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

[pjlla]

I do that, too! Pamela is the Gold Standard! Such an inspiration!

Awww.... shucks.....

We are all atwitter in my house about shark week -- very popular with DS13 and me!

DD is excited too! We are usually away during shark week, but our vacation time changed this year, so we will probably catch several of the shows! She had part of her sweet 16 party last week at the New England Aquarium and was excited to visit the new shark and ray touch tank. Have you seen it yet?


IThis is a great idea -- make a plan as much as possible! I have a workout plan through October (which I actually followed all of last week!), and I'm trying to come up with snacks to make lower carb workable. The book I read only suggested pepperoni and cheese sticks, which is a bit limiting...

Ummm..... I would NEVER have tried lower carb eating if I had read that book! Pepperoni..... ewww!

How about fat free greek yogurt, low fat cottage cheese, natural peanut butter (on celery and/or low carb breads), fruit, hummus (wait..... you already eat a lot of hummus don't you??).

One thing I really miss about the WISH teams, we used to keep track of our exercise and compete for minutes. I felt like I was helping my team if I worked out, making it much more likely to happen

THere is always the monthly exercise challenge that GoldcupMom usually posts here on the WISH boards. I find that very helpful when I did it.


Thank you so much for all the wonderful advice! I'm having a hard time figuring out how many carbs are ok...I'll definitely pm you!


Wish I had thought to call you last week when I was in Boston for the day with DD and 8 of her friends for her birthday!

Ok, so no workout for me today since I knew I had to be at work by 8 for a meeting. Instead I got up yesterday and did 3M. I have two more of those workouts scheduled for tomorrow and Wednesday, then I'm resting until my Half on Sunday. Well, it's not my Half, Cam and many others will be there, too!

You can all laugh at me -- I am dying to get home and do my tasks so I can watch "One Life to Live" -- followed by the Shark Week shows from last night!

Maria

No laughing from me!


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Well friends.... no time to chat AGAIN! I need to eat and head to the Y in the next 15 minutes! I'll try again later..................P

 

[my3princes]

I swam across the lake we're camping on twice today. Feel good on the exercise front. Tomorrow we're going to Six Flags

 

[trinaweena]

I do that, too! Pamela is the Gold Standard! Such an inspiration! We are all atwitter in my house about shark week -- very popular with DS13 and me!

My uncle has a degree in marine biology, and i toyed with the idea of marine biology for awhile, and studied under one of my professors at mystic aquarium in CT for a summer. I absolutly loved it. If i thought i could have an actual future in it I would pursue it but i'm not really cut out to be a scientist. For now i just sell people fish for their aquariums and they still argue with me and act like i don't know what im talking about! (NO you CANNOT keep that goldfish in a bowl! Speaking of goldfish, my 8inch three year old goldfish apparently thinks he's Shamu at feeding times now and likes to splash water all out of his tank! He's making a mess on my floor. I might have to start hand feeding him again to keep the excitement level down. Who knew fish were so much work??? )

Everyday i always do well untill the end of the day and then i make a bad choice. Today it was starbucks on the way to class. They have this mozereela pannini that i love and i needed a quick something something. Ugh.

For now in class learning about things i've known since grade school. I don't think i will be running today, as i have yet to pack and need to be up at 730am to drive to the cape. Ugggh

I just want to sleep

 

[bellebookworm9]

Question of the Day

Like most other people have said, I need to work on getting my exercise in some more. Right now I just come home from work and am exhausted, plus the humidity normally ends up killing any plans I do have to exercise.

Realtors recommend neutral colors. The idea is for prospective buyers to be able to walk into the house and imagine their possessions fitting into the space. If you have blue or purple and their possessions don't work with those colors it is harder to imagine themselves in that space and it also makes them think about the time and money involved in repainting or remodeling. It is best for the seller to feel less comfortable in the home by removing all clutter, using neutral paint, etc. Things that we as homeowners treasure as adding character will be big turn offs for prospective buyers.

