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

[crmrrsn28]

I am new here (just found the boards a few days ago), but I am running both the tink and princess this year. I'm excited and very nervous!

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Nancy I hate to admit it to but I was laughing picturing thomas with egg all over him, the baby crying, you needing to get ready and rushing to get everyone together. The only reason I found it funny is because I can so remember those days and quite honestly some of them were not that long ago. But when we are not in the moment of them you know you have to see the humor to get you through it right. I hope your day got better. A SAHM's job is not an easy one. I know I would never be able to do it. I think you are doing an amazing job and your boys are going to really appreciate you someday (probably once they are over the age of 20)

Rose- What a fiasco on booking those flights. Its so frustrating dealing with technology and people who have no idea how to help you. Glad you got the flights you wanted and for the right price.
I seriously was tearing up reading your response about Tom being a hugger.

That is so cute. tonight nick said "I want mommy to put me to bed so I can give her a million kisses". I mean if that didnt melt my heart I dont know what would. I just love huggable sensitive boys.

On the whole PT thing. Isnt there exercises you can do at home???? by now she should be able to give you the things to continue and how often. Its only my opinion but I think sometimes they keep telling you to come back just to keep themselves in business. Anyway I am glad the pain is getting better and that hopefully you are getting to the end of all the nagging injuries you have had to deal with. Princess here you come.

Hello Kathy, Maria, Lisa, Lisah and anyone else reading along. Hope your new year is continuing to be a good one. We spoke about the even numbers but we didnt talk about the fact there is a full moon in the same week at friday the 13th. Minor oversight on our part.

Ok well I just need to send a big thank you out to Rose tonight. Why you ask???? Well TOM arrived today and I was feeling exhausted and whiney and really really did not want to go to the gym to do my 30 minute run. So I remembered what Rose always said. commit to at least doing 5 minutes and then stop if you still dont want to do it. So I drove myself there and those first 5 minutes felt horrendous but I kept at it and finished the full 30. Im feeling good that I did. So thank you rose for those wonderful words of wisdom.

Have a great night!

 

[mikamah]

I am new here (just found the boards a few days ago), but I am running both the tink and princess this year. I'm excited and very nervous!

Welcome to the boards!! Wow, 2 halfs in 2 months!! That's aweseome. Have you done any disney races before? Feel free to tell us a little about yourself and we all love to hear about your disney plans. 6 of us met at the princess last year, and it was the first half for 4 of us, I think. We have 2 gals here doing the tink, and 2 others doing the Princess this year, so you will be in good company. I, myself am not doing either, so I'll be cheering you all on from afar.

Good morning everyone!!

I am waaaaaay behind on the dis this week. If only I was a rich stay at home mom with nanny and housekeeper, then I'd be all caught up and chatty. On the other hand, I am doing pretty good with eating, and saw 209.2 on the scale today, so plan to keep it up. I bought new running shoes yesterday and a new running bra, and am ready to start running again. I figure it will help with the envy of all my friends and family heading to disney. My brother Jim, sil Beth and Taylor leave on saturday for orlando. They are going to MK on saturday, and then doing seaworld and universal. It's for taylor's birthday. I wish we could have gone with them, but it was not to be this year. We'll be doing Niagara falls with them in april.

I sent Poko to daycare again today, and I think it's a good thing for both of us. Tuesday she was with the big dogs and came home exhausted, so we had a quiet night, and instead of our long walks, I caught up on laundry and dishes. It's raining here, so we just took a short walk but since I committed to 100 days of moving, I will need to take at least a 30 min walk tonight.

LisaH_How's that taper madness going? I forgot it was a 3 day weekend, and I did take monday off, so I'm psyched now. What's on the running agenda? How many more long runs? I think I tapered to 8 then 5. OMG, it is almost here!!! I am getting so very excited for you!! I'm on call that morning, and my fingers will be crossed I don't get called in so I can track your race.

LisaR-How's the madness in Colorado!! Taper and Football!! It will be fun to watch the game saturday night. That Tebow is all the rage now, and I saw on the news he's the most popoular ball player right now. I think poor Tom Brady may be a little sad. I forgot the kids are doing the races too. They must be so excited, and will have a blast. Michael and my niece Taylor did the Mickey Mile princess weekend, and it was awesome. I had painted them t-shirts and they wore them at the race, bright green and yellow, and it was great they wore them because it was a sea of white tshirts that they gave out for the race, and they really stuck out. It would have been hard to see them otherwise. Their pics are in my facebook photos. I just painted swirly mickey heads. I actually painted quite a few shirts, as part of my taper madness. Or if your kids wanted to paint their own for the race, it's a fun project. Michael's painted some too.

Rose-Whoo hoo!! You are running the princess!! That's a long drive, I'd much rather fly too. So worth the extra money and less aggravation. I agree with lindsay, you know what they've been doing at PT, and could probably do it at home now. It stinks to have to pay out of pocket.

Nancy-Oh the egg in the hair. Those were the days, not. I agree with Lindsay, I don't think I could have been a stay at home mom either. Still some days it's great to go to work. Hang in there, these days to fly by though it doesn't seem it now. Nice job coaching on Mickey. Not that I've read anything over there, but I know you always do a great job. Don't worry if you don't have enough time there, it's so busy, it's fine not to reply to everyone. Hope you have a great end of the week, and you get dh to give you a little "me" time this weekend. You deserve it.

Lindsay-Great job getting to the gym and sticking it out, even though you weren't feeling it. It's a sign you are so on the right track to reaching your goals.

Maria-At least it's rain not snow, right? Hope the bug has left your house once and for all. Nice job getting your run in. I love fruity drinks, and I wish I could share one with you all at Boma after the princess this year. Having you all going to your races really is motivating me to get my butt in gear and start running again.

Did you hear me say the f word, i hit something accidently and thought I lost this post, but luckily it posted early. phew. Hope you all have a fabulous day!!

 

[Rose&Mike]

I am new here (just found the boards a few days ago), but I am running both the tink and princess this year. I'm excited and very nervous!

Welcome! Two of us are running Princess this year, two are running Tink, and we are all on the Biggest Loser threads. You are more than welcome to join us here to talk running and life. We talk a lot about running, but we talk a lot about other stuff too! So if you'd like to join us, jump in and introduce yourself.

