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

[mikamah]

A6/15 QOTD: (Today is a "fluff" day ). Besides your wedding/engagement ring(s), what is your favorite piece of jewelry?? Doesn't matter if it is real or costume. Where did you get it? Does it have any special meaning?

I have a gold cross that my friends from work gave me after my dad died to remember him by, and for my 40th b-day, the same friends gave me a white gold mother and child pendant, which wear most of the time, but do change to the cross for special occasions. I usually wear silver. I also have my grandmother's engagement ring which is a aquamarine, with a really lacy gold pattern, so it's fragile so i don't wear it too often, but I always remember her wearing it, and when she had dementia, she was always fiddling with it. I also have a single pearl pendant with earrings I had made from clipped to pierced that my dad gave my mom on their wedding day. After my mom died, and we went through all her things, and jewelry, she hadn't really said what she wanted to go to who, I thought I should write a little note and leave it in my jewelry as to who should get what. I have 3 nieces and 3 nephews.

I also wear 5 silly bands. I know I know silly bands are for kids and im twenty five but each one means something to me. One is a shark, my favorite animal, to remind me about strength and endurance and about being the best you can be and doing what you were made for. I have Pluto because we always say my dog is pluto. A wolf, to remind me that friends and family are always with me, I always have my pack. Minnie, to remind me that sometimes its ok to be fun and flirty, and finally Cinderella to remind me to never stop believing in my dreams, and if they don't come to me, then i need to go to the castle and get them!

I love how your bracelets all have meaning. When I started to train for the princess half, I wore a princess silly band for motivation to run, and at work one day, I was taking care of a young girl, probably 18 or 19, and she was so scared, and I gave it to her for encouragement.

My parents bought me white gold hoop earrings with diamonds down the middle for my wedding. They gave them to me the night before with a really nice "speech" they put together about how proud of the women I have become and about how much they love me. Makes me want to tear up just thinking about it. But anyway I have not taken them out of my ears since and its been almost 8 years. (well I do take them out to clean them). It is my most treasured piece along with my wedding/engagement rings.
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That is such a wonderful memory.

QOTD: Favorite piece of jewelry is my Mickey Head earrings. I have 3 different colored ones that I wear. Currently I can only find the clear stone ones. I prefer the blue ones the most. I also have a pair of pink ones.

I have the same 3 pairs, I think. Mine are the cheap dangly ones though, and I get a new pair on most trips since they turn green over time. I don't take them out to shower or anything, so that's why.

Good morning, bl friends.

I have my 5k tonight, so I thought I need to just sit and relax this morning before work. Though, I am sad I didn't keep up with the washing dishes challenge at night, and last night's dinner dishes are calling to me. But I'll ignore them a bit longer.
I'm excited about the 5k, and am feeling ready to push myself, and maybe beat 40 minutes. Last year, it was my first 5k, and i finished in 43.31, and I was thinking that this year, I would be so much faster and thinner, but I'm actually just about the same weight, and a bit faster, but I haven't been trying to run faster when I do get out, so we'll see how it goes. I definitely have more endurance than I had last year. I'm confident I'll beat the 43.
One of the other mom's from baseball is going to run it too, and a couple girls from work. They say I have inspired them, so that makes me feel good. I'm excited for them. It's looking like a beautiful night too.

Eating front, journalled for 2 days in a row, but ate a whole sleeve of ritz crackers last night in front of the tv. Wish I could say I was carbing up, but it was just mindless snacking. No more of that. Summer is here!! I can kick some of this weight to the curb once and for all.

Hope you all have a great day!!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

good morning everyone!!

it is a beautiful day out and i'm stuck inside! waaaah! we are having a box spring delivered today and they gave me a 8-12 window. and you KNOW they won't show til like 12:15. annoying! i want to go out for a run/walk so bad!!! i hope they come soon so i can go!

QOTD: i'm not a big jewelry person. i have some nice things that DH has bought for me. i keep hinting that i'm not really into jewelry but he doesn't get it. i don't even wear my engagement/wedding ring set that much anymore. it's nice and from tiffanys and all that but i prefer just wear a flat band.

you know what i do love? my watch. it's an ugly black swiss army watch. i had one that i got in the EIGHTH GRADE that i wore everyday until it literally just dissolved a few years ago. i was so bummed. DH got me a new one. i think it cost like $150. i wear it all the time. a few years ago i got a really fancy job and DH insisted i needed to wear a fancy rolex. so, i have a rolex but i never wear it! when will he learn? LOL!

i would like a disney piece of jewelry but something that isn't too obvious. i can never seem to find something when we visit. one day though i'll find something and i'll know it's "the one."

 

[dumbo_buddy]

kathy!! have a great time at the 5k tonight!! can't wait to hear about it. i think you should wear a tiara in honor of the princess half. hehe

 

[SettinSail]

I've enjoyed seeing everyone's commitment to staying the course and hearing all the jewelry stories

I LOVE jewelry and have many many pieces, a few nice ones but mostly costume jewelry. Right now my favorite is my Thomas Sabo charm bracelet. I just put my last charm on it yesterday so now I have 14 charms, all reminding me of things I saw on my travels in Europe.

Oh, I maintained at WW today. I am happy with that. I think I will splurge and get myself a little something anyway. I budgeted well for the week and still have money left-and tomorrow is payday.

Good for you CC

But I wanted to say hello and let you know I am still doing good. Thinking, journaling, drinking water. For anyone that watches the Jersey shore I am going to start referring to this at TJD.

Love it !

