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

[Worfiedoodles]

When we went to Harry Potter, I think we spent about $40 for the two of us. Two tickets were $22.50 and then the small popcorn and medium drink were over $11.

I am appalled at how much the food/drinks/snacks are at the theater! And they wonder why people sneak stuff in...Unless it is something ds or I am dying to see (dh doesn't enjoy the movies), we just wait for Netflix.

Oh, I hope there's a prize for this one........I've been to EVERY STATE except Alaska!!! Most of them during 3 week car trips every Summer when I was growing up. My Dad also tried to go to every state capitol too! And then he got into a kick of visiting the highest points of elevation in every state!

Ding ding ding! We have a winner! No physical prize, just the satisfaction of knowing you are a well-traveled American -- but I bet you already knew that!

confusion, anxiety, disbelief... oh no I bet you want geographical states OK I have been to Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, California, Florida, Tennessee, Lousianna, Maryland, and Utah. States I would love to visit would have to be Hawaii (all of it) Massachusetts (love history) New York (to see NYC) and Virginia (friend there).

Yes, I was going for geographical rather than mental states...I'm not equipped to deal with those answers I want to go back to NYC and take ds, who's dying to go there. I had a quick business trip there in January, and I feel like it was just a tiny taste of the Big Apple.

Back to catch up I can't believe so many people have not been to NC. In my own little world I think everybody is dying to visit here

Okay, I'm going to admit I can't keep either my Carolinas or my Dakotas straight I'm sure your state has tons of lovely features and we would all enjoy a visit.

Today was a good day with eating. I think I only went a few points over, drawing from the weekly pointsplus. It was a pretty easy day at school, so that was nice. They are planning a pizza party in the room I've been in for next Friday, but since I don't know what room I'll be in, no guarantee that I'll be there. I bought my textbooks tonight-only $87 for three. Two of them I'm renting and one I purchased from a friend. Still waiting on the book for my psych class, so I'm hoping maybe there won't be one.

I just heard about renting textbooks -- wasn't an option when I was an undergrad back in the Stone Age -- that sounds like a fabulous idea. I have never once referred to an old textbook or felt like I needed to

Maria

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Posting tomorrow's QOTD because we have to leave before 7 to pick ds up from camp in NH, and I don't think I'll have time in the morning...

Saturday QOTD: I recently saw Dan and Jackie (mother/son orange team) from the BL at a race Expo. They both looked healthy and happy! If you could go on the BL or another weight loss program that took you out of your natural environment, once you returned home what is the most important change you would make in your daily routine to stay on track? How would you make this a lasting change? Would you be more willing to radically change your life after going through an experience like that?

I'll be in NH tomorrow morning and not back until the afternoon -- but I know you will all chatter and support each other until I can add some coachly comments!

Maria

 

[cclovesdis]

Saturday QOTD: I recently saw Dan and Jackie (mother/son orange team) from the BL at a race Expo. They both looked healthy and happy! If you could go on the BL or another weight loss program that took you out of your natural environment, once you returned home what is the most important change you would make in your daily routine to stay on track? How would you make this a lasting change? Would you be more willing to radically change your life after going through an experience like that?

I would love to incorporate more exercise into my daily routine. My mom was seriously considering purchasing a treadmill for me/the familiy, until she saw how big they are. But, I would still love to have one. I'd love to have a home gym in our basement, complete with a lap pool. One lane would be plenty! Really, though, a treadmill, a stationary or recumbent bike, and an elliptical, plus a few more sets of weights and some resistance bands would be amazing.

Today's QOTD: All of New England , NY, Penn., New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware (can't remember why ), Virginia, North & South Carolina, Florida, Missouri, Indiana, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, California, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada



Pamper "Challenge" for Saturday, 8/13: Gather up some fresh fruits or veggies and indulge in a heart-healthy, vitamin-filled smorgasbord.

