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

[pjlla]

Happy Monday everyone!

Saturday's competition went well, but not as well as we hoped. Due to an unexpected "glitch" we scored lower during our best robot round than originally thought, which put us in the top 10 rather than the top 8, which is what is needed to advance on to the elimination rounds... (had our score been as it SHOULD have been, it would have put us in the top 5)..... just one of those strange things that never should have happened.... no one really to blame, although we did question the scoring/ruling.

Anyhow, it is GREAT to say that our team is among the top 10 FLL robotics teams in the entire state!!

And we won a trophy for our garden project.... we won the Judges Award for community service!! It was nice to leave with something to show for the day.

Today we will have a little celebration and do some "debriefing" to talk about how Saturday went. It is so sad to think that this is the end.


Saturday's eating was good, despite the craziness and stress..... definitely had a stress-induced belly ache going on that day. Ended up eating far more nuts during the afternoon than I should have, but honestly, that was the worst of the day.

Yesterday was a total relaxation day for me. I hung around in my sweats all day! I watched HP on tv, did some reading... that was it! Other than throwing in two loads of laundry and feeding my family and making my bed, I did NOTHING around the house.... it felt great at the time, but of course now I am a bit overcome with some guilt... but I'll get over it.

I've got 15 minutes until I need to be sure that DS is up and moving, so I'll try to play catch-up with the thread now!..................P

 

[mikamah]

Happy Monday everyone!

Saturday's competition went well, but not as well as we hoped. Due to an unexpected "glitch" we scored lower during our best robot round than originally thought, which put us in the top 10 rather than the top 8, which is what is needed to advance on to the elimination rounds... (had our score been as it SHOULD have been, it would have put us in the top 5)..... just one of those strange things that never should have happened.... no one really to blame, although we did question the scoring/ruling.

Anyhow, it is GREAT to say that our team is among the top 10 FLL robotics teams in the entire state!!

And we won a trophy for our garden project.... we won the Judges Award for community service!! It was nice to leave with something to show for the day.

Today we will have a little celebration and do some "debriefing" to talk about how Saturday went. It is so sad to think that this is the end.


Saturday's eating was good, despite the craziness and stress..... definitely had a stress-induced belly ache going on that day. Ended up eating far more nuts during the afternoon than I should have, but honestly, that was the worst of the day.

Yesterday was a total relaxation day for me. I hung around in my sweats all day! I watched HP on tv, did some reading... that was it! Other than throwing in two loads of laundry and feeding my family and making my bed, I did NOTHING around the house.... it felt great at the time, but of course now I am a bit overcome with some guilt... but I'll get over it.

I've got 15 minutes until I need to be sure that DS is up and moving, so I'll try to play catch-up with the thread now!..................P

Congrats to DS and his team for being in the top ten!! That is truly quite an accomplishment and I hope they are all excited and proud of themselves. I hope you got over that guilt about having a relaxing day. You are not one to sit idle for very long, so you totally deserve it.

Good morning. We're up early today, puppy barking off and on in her crate from 2-5, so I got up at 5 to take her out. Luckily DS slept through it all. Now I'm awake and she's sound asleep at my feet. Not really fair. This is my last day off. They really should give a paid new pet leave at work. I tried last night to really tire her out on her last walk, but she kept stopping and didn't want to go far. We go to the vet this morning, and then I think we'll take her out in the car to Petco or to visit one of ds's friends, and see how she does in the car. It's a short ride, so it will be a good test.
Need to catch up on some laundry too.

QOTD- I think sledding is my favorite too. I used to ski, but have only taken ds twice since it is so expensive, and as a kid loved ice skating and we could ice skate on all the ponds around here in the woods. We talked about snowshoeing last year, but never got to it. Ds does it in school and he enjoys it.

Have a great day!!

 

[pjlla]

Ah, laundry therapy . . . could be the new hot health thing!

Don't I wish!!!

I had a little loss earlier in the week and then a whoosh today so I am down 3.5 pounds and finally in new territory for 2011! I weigh less than I did at the Princess and am down 24.5 pounds for this challenge. ONE-derland I will see you for the Tink.

Have a great day all!

That is amazing! You are rockin' it this time around!!

i'm taking baby steps in getting back onto this board so i apologize for not responding to everyone. but a few is a start, right??

We're just glad you are back with us!


baby matthew:

i have more pics at http://www.facebook.com/nancy.cullen if anyone wants to friend me

have a great day everyone!!!

SO adorable!! And you still look so pretty!

Matthew was our second choice of names for DS. When DS was little and he wanted his own baby doll (yup, I was okay with that but DH, not so much! ) I bought him a cute gender neutral looking doll at a yard sale and we called it baby Matthew!!

I forgot to mention that last night my 2 youngest boys put up our Disney Christmas tree. Chris and I bent the branches appropriately and they assembled the tree then totally decorated it. The oldest even helped a bit in the higher spots. They were so cute. We watched Christmas shows from 4 PM on and they were really in the spirit. Since I wasn't feeling well they decided that they would take care of me. Hunter folded all the laundry that was in the dryer then put a towel in and warmed it up for me for my bath Colby decided that he needed to sleep on the futon in our room to keep an eye on me and after my bath they each took a foot and gave me a foot massage Things like that just don't happen and I felt so loved. they tell me they love me all the time, but last night they really showed it

Today I'm cleaning the bathroom before I turn it into my snowman wonderland

Oh my gosh! You're boys are totally showing their love! That is so nice. Care to share pictures of the snowman bathroom??

QOTD: Well, I never really want anything for Christmas. It just seems I have so much stuff already. I have a pretty firm policy of "if I have to dust it, I don't want it." I tend to ask for things I need. That being said, DH absolutely loves to buy me stuff, usually very expensive jewelry! But I finally said ENOUGH! Way too much money. This year he has gotten me an ipad for Christmas. I picked it up at Fed Ex office yesterday. I'm going to wait and open it Christmas morning just so I can freak out the kids! I am very non-technical, but it should be fun. And now I won't have to wait for one of the kids to get off the computer so I can DIS! :

WOOHOO on the ipad. I am SO over my laptop, but definitely don't see an ipad in my future.... I'm far too cheap!

