Sunday 11/6/11 QOTD-There's been some talk about the scale this week, so lets continue on that subject. Do you have a love/hate relationship with your scale? Do you weigh yourself everyday? Do you only weigh once or twice a week? What time of the day do you weigh yourself? Do you feel your scale is really accurate and want to recommend it to others? Share your advice when it comes to the scale.
I do have a love/hate relationship with my scale. I weigh myself once a week, normally. If I have reason to suspect something is strange or I am hoping for some good news, I might weigh sometime mid-week for a sneak peek.
I try to weigh early morning, after using the potty. But I have noticed that my weight can change pretty significantly from, oh say, 6 am to 9 am, even without any food in or out. Not sure why. If I play that game and keep checking, I usually try to use the average (although I write them all down). But it IS just a game, in the long run, so I try to stick with one step on the scale, once a week. I do like my scale.... easy to use, easy to read, measures to .2. But it might need a new battery.
Pamela, congrats to your DD on her induction into NHS and good luck to your robotics guys!
Thanks! I'm not feeling overly prepared for this weekend, but we have a long practice Wednesday and a long practice planned for Friday.
I do weigh myself every day -- it is a lifelong habit. So I don't get discouraged when I see the scale fluctuating from day to day but try to pay more attention to the trends. I always weigh first thing in the morning as soon I get up. My scale is old, over 15 years old, so it is probably not as accurate as it could be. It
never compares favorably with the scales at the doctor's office.
I squeaked into my new decade on Friday so I'm on track to make it into new territory by the end of the month. The next two months are really do or die as far as making my goal for the Tinker Bell Half in January so I have to really, really watch it and stay OP. Thank goodness for the
pjlla challenge!
Have a great day all!
WOOOHOO on the new decade!! Glad the plan is helping!!
Good Morning.
Started my day off fat, dumb and happy. Showered, dressed and grabbed a laundry basket of stuff that needed to go downstairs, headed down and missed the last step or two and had a good fall.
So now I just feel fat and dumb. REALLY dumb! My get up and go for the day has gone. Good news is that I am fine, just some bruised knees. I think this is the first time I have every fallen down the stairs in the 6 years we have lived here.
Ended up not being able to find the craft supplies that I needed yesterday which was a real bummer. Had to tell the girl scout leader that she may need to come up with a different plan. Not sure if she will need me to go out today and buy other supplies. Didn't get any scrapbooking mojo but did come home and finish crocheting a hat for my mil for Christmas and made my first granny square. The granny square is pretty rough but I am excited that I was able to make it. Now I just need to keep practicing. It gives me something to do with my hands other than eat while I watch TV .
GLad you weren't hurt!
Have fun with the granny square! I haven't done that in years!
Not a lot going on today. Took DS2 to church at 8 AM because the guitar group where he plays flute is performing today. We told him we'd go to the 11 o'clock service and wished him luck for the 9 AM one! My walking partner and her DH are trying to come hear him play at 11. Hope they make it, although it will be a different type of service for them. She says she's really curious about Episcopalians since she's read The Mitford Series. Gotta love Father Tim!
I believe it is definitely time for aspirin. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
How nice of your DS to take the time to play in church. DD has a friend who plays the violin in church occasionally and I LOVE it! It is so beautiful.
I read the Mitford series a few years ago and LOVED it (and I'm not even an Episcopalian!!).
Pampering Suggestion for Sunday
Take some time either outside or at a window and look at the fall colors. If you live somewhere where the leaves don't change colors then either take some time otside or by a window and remember how lucky you are that you don't get as much snow as some places
THat sounds delightful. Mind if I squint a bit and tilt my head just right so I don't see the snow banks???
Well, today is the beginning of week 3 for me on this journey. The daylight savings time screwed me up and I didn't get up til noon. I will say the extra few hours of sleep felt great. I didn't eat breakfast, had leftovers from dinner last night for lunch, and we have a roast in the crockpot. I have 32 more ounces of water I need to drink by the end of the day.