Actually my weight is not factored into the BMI calculations at all. He has the BMI scale that he uses on 4 parts of my body. He uses two parts of my arms, my stomach and my back. It's a small scale that pinches the fat and he adds those 4 numbers together. The number that he gets is then looked up on a chart using my age. (It's a little embarrassing letting him grab my fat but luckily the amount to grab is getting smaller.)

Are you sure this isn't your body composition? If it is, that is excellent to get your fat percentage down into the 20's. That is not easy for a woman to do.
I googled BMI and could not find anything about it being done any way other than weight/height I have to lose 6 pounds to lower my BMI by one number. Any way, you are making excellent progress

I was shocked to see that my drinks last night and late night salt escapades did not make the scale go up this morning We had a very tough yoga class today. I had sweat dripping onto my mat. She had us doing a lot of core work and anytime I have to hold my own body weight, it is QUITE a workout

I just got back from the grocery store with a friend. She drove us out to the really nice store about 10 miles away. They have stuff you don't normally see here like Rice Krispies cereal, cashews, boursin cheese, Ben & Jerry's ice cream, etc. I bought some things I should not have and when I was putting things away I started eating a few of this and a few of that Oy!
Finally jumped on here to get away from that and get my head back on track.

Tonight, I have a wine tasting event which will mean more alcohol and more snacky type food. I'm going to have to watch myself or I will have a gain this week

Have a great day!

Shawn

 

[Rose&Mike]

Sorry I have been a little MIA, but I have been reading along.

Just wanted to say:

Kathy--have a fabulous race today!!! I hope there are no 4s in your finishing time!!

Have a great day everyone!

 

[Zhoen]

6/15 QOTD: (Today is a "fluff" day ). Besides your wedding/engagement ring(s), what is your favorite piece of jewelry?? Doesn't matter if it is real or costume. Where did you get it? Does it have any special meaning?

I like pretty, sparkly jewelry, but I'm not allowed to wear it at work, and I never go anywhere "dress up" in my off time, so between that, metal prices at the moment, and my daughters turning my jewelry case into their personal toybox... I haven't bought any in a long time. Most of my jewelry is currently in a big tangle that I intend to untangle when they are about 16 and understand what "don't touch" means... (Not saying that they won't still touch it, just that they'll be sly and put it back when they're done...)

Honestly, out of everything I have (and none of it is anything high-end like Tiffany's...) I have two favorite bracelets that almost match, they both say "Baby Girl (my last name)" they are so tiny that I could almost wear them for rings... and they were put on my girls the day they were born, only the dates are different. I guard those more than any other jewelry I have, and wish I could think of some clever way to turn them into "real" jewelry that I could wear...

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Today is awesome. Today is the first day of summer here. Today I will NOT get a call from Stinkerbelle's school about some ridiculous thing she did, I was nowhere near the school at 0805 when she would normally be late and I did not have a panic attack about what time it was. Did she scream when I left her at home with her father? Heck yes... but he's not going to launch an intrusive line of questioning about what is wrong with us as parents and why does she hate Mommy leaving like the school does. Ahh... feel all that stress and pressure that's NOT in the air??? Me neither!

AND today is payday, so I just moved all the "leftover" money from my last paycheck as well as the "extra" money (I budget for a round number and skim the rest off into savings every payday) from this check over into my "Disney" account. Yay. It is sooo long before our trip, and I've already paid for our lodging, but somehow I'm not going to feel relaxed until it's all paid for.

Stinkerbelle weight a bottle of bleach last night, I know because it was still on the scale this morning... so at first my scale told me an AWESOME number... but I knew it wasn't right (The scale had "zeroed" with the bottle on it, so my weight was my real weight minus the weight of the bottle) But anyway, even after I zeroed it, it was down a pound, which, considering the weekend I had is a miracle... I am very inspired to behave myself for the next two days hoping for another 1.5 week... this new version of WW seems to be much slower than the old version... the price of "free" fruit..

Happy day!

 

[Connie96]

6/15 QOTD: (Today is a "fluff" day ). Besides your wedding/engagement ring(s), what is your favorite piece of jewelry?? Doesn't matter if it is real or costume. Where did you get it? Does it have any special meaning?

I'm with the "not that into jewelry" crowd but I have two favorites. I know I told y'all about my Mickey watch a couple challenges ago. DH and I got matching gold watches with diamond "numbers" with a gold Mickey on the watch face at WDW back in 2002 and we wear them every day. (Was it Nancy that said you want Disney but not obvious? This is a good one for that. Nobody notices it's Disney unless they are looking directly at it.)

I also have a new bracelet that DH gave me for Christmas. It's from www.inspiredendurance.com. I have the black bracelet with three beads: 5K, 10K and 13.1. I'm really proud of this one. Maybe someday I can add beads for 26.2 or Triathlon or Cycling or something.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

connie!! i love both of your pieces! the watch is great! you're right...it's not OBVIOUS disney but it definitely IS disney! is it waterproof?

and the bracelet is AWESOME! at the princess expo i was eyeballing something similar with the 13.1 on it. i should have just gotten it. it is definitely something you can be so proud to wear!!!

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well, it's 12 now which means the box spring delivery guy is late. 8-12 window my butt! they just called 5 min ago to say he'll be there by 12:30. yeah, i'm not holding my breath. annoying. it is SO nice out. wahhhh!!!!

and after naps i've already committed to driving to jersey to go to the paramus mall for chick fil a. there's a disney store there too and i HAVE TO GET DH HIS FATHERS DAY GIFT! i don't know what to get! our anniversary is next week too. he is so hard to shop for and i just have no clue.

