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

[bellebookworm9]

QOTD Sunday August 7
Is there something you would like to do but your weight/current fitness level/body image/self doubt is holding you back?

I can think of a few things, two of which I'm working on. The first is the bikini we've been discussing, and I am feeling better that I will be able to wear it with confidence in October.

The second is running a 5K at some point. Now that I'm done with class for the moment, I'm going to start running again.

My third goes along with mikamah:

I think getting out and dating. I'll look online occassionally, and think with ds there is just too much going on, and there isn't enough time to get out there, but honestly, I don't feel as good as I feel 20-30 pounds lighter. I've lost this weight before, and have noticed when I'm thinner, I'm more flirtatious, and more open to the possibility of meeting someone.

I am 20 years old and have never have a boyfriend. Most days it doesn't bother me, but I wonder if I was thinner if I'd be more confident about trying to find one. The other two points, not physical related, are that I am too smart and too independent for my own good. Mom thinks I intimidate guys and scare them off because I'm too smart. And with the independence, if I get into UF next year, I'm going. I will not let anything hold me back, and I don't think I could do a long distance relationship.

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Yesterday was pretty on plan. I didn't eat a lot because of my throat being so sore. I called the doctor and they sent a prescription to the pharmacy so I'm heading over there soon.

My battery and charger for my laptop (along with the laptop itself) have been in not so great condition for awhile. Yesterday my battery showed a message that it was reaching the end of it's life and I should buy a new one. Then the charger's plastic cord has been separating from the "light ring" near where it plugs into the computer, and it decided it had enough and didn't want to charge properly anymore. I went online to price, and Dell wants $230+ for those items together. No way. So I went to HP instead, and bought a laptop similar to what I have now but in purple plus a printer and an external hard drive for less than $600. I won't have the computer for a few more weeks, but I'm excited. And since this will be my fourth laptop in 3 years, this one better be decent quality.

 

[donac]

I am 20 years old and have never have a boyfriend. Most days it doesn't bother me, but I wonder if I was thinner if I'd be more confident about trying to find one. The other two points, not physical related, are that I am too smart and too independent for my own good. Mom thinks I intimidate guys and scare them off because I'm too smart. And with the independence, if I get into UF next year, I'm going. I will not let anything hold me back, and I don't think I could do a long distance relationship.

This is something I hate to hear someone being told in this day and age. I was told this when I was in college by my sister. I was upset since I was the only girl in the family who did not have a boyfriend that winter break in 1975. My sister told me I should be letting the guys answer all the questions so that I don't intimidate them.

DO NOT listen to this. The next semester I met my husband in a required math class.

He and I have the same education but I have taken many other classes than he has. He is proud to say that I make more money than him.

When we took our GREs were worried that we were not evenly matched. When the results came he was 10 pts higher in one area, I was 10 points higher in the 2nd area and we were the same in the 3rd.

Hope you are feeling better.

 

[bellebookworm9]

This is something I hate to hear someone being told in this day and age. I was told this when I was in college by my sister. I was upset since I was the only girl in the family who did not have a boyfriend that winter break in 1975. My sister told me I should be letting the guys answer all the questions so that I don't intimidate them.

DO NOT listen to this. The next semester I met my husband in a required math class.

He and I have the same education but I have taken many other classes than he has. He is proud to say that I make more money than him.

When we took our GREs were worried that we were not evenly matched. When the results came he was 10 pts higher in one area, I was 10 points higher in the 2nd area and we were the same in the 3rd.

Hope you are feeling better.

Thanks for those words of encouragement. I know she's not saying it to be mean, and I've never interpreted it that way. And I would never dumb myself down to impress anyone. But I was at the top of my class in high school, and now that I think about it, only a few of the girls in the top 10 were in a relationship. And now I go to a college that has a ratio of 3:2 girls to boys, and am in a female dominated major. So I will just keep casually looking, and hopefully, like you I too will find someone out of the blue.

 

[liesel]

Backtracking a little...

Happy Anniversary, Dona!
Reported my WIN and HH but going to remain mum on reporting my weight. Yes, it was that bad today. Maybe tomorrow will be better. Maybe.

Got my run in this morning--I think it was my slowest time EVER. But I did it. Then walked with my girlfriend. That's more than six miles behind me before 8:30 in the morning. Not too shabby.

Have a good day and a great weekend, Losers!

You can definitely get back on track. Nice job on the run!

Hi, everyone! Just wanted to drop in to say hello, "Happy Friday", and "have a great weekend!"