I was up til 2am this morning playing with my Wii. We have Wii Sports that I didn't even know til I started going through the games. WOW! I love it. I spent 45 minutes trying all the different games out. The boxing definately got my heart going. The golfing I hateed but only because well my eye hand coordination sucks. The baseball was cool but I'd say my favorite was the bowling. Its pretty funny that I can get a better bowling score through a video game then when I play it in real life. I was amazed when I plugged in all the information on my Sparkpeople fitness tracker that I had burned 250 calories! I'm going to do a little strength training today, my Biggest Loser weigh in, and the challenge.
I'll be back later to read some more. I need to get the house vacuumed.
I wish I could get more into the Wii games. I know DS would love someone to play them with more often. But
2am!??? I'm too old for that!!
I I convinced my neices to pick Panera for lunch today - so I was able to make some good choices. Afterwards though, they did ask me to bring them to a new frozen yogurt place that just opened - one of those places that has 20+ flavor choices and 49 toppings and charges you by the ounce. I wanted everything - but managed to keep my portion at a decent size. I chose coconut flavored low-fat frozen yogurt (no more than about 1/4 cup) with some pineapple chunks and a smidge of chocolate sauce.
I reported one pound loss this week. Not as dramatic as last week's 3.5 pound loss, but a loss nonetheless. No complaints here.
- Laura
I took DD to the new Tutti Fruitti yogurt place here at the mall a few months ago. I didn't have any frozen yogurt, but I made myself a tiny fruit salad from the toppings bar! It was pretty expensive, but it was a healthier choice than most things I can find to eat at the mall! I did try a sample of a few of their low fat and fat-free options. They were pretty yummy!!
UGH! Skipping weigh in this week! Just been a rough week! And am really aggravated right now with our online prescription service! I was checking the status of my BCP and from what I see they have no record of it! I better have it in the next 10 days or I may be gaining weight for the wrong reasons! I hate this company but I get 3 months worth! They have been nothing but a problem for me from the start! I sent a NASTY email to them demanding to hear from a manager on my cell phone tomorrow and I will also call them first thing in the morning! They called while I was away a few weeks ago with a recorded message about the prescription being in process and now it's no where to be found. Brian couldn't technically respond to the call as it was explicitly for me. I did find a page where it says it was being processed on the 27th and then when I click for the status it says there is no prescriptions available!
Sorry to vent!
Had a great day at Izzie's party. She got some fun gifts. We just played Disney Cranium which is a lot of fun. Ash is practicing her flute now. Planning on going to the mall in the morning to either walk with Redwalker or do some Christmas shopping. The mall was a madhouse today when we were looking for winter hats for the girls. 10-20 people in each line! JCPenney has some amazing deals going on right now!
TTFN
Watching the end of the Patriots game right now! OMG! This is painful!
SOrry about the prescription service. Would it be possible to find another mail in prescription site?
The power is back! It felt really nice to have the power back finally. But at the same time, as much as I longed for things to return to normal I'm not ready for things to come back to normal, if that makes sense. I'm not ready to go back to school, work, working out, diet, meal planning, and just life in general. I've been very crabby lately, and I think it has something to do with the not working out and just eating what i can.
Right now im just kind of catching up on tv shows. Watching Downton Abbey, it's the season finale and i've heard its going to make me cry. Right now everyone is getting sick which is not great because I already have a stomach ache so watching people get sick is not fun! I also watched The Walking Dead and Once Upon a Time tonight as well as watched American Horror Story which is....a really strange and freaky show. But interesting.
Tomorrow will be a day to get back on track a little, and then tuesday its studying like a mad woman for my exam (totally put off weeks of homework) and going to try to get back to working out. I bought some soups for lunch this week and some frozen things for meals. we didn't really have the grocery money for big meals this week so we will do our best.
I was supposed to make cupcakes to bring into my manager at work as a thank you for letting my dogs stay there while i was at work this week to keep warm, but i just didnt have the energy. We will see tomorrow maybe.
