Biggest Loser Princess and Tinker Bell 2011 and 2012 -- OLD please see NEW thread

[inkedupmomma]

Hi, new here when is the 2013 meet and what all does it entail? I'm thinking I may want to do this then

 

[Rose&Mike]

Hi, new here when is the 2013 meet and what all does it entail? I'm thinking I may want to do this then

Welcome! I am sure there will be lots of Wish meets for marathon weekend next year, but I'm guessing no one will firm up plans until maybe Nov/Dec of next year.

But in the mean time you are welcome to join us here if you would like to chat. We talk a lot about running, but we talk about a lot of other stuff. Six of us ran the Princess last year, two folks who chime in occasionally are on the Biggest Loser thread with a lot of us as well.

We have two members of our thread running the Tinkerbelle later this month and two members running the Princess in February.

So, if you'd like to join us, please jump in and introduce yourself.

 

[inkedupmomma]

Welcome! I am sure there will be lots of Wish meets for marathon weekend next year, but I'm guessing no one will firm up plans until maybe Nov/Dec of next year.

But in the mean time you are welcome to join us here if you would like to chat. We talk a lot about running, but we talk about a lot of other stuff. Six of us ran the Princess last year, two folks who chime in occasionally are on the Biggest Loser thread with a lot of us as well.

We have two members of our thread running the Tinkerbelle later this month and two members running the Princess in February.

So, if you'd like to join us, please jump in and introduce yourself.

I'm an idiot and meant when is the marathon.. musta had dismeets on the brain! Which I also love!!

 

[Rose&Mike]

I'm an idiot and meant when is the marathon.. musta had dismeets on the brain! Which I also love!!

I haven't heard officially yet. You are still welcome to join us if you would like.

 

[Rose&Mike]

Nancy--Where are you????? Are you dissing us for your Mickey peeps??? I hope you are doing well.

Maria--Are you enjoying your football weekend? We are rooting (how do you spell that?) for Cincy this weekend, Green Bay overall. Though the guy who owns Houston funds the scholarship Tom gets at South Carolina. He's a pretty generous guy. So I guess we should be really cheering on Houston.

Kathy--I hope you like that drink! I first had chambord at Disney in December. Mike asked the bartender at the BW lounge to make me something with Bailey's in it and he put Chambord and ice cream in it too. OMG it was so good. Then later the bartender at BC made me a drink with Bailey's and chambord and cream. Yum! The skim milk really was just fine though. Baileys is so rich. I think next time I might put a bit more chambord in there. How was puppy training? And did you resist the call of the crap? I didn't completely. Can you believe we go to Whole Foods to buy g-f junk food. But I feel like I have it a little better under control than I did before Christmas.

Lindsay--I can't remember if I ever said this--congratulations on that great loss this week!!!! I am so happy for you!

Liesel--hope you are doing well!

Lisa--woohoo for getting that run done! Isn't it funny how your emotions can be all over the place when it come to stuff like that. I often finished those really long runs crying--I was just so relieved and proud and overwhelmed sometimes. I am such a girl! That lazy river sounds really cool! Part of why I do the deep end is to keep me off my feet, but if I wasn't injured it sounds like it would be fun!

So, I have a question for you. How does your foot/plantar feel when you are not having a p-f flareup? Like on a day to day basis or after a run even, is it sore, can you feel it even if it isn't sore? I am one million times better than I was in October. I ran today with no pain. But I could feel it and it's a little sore this afternoon. My physical therapist seems to be of the mindset that it should not hurt or be sore at all. Period. Not even after runs. And I just question whether that is realistic. I am almost 45 years old with a history of p-f problems. In retrospect, the main pain I was having in October was coming from the fat pad injury and the ankle. I would not have even gone to the doctor for the amount of "soreness" that I am now having.

Anyhow, just curious as to your thoughts.

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We went 4 miles (run) and walked another 1.3 miles. We used a run 2 walk 1 and it seemed to work to slow me down a little bit. So I think that's good.

We are going to enjoy our quiet house and some college basketball/nfl football this afternoon.

Have a great Saturday!

 

[donac]

Rose I am sorry about the comment that person made on the Donald thread. I know a lot of people are only losing a pound or two and would be discouraged after seeing so many others losing more. I read that this morning and I got very discouraged and I did lose 5 pounds. I hate negative comments and I hope it doesn't turn into that because I don't want to quit.

Hi everyone. Just stopping by to see how the race plans are going. Good luck to all those planning on doing the Princess next month. I hope your practice runs are going well.

 

[Rose&Mike]

Rose I am sorry about the comment that person made on the Donald thread. I know a lot of people are only losing a pound or two and would be discouraged after seeing so many others losing more. I read that this morning and I got very discouraged and I did lose 5 pounds. I hate negative comments and I hope it doesn't turn into that because I don't want to quit.

Hi everyone. Just stopping by to see how the race plans are going. Good luck to all those planning on doing the Princess next month. I hope your practice runs are going well.

