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

[tigger813]

Evening all,

We really enjoyed Kung Fu Panda 2. I ended up having the Dead Man's Chest Quesadilla. It's my favorite there though they changed how it's made but it was still good. We had originally ordered an appy but the server was having trouble with his order machine and forgot to put it in. Actually glad as I was full after. We also got a free popcorn. For supper I had a protein shake. I did have a handful of M&Ms earlier and I'm drinking my water so I am pretty much back on track. I'm going to get up and work out in the morning and then also walk to the wellness center after Izzie gets on the bus.

Talked to my mom for a bit tonight. She had been on the phone with friends all afternoon so she was really tired. She told me that the minister that I grew up with had surgery this week for breast cancer. What a week! My dad was really confused this morning and once again I had to tell my mom to let us worry about Dad and for her to worry about only her. She's scared to death of the radiation tomorrow but hopefully with the pain management they've done over the weekend it won't be as bad. She felt bad she was too tired to talk to me but I told her not to worry that I'll be there in less than 3 weeks and she can talk to me then.

Looking forward to my special days with the girls before I go. Taking Ash to American Girl Place in Natick next Sunday morning and for lunch. Either doing something next Monday or Wednesday with Izzie. I also have plans to get together with some friends over the next few weeks! Hoping to also squeeze some time alone with Brian. We want to go see POTC at some point.

Watching a Bud Greenspan special on the 2010 Olympics. We love his documentaries and hope they can continue them now that he has passed away. Hoping to watch The Queen tomorrow when I get back from my walk and while I'm cleaning.

The next 2 1/2 weeks are going to be insane so I will post when I can!

TTFN

 

[MamaJessie]

QOTD Sunday, June 5
So, I think everyone has some great goals. But as I have learned the hard way, things don't always go exactly as planned. The hardest thing about healthy living in my opinion, is just staying on the wagon. Do you have a plan in place to deal with weeks when you may not loose or days when you just fall off the wagon?

Actually, no - I don't have a plan for that. Hope to read some good advice here.

 

[trinaweena]

My goal is to lose 20 lbs by the end of this challenge. So that's less than 2 lbs per week - doable. My first goal is to be below 150 by the end of June.

Since I have been eating only 1000 - 1200 calories I'm taking a gamble from things that I've read and increasing my calories to 1300 - 1500. But I'm trying for the no diet soda thing and my goal is to make good food choices even with the increase in calories - which means no sugar or white bread for me.

Exercise goal is to walk 1 hour or run 30 minutes minimum of 4 days per week.

Angie

Angie - i have just decreased my calorie intake from 1500 to 1300 and im hoping to get it down to 1200 by next month. I've also cut out soda and thinking about loweing my sugar (already not letting myself have it in my coffee!).

Trina -- I have the same aversion to your name, but for a different reason. It's my middle name, so if I was in trouble and my mom called me just "Katrina", I knew trouble was a comin'!

Funnily enough when my mother calls me Katrina i know im in trouble as well! And in real life i always introduce myself as Katrina not Trina. Only my close friends call me Trina! I'm a dog trainer and at the start of each new session i have to introduce myself and i always say hi i'm katrina!

Hey everyone! I went to the mall this evening (looked at new cameras for the trip!) and we stopped at Sears to look at the Land's End bathing suits. They unfortunately didn't have a huge selection, so I will probably end up ordering online. I'm going to shoot for a size 14.

Today was an iffy day for eating. Breakfast wasn't so good, I had cereal and some TimBits. Lunch was homemade veggie cream cheese and Ritz crackers. Dinner was at the mall food court and I had a regular Arby's roast beef sandwich with Horsey sauce and a bottle of water. I had a few bites of the salad that mom got with balsamic vinagrette. Later we stopped for ice cream and I got a "small" Fool's Gold (my favorite and I can never find it!) in a waffle cone.

I'm working on the 48oz of water as I write this.

A step in the right direction: Mom wanted to go to Red Lobster for dinner. I said, "You were just having stomach problems. Do you really want greasy, oily food?" She replied, "I'm having a mental health day and you're being logical." I told her, "You are no help to my diet plan." She backed off and so we went to the food court instead.

No exercise besides walking around the mall for a bit. I was going to mow the lawn, but it rained all day. Today is my day off then I think, and tomorrow will be Day 2 of C25K!

Gretchen Your mom sounds a lot like mine, and i know that can be difficult! If your feeling frustrated and need to vent/talk dont hesitate to send me a pm because i deal with this from my mother on a daily basis! Hang in there and remember you are doing this for YOU!

This is a really good question. After taking a nutrition class last semester I learned that I was not eating enough calories or the right foods to make my body work effectively. I often skip breakfast and sometimes lunch cause I forget to eat until I am starving then I eat. I have been sitting on my bum for the past semester so getting up and moving is key.

So my goals for the next two -three weeks are to eat 3 meals a day plus 2 snacks to up my metabolism, drink 6 8oz glasses of water a day, write down what I eat and workout 5 to 6 days a week (I bought the hip hop abs series months ago that have been collecting dust.

I made all of these goals today so I am off to a great start.

I have the same goals of trying to eat consistent meals! its tough but ive eaten breakfast every day this past week!

Trina, I'd say that anyone who laughed in your face just assumes that since they couldn't do it, you couldn't either. You know you can achieve this and that is all that matters. I had walked many 5Ks and run off-and-on for several years before it finally occurred to me just last year that I could do a 10k or half-marathon. And I did them. Once you decide you want to, all that is left is to put one foot in front of the other until you get there. It's not easy, but it's not complicated. And hey... after you do it, you get to rub your finish-line picture right in their faces.

