camnhan said:
So excited
I was actually able to walk on the treadmill tonight for 30 minutes with NO PAIN!!! My left foot is a little sore now that I am home but I can deal with that...it has been almost a full month since I have been able to do any exercise!!!! Woot Woot!!
Yay! I bet it feels good to exercise again. Take care of yourself & don't rush it.
Flossbolna said:
Sorry, I don't post a lot on the thread, just don't have the time for much posting at the moment. But I wanted to say thank you for everyone who replied to the recent QOTDs about what you would advise to someone who is just starting to lose weight and about the plateau. I have been working on my weight loss for quite some time, but all your advise was so motivating!! Really gave me a boost!! So also thank you very much to our coach for asking these great questions!
Thanks! I'm so glad the advice is helpful for you. I needed it too this week. Keep moving forward and post when you can!
pjlla said:
You did just fine! Thanks for coaching!
I'm a cat person. If I lived alone I would definitely be a crazy old cat lady!
I have one cat at the moment..... had her for about 6 years now. Her real name is Lucky but we call her Schmoopy. Basically, she was living under the neighbor's shed with her kitten one summer. They took in the kitten but refused to take the mother. (We were pretty sure they weren't feral, as they did approach folks in the yard cautiously.) I couldn't let her spend the winter under the shed, so in November we caught her and took her home. She is TRULY one of the absolute sweetest kitties we have ever had!
We had mice over the summer.... DD brought them home from the lab at school. One died in August, the other died 2 weeks ago. And she had guinea pigs for a few years. It was heart breaking when they died.... but we are long past the age of "needing" small furry rodent pets!
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Last night's dinner was delish, as usual! I love that recipe! Here it is for anyone who might be interested! Post #35
http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2447512&page=3
Off to make breakfast! TTYL....................P
Thanks for the positive words!
Aww...your Schoompy is so lucky that you took her in. She sounds like a sweetie.
Thanks for the link to the recipe. It sounds delish! Hope you had a good day scrapping!
christinascreative said:
QOTD Thursday, October 11
Do you have any pets? If yes, what kind and what are their names? Do you have any funny stories about your pets?
We have 2 miniature long haired piebald colored daschunds named.. Oscar (boy) & Maya (girl). Yes we're corny. If you scroll almost to the bottom on
this website to where it says "Snugglebug Carrier" they are the two models... This was their only "modeling gig"
They are going to be 4 in November.
As for funny stories, every day is a funny story with those two.
Maya is the crazy one and Oscar is kind of a lazy boy... until there are deer or bear or foxes in the backyard and then he springs to life and barks at them through the sliding glass door. My husband says he's not lazy- just conserving energy for times like these
Maya on the other hand--She's the lookout for food or any action, she sleeps with one eye open-- sometimes literally. She's definitely more active and even though she's only 9.5 lbs- she can leap from the floor to the top/back of the couch in a single bound. We don't know how she does it, and we've checked her feet for springs
Oh my, how cute! They sound like they are a perfect pair.
lisah0711 said:
Jill, what a trouper you are coaching while amidst the chaos. Hope everyone in your house is feeling better soon!
Thank you for coaching this week!
You've been a great coach!
We have a black labrador, Sadie, a tuxedo cat, Wally, and Peple the Party Turtle
We call him Peple the Party Turtle because he always has various holiday decorations above the tank in the family room. Our pets are definitely part of the family.
Thanks for the kind words. Today was a tad less crazy!
I love black labs. I wanted one when we were looking for a new dog, but DH isn't a lab fan. He wanted something smaller. Do your dog & cat get along? And, love the turtle. DSs want a small pet of their own & are pushing for a turtle or fish. Are turtles easy pets? I'm worried about cleaning the tank!
pjlla said:
Well friends.... it would appear that my self-diagnosis of a particle in my eye last weekend was WRONG! Shortly after getting up this morning I started with some aching in that same eye (so I immediately removed my contacts and put on my glasses).... then the weeping and redness and now I've added the light sensitivity.
I"m mad at myself for not getting it checked earlier this week (even though it was totally fine on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday...