I don't think it will turn negative Dona, I think she was just having a really bad day. We have pm'd back and forth and it's all good. I feel bad that I was snarky back, and actually edited it out, but someone quoted me. So I was caught! I really think it was just a bad day thing, and not a sign of things to come. Congrats on the 5 pounds! That's fabulous! There will be no quitting! You have an exciting year coming up.

 

[lisah0711]

So, I have a question for you. How does your foot/plantar feel when you are not having a p-f flareup? Like on a day to day basis or after a run even, is it sore, can you feel it even if it isn't sore? I am one million times better than I was in October. I ran today with no pain. But I could feel it and it's a little sore this afternoon. My physical therapist seems to be of the mindset that it should not hurt or be sore at all. Period. Not even after runs. And I just question whether that is realistic. I am almost 45 years old with a history of p-f problems. In retrospect, the main pain I was having in October was coming from the fat pad injury and the ankle. I would not have even gone to the doctor for the amount of "soreness" that I am now having.

Anyhow, just curious as to your thoughts.

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We went 4 miles (run) and walked another 1.3 miles. We used a run 2 walk 1 and it seemed to work to slow me down a little bit. So I think that's good.

Glad to hear that your run went well today, Rose. If you can be pain free by going a tad slower that's a good thing for sure!

My foot/pf is always in the back of my mind. I think after going through this you are much more aware of your feet and are much less likely to let things ever get to a point where you can't recover in a reasonable fashion KWIM? I have things that hurt on and off all the time -- whether I run or not. But it goes away either with ibuprofen, taking it easy, or putting my shoes on if I'm doing the bare foot thing too much, usually by the next day. And it's not always the PF. Sometimes it is my hip. Right now my knee and ankle are sore and I smell funny according to some people because I put on some mineral ice. I personally think it is unrealistic to think that you are never going to have any pain ever from any activity, especially running. The important thing is to not let it get ahead of you too much.

It seems to me that dealing with it is a lot like dealing with weight. For a long time you are so afraid that it will all fall apart and you will be back where you started. But in actuality you are so much stronger, know yourself so much better and would never, ever let yourself get to that point again. You've done it with your very successful maintaining. You have to trust that you will do the same with your injury.

inkedupmomma! It's hard not to be excited about the WDW Marathon Week-end for sure!

Dona, no giving up and no quitting. You can do this! And congratulations on a fabulous loss!

Maybe it's the full moon coming or something but we all need to working on BELIEVING in ourselves!

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Rose- Yep I think I had a bad day too and seeing that comment just got me so angry because like dona said no one is like that on our threads and we dont want to start now. Plus you are the kindest soul I know and so if anyone calls you something your not it just hits a sore spot. I get that she probably didnt mean it to come out like that either and probably should have worded things a bit different. Its all good we are all still one big happy family. I kind of feel bad too now getting all fired up about something that didnt need to be such a big deal. Life goes on..............

I hope you and mike are enjoying your quiet day of bball. Your drink sounds very yummy. I actually thought of your bourbon the other day. I saw a bread pudding receipe in cooking light magazine and I would need bourbon for the caramel sauce. I dont have any and cant see buying a whole bottle just for the recipe....thats when I wished you were closer to share with.

Lisa- your riverwalk sounds pretty cool. For a second when you said you saw zumba at the community center I thought you meant my class. kind of how we could watch poko at daycare. I had a quick panic moment of oh my they can see how ridiculous I look online. Then I realized you were talking about your community center. It really is alot of fun you should try it out someday.

Kathy- Yep I am going to look into pricing for all of us but what kills us is airfare for 4. Plus the boys will miss a few days of school right after just returning from winter break. So not sure how it will pan out but I would love love love to be there. I am thinking if we will have enough to do our family disney vacation next summer than I can convince the boys that its ok for me to go in Jan alone because I wouldnt plan on doing much in the parks. So will see. I hope you were able to avoid the crap today. We have been using that word on here alot the past day or two. Such potty mouths.

Hi Nancy, Maria, Lisa, Dona, Pam and to our newcomer too.

I posted this on our team board but for those on the mickey team I still wanted to tell you about my crazy night.

So we went to eat with my inlaws who insisted that we go to this place that is a bar/eatery aka. hole in the wall dingy place that apparently serves the best burgers ever. So we did, feeling a bit wierd taking my kids there but it was 4pm. We ate and were sitting and talking but then I was kind of rushing us out of there because the bar was getting filled with some odd looking characters and this one couple was really 3 sheets to the wind. So we paid the bill and left.