Liesel - Thank you for coaching this week. I can't plan my meals for the week because life is insane, I'll be away all weekend, and have no time to grocery shop until Monday night. But I really, really like the idea of finding new recipes and committing to using them.

Well, we are all packed for the weekend. I am totally freaked out about this half-marathon, especially since my knee and my hip hurt nearly every minute of every day. I am definitely taking pain meds with me for after the race, or a 4-5 hour ride home would be unbearable.

I got up at 5:30 am and went to the gym with Howard this morning, so I am still on track with my "at least 30 minutes of exercise everyday" personal challenge. I am on day 12! I'm glad I don't have to fit in a workout this afternoon. I'll try to get out of work close to 5 and we'll get subs for dinner and Howard and I will try to get on the road as early as possible. We'll go to the race expo in the morning and then spend the day and dinner with some WISH friends (I don't remember if Maria is joining us but I am hoping there will be about 16-20 of us for dinner!)

Hopefully, I'll have some really cool bling by noon on Sunday. If not, at least I will have had a nice time with my WISH friends.

Thank you for all the good wishes for the half marathon. I'll be sure to report back Sunday night or Monday morning. I really, really appreciate all the support. You guys are awesome!

Thinking of you today and hoping that your hip and knee are holding up. I hope you had a great run today and a fun time at the WISH meet. I can't wait to hear all about it!

Heading to Providence in a few minutes...just wanted to add my THANKS to Cam's -- Thank you so much for all the support, it means the world to me!

Everyone have an awesome weekend!

Maria

I hope you are having a great run today too and I am hoping for a race report!!

I have very little planned. LOL I am leaving Friday, don't know what time, don't know how far we will drive the first day, not sure of the route. As long as I go south I will be all set. I did have a 3 week WDW/Vero/Hilton Head planned - but DH's boss squashed that idea. We will be at Marriot Lakeshore Reserve for a week, we traded my Father's timeshare for that. We will be visiting the water parks, maybe one park, but that's it. We plan on dining at Shula's, House of Blues (GC from Restaurants.com). My cousin and his new wife - the wedding is tomorrow - will be in Disney for their honeymoon, so we are taking them to the Hoop Dee Doo Review. From Orlando we move over to Vero Beach for the weekend. My DH has always wanted to stay there, so I squeezed in a quick stay for him. On Sunday we leave for our favorite DVC resort - Hilton Head Island. On the following Saturday we will drive home - I think we will do it in one day.

So that's it - looking for a lot of rest and relaxation, time with hubby and DS. I work nights, so it's a treat just to sit down for a meal with them.



I'm about a 20 minute walk from there too - I work behind South Station!!!!



We plan our meals for the week. I found a template on Microsoft Office for meal planning that I use. Now if I was really organized, I would finish inputing all my recipes into the Living Cookbook, a program I have, then you would just drag and drop the recipes into the monthly planner, and the program would generate the shopping list, taking into consideration what you have in your cabinet. Someday I will do this, just not today.

I try to shop/do errands once a week. Unless I run out of toilet paper - I'm not going back, so that being said - planning is important. I will usually sit down with the sale ad for my local store Market Basket, my coupon book, and menu planning and go from there. I buy most of my fruits/vegies at a local farm. We don't eat out that often, DS would rather carry his lunch to school, DH and I both pack a lunch for work, or in my case dinner. We do a lot of cooking on Sunday for the week. So everything is already done.

Our favorite go to healthy recipe is probably just grilled boneless chicken breasts. Different BBQ sauces or rubs or leave it plain for salads, or in pasta. I have a slicer and will cut it thin for sandwiches. I alwyas have a huge tupperware container about 2 feet wide filled with salad - Red and green leaf lettuce, baby spinach, purple cabbage, carrots, tomatoes, celerly, red onion, bell pepper. DH loves to always have SB Gazpacho always made in the fridge for lunches too. We use the low sodium V8, and don't add the oil, it keeps better without the oil and if we feel like it we will add a touch of olive oil to our serving.

Big weekend coming up. I have a wedding tomorrow, then it's my birthday Sunday. Turning 52, can't believe I'm that old. LOL Just picked up my new glasses today - finally had to get "progressive" lenses. These are going to take some getting used to. No big plans for the birthday. I think I just want to stick around the house and finish our vacation plans. Go to Butcher Boy in Andover after I visit my Father, get some really nice steaks for DH to grill. Stop at Damici's bakery in my town, they have little cakes, etc - I want one of their fruit tarts as my birthday cake. DH and DS and pick out what they want - DH will pick Carrot Cake and DS will pick Boston Cream Pie. I will take pictures of them - they are the cutest and very very tasty. Have some friends/neighbors over for a few cocktails - it wil be a perfect day!!!