Thank you! i actually had the courage to tell my boyfriend last night and he was very supportive and told me i could def do it (i knew i picked a good one). and im registering for my first 5k this week!

This post has been on my mind all weekend. It took me awhile to go back and find it. Hi Trina I love your name! I have a few friends who go by Trina as well. I think it's fun and cute.

I just calculated your BMI and you are JUST BARELY overweight I am sure you do not look overweight at all. You are only 12 pounds over. I think you are very smart to monitor this at your young age and the older Trina will be SO THANKFUL you did Here are my suggestions:

1. Start with baby steps. Concentrate more on building habits rather than losing weight to begin with. Don't worry, the weight loss will happen if you are consistent with healthy habits. Incorporate one thing at a time and build slowly. Maybe the only change you can make this week is to walk 3 times for 30 minutes or such. Next week, continue that and add in no eating after 8:00 pm or such. Build up slowly over time...

2. No more crying or feeling sorry for yourself Your beautiful body does so much for you and if you love it and take care of it, it will do even more!!! Love yourself first! You are awesome!

3. Carve out 30 mins each evening to plan out the next day. Write your plan down somewhere, either on paper or on the computer and then save it each day. I like a pretty paper journal to write in. Eventually, you can just refer back to the saved days and repeat them with no 30 minute planning session needed.

4. WHen you are ready, decide which plan you will follow - counting calories, limiting carbs, WW, SB, etc. Get books from the library or research online. My plan is simply to "limit my calorie intake". I don't track anything; I just try to eat less. It has worked for me but it has been slow. At your age, your body will be very responsive to any changes you make.

5. If you find you don't like the program you picked or it's too much work, try another one! Keep on trying until you find your fit!

6. Start small with exercise and build up. When you don't feel like working out, make yourself do it for 5 minutes and give yourself permission to quit after that if you still don't feel like it (the Rose rule). More times than not, you will finish your workout! Also, try working out at different times of day.

7. Try different types of exercise but don't force yourself to do anything you don't enjoy. I would try the gym but again give yourself permission to not go back if it's not for you. There are so many videos you can do on your own in addition to walking the dogs or C25K. I find I like to rotate between 3 primary forms of exercise and occaisionaly throw in something new.

8. Eat often throughout the day! You should have 3 meals and 2 snacks daily. Once you get into this habit, if you find yourself hungry, you should have a meal or snack coming up. After your last meal of the day, if you find yourself hungry at night try gum, hot tea or distractions such as chatting with a friend, needlework, etc.

9. Plan healthy snacks to eat while studying. Something about studying just goes hand in hand with snacking

10. Never, ever quit trying! If it all becomes too much for you, just focus on maintaining where you are for awhile. When you have more time or motivation, jump back in to trying to lose.

Gee, I hope this does not sound too preachy or bossy. And, I am by no means a weight loss expert! But, your post touched me and I wanted to reach out and give you some ideas. Ultimately, it's all up to you. I like to tell myself that I may not be following some perfectly calculated plan but anyone knows the difference between a cookie and an apple

Good luck and we are all here to help you with anything.

Thank you so very much for your kind words and advice! It is def helpful and thank you for taking to time to write it all down! It is really nice to know that im only 12lbs overweight even if i feel like i want to loose more!

Kristina: I am still in my PJ's. I didn't wake up until almost 1 PM. I was quite lightheaded too. Unbelievably, when my mom came in to ask if I was awake and I told her how I was feeling, she actually seemed to care! I'll take what I can get.

I am feeling better, but already feel the start of a panic attack. My heart is racing. There's something about church that is really not making me a happy person. I've debated not going again until it starts back up in the Sept., but I really don't like to quit things. I committed to giving out Communion and without getting religious, I'd feel guilty about quitting that. Hoping that this unpleasant anxiety won't lead to stress eating...

So far, I've had a blueberry pancake today. I considered making myself an egg and my father says, "Dinner will be in a few hours." Thanks Dad. He's usually my support. I've had 4 points today and it's 4 PM. Umm, yeah, that's a lot of food. Okay, I am definitely stressed out.

I just PMed my Friday weight to Donac and I've weighed myself since then and I'm down a good amount. If I can stay OP, I'll be very happy with myself for the week. You are right on the money when you say, WDW is a great motivator!

QOTD: I think the biggest thing for me to do is to forget about the word "binge." I then need to get back OP immediately. I've had a great challenge so far, and I intend to keep it that way.

I'm not sure what my OT hours will look like this week. I can't stay too late on Tuesday, but I'm guessing I'll be staying late at least the other 4 days. I may have to go to the college I went to on Wed. to help plan our 5-year reunion, but I haven't received a confirmation e-mail. I'll plan to be there and "only" stay an extra hour at work.

I stopped writing this posting to WDW dining. I'm nervous Le Cellier isn't a good enough restaurant for my parents' anniversary dinner. I want it to be perfect. When we go out to dinner, we usually order and entree each and maybe soda. Occasionally, my mom orders a glass of wine. My mom wants us to order apps and desserts each, plus probably a bottle of wine for the table. I've read some worrisome reviews lately and I'm nervous. Any thoughts? TIA!

Have a great day everyone! I may or may not be back on before tomorrow night.

Just to comment on Le Cellier, my boyfriend and i go here every year for our anniversary and we absolutely love it. The service and the food is great! But if your looking for something real fancy, i guess its not the fanciest place. We did Narcossee's last year for our fancy dinner and i loved that as well!

