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

[jbm02]

Great job! I ran outside today (in Minnesota as well) and the ice/snow is a bit tricky. I would love to have a treadmill but that is too much money right now. Instead, I invested in a great hooded running shirt!



If you have an iPod, there are great apps to help you time the C25K all out.


Well, yesterday I bought running shoes, wool socks and a hooded running shirt with mittens with the goal of starting a couch to 5K run program. While doing a bit of research, I also found an app for iPod that will time what you are doing, beep between running and walking as well as give you voice commands. So, today I got up to go running...and...I DID IT!!!! I made it for the full 31 minute work out. Day one is done!!!! I was so proud of myself for getting up and going...especially since our wind chill was 10° BELOW ZERO!!!!! I was even happier that DH decided he is going to try to give it a go with me!!!

Sunday's QOTD: When was your last trip to Disney or when will you first/next trip be? Did you try to eat healthy while there or just go with the flow?

My last trip to WDW was WDW and a cruise. I did not do well on either part of the trip. I ate everything I wanted in both places and drank plenty of alcohol. It was August and so we had lots of frozen drinks, lots of ice cream, etc. It was bad. My next trip will probably be next year in March for the Princess Half Marathon if it can all be figured out. I would hope I would eat better on that trip. Then it will be another August WDW/Cruise trip. I will definitely make plans for eating and exercising when I get closer to the trip.

..I am catching up on EIGHT pages from the weekend and earlier today. OMG I am so out of the loop!

Jen, I am sooo impressed that you are running outside. My wimpy rule is that it has to be 12 or above before I venture out. And it hasn't been that in a while!! But I am okay with the treadmill at the gym, luckily. I am forcing myself to use it more - the first mile is always the hardest for me. Sean isn't joining me (yet) but he did go to the Y after school today!!! Today's boot camp class was really really hard. I am happy that I pushed myself to finish most of the exercises.

..as for Sunday's QOTD - I was with Jen. 'nuff said. BUT we'll be at the Princess Half next March so our next trip to WDW will be much healthier!! (Jen, did I mention that's the year for our 20th anniversary? I think we'll come together sans kids - thank God for grandparents to watch them so we can sneak away!!) I have to figure out how to download stuff (other than music) for my iPOD. Maybe that will help...

Last trip was August 09. I never over do it on vacation. I overeat when I'm stressed or tired. On vacation I'm neither. I swear, if I lived in WDW I would not have a weight problem.

Holy cow. I wish I could turn into you on vacation!!!


As for me, it was a rough weekend. I worked both days and was pretty busy, which meant no time for exercising. And, unfortunately, I didn't have access to "good" food. But I had a pretty good idea that it was going to be like that so I had plenty of healthy food in the house to start the rest of the week off better. So while I don't think I totally sabotagued my weight loss, it definitely didn't help it either. I will just try to be extra vigilant the rest of the week!

 

[TinkerBean]

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

I too try to make a big meal that will last us a few nights/lunches. This week it will be veggitarian chili. Otherwise for now I have been eating "Smart Ones" or "Lean Cuisines" to avoid the "it's five o'clock - I'm starving, let's order out" pitfall and so far I've done pretty well. It's after dinner and I still have 6 more "points" to go...4 if I have another glass of wine

 

[heatherlynn444]

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

no, my husband eats like a horse and what i think should last 2-3 days lasts one meal. LOL! I also like someone else said, may change my mind. My husband doesn't get home till 8:30 so I eat alone mostly and sometimes just make enough of soemthing for me and DH gets his own dinner, so it's a little wacky for us right now!

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

Hey everyone! I get so busy during the week, work is so busy, and on weekends, I have to catch up. Seems like I don't get enough time on WISH. I wish I was rich and could spend more time on the DIS!

I signed up for the biggest loser competiton at my DH's work. I won it last year, and now I am actually 4# more than I was at the start last year. Hopefully I can win it again, and this time keep it off!

WISH me luck!

 

[tigger813]

Good evening ALL,

Been a not so great day. Due to my poor eating yesterday I have felt lousy all day. I called in sick to work and spent the day on the couch. Haven't really eaten much as when I do my stomach starts bothering me again. Hoping I can go into work tomorrow! As of right now, I'd say no way! Stomach is really felling lousy!

Picked up DD2 at preschool and she was crying about her ear hurting and then it stopped but she was really whiny. She cried when asking for a cup of juice and then fell asleep on our bed watching tv. UH OH bad sign as she's not a napper anymore and the way she was acting I knew something was up. 4/13 kids were out in her class today. While DD1 and I were at dancing she threw up. DH got the bucket to her just in time. She has been acting mostly fine since then. She looks really tired and just asked to get in her bed. She was supposed to have a play date tomorrow but the little boy who invited her is sick. We'll see how the night goes. Got the bucket beside her and told her to call if she needed us. She really wants to go to school tomorrow so we'll just have to see how the night goes. Oh, and she is about to lose her first tooth!