As we are walking to our car I notice the drunk couple getting in a car. I couldnt believe that I saw this visibly drunk lady behind the wheel. I almost went over to tell her to give me her keys but I guess I just couldnt get up the nerve. So we tried to wait until they left. We started backing out as they did so we backed way up the street. This lady backed out fairly slowly and than slammed on the gas probably not know she didnt switch it to drive and slammed into a truck. She then drove off. We got her plate numbers. Went into the bar and they found the owner of the truck. We called 911. Waited for like 25min because the cops I guess tried to find this car. They finally showed up and unfortunately hadnt. Apparently a bunch of people knew this couple but it was like no one really could stand them and only knew them from coming to the bars. They said the couple was planning on bar hopping all night and were headed to the next bar. So they told the cop where to look for them. Now if/when they find her my husband will most likely have to testify that it was the women that he had seen visibly intoxicated and smash into the car. Uggh. Apparently the people who knew of them said the man no longer could drive because he has had dui's and has been sentenced for vehicular homicide while driving drunk before. They think she had dui's as well. I mean how stupid are you. I know we did the right thing by calling the police but yet I hate to get ourselves involved in these things.

So that was my eventful evening. At least it wasnt our car they crashed into I guess it could have been worse.

Of course the kids loved to see the cops and it made for an interesting call to the police. "Yes we moved our car back down the road because we were concerned since we have two young children in the car" This was after I just said we were eating inside of a bar. Great parent award tonight for me.

I can just picture how circle time will go on monday at ryans school when asked what was exciting about your weekend. Nothing can be worse than when he told his teacher last week during a book about horses that we go to the horse races and last year he bet on number 5 and it won and pop pop bought everyone french fries with his winnings.

Ok here I go getting a bit wordy again. Im going to go play with the boys and then get them to bed.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

hello my lovelies! i'm BEAT but just want to say a quick hello. hoping for some more time to post tomorrow when john takes thomas to soccer practice (they just called and told us he is the only one in the class. lol! should be interesting for the coach).

i just had to pop in and tell you that yesterday....

I SAW USHER!

you know, my usher. i took both boys in the double stroller for a walk around maritime. that thing is heavy but i worked it!

omg i'm so tired. long day today. will try for a nice long post tomorrow.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Hey Ladies!

A super quick check in before I go to bed. I blew off my 10M today. I got up and realized I should have been at mile 9 at that time (if I was running the Donald), and it put me in kind of a funk. Actually, I never left my jammies. I read a book, I watched the week's accumulated OLTL, I watched two football games...and I did a lot of thinking. I have so much I want to change in my life right now, and I think I've been so focused on gathering all those things, that now I'm overwhelmed. I don't know where to start. Diet? Exercise? Attitude? Upkeep (you know, those mani/pedis/facials I never seem to get to)? Housework? I want to be doing better in all these areas. I guess I just need a plan. Right now I feel like it's so much, I need a life coach to tell me what to do first, second, etc., or if should be trying to do it all at once. Apparently, my reaction to that is to take to my bed

During the past week I've contemplated going back to WW meetings, just using my online WW membership again, starting weight training at the gym, buying some new clothes and getting rid of others in my closet, clearing out my lipstick collection (I'm sort of a lip product junkie , decluttering my linen closet (which is also a jumble of toiletries), emptying the hope chest at the end of our bed (full of papers my DMIL and SFIL left), changing my long runs to more closely mirror the JG Princess plan, swapping honey for the Splenda I use, and a dozen other things. I feel like I'm on overload, and I know I need to do (or think more about doing) most of these things...I realize I should be able to figure this out by myself. Maybe I'm also just fried from a rough work week. I have two more football games this weekend, so who knows what thoughts I'll come up with by Monday morning

Anyway, one more thing -- If I have to go over to the Donald thread and kick some hiney, I will. No one messes with my Rose! I did go see what it was all about, and I could not have been more proud of Lindsay for setting people straight real quick. Unlike the real BL, we play nice!

Good Night, Sleep Tight, Don't Let the Gremlins Bite!

Maria

 

[mikamah]

Good morning ladies!

I am obsessed with facebook and marathon weekend, and I've never even been there but it looks so amazing. I so want to go next year, and then the year after to run. I'm already planning when we'll need to leave to get to the finishline to cheer you all on. Hopefully michael will still be an early riser then. My sil and the kids were at the fence right by the 13 mile mark, so I'll be there I think, so be sure and look for me. As for Nancy and the full I think we should be able to cheer early on in the race, and again at the finish. I think I'm going to increase my christmas club, and use that money for the january trip. I used to do more of a christmas club, but when we went over to biweekly checks, I didn't change it, so it was cut in half, so I need to fix that.

I resisted the call of the crap!! The worst thing I bought was a half a buffalo chicken salad rollup which I ate for lunch, but the bread was soggy, so I put it on a sandwich thin instead. I looked at the chips on the checkout and thought I'll buy some salt and vinegar which I don't like for ds, but then I thought of what Pamela has said before, and realized he doesnt' need them either, so I didn't. I made a big salad last night with avocado, grapes and strawberries in it, and it tasted so good. Today we have my nephews b-day party, the usual, chip and dip, pizza and cake. I am going to eat something before we go, and then have one slice of pizza only. That's my plan and I'm sticking to it.