Hmmmm...will mention this to Mom. Personally, I'd rather see a home with some color, since no way will any walls in a house I buy have neutral walls-too much like a dorm room! So since I'd end up repainting anyway, it wouldn't matter much. And actually, in our house it's really only our bedrooms that have color, everything else is cream or light blue/peach.


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Today was alright with eating. I decided to stop at Tim Horton's for breakfast. I ordered a yogurt parfait and an apple juice (both healthy choices), then a small ice cap (I didn't sleep much last night), and then a blueberry muffin (I knew there was no way yogurt would hold me until lunch) which to my surprise was 9 points!

I hate not knowing what time my lunch will be on any given day of the week, that's the really sucky thing I can think of about this job. But I packed a healthy lunch, and the outing for class today was to the mall, so I spent 45 minutes pushing a wheelchair there.

Dinner was supposed to be corn on the cob and BBQ chicken, but it was just too darn hot and humid, so we went to get hot dogs instead. I had a few onion rings, and some loganberry (a Western New York thing, I think-most people don't know what it is). So I'm done eating for today; got some stuff to do for class and then going to bed early.

 

[mikamah]

Good evening everyone!

I'd like to join you all back in the wagon too!! I've been popping in and out each and every day, but haven't stayed in for one complete day yet. For today's qotd, I can start journalling my food again. It makes all the difference for me, so starting tonight, I am going to write every bite until friday august 19th, the day I start vacation.

We had a fun weekend at my sisters camp, and are really looking forward to our vacation when we'll be there for a full week. But I got a good reminder of all the food and drink challenges that will be there this weekend. My sister friend and neighbor brought us strawberry daquiris while we sat on the beacn, I had brought mikes berry lemonades, so I had a few of them, and then dinner sat night was a potluck with several families, grilled meats, pasta salad, meatballs, corn, not too many healthy choices. I had brought watermelon, apples, and bananas up, so we had those through the weekend, but I definitely ate plenty of other stuff. Plus the kids trick or treated and I had to help them eat some of their chocolate so it didn't melt in the heat. They have theme weekends in the summer, and it was halloween. A bunch of trailers were all decked out with decorations. It was fun. I did get up sun am early, and took a run/walk down the street, and I knew there was a big hill, so I went to the top of it, which I had done last year. We will be there for 8 nights, so I plan for vaca is to do that run/walk 4 times. The half I'm doing in sept goes around Marblehead neck which is a good size hill, so it will be good practice for me.

I'm taking 2 and a half weeks of vacation, and I can't eat like I've done the past couple weekends, and expect not to gain weight for that length of time.

Sunday's qotd- I love both emh's, and have had great experiences at both. I miss the opening ceremony at MK when we do their am emh, so would prefer night emh at MK. Our first night EMH was just michael and I and we had so much fun, walking on most everything, and we were able to stay on splash mountain 3 times. He loved it, and for him, staying at the park til almost 2am was a huge thrill.

It really is so inspiring to see such a busy challenge this summer, and so much motivation and inspiration. Keep up the great work!!

 

[dvccruiser76]

Haha about the Disney planning! When I posted on facebook that we have a night at Old Key West booked in January, one of my friends said, "I knew you'd end up at Disney on that trip!" We've never been to F&WF before, but aren't planning to do anything "extra" this time-not enough days or money! But I would love to try the 3D Dessert Party thing-desserts AND IllumiNations? Count me in!

That does sound tasty

Edward just annoys me now. Too controlling. But last week I was watching the special features on Goblet of Fire and they had interviews with Rob Pattinson, and it was so weird to hear him with a British accent!

It's funny to see how much younger he looks. I watched Twilight part 2 this weekend as well and saw Dakota Fannings name. I was like, I didn't recognize her but come to think of it, she must be Jane and I was right, she is.

I really like the Wii Zumba. I don't know if there is a way to see what you've scored in the past. I imagine there should be, so I'll check it out the next time I do it. When it shows me my score at the end, it seems to stay there until I hit "A". I've also been doing the intermediate for 45 minutes; the class, not the party (because you need to work your way up on the party). I think version 1 is my favorite, but I did 6 (I think) last night and that was okay too. I did another one at some point that I didn't like at all.