 

[gudrench3]

I'm with the "not that into jewelry" crowd too but I have two favorites as well! My Mother passed away in 2001, so my Dad took her wedding ring and his and had them melted down to make a Texas shaped necklace for me with her small diamonds on it. I wear it anytime I need to feel her close to me. He also had a Texas shaped nugget ring for himself and a Texas shaped necklace for my brother that he gave to his wife. It is the MOST SPECIAL piece of jewelry to me. Haha, can yall tell we are from Texas?

My second piece is a necklace and bracelet set from James Avery. It's a silver ithacus (sp?) fish symbol. I've very plain jane, and this fits my style to a t!

 

[Connie96]

connie!! i love both of your pieces! the watch is great! you're right...it's not OBVIOUS disney but it definitely IS disney! is it waterproof?

It's marked "water resistant" on the back. I've gotten it wet a few times doing dishes or giving DD a bath and haven't had any trouble out of it. I've never really submerged it or anything so I don't know how it would handle that.

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

II have my 5k tonight, so I thought I need to just sit and relax this morning before work.

Good Luck tonight Kathy. I know you will do great. Have fun!!!!

I also have a new bracelet that DH gave me for Christmas. It's from www.inspiredendurance.com. I have the black bracelet with three beads: 5K, 10K and 13.1. I'm really proud of this one.

I love this bracelet and I am going to look into putting it on my xmas list for next year.

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Just a few seconds left me to say hello got to get back to work as I have a teleconference shortly.Things are going well. TJD!!!!!!!

The scale is lowering so I am crossing my fingers that it continues. I just need one good week for me mentally!!! Yes I know rose I am so results driven. I just cant help it. I think if I see a really good week I will lay off the number a bit. I think.......

Anyway have a great day everyone.

 

[pjlla]

This is the beginning of my fourth month at boot camp training. I had the trainer take all my measurements and my bmi. I have lost inches in my calves, waist and hips and gained inches in my shoulder and biceps and thighs. I have gone from 33.6 BMI to 29.6 BMI. I haven't lost much weight, but that's absolutely fine with me as long as my BMI keeps going down and my waist. I can deal with the inches in my shoulders and my biceps, I had shoulder surgery in November and I am getting back all the muscle I lost during my recovery. My trainer keeps yelling at me to get rid of my scale because I obsess about the number.

That is GREAT! It is good proof that the number on the scale isn't always the most important number!

QOTD I think I'll participate this time!

First off "yesterday's" question

I, Katrina, will never give up!

Now todays. Ugh this is going to sound so so so silly but here goes. I absolutly HATE jewlery. I don't like to touch it and I especially don't like to wear it. Sometimes just seeing earings on other people can give me creepy crawlies. Granted I have a lot of weird fears and phobias (tin foil, kites, etc) but this is a big one. I do love pearls though, but cannot afford any. I've always told my boyfriend the onlt jewelry I'll ever wear is a ring on my finger when he finally decides to pop the question. I'd rather have a new hard drive than a new necklace! (I think this is why he loves me).

That being said, and this is going to be the part that sounds silly but there are 6 things I do wear around my wrist. 1 is like one of those livestrong bracelt things but this one is for the show LOST because that show meant alot to me and its to remind me of the important friends i made due to that show. I also wear 5 silly bands. I know I know silly bands are for kids and im twenty five but each one means something to me. One is a shark, my favorite animal, to remind me about strength and endurance and about being the best you can be and doing what you were made for. I have Pluto because we always say my dog is pluto. A wolf, to remind me that friends and family are always with me, I always have my pack. Minnie, to remind me that sometimes its ok to be fun and flirty, and finally Cinderella to remind me to never stop believing in my dreams, and if they don't come to me, then i need to go to the castle and get them!

So yes, a bit silly but as my boyfriend says, "It's so you i wouldnt expect anything different."

Had some cheesecake tonight, feeling unapologetic about it. Need to get back on track regardless. Also have another essay to write and I can't understand why its not writing itself?

Have to admit....I've never heard of a jewelry phobia. Is is the metal that bothers you?

My parents bought me white gold hoop earrings with diamonds down the middle for my wedding. They gave them to me the night before with a really nice "speech" they put together about how proud of the women I have become and about how much they love me. Makes me want to tear up just thinking about it. But anyway I have not taken them out of my ears since and its been almost 8 years. (well I do take them out to clean them). It is my most treasured piece along with my wedding/engagement rings.

Nice to have something so special to remember your wedding day AND your parents!

Wow that is excellent. Out of curiousity how is your bmi going down without you loosing weight. I thought that is how it is normally calculated. Is your training calculating it differently or do you just mean you are loosing enough to make your BMI go down just not as much as you thought you would expect it to with all your other great acheivments. I am just asking because even at a good weight for me my BMI is still on the borderline of normal and overweight I think because of my bone structure and muscle. My dh is the same way. I wondered if there was a different way of calculating it.

I'm guessing she has lost fat but gained muscle....hence the lower BMI and decreased inches, but not a lot of change on the scale.

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Hello all. I am a bit tired seeing that it is now almost midnight and I have been on the computer for way too long. But I wanted to say hello and let you know I am still doing good. Thinking, journaling, drinking water. For anyone that watches the Jersey shore I am going to start referring to this at TJD. They use the term GTL which means Gym Tan Laundry. Ok now that you all know my guilty pleasure and I am probably starting to sound a bit crazy I am going to sign off and get some sleep. The lack of it is making me goofy.

Talk to you tomorrow.

