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

[lisah0711]

Hi Lisa

Forgot to thank MackeysMom for posting the picture larger - love it

And, I am also a flute player- 6 years in band, piano player- 12 years of lessons and was a Majorette in the marching band for 3 years. I like to think I am a good singer too and I have played in handbell choirs for many years. My true passion or hidden talent is organization and budgeting/frugal living. Although I like to be frugal so I can save for luxury items and trips so I'm not sure that counts And I have a passion for decorating too.

Ok, that's enough about me

Shawn

Hi Shawn! Looks like we were posting at the same time, which is kind of funny when you think about it since it's about 6 am and your day is almost over! Enjoy your holiday!

 

[my3princes]

Good Morning. Why is it that when I have time to check in there is only one page and when I'm super busy there are 5? Oh well. I'm looking forward to only having must do activities twice this week. Maybe life is actually going to slow down a bit? The kids have school through Thursday then they are off for the summer. Next weekend the LAX program is doing a big fundraiser at the Quechee Balloon Festival. We will be parking cars on Saturday and Sunday, this brings in a lot of money for our program. I think I have enough volunteers to cover all of our shifts which is no small feat as I need 25 adults to pull it off. There are 3 other groups that participate also and I'm hearing that they don't have all of their volunteers lined up yet. Sometimes it is good to be over organized with a type A personality

 

[sahbushka]

Good morning all. I had a good day yesterday. I did an hour on the eliptical and ate fairly well at Thai. My friends and I were there for 4 hours talking! It was a blast. Today I have lots of things to do around the house and then the X Men movie with my dh.

Have a great day everyone!

SarahMay

 

[Rose&Mike]

Deb--so how was the dance?

6/11 QOTD: Do you have a hidden talent? If so, what is it?

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Ok, so I couldn't think of anything at first but then I remembered this. I see things out of level. Like uncannily, down to like an eight of an inch or less. It drives Mike a little insane when he is doing projects. I also see weird patterns--I can't really do the pattern tests on iq tests or sudoku or anything like that, and I have a terrible memory, but lets say a ball player is consistently hitting .200 except when there are runners in scoring postion with 2 out he hits .300--I pick out those patterns. The nice thing is with baseball, statistics rule, so I can see if I'm right.

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Friends, It has been a pretty rough two days for my family. Yesterday my sister went to her doctor to find out the sex of her baby and they couldn't find a heartbeat. After panic mode set in and tests were done, she had lost the baby. My parents rushed down to her and are still with her now. She will be going to Philly on Tuesday and Wednesday for her procedures to remove the baby. Our hearts are just breaking. They have yet to tell my nephew, but are having difficulty finding the words to tell a 4 year old that the baby isn't coming. We are all trying to stay strong for my sister and I know they will try again for another blessing in the future. I may be off the boards for a while as we plan to take her to the beach next Thursday for some rest.

For anyone who has lost a child, my heart goes out to you.

Rose, it was a bit of a saga! They got them from a deli so I couldn't get one without the bread. Now, ironically there was lettuce on both sides of the bread so I ate the veggies and not the lettuce! I felt ok afterwards and had to skip dessert...pound cake and watermelon(I am allergic). I did stop for some ice cream on the way home It was my first big challenge on g-f and I know I will have others.

I'm so sorry about the baby. I had two failed adoptions and a miscarriage and they were all very difficult. You never really forget, but it gets better with time.

And if the bread was touching the lettuce, that probably worked just fine. You would probably have known if you were glutened. I've been contemplating adding some lunch meat back into my diet (Boar's head is g-f) but if they cut other lunch meat on the same slicer I worry about cross contamination. I have to do some more research. We met some friends last night and they suggested pizza for dinner, which I was like, ok I'll just have salad, but it turned out that the place they picked had g-f crust, too. I thought that was really nice of them to think of me.

Update: She seems to be doing better. They have her on two new meds. The first one helped a bit and the 2nd one helped even more. My mother likes the dr and my sister said mom was actually joking around when they left. SHe will be in ICU through tomorrow. The meds could cause respiratory issues so that's why they did the ICU.

Thanks for your prayers!

I'm so glad she is doing better Tracey!

Good morning all,

Woke up a bit early and then Brian looked at the clock and said, remember you wanted to get up early to workout. I said not on Sunday but I was awake so I got up and did 2 miles on the elliptical while watching the end of TS3. It felt good to do that this morning. I'm going to try and do 4 miles a day: 2 in the morning and 2 at night!

TTFN

Woohoo for getting in some exercise!

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I hope everyone is having a good Sunday. We ran 6 miles today (run 5 walk 1). It went pretty well. My knee is not perfect, but my sanity is intact which is what I am aiming for right now.

Time to get going!

 

[rhonda_2003]

I have been on a week long beach vacation and am afraid to step on the scales. To say that I was off plan while on vacay is putting it mildly! On the plus side, I did get tons of exercise, so maybe the scales won't be too bad!

We had a great time at the beach, nice and relaxing Off to catch up on a bunch of posts!

 

[pjlla]

That was my sweet Mackey's "signature shot" - I must have 100 different pictures of him in a version of that same pose. Our prize for the cutest pet contest was a canvas oil painting of that picture. I have it hanging proudly in my living room - gets a lot of odd looks when people see it for the first time - they must be thinking "crazy cat lady" . Here is the original:

Love that picture! I have the MOST adorable picture of my first kitty (the first one that was just MINE) napping on his back, belly up, in my lap. Cats have to be really comfortable and secure to lay belly up. Mackey must have been so happy!

