Biggest Loser--Fall 2011 Challenge for Losers & Maintainers!!

[SettinSail]

I'm all caught up with reading the posts, but don't have much time to reply!

Dona, awesome job this week

Congrats to all our losers!

Carol, were you guys stationed at Ramstein? I went there once.

Pamela, I'm getting quite a visual thinking of your 8 antennas toppers.

Sue, I will have to check out the Italian restaurant, thanks!

LTS, If I am very heavy on the water consumption, it starts pushing EVERYTHING out of my bladder-that's when I know I've overdone it. But I don't get a thirsty feeling.

I have a lot of go-to dinners. Tonight it was tuna rollups: whole wheat tortilla warmed up 10 seconds in the microwave, top with lettuce and tuna salad and roll up. I put light mayo, chopped celery and chopped pickle in my tuna salad. You can also have tuna with salsa, black beans and shredded cheese and then roll that up. Southwest tuna rollups

DS wouldn't eat it so he had beans on toast.

Finally, for my big news..................I have FINALLY reached 30 pounds lost in total Check out my new clippie. I loved it so much I added it twice. I am really proud of myself. I hope the next 5 come off a little quicker though!

 

[bellebookworm9]

LTS, If I am very heavy on the water consumption, it starts pushing EVERYTHING out of my bladder-that's when I know I've overdone it. But I don't get a thirsty feeling.

Finally, for my big news..................I have FINALLY reached 30 pounds lost in total Check out my new clippie. I loved it so much I added it twice. I am really proud of myself. I hope the next 5 come off a little quicker though!

I have a similar problem when I drink a lot of water, and running to the bathroom every 30 minutes or so is just inconvenient. That's why I've been failing Habit #1 consistently for the last three weeks.

GREAT JOB SHAWN!! 30 pounds is something to be proud of, and I know how hard you worked for it!

 

[cclovesdis]

Am I the only one who wakes up thinking about biting the top off of a cactus? I am so thirsty in the morning. I suppose this morning's heartburn didn't help much.

Congrats Shawn!

WTG Dona and all our BLs! Congrats to our maintainers and all of our participants too!

Please remember that participating in Healthy Habits is optional. Reporting your points is optional too. However, 1 point is worth reporting!


I try to always have 1 daily "Habit" that is easier/quicker than the other 3 and I encourage you to do that one, even if you do not report that you earned all 7/7. These have been and will continue to be "little" things that can make a huge difference in our emotional health.




Have a great day everyone!

 

[my3princes]

Good Morning

I was hoping to wake up feeling less tired this morning, but that didn't happen. I am hoping to control my eating today though. I've made my breakfast and lunch to take with me, now I hope that coworkers don't have things laying around. Yesterday was so bad that I walked to the convenience store up the street for a code red mountain dew. I can't tell you how rare that is for me. I hate to waste money like that. Ugh. Hopefully I dig out of this rut soon.

 

[tigger813]

Way to go, Shawn! Hope I get to see skinny you in 3 weeks! We'll figure something out when I know more of my schedule that week. Didn't talk to my parents last night. When I called Mom was just lying down for a nap and when I called the next time they didn't answer!

TTFN

 

[dumbo_buddy]

QOTD 1: Since it's just me, I always have a WW SmartOnes frozen dinner in the freezer for emergency nights.

QOTD 2: a Dooney & Bourke wristlet, a photo album, and possibly a Christmas ornament.

the smart ones are pretty good but i ALWAYS feel hungry after eating them! perhaps if i added some extra steamed veggies to a frozen meal it would be enough? i do like their pizzas

i have a D&B wristlet that i really like - the only problem is that there is no wallet section. they really screwed up there by not having a little section in there to stick some change or credit cards. they actually now sell a little credit card holder that i kept meaning to see if it fit in the wristlet this past trip and i forgot - when you're there, check it out. it's only like $10 extra and would turn that wristlet into something much more functional!

QQTD 1: We have two options: Option 1 is Fish Tacos (Mahi, lettuce, black beans, pico and taco bell mild sauce), Option 2 is some sort of pasta.

QQTD 2: The item(s) that I always seem to purchase are trading pins and a WDW shirt.

Hope everyone has a good day!!!

Tim

see, fish is pretty much never cooked in my house. i keep hearing how easy it is to cook but i'm intimidated! mahi mahi is so delicious. i need to grow a pair and start cooking fish!

QOTD1 - We always pick up a rotisserie chicken from Publix (mojo flavor) - love it! We'll just eat that with rice and veggies. Then we save the other half to use in a casserole for the next night. We are guilty of stopping at McDonald's or popping in a pizza every now and then, though.

QOTD2 - I can't think of the last thing I bought for myself at Disney. We always let our DDs pick out toys. Maybe because we are FL residents and get to go often, but I usually don't buy any kind of souvenir for myself. I do always buy school bread in Norway, though. Yummy!!!!

mmmm rotisserie chickens. is there something better than that?? i love them and love making chicken salad sandwiches with the leftovers. yum.

QOTD 1: you've had a busy day - work, school, kids, pets, etc have been a pain in your butt and it's dinnertime. what's your go-to dinner when in a pickle? (you know, assuming you didn't put ingredients in a crock pot this morning or came home to a wonderfully cooked meal by your spouse )

My go-to is usually pasta. I'm veg, my husband is almost pure carnivore and my daughter loves noodles with white sauce. I also LOVE pasta. I usually add veggie crumbles - Lightlife has some low fat crumbles that I am going to try next time.

QOTD 2: what's your favorite disney purchase?? something you find you're always buying when you visit?