Pamela--I was thinking of you hanging out your laundry yesterday as I was throwing mine in the dryer! It was sunny (alleluia) but the high was only supposed to be 42. I was lazy--but warm!

Hanging stuff out again today, but probably just one load. I put two in the dryer yesterday.... white load because I REFUSE to peg out every little sock.... and a dark load because it got done too late in the day to hang out. Today will be a load of towels on the line. Supposed to be around 50 degrees here today... maybe I'll get ambitious and strip the beds too!

Ok. Need to get a move on here. I will get a run in in a couple hours. Depending on the temperature may try for my 3.25 run! But if it's still super cold will just do 2.5.

Hope everyone had a good weigh in and has a super weekend.

Hope the run went well.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

I spent the morning scrubbing the bathroom. I hate scrubbing the tub and no on enjoys cleaning toilets, but it's done and The snowmen have invaded. I decorate the bathroom in snowmen for Christmas and that room is completely done. I'm slowly making progress, just keep swimming, just keep swimming.

Glad you are making forward progress!

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Ok better late than never. Sorry I was missing today. Just way to busy at work to get any replies done, and then after work we went to a diner and then I did grocery shopping for two hours. Saved alot of money with coupons...I am starting to become addicted and am finding myself buying things we dont necessary need more of just because I have a coupon. I finally got everything put away by about 1100pm.

Sometimes I think that coupons are EVIL!! But I love it when I can make them work for me! I had a great shopping day Friday with the help of my coupons!

Tomorrow I have to go into work very early like 6am to prepare for our flu clinic. It is a smaller one so we should only be there until noon. Then I will go visit my grammy in the hospital. She is not well. She was not at the nursing home for more than 24hrs when she became unresponsive and her heart rate dropped in the 30's and she had very shallow breathing. The doctors are amazed she is still here. They gave her some medicine and that has brought her heart rate up a bit. Today she was up, talking and eating. She is quite a fighter. 98 years old and every internal organ is failing but she is still hanging on.

Oh my. Sorry that Gram is having to struggle. Prayers for her improved health and peace and all.

I then have to be at a fundraiser to help set up by 230pm. A very close friend of mine that I have known since middle school has been fighting a brain tumor for the past few years. She suffers from a severe seizure disorder due to it and the tumor is inoperable. She had radiation about a year ago and since then has been on chemo. She takes is 2wks on 2wks off and that will last a full year. About 2 months ago she lost her job. She is divorced with two kids that are 8 and 6. She is living with her parents now. We are holding a fundraiser to raise money for her medical costs, medications, etc. So that is where I will be tomorrow evening. It goes until 9pm and then I will have to help clean up. So it will be a really long day.

That is great of you to be helping with this. You may be exhausted at the end, but I'm sure you know it is well worth it.

If I am not on much tomorrow I really apologize and I promise I will be a better coach the rest of my time. You all are doing a wonderful job. Keep up the good work and pat yourselves on the back for still being around here as the challenge starts to approach the end.

Saturday December 3, 2011 QOTD:

The holiday season often brings many temptations for treats like pies, cakes, cookies, chocolate. What is your plan or what have you done so far to fight off the temptations this year?

Well.... first of all.... I don't bake. Hate it and I'm terrible at it. So no abundance of cookies and pies here. We do not go to Christmas parties. It has always been such a busy time of the year for DH, we never got in the habit of attending or throwing holiday parties. Overall, other than the actual week of Christmas (when we are celebrating here at home and at my Mom's during Christmas week when we celebrate with the rest of my family), we don't have much holiday food here.

Good luck to ds and the team!!!!

Thanks!

I actually haven't done anything yet, but need to think about that today and make a plan. I did not follow the PIP plan this week with getting the dog it was busy and a little crazy, so I am going to start fresh today, start tracking again, and give myself 3 days off for the next 3 weeks. I didn't eat too badly most days, but didn't track at all, so probably worse than I realize. Funny yesterday, it was 3 o'clock before I realized I hadn't had lunch. A new pup can keep you busy, which is a good thing. We are having the family over tomorrow for pizza and cake for ds's birthday. I'm planning to get lots of walks in, and stay out of the back room at work when the food starts coming in. We don't get as much in endoscopy as we did in ICU which is good.

Glad you are getting back on track! Happy Birthday to Michael!!

The dog was great the past 2 nights. Last night she cried a little when he first went in the crate, so I sat outside it, and she settled down, and was quiet from 11-6. And no accidents either!!! We don't know her history before the shelter, but she is so calm and friendly. She loves meeting other dogs and people. It was cute she didn't want to come up the porch stairs at first, and if I was at the top she wouldn't come to me, but if Michael was up the top, she'd come up to him. It's a big change for us, but it's so much fun.

He must have been so excited that she wanted to come just to him!


Gotta run. Hope you all have a nice weekend!!

Hope your weekend was nice! The weather wasn't too bad.

Good luck today Pam!!!!! Hope all goes well.

Thanks!!

QOTD: We are hermits so no big parties for us! The school I sub at, everyone is doing weight watchers, so pretty much no treats there! Our paper ran an article a few weeks back about how much exercise you have to do to burn certain foods--ya know, something like run 600 miles to burn the calories from 2 M&Ms. So I try to think of that when I'm tempted. And drink tons of water so I'm too full for junk food!

Nice that your school isn't full of goodies!! I remember being told at WW that you had to walk the length of a football field back and forth to burn ONE M&M... not sure I'd eat many if I had to walk that far to get each one!