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So i've lowered my calorie intake from 1500 to 1300 and today was the first day. It's 9:30pm and i still have 200 calories left for the day and i just had a great dinner and feel nice and full so mission accomplished! I have an app on my phone for keeping track of my calories and its great because i can actually scan the barcodes of the foods im eating and it will find the food for me! Cant get any easier! I also did great on my water intake today, and bought a new waterbottle! Its a camelbak, the kind with the straw that you bite down on and then suck. I find i drink alot more when its from a straw! Strange but whatever works i guess!

I also did day 2 of couch to 5k and im a bit more sore than day one but i did push myself a little bit harder. And like I said before im registering for my first 5K. It is Run to Breate and all proceeds will benefit lung cancer research.

I've let myself slack off this evening, was supposed to work on my ethics paper but watched Doctor Who instead! i only have 2 pages left! So class yet so so far!!

 

[trinaweena]

Before I go though i though id post a picture of my hiking/running partners!

this is them helping me pack for disney

and this is them on the trails

The brown and white one is my running buddy!

 

[bellebookworm9]

Gretchen Your mom sounds a lot like mine, and i know that can be difficult! If your feeling frustrated and need to vent/talk dont hesitate to send me a pm because i deal with this from my mother on a daily basis! Hang in there and remember you are doing this for YOU!

I might just take you up on that. She's having a rough time this weekend and says maybe "in a few days she'll feel motivated" again. I don't know about that.

Anyway, today was not so good of an eating day. I had 3 bowls of Cap 'n Crunch for breakfast between 11-11:30am. We ended up going to Red Lobster for dinner with my brother and grandmother. When we picked him up shortly after 3:30 I asked if we could eat before going to the store. I was vetoed because I was the only one who was hungry. So we went to WalMart and ended up at the restaurant around 5. I was STARVING by that point; I have hypoglycemia so that's no good. I was shaky, had a headache, and was so irritable. When we were seated I said to Mom, "Next time I say I need to eat, you need to listen to me." Her reply: "You were the only one that was hungry." You have hypoglycemia too! Seriously?!

Well, I ordered a raspberry lemonade and then a water. I overindulged in the biscuits because I needed my sugar back up immediately. I ate all of my salad with some honey mustard dressing. My brother and I split the shrimp alfredo and I ended up bringing some home. Later we stopped for ice cream and I got blueberry cheesecake in a waffle cone. Starting tomorrow I am going to start cooking so that should help get me on track.

I attempted Day 2 of C25K, but only made it 15 minutes before my foot/shin started to hurt. I stopped before it got worse and will pick back up tomorrow or Tuesday.

 

[dvccruiser76]

Whew! Just went through all 24 pages and I'm finally caught up. I will most certainly be copying this post to word before trying to preview since I've lost many long posts in the past.

So, vacation was good, diet was not but I'm back and ready to go! I'll post some replies then post seperately about what I've been up to lately.

QOTD Wednesday, June 1--What did you have for breakfast? Do you regularly eat breakfast?

I'm very good about breakfast Mon-Thurs since I work those days. I start my eating when I get to work at 8:00 with my mini Tropicana OJ and either a chocolate vitatop, or a 100 calorie pack of mini hostess coffee cakes. When I'm home Fri-Sun I usually have b-fast with my DS, which consists of either 2 pieces of toast, or cereal depending on what I make for him.

QOTD Thursday, June 2
How do you feel about stepping on the scale for the first weigh in tomorrow

I actually didn't feel bad or worried. I knew that I had been bad on vacation, so my 6 point gain was fully expected.

QOTD Friday, June 3rd
Introduce yourself! Why are you here?

Hello, my name is Sue. I'm 34, a wife to DH (31), a mom to DS (23 months), a CPA, and I live in Danvers. I've been a DVC'er since 2000 and love Disney, but DH can take it or leave it. Lucky for him he bought into the DVC family when we married and lucky for me, I owned it before we met Anywho, this is my 3rd challenge. I did great with my first challenge and made it to goal. For the last challenge, I pushed my goal too far and should have listened to those who said to be a maintainer, especially during tax season. So, for this challenge, my goal is to lose the 6 pounds I gained on vaca and be a maintainer from here on out. Once I lose the 6 pounds, I hope to tone what I have and be happy with it. If I should lose more than the 6 pounds toning, then so be it

QOTD Saturday, June 4
What are your goals for the challenge? A lot of things I have read say that in order to be successful it works best to break a larger goal into smaller goals. Do you have intermediate goals? Do you have any rewards for along the way.

Whoops, see above

QOTD Sunday, June 5
So, I think everyone has some great goals. But as I have learned the hard way, things don't always go exactly as planned. The hardest thing about healthy living in my opinion, is just staying on the wagon. Do you have a plan in place to deal with weeks when you may not loose or days when you just fall off the wagon?

My goal when I fall off the wagon, which happens every time I vacation, is to weigh in each day I cheat to keep reminding myself of what's happening and after vacation is over I jump back on. Lucky for me the last challenge ended right before vacation.

I'm not really overweight, but it's a lifestyle choice. I do this, so when I do vacation I don't have to worry about what I eat and enjoy it

Guess what I am doing--yep, icing my knees. BUT I am absolutely THRILLED to say that we had a reasonable run today! We have got to start getting up earlier, though. We got to the park around 8:15 and it was already 76 and a billion percent humidity. But I am not complaining. I'd much rather be hot than cold! Mike said the heat might have actually helped my knee a bit.

We went 4 miles at a run 4/ walk 30 sec interval. I think the average ended up being right around 11:00, so pretty slow compared to earlier in the spring. But my goal was to go 4 miles. My knee got sore pretty quickly and then just stayed there. No real pain. If it wasn't for the fact that I have battled the itbs for so long now, I would have just ignored it. The really exciting news is the soreness went away during the walk breaks and NOTHING hurts now. I am cautiously optimistic, for the first time in a long time now! We'll see what the doctor says--he might still say more time off, but I'm hoping he says I can keep running for now. I did my rehab exercises and stretched and used the foam roller--so I'm following the rules!

