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

[lovetoscrap]

Good Morning

It is a late morning for me so I it gets "good" added to it! After not feeling very well the last few days I slept in and definitely needed it. My kids are out of school early today so I only have about another half hour of quiet time until the first one gets home.


I finally caved and joined Pinterest yesterday so it looks like that is where I will be for the next few months at least!

QOTD:

I have mentioned before that I like routine. Flylady really advocates setting up routines. My kids and I are all very routine driven and changes to the plans or the norm can really throw us off. While we aren't OCD it can be little things like school getting out early or an activity being canceled or something that changes dinner time.

Which by the way-- Dinner time is 6:30. It has been for years. Yes sometimes we are running late or there is an activity that changes it but as a general rule we eat at 6:30 probably at least 90% of the time. So WHY IN THE HECK does my family (and especially my husband who does the cooking) ask me nearly EVERY DAY "When is dinner?" ???????? AND then they seem offended when I get a little snippy with my answer!

Sorry, just had to get that off my chest. Back to the question.

Think about the routines you have in your life. Routines can be big or small. What routines do you have? How do you feel when they are interrupted in any way?

I am pretty set in my morning and bedtime routines. I have to have my shower immediately upon getting up. I get up and get my shower and get dressed and do my hair in the same way everyday. I go through the same process every night to get ready for bed. While the rest of my day may take many paths these 2 are a constant. We also try very hard to not do anything from about 4:30 until dinner time. If we have to go out and do something between those hours it throws us all off for dinner.

 

[glss1/2fll]

QOTD: Routines, hmmm. As a family we've gotten away from routines as the kids have gotten bigger; for myself, hmmm. As a substitute you gotta wing it a lot since you never know if you're working on any given day. It throws off my whole day if I'd planned to workout first thing in the morning and then oversleep. I just feel out of sorts all day--probably because I DID forget something! The family has finally figured out that dinner is at 6, so they rarely ask anymore. All routine is about to go out the window because basketball season has started and games will begin in 2 weeks! And I do tend to be very OCD about "plans." If we're doing this, this and this and then something messes it up, I have to work very hard not to be grumpy. DH just laughs at me. The family grouses about Disney World drill sargeant antics, but everything gets done.

Was finally able to walk outside today. Still rainy, but just breezy--not howling like it has been. The dog is happy. Too bad he's all wet because today is his haircut day! Yesterday I brushed him out--what a ton of tangles!!! I took him to the self service dog washing place so he is squeaky clean. Don't really want to clip him inside so hope later the porch will have dried off and the breeze goes away. He's pretty shaggy (actually poofy) so can't wait to take that hour and have him look like a poodle again instead of a bear!

LisaH--liked the nibbles link. Who knew?!

Also need to run to the market (ugh!) for a few last minute items. Was awake at 5 AM this morning and almost got up and did it, but then realized I also need to pick something up next door and they certainly were not open that early. Think I'll change out of my walking clothes and get that done before the boys get back from basketball practice. Because once they are home I probably won't have the computer (but maybe the remote!).

Have a super day today and a great holiday. I think I'm going to weigh myself Thursday and use that since we'll be out of town Friday. It'll probably be a nicer weight!

 

[tigger813]

Wishing everyone a SUPER Thanksgiving!

I was hoping to start mine with snuggling on the couch with the girls but I got called into work to give two people reflexology sessions. So much for my day off yet again! I will not go in on Friday. I'm trying to have some tea to get me going. I really wanted to take a short nap this afternoon but that's not happening either. Glad I got the quiche made for supper. I do need to have a bite to eat before I go to work.

Turkey is taking a nice cold bath on the counter! We should be all set for tomorrow!

TTFN

 

[lovetoscrap]

Well, the asst principal finally called me back a little while ago. It sounds like I was low on his priority list to talk to since he does know me and knows that I was unlikely to be upset or hysterical! He said that they are just required to call and talk to each parent. I told him that I did wish he had said it wasn't anything major and he apologized and said if it had been something very important (like a discipline issue) the message would have been different and he would have gotten back to me immediately, which I know he would have.

I guess it is a good thing that they think I am low maintenance enough to not have to worry about!

I am pretty much in pig out mode this week. If it is bad for me I have probably had it, including several regular sodas. But I am just going to enjoy it and know that on Saturday I am going to try to focus on getting 5 pounds off before the end of the year. 5 really is pretty easy and I hope if I can plan ahead well enough it won't be a problem.