So yesterday I went for my long run (3.27) and the whole time I thought I was going soooo slowly. I was playing mind games with myself about what would be an acceptable time since I hadn't run that far in a couple months. When I first started it was 2 minutes slower than when I ran it all the time and toward the end of the run I was thinking I'd be satisfied with anything up to 7 minutes slower. Well, what do I know? I ran it 3 minutes faster than I ever have! You could have knocked me over with a feather when I looked at the timer.

That is GREAT!!!!

Glad I got the run in because I then had an hour car ride to the boys' basketball games where I was in the gymnasium for 5 hours!!! ugghhh And all 3 of our teams got trounced. We'd expected that--they are a private school (think recruiting), but it's still not fun to watch. The games were amazingly clean which is so very nice. Once league starts the games get very chippy. DS1&2 both played well and managed to score. Poor DS2 is 5'9" and had to guard a 6'4" player. Didn't go so well. Our original plan was to grab some fast food during the JV game since our guys wouldn't be playing, but the school was in the middle of a neighborhood with street parking only and no restaurants anywhere near. So we ate from the concession stand. Gotta love a lukewarm hot dog and too salty popcorn. yum yum

Glad that the games went well, overall, despite not winning. Sorry about the hotdog and popcorn.... ick.

The guy who wanted to rent the house is still going to. We had issues with him a few days ago when he started barking orders at my realtor on things he wanted us to do to the house. I have no problem with painting the interior of the house. I however have MAJOR issue with him demanding we rip up all the carpet and put wood floors down!! The realtor (calmly) explained "This is a rent house. You don't get to make demands about someone else's home. You want wood floors then I suggest you either go find another rent house or look for one to buy."

Many of my friends were like "Oh I wouldn't let him live in your house. He's going to e a nightmare of a tenant." Well yeah that may be the case but he won't be my problem. That's why I have a property management company handling it. He's THEIR problem not mine. He gets out of hand and trashes my house they will evict him, period. They're dealing with a few renters now that trashed their rent houses and they hauled them off to court. 100 bucks a month for someone else to handle the problem and money in my pocket, sounds good to me. The housing market is to bad right now to even put it on the market. I wouldn't get anywhere near what I want for it.

A management company is a GREAT idea! DH had a rental property for a short time in the past.... it was a disaster! The tenant's would call at 2am to ask him to change a lightbulb! Are you flippin' kidding me???

I would NEVER own a rental property without a property management company!

I'm leaving for IL on Friday for a week to visit my mom for her birthday. I'm trying to get an idea of what I'm going to do workout wise while I'm there. I've already told her when I get there I want t grocery shop. I went 4 days off routine at Disney and gained 2 pounds. I'm not going off my routie for a week! She said she understood and she would take me after I land at the airport. Here's to hoping they continue to have good weather and don't get hit with snow out of the blue.

Maybe you could try some classes at a local gym? Sometimes they offer classes for a "drop-in" fee. Regardless, enjoy your visit with your Mom.

I am also asking for some new workout clothes and running socks. The weather is getting colder here and I am losing my running motivation. Maybe some new clothes will help me out!

I'm debating whether it is too cold today to run outside..... I'm totally an outside exercise wimp!

I hate scrubbing the bathroom too! In fact, if we had the money I would hire someone to do my hardwood floors, dust, and do my bathrooms weekly! DH says to keep dreaming lol.

Actually, as a birthday gift my DH got me a cleaning lady for a summer.... she only came every other week, but it was SO worth it! She did floors and bathrooms only. I would do the other stuff that morning and afternoon and by the time she left the house was near perfect!

Well, I get all caught up then miss a few days. Hopefully, I can keep up daily from now until the end. And, I am totally in for the holiday thread to keep me on plan and motivated.


Other than that, DSs are finally fever free after a total of 11 straight days of fevers between them (6 days for DS8 and 5 for DS5)!

I hope everyone has a great weekend and finds time to relax during this chaotic month!

Jill

Glad the kids are better!!

Sunday December 4, 2011 QOTD:

What is your favorite non-cartoon holiday movie(s)?

Lindsay

"It's a Wonderful Life" probably tops my list. I also find Elf and The Santa Claus (mostly the first one) pretty amusing. BTW, I have learned that "It's a Wonderful Life" was a flop when it was first released.

I also love White Christmas, but everyone else's eyes roll when I suggest watching it, so I have to find it on when I am alone!

Lastly - while not necessarily a Christmas movie - I always associate "Little Women" (the Winona Ryder/Susan Sarandon version) with Christmas. Before she passed away a few years ago, my mother and I always had tradition to watch it together on Christmas Night. I don't know if I'll ever watch it again - it doesn't seem right to watch it without her. (In fact, at the funeral home, I slipped a copy of the DVD in the casket. My family has a tradition that you put a little gift/trinket that meant something to just you and the deceased in the casket.)


That's sweet. DH put a putter in his father's casket.
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Diet-wise, I am up one pound this week. I went over my calorie alotment every single day. I've come to the conclusion that I cannot have pistachio nuts in the house. I am physically unable to stick to a normal portion - I eat them until I am sick. Back on track tomorrow.

- Laurta

Funny... we have TWO bags of pistachios here and no one seems interested in them. But other mixed nuts..... watch out!!

Good morning losers and maintainers!

Pamela, how did your guys do yesterday?

Pretty good! Not quite as well as we had hoped, of course, but well enough to be really proud of the kids!

A little laundry and getting ready for the rest of the week is on deck today. I want to do a bit more planning in case it is another crazy week.

Have a great day all!

I need to do some planning for this week as well. Even though robotics is over, now high school swim starts up.... plus DD has a class that competes in a competition called "We The People" and of course, that is this week as well. So it is shaping up to be a really busy week. And of course, I haven't even done a FRACTION of my Christmas shopping, we haven't picked a tree (we grow our own but still need to pick it and cut it), etc, etc.

