Ugh, I forgot to post Quote of the day yesterday so today I'll do 2.
I had a request to restart them and I hope to stick to it better then the summer challenge.
So here ya go(some will be recycled from summer):
9/9/11
I'm not telling you it is going to be easy, I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.
9/10/11
Don't say you don't have any time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Tomas Jefferson and Albert Einstein.
I love both of those! I'm gonna print them for my fridge!
QOTD Sunday September 11, 2011: Who is standing in your way?
Well.... ME of course! I have FULL control over what I put in my body, my exercise (or lack of) and my ATTITUDE!!
We spent most of the day in the garage again today. The rod is looking pretty cool now and is almost ready for the Northeast Nationals in a couple of weeks. It is still very much a rat rod, but it looks and feels more finished then it did at last year's show. I did very well with eating or not eating as it was today and got alot of exercise just because I was on my feet.
Care to share pictures???
Now I'm hanging out watching Miss Congeniality 2 on TBS (just bought both of them half an hour ago on
Amazon for less than $10 with free two day shipping). I should be reading, but hey, that's what Sunday is for, right?
DD loves those movies! Are you a Legally Blonde fan too?
Well, better late than never
My name is Shawn and this is my 4th BL challenge. I started trying to lose weight Feb 2010 and have made very very slow progress but will never give up!
I lost a total of 29.5 pounds when I just suddenly stopped losing weight in June and now all I can do is go up and down the same 3-4 pounds. I do LOTS of exercise but could do better on my nutrition. I tend to do very well all day and then have a period of a few minutes in the evening when I just make horrible choices and sabatoge all my efforts from the day!
When I weighed in yesterday morning I was up 3 lbs from my lowest. I would love to lose 15 pounds this challenge and have my total lost go up to 42 pounds
I am 50 years old, married for almost 17 years and have one DS who is 14. I work 30 hours a week for a large insurance company. We haven't been to Disney in years but we go on Disney cruises now!
I feel journaling your food is a very important aspect to losing weight. I do it in fits and starts and would like to be more consistent with this. I do have a few nice journals just for this purpose Even if you are not journaling, at least be aware of what you are eating! At the tail end of the Summer challenge, Pamela happened to mention that she weighed her nuts to make sure of the calorie count and was shocked to see how many calories she had been eating. I did the same thing and also discovered that I was probably eating 2.5 servings of almonds a day as a snack at work and 1 serving is 160 calories.
The thing most holding me back is of course, myself. I just need to get focused, get past this plateau, reach 30 lbs total and move forward from there.
I have NOT sabotaged myself this evening. We had grilled talapia and asparagus for supper and for dessert I had 2 chocolate graham crackers and have had NOTHING since then. It's the first time in a long time that I've had a succesful evening.
Welcome to all the newbies and I'm looking forward to chatting with everyone this challenge
Glad you made it over here! How goes the unpacking? How many boxes are left??
Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels. Someone said that a challenge or so back. I try to remember them when I am tempted by goodies.
I know I've said it on a BL challenge in the past. It was something I heard at WW, and it is SO TRUE! But you could easily change it to..... "Nothing tastes as good as HEALTHY feels."
Of course, this might only help because I'm obsessive and couldn't stand not writing something down. Just knowing I'll have to write something up when I go off-plan seems so difficult to me, that I'll decide not to eat out or will say "no" more often to foods I don't know the composition of. Of course, I'm so obsessive that not tracking even one meal out would drive me crazy, so what I've done is tell myself that one meal per week I won't write up. That doesn't mean it's a free meal-- I just came back from my friend's birthday dinner, hadn't eaten lunch to save calories up, only had one cocktail and then diet Coke after that, tried to eat only a little of the shared appetizer, and didn't have dessert. (But the goat's cheese ravioli was DELISH.) Planning to go "off the record" once a week has been really helpful for me, and lets me still stay "on plan."
What a GREAT idea, to have one "off the record" meal per week! I LOVE that idea!