They've just moved my mother to the ICU and are putting in a breathing tube as she keeps having non-convulsive seizures. My DBIL called so I knew it wasn't good. My sister was in no condition to talk as they asked if my mother had any wishes which DH says is standard when going into ICU.

I just woke up a while a go from a 2 hour nap on the couch. We put in POTC3 and I fell asleep almost immediately. My dear friend Rita called to check on things.

We're all playing LEGO POTC now. Not sure what we'll do for supper as I don't feel like cooking. Ash is a bit upset that I won't take her to the MS play tonight. I'm really not in the mood right now to go anywhere.

Hold onto your loved ones tightly and always tell them I LOVE YOU!!!!

TTFN

Oh heavens.... I'm so sorry I didn't see this last night. Wish I could call you or text you. Continued prayers coming to you and your Mom.

Friends, It has been a pretty rough two days for my family. Yesterday my sister went to her doctor to find out the sex of her baby and they couldn't find a heartbeat. After panic mode set in and tests were done, she had lost the baby. My parents rushed down to her and are still with her now. She will be going to Philly on Tuesday and Wednesday for her procedures to remove the baby. Our hearts are just breaking. They have yet to tell my nephew, but are having difficulty finding the words to tell a 4 year old that the baby isn't coming. We are all trying to stay strong for my sister and I know they will try again for another blessing in the future. I may be off the boards for a while as we plan to take her to the beach next Thursday for some rest.

For anyone who has lost a child, my heart goes out to you.

I am hanging in there and am feeling much better today... I thank you all for giving me somewhere to write this but also for giving me a happy distraction.


Oh heavens.... more bad news. I am so very sorry for your family's loss. I cannot imagine anything worse than losing a child. Lots of prayers for healing going out.




It's hidden now...BUT I danced competitively for 10 years! I did ballet, tap, jazz, pointe, lyrical jazz, and baton twirling (not all at once!) I have some trophies somewhere....guess that's why I LOVE So You Think You Can Dance!

We could have a regular show choir here (but without all of the drama of Glee)! I say we all get to goal weight and start up our own show choir group and get hired by Disney!! Don't most of us dream about working at Disney someday!!
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RAIN..YUCK! I did a 5K this morning for the Valerie Fund - childhood cancer research at a really beautiful park near my house. They had a run first but I thought my ankle would be in pain so I opted for the walk. Unfortunately it really was a "walk"...more like a "stroll" in the park LOL!! I'm in awe of the strength of these little kids! They raised over half a million dollars for cancer research I'm in for next year!!

Not doing much today. I'm exhausted and will probably opt for a nap before I make dinner.

Enjoy the rest of your day my friends

Win-win.... getting exercise AND raising money for a good cause! That is one reason I like doing Relay for Life.

Hidden talent. Well, I'm super organized (most of the time) but you have probably already figured that out by the schedule that I juggle. I also played the flute from 6th grade through high school, but haven't touched it since. I consider myself a jack of all trades. There isn't much that I can't do around the house from carpentry to plumbing, painting to flooring, roofing to siding. Well you get the idea. We never hire out work. DH takes care of the cars, my DDad takes care of the lawn mowers and we all pitch in on whatever else needs to be done though most of it falls on me.


You are a multi-dimensional woman!! I remember hearing your stories in the past about building and remodeling projects around the house. I used to do many more projects, but honestly.... I've had no time over the past few years for stuff like that.

So nice that you have a "team" to get stuff done around the house! My Dad is always helpful when he is here, but they don't come up very often.... life is just too busy for all of us.

Hunter played well today. He finally scored a goal It was a great way to end his season.
WOOHOO! He must have felt great!

He is all dressed for the dance and we're about to head out the door. He's really excited and looks so Handsome.

Deb

I dont really have anything hidden and I feel like my only talent lately is how to juggling a million things around just to get through a day of my life. But when I was younger I played sports and I was a very good basketball player. I was offered scholarships to a few schools (no big ones) and I decided that I didnt want to go away to school and only wanted to do community college. Gosh I could kick myself now but it is what it is. I have a few trophies from tournaments that I won MVP and I got the MVP Girls Basketball Award for my school at the end of my senior year.


Did your parents try to talk you into taking the scholarships? Or did they leave you to make the decision on your own?

While the scholarship money would have been great, being a college athlete on scholarship is very stressful. Dnephew had a tennis scholarship to Notre Dame (just graduated this month), but he ended up with a back injury somewhere along the way and I think it was stressful to try to work through the injury to keep up the scholarship requirements.

I have similar concerns for DD..... that is, assuming she is lucky enough to possibly get any kind of swim scholarship. How do you do it all? School work, a job, sports, etc?? Tough balance.


1) When I was a kid the ice cream man "Mr softee" always came every night in the summer at my nana's. Yes we all still gathered at my nana's quite frequently then too. We are a very close knit group. Anyway they lived on a one way street of row homes in the city and the street was packed with kids. Like Im talking the ice cream song would be playing and it was like mice flocking out of their homes for the cheese. There would be at least 30 kids lined up. Me and my cousins would beg whoever we could find for quarters. My pop-pop always had a stash for us if our mom or dad said no. I used to always get the rainbow ice and it was the good italian ice not the snow cone kind. It was 50 cents. They always had soft serve vanilla and chocolate too with either rainbow or chocolate "jimmies" or sprinkles.