 

[4HOLIDAYS]

Routines...I am not so good with routines. Which, no surprise, has made my kids not so good with them either. Homeschooling allows alot of flexability and that has been us. We had yrs of travel sports and activities that took over and I just burnt out on the sched. Everything had to be fit in.
We have our own business so they see the hrs can really vary and we don't even have a weekday/weekend sched. Nothing is ever set for dinner but we usually eat together.
The basics like dishes, garbage, laundry jsut kep rolling along. Food shop as needed. The yard and house are not automatic no matter how hard I try. I've followed flylady for yrs. I hate to think where I'd be without her emails.

 

[my3princes]

Good Wednesday morning everyone.



QOTD:

PART 1

Do you enjoy/visit/frequent any other forums besides the DIS? Was the DIS the first forum you ever joined? Feel free to share links of ones you think others may enjoy.

PART 2

Are there any blogs that you follow and enjoy?

Have a happy and healthy day.

I visit cruisecritic and facebook pretty regularly. Lately I've been googling Hawaii and wedding dress and well you get the picture.

Routine. We definitely have routines in this house. With a house full of ADD and ADHD people we found that routines were necessary years ago. The kids and adults do very well sticking to the routines, morning, afternoon and evening.

 

[Disneywedding2010]

Routines -- I don't really have any now since Josh and Maddie are gone. I pretty much try to get up between 9-11a, get on the computer and relax for about an hour, eat breakfast, let my food settle and then do whatever I need to do. I workout in the evening usually after dinner and I try to get to bed by midnight.

Well, its 3:30am and I'm wide awake, go figure. For whatever reason I didn't wake up til 1pm yesterday. I just had a hard time getting sleep. However, I will admit I have had energy all day. Considering I slept so late I didn't get breakfast in me. But I ate some lunch and then jumped on the treadmill.

This chick did a 5K! Took me 90 minutes at 2mph and I burned 264 calories according to my pedometer. I would of done it outside but we were getting wind gusts up to 20 mph!! Yeah, I didn't want to get swept away to Oz .

We sat out on our patio and had dinner. It was a nice night and we sat and talked about holiday memories from when we were growing up. Now, granted we have a fairly large age gap between us but it was still fun. I told Alan it'd be nice to start that as a Thanksgiving eve tradition, eating on the back deck.

We finished up dinner and while he was cleaning up dinner dishes I did a few things online with my Sparkpeople account. Then around 8pm we started prepping stuff for tomorrow. We got the potatoes cut up and soaking in water. I got two batches of stuffing made and Alan made a pumpkin pie.

He's going to get up around 6 and get ready to put the turkey in. We're shooting to eat around 1pm. I'm hoping I can watch some of the Macy's parade while were getting things taken care of. After the parade and dinner we're going to watch It's A Wonderful Life. Then I need to start packing for my birthday weekend.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

 

[donac]

Happy Thankssgiving Everyone

Apple pie and pumpkin cheesecake is made. The turkey is going in oven in a few minutes.

Yesterday afternoon I made the apple pie and made up chocolate chip cookie dough and walnut cookie dough. I will bake those as the turkey cooks. I need to get the potatoes into the crockpots and make the stuffing.

Ds1 made the pumpkin cheesecake after dinner last night. He and his gf are very slow workers. Ds2 and I went out to see the new Muppet movie and ds1 and gf were still cooking when we got home. They also made pumpkin muffins. It was fun to go out to the movies. I haven't been in a while. The movie was fun a mix of old and new. Not an oscar winner but a great way to spend a few hours.

Have a happy and healthy Thanksgiving

 

[mikamah]

Think about the routines you have in your life. Routines can be big or small. What routines do you have? How do you feel when they are interrupted in any way?

My typical morning routine is shower, dress, make lunch/bkfst, see ds off on the bus, and then I have an hour before I need to leave for work where i have my coffee and dis time. I love that time, and occassinally go into work early which I like because then I'll get out early, so I don't mind missing dis time then, but if ds is goofing off and misses the bus I do get a little aggravated because then I end up with only 15-20 min depending on traffic when I drive him to school. And we pay for the bus and only use it in the morning, so I want him to use it.
Since football ended up, our evening we come home, I make supper and he does homework, and then he'll watch a show while I do the dishes.
You remind me of my favorite bedtime routine which we've been skipping lately, we'd both lay on my bed and read for 30 minutes. Need to get that started again.

Fun questions this week, LTS. Thanks for being our coach this busy week.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!

