Pamela--that would the University of South Carolina Gamecocks I was referring to yesterday--back to back NCAA College World Series Champs!!!!! DS will be a junior there this year. Have a fabulous weekend!
Sorry, not much of a sports fan here, so the name didn't mean anything to me.
And fwiw--I totally have to bring my own food everywhere now, and you know what? I don't care what anyone else thinks. I think you have a good plan--just do what is best for you.
Well... you have a good REASON for needing to bring your own food. No one could fault you for that. I did buy some stuff to bring along.... all natural sugar-free peanut butter, low carb pita pockets, light Babybel cheese, plain fat free greek yogurt, hummus. And I'll buy some seltzer and fruit when we get there. I'll make it work the best I can.
Ok Buffy. Here's my pep talk. I know you want to quit. I have been there so many times. But you can do this. It's not always easy and it's definitely not fast, but it's doable. Focus this weekend on two things--drinking enough water and getting at least 15 minutes of exercise a day--by yourself if possible--you need some recharge Buffy time. Hang in there.
It really is worth all the effort in the end--because NOTHING tastes as good as thin feels.
Good advise from Rose, as usual.
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Ok, I am out of time. I will try to get on tomorrow morning to update some stuff. Have a great night everyone!
--almost forgot--got my workout in today! I did not want to report to you all that I was slacking!
Healthy Habits Week3 Results
Congratulations to Our Participants:
bellebookworm9
buzz5985
JacksLilWench
Worfiedoodles
Congratulations to this Week's Prize Winner: buzz5985! Please PM me your address and I will send you your prize.
Congratulations to Worfiedoodles for earning all 15 HH points!
BIG WOOOOHOOO to all of our HH participants and our winner!!
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you!! You keep me grounded Pamela. OK, tomorrow is an OP day. I have no idea what I'm planning for food but I'll figure it out. I'll come back tomorrow and post how it went.
You WILL do it, I know you will!
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you too Rose!!! And all my other WISH peeps!! You guys rock!!
OK this coming week, hopefully starting tomorrow will get me on par. DH is taking the week off which really helps alleviate my schedule. He can do swim while I get DS14 and his 3 friends from French immersion.
I need to schedule work outs, I'm hoping to get outside and do the track near the pool.
And since DH will be home cooking will be easier. We just need to sit down and create a good menu. I want to go back to Trader Joes this week too and get some more organic meats and produce. Gosh I wish it was closer!!!
Damn, why is this so hard??? I can do the workouts, that is the easy part. But the darn food stinks. I have considered Jenny Craig or Medifast but I need to learn how to do it on my own. You can't eat prepackaged food forever. And I read one of the side effects of the Medifast is hair loss, well I've done enough of that on my own. I'd like to keep the little bit of hair I have left.
OK I'm going to bed. I have to take DS to run at 5:30 and take my dad for his colonoscopy at 7:30.
Tomorrow I commit to my water, a work out, eating OP, and journalling.
Wish we could share some motivation! I have NO problem with the food, but the exercise lately has been TOUGH and definitely lacking.
I hope today is going well for you.
UPDATE_ Home Health Aide and/or Nurse will be starting ASAP...sister will do what she can in terms of help and appts. We have an evaulation for both of my parents tomorrow for long term care insurance. I have to get some things together in the morning for that. I've been working on updating the spreadsheets tonight with new meds and notes on meds, etc.
Mom and Dad are both sleeping right now. I know I should probably get some sleep but I think I'm running on adrenaline right now. Also, eating so late tonight has thrown me off.
I'm happy to say that I am down about 4 pounds since I got here so I will probably get back OP more when I get back. Of course, today I had nutter butters for lunch during Mom's chemo and then we had Subway for supper.
We spent about 5 hours at the doctor's today as we had to go for an ultrasound to rule out blood clots. She is on lasix now for the edema in both legs and feet. Hoping that kicks in fast and when the swelling goes down that the pain will also be reduced. I know I won't sleep much the next few nights. I plan on sleeping as much as I can once I'm home. I can sleep late on Tuesday and then go in for my 1 regular client and then spend the day at home with the girls on Wednesday. We may go to the library and lunch. We got the chemo done as well while we were there. By the end the pain killers had worn off and she became miserable which made it seem longers. I massaged her feet a lot this afternoon during that. I have to call her neurologist tomorrow to check on her dialantin levels and make sure she should still be taking some of the meds that are still on our list. We will have to see how she is tomorrow on the regular schedule again. She finished some meds today.