Well my nana's house burned down about 6 years ago and now they live in a much nicer area outside of the city so our kids wont have those wonderful memories. I have not seen an ice cream man in quite a while. Until the other day when who rolled up but Mr Softee. It still looked like the original truck but I cant be sure....I mean that was years ago. There was also a puerto rican guy driving it and he could barely speak english so Im guessing the original Mr Softee has passed away or is in a nursing home somewhere. Anyway I was also blown away by the prices and there was so many prepackaged items. They still had soft serve but no italian ice.

Anyway I have rambled on way to long about the ice cream truck but wanted to share my memory

Thanks for sharing your story! I love hearing everyone's "ice cream man" stories!!

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Well I have had better days as far as eating goes. Although I dont think I went over my points by much since I basically only had 1 meal today I just didnt count everything before I ate it and I feel kind of full and bloated. Hopefully it doesnt set me back to much for the progress I have made this week.

I am going to try to be more concious tomorrow when we have a get together for mike at my nana's.

I need to put a lock on the cake I made for him so I am not tempted to eat it tonight. Its that funfetti cake and it looks so good.

Maybe I will just put the kids to bed and then go to bed myself so I am not tempted to eat anything.

Did you go to bed and resist the cake? Honestly... I'm not a cake fan so I could definitely resist it (especially if you add frosting.... ick). Enjoy the birthday celebration.... cake or no cake!!

Update: She seems to be doing better. They have her on two new meds. The first one helped a bit and the 2nd one helped even more. My mother likes the dr and my sister said mom was actually joking around when they left. SHe will be in ICU through tomorrow. The meds could cause respiratory issues so that's why they did the ICU.

Thanks for your prayers!

THANK HEAVENS for some good news!! Were they able to extubate her yet? It is SUCH a rollercoaster! I cannot imagine your stress level right now. Lots of love, good thoughts, and prayers coming your way.

Today was a pretty OP day. I only ate 22 points. And, most of it was carbs. I'm experimenting with what does and doesn't cause me to have heartburn. I haven't had any today! I had some salsa and it is nice to know that I can keep that as an option. But, I am definitely giving up donuts!

P: Has it been raining nonstop where you are? I'd love to start walking outside, but unless I walk carrying an umbrella, I'm not going anywhere. I used to be able to "free run" on the Wii Fit for 30 minutes straight, but now I'm out of breath after 5 and struggle to make it through 10 minutes straight. I'll aim to do at least 10 minutes on the Wii Fit tomorrow if the rain doesn't cease.

Are you sure that there isn't another underlying reason that you are getting so winded? It seems like at your young age, you shouldn't get winded in 5 minutes. Maybe some asthma or allergies??

If you do manage the Wii Fit for 10 minutes (at a good pace) try to do another 10 at a slower pace. I feel like you need to keep moving. Giving up in 5 or 10 minutes because you are "winded" doesn't seem like it is going to help you increase your stamina. Then try the next day at 12 minutes good pace and 12 minutes slower pace.... etc, etc. Just some suggestions.

Not non-stop rain.... it was beautiful most of the week.... on the days when everyone was on at school and work..... but of course, rainy all weekend.


I'm not sure what else I'll be doing tomorrow. My plan is to finish my presentation in the morning. I am considering setting an alarm so I don't sleep until 1 PM like I did last Sunday. I definitely need to relax tomorrow. I took a nap today. I needed it. I was feeling very lightheaded. It could be from increasing that medication, but with me, you never know. I'm scheduled to give out Communion tomorrow and I'd like to go to church, but it will all depend on how I'm feeling. I refuse to drive feeling lightheaded.

I should probably go to bed now. I think I'll set the alarm for 9 AM. If I fall asleep right away, that will be 12 hours of sleep. That sounds .

Have a great, OP day tomorrow everyone!

Hope today you woke feeling great!

oh karen i'm so sorry to hear about your sister's loss. how far along was she? this is really tough. i had a miscarriage before thomas and it was really hard. really really hard. there's an online community called pregnancy.org that has a bulletin board thingy just like the dis. they have a whole area dedicated to pregnancy and infant loss support. i found alot of comfort there. might be worth passing along? sometimes talking to others who have gone through the same thing can be a bit of a comfort


Great suggestion.


hang in there, tracey. i'll be saying a prayer for your and karen's family tomorrow at church.

good evening everyone!

i'm not even going to talk about the amount of food i ate today (burger king, cheesecake factory, leftover chinese, etc). i'm just going to talk about the superfun disney day we had today!!

hubby, the little guy and i left the house around 8:45 this morning and went to the palisades center. the disney store was having a grand opening. the email that i received said the first 500 people got a prize. psh, THAT sealed the deal that we were going. i think we were probably about #15 in line! and the prize? dinky disney store bags. they look like the reusable ones you can buy at the grocery store for $1.99. meh, oh well. while in line they asked some trivia questions and i got one right! i knew why lightning mcqueen was the number 95. i won a magnet. sheesh.

because we were so close we got to see the whole ceremony with the big key turning. it was really cute. mickey and minnie showed up and when thomas saw they he FREAKED! i tried to catch a pic but he was moving too much and it's all blurry. they had a little girl from make a wish be the honorary key turner and it was so sweet.