Don't know anything about Jersey Shore.... is that the list of their priorities or their daily to-do list??

I have two favorite pieces of jewelry, both Disney related of course.

The first is a Mickey initial ring.

I saw a friend with one in 2007. I scoured the internet looking for one with my initial to no avail. Then, last year when we were in Disney, I found it in the Poly gift shop. I wear it almost every day.

That is so neat! DD would love that!

My other favorite is a necklace that I bought on ebay for $3.50. I knew before we went down that I wanted to do a Pick a Pearl somewhere on property. These necklaces were pretty popular on the DIS at that time; they are a "Cinderella carriage" charm that the pearl goes in. I got the pearl at Downtown Disney. Although the silver is coming off the holder and it's more bronze now, I still love it. I don't wear it as often as the ring though.

DD got a pearl in Japan during our second trip to Disney in 2004.... we still haven't done anything with it, but it would be so cool to find a charm like that!

6/15 QOTD: (Today is a "fluff" day ). Besides your wedding/engagement ring(s), what is your favorite piece of jewelry?? Doesn't matter if it is real or costume. Where did you get it? Does it have any special meaning?

I have two:

When Josh passed away my mom looked high and low for his military dog tags. I told her I wanted to wear them to the funeral. Well, she couldn't find them. I talked to my Navy liason and explained the situation and they had a 2nd pair made for me so that I could waer them at the funeral. The day of the funeral I took my wedding and engagement ring along with his wedding ring and put them on his dog tags. I don't wear them all the time but for special occasions (his birthday, our wedding anniversary, Memorial Day, Veteran's Day, 4th of July, etc) and the rest of the year they are in my jewelry box.

Last Christmas I told Alan I wanted a necklace that had Josh, Maddie, and I's birthstones. I found one that I loved online and long story short he bought it for me for Christmas.

Those are probably the most special things I've heard about so far.

Good morning everyone.

Thanks to those people who sent in their weights. I will finish and post that this afternoon.

I don't wear a lot of jewerly. I have two pieces. A locket my dh gave me to wear on our wedding day.

For my 40th birthday my mom gave me a pin with 4 birth stones, mine, dh, and the two boys.

Was cleaning my classroom yesterday and I thought I had a free period since the class had taken the AP when 3 students came in. they were juniors who couldn't get a ride home. I didn't get as much done as I wanted but it is getting there. I want to be finished by Friday. We have graduation on Monday but I don't have to go in to school. Graduation is at the college in my town so I just have to be there by 1 on Monday. Tuesday I have to go in to school to finish up stuff and a barbque.

Today I need to clean up paperwork. Some essays still to read and then I have to file papers and put things away. Tomorrow I have to give two exams so I will work on grades for the first exam and then grade the first exam during the second exam.

Have to go and get breakfast

Have a happy and healthy day.

Did you put those students to work? I would have!

WOOHOO onthe end of the year!!

I need to make this quick.

I'm feeling a little better and am heading to work as it's a new job and I don't have time to be sick.

I Debra will never Quit

We have done some organizing around here this week. We've moved the living room around a bit and put alot of things away that had been hanging around. The air conditioner is in too.

My favorite piece of jewerly is a silver and abalone necklace that my DH bought for me last year for Valentine's day. It has beautiful jewel tones in it. I had mentioned that I liked it when we were in a jewerly store. I had no idea that he had gone back to get it until I opened it on Valentine's day It's not something that I can wear everyday, but great for special outfits.

Does the abalone have a lot of purple in it? I know you really like purple, so I figure it probably does and that is probably what attracted you to it.

QOTD: Favorite piece of jewelry is my Mickey Head earrings. I have 3 different colored ones that I wear. Currently I can only find the clear stone ones. I prefer the blue ones the most. I also have a pair of pink ones.

Dress rehearsal was 4 1/2 hours last night. Ash and I got home at 8:30! Izzie was already asleep. Had time to catch up with other moms that I haven't seen much lately so it was fun. The only frustrating thing was that I was in charge of Izzie's class. Once they did their performance they were free to go or sit and watch. Well, apparently some parents thought that meant I was going to baby-sit their children for another hour or two! I don't think SO!!! Some got the hint others did not! I moved away from them but kept looking over at the kids. Just blows my mind!

Getting a pedicure at work this morning since my client canceled. Then I'm having lunch with a friend. Tonight I have to go 6th Grade Parent Orientation. Tomorrow is Kindergarten performance and then I'm coming home to fill 50 water balloons and then I have to work from 5-8 giving 2 massages. And Friday is field day and I'm happy to say that the weather is looking better.

Tummy is a bit better this morning. I need to get drinking my water.

Gotta run!

TTFN

GLad your belly is better. As usual, crazy busy days for you! When do you leave to stay with your Mom??

Actually my weight is not factored into the BMI calculations at all. He has the BMI scale that he uses on 4 parts of my body. He uses two parts of my arms, my stomach and my back. It's a small scale that pinches the fat and he adds those 4 numbers together. The number that he gets is then looked up on a chart using my age. (It's a little embarrassing letting him grab my fat but luckily the amount to grab is getting smaller.)

Ewwww....back fat. Saw a bit too much of mine while trying on bras at Victoria's Secret today.

I'm not a big jewelry person. I can't wear my wedding/engagement rings anymore because they are too big. I don't want to size them for a bit longer so I only do it once. I now have a lovely anniversary ring that I wear instead. I wear Mickey Mouse earrings all the time, too. I have silver dangling Mickey heads and gold ones. I switch off with my watches which are nice but not fabulous. If I'm going to court I do have some beautiful costume brooches that I wear -- big splashy ones with lots of rhinestones. This is a fun question!