Well, today was a cloudy 58 and I got a 4.2 mile run in. I wish it would stay this way all winter! I am planning to get some more cold weather running clothes and try my best to get out there. The best place for me to run is our park which is 2.5 miles perimeter if you do the dreaded hill. I usually choose to skip it lol. In the winter, though, they shut down some of the roads so they only have to do plowing on some. As long as it's not icy and about 30 I think I will keep at it. And, the treadmill is not my friend. I can't seem to run as fast on the treadmill as outside. But, if it's all I have...I better suck it up!

I agree.... I'd love it if this weather stuck around for the entire winter! We are supposed to be at 50 degrees today!


I had a pretty good day. My sister and I started cookie making together which is always fun. We made what my grandma calls nut horns. I don't know if they are called anything else, but it's all I know them as. I did taste test one, but as soon as we were done I ran 4.2 miles. Yay!! There's a "Chilly Cheeks" race in January at our local park. It's a 5 or 10 miler. I may actually sign up and run the 5 miler if it's above frost bite temps. It's so nice to get support here and from DH. He was so proud when I told him how far I ran today and my time. DH used to work out daily with the Wii or Netflix videos. He hasn't for awhile because of school and work. Maybe I'll try to encourage him to start back up. I'm hoping for an easy week at work so I can continue to work out and make Christmas treats!


The Chilly Cheeks run sounds like FUN!

I am so curious to see how the robotics team did!!

Thanks for thinking of us!!!

Enjoy your Monday everyone!

Jill

I really wish I could take the whole month of December off from work. I am just so darn tired of running all over the place for things. I am at the point of praying for a blizzard so we would be stuck in the house for a day or two. You know I am desperate if I am wishing for that. I am just really not ready to go back to work tomorrow. I have off on Friday so I guess I will just pray the week goes quickly.

I often have days like that in January and February when I am busy with work, swim schedule, basketball, etc. I PRAY for just ONE snow day so that we can just stay home, guilt-free!!


Today was busy but I did manage to get the boys their christmas outfits. I just need to find pants yet for Ryan. I just wanted to check in quick and than the boys and I are going to watch a holiday movie. I think A christmas story is the one we are going to pick.

Hope you enjoyed your movie time! DS and I played a game yesterday that I had grabbed at the Salvation Army last week.... Trivial Pursuit Disney edition.... it was a HUGE disappoinment and is getting donated right back!

I stayed pretty much on plan today and I actually was down .2 from yesterday which is better than I thought it would be from the party last night. I was pretty happy. I also got in a 20 min run before it got too dark. Its really starting to get cooler out there.

I hope you all really enjoyed the weekend and were able to keep it as healthy as possible with all the hussle and bussle that you may have going on.

Thanks for asking! We did have a great weekend with one super busy day and one super lazy day! I stayed reasonably well OP Saturday and did GREAT on Sunday.

Tomorrows QOTD,

Monday Dec 5, 2011 QOTD:

What is your favorite winter activity?

Honestly.... scrapbooking. I love having snowdays and such where it is too icky/cold/snowy to to outside and I can just relax and scrap!

When I was a kid and teen I LOVED ice skating and I was pretty good at it for a kid with no lessons. But I've discovered that my ankles can't take it any more. I have a nice pair of skates but my ankles are in agony after just a few minutes. I was able to skate enough to help teach DD when she was younger, but sadly DS never learned.

DD skis and DS snowboards.... and I watch and drink coffee!

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Well... fairly well caught up now. I've been working on this post since 5:45 am though, so I'm sure that there are a few more posts to read now. But the kids are off where they belong, breakfast is mostly done and cleaned up, one load of laundry is in the washer and my bed is made. Next up is TM time.

TTYL.........................P

 

[pjlla]

Congrats to DS and his team for being in the top ten!! That is truly quite an accomplishment and I hope they are all excited and proud of themselves. I hope you got over that guilt about having a relaxing day. You are not one to sit idle for very long, so you totally deserve it.

Thanks! I'm trying to get past the guilt of relaxing yesterday.... I'm just such a type-A I do have trouble just "relaxing". But it felt good to sleep until 7:30 and wake up without an alarm clock and then just sit around reading and sipping coffee. We even skipped church... I know, I know.... terrible during the Christmas season, but we needed the rest. DD and were both wishing that our church offered the occasional Sunday evening service for just such times.

Good morning. We're up early today, puppy barking off and on in her crate from 2-5, so I got up at 5 to take her out. Luckily DS slept through it all. Now I'm awake and she's sound asleep at my feet. Not really fair. This is my last day off. They really should give a paid new pet leave at work. I tried last night to really tire her out on her last walk, but she kept stopping and didn't want to go far. We go to the vet this morning, and then I think we'll take her out in the car to Petco or to visit one of ds's friends, and see how she does in the car. It's a short ride, so it will be a good test.
Need to catch up on some laundry too.

I agree.... pet leave is definitely needed!!

QOTD- I think sledding is my favorite too. I used to ski, but have only taken ds twice since it is so expensive, and as a kid loved ice skating and we could ice skate on all the ponds around here in the woods. We talked about snowshoeing last year, but never got to it. Ds does it in school and he enjoys it.

Have a great day!!

We should try snowshoeing here. We certainly have enough woods around us!

Okay friends.... I'm heading off to accomplish something productive today! TTYL................P

 

[glss1/2fll]

QOTD: We don't do cold weather outdoor events (DH tends to turn green and pass out when he gets cold!). When I was a kid we ice skated on frozen ponds and went cross-country skiing a lot. Now my favorite winter activity is reading, but it is also my favorite spring, summer and fall activity!

