Biggest Loser "Sizzlin' Hot" Summer Challenge

[dvccruiser76]

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

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

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

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

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

We have done 10 out of 13 weeks, so the challenge is 77% complete.



6ofus2 - 103.25
AliceNWonderland - 43.64
bigsis1970 - 0.00
bungle - 8.47
camnham - 30.85
ChelleyB - 36.92
Chicago262 - 80.95
disappearing otter - 79.03
Disneywedding2010 - 33.85
dvccruiser76 - 0.00
GoofyPredsFan - 7.69
kollerbear - 51.43
lmhall2000 - 58.67
mackeysmom - 18.75
Mary.Poppins - 0.00
MickeyMagic - 23.36
mommyof2Pirates - 51.67
NightAngelX - 12.00
Octoberbride03 - 0.00
ougrad86 - 5.56
sissy ib - 87.06
tigger813 - 68.00
tiki23 - 27.33
Worfiedoodles - 14.00
Zoesmama03 - 16.52



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

 

[ougrad86]

Here we celebrate our progress and recognize our superstars.

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


First some stats

MAINTAINERS:
(staying within 2 lbs of their maintain weight is successfully maintaining!)
# of Maintainers Reporting In & Successfully Maintaining: 4
Congratulations jillbur, KDIPIAZZ, myweegirls & Rose&Mike!!!

LOSERS:
Current Participants-------------42!
not reporting in for 1 week-----9
not reporting in for 2 weeks----6
not reporting in for 3 weeks----4
Excused--------------------------1
weigh ins-------------------------22
gains-----------------------------6
maintains------------------------7
losses----------------------------9
new or returning members ----0


Biggest Loser "Sizzlin' Hot" Summer Challenge Week 10!
This week’s group loss = 0.0 pounds
Average percentage of weight lost 0 %
Total group weight loss so far 235.1 pounds!

AWESOME!

Retention Rate (compared to the 58 participants we had sign up for our start week on June 1st)
47% (this includes the Losers, Maintainers and Excused people!). Let's keep sending those weights people!


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

Now let's get to the good stuff. Who were our superstars of week 10?

The WISH Biggest Loser "Sizzlin' Hot" Summer 2012 Challenge Week 10 Superstars!!
#10 - N/A
#9 - 0.20% - lmhall2000
#8 - 0.33% - Heather.Mohler
#7 - 0.40% - ChelleyB
#6 - 0.43% - Bethislucy
#5 - 0.73% - sissy ib
#4 - 0.88% - 6ofus2
#3 - 1.04% - thunderbird1
#2 - 1.06% - bigsis1970
and now
The WISH Biggest Loser "Sizzlin' Hot" Summer 2012 Challenge Week 10
Biggest Loser is:
#1 - 1.07% - mommyof2Pirates

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

Have a healthy day! Congratulations mommyof2Pirates!!!
What a great week you had. Keep up the good work. We have a very special clippie reserved for our weekly Biggest Loser. Wear it with pride this week! :

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

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

or we have a medium version

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

and we have a small version

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


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

Congrats to all the losers, especially Lindsay! Good job all ! There were only 9 this week! We need to kick it into high gear for the last 2 weeks!
I need to turn this around !

Carol

 

[camnhan]

So can't wait for the next couple days to be done so I have a few days off. We have had vendors on site all week and it is just tireing dealing with them all the time. Have been better about eating but still could eat an elephant with TOM hanging around.
Have not gotten any exercise in at all just no energy for it.
and on top of long days wiwth vendors we are upgrading the pharmacy system so I will be up most of the night and then have to look cheery all day in meetings!!

Glad to hear of everyones successes!! WAY TO GO!!!!

 

[Disneywedding2010]

Wednesday QOTD: Let’s say you find yourself in Disney – alone! No kids, work, pets, responsibilities! What special event, show, tour, spa, little extra Disney thing would you like to do right now? You’ll have all the time you want to ride, there aren’t any lines, so what special thing would you like to do?

The two that I can think of off the top of my head: Keys to the Kingdom and the dessert party at MK

 

[pjlla]

Let's switch gears to Disney now!

Tuesday QOTD: Since we're all Disney fans, when did your love for all things Disney begin? Did you get the Disney magic from the first time you entered a Disney park, or was it a love that gradually built up?

I have had a love for Disney as long as I can remember. We watched The Wonderful World of Disney every Sunday night on tv. My grandparents visited WDW from the beginning and talked to us kids about it (especially my grandfather... he and Walt would have been good friends.... he was an "Imagineer" before there was such thing!). Their kitchen junk drawer ALWAYS had a few partially used WDW ride ticket books (wish I could put my hands on them now! ).

Then in 1974, the unimaginable happened. We took our first family trip (myself, Dbrother, parents, and Grammy and Grampa) to WDW. I had NEVER been on a plane, NEVER stayed in a hotel, and RARELY ate in a restaurant. My Dad was the type of guy who thought that driving 7 miles into the next town to take dance lessons was a bit much! I can HONESTLY say I don't remember a lot of the actual trip, but I DO remember not sleeping ALL NIGHT the night before our flight.

We visited WDW (stayed at the Contemporary!), SeaWorld, and Busch Gardens, plus a few days visiting "old folks" (friends of my parents and grandparents) and seeing the ocean. It was truly spectacular. I CAN remember visiting all of the parks and remember thinking that Mickey was really short!

I always loved Disney, but it always seemed to unreachable. We didn't visit again until 1983. I was finishing my freshman year of college and we went for March break. Spent one day at Magic Kingdom and one (very rainy) day at the new EPCOT Center (plus Kenney Space Center and the required visit to "old folks" again ). While I was a "cool" older teen, I still loved it.

Fast forward another few years and DH gave me free rein (within our budget) to plan the honeymoon..... YUP, we went to WDW! I believe we spent about 6 days and visited MK, Epcot, and the new MGM Studios! Stayed at Carribbean Beach Resort. It was my first time traveling by myself, as an "adult". It was the most basic of trips, as it felt frivolous to spend too much money. I wish someone had told me about the "you only live once" and "do it now before you have kids and a house and big responsibilities!" We should have/could have done a big 10+ day trip, seen more, done more, eaten in better restaurants, etc. But we both come from very conservative (fiscally) families and couldn't fathom spending more than we did (about $2K.... got a small discount from my travel agent aunt and uncle).