Yes.... wait on the rings. Don't do like I did and have to get it done multiple times! Ilove splashy brooches. I bought the neatest one at Macy's a few months ago. I saw it on the clearance table one table, but didn't want to pay the $17. A few weeks later it was still there and I still loved it, so I grabbed it. It is a large gold key with some filigree and pearls. I pinned it on my favorite Gap denim jacket and I LOVE the way it looks there!

I got all the pantry/refridgerator stuff done for the organizational challenge but it's going to have to wait until the week-end, or maybe next, for the grocery list/shopping redo. I do spread up the comforters and try and keep up with the dishes so that is still hanging on.

With a busy week, visitors and then end of school it may just be a maintain this week and I'm okay with that!

Glad I'm not the only one keeping up with the organizational challenge. Buffy hasn't been here much lately..... I figure she must be crazy busy with end of the school year stuff. I should text her and tell her we miss her!!

I have a gold cross that my friends from work gave me after my dad died to remember him by, and for my 40th b-day, the same friends gave me a white gold mother and child pendant, which wear most of the time, but do change to the cross for special occasions. I usually wear silver. I also have my grandmother's engagement ring which is a aquamarine, with a really lacy gold pattern, so it's fragile so i don't wear it too often, but I always remember her wearing it, and when she had dementia, she was always fiddling with it. I also have a single pearl pendant with earrings I had made from clipped to pierced that my dad gave my mom on their wedding day. After my mom died, and we went through all her things, and jewelry, she hadn't really said what she wanted to go to who, I thought I should write a little note and leave it in my jewelry as to who should get what. I have 3 nieces and 3 nephews.

I love how your bracelets all have meaning. When I started to train for the princess half, I wore a princess silly band for motivation to run, and at work one day, I was taking care of a young girl, probably 18 or 19, and she was so scared, and I gave it to her for encouragement.

That is such a wonderful memory.

I have the same 3 pairs, I think. Mine are the cheap dangly ones though, and I get a new pair on most trips since they turn green over time. I don't take them out to shower or anything, so that's why.

Good morning, bl friends.

I have my 5k tonight, so I thought I need to just sit and relax this morning before work. Though, I am sad I didn't keep up with the washing dishes challenge at night, and last night's dinner dishes are calling to me. But I'll ignore them a bit longer.
I'm excited about the 5k, and am feeling ready to push myself, and maybe beat 40 minutes. Last year, it was my first 5k, and i finished in 43.31, and I was thinking that this year, I would be so much faster and thinner, but I'm actually just about the same weight, and a bit faster, but I haven't been trying to run faster when I do get out, so we'll see how it goes. I definitely have more endurance than I had last year. I'm confident I'll beat the 43.
One of the other mom's from baseball is going to run it too, and a couple girls from work. They say I have inspired them, so that makes me feel good. I'm excited for them. It's looking like a beautiful night too.

Eating front, journalled for 2 days in a row, but ate a whole sleeve of ritz crackers last night in front of the tv. Wish I could say I was carbing up, but it was just mindless snacking. No more of that. Summer is here!! I can kick some of this weight to the curb once and for all.

Hope you all have a great day!!

BEST OF LUCK with the race tonight! The weather is certainly cooperating!!

good morning everyone!!

it is a beautiful day out and i'm stuck inside! waaaah! we are having a box spring delivered today and they gave me a 8-12 window. and you KNOW they won't show til like 12:15. annoying! i want to go out for a run/walk so bad!!! i hope they come soon so i can go!

QOTD: i'm not a big jewelry person. i have some nice things that DH has bought for me. i keep hinting that i'm not really into jewelry but he doesn't get it. i don't even wear my engagement/wedding ring set that much anymore. it's nice and from tiffanys and all that but i prefer just wear a flat band.

you know what i do love? my watch. it's an ugly black swiss army watch. i had one that i got in the EIGHTH GRADE that i wore everyday until it literally just dissolved a few years ago. i was so bummed. DH got me a new one. i think it cost like $150. i wear it all the time. a few years ago i got a really fancy job and DH insisted i needed to wear a fancy rolex. so, i have a rolex but i never wear it! when will he learn? LOL!

i would like a disney piece of jewelry but something that isn't too obvious. i can never seem to find something when we visit. one day though i'll find something and i'll know it's "the one."

SOrry about themattress delivery hold-up.... as usual, home delivery stuff is a PITA!

Gotta run!...........................P

 

[pjlla]

I've enjoyed seeing everyone's commitment to staying the course and hearing all the jewelry stories

I LOVE jewelry and have many many pieces, a few nice ones but mostly costume jewelry. Right now my favorite is my Thomas Sabo charm bracelet. I just put my last charm on it yesterday so now I have 14 charms, all reminding me of things I saw on my travels in Europe.

What a great idea!!

I just got back from the grocery store with a friend. She drove us out to the really nice store about 10 miles away. They have stuff you don't normally see here like Rice Krispies cereal, cashews, boursin cheese, Ben & Jerry's ice cream, etc. I bought some things I should not have and when I was putting things away I started eating a few of this and a few of that Oy!
Finally jumped on here to get away from that and get my head back on track.

Tonight, I have a wine tasting event which will mean more alcohol and more snacky type food. I'm going to have to watch myself or I will have a gain this week

Have a great day!

Shawn

YUmmy stuff from the store.... but HIDE IT!

6/15 QOTD: (Today is a "fluff" day ). Besides your wedding/engagement ring(s), what is your favorite piece of jewelry?? Doesn't matter if it is real or costume. Where did you get it? Does it have any special meaning?