Maria- Big hugs to you. It does seem overwhelming to look at all you want to change in your life, but truly you already do so much with the diet and exercise, and your flylady, and you do have an amazing, supportive, loving attitude, so I think you should totally take the rest of this weekend for yourself, every minute, do not do anything for those men in your house, and just relax, have a few beverages during the football game, and not think about how overwhelmed you feel. Then tomorrow or later this week, break it down and take one thing at a time, work on the exercise, get back to your princess plan, maybe try the jg plan, play with different intervals on your next few runs and see what feels good. I can only imagine how tough it is not to be at wdw for you this weekend. I so wish I was there, and I've never even been there. Hang in there, take some nice deep breaths and cut yourself a little slack. Do you like baileys and chambord??? Very relaxing.

Rose_Thanks for the drink suggestion. We were watching merry madagascar last night and the beginning starts with the animals all on one end of the table and the little squirrel on the other end all drunk, and I jumped up and remembered, I was having a drink tonight. It was soooo good. I did the baileys and chambord, and did add a little more chambord to taste, and the skim milk was perfect. Cream would have been a little too rich. A little squirt of whip cream, and I was feeling special. I can believe you go to Whole foods for gf crap because they just don't have enough gf anything at the regular stores for you. You deserve good gf crap when your gonna have it. Funny it's a slow new year for me too as far as getting back to the healthy eating, but I hope that since I've slowly come around this week, I will continue. At least I know if I'm scouring the kitchen for crap one night soon, there's not much to find. Glad your run went well yesterday, and Lisa is right, you will not let your injury get out of hand again.

LisaH- Whoo you're on the taper!!!!!! And 15 miles!! Absolutely amazing. What are you doing for taper, are you going shopping? I so wish I could be there in dl to cheer you on. Why oh why can't I hit the lottery big? It would be so amazing to have the money to just fly to dl or wdw for the weekend whenever i wanted. Oh well, I will be cheering you on from here, and I will be watching as you reach the milestones, and can not wait to see your smiling face crossing that tink finishline!! You are right, we all must believe in ourselves. We are so strong and can do anything we set our minds to. I think web cams must be awesome for baby day cares too. I was lucky, I was the first to drop off michael when I went to work, so in my imagination, he was the only baby at day care with two teachers pampering him all day. It must be hard to be the last and drop your baby in with 8 other screaming babies. Hope you have a relaxing day ahead of you, and the baileys/chambord definitely could be a princess/tink drink. You deserve one if you didn't have it last night.

LIndsay-How scary that drunk driver. Great that you got the license plate number, and maybe since they have that, it won't have to go to court with your dh. What a pain that would be. Love the horse race story. So funny. Michael won 50 bucks on a superbowl football square one year, and I thought, please don't tell at school. Don't worry, you're not the only good parent out there.

Nancy-Good to see you again!! I didn't realize you'r coaching Mickey this week, so you are forgiven if you can't post here. But I expect you back here with your full-on funny posts by friday young lady. Whoo hoo for Usher!!! There's some walking motivation. Think about how strong your arms are going to get pushing that stroller. Is it a side by side so Thomas can see Matthew and maybe be more entertained along the walk? You know try to feed the baby, steal his pacifier, pinch him. Whatever it takes to keep him quiet for the walk. Enjoy your time coaching. I say I'm going to pop over there but then my time runs out on the dis, so I'll see you back here. I do expect if there is anything we need to know about you'll update us here.

LisaR-How are you doing? Did you take your last long run yet and are you enjoying some taper madness? I can remember how exciting it is and how overwhelming and nerve wracking it is at the same time. I hope you are doing well, and remember, you have put in the miles, and you are going to be amazing!!

Hello and welcome to our newcomer- Inkedupmomma!

Hello Pamela and Dona!!

I have to say, Poko did so well at doggy school yesterday. We are using a clicker to teach her and we worked on watch me, using hand gestures to have her look up to your face and focus. And sit, which she had already been doing, so she did look like the star pupil. I'm so proud. You know, I didn't know how much I was going to really enjoy having a dog. She is so sweet, and snuggly at night, and really is fitting nicely into our life. She has not been nipping much any more either, and I think now I am absolutely certain is it just with play when she was doing it, but before was maybe a little unsure since the whole dog thing was new to me. We all took an hour long walk last night and it was so nice, Michael was very chatty and sharing all kinds of stories from school and telling me all about the book he is reading, and I thought I wish I could freeze him right here, and not let him grow into that surly teen that I know is coming.

Oh well, I think I'll make my coffee now, and then catch up on the Donald thread. I have not been very active over there. My coaching week is at the end of the month, so at least then I'll get to know everyone a little better.

Have a great sunday everyone!!

 

[Rose&Mike]

Lisa--thanks for the foot peptalk. I think my biggest fear is that I won't slow down if I need to...Remember I ran on the day of my xrays. Not one of my best choices. I do think it is unrealistic to think that if I am going to stay active that it is never going to hurt. I just need to be careful. Mike thinks part of the problem is that the p-t is a former runner, who because of a lot of reasons can't run anymore. So she just has different views on things.