I don't know if I've done the party I usually go to the calendar, set it to 45 intermed and hit start/go. I like 6, I did that one last night too Small world. Tonight I've got to finish the men tell all and watch the Bachelorette finale so I'll probably do 2 to 3 sets of Free Step.

Slinking back into the room ...

Well, it has been about a month since I've last posted - but I promise I do read every post, every day.

I just have not been able to get my act together in terms of food. I've been eating junk, eating out, not counting points, not weighing or measuring, etc.

I feel gross - I feel like I've gained fifty pounds. My only saving grace is that I drink a ton of water each day, and I've continued to walk three miles a day at least 5 days a week.

My starting weight at the beginning of this challenge was 207. At one point I was down to 203 and had actually been runner-up BL one week. I weighed myself today to send my weight to Donac and was right back where I started - 207.

I'm not going to dwell on it - I can't get the time back or change what I've done (or not done) - just wanted to get it out there so I deal with it and move on ...

- Laura

Hi Laura, it helps to at least keep up with the reading. I hope you join us for the next challenge too.

If you ever get the chance to eat at Bistro de Paris, do it!! It's expensive but it is by far the best meal DH and I have had at WDW. Typically we get the prix fixe meal, which is a fixed price with 3 courses. And they have wine pairings as an option.
I got the butternut squash soup, the pork tenderloin, and warm chocolate and almond cake, with the wine pairings.
Oh forgot to mention it has chestnuts in it, in case anyone reading is allergic to nuts.

Boma also has a butternut squash soup that's really good, but it's thicker then Bistro de Paris. The best way I could describe that one was a bowl full of Autumn. It's delish too!

I shall add it to my list

gretchen and sue quick funny twilight story. growing up i always thought it would be nice to name my son after my dad. i like the name, i like my dad, and it's not really a common name anymore. 5 years ago i married my husband. well, that blew any chance of naming my kid edward as my husband's last name is CULLEN! when we found out we were having a boy all my little teeny bopper cousins were pleading with me to name him edward! "really, it'll just be like naming him after uncle eddie!" yeah, right. edward cullen. yeah, that'd be like naming my kid harry potter! lol! so DS is thomas edward cullen.

now that we're having a boy, carlisle and emmett are obviously also out as name choices for us (not that i like them anyway, phew).

Ha! That is a funny story

The HH Challenges each week REALLY help me push myself, and I think give me the extra edge I need to lose the weight. Come join us, it's so much fun, and there's prizes involved!

I will definitely try it next challenge. I read through some and they sound like something that might help me keep focussed more too.

I had a meeting at the state house last week so I was walking through the Common looking for it -- but I didn't see anything yet Moo sounds lovely, but I've never been

I think I read something about them putting it in some old bathroom that was being done over, so that limits the number of places it could be. I wonder if it'll be over by the entrance to the Park Street T?



Hi everyone hope you all have a nice OP day

 

[cclovesdis]

Rose: Sorry about that. You are right. Those are week 7's results. Thanks for noticing!

Today was not at all OP. I could not stop eating. It was entirely stress eating, too, unfortunately. I did enter it all into Sparkpeople. No, wait. I forgot something. I'll have to go back and enter another snack I had. I was hoping to go swimming tonight as it's hot and I need to exercis, but we've been having on and off thunderstorms since I left work. I did leave work at 3:30, but I went in an hour early. That actually worked better for me because I had an errand to run after work, but still made it hom at a good time.

I did have a healthy dinner. I'm back on track. Breakfast was good this morning. I'll probably have that again tomorrow. I need to have something else for lunch. The deli meat I bring must not stay cold enough in the fridge we have because it smells off when I go to eat it. Then, I end up having to go out for lunch and there aren't a lot of options. I keep food at work, but nothing I have there appeals to me. Maybe tomorrow I'll go shopping for some non-perishable options. I do have some WW/SmartOnes meals and the freezer works very, very well, so those are an option. They are on sale for a decent price at Stop & Shop this week; I might pick up some more of them.

