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

Good morning everyone!! Hope you're all enjoying your weekends.

We're in a little country store with free wi-fi near my sisters camp, so I only have a minute. I couldn't get on at her campground, but we'll be home later this afternoon. Sorry I've been absent this weekend.

Sunday 7/17/11 qotd- What are your favorite summer fruits and summer vegetables. Do you have any special fruits or vegies that are native to your area that you love?

Have a great day everyone!!!
 
Good morning,

Waiting for word on my mom though I know she was being admitted. I texted my sister a while ago and am waiting to hear back from her.

Spent the morning outside watching the local Triathalon go by. We always end up with 10-15 people gathered on our lawn. It's fun and we are out there about 90 minutes. Just came in and cleaned up a bit and then I'll start making food for our company at noon. Today will just be a snack type day.

Tomorrow is the beginning of my new workout and health kick! I will be getting up early and doing a WATP DVD. Later in the day I will do some elliptical work. I have 2 months until my next 5K and I want to be ready for it! Just found out that my neighbor is the race director!

Drinking lots of water today as I will also be having some more adult Butterbeer and homemade pizza, enchiladas, chips and salad. We will also be watching the Women's World Cup soccer game! I'm already wearing my jersey already!

Time to get cooking. I may also make some chicken and eggplant roll-ups with pesto and mozzarella!

TTFN :tigger:
 
Good morning all! :goodvibes

Been a little MIA lately due to a visit from a stomach virus but I am feeling much better now.

Friday 7/15/11 QOTD- Name something positive you have done or are doing more regularly during this challenge. Maybe you're exercising more, or journalling your food. Maybe it's as simple as you are thinking more about what you are putting in your mouth. You may think about that ice cream, and still choose to eat it like I've been doing, but you're still thinking about it, so that is positive. I know we all have made some positive changes. Let's share and celebrate them.

The number one positive change I've made this challenge is kicking the Diet Coke habit. This is a biggie for me because I consume an awful lot of the stuff. The first week was a bit bad but it hasn't been as bad as I thought it would be. I still do caffeine and I had several regular sodas to get me over the hump but actually water tastes the best. I haven't noticed any change in the number on the scale but I do feel better so that is a plus.

Sue, glad you got to enjoy a relaxing day yesterday! :flower3:

Saturday 7/16/11 QOTD- What is your favorite movie or series of movies of all time? What is your favorite Disney movie it your favorite is not a disney movie? If your kids or parents are handy, what are their favorites?

Favorite movie/series of all time is Pride and Prejudice -- the one from the 90's with Colin Firth. :love: Pirates is a very close second there. I love the Toy Story movies and any Pixar really, too.

:yay:My scale showed another .5 down today:yay: So, my week of eating VERY carefully did pay off after all with a total of one pound loss - I'm happy with that, that is good for me at this stage/age!:cool1: However, it is still weight that I put back on at the end of June and I need to lose one more pound to be back to my lowest of this challenge. Yesterday and today I walked 3 miles and that's just all I feel like doing for exercise. Will try to get into the Y Sunday or Monday.

Yay for another loss! :yay: You'll be at that low before you know it! Plus you've had a very stressful week this week so you deserve an extra pat on the back. :hug: Glad that your Dad is improving. Can you hire some teen to drive your sister around?

tiki, I'm glad that you spoke up about the trainer issue. That is so no fair! :thumbsup2 Sounds like you are doing a good job of making the best of it.

Just wanted to say that I took my measurements today and I was very pleased with the results: I've lost 5.5 inches total since the challenge started, with the majority of that being from my waist (4.75 inches! :eek: :banana:). I lost a little bit from everywhere else for the first time, but my arms are somehow still .5 inch bigger than when we started, though less than 3 weeks ago. :confused3

That is one of the wonderful things about WIN! It's another way to show your success! :cool2:

Tracey, sorry about your Mom. :hug: I think things will improve for everyone when they go to assisted living. They can get some more help and your family can get a breather and just be there for them without all the other stuff. :flower3:

I'm at 9mth pp and I still have 30lbs to get back to my pre-baby weight

:welcome: Adlergray!