Yes-- I'll second a PP and say that the only way is to walk through item by item and find the calories for it. Kind of a headache. And then making the portions... I've been known to get really mad at my DBF for serving himself first-- "NOW I can't know what one quarter of the recipe is supposed to look like!!!" Maybe estimate how much chili you made based on the size of the containers you put in the freezer (you could have also measured before putting it in the freezer, of course), and then determine what fraction of the whole recipe should be a serving?
If I am scooping portions from a larger pot/bowl, I use a measuring cup.... that way I can measure and scoop at the same time. I measure/scoop it into my bowl/plate and then scoop the remainder into a storage container and when I am done scooping, I know pretty much how many cups/servings the entire recipe made. That way it is easier to figure out the points per serving.
Congratulations on your snack-free evening! Chocolate graham crackers are my favorite dessert--sometimes I split one in half and put a scoop of vanilla frozen yogurt in there--skinny ice cream sandwich!
I've also heard of folks using Cool Whip free between graham crackers for a mock ice cream sandwich.
I've heard this quote too and it really stuck with me... You know, maybe it's just that I haven't been skinny since I was in junior year of high school so I don't remember what it felt like, but man, there are SO MANY GOOD TASTING THINGS out there... I mean, red velvet cupcakes probably taste at least as good as skinny feels.... And if not, I can't wait to be skinny!!
Can I just say..... I certainly DO NOT consider myself "skinny", but I might go as far as "average to slim".... and it feels AMAZING!!!! While I must say, I've never had a red velvet cupcake, I can be QUITE CERTAIN that the feeling I have EVERY MORNING of not DREADING getting dressed (cause when I was heavy nothing fit right, I had no decent clothes cause I refused to buy bigger sizes and thought everything looked terrible on me), that feeling of not DREADING meeting new people and assuming that all they can think about is how FAT I am, that feeling of not EMBARRASSING my kids by being the "fat" mom in the group, that feeling of not walking around with my HEAD DOWN all the time cause I HATED everything about myself..... THAT FEELING IS WAAAAAAYYYY better than the taste of anything I've EVER eaten!!
I am the only person standing in my way. Demanding perfection, giving up after a small setback - that is me!!! I was always told growing up - if you can't do it right, don't bother to do it at all. I'm finally learning at the age of 52, that I don't need to have a perfectly clean home, be super Mom, and work full time. Maybe, just maybe, I can put myself first. Instead of cleaning a kitchen - that's already clean - I should go for a walk instead with some friends.
I pick my DS up every day at school. There is a beautiful place to walk, right near the school called Breakheart Reservation. I know of 3 woman that are also there picking up their boys, so I am going to invite them to join me 45 minutes before school lets out, to go for a walk in Breakheart. I hope some will join me. They are all fellow hockey Mom's - we are a different breed. LOL
I had a busy day, what else is new?? DS had hockey at 9 till about 10:30. Came home and showered then headed to my DF Assisted Living facililty for the final BBQ of the year. The place is great - they bring in DJ's that play big band music, set up big grills outside. All the families are invited - so a lot of times there are 3 generations of people there. Also had a yound man from Creature's Teachers - I actually held a 7 yo alligator!!! I don't know who enjoys the animals more the grandkids or the residents. Came home DS went to a birthday party/sleepover. I turned the breadmaker on and made fresh tortillas to go with the fahitas I was making. DH came home from work (he was on call today) just in time to eat. Threw a turkey into the "Set it and forget it" for lunches this week, sat down to watch Torchwood.
So it's the second day I journaled my food, drank my water, exercised and found a healthy article to read. And answered the QOTD. It's a good start.
Janis
Sounds like a fun weekend! Good for you for reaching out to other moms to get a walking group together.
I just made this list and it is hanging on my wall above my desk, where I will see it a lot. It is based on the list of things possibly holding you back in today's question of the day. I hope it helps somebody else. Parentheses indicate "put your own reason here".