Janis

I hope you are having a great day!

I'm still getting into the swing of things on this thread so I'll just stick with answering the qotd:
I'm not a great cook, but I have a really simple yummy tomato-basil salmon recipe that is what I fall back on when craving a healthy home cooked meal. And my son and dh both love it too!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

I'm so glad you joined our thread. Feel free to jump in any time you like! Don't worry about not being able to reply to everyone, its a very fast moving thread.

I want to know how everyone manages to get in their 64oz of water a day. It is a chore to me to remember. I don't drink soda anymore, so I am not substituting anything for water, I just don't drink that much in a day. I have one skinny vanilla latte from Starbucks most days, but other than water that is it. Does anyone have any tricks to get yourself to remember to drink your water?

Also, is it really that important? On Web MD yesterday they posted that drinking more water to help with losing weight is a myth.

I have seen various articles saying both things, that you should drink lots of water and that you don't have to. I think it is most important that you stay hydrated, drink when you are thirsty, but not be waterlogged, but thats JMHO, you should do what's right for you. I definitely notice a difference in my energy level if I am not hydrated. I keep a glass of water where I can see it to remind me. Lots of people keep a bottle or large cup at work to help keep track of their intake. Water is still a healthy drink and it helps keep you from consuming empty liquid calories, which is a good thing. Good job on not drinking soda!

 

[liesel]

Kathy I love your pet pic. So cute! I love the name Fredward.

We have a dog and a cat. (Both of these pictures are at least two years old-I would take new ones but Dryfuss is terrified of the camera).

Good morning everyone! Yesterday was overall pretty on plan. I even went to two grocery stores and bought about $30 worth of produce: cherries, blueberries, oranges, bananas, watermelon, cantaloupe, and celery. I was thinking "Hey I'll go shopping on a Friday night, it will be dead!". Yeah, not so much. There was a concert/carnival happening in the plaza where one of the stores was. So I parked a bit away and walked.

Yesterday and today my throat really hurts, just on the right side, and it feels swollen. I just sneezed and nearly screamed from the pain. So today I will be taking motrin like it's my job. I have a 5 page paper to write, and then I am done with classes for a few weeks. Mom and I discussed my personal statement last night and I have a better idea where I'm going with it now. Hope everyone has a great OP day!

I hope you're not getting sick! I'm glad your personal statement is coming together, I always found those things can be challenging.

That salad sounds great! I might have to try that. Thanks for the g-f idea. I don't know if I would have thought of that, but it's a great idea. You can also make bread crumbs from udi's bread--which I keep in the freezer. I bet the salad would be great with spinach and raspberries. I make really easy candied nuts that aren't too high in calories. Toast your pecans or walnuts in a skillet until they are nice and warm and add a tablespoon (or two ) of real maple syrup. A little bit goes a long way. My family loves them. So often candied nuts have gluten (or other garbage) in them so this way I can eat them without worrying.

I'm impressed that the Rockies let you bring food in. I think the Reds do, too. Our MiLB team will only let you bring water in, which is so annoying. Unless you have a diaper bag or you are a man with big cargo short pockets. Not that we have ever done that or anything....We did see someone sneak beer in once, which I thought was pushing it a bit, plus I'm guessing it was warm. Anyhow, have a great time at the game!

Great salad ideas! Several of my neighbors make a spinach salad with strawberries, walnuts, and a raspberry vinagrette that is so yummy! If you don't care for the taste of the G-F bread, you could always do half breadcrumbs and half parmesan on top of casseroles or anything else that uses breadcrumbs. They brown nicely and taste good.

Yes, I love that the Rockies let us bring in food. We do that every game now after we got sick of game food. You can only do so many baked potatoes, chili fries, and burritos. We either get sandwiches or plates from this local chain called Garbanzos. Its kind of like a Mediterranean Chipotle with a large selection of hummus, eggplant dip, veggies, rice, vegetable salads, pickled veggies, tabouleh, etc. You can get vegetarian, falafel, chicken, or steak. They also have all their items labelled if they are gf or vegetarian-they have a very big selection! They also have soups of the day, with a gf vegetarian soup every day! I hope there are more places like this in your area.

kathy i don't think any of us would be here if we were THAT obsessed with lettuce!!! one can dream though, right?? i love fredward! so cute!