CC, glad that you had a great week!

Have a great day all! :goodvibes
 
Sunday 7/17/11 qotd- What are your favorite summer fruits and summer vegetables. Do you have any special fruits or vegies that are native to your area that you love?

Fresh Summer tomatoes and peaches are my favorites. Of course a sliced tomato sandwich with mayo and peaches with cream are the best ways to enjoy them:rotfl2: Actually I am a big fan of bruschetta too, yum.

Kathy, sounds like you are having a fun weekend.

Tracey, we are watching the US Women here too:thumbsup2 Can not imagine that Japan would win soccer??? That just does not sound right.
Hope you get good news from your sister.

Lisa, thanks for the encouragement:goodvibes I :lovestruc Colin Firth too, Pride & Predjudice and Bridget Jones' Diary!

Dona, don't work too hard in the heat !!!:hug:

CC, what a positive, upbeat post:goodvibes I am glad things are going well for you:)

:welcome: Adlergray!

My Dad was released to go home yesterday. He needs to eat heart healthy food and he was told to weigh himself every day. He was not told to lose any weight but he was told to take immediate action if the scale goes up by 3pounds and to make a Dr appt if it goes up by 5 lbs. I thought that was interesting. I hope my Mom heard that right. I'm going out to buy them a scale today and I will research some heart healthy recipies and make them some food for the week. Enjoy your Sunday!

Shawnprincess:
 

Talked to my sister awhile ago. They are changing some of Mom's meds especially the breakthrough main meds to something that may not cause her to be so sleepy all the time. I talked to Mom briefly as she was falling asleep.

She will probably have to have surgery on her wrist but we will know more tomorrow. My aunt, Mom's youngest sister, will be arriving on Thursday for a visit. She is a minister and a very calm person so hopefully she will be able to help with Mom. My poor sister is at her wit's end right now. I don't know when I will have to go down. I am supposed to run a 5K at the end of September so hopefully it won't conflict with that. We may be packing up their house and putting stuff in storage and renting out their house. That's the best thing at least for now. It is not safe for them to be living alone. My dad is having a lot of issues with his legs but I'm sure a lot of it is the stress of taking care of my mom. He slept well last night and felt pretty good this morning.

Brian was cleaning out his computer and now has to find a replacement part that just blew! Guess he will be running into work now to pick something up. Girls are watching tv in our room.

We have lots of leftovers in the fridge from our company today. I have enchiladas, pizza and roll-ups that I can have today and tomorrow.

Watching the Women's World Cup game and I think I'll place some games now too!

TTFN :tigger:
 
Mikamah - I'm almost positive we can work in that day at Magic Kingdom while we are down. This trip originally was our house hunting trip so we were going to be pretty busy. However, now with that not being the case I'm sure we can squeeze in some Disney fun :).

I've had like 5 people ask me "Oh well you'll live so close to Disney now are you keeping your DVC?" Uh yeah definately! Then they just give me this really weird look :laughing:. Why would I get rid of something that is already paid for?

Alan's taken some stuff over to my mom's house and done a few things for her. Now, he's vacuuming and using the mean green to get spots out of the carpet. I need to eat something and I'm hoping I can get him to help me start on the garage.

I want to watch Princess & the frog later :). I'd have to say out of the new Disney movies that is one of my faves.
 
Hi everyone! Had a pretty good weekend. Yesterday was beautiful out. We ended up going to Bradley Palmer State Park and DS loved it :love: They have a small wading pool for the kiddies with a umbrella that sprays water around it. He is such a little fishie. We also packed a picnic lunch and DS had a ham and cheese sandwich with us. Nice that he's eating more and more big people food each day. Tried baked beans tonight but he wasn't feeling it. :rotfl: Though he did have a lot of gas tonight, so maybe he ate more than I thought :lmao:

Anyway, the three of us did a 2 mile walk in the park after our picnic and DS fell asleep in the stroller which is rare for him, so we let him nap in the shade while I laid down and DH read his book. We woke him up after about an hour and he was practically jumping out of his stoller to go for a swim.

