsp salt

Mix first 8 ingredients in smal bowl; set aside. Line broiler pan w/ foil and coat w/ Pam. Place fillets on sprayed foil and sprinkle w/ salt.
Broil 3-4 inches from heat for 2-3 mins. on each side.
Spread 1 tbsp. cheese mixture over the top of each fillet; broil 1 -2 mins longer OR until topping is golden and fish flakes easily w/ a fork.

1 fillet equals 179 calories, 7 grams fat (3 g sat fat), 29 g protein.

Thanks for the recipe. I'll try it this week... but maybe with perch instead of tilapia. I can usually get the perch cheaper. I'll see what's on sale.


Morning all! Well, last night's Robotics dinner wasn't a complete disaster until dessert arrived. Dinner was pasta with meat sauce and cheese. I had about a 1 C portion with a small piece of bread (sadly, not a vegetable in sight). I overindulged at dessert though. I had not one, but TWO mint brownies. And in hindsight... they were worth every calorie! They were fabulous. Since it was my splurge day I don't have any real regrets about eating them. That said, I am going to get in a short workout today, even though Sunday is usually my day off.

I've been trying to avoid the grocery store and use up some of my pantry and freezer overages (and save some $$), but it looks like I won't be able to avoid a trip to the grocery store much longer. We have no milk, no juice except V-8 (no one drinks but me), 3 slices of bread, no eggs, no fresh veggies other than 3 onions and a bit of limp celery, no frozen veggies, no fruit other than some old clementines and 2 apples and a dried up lime. The kids school snack bin is almost empty, except for the last few things that no one ever wants (few 100 calorie bars, some raisin/cranberry boxes, and a few applesauce cups). I rarely make a grocery store trip without combining it with other errands, but I don't really need to go anywhere else today. Maybe I'll try to limp along another 24 hours. I need to go to the airport to pick up DD tonight. I could leave 30 minutes early and dash into Shaw's for a few essentials. I think I'll do that, rather than make a special trip (the grocery store is 30 minutes away). As long as I can get fruit, veggies, milk, juice, bread, and eggs, I think we can survive on the pantry and freezer stuff for a bit longer. It will just take some planning.

Guess I'll go decide if I am doing a WATP video today or hitting the TM... or maybe my new BL Powersculpt... I really like that and it is a nice change from all of the cardio I do. Then a few minutes of "power housework" and then I'll be free to do some scrapbooking until I need to leave to get DD at the airport tonight.

Talk to you all later..................P

 

[lovedvc]

Friday night I went to a fundraiser and won the S'mores basket which included a 5 lb bar of Hershey's chocolate. Last night my husband decided he was going to break it up. I took a few small and I mean small pieces that fell off and put the rest into the freezer. Hopefully I will forget it is in there.

 

[heatherlynn444]

doesn't the biggest loser now have a resort/ranch/spa place you can go to? that would be cool!

 

[3_disprincesses]

Theresa - just remind your self that you will have those wedding pictures forever, your kids will look at them, your grandkids will look at them....do you want to look back on that day with regrets? If there is something you could do right now or at 5am that would help garantee that you won't have regrets would you do it? If the answer is yes then put a wedding picture on the alarm clock that you have placed accross the room and make sure you have everything ready the night before so that you can just get up and do the exersize without any more prep.

Good luck and congrats!

SarahMay

You're so right about the pictures - I HATE taking them now...have only a couple of us together. I was not in any of the pictures from our last two WDW trips. I do want pictures of my Wedding Day though! I usually sleep until about 7:30 on Sunday mornings - get up just in time to get us ready for church. But I did get up early this a.m. and do about 30 minutes of wii My Fitness Coach. It's a beautiful day so I'm sure I'll get in a 30 minute or so walk today. I AM GOING TO DO THIS!!!!!

pjlla - Sorry if I gave you that impression. I had just typed a reply to another post and somehow lost it. Tried starting over and lost my train of thought...hence the confusion! Girl, you just told it like it is HAHA!