QOTD: DH has worked in the pet business for the last 12 or so years so i'm pretty sure we'll always have a pet. i love my bulldog fiona but sometimes i want to open the door and let her run away! she's so spiteful lately! she's not happy that we have a kid! lol! she's in for it when another comes along. it may put her over the edge! i took this picture of her last year. DH and i started a consulting business called bulldog marketing and sales and we put an ad in pet product news a few months ago - this was the picture we used. it's really the face only a mother could love

I love the picture of Fiona! So cute! I'm jealous of the lobster, I hope you had fun.

Good Saturday afternoon everyone.

Just finished doing all the little chores that dh does on Saturday morning. I didn't want him to have to do them this weekend after he comes home from Virginia.

He called yesterday afternoon. He told me I would have hated the trip because of all the bears they saw. I have a couple of fears. I am not comfortable in very fast water, I don't want to do any whitewater rafting. I will also not camp near bears.

It is quiet here at the house. I am leaving in an hour to go see a show. A couple of my students are in it. The show is playing this weekend in arts center here. Next weekend they are going to an off broadway theater in NYC.

Dh will be home late this afternoon. He is going to be upset since he has lost 3 wonderful days to paint the house. The weather here in jersey has been wonderful the last couple of days even at night.

QOTD We have all sorts of pets since we got married in 1978. We have always have cats. We got one the week after we got back from our honeymoon. We have had fish, cats, dogs, guinea pigs, hamsters and newts. Right now we have two cats. They are sisters one is skinny and one is fat. We also have my son's dog which is a yellow lab. It was a college graduation present from his gf. THey did ask us if it was okay to get the dog. (They told us on graduation day that they had something they wanted to talk to us about at dinner. They had been dating for 3 years so we thought it could be the engagement thing. We were relieved when they asked about the dog)

If I get a chance I will post some pictures tomorrow.

Have a happy and healthy day..

You know, a dog is a big commitment! Funny story!

hello everyone!!!! Gosh its been weeks since I have been on these boards. I have read when I can but just had no time to reply or post.

I browsed a few pages back so I felt like I can start fresh again. I hope all is well with everyone. I have been maintaining for the past few weeks but thats not the goal here. Last night while eating my horrible dinner from mcdonalds. I made a goal for myself to loose 4 lbs a month every month from now until next june. That would put me at my goal weight by july. We are planning a beach trip in july so that is going to be my motivation. Now I just have to get my butt in gear to do it. I am going to try to come up with an eating plan for this week. I should have some time tomorrow to do this.

My life has been beyond busy so its nice to finally have some extra time this weekend to relax and catch up on the computer.

I love all the pet pics.

Well here is my dog. He is a Chocolate Lab and just turned 8 years old last week. He was quite a terror as a puppy well even until he turned about 5yr. He chewed everything. We even had to replace our sofa. Now he is the greatest dog one could have. So great with the boys, perfect gaurd dog, and always is by my side.

Oh and his name is Donovan. We got him when Donovan Mcnabb was the shining Eagles Quarterback and thats why we gave him that name. We are very big Eagles Fans. Last year Mcnabb was trade to the redskins so now its just a name.

Wow, you had to replace your sofa?! Molly chewed a few toys, but luckily she has grown out of it. Very cute dog!

4 pounds a month is a great goal and a beach vacation is great motivation. You've run 2 halfs, you can definitely do this!

We don't have a pet anymore. Unfortunately, she passed away in January of last year, but she was the best dog. She was a black lab named Jasmine (we didn't name her, she came to us with her Princess name!), and she was so smart and sweet. I would love to get another dog. but nobody is really home enough to make it fair to any animal we were to get. Hopefully someday soon, though!

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Whoo!! I'm finally down this week!! After a yucky gain at my family reunion that hung around for two weeks, I'm finally sliding down again, and I love it. I'm really getting motivated the closer our trip gets...we're down to only 43 days!!!!

Sorry to hear about your dog. Congrats on the loss!

Evening all,

Been a quiet day here for the most part. Girls and I worked on the walls for about 2 hours and then Ash and I walked to the library and the convenience store. Didn't do much of anything else the rest of the day except read and I did play Lego Harry Potter for a little bit. Brian and I also watched Hot Tub Time Machine.

