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

[karliebug]

Hello, everyone. Sorry to have been MIA on this thread but I just couldn't get motivated. I re-joined weight watchers last week and am down a couple of pounds. My back went out on Monday so I have been in bed all week with ice and a heating pad.......eating, of course. Hoping to heal up by the weekend and also hoping to post here more often. I don't really have a support system at home so your posts and encouragement will mean so much to me.

 

[mikamah]

Hello, everyone. Sorry to have been MIA on this thread but I just couldn't get motivated. I re-joined weight watchers last week and am down a couple of pounds. My back went out on Monday so I have been in bed all week with ice and a heating pad.......eating, of course. Hoping to heal up by the weekend and also hoping to post here more often. I don't really have a support system at home so your posts and encouragement will mean so much to me.

I'm sorry to hear about your back. I hope with rest you are feeling better real soon. Good luck with the WW. It's hard when you're not able to move, but every healthy choice you make will make a difference.

I must be a weenie; I turned our heat on last week and I am much further South than Deb or Pamela!

You're such a weenie. I try to keep mine off til November 1st. But I'm cheap, that's why. I do love sweatshirt weather, and I have to fight ds to wear jacket when it's in the 40s, so he's not bothered by it either.

Healthy Habits Week 3 Results

Congratulations to our participants! Our participants were:

4HOLIDAYS
aamomma
akhaloha
AUdisneyDad
AUdisneyDad's DW
bellebookworm9
buzz5985
ClassicPooh2
cclovesdis
glass1/2fll
jimmduck
kollerbear
momofdjc
ougrad86

And, 4HOLIDAYS, aamomma, akhaloha, AUdisneyDad, AUdisneyDad's DW, bellebookworm9, buzz5985, cclovesdis, ClassicPooh2, jimmduck, momofdjc, and ougrad86 earned 7/7 for at least one of the 4 Habits!

Congratulations to AUdisneyDad and his DW earned all 30 points!

Congratulations to jimmduck who earned 29 points and ougrad86 who earned 28 points!

Congratulations to this week prize winner: jimmduck! Please PM me your address and I will mail out your prize as soon as possible.

Congrats to all the HH participants!! Nice work.
Thank you CC for all you do. You are so creative with the hh. Love it.

I'm posting the QOTD early because who knows if I'll have time tomorrow!

QOTD 10/6: What is something positive you've done this week in regards to your weight loss journey?

[Disney QOTD 10/6: Do you use Photopass? What are your favorite shots you've had done?

I have gotten my water and protein in most days, and got out for exercise 3 days this week.

We use photopass, and will buy one or 2 pics. I've only done the visa meet and greet once, and that was nice to get a free pic. I have a nice one from feb in front of the castle on the road to tomorrowland, and my niece and sil have matching pink mickey shirts, and michael and i have the same mickey shirt his blue, mine pink, and it looks really nice. Funny, ds and I do wear matching shirts a lot, or coordinated, and in my favorite pics with other people we've travelled with, we all have matching shirts on. I guess if it were up to me, I'd make all my travel mates coordinate, but I don't think that will go over too well.

Something happened to my knee suddenly on Sunday and I could barely walk to get on the plane. It was scary and awful and painful. I saw my ortho surgeon on Tuesday and he thinks I tore my meniscus. I have an MRI tomorrow and the follow-up appointment Tuesday. I haven't discussed with him yet the prospects for the half-marathon in January - I figure I'll wait for the diagnosis. He promises that he'll get me in ASAP for surgery if that is necessary.

Thinking of you today, Cam, and hoping you get some good news after the MRI.

Okay.... here are a few photopass pix....

And YES, that smallest child with the shaggy blonde hair is my SON! He has been toying with various lengths of "rock star" hair since about 3rd grade! I don't mind it but it drives my DH nuts!.......P

Love the pics, pamela. You are a beautiful family. Michael had the long hair for a while, but recently saw a picture and he thought he looked like a girl, so he only wants it short now. Your DS is just adorable with the long hair, and you and dd could be sisters.

this is why you always have to sign up for another race before you finish your last, fight that inertia!

Ah, so that's the ticket.

Work has been crazy lately, the boss basically told people that he may have to lay someone off. There are only 7 of us including him, so we were brainstorming about ways to save money. One of the girls who I actually grew close to since she has 2 kids around DS's age felt guilty b/c she hasn't even been there a year, so she went to lunch with her old boss and the offered her a job back so she took it. We told the boss to cut the Christmas party, cut our Christmas bonuses, cut the weekly massages during tax season and to cut our IRA match and he's going to still cut all that stuff even though someone is now leaving, so now morale is really low there. It's tough b/c it's a really small office and DH doesn't understand why he didn't just lay someone off and why he asked for our opinions in the first place. I can see both sides, but it's just not a good situation either way

Sorry to hear about all the stress at work, such a worry. I hope everything works out ok for you all.
Funny character story, some girls have all the luck.