Two winters ago, WDW had a shop called "Tink's Treasures". Mostly fairy stuff, and a lot of it you can't get online. My daughter loves Tink and we got her the cutest short sleeve hoodie with "All you need is peace, love and pixie dust" spelled out in different colored block letters. Super cute. I was disappointed last January to find out they took it out.

Jennifer

i'm a pasta addict and have been making it sooooo much lately. it's just so darn good!

aw, tink is so cute!

#1 Great question! I'm already getting some good ideas (because I feel like I'm ALWAYS in a pickle for dinner ;-) Usually my go-to desperation meal is pasta with crushed tomatos.
#2 I pretty much always buy a t-shirt, but I also try to buy something special each trip, like a watch, a purse, etc. that I know I will actually use a lot.

this morning I was supposed to go for a 30 minute walk/run. Alas, through a series of unfortunate events, I ended up doing 10 minutes of yoga before running out the door for work. (Plus, I now i have a broken iPhone.) UGH! Maybe I'll get a real work out in this evening, but I'm not counting on it.

hey 10 minutes of yoga is better than 0 minutes of yoga!

QOTD1: My go to meal is spaghetti and meat sauce. I always have an extra jar of sauce and whole wheat pasta in the pantry and ground turkey in the freezer.

QOTD2: I guess a resort mug would be something I always buy. I use them and think about Disney when I drink my coffee in the morning. I haven't been to WDW in 4 years so I don't have any mugs left as they've all broken or worn out.

you better get to disney stat. if only just to get a mug!!

if you have frozen turkey, do you defrost it before cooking it up at night or do you start cooking it frozen? i never seem to have the foresight to defrost things ahead of time

Good morning (well almost afternoon)!

Slow day here for me. Carpool will bring DD15 home from band all week but I do have to pick DD11 up after a club at 4. So I get a long quiet day. I need to go to the grocery store and pick up some groceries that DH couldn't get at Wallyworld last night. I was going to go first thing this morning but my first thing was late so I will probably just go before I pick DD up. We ended up staying up late last night-- DH was watching Monday Night Football so I was exhausted when I got DD up at 6:45 this morning so I went back to sleep until 9:30.

Funny story from last night. DH has a "man cave" in our room over the garage. He has his large plasma flat screen la-di-da TV up there with surround sound and he own fridge and a recliner couch. He usually watches sports and movies up there so I don't have to watch them and I can watch my shows down stairs. But this has also meant that we spend too much time apart so we have recently vowed to spend more time together even if it means putting up with something on TV we may not enjoy. So he asks me as we are fixing dinner if he can watch Monday Night Football downstairs. While I really would prefer just about anything to football I thought to myself " He wants to spend time with me." So I said sure. Then after dinner as we are talking I find out that he is recording Terra Nova and something else on his DVR upstairs so he CAN'T watch the game up there and that is why he asked to watch it downstairs!!! I actually thought it was pretty funny-- and now I can tease him about the rest of the week-- and get a night where he has to watch my shows!




Would love to have the brand for that! I love to stir fry veggies, that is what I had for lunch yesterday.

We have 3 go to meals. Hamburgers is a big one because DH buys the bags of premade frozen burgers and he and DD15 LOVE burgers. I don't like them much but if I need something then it makes a good option.

If he is not in the mood to cook then we will sometimes do Spaghetti. He makes homemade sauce and we freeze it so if we have some in the freezer then I will pull that out and DD or I can heat it up and make pasta. But that doesn't really work with my low carb plan. So sometimes if we are doing the burgers or spaghetti I will make myself something else like some soup or a salad or leftovers.

If NO ONE feels like cooking then we usually do frozen pizza. I have some Palermo Prima Thin crust pizzas that have a very thin crust and I will throw some mushrooms and spinach on my portion if I have some. Not the best but it works.

And our absolute desperation meal is to order Domino's. Another one where I usually just scrounge up something else because I really really dislike Dominos but DH and the kids love it.


I buy a coffee mug and a Christmas Tree ornament every time we go to Disney. Our last trip in Sept 2010 we spent almost the entire trip looking for the 2010 mug-- they were between shipments and everywhere was sold out and hadn't got new ones in. I was so frustrated. Finally on our last day an amazing CM at a shop on Main Street in MK went and searched the stockroom for me and managed to find one for me! I could have kissed her!

dominos....ick! why must it be so easy to order from there? lol! it's cheap and fast but not good pizza! and yet, i've been known to house ALOT of pieces in one sitting. luckily we're in the bronx where pizza is so good so i haven't had it in a while.

QOTD1: My go to used to be linguine, 1/2 & 1/2, mushrooms and peas, but we don't keep the 1/2&1/2 around anymore. So now it's burgers or a pizza from the freezer. One of the grocery stores nearby has chinese so we sometimes get that--and the added bonus is that even though we're "dining" I can count it as "grocery" budget. Although this month both those budgets are gone! I will have to get very creative with the pantry/freezer this week!

QOTD2: The last 2 times (we've been 4) I've gotten earrings and love them. DH buys a pin with the year on it.

Congratulations, Losers. Super job, Dona!!!

So far I'm not working today, which means I probably won't. So definitely should get a ton of stuff done around the house. I was ticked last night when I went to bed because the bathroom mirror was a mess; I had cleaned it that morning! Boys! grrrr I'm off to go tackle a pile of papers on the desk. Wonder what's in there?!

i kept looking for a piece of jewelry on my trip a couple weeks ago and couldn't find "the perfect one" so came home with nada. hey, it's cheaper!