Hi Rose Glad to hear that you had a good run!

A little about me for those who don't know me. I am a married mother of two. My son just turned 6 and will be entering 1st grade in the fall. My daughter is almost 3 and is very funny and stuborn! My son is my disney lover...even going on rides my dh is too nervous to go on like tower of terror! I used to be a travel agent and my specialty was Disney so I was able to do an onsite trip to WDW and toured one of the ships quite a while ago. My family is going on our first Disney Cruise and WDW trip in November so we are very excited about that.

My son better be a disney lover We just got back from the Dream about a week ago. You will love it

I was confused too. I saw Rose's post about moving and was like "I though we were moving on monday". Then after catching up on the first few pages here I realized it is Monday.

I will be so confused tomorrow.

Love it

Here's a bonus QOTD
Are you On Plan now, or are you waiting until the challenge starts and having a last day or two of splurging?

Oh goodness no Vacation was here and then there was a whole week before weigh in. Luckily I've only got 6 to get back to where I was.

Hi Rose,
Count me in for the summer challenge. Looking forward to it.

Dave

Hi Dave, how is Caleb doing?

I didn't share this when the tornado initially hit Joplin, but my cousin's family lives there. Her (half)brother was working in the Pizza Hut when it was hit and was almost sucked out into the storm. The entire building was reduced to rubble and 4 of the people he was with died. I guess there is a clip of him on the news online somewhere. When I talked with my cousin (online) last Monday, they were so happy that he was alive that she didn't mention that he also lost everything. His van and apartment were also destroyed. He even lost his wallet-sucked into the storm. His only posession is a bass guitar that was sucked out his van and was still in the vicinity. The case was battered but it was intact. Prayers and positive thoughts are appreciated.

Definitely prayers and positive thoughts. He was so lucky

And I finished my first half marathon on Sunday.

Yeah, I weigh 10 pounds more than I did at the Princess but I finished this one and I'm actually stronger than I have been in years. Can't wait to work on my half for September and get some speed. A lady in line with me at the portapotties was telling me that she was doing her 101st marathon at age 61! I should be so lucky!

Awesome job

Started my Trip Report for our recent trip!

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=41311037#post41311037

I will have to check it out!

I haven't participated in a BL challenge in awhile, because I got tired of not losing weight! I have been on 3 cruises in the past 6 months, and I have NOT bypassed the desserts! I also slacked off on the great exercise habits I had for 13 months, and need to get back on track. I'm going on vacation in August (another cruise!) - and I'd like to be 20 pounds lighter by then.

I hear you on the cruise food. Our waiter in Palo would not dare to let us "share" the chocolate souffle so she brought us each one along with a tiramisu to share So darn tasty

glad you are ok. where is Kathy? And someone else lives near kathy, but I can't remember who.

Here's what I have learned after living here for 16 years. There are different kinds of tornados--some come at the beginning of a storm and some come at the end (these are usually more dangerous, from what I understand and you can often see blue sky in pictures of them). Anyhow, anyone who is under a warning should stay in their basement until they give the all clear just to be safe.

It's me, Kathy and I both live in Danvers. Sorry that I was mia. Vacation was first then we had to get settled in and head to NH for my DH's grandmother's funeral service, which was actually in Maine but the in-laws are from NH so we stayed there. Luckily the tornados did not hit Danvers, but prayers to anyone that was affected.

I'm having a hard time not breaking down tonight. My sister called this afternoon and gave me the latest update on my mom. (For those new here, my mom was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma about 3-4 weeks ago and has had a rough start with radiation and my sister has been taking care of her around the clock the past 10 days. She and her husband are celebrating their 25th anniversary by going on a Hawaiian cruise which she totally deserves and I would never take that away from her. )They started radiation again and are giving her double doses of morphine before the treatments. She will have 4 more treatments by next Wednesday. Then they will give her a few weeks off and start chemo the week of June 26th. I will be flying down on the morning of June 24th. I was hoping to be home by the 30th but my sister told me that I have to stay until July 4th. She gets home on the 3rd in the evening and Mom needs to be monitored while she begins the chemo. I am very upset but know that I have to do it.

Hi Tracey. Sorry to hear about your mother, I have been keeping up with your posts. Try not to worry about Brian and the kids, everyone will be okay at home and will be that much more happier to see you when you return. Try to take care of yourself while you are there, which can be tough when you're focussing on your mother. I will be praying for you and your family

I guess I should do a little introduction since I am new here! My name is Trina (well Katrina but i HATE going by that) and I'm 25. My whole life I've always been the "skinny girl" and have never had a problem with weight, but my parents are overweight so my mother has always told me it would catch up to me. Well it finally has. I've been gaining weight steadily for a few years now, going up a size every few months but never really seeing it as a problem untill now. I'm at a point in my life where I weigh the most i ever have and honestly, i find myself disgusting. It hurts to say this, because I've always been super proud of my self and really secure and now i just feel so lost. I even cry in the shower because i hate the sight of myself naked, and i just feel so uncomfortable all the time.

You all seem like a great group of people so hopefully i can find the support here that i so desperatly need.

I feel like i should also mention that I have fibro myalgia, chronic insomnia, Chron's disease, and an extremem anxiety disorder. I would love to take classes at the gym like yoga or spinning but im terrified of not knowing what to do or being judged!