I like pretty, sparkly jewelry, but I'm not allowed to wear it at work, and I never go anywhere "dress up" in my off time, so between that, metal prices at the moment, and my daughters turning my jewelry case into their personal toybox... I haven't bought any in a long time. Most of my jewelry is currently in a big tangle that I intend to untangle when they are about 16 and understand what "don't touch" means... (Not saying that they won't still touch it, just that they'll be sly and put it back when they're done...)

My necklaces are currently in a hopeless tangle because the rack that holds them fell off the wall last week! I should make that a priority today to fix everything.

Honestly, out of everything I have (and none of it is anything high-end like Tiffany's...) I have two favorite bracelets that almost match, they both say "Baby Girl (my last name)" they are so tiny that I could almost wear them for rings... and they were put on my girls the day they were born, only the dates are different. I guard those more than any other jewelry I have, and wish I could think of some clever way to turn them into "real" jewelry that I could wear...

I'll bet if you took them to a high-end jeweler (you know.... other than a mall store) they could do something with them for you.************

Today is awesome. Today is the first day of summer here. Today I will NOT get a call from Stinkerbelle's school about some ridiculous thing she did, I was nowhere near the school at 0805 when she would normally be late and I did not have a panic attack about what time it was. Did she scream when I left her at home with her father? Heck yes... but he's not going to launch an intrusive line of questioning about what is wrong with us as parents and why does she hate Mommy leaving like the school does. Ahh... feel all that stress and pressure that's NOT in the air??? Me neither!

AND today is payday, so I just moved all the "leftover" money from my last paycheck as well as the "extra" money (I budget for a round number and skim the rest off into savings every payday) from this check over into my "Disney" account. Yay. It is sooo long before our trip, and I've already paid for our lodging, but somehow I'm not going to feel relaxed until it's all paid for.

I feel the same way. We never go (anywhere) unless it is paid for in advance. Even if it means delaying the trip.

Stinkerbelle weight a bottle of bleach last night, I know because it was still on the scale this morning... so at first my scale told me an AWESOME number... but I knew it wasn't right (The scale had "zeroed" with the bottle on it, so my weight was my real weight minus the weight of the bottle) But anyway, even after I zeroed it, it was down a pound, which, considering the weekend I had is a miracle... I am very inspired to behave myself for the next two days hoping for another 1.5 week... this new version of WW seems to be much slower than the old version... the price of "free" fruit..

Happy day!

While "free" fruit does sound appealing, I'm afraid I would abuse the priviledge. I'll happily stick with my "old school WW" for now. But another 1.5 week would be GREAT for you! Fingers crossed!

I'm with the "not that into jewelry" crowd but I have two favorites. I know I told y'all about my Mickey watch a couple challenges ago. DH and I got matching gold watches with diamond "numbers" with a gold Mickey on the watch face at WDW back in 2002 and we wear them every day. (Was it Nancy that said you want Disney but not obvious? This is a good one for that. Nobody notices it's Disney unless they are looking directly at it.)

I also have a new bracelet that DH gave me for Christmas. It's from www.inspiredendurance.com. I have the black bracelet with three beads: 5K, 10K and 13.1. I'm really proud of this one. Maybe someday I can add beads for 26.2 or Triathlon or Cycling or something.

I love both pieces.... especially the watch.

I'm with the "not that into jewelry" crowd too but I have two favorites as well! My Mother passed away in 2001, so my Dad took her wedding ring and his and had them melted down to make a Texas shaped necklace for me with her small diamonds on it. I wear it anytime I need to feel her close to me. He also had a Texas shaped nugget ring for himself and a Texas shaped necklace for my brother that he gave to his wife. It is the MOST SPECIAL piece of jewelry to me. Haha, can yall tell we are from Texas?

My second piece is a necklace and bracelet set from James Avery. It's a silver ithacus (sp?) fish symbol. I've very plain jane, and this fits my style to a t!

Years ago my aunt made two pieces of jewelry for her daughters from a diamond pinkie ring that belonged to my grandfather (apparently, back in "the day" he was a pretty snappy dresser ). She had the diamond made into a ring for one daughter and the gold melted and made into a cross for her other daughter.... on the cross she put an emerald that also belonged to my grandfather. It was from a tie pin. I've always thought that was such a nice idea.

I inherited my grandmother's engagement diamond solitare. I guess I figure I'll give it to DD someday, but it doesn't seem quite fair to DS. So I've thought about separating the diamond and the gold and having two pieces made, but I don't have a CLUE what I would make for DS.

Well folks.....I was going to run out again this afternoon on a few errands, but I've talked myself out of it. I was already out of the house all morning. I need to run into town tomorrow to pick up a prescription, so I'll wait until tomorrow for the other errands too.

I'm going to spend the next hour trying desperately to find a hall to rent for DD's birthday....then an hour of housework and then maybe I'll be back to say HI before dinner!.........................P

 

[JacksLilWench]

6/15 QOTD: (Today is a "fluff" day ). Besides your wedding/engagement ring(s), what is your favorite piece of jewelry?? Doesn't matter if it is real or costume. Where did you get it? Does it have any special meaning?

I have a couple necklaces that I love to wear because my mom got them for me. They're both pretty simple- one is a key with the top of the charm in the shape of a heart with diamonds outlining it (I think they're diamonds, I'm not sure, lol) and the other is a silver crown that says "Princess" on it...because I'm a spoiled rotten 25 year old brat

 

[Rose&Mike]

The scale is lowering so I am crossing my fingers that it continues. I just need one good week for me mentally!!! Yes I know rose I am so results driven. I just cant help it. I think if I see a really good week I will lay off the number a bit. I think.......