Always a T-shirt, calendar and several pins. Now not going until April, may need to order the calendar ahead of time! And hoping to buy the next smaller size shirt!



Not to the extent where it is every 5-10 minutes, but I do run to the bathroom alot because of the amount I drink. I drink alot of water and my mouth is dry, but I assumed it was because of a) Claritin and b) Listerine. Both of those are supposed to be drying. And some days I am just thirsty. But like you, I always have water. Kind of a pain in the parks, schlepping it around, I use a lanyard. On top of the water I also have diet Coke (need the caffeine), so I swap back and forth on them all day.

It may be just the way your bladder reacts. It might be sensitive to too much stimulation and every once in a while just "reacts".

Carol

a calendar! that's a great idea!

Hi everyone!

I need to join your Fall Challenge! I did great last spring, then injured my knee terribly the end of May, spent most of the summer months off my feet completely, and sadly, gained back a lot of weight. Ugh!!! But things are looking up, I'm able to move much better, and am ready to lose!

dis-happy
mom to 4 (and still trying to lose that baby weight from the last baby)

welcome!!

Well too bad for them I'll keep my eyes peeled. We might try the Little Gym which has classes for his age and another friend found a soccer program that might take 2 year olds.

hi sue! i'm running out of time so i'll just comment on the soccer stuff - hope dylan can get into a class! thomas is really enjoying it! the little gym is supposed to be great too! expensive i think but hey, they're worth it

We camped a lot this summer, but our last real vacation was over a year ago. We had a 3 week vacation complete with Walt Disney World (TreeHouse Villa), 7 day Carribean Cruise, Universal Studios and SeaWorld. Awesome trip. Our next vacation is a 3 week vacation next summer. Hawaii and DL We are totally stoked.


I NEED 8 hours sleep. However I have a hard time falling asleep. I take tylenol PM 2 hours before I hit the sheets and it helps. The fact that I'm up around 4:30 each morning means that I need to go to bed at 8:30 to make 8 hours possible. Usually I'm in bed by 9:30. I definitely notice that I eat more when I'm tired. This week I've been exhausted because the weekend was super busy. I've consumed much more food and caffeine the last 2 mornings then I normally do. There is definitely a correlation. I'm looking forward to catching up on sleep this weekend to make next week better.

i'm an 8 hours girl too but i never seem to get it because i just never can fall asleep and then i'm always waking up. and now with this baby moving around nonstop i just don't sleep. it makes for a very cranky woman during the day!

Some positive things. I stayed home from work today, which i don't regret because im still not feeling well and it gave me a chance to kind of catch up on stuff and rest up a bit.

i'm pretty happy with how im looking lately. i look down at myself and im not saying you look fat im saying "you look fantastic" which is a nice change. im also noticing that making healthy choices is becoming more natural. im not having to think about it, im just DOING IT. Today for a snack i had a couple whole grain rice cakes and some grapes, rather than chips. and making healthier choices throughout the day is making it easier to allow that one peanut butter cup once in awhile and not feel guilty.

today i made a version of eggplant parmesean, it was my first time cooking with eggplant and i have to say it came out pretty good! i should have made some whole grain pasta to go with it though.

i signed up for my second 5k, i still havent been to the gym but as soon as im feeling better i will. i have another exam next wednesday and more homework than i want to think about but oh well.

tomorrow i have to think about starting to get back to normal. i just don't know where the day goes...its already 8:30????

well this is a nice a positive post! it is SO great to wake up, look in the mirror and go, "hey, not too bad." i can't WAIT for that day (hopefully sooner rather than later!)

eggplant parm...yum!

Finally, for my big news..................I have FINALLY reached 30 pounds lost in total Check out my new clippie. I loved it so much I added it twice. I am really proud of myself. I hope the next 5 come off a little quicker though!

go shawn! go shawn! amazing! you totally rock!!! you must treat yourself to something nice! how about a mani/pedi?????

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ok i ran out of steam and need to get to my QOTDs. i'm running out of time! i have to get showered and dressed by 8 and out the door to set up for mommy and me class. we're having a bday party for one of the little girls so that means we don't have to set up a craft. i love party days because i HATE arts and crafts! i'm such a good mommy and me teacher! lol!

QOTD: Well, it's hump day. 1) How is your week going so far? and 2) What are your weekend plans?

 

[mikamah]

QOTD: Well, it's hump day. 1) How is your week going so far? and 2) What are your weekend plans?

I'm doing ok with the eating, and was really bloated after the race this weekend, up over 5 pounds, but am now only up 2.4 pounds from friday, and still feel a little puffy, so I'm drinking my water, and trying to stay away from salt too much, and hope to make a maintain by friday. Saturday we are free, and michael's planning to have a friend over, and sunday is an 8:30 am football game, and we may go to the Topsfield fair. I'll check the weather first.

Am I the only one who wakes up thinking about biting the top off of a cactus?

Cupcake maybe, but not cactus.

QOTD 1: you've had a busy day - work, school, kids, pets, etc have been a pain in your butt and it's dinnertime. what's your go-to dinner when in a pickle? (you know, assuming you didn't put ingredients in a crock pot this morning or came home to a wonderfully cooked meal by your spouse )

Can of soup and grilled cheese or turkey sandwich, or we'll have cereal, fruit and yogurt. Breakfast for supper is always fun.

QOTD 2: what's your favorite disney purchase?? something you find you're always buying when you visit?