Well, I need to try and get some ZZZZs before my long night begins. I hope she sleeps more tonight as I'm not sure if I can get through 4 more nights like last night!
TTFN
Glad to hear that there is some help coming in. THat was a HUGE relief for my Mom and my aunts when they got some help with my Grandmother. It was very stressful, even between the three of them, for someone to be there ALL the time. They were always grateful too that my grandparents had been savers and that there was enough money (especially after the sale of Grandmother's house) to pay for help to come in, rather than have to put her in a nursing home.
The help will make you feel better about leaving and will definitely give your sister some relief.
Thanks for all the suggestions. I thought of another idea this evening. I was at
Walmart and picked up this 150 pc puzzle:
I'm going to assemble it on my own, without letting DD know about it, and then break it up into logical three piece groups making 50 groups. I'll put each set of 3 pieces in a small envelope on a poster board calendar. Each day beginning 50 days out, we can take down an envelope and add them to the puzzle. DD and I will finish it up the day before we leave. And, since this is such a good opportunity to learn about calendars, months, weeks, etc, under each envelope, I will have written the day, date and countdown:
Saturday
July 9
50 days to Disney
What do y'all think? Once I get it ready, I'll post a pic.
Cute idea!!
Well, we have arrived at our first opportunity to see those inches being whittled away and to celebrate our successes.
We started our challenge with 21 WINners and 13 have reported in this week.
Collectively, over our first 3-week period, we have:
- Lost a total of 31 1/3 inches
- Lost an average of 2 2/5 inches
- Lost an average of 1.49%
Our TOP SIX WINners for this period are:
6) -1.34% - lisah0711
5) -2.27% - JacksLilWench
4) -2.41% - Connie96
3) -2.66% - Zhoen
2) -3.42% - mommyof2Pirates
And (drumroll) our Number One WINner is:
1) -4.78% - Worfiedoodles
Congratulations to Maria, Lindsay, Joan, Kaiti, Lisa and ALL of our WINners!
We are off to a great start and let's keep on WINning! 
If anyone still wants to report their measurements for this period, please do. I'm happy to help you track your progress whether or not you are able to get your numbers in before the results are posted.
WOOOHOOO and Maria, again you're on another list!! Good job to everyone!
Thanks and thank you to everyone else who offered such great support.
Dylan had his eval and I was told that he was at a 16 month level for expressive language and needed to be at at least 17 months since he's at 23 months now, so he qualifies for EI. They said that they'll call me within 2 weeks to start setting up weekly service, so that's good. Of course, the little bugger decides to stop doing what was asked of him while he was being tested. I knew once she took out the "ball" it was all over
I swear that was one of his first words and he loves
any type of ball. And of course they can only give him credit for what they see, so maybe he would have been better, but we'll never know.
So, it can't hurt and will only help him more.
Exactly!!
Good morning. I was up at o dark 30 this morning. Actually it is still dark. I'm off to 4 hours at work, then I'll pick up Nick and we'll head off for the weekend. I'm a little nervous about work today as there have been threats against the VA that I work at so we are on a total lockdown today. Supposedly the lockdown starts as I'm leaving, but who knows what will actually happen.
Lockdown sounds scary! Hope your day goes well and you have a GREAT weekend. THe weather report sounds really good!
Much better night last night...she woke me at 1 this morning but we both fell back asleep. The dog started wandering around at 3 so I got Mom up then and she took forever and I had to take the dog out 3 different doors to get her to do her business. Mom and I both went back to sleep until 6:20. I had my cell phone set to go off at 6:30 so that was good timing.
I just made my tea and then I need to make Mom her breakfast. The nurse for their evaluation arrives at 9. My mom keeps stressing over the house being a mess The woman needs to see things as they are! This is stressing my dad out so he's pacing.
I've got to get some groceries for them later and she wants to make cookies for the vet and the EMTs that came. They were so amazing last Friday.
Swelling is definitely going down and her legs don't feel hard as rocks anymore.
Well, time to get my tea and then make some breakfast.