Hello to everyone I've missed. One more month of football, and then I should be able to keep up more faithfully. I'm thinking we're out of the house 8-9 hours a week for football, when it is over, I need to make a plan and dedicate some of those hours to things I want to do, scrapbooking, dis-ing, maybe a game night. I think I need to make a plan with ds for our evenings, and stick to it. Of course, I could do some decluttering too. I'll probably do mostly dis-ing.

I fizzled on the hh this week, but didn't stop completely so I will tally and send them in. Even though I haven't been faithful, some days were better than others, and every little bit helps. Today is a new day, new week! I can do better.

Have a great friday everyone!!

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

HELLO!!!!!! Said in my best Mrs. Doubtfire voice! LOL

Sorry I'm late, oldest is a little under the weather and a battle ensued to get him to go to school. No school = no race tomorrow so he's not happy with me but he's on his way to school! Anyway......

I am Buffy, AKA, BAMB and I will be your coach for the week. I’m really looking forward to getting back on the WISH wagon. Sorry I’ve been MIA but I am a Cross Country mom which means my Falls are filled with pasta dinners, trail runs, practice and races.
Please look for my QOTD either late at night the night before or first thing in the morning. I am soooo not a morning person so this will be a bit of a challenge on my part. I will attempt to check back throughout the day and respond to as many people as I can, but with a jam packed 4-day weekend coming up I can’t make very many promises.


QOTD: Friday 10/7/11
Tis’ the season for birthdays. Did you know that more babies are born in the months of August, September and October then any other month? Well, I have 2 of them in October, one of which celebrates his birthday on Saturday. We all know what that means, special dinners and cake!

QOTD Friday 10/7/11 – How do you prepare yourself to eat right and not over indulge in the sweet stuff but still feel a part of the celebration? Because we all know how hard it is to resist an offer of cake from a kid!

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Clean Up The Clutter

Daily:
Dishes
make your bed
process mail
New – process and toss or file receipts. Keep them separate from your cash and take out of your wallet/purse daily.

If you're worried about being exposed to the cancer-causing compound BPA, you may already know to be wary of some water bottles and food cans.
But you'll never guess where BPA, a.k.a. bisphenol A, is showing up now:
Cash register receipts.
Extraordinarily high levels of BPA were found on two-fifths of the paper receipts tested recently by the Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C.
In some cases, the amount of BPA on a given receipt was 1,000 times the levels found in a can of food.
Receipts were collected from ATM's, grocery stores, fast food restaurants, gas stations and the like. "Wipe tests" showed that the coating of BPA of paper receipts would likely stick to the skin of anyone who handled them.

The chemical can be absorbed into the skin and transferred to the digestive tract by touching the mouth.
Animal tests have linked BPA exposure to a range of health problems, including cancer, obesity, diabetes, and early puberty. The studies are controversial though, and how they related to human health is not fully clear, according to WebMD.
The organization offered tips for consumers eager to limit their exposure to BPA on receipts, including washing your hands after handling receipts and never giving a child a receipt to play with.
But maybe the best tip is simply to decline the offer for a printed receipt after an ATM transaction.
After all, in this economy, who needs to be reminded of their balance?

weekly:
Sheets and towels
Dust
New – vacuum – vacuum everything including mattresses and curtains. An unvacuumed mattress can cause aggravated allergy symptoms to allergy suffers. DS10 suffers from seasonal allergies and I have found that vacuuming his mattress weekly really helps to keep pollen and dust down in his room.

Seasonally: New
Now that fall is settling in its time to get those chimneys and furnaces serviced and inspected. Also this is a good time to have you dryer vents and dryers taken apart and cleaned.

According to FEMA:
Clothes dryer fires account for about 15,600 structure fires, 15 deaths, and 400 injuries annually.

 

[tigger813]

Deb- You are all in my thoughts and prayers!

Good morning all,

Happy to report I am down a pound though for some reason I'm feeling majorly bloated again.