Lindsay--Good for you all for calling the police. What a mess! I hope they caught the people last night before they could cause any more damage, and I hope you all don't get drug into it. Thanks for the kind words. I'm afraid at work lately they think I am just a big whiner and not a kind soul. I have not been enjoying work lately. I'm going to work on my attitude. Mike thinks I internalize a lot of things and I am probably really not coming out as a negative as I think I am, so that's a good thing.

Kathy--The only bad part of that drink--too many calories. It's like drinking dessert. I'm so glad you are enjoying Poko.

Nancy--woohoo for seeing Usher! How was the double stroller?

Maria--You sound like me. I get so overwhelmed when I think of everything I think I should be doing to be a better person/to improve myself, etc. But it's all a process. And really, it should be somewhat fun, when you think about it. Kind of like yard work vs. gardening. Yard work does not sound like fun. But if you call it gardening doesn't it sound relaxing and fun? Try to look at all of this as a process of discovery and try to enjoy some of the discovery along the way.

Now if only I could listen to my own wise life lessons.

I HAVE to meal plan today.....now to find the fun in that.

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning Princesses and Belles!

Lindsay, I'm sure that you look better out there on the Zumba floor than you give yourself credit for! It does look like a ton of fun and I will definately be trying it after the Tinker Bell.

Good for you for reporting the drunk driver. 99% of cases settle before they go to trial so I wouldn't worry about the testifying thing. In fact having a good, credible witness makes it more like that it will be settled. And, really, I'm sure that there have been much worse things said at school than Ryan's stories of gambling and hanging out in bars.

hello my lovelies! i'm BEAT but just want to say a quick hello. hoping for some more time to post tomorrow when john takes thomas to soccer practice (they just called and told us he is the only one in the class. lol! should be interesting for the coach).

Nancy, glad that you had a good day! That takes a lot of effort to go out and push around that big stroller with your two big "rocks" inside. Think of all the extra calories that you are burning.

I'll be heading over to the Mickey thread to do my replies. I'm not too fond of the posting war because I think it discourages us from cross-thread posting. I like Rose's attitude that we should all get back to what got us here in the first place.

Maria, I so totally do not blame you for feeling like you are missing out with Marathon Week-end. I'm like Kathy I'm missing it and I've never even been. Couple that with the full moon and all the other things going on in your life and you need a little time to rest, regroup and plan.

I think it's good to step back and think about things. It gives you time to reflect on your priorities and decide what needs to be done now and what can wait. 'Cause you know you don't have to do everything at once -- and you will burn out big time if you try.

Anyone else at your house worried about closets, lipsticks or the general condition of the house? You just had guests, it's probably not as bad as you think. That would be something I would put off -- okay, really that's what I'm doing so I think you should too.

I would put the Princess training at the top of the list 'cause it's hard to beat the motivation of a race. Schedule those personal maintainence items for before the Princess so you feel like your beautiful, princess-y self before you leave for WDW. The attitude -- it's there, I know it is, when you are rested it will appear. Be kind to yourself.

Kathy, I wish we all could hit the lottery and jet all over the place for races! Wouldn't that be fun?

I am obsessively checking the FB and the RunDisney site following our WISHers. Looks like everyone is doing great. Howard Keener is already done.

Rose, I have confidence that you will not let yourself get so injured again. Really stuff hurts more when I am not active than it does not to mention that I feel so much better overall -- who wants to give up that feeling?

When you get tired of meal planning maybe you can do the next installment of your TR -- maybe you already have?

Lisa, how are you doing? Are you getting excited?

Have a great day ladies!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

Bleh! I quit life!

NO! don't say that! what would life be without our sweet Rose! (i know the feeling sometimes. bleh is right)

On the happy side--I discovered Chambord on vacation and we bought some tonight, so I am enjoying my liquid dinner.

ok, i'm sorry to admit this but what is chambord? is that the red stuff? i have to look it up. my drinking doesn't much go past bud fat (you know, NOT bud lite), guinness, and baileys

Lindsay--I pool run for 40-60 min.

my friend is a big runner and recently hurt her foot and was in a boot for a while. she is now doing pool running. she wears a weighted belt and then just sprints back and forth.

Maria--I can't wait to see you in February!

jealous!


Nancy--no beating yourself up! But I do understand the frustration.

thanks, rose. i'm trying not to beat myself up. it'll happen. it's just so frustrating knowing how hard i'll have to work again to get back down. yeesh.

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Sorry for the sad little replies. Tom made it back ok. He told us Wednesday night that he was ready to go back, but not ready to leave us and he was really going to miss us.

aw, tom is so sweet. i'd miss you guys too! i hope he has a good semester! maybe the new girlfriend will help

oh, my two cents on the donald drama: bleh, sounds like she was having a bad day and chose to e-take it out on you. i consider 1 pound loss a big loss! i'd give anything to get down just one pound right about now! glad you guys worked it out. it was really nice of you to reach out, especially when she kind of lashed out.