Love reading everyone's souvenirs. When I come home, I buy myself a coffee mug from the Photopass website with a picture of our trip. My last one has my son and niece with their medals from the mile race they did during the princess weekend, and the one before is michael and Minnie at chef Mickey's he was so flirtatious with her that day, and later that day when he saw Minnie in Philharmagic, he whispered to me, "she kissed me". It was so funny. So every morning depending on what mug I'm using, I relive some of our disney magic. I also buy the cheap mickey head earrings that turn green by the next trip. I'd like to invest in a nice pair of sterling, but haven't found a pair I love yet.

Nancy- Good luck at mommy and me. Hope it's a fun time today.

Shawn- Whoo hoo!!! Congratulation on reaching 30 pounds!!!!

Sue-That's too bad there isn't much out there for under 3. Love your vacation plans. I'm always planning in my mind, but don't have any official disney dates set.

Pamela- I love the idea of drilling the antenna toppers. We have a few different ones. michael just changed us from our patriotic one to the pirates skull for halloween. But we also have the ghost which is adorable, so we need to change it frequently in october.

Have a great day everyone!!!

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning all!

Been a bit MIA thanks to a visit from the first bug of the school year.

A big congratulations to all our superstars and especially to our Biggest Loser this week, donac!

dis-happy!

Let's see, Hershey and Sesame Place are scheduled for May 2012, will book WDW for Dec. 2012 when booking opens for DVC, and will also book a week on the Fantasy for May 2013 when that booking opens.

Why is it that I'm planned, but can't book yet? There must be other crazy Disney planners out there Anyone, anyone?

DVC does change your planning style for sure, Sue. I remember I used to think 11 months -- that's a long time to plan in advance. Now I think "man, isn't my booking window open yet?"

Tracey, hope that Izzie is feeling better soon!

We camped a lot this summer, but our last real vacation was over a year ago. We had a 3 week vacation complete with Walt Disney World (TreeHouse Villa), 7 day Carribean Cruise, Universal Studios and SeaWorld. Awesome trip. Our next vacation is a 3 week vacation next summer. Hawaii and DL We are totally stoked.

Sounds like a wonderful vacation coming up, Deb!

Some positive things. I stayed home from work today, which i don't regret because im still not feeling well and it gave me a chance to kind of catch up on stuff and rest up a bit.

Hope that you are feeling better soon, Trina!

Me, me! I'm the crazy planner too! I started planning this one about two months after we got home from the last one, and was looking for potential DVC owners in August when booking didn't open until November.

Oh you absolutely have to have two trips in the works at all times! I try to do the same with races, too.

Shawn, congrats on the 30 pounds lost!

QOTD: Well, it's hump day. 1) How is your week going so far? and 2) What are your weekend plans?

Sorry I haven't been around as much to enjoy your great coaching, Nancy, but I have been reading along.

Week is getting better now. Kid should be getting up soon and heading off to school for the first time this week. I hate to think about the makeup work. Luckily it will have to be done by Friday so it won't mess up the week-end. Not that we have anything too exciting planned for the week-end. Just getting ready for MIL visit in a couple of week.

Will have to watch BL tonight. I did enjoy Pan Am this week-end.

Have a great day all!

 

[lisah0711]

Kathy, isn't it amazing how a race can mess up your weight for several days? Sounds like a nice, relaxing day on Saturday!

Good luck to Rose on her Wine&Dine Half at WDW this week-end.

And yay for Cam for showing her true WISH spirit and scream teamin'. They'll be scream teamin' for you soon, girl!

Anyone else I am missing doing the W&D this week-end?

 

[pjlla]

Pamela, thanks for reminding me-a new car topper, that's also on our list of souvenirs! We bought a really cool rainbow one last May, and it disappeared this summer; either someone took it or it fell off in the car wash.

They do come off in the carwash, so be careful. I have to unscrew my antenna and remove it completely when I go to the carwash. I have the rainbow one too.... I save it for spring.

My eating has been off the last few days. I'm just in some sort of mental rut. I write everything down for the next day that I should eat, but that doesn't mean I actually eat it. However, I did actually force myself to go to Zumba tonight (took a housemate with me) and I felt much better afterwards, even though it seemed more difficult this week (which doesn't make any sense since it was the same routine as last week).

I had a very good academic day today. I got an A- on a psych test I took last week, which I can bump up to an A if I do an extra credit project. My piano exam went pretty well. I rearranged another test so it wouldn't coincide with the one I've already rearranged for the vacation. I also managed to fall down the steps coming out of one of the buildings today, but hey, you win some you lose some. Why the school thought it was a great idea to have marble steps, I'll never know. They're no fun in the rain!

I just watched Glee and New Girl. Glee redeemed it self this week-I fall a little bit more in love with Chris Colfer everytime he opens his mouth. Going to do some reading before bed, and will take another stab at meal planning for tomorrow.

Hope you didn't hurt yourself when you fell.

Glad that the second Glee of the season was better.... I was afraid that it was going to get lame, just as I was getting into it! We have about 4 more episodes of season 2 to watch before I start on season 3. DS, DD and I watch them all together and between sports and homework there just hasn't been any time to watch it much. Maybe we'll get caught up this weekend.

Pamela, I'm getting quite a visual thinking of your 8 antennas toppers.

The 8 or so that are always on there are regular Mickey heads.... in a full rainbowof colors! THen I change out the very top one depending on my mood/season... I have a Halloween pumpkin, a Thanksgiving one, a Santa one, a rainbow one (for spring), a "bitten" Mickey bar one that DD brought me from her trip last year, and I am currently sporting the "Peace, Love Mickey" one that I bought in May. I'll change that out to the Halloween pumpkin on 10/1.

I did have a DL 50th anniversary one with gold glitter ears, but it wore out really fast and then an ear fell off. It made me sad because it was one of my favorites.