At work until sometime between 12 and 1 today. Then I need to clean up my house for company tonight. We have some major cruise planning to do. And some decisions to strongly consider. Hoping the Jet Blue flights for June come out next week so we will know if the kids are doing the recital or not. I'm so frustrated about this situation with the date change without warning! That's probably what is partially wrong with my tummy and the stress with my parents. Their dog is going to the vets today for a hair cut and for them to check her over. It's terrible to say but I'm hoping this is the end for the poor dog. The vet said about 2 months ago that she was suffering. My parents say she is happy and eating but I can't imagine that she could have improved. Her bleeding issue has started up again. I love the dog and she has been a great comfort for my parents but she is 14 and is deaf, mostly blind and can't go up or down the stairs and my parents bedroom is upstairs. I don't want to be the one to take her to be put asleep when I am there. That's not what I consider a "fun week" as my mother has wanted that week to be.

Enough of my whining!

Love to you all and thanks for being there for me everyday! I couldn't get through the day without reading your posts and getting support from such amazing people!

TTFN

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning losers and maintainers!

Congrats to all our HH participants and winners!

The last 2 weeks I've had a strained calf muscle. It's only been the last couple of days that I've been able to walk without pain. My 8 block walk to and from the train was very painfull until yesterday.

Sorry about the strained muscle! Have you tried Bio-Freeze? It is a gel and "cools" the sore area down. It was a life saver during my last half marathon when I had a bad calf cramp.

4HOLIDAYS, that is a beautiful picture of your family. I love the colorful outfits!

Pamela, hope you can relax a bit this week-end.

Tracey, thanks for letting us know about the GKTW fund raiser. I hope the vet will help your folks make the right decision for their poor dog.

Gretchen, woo hoo for the black bikini! Have a great time!

I must be a weenie; I turned our heat on last week and I am much further South than Deb or Pamela!

I a weenie, too, Shawn! Maybe it's because us mature folks are more sensitive to the cold.

Deb, Sending you good thoughts, prayers and pixedust:

TGIF is right, Dona!

Welcome back, karliebug! Sorry about the back.

You're such a weenie. I try to keep mine off til November 1st. But I'm cheap, that's why. I do love sweatshirt weather, and I have to fight ds to wear jacket when it's in the 40s, so he's not bothered by it either.

Hmm, cheap and a mean mom -- sheeze! Actually I have to confess, Kathy, that I gave up the jacket battle long ago. Usually I only see coats at school, especially this early in the year, if they are part of a fashion statement.

QOTD: Friday 10/7/11
Tis’ the season for birthdays. Did you know that more babies are born in the months of August, September and October then any other month? Well, I have 2 of them in October, one of which celebrates his birthday on Saturday. We all know what that means, special dinners and cake!

QOTD Friday 10/7/11 – How do you prepare yourself to eat right and not over indulge in the sweet stuff but still feel a part of the celebration? Because we all know how hard it is to resist an offer of cake from a kid!

Thanks for being our coach this week, Buffy! I'm going to be in pretty good shape with clean up the clutter this week, too, getting my house ready for my MIL visit.

My strategy is to take the cake, eat a bit and toss the rest. A lifestyle without birthday cake is not one that I want to have a part of.

I had a 4 pound "whoosh" on Saturday that I managed to hang onto all week so I am a happy camper. That's ten pounds this challenge! Summer gain is almost gone!

A little cleaning, a little running and maybe a little nap since DS doesn't have school today for teacher work day. Have a great day all!

 

[glss1/2fll]

Good Morning. I am so mad at that stupid scale. All week I was down and was so excited. Today, the day it actually matters, I am back to where I was last week! grrrrr Ah well. Moving on.

We love PhotoPass and use it like crazy every time we go. We get the CD and it is so nice having photos of everybody.

I like to take the cake from the kid and then put it down by the cake so somebody else can eat it. And if I am asked if I tried the cake I can say,
"Little so and so gave me a piece." I don't elaborate any more than that. And quickly change the subject!

I'm laughing at the bed vacuuming clutter tip. I do that every month on the first Sunday. And when allergies are bad I try to get people to shower at night so their hair is clean and then am constantly changing the pillowcase!

to everybody needing one. Seems like there are a lot of us that could use a little extra TLC!

Got my walk in this morning. Am just a wee bit soaked. I had planned to run before lunch but may go to the Y and use a treadmill. blech

DH and I are going to his 25th college reunion tomorrow. Mine will be next year (same school). A football game is not exactly how I want to spend my afternoon. The things we do for love. Then we're going to dinner afterwards. Need to ask him where and try to figure out a healthy plan. DS1 wants to officially tour the college so think we will leave our house early (which probably means lunch out, too) so he can do that then watch the game and DS will go home because it's his homecoming dance and he's got a hot date! Although it's a fantastic school, it's private and one year now costs as much as all 4 cost when we went there. Hope he hates it and decides on the public schools! Isn't that mean?! I think it's funny he wants a tour since he's been going pretty much every year since before he was born. I remember waddling to a game very pregnant!