Well apparently I am a bit chatty tonight. Who would have known eating healthy and exercising this week would give me so much energy.

that's the best part, isn't it? having MORE energy!? i'm looking forward to that. first i need my baby to sleep through the night. well, at least sleep anything more than 3 hours!

Lindsay--yes, craptastic is my new favorite word. I don't even care if it sounds like a potty word. It's got to be better than the f-bomb right?

i don't know, i reeeealllly love the f-bomb! then again, i am one classy broad!

So my new favorite drink; guaranteed to put you in a better mood, especially if you have two.
2 parts Baileys
1 part Chambord
1 part skim milk (we have to be diet conscious)
squirt of whip cream

served over ice. Makes a yummy dinner!

when thomas was an infant and was starting to have a bit of a longer stretch of sleep (like, 9-2) i would have a glass of baileys every night to relax me. i was going through bottles of it! we have received so many bottles over the years as christmas gifts. i loved it. then i ran out and started having to buy it myself. and then i saw the price tag and started having a beer at night. love it though! there's a lady around here who makes her own and gives it as gifts. it's so good.

After the princess I went back to the hotel and laid on the bed with my legs up and made some phone calls, and really for most of the afternoon I felt pretty good. I think I too some ibuprofen too, and definitely made sure I was well hydrated so I could have my margaritas.

my whole training for the princess revolved around the margarita i was going to have after the race! since i was leaving that evening i had to rush back to my room, shower, and get out. i headed to epcot and shuffled my feet straight to the mexican pavilion. in fact i even took a picture of my margarita and nachos and took a picture of it! mmmm.....sooooo doing that again after the marathon. except after that i'll have 2 margaritas and probably even more nachos!

Maria-I wish we were in disney right now cheering you on for the donald. I found myself on facebook looking at as much race stuff as I could and dreaming about being there. I can only imagine how much fun it is, and I wish you were there too, but in just 7 short weeks you'll be at the princess!!! So you do have that to look forward to, and next year you'll be there. Hope you enjoy the weekend. It looks beautiful out there. I'm just waiting for ds to get dressed to go walk the dog. It's only taken about 30 minutes so far, but since I'm catching up here, I'm not yelling yet.

i hope we'll all be there next year! just think of all the e-training we can do together until then and how much fun we'll have when we get together! and this time i won't be nervous about meeting everyone!!

Well, i'm down 1 pound, and still have lots of room to improve my eating plan, so that's my plan for this week. After doggy school this morning, I'm making a grocery list, and ds has a party, so I hope to leave him, and go to market basket and target for a couple things while he's there. no crap. I will buy no crap. that is my motto for today. no crap.

Hope you ladies all have a fabulous weekend!!

no crap - good motto. that's been one of mine too. i just need to stick with said motto!

Thanks for all the good thoughts for my run! I needed every single one of 'em. Man, that was long. Really the same amount of time as the 14 miles -- cause I went a little faster (but not too fast) -- but just so, so long. I had a bit of a Tink type tantrum in my brain and if the way I am feeling right now is any indication, it will be a cold day in you know where before I do 15 miles again. I'm sure tomorrow I will feel better about it all but for now I am totally chicken fried to a crisp.

Nope, it is now tomorrow and I still think 14 is plenty long enough to push the wall back for a half. But I do feel pretty darn good so I will probably stop complaining about it by the end of the day -- ha! (no smilies left)

I'm getting to the crazy part of my training. Last night I was so tired and panicked about the race -- like how was I even going to make it up the first hill at mile 1? This morning I am feeling better but now I'm all teary eyed 'cause I'm going to miss my Princesses at the race. Note to self do not start new estrogen patch during taper.

Have a great day ladies!

lisa i think it's safe to say that we all WISH (hehe) we could be there to cheer you (and lisa R) on at the tink at the end of the month. i don't know if it's the estrogen patch or not but before the princess i had the same feelings of panic and cried...like...alot. the hard part about the training is that you build up to it and then you actually have to go and run the race. it's not like losing weight. you work hard to get to your goal weight and then you're there. training for a half means you work hard to get to the race day and then you have to go and run it! it's alot! makes ME want to cry!

i'm so impressed by your 15 miler. that's amazing! and you are going to run the poop out of the tink. you think she has spunk? she ain't got nothing on you!

Nancy--Where are you????? Are you dissing us for your Mickey peeps??? I hope you are doing well.

psh, no dissing here. busy/tired...you know, life with a 6 week old and a toddler!


Kathy--I hope you like that drink! I first had chambord at Disney in December. Mike asked the bartender at the BW lounge to make me something with Bailey's in it and he put Chambord and ice cream in it too. OMG it was so good. Then later the bartender at BC made me a drink with Bailey's and chambord and cream. Yum!

ok, i need this. baileys...ice cream....oh boy. yum!