Hi Trina and welcome. This board is great for support. I also have crohn's, so I can understand what you may be going through

Hello, everyone. My name is Linda. I am 44 years old. I have two teen-age DDs, and a DH. I have lost 27 lbs. since January (with the help of the BL spring challenge) and I am hoping to lose 8 more to get to my goal. I am obsessive about counting calories, but not so good with exercise. To improve that, I bought a Leslie Sansone DVD and have been very good at doing it about 6 days a week - I do seem to be enjoying it. Good luck to everyone, and nice to meet you all.

I love Leslie Sansone videos which one did you buy? I really enjoy the American Heart Association ones. 1, 2 and 3 miles.

I'm still looking for Prince Charming but will settle for one of the seven dwarves at this point.

Hi Karen! DH doesn't love Disney, but accepts it so it's helpful knowing that you can still enjoy it even if DH doesn't "love" it.

My name is Janis, I am 51, I will be 52 in August. I live 10 miles north of Boston with my Birthday boy DH newly 53, we have been married for 26 years on June 8th.

Hi Janis, sorry if you told me before, where are you in Mass? Saugus?

oh i forgot ...

did you know that disney doesn't make any maternity clothes anymore?? i found two maternity t-shirts on ebay. they each have thumper on it from bambi. one says "what's kickin?" and the other says, "just kickin' it." cute, right?

can you tell i'm really trying to think positively that a september WDW trip will happen??

Funny you should mention it. Maybe you can search the Babies R Us website, but I saw the cutest maternity shirt there about a year ago. It was maroon or magenta and just had 2 white Mickey hands on the front placed like they were holding your baby bump. I can't remember if it said anything or not, but you could tell they were Mickey's hands and I believe the sides we scruntched like a lot of the t-shirts are for maternity. If I had been prego still I would have gotten it.

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

I was wrong, Dirk is a who, not a what. But he road a roller coaster in Stuttgart on roller blades!!!

Wow whoever decided to do this is not right mentally.

Inspirational quote 6/5/11

No matter how slow you go, you are still lapping everybody on the couch

Love this!!!!!!!

I have been thinking a lot about goals and rewards lately. This is what I have:

Weight goals (with no target dates) :

• When my weight drops into the next "decade", I will get a manicure.
• When my weight drops into the next lower "decade" after that, I will have a massage.
• When I achieve my official goal weight(subject to change as I achieve better fitness), I will have a full spa day (massage, mani-pedi, facial, bodywrap).

Short term goals:

• Monthly: still thinking on this.
• Weekly: accumulate 2 hours of exercise (to increase every few weeks until I can do 5-6 hours per week); reward is to buy myself an inexpensive bouquet of flowers at the grocery store for me to enjoy all during the next week.
• Daily: record ALL food/calories whether I choose wisely or not; reward with $1 each day to buy new music or books.

Great goals and rewards. Good job at the party. I usually find that if the other parents are not eating its easier to say no thank you. I dont want to look like the fat lady who eats alot.

Good Morning,

I just came on WISH this morning to get some motivation to get back into my weight loss journey and found this thread. I am excited to see that the challenge has just began and I would to be a part of it.

I have about a 50+ pounds to lose. I have been doing Weights Watchers since Dec 2010 and have lost about 30 pounds. I was doing well until I broke a bone in my foot 6 weeks ago and have since fallen off the wagon big time and can't seem to get my eating under control. I'm hoping this challenge will help we get back on track and with the help and motivation from others be successful in my journey.

I look forward to getting to know everyone and going back and reading all the posts.

Have a terrific day!

I saw that you are planning to do the princess. A group of us ladies did the 2011 princess and it was so much fun. Some are doing it again this year. You will have a blast and it is a great motivator.

QOTD Sunday, June 5
So, I think everyone has some great goals. But as I have learned the hard way, things don't always go exactly as planned. The hardest thing about healthy living in my opinion, is just staying on the wagon. Do you have a plan in place to deal with weeks when you may not loose or days when you just fall off the wagon?

I really dont have a plan so I should make one right!!!!! I think the biggest thing for me to learn is that just because I make a bad choice one meal does not mean I should blow the rest of the day or week for that matter.

Ds's baseball game was a little stressful. 2 of his teammates had to leave halfway through, so they had another player from the league below, so they had some of our kids sit out while the other kid played, but it didn't seem very fair. One boy missed his turn at bat and in the field, but other kids didn't miss anything. I know it's hard to coach, but I felt bad for this kid. We lost 17-2, and the kids just all seemed down. It's our first year officially keeping score, so I guess that changes things. They don't seem to rotate all kids through all positions this year either, so that is new. I asked michael after, and he said he had fun, so I hope all the kids did too. He has a strong arm, so he pitches and catches a lot, so he's seeing more action than kids in the outfield.

Im glad michael still had fun. The sad part is the kid who's turn got skipped probably didnt. It does change alot as the kids get older and I am just saying this from experience. I remember when I played pee wee softball it was so fun and everyone got to play all the positions and everyone batted. Then I moved up and got older and I can remember clearly one game I was playing first base and I missed the ball that was thrown to me and a run scored. The coach who was my friends dad reemed me a new one and was screaming in my face. I remember tears just rolling down my cheeks and I just wanted to run to my mom. I was in 7th grade. It only got worse as I got older and sadly you become used to the yelling and the pressure.

I am so nervous for this stuff when ryan starts football in August. Ive heard the coaches forget how young they are. My dh says if he is going to play football he will need to learn how to deal with this because its just how it is.

Sad right!!!!!

I will get to replies later im at work on my phone but I jus had to stop by and announce my good news! I will be registering for my first 5k tonight!!! Its sunday sept 18 so it give me a little over 9 weeks to prepare!! Im so excited and proud!