Better get a move on. Have a fantastic weekend!

 

[tigger813]

Uh oh! Why is everything irritating me today! People, drivers on the road just are getting on my nerves! I ended up ordering a grilled chicken caesar roll-up with fries from the restaurant next door. I was aggravated as I'm only on the schedule until 1 on Fridays and was expected to stay until almost 2 as they were giving pedicures. I said I could only stay until 1:40 as I had car pool duty today. I don't mind staying if I'm asked ahead of time. I was told that I was expected to stay. Ask if I can before assuming that I will do it! That's what set me off this afternoon! Today will be my only bad day of eating this weekend unless something else triggers me to be bad. I will have a drink tonight as well!

Sorry I'm in such a grumpy mood lately. It just seems like it's one thing after another that is stressing me out or getting messed up! And to top it off I go to NC for a week in 10 days! I'm overtired and just not dealing well with things right now!

CALGON! TAKE ME AWAY!!!!!

Pizza for supper or maybe a sub!

 

[SettinSail]

Happy Friday everyone! We had early release here and I have to go pick up DS from Friday afternoon Bible study in a few minutes. I may have to come back later to finish.

Deb, so sorry to hear about Nick but thank God you were made aware of it and getting treatment for him. These are the hardest parenting years of all, the teen years. Give me a baby crying all night any day over this
Hang in there and hope it all works out well

Kathy, I AM a weenie!! But, how do you not turn your heat on until November It must be freezing "up there". I let it get to 62 degress inside the house and then I caved. I can't be too uncomfortable

Wow, so many people wrote posts identical to what I have going on!
Dona-we also have an Eagle ceremony tomorrow. Don't really want to go but you do feel obligated.

Tracey-my parents dog is 18 He has accidents all over the house and I am so afraid they are going to slip and fall due to them. Me and my sisters have tried and tried to get them to put the dog down. He can barely walk and see and is so thin. My Dad says finally he's going to do it before the end of the year. We'll see.
for your stress

Linda, the scale was also very cruel to me today I'm going to try again tomorrow. I was so psyched last week after my good weigh-in. I was mentally calculating how much I could lose in the next few weeks. I am back to reality now.

QOTD, I try to stay busy at parties. You can volunteer to cut the cake, run the games, serve drinks or food, gather up trash or wrapping paper off the floor. Look for people you don't see often and get in a good long conversation with them. Tell yourself you get to have a small treat, then have it and walk away !!!

Lisa, 10 pounds !!!!! From one mature lady to another that is AWESOME!!! I am so jealous!

Gotta run, have a great weekend everyone!

 

[my3princes]

Thanks for all the support. So far so good today. He says school went well and he was in an okay mood when I picked him up.

I had my "yearly" exam and mammogram today. Hopefully all is well. Did you know that October is breast cancer awareness month? Yep, everyone should touch a ****ie

 

[bellebookworm9]

Hi all! We are down here now. Flight left on time and we arrived half an hour early! Magical Express line was for Yacht Club, Beach Club, Boardwalk and Port Orleans Riverside-no one for YC, so drop off order was PORS, BW, BC. It took about an hour from the time we got on the bus to the time we got to the hotel. We were greeted with a big “Welcome Home” the instant we stepped off the bus. I did online check in, but our room was not ready (at 10am), no big deal. We left our bags with Bell Services and went to Marketplace. Looked around for a bit and bought two refillable mugs.

We knew we wanted Beaches & Cream for lunch so at around 10:30 we walked over there (got a little lost on the way, but a nice CM by the pool redirected us). Since we were ready and waiting promptly at 11, we were the ones to open the restaurant for the day! Lots of clapping and cheers! The food was delicious and the service outstanding-thanks Dolores!

After lunch I wanted to go swimming, so we went to get our suits from Bell Services and pick up the noodles. Of course, immediately after we leave the luggage room it starts pouring. It stopped, I changed, thunder comes in. Pool closes. We waited for about 25 minutes, then headed to check out the villas building. Mom took a nap in the Breezeway. Beautiful room! I waited a bit then went back to the pool. It was open, so I explored several different areas, went down the slide, and then relaxed in a lounge chair on the beach for a while. Clearly got some exercise! When I came back around 2:15, I had a text from Mom that we were in villa 321 (a studio).