Rules for Success
1.Do it now! No, it can't wait until later. Nothing is more important than your health.
2.Get organized! It will help you plan.
3.Optimism is the way to go: "You are pretty, you are smart, you are nice, you are worth it!" (Thanks Trina)
4. Be honest with yourself. No, you don't need that (ice cream/pumpkin bread/latte/cookie). Yes, it could be the difference between a loss and a gain.
5.Be positive and open about you achievements! "I did (a 5K on the elliptical in 31:32)! I ate (4 veggies and 5 fruits)!"
6. Focus on the positives, but don't ignore the negatives. "I did a great thing by (walking around campus for two hours today). I also had (some poor breakfast choices), but I can plan for that in the future by (bringing my own breakfast before a tour.)
7. Don't keep it a secret! "I'm watching what I eat to (lower my insulin level/reduce risk of [heart disease/diabetes/high cholesterol]/feel better about myself). I'd appreciate if you could support me and encourage me on this journey to a healthier me-and I will do the same for you if you would like."
8. Things will not always be perfect and it is unrealistic to expect them to be so. If one meal or workout does not go as planned (or not planned), don't give up! Get back into it as soon as you can and you will undoubtedly feel better.
Remember: "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels."
"If you fail to plan, you plan to fail"-Pamela (pjlla)
That is an AMAZING list! You are VERY BRIGHT for such a young lady! I'm gonna print this for the fridge too!
I read a lot of people saying themselves, and while yes that is true for a lot of us, I am going to go with the CEO's of big business. Those higher ups who price everything healthy for us more expensive. I was at store this week because I wanted some apples. Would you believe ONE gala apple was priced at $1.97, that was absurd. Produce prices are outrageous right now. Lean cuts of meat are usually over a dollar more per pound. Anything with light, low fat, low sugar, or organic is guaranteed to cost more. So what do I end up buying the full of fat and calorie options. That is where you find the cheap stuff. The worse it is for you the cheaper it is. The media is up in arms about the growing obesity problem in this country, especially where kids concerned. Well how about making it more economical for people to eat healthy choices.
Please don't blast me for this opinion. I really try to avoid posts like this. It just sucked seeing so many people blame themselves. Yes we are ones who put the bites in our mouths, but I am betting that if it were cheaper, lots more homes would have healthier bite options.
If you are interested in reading more about this type of thing, try picking up a copy of "The Unhealthy Truth." It is a real eye opener about just exactly what the government is allowing into our food system. It is absolutely SCARY.... but you will no longer flinch about spending $1.97 on an apple if it is organic and locally grown. (okay.... maybe you'll flinch a little.... but you will realize that it is WORTH IT!)
I was wondering where you were, Shawn. You did such a great job coaching last week! You had such great questions! I really enjoyed the BL "lovefest" -- we had the the best finish of any challenge EVER!
BRB with more replies.
I agree with the lovefest comment! I think it was a SUPERB way to finish up our summer challenge!
Tell DD congrats for me!!! Very impressive!
Thanks, I will! And good luck to DS tomorrow night! Your crazy fall schedule has begun!
I have to agree with you. It does not cost 1.97 to grow one apple, I know, I live near many farms, most of which are produce farms.
One thing I can suggest is trying to shop locally. Buy direct from the farm stand, cut out the middle man. Find a local butcher, we have one about 10 miles from here and they have some great truckload sales.
And remember that you may not be saving now but you will save in the future because you will be healthier and won't need to burn money at the Doctors office. You won't get as sick so you won't need to take time off of work. ETC.
Amen to that bolded statement!
I don't track, unless I am stuck. But I think if you don't track you have to be disciplined in a different way. I do portion control and try to make sure most of my plate is full of healthy choices. When I was losing I often did do 2 workouts a day or 60+minute workouts. That offset some of my food. When I would stop losing I would track just to see where I was at calorie wise. Sometimes I was running too big of a calorie deficit (not eating enough) and had to increase my calories, sometimes I was eating too much.