While I continued to love Disney, as time went by and the house and kids arrived (and with it a drop to one income) it seemed like Disney was only going to be a distant dream. Then there was a "perfect storm" of situations.... the post 9/11 travel depression (not saying there was anything perfect about 9/11.... just the situation it created for traveling after the fact), and a bunch of "free" flights on AirTran, thanks to DH's extended work travel year. We made the decision to use the flights to take the kids to Disney. While we made lots of BAD decisions in planning that trip and it WAS NOT the magical trip that I had imagined, it was still a good trip and we still have (mostly) fond memories. The hotel prices were incredibly good ($59/night for a Homewood Suites 1 bedroom with kitchen room and free breakfast), we mostly flew for free (I think we ended up needing to pay for one flight for one person, plus we did their $20 upgrade per person per flight leg for business class.... what a splurge!), rental car was about $120 for the week, and got very basic park tickets (basic 5 day Park Hoppers, no extras).

We had one big splurge that week.... breakfast in the castle to celebrate DS's 4th birthday (which was two days after our return). Other than that it was the free breakfasts at the hotel, counter service lunches, and most dinners were off-site, mostly take-out or groceries eaten in the hotel (parks closed fairly early due to being low season [ January] and post 9/11 slowdown).

Cheapest WDW vacation I'm sure we'll ever take!

Anyhow, it totally reinvigorated my love for all things Disney and I immediately started thinking about our next trip! We returned in 2004 for a slightly more expensive but more magical trip! Then we were lucky enough to tack on a few days at DL and DCA to a trip to the SouthWest for a family wedding in 2005... and an April school vacation trip back to WDW as a family in 2008. THat was our last "family" trip to WDW.... and it may well stay that way. DH is not a fan and it seems silly to continue to pay to fly him there and pay for a ticket. So in 2010 I did a Mother/Son trip and in 2011 I did a Mother/Daughter trip. They were both magical and SUPER special! Can't wait to do it again (someday).

Man, I love talking about Disney

Carol

Obviously I do too!!

Penneys has free kids cuts for grades K-6 all August.

I saw that but it is only for K-6.... DS is going to be a freshman.... and a tall one at that! There is no way I could pass him off as a 6th grader! But it is a GREAT deal for anyone who can use it!

I didn't weigh in Friday and yesterday was blah. TOM for me and I know I'm bloated. ICK!
Sunday QOTD: My goal is 150-160 because those fall in ideal healthy range for my height and because of my medium to large frame I know I'll stick to the upper end. I was probably in elementary or 7th grade when I last weighed that. I'd like to just be under 200 again. Got back under after high school(running and eating healthiest I could based on what mom/grandma cooked and vegetarian leaving out the meat).

Monday QOTD: I agree taking my meds. I've been extremely consistent with that. If only exercise was more consistent. I do feel A LOT better than I have in a year or so these past few weeks now that I'm over a month in on anxiety/depression meds. I've had a lot more energy to get housework done so it should transfer more into working out on purpose too. I also agree with vitamins and brushing teeth. I know its widely said that dental health shows a lot about how your internal body is health wise. I've been very good about flossing for the first time in my life because it keeps my daughter motivated after some really bad report at the dentist last month. All her work is done and she beat her anxiety and fear of the dentist. The final(3rd) filling set were done almost a month from the first exam visit and she told Zoe how proud she was that she had very little plaque so she could tell she was doing a lot better.

Good job getting DD past that dental fear. It can really haunt you for the rest of your life. Somehow I was lucky. DD was 3 when she started begging me to let her go to the dentist! Strange kid! Anyhow, I started taking her at about age 4 and neither of my kids has ever made the slightest fuss about it. Thankfully they both have good teeth too. DD had two cavities in baby teeth and I think just one in a permanent tooth. DS (who isn't a great brusher... typical boy) has never had a cavity.

Tell Zoe that the tooth fairy is proud of her!

Good morning all!

I'm back from vacation and catching a bug and ready to jump back in here. It's been too long since I was here. But the good news is that I maintained during that time.

Great job with the maintain! Glad to have you back!

Pamela, sounds like a great coupon you found. There have been multiple issues with Chrome and IE lately -- apparently they are having a fuss.

It is frustrating. I was a dedicated IE user, but after our computer crashed a few months ago and DH did a "fix" and then replaced the hard drive, he told me I should be using Google Chrome... but now that is having issues! It seems like I have to use GC for some things and IE for other things.... the problem is just remember which!

Ooo, I love talking about Disney, too. I grew up in Anaheim and have had a lifelong love of Disney. I went every year for my birthday. As kids we would save up our money and go at least once a summer, carefully planning our tickets and rides -- our parents would drop us off outside the main gate and come back and pick us up at the end of the day.

During the summer I had to come home when the fireworks were over and I was a cast member in Tomorrowland. If you ever need your name sewn on your Mickey Mouse ears I am your go to gal.

It was that 50+ year love of Disney that motivated me to start doing the RunDisney races and literally changed my life. Not a day goes by that I don't think about Disney in some way, shape or form. I wear Mickey Mouse earrings every day; I have a Disney office; I spend hours planning our next getaway. We are DVC members and are going on our first ever Disney cruise next summer -- 12 days in the Mediterranean.

Thank you, Sue, for being our weightkeeper and for waiting for the delinquent folks like me to report in!

End of the summer challenge is a tough, tough time for sure.

Hi Melissa! Nice to see you.

Have a great day all!

I've told my kids your story about having to come home at night when the fireworks go off over DL. They "oohed" and "aahhed" and turned pea green with envy!

QOTD Monday: I can take my vitamins!

QOTD Today: My room when I came home from the hospital when I was a baby was Disney. Therefore, it's all my parents fault. My mom always wanted to go to WDW but never did until my brother and I were born and we were around 2 and 6 and we had a great time. We've been 4 more times since and watched almost every disney movie known. I've turned into the Disney monster who knows everything and I'm applying for the DCP in January! So, really it's always been that way.

Did you follow Gretchen's blog? I know she hasn't been around this challenge and I haven't read her blog in a few months, but she had lots of great info about applying for the CP. I know DD was reading it for a while, as she has a dream of doing the CP in the future.
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Done alright this week. Went to see the campaign last night with my friend. It was alright, had some funny parts, really only one that I need to see once. All of my friends are moving into apartments this year. I'm a little bummed living at home (due to work, money, etc). It's obviously a better decision at least until after my DCP, but the complete independence would be fabulous.

That independence will come eventually. It is tough when it seems like "everyone else" has it already. Patience. Financial independence needs to come first. (Spoken like a true Mom, right??)

LOTS of stress in life right now. Alan and I had a date day at Disney on Saturday and spent part of the day checking out the new Fantasy land at MK, had a few drinks at the Poly, and then headed home.

His daughter was giving his this impression she didn't want to be here. He's sounded like a broken record for weeks telling her "If you don't want to be here you let us know and we'll send you back to TX." We discussed it Saturday and I told him point blank "I'm tired of being taken advantage of. She doesn't want to be here she can leave, period. I'm not supporting a 20 something year old. My mom didn't do it with me."