We are on the third floor (obviously) and overlook the walkway between the Solarium and the BCV entrance. The room is very nice, spacious, and less gaudy than online pictures make it look. My favorite aspect so far is that the couch is one unit and the blankets and pillows are stored in the couch! Our suitcase from ME was waiting and after a call to Bell Services, our other luggage arrived not long after. I’m currently sitting on the balcony uploading pics. We have dinner at Cape May Café at 5:30, then plan to explore the Boardwalk and the Yacht Club.

Photos for today so far are here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150328769203736.342667.608588735&type=1

 

[keenercam]

Hi, everyone! Just wanted to WISH you all a wonderful weekend.

Deb - I am thinking of you and your family. I really do know what you are going through. It was terrible when DD's ADHD and hormones came together in her teen years; there were many nights I sat up all night in her room with my back against her door to make sure she was okay and didn't make any bad, impulsive decisions. The situation with DS was better, but school pressures and relationship issues really did a number on his tender heart. I will keep you all in my prayers.

 

[trinaweena]

I've been such a slacker today. I was supposed to do homework all day. I have a statistics exam on tuesday and a case study for natural disasters on wed due and I needed to spend today getting it done. I also had two tv recaps due for the website today and those didn't get done either.

What did I do today? Well I got up and went to yoga, haven't been in two weeks and wont be able to go next week so I kind of forced myself. I didnt enjoy it as much as i usually do I think just cause I was so tired. Then it was off to work to get the dog's leg's trimmed. (no we didn't cut his legs off) he gets a ton of hair on his legs (we call it his UGG Boots) and i hate it. Then we had to get dog food cause we've been out for two days and they've been eating the cat food.

Like I said, then I was supposed to come home and do homework but instead I took a nap...and then surfed the internet..and then just as I was getting out my homework my mom called and asked if i wanted to go to my cousins soccer game. I HATE sports of any kind but its a really nice day so i went and took the dogs and did some work with them.

Then...then we went to friendlys for dinner. I just found out they were going out of business! I grew up with friendlys so i got chicken fingers one last time.

I was really upset to see that I was only down half a pound this week. Its really discouraging cause I was very good with calories and i worked out HARD this week. I went to the gym every day but tuesday and did hard workouts.
Mon - 2 mile run at 4mph and incline at 1.5 and then 45 minutes of strength training
wed - 30 min eliptical interval training and 45 minutes strength
thurs - 55 min run at 4.1mph and 2.0 incline, alternating 10 min run/1 min walk
fri - 60 min yoga

i think thats the most ive ever worked out in a week and that was the worst week ive ever had as far as weigh in. I must be doing something wrong but im not sure what.

Ive also been having a big problem with hunger. I feel like im always hungry even after i eat a big meal. Anyone have any suggestions on what i can do to help this?

Tomorrow is the pet show and the we are going to CCSU (which will be my new school next semester) so my boyfriend can show me around, and then chinese food!! I need to stop eating bad on the weekends but you ever just get a craving?

Im also trying to figure some major life decisions, mostly about school. The school I'm going to has a School of Education that i want to go get into but under their list of majors it does not list History, which is my major. But under the history section it lists teaching as a degree. I'm also trying to decide if i should double major or major/minor. Originally I was going to double major in journalism but i'm think i might do it in media communications, because i think journalism is sort of dying art. I also saw that if i want to get my masters in history (which i do) at CCSU i need to be fluent in another langauge. Something iwas planning on doing but kind of frustrating to know I HAVE TO. I think when i meet with my advisor everyhting will be a lot clearer but yeah. i guess i feel like im making up for a lot of lost time.

hope everyone has a good weekend. im already dreading next week but we will see how it goes

 

[tigger813]

Feeling a bit better about our cruise issue tonight. We got together with the other family tonight and think we have figured out what we are going to do and how we are going to do it. We hope to fly down together after the recital Hoping to book Jet Blue flights in the next 2 weeks. We will be gone for almost 2 weeks: 1 night at a DVC resort, 5 night PCC3.0 and then 7 more nights at DVC Resort, hopefully BWV. We will work on booking things as soon as we can. We also discussed going to the Hoop De Doo Revue on our first night back from the cruise. We have never done it and my friend hasn't done it in a very long time. They will stay in FL longer than us but we will do as much as we can together. We may even hire a sitter one night while at Disney for our 4 kids, especially if we are at BWV and go to Epcot for the night!