once we were in we checked out all the merchandise and just started loading up on all the beach towels that were on sale for $7.99. oh and a cute onesie size 0-3 months for the new little guy

anywho, we probably looked like the biggest disney geeks because a camera crew came over to us and asked us for an interview. they were going to make some internal movie. john is mr. marketing guy so he always is perfect at interviews. they asked us all sorts of questions about the store and about our love of disney. then we had to describe in one word the store. first we said magical but i guess they didn't like that so they said try again. we said exciting. the director guy wrote it on a piece of paper and we had to stand in front of the camera while john held the sign and just stare into the camera and smile for 2 minutes! it was so weird and awkward! and of course thomas was grabbing every toy around me and smacking it into my face. lol!

so, $120 dollars later we left fully disney-fied! i spoke to a really nice lady in line who owns dvc and goes to WDW 3 times a year....and she had NEVER heard of the DIS!!!!! WHAATT???

we spent about 4 hours at the mall - thomas napped, we bought john some clothes, i got an iphone 4 (anniversary gift) with some accessories, and ate at cheesecake factory. on the way home we decided to check out bob's furniture and wound up buying new bedroom furniture.

so, we had a nice day out (it rained the whole day) but spent waaaaay too much money! oh well. we deserve it

thought everyone on here would appreciate my disney story

That sounds like such a fun day! I would have driven to NJ if I could see Mickey and Minnie!!

And I haven't owned a bedroom set in the 20 years I've been married.... how did you just happened to buy furniture!? I'm jealous!

Here's a picture of Hunter from tonight.

Deb

From DD and myself....."awwww.... so stinkin' cute!" Love the paisley tie! Did the girls go crazy for him??

So sorry to hear this. I had 2 miscarriages before my DS was born and one after. Once I was able to not blame myself for the miscarriage, I was able to heal. What I mean by that was I had all these "thoughts" - if I hadn't had that cup of coffee, or picked up that 25 pound package at work, if I hadn't worked 12 hours that day, if I didn't have a cat, the list goes on and on. I thought there had to be a reason. But - there aren't any. And Doctor's have no idea why they happen. Don't worry she will heal, but she will never forget.

Always, always, always.... the "Mom guilt" kicks in.... no matter what is wrong.... we all figure there is some reason it is our fault. It comes with the territory. Glad you were able to get past the self-blame.

Janis

aw, deb, that is one handsome young man!

morning everyone! the house is still asleep...but that's because we were all up alot last night. little guy decided to scream all night. why? no idea. but he and hubby are still sleeping. of course last night was the one night i stayed up late to watch a movie. so....i'm tired. and up ALOT on the scale. blah.

starting tomorrow (monday) i'm going back to journaling everything. this is getting ridiculous and i'm not feeling all that great because of my food choices. need to get back on that wagon before it gets even further out of hand!

we're supposed to thomas's head shots today. fingers crossed we can get at least one smile out of him. but with the night we had last night i'm not feeling too optimistic!

Any chance you could reschedule the appointment??

No, this is not someone else posting for me. I am actually awake.

I logged onto Facebook and my sister was on and over chat she says, "I didn't know you knew there was a 7 in the morning." Funny sis.

I need to drink more water today. I am feeling fine and am happy about that. Today should be a productive day.

I'm off to work on my presentation.

Have a great day today!

I say the same thing about DH!

Happy Sunday Morning

Of course it is 2:30 pm here in Germany. We had pancake breakfast this morning and then I took DH to the thermal baths in Beuren. Tried to get him to go yesterday but he kept insisting he didn't really want to go but finally today I talked him into it and we both really enjoyed it. We were having a great day but then he got mad when I tried to make sure he saw the statue outside the baths that is a really unique and lifelike image of people in the baths. He missed it but started yelling that he didn't care and was not turning around and on and on and on. I get so tired of him NEVER wanting to do ANYTHING! We have 3 long holiday weekends in June and we have/had no plans for any of them. DH just likes to sit on the couch with his laptop or watching TV. And we are in freaking Europe for gosh sake! When I do make any plans there will be plenty of criticism and/or he will do something to take away from the joy of it for me. He doesn't have any friends and does not even try to get along with others or make friends. Of course I've known all of this since I met him 20 years ago but sometimes I just get sick of it. I guess if your DH is the life of the party you might get sick of that too!

Are you married to my DH??? That said, my DH tends to be very "social"... he is great with meeeting people and such... he just has absolutely NO motivation to plan anything himself. And doesn't always care for my suggestions or plans.


Got an email today and the TV and dryer are now sold
Those were each 200 euros so that is good news. Only stuff left is the washer, our clothes closets, my hair appliances and the hot water cooker.
If the washer sells, I'm not so worried about the other items as they are small.

Do you get to save the money for something fun or do you need to save it to buy new stuff back in the States?

Other good news is I was down .6 this morning which surprised me. I was STARVING all day yesterday and just kept trying to have healthy snacks but felt like I was losing the battle. So I guess ya never know! Hope I can hold on to it for next Friday's WI.

Well, it is a beautiful day outside and I should find something to do. DH has gone to the gym and I don't want to do anything with him anyway
Think I will take a bike ride!

Have a great day!
Shawn

Have a great day!!

And, I am also a flute player- 6 years in band, piano player- 12 years of lessons and was a Majorette in the marching band for 3 years. I like to think I am a good singer too and I have played in handbell choirs for many years. My true passion or hidden talent is organization and budgeting/frugal living. Although I like to be frugal so I can save for luxury items and trips so I'm not sure that counts And I have a passion for decorating too.