Horray. That is excellent. You have plenty of time to get yourself ready.

Oh I should add I was drinking about 4 lg Mc's cokes a day and I cut them out last week. The headache is gone and this is the first of many changes in my life.

Great job. This is a great way to start.

So, we went to my ancestral village in Switzerland yesterday. It was alot like DH's in Germany, very small, neat and tidy with not too many people out and a beautiful old church and well tended cemetary.

Im glad you got to go! and at least DS did some studying. I wish him luck on his test.

Yesterday was a CRAZY day. Long story short I fired our mechanic because let's just say he was doing an illegal drug and I found out about it. When I called his wife to tell her that he was fired (he conviently didn't have his phone on) she went on and on about how it was HERS and not his and that it wasn't real. I told her fake or not he's fired. Now, he's being a complete **insert bad word here**. Whatever I don't care. You risk running my name through the mud along with my company then you don't deserve a job. He was referred to us by our former insurance lady (he was her BIL). Alan called her and told her what happened and why we fired him. She's calling CPS tomorrow to report it. They have 3 children and the mom is breastfeeding the newborn. Yeah, that's no bueno.

Sorry for the crazy day. People just amaze me sometimes at how dumb they can be. I hope CPS checks them out and gets the family and those kids some help.

oh, guess what! i am pretty sure i'm feeling the baby fluttering! a little here and there. it could be gas though. i have an ultrasound on wednesday and i think i will be able to see if it's a girl or a boy

How exciting. I hope you will share with us what it is!!!!!

oh i forgot ...

did you know that disney doesn't make any maternity clothes anymore?? i found two maternity t-shirts on ebay. they each have thumper on it from bambi. one says "what's kickin?" and the other says, "just kickin' it." cute, right?

can you tell i'm really trying to think positively that a september WDW trip will happen??

Those shirts definitely are too cute. I think even if you dont make it to disney you should have them anyway.

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We had a fun day. It started with the end of the year award ceremony at sunday school. My boys both got the Best Sharer's award.

Then we went to my dh's godsons dance recital. We only stayed for 3 1/2 hours and then left at intermission. Yes you read that right 3 1/2 hours and it was only half way done. Im so glad his performance was in the first half. He was so cute doing his hip hop routine. Of course I had tears coming down my face and my dh thought I was crazy. I cry at anything.

We then met up at my nana's where the boys were. Then all the kids needed to do a dance recital. Nick is definitely my dancer/rockstar. He is only 4 and manages to do a hand stand into some kind of made of break dancing move. He also does the robot which just cracks us up. We are thinking of putting him in a break dancing class but not sure if we can afford it this year. Well see.

I am off this week and so looking forward to it. Ryan has school tomorrow so I will take him and pick him up and then we are having lunch with one of his classmates and his mom. The oil company is coming in the afternoon to do our annual cleaning. Lots of stuff to keep me busy and out of the fridge.

 

[dvccruiser76]

Man oh man, I just realized that I need to change my signature, since our cruise is over and now it looks like I'm going again. Hmmmm....

I know I know, I need to just take it down

Before I go though i though id post a picture of my hiking/running partners!

this is them helping me pack for disney

Love it

Anyway, today was not so good of an eating day. I had 3 bowls of Cap 'n

Mmmm.... I haven't had that in ages. I could go for a bowl of Cap 'n Crunch right now.



So, we're back. The cruise was great DS had the best time out of all of us. DH who can be a pain during vacation was so so. He kept saying he was disapointed with the ship, which was aggrevating, but at least I wasn't at work.

DS did great, with the exception of throwing up on the flight down Luckily we had changed our plans and booked 2 nights at the Hyatt in the Orlando airport, so we landed, got our bags, checked in and had him in the tub in under 30 minutes. I had to laugh though, because his spare clothes were in the suitcase, so we wheeled him through the airport in a zipped up hoodie and a diaper. When they're not even 2 it doesn't really make a difference or if it should have, I didn't seem to mind


So, we got back last week then had to leave for NH, because DH's grandmother had passed away and her service was yesterday.


All in all vacation was good. I ate way too much, had a lot of yummy drinks and a great time.


Unfortunately Wolfgang Puck Express in DTD was closed due to renovations, so my great breakfast plans were foiled and we ended up eating breakfast at Earl of Sandwich. For any of you sweets fans, I got the brownie and creme sandwich that I had seen pictures of on the food porn thread and it was to die for I didn't realize until I read more about it on the Disney food blog that there is a second one with peanut butter frosting too. Needless to say this will be a repeat when we take DS to Disney in 18 months. Can you tell I'm counting down until my next Disney related trip already?


DS was weary of the characters on the boat. If I can figure it out, I have a funny picture to post that was taken of him with Goofy in the nursery while we were at dinner.


Work was great last week seeing as it was only a 3 day week


Today when we got back we went to 4 open houses. We put our townhouse on the market before vacation, so we'll see what happens. I'd love to stay in Danvers, but DH and I are really picky and he wants a house with some land to it. We've found perfect locations, but they're in neighboring towns, so I'm not sure what will happen. I'm torn, I have only moved once so I'd like to keep the whole moving thing limited especially once DS gets to be school age. I'd love to build so I know that I'm getting exactly what I want, but that may mean living in a town that I'm unfamiliar with. Does anyone know anything about Rowley, MA or a good way to tell what schools are good or bad?

Well, I better get to bed. Speaking of Crohn's, mine is mad as ever. Probably the 2 black cherry Mike's hard lemonades that I had yesterday. Hope everyone had a nice weekend! Hello to anyone I missed.


Kathy are you doing any of the family festival activities? We'll be away the weekend of Endicot Park day for my niece's recital , but I'd love to meet up.