I sat her down a few days ago and told her how I felt. I told her to quit burying herself in electronics and spend time with her dad. I told her "It pisses me off that I shelled out the money to get you here and you've not done anything you said you were going to do. I can't stand people who tell me they'll do something and then they don't." I reminded her of her dad's bout with cancer in 2008 and how she'd feel pretty bad if God forbid it were to come back and she'd be left kicking her own butt because she didn't spend more time with him. I told her I'm stressed out (she asked if it was because of her) and I told her "Partly, but not all of it. You guys want me to get pregnant but the more stress I'm under the harder its going to be." She got emotional at one point when I mentioned her dad's cancer. I told her "I'm not trying to be a b*tch but you have to look at it from my and your dad's point of view. Your dad isn't getting any younger. He's not going to be around forever. Yes, you've not had him in your life for 21 years but put the d*mn technology away and take advantage of the time you do have with him. Quit putting everyone else ahead of him. Its not fair to him and it pisses him off. I understand you miss your family and friends in TX but you made the choice to come out here to get a new start. Now do something about it."

She'll get paid in a few weeks and hopefully she'll pay me the money that we agreed upon. I told Alan I'll give her a few months to get her bearings but if she doesn't pay me to live here then she has to go. I'm not going to let someone live with me for free.

On the baby making front hopefully I'm making progress. I've been taking my prenatals. I've had 2 positive ovulation prediction tests (similar to the digital pregnancy tests you pee on. Except these give you a smiley face if your LH levels are high). I don't know how accurate they're going to be with my PCOS but I'm doing everything I can so this is possible between OPKs, baby dancing, temping, etc. I'm taking my chart with me on the 27th and hopefully it'll help my RE in figuring out what to do to help me.

Oh, and if your on my FB I have a few pictures of the new Fantasyland. We rode the new Dumbo and it was awesome! We also rode the new Goofy rollercoaster. It is definately geared toward little kids (it wasn't that long of a ride). It took longer to walk through the exit area then the actual ride. I more then likely won't ride it again but I loved the Dumbo and the play area is really cool! I wish I was a kid again so I could of played in it, LOL.

Sounds like Alan needs to have a heart to heart with his DD. Maybe she is regretting the decision to move to FL? Or maybe she just needs some time to adjust. Are you having family meals together? That would at least be once or twice a day when you are all sitting together talking. If not, I suggest INSISTING that you eat together as a family at least once a day (if schedules allow it). I try very hard to have at least one family meal a day when DH is home.... even if it has to be breakfast (that mostly happens on weekends when we are running crazy for swim). Even if it is just a quick prayer, scrambled eggs, and then out the door, at least we did SOMETHING together as a family.

How about doing something else together? Play a board game? Tennis? A hike? SOMETHING that would require you to visit together, talk together, without electronics around. My Mother/Child weekends started out as a way to spend time with my kids WITHOUT the interruption of TV, computer, etc. It started out as very low-tech camping trips.... hiking, fishing, swimming, cooking over a fire, sleeping in a tent.

Best of luck with the baby factory. Sounds like you are on track!

The WISH Biggest Loser "Sizzlin' Hot" Summer 2012 Challenge Week 10 Superstars!!
#10 - N/A
#9 - 0.20% - lmhall2000
#8 - 0.33% - Heather.Mohler
#7 - 0.40% - ChelleyB
#6 - 0.43% - Bethislucy
#5 - 0.73% - sissy ib
#4 - 0.88% - 6ofus2
#3 - 1.04% - thunderbird1
#2 - 1.06% - bigsis1970
and now
The WISH Biggest Loser "Sizzlin' Hot" Summer 2012 Challenge Week 10
Biggest Loser is:
#1 - 1.07% - mommyof2Pirates

!

Wow.... with only 9 weigh-ins, it looks like it would have been a week when I could finally have made the top 10.... except I had a post-vacation gain! :rolleyes oh well. Congrats to those top 9 who stuck with it!!

Another Disney one!

Wednesday QOTD: Let’s say you find yourself in Disney – alone! No kids, work, pets, responsibilities! What special event, show, tour, spa, little extra Disney thing would you like to do right now? You’ll have all the time you want to ride, there aren’t any lines, so what special thing would you like to do?
Carol

While I do dream that someday I will visit WDW alone, for now I think it would make me sad. Part of the excitement of Disney is getting to experience it with my kids.

Special things? I would do ALL of those things that the kids are either too impatient for, not interested in, or that they only tolerate "for Mom"..... like Hall of Presidents, American Adventure, One Man's Dream. I would wait in line for EVERY SINGLE character that I saw. I LOVE meeting characters and having my picture taken with them! Not too interested in spa things and behind the scenes wouldn't be as much fun alone.

So can't wait for the next couple days to be done so I have a few days off. We have had vendors on site all week and it is just tireing dealing with them all the time. Have been better about eating but still could eat an elephant with TOM hanging around.
Have not gotten any exercise in at all just no energy for it.
and on top of long days wiwth vendors we are upgrading the pharmacy system so I will be up most of the night and then have to look cheery all day in meetings!!

Glad to hear of everyones successes!! WAY TO GO!!!!

Take care of yourself during these busy work days!

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Happy RAINY, THUNDER-Y Wednesday morning friends! Thunder woke me a bit early (6 am) and I decided to get up and get going. I need to start getting the kids back on some sort of school sleep schedule. Things are a bit out of control with that right now. And today's rain has changed up my "paint the front steps" project to "finish the mudroom mirror" project!

While I was dreaming of having one day at home this week, my Staples 10% off card expires today and DD hasn't bought any of her binders yet.... so it looks like I'll be off to Staples at some point in time. I know she had another thought in mind for today too, so not sure exactly what we will be doing. Tomorrow she is having her senior pictures taken (at the pool ) so she does need to pick her outfits for today (which could be a major deal for her... she definitely is "decision impaired" at times).

Lunch today is a pasta dish made with tofu noodles. Anyone else here tried them? I really like them. If you prepare them right I think they are delish. I won't go so far as to say indistinguishable from regular pasta.... that would be a stretch. But for the enormous savings in calories and carbs, they are well worth it! So today it is pasta with spinach and bacon (a Rachel Ray recipe). I will make two batches... one with tofu pasta for DH and I, and one with whole wheat pasta for the kids. We've been eating our main meal at lunchtime this summer whenever possible.

Well.... not much more to ramble about. Exercise has been non-existent for me this week, but I'm not going to fret about it. For now I am just trying to fit in all of the "end of summer" stuff along with back to school prep and post-surgery recovery for DH (plus working a several house projects). BBL to chat some more.......................P

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Kristina it sounds like maybe she doesn't know how to communicate with him. You have to figure she had either heard nothing or only negative things about Alan for 21 years. He's a stranger to her as she is to both of you.
I agree that there needs to be some low tech nights as well as at least one family meal per day, no phones, no tv, no distractions.
I hope things get better soon!!