I have a lot of go-to dinners. Tonight it was tuna rollups: whole wheat tortilla warmed up 10 seconds in the microwave, top with lettuce and tuna salad and roll up. I put light mayo, chopped celery and chopped pickle in my tuna salad. You can also have tuna with salsa, black beans and shredded cheese and then roll that up. Southwest tuna rollups

THat is a great go-to dinner. DS, DH, and myself could have that, but DD doesn't eat any fish. But I'll definitely add it to the emergency rotation!

Finally, for my big news..................I have FINALLY reached 30 pounds lost in total Check out my new clippie. I loved it so much I added it twice. I am really proud of myself. I hope the next 5 come off a little quicker though!

WOOHOO!!! Congratulations!! That is a huge accomplishment.

Good Morning

I was hoping to wake up feeling less tired this morning, but that didn't happen. I am hoping to control my eating today though. I've made my breakfast and lunch to take with me, now I hope that coworkers don't have things laying around. Yesterday was so bad that I walked to the convenience store up the street for a code red mountain dew. I can't tell you how rare that is for me. I hate to waste money like that. Ugh. Hopefully I dig out of this rut soon.

I'm with you..... overtired = overeating/bad choices. Hopefully this weekend will help you catch up on sleep and you will feel better next week.

see, fish is pretty much never cooked in my house. i keep hearing how easy it is to cook but i'm intimidated! mahi mahi is so delicious. i need to grow a pair and start cooking fish!

Honestly.... most fish is super easy to cook.... and easy to OVERcook... that is what you need to watch out for the most.

Start with an inexpensive basic white fish like tilapia or ocean perch or cod.... those are the easiest and if you wreck it you haven't lost much!

If the fillets are super skinny at the ends, fold the end under so it doesn't get overcooked. ANd if the entire fillet is really skinny (like perch), I usually coat the flesh side (as opposed to the skin side) with something to help keep it from drying out too fast.... some sort of salad dressing or mayo or oil.... just a very light brushing will do the job.

Those are my only fish cooking tips!

dominos....ick! why must it be so easy to order from there? lol! it's cheap and fast but not good pizza! and yet, i've been known to house ALOT of pieces in one sitting. luckily we're in the bronx where pizza is so good so i haven't had it in a while.

Try living for almost 20 years where there is NO delivery of any sort. My kids think Dominoes is the BOMB! We have ordered pizza delivered to hotel rooms a few times and they just can't get over the fun of some guy bringing a pizza to your door!!

We have exactly ONE pizza place in our spread-out town.... only pizza or take-out around for about 15 miles.... good thing we like it!!


QOTD: Well, it's hump day. 1) How is your week going so far? and 2) What are your weekend plans?

Week is going fairly well, but really busy. On the food front I decided to try eating MORE, since the weight loss just hasn't been happening lately. We will see how that works on come Friday morning.

Weekend plans..... DD has swim practice 5:45 am Sat. morning and DS has a soccer game a few towns over at 9:00 am.... I will scramble to get from one to the other on time.

DD has a good friend probably coming home from swim practice with her on Saturday and she will spend the night.

Sunday we are heading to MA to celebrate DMIL's 89th birthday. Potluck at her house..... I'm bringing drinks and salad (cause I don't cook!).

I'm doing ok with the eating, and was really bloated after the race this weekend, up over 5 pounds, but am now only up 2.4 pounds from friday, and still feel a little puffy, so I'm drinking my water, and trying to stay away from salt too much, and hope to make a maintain by friday. Saturday we are free, and michael's planning to have a friend over, and sunday is an 8:30 am football game, and we may go to the Topsfield fair. I'll check the weather first.


Keep up with the water today.... and maybe add some lemon to it.... that is supposed to help with bloat.... as is celery and watermelon.

Can of soup and grilled cheese or turkey sandwich, or we'll have cereal, fruit and yogurt. Breakfast for supper is always fun.

Last night was nutty for us so dinner was cereal and fruit.... which is kind of a treat since we rarely eat cereal. DS had Rice Krispies (leftover from making RK treats for a bake sale) and a banana, DD had Honey Nut Cheerios (I bought them during a weak moment at Costco...) and two clementines and I had a greek yogurt parfait with FiberOne cereal and blueberries.

Love reading everyone's souvenirs. When I come home, I buy myself a coffee mug from the Photopass website with a picture of our trip. My last one has my son and niece with their medals from the mile race they did during the princess weekend, and the one before is michael and Minnie at chef Mickey's he was so flirtatious with her that day, and later that day when he saw Minnie in Philharmagic, he whispered to me, "she kissed me". It was so funny.

This is so stinkin' cute!!! Gotta love our boys! When Minnie kissed DS at his birthday dinner at Chef Mickey's he got TOTALLY red and flustered! (He was turning 6 I think.)


Pamela- I love the idea of drilling the antenna toppers. We have a few different ones. michael just changed us from our patriotic one to the pirates skull for halloween. But we also have the ghost which is adorable, so we need to change it frequently in october.

Have a great day everyone!!!

Sounds like you have a lot more of them than I do. I limit myself to whatever I can fit in the glove box.

Good morning all!

Been a bit MIA thanks to a visit from the first bug of the school year.

OOOoooohh... so sorry. DH and DD have already been sick since the school year started, so hopefully that will do it for us for the fall!!


Week is getting better now. Kid should be getting up soon and heading off to school for the first time this week. I hate to think about the makeup work. Luckily it will have to be done by Friday so it won't mess up the week-end. Not that we have anything too exciting planned for the week-end. Just getting ready for MIL visit in a couple of week.