 

[pjlla]

You're so right about the pictures - I HATE taking them now...have only a couple of us together. I was not in any of the pictures from our last two WDW trips. I do want pictures of my Wedding Day though! I usually sleep until about 7:30 on Sunday mornings - get up just in time to get us ready for church. But I did get up early this a.m. and do about 30 minutes of wii My Fitness Coach. It's a beautiful day so I'm sure I'll get in a 30 minute or so walk today. I AM GOING TO DO THIS!!!!!

pjlla - Sorry if I gave you that impression. I had just typed a reply to another post and somehow lost it. Tried starting over and lost my train of thought...hence the confusion! Girl, you just told it like it is HAHA!

w

Oh good! Glad you took my comments in the spirit in which they were intended.

Well... DD just txted from the MK... she is sick and just vomited in line in front of everyone. I feel so bad, but she knew she wasn't feeling well before they left the hotel room and she didn't take any Pepto Bismol or Tums (both of which were available in her suitcase!!). She says she feels better now. Hopefully the worst of it is over. I would hate to think of her vomiting all the flight home!! ICK (both for her and the others around her!). Now I get to spend the rest of the afternoon worrying about that. Oh well.

I made couple of nice big meatloaves for dinner tonight (I'll put the second in the freezer for another day). I use lots of "filler" like refried beans, bran, wheat germ, bread crumbs, veggies, so hopefully that will keep the calories low (plus I use lean ground beef).

Off to serve the men some lunch..................P

 

[mikamah]

Happy sunday everyone. I don't think I"ve been on since wednesday. Had a busy few days, and today I should be cleaning my disgusting house, but thought I'd take a dis break. I haven't been tracking lately, and though I've seen some small losses, i think it's just a matter of time before it's all back on if I don't get back into the tracking. Had kind of an emotional week, but am feeling better, and I'm going to get a tracker out and start today.

Congrats to last weeks biggest losers!! It's so awesome that we've reached 500 pounds gone!!! Great work losers!!

Thanks Eeyore's butterfly for coaching last week, and welcome to Cinderella girl this week.

Thanks corinna for the qotd posts, makes it easy to catch up.

1/20 Wednesday: Now that you have identified your obstacles, how can you overcome them to reach your goals?
Thisis a tough one, I'm my own worst enemy, but I'm trying to keep myself accountable, and keep up with the exercise, and not give up. I'll keep going to ww too.

1/21 Thursday QOTD: What's one healthy swap you can make in your eating?
when I'm craving a snack, I need to eat a piece of fruit or a yogurt, rather than crackers, or chips.

1/22 Friday QOTD: What is a fitness goal you have for 2010?
To do the wish exercise challenge each month, and to make at least 1000 minutes each month. On track so far this month.


1/23 Saturday QOTD: If you could take a 'fitness' vacation (money no object), where would you go and why?
I would love to go some place beautiful, arizona, the grandcanyon, and stay at a dude ranch/ spa type place, with lots of activities, and a nice relaxing massage each night. I took a vermont bike tour many years ago, and I biked harder than I ever had, and one night I treated myself to a massage, and it was amazing. I've only had two in my life, but the one after really exercising hard for a couple days was so therapeutic.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend. I don't think I'll be able to catch up on the thread this time, so I'll just go forward from here. But who knows, I may post this, and read for another hour, i'm so far behind.


__________________

 

[jennz]

Good evening!

Today my hubby and I went to lunch with some of our Dis-er friends to 5 Guys Burgers. Best burgers EV-ER! I spent yesterday afternoon going over the menu and deciding what I wanted and then I planned the rest of my day today around those points. I ordered the "Little Hamburger" without cheese and mayo. 11 points. However, about 3/4 through the burger I noticed I was eating the regular hamburger (double meat) at 17 points. Ack!!! Totally screwed up the rest of my day and I think I had a small anxiety attack over it. Not only that, I only did 30 minutes of exercise today because we were running late to meet our friends. Ack again!