Ok, that's enough about me

Shawn

I'm usually pretty frugal.... I would love to say that I decorated my entire house from the Goodwill and yard sale, but I can't..... just not enough time for "the search" and the "renovation". But I do love that "look". Do you get the Nate Berkus show over there or on Hulu?? He is an Oprah prodigy. His show is rather boring (even though he is a cutie), but I love his "House Proud" segment.... most of the folks have decorated on a shoestring budget and have done amazing things with dumpster items and such.

Good Morning. Why is it that when I have time to check in there is only one page and when I'm super busy there are 5? Oh well. I'm looking forward to only having must do activities twice this week. Maybe life is actually going to slow down a bit? The kids have school through Thursday then they are off for the summer. Next weekend the LAX program is doing a big fundraiser at the Quechee Balloon Festival. We will be parking cars on Saturday and Sunday, this brings in a lot of money for our program. I think I have enough volunteers to cover all of our shifts which is no small feat as I need 25 adults to pull it off. There are 3 other groups that participate also and I'm hearing that they don't have all of their volunteers lined up yet. Sometimes it is good to be over organized with a type A personality

Wish we could attend the balloon festival. Did you get folks to work on Father's Day? That must have been tough!

From one "type A" to another..... I get it!

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Happy Sunday friends! HONESTLY.... I've been trying to get on here and get the QOTD posted for a few hours now! I think I've finally made it!! Next up.... the QOTD!....................P

 

[pjlla]

Reviving an old QOTD. I figure since we have so many newbies, it would be okay. Plus I'm pretty sure I was the original poster... so I'm just repeating myself!!

6/12 QOTD: How do you imagine your life will change once you reach your goal weight (or get nearer to it anyhow)? Will you be more confident? More outgoing? More athletic? More energetic? Or just the same old you, but thinner??


Since I am pretty much at my goal weight and have been here for about a year or so, I can kind of answer this factually rather than theoretically. I didn't anticipate being anything other than my "same old self", but just thinner. But I was wrong. I am so much more confident and outgoing! Energy level doesn't seem much different.... but I've always been a pretty high energy person. And, well, even a bit more athletic! I look forward to doing some stuff this summer that I have NEVER even been interested in doing.... like ocean kayaking. Every July 4th weekend my SIL tries hard to talk me into it.... but I was convinced I didn't have the strength or energy.... and it didn't really interest me. But honestly.... I can't WAIT to try it this summer!

How about you?.....................P

 

[lovetoscrap]

Just popping in for a quick minute while I eat my lunch. Things have been crazy busy this week and will be next week. Hopefully it will settle down a little bit after next weekend.

I have been eating great and am 2 pounds down. Really would like at least another 5 gone before our vacation in about 4 weeks.

Have to to run, in laws will be here in a bit and I need to get dinner started. We are celebrating Father's Day a week early.

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

Hey guys! I am so excited to report I lost 5#!!!!

The problem is, we got a new scale and that showed my weight initially higher then what I originally sent in. like 6.4# higher! So I lost weight, even though it might look like I gained. I did send Dona my correct weights.

I am so darn happy and proud!!!!!

 

[glss1/2fll]

Karen--so sorry about your sister

QOTD 6/12--I figure I'll just be me only thinner.

Another semi-quiet day here. Off to a basketball tournament in a couple hours. Yesterday was day 1 of it but DS already had a baseball game at the same time so wasn't scheduled to go, then he has caught a cold so didn't go to his baseball game. Big brother was relentless in his haranguing him. "Faker." Kids, arrrghhh

But while home I did scrub my porch swing, wash my porch rail (need to do the rest but was tired of looking at the winter's grime on top!), wash my dog and wash the car. Then I was tuckered out. Hopefully today I can clip the dog. We have a standard poodle and groom him ourselves, so a big job!

Need to plan some meals/go shopping. Will probably save the shopping for late tonight.

Pamela, I have a question for you. I think I read you were prepping some food and boiled your eggs then peeled them so they were ready for snacking. Peeling them seemed brilliant to me, but I worry about how they store. What's the scoop? TIA

 

[pjlla]

QOTD 6/12--I figure I'll just be me only thinner.

You might surprise yourself!

Pamela, I have a question for you. I think I read you were prepping some food and boiled your eggs then peeled them so they were ready for snacking. Peeling them seemed brilliant to me, but I worry about how they store. What's the scoop? TIA

My favorite Food Network guy, Alton Brown, says to peel the eggs while they are still warm. Otherwise the shell kind of "re-adheres" to the whites as they cool and makes it difficult to peel (I've had that happen and it is super aggravating). I store the peeled eggs in a sealed container with a damp papertowel on top and bottom. Done it this way for many years and never had a problem. They store easily for a week. Usually they don't last that long around here anyway.


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Having a homework nightmare day around here. DD is crazy cranky getting big projects done PLUS studying for finals. And DH checked Powerschool and saw that for some reason DS failed to turn in a math homework assignment this week, so he is reading him the riot act as we speak. I don't always agree with DH's approach, so I am trying to sit here and keep my mouth shut.