Will have to watch BL tonight. I did enjoy Pan Am this week-end.

Have a great day all!

Hopefully the make-up work won't ruin the weekend.

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Happy Wednesday friends!

Once again I am TOTALLY under the gun for time today. I am supposed to have part of a "100 reasons we love you" scrapbook done for my DMIL's birthday..... which I kept thinking was another week away!!! I had a freak out last night when I realized it needed to be done this Sunday!

So needless to say, you know where you will find me today! I love scrapbooking, but hate doing it "under the gun."

I am dressed in my workout clothes, but not sure I will find the time today. I will commit to just 15 minutes..... but hopefully can find another 15 before I have to hit the shower at 1pm.

Coaching robotics 2-4-ish pm.... feed the kids something, somewhere, drop DD at the Y at 5:30 and scramble back to my town for DS's open house tonight from 6-7:30pm, then dash back to the Y to get DD for 8:15pm. (The school and Y are about 30 minutes apart.) Home again at 8:45pm, so no time to exercise tonight and no time to scrap tonight. Whatever I'm going to do today it needs to be done NOW!

I've already emptied all of the house trash and been to the dump and cleaned up the kitchen. I'm going to start a load of laundry, make the beds, do my 15 minutes of exercise and hit the scrapping table..... mark-set.......GO! TTYL.......................P

 

[bellebookworm9]

i have a D&B wristlet that i really like - the only problem is that there is no wallet section. they really screwed up there by not having a little section in there to stick some change or credit cards. they actually now sell a little credit card holder that i kept meaning to see if it fit in the wristlet this past trip and i forgot - when you're there, check it out. it's only like $10 extra and would turn that wristlet into something much more functional!

see, fish is pretty much never cooked in my house. i keep hearing how easy it is to cook but i'm intimidated! mahi mahi is so delicious. i need to grow a pair and start cooking fish!

QOTD: Well, it's hump day. 1) How is your week going so far? and 2) What are your weekend plans?

That seems to be the biggest complaint about the wristlets, and the fact that there is no zipper. But I don't intend to use it as my wallet; it's going to be for days when I have places to go on campus (work, flute lesson, gym) and don't need a full bag, but would just like somewhere to put my phone, ipod, and ID card.

Pamela's right, tilapia is super easy to cook! I thaw a filet during the day, sprinkle it with a little salt, pepper, lemon juice and garlic herbs, pop it in the oven at 375 for 10 minutes or so, and am set to go!

My week is going okay so far. I'm down 2.2 lbs since Friday, and am hoping to lose another 1.8 before this Friday-that will get me back to the 15 pounds I'd lost at the end of summer. Then hopefully I can get down another pound or two before the trip. I have basically no plans for the weekend, just starting to pack and studying for my sociolinguistics midterm.

We are at 9 days today, aka the single digits dance!! My interpretation of the dance (with smilies) is here.

 

[tigger813]

Thanks, Lisa, she's feeling better today. I think she's just tired! Our schedules are just too crazy right now.

Back from walking Izzie to school and walking to the Wellness Center. Then I took a bunch of stuff to the church for the sale this weekend. They had a shelving unit with plastic tubs just like I was looking for for Ash's room. I told them that I can't come on Saturday so they let me buy it today! It was just what I wanted!

Watching more of Lark Rise to Candleford. I got season 3 yesterday and I need to watch all of it plus season 4 by next week. Only have time for an hour today. Hoping to watch some more tomorrow if I can find the time and on Friday before the kids come home. The weekend is crazy so not sure when I'll have time this weekend.

Time to fold some clothes as they have been sitting in the bag for the past 3 days with no time to fold them!

TTFN

 

[yulilin3]

QOTD: Well, it's hump day. 1) How is your week going so far? and 2) What are your weekend plans?
My week is going great, been on schedule in both food and cardio/weights. Weekend plans is going to MK on Sat. to celebrate 40 years of magic, maybe head over to Epcot for some food & wine (I hope not to go too crazy on this one). Sunday's my nephew's b=day, turning 5 so I'll be at a playground for most of the day.

 

[pjlla]

That seems to be the biggest complaint about the wristlets, and the fact that there is no zipper. But I don't intend to use it as my wallet; it's going to be for days when I have places to go on campus (work, flute lesson, gym) and don't need a full bag, but would just like somewhere to put my phone, ipod, and ID card.

Pamela's right, tilapia is super easy to cook! I thaw a filet during the day, sprinkle it with a little salt, pepper, lemon juice and garlic herbs, pop it in the oven at 375 for 10 minutes or so, and am set to go!

My week is going okay so far. I'm down 2.2 lbs since Friday, and am hoping to lose another 1.8 before this Friday-that will get me back to the 15 pounds I'd lost at the end of summer. Then hopefully I can get down another pound or two before the trip. I have basically no plans for the weekend, just starting to pack and studying for my sociolinguistics midterm.

We are at 9 days today, aka the single digits dance!! My interpretation of the dance (with smilies) is here.

Congrats on the single digits dance! It is cute!

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Well friends, day isn't going exactly as planned. I FINALLY sat down to scrapbook about 10 minutes ago and realized......DUH, I have no pictures!! So now to go through all of my photos and find a handful of good ones of us with DMIL (hoping to find individual ones of the kids with her, etc), send to the order to Walgreens and pick it up tomorrow afternoon. So for now the best I'll do is picking some papers out and deciding what to say. But of course, I need to leave the house in just a little over an hour, so not much time left to get this worked on today.