He must have had a fun day b/c he slept until 7:30 this morning, which is rare for him.

Today we went to a couple of open houses while my mother watched DS then we went to see Transformers, which I really enjoyed. I made steak tips, corn on the cob and baked beans tonight for dinner and now I'm gearing up to do my Wii Free Step and watch part of HP and the Deathly Hallows 1, so I'm ready for HP next week.

Hope everyone had a great weekend :goodvibes


I think he got up around 10:00. He had a phone call.:goodvibes

We don't have much planned this weekend. We think we are going to be putting our house on the market in a couple of weeks so we will be working on the stuff the real estate agent told us we need to do. Tomorrow is a run day--but it's a cutback week so only 6 miles.:thumbsup2 I like six miles, short and fast!

Did you end up doing anything together after he woke up?

Ours is on the market too. Hope you have good luck. Where are you planning to move to? We had an open house today, but no one showed. Our agent thinks it may have been too nice out and that people must have been hitting the beach :confused3

They're in Wakefield, I think, not far from Province Lake, and poor peoples pub. It's a small campground, called Woodman Lake, and it's on a little stream/lake that's sort of dried up. michael's excited to go. We might fish, and my sister called last night and their neighbors 10 yo grandson is there this weekend, so he might be able to chum around with him. It's small and quiet, so this year I'll let him ride his bike around on his own.

My BFF has a summer house in Wakefield. I'm not sure where, but they seem to enjoy it. Hope you have a great time.

You guys are so good about getting out and walking. Endicott park is perfect for Dylan. Michael's not happy with the new playground, not as much fun as the old one for the big kids.

Yeah, it looks like they are going to put a big structure in the center for the bigger kids. Maybe he'll enjoy it once they're done. It's kind of roped off, so I'm not sure when they plan on doing the work.


Bummer on the scale. I got a new one when mine was acting up like that too, but the one I have now just needed a new battery when it was acting funny.

What :rotfl: I never even thought of that. Maybe mine runs on batteries too :lmao: I need to go check this out once I'm done posting.

It's a gorgeous day here. I've never been to Franklin Park zoo. It's further, but the Roger Williams Zoo in Providence is beautiful, and there's a big common/park area to picnic on too. Enjoy your day!!

That was the other park that I was thinking about. I need to plan a trip there some weekend.

Saturday 7/16/11 QOTD- What is your favorite movie or series of movies of all time? What is your favorite Disney movie it your favorite is not a disney movie? If your kids or parents are handy, what are their favorites?

I'd have to go with the Wizard of Oz for non-Disney and Beauty and the Beast for Disney.

Though I also enjoyed City of Angels as a good chick flick.

My Dad got moved to a private room yesterday and hopefully will be coming home soon. He was very confused this morning and didn't know where he was ! The fluid on his heart was determined to be caused by a virus. It's interesting that all this mental stuff is happening at the same time. I'm glad that it's being seen by the medical professionals who can help him. I don't know how much of this my Mom has seen at home and not told anyone:confused3

Hi Shawn, glad to hear that your dad is doing better, hope he feels back to normal soon :hug:

My favorite series would have to be the POTC 1-4...except for 3. That one was way too long and convoluted and hard to follow. I REALLY didn't like it at all, even though I did cry in the theatre when (SPOILER ALERT!) Will died.

Okay I think I must have been out to lunch, when did Will die? I was wondering where the 2 of them were in POTC 4. I need to go back and watch. Maybe I missed part 3???

Thanks for your reply. :goodvibes I sent an email to the owner and the new athletic director at the local club. :thumbsup2

Great, did you get a response yet?