Only worked out first thing this morning. Will probably end up with a gain this week after my overeating on Sunday. Can't walk with Redwalker on Wednesday as I have to work. And I have a client on Thursday.

Think I might have a little bowl of ice cream and see if that helps me. TOM isn't helping things either. UGH!

Good night everyone! I'll be back on in the morning.

 

[cclovesdis]

QOTD: My parents, sister, and I are not big weekly menu planners. We shop what is on sale and try to buy enough for 3-4 days and to have leftovers-as long as it's something that makes for good leftovers. If we make hamburgers or turkey burges, we'll make 8, so 4 for one night and 4 for a few nights later. We also tend to buy enough of sides/frozen veggies for at least a week, so all we have to do is pick up milks (we drink different kinds), produce, and meats during the week. My mom works about a mile from the grocery store and it's on her way home, so a mid-week stop isn't much of a problem. We also tend to have various types of meat in our freezer.

 

[TammyAlphabet]

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

I really don't. I am dieting and pretty much each the same stuff most of the time to cut down on time spent planning. I am a true carboholic, "Hello, my name is Tammy and I am a carboholic"-type carboholic, and choices lead to trouble for me. As was demonstrated by my 10 pound gain over three weeks..... LOL.

 

[Poohlove]

PJLLA I noticed that you are from NH - where in NH do you live (if you don't mind me asking)? My brother, mother and grandparents live up there and my sister and I are coming up President's weekend.

 

[ziggystardust]

i try to but we never seem to stick to it 100%.

I split my time between 2 homes, mine and my BFs, so while we go food shopping together and plan accordingly, a lot of the times, the food is either here or there. Living so far away from each other can cause problems with sticking to a plan. but only a few months more of this...now just to find the right apartment

i am very proud of myself today. I missed working out yesterday (also a problem when i'm at his house since i use my wii) and a rough day at work really worked against my motivation. I had no intentions on my long drive home from work of turning that thing on, but somehow the stars aligned and my roommates all left the living room at precisely the right time so i had to do it! my arms are sore as h*ll but i'm so happy i did it!

 

[my3princes]

PJLLA I noticed that you are from NH - where in NH do you live (if you don't mind me asking)? My brother, mother and grandparents live up there and my sister and I are coming up President's weekend.

I live in North Hartland, VT which is on the New Hampshire border. Where does your family live?

 

[seashell724]

QOTD: I used to try and plan meals for a week but it just doesn't really work for me. Sometimes I still don't know what I'm making when it is dinner! ha!

 

[kimara]

QOTD: i wish i planned ahead a week at a time, but i haven't been. we used to plan meals a month at a time--it made life SO much easier. i'm not sure why/when we stopped i hope to get back to that soon because it makes it easier for me to make wise choices when i am prepared.

we have family night each monday. we have a little lesson, activity and treat each time. today i bought a walk away the pounds video, but didn't have time to do it. it was dd9's turn to choose the activity and she chose the video for me . it was fun doing it with my family and i really liked it!

i want to send a BIG THANKS to all of you that mentioned the WATP vids!! you are helping me tons.

 

[Eeyores Butterfly]

Today was our first day back after break. I thought things were great until one of my paras quit literally halfway through the day. That was just frustrating beyond belief. I meant to come home and cook myself a good dinner, but by the time I was finished getting everything ready for tomorrow it was late and I was stressed so I decided to drown my sorrows in Indian food. AT least I had already planned out my breakfast, lunch, and snacks so it didn't set me behind.

QOTD: Only sort of. I am single, so when I cook, I freeze everything and then I will have several meals worth of food on hand and that becomes the meals for the rest of my week.

 

[tea pot]

Sorry a Day Late

Sunday's QOTD: When was your last trip to Disney or when will you first/next trip be? Did you try to eat healthy while there or just go with the flow?

Our last trip was just this past Dec. and our next will be in May.
Believe it or not I have always done very well on vacation at WDW.
I'll eat regular meals I don't go overboard plus all the walking so I usually loose or stay the same wt.
Prior to this challenge I didn't exercise and didn't eat regular meals in fact I would often miss both breakfast and lunch then at 3pm eat all kinds of high fat and high calorie snacks till dinner and eat not the most healthy dinner at least I didn't eat after that. The hardest thing for me on to do on program is to eat 3 regular meals. I have been feeling so much better since I have

Monday QOTD Do I Plan my meals over the weekend for the following week
Not dinners but I should
I have started to automate my breakfast and lunch (per Dr. Oz's advice)this has been a big help so no decision making to do and I'll have the right foods well stocked for this.
Now to move to include dinner.


I'm goin to check out the WATP DVD sounds good

Thanks everyone

 

[3TinksAndAnEeyore]

Not usually and I really wish that I did. I think it will help me stay on track more, especially on the days when I work. Before, on my three work days, I'd frequently decide to do pizza night or something else quick, easy, and high calorie.