TTFN
Glad today started so well!!
hugs buffy! big big big hugs! it IS hard!! but that's why it's so worth it! i mean, right? i was much heavier a few years ago and it was so hard to take off the weight but once i did i was so much happier. you can do it! my aunt across the street just lost 25 lbs and seeing her SO happy is a real inspiration.
i would steer clear of the prepackaged stuff. stick to your commitment to journaling and getting on here as often as possible. i feel like a runt when i come on here and i'm like, "yeah, i totally ate my face off last night" - it makes me want to come on and say i ate well.
you can do it!!!
Great advise!!!
i'm trying to think about what to bring camping with the big eater family this weekend. fridge space is a bit of an issue. theirs always packed and they use my grandpa's too. apparently he got some new fridge in the camper that is very small too b/c they don't make the kind that he used to have (his camper is from 1988!). thinking about buying a cheapy styrofoam cooler. i don't want to be too obnoxious with what i bring. like, when my mother sees them she just full out says how she doesn't eat any of "that" stuff. if someone said that to me about my food i'd have some choice four letter words to say back. but i'm thinking about bringing some healthier stuff but blame it on the kid. HA! i'm going to bring a watermelon. they never have fruit and i know thomas loves it. done. fruit and not making it seem like i don't want to eat their crap. a pasta salad sounds good too. it's got pasta in it. 'nuff said. the "aunt" mentioned that i could bring a dessert. i'm thinking of buying those bite size brownies. that way i can at least try to tell myself to stop at two.
anyone else have suggestions? something that doesn't have to be refrigerated? i think we're going to bring our keurig! lol! we are coffee drinkers (i only have 1 a day but i neeeed it) and that family doesn't drink it. i could bring some decaf cup things too since i know my grandpa likes decaf.
ok, sorry, just thinking out loud here. it is an absolutely gorgeous day. i want to get out for a walk but after yesterday's workout i'm feeling pretty tired.
have a great day everyone!
Well.... I had a few suggestions, but I'm coming on here late and I see that you already went shopping. BUt here are a few ideas for another time.
Carrots and LC cheese wedges are totally okay for a day or two without a fridge. Pretzels are a good treat.... apples, oranges, peaches, bananas are all okay without a fridge for a few days too. How about those Starkist tuna kits.... shelf stable and a good snack or lunch if you throw in some fruit.
Can't think of much else that wouldn't require at least a cooler and some blue ice. If you decide to bring along a cooler, that gives you so many more options! Fruit salad, broccoli salad (or any other veggie salad), couscous salad, hummus, hard-boiled eggs, cheese, lean lunch meats, diced chicken, lowfat cottage cheese.
Just wanted to do a quick check in:
Yesterday was a blur. Within a half hour of getting to the office I had to evacuate it and get everyone out. They were doing work upstairs and laying a carpet with this strong glue. The smell came throught the vents into our office and was so strong. Everyones eyes and throat was burning and we began feeling dizzy and nauseated. We had to cancel close to 30 patients and I had to coordiante getting staff and a doctor up to our other office site to see our sick patients. It was just a horrible disaster. I didnt get home until 8pm. My parents decided just to keep the boys overnight so at least that was helpful.
So at least today I am off and it starts my 2nd staycation of the summer.
We were originally going to go to dutch wonderland today but my parents spent way to much money this week already doing things with the kids so we decided to do something a bit cheaper. We are going to bushkill falls. Its where Dona was just talking about...the niagra of PA. It will be lots of walking so some great exercise. I am just looking forward to getting away and doing something.
Eating has been bad the past 2 days and I was up .8 at my weigh in yesterday. TOM came on wed. so that just about says it all.
Sorry I couldnt do replies I will try to get caught up later.
Have a great Friday. TGIF
Ewwww on the office issues. Sounds like a dreadful day.
Hope you enjoy Bushkill Falls. I've heard a lot about it.
Sorry about TOM.... hormones are wreaking havoc with me this week too.
I say bring anything/everything you want, in a regular (non-styrofoam, wheeled) cooler, as big as it needs to be to meet your needs, and don't apologize. I would do this anyway, but in your case, you have the PERFECT plausible reason. You're pregnant! You have special dietary needs... maybe a sudden case of all-day-morning sickness? The sight/smell/taste of "heavy" foods makes you hurl?
I agree.... I would do it and use the pregnancy as an excuse if you are afraid of offending anyone.
We're going dashing to the ocean today... with fried food and candy stores on literally every corner, and impossibly beautiful beach bunnies everywhere to remind you how perfect you're not... <sigh> Wish me luck...