My parents dog has improved according to the vet which now puts into high doubt them coming up for Christmas. I would be willing to possibly fly down and driving up with them but we will have to see if that comes to pass. Mom can start driving again the beginning of December. Mom seemed a bit better today. We have not discussed what was brought up earlier this week. I did say to my dad that the kids want them to be here for Christmas. He talked to both of the girls.

We are going to do a gigantic corn maze tomorrow and then may do some shopping after. Girls and I have decided that Sunday will be the day to stay home and work on the scrapbook and I may have Ash make my mom a pair of lounge pants instead of ones for me! I think Mom would really like that. On Monday I will take the girls to see A Dolphin's Tale and then maybe get Ash's Halloween costume. I also have to send out invitations for Izzie's b'day party at Chuck E Cheese. We might try and get a costume tomorrow if we can.

I'm ready for bed. I ate a whole small pepperoni and mushroom pizza for supper and enjoyed a drink. The stress of this week caught up with me!

Going to try and read for a few minutes! The girls are sleeping together in Izzie's room!

TTFN

 

[jillbur]

QOTD Friday 10/7/11 – How do you prepare yourself to eat right and not over indulge in the sweet stuff but still feel a part of the celebration? Because we all know how hard it is to resist an offer of cake from a kid!


I usually make myself busy by helping the host. If it's a family party, I usually just pass on dessert or have a cup of coffee instead. I actually am not a huge fan of cake or icing. But pie? I'm a sucker for pie lol.


I guess most of us are in the same boat with fall and sports. My boys aren't even on any teams in the fall but take swimming lessons (they are 8 and 5). Between that and classes I am taking, plus working FT, and DH in school FT and working FT, our schedule is packed and different everyday! Things should slow down in a couple weeks, thankfully.

DS (8 yr old) and I are running in a 5k tomorrow morning. Luckily it is going to be beautiful weather! I run with him and I told him that we have to try to beat his last time (41.24). I wish my husband would run with him so I can run my own pace, but DH did one 5k last Thanksgiving and said it would be his last So I run with DS to keep him moving! Our next 5k will be on Thanksgiving. It's called the Gobble Wobble here! Then I plan to do nothing the rest of tomorrow. I think the boys and I need a day of nothing. DH will be sleeping most of the day after working midnights.

I really want to thank everyone for all the positivity here. This is my 1st challenge and I'm new to the w.i.s.h. I already feel so much support. And, I don't even know you guys!! I read other parts of the dis and people can become so rude and nasty. W.I.S.H. has to be the most positive part if the dis. Thanks! And, I feel so motivated by total stangers! I love it! I know I don't have a ton of weight to lose, but I do want to lose at least 15 more pounds (which seems like it's the hardest to come off). If I mention to people that I am trying to get heathier and lose a few pounds, they just say things like "oh you don't have to lose any weight." Luckily, I have found support from you and also my wonderful DH. And, I am so inspired by all the success here. So, thanks again! You guys rock!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Jill

 

[EDuke98080]

Thank you to all getting me motivated to get back on weight watchers and in a healthier frame of mind. I have been reading along but am new to the challenge and just figuring out how things work . So far I am down 3 pounds and really appreciate the positivity.

Erika

 

[donac]

Good Saturday morning everyone.

Here it is 7:15 and no one has checked in yet. I got up at 4 but came down and fell asleep here on the couch.

We had a great time last night. We went to a state park and they have a chapel that is almost 200 years old. Many years ago the ceiling fell in and they replaced it and put in recessed lighting. Not really traditional but does help being able to see at night and on a dark wintery day. The lights were off except for the candles in the windows and some special lights to light up the front of the room. It was a 1 man show based on Sleepy Hollow. The actor was amazing with voices and mannerisms. Just a look and a voice and he turned into a different character. It was a lot of fun and a great way to start off October.

QOTD I can not live without dessert so I would just have a very small piece. I have changed in my mentality in the last few years. If after the first bite I don't like it I won't eat it. This is a major change from the past.

Have a happy and healthy day.

 

[mikamah]

Good morning!! It's looking like a beautiful weekend here in New ENgland!!

Thank you Buffy for coaching this week. I hope to partake in some of the clutter cleaning up this week.

QOTD: Friday 10/7/11
Tis’ the season for birthdays. Did you know that more babies are born in the months of August, September and October then any other month? Well, I have 2 of them in October, one of which celebrates his birthday on Saturday. We all know what that means, special dinners and cake!

QOTD Friday 10/7/11 – How do you prepare yourself to eat right and not over indulge in the sweet stuff but still feel a part of the celebration? Because we all know how hard it is to resist an offer of cake from a kid!