Well, now that I've bored you with my rambling, I should go to bed. Thanks for listening to me vent. I am determined to end this challenge down-even if it's only 1 pound.

Have a great, OP day tomorrow everyone!

 

[tigger813]

Was doing so well and then I made homemade pizza! I had some eggplant and mushroom and some sausage and meatball! So yummy! The second pizza stone I picked up today ended up being broken into 4 pieces so I will have to take it back to Target tomorrow or Wednesday. Luckily it's not too far away. I'll just get a refund for it and then go to Bed, Bath and Beyond to get a rectangular one!

Didn't get any additional exercise though I did sweat a lot today. Working in the morning after dropping girls off and then working Wednesday morning as well.

Need to place an order for my boss's mom for some more shakes! She loves the vanilla!

Talk to everyone again sometime tomorrow!

TTFN

 

[my3princes]

I've been tied to the potty tonight. Guess I didn't gain weight today

 

[donac]

Good Tuesday morning everyone.

We had no rain yesterday but there were terrible storms up north. I wish we did get some rain. The lawn is starting to turn brown in some sections. But at least it is not growning so less mowing.

Question of the Day

We only have about 3 weeks left so I was wondering:

Are you planning to join the fall challenge?

I will be along for the fall challenge.

Have a happy and healthy day.

 

[mikamah]

Question of the Day

We only have about 3 weeks left so I was wondering:

Are you planning to join the fall challenge?

I will be here for the fall challenge, recharged from my 2.5 weeks of vacation and ready to kick this weight to the curb once and for all.

Good morning everyone!!

I've got my paper ready to track all my food today. I think like Connie did when she started tracking again, I'll write everything down, even if I go over my daily points for the next 3 days and then friday start a new ww week. zI know I used up all weekly points over the weekend, so I will try to stay as close to my dailys' for the next 3 days.

Have a fabulous, healthy day!!

 

[donac]

Don't forget to send in your weight from Friday. I am doing stats tonight.

 

[Rose&Mike]

Good morning!

I posted a planning thread for the fall challenge. Please stop by.
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=42078626#post42078626

If you are currently serving a role: weight keeper, HH, WIN, Clean Up the Clutter, and would like to continue in your role in the role, please post on the planning thread.

Thanks!

 

[JacksLilWench]

Question of the Day

We only have about 3 weeks left so I was wondering:

Are you planning to join the fall challenge?

Abso-stinkin-lutely! I have had such a blast and so much success with this challenge than I ever would have had by myself. You ladies are awesome motivators and listeners taht to miss the Fall Challenge would be insanity. I'll miss it for a week because of my upcoming trip (IN 47 DAYS!!!) but I'll be right back on the horse again the day I come back!

 

[jaelless]

Good Tuesday morning everyone.

Question of the Day

We only have about 3 weeks left so I was wondering:

Are you planning to join the fall challenge?

I will be along for the fall challenge.

Have a happy and healthy day.

I am totally wanting to join Fall Challenge

 

[tigger813]

QOTD: Yes, I will be here! Hopefully a bit more and replying more to specific posts!

Going to be one of those days. Confusion over who was driving to sewing camp this morning...neighbor was running late to take Izzie to American Girl camp...got to work and found out that my client's father died so he's on his way to Texas. Not totally unexpected but still it was a shock.

Co-worker is coming in at 10. She had a bad headache this morning. I will go home and workout since I didn't do that this morning though I've been awake since 3:30.

This morning wasn't a total loss as I got into Pottermore!!!!! I saw the question and ran down to get The Prisoner of Azkaban book and found the answer within 5 minutes! Now just have to wait to get in hopefully sometime in the next few weeks. I didn't even think about getting Brian and Ash in so I will try to get them entered tomorrow morning. When I tried it was too late! So excited!!!!!

Kids want to go to the library this afternoon so we will walk over after lunch! That will be another workout for me!

Think I will read a few minutes and then go home and workout and clean up the house a bit. I also need to make Izzie another pizza so she has something for supper tonight! We will have leftovers tonight! I actually may run to Trader Joe's before heading home!