So as not to end on a downer note... I took some "me" time last night, colored my hair, and it looks faaaaabulous... Happy day, and wishes for tiny numbers!!!
What is it about the beach and fried foods? Why do they HAVE to go hand in hand? What beach are you heading towards.
GLad you like the hair! I've never had the nerve to color my hair.
So lets talk holiday weekends for a sec. It was exciting to see how many fun things folks have planned for the weekend. Do the very best you can with the food, water and exercise. And most importantly no matter what, jump back on plan on Tuesday.
I guess that is the key do the BEST YOU CAN! No one expects perfection, right?
I hope everyone sees great things on the scale today.
Yeah....ummm.... not so much, I'm afraid.
And a BIG, BIG congratulation to our own Worfiedoodles who pulled the hat trick of a healthy lifestyle winning HH, WIN! and being a BL! Congratulations! You so totally rock! I honestly do not remember this happening before -- it is a wonderful, wonderful accomplishment.
Thanks for picking up on that and pointing it out! It is a FABULOUS accomplishment. Hats off to Maria!!
A little trip to the store is in my future this morning and then a movie this afternoon. This is the last day the weather is supposed to be cool and then we can hang out in the backyard the rest of the week-end! Have a great day all!
There is a movie at the second run movie house that DD and I would like to see, but I didn't suggest it today because I was afraid of the
Honestly, not sure I could resist and I can't afford the calories with the upcoming holiday weekend. Guess we'll wait for Netflix.
Friday's QOTD - With everyone going places and attending parties this weekend, does anyone have any foods that they make that are on the healthier side, or that they alter to make them healthier? If so, please share.
Well.... I love DSIL's brown rice salad and my couscous salad. Both are fairly light and very healthy. I know my recipe is over on the BL dinner thread... not sure if I've ever posted the brown rice salad. You can definitely control the amount of EVOO in both recipes (and the sugar in the couscous salad).
I also love my MIL's broccoli salad.... again, it has mayo and sugar, but those are pretty easy to control to make it lighter. It is VERY filling too.
Friday's Disney QOTD - Have you ever been to WDW, DL or on DCL during the 4th? If so, was there anything special about that trip that you enjoyed?
Never been on the 4th, but heard stories about crazy insane crowds, so it isn't exactly a dream of mine! Plus we LOVE our standing July 4th plans with DH's family and the kids would be sad to miss it, even for Disney!
well i've already talked about all the food that'll be around me this weekend. i just got back from the grocery store and bought the following: oranges (always a good snack!), a box of 100 cal packs, hummus, wheat thins, baby carrots, animal crackers and cheez its for thomas. also, i'm going to make lisa's pasta salad (see her post on pg. 76!). i mean, this stuff isn't exactly the healthiest stuff considering i can devour a box of cheez its in just under an hour but it's way better than eating all the crap that will be there.
Maybe you could portion the Cheez-its into snack sized baggies and just bring along a few, instead of the whole box? A few baggies for THomas and a few for you.
well folks, i killed my blender. i was making herbalife shakes for breakfast most days with frozen fruit and milk. killed the motor. darn! i guess that's what happens when you buy a knock off magic bullet. i broke out my regular blender and put so much in (thought i could eyeball it, yeah right) and wound up with 2.5 full glasses of fruit smoothie. whoops. and god forbid i not drink it all!!!
Maybe there is a pact amongst all of the small appliances on the planet. I tossed both my electric griddle AND my coffee maker this week!! I replaced the coffee maker, but not the griddle (yet). And I must say that my toaster oven isn't exactly doing a bang-up job lately, but it MUST last for now!!
i walked 4 miles today. my pace was 16.5 miles/min. not fast enough to avoid the sweepers at the wdw marathon but enough to keep me happy that i'm getting my butt moving. i would have gone farther but thomas started to melt down in the stroller. i ask alot of him to just sit in the stroller for over an hour each day so i can't blame the kid.
i just realized i forgot to get the ingredients for mackeysmom's eggplant dish. son of a gun. i was going to make it tonight. oh well, next week. [/COLOR]
HEy.... 4 miles is GREAT, even at that pace. And you are right, the kids get tired of the stroller sometimes. Do you bring along anything special for him to play with, or are you afraid it would get lost?
I've got the eggplant recipe printed for next week. Probably should have planned it for tonight, but I didn't have the recipe with me when I was out today.... but it is printed and ready for next week!!