When I'm on track, I will have a small piece, and I learned once at ww, to sit down at a table and eat it slowly and savor each bite, rather than stand and wolf it down while talking, and hardly taste it. Lately, I have not been doing great, and I have a party tomorrow, so I will remember this and sit and enjoy anything I eat.

Clean Up The Clutter

Daily:
Dishes
make your bed
process mail
New – process and toss or file receipts. Keep them separate from your cash and take out of your wallet/purse daily.

INteresting on the bpa and the reciepts. Another good reason not to snack on the way home from the grocery store.
I'm going to process the piles of papers on the kitchen table today. It's crazy how much stuff you accummulate in the first weeks of the school year.

Hmm, cheap and a mean mom -- sheeze! Actually I have to confess, Kathy, that I gave up the jacket battle long ago. Usually I only see coats at school, especially this early in the year, if they are part of a fashion statement.

I had a 4 pound "whoosh" on Saturday that I managed to hang onto all week so I am a happy camper. That's ten pounds this challenge! Summer gain is almost gone!

A little cleaning, a little running and maybe a little nap since DS doesn't have school today for teacher work day. Have a great day all!

I hear you on the pick your battles thing, but somedays, I guess I just need a battle. Congrats on the 4 pound whoosh and 10 pounds for the challenge!! You are rocking this and are going to be so ready for the Tink!!

I like to take the cake from the kid and then put it down by the cake so somebody else can eat it. And if I am asked if I tried the cake I can say,
"Little so and so gave me a piece." I don't elaborate any more than that. And quickly change the subject!

That's great willpower!! Don't let that scale get you down, you're doing the work, and these daily fluid fluctuations won't last. Hang in there.

Sorry I'm in such a grumpy mood lately. It just seems like it's one thing after another that is stressing me out or getting messed up! And to top it off I go to NC for a week in 10 days! I'm overtired and just not dealing well with things right now!

CALGON! TAKE ME AWAY!!!!!

Hope you have a nice, relaxing weekend.

Kathy, I AM a weenie!! But, how do you not turn your heat on until November It must be freezing "up there". I let it get to 62 degress inside the house and then I caved. I can't be too uncomfortable

I have a lot of windows, and the sun does warm up the house quite a bit. But to confess, in the mornings, it might get into the mid to low 50s before I turn the heat on, and I'll leave it set at 62 during the day and 58 at night. If we're hanging home all day I'll go higher, but we do tend to run warm here. It's a joke with my family, and I turn it up higher when we have company, but if they were just going to stop by, they know it will be cold here.

Hi, everyone! Just wanted to WISH you all a wonderful weekend.

Have a great weekend, Cam. Hope all went well yesterday.

DS (8 yr old) and I are running in a 5k tomorrow morning. Luckily it is going to be beautiful weather! I run with him and I told him that we have to try to beat his last time (41.24). I wish my husband would run with him so I can run my own pace, but DH did one 5k last Thanksgiving and said it would be his last So I run with DS to keep him moving! Our next 5k will be on Thanksgiving. It's called the Gobble Wobble here! Then I plan to do nothing the rest of tomorrow. I think the boys and I need a day of nothing. DH will be sleeping most of the day after working midnights.

Good luck on your 5k today!! I am doing a thanksgiving day 5k with ds that we did last year. It's so nice to do the races with them, isn't it? Enjoy your day of nothing after the race, after all, a 5k is plenty for one day.

Thank you to all getting me motivated to get back on weight watchers and in a healthier frame of mind. I have been reading along but am new to the challenge and just figuring out how things work . So far I am down 3 pounds and really appreciate the positivity.

Erika

Congrats on your loss!!

I'm on call today, so we're just hanging in the pajamas for a while. Then I need to get out and clean up the garage, and cut the lawn. I wouldn't mind getting called in to work for the money, but if you want it, it usually won't come, so we'll see. Still trying to get the focus back on my eating, I've been starting the days out well, but by dinner been slacking and eating quick easy foods. I am bringing Chicken brocolli ziti to the party tomorrow, so will make a big batch and we'll have that a few nights, so having dinner ready will help. I need to sit and make a meal plan, and shopping list today, and follow through on it.

Have a great day everyone!!

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Saturday 10/8/11

First off I’d like to say Happy 11th Birthday to my Middle Man!!! We love you lots and hope you have a great day!
Second I’d like to wish DS15 good luck today on your race!! I hope you smoke em’ all!!!

Today is an all day event; it’s the biggest race of the season before the championships. DS leaves at 7, his race is scheduled to start at 12:30 and the championship race will start at 4.