Ran yesterday and I must say 39 degrees is cold! But nothing like the 27 my girlfriend and I just walked in! Even bundled up and going fast we were cold. But now I can cross that off my list! Plus, dinner is in the crockpot and I know I'm not working today so that's good. Working tomorrow has been a fiasco/stressful situation. But it is all straightened out now I hear, so as long as the computer thinks I'm working I'll be happy. Way too many text messages this weekend. I don't like being taken out of my comfort zone and if people would do what they are supposed to do I wouldn't be! But I digress.

I may do some holiday baking today. Bought a giant bag of M&Ms at Costco and plan to make cookies with some of them--then right back in the freezer where I can easily ignore them. Harder to ignore is the giant bag of peanut M&Ms right next to it! But I will.

Yesterday was gray and dismal, today is blue skies and sunshine. Love it. I'm about to start laundry and am toying with hanging the clothes out. I think it's supposed to get to 45 so they may get mostly dry! Better go be Molly Domestic since tomorrow will be crazy busy.

Pamela--good job on robotics top ten in state is wonderful!

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Friday December 2, 2010 QOTD:
What is on your christmas list this year???? Is there anything you are asking for that will help in your goal of staying/getting healthy? If you do not celebrate christmas is there any items on your general wish list that you have been eyeing up?

Bedroom calendar

Vera Bradley – Tune –In in Mocha Rouge; Weekender in “Safari Sunset”; Manicure set in Mocha Rouge

Rose gold colored watch

L’Occitane Shea Butter Ultra Rich Body Cream

Godiva dark chocolates – caramels if I’m really lucky!

Earrings – I asked DH to surprise me!

Jimmy Buffet cd – songs not encores -- which I received last year when I asked for a JB cd

Logan’s Run Blu-Ray

Star Wars Blu-Rays

Lush – Gingerbread House Tin (contains bubble bars and bath bombs); Melting Snowman Bath Melt, Abominaball bath bomb, Golden Wonder bath melt, Phoenix Rising bath bomb

Umm, I actually don't think any of these will help me stay fit, but the Lush items will be nice to relax with...the Weekender is to take to WDW for the Princess , so maybe that counts? I also ordered a couple of WDW books which will be under the tree. I didn't even open the box, I just handed it to dh to wrap Well, I don't want the paged-through ones in the bookstore, and he would never figure out the right versions etc., online...

Maria

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Saturday December 3, 2011 QOTD:

The holiday season often brings many temptations for treats like pies, cakes, cookies, chocolate. What is your plan or what have you done so far to fight off the temptations this year?

My plan is to allow myself a small treat each day. If I truly contain myself to one, homemade special treat, I can still lose. This week I'm making oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. Another treat I like is one small piece of my homemade fudge. It is rich and delicious, and a 1-inch piece is very satisfying. But the trick is to stop at one!

Sunday December 4, 2011 QOTD:

What is your favorite non-cartoon holiday movie(s)?

Hmmm. I'm not sure I have one, I tend to lean toward the animated side for classics I will watch over and over...I guess maybe "Scrooged" with Bill Murray? I haven't seen it in awhile, I hope I didn't just embarrass myself

Monday Dec 5, 2011 QOTD:

What is your favorite winter activity?

I don't go out much in the winter. I do like to gaze into my backyard after a heavy snowfall. It is nice to see the trees all covered in white, and it's really peaceful. I guess my favorite winter activity might be the SuperBowl

Maria

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Working on catching up --

Pamela -- Congratulations on the fantastic finish!

Deb -- Sounds like your boys took wonderful care of you!

Dona -- Are your kids (the ones you teach) antsy for their break yet?

Carol -- Your April trip sounds wonderful -- We love US and had a great time at WWOHP -- just disappointing it wasn't bigger!

I know I'm missing CC, Gretchen, the Lisas, Kathy, Jill, and others -- gotta run to a meeting, but know I'm thinking of you all and hoping you are off to a great start this week!

Maria

 

[dumbo_buddy]

QOTD: favorite winter activity...you mean besides eating a whole lot of bad-for-me comfort foods? last winter i actually liked going out for my training runs for the princess half! i mean, the actually running part wasn't that great but getting out and being by myself for anywhere from 45 min to 2 hrs was pretty nice.

oh and the other question about what we're asking for for christmas - i'm asking for one of those GPS watches. i even sent the link of the one i want to DH. when i get back to running i'd rather use one of those than my iphone app. it totally kills my battery.

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hope everyone's having a good day! things are going pretty swimmingly here. a little tired (alot tired) but that comes with the territory.

we've had a few visitors which has been great. the only problem is that everyone keeps bringing cakes and cookies and bad-for-you things and GOD FORBID i not inhale it all. i feel like with bf'ing i'm starving all the time and grabbing cookies is just so darn easy. i'm going to have to get on the ball with this eating asap!

 

[Disneywedding2010]

Afternoon everyone!

I am in a great mood and feel like I could conquer the world today . I got all of my meals tracked for the day and talked with one of my good friends for about an hour. I'm getting ready to put on my pedometer, shoes, and go walk around our neighborhood. I haven't done that yet and we've lived here 3 months on December 12th.

Then when I get back from my walk I need to figure out what I'm packing for IL and get some laundry done if its needed. We're having tacos for dinner and shake and bake chicken for dinner tomorrow. I took chicken out and completely forgot there is hamburger in the fridge that needs to get cooked up.

I'll report back after my walk!

TOODLES!

 

[Disneywedding2010]

Well, I'm back from my walk and a few observations I made:


1. Our street makes one big loop and its half a mile
2. Walking in beautiful 70 degree FL weather is AWESOME!
3. I would of walked further had my calves not started to burn, LOL
4. My pedometer says I burned 73 calories in the 16 minutes it took me to complete that half mile.
5. I'm glad I know have a visual idea of how long a half mile is and I know with a little simple math how many laps I need to do to complete a 5K.

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

I will need to get back later with replies but I just got caught up reading. You all are doing such a great job sticking to your plan as the holiday season is approaching us. It sounds like the easiest plan for most of us is avoidance but some allow little treats here and there. The best thing I think to be successful is to just have a plan and follow it.