MAJOR WOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO on getting power back on!!!
Awake since 4:30. I should get in a workout but I think I'll do some cleaning and watch one of the many Christmas movies I recorded this weekend on Hallmark Channel. I'm trying to find all of my coupons for shopping today too. Out school sold these little special coupon books which for the first time were worth it for me to buy. I'm trying to be better at couponing. I'm so bad about forgetting to bring them when I shop.
Izzie got the Disney Cranium game at her party yesterday. It's so much fun!
Gotta get moving here. I also want to continue putting away Halloween decorations and get out my Thanksgiving turkey cookie jar that I always fill with candy. I think I'll put Izzie's Halloween candy in there. She knows that she has to ask me for some before she takes it so she doesn't break the turkey.
Have a great day everyone!
Excited that the Jet Blue flights came out today and next Sunday we should know the Southwest flights as well!!!!!
TTFN
What trip are you planning???
Thank goodness for the pjlla plan. I am going to be successful at it, but used up another off track day yesterday. So only 2 more, but only 2 more weekends too, so I know I can do it.
Yes, you can do it!! WE can all do it!
It's monday, back to work, back on track, and hope to see a loss this week, since this past week was a maintain.
Have a great day. brb with the qotd.
It's gonna be a GREAT week, I just know it!!!
I apologize if i repeat any questions that have been asked before.
Monday 11/7/11-QOTD- Where was your favorite non-Disney vacation? If you could take a vacation anywhere in the world, money no object, where would you like to go?
Even if it was asked before, it's a great question!
Well... my longest standing travel dream is to see Austria and the alps (saw Sound of Music in 4th grade and it's been my favorite movie ever since!). Second longest standing travel dream is to see the pyramids in Egypt (although with all of the political unrest in that area, I wouldn't go even for FREE right now!). But I'd also love to take DD to see the Great Barrier Reef... so I'd do that first.
[Pamela I'm sorry about the lack of instruction at the Zumbathon. So not fun! Were they at least cueing with hand guestures. Some instructors do that instead of using verbal commands, which is annoying if you can't see them too well. The guy that developed Zumba prefers hand cues.
THe third instructor who got up did use some hand signals and her moves were a bit less complicated and easier to follow, but by then I was kind of annoyed.
Not much for me to report today. Cleaned the kitchen, am descaling the coffee maker and doing laundry. Need to make a menu and grocery list WooHoo, I am a wild woman!
Crazy and wild!! 
I learned to crochet Granny Squares this weekend so I spent all evening doing that yesterday. I am trying to use up a ball of yarn while I practice. I have 9 done and will probably get one or two more out of this yarn, then I have to figure out what to do with all of them!
Time to heat up some broccoli soup I made yesterday for lunch and probably make a salad.
Mmmm.... soup!! Gotta add that to the menu soon!
Pharmacy thing should be straightened out. I have to call and check Wednesday afternoon. They are expeiditing the order. Somebody apparently canceled the order but a manager expedited the order. I spoke to a very nice lady who spent quite a while taking care of things.
Got some Christmas shopping done. Got each of the girls a puffy vest and another Angry Bird for their stockings. I also got Ashleigh an action figure that I have been searching everywhere for. ToysRUs had it and I had a coupon. I'm doing really well getting good deals and using coupons. I am having a hard time finding an angry bird game that apparently is the hot item. I put my name on an email list to get it when it becomes available or otherwise I will order it on
Amazon. I got my Mom a sweater she wanted and a shirt for myself at Old Navy that was only $5. They even gave me an extra 30% off. So ended up being a successful trip. I wanted to get Brian and me new pillows but I didn't seen any.
Watching one of the many holiday specials I recorded on Hallmark Channel this weekend. Watching Love's Christmas Journey but it's kind of frightening! It's 4 hours long!