 

[Disneyland_emily]

I think everything is back to normal..

So after my crazy shift on Friday that ended up being 15.5 hrs long (and ending at 6:15 in the MORNING!) which then put the weekend into a crazy loop as I was supposed to hit the MK Saturday morning so didn't sleep until 6ish that night so my sleep cycle was gone add the no internet all weekend until I made the hr + trip to hit the ONE location open Sunday to switch out the modem

Least my food intake hasnt been too bad (did splurge and hit BK on my way home from work Saturday as I hadnt eaten since oh 9:30 the night before) but havent gotten either a run or exercise in besides walking the MK (and Typhoon Lagoon the night before)

But I finally registered for the Wine and Dine race so steps in the right direction

-em

 

[Meetmeinmontauk]

QOTD Sunday, June 5
So, I think everyone has some great goals. But as I have learned the hard way, things don't always go exactly as planned. The hardest thing about healthy living in my opinion, is just staying on the wagon. Do you have a plan in place to deal with weeks when you may not loose or days when you just fall off the wagon?

I kinda fell off the wagon a bit today & I've learned not to beat myself up over it. I'll wake up tomorrow & keep up the healthy habits.

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Inspirational Quote 6/6/11

Success is a staircase, not a doorway



Tell me your interpretation of this quote.

 

[sahbushka]

So today was ok. I stayed within points, drank lots of water, had my 2 fruits, worked out and stayed away from soda. We even took the kids to the park and threw a ball around a bit. Overall very good. I am taking my work out clothes to work tomorrow so will hopefully get a work out in during lunch.

SarahMay

 

[Disneywedding2010]

Its after midnight here and I need to head to bed shortly. This being nocturnal kind of throws my days off but I can't help it. Its not a habit that you can just change over night.

Tomorrow: I need to call the vet and get one of the cats in to see what they can do about her one paw. I also need to finish cleaning house and at some point want to try to get on the treadmill and get a half a mile (or more) in.

 

[donac]

Good Monday morning everyone.

I am moving very slow this morning and don't know why.

I realized yesterday that this is not the week to start this. I have a barbque tonight and a luau for lunch on Wednesday. Just have to keep in control and I should be okay.

Just wanted to say HI to everyone.

Have a happy and healthy day.

 

[flipflopmom]

Hey everyone! Miss me?

I miss you guys so so so so much! I haven't decided yet if I honestly have the time to commit to joining the challenge. I am literally sitting here crying right now because I miss you all so much, and I have totally lost control of my healthy lifestyle.

Just a quick update: I am currently taking 3 grad school classes. This means I am up at 3:30 -4 every morning writing, reading, and more reading, go to work, come home, and sit in front of the computer until 11 or so every night working. I am in online class 2-3 nights a week, depending on the week, plus working on a group project AND another class that doesn't meet, but has a lot of work required. I decided to take on 3 this summer because I am ready to just have this degree and be done! Hopefully, I will get my Master's in Dec.

Both of the girls are playing ball, and they each have 2-3 games a week. Trying to coordinate ball and classes is enough to make me itch!

Brad has been on me to get back on here, he can tell from my mentality that I need to be. One month from now, we will be in WDW, and I haven't even ordered tickets yet! I have got to do that this week! Thankfully, the last day for the kids was Friday, so once I get all my end of the year stuff done and my room boxed up and cleaned out, I will be done. Then I should have a bit more free time.

See, this is why I am hesitant to formally join the challenge. All I do is whine and complain and eat really unhealthy stuff! But I have gained more than I care to disclose at this point, since I haven't been able to run in forever, and have allowed a few bad things to creep back in. In fact, I feel really guilty typing this now instead of reading one of the 6 chapters I have to have read by 5pm today!

But I did want to drop in and say hello. I will try to jump in some this week, but I honestly can't make any promises!

I love you all so much!
Taryn

 

[tigger813]

Taryn- So glad to see you post! We most definitely miss you and love you very much too!!!! Take care of yourself and post when you have time just to update us on life!!!!!

Just got off the phone with my mom. She was quite down this morning and missing my girls. She loves the Lady stuffed dog we sent her. She slept with it on her chest last night. With all the medication she forgot my husband's name and got all upset and I told her that she has to stop worrying about all that. She was on the phone a lot yesterday. She said she never realized how many friends she had! And I said, I knew you had them all. They are making sure she doesn't get any blood clots and have her legs moving and give her a shot everyday.

Well, I need to go get Ashleigh up and fed and dressed and make her lunch. I got up and did the 2 mile WATP and will also walk to the wellness center and back after Izzie gets on the bus. I also need to run over to the rec dept as it wouldn't let me sign Izzie up for an American Girl Doll camp she wants to go to the same week as Ash is in sewing camp. The calendar program appears to be messed up and said she wasn't old enough to attend the camp.

TTFN

 

[dumbo_buddy]

Very cool!!! I live in a suburb of Charlotte...I love it! Where did you go to school?

we went to wake forest. i'm looking forward to visiting him! i wanted to get down this fall for a football game but i don't know if that's going to happen now that i'm due in november! next year though!

I really got inspired!!! I started a journal on WISH and in the last couple of days things have come together. I am going to just copy what I wrote, as I am so excited about this, it is a bit long though...

loved your journal entry! sounds like you are on the right path! looking forward to following you in your journey!

So i've lowered my calorie intake from 1500 to 1300 and today was the first day. It's 9:30pm and i still have 200 calories left for the day and i just had a great dinner and feel nice and full so mission accomplished! I have an app on my phone for keeping track of my calories and its great because i can actually scan the barcodes of the foods im eating and it will find the food for me! Cant get any easier! I also did great on my water intake today, and bought a new waterbottle! Its a camelbak, the kind with the straw that you bite down on and then suck. I find i drink alot more when its from a straw! Strange but whatever works i guess!