I just finished Hunger Games and was mixed on the ending. Then I looked up on Wikipedia about the other books in the trilogy and decided that I want to read them as well. I won't give anything away.

Brian has to do work at 2am. Not sure if it will take 1 hour or 4 hours. Taking the girls to Build A Bear to get some outfits tomorrow and also to Barnes and Noble to get some more of the books in the Princess Diaries series for Ash. Also picking up another book for her that she needs to read before school starts. I also hope to get a Disney Cruise Line book to start some of our planning. Girls are I will also pick up some lunch at Bertuccis on our way home.

Ash is coming down with a bad cold. She's been sneezing the last two days and today started feeling lousy. Good thing we have no plans for Monday. I also have gotten a sore throat this afternoon.

Have a good night.

QOTD:Our only pet right now is a Dwarf African frog that currently lives on the kitchen breakfast bar as his tank or he was making a buzzing sound that was keeping Ash up at night. We have had fish in the past. Brian is allergic to animals and we don't have time to take care of them.

Have a great night!

TTFN

A Dwarf African frog sounds like an interesting pet. I'll have to check out the Hunger Games series.

We have an awesome mutt of a dog named Spikey. He's the most scardy-cat dog you've ever met, so Spike doesn't really fit him, but it's the name he came with from the shelter, so we just decided to keep it.

Unfortunately, I'm having trouble posting the picture, but trust me - he's adorable and fun and gentle and fantastic. He's my first pet, except for a gold fish my roommate gave me in college. The goldfish lasted 36 hours. Fortunately Spikey seems to have much better longevity!

I'm sure he's a cutey. I love the name, reminds me of the vampire Spike from Buffy and Angel.

QOTD:

This is my 3 year old Blackie - I got him when he was a feral kitten. I cage-trained him for six months, and now he is the sweetest little thing.


- Laura

I'm sure Mackey was a fantastic cat. What a bunch of sweetys!

Sacha-for drinking water I keep a glass on the kitchen counter and pretty much take a sip each and every time I am in the kitchen. Since that room separates the rest of the house (and bathroom!) from the family room where we spend all our time, I pass through a lot.

QOTD: I finally caved after 13 years of DH, "please, please, please can we get a dog?" But he is our first and last pet. We have an 11.5 year old black standard poodle named Louis. He's fantastic but definitely my dog. Something DH isn't thrilled about. very aloof--wants to be in the same room with everybody but not by anybody. He thinks every time the phone rings in the evening it means we're going for a walk. He whines in the morning when I'm getting ready for my run. Then he goes outside and whines by the back gate until I open it--then he yips and jumps. very weird

Not the day we had planned. The kids had told us they were in an out of town basketball tournament--we thought: couple games and we'll go home. Oh no. It's another 3 on 3 tournament. All day, outside. Games at 10:30 (which was really 10-oops), 11, 11:30, 12, 2, 5, 5:30. ugh I was frantically making PBJ this morning and shoving some watermelon and water in a cooler as the eldest is yelling at us all to hurry up. But that's over and tomorrow they only have 2 games each. If they lose the first one we can go home early!! The cute part was when we had lunch. Opened up the back of our car and brought out the chairs and circled them up. Felt like we were camping--all we needed was a campfire!

Getting close to my bedtime. Can't remember who had the sore throat, but I hope it's feeling better now.

Stay on plan!

I hope you had fun at all those games. Our dog is a whiner too in the morning, she can't wait to go out! Funny how dogs sometimes decide whose dog they are.


I hope everyone is relaxing and enjoying the weekend. Its our last weekend before school starts and I am already wiped out from all our activity. I have a few more things to do to get ready for the week. I'll check in later!

 

[Rose&Mike]

Happy Birthday to Janis!!

I hope you are having a great day!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

uuugh, what a weekend. you ever have one of those weekends where on the outside it seems like it was a nice weekend but really it was pretty stressful? not sure if that makes sense. let's just say that i can't wait for DH to go back to work. i need a break from him! i don't know what it is but we have done nothing but scream at each other all weekend. classy, huh?

we've been go go go all weekend too and DS hasn't napped in two days. and it is NOT a good thing!

is it tomorrow yet???

oh and my eating? horrible.

good things of the weekend though: seafood feast was awesome and so much fun. also, we went downtown today to a great park in central park and next to the MET. DS had a blast. and we saw all the nutso people waiting in FOUR HOUR LINES to get into the alexander mcqueen exhibit. FOUR HOURS!!! we had planned on going to the MET, saw the line, and made a b-line for the park instead. also, stopped by my aunt & uncle's apt on the upper east side and got a daybed from them. cha ching! free!

coach L QOTD Sunday August 7
Is there something you would like to do but your weight/current fitness level/body image/self doubt is holding you back?

this is a really great question. thanks for asking us. i think we all hold back on something because of self doubt! i mean, sadly, we're women...it's what we do. hate that!

i feel like maybe i'm missing out on a different kind of social life by being miserable about weight and having a poor self image. i don't know what it is exactly i'd be doing differently - going out more? i don'y know. just, experiencing life more.