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[BernardandMissBianca]

At camp with the kids, waiting to go run the ravine.
Omg this one kid(the son of my moms boss) will not shut up!!! I want to smack him, or yell at him but I don't want to over step my bounds with the counselors. I'm just here to drive.
Thank god he's not in my car!!

My weight has not been good. My food has not been good. I'm stressed and lost focus. I don't know if I can do the wdw race in January. Airfare is killing me.
I might change over to the princess if I can get a cheaper flight.
Pamela I tried PVD but it looks like they are just about the same cost. I'm going to look again in more detail this weekend.

If DH does the Princess with me he doesn't get a medal right?

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[bigsis1970]

Here we celebrate our progress and recognize our superstars.

Now let's get to the good stuff. Who were our superstars of week 10?

The WISH Biggest Loser "Sizzlin' Hot" Summer 2012 Challenge Week 10 Superstars!!
#10 - N/A
#9 - 0.20% - lmhall2000
#8 - 0.33% - Heather.Mohler
#7 - 0.40% - ChelleyB
#6 - 0.43% - Bethislucy
#5 - 0.73% - sissy ib
#4 - 0.88% - 6ofus2
#3 - 1.04% - thunderbird1
#2 - 1.06% - bigsis1970
and now
The WISH Biggest Loser "Sizzlin' Hot" Summer 2012 Challenge Week 10
Biggest Loser is:
#1 - 1.07% - mommyof2Pirates

HOLY Mackeral I was #2 !! Congrats mommyof2Pirates!!! Great job everyone

LOTS of stress in life right now.

Hugs! I hope it gets better soon for you!

Another Disney one!

Wednesday QOTD: Let’s say you find yourself in Disney – alone! No kids, work, pets, responsibilities! What special event, show, tour, spa, little extra Disney thing would you like to do right now? You’ll have all the time you want to ride, there aren’t any lines, so what special thing would you like to do?

Carol

Well I've been there Solo before and never thought to do anything for myself other then tour the parks the way I want and only stopping when I want ya know that kind of stuff but this would be my plan if money and time were not an object.. I'd relax in one of the spa's, I'd have a fab meal Ohana with room in my belly to eat everything they bring you! I'd watch Illuminations from one of the boats and I guess that would make it a perfect sort of day for me.

 

[lmhall2000]

Just TWO more days until our next weigh in, come on team, let's not let our team leader down! Let's show our losing side!! We can't have that 10th spot missing!!! Time to buckle down and recommit, not buy in to all the 'so busy' time of year stuff...we should never be too busy to commit to 30 minutes of exercise a day, just 30 minutes...come on gang!! Put your walking shoes on and get 'er dun!!! I'm guilty, I talked myself into switching a slimfast for a brownie for 3 meals!! Whaaaaat??? Can't even excuse myself, but the next two days I am brownie free and sticking to my eating plan like superglue. Getting my cardio in each day and then getting a good night's rest....let's make it happen gang!!

Thanks to all the fearless leaders!

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Ran the ravine, well walked most of it. 80% of it was straight uphill, like hiking uphill.
Got stuck with Chatty Kathy from my earlier post but he was soo tired and winded he didn't talk much.
Coach J said it was about 1.5 - 2 miles.
Coach Diesel (looks like Vin diesel (but hotter)) ended up walking with us because we'd never been on the trail before. He was moving though for someone who was walking. He jogged a bit when we caught up so we tried to run a little to keep up.
It was slick from the rain! But a nice hard course. My legs felt good because it was uphill. They don't seize up as bad when we do hills.

DS16 loves that run, so we will probably do it again. I'd like to see if my pedometer/GPS can log the trail. It's pretty heavily wooded so I'm not sure if could get good satellite service.

It felt good to get some fitness back into my routine. It's been a while.

 

[ougrad86]

So can't wait for the next couple days to be done so I have a few days off. We have had vendors on site all week and it is just tireing dealing with them all the time. Have been better about eating but still could eat an elephant with TOM hanging around.
Have not gotten any exercise in at all just no energy for it.
and on top of long days wiwth vendors we are upgrading the pharmacy system so I will be up most of the night and then have to look cheery all day in meetings!!
Glad to hear of everyones successes!! WAY TO GO!!!!

Hope the days go quickly, It is hard to be short on sleep and then need to paste a smile on my face. Good for you being better about you're eating - when I get tired I tend to want to eat alot, esp sweets, trying to geta little more energy...never works, I need to drink some ice cold water!

Wednesday QOTD: Let’s say you find yourself in Disney – alone! No kids, work, pets, responsibilities! What special event, show, tour, spa, little extra Disney thing would you like to do right now? You’ll have all the time you want to ride, there aren’t any lines, so what special thing would you like to do?
The two that I can think of off the top of my head: Keys to the Kingdom and the dessert party at MK

The dessert party would be interesting. Both Keys to the Kingdom and the dessert party are things DS and DH would not be interested in.