Just wanted to say that I took my measurements today and I was very pleased with the results: I've lost 5.5 inches total since the challenge started, with the majority of that being from my waist (4.75 inches! :eek: :banana:). I lost a little bit from everywhere else for the first time, but my arms are somehow still .5 inch bigger than when we started, though less than 3 weeks ago. :confused3

Sweet :cool1: Nice work, that must feel great!

UGH!!!! My sister called while I was at work following the ambulance to the hospital. Mom couldn't get up and Dad's legs gave out again. It does look like she broke her wrist and they are being on the safe side and checking her hip. My nephew is at the house with my dad. I suspect she will be there a day or two. My sister said we have no choice but to look into assisted living as it's just not safe for them at the house anymore. And the worst part is that they had to cut off my mom's wedding ring that she has never had off in the almost 50 years they have been married. She cried but then stopped.

Sorry to hear that your mother isn't doing well :hug: I hope your sister is doing okay too.

I'm at 9mth pp and I still have 30lbs to get back to my pre-baby weight

Sure thing :welcome:

Sunday 7/17/11 qotd- What are your favorite summer fruits and summer vegetables. Do you have any special fruits or vegies that are native to your area that you love?

I enjoy seedless grapes in the freezer and corn on the cob. We had our first taste of corn on the cob tonight with dinner popcorn::


Hi Lisa :flower3: How was your weekend?

I've had like 5 people ask me "Oh well you'll live so close to Disney now are you keeping your DVC?" Uh yeah definately! Then they just give me this really weird look :laughing:. Why would I get rid of something that is already paid for?

Hmmmm... good question, I had to think about that for a bit. Then I realized that there's always HH, VB, DL, etc. Would you still use it to stay on property for weeks at a time?
 
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I don't have just one favorite movie, so here are a few that I love that come to mind.
-The Sound of Music
-Beauty and the Beast
-The Lion King
-Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
-Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
-Enchanted
-27 Dresses
I loved Enchanted too. I rented it on On demand one night after ds went to bed, thinking he wouldn't like it, but after I saw it, i figured he would, so we recently watched it together, and he did love it too.

:yay:My scale showed another .5 down today:yay: So, my week of eating VERY carefully did pay off after all with a total of one pound loss - I'm happy with that, that is good for me at this stage/age!:cool1: However, it is still weight that I put back on at the end of June and I need to lose one more pound to be back to my lowest of this challenge. Yesterday and today I walked 3 miles and that's just all I feel like doing for exercise. Will try to get into the Y Sunday or Monday.
congrats on the loss in your stressful week, that's a huge success. :thumbsup2

My favorite series would have to be the POTC 1-4...except for 3. That one was way too long and convoluted and hard to follow. I REALLY didn't like it at all, even though I did cry in the theatre when (SPOILER ALERT!) Will died. My second favorite series would definitely be TS. I love Buzz and Woody!
They are great movies. Ds was finally ready for them, and we just watched the second movie today and will get the 3rd on wed from netflix. I just looked to see if #4 was still in theaters, but it's not. Bummer. Maybe it will come to one of the smaller theaters around here.

I have hope for the new trainer - he's a nice kid and I overheard him say to another trainer that if he wanted to be successful and help people that he needs to focus on what his clients need.

I gotta want it, write it down and make it happen. ::yes::
That comment by the trainer sounds promising. Love your quote. We all want it, and we all can make it happen.

Just wanted to say that I took my measurements today and I was very pleased with the results: I've lost 5.5 inches total since the challenge started, with the majority of that being from my waist (4.75 inches! :eek: :banana:). I lost a little bit from everywhere else for the first time, but my arms are somehow still .5 inch bigger than when we started, though less than 3 weeks ago.
:woohoo: Nice loss of inches!!

We are off to Harry Potter in about 30 minutes. We will have to stand in line for at least an hour for seats if we want to sit together. I'm so excited! I had better go and get my tissues to put in my bag!
How did you and the girls like the movie? I'm hoping michael will be interested in reading the books some day soon and we can read them together.