TTFN

 

[keenercam]

Good morning, everyone! Work has been crazy busy and last night I had to shop for a dress for my best friend's wedding in 11 days! So, I haven't been here much. But I am keeping up with my exercise, thanks to the challenge some here have started. How is it going Shawn? Trina?

I even got up early this morning to do the Biggest Loser walk DVD because I know I won't have time tonight.

And yes, I am definitely joining the fall challenge. Some days, you guys are the only thing keeping me trying to do the right thing.

Have a great day, everyone!

 

[pjlla]

I am going to work on portion control. That is my biggest downfall I think.

Keep the measuring cups and spoons and the food scale out on the counter to help remind you to measure your portions. I use my food scale more than traditional cups/spoons. I think it is much more accurate.

Question of the Day

It is a new month and many people are talking about starting over I think this is a good question for the day.

What is the one thing that you can do today to start your new life style?


I'm going to take the time to build a schedule for the fall. This will be the first year all the kids are in school all day, every day. I need to have a plan in place, right down to meal times and exercise.

I've started my basic plans already, I just need to tweak it and add a few things.
My basic plan:
Every day - drop kids off and immediately go workout. I want to do this away from home (the computer) as much as possible so I don't get distracted. Dishes and laundry are also every day.

Monday is errand day, that way I get what I need for the week so I'm not running out every day. If I still have time I will clean the bathroom and the linen closet.

Tuesday will be spent working in the upstairs in our room and the boys room.

Wednesday is my craft day. I have so many 1/2 finished projects!! This is a me day to do what I want in my craft room.

Thursday and Friday will be focused on the downstairs.

Weekends will be reserved for family outings, cleaning the basement, garage, loft and building. Those depend on DH's schedule though.

I also want to set monthly goals like painting, yard work, and other big projects.

Wow! That is an impressive plan!!

QOTD: one thing i can do TODAY is to cut the snacking. i had a lovely herbalife shake for breakfast with frozen banana. had another shake for lunch with tons of frozen fruit and a WW bagel with pb and jelly. and now just because it's naptime for the kiddo doesn't mean i need to sit and eat anything i can get my hands on. drink water instead.

as part of my "starting over" i'm committing to logging enough miles before my may 2012 trip to WDW to have walked/run to disney. right now it's 3 mi/day to get to that. now, obviously i can't exercise right after baby BUT my workouts are now about 4-5 days a week and i'm usually doing at least 4 miles. i can do it! i'd love to do the walk to disney before my next trip but seeing as it's in only 40 days i'd need to walk 24 miles each day to make it there!

need to now make a shopping list and meal plan for the week. i was supposed to make meatballs this weekend but never did and i just checked the meat and it's 3 days past the sell by. ugh. i HATE when i waste money like that.

Give the meat a sniff. The sell-by date usually isn't the "use by" date. If it has been in the fridge the whole time you should be fine.... but I wouldn't push it another day.

I swam across the lake we're camping on twice today. Feel good on the exercise front. Tomorrow we're going to Six Flags

Impressive! Did you have a boat along with you? DD wants to do some open water swimming on vacation, but I won't let her head out to the middle of the lake unless someone is near her in a boat..... not because I don't trust her swimming, but I am concerned about boats/jet skis coming too close because they wouldn't see her little head bobbing in the water!

My uncle has a degree in marine biology, and i toyed with the idea of marine biology for awhile, and studied under one of my professors at mystic aquarium in CT for a summer. I absolutly loved it. If i thought i could have an actual future in it I would pursue it but i'm not really cut out to be a scientist. For now i just sell people fish for their aquariums and they still argue with me and act like i don't know what im talking about! (NO you CANNOT keep that goldfish in a bowl! Speaking of goldfish, my 8inch three year old goldfish apparently thinks he's Shamu at feeding times now and likes to splash water all out of his tank! He's making a mess on my floor. I might have to start hand feeding him again to keep the excitement level down. Who knew fish were so much work??? )

Everyday i always do well untill the end of the day and then i make a bad choice. Today it was starbucks on the way to class. They have this mozereela pannini that i love and i needed a quick something something. Ugh.