Lindsay--yeah, I do the exercises at home, it's more about the ultrasound and the electrical stimulation. Both are controversial--some people think they don't work, but honestly my ankle did not start feeling better until they started to u/s it a couple of weeks ago. So as much as I hate it, I will probably go once a week for a week or so. It went from very lumpy and very sore and painful to no pain during running and just a little sore after doing the elliptical and the p-t exercises. We'll see. I need to look at my finances. I agree, I feel like it's a business more so than a doctor's office sometimes. Great job on the exercise. I had to drag myself to the pool yesterday too. I really, really, really wanted to skip it. Why oh why did I sign up for that 100 day challenge. Don't you love those days when the boys are all kissy.

Ok, need to get to work. The snow advisory is up to an inch starting this afternoon. The problem is is gets extremely icy around here. There was a 40 car pile up in a nearby county a week or so ago from less than an inch. We get rain first, then it snows a little and everything turns into a skating rink.....Driving this afternoon should be fun! At least I have new tires!

Lisa and Lisa--getting very excited for you!!!!!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

Where is my post from this morning? Did I not hit send? I'm on my iPad now feeding Matthew and don't see my post. Have to go check my laptop. I'm an idiot.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

Rose, Lindsay - I was in PT for YEARS after a car accident left me with a crap back. U/s, massage (the painful kind, not the spa kind), and Stims helped. I actually have my own tens machine that I still use sometimes

 

[dumbo_buddy]

YEP, i forgot to press submit earlier. here's what i typed at 8:30 this morning. fyi i made it to mommy and me on time and had lunch with noreen. had a salad...with shrimp...and croutons...and full fat french dressing..and a piece of garlic bread....and maybe had one of her kid's mozzarella sticks...and i'm still hungry. back to my original post:

I am going to start tracking on WW online. I'm paying for it, I might as well use it. I just keep my membership, because I always end up coming back. Months go by when I do nothing, but it's easier to just keep paying rather than set up a new account each time.

i'm beginning to think i should go to the WW meetings. maybe if i have to get up there on the scale in front of someone i'll lose some weight? who knows.

I'm sorry this is bothering you. Remember, they have their own "dreams", and you have yours Do Not Take it Personally

Maria

yes! this!

are you fooling with me????

too funny! nope, not me. that would have been funny if you started talking to "other" nancy and asking her questions about thomas or something! lol!!

DumboNancy.

i should have really picked a better screen name. i originally signed up on intercot.com and picked a ridiculous name because i was embarrassed that i was signing onto a disney forum. i didn't want anyone to know it was me. LOL! and here i am 5 or so years later onto a bigger and better site (DIS) and i'm meeting people and sharing life info! so much for privacy! i do like dumbo though...

Thanks for saying this, Nancy!

i mean it!


Running for Disney is what got me running! As time goes on I do it for myself, too.

same here!

Your Disney office sounds like fun! Have you ever noticed my tag? I think I've shared pictures before. A lot of my stuff came from disneyshopping but they don't seem to have as much as they used to. There is also something called Disney Living I see on FB -- I never know if my friends really like what it says they liked or not.

wait what is this FB page? i need to look it up

And speaking of friends, that is Princess Nancy from Team Mickey on myfitnesspal. She is very nice and has been on challenges before.

yes, she IS nice!! most nancys aren't!


I was hoping to run outside this afternoon but I see it has snowed. I'll bring my outside stuff anyway and if it's too much, I'll just go back to the track. I'm really not wanting to go back to the track.

i cannot believe how close the tink is!! i'm so excited for you and lisa! it's going to be great. take lots of pics, ok? ok.

I started out at my normal pace, and quickly realized it wasn't happening. Guess I'd already expended too much energy today...so I slowed down, and still ran 4M! I am proud of me for not coming home and joining Dennis in bed. There was a minute on the TM when I was thinking about it

great job getting those miles in, especially when you didn't want to!! woot!

I miss you Team Mickey folks on the BL thread but love talking with those of us who became quackers as Maria put it.

quakers! hehe

Nancy--I was cracking up thinking about Thomas with egg in his hair. Though it probably wasn't fun for you. Was it cooked egg at least? Take care of yourself Nancy. There is tons of time to get ready for the full in January. If I have learned anything over the last year, it is that healing takes a little while. And even though you had a relatively easy pregnancy and delivery (easy for me to say), the baby still sucked a lot of your body's resources. So try to be patient. I know it's hard. I still have new hair growing back in, which is a constant reminder to me when I look in the mirror that my body was hurting and it is going to take a little while for things to be completely healed/better. The point being, if you are running on fumes, you need some rest. Is your mother's helper coming in so you can get a break or a nap even? I wish I lived closer. Mike and I would happily take the boys for the afternoon--and happily give them back. Hang in there.

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Ok, I just spent an hour trying to book airplane tickets. I have been watching prices, and while I still paid more than I wanted, I got the flights I wanted for a price I can live with. So first I tried booking using google chrome. Which I always use. For some reason the delta site wasn't liking chrome today. So it locked me out. Then I spent 15 min on the phone with a delta rep who was going to book my same flight, but it was $25 more per ticket. Then I spent time with their tech support who was USELESS! Of course delta's standard response--there's something wrong with your cc. And I couldn't understand the tech support person either! Then I called my cc company because my online page was showing 3 pending charges to delta (of $0). So she suggested (and I had already decided this) to try using internet explorer. And of course the flights weren't there and the flights that were, were more expensive!!! So I waited 15 minutes, checked again, and success! Got my tickets and my cc worked. So I guess I am running the Princess. Through all this I kept thinking--we shouldn't go, we should drive, we should this, we should that.....You get the picture. I really am burned out on flying, but this is such a short trip (Thurs-Tues) and it's a 13 hour drive, so I hated to either take more time off work or waste vacation time driving. I booked an earlier flight home--we get home at 9:00pm instead of our ususal midnight, so hopefully that will help. That late night flight is exhausting.

I went to pt today and it went well, I think. Mike was rubbing the p-f scar tissue last night with a golfball (yes it hurt) so she didn't do much on that today. But she worked on my ankle some more. She said the soreness/tightness I have been experiencing is probably coming from increased activity. But she did ask about the running and was pretty positive about everything. She does want me to come in next week, but we talked about the fact that I am now paying cash(deductible starting over, low balance in hsa) so we are going to play things by ear. The most I want to pay for right now is once a week (after this week which is twice). Plus honestly, I am tired of going. Mike has been massaging the scar tissue every night, and I guess maybe that isn't a good idea. So I did learn something today. I have to let it actually heal a little.

I think I am going to get in the pool this afternoon and run a little. I don't want to, but I really need to stick with the workouts if I am going to finish this race!

TTYL!

thanks, rose. it's hard to take it easy because i'm feeling so blah about the extra weight. i guess it's just depressing knowing how LONG it took for me to take off after thomas and i'm starting higher than i was with him. i'm doing great with logging and exercising and yet i'm still the same as i was 4 weeks ago. just so frustrating. oh well. i'll get there.

yay for the princess! annoying about the flights but hey, tickets are purchased and you're going!!! yay!