 

[SettinSail]

Hello Losers

We are back from our week at the beach ~ I think this is the same thing as the shore for you N'easterners

Busy busy weekend......we bought a car for me, new phone for DS, our new leather recliners were delivered (this is a big deal since we do not have the rest of our furniture from Germany yet), DS had HS orientation and tomorrow DH and I go back to work

Last Sunday morning before I left to go on vacation I was up a whopping 6 pounds I had a "screw it" attitude and really let go over vacation and came back down 2 pounds So, overall I am still up 2 pounds for this challenge and need to get my act together quickly. I think starting back to work is going to force me into a routine and I am determined to eat healthy and work out daily or as close to daily as possible. Of course my first day back, they are having a luncheon for me which is nice but here we go with the constant food at work! My goal for the rest of the challenge is to lose 4.5 pounds and that will put me at 30 pounds lost total but only 2 pounds lost for the Summer challenge. I am not going to waste time worrying about only losing 2 pounds over the Summer. Instead, I am going to try to be happy I didn't gain any weight over the Summer

QOTD Saturday: We used to have a female tuxedo cat "Miss Patsy". She was a very petite cat who never weighed over 7 pounds her whole life! She did what cats do and coughed up hairballs and stuff and she would try to "hide" them and do it behind the sofa or somewhere like that. When we would find them we would yell out "23-19" "23-19". This is what they yelled out in Monsters Inc when they had been contaminated by a human

QOTD Sunday: I can't think of anything specific that my weight is holding me back from doing but I think I would be more confident overall at a lower weight.

Interestingly, my hairdresser suggested I have my thyroid checked - my hair has really thinned and falls out a lot. I thought it was just my age but now it has me wondering.....could my weight issues be related to this? Sometimes (not lately) I feel like I should see much more of a result for all the effort I am putting in!

Have a great rest of the weekend losers Send me some PPD for my first day back at work since 5/29/09

Shawn

 

[jaelless]

QOTD Sunday August 7
Is there something you would like to do but your weight/current fitness level/body image/self doubt is holding you back?

This is a biggie for me. See ten years ago I met this great guy, we dated, but because of bad timing he had to go back home to England. We have stayed in contact since then with the internet and phone calls. We have seen each other thru lots of life changes. Well now he is back in the USA and he wants to get back together. I do too, just my body has definitely changed in 10 years. Shoot I had a baby 2 years ago. So what is holding me back from probably having the best relationship ever is about 30 lbs. That won't put me where i was when we dated, but it would defitely help in me seeing him face to face.

 

[cclovesdis]

Healthy Habits Week 8 Results

Congratulations to Our Participants:
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Congratulations to keenercame and SettinSail for earning 14/16 Healty Habits points! Great!



I apologize for the delay in posting these. Between posting difficulties, Excel stubborness , and the usual to-do list, I haven't had much time to get on here.

 

[Zoesmama03]

Okay I will have to work on catching up some tomorrow morning once Zoe is off to school. I'll be doing home online schooling with my friends son who is here but we are waiting on his supplies so just doing vocational stuff for now. I have to attend a phone IEP with them and work out his OT and speech therapies. Sounds like they will either instruct me on what he needs to work on or he will be set up with local therapies. I've never been at an IEP meeting so this will be interesting. I studied some education for exceptional learning was part of a class I took in community college long time ago. He'll be on 1st grade level even though his is 12. I gotta start dinner soon and then get the kids(Zoe and my friends son) cleaned up as we are heading to our church for an ice cream social and concert put on by the worship band. I take it they will be playing soft rock 80s type stuff.


QOTD 8/7
I'd really like to go horseback riding with Zoe now that she is old enough to go on some trail ride type things. I have really only been on a pony once at my step mom's family's farm when I was really young and it was led by my dad. For many many years now I've been over pretty much every weight limit and I surely don't want to hurt or overwork the poor horse.