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We went 4 miles (run) and walked another 1.3 miles. We used a run 2 walk 1 and it seemed to work to slow me down a little bit. So I think that's good.

We are going to enjoy our quiet house and some college basketball/nfl football this afternoon.

Have a great Saturday!

nice job on the running and walking! hope you're feeling good today

So that was my eventful evening. At least it wasnt our car they crashed into I guess it could have been worse.

Of course the kids loved to see the cops and it made for an interesting call to the police. "Yes we moved our car back down the road because we were concerned since we have two young children in the car" This was after I just said we were eating inside of a bar. Great parent award tonight for me.

I can just picture how circle time will go on monday at ryans school when asked what was exciting about your weekend. Nothing can be worse than when he told his teacher last week during a book about horses that we go to the horse races and last year he bet on number 5 and it won and pop pop bought everyone french fries with his winnings.

Ok here I go getting a bit wordy again. Im going to go play with the boys and then get them to bed.

wow that's something else about your night!!!

so tell me....was the burger worth all that??? lol!!! dive burgers usually are soooooo yummy. great. now i want a burger.

During the past week I've contemplated going back to WW meetings, just using my online WW membership again, starting weight training at the gym, buying some new clothes and getting rid of others in my closet, clearing out my lipstick collection (I'm sort of a lip product junkie , decluttering my linen closet (which is also a jumble of toiletries), emptying the hope chest at the end of our bed (full of papers my DMIL and SFIL left), changing my long runs to more closely mirror the JG Princess plan, swapping honey for the Splenda I use, and a dozen other things. I feel like I'm on overload, and I know I need to do (or think more about doing) most of these things...I realize I should be able to figure this out by myself. Maybe I'm also just fried from a rough work week. I have two more football games this weekend, so who knows what thoughts I'll come up with by Monday morning

sometimes life really CAN be overwhelming, right? i feel the same way sometimes, especially when i sit here posting on the DIS with a load of laundry next to me needing to be folded, about 5 crackers-worth of crumbs on the floor, etc etc.

what did you come up with from your contemplating? think you'll go back to WW? the gym?

oh and what about splenda v. honey? trying to go a more natural sweetener? i've been using a packet of the pink stuff to sweeten my oatmeal. i have honey but knowing me i'd put a cup of it in there.

enjoy the football! i know you'll be cheering on the giants. hehe.

Good morning ladies!

I am obsessed with facebook and marathon weekend, and I've never even been there but it looks so amazing. I so want to go next year, and then the year after to run. I'm already planning when we'll need to leave to get to the finishline to cheer you all on. Hopefully michael will still be an early riser then. My sil and the kids were at the fence right by the 13 mile mark, so I'll be there I think, so be sure and look for me. As for Nancy and the full I think we should be able to cheer early on in the race, and again at the finish. I think I'm going to increase my christmas club, and use that money for the january trip. I used to do more of a christmas club, but when we went over to biweekly checks, I didn't change it, so it was cut in half, so I need to fix that.

me too! i'm obsessed! friends of ours are down there now - they were originally going down to cheer me on but we know how that worked out. they decided to go down anyway and the guy called me at 6:30 this morning (i was up of course) and said it's just so awesome down there right now. i told him he better go next year too!

i can't wait to be down there too!


I have to say, Poko did so well at doggy school yesterday. We are using a clicker to teach her and we worked on watch me, using hand gestures to have her look up to your face and focus. And sit, which she had already been doing, so she did look like the star pupil. I'm so proud. You know, I didn't know how much I was going to really enjoy having a dog. She is so sweet, and snuggly at night, and really is fitting nicely into our life. She has not been nipping much any more either, and I think now I am absolutely certain is it just with play when she was doing it, but before was maybe a little unsure since the whole dog thing was new to me. We all took an hour long walk last night and it was so nice, Michael was very chatty and sharing all kinds of stories from school and telling me all about the book he is reading, and I thought I wish I could freeze him right here, and not let him grow into that surly teen that I know is coming.

Oh well, I think I'll make my coffee now, and then catch up on the Donald thread. I have not been very active over there. My coaching week is at the end of the month, so at least then I'll get to know everyone a little better.

Have a great sunday everyone!!

what do you think about the clicker training? we never did that but it always seemed like a good idea.

I HAVE to meal plan today.....now to find the fun in that.

my QOTD is about planning today. i need to do that!!