I am new here (just found the boards a few days ago), but I am running both the tink and princess this year. I'm excited and very nervous!

hi and welcome! tink AND princess! awesome!!

Nancy I hate to admit it to but I was laughing picturing thomas with egg all over him, the baby crying, you needing to get ready and rushing to get everyone together.

if you don't laugh, you'd cry, right???


That is so cute. tonight nick said "I want mommy to put me to bed so I can give her a million kisses". I mean if that didnt melt my heart I dont know what would. I just love huggable sensitive boys.

awwww, what a little lover! so sweet! makes all the stress totally worthwhile. i'm still "training" thomas to tell me he loves me. sounds like, "yoyo mommy" i'll take it.

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well, lesson learned from the egg fiasco yesterday. no eggs on mommy and me days. thomas woke up and hasn't had a single thing - hasn't even had any milk. i don't know how this kid functions. he could go all day without eating or drinking. why can't i be a little like that?? i got him dressed right away so i just have to get dressed and the baby dressed (might wait til i get to mommy and me to change him) and out the door. it is SO nasty out.

after mommy and me noreen (my teacher partner) and i are taking our kids and going out to lunch. we'll probably go to the clipper where she works two nights a week. they have a nice salad there. we are both trying to lose weight so it's not like i'll be seeing her wolf down a burger while i eat some rabbit food.

the scale hates me. i'm convinced. i ran 2 miles around maritime (13 min/miles...eek. i was under 11 min/miles in the princess. yeesh) AND went to step aerobics. felt exhausted afterwards but happy that i worked out. and i woke up UP a pound. the scale is a jerk.

alrightyroo, i'm off to shovel some oatmeal down my throat and get dressed. rainy weather makes it totally acceptable to wear sweats, right? good because i still can only fit into my sweats

 

[dumbo_buddy]

Aaaaaaand I just housed a third of a box of wheat thins. Nice,Nance. Nice.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Same stuff a different day here. Work, zumba, catching up on dis, kids bedtime, watch BL, and bed. Nothing too exciting. I am still doing good off of fast food and diet soda. 10 days and continuing. Tonight ryan was begging for a happy meal since we had to leave quickly to get to zumba. I gave in and was a bit nervous to go through the drive thru. I ordered his and thats it. I am amazed that I finally am doing it but still fearful at how long I can make this last. I am trying to look at it like I have become a vegetarian and no longer am eating meat. Maybe I can form a new word fastfoodarian maybe??????? That way hopefully it tricks my brain into not changing its mind.

Alright well these kids need to get to bed. Talk to you all tomorrow. I miss you Team Mickey folks on the BL thread but love talking with those of us who became quackers as Maria put it.

Great job going through the drive thru! We deliberately plan that Ben's dinner is not ours on Friday nights. We get his, and then we order from a real restautrant for ours. I guess it's technically still takeout, but at least it's not fast food I think you should just call yourself a healthy eater, because that's what you are doing

I'm not a big fan of the posting war either, but it seems to have died down. I'm not a big fan of teams, though it is very necessary at this time of year. I just feel like it doesn't always bring out the best in people.

Tom was always a hugger. The biggest hugger. And he didn't hug much during middle/high school. Some, but not much. He is back to being a big hugger. He even hugs Mike. I love it that he is so affectionate. Though I have noticed that he will let me kiss him on the cheek, but he will not kiss me at all. When he was little he had an imaginary friend--Darry--who made the hugs and kisses. Sometimes we had to wait for a hug cause Darry hadn't made them yet. Oh, my I am crying. I am so lucky to have such a sweet boy.

Kept meaning to say about the honey, Mike eats a spoon of LOCAL honey everyday and is just about completely off claritin. It has really helped with his allergies. But you need to look for local honey. We get it at Whole Foods. The theory is that the bees are pollinating native plants. And I am a big believer that artificial sweeteners cause sugar/carb cravings. I was a diet coke addict, big time. For years. I have been off it for 2 years. Now I will have regular coke if I really want one (very rarely) or plain coffee.

Thanks for the nice words yesterday. I asked if you all got the cards, cause I was thinking maybe there was a problem with the mail and no one got anything I sent that day. We had a bill payment once that got half burned in a mailtruck fire. It showed up 6 months later after I paid the late fee, interest etc! So I don't always trust the mail! Anyhow, feeling better about things today. Thank you all.

I am slowly catching up at work. I am happy to say I can see my desk surface again so that has helped my attitude immensely! My p-f has been bothering me a little, but I have decided I have had enough of physical therapy. So two more visits and I am done for now. It's not bad, maybe a 1 on a 1-10 pain scale, but I can feel it. I think it might be because I was so active over the holidays and now I am plopped down at work all day and things are tightening up.

The teams are rough. I don't like being split apart with you guys, I want us all on the same team, but then again, I guess we sort of have our own team going right here

Ben is a good hugger, but he has to be reminded sometimes. The ratio has gone way down since he became a tween/teen. He's been really good since he was sick. I'd like to think it's because he appreciated the excellent care he received, but I think it's more because he's been waiting on our answer on a field trip

I will look for local honey. The batch I have now is Canadian, so no allergy benefits, but good. I would love to see the last of the Claritin!

I don't always trust the mail, either -- but our mailman is excellent! Paul will chase us down the street to give us our mail or a package. He's a keeper for sure

I know you are feeling better finally getting back to your work. Between feeling snowed under there, and the p-f, no wonder your attitude needed a little boost!

i feel like i'm running on fumes the last few days. i haven't been keeping up on my coaching duties. and of course it's 8:30 and i need to be out of here in 10 minutes and nobody is dressed and thomas just smushed egg on his head. eh, just one of those weeks. it will get better. plus, being busy is better than being bored! and they say SAHMs just sit around eating bon bons all day.

The egg everywhere made me smile, too! Coaching at the beginning of a challenge is tough! There are so many new people, and just keeping track of the names is a challenge for me. Thanks for your fun questions!

.So I guess I am running the Princess.

We are going to have so much fun! I arrive Friday morning, and I am going to be ready to hit the Expo and get this party started!

I am new here (just found the boards a few days ago), but I am running both the tink and princess this year. I'm excited and very nervous!

Wow, two halfs in two months -- sounds like fun! Please introduce yourself if you would like to chat. We are all levels and sizes of runners from all over the US, and we are all BL thread participants.