For now in class learning about things i've known since grade school. I don't think i will be running today, as i have yet to pack and need to be up at 730am to drive to the cape. Ugggh

I just want to sleep

Your goldfish sounds like fun! DD is going to major in Marine Biology. She has wanted this since 2nd grade. She KNOWS it will be tough, but she has a huge passion for it. In fact, we are trying to find a school that has a 5 year masters program so she can go straight through for that. She currently has full intentions to get her Ph.D. also, but we'll see how that goes. Let's get through the first 4-5 years first!

Today was alright with eating. I decided to stop at Tim Horton's for breakfast. I ordered a yogurt parfait and an apple juice (both healthy choices), then a small ice cap (I didn't sleep much last night), and then a blueberry muffin (I knew there was no way yogurt would hold me until lunch) which to my surprise was 9 points!

I hate not knowing what time my lunch will be on any given day of the week, that's the really sucky thing I can think of about this job. But I packed a healthy lunch, and the outing for class today was to the mall, so I spent 45 minutes pushing a wheelchair there.

Dinner was supposed to be corn on the cob and BBQ chicken, but it was just too darn hot and humid, so we went to get hot dogs instead. I had a few onion rings, and some loganberry (a Western New York thing, I think-most people don't know what it is). So I'm done eating for today; got some stuff to do for class and then going to bed early.

Muffins are TOUGH territory! The "reduced fat" blueberry muffin at Dunkin Donuts is 8 points on WW (on the older system). That is nearly HALF of my daily points allowance! I wonder how many people are constantly fooling themselves into thinking that they are eating LIGHT when they order those muffins!

I was watching a tv show recently about weight loss and they showed people 3 different breakfasts and asked them which one they thought had the most calories. The choices were a bowl of cereal with greek yogurt, honey, and a glass of oj, a muffin and coffee (probably from Starbucks or a place like that), or an "english breakfast" of toast, one egg, a piece of ham, a few beans, and grilled mushrooms and tomatoes. Of course, most folks thought that the english breakfast had the most calories because it was the most food, but I wasn't fooled! I KNEW it was the muffin and coffee that had the most calories! Muffins are calorie NINJAS!! They sneak in without us even seeing the danger they bring!!

Good evening everyone!

I'd like to join you all back in the wagon too!! I've been popping in and out each and every day, but haven't stayed in for one complete day yet. For today's qotd, I can start journalling my food again. It makes all the difference for me, so starting tonight, I am going to write every bite until friday august 19th, the day I start vacation.

We had a fun weekend at my sisters camp, and are really looking forward to our vacation when we'll be there for a full week. But I got a good reminder of all the food and drink challenges that will be there this weekend. My sister friend and neighbor brought us strawberry daquiris while we sat on the beacn, I had brought mikes berry lemonades, so I had a few of them, and then dinner sat night was a potluck with several families, grilled meats, pasta salad, meatballs, corn, not too many healthy choices. I had brought watermelon, apples, and bananas up, so we had those through the weekend, but I definitely ate plenty of other stuff. Plus the kids trick or treated and I had to help them eat some of their chocolate so it didn't melt in the heat. They have theme weekends in the summer, and it was halloween. A bunch of trailers were all decked out with decorations. It was fun. I did get up sun am early, and took a run/walk down the street, and I knew there was a big hill, so I went to the top of it, which I had done last year. We will be there for 8 nights, so I plan for vaca is to do that run/walk 4 times. The half I'm doing in sept goes around Marblehead neck which is a good size hill, so it will be good practice for me.

I'm taking 2 and a half weeks of vacation, and I can't eat like I've done the past couple weekends, and expect not to gain weight for that length of time.

Sunday's qotd- I love both emh's, and have had great experiences at both. I miss the opening ceremony at MK when we do their am emh, so would prefer night emh at MK. Our first night EMH was just michael and I and we had so much fun, walking on most everything, and we were able to stay on splash mountain 3 times. He loved it, and for him, staying at the park til almost 2am was a huge thrill.