Here is Saturday's QOTD:
If you could take a 'fitness' vacation (money no object), where would you go and why?

I would go to the Miraval Life in Balance Resort and Spa in Tucson, Arizona. My friend went there a few months ago and said it was A-MAZE-ING. Oprah and Gayle have been there a many times too. It's super expensive. My friend stayed in the second cheapest room and it was $710 a night. But, money is no object, right? I'll stay in the room Oprah stays in!

5 Guys...yum!! Did you stay away from the fries? I don't think I could have done that! DH has been wanting to go but I must stay away for a while! That place doesn't even PRETEND to be healthy! lol How fun that you guys got together!

I mentioned to dh that I thought we should hike this trail I read about in his Backpacker magazine. It is south jersey and it is VERY flat. Now he is talking about taking me on a couple of sections of the Appalachian Trail He plans to spend more on a new pair of hiking shoes for me than I spend on an outfit.

I tried Toy Story Mania this morning and my thumb is sore from pressing the button to shoot. I spent about an hour and it was a lot of fun. Some of the same graphics as the game in DW. I am not a video game person but I had fun. I was also playing by myself.

Just finished grading some papers from my calc class. I had one student do no calculus at all to solve the problems. BUDDY what is the name of the class? They had 45 minutes to do 5 problems and I had one student do only 3 problems. What was he doing?

Have a great evening everyone.

You DH is pretty excited about your suggesting a hike huh? Big difference from FLAT to mountains!

You must be sighing when you're grading those papers...don't you want to swat the kids on the head?

Haven't gotten onto our thread for a couple days. Just wanted to pop in to say I hope everybody is having a great weekend.

I ended up with a maintain this week, but I'm okay with that, since I usually have a gain when its TOM so a maintain is a definitely improvement

There's been lots of weigh-ins coming in, which I haven't got opened yet, but I'm happy to see so many reporting in

DH & I spend loads of time this week looking into different vacation options to use up airplane points. We ended up picking a cruise over Vegas, so for our spring break in March DFiL is looking after our DD's, while DH and I head of to SanDiego for a 5 night cruise into Mexico Excellent motivation to stay focused on exercising

Wow - very exciting!! Vacation without the kiddos!

What is the WATP dvd?

We just got an elliptical two days ago and I am LOVING it. We found it used on Craigslist and it's perfect. I've been playing around with working out for a month or two, but have been making excuses, waiting until I could afford an elliptical / find a nice one. But now that I have it, I've decided my excuse time is OVER!! I did an hour yesterday (split between two 30 minute sessions) and 30 minutes so far today. I wonder why we always forget how good working out feels until after we do it. Maybe I should make myself a poster that says that to remind me.

That is so true about feeling good after a workout, I also focus on the effort it takes (sorry Tig not like you and have so many that I love that I have to figure out how to work them all in! but I hope to become that way...) I think I'm going to check Craigslist, great idea!

The alarm clock across the room was EXACTLY what I was going to suggest!

CONGRATS on your 10 pound weight loss and clippie!!

Thank you my friend!

I had some disappointing news yesterday so my husband took us over to Disney yesterday. We had a fun time. So I got lotsa exercise running around the Magic Kingdom. BUT....my great find for healty food. The Wave at CR. It was amazing and just what I was looking for on my diet. I ordered the fish of the day it was Artic Char soooooo good. Pan fried in Olive Oil and saffron over a fresh succotach. It tasted very fresh and light. The succotash was def hand picked lima beans and corn cut off the cob with some sort of tomatoe butter base. It was really a nice change from all the other heavy food they serve. I did splurge a bit and share the dessert with my husband. Over all great day!! so if you are going to the world and want to watch it a little give it a try we were skeptical but like it alot.