Hello Kathy, Maria, Lisa, Lisah and anyone else reading along. Hope your new year is continuing to be a good one. We spoke about the even numbers but we didnt talk about the fact there is a full moon in the same week at friday the 13th. Minor oversight on our part.

Yep, this is quite a week we have going. Plus, I am sad because it is the end of OLTL. I'm always a little sad when something I watch ends, but this is really the end of an era....

I am waaaaaay behind on the dis this week. If only I was a rich stay at home mom with nanny and housekeeper, then I'd be all caught up and chatty. On the other hand, I am doing pretty good with eating, and saw 209.2 on the scale today, so plan to keep it up. I bought new running shoes yesterday and a new running bra, and am ready to start running again. I figure it will help with the envy of all my friends and family heading to disney. My brother Jim, sil Beth and Taylor leave on saturday for orlando. They are going to MK on saturday, and then doing seaworld and universal. It's for taylor's birthday. I wish we could have gone with them, but it was not to be this year. We'll be doing Niagara falls with them in april.

I sent Poko to daycare again today, and I think it's a good thing for both of us. Tuesday she was with the big dogs and came home exhausted, so we had a quiet night, and instead of our long walks, I caught up on laundry and dishes. It's raining here, so we just took a short walk but since I committed to 100 days of moving, I will need to take at least a 30 min walk tonight.

[Maria-At least it's rain not snow, right? Hope the bug has left your house once and for all. Nice job getting your run in. I love fruity drinks, and I wish I could share one with you all at Boma after the princess this year. Having you all going to your races really is motivating me to get my butt in gear and start running again.

I have a feeling you are doing a great job with the eating, and exercise is coming along as well! New running shoes and a bra -- what could stop you now?! I sympathize with the trip envy. I have plenty still left. But, we all have to live our own lives with the good and the bad, and the fact is we all do have good lives, so it's ok to say "wouldn't it be nice", and then go back to the

I bet poko loves daycare. She gets to make new friends, and play, and just be a happy girl

We've been saying we're glad it's rain and not snow all morning, but honestly, I'm a little sick of the sideways rain. It is nasty out there! We will make a plan to share something fruity after the Wicked Half. I'm not sure what or where, but we will definitely hang out and celebrate -- even if we have to meet at the Mall (or nearby -- I'm not as familiar as you are!) the next day, we will take some time to chat and celebrate our success, and the new smaller us I know that we will be seeing by September

Ok, need to get to work. The snow advisory is up to an inch starting this afternoon.The problem is is gets extremely icy around here. There was a 40 car pile up in a nearby county a week or so ago from less than an inch. We get rain first, then it snows a little and everything turns into a skating rink.....Driving this afternoon should be fun! At least I have new tires!

Hate is a strong word, but I hate ice. It is evil, awful and scary, and should not be allowed.

Where is my post from this morning? Did I not hit send? I'm on my iPad now feeding Matthew and don't see my post. Have to go check my laptop. I'm an idiot.

No, you are a sleep-deprived mother of two babies. It happens

Ok, so not even sure where I left off anymore, but I did 4M of intervals yesterday morning, and a regular 4M this morning. This means I hit all three of my short runs for the week! I have also gone all week without eating candy at work. Yes, this is an accomplishment for me Now I just have to get through the last OLTL episode without pigging out, and do 11M Saturday morning. If I do that, I will see a loss this week. I know because I'm back to my pre-TOM weight from the first weigh-in today, so it will only go down with 11M and eating right. Yep, I do my WIs on Saturday. I am not a Friday kind of girl

It's another big playoff weekend for me (ok, for most of you, too!), so I'm going to create a plan to get through this better than last week. I do not want to see a big gain Monday morning

Here's a tip I read in a magazine -- try snacking with your non-dominant hand. It does seem to be slowing me down

Maria

 

[lisah0711]

I am new here (just found the boards a few days ago), but I am running both the tink and princess this year. I'm excited and very nervous!

crmrrsn! I'm running the Tink, too, with my fellow Lisabelle. Hope that you can make it to the WISH meet on Saturday at 4 pm at DTD by the fountain at the entrance to the Grand Californian.

Nancy I hate to admit it to but I was laughing picturing thomas with egg all over him, the baby crying, you needing to get ready and rushing to get everyone together. The only reason I found it funny is because I can so remember those days and quite honestly some of them were not that long ago. But when we are not in the moment of them you know you have to see the humor to get you through it right. I hope your day got better. A SAHM's job is not an easy one. I know I would never be able to do it. I think you are doing an amazing job and your boys are going to really appreciate you someday (probably once they are over the age of 20)

I totally know what you mean, Lindsay. There were days when Robert was little that I was happy that I got to go to work that day -- bad mom, but true!

Great job with the fast food and soda! You are rockin' it this challenge!

I am waaaaaay behind on the dis this week. If only I was a rich stay at home mom with nanny and housekeeper, then I'd be all caught up and chatty. On the other hand, I am doing pretty good with eating, and saw 209.2 on the scale today, so plan to keep it up.

Woo hoo on the new number on the scale! Your hard work is paying off!

I'm just a smidge above you at 210.5. One-derland is going to have to wait until after the Tink but I need something to look forward to after the race anyway!

I'm behind on my Dising too.

Rose, I'm loving your trip report! I haven't read the installment for the safari yet -- need to do that when I am on the computer instead of the iPhone so I can fully appreciate it.

Hope the snow and ice aren't too bad. Ice really is the worst!

Nancy, you're lucky that the poof fairy didn't nab your post from this morning!

You need to cut yourself a little slack and give your body time to get with the program. And maybe get rid of the Wheat Thins. That's my theme for this week -- be kind to yourself!

Maria, I think you and Rose definately need to figure out what kind of fruity drink you will be drinking at Boma after the Princess so we can find the recipe and toast you virtually!

Lisa, how are you doing? Hope you're not on the "I'm so crazy freaked out about the Tink" train like me. We're there, we're ready and it's time to trust the training now.

It's just been a crazy week for me this week. I was at the part of my training but I think that is getting better. I've been so dang tired all week that it is hard to be my usual practical, calm self. DH is coming down with something and I think I might be right behind him. At least I will get it out of the way before I leave for sunny CA.

Have a great evening and I will catch up some more tomorrow!

 

[Rose&Mike]

Let me start by saying the weather here sucks! It was in the 40s this morning and raining and now its ~23 and snowing. And icy! Yuck!