I have had a love for Disney as long as I can remember. We watched The Wonderful World of Disney every Sunday night on tv. My grandparents visited WDW from the beginning and talked to us kids about it (especially my grandfather... he and Walt would have been good friends.... he was an "Imagineer" before there was such thing!). Their kitchen junk drawer ALWAYS had a few partially used WDW ride ticket books (wish I could put my hands on them now! ).
Then in 1974, the unimaginable happened. We took our first family trip (myself, Dbrother, parents, and Grammy and Grampa) to WDW. I had NEVER been on a plane, NEVER stayed in a hotel, and RARELY ate in a restaurant. My Dad was the type of guy who thought that driving 7 miles into the next town to take dance lessons was a bit much! I can HONESTLY say I don't remember a lot of the actual trip, but I DO remember not sleeping ALL NIGHT the night before our flight.
We visited WDW (stayed at the Contemporary!), SeaWorld, and Busch Gardens, plus a few days visiting "old folks" (friends of my parents and grandparents) and seeing the ocean. It was truly spectacular. I CAN remember visiting all of the parks and remember thinking that Mickey was really short!
I always loved Disney, but it always seemed to unreachable. We didn't visit again until 1983. I was finishing my freshman year of college and we went for March break. Spent one day at Magic Kingdom and one (very rainy) day at the new EPCOT Center (plus Kenney Space Center and the required visit to "old folks" again ). While I was a "cool" older teen, I still loved it.
Fast forward another few years and DH gave me free rein (within our budget) to plan the honeymoon..... YUP, we went to WDW! I believe we spent about 6 days and visited MK, Epcot, and the new MGM Studios! Stayed at Carribbean Beach Resort. It was my first time traveling by myself, as an "adult". It was the most basic of trips, as it felt frivolous to spend too much money. I wish someone had told me about the "you only live once" and "do it now before you have kids and a house and big responsibilities!" We should have/could have done a big 10+ day trip, seen more, done more, eaten in better restaurants, etc. But we both come from very conservative (fiscally) families and couldn't fathom spending more than we did (about $2K.... got a small discount from my travel agent aunt and uncle).
While I continued to love Disney, as time went by and the house and kids arrived (and with it a drop to one income) it seemed like Disney was only going to be a distant dream. Then there was a "perfect storm" of situations.... the post 9/11 travel depression (not saying there was anything perfect about 9/11.... just the situation it created for traveling after the fact), and a bunch of "free" flights on AirTran, thanks to DH's extended work travel year. We made the decision to use the flights to take the kids to Disney. While we made lots of BAD decisions in planning that trip and it WAS NOT the magical trip that I had imagined, it was still a good trip and we still have (mostly) fond memories. The hotel prices were incredibly good ($59/night for a Homewood Suites 1 bedroom with kitchen room and free breakfast), we mostly flew for free (I think we ended up needing to pay for one flight for one person, plus we did their $20 upgrade per person per flight leg for business class.... what a splurge!), rental car was about $120 for the week, and got very basic park tickets (basic 5 day Park Hoppers, no extras).
We had one big splurge that week.... breakfast in the castle to celebrate DS's 4th birthday (which was two days after our return). Other than that it was the free breakfasts at the hotel, counter service lunches, and most dinners were off-site, mostly take-out or groceries eaten in the hotel (parks closed fairly early due to being low season [ January] and post 9/11 slowdown).
Cheapest WDW vacation I'm sure we'll ever take!
Anyhow, it totally reinvigorated my love for all things Disney and I immediately started thinking about our next trip! We returned in 2004 for a slightly more expensive but more magical trip! Then we were lucky enough to tack on a few days at DL and DCA to a trip to the SouthWest for a family wedding in 2005... and an April school vacation trip back to WDW as a family in 2008. THat was our last "family" trip to WDW.... and it may well stay that way. DH is not a fan and it seems silly to continue to pay to fly him there and pay for a ticket. So in 2010 I did a Mother/Son trip and in 2011 I did a Mother/Daughter trip. They were both magical and SUPER special! Can't wait to do it again (someday).
Obviously I do too!!

Great memories! Sounds like your grandparents were really into Disney!
We made our trip in 2006 staying at Shades of Green and buying our tickets there; we got the airfare really cheap. I don't think we could have afforded it otherwise.
DS can take it or leave it. He likes hanging out with this best friend Nicole and like amusement parks, no matter what the name of the park is. Nicole, however, is a Disney nut! DH comes along for the ride, although he does enjoy himself more at Disney than say Universal.

Good job getting DD past that dental fear. It can really haunt you for the rest of your life. Somehow I was lucky. DD was 3 when she started begging me to let her go to the dentist! Strange kid! Anyhow, I started taking her at about age 4 and neither of my kids has ever made the slightest fuss about it. Thankfully they both have good teeth too. DD had two cavities in baby teeth and I think just one in a permanent tooth. DS (who isn't a great brusher... typical boy) has never had a cavity.
Tell Zoe that the tooth fairy is proud of her!

I've told my kids your story about having to come home at night when the fireworks go off over DL. They "oohed" and "aahhed" and turned pea green with envy!

That was cool...tried to talk Rob into thinking about the college program during his summer breaks and he looked at me and said "Florida? Summer? Really?" I guess that is out. My BF said not to tell her daughter, or she would apply - I can't see the downside!

That independence will come eventually. It is tough when it seems like "everyone else" has it already. Patience. Financial independence needs to come first. (Spoken like a true Mom, right??)

Sounds like Alan needs to have a heart to heart with his DD. Maybe she is regretting the decision to move to FL? Or maybe she just needs some time to adjust. Are you having family meals together? That would at least be once or twice a day when you are all sitting together talking. If not, I suggest INSISTING that you eat together as a family at least once a day (if schedules allow it). I try very hard to have at least one family meal a day when DH is home.... even if it has to be breakfast (that mostly happens on weekends when we are running crazy for swim). Even if it is just a quick prayer, scrambled eggs, and then out the door, at least we did SOMETHING together as a family.
How about doing something else together? Play a board game? Tennis? A hike? SOMETHING that would require you to visit together, talk together, without electronics around. My Mother/Child weekends started out as a way to spend time with my kids WITHOUT the interruption of TV, computer, etc. It started out as very low-tech camping trips.... hiking, fishing, swimming, cooking over a fire, sleeping in a tent.
Best of luck with the baby factory. Sounds like you are on track!

Wow.... with only 9 weigh-ins, it looks like it would have been a week when I could finally have made the top 10.... except I had a post-vacation gain! :rolleyes oh well. Congrats to those top 9 who stuck with it!!

While I do dream that someday I will visit WDW alone, for now I think it would make me sad. Part of the excitement of Disney is getting to experience it with my kids.
Special things? I would do ALL of those things that the kids are either too impatient for, not interested in, or that they only tolerate "for Mom"..... like Hall of Presidents, American Adventure, One Man's Dream. I would wait in line for EVERY SINGLE character that I saw. I LOVE meeting characters and having my picture taken with them! Not too interested in spa things and behind the scenes wouldn't be as much fun alone.

I do like some time alone there, but not necessarily going alone. DS and DH would not be interested in the tours I would like to see; DS would call them boring and DH would decide it would be too much standing. I might have a little time alone this upcoming trip. DH can't make it, and on our free day my BF is talking about going back to AK, I might make the trek over to Epcot that day. DS won't be with me, I know he will want to go with his friend. But I may change my mind...

Take care of yourself during these busy work days!

Happy RAINY, THUNDER-Y Wednesday morning friends! Thunder woke me a bit early (6 am) and I decided to get up and get going. I need to start getting the kids back on some sort of school sleep schedule. Things are a bit out of control with that right now. And today's rain has changed up my "paint the front steps" project to "finish the mudroom mirror" project!
While I was dreaming of having one day at home this week, my Staples 10% off card expires today and DD hasn't bought any of her binders yet.... so it looks like I'll be off to Staples at some point in time. I know she had another thought in mind for today too, so not sure exactly what we will be doing. Tomorrow she is having her senior pictures taken (at the pool ) so she does need to pick her outfits for today (which could be a major deal for her... she definitely is "decision impaired" at times).
Lunch today is a pasta dish made with tofu noodles. Anyone else here tried them? I really like them. If you prepare them right I think they are delish. I won't go so far as to say indistinguishable from regular pasta.... that would be a stretch. But for the enormous savings in calories and carbs, they are well worth it! So today it is pasta with spinach and bacon (a Rachel Ray recipe). I will make two batches... one with tofu pasta for DH and I, and one with whole wheat pasta for the kids. We've been eating our main meal at lunchtime this summer whenever possible.
Well.... not much more to ramble about. Exercise has been non-existent for me this week, but I'm not going to fret about it. For now I am just trying to fit in all of the "end of summer" stuff along with back to school prep and post-surgery recovery for DH (plus working a several house projects). BBL to chat some more.......................P

Wouldn't mind some rain here. Not as bad as the midwest, but we do need some. Speaking of weather, read just before coming here that this would be a snowy winter for the NE and I-95 corrider...