I'm sorry you had some bad news but I'm happy for you that you were able to go to WDW and also try out the Wave - I've heard good things about it.

You're so right about the pictures - I HATE taking them now...have only a couple of us together. I was not in any of the pictures from our last two WDW trips. I do want pictures of my Wedding Day though! I usually sleep until about 7:30 on Sunday mornings - get up just in time to get us ready for church. But I did get up early this a.m. and do about 30 minutes of wii My Fitness Coach. It's a beautiful day so I'm sure I'll get in a 30 minute or so walk today. I AM GOING TO DO THIS!!!!!

Be proud!!! Great job!

Well... DD just txted from the MK... she is sick and just vomited in line in front of everyone. I feel so bad, but she knew she wasn't feeling well before they left the hotel room and she didn't take any Pepto Bismol or Tums (both of which were available in her suitcase!!). She says she feels better now. Hopefully the worst of it is over. I would hate to think of her vomiting all the flight home!! ICK (both for her and the others around her!). Now I get to spend the rest of the afternoon worrying about that. Oh well.

Poor dd! How awful for her and also for you that you're not with her!


Well I got a new WATP dvd yesterday, the 5 mile one and did 3 miles today...wow that is a LOT faster than my other one! I liked it! DD, 11, is really getting into exercise. The girl does competitive cheer, so she's pretty strong, and does that (lots of tumbling and strength) already for 6 hours/week and now she's exercising at home. She got Jillian's Trouble spot workout dvd yesterday (not that she knows what a trouble spot is) to make her arms, abs and glutes stronger so she can be a better cheerleader. Rock on girl! I told her I'll do it with her (so I can keep an eye on her form) but I know it'll be hard for me! I've done her at home cheer exercises with her - well I've done 3 while she's done 20! so she should be good. Now DH is starting to join in - hooray!

 

[jennz]

Hope everyone is having a good weekend. I don't think I'll be able to catch up on the thread this time, so I'll just go forward from here. But who knows, I may post this, and read for another hour, i'm so far behind.

Welcome back! I wondered where you'd been. Set your timer, clean for 15 minutes, Dis for 15 minutes...burn some cleaning calories - you'll feel great and in control! And then you can cheer the Colts on at 3! lol

 

[lisah0711]

Ack!!! Totally screwed up the rest of my day and I think I had a small anxiety attack over it. Not only that, I only did 30 minutes of exercise today because we were running late to meet our friends. Ack again!

, maiziezoe, some days you are going to go over your points. Don't stress, just work a little harder the next few days and it will balance out. It doesn't hurt to give your body a few extra calories every once in awhile to keep yourself from plateauing!

Theresa - just remind your self that you will have those wedding pictures forever, your kids will look at them, your grandkids will look at them....do you want to look back on that day with regrets?

This is an excellent point!

I had some disappointing news yesterday so my husband took us over to Disney yesterday. We had a fun time. So I got lotsa exercise running around the Magic Kingdom. BUT....my great find for healty food. The Wave at CR. It was amazing and just what I was looking for on my diet. I ordered the fish of the day it was Artic Char soooooo good. Pan fried in Olive Oil and saffron over a fresh succotach. It tasted very fresh and light. The succotash was def hand picked lima beans and corn cut off the cob with some sort of tomatoe butter base. It was really a nice change from all the other heavy food they serve. I did splurge a bit and share the dessert with my husband. Over all great day!! so if you are going to the world and want to watch it a little give it a try we were skeptical but like it alot.

Bummer about the bad news but sounds like you made the best of it with a trip to WDW and a healthy dinner!

pjlla, sorry to hear that your daughter got ill. Poor thing! And poor you having her sick while she is away.

Happy sunday everyone. I don't think I"ve been on since wednesday. Had a busy few days, and today I should be cleaning my disgusting house, but thought I'd take a dis break.

Hello! I am sure your house isn't disgusting -- it is lived in!