But here's the exciting news.....I am done with physical therapy for now! Is everyone doing the happy dance with me? So I called to cancel my 8am appointment for tomorrow, cause I think the roads are going to be a mess. The highway I have to drive on to get to their new office is called the Gene Snyder and the nickname is the Gene Slider. So not worth it. They asked if I wanted to reschedule and I said sure, how about next Wednesday. Well....my p-t is going on early maternity leave starting Tuesday!!!! Why does this make me so happy? Of course they said I could see someone else, but honestly I was trying to ween off of it not start up with someone else, who I am sure will want to see me for more than a time or two. So I talked to my pt and told her I thought I'd just take a break and see how it goes. Her response was--I hate to see you backslide, and I assured her if there were problems I would make an appointment. I feel so liberated!!!! Crazy, I know. My foot is definitely not perfect, but I feel like I am in an ok place to deal with it at home, and if it flares up, I will make an appointment.

I sent Poko to daycare again today, and I think it's a good thing for both of us. Tuesday she was with the big dogs and came home exhausted, so we had a quiet night, and instead of our long walks, I caught up on laundry and dishes. It's raining here, so we just took a short walk but since I committed to 100 days of moving, I will need to take at least a 30 min walk tonight.

Did you hear me say the f word, i hit something accidently and thought I lost this post, but luckily it posted early. phew. Hope you all have a fabulous day!!

You made me laugh this morning Kathy! And I am questioning why oh why I signed up for that 100 day challenge! I walked at the mall today.

Don't you just love new shoes!

Lindsay--meant to say, if your arch is bothering do not run without new shoes!!!! You so do not want a plantar fasciitis flareup cause it sucks! I don't want anyone else to have to deal with this!

Rose, Lindsay - I was in PT for YEARS after a car accident left me with a crap back. U/s, massage (the painful kind, not the spa kind), and Stims helped. I actually have my own tens machine that I still use sometimes

Years....I can't even imagine. The massage on my foot was so bad at the start I had to put my face in a pillow. It was horrendous. Is the tens machine what they use to do the estem and u/s? I didn't know you could buy those? Or is it something else?

So is the pcos making the weight loss stuff hard? Are you back on the meds you have to take? You did this before and I know you can do it again!

We are going to have so much fun! I arrive Friday morning, and I am going to be ready to hit the Expo and get this party started!

Hmmm....should we wait and do the expo with you in the afternoon? The snacking with your non-dominant hand idea is actually a pretty good idea! And I was very sad when ATWT went off the air, so I get the sadness that OLTL is ending. I still kind of miss it. Great job on getting your runs in!

I'm just a smidge above you at 210.5. One-derland is going to have to wait until after the Tink but I need something to look forward to after the race anyway!

I hope you aren't getting sick Lisa! I'm glad you are liking the trip report. I am really enjoying it. It is helping me to write things out. My brain is working better than it was a year ago, and doing stuff like remembering when things happened and writing things out like that seems to be helping. I'm sorry you aren't going to see onederland, but you have done so good and are so close!

LisaR--Hope you are well!

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I am almost giddy with happiness that I have absolutely NOTHING I have to do tomorrow. Well, I need to stretch and do my rehab, but I have nowhere I have to be!

Love you all! TTYL!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

I'm making John take over for the night. I need sleep. I'm so tired and subsequently eating like crap and have no energy to move. He is just going to have to give the baby a bottle or two of formula and I'm going to try not to feel guilty about it. Nothing wrong with a bottle here and there, especially if it means I feel rested.

Kathy - I haven't been able to see poko on the webcam yet. But the doggies are all so cute

Rose- yep, years. Should still be in it but I couldn't take it any more. The tens unit is a mini stims thing. If you get the doctor to prescribe it you can probably get your insurance to pay for it. I will look up the model number for you tomorrow.

Lisa- poof fairy tried to poof my post but before hitting submit I copied the whole thing. I got an error message so started a new post and pasted. Ha! I foiled the poof fairy!

Typing on iPad and it is really annoying. Have only one hand bc feeding the baby. Be on tomorrow hopefully after some solid sleep!!

Xoxo

 

[mikamah]

:I'm just a smidge above you at 210.5. One-derland is going to have to wait until after the Tink but I need something to look forward to after the race anyway!

OOOOOh we are so close together. I bet we can get to Onderland together, maybe in celebration of Rose and Maria running the princess at the end of february!! Hmmmm what shall we drink to celebrate Onderland??
I'm behind on my Dising too.

We can't do it all, can we. Maybe you need to take some of that freaking out energy and put it into the dis. Does Ed know you should not be expected to do any type of housework or cooking while you taper. Dis-sing and shopping must be your priorities.
You need to cut yourself a little slack and give your body time to get with the program. And maybe get rid of the Wheat Thins. That's my theme for this week -- be kind to yourself!

Totally agree.

Maria, I think you and Rose definately need to figure out what kind of fruity drink you will be drinking at Boma after the Princess so we can find the recipe and toast you virtually!

Yes, yes, I am in for virtual drinking anytime. That of course is my birthday weekend too, so I'll have one for Rose, one for Maria, and one for Me. I was just thinking next year the princess would be on my birthday, but with leap year, it skips it. Phew. That would have been really depressing.

It's just been a crazy week for me this week. I was at the part of my training but I think that is getting better. I've been so dang tired all week that it is hard to be my usual practical, calm self. DH is coming down with something and I think I might be right behind him. At least I will get it out of the way before I leave for sunny CA.

I hope you are not getting sick, but you are right, at least you still have 2 weeks to get better. Listen to your words to LisaR. You have done the training, you have put in the hours, the miles, more miles than any of us before our halfs, YOU ARE GOING TO BE AMAZING!! You have it in you. Believe in yourself, and your dream will come true!! IN just 2 weeks!!! WHoo hoo!!!

Rose- hooray for no more PT!!! I think you are going to be just fine, and happy that Mike is there to help with the massaging too. Ice is so scary. I hate it. I don't mind a little snow, now that I have new tires especially. I'd been procrastinating, but wed got new tires and new running shoes. I'm all set now.

Nancy-Hope you are feeling refreshed this morning after a little more sleep. It's hard but patience is a virtue, and that freaking scale is evil. Do not listen to it. You are doing the work, it will follow when your body is ready. Hang in there. Poko seems happy when I've seen her on the web cam. Tail is up and wagging. She was in with the big dogs this week, and definitely came home more tired. I think it's good for her and me to not feel so guilty about the crate. Though she's doing great with the crate. Last night our routine is we watch tv on the couch til bedtime, so I got up and said, "ok poko, time for the crate," and go get her a treat, and when I came out of the kitchen she had gone in the crate on her own. Such a good girl. And my statement was maybe not that stiff, more of a "ok little poko, my precious little girl, time for bed, time for the crate, who's a good girl, who's a good girl" in a talking to a baby voice.