I encourage you to try a new fruit or veggie or try a new preparation method. Our garden is filled with peppers and tomatoes now so I will come up with something to do with them. Perhaps chicken cacciatore?

Have a great, OP day tomorrow (today) everyone!

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Happy Birthday, Tracey!

late out the door again...off to NH...

Maria

 

[tigger813]

Thanks for the birthday wishes! I can't believe I'm up since we didn't get home until after 12 and then didn't get to sleep until about 1.

We had a great time at the concert with redwalker , her DH and another friend. We missed Night Ranger as we met at a restaurant and didn't leave there until 7 which was the time the concert started but they definitely weren't on long. Foreigner was great, but Journey was AMAZING! We had lawn seats so we stood 95% of the time so my feet really hurt! There was a lot of smoking around and not just of cigarettes and cigars! The smell was sickening. The most unbelievable things was that we made it out of the parking lot in less than 5 minutes and were home in an hour! We found a side exit at the end of our row and followed the cars and got right out! We were both in shock. It took us about 90 minutes to get down there because rush hour traffic was soooo bad and there were two MAJOR accidents on 495 which is our normal route. 20 mile back up so we took 128 which wasn't too bad. Had a drink and a salad and a few clam strips and fries at Piccadilly Pub where we all met. The lines for the bathroom were unbelievable and we got back just in time for Journey to start which was a miracle.

Brian is still sleeping. I couldn't lie there any more and my tummy was grumbling. Brian's going to finish water sealing the deck and I will go to the transfer station this morning before we meet the girls at the movie with DSIL. We purchased our tickets already so won't have to wait in line.

Well, I think I will get some water. Throats dry from screaming and singing. EVERYONE sang Don't Stop Believin! It was cool! Oh and we saw a shooting star! That was cool. I guess there had been others but I only saw one!

TTFN

 

[satorifound]

This thread is REALLY hard to follow. LOL I didn't even realize I got the highest percentage lost one week. Very cool. It is SO slow going now. Still coming off though, and that is what counts. My vacation is 29 days away. Where did all the time go? Only another month to lose before I leave....

 

[my3princes]

Posting tomorrow's QOTD because we have to leave before 7 to pick ds up from camp in NH, and I don't think I'll have time in the morning...

Saturday QOTD: I recently saw Dan and Jackie (mother/son orange team) from the BL at a race Expo. They both looked healthy and happy! If you could go on the BL or another weight loss program that took you out of your natural environment, once you returned home what is the most important change you would make in your daily routine to stay on track? How would you make this a lasting change? Would you be more willing to radically change your life after going through an experience like that?

I'll be in NH tomorrow morning and not back until the afternoon -- but I know you will all chatter and support each other until I can add some coachly comments!

Maria

That is a really tough question. When these shows are filmed the contestants spend all of their time doing nothing but diet and exercise. Going from full time on myself back to a full time job, full time Mom, etc doesn't leave all that much time for the exercise. For me doing this on my terms within my lifestyle makes entirely more sense.

The boys and I spent 3 1/2 hours today cutting, splitting, moving and piling wood. We got 3 cords stacked behind my parent's house so now we only need 2 more to have them set for next year. Between the heat and work I'm sure I lost weight today I really wish my day job was more physical as it would make this entire process much easier

 

[trinaweena]

I just had the worst run ever. I don't know what happened. I was supposed to do 25 minutes and it was just so difficult. I had to keep stopping, and I eventually finished but im so sore I just dont understand. I felt very dehydrated during my run and im wondering if that has something to do with it? Anyways I'm just relaxing now, I'm taking boyfriend out for dinner later to an italtian place he really likes. I plan on getting a calzone. It's all I've been thinking about all week. Spinach, mushroom, sausage calzone. It's a good thing I ran today!