 

[lovetoscrap]

Happy Thanksgiving!

Have to go and get started cooking but wanted to get the QOTD up:

QOTD:

It wouldn't be Thanksgiving without stopping to think about what you are thankful for. I am sure everyone is thankful for family and friends and health and jobs but what are some less obvious things that you are thankful for? It is easy to just rattle off the common ones, so take a minute to really think of 3 things in your life that may just be meaningful to you or that maybe you take for granted.

 

[bellebookworm9]

If you were one of the seven dwarfs, which one would you be today -- Happy, Grumpy, Sleepy, Doc, Sneezy, Bashful or Dopey?

I'm Sleepy. Just woke up, since we have no real Thanksgiving Prep to do today.

CONGRATULATIONS! You have just made the cover of Sports Illustrated because you are a star in the sport you currently love most or that you always wished you could do!

What does your cover look like?

I've always wanted to figure skate, or ride horses. I can do both things at a very beginner level, so I think for figure skating it would be me in one of those sit-spins, and horse back riding would be me jumping over some giant hurdle.

If you could be on any reality show-- competitive (like Survivor, Big Brother, Next Top Model) or non competitive (Real Housewives, Jersey Shore) which would you most want to be on? You don't have be able to qualify or have the needed talents, just which do you think you would most want to be on. And Biggest Loser is not an option since you are all already doing that one here!

I want to be on something on TLC or HGTV. My favorites are Say Yes to the Dress, Property Virgins, and House Hunters.

QOTD:

PART 1
Do you enjoy/visit/frequent any other forums besides the DIS? Was the DIS the first forum you ever joined? Feel free to share links of ones you think others may enjoy.

PART 2
Are there any blogs that you follow and enjoy?

No, no other forums, unless you count the allears review board. Blogs: There's my own, obviously. I also follow the Geneseo Admissions blog, since I write for that too. I do try to keep up with the blogs over on allears, especially the ones by Jack Spence, and any blogs from The DIS that interest me when they pop up in my facebook news feed.

Think about the routines you have in your life. Routines can be big or small. What routines do you have? How do you feel when they are interrupted in any way?

My morning and evening routines are pretty set, and during the day my work and class schedules also lead to a pretty routine schedule.

It wouldn't be Thanksgiving without stopping to think about what you are thankful for. I am sure everyone is thankful for family and friends and health and jobs but what are some less obvious things that you are thankful for? It is easy to just rattle off the common ones, so take a minute to really think of 3 things in your life that may just be meaningful to you or that maybe you take for granted.

I am thankful for the ability and opportunity to go to college and grad school, however angry I may be with the school itself. I am thankful that we are able to go to Disney as often as we have in the past two years, and am thankful that I am being encouraged to go on my own for four months. I am also thankful that I have pretty much everything I want and need, to the point where I don't want anything for Christmas. My mom keeps bugging me for a list though!


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I haven't been posting much at all, but I have been reading along. For the next few days I will just eat what I have at home, but starting Monday when I'm back at school, I need to start meal planning again-I have an insane amount of frozen ground beef, chicken, and tilapia to use up before December 19th (when I come back home!)

We have a frozen Sara Lee pumpkin pie that I'm responsible for baking, and Mom is stopping at Boston Market to get a turkey meal for four (turkey, cornbread, stuffing, green beans, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes) before she comes home from work. My brother is coming home for two days and my grandma will be joining us also.

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!!

Sweet potatoes are in the oven, green bean casserole is up next on my list. Mom is doing the turkey and stuffing.
For dessert we are having birthday cake and pumpkin pie.

I'm going to try to stay on plan today. According to the Biggest Loser Tuesday the average American eats over 4000 calories on Thanksgiving day. That is not good!!! So this morning I had a yogurt and now I'm going to go run while the potatoes cook. At least that way I can eat a little of everything and it not feel so bad. Dinner is at 2 so I'm hoping to squeeze in another run or maybe a walk with the kids after dinner.

 

[AUdisneyDad]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!! I hope you all have a blesses day.

Tim, DW & DD

 

[cclovesdis]

Thanks for all the congratulations everyone!

I started out the week all over the place, so I decided to just skip weighing myself until tomorrow. I have today pretty much planned. It's just the three of us, so no huge spread. yay I will stick to breast meat and have some sweet potatoes. We decided to skip the corn bread and I told my father not to make me my own GF stuffing. I'm planning to have some carrots too. So, not too bad of a day, but probably more carbs than usual.