It really is so inspiring to see such a busy challenge this summer, and so much motivation and inspiration. Keep up the great work!!

Glad you've had some fun vacation times and are keeping up with the exercise! I've been doing dreadful on exercise, but I'm determined to change that!

I've been tied to the potty tonight. Guess I didn't gain weight today

Oohh.... sorry! Hope you are feeling better today.

Good Tuesday morning everyone.

We had no rain yesterday but there were terrible storms up north. I wish we did get some rain. The lawn is starting to turn brown in some sections. But at least it is not growning so less mowing.

Question of the Day

We only have about 3 weeks left so I was wondering:

Are you planning to join the fall challenge?

I will be along for the fall challenge.

Have a happy and healthy day.

We had a bit of those storms fly over us yesterday..... one HUGE thunderclap and 5 minutes of downpours..... and then it was over!

Yes, I FULLY INTEND to join the fall challenge! I look forward to it!

Good morning, everyone! Work has been crazy busy and last night I had to shop for a dress for my best friend's wedding in 11 days! So, I haven't been here much. But I am keeping up with my exercise, thanks to the challenge some here have started. How is it going Shawn? Trina?

I even got up early this morning to do the Biggest Loser walk DVD because I know I won't have time tonight.

And yes, I am definitely joining the fall challenge. Some days, you guys are the only thing keeping me trying to do the right thing.

Have a great day, everyone!

Isn't it GREAT to have this group in our minds, keeping us moving in the right direction??!!

Good luck with the dress shopping.



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Well.... happy Tuesday morning friends! I've spent the last hour replying to some PM's so of course, now I am running out of time! But I just wanted to at least catch up here and chat.

I finally have a day to catch my breath a bit today. DS is at robotics camp and it is the other parent's day to do the driving so I don't even have to leave the house until DD goes to swim today at 5:15!! DH is away for the rest of the week, so I told the kids that meals will be really casual this week.... we willl use up leftovers and clean out the fridge before vacation. And hopefully, other than a bit of fruit/vegetable, I won't have to buy any groceries this week.

This week will be all about packing for vacation, cleaning (I love to come back from vacation to a clean house!), keeping up a good exercise schedule, and maybe some time to hit the scrapping table!

Well.... I'm gonna go. I'll check back after lunch!......................P

 

[glss1/2fll]

QOTD: Yes, I'll do the fall challenge!

It's funny everyone is talking about muffins because in just a bit I'm going to go make some blueberry muffins! We picked a zillion blueberries and I need to get rid of them. Once the muffins are done I'll pop them in the freezer and the kids can snack on them. Speaking of kids, yesterday one made brownies and the other made chocolate chip cookies! Apparently I haven't been making enough sweets for them!

 

[bellebookworm9]

We had no rain yesterday but there were terrible storms up north. I wish we did get some rain. The lawn is starting to turn brown in some sections. But at least it is not growning so less mowing.

Question of the Day

We only have about 3 weeks left so I was wondering:

Are you planning to join the fall challenge?

We had some of those storms yesterday too. I started driving into one, saw the forks of lightning and cut over to the next street, where it was sunny.

Of course I will be here for the fall challenge! I have another 10 pounds or so to go before our trip, and then another 50 after that!

QOTD:
This morning wasn't a total loss as I got into Pottermore!!!!! I saw the question and ran down to get The Prisoner of Azkaban book and found the answer within 5 minutes! Now just have to wait to get in hopefully sometime in the next few weeks. I didn't even think about getting Brian and Ash in so I will try to get them entered tomorrow morning. When I tried it was too late! So excited!!!!!

Yay! I'm glad to hear someone else is as excited about this as I am. I keep checking just to see the questions each morning even though I am already in.

Muffins are TOUGH territory! The "reduced fat" blueberry muffin at Dunkin Donuts is 8 points on WW (on the older system). That is nearly HALF of my daily points allowance! I wonder how many people are constantly fooling themselves into thinking that they are eating LIGHT when they order those muffins!

That's about a quarter of my daily allowance, and I know that muffins are sneaky like that, but yee gads it still kind of blew my mind!