For anyone who is interested.
Healthy eating on a budget:
Beans, beans and rice, beans and anything
, eggs--yes the yolks have fat/cholesterol, but you can make an omelet with one egg yolk and three whites. Nuts--in season. Right now pecans are kind of high, but almonds and walnuts arent' too bad. But remember--nuts are high in calories so watch your serving. Canned tuna--I don't eat meat, but ds loves tuna. He keeps some in his house at school. You can often find tuna on sale. I have a great recipe for a really easy veggie burger with you guessed it--beans! Apples should be coming into season soon. Right now we are getting peaches for a pretty reasonable price. Sweet potatoes are fabulous and should be starting to go on sale soon.
Fabulous dinner--roasted veggies with what else, a side of beans or sprinkle in some nuts during the last couple of minutes of cooking so they get nice and toasty. Roasted veggies are very low in calories, so the calories from the nuts is not such a bad thing.
Frozen vegetables are also a really good choice. One of my favorite meals before going g-f--veggie soft tacos, with beans of course! I still haven't found a tortilla I like, so we don't have them as much anymore. Anyhow, try subbing some veggie forms of protein in for meat a couple of days a week and you should find some extra money to fresh produce--which can be costly!
Taco soup is very easy to make and relatively inexpensive--especially if you leave out the meat!
You can also find tons of recipes now with quinoa (easy to cook with) and lentils. Both pretty cheap! It's a pain sometimes to try things--really, I do get that--but try just adding one new recipe a week.
Your healthy budget meal ideas are right on track! Do you like quinoa? The same day that I mailed that book to you, I mailed a quinoa cookbook to my SIL. I could ask her to share a few recipes with us!
Congrats to DD and her team!
THANKS!
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Today I need to meal plan. We are going to SC this weekend to see Navy play USC and visit DS. So I only have to plan for 4 days. I do have to try to figure out what we are going to eat while we are there. DS has a kitchen, so I can always heat up something gf at his house if I need to. I'm kind of hoping to come back from this trip down a pound or two.
Have a great Sunday!
Have a great visit!
Pamela:
to DD. Didn't DS have something at the same time? How did he do?
THanks for remembering that! Actually, DS's soccer game ended up not happening. THe other team didn't end up with enough players and they forfeited on Thursday night. I felt kind of bad, but very much relieved! So his first game of the season is tonight.
DS1 went to a drive in double featrue last night then out for a slice of pie. He got home at 3:45 this morning! I don't expect to be seeing him this
morning!
We have a gigantic white board in our family room that is note central. When I got up I discovered a note saying he needs a textbook from the local community college by tomorrow morning for his high school class--and his friend needs one, too! Well, my dear Mr. Procrastinator, you should have told me Friday because now the bookstore is closed until Tuesday at 7:30 AM! Just checked the library and they don't have it. Guess he'll just have to muddle through. Hope he doesn't decide this is my fault--most things are according to him. Ah, teenagers. Gotta love em.
DS2 spent the night at a friend's house. He'd agreed to help out with the dad's little basketball camp or something in the afternoon. He told me he figured it'd just save on driving and ease the logistics if he spent the night. So I figured out that he can't button his dress pants! He said, well, usually I have my robe over them (acolyte, choir for church) or I just don't tuck in my shirt! Sheesh. Ya might have said something earlier. So we raided his brother's closet, where a pair were hanging that I'm sure were too small for
him. What is with these boys?! Oh, that's right. They're BOYS!
Drank some tea and had a cinnamon raisin bagel with just the teensiest spread of peanut butter. Yum.
Off to read the paper. Have a great day, Losers!
Moms of teen boys really need to have a sense of HUMOR!!
I was going to cut this down, but the whole thing is worthy of quote, because it all so true.
There has been a cast iron ankle around my leg since I was a child, a nemisis that I call a lion - named "Scar" from the Lion King. Scar gets out of his cage, attacks me to the core, and stagnates my progress.