Anyway have a great day everyone.

Lindsay--I hope you didn't think I was saying it was bad to be results driven. That's not at all what I meant. I'm still obsessed by scale numbers. I just wanted you to be able to see other results for those weeks that were maybe not going the way you hoped. I'm so glad the scale is moving.

 

[tigger813]

Hi Pam- I leave on the 24th. Gotta get through field day and the kindergarten performance and the last day of school next Thursday before that. I have 2 clients tomorrow night and 2 on Tuesday next week plus one during the day.

Tummy is mostly better. A few grumbles still but I'm drinking my aloe which is helping.

Mom was not doing well this morning when I called. The nurse was about to give her more pain medication. My mom said she doesn't think she'll ever get out of the hospital which did not get my day off to a good start. Ashleigh doesn't want to talk to her on the phone as she gets too upset as my mom is always crying when they talk about how much she misses her and wants to see her.

Need to think about starting supper in a few minutes though I'm really not hungry. I had chicken and eggplant with marinara over eggplant ravioli! Really filling as was the garlic bread! I may just have a shake tonight.

Going to be a late night watching Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals! I'm really hoping the Bruins win as I know they have the heart and skill to win but no matter what happens I am proud to be a Boston Bruins fan! Go Bruins! I got the coolest looking pedicure today. We used gold polish and then put the new black shatter polish on top! They look really cool!!!!

Time to clean up and start getting ready for supper. I need to be at the middle school at 6 for parent's night.

TTFN

 

[my3princes]

I lasted about 6 hours at work then they sent me home. I got really dizzy and nauseas. I took a little nap when I got home. I still don't feel well, but at least the room isn't spinning. The boys are getting a kick out of my voice. It's barely there.

 

[donac]

Good Afternoon Everyone

Biggest Loser Week 1 results

Here we celebrate our progress and recognize our superstars.

Reminder:
-if anybody knows they will miss weighing in, just PM and let me know and you’ll be marked excused

First some stats

MAINTAINERS:
(staying within 2 lbs of their maintain weight is successfully maintaining!)
# of Maintainers Reporting In & Successfully Maintaining:1
Congrats Rose & Mike

LOSERS:
weigh ins----------------------- 44
gains---------------------------- 5
maintains------------------------ 7
losses-------------------------- 33
Biggest Loser Summer Challenge Week 1!
This week’s group loss is 63.65 lbs


Before the weekly superstar list comes the disclaimer. I am human and I make mistakes. If you have any questions please contact me. For your reference this is the magic percentage of weight lost formula - weight loss for the week divided by weight for last week times 100, that gives us the percentage. Now let me test that with my numbers for week 1, click, click, click goes the calculator. Yes, that agrees with the percentage on the magic spreadsheet. (btw if its been more than 1 week between weigh-ins, then the % loss is divided by the number of weeks, to keep everybody on the same basis)

Now let's get to the good stuff. Who were our superstars of the week? This time I’ve done a TOP 10 LIST ! That criteria may change from week to week. Hey I'm in charge here and I get paid nothin' to do this so you better take what you can get! (and if there’s something you want to know, just ask me!)

The WISH Biggest Loser Summer Challenge Week 1

#10-1.23% Connie96
#9- 1.26% lisah0711
#8- 1.36% MinnieMouseMom
#7- 1.41% tinkerbellang
#6- 1.46% Princess Vija
#5- 1.50% satorifound
#4- 1.86% glss1/2fll
#3- 2.13% RemembertheMagic98
#2- 2.71% susieb16
and now
The WISH Biggest Loser Summer Challenge
Week 1 Biggest Loser is:
#1- 4.76% runner princess


Quote from Dare2Dream: How is your week going? Are you OP (on program)? Are you exercising? Drinking that water? You know what to do to make the magic happen. Get on the wagon. We are all here to help you on the journey. We can do this one day at a time. One bite at a time.

Have a happy and healthy day!
Congratulations runner princess
What a great week you had. Keep up the good work. We have a very special clippie reserved for our weekly Biggest Loser. Wear it with pride this week! :

This is our weekly reigning Biggest Loser clippie. We have the large version



or use this
http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/31040weeklyBLsmall1.jpg
followed by

or we have a medium version



or use this
http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/31040weeklyBLmed.jpg
followed by

and we have a small version



or use
http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/31040weeklyBLsm.jpg
followed by

Thanks to ohMom-Molli for these clippies. They were used for a previous BL but we can recycle. Don't they look great!

 

[pjlla]

I lasted about 6 hours at work then they sent me home. I got really dizzy and nauseas. I took a little nap when I got home. I still don't feel well, but at least the room isn't spinning. The boys are getting a kick out of my voice. It's barely there.

Oh my Deb! So sorry that you are so very sick. Take care of yourself! Wish I was close enough to help.

Good Afternoon Everyone

Biggest Loser Week 1 results

Here we celebrate our progress and recognize our superstars.