I had a plan this last weekend that I started implementing and may try to finish tonight. I printed out a bunch of meals (mostly dinner, but some breakfast and some lunch) that sound good and I'm going to put them in plastic covers and in a three ring binder. As I find another recipe that is easy to make or something I am likely to make frequently, I'll add it to the binder. I've had this idea for years, but never implemented it. I know DH and I used to make a bunch of WW and other healthy dinners years and years ago that we really liked, but I notice that we cook in phases and when we get tired of something, we forget about an old favorite.

Another thing I like about the binder idea is that I can just pull out the meals I want to use for the week and put them at the front of the binder once I've bought the ingredients. Once I've made the meal, I'll put it back where it belongs. I'm hoping this will also help with the food waste around our house. We have a tendency to overbuy groceries and then have to toss stuff when it goes bad. In the past, we'd make big meals with the thought of having lots of leftovers. The problem with the leftovers is that if we liked the meal, we overate. If we thought the meal was just okay or didn't particularly like it, the food would go to waste. So, now I'm making just enough for the four of us.

 

[auntlynne]

Sunday's QOTD: When was your last trip to Disney or when will you first/next trip be? Did you try to eat healthy while there or just go with the flow?

Last trip was WDW in mid-September '09. Free Disney Dining Offer. Just remember what you learned in Economics class: there is no such thing as a free lunch. The cost: always feeling stuffed. Counter service meal + sitdown meal + snack for each night (and the first & last day are spent traveling to/ from Disney, so you can add those meals to the days you are actually at the parks). And couldn't waste them - oh, no, got to use them on the meals you wouldn't pay all that money for (Bomba buffet, Rose & Crown, The Cafe at the Grand Floridian, Grand Floridian Character Breakfast Buffet...you know the drill - lots of food and always desert). It seemed that every time you turned around it was time for another meal.

Next planned Disney: WDW early March, tagging along on my DB's business convention. Happens to be the same time as the Princess Half Marathon Weekend. I am so not ready to even begin thinking about walking that one. But it is my goal. So I've signed up for the Royal Family 5K. I can walk 3.1 miles - just got to speed up my time and not get swept - especially at the first mile when I'm at the back of the pack.

Possible spontaneous Disney: this Thursday or Friday at Disneyland. Using California as a gathering place and stopover on the way to a 3-week Hawaiian vacation with DB and SIL. Just SIL and I will be there Wed-Sat and she has never been to either DL or WDW. Would love to see fireworks Friday night - I tear up at Wishes in MK; I've never seen fireworks at DL.

 

[50sjayne]

Sunday's QOTD: When was your last trip to Disney or when will you first/next trip be? Did you try to eat healthy while there or just go with the flow?

I even brought the scale last time. Last March. Honestly it's great for me to be at Disneyland. I won't fork out the dough for food ( I had one corndog, one dolewhip and nachos at whitewater snacks when they were still $7 something) and I am constantly moving. Works for me.

 

[tigger813]

Good morning-

QOTD: What is your favorite day of the week? And why?

I like Friday afternoon once we are all home from school and work. We try to play board games together and watch a family movie before the girls head off to bed. Since I have weighed in that morning I give myself a treat of a drink or a special food to eat!

Slept well last night. DD2 was coughing at 5 so I got up and she was really stuffy. She's coughing again now. She felt really warm this morning when I went in so I will keep her home and we'll cuddle on the couch and watch Monsters, Inc. That's our family "sick day" movie. When DD1 was younger we watched that every time she was sick!

My tummy is a little better though I still haven't eaten a lot. I will get in a few workouts to get motivated again. Need to do the Ea Sports Active challenge today and will try the BL Wii game again. Also plan on doing the 2 and 3 mile WATP DVDs. Those are my favorite 2 workouts!

 

[chskover]

My favorite day is Friday. This is the one day I don't have be somewhere after work or have family commitments. I work 7 days a week, so I enjoy my fridays. My daughter and I are going to start Yoga on fridays, but this is something I have always wanted to do. So instead of sitting at home munching, I will be doing something positive!

 

[jenanderson]

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

I am one of the planners. I find that if I don't have the menu in place for the week that we tend to eat out or eat something unhealthy. We have been trying to have everything totally in place for healthy meals.

QOTD: What is your favorite day of the week? And why?
Saturday...I don't have to get up super early to exercise! Also, Saturday is the day where I allow myself to use some of my flex points and have a nice meal. Saturdays are wonderful because there is no work and that means I have more time to get everything done!

Feeling a bit tired this morning and unmotivated. I did get up and do pilates at 5:30 AM but it did not leave me feeling refreshed. I just think that I am a bit tired from a crazy day yesterday.

Happy Tuesday Everyone!