Well I got a new WATP dvd yesterday, the 5 mile one and did 3 miles today...wow that is a LOT faster than my other one! I liked it! DD, 11, is really getting into exercise. The girl does competitive cheer, so she's pretty strong, and does that (lots of tumbling and strength) already for 6 hours/week and now she's exercising at home. She got Jillian's Trouble spot workout dvd yesterday (not that she knows what a trouble spot is) to make her arms, abs and glutes stronger so she can be a better cheerleader. Rock on girl! I told her I'll do it with her (so I can keep an eye on her form) but I know it'll be hard for me! I've done her at home cheer exercises with her - well I've done 3 while she's done 20! so she should be good. Now DH is starting to join in - hooray!

Great job getting the whole family on board!

It is a nice quiet Sunday here. I think I may give the Toy Story Mania Wii a try.

Have a great day!

 

[jbm02]

Okay, better late than never - Congratulations to all the losers this week!!! (sorry for the delay - I haven't been able to post any responses lately!!)

Here is Saturday's QOTD:
If you could take a 'fitness' vacation (money no object), where would you go and why?
I would go to the BL Fitness Ridge. It looks amazing! I feel like I would learn alot about fitness and health, and it would be awesome to try new fitness activities.

I would love to go some place beautiful, arizona, the grandcanyon, and stay at a dude ranch/ spa type place, with lots of activities, and a nice relaxing massage each night. I took a vermont bike tour many years ago, and I biked harder than I ever had, and one night I treated myself to a massage, and it was amazing. I've only had two in my life, but the one after really exercising hard for a couple days was so therapeutic.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend. I don't think I'll be able to catch up on the thread this time, so I'll just go forward from here. But who knows, I may post this, and read for another hour, i'm so far behind.


__________________

My DH and I have talked about doing a 100 mi bike mile ride - that would be his choice! - but mine would be for both of us to go to Canyon Ridge! Because then someone else is figuring out what I should be eating and I'd know that I wasn't over-estimating the calories I burned. And we have alot of fun together!!

DH & I spend loads of time this week looking into different vacation options to use up airplane points. We ended up picking a cruise over Vegas, so for our spring break in March DFiL is looking after our DD's, while DH and I head of to SanDiego for a 5 night cruise into Mexico Excellent motivation to stay focused on exercising

Have a terrific time!!!

I, too, want to do the 2011 Princess Half marathon. Other people on our thread have also made that a long term goal. Maybe we can all train for it and have a BL/DIS meet during the half. That would be fun!

Add me to the list....

This has been a good weekend. Had a short run yesterday and a longer one today. But I'm not as hardy as Jen - I'm still glued to the treadmill at the Y! LOL. I planned to go about 40 minutes today but then I ran into a friend of mine who was on the treadmill a few away from me...and she was like the energizer bunny - she just kept going, and going and going. Did I mention that she is 3 months pregnant??! So I decided that if she could keep going, so could I... she finally stopped when I was at 57 minutes so I kept going for another 3 minutes. OMG. That's the longest I've ever run IN MY LIFE. I was a puddle at the end. Then home to church, DS's track meet, DD's basketball game ...now I'm plannng to relax and watch the football games.
BTW, made a cooking light dinner last night that the whole family loved - chicken and apples. Yum!!!!
Have a great day everyone. Go, JETS!!!!

 

[Peace.love.mickey]

I had my first run yesterday in a few months and I have to say I am SORE...OMG Sore...so today instead of just sitting on the couch I am going to do a little wii fit! I guess the workout plan is getting underway, I need to get the food thing to be better!!!

As for yesterday's QOTD..I have no idea what a fitness vacation even is...I would say shoot Disney, but I eat too much there, but man a lot of cardio !

The plan for this week is to workout as much as possible in the morning. There is one class at the gym I want to try to take and it is only at night! So I might sleep in one morning and go do that!

Okay off to the wii fit!

Have a great week EVERYONE...stick to your plan!