You all are awesome

I am now off to Ryan's basketball practice and then when I return it will be homework and bedtime. I must go to the gym and workout for at least a half hour. I didnt plan on it tonight but ryan really wanted a happy meal from burger king and since its been a long while I allowed it. As I was going through i saw they have new fries and I just had to try them. So the only way I would let myself get them was to agree (in my brain) to go to the gym tonight. I am holding myself accountable to that.

oh and PS in case you are wondering....the fries in my opinion taste much better.

 

[cclovesdis]

I am very excited to announce that I am NOT allergic to cashews or hazelnuts! I ate one yesterday and the other today and nothing happened. I know I'm allergic to oats and I feel so much better avoiding wheat, leaving me with only oysters to check. However, I really have no interest in ever eating them, so I'm not planning to try them. If I can find oyster sauce, I might add that to a stir fry as a way of checking, but that's the closest I'm getting to one.

Today was OP with the exception of too many carbs. That's the nature of the gluten-filled diet though. I am still under my calories for the day, so I may have some frozen yogurt. I know, more carbs, but I need to eat wheat and the kind I bought today has wheat in it.

Kathy: DS looks so happy with your new dog!

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Lindsay, I'm with you: I hate the cold weather! But I think it's easier to gather people together in winter for indoor things, so my favorite winter activity is just having a board game or movie night with friends.

that is a great winter activity. We do that alot too especially when it snows.

Glad you got your trip finally squared away.

I'm exhausted. We picked up the house this morning then moved a couple cords of wood closer to the wood furnace. Tons of exercise (yesterday we split a few cord of wood so exercise yesterday too. After lunch I finished decorating the house, at least as much as I am going to this year. The boys don't want to go through the work of putting up the second tree and I don't have the patience to put up my Christmas village From 2 - 7 I wrapped Christmas presents. They aren't all done, but I did make a good dent in them. In the last hour I did some online Santa shopping. I think I'm in pretty good shape.

Holy Smokes....you are one busy elf!

Thank you everybody for your well-wishes after my last post. It still is a little hard, but getting back into life and feeling less depressed. Alot going on right now to keep me busy.

glad you are feeling better. What is your trip all about in April????

I think I've decided we're just going to spend a week at Disney next Christmas.

Sounds like a great way to spend christmas.

Saturday's competition went well, but not as well as we hoped.

Sorry it didnt go as planned but im glad they got a trophy for something.

They really should give a paid new pet leave at work.

I would submit that in the suggestion box at work Kathy. but I totally agree you could easily use a whole month to get aquainted.

Ok I will be back later with some more replies. Now I am off to the Gym!!!!

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

When I was a kid and teen I LOVED ice skating and I was pretty good at it for a kid with no lessons.

I loved ice skating too when I was a kid. Now Im afraid I will break a hip. We havent taken the kids yet because I have no idea how I will help them and not fall myself.

We got the disney trivial prusuit game years ago and I was disappointed too. It asks such ridiculous questions. It was totally not what I thought it would be.

Ran yesterday and I must say 39 degrees is cold! But nothing like the 27 my girlfriend and I just walked in! Even bundled up and going fast we were cold. But now I can cross that off my list!

Good Job for getting it done.

I also ordered a couple of WDW books which will be under the tree. I didn't even open the box, I just handed it to dh to wrap Well, I don't want the paged-through ones in the bookstore, and he would never figure out the right versions etc., online...

Maria

oh my gosh you crack me up. At least you get what you want right. You have lots of great things on your list. I hope santa is good to you.

I guess my favorite winter activity might be the SuperBowl

Maria

Is this even when the patriots are not in it too????

i actually liked going out for my training runs for the princess half! i mean, the actually running part wasn't that great but getting out and being by myself for anywhere from 45 min to 2 hrs was pretty nice.

I agree as much as I thought I was dreading it I ended up really enjoying running during the winter. everything was so quiet and it was just me and the road....and sometimes ice and snow too but that was just added fun.

I am in a great mood and feel like I could conquer the world today .

Glad to hear you are having a great day. dont you just love that feeling.

Well, I'm back from my walk and a few observations I made:


1. Our street makes one big loop and its half a mile
2. Walking in beautiful 70 degree FL weather is AWESOME!
3. I would of walked further had my calves not started to burn, LOL
4. My pedometer says I burned 73 calories in the 16 minutes it took me to complete that half mile.
5. I'm glad I know have a visual idea of how long a half mile is and I know with a little simple math how many laps I need to do to complete a 5K.

This is excellent. Great job on the walk. I am so jealous of your weather.

I am very excited to announce that I am NOT allergic to cashews or hazelnuts! I ate one yesterday and the other today and nothing happened. I know I'm allergic to oats and I feel so much better avoiding wheat, leaving me with only oysters to check. However, I really have no interest in ever eating them, so I'm not planning to try them. If I can find oyster sauce, I might add that to a stir fry as a way of checking, but that's the closest I'm getting to one.

Today was OP with the exception of too many carbs. That's the nature of the gluten-filled diet though. I am still under my calories for the day, so I may have some frozen yogurt. I know, more carbs, but I need to eat wheat and the kind I bought today has wheat in it.

Glad you can eat the nuts. Now I am a bit confused though are you purposefully having to eat gluten to see if it causing you a problem???? Sorry I must have missed whats been going on. I think I have missed alot on here this challenge.

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Alright so I am back from the gym. 20 min running on the indoor track and 10min on the stationary bike. Im glad I did it but I am having a bit of a time trying not to eat. I think TOM must be approaching because I am having such bad cravings today. I really think I need to got straight to my bedroom and bypass the kitchen. I am out of calories to eat today so anything I may stick in my mouth would be overage. I think I can, I think I can, etc.