DS just got his pictures for XC. Crazy, since he started practice late he did not get the form for us to purchase tickets. So I am at work but surfing the website trying to find something to fill out and to make sure the pictures would be included with his team...messy - now to see if it shows up with the rest!

Kristina it sounds like maybe she doesn't know how to communicate with him. You have to figure she had either heard nothing or only negative things about Alan for 21 years. He's a stranger to her as she is to both of you.
I agree that there needs to be some low tech nights as well as at least one family meal per day, no phones, no tv, no distractions.
I hope things get better soon!!

That is a good idea from you two. Family dinners are a good way to reconnect, and doing things together. She probably doesn't know what to do.

At camp with the kids, waiting to go run the ravine.
Omg this one kid(the son of my moms boss) will not shut up!!! I want to smack him, or yell at him but I don't want to over step my bounds with the counselors. I'm just here to drive.
Thank god he's not in my car!!
My weight has not been good. My food has not been good. I'm stressed and lost focus. I don't know if I can do the wdw race in January. Airfare is killing me.
I might change over to the princess if I can get a cheaper flight.
Pamela I tried PVD but it looks like they are just about the same cost. I'm going to look again in more detail this weekend.
If DH does the Princess with me he doesn't get a medal right?

Run a ravine? That'll burn calories.

We hovered around the airlines websites until we caught a deal. bought in April. Since then the prices have been going up. So hopefully you can buy one soon and early!

HOLY Mackeral I was #2 !! Congrats mommyof2Pirates!!! Great job everyone
Well I've been there Solo before and never thought to do anything for myself other then tour the parks the way I want and only stopping when I want ya know that kind of stuff but this would be my plan if money and time were not an object.. I'd relax in one of the spa's, I'd have a fab meal Ohana with room in my belly to eat everything they bring you! I'd watch Illuminations from one of the boats and I guess that would make it a perfect sort of day for me.

There is something to be said for going where you want to go when you want to go there!

Just TWO more days until our next weigh in, come on team, let's not let our team leader down! Let's show our losing side!! We can't have that 10th spot missing!!! Time to buckle down and recommit, not buy in to all the 'so busy' time of year stuff...we should never be too busy to commit to 30 minutes of exercise a day, just 30 minutes...come on gang!! Put your walking shoes on and get 'er dun!!! I'm guilty, I talked myself into switching a slimfast for a brownie for 3 meals!! Whaaaaat??? Can't even excuse myself, but the next two days I am brownie free and sticking to my eating plan like superglue. Getting my cardio in each day and then getting a good night's rest....let's make it happen gang!!
Thanks to all the fearless leaders!

I second the motion! Watching my eating some, but exercise is out right now, my knees are really bothering me, I think walking around Mt Vernon. Need to visit my doc before WDW! Want to start walking again when I am waiting for him to finish his running.

Ran the ravine, well walked most of it. 80% of it was straight uphill, like hiking uphill.
Got stuck with Chatty Kathy from my earlier post but he was soo tired and winded he didn't talk much.
Coach J said it was about 1.5 - 2 miles.
Coach Diesel (looks like Vin diesel (but hotter)) ended up walking with us because we'd never been on the trail before. He was moving though for someone who was walking. He jogged a bit when we caught up so we tried to run a little to keep up.
It was slick from the rain! But a nice hard course. My legs felt good because it was uphill. They don't seize up as bad when we do hills.
DS16 loves that run, so we will probably do it again. I'd like to see if my pedometer/GPS can log the trail. It's pretty heavily wooded so I'm not sure if could get good satellite service.
It felt good to get some fitness back into my routine. It's been a while.

Wow, sounds like a major workout...would be fun! I used to love scrambling around the woods, still do it a little with DS, but need to be a little more careful.

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Found out my coworker is going on vacation next week, completely forgot. I have to leave early at least once and take one morning off for HS Orientation (family is supposed to be included) - we leave early and hit the store to pick up his supplies - if I wait until after work it is mobbed! He has two other days he needs to be picked up and Friday is the morning, with no way for him to get back home, need to see if DH can take Friday morning off...boy this is getting complicated!

Hopefully once school starts it'll settle down. The coach can ocassionally take him, and it'll be a regular schedule. Most people want the easy lazy days of summer...naw, I want a schedule I can count on!

Carol

 

[ougrad86]

This is my last question as your coach, Disney one more time!

Thursday QOTD: The weekend is almost here! Wish we could all be in Disney this weekend! If you were at a Disney park right now, what would you be doing? What is your favorite park, and when is your next trip?

Thursday night would probably be MK or WS. Just walking around, drinking up the atmosphere.

Epcot is my favorite park, I love Soarin' and enjoy World Showcase. MK is probably my runner-up.

Our next trip is November, he has a break so we will make a quick trip. Hope his XC doesn't interfere, they have a meet the night we leave, but I don't think he will be in that one. Quick trip to get our Disney fix, then a dry spell. Have other trips we need to take, including colleges! So might not be back for a couple of years

Carol

 

[donac]

This is my last question as your coach, Disney one more time!

Thursday QOTD: The weekend is almost here! Wish we could all be in Disney this weekend! If you were at a Disney park right now, what would you be doing? What is your favorite park, and when is your next trip?

What a great question. On Friday I will be at DHS for Sci Fi lunch. Sunday evening we will be at The Plaza restaurant. Other than that we will play it by ear.


I am sending in my weight today. I will be back next weekend.

Have a happy and healthy day.

 

[cclovesdis]

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[jillbur]

What a great question. On Friday I will be at DHS for Sci Fi lunch. Sunday evening we will be at The Plaza restaurant. Other than that we will play it by ear.

I am sending in my weight today. I will be back next weekend.

Have a happy and healthy day.

Have a great trip

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Okay peeps, I'm here

I'm all caught up reading but am not going to reply to everything right now. My boys and I camped last week and we had tons of fun. But, then I came home to a horribly messy house. I still hadn't gotten everything organized after our garage sale, then left for camping. So I've spent the last couple days cleaning & organizing. Plus, we went to the outlets near us (about 25 mins away) and got school shoes. Our school has a dress code, so the clothes from last year still fit, so I'm not buying any clothes yet. I'll probably have to buy around Christmas, though. And we don't get supply lists, so I'm done shopping.