So what stands in my way is me and Scar. Scar is another name for my binge eating disorder.
Day by day, with the help of God and wonderful folks like you, I keep Scar in his cage.
I am convinced that, if I can keep Scar in control, I will succeed.
And that is my goal for this challenge - slaying the lion.
So far, so good, eating has been great and in control, Scar not here. Started a WISH journal and am writing every day so far.
Begin a new work out program Monday designed by physiotherapist, and I am feeling positive.
9/11 means a lot to my husband and I. We are not Americans but we love America. We got engaged in the North Tower (in the restaurant) in 1988, they have great sentimental meaning to us. We have a 25 year anniversary coming up in 2013 - I want to go to Ground Zero - and I hope to be fit enough to do the marathon there someday.
Take care folks - have a magical day and thanks for being here.
Linda
Thanks for sharing with us about "Scar". And about your engagement. I can imagine the emotions you were feeling 10 years ago. I think an anniversary visit is in order.
Just wanted to jump on quickly to share a delicious recipe I made today - Pasta Fagioli (Pasta and Beans) from Skinnytaste.com.
http://http://www.skinnytaste.com/2008/12/pasta-fagioli-64-pts.html
For those of you on Weight Watchers, it is 6 PP per serving and for those of you counting calories, it has just about 250 calories. (I usually add an extra point's worth of fresh grated cheese on top!)
This is my old stand-by when the weather starts to get a little cooler.
Enjoy
- Laura
Sounds delish! I'll print it for later.
Pamela We should know about the Magic Kingdon view in the next week or so. She has to call next Monday. Lots of PD. This is where I wanted to stay when I retired but if I can get it now I will take it.
Fingers crossed that it happens for you! It would be absolutely amazing! .
Today has been very on plan and I still have 10 points. I did the "Be Our Guest" challenge for dinner tonight: Butternut Squash Soup, Spinach and Cheese Stuffed Chicken, and Apple Turnovers (all WW recipes). I cooked for the whole house, and we've decided to do a Sunday dinner every week, taking turns.
THis all sounds SO yummy! And what a great plan to take turns with dinner! Wish I had someone to take turns with!
I did not make it to the gym; we had a horrible thunderstorm today, I didn't get as much reading done as I needed to, and cooking took longer than I expected.
I was coming back from the laundry room, watching the storm roll in from the valley and thinking "Those clouds look nasty. This isn't gonna be nice when it hits." I punched in the code to the house and as I was doing so SUPER BRIGHT LIGHTNING SUPER LOUD LONG THUNDER. I FLEW into the house. I had 2 housemates home with me, and at one point the lights flickered, the air stopped, and it was like we were in a vacuum: No sound inside or outside for like 30 seconds.
SCARY! Stay safe!
That meatloaf sounds great. Always looking for a way to get more veggies into DS, and it sounds like it might be pretty good diet-wise with less meat and more veggies. Could I have the recipe?
Thanks!
GOtta admit, I don't use a recipe. But I will give you the general idea....
lean ground beef.... you could also use ground turkey, ground chicken, ground pork.... whatever. I use beef because DS is allergic to chicken and we eat plenty of pork at other meals.
ketchup and mustard.... few squirts of each. I know ketchup is loaded with sugar, but at least I started buying the type without HFCS. For mustard, I use whatever is handy.... brown mustard, yellow mustard, dijon mustard... but not honey mustard.
An egg or two (depending on how big a batch I make).
wheat bran, oat bran, and/or oatmeal. I don't usually use breadcrumbs.
1 can drained chickpeas, ground/chopped finely in food processor.
1 can fat free refried beans
1 bag broccoli slaw, chopped very fine in food processor
shredded carrots
chopped onions and peppers
worcestershire sauce.... few splashes.