I did manage 21 minutes on the TM, but that will be it for today. Beds are made, kitchen is picked up AGAIN (I threw a batch of pumpkin spice muffins in the oven for DD... been promising it for days), dishwasher unloaded, load of laundry on the line and another in the washer, two of three toilets cleaned, DD's swim bag packed for tonight, snack for robotics team packed, and I'm showered and dressed and have eaten most of my lunch. Now on to picture picking and ordering. TTYL..............................P

 

[glss1/2fll]

QOTD: Well, it's hump day. 1) How is your week going so far? and 2) What are your weekend plans?
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The week hasn't been going well. I don't feel like I've been "dieting," just recording all the normal foods I eat. Definitely need to be better. I am starting to pay more attention to calories of items--like last night the frozen burger patty was 310 calories, yet the frozen chicken/onion one was 150. I've been walking but went to mapmywalk and noticed I'd only run 4 times this month! That's what I usually do in a week! So this morning after my walk I changed and did a quickie 1.6 mile run. That's only half of what I was running, but at least I did it.

Weekend: well, DS1 takes the SAT Saturday and DS2 will pop down to a neighbor's house to play some flute duets. Sunday DS1 will participate in a walk for diabetes with his basketball team then get his senior pictures taken in the afternoon. DS2 will be playing the flute at both church services with the grown up group he's joined. Then in the evening he'll have choir practice and youth group. DS1 may go to youth group; we never know what his plan is! Who knows what DH and I will do? I Ah, I'm sure DH will go for a long bike ride out in the boondocks. That'll take care of a couple hours for him. It's a new month so I'll balance out September and pay bills. We lead such an exciting life.

DS2 is home sick today; he's got a whopper of a cold. This evening he has rehearsal with the grown up group and after that he will be recorded for an audition to an honors choir in March. Hope he can get the notes right! Had a girlfriend tell me that her hubby auditioned once with a cold and was accepted--but was given a very low part. He usually sang a bit higher! We'll find out before Halloween.

Better go take a shower and figure out something to eat. Have a super day!

 

[JaxJags08]

QOTD: Well, it's hump day. 1) How is your week going so far? and 2) What are your weekend plans?

1) It's been just ok. My stomach hurt REALLY bad last night - that's what I get for eating a quesadilla for dinner at the restaurant. But I feel much better now. My diet has been just ok, too. A few too many sweets because my mom sent some donut holes home with us. They're just sitting on the counter calling my name everytime I step in the kitchen.

2) Possibly the beach. It should be a really nice weekend here - not too hot, but sunny. Now to convince DH....can you believe we live in FL and haven't been to the beach at all this year? He hates being out in the sun because he burns easily, and I really don't like to go unless we have a room so I can shower right away even though we are less than an hour drive from the shore. But DD4 has been begging to go, and this might be the best chance before fall weather arrives.

 

[lovehoney]

if you have frozen turkey, do you defrost it before cooking it up at night or do you start cooking it frozen? i never seem to have the foresight to defrost things ahead of time

QOTD: Well, it's hump day. 1) How is your week going so far? and 2) What are your weekend plans?

I have a defrost setting on my microwave that works perfectly.

QOTD: The week is going okay. I've applied for 4 jobs this week. I'm seeing more and more positions posted that I'm qualified for. Hopefully a good sign. DS1 caught a bug last night - up till 3 with my poor little guy. That means no MDO tomorrow.

This weekend I have my long walk on Saturday and then shopping with DS10. He is going to an environmental camp with his 5th grade class next week and needs 4 pairs of pants. He has outgrown all of his jeans, and only has dress/uniform pants. I can't believe I have to buy him 4 pair. I've already looked at the Goodwill and there was nothing in his size. Oh the fun of growing boys. Target has jeans on sale for $8 so we will try there first.

Watching more of Lark Rise to Candleford. I got season 3 yesterday and I need to watch all of it plus season 4 by next week. Only have time for an hour today. Hoping to watch some more tomorrow if I can find the time and on Friday before the kids come home. The weekend is crazy so not sure when I'll have time this weekend.

TTFN

I haven't heard of Lark Rise to Candleford. Just added it to my queue!

 

[lovetoscrap]

In the mood to talk about food today! Not much exciting going on with me this week so that is all that is on my mind!

Just finished lunch of a chef salad. I love croutons but they add extra carbs I am trying to avoid so I took a can of seasoned black beans, rinsed and dried them, tossed with a little bit of olive oil and seasoned with salt and garlic powder, and roasted for about 20 mins in a 400 degree oven. Great seasoned crunchy salad topping. I love croutons mostly for the crunch and the seasoning on them so this is a great alternative.

I need to make an egg casserole later today. I hate cooking in the morning so hopefully I can make it and it will be good the next few days (the recipe says it will). And I have a pot roast in the crock pot for dinner.

I went to the store this morning and found some Yoplait Yogurt Delights that look like they are a low fat low sugar pudding like dessert. They are around 120 calories which is a little more than I would like but that is the same calories and carbs as my regular yogurt. I will try one tonight. I bought Grasshopper (chocolate and Mint) and Chocolate Eclair.

I also bought some Kale-- I keep seeing recipes that use it but I have never made it. I bought some a few months ago but never used it so it got thrown out.

That is all of my excitement for today! Guess maybe I should go and clean something.

 

[momofdjc]

QOTD: Well, it's hump day. 1) How is your week going so far?

So far the week has been mixed. We were finally successful finding a dress for my DD. Finding a dress that she will wear and I approve of was difficult. She's 12 but wears juniors 1 or 3. Finding something age appropriate was not easy. I pulled something in my calf last week so running is out until it doesn't hurt to push off on that leg. Time has also been an issue for exercise this week.

and 2) What are your weekend plans?