I tried to get my passport today and that was a disaster! I thought I could just go to AAA but apparently they only do the photos. So I got the photos, and was planning on going to a post office that was close by. Apparently my brand new phone is broken and the gps doesn't work and i ended up getting lost in a neighboring town for 45 minutes with my phone telling me I was in Canada. UuUGH! I was so angry! After that I went for my run and that was crap too! In all my anger I forgot to go to the mall to go get new work pants! Mine have a hole in them!

To get in on the laptop discussion, I would caution anyone from buying a Dell. unfortunatly, there are not many good laptops on the market. Laptops are designed to break it seems. I probably go through one laptop every year or two years. The one I currently have is brand new after Best Buy screwed up yet again and didn't fix what was wrong on the old one. (This is the 5th time). i would stronly discourage anyone from ever using best buy for anything as well. The laptop is a HP Envy 17. Original retail was $1600 but I payed like $350. It's a decent computer, def has its problems like with any computer but i'm working on fixing those and it should be good in a few days. It is very pretty and I'm hesitant to still be on a windows machience but I'm not ready to switch to mac yet. my other laptops are junky ones, two acer's and another hp. Acer makes a pretty decent product if you don't want it to do much. Those laptops are primarily used as backups. (We are a computer househould can you tell? My dad is a tech and builds computers, we each have like 3 laptops and 2 desktops.)

The dogs are sleeping and they look comfty I may take a nap too! My parents are down at atlantic city for the week and i've got the place to myself and next week im on vacation!

I weighed in this morning and i'm down again. So far i've lost 8lbs! Hopefully I can keep it up!

 

[Worfiedoodles]

I would love to incorporate more exercise into my daily routine. My mom was seriously considering purchasing a treadmill for me/the familiy, until she saw how big they are. But, I would still love to have one. I'd love to have a home gym in our basement, complete with a lap pool. One lane would be plenty! Really, though, a treadmill, a stationary or recumbent bike, and an elliptical, plus a few more sets of weights and some resistance bands would be amazing.

Today's QOTD: All of New England , NY, Penn., New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware (can't remember why ), Virginia, North & South Carolina, Florida, Missouri, Indiana, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, California, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada

I agree, setting up a home gym would be a huge help, and a great way to make those changes last! You have an eclectic mix of states.

Thanks for the birthday wishes! I can't believe I'm up since we didn't get home until after 12 and then didn't get to sleep until about 1.

It sounds like a really fun concert! Was it the same without Steve Perry? I've always wondered

This thread is REALLY hard to follow. LOL I didn't even realize I got the highest percentage lost one week. Very cool. It is SO slow going now. Still coming off though, and that is what counts. My vacation is 29 days away. Where did all the time go? Only another month to lose before I leave....

Glad to see you checking in! Enjoy getting ready for your vacation!

That is a really tough question. When these shows are filmed the contestants spend all of their time doing nothing but diet and exercise. Going from full time on myself back to a full time job, full time Mom, etc doesn't leave all that much time for the exercise. For me doing this on my terms within my lifestyle makes entirely more sense.

Sorry, I didn't mean to basically kill the thread with a hard one It is true that being taken out of your normal context and forced to eat right and exercise, makes it your number one priority. I guess I was going for what would you do to try to keep it that way -- or maybe that isn't even realistic, maybe just keep it on the screen -- and do you think having that experience would make you perceive anything differently so there would be changes. Maybe you'd have to go through the experience to decide that

I promise to have a more fun QOTD tomorrow!

Off to school shop for ds while we have a tax free weekend in MA...

Maria

 

[dumbo_buddy]

just a quick check in for me. my day of freedom is about to end - DH and DS should be home any minute.

they left around 8 this morning, i went on a 5 mile walk. i tried a little bit of run/walking but i feel like the run/walk thing for me was too difficult. it was killing my shins. anyway, so 5 mile walk, lovely and quiet shower, then off to see The Help. it was VERY good! i read the book and had high expectations. they strayed a little from the book but really not that much. i laughed. i cried. actually, i cried alot. pregnancy hormones? nah, i'm just a crier. i had planned on going home but then decided to get something else to eat and then saw friends with benefits. i was the only person in the theater! and i hate to admit it but i thought that was good too.

so, now i'm back and waiting for my hubs and little guy to come home. so i'm quickly going to close my eyes and stay still for a minute or two

be back on later!