Good afternoon all! I'm down another 1.4 lbs, making the total since the challenge started 4.8-so close to 5 lbs! I want that new clipppie, and I'm going to work extra hard this week to make sure I get it! I'm going grocery shopping today, and my plan is to mow the lawn/weed for exercise.
Great job on another 1.4!!!
We're planning on having gazpacho salad as a side with our grilled food (we'll eat off the grill all weekend -- chicken, salmon, shellfish). It's basically just chopped tomatoes, celery, cucumber, pepper and onion, with some spices and a light dressing. It's a WW recipe and it's 2 pts for 1 1/3 c. definitely better and more flavorful than heavy potato salad.
THat sounds delightful! Too bad I already hit the veggie market today. Is the dressing anything special??
Pamela -- Glad you're in the pact with me, I'll think of you when the goodies start to call!
And I'll think of you! WHere will you be this weekend? If you're home and I'm in Sandwich, I won't be THAT far and we can send each other "healthy" messages via BL ESP!!
Well I guess I can't post about making a plan and then not post one, so here's mine:
Friday -- 10M run, eating -- choc milk for recovery, Lunch: hummus and pretzels, carrots, peppers, blueberry yogurt; snacks: cherries, blueberries, orange; Dinner: Subway BLT, Veggie chips, oatmeal raisin cookie
Saturday -- no formal exercise, outlet mall walking
, Breakfast: orange, banana muffin; Lunch: salad with a protein; Dinner: grilled protein and veggies, oatmeal raisin cookie; Snacks: veggies, fruit
Sunday -- 3M run, Brunch: muffin, orange, yogurt, watermelon & cantaloupe; Dinner: Grilled protein and gazpacho salad, ice cream dessert Snacks: fruit and veggies.
Monday -- repeat of Sunday.
I'm not sure when we'll go grocery shopping and I'll need to replenish our fruits and veggies. Maybe I can convince dh to go tonight
Everyone have a fabulous weekend!
Maria
I'm always impressed when I read about your food. YOu always seem to have such great choices...... lots of hummus and fruits and veggies!
I bought three containers of hummus today because I was SO hungry at the store and couldn't decide what kind I wanted! DS has decided he likes hummus
cheer2: ) and he wanted the garlic and chives. I love the sundried tomato, and I bought a big container of the garlic to bring to the Cape this weekend. I'd love to break into it now, but I'm done with my calories until dinner time.
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Happy Friday everyone!
TMI warning: Well.... not sure what was up with the scale this morning but the number was
I'm up a HUGE number from last Friday and even up a big number since I took a sneak peek after last weekend's movie carbfest. But I was having a lot of pain/discomfort last night and it maybe my body trying (and may succeeding) in ovulating this month and that has always been a bad time on the scale for me. I'm gonna stick with it today and take another peek at the scale tomorrow and hopefully the number will be better. If not, at least it will spur me on to be on my VERY BEST behavior, eating-wise, over the holiday weekend.
My exercise has been lacking, but on the eating front I've been doing okay, including keeping the carbs under control, so there is really no reason for such a HUGE change (in the wrong direction) in the scale. SO I'm not beating myself up about it too much. I'm presuming it was a fluke.
I will try to pop on again tonight after we are packed up for the weekend, but no promises. And I have NO internet access over the holiday, unless I decide to bring my laptop and find a quiet corner at DSIL's (one of them lives there year round, so I'm sure she has wireless.... the other, where we stay, is just a summer home and not a computer in sight!). Considering that the car is usually overflowing, I probably will not have room for my laptop.
I did manage a workout this morning while DD was swimming early..... one mile walk (with DS to warm up), 2 mi run, 1 mi cool down run/walk.... not nearly enough, but it had to be for today.
Off to get packing!.........................P
. I don't think I've ever been this "on" in my life. The funny thing is, I don't really feel like I'm working that hard -- it's more a matter of doing the right things more days than not. I guess there's some truth to that "calories in, calories out" theory 
It is frustrating when it isn't fast or easy, but that's why it's a journey, not a walk around the block. You can do it! 
Unfortunately, I have to start getting ready for my weekend trip. My BFF and I are going to Newport, RI. My parents suggested we go away. They will love the peace and quiet this weekend. 
). I just wanted to say HAPPY JULY 4TH to all of my American friends! (Well... those of you in other countries still have a July 4th.... just not as much fun!! 