Lunch was delightful..... roasted veggie wraps!! We each had a half of a low carb lavash bread and filled it with roasted veggies (mushroom, peppers, broccoli, cauliflower), plus sundried tomatoes and cheese, as desired. They were yummy, but next time, rather than a "make-your-own" style, I'm going to make them ahead and grill them, like a panini. It is amazing how many veggies we eat here.... especially when they are the main dish! We ate an entire HUGE head of cauliflower, two peppers (one red, one green), a few cups of broccoli, and three HUGE portabella mushroom caps.

I didn't not use cheese, so my lunch was without protein, so I'm sure I'll be hungry again before too long....but I will grab a string cheese to snack on. Or maybe a boiled egg white.

BTW, kitchen sink is clean and bed is made......just sayin'

DD has a birthday party to attend at Bounce U later (bad timing to have a high school party the weekend before finals! Not sure what these girls or their parents were thinking ). I will drop here off and then DS and I will head out to do something together.... not sure what yet.

Off to fold the last white load..... it literally took 24 hours to run because it kept stopping!! But it is finally done and dry.....................P

 

[tigger813]

Update- Mom is doing much better this morning. They never did intubate her so that was a relief. Ash and I spoke to her for a few minutes in the car as we were leaving Natick. She was pretty upset and crying which made Ash cry too but she seems ok now.

Ashleigh and I had a nice morning together but I HATE Rt 9 traffic by the mall and the signs for things are HORRIBLE!!!! But the AG place was nice. Ash got a smoothie and we got her Kanani doll and some pjs for one of her dolls and an American Girl shirt for Izzie. Ash had brought one of her dolls who had a defect with one of her eyes and they are repairing it for free and it will be mailed back to our house when it is fixed. That was a relief. Her new doll is beautiful and she is excited to finally have her.

Ate at the food court, not a wise choice for me but I had a shake for breakfast and will probably have one for supper too. Brian, Ash and I split two pieces of cheesecake from the cheesecake factory too for dessert.

Family is playing POTC on the PS3 so I better grab my turn while I can!

TTFN

 

[bellebookworm9]

I'm sending lots of positive thoughts and to everyone who is having a hard time with weight loss, health, family's health, etc.

Yesterday went okay, I went over my points and took some from my weekly points plus. Today has been good so far, and I did Day 1 Week 2 of C25K.

6/12 QOTD: How do you imagine your life will change once you reach your goal weight (or get nearer to it anyhow)? Will you be more confident? More outgoing? More athletic? More energetic? Or just the same old you, but thinner??

I hope to have more energy consistently. Right now I just get these crazy bursts about once a week where I have to DO SOMETHING. Just need to move. Then when I'm done with whatever I was doing (normally cleaning) I'm exhausted.

I have never been "athletic" because I've always been a little overweight and I'm terribly uncoordinated, but both of those are improving slowly. I was okay at horseback riding, which I did for a few summers at camp, but it's too expensive to keep up. So I'm hoping doing the C25K will turn me into a runner, at the very least!

My personality is to be shy when I first meet people, and I can't see that changing. I want to be a bit more confident. Not that I'm not now, but I'd like to be able to wear smaller clothes and feel confident in them.

 

[Disneywedding2010]

Tracey: I hope your mom is doing better and is released from ICU soon

CC: What your sister said is EXACTLY something Alan would say to me. I'm not a morning person at all. I'm a night owl, case and point I was up til 3am this morning.

Mackeysmom: Your cat is adorable. Its funny when I look at that picture because my cats do the same thing. Dublin will lay like that for HOURS.

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Well I'm down 2 pounds this week . I can honestly say I have NO idea how that happened. . We're going to do turkey burgers for dinner tonight. We were going to do them last night but let's just say my best friend is a bad influence . We went to Babe's chicken in Carrolton and had all you can eat chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn, and biscuits. Tomorrow I'm getting up early and putting the roast, potatoes, and carrots in the crockpot. That was suppose to be dinner tonight. So our meals are kind of out of wack right now.

I'm going to get ready here in a few and we're going to FINALLY go get our pedicures done. We were going to do it last weekend but for whatever reason we didn't. Then I'm coming home and getting some cleaning done.

 

[mikamah]

Good afternoon, everyone.

Hope you're all enjoying the weekend. Rainy weekend here, so made me happy we didn't need to campout. It was cancelled, and they'll reschedule it later.

Been productive here, and ds has some friend over we need to drive home shortly, so I hope to be back and read the rest of the thread and catch up on the qotds later.

Karen- I am so sorry to hear about your sister and her baby. I can't even imagine how hard it is to lose a baby. My thoughts are with you all. I'm glad you'll be able to visit with her this week.

Tracey- Hugs to you and your mom. Such a rollercoaster you're on. Hope she continues to improve.

Lindsay- I'm so jealous of an ice cream truck that has softserve. Ours only have packaged ice cream novelties, but we do have a Mr. Hotdog truck that comes around the parks with hotdogs as well as ice cream. And at my nieces' lacrosse game last year, there was a big truck that served burgers, sausages, hotdogs, fries, salads, pizza. It was like a pizza/sub place on wheels.

that's all I have time for now. Enjoy the rest of your sunday.

 

[my3princes]

From DD and myself....."awwww.... so stinkin' cute!" Love the paisley tie! Did the girls go crazy for him??



Wish we could attend the balloon festival. Did you get folks to work on Father's Day? That must have been tough!

From one "type A" to another..... I get it!

Hunter had fun at the dance, but was super tired and cranky when we picked him up. He doesn't think he'll want to go to his dance next year as he doesn't like to dance? I'm sure he'll change his mind between now and then, but it's not worth the battle right now.