Today I'd going to be more cleaning. Somehow, we have tons of toys that have appeared in the dining room. Hmmmm...don't know how those got there lol. So, I'm going to be "back to school" cleaning. I go back next Friday for training & start the 27th. I need to make lists. I do so much better with lists.

Well, now that I rambled, I am going to get my butt up & get cleaning.

QOTD (thurs)-I would probably be at epcot riding Soarin, mission space, or sum of all thrills. Then we'd head to WS to do some eating & drinking

Have a great day!

Jill

 

[Rose&Mike]

I don't know if you will see this, but---

Have a fabulous trip Dona!

 

[pjlla]

My weight has not been good. My food has not been good. I'm stressed and lost focus. I don't know if I can do the wdw race in January. Airfare is killing me.
I might change over to the princess if I can get a cheaper flight.
Pamela I tried PVD but it looks like they are just about the same cost. I'm going to look again in more detail this weekend.

If DH does the Princess with me he doesn't get a medal right?

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OH well... it was just a thought. Sometimes SW will have different prices for different airports that are within the same region.

Time to get that focus back!!

Just TWO more days until our next weigh in, come on team, let's not let our team leader down! Let's show our losing side!! We can't have that 10th spot missing!!! Time to buckle down and recommit, not buy in to all the 'so busy' time of year stuff...we should never be too busy to commit to 30 minutes of exercise a day, just 30 minutes...come on gang!! Put your walking shoes on and get 'er dun!!! I'm guilty, I talked myself into switching a slimfast for a brownie for 3 meals!! Whaaaaat??? Can't even excuse myself, but the next two days I am brownie free and sticking to my eating plan like superglue. Getting my cardio in each day and then getting a good night's rest....let's make it happen gang!!

Thanks to all the fearless leaders!

I agree! Time to kick it into gear for the end of the challenge! Summer is TOUGH.... kids are home, vacations happening, bbq foods, etc. But let's end this strong. There are still a few weeks before Labor Day.... you could be down another 5 pounds by then....that much closer to your goal.

Ran the ravine, well walked most of it. 80% of it was straight uphill, like hiking uphill.
Got stuck with Chatty Kathy from my earlier post but he was soo tired and winded he didn't talk much.
Coach J said it was about 1.5 - 2 miles.
Coach Diesel (looks like Vin diesel (but hotter)) ended up walking with us because we'd never been on the trail before. He was moving though for someone who was walking. He jogged a bit when we caught up so we tried to run a little to keep up.
It was slick from the rain! But a nice hard course. My legs felt good because it was uphill. They don't seize up as bad when we do hills.

DS16 loves that run, so we will probably do it again. I'd like to see if my pedometer/GPS can log the trail. It's pretty heavily wooded so I'm not sure if could get good satellite service.

It felt good to get some fitness back into my routine. It's been a while.

GREAT job on the trail run/walk! Super impressive. Getting some mojo back??

Wouldn't mind some rain here. Not as bad as the midwest, but we do need some. Speaking of weather, read just before coming here that this would be a snowy winter for the NE and I-95 corrider...

Say it isn't true!!!! Especially since I will have a new driver on the road! I hate, hate, hate, hate, hate SNOW! Oh.... and I hate WINTER in NH! And by the way.... did I mention.... I HATE SNOW!!

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Found out my coworker is going on vacation next week, completely forgot. I have to leave early at least once and take one morning off for HS Orientation (family is supposed to be included) - we leave early and hit the store to pick up his supplies - if I wait until after work it is mobbed! He has two other days he needs to be picked up and Friday is the morning, with no way for him to get back home, need to see if DH can take Friday morning off...boy this is getting complicated!

Hopefully once school starts it'll settle down. The coach can ocassionally take him, and it'll be a regular schedule. Most people want the easy lazy days of summer...naw, I want a schedule I can count on!

Carol

Hopefully the schedule can get worked out. Any other family you could carpool with?

This is my last question as your coach, Disney one more time!

Thanks so much for your great DISNEY questions this week!!

Thursday QOTD: The weekend is almost here! Wish we could all be in Disney this weekend! If you were at a Disney park right now, what would you be doing? What is your favorite park, and when is your next trip?

Carol

Right now... 9:19 am. Probably just into whatever park we choose for the day.... since it is Thursday I'll say it is probably an Epcot day (we usually start the week with AK and end with MK). We've probably been there for an hour already, waiting for rope drop. And then we headed STRAIGHT to Soarin'! Rode and grabbed FP for later. Now we're off to Test Track and Mission: Space.... gotta get the biggies done early in the day.

Favorite park.... without a doubt, MK. I could sit on Main Street for HOURS soaking up the atmosphere, hopefully spotting some characters, smelling the yummy candy and desserts, and listening to the music.

Next trip isn't even in the planning stages. I went last year with DD and the year before with DS. While I would LOVE to continue that pattern, with DD heading for college next year, it just isn't in the budget. In my MIND I'd love to take her next spring for a last high school Mother/Daughter splurge, and then take DS the following spring. Probably won't be the cards unless I get more work hours this year. I'd LOVE to plan on being there in a few years for my 50th, but again, with a child in college and another to be there soon, it just doesn't seem fiscally sound.

What a great question. On Friday I will be at DHS for Sci Fi lunch. Sunday evening we will be at The Plaza restaurant. Other than that we will play it by ear.


I am sending in my weight today. I will be back next weekend.

Have a happy and healthy day.

Safe travels, bon voyage, have fun, enjoy yourself, relax.... all of those things!

I'm all caught up reading but am not going to reply to everything right now. My boys and I camped last week and we had tons of fun. But, then I came home to a horribly messy house. I still hadn't gotten everything organized after our garage sale, then left for camping. So I've spent the last couple days cleaning & organizing. Plus, we went to the outlets near us (about 25 mins away) and got school shoes. Our school has a dress code, so the clothes from last year still fit, so I'm not buying any clothes yet. I'll probably have to buy around Christmas, though. And we don't get supply lists, so I'm done shopping.

Today I'd going to be more cleaning. Somehow, we have tons of toys that have appeared in the dining room. Hmmmm...don't know how those got there lol. So, I'm going to be "back to school" cleaning. I go back next Friday for training & start the 27th. I need to make lists. I do so much better with lists.

Well, now that I rambled, I am going to get my butt up & get cleaning.

QOTD (thurs)-I would probably be at epcot riding Soarin, mission space, or sum of all thrills. Then we'd head to WS to do some eating & drinking

Have a great day!

Jill

I'm totally in that "fall/back to school/preparing for winter" mentality with my cleaning and such right now. I've started early with my annual fall nesting instinct!

And I LOVE me a good list too!!!

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Happy Thursday friends!

Yesterday turned out much different than planned. After I had chatted with you all in the morning, made breakfast, did a few house projects (finished the mirror project for the mudroom, but decided it isn't picture worthy.... just didn't come out like I had imagined), stripped my bed and did a load of laundry to hang out, etc.