Pets just out of coincedence I was taking pics of our kitty "Nala" this afternoon.

Nala getting into mischief in the bathroom:

0050 by Melissa Campbell, on Flickr

And playing on her nylon cat condo:


0053 by Melissa Campbell, on Flickr


0054 by Melissa Campbell, on Flickr


0055 by Melissa Campbell, on Flickr

Licking the heck out of a freshly filled cat nip mouse a couple nights back.

Untitled by Melissa Campbell, on Flickr

And can't leave out "Aurora" my brother's big ol' house cat he rescued when the owner gave her to a family but she hid all day because of the other cats chasing her. Thankfully she tolerates Nala now they aren't super close best friends but they play occasionally.


0028 by Melissa Campbell, on Flickr

 

[Zoesmama03]

Good morning!

I think getting out and dating. I'll look online occassionally, and think with ds there is just too much going on, and there isn't enough time to get out there, but honestly, I don't feel as good as I feel 20-30 pounds lighter. I've lost this weight before, and have noticed when I'm thinner, I'm more flirtatious, and more open to the possibility of meeting someone.

Me too Kathy. I just don't even get out to meet people and don't really want to do much online. I'm waiting! And for MANY reasons. I want to get the divorce final(after over 4 years apart), I want to lose weight, I just feel I need to be more financially stable, and for the right one.

I'm allergic to cats too but I deal, with my daily Claritin its not too bad. It is fairly mild reactions though. I just couldn't imagine never having cats because of it.

 

[cclovesdis]

I lost my post, and unfortunately, I don't have time to rewrite. It's okay though, it was just another vent. Mom is complaining about the meds I take causing me to gain weight. I didn't dare tell her that 1 has a side effect of weight loss, another is generic Prilosec and doesn't have any side effects, another has other side effects but none related to weight, and the last is for hypothroidism. I'm pretty sure that that med is supposed to help me lose weight too. It's not a side effect, though. It's more like by taking it and eating right, exercising, etc., I will lose weight as opposed to gaining or staying the same. I don't understand it fully, but if I'm not taking, I'd be gaining weight like I was pre-thryoid pill.

Anyway, today was almost 100% OP. I had more sodium than I would have liked, but that still fell under the recommended amount. I just prefer to be under 1800 mg. Salt/sodium are not my friends.

I have a pretty busy next week or so, which means I may not be on as much as I would like to be. I will definitely stay on top of Healthy Habits.


Janis!

Happy Anniversary Dona!

Have a great week everyone!

 

[my3princes]

Back to work tomorrow. Vacation was just okay. The campground did not live up to their website, but we had some good family time. Got back to school clothes shopping out of the way with things that they boys picked out themselves. The good news was that I did not gain weight last week I didn't lose either, but I'll take a no gain at this point.

I've already packed lunch for tomorrow so that is out of the way. DH wants to start a round of P90X tomorrow night. I'm going to give it a try though it will take some time to get up to speed.

 

[JacksLilWench]

QOTD Sunday August 7
Is there something you would like to do but your weight/current fitness level/body image/self doubt is holding you back?

Definitely in the same boat as bellebookworm on this one as far as dating. I don't like the way I look, and it makes me think that no one else will either. It makes it hard to put yourself out there in a very vulnerable position. On the flip side of that coin, the more weight I lose, the more flirtatious and cute and sassy I feel. And it feeds itself- if I put myself out there and am accepted, the cuter I feel, which means someone is watching me so I better watch myself as far as eating and working out. Then the next time someone sees me I feel ever cuter, yadda yadda yadda

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I just have a mini-rant about my computer. It's a second hand computer from my aunt, and it's great if you just need to check the Dis, your email, and facebook. But last week I tried to burn a CD for my upcoming trip (42 days, just saying) and....nothing. No error message, no user error, nothing. And now it won't even READ a CD to install software to burn anything. Can you say "irritating"?

(Deep Breath) Rant over.

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

QOTD Sunday August 7
Is there something you would like to do but your weight/current fitness level/body image/self doubt is holding you back?

There really is nothing that I am holding back from that I would like to physically do. I do feel like my weight makes me much more self concious than I ever was before. I am a bit more shy now, and I am embarresed sometimes when I go to do my races. I feel like everyone is looking at me and thinking how I am going to even run the whole thing. I would really like to loose the weight just to get my self esteem back.

Have a great rest of the weekend losers Send me some PPD for my first day back at work since 5/29/09

Shawn

Good luck tomorrow shawn.