I had a healthy breakfast around 9:30 AM and we are planning to eat around 2 PM. I have managed to abstain from snacking (feared I would) and intend to keep it that way. I want to finish this week OP. Monday and Tuesday were not OP, but not terrible, just too many carbs.

My mom and I spent some time planning our shopping for tomorrow. My sister is coming with us leaving my father and BIL in peace at their own places. They loving spending time with each other, but after a busy day like today, they both need some downtime. One of the funniest things ever was during the power outage, we went to the mall, and they came too to get Internet, and you should have seen them. It's like my father has a son. And, I love it that way! That's my answer to the QOTD actually, that my father and brother-in-law get along so well. It is nice to not have drama and that they do things together.

Since some of the stores are open today (allowed in CT), my mom and I might do some shopping tonight. We are even considering going to Wal-Mart. I have a feeling at some point we wiill come to our senses.

I am off to get a few things done before dinner. I went shopping this morning for some gifts and I would like to get them wrapped before the BF influx.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope everyone has a great day!

 

[lovetoscrap]

I forgot to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY BernardandMissBianca!!!!!

 

[glss1/2fll]

Happy Thanksgiving!

Rolls are in the oven. Sweet potatoes were made up yesterday so just have to pop those in the oven when we arrive at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Woke up at 5 (twenty minutes before my alarm!) to get the rolls started. Went back to bed and got up again a couple hours later to punch down the dough. Then back to sleep again before time to get serious!! So formed the rolls and while they rose I put on my running shoes and shot out the door. Holy toledo! The wind is howling. But it was dry so I just went for it. Forgot to put on gloves and my hands were icicles. I had my fastest time yet, which was surprising because of the blasted wind. I think it was because I kept telling myself, "It's cold. Go faster!!!!"

As soon as the rolls are out I'm going to hit the shower. The boys will be up in about 30 minutes and we'll leave in an hour. Lots of packing to do. I have a long list!! DH is trying to get something online and it's sold out. He's not happy. I can't wait to look at all the sales ads after dinner. We don't always go shopping, but it's fun to look!

Have a great holiday!

 

[tigger813]

Happy Thanksgiving to all and to all with birthdays this week, Happy Birthday to you!

Dinner is almost ready! Being really bad today but kind of back on track tomorrow! I'm holding pretty steady so I'll be ok!

Watching Miracle on 34th Street! Another tradition!

TTFN

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

I forgot to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY BernardandMissBianca!!!!!

AWWWW thanks!!

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

I totally forgot to update everyone on the soda ban. Today was the day they got to drink it again. DS15 didn't feel well from being sick so he's not sure if it effected his crumminess level, DS11 said he felt kind of pukey after and then was spastic the rest of the day. DS10 said he felt a little gross and it didn't seem to effect DD.

While I'm sure I will allow soda on occasion in the future it certainly made them think of other options. It was a challenge at some places when just about all they had to offer was soda. It was a good experiment. I however refuse to drink soda again. I feel so much better, no bloated stuffed feeling, clearer thoughts, and the headaches have just about subsided.

Today is the start of the Fast food ban, that is definitely going to be a challenge.

 

[donac]

Happy Black Friday

Happy Birthday MissBianca

I hope everyone's Thanksgiving went well. Ours went well. We talked to dmil and she sounded pretty good. We don't know when she is getting home. She still can't leave her bed without assistance but she says they are walking her around a lot. We left some leftovers at her house but unless she was coming home this morning she is not going to see them. Dsis's bf was going for a leftover piece of pie before we even left.

Pretty quiet here today. I think dh is going to do some painting. Ds1 has to go to work but he didn't get a 4am shift. He is going in as a "fake" manager. He told me he gets to walk around and if he sees a line too long then he opens a register. He is going to have his brother drop him off since we don't know where he would have to park.

I am planning to do some sewing. Tomorrow I am going to sew pillowcases with my friend at our quilt shop. Sunday we are going up to see my mother and having dinner with my parents and at least one of my sisters for my mother's birthday. I was going to send out an email to my brother and sisters about my mother's birthday but they are adults and if they don't know it is our mother's birthday then that is their fault.

I am looking forward to dinner on Sunday since my sister and her family will probably be there. They are the ones we are traveling to DW with in Aug. We haven't really talked since they made the reservations in Sept.

I have to take the dog out. Everyone else seems to be sleeping in.

Have a happy and healthy day.