I had no trouble finding people to help on Father's Day. We have the 3:30 PM - 7 PM shift and everyone knew about during registration. I've actually got a few extras which will be good as I'm sure someone won't show up.


Oldes DS is studying for his advanced bio final. DH and I have been helping, but I must admit that I can't pronounce some of the words so I'm not sure how he has managed to learn it all Things are so much harder then when I was in school

 

[my3princes]

6/12 QOTD: How do you imagine your life will change once you reach your goal weight (or get nearer to it anyhow)? Will you be more confident? More outgoing? More athletic? More energetic? Or just the same old you, but thinner??


How about you?.....................P

I've been close to goal for many years. Life didn't change, but I was more confident. It was easier to shop and I looked better in my clothes. I need to gain control again and get back to that point. Heck 15 lbs would make a huge difference and put me back in my healthy weight range. It just seems that life keeps getting in the way. Tomorrow is a new day.

Speaking of tomorrow. Nick has his LAX banquet tomorrow night. They are doing a make your own Sundae bar at 6 PM. I'm going to put a pork roast in the croc pot in hopes of feeding us something healthy before the banquet. 6 PM seems early in the evening for Sundaes.

 

[rhonda_2003]

Rememberthemagic98-(Haven't gotten names down pat yet!) I am so sorry to hear about the baby! My first boy was stillborn in '05 and it was very traumatic. I will keep her and your family in my prayers.

6/12 QOTD: How do you imagine your life will change once you reach your goal weight (or get nearer to it anyhow)? Will you be more confident? More outgoing? More athletic? More energetic? Or just the same old you, but thinner??

I figure that mostly it will be just the same ol'me, just thinner. I have been much smaller in the past and I am more confident thinner, so I am sure I will add some of my old confidence back.

 

[aamomma]

Sorry about the gain. If you haven't had a gain since January you have had a great run this year. Try and think back on that accomplishment and not worry about one little pound that will probably be gone next week and maybe take a friend with it! I think that you found your answer in the bolded statement.

Thanks, I will take your advice. I need to remember I'm climbing the staircase (from Buffy's quote the other day!)

..... unless of course they have predicted a blizzard! Then everyone needs their milk, bread, and eggs! Where we live it is bread, milk, and toilet paper!!

Don't be too bummed. You've done so well lately! And having a specific date to get BACK on plan after vacation is absolutely the KEYSTONE to your continued success!!!!
Thanks for the kind words. I am feeling better now - it was just hard to send donac the PM this week! I think maybe because I've lost and gained it all back so many times I feel irrational panic when the scale goes up. I am going to mark the 28th on my calendar "BACK ON WAGON" like it is a big event. Well, I guess it is - deciding to be healthier is a good thing!!

Friends, It has been a pretty rough two days for my family.

I am so sorry for your sister and family. We lost a baby before our 1st DD was born. It is true, they will heal, but never forget. Just love them through this difficult time.

 

[mikamah]

Am I the only one here that NEVER makes the bed??

I never make my bed. I don't normally even pull the covers up, I just crawl back in at night, but this week, I "made" my bed, which was to pull the covers up and put the shams over my pillows, very quick, but it actually made me feel good to walk in my room, especially when I was folding laundry, much easier. So, no you are not alone.

I'm down 1.2 for the first week I would be more excited but it's not a new number for me, I was actually up a little last week. But NOW I am back at my lowest number so far since Feb 2010 and hoping to see a new lower number next week

Nice work, Shawn!! We can do this!!

6/10 QOTD: How do you track/journal your food? Do you keep an old-fashioned paper journal or a list? Do you do it online or maybe on an iphone app??

If you DON'T track/journal your food, do you think you should?

I definitely do better when I track. I have a notebook in my kitchen, and put a slip of paper in my scrub pants to write anything I eat at work that I didn't bring with me. I like having the notebook on my counter, and will write my lunch in as I make it for work, and then it's all done.

sorry, vent over. i'm just so pissed that everyone seems excited about a new baby and she can't even pretend. i guarantee you they will see thomas for his bday party in a few weeks and then nothing until the new baby is born in november.

and then we wonder why i eat...

It stinks she is like that, but I am glad you have other family that you are close to. Someone else said, you will learn what not to do as a mother by the way she has treated you. But it still has to hurt. I hope you can find peace with it all in time.

I am happy to say that I am down 3 pounds today. !

Whoo hoo!! Go Lisa!!

I was a bad mother this morning. My boys woke up at 730 and I put on DisneyXD to keep them occupied while I slept. I told Ryan I would get up at 800 so about every 3 minutes he would yell up to me and tell me what time it is. so honestly I really didnt sleep just went in and out. At one point they came upstairs with the cupcake container my dh brought home from work last night and they were trying to sell me cupcakes. Thats when I knew I had to get up or else I could have a big mess on my hands!

Too funny with the cupcakes. Don't worry, in a few years they'll be old enough to just get up before you, go watch tv, and maybe just eat the cupcakes for breakfast. And you can sleep in guilt free.

I'm trying to find quotes that A) make you think and B) that just kick you in the butt.

Love this and I'm loving the quotes so far. Thanks for doing them and the organizational challenge.

Welcome to Healthy Habits!