). Now I am home today with no car, so I can't go see the doctor. DD has swim tonight, so I"m not sure I could even fit in an appointment tonight, since DH is away. I am scheduled to work tomorrow and really do NOT want to call in sick... but if this eye gets worse I may have no choice.
I do NOT have time for this aggravation.
Back on topic:
Anyhow..... at my Bible study this week we were talking about ways to change the dialogue in your head.... you know, that voice that tells you to "go ahead and eat the other brownie. You've already blown it today!" Or when it tells you... "It is a SPECIAL occasion! How many chances do you get to eat birthday cake?? You've had a tough week....you DESERVE it!"
We had a good time coming up with alternative statements like.... "I DESERVE to be strong and healthy!" and "Your next bite is a chance to get it RIGHT!" THat has truly been a struggle for me at times and we came up with some great ways to change that dialogue. One of the statements in the book we are using is "I was made for more." And we WERE!! We were all made for more..... more health, more strength, more happiness, more positive changes! What were you made for MORE of??? ........................P
How is your eye? I hope you get it taken care of ASAP! Thanks for sharing about your Bible study group. I love all the alternative ideas.
disneymom2one said:
QOTD:
Two pups - Jiko is just over a year old and we've had him since he was six weeks old. He's a rescue (Chow mix) and yes he's named after the restaurant. Meeko is our newest addition, another rescue. He's ten months old and we've had him about a month now. He's adorable but was clearly abused in his previous home (found wandering on the street by our vet). He also definitely lives up to his name - he's very crafty but a total love muffin.
How great of you to rescue your furry friends. They are so lucky!
Raenstoirm said:
QOTD Thursday, October 11
Do you have any pets? If yes, what kind and what are their names? Do you have any funny stories about your pets?
Now this is a question I can write pages one!!
Currently we have 9 critters and a fish tank. All their names are in my siggie.
We have a sheltie named Misty. She turned 8 last month. Here is a pic from her 3rd birthday. I love it cause you know trouble is about to happen!
(And yes each critter wears a hat on his/her birthday and they dress for Halloween and sometimes other holidays.
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The cat in that pic is Adonis (we call him Donny).
Then we have Bella dressed as Jack Sparrow. She is a handful and a real pain in the butt!
Then we have 2 Red Ear Sliders, Charlie and Angel
And the most interesting to most people are my boys. We have 4 gliders all named after Disney characters. The white one is Oswald. The one in the middle is Raja and the twins are Timothy and Sebastian.
And yes they do have "wings". Here is a pic of baby Timmy with his "wings" out.
As for funny stories, we had ferrets for years. (Our last one died maybe 4 years ago.) People dont realize how smart ferrets are. We dh and were in college we lived in a basement apartment. We had a gate across the bottom of the stairs so the ferrets couldn't get to the front door or the upstairs neighbor. At that time we had one adult female (Emlie), one adult male (Tobey) and a newborn male (Nibblet). The upstairs neighbor kept calling us because she would keep getting a visitor, Emlie. The gate was secure (and ferret climbing proof), so we had no idea how she kept getting over it. After like the 10th escape, we put a mirror up so we could watch her without her realizing it (she would never do it if we were around). We watched her take the large adult male and drag him in front of the gate. Then she went back and dragged the baby and put him on top of the male and then got a running start and CLIMBED HER BROTHERS! They gave her enough height she could grab the top of the gate and hoist herself over.
She was a problem solver. We also had to use KEYED luggage locks to lock her cage at night or she would open the door and run free. We would actually put the key out of reach of the cage, because we were convinced if she could get to the key she would figure out how to unlock a lock!
We have a Charlie and an Angel so I am right there with ya!
I live all your pets! Gliders are so cool! Are they easy pets or do they need lots of attention? Your ferret story is hilarious. You should've gotten a video & sent it to Americas Funniest Videos. You could have won with that!
Jaina said:
QOTD:
Do you have any pets? If yes, what kind and what are their names? Do you have any funny stories about your pets?