Ok tomorrow most likely will be another crazy insanely busy day so I will go with my routine and post the next QOTD it just takes some stress off when i do it this way.

Tuesday December 6, 2011 QOTD:
What is one thing you have learned about yourself this challenge?

I have learned that I give myself up way to easy to other things that require my attention. I am a helper and when there is a need I will give up my own time for others whether it be my family, my house, my job, etc. I often forget that I am important too and more important is keeping myself healthy. There is no room for excuses and if I plan it out there is always time to do some form of exercise. I really have learned that I am important too and its ok to sometimes think about yourself especially when it comes to your health.

 

[dvccruiser76]

Here we celebrate our progress and recognize our superstars.

Reminders:
-after 3 weeks of no reporting, you are dropped from the challenge – can re-start at any time, though
-if anybody knows they will miss weighing in, just PM and let me know and you’ll be marked excused


First some stats

MAINTAINERS:
(staying within 2 lbs of their maintain weight is successfully maintaining!)
# of Maintainers Reporting In & Successfully Maintaining: 2
Congratulations aamomma & OctoberBride03!

LOSERS:
Current Participants-------------41!
not reporting in for 1 week-----6
not reporting in for 2 weeks----3
not reporting in for 3 weeks----4
Excused--------------------------1
weigh ins-------------------------27
gains-----------------------------4
maintains------------------------5
losses----------------------------17
new or returning members ----1


Biggest Loser Fall Challenge Week 12!
This week’s group loss = 21.0 pounds!
Average percentage of weight lost 0.42 %
Total group weight loss so far 353.3 pounds!

AWESOME!

Retention Rate (compared to the 95 participants we had sign up for our start week on Sept 9th)
31% (this includes the Losers, Maintainers and Excused people!). Let's keep sending those weights people!


Before the weekly superstar list comes the disclaimer. I am human and I make mistakes. If you have any questions please contact me. For your reference this is the magic percentage of weight lost formula - weight loss for the week divided by weight for last week times 100, that gives us the percentage. Now let me test that with my numbers for week 1, click, click, click goes the calculator. Yes, that agrees with the percentage on the magic spreadsheet. (btw if its been more than 1 week between weigh-ins, then the % loss is divided by the number of weeks, to keep everybody on the same basis)

Now let's get to the good stuff. Who were our superstars of week 12?

The WISH Biggest Loser Fall Challenge Week 12 Superstars!!
#10- 0.62% - lovehoney
#9- 0.84% - mvlimmex
#8- 0.92% - Worfiedoodle
#7- 0.97% - dvccriser76
#6 - 1.00% - ougrad86
#5- 1.00% - mommyof2pirates
#4- 1.25% - ClassicPooh2
#3- 1.57% - lisah0711
#2- 1.59% - aamomma
and now
The WISH Biggest Loser Fall Challenge
Week 12 Biggest Loser is:
#1- 2.15% - MickeyMagic

Quote from Dare2Dream: How is your week going? Are you OP (on program)? Are you exercising? Drinking that water? You know what to do to make the magic happen. Get on the wagon. We are all here to help you on the journey. We can do this one day at a time. One bite at a time.

Have a healthy day!
Congratulations MickeyMagic!!!

What a great week you had. Keep up the good work. We have a very special clippie reserved for our weekly Biggest Loser. Wear it with pride this week! :

This is our weekly reigning Biggest Loser clippie. We have the large version

or use this
http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/31040weeklyBLsmall1.jpg
followed by

or we have a medium version

or use this
http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/31040weeklyBLmed.jpg
followed by

and we have a small version

or use
http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/31040weeklyBLsm.jpg
followed by


Thanks to ohMom-Molli for these clippies. They were used for a previous BL but we can recycle. Don't they look great!

 

[dvccruiser76]

NOW FOR THOSE OF US WHO SET A GOAL FOR THE CHALLENGE!

NOTE: This list includes participants who have reported in within the last 3 weeks, once someone misses 3 weigh-ins they are dropped from this report.

How this works: You set your goal for what you want to lose in the challenge. Then I calculate your weight loss in the challenge divided by your goal to get a % to goal.

Anybody can change their goal at anytime (or add a goal) – all you have to do is send me a PM.

Since the goals are an individual thing, the list is just in alphabetical order to make it easier for everybody to find their own name. If there are any questions or suggestions please let me know.

We have done 12 out of 15 weeks, so the challenge is 80% complete.


akhaloha 20.00
bellebookworm9 13.46
buzz5985 45.20
ClassicPooh2 50.00
Desiree 47.33
Disneywedding2010 36.05
dvccruiser76 38.46
EDuke98080 28.57
goldcupmom 33.73
jillbur 60.29
lovehoney 41.25
lovetoscrap 20.00
MickeyMagic 73.15
mvlimmex 53.33
pjstevens 35.42
Rose&Mike 68.75
SettinSail 7.10
thunderbird1 32.00
wickey’s friend 40.00
Worfiedoodles 27.00


I find everybody on the list an inspiration and everybody who participates in this challenge is an inspiration in and of themselves. Whether you post, lurk or just pm your weight and check results on Tuesdays, you have made a commitment to yourself. And that is the biggest inspiration of all!
BY Octoberbride03

 

[Disneywedding2010]

Here we celebrate our progress and recognize our superstars.

Reminders:
-after 3 weeks of no reporting, you are dropped from the challenge – can re-start at any time, though
-if anybody knows they will miss weighing in, just PM and let me know and you’ll be marked excused


First some stats

MAINTAINERS:
(staying within 2 lbs of their maintain weight is successfully maintaining!)
# of Maintainers Reporting In & Successfully Maintaining: 2
Congratulations aamomma & OctoberBride03!