I also did day 2 of couch to 5k and im a bit more sore than day one but i did push myself a little bit harder. And like I said before im registering for my first 5K. It is Run to Breate and all proceeds will benefit lung cancer research.

I've let myself slack off this evening, was supposed to work on my ethics paper but watched Doctor Who instead! i only have 2 pages left! So class yet so so far!!

nice work on the food choices. what is the app you use? i'm interested!

when is the 5k?? how exciting!

Anyway, today was not so good of an eating day.

I attempted Day 2 of C25K, but only made it 15 minutes before my foot/shin started to hurt. I stopped before it got worse and will pick back up tomorrow or Tuesday.

today is a new day! just get back on that wagon!

Whew! Just went through all 24 pages and I'm finally caught up. I will most certainly be copying this post to word before trying to preview since I've lost many long posts in the past.


Funny you should mention it. Maybe you can search the Babies R Us website, but I saw the cutest maternity shirt there about a year ago. It was maroon or magenta and just had 2 white Mickey hands on the front placed like they were holding your baby bump. I can't remember if it said anything or not, but you could tell they were Mickey's hands and I believe the sides we scruntched like a lot of the t-shirts are for maternity. If I had been prego still I would have gotten it.

sounds like the trip was a good one! usually weight gain on a vacation is easy for me to take off. i guess being preggo is making my body say no way jose this is staying! i like how your waiter wouldn't let you share. sheesh!

i know exactly the shirt you are talking about and it's nowhere to be found!!! it was sold at motherhood maternity for a while but no more! they have some mickey maternity shirts but they are all 3/4 length and there is no way i'll be wearing THAT in florida in september at 30 weeks preggo. i would probably instantly turn into fire!

i don't know why disney stopped doing maternity. there has GOT to be millions of moms like me who want to wear disney stuff with a belly!

We had a fun day. It started with the end of the year award ceremony at sunday school. My boys both got the Best Sharer's award.

Then we went to my dh's godsons dance recital. We only stayed for 3 1/2 hours and then left at intermission. Yes you read that right 3 1/2 hours and it was only half way done. Im so glad his performance was in the first half. He was so cute doing his hip hop routine. Of course I had tears coming down my face and my dh thought I was crazy. I cry at anything.

you must be so proud of those boys! congrats!! you are a great mama for teaching them to share so well!

omg i cry at EVERYTHING too! i went to my cousin's dance recital a couple years ago and was crying and my aunt and uncle looked at me like i had problems. ok, i mean, i do...but still! i cry alot!

Inspirational Quote 6/6/11

Success is a staircase, not a doorway



Tell me your interpretation of this quote.

to me, this means that succeeded in something will take hard work. if weight loss were easy we'd all be twigs. walking up the stairs takes way more effort and energy and is much harder than simply walking through an open door. this is a really great quote. it's not easy, but that's why they call it success!

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ok i didn't get a chance to reply to every single post but will one day get there! there are so many folks on here now. awesome!

i'm feeling better today and less bloated on all the salt from the previous day. i'm still up 8.5 lbs and i'm only 15 weeks which is a bit much. i have my doctor's appt tomorrow and i wonder what he'll say about the weight gain. it's hard mentally and emotionally seeing the numbers go back to where they were not that long ago. all last summer i was 144-147 and started the spring challenge at 143.5. i was so thrilled to get to 135 and finally reaching goal that it's just a little hard to wake up at 142.5 again. and 15 weeks preggo means that extra 8.5 is NOT even close to all baby. ah well.

i'm going to head out after DH leaves for work for a run/walk around maritime today. then i'll come back and shower and head out to orchard beach for an end of the year playdate at the park there with the mommy and me group. i have to bring a box of joe and 100 munchkins from dunkin donuts must. not. eat. any. i will have to pack some pb&j's for thomas and i so i don't wind up eating a million donuts.

tomorrow is my ob appt in manhattan at 8am. i will have to bring thomas. ugh. then wednesday i have an ultrasound at the hospital at 7:45. dh will be there so he can at least hold thomas for me! thursday i'm going to take thomas up to some talent agency. people have been saying he should model for a long time so i figure i'd see if he really is cute or if people are just being nice!

 

[Rose&Mike]

Well, I gues for this challenge my goal is to stay with the challenge all the way through to the end. I

This is a FABULOUS and very doable goal. You can do this Vija! Remember, baby steps!

Taryn--I miss you!

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I feel like the totally mia coach this week. We got a ton done this weekend. So that's good. Our yard is looking pretty good.

I will try to get back on this afternoon with replies, but we have some family stuff going on today, and I'm not sure that I will make it.

If you haven't done so yet, pm donac your starting weight. You can also pm Connie96 your WIN numbers. See the first page of this thread for more info.

Have a great day everyone! Make good choices!

 

[Rose&Mike]

QOTD Monday, June 6
Do you have an exercise plan?

*****

I just skimmed it, but giving what we have been talking about I thought this was a timely article.

Ways to reward yourself without food.
http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/motivation_articles.asp?id=86

 

[tigger813]

QOTD Monday, June 6
Do you have an exercise plan?

*****

I just skimmed it, but giving what we have been talking about I thought this was a timely article.

Ways to reward yourself without food.
http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/motivation_articles.asp?id=86

Trying to get back into my old routine. Did 2 mile WATP this morning and walking to the Wellness Center. I also hope to pull out the Wii and try a new dance workout I bought last month.

TTFN