 

[SettinSail]

Saturday QOTD: I recently saw Dan and Jackie (mother/son orange team) from the BL at a race Expo. They both looked healthy and happy! If you could go on the BL or another weight loss program that took you out of your natural environment, once you returned home what is the most important change you would make in your daily routine to stay on track? How would you make this a lasting change? Would you be more willing to radically change your life after going through an experience like that?

I think it would be so cool to be on BL I like to tell myself that I am too "small" now to be selected but maybe not...I guess it would be important to continue following the diet and exercise plans that you followed while out of your natural environment but of course they'd probably have to be modifed to allow you live a "normal" life once you got back home. Hopefully they would send you home with some sort of maintenance plan to follow and I would like to think you learned all sorts of tricks while you were there that you can use when you need them. I would definitely be more willing to radically change my life after that. I would feel like all eyes were on me to see if I could keep it off and I would also not like to gain the weight back after all that hard work!

To get in on the laptop discussion, I would caution anyone from buying a Dell. unfortunatly, there are not many good laptops on the market. Laptops are designed to break it seems. I probably go through one laptop every year or two years. The one I currently have is brand new after Best Buy screwed up yet again and didn't fix what was wrong on the old one. (This is the 5th time). i would stronly discourage anyone from ever using best buy for anything as well. The laptop is a HP Envy 17. Original retail was $1600 but I payed like $350. It's a decent computer, def has its problems like with any computer but i'm working on fixing those and it should be good in a few days. It is very pretty and I'm hesitant to still be on a windows machience but I'm not ready to switch to mac yet. my other laptops are junky ones, two acer's and another hp. Acer makes a pretty decent product if you don't want it to do much. Those laptops are primarily used as backups. (We are a computer househould can you tell? My dad is a tech and builds computers, we each have like 3 laptops and 2 desktops.)

That makes me feel better about my POS Lenovo laptop. We all 3 have laptops and no desktop and DS and DH have never had a moment's problem with their (identical) Compaq laptops so I really thought the Lenovo was the worst laptop out there but maybe not. We are planning to get DS a macbook pro for Christmas and then I will use his Compaq.

Sorry about your crappy run but that happens sometimes. Next run you have may be your best ever! Enjoy your calzone!

I got a late start to my day. Stayed up until 1 am last night and slept until 10:00 this morning. I hate when I do that. We had eggs and bacon for breakfast, did my 45 minute cardio at the Y, had a nice salad with veggies from FIL's garden and now just chillin. DS & DH are at the movies, watching HP. I was going to go with them and see The Help but all the matinees had already started so I'm copying Nancy and enjoying alone time

I was looking online at the results for last year's 5K in my little town and if I had been in that race with my usual time, I would have finished next to last out of about 150 participants Yikes, I had no idea I was that slow at 44 mins. Looks like most people take around 30 mins give or take and the really fast ones around 20 mins give or take. I am still planning on doing a 5K on Oct 1st but it will be a good one to start with since they do not do an official time. It's just a small fund raising event. If I decide to do a "real" one after that, I've got some work to do unless I want to be embarrassed!

Kathy: Are you & Michael watching the Little League play-off games on ESPN? So fun to watch!

Rose: Have you got your house on the market yet?

Maria: Great job coaching!

Hello to everyone else

 

[satorifound]

Saturday QOTD: I recently saw Dan and Jackie (mother/son orange team) from the BL at a race Expo. They both looked healthy and happy! If you could go on the BL or another weight loss program that took you out of your natural environment, once you returned home what is the most important change you would make in your daily routine to stay on track? How would you make this a lasting change? Would you be more willing to radically change your life after going through an experience like that?