Maria-I didn't realize it was so bad yesterday. We have no windows to the outside in our unit, so we live in a little weather denial at work. It wasn't too bad when I left at 530. Thanks, I think I am doing pretty well and feeling motivated to kick this weight to the curb once and for all. I think emotionally I'm in a pretty good place right now, and I know it won't fly off like when I was 20, but if I can have a slow, steady loss, 20-25 pounds a year for 2 years, I could be at 160-170 for my 50th bday. Realistically, i'll be thrilled to see 180s, and then go from there.
A fruity drink after the wicked half would be wonderful. We are right next to salem, so you and Dennis would be welcome to come here and shower too, and then we all could go out for lunch and drinks. mmmmm.
Sorry about OLTL. My mom's favorte was GL and ATWT. We joked that GL went off the air right after she died, just couldn't survive without their biggest fan. You are doing great with exercise and eating. No candy!! Whoo hoo for you!! This is going to be a great year for us all. I have a feeling.

Lindsay and LisaR-Hope you're having a good week!

Hello to everyone else reading along.

I ran about half of my walk this morning, a couple time ran 5 min straight, and it felt really, really good. I love having new shoes. It is amazing how much of a difference it makes. I love them so much, I ordered another pair on line. In a pretty pink/black. The store only had white/blue. Poko didn't like my running at first, and wouldn't go and tried to chew the leash, but then I used my alpha voice, and she did come along. She really is a good little doggie.

So now off to the donald thread that I've been neglecting.

Have a great day everyone!!

 

[mikamah]

I forgot, Rose_I loved visiting my mom during some ATWT. She always taped the shows incase someone visited and she could catch up later. I loooooved Frankie Andropolous. He was a hottie.

 

[liesel]

Yes, I'm still around, yes I'm starting to completely freak out! My run on Tuesday I kept doing calculations in my head, if I run at this interval at this pace, will I get swept, etc. etc. instead of just running. I think I did decide to do a nice easy 1:1 for the first part of the race and work up to a 2:1 towards the end if I have the energy. I forgot my Garmin for the 10K and still finished strong 58 seconds before JG's race predictor and felt good with no pain the whole race (at 13:48 pace). DH keeps telling me that shows that my body knows what to do without the watch and I'll be fine. The reason that the "you've done the training" reassurance isn't helping me right now is because I missed 3 1/2 weeks over the course of training due to being sick and every time I restarted I had to regain ground. So I didn't improve as much as I was hoping. I know I finished the 10 miles with a 16:49 pace and did my fastest running at the end and I am about 1 mm faster at sea level, and I've got race day adreanaline on my side but I still worry! OK this rambling really shows how scattered I am right now!

My last long run is tomorrow 11.5 miles. I am disappointed that I had to shorten my longest runs at the end since I missed so much time, but hopefully this will get me to the end. It snowed again Wednesday (the northeast's current storm), so it is icy again and I am so over this! I haven't been able to use the outdoor track since mid November and my neighborhood is really hilly so a flat course at DL will be a huge relief. So, yes the 16:49 pace is over hills too! I just want to run somewhere that's flat and not icy!

My other freak out is my weight, I was really hoping to lose more before the race, but its not happening. I am being really good with nutrition and exercise right now, but the weight just doesn't come off me very fast. I keep thinking, why am I doing this race when I am still so huge?! Kathy and LisaH I am right there with you, this morning I weighed in at 206.6. So I may not see onederland at the Tink, but it is my goal for the challenge. Hopefully we can all get there before the princess and celebrate. We can do this!

In other news, DH's company did not get the CA project, his boss will be in town in 2 weeks and they will discuss other options for him. His boss is still interested in having us relocate to CA. This meeting is 2 days before we leave for the Tink, hopefully I will have more news by then! I had a large charity donation on Wednesday so I was busy getting that ready, it felt good to get rid of so much junk, but there is still lots more to go. I was busy at the kids school this week as well and keep getting sucked in to more and more projects. Apparently I can't say no! I'm so busy with this stuff, I don't have time to find a job!

Bless you if you put up with all the taper madness, and if anyone has a good frivolous book suggestion, I'd appreciate it!

Nancy I hope you got some much needed sleep last night. I was laughing at the egg everywhere story too, as a fellow SAHM, I have plenty of those too. I know you will reach your goals, our niece who just did her first full at WDW also has PCOS. She was so inspiring and I know that will be you next year!

Kathy and Maria OK, they showed a clip of the mayor of Boston on the news last night and DH and I could not understand him! I will concede that Sam Adams beer is better than Coors, but Colorado also has some fantastic microbrews, some of the best in the country (we think he was talking about beer!). I would also take lobstah over beef any day. The entire newscast tonight is going to be dedicated to Tebow and the Broncos, so I think we will be skipping it, we are suffering from Tebow overload (I really didn't need to know his favorite foods and food vices). Tom Brady's place in NFL history is definitely secure, he doesn't need to worry about that, but he is not the young guy anymore, that's for sure! I think they are going all out in case this is the last Broncos game of the season (I think that's likely!).

Maria Good luck on the 10 miles tomorrow!

Rose Woohoo on no more PT and running the Princess! Sorry about the airline ticket hassle. I had trouble booking my Southwest flight to the Tink since I was using a voucher from our trip in October. They only accept 4 forms of payment at a time and 4 vouchers plus one credit card does not compute for them! Luckily they had fantastic customer service and booked my flights for me with the online rate. So much better than the fiasco that was United customer service when we went to Hawaii. I got your card since it was enclosed with the oranament and it was much appreciated. I think it is rude not to AT LEAST reply to the email, but Maria was very wise in pointing out that it is their problem.

Lindsay Hope the no fast food is still going well for you. I'm looking forward to seeing pics of the new Disney office!

LisaH I am understanding the taper madness right now, I remember when you were all preparing to run the princess last year and I kept thinking why are they panicing, they are going to be awesome! I get it now! You have put in way more miles than anyone else and are going to be great! I'll send you my number as well, I hope to see you at the expo. The inlaws want to spend lots of time with us, so I'm just going to have to get my BIL to get someone to sign them in because we want some park time too!

I better get going with my day, I'll ramble at everyone in a paniced incoherent manner later!

 

[lisah0711]

I am almost giddy with happiness that I have absolutely NOTHING I have to do tomorrow. Well, I need to stretch and do my rehab, but I have nowhere I have to be!!

Hope you enjoyed your day today, Rose! Isn't it funny how a day with nothing to do sounds so wonderful?!?

Good job coaching Donald this week!