Reminder:
-if anybody knows they will miss weighing in, just PM and let me know and you’ll be marked excused

First some stats

MAINTAINERS:
(staying within 2 lbs of their maintain weight is successfully maintaining!)
# of Maintainers Reporting In & Successfully Maintaining:1
Congrats Rose & Mike

LOSERS:
weigh ins----------------------- 44
gains---------------------------- 5
maintains------------------------ 7
losses-------------------------- 33
Biggest Loser Summer Challenge Week 1!
This week’s group loss is 63.65 lbs


Before the weekly superstar list comes the disclaimer. I am human and I make mistakes. If you have any questions please contact me. For your reference this is the magic percentage of weight lost formula - weight loss for the week divided by weight for last week times 100, that gives us the percentage. Now let me test that with my numbers for week 1, click, click, click goes the calculator. Yes, that agrees with the percentage on the magic spreadsheet. (btw if its been more than 1 week between weigh-ins, then the % loss is divided by the number of weeks, to keep everybody on the same basis)

Now let's get to the good stuff. Who were our superstars of the week? This time I’ve done a TOP 10 LIST ! That criteria may change from week to week. Hey I'm in charge here and I get paid nothin' to do this so you better take what you can get! (and if there’s something you want to know, just ask me!)

The WISH Biggest Loser Summer Challenge Week 1

#10-1.23% Connie96
#9- 1.26% lisah0711
#8- 1.36% MinnieMouseMom
#7- 1.41% tinkerbellang
#6- 1.46% Princess Vija
#5- 1.50% satorifound
#4- 1.86% glss1/2fll
#3- 2.13% RemembertheMagic98
#2- 2.71% susieb16
and now
The WISH Biggest Loser Summer Challenge
Week 1 Biggest Loser is:
#1- 4.76% runner princess

Nice job everyone!! NIce to see a few "oldies" up there along with so many newbies!

I posted a solid MAINTAIN last week.... which would be great if I were not still trying to lose the weight I gained at Disney in May1

*************

Well..... I did it..... I reorganized the downstairs freezer and took an inventory. The good news..... I only found one thing that needed throwing away. Bad news.... since DH, DD, and myself have been eating MUCH LOWER CARB, the carbs have been "built up" in the freezer! I haven't totally changed my shopping habits, so I have a bit of a carb-overload in the freezer!

Want the list?? It is crazy long! Here goes, in no particular order.....


5 bags of Nestle dark chocolate chips (on clearance at Target, so I stocked up!)

3 - 1 lb. boxes of Smart Balance butter/olive oil blend (good sale again)

1 lb bag of raw cleaned shrimp (someone brought to my house when DH was just home from hospital....needs to be used SOON!)

1 box of Barber Foods chicken parm. stuffed chicken breast (emergency food for night when dinner isn't planned)

2 chocolate pie crusts (organic and on sale)

4 Weight Watchers ice cream bars

1 box Weight Watchers Giant Fudge bars

1 box Skinny Cow ice cream cones

8 individual Skinny Cow ice cream cups (had to buy that many.... had a coupon! )

1 box Weight Watchers strawberry smoothie bars

5 bars - Edy's orange cream fruit bars

5 Weight Watchers Ice cream sandwiches (I don't eat this kind of stuff often, but I have obviously forgotten how much is down there and I keep buying it!! )

6 homemade Weight Watchers recipe pumpkin pecan muffins (made with love by my mom, but probably nearing the end of their lifespan.)

4 homemade banana muffins

2 gallons homemade vegetable stock

2 - 2 packs of whole wheat pizza crust

4 plain bagels

12 pack of whole wheat Sandwich Thins

5 cinnamon raisin light/high fiber english muffins

1 - 7 oz. pack shredded 2% sharp cheddar

2 - Cool Whip Free (1 lg,1 small)

2- bags frozen peas

2 - Steamfresh veggie/rice combos

1 - Steamfresh Santa Fe beef meal for two (another emergency standby)

1 bag pepper stirfry veggies

1 tray Unos chicken broccoli penne (leftover from men's weekend at home....SO unhealthy!!)

1 tray Stouffers meatball rotini (ditto above)

1 Shaw's spinach quiche (ditto again... they ate take out pizza instead of what I had left them.... Don't know what I'll do with this stuff now.)

1 bag cheese ravioli

1 1/2 lb. steak tips in teriyaki marinade

2 pork tenderloins

2 - packs 100 calorie tortillas

2 bags - 6 hamburger patties

5 boxes potato and onion pierogies

3 bags fish sticks

1 bag Tyson grilled and ready chicken breast

2 containers ice cream (just bought those on sale this week...hoping to save them for DD's birthday party in July).

6 - 7 oz. packages Hormel all-natural smoked turkey breast (obviously I buy it every time it goes on sale.... need to stop that for a while!)

1 - 7 oz. pack Hormel all -natural smoked ham

1 individual serving homemade pea soup

1 individual serving homemade onion casserole

1 Kashi black bean mango frozen meal

1 Kashi Sweet and Sour chicken frozen meal

2 boxes Boca burgers

1 box Boca chck'n patties

1 Morningstar Farms Asian veggie patties

1 Morningstar Farms meatballs

2 - 4 packs of herb crusted salmon burgers

1 - 4 pack of plain salmon burgers

2 boxes Vitatop muffins (1 cran-bran, 1 chocolate)

7 - individual servings of seafood (1 scallop, 2 salmon, 2 tilapia, 2 flounder)

5 large bags of trail mix (leftover from Relay for Life)


Phew!! More than I thought! And that doesn't include what is in the upstairs freezer (although admittedly that isn't much).

I'll type up that inventory list and post it on the freezer door with pen so we can add/subtract as we go.

Sounds like we gotta start eating carbs again so we can use up all of those WW ice cream treats and eat pierogies!!

I've gotta make dinner.... the natives are getting restless!...........P

 

[donac]

Pam I only have an small freezer in my kitchen and your list is what it would be like if I had a large freezer.