That is my "usual" stuff..... but here is what I've also added in the past....
kidney beans (I use refried now cause DD doesn't "like" beans and the refried are disguised better!)
leftover cooked veggies, chopped fine (broccoli, cauliflower, asparagus, green beans, spinach, even mashed potatoes).
tomato sauce and/or spaghetti sauce (about 1/2 C in lieu of the ketchup).
bread crumbs, croutons, stuffing mix, and even crushed leftover cold cereals like cornflakes, Rice Krispies, FiberOne, Cheerios, shredded wheat.
leftover cooked brown rice, couscous, quinoa, orzo.
Anyhow..... I fill a loaf pan with the mixture and then invert it onto a broiler pan or cooling rack over a jelly roll pan.... that will allow any excess grease to drip away from the meatloaf while it is cooking.
A full size loaf pan takes about 50-60 minutes at 350° and will serve about 4-5 hungry folks or maybe even 6-7 not-so-hungry folks with lots of side dishes.
Last time I made up a batch of meatloaf I used about 7 pounds of ground beef, two cans of chick peas, one can of rf beans, 3 eggs, probably a cup of bran and a cup of oatmeal, and then lots of veggies (12 oz package of broccoli slaw, 2 or 3 red bell peppers, 2 huge onions, half bag of spinach) and it made 3 1/2 large loaves. Each full loaf makes a full dinner for the four of us, with enough leftovers for DS to enjoy 2 meatloaf sandwiches later in the week.
HTH.
Boy did I walk today!!
Went to Universal Orlando (I know gasp!) the parks were empty. First Islands of Adventure straight to Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Forbiden Journey was a walk on, Dragon Challenge, walk on, Flight of Hippogriff, walk on. Had a great lunch at Mythos (spinach salad with blueberries, tomatoes, grilled chicken and cheese in a light vinaggrette, it was yummy). Decided to walk to Universal Studios, did Rip Ride Rockit, 25 min. The mummy, Men in Black walk on. Saw Bettlejuice show which we enjoy alot and Terminator. Then decided to walk back to Islands of Adventure and did Hulk, Spiderman, Dr. Doom, back to Harry Potter (all walk ons.)
Just got back home, had a mini wheat bagel with light cream cheese and an egg. Ready for bed and a new week.
Lucky girl! I SWEAR I could walk 20 miles A DAY if I could do it at Disney!
I am the sole person standing in my way. I have a tendency to forget about myself and put others first. Well, a few weeks ago that changed and despite knowing that my mom would not be happy about me having an Epi-pen and allergy testing, I made the appointment anyway. I am finally on the right track!
WHY would Mom not be happy? Allergies are SERIOUS! If you had an anaphylactic reaction and didn't have an Epi-pen handy, you could actually DIE! Doesn't she realize that??? I think you need to sit down and have a talk with your Mom about all of this.
Nope, no oats, unfortunately. Almond flour is okay. I have heard that is a great substitute. I just havent found any other than a $35 huge package of it that has to be ordered online. If I like it, Ill buy it there, but thats not the kind of price to try something.
I'll check into availability around here.
Meals are all planned for tomorrow, which is good, because it's just going to be go-go-go all day!
8-10am: Work
10-11am: Practice flute
11-11:30am: Flute lesson
11:30am-1pm: Lunch/study for Aural Rehab exam
1-2:15pm: Class
2:15-3pm: Meet with professor about personal statement
3-4:30pm: Clinic prep
4:30-7:15: Dinner/study
7:15pm-?: Flute choir meeting
?-10pm: Study
Having everything planned will definitely help keep me on track!
Busy, busy day!
Can you share the Butternut squash soup recipe? I love the one from Boma and Bistro de Paris but I'm sure they are about a million calories each!!
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No 3 course meal for me, DH is gone for the week, the house is completely trashed as I try to put it back together from Irene, DS15 has his first Cross Country meet Tuesday, DS9's open house is Wednesday, DS10's open house is Thursday and we leave for Hershey on Thursday night. We'll be there until Sunday. I really thought I would get stuff accomplished this week but that doesn't seem to be the case.