This weekend we have DS15' baseball game, DD's cheerleading, and my nephew's 2nd birthday party. Sunday we have Church but other than that, I'm not sure what is on the agenda.

Congrats to all the biggest loser's this week!

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

QOTD: Well, it's hump day. 1) How is your week going so far? and 2) What are your weekend plans?

Not so good on the eating front. Some meals are worse than others. I currently feel like a need a trip to the BL ranch...so thats why I made sure to come back to this thread.

Weekend plans: Sat- Ryans football game Sun- Going on a bus trip to Atlantic City (Casino's) with my mom, Nana, Aunt and Uncle. I got on the trip by process of default because my dad couldnt go. He is afraid my grammy will get out of sorts again (alzheimers) and that my aunt will not have him to help. So I am the choosen one. It means a full day away from the kids but I am really in need of some mommy only time.

When I come home, I buy myself a coffee mug from the Photopass website with a picture of our trip. My last one has my son and niece with their medals from the mile race they did during the princess weekend, and the one before is michael and Minnie at chef Mickey's he was so flirtatious with her that day, and later that day when he saw Minnie in Philharmagic, he whispered to me, "she kissed me". It was so funny. So every morning depending on what mug I'm using, I relive some of our disney magic.

What a great idea Kathy.

Week is getting better now. Kid should be getting up soon and heading off to school for the first time this week. I hate to think about the makeup work. Luckily it will have to be done by Friday so it won't mess up the week-end. Not that we have anything too exciting planned for the week-end. Just getting ready for MIL visit in a couple of week.

Glad he is doing better Lisa.

Coaching robotics 2-4-ish pm.... feed the kids something, somewhere, drop DD at the Y at 5:30 and scramble back to my town for DS's open house tonight from 6-7:30pm, then dash back to the Y to get DD for 8:15pm. (The school and Y are about 30 minutes apart.) Home again at 8:45pm, so no time to exercise tonight and no time to scrap tonight. Whatever I'm going to do today it needs to be done NOW!

I've already emptied all of the house trash and been to the dump and cleaned up the kitchen. I'm going to start a load of laundry, make the beds, do my 15 minutes of exercise and hit the scrapping table..... mark-set.......GO! TTYL.......................P

wowza whenever I feel like I have alot going on all I need to do is read about your crazy busy days and I feel like Ive been lazy. You are a superwomen....good luck getting the book done. That will be a great gift for her.

That seems to be the biggest complaint about the wristlets, and the fact that there is no zipper. But I don't intend to use it as my wallet; it's going to be for days when I have places to go on campus (work, flute lesson, gym) and don't need a full bag, but would just like somewhere to put my phone, ipod, and ID card.

We are at 9 days today, aka the single digits dance!! My interpretation of the dance (with smilies) is here.

I have the D&B wristlet and I use it just for my CC, license and cash. It works well especially when you are just running somewhere and you dont feel like carrying a bag. When I do need a bag I just put the wristlet inside. I love mine. I do agree a zipper would be helpful though.

I will have to check out your PTR....wow 9 days away.....that is so exciting.

QOTD: Well, it's hump day. 1) How is your week going so far? and 2) What are your weekend plans?
My week is going great, been on schedule in both food and cardio/weights. Weekend plans is going to MK on Sat. to celebrate 40 years of magic, maybe head over to Epcot for some food & wine (I hope not to go too crazy on this one). Sunday's my nephew's b=day, turning 5 so I'll be at a playground for most of the day.

That must be so awesome to be so close to disney. I hope you have a great time this weekend.

QOTD: Well, it's hump day. 1) How is your week going so far? and 2) What are your weekend plans?
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DS2 is home sick today; he's got a whopper of a cold. This evening he has rehearsal with the grown up group and after that he will be recorded for an audition to an honors choir in March. Hope he can get the notes right! Had a girlfriend tell me that her hubby auditioned once with a cold and was accepted--but was given a very low part. He usually sang a bit higher! We'll find out before Halloween.

aah that stinks. I hope he is able to sing through the cold and get picked.

2) Possibly the beach. It should be a really nice weekend here - not too hot, but sunny. Now to convince DH....can you believe we live in FL and haven't been to the beach at all this year? He hates being out in the sun because he burns easily, and I really don't like to go unless we have a room so I can shower right away even though we are less than an hour drive from the shore. But DD4 has been begging to go, and this might be the best chance before fall weather arrives.

I love the beach and my dh is the same way. He lasts about an hour or so and then is done. I also agree that I need a shower right after. We go to the jersey shore just for the day and they have shower houses. We pay a few dollars and take nice warm showers. Its great.

Oh the fun of growing boys.

I have the same issues with my older son. He sometimes goes through 2 sizes in one season. Not to mention the wholes he gets in the knees. Its insane. Good luck finding some good deals.

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Ok so I caught up on the last page. I have been really bad at checking in lately. I need to just stop making excuses. Life being busy just cant be an excuse for me anymore. Its the life Ive chosen and now I just need to figure out how to deal with it all.

Ive missed chatting with everyone and hopefully I can just jump right back in. I could really use the help. I keep adding numbers instead of taking them away on the scale.

Ryan has 5 more weeks of football and I know once that is over things should get a little bit easier. I really need to get better with meal planning and making some things in the crock pot or ahead of time to just heat up. The problem is I am starving by the time we get home at 830 at night.

Ok well I hope to get on here more often...talk to you soon!