LOSERS:
Current Participants-------------41!
not reporting in for 1 week-----6
not reporting in for 2 weeks----3
not reporting in for 3 weeks----4
Excused--------------------------1
weigh ins-------------------------27
gains-----------------------------4
maintains------------------------5
losses----------------------------17
new or returning members ----1


Biggest Loser Fall Challenge Week 12!
This week’s group loss = 21.0 pounds!
Average percentage of weight lost 0.42 %
Total group weight loss so far 353.3 pounds!

AWESOME!

Retention Rate (compared to the 95 participants we had sign up for our start week on Sept 9th)
31% (this includes the Losers, Maintainers and Excused people!). Let's keep sending those weights people!


Before the weekly superstar list comes the disclaimer. I am human and I make mistakes. If you have any questions please contact me. For your reference this is the magic percentage of weight lost formula - weight loss for the week divided by weight for last week times 100, that gives us the percentage. Now let me test that with my numbers for week 1, click, click, click goes the calculator. Yes, that agrees with the percentage on the magic spreadsheet. (btw if its been more than 1 week between weigh-ins, then the % loss is divided by the number of weeks, to keep everybody on the same basis)

Now let's get to the good stuff. Who were our superstars of week 12?

The WISH Biggest Loser Fall Challenge Week 12 Superstars!!
#10- 0.62% - lovehoney
#9- 0.84% - mvlimmex
#8- 0.92% - Worfiedoodle
#7- 0.97% - dvccriser76
#6 - 1.00% - ougrad86
#5- 1.00% - mommyof2pirates
#4- 1.25% - ClassicPooh2
#3- 1.57% - lisah0711
#2- 1.59% - aamomma
and now
The WISH Biggest Loser Fall Challenge
Week 12 Biggest Loser is:
#1- 2.15% - MickeyMagic

Quote from Dare2Dream: How is your week going? Are you OP (on program)? Are you exercising? Drinking that water? You know what to do to make the magic happen. Get on the wagon. We are all here to help you on the journey. We can do this one day at a time. One bite at a time.

Have a healthy day!
Congratulations MickeyMagic!!!

What a great week you had. Keep up the good work. We have a very special clippie reserved for our weekly Biggest Loser. Wear it with pride this week! :

This is our weekly reigning Biggest Loser clippie. We have the large version

or use this
http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/31040weeklyBLsmall1.jpg
followed by

or we have a medium version

or use this
http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/31040weeklyBLmed.jpg
followed by

and we have a small version

or use
http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/31040weeklyBLsm.jpg
followed by


Thanks to ohMom-Molli for these clippies. They were used for a previous BL but we can recycle. Don't they look great!

Congrats to everyone!

 

[mikamah]

ITuesday December 6, 2011 QOTD:
What is one thing you have learned about yourself this challenge?

I have learned that i can maintain my weight in the 212 range pretty easily. Now I need to remember that I can lose weight also, and get moving again.

I have learned that I give myself up way to easy to other things that require my attention. I am a helper and when there is a need I will give up my own time for others whether it be my family, my house, my job, etc. I often forget that I am important too and more important is keeping myself healthy. There is no room for excuses and if I plan it out there is always time to do some form of exercise. I really have learned that I am important too and its ok to sometimes think about yourself especially when it comes to your health.

Amen to this. I think many of us do not put ourselves first very often.

Now let's get to the good stuff. Who were our superstars of week 12?

The WISH Biggest Loser Fall Challenge Week 12 Superstars!!
#10- 0.62% - lovehoney
#9- 0.84% - mvlimmex
#8- 0.92% - Worfiedoodle
#7- 0.97% - dvccriser76
#6 - 1.00% - ougrad86
#5- 1.00% - mommyof2pirates
#4- 1.25% - ClassicPooh2
#3- 1.57% - lisah0711
#2- 1.59% - aamomma
and now
The WISH Biggest Loser Fall Challenge
Week 12 Biggest Loser is:
#1- 2.15% - MickeyMagic

Congrats to MickeyMagic and all our top losers!!! YOu guys rock!!

Sue-Thank you for being weighkeeper, and congrats on being in the top 10!!!

Back to work today, so adding a good long dog walk this morning is messing with my computer time. Have a great day everyone!!!

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning all!

A big BL congratulations to all our superstars and especially to our Biggest Loser, MickeyMagic!

I do have to admit that I like seeing my name on that list again, too.

Deb, for the permanent job. How long will it take before you know?

Carol, I'm a Once Upon a Time fan, too. Your trip in April sounds wonderful!

Christina, have a good time in IL. Sounds like you are enjoying your new neighborhood.

Pamela, top 10 in the state is fabulous for your robotics guys!

Kathy, glad that Poko is settling in and that Michael had a great birthday. Hopefully all that dog walking will show up on the scale soon!

QOTD: We don't do cold weather outdoor events (DH tends to turn green and pass out when he gets cold!). When I was a kid we ice skated on frozen ponds and went cross-country skiing a lot. Now my favorite winter activity is reading, but it is also my favorite spring, summer and fall activity!

Linda, I am a big reader, too.

My plan is to allow myself a small treat each day. If I truly contain myself to one, homemade special treat, I can still lose. This week I'm making oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. Another treat I like is one small piece of my homemade fudge. It is rich and delicious, and a 1-inch piece is very satisfying. But the trick is to stop at one!

Sounds like a great plan, Maria!

oh and the other question about what we're asking for for christmas - i'm asking for one of those GPS watches. i even sent the link of the one i want to DH. when i get back to running i'd rather use one of those than my iphone app. it totally kills my battery.

I know what you mean, Nancy. It seems to help if I turn off my Facebook, email and other "push" notifications.

Lindsay, thanks so much for coaching this week!

CC, glad that you are figuring out what you are and are not allergic to -- I wouldn't be missing the oysters either!

Tuesday December 6, 2011 QOTD: What is one thing you have learned
about yourself this challenge?

I've learned that if I really knuckle down and do what I should consistently I have great results. What a concept!

Can't wait to watch the Biggest Loser Marathon tonight!

Have a great day all!