On another note... I made it to the gym today. Yay! LOL The gym definitely helps the pounds come off quicker. Now I am hot and pooped so I am relaxing enjoying a BIG glass of water.
Nice job getting to the gym!!

I'm at 9mth pp and I still have 30lbs to get back to my pre-baby weight
Welcome to the challenge. Like Rose said, ask any questions, and tell us a little about yourself. Congrats on your son! 9 months is such a fun age.

Thanks for all the congrats and support! :) I saw a great number on the scale this week and I am very happy. :cool1: I am less than 1/2 a pound from my starting weight at WW too! :cool1: I am hoping for another good loss this week. :goodvibes

My big plan for tomorrow is to work on the basement. I am planning to have a garage sale in a few weeks and I need to start organizing by price. My sister is going to help me. I'm thinking my mom will too, especially since she is the one who wants the basement much less covered in stuff we don't need. I don't mind parting with it, but I'd keep it if it wasn't taking up lots and LOTS of space.
So happy you're doing so well, CC. I haven't been posting here as much as I would like either. Busy summer, flying by so fast. But bringing you closer to your disney trip!! How many days? Hope the basement cleaning went well.


Welcome! Pm donac your starting weight. Regular weigh in days are Fridays. Read the first page of this thread and let us know if you have any questions.

You are welcome to jump in and introduce yourself or answer any of the Questions of the day.:goodvibes
Thanks, Rose.

Been working on painting the house. It is all prep work and it is slow but I keep telling myself that it needs to be done. I am also worried that it is supposed to get really hot this week. When it is too hot we can't paint because it takes too much out of us and the paint dries too fast. .
I am always so impressed with all you do. It does look like a hot week ahead all around. But when I'm sweating, i'm going to think about Connie since I just saw 110 degrees in phoenix on the weather map.

Sunday 7/17/11 qotd- What are your favorite summer fruits and summer vegetables. Do you have any special fruits or vegies that are native to your area that you love?
I love fresh tomatoes and corn on the cob. Berries when they are fresh are great too, but I missed the local strawberries in june this year. We were going to stop at the "vegetable truck" on the way home from my sisters camp that's always parked on rte 16 as we leave her area, but it wasn't open. I was bummed.

Been a little MIA lately due to a visit from a stomach virus but I am feeling much better now.

The number one positive change I've made this challenge is kicking the Diet Coke habit. This is a biggie for me because I consume an awful lot of the stuff. The first week was a bit bad but it hasn't been as bad as I thought it would be. I still do caffeine and I had several regular sodas to get me over the hump but actually water tastes the best. I haven't noticed any change in the number on the scale but I do feel better so that is a plus.
Glad you're feeling better, Lisa. That's great you've kicked the diet coke habit. It isn't easy to do.

My Dad was released to go home yesterday. He needs to eat heart healthy food and he was told to weigh himself every day. He was not told to lose any weight but he was told to take immediate action if the scale goes up by 3pounds and to make a Dr appt if it goes up by 5 lbs. I thought that was interesting. I hope my Mom heard that right. I'm going out to buy them a scale today and I will research some heart healthy recipies and make them some food for the week. Enjoy your Sunday!
Glad to hear your Dad is doing well and able to come home. Hopefully the confusion will improve when he's comfortable in his own home. Usually when they are watching the weight so closely, they're concerned with any fluid building up too quickly, and maybe that's why they want him to keep an eye on his weight. Glad to hear it was a viral infection and not something more serious, though that is serious enough. Hope he's back to himself soon. And a big hug for you and all you're dealing with, with the sister too. :hug: I think you might need some beergaritas.

She will probably have to have surgery on her wrist but we will know more tomorrow. My aunt, Mom's youngest sister, will be arriving on Thursday for a visit. She is a minister and a very calm person so hopefully she will be able to help with Mom. My poor sister is at her wit's end right now. I don't know when I will have to go down. I am supposed to run a 5K at the end of September so hopefully it won't conflict with that. We may be packing up their house and putting stuff in storage and renting out their house. That