I don't technically have any pets, but we're living in my parents' basement right now, and they have a Labrador, chickens, cockatiels, and parakeets. I grew up with every pet imaginable at one time or another, including a few horses, lots of cats, rabbits, mice, even snakes! (Thankfully my snakes were never big enough to have any connection with the mice...) When we have our own place again (that allows pets) I think we'll go with either a hamster or a cockatiel at first. I want my kids to be around animals, but my husband doesn't enjoy them at all, so I'll have to compromise a little...
I enjoy reading all your posts and hearing about your struggles and successes! I had a rough week last week. Very emotional and hormonal. Add in a birthday and I ate WAY too much sugar and over ate in general. I have had a great couple of healthy, calorie-counting days and am eating almost no sugar. I have already lost 2 lbs and am hoping for at least one more to get back down where I was the week before! I am wishing for an additional lb, but we'll just have to see what my body thinks. I am also getting a cold, which should suppress my appetite a little if I can just get through this early scratchy-throat phase without soothing it with salty chips...
That's quite a collection of animals! I've never been a bird person. Plus, my cat & dog would not appreciate a bird in their territory! Good luck with the weigh in & good job getting back on track!
bigsis1970 said:
HI we are down to just 1 kitty.. he is almost 16 his name is Bandit - we call him bandy.. here is his pic from April 2012 as I was getting ready for my a Disney Trip
and this was our beloved beagle Copper - we go him when he was 1 (in the fall of 2002), he had no people or house skills but was crate trained.. took me about 6 months to train him. not saying that he didn't run away or eat everything he could get into!!! haaa... I once came home and he'd figured out how to spin the lazy susan cupboard and helped himself to tons of stuff - flour, sugar, dry pasta, peanut butter .. but BREAD was his fave! had to keep in the fridge when he was around.. we had to put him down the end of Sept 2011 .. here is a fave pic of mine for when we took him camping in 2008.. miss you buddy boy!
Aww...such cuties! Beagles are such smartie pants.
princessbride6205 said:
QOTD Wednesday, October 10
If a friend or family member was just starting out on his/her weight loss journey, what advice would you give them?
Give tracking a try - track calories and workouts. I really resisted calorie counting for a very long time. I didn't like that mentality; I didn't want to feel like I had to track for the rest of my life. It made a really big difference for me, and as a bonus, I realized I didn't have to track forever if I didn't want to. I learned what kind of foods fit into a typical weight loss week and later a typical maintain.
Thanks for coaching!
We don't have any pets. Before we had DD we had hoped to get a dog, but honestly, we are hardly ever home and I'm allergic to lots of animals.
Great advice about tracking. I know it works for me!
Sometimes having pets is like having a baby! I'm sure DD will ask for a pet sometime!
lisah0711 said:
Peple came from Petco when DS was 7. (All of our other 4 foots have come from shelters). They are very long lived so you are smart to let your DD get one when she is on her own.
He is a good pet and has a personality like all pets do. He will hiss at you like a snake if he is mad.
I had an important omission in my post about what Galloway says about the long run. What he says is YOU CAN'T DO YOUR LONG RUNS TOO SLOWLY. I went back and edited so it is correct now.
Thanks for more of the Galloway info. I enjoy seeing how others run and works for them.
That's hilarious about the hissing!
elleherself said:
So I had my first "real" boot camp class last night. Well, any allusions I had that my body fat % meant I was in good shape were quickly dashed! The truth is that I need to tone. In all my running, my arms and core have been neglected. Like spongy noodles. I am one of the thinner ones in the class, but also one of the ones really struggling with planks and overhead lifting. They say not to compare but I couldn't help but notice other people seemed to be struggling less.
I've never done a fitness class before and this one seems targeted to my weaknesses-- which is great. There aren't any gyms close enough to my house that I think I would get my money's worth. Running works for me because I don't have to do anything but tie on my shoes and get out the door. But I would love to tone up in other areas and so I'm thinking this class might be what I was looking for.
Tonight is a running night and I'm actually looking forward to being back in my element! I'm going forward training for the Princess 1/2 even though I'm not signed up yet. My sister does want to run, but she doesn't have the money to sign up right now. I am going to try and convince our dad to make it an early Christmas present for her.