I'm making John take over for the night. I need sleep. I'm so tired and subsequently eating like crap and have no energy to move. He is just going to have to give the baby a bottle or two of formula and I'm going to try not to feel guilty about it. Nothing wrong with a bottle here and there, especially if it means I feel rested.

So, so glad that you got some rest last night, Nancy!

You did a great job coaching the Mickeys this week!

This is going to be a great year for us all. I have a feeling.

You got that right!

Glad that your running companion got with the program. Bless her sweet little doggie heart. I keep forgetting to check the webcam to see if I can see her.

My last long run is tomorrow 11.5 miles. I am disappointed that I had to shorten my longest runs at the end since I missed so much time, but hopefully this will get me to the end. I better get going with my day, I'll ramble at everyone in a paniced incoherent manner later!

11.5 miles gets into DCA and well past any chance of being swept. Just relax and enjoy your run tomorrow.

Maria, good luck with your 10 miles tomorrow!

I am a slacker -- I'm only doing 12 x 800 speed work.

Lindsay, TGIF!

Have a great evening ladies!

 

[Rose&Mike]

I'm making John take over for the night. I need sleep. I'm so tired and subsequently eating like crap and have no energy to move. He is just going to have to give the baby a bottle or two of formula and I'm going to try not to feel guilty about it. Nothing wrong with a bottle here and there, especially if it means I feel rested.

Xoxo

I hope you got some rest Nancy. The formula is not going to kill Mathew, I promise. Tom was a formula baby after I almost killed him trying to bf. And I think he turned out ok. Hang in there.

Rose- hooray for no more PT!!! I think you are going to be just fine, and happy that Mike is there to help with the massaging too. Ice is so scary. I hate it. I don't mind a little snow, now that I have new tires especially. I'd been procrastinating, but wed got new tires and new running shoes. I'm all set now.

more of a "ok little poko, my precious little girl, time for bed, time for the crate, who's a good girl, who's a good girl" in a talking to a baby voice.


Have a great day everyone!!

Laughing at the doggie baby talk. Woohoo for new shoes! And new tires! It sounds like Poko will be a good little running partner once she gets used to it.

I am definitely ready for all these onederland parties and these celebratory drinks!

I want to do the Wicked Half! When is that again?

I forgot, Rose_I loved visiting my mom during some ATWT. She always taped the shows incase someone visited and she could catch up later. I loooooved Frankie Andropolous. He was a hottie.

I loved Dusty Donovan and Jack Snyder.

LisaR--I think it would be abnormal to NOT be having prerace jitters. Just keep saying--I can do it, I can do it. I am so beyond tired of hearing about Tim Tebow! (Not from you, I mean on the news, the paper, the internet, etc.) You have to remember he was in the SEC before he became a pro, so I feel as if I have been hearing about him FOREVER!!!! Guess who I am cheering for this weekend? But I'm sure it is very exciting in Denver. I'm sorry the job stuff is dragging on. It really is stressful. I hope your run goes well this weekend!

LisaH--I hope you have a good run too! I am enjoying coaching so far. I feel like I am in a good place right now, so it's a good time to be coaching!

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I am down again this week, but still higher than when we went to FL. But that's ok, i'm back in maintain range if I decide to go back to maintain.

I did not get out of my jammies until Mike got home and we went for a walk today! It was great. I ended up doing some work I brought home all on my quest to get caught up at work.

Our office manager is on bed rest for back problems right when we are starting our big fundraiser--it lasts a couple of months. It's making me nervous, because if she doesn't come back soon, I am afraid I am going to get sucked into helping with the money and they do it on Saturday and Sunday nights (from like 2pm to 8 or 10pm). I don't mind working weekends. But I don't want to do this. It's going to be interesting. Hopefully it won't come to this, but I don't have a very good feeling about it.

Almost forgot--

Lindsay--have a good run tonight!

Hi Maria! How are you? They did a special on the View today about OLTL. Are you going to see Beauty and the Beast?

Ok, TTYL!

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Nancy- I hope you got a wonderful nights sleep last night. My kiddos were mostly formula fed and I think they turned out ok. I was going to say normal but thats still in question.

Lisa H- I hope you are not coming down with any illness. Try to make sure you get your rest. The HH this week should help with that.

Lisa- Dont worry the panicky feeling will fade and I know its hard to say trust in the training when you missed some but really in the grand scheme of things 3 weeks is not the end of the world and although you would have liked to be lighter and have more long runs you will be just fine. You and Lisa H are going to rock the tink.

Im sorry for the continued uncertainty with the job/move. I bet right now with the snow and ice you are not second guessing moving to CA. The winter is nice except when you want to train for a half marathon.

Rose- Glad you had a nice relaxing day at home today. I love a good PJ day. woohoo for being at maintain again. Thanks for coaching this week on the donald. I hope your manager gets back soon so your work life can get back to normal.

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Well its not over yet and I dont want to jix it but this friday the 13th turned out to be A OK.

Work was work and nothing out of the ordinary went on. I guess we got it all out of our system last wk. I had lunch with my dad today and I thought we were going out for my birthday but my dad really had a huge surprise for me in store. He is receiving a large inheritence from my grammy and he and my mom decided that they would love for us to all go to disney in October to celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary. They are paying for everything and all we need is spending money. My mom was talking about it the other night and I had a suspicion that they were going to do this but I thought that was just my mind dreaming again. So we are planning our big family trip in October which means the chances of me being able to make it to disney marathon weekend are pretty good. Of course I still have to run it by my husband It looks like we decided to cancel the beach trip this summer because mike will not have enough time accrued to take 2 wks off so close together. So I think we will do a long weekend at the beach instead.

So thats my big news for the day. I am just jumping out of my skin with excitement because I really thought our big family trip would not be for at least another 2 years or so.

I am also thrilled at how fast the weight is coming off so far. I am down 8.4lbs in 2wks. I keep preparing myself that it will slow down but I am happy to see so far it hasnt. I think ridding myself of diet soda and fast food is really helping.

I went running at the gym tonight and once again was annoyed by people really not following the rules on the track. Everyone went the right way tonight but there was this group of people walking 4 in a line blocking the track and I would have to say excuse me every time I needed to pass them which was alot. They had there 5 kids running around the track and they would run in front of me and then stop and a few times I almost ran right into them. Yeah well I guess I got it done and I should just stop complaining about it. It is what it is.

Tomorrow I will do zumba in the morning and do some house cleaning. We have ryans football banquet tomorrow night. Its a family style dinner and awards assembly. It should be fun seeing the other parents and kids. I cant believe how much I miss football.

Ok well I hope you all have a great weekend.