I would love to go to one of those weight loss spas and make myself my only concern. I am not sure if I could actually keep it up when I got home though. Maybe if I had once been really big it would be different, but at my heaviest I was only about 70 pounds overweight. I would love to say I would keep it up, but I am just not sure. I have made big changes in what/how I eat now, but even then I plan to eat whatever I want while on vacation. That probably isn't a good idea, but I want my vacation to be a real vacation. LOL

 

[Worfiedoodles]

I just had the worst run ever. I don't know what happened. I was supposed to do 25 minutes and it was just so difficult. I had to keep stopping, and I eventually finished but im so sore I just dont understand. I felt very dehydrated during my run and im wondering if that has something to do with it? Anyways I'm just relaxing now, I'm taking boyfriend out for dinner later to an italtian place he really likes. I plan on getting a calzone. It's all I've been thinking about all week. Spinach, mushroom, sausage calzone. It's a good thing I ran today!

Trina you need a I wish I could tell you this was your last dud of a run, but unfortunately they happen to all of us, even when they shouldn't The thing is, then when you have a spectacular run and all the stars align, you can really appreciate it Being dehdyrated could definitely affect you -- be kind to yourself and enjoy that calzone!

they left around 8 this morning, i went on a 5 mile walk. i tried a little bit of run/walking but i feel like the run/walk thing for me was too difficult. it was killing my shins. anyway, so 5 mile walk, lovely and quiet shower, then off to see The Help. it was VERY good! i read the book and had high expectations. they strayed a little from the book but really not that much. i laughed. i cried. actually, i cried alot. pregnancy hormones? nah, i'm just a crier. i had planned on going home but then decided to get something else to eat and then saw friends with benefits. i was the only person in the theater! and i hate to admit it but i thought that was good too.

Nancy -- I think you had a a perfectly lovely day Exercise, a shower all by yourself , a cathartic movie -- and then a fun one! Sounds

I think it would be so cool to be on BL I like to tell myself that I am too "small" now to be selected but maybe not...I guess it would be important to continue following the diet and exercise plans that you followed while out of your natural environment but of course they'd probably have to be modifed to allow you live a "normal" life once you got back home. Hopefully they would send you home with some sort of maintenance plan to follow and I would like to think you learned all sorts of tricks while you were there that you can use when you need them. I would definitely be more willing to radically change my life after that. I would feel like all eyes were on me to see if I could keep it off and I would also not like to gain the weight back after all that hard work!

Shawn -- Do not stress about the 5K time. You cannot compare yourself to others! My dh finishes a Half a full hour before I do...and that's fine. He's running his race, and I have to run mine, and you have to run yours, and be proud that you are out there doing it! I agree, I hope you would learn so much that it would be easier to keep living a certain way. I think part of my problem is no one is really watching me, so I don't get it going -- if I thought the world would be checking up on me, I'd be a lot more vigilant!

Saturday QOTD: I recently saw Dan and Jackie (mother/son orange team) from the BL at a race Expo. They both looked healthy and happy! If you could go on the BL or another weight loss program that took you out of your natural environment, once you returned home what is the most important change you would make in your daily routine to stay on track? How would you make this a lasting change? Would you be more willing to radically change your life after going through an experience like that?


I would love to go to one of those weight loss spas and make myself my only concern. I am not sure if I could actually keep it up when I got home though. Maybe if I had once been really big it would be different, but at my heaviest I was only about 70 pounds overweight. I would love to say I would keep it up, but I am just not sure. I have made big changes in what/how I eat now, but even then I plan to eat whatever I want while on vacation. That probably isn't a good idea, but I want my vacation to be a real vacation. LOL

Well, I suspect that even when having a "real" vacation, some of the changes you've made stick -- in my case I still don't drink soda, I tend to choose the fruit and veggies, and I will have some treats, but it isn't an all-day gorge-o-rama -- plus I also just move more and am more active because I'm even a little smaller, and I bet you do, too!