Try working in little pockets of time.... 10 minutes here, 10 minutes there. Set a timer, do what you can in 10 minutes, and then move on! You might surprise yourself!! In fact, I might try that myself today!!
Quote of the Day 9/12/11
the only place you'll find success before work is in the dictionary
AMEN!
While I am reading the board I am watching Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero on the Science network. If you have the station, try to watch it - its an incredible story. Its about the museum, and all the thought and meaning that the museum is going to have. It's actually built around "tridents" from the original towers, pieces of steel that were salvaged and rebuilt for the museum. When done, I think the whole area is going to be a wonderful tribute to the people that died that day.
I recorded these shows last week on my DVR. They were on either Discovery channel or National Geographic channel. Haven't had a chance to watch them all yet, but I will put them on while I hit the TM this morning.
Had an uneventful Sunday. Went to nephews soccer games, then a BJ's run - bought a new WW scale - there was a $10 off coupon in the BJ's flier. Stopped at the local farm on the way home for vegies. Came home turned on the oven for baked potatoes, threw the dog and DH in the car, headed back up to Breakheart for another walk. When we got home the potatoes were done. Fired up the grill, sirloin tips, grilled red and green peppers, asparagus, baked potatoes. DH cooked them perfectly. Poor DH, right after dinner his work phone rang, had to go out. We had planned on watching Yankee Doodle Dandy together with DS 14. We are trying to introduce him to some of the old movies - since you can't find them on TV anymore. So DS and I watched it together. He told me I was sketchy since I knew all the songs - and sang along. LOL Poor DH, he didn't get back home till 11 pm, and has to leave the house tomorrow at 6:00 to be at his job by 6:30.
Everyone have a great week!!!
Janis
We've tried to introduce our kids to some of the older classic movies, but they usually deem them "stupid and boring" and they end up walking out after 10 minutes. oh well.
Haven't had the chance to get on here much this weekend..so I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Terrie and I'm from Toledo, OH. I've just finished school..so I'm officially graduated!! But I walk in October!! I've lost 106lbs since January 2010 and I Only have about 50-60lbs more to go!!!
I love to travel..especially to Florida and of course WDW!! I look forward to getting to know some of you thru this board!! Congrats to everyone for joining and we can do this!!! WOOHOO!!!
106 pounds is SUPER impressive! Great job!
Good Morning.
I'm so tired this morning and for some reason I woke up at 4 am and couldn't get back to sleep. I started thinking about everything I need to get done this week and just could doze for the extra hour. That means that I will be tired all day and I will be more hungry. I am always more hungry when I'm tired. 10 1/2 hours at my desk doesn't sound like any fun.
I need to get our camper packed for the weekend. I need to make the kids halloween costumes as the camping theme is Halloween so they get to go trick or treating. I'm waiting for the glow sticks to arrive in the mail as most of our stores are closed due to the flood from a couple of weeks ago. For now we need to rely on the internet for a lot of things or drive 1+ hours to a bigger city that has more stores.
I'm sure you all will be feeling the impact of those floods for many months to come.
Hi all,
Off to a good start this morning...did 2 mile WATP with weights and then Bob Harper's 20 minute strength workout. And I'm almost done with my first bottle of water.
Going to get the kids off to school, then run an errand and then come home, clean the kitchen, squeeze in another workout and then shower and go to work. I'm on car pool duty today so I'll pick up Ash and the neighbor's kid and then come home and have her get ready for dancing and do her homework. Then we will pick up Izzie, get her ready for dancing and then head to dancing. Ash and I are picking up dinner at KFC, Wendy's or McDonald's for supper and then dropping Ash back at dancing, bringing Izzie home to Brian who will then take her to soccer and then going back to get Ash to dancing and then take her to soccer practice and I will walk/jog the track until everyone is done.
Thinking I'll have my big meal at lunch today and a shake for supper. I'm looking forward to a good loss this week if I can keep focused!