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good morning friends! gah, it took me so long to post this. that'll teach me to not get so behind. i didn't even get a chance yet to welcome inkedupmama or say hi to dona.... hi!!

we've had a nice weekend so far. the zoo yesterday was beautiful and i had a salad instead of the fries and chicken tenders i'd normally have. disney on ice was SO good. only problem is that i had some, ehem, tummy issues during it so i wound up missing parts. oh well. feeling better today.

it felt so good to see usher on friday. i know, that sounds ridiculous. but it meant i was back. we have a double stroller that is a side-by-side one. it's the citi mini - you see them everywhere in disney. it's great! but we have to car seat adapter thingie on it for the baby and it's HEAVY! still, gave me a good workout. yesterday and today i tried running. oh man. it was ugly. i think the most i went at a time was a mile. and it was slow and painful. i wound up moving for about 3 miles each day. i tried not to get down about my fitness level. my body did it for me before, it'll do it for me again.

the giants are playing today at 1. we have tickets to see thomas the train at the botanical gardens at 3. ugh. i really want to watch the game. seriously, i'm the man in this marriage, i swear. i don't even think john knows the giants are playing! what tomboy marries a guy with no sports interest? me.

have a great day gals!!! love you all!

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Thanks for all the encouragement! I'm back with just another quick update -- I've been called to duty!

Ben spent most of the night and this morning battling a stomach virus. Not to be too graphic, but the virus is winning. We have three bathrooms, and I am on a permanent rotation disinfecting them all.

Honestly, my next sit-down break will be to watch the Giants! for Nancy!

When I went in his room to get his sheets, and put away the clothes he washed last weekend , I discovered it was a complete disaster. I do let him have autonomy in there and don't go in much, my only rule is there is supposed to be a path I can walk through the room. Well, he has so many dirty clothes, his dresser is absolutely bare. I made two more loads, and I'm sure there's still another on the floor and under the bed. Sigh. I am going to take this opportunity to catch up this kid so he won't be going naked

Ok, another moan from the peanut gallery. I'd better go check on him. Is it horribly wrong it made my day very early this morning when he asked me for a hug? Poor kid. He is rarely ill, and this is a "both ends" doozy...

I just realized I haven't eaten anything today. Maybe Ben's illness is a good diet for me

Maria

 

[lisah0711]

Maria, hope your guy gets to feeling better very soon!

And for all of us good news from NPR for us this morning -- teens who talk back may have a bright future! Our kids are well on their way!

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/201...-future?ft=3&f=111787346&sc=nl&cc=es-20120108

 

[dumbo_buddy]

Maria, hope your guy gets to feeling better very soon!

And for all of us good news from NPR for us this morning -- teens who talk back may have a bright future! Our kids are well on their way!

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/201...-future?ft=3&f=111787346&sc=nl&cc=es-20120108

gosh i wish i had this when i was 15! maybe my parents could have laid off a little!

maria - hope ben starts feeling better soon! poor thing. but i AM glad he asked for a hug...i just hope that hug didn't rub any germs on you!

 

[donac]

Maria, It went through my house this week. I hope it doesn't last long Good luck

 

[mikamah]

Maria-I hope Ben is feeling better soon, and you and Dennis stay healthy. So not what you needed today, but maybe being needed is what you needed. If that makes sense. Hang in there.

I meant to tell you, last sunday I got called into work, and it was a lady in her 80s having a procedure around 2pm, she came down to the unit and first thing she tells me is the Patriots are losing 21-0. First question when she wakes up from the sedation- "How are the Patriots doing?" Hilarious. A die-hard fan for sure. Glad they turned it around for her, but if she watched the rest of the game, she probably didn't remember it.

Looking like might be a little competition with Lindsays team next weekend.

Nancy-The clicker training is going to be good for us, I think. You click right before you treat after she does what she is supposed to do, and teach her gestures first, and then add the verbal commands. I think she's a pretty bright dog except for the whole squirrel thing. She sees a squirrel and tries to drag me to the squirrel who runs up a tree, but once said squirrel is in the tree, she's looking all around for the squirrel, every which way but up the tree. Kind of funny. I do notice my kitchen floor is much cleaner than before we had her. Sorry you don't have fiona to help you anymore. Though I do vacuum more often which should get better when she's destroyed the last of the stuff/cloth toys. I could just throw them away, but she seems to love them so.

Lisa-Great article on how successful our boys are going to be. I know I need to keep a calm/level head when the boy gets argumentative, but it's hard sometimes. Since poko we've been really good about eating at the kitchen table so that's also an indicator of kids doing less drugs. It all scares me. Keep them busy with activities, right? Less free time to get in trouble. I can't believe in 3 short weeks I'll be checking the active website following you and Lisa along in the race. I can't wait. In honor of you all tapering, I'm going out wednesday to buy some new running shoes and a bra. I haven't bought either in a year, so I'm overdue.

Rose_ I was just thinking about your niece and wondering how she was doing. I have been having a little anxiety about michael and his seizure disorder after I heard that a local boy fell off a ski lift and died, and they think he had a seizure first. I think I've been in a little denial about the whole reality of it. Just thinking about all michael wants to do, adventure camp, rock climbing, and thinking about the what if's. I know I can't live like that, but it's a worry. I hope your niece is doing ok.

Hello to everyone else!! Off to bed now. Have a lovely night and marvelous monday.