You bring up a really good point -- if you had less to lose, are you less determined to keep it off? I keep thinking of Rose, who could never have qualified for the BL, but she is a maintainer and she's not about to go back...I bet you would do it, too! Those big changes will last, because you are genuinely happy, I can hear it in your post

Maria

 

[dvccruiser76]

Hi everyone, just jumping in quick from vacation. We left in a hurry, so I didn't get to say goodbye. I'll probably check in once or twice this week if I have a chance. Hope everyone is doing well.

Sue- I hope your sister is doing ok.

Hi Kathy,
Thanks, she's doing better. They let her go home on Monday, but she has to go in early next week for a follow up.

The last 48 hours have been a whirlwind of emotions for me. Sunday night a traumatic event left me reliving the night my husband & daughter were killed by a drunk driver.

Alan was working this weekend on getting the garage organized and figuring out what we were keeping and what we were getting rid of. He was going through boxes and such and came across one that was on the top shelf (we have shelves in our garage on one side). He went to open the box and found something that he forgot we even had (I knew nothing about it).

He came inside and I knew something was wrong when he had this serious look on his face and he kind of stammered trying to come up with the right words, "Um, honey I found something and I'm not sure what to do with it." Puzzled I asked him what he was talking about. He asked me to follow him to the garage, so I did. He pulled the plastic bag out of the box and said "I found this. I forgot it was here." I took the bag from him and upon seeing the label that said "ME's office" I instantly got lightheaded, dizzy, and thought I was going to pass out.

"OMG"...

I walked into the house and sat down in the middle of the living room floor, Alan followed me. I opened up the bag and took out the shredded up bloody clothes. Upon inspection I realized they were mine. The only reason I knew was because the label was on the jeans and I only wore one brand of jeans back then. Then I pulled out a peice of sweatshirt that had blood on it. I didn't recognize it as something of mine so I'm assuming it was Josh's.

I put everything in the bag and just sat there in shock and before I knew it the tears started to flow uncontrollably to the point to where I was sobbing. After somewhat composing myself I got up and went out to the garage with the bag in my hand. The knee jerk reaction was to throw it away, I couldn't. I couldn't get myself to do it. Alan asked me if I wanted to throw them away and all I could manage to do was shake my head no.

He pulled up a chair and I sat down and started crying harder. I started rambling about how I know my mom has Josh and Maddie's clothes from that night because she had told me over a year ago. Then I told him how my dad wouldn't ever go to the cemetary to see them because he was the one who had to identify them that night. I can imagine that haunts him and understandably so.

After sitting outside for a few minutes I went in and sat at my desk. It was around 10pm TX time and I started to panic. I needed to talk to someone, anyone. Then I realized it was to late to call any of my friends so I did the only thing I could, I called my mom.

She answered the phone and as soon as she said hello I just lost it and started sobbing all over again. Bless her heart luckily she was able to figure out what I was saying between my uncontrollable sobs. Once i had caught my breathe and was able to take a few deep breaths I could hear her crying on the other end. "I'm so sorry honey. You weren't suppose to find those. Alan was suppose to put all of that away somewhere that you wouldn't find it." I told her it wasn't Alan's fault. He had hid them a way pretty darn well (on a shelf way above my 4'11 head). I told her they would of never been uncovered had we not been in the process of getting ready to move. They could of stayed on that shelf forever and I would of never known.

After getting off the phone with her a texted awhile with a friend and then went to bed. I didn't wake up til almost 3pm yesterday and honestly just didn't care. I spent the whole day in a fog and zombie like state. I was in that I don't care about anything or anyone and for once in my life I'm going to worry about me and no one else. Every time I get in an emotional funk I always "jump out" of it so to speak in order to be there for friends and family. Well screw it for once I was only thinking about me.

I started feeling somewhat better around 11 last night. I told Alan I wanted to go to wal-mart and drown my sorrows in Blue Bell ice cream. So we went up there and I stocked up on pints of ice cream, lunchables, and Gatorade.