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We had a fairly enjoyable day today. Started off by going to the Eagles preseason camp. They practice at Lehigh Univ. which is only about 15 min from our house. It was fun.

We spent the day with my inlaws at our house. It was actually a nice day and I would have to say that my MIL has not been annoying me as much as she use to so thats a good thing.

Last night I watched the movie soul surfer. That was such an amazing story. I cried horribly during most of the movie. If you havent seen it I highly suggest it. Especially if you are answering Lisa's question with a list of things you feel like you cannot physically do right now. This movie will give you motivation and really shows us that we indeed can do anything that we put our minds to even if others doubt us.

Well I need to get to bed. Have a great week everyone.

 

[tigger813]

Melissa- Your cat photos look like they are from a calendar! You should be a photographer!

Shawn- Where are you going to be working? Not sure yet when I will be down again. My mom asked me today but I just don't know and we've got so many things coming up it's going to be hard to get away.

Going to spend the day tomorrow trying to get most of the rest of the glue off the walls and get in some workouts. Kids really want to play Wii and Ash wants to make our lounge pants tomorrow. Her cold is so so. I hope she will feel better soon! Girls also start tennis lessons tomorrow night. Hoping the rain holds off in the evening.

Watching Falling Skies on TNT. I think I might get up and walk to the Wellness Center in the morning as I ran out of aloe. I may jog down and walk back. If I don't work out first thing in the morning sometimes I don't at all. Drinking my water now.

Been ok on food today. I had a chocolate chip muffin for breakfast. For lunch we had Bertuccis pizza and Brian and I each had a roll and some Caesar salad. For supper we had hummus and pita as neither one of us was very hungry. I had a Bud Light Lime and some raspberry lemonade and dragonberry rum. Drinking my big bottle of water now. I also had one handful of M&Ms today.

Think I will head to bed soon. Got the AC going and I've been hot all evening.

TTFN

 

[bellebookworm9]

I just have a mini-rant about my computer. It's a second hand computer from my aunt, and it's great if you just need to check the Dis, your email, and facebook. But last week I tried to burn a CD for my upcoming trip (42 days, just saying) and....nothing. No error message, no user error, nothing. And now it won't even READ a CD to install software to burn anything. Can you say "irritating"?

(Deep Breath) Rant over.

I completely understand. In addition to the rant I posted about mine yesterday (the battery and charger), it also overheats, won't play DVDs properly (it freezes, skips, and makes funny noises), has a missing key, the screen goes fuzzy when I play games like Solitaire, and the plastic hinge covering cracked and broke off, so now it has exposed metal hinges. Only 2.5 weeks-ish until I get the new one!

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Eating today was all right. I didn't eat a lot because my throat is so sore (praying the amoxicilian works soon, because I can't keep popping motrin like it's candy), but I still managed to go over my points. Back to work tomorrow. My online class is now finished and I got an A. The professor said my final paper was "well organized, well researched, and had excellent examples." She said that was how she found all of my participation throughout the course as well, and that I added real value to the discussions. I've never been told that before!

Also TWO MONTHS til Disney!

 

[glss1/2fll]

Shawn, have a great day tomorrow!

Janis, happy birthday!

Gretchen, don't forget to gargle in salt water while you wait for the antibiotic to kick in! Hope your throat starts feeling better soon.

QOTD: Hmmm I don't think it's my weight that holds me back--I'm just too dang shy.

Have yet to do a lick of exercise today. Maybe I'll shove in my quickie yoga tape here in a bit. Survived 3 basketball games today. Lovely, short and sweet! And even though DS1 lost the championship game he was not grumpy on the drive home!!

Have a great week!

 

[liesel]

Another busy day! We had a great time at our neighbor's bbq, and then I had to get ready for the kids' orientation/picture day tomorrow. School starts Tuesday!

I want to thank everyone for their honest and thoughtful answers on today's QOTD. I know I often hold myself back from doing things, not just physical but also emotional. Its definitely a process to learn to get out more and live the life you want. I don't have time to respond right now, but will get to more replies tomorrow. I'm trying to alternate between more serious and more fun QOTDs, so here's a more fun one for tomorrow:


QOTD Monday August 8
Have you been to any of the water parks in Orlando (Blizzard Beach, Typhoon Lagoon, Aquatica, Discovery Cove, etc.)? Do you have a favorite?


I've only been to Aquatica but really enjoyed it (except for the food). I hope to try one of the Disney water parks on a future trip, whenever that may be.