Glad you enjoyed the class. Using weights will totally help tone. I hope you can do the Princess 1/2 with your sister. It would be so much fun!
belledreamer said:
Yep. Since I'm an only child, I have one cat for companionship; a 3 year old Calico that was rescued as an 8 week old kitten with her brothers and sisters. They were adopted out fairly quickly, but she had an over-active tear duct that requires a little extra care so no one adopted her until she was 9 months old when I adopted her. Her 'official' name is Jenny (named after the Doctor's daughter on Doctor Who) but mainly we call her 'Mimi' or 'Dut'. (don't ask...) She doesn't respond to either of them anyway.
As for funny stories, I've already mentioned the 'me trying to kill a roach' story where she tried to help me catch a giant cockroach in the house.
Last week, she jumped about 4 feet straight up when she got scared by the bathroom rug shifting while she was stalking. (We laughed about that for the next hour) The other day, I bought her a kicking toy since she loves to kick her toys with her back feet and she's been playing with it ever since.
Busy day today! DGrandpa offered to let me come clean his house for some extra money, so I went over there early to start cleaning and got the whole house vacuumed, 2 loads of laundry done and the bathroom deep cleaned. I swear you could eat off that toilet now (although I don't recommend it)
Anyways, in taking a break from cleaning, I had a chance to call back a potential job that had called yesterday while I was at work but wasn't able to call back until today. Well, long story short, they did my initial screening right there and asked me to come in for an interview today!!
So I rushed home (my aunt offered to finish the last load of laundry for me) changed clothes and ran off to the interview. Needless to say, I was more than a little nervous. Anyways, I mentioned that wouldn't be able to start working until after my Disney trip to which she got excited and asked if it was my first one. We spent the next 5 minutes talking about Disney World which was a really good ice breaker.
I still have to wait a little bit for them to do some more interviews to see if I get the job, but my interview seemed to go pretty good so we're hoping!
Hope everyone has a good weigh-in tomorrow!
Your kitty is so lucky that she ended up with you! Where did you have an interview/for what position? Good luck!!
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Hello everyone! I loved reading all about your pets. Now I will share mine. We have a black cat named Puffy. I adopted him at a year old from an elderly neighbor of mine who's wife had a stroke & they had to move to a small, one story apartment. My funniest story with Puffy was a time he decided to catch a chipmunk & bring it into the house through the doggy door. Except, it was still alive & he let it go. We didn't know. So a few days later, DH is freaking out because the shoe/coat closet smells & he knows it's my running shoes. So, I start pulling out everyone's shoes to prove mine don't stink. I pick up a shoe & find a dead chipmunk. Yep. It smelled. But, I proved DH wrong about my shoes & I love being right
We also have a dog (Australian cattle dog mix~red heeler) named Charlie. We rescued her from a kill shelter. DH wanted a medium sized dog (to be scary) since he works midnight every weekend. Her funny story still cracks me up. Our backyard is fenced as is our neighbor's. The neighbor has a dog also. He leaves his back storm door propped open & the dog can open & close it to go in & out. One day shortly after we got our dog, I walked into my kitchen & looked out the window. My dog was in my neighbor's yard & the neighbor was sitting there feeding her treats. I got her leash & went to get her. I apologized for her jumping the fence & he laughed. I was confused & he said he actually found her IN HIS house!!! She jumped the fence, opened the back door of his house & went in just like his dog did lol! The poor neighbor's dog ran upstairs & hid under a bed lol. We tell everyone that our dog is smarter than DH & I combined!
I want to thank everyone for the support during my week of coaching. Keep up the good work!
Jill
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to all our superstars and especially to our Biggest Loser, bellaally! And another
and good thoughts about your poor eye. Please do get it checked out soon. You take such good care of everyone else. Time to take care of you! 
Do Charlie and Angel get along? This is the first time that I remember someone else having a turtle pet on the BL thread. 
I'm hoping for a time in the 1:40s.
Keep up the hard work - anything worth having is worth working hard for and that is my motto for this challenge (and it's working I was #6 this week!) 
Happy Birthday! I hope you have a great day!
I'm not afraid of them.... I will even pick them up in the yard.... but I don't want them in the house!!
And thanks again for linking me to that video - I ended up watching some other form videos as well that I think will help me.