My name is CC (like see-see) and I will be your Healthy Habits (HH) coach for the Summer 2011 BL Challenge. I big thank you to donac and jenanderson for showing me the ropes.

Thanks for running HH, CC.

I am happy with how I did this week. No matter what the scale is I am proud of myself and will not let the number discourage me if it is not good.

Love your positive attitude, Lindsay. Glad you are back on track!!

(Of course, as Murphy's Law would have it, I was sweating like a fool when I ran into my secret crush - my UPS guy - while out walking!!)

Bummer, but hopefully he was impressed with your healthy lifestyle. When i was younger, my sister worked at a little grocery store in town, and I'd pop in a lot, and often ran into the pepperidge farm bread man, and I remember flirting with him about how I'd do anything for the cinnamon swirl bread. It always comes back to food for me.

I finished Week 1 of C25K today and I feel great! Excited to move on to Week 2.

Congratulations!!

[ Seems to me that if we start out discouraged, and we come here to the DIS for support, and we take a breath in the middle, because we all know breathing is good for stress, and we decide to keep fighting, maybe say it in a loud voice, represented by capitals, we can go from discouraged to DIS Couraged. Change takes courage, you have it. You wouldn't be here airing your soul if you didn't .

I love this. I need to remember this when I am feeling discouraged.

Don't beat yourself up and throw in the towel if you are disappointed, just pick yourself up, get a big glass of water and keep moving forward.

Totally agree rose, and I think I've picked myself up, and am going forward from here. Thank you for coaching last week, and for organizing this challenge again. You are the best.

Hi I am Candice… I am 35 & from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada… I started the last challenge but life got in the way & I didn’t finish but I plan to this time, so please add me to the loser list... I have been struggling with my weight & getting healthy all my life… I have a habit of starting off strong & then slipping & going back to old habits… But its easier said then done… This past 10 months have been very stress full & not so much with taking care of myself but my family... In October we found out that my Dad has multiple myeloma, I have been trying my best to deal with it but I am afraid that I went back to my old habits & used food to comfort myself... I made a promise to myself that I would give 110% & I would also keep telling myself that this takes time & I am trying really hard not to expect immediate results…

So sorry about your dad, it is so hard and draining. I got so much good advice and support here when my mom was sick, and the piece I try to remember is to make some time for yourself too, and take care of you. You can't take care of everyone else if you don't take care of yourself. And also, don't be hard on yourself. It's great to meet you, and good luck with your new healthy lifestyle.
Oh, and go Bruins.

QOTD Thursday, June 9
I thought I'd end the week with an easy one. What is your favorite Disney Resort?

Pop Century. I'm a value girl. I'd love to stay at the contemporary, and loved AKL when we went for dinner, and michael did the african dance around the lobby, but can't justify the cost. Second best would be All star movies because of the salad station they have there. You pick what you want, they mix it all up in a big bowl for you. So good.

Well, we have completed our first “measure-in” for the WIN! Challenge.

We currently have 21 participants and an average total measurement of 171 1/3 inches.

Thank you Connie for running the WIN. I'm determined to see my number go down and stay down this time. Glad your doing well with the crutches.

:Have fun this weekend - those all sound like fun activities to me except maybe the camping in the rain

We have another Holiday weekend here, Monday is called Pfingstferien. I can't remember what it is about but I do know that I have to get to the grocery store today because they will all be closed Sunday and Monday. And, the longer I wait the more the shelves will be cleaned out. It is so different to live somewhere there is not easy access to lots of food at all times. We aren't starving, but it's just so different.

Thanks. Our campout was cancelled for rain. I wrote that holiday down, and will wish my friend at work a happy Pfingstferien. I can picture his face right now. Glad you've had some luck selling off your things. Hope the next few weeks goes nice and smoothly for you all.

Vija- did I see 5 pounds gone? You go girl!!!!

NancyI have a delicious triple berry muffin recipe that may rival Maria's banana nut muffins. It comes in a little envelope- Betty Crocker muffin mix, makes only 6 muffins, and you just add half cup of water, and if you eat all six, it's better than 12.

Hello to everyone I have missed.

6/11 QOTD: Do you have a hidden talent? If so, what is it?

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Fun question, pamela. Thank you for coaching this week. I know how busy you are, and you're doing a great job.

I don't think I have a hidden talent, though I was pretty good at the Two-Step years ago.
We could have a little orchestra with all the musicians here. Speaking of which, the music program starts next year in school, and ds wants to play an instrument. He thought clarinet, flute or saxaphone. I'm discouraging sax just because it's more expensive. Any suggestions from all you musicians?
I'll have to do a little research.

We have one more week of baseball, and then hopefully I'll have more dis time. It felt good to spend some time and read back what I missed the past few days. I get so much inspiration from everyone here, and after a few days in a bit of a funk, I'm feeling ready to get focused again. I did end up down .6 for last week, and today was down 2 more, some how, so I know if i get on track, that 2 pounds can be real for next week.

I did 3.2 mile run/walk with a friend today, and wed I have my 5k. I'm going to miss ds's baseball game, the first one, but this 5k is special to me. It was my first one last year, at the time of the first anniversary of my mom's passing, and the running had really been a huge focus for me and helped me get through some tough times. I'm feeling guilty about missing ds's game, and I hope to get back for the end of it, depending on how long it is. I have a feeling there will be many more little league games in my future. Ds is perfectly fine with me missing it, so that makes me feel better.

Off to get the kid to bed. Have a great evening