 

[mikamah]

Lindsay-Congrats on the big loss again this week!! 8.4 pounds in 2 weeks is fabulous. I'm so excited for you and your disney trip this october!!!! That will be so much fun, and so nice your folks will be paying. I'm sure you grammy would want you all to have fun with the money she left. I got a little money after my mom passed, and have probably blown through more of it than was smart, but I know that she would want us to use it for the fun stuff.

Rose-oooh, ooh, come do the wicked half with us!! It's in the end of september, the 22nd I believe a saturday morning. That would be so much fun. I know Maria has a guest suite, but you would be welcome to stay here too, but it's not a suite, but an air mattress in the playroom. Our house if rather small, but always room for a friend.

Lisa and Lisa!!!-I so remember the anxiety before the princess, the excitement and anticipation, and the OMFG, what the heck was I thinking that I could do a half marathon. You are both going to be amazing. Slow deep breath, slow deep breath, slow deep breath. YOU CAN DO IT!! BELIEVE IN YOURSELVES!!!

LisaR-I had hoped to be in Onderland for the princess and got down to 203ish. Came home at 208. lol. But had a lot of fun. We will get to Onderland and soon. I think princess time is very doable, and great motivation. Good luck on your last long run tomorrow!!

LisaH-Poko won't be going to day care this week coming since i have monday off, but I'll let you know when shes' there again. There's another dog looks just like her, and when we went to pick her up the first time, we were watching this other dog on the monitor in lobby saying how much fun she was having and then we saw her come into view. I didnt' even know my own baby. Enjoy your speed work tomorrow, and enjoy your long weekend.

Hello to everyone else!!

Poko and I took a little nap on the couch this evening while michael watched a movie, so I'm up for a bit but now I'm feeling tired, so I'll go to bed after the news, and catch up on donald tomorrow. Enjoy the weekend!!

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Good Afternoon, and !

I am so pleased to report I have completed 11M this morning, my longest run since the Half I did last August!

I have earned the reward for this week -- a self-manicure if I did all 4 runs and did not eat candy at work all week! Now I just have to find the energy to give myself the manicure I need to come up with a new reward for doing the same thing next week, too. Maybe I'll get crazy and do a pedicure. My toes are woefully neglected in winter

Kathy -- I'm perfectly willing to divide up the hosting duties -- anybody wanna come in Sept. and do the Wicked Half? I'll pick you up at the airport... In the immortal words of the Black Eyed Peas "I Got A Feelin" -- 2012 is going to be a Good, Good Year! The Wicked Half mini-Meet is On!

Lindsay -- Wow, 2012 is off to an awesome start for you! You've lost a small cat (Worf weighed 8 lbs), and you are going to WDW!

Rose -- I really, really, really do not enjoy fundraisers, I don't blame you for not wanting to do it! I used to have to coordinate and work telethons when I worked for the Girl Scouts, and it was the least favorite part of my job. Yuck! I saw The View yesterday. I really find the hosts annoying, but it was nice they devoted the show to OLTL. I admit it, I used to watch ATWT when my favorite OLTL actor came on as Paul Ryan. He had a nekkid scene in the last show yesterday, and he's going to GH at least for awhile, so I will get to enjoy his chest for a bit longer I'm not going to see Beauty and the Beast in 3D, I do own it at home though I am looking forward to One for the Money, which comes out 1/27. I already informed Dennis it was a date and not optional Totally Awesometastic you are done with the PT! Oh, and if you guys want to wait for me you can -- but don't feel like you have to. My Expo trip will include buying a new pair of earbuds in addition to my Princess merchandise and number pick-up. Last year during marathon weekend Dennis and I got a set which had one set of Bose earphones and two sets of buds, one size 7 and one size 5 -- it just worked out perfectly he was a 7 and I was a 5. He got the good earphones. I decided I would like the good earphones as well, so I'm going to buy myself a pair Anyway, I think with ME, I should be settled and headed for the Expo around noon or so -- we could do the Expo and then go have lunch somewhere, if you guys want to...you could even talk me into an ADR...

Lisah -- I hope your speedwork went well. You are so not a slacker, Miss I Ran 15M! I hope illness passed you by and you are feeling better. Those pesky dh's, they seem to become ill and pass it along at an alarming rate...

Lisa -- Well, now you found out why we call our mayor "Mumbles". He is very difficult to understand. I am flabbergasted 43% of Americans think God is on Tim Tebow's side. Seriously?! Wow, I really hope God is answering prayers about things that are more important than football! And as I told my husband, it looks like he's fond of Tom Brady, too. Has a baby with Bridget Moynihan, married to Giselle with another baby, wins 3 Super Bowls. Doesn't exactly seem like the life of Job...

Nancy -- I hope you got some rest. As another mother of a formula baby, I second that it's ok to give the kid a bottle sometimes and get some sleep!

Since we are all in confession mode, I am at 194.0. That's 3 lbs above my Princess weight last year. I am determined to run at a lower weight, so I'm going to be very focused until then (ok, maybe a slight splurge for the movie and Valentine's Day, but not too much!). It took all I had to lose 1.4 so far this Challenge. I was up last week for TOM (at the peak I was 199.2 ), so I'm not particularly impressed with my success. I'm going to have to start working harder at cutting down on the food. I ate a ton of soup this week, I just ate too many calories at night. I cannot have a "pig out" weekend just because there are playoffs It takes me too long to recover. I did not have breakfast, just an energy drink and nine clif bloks during my run. Ok, I'm calling that breakfast. I just had celery, peppers, grape tomatoes, 100 cal Nesquick, and 2 babybels for my lunch. I'm going to round that out with some blueberries. I'll plan on having leftover Mediterranean pizza (black olives, peppers, mozzarella -- I leave off the eggplant) for dinner, and then popcorn for Pats game. If I feel "snacky" during the early game I'll have more raw veggies and almonds. I know I need to start pointing my food w/WW, I just haven't quite gotten that far yet.

Yesterday was surreal for me. I stayed home and in my jammies until after the final OLTL. I finished Turn Right at Macchu Picchu, watched The View, and then took way too long to place an order to replace my undies. Ok, here's an NSV. It's been at least a year and a half since I did a big "replacement" order like that. I measured and everything I went down a band size and up a cup (ok, I may send these back if the cup is too big, but I am optimistic ), and down a size in undies. Defnitely progress! And, I had two gift cards, so not too much damage to the wallet.

I also ordered more tea for the Keurig, I tend to drink more when it's out. Winter is here, again, Oh Lord...

I'd better get up and get moving again, I don't want everything to seize up.

Have a great day, Ladies!

Maria