Gotta finish getting ready to pick up the neighbor!
TTFN
Sounds like our Energizer Bunny is back!!
Good morning all!
I thought a Magical Monday was needed -- especially with the full moon!
QOTD Monday, September 12, 2011: If you were at Disneyworld or Disneyland right now, what would you be doing?
Beats the heck out of me!
9:46 am on a Monday... well, if it is a week-long family vacation we probably arrived Friday night or Saturday. Usually start with AK and then Epcot or MGM next, so this might be our MK day! (Of course, that all depends on events, EMH schedule, etc). So I'll assume we made it to MK for rope drop, enjoyed a stroll down Main Street, grabbed a quick ride on Space Mountain, grabbed FP for later, and now we are seeking out our favorite characters before the lines get too long later in the day! Maybe waiting to meet Buzz in Tomorrowland with DS or Ariel in Adventureland with DD!
No better place to be for me that MK rope drop, then walk down Main Street and take in all the excitement, before people (mostly parents) start getting grumpy.
I wanted to share a bit: I've bee trying to loose weight for years and years and here's something I learned for all the newcomers.
Don't measure your success only in the pounds you've lost, I know, I know, we all want to get those pounds off, but don't let this be your only goal. For example, I weighted myself on Friday to start the challenge, after 4 trips to the scale they all showed 184.8lbs. Today after a weekend of excersice, good, healthy eating and tons of activities, the scale shows 187.4lbs. And my question is how could I have gained +2lbs during the weekends when I did everything right? In the past I would've been so depressed that would make me just give up. But now I know not to solely rely on the scale. Do I feel great? YES. Are the jeans fitting better? YES, do I have more energy to keep working out? YES, have people noticed that I'm loosing weight? YES. So in the words of my favorite Warthog: HAKUNA MATATA, Have a great week everyone
Nice reminder about NON-SCALE VICTORIES (NSV).
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Phew.... I did it! I'm caught up!!
Not much to report here. My folks left for home yesterday afternoon. Things were pretty uneventful here on Sunday. But of course, our crazy fall schedule jumps into overdrive with the start of swim season and Rainbow girls this week! We literally have two or three after school events every day this week except Friday, and it will stay this way until at least mid-November.... at which point in time the swim meets start appearing on the schedule EVERY weekend! Oh well.... they are only young once.
Well.... I've been sitting here drinking coffee and catching up for an hour or so now! GOTTA FLY! TTYL.......................P
that is so incredibly awesome.
I am so totally blown away and impressed. How did you manage that? Seriously how did you do it? I totally want to know what your secret is.
A bit of candy corn at the end sounds like a good treat 'cause anyone who buys Halloween candy now thinking it will still be around when Halloween comes needs to have some pretty strong willpower. That person is definitely not me. 
How fun to have DD at DW -- where does she work?
for your MK view! 
Terrie! Great job on your loss so far! 
We usually only take one big vacation a year and next year is a trip to TX for a family reunion. I'm hoping to squeeze in a long weekend to WDW sometime (DH thinks I'm crazy) depending on airfare. It's outragous right now!
I was always fit into my obesity and could walk around and up stairs okay but now 2-3 flights just leaves me breathless. I really hate it. I used to be able to walk fast and keep up with much more fit people fine and now I feel really out of shape. 
Way to go on planning! I need to seriously plan out meals. I want to eat as whole(clean and from scratch) as possible on a budget its hard. I need to really watch sodium intakes. I liked WW a lot but don't do well without the meetings and accountability of weigh in in front of the leader.
I would like to know how much a montly membership at the indoor one near by would be since Zoe and I both enjoy swimming so much. She'll even swim laps with me. 
It did wear me out. My meds do make me more tired and fatigued but I'll take that over edgy and anxious all day. 
I was about a pound down this morning from Friday. But with TOM I KNOW I'm retaining some. The question is will it fall back down after TOM. I have to watch to be sure I'm not retaining too much with the new BP pill.