Just when I think I can bury the events of what happened that night they always find a way to sneak up on me and knock me on my butt.

So sorry to hear about your night. I can't even imagine what you've been through. Glad to hear that your mother and DH were there for you

TTFN

Tracey, I can't even believe what the poor mom of that little girl must be going through. It's so heart breaking for both of them.

Tracey--In case I don't get on in the morning--

I hope you have a FABULOUS BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday Tracey!!!!!

 

[mikamah]

Saturday QOTD: I recently saw Dan and Jackie (mother/son orange team) from the BL at a race Expo. They both looked healthy and happy! If you could go on the BL or another weight loss program that took you out of your natural environment, once you returned home what is the most important change you would make in your daily routine to stay on track? How would you make this a lasting change? Would you be more willing to radically change your life after going through an experience like that?

I hope that my shopping methods would change and I would not buy the stuff that I eat when I am not eating for hunger. It is all about choices, and I choose to buy it now, and hence I am not losing weight, but if I was on a show and like someone else mentioned, everyone would be watching and waiting for me to fail, then I'd want to prove them wrong. And actually, not everybody would be waiting for me to fail, most of my friends and family would want me to succeed, but I can think of a few negative people who'd wait to see me fail. I know I would have learned the good eating habits that they show on BL, and that is what I would focus on when I returned home since that seems to be my downfall of late.

Sue- Welcome home. How was your vacation? Hope you all had a fun time. I thought of you today. We biked on the new rail trails, but I didn't like the gravel on the bike, but I'll try run/walking it soon. We then stopped at Tapleyville Ice cream and they have my favorite Richardsons purple cow. Very cute place. Have you been yet? I noticed the best thing on the menu is a hot fudge sundae for sharing. A regular size sundae split in 2 bowls. What a great idea.

Maria-Did you get any good deals? I forgot all about it, and went to target for about 100$ worth of stuff last night. Oh well. Hope ds enjoyed his camp this week.

Shawn- I totally agree with Maria on the race times, and am right at the back of the race for all my races. I have found everyone to be so positive and encouraging at these races too, and felt pretty awkward at first, but have come to realize, that sure I'm big, and may not look like a "runner", but I'm out there doing this for me and my health, and if someone is judging me, then that is their problem, not mine. I do like to look at all the race times from prior years to see where I might fall. I was 12 from the end of about 400 in my first race, but if it's a bigger field, there will be more behind you. I was in the high 800s for a race that was over 1000. It seems around here that each race I've done and looked to prior years, each successive year there are many more people racing. I'm excited for you to do your first 5k. When I did my first, I hadn't broken the 15 min/mile yet, and just wanted to beat 45 min, and I was 43:26. So you will be faster on the day of the race than you are in training.

Tracey- HaPpY BiRtHdAy !!!

Trina- Hope your day got better and you had a nice dinner with your bf.

Hope you're all having a nice weekend.

I slacked on my exercise this week, but made up for some of it today. Ran/walked 3 miles this morning, did some yard work, and then we biked around town for about an hour this afternoon. I was on call so I couldn't go too far, but ds likes to lead me to different place on the bikes. He has a friend sleeping over tonight, and lights out is at 11 all around. They're playing wii now, but I could go to bed. Too bad they're old enough to tell time.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone.

 

[bellebookworm9]

Had the post all typed and then got an error message, so let's try again.

I've heard of renting DVC points and I'd like to try it someday. Don't give up on having kids one day= you'd be surprised at all the options you have with meds and such.

DVC points is a great option! It's often times less than or comparable to a value resort! Even if I could have my own kids, I don't think I'd want to; at this point I've grown quite attached to the idea of adopting, and giving a kid or three a better home.

I just heard about renting textbooks -- wasn't an option when I was an undergrad back in the Stone Age -- that sounds like a fabulous idea. I have never once referred to an old textbook or felt like I needed to

I probably should keep my audiology books, but since I barely read them in the first place, I'm okay with renting them.