I was making lunch for the family about 11:45 when DD came to me and let me know that Olympic swimmer Elizabeth Beisel was going to be signing autographs at a Pawsox game (RI minor league) that evening at 5:30pm in Pawtucket, RI... and could we go??? Now keep in mind, we live in central NH, so this is a 2.5 hour ride each way.... and it is 11:45, I am making lunch, mid-laundry cycle, not showered, planned on some back to school shopping, etc. So what did I say? "SURE!" "Wanna invite a friend?" (Aren't I the BEST Mom ever??? )

We texted a swim friend's Mom to see about bringing the friend along. And as it turned out the Mom (who I really like) asked if I would like adult company. So we met them in town at 2:45 pm, (after a quick stop for cash, gas, etc) drove to Pawtucket (the BAD way.... through Boston near rush hour.... added 45 minutes to the drive... ), paid to get into a game we had NO interest in, sat in general admission seats chatting (and kind of watching the game??), until autograph time about mid-way through the 3rd inning. The girls ate dinner in line and then the Moms ate dinner in line (I had a veggie burger and a diet soda.... lightest option I could find other than a veggie tray, but I needed the protein! They didn't let me bring in the snack bars I had with me.... had to trash them....).

The girls got their autographs and VERY fast pictures with the swimmer (tried to get in line a second time, got the okay, and then got denied at the absolute last minute, after they had waited ), we sat down and watched about 2 more innings (home team was losing) and then headed out during the 7th inning stretch.

Ride home through Boston was much easier and quicker. Dropped the other off at their car at 10pm. We were home about 10:40pm.

So now DD has met FOUR Olympic swimmers. Life is good.

Today is Senior pictures day! Hopefully it will go well. It isn't costing me much, so if they don't turn out well, it won't be a big deal to try again.

Okay.... breakfast is eaten, email is read, and it is time to get moving with this day! DH is off to the doctor for his post-op check. Hopefully everything will look great.

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

 

[pjlla]

I don't know if you will see this, but---

Have a fabulous trip Dona!

Hey stranger! Thought you could pop on quick like that and no one would notice? Miss you! Hope you are well.....................P

 

[lisah0711]

A big, BL congratulations to all our superstars and especially our biggest loser, Lindsay!

It looks like we actually had 22 people weigh in and 16 of us lost or maintained. That coupled with an almost 50% retention rate at the end of the challenge looks like a successful challenge to me! A big, BL thank you to Janis, Sue, and CC for hostessing!

And another big, BL thank you to Carol for coaching this week! I especially loved all the Disney questions!

Congratulations to our HH participants, too! I noticed that the participants make it on the loser list quite often . . . I don't think that is a coincidence!

Wednesday QOTD: Let’s say you find yourself in Disney – alone! No kids, work, pets, responsibilities! What special event, show, tour, spa, little extra Disney thing would you like to do right now? You’ll have all the time you want to ride, there aren’t any lines, so what special thing would you like to do?

Since there are no lines I would ride Radiator Springs Racers at DCA at night and then stroll over to catch World of Color.

I have been solo at both WDW and Disneyland/DCA while doing races. It is very fun to be on your schedule instead of making sure everyone else is happy. I never feel lonely because I post pics on FB and my WISH friends make me feel like I'm taking everyone along!

Jen, sorry for the crazy busy days. Hope things calm down soon.

Kristina it sounds like maybe she doesn't know how to communicate with him. You have to figure she had either heard nothing or only negative things about Alan for 21 years. He's a stranger to her as she is to both of you.
I agree that there needs to be some low tech nights as well as at least one family meal per day, no phones, no tv, no distractions.
I hope things get better soon!!

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This is great advice!

If DH does the Princess with me he doesn't get a medal right?

He will get a medal, Buffy, he just won't be able to start in the earlier corrals. At Tinker Bell it was corral C -- maybe one of our Princess runners this year can answer which corral it was in 2012.

Do you subscribe to the Southwest emails and on FB? They seem to be having specials every week. Keep your eyes peeled.

Just TWO more days until our next weigh in, come on team, let's not let our team leader down! Let's show our losing side!! We can't have that 10th spot missing!!! Time to buckle down and recommit, not buy in to all the 'so busy' time of year stuff...we should never be too busy to commit to 30 minutes of exercise a day, just 30 minutes...come on gang!! Put your walking shoes on and get 'er dun!!! I'm guilty, I talked myself into switching a slimfast for a brownie for 3 meals!! Whaaaaat??? Can't even excuse myself, but the next two days I am brownie free and sticking to my eating plan like superglue. Getting my cardio in each day and then getting a good night's rest....let's make it happen gang!!

Thanks to all the fearless leaders!

Woo hoo! Thanks for cheering us on! :cheer:

This is my last question as your coach, Disney one more time!

Thursday QOTD: The weekend is almost here! Wish we could all be in Disney this weekend! If you were at a Disney park right now, what would you be doing? What is your favorite park, and when is your next trip?

My favorite park is Disneyland. At WDW it is Epcot. If I was at Disneyland right now I would be standing at the rope waiting to ride Radiator Springs Racers -- you guys can tell I love that ride, right?

My next trip is to WDW in November for the Wine & Dine half marathon and my coast-to-coast medal. :jumping: Carol, there will probably be a WISH meet on Friday, 11/9, if you are around then. It is usually at a resort or DTD so you don't have to burn a ticket. It would be fun to meet up and say hello!

Dona, have a magical time!

Jill, sorry the housecleaning fairy didn't stop by while you were camping.

Pamela, you are such a nice Mom to take DD to get the autograph at the last minute!

Just swimming along here. Lots going on at the office and next week is the last week of summer vacation. Just a little school supply shopping to do and since we start a week earlier than everyone it shouldn't be too bad. Today was "funky formal" day at DS' summer program -- he wore a Miami Vice style jacket that belonged to DH in the 80's (Don't ask me why we still have it ) I heard DS looked great but no pictures were taken. Hoping to get one this afternoon.

Have a great day everyone!

P.S. Neener, neener poof fairy!

 

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This is my last question as your coach, Disney one more time!

Thursday QOTD: The weekend is almost here! Wish we could all be in Disney this weekend! If you were at a Disney park right now, what would you be doing? What is your favorite park, and when is your next trip?

Carol

I'd be walking in the back entrance to Epcot and stopping at the UK pavillion and getting fish and chips then heading around the world showcase stopping for a Gray Goose Grand Mariner (SP) then stopping in Morroco for some baklava !! Then I'd walk over to ride Soarin' and Test Track (cause in my world it would be open )

my FAVE park is the AK - I could ride the safari all day and take a zillion pictures ..

My next trip hopefully is next summer as a family then a long weekend during the food and wine festival with just the Hubs!