Got about 30 minutes until I have to get Izzie and then I have to take her to dancing. Going to make some coffee cake tonight so we have easy meals this week. Got Drs appts and dentist appts this week. Glad Friday is a day off!
Gotta go!
TTFN
Nice job having so much shopping done already!
Good Monday afternoon.
Sorry I haven't been on in a couple of day but I spent Sat morning working on a quilt for a dear friend. She is going through treatment for lung and brain cancer. She has a really positive attitude but I hope they can find something to help her. She has only had one bad reaction so far which is pretty good. I had lunch with her and another friend who retired a couple of years ago. It was a lot of fun but she has been on my mind all weekend.
QOTD Disney hotels. I have stayed at the top and at the bottom. My sister has helped me stay at AK, WL and BLT in Aug. I love POFQ. we have stayed there several times. I like how small it is. I have stayed at ASMo and had fun there. We enjoyed our stay at POP. My favorite place to stay is the campgrounds. It is so quiet and peaceful. It is hard to believe you are only a boatride away from the MK.
I hate the scale.. That's al I say about it.
QOTD I would love to go to England but I don't think dh would like some of the places I would like to see. I have read many books about England and would love to visit some those places. I would love to visit the Vatican and Ireland. I love visiting Washington DC
It is Jersey week here. My school had classes today and Wednesday. Tuesday the teachers have an inservice.
and then we are all off on Thursday and Friday.
Off to get some laundry started and dinner started.
Have a happy and healthy evening.
The quilt for your friend is going to be a great gift. I'm sure she will really appreciate it. You are always so sweet, making so many lovely things for other people.
Hello All
I've been so slack this week all around-eating, exercising and not reading/posting on the DIS! Making an effort to get back into it today. I just sent my weight in to Sue. I'm up 1.2 from my lowest of the challenge but if I work hard I can get that off and more by Thanksgiving.
Just glad to see you back on!!
Well, I need to get moving and pick up DS from Driver's Ed and hit the Wal-Mart quickly for a few things. See you all tomorrow! Have a great week!
Driver's Ed!!
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Phew! I'm caught up!
Dinner was filling but not "emotionally" satisfying.... but I need to get past that. It was healthy fuel for my body and that is what counts in the long run.
I'm going to spend a few minutes with DS. DD and DH are out at a parents' informational meeting for a summer program that she is applying to for next year. Not sure that we could even afford it if she got accepted, but there is no harm in applying (other than the fee), right?? Glad DH went to this with her.... I get a bit tired of being the "always on" parent. I think that DD would have PREFERRED me to go, but DH wanted to go and there was no sense in both of us attending.
Need to go type up something for robotics and then off to talk with DS for a bit. I've got Bible study in the morning, but I'll try to pop on tomorrow afternoon....................P
I generally weigh myself every day, and I weigh after I work out and before I shower. That's my low weight of the day, and I'm goin' with it! 
If I could go anywhere in the world, oh what the heck, I'd make it a long trip and combine the 2 places I really want to see -- I'd go to Egypt and see the pyramids and Alexandria, and I'd go to St. Petersburg, Russia. When we were in college my bff and I used to say if we won the lottery we'd go to all the places in order in the "Kokomo" song from "Cocktail". I've actually made it to half, but not in the same trip! Jamaica, Bermuda, Bahamas -- I think I'm missing Aruba, Key Largo, and Montego. I could see the first two, I'm not going back to Jamaica if I can help it. We were not impressed 
And I am finally down some weight!!!!!!!! 1 pound but I will take it!!! (2 if you count the weight gain I experienced earlier last week). 
for everyone that needs one. Not too much going on around here. DS has started Driver's Ed so he is at school for 3 extra hours for 10 days. I've been enjoying my alone time but I have not felt like going to the gym after work! Today was such a gorgeous day, I should have gone for a walk but here I am glued to the TV awaiting the Conrad Murray verdict.
And then we'll hang out and watch a movie and call it an early night. DS was still awake when we got home last night at 11:30 so he needs to get to bed early tonight. 