Saturday QOTD: I recently saw Dan and Jackie (mother/son orange team) from the BL at a race Expo. They both looked healthy and happy! If you could go on the BL or another weight loss program that took you out of your natural environment, once you returned home what is the most important change you would make in your daily routine to stay on track? How would you make this a lasting change? Would you be more willing to radically change your life after going through an experience like that?

Like others today have said, I think it would be incredibly difficult to keep all the weight off coming from dieting and exercising constantly and then going back to normal life. But, like Shawn said, I would hope to pick up some tips to help me out in everyday life.

I weighed in this morning and i'm down again. So far i've lost 8lbs! Hopefully I can keep it up!

Sorry about the run. Enjoy the calzone! When I get back to school I might splurge and get one from the local pizza joint-it will feed me for 2-3 meals.

then off to see The Help. it was VERY good! i read the book and had high expectations. they strayed a little from the book but really not that much. i laughed. i cried.

Glad to hear you liked it. I saw a preview during Harry Potter and thought it looked good. Perhaps I will go see it before I go back to school.

We are planning to get DS a macbook pro for Christmas and then I will use his Compaq.

I have a MacBook Pro at work and I LOVE it. If they weren't so darn expensive, I'd buy one for myself.

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I had another excellent day eating, and was down a pound from yesterday. And I was really productive besides. I ran some errands, did laundry, and then spent the better part of 3-4 hours cleaning out my room and organizing all the stuff that needs to go back to school. But it's pretty much all in crates/boxes now, and not spread all over the dining room.

I got my first fall semester class e-mail today, for Sociolinguistics. As I was looking at the syllabus, it says we have our midterm the day after I come back from Disney. Who gives a midterm the day after break?! Maybe I'll see if I can take it early...

I started planning out my schedule for school, and am trying to figure out gym and Zumba times-difficult to do when the Zumba class schedule isn't out yet! But I'm thinking I will try to get to the gym 3x a week, for cardio and weights, and Zumba 1-2x per week. We have access to a personal trainer included in our membership, so perhaps I will take advantage of that as well.

 

[jaelless]

when is the summer challenge due to end and that Fall challenge going to start? I am really hoping to get in on that

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Sunday QOTD: Do you have a favorite store or restaurant at DTD? What makes it special? And if you don't have one at DTD, do you have one it the Parks that you can't miss?

Off for a 3M run at Deer Island, back later with replies!

Maria

 

[Worfiedoodles]

when is the summer challenge due to end and that Fall challenge going to start? I am really hoping to get in on that

You can join us anytime -- just pm a starting weight to donac!

I believe (and our hostess Rose can correct me), the current Challenge goes until Aug. 26th, and the new Challenge starts Sept. 9th...

If you're ready now, we'd love to have you!

Maria

 

[tigger813]

QOTD: We always spend a good amount of time at the WOD store and always go into Once Upon A Toy.
For restaurants at DTD, we just discovered Earl of Sandwich on our last trip. Ended up there 2 nights in a row for supper! Love the variety of sandwiches and the prices. They are supposed to be putting one in Boston at some point but haven't heard anything lately about it.

Woke up at 6 and then fell back asleep until almost 7. Brian said that I forgot to get up and take a walk. I got up and asked Ash to join me not realizing it was raining already. So Ash and I drove over to Dunkin' for b'fast. I only had some hash browns and a small unsweetened raspberry iced tea. I think I'll head down shortly to do a WATP workout or maybe the 30 day Shred or maybe I'll do both at some point today. Also planning on doing lots of Wii today with the girls.

Brian's going out in a while to go get my new Toshiba laptop at Best Buy! SO excited since this laptop has been running like crap! We will see what we can do so Ash can use this one. I should probably think about backing this one up while he's gone.

Better start doing something before I lose the urge!

TTFN