QOTD 10/8/11 How would plan your meals for yourself and your family when you have an all day outing such as a race, day at the beach, etc where the food options available would be burgers, dogs, and more burgers?


OK, we are off to the races. I will check back with everyone later tonight! Have a great Saturday Everyone!!!

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning losers and maintainers!

Good Morning. I am so mad at that stupid scale. All week I was down and was so excited. Today, the day it actually matters, I am back to where I was last week! grrrrr Ah well. Moving on.

Aww, I hate it when that happens! I had the same thing last week. Had a maintain, sent it in, and Saturday a big whoosh. With all your hard work those numbers will spin around to where they belong in no time, Linda.

Lisa, 10 pounds !!!!! From one mature lady to another that is AWESOME!!! I am so jealous!

Hope you enjoyed the rest of your Friday, Shawn. Hope that scale cooperates today! Thanks for the well wishes - sadly I am covering old ground here. I imagine things will slow down when I hit new territory but I have a big goal and I'm determined to make it before my next Disney race.

I had my "yearly" exam and mammogram today. Hopefully all is well. Did you know that October is breast cancer awareness month? Yep, everyone should touch a ****ie

Thanks for the reminder, Deb! Glad things are going better at your house.

Gretchen, thanks so much for the trip report! We love to live vicariously through the travels of others!

You have a wonderful week-end, too, Cam!

I was really upset to see that I was only down half a pound this week. Its really discouraging cause I was very good with calories and i worked out HARD this week. I went to the gym every day but tuesday and did hard workouts.
Mon - 2 mile run at 4mph and incline at 1.5 and then 45 minutes of strength training
wed - 30 min eliptical interval training and 45 minutes strength
thurs - 55 min run at 4.1mph and 2.0 incline, alternating 10 min run/1 min walk
fri - 60 min yoga

i think thats the most ive ever worked out in a week and that was the worst week ive ever had as far as weigh in. I must be doing something wrong but im not sure what.

Trina, you have a lot going on in your life. Stress can affect weight loss. Your body may be adjusting to this new level of activity. If you are getting hungry, you may be eating more and that might be enough. Have you used a calculator to figure out how many calories you burn when you exercise? It's not as much as you would think. myfitnesspal or sparkpeople are both good places to figure that out. You can do it!

Tracey, glad things are looking up for you! What kind of exotic drink did you have for your Friday? I had a ginger rum infused cocktail -- it was delicious!

DS (8 yr old) and I are running in a 5k tomorrow morning. Luckily it is going to be beautiful weather! I run with him and I told him that we have to try to beat his last time (41.24). I wish my husband would run with him so I can run my own pace, but DH did one 5k last Thanksgiving and said it would be his last So I run with DS to keep him moving! Our next 5k will be on Thanksgiving. It's called the Gobble Wobble here! Then I plan to do nothing the rest of tomorrow. I think the boys and I need a day of nothing. DH will be sleeping most of the day after working midnights.

I really want to thank everyone for all the positivity here. This is my 1st challenge and I'm new to the w.i.s.h. I already feel so much support. And, I don't even know you guys!! I read other parts of the dis and people can become so rude and nasty. W.I.S.H. has to be the most positive part if the dis. Thanks! And, I feel so motivated by total stangers! I love it! I know I don't have a ton of weight to lose, but I do want to lose at least 15 more pounds (which seems like it's the hardest to come off). If I mention to people that I am trying to get heathier and lose a few pounds, they just say things like "oh you don't have to lose any weight." Luckily, I have found support from you and also my wonderful DH. And, I am so inspired by all the success here. So, thanks again! You guys rock!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Jill

Good luck with your 5K today! Hope it is a nice day to run. We will be waiting to hear how you did. And a day of relaxing sounds wonderful!

The WISH folks are a nice bunch of folks. Glad that you joined us! We do on occassion practice tough love but that is about as exciting as it gets.

Thank you to all getting me motivated to get back on weight watchers and in a healthier frame of mind. I have been reading along but am new to the challenge and just figuring out how things work . So far I am down 3 pounds and really appreciate the positivity.

Erika

Congratulations on the 3 pounds, Erika!

Good Saturday morning everyone.

Here it is 7:15 and no one has checked in yet. I got up at 4 but came down and fell asleep here on the couch.

Guess we are all sleeping in this fine fall Saturday!

A little house cleaning and a trip to Spokane to pick up my race packet for tomorrow. Tomorrow is my 10K and my last race until the Tinker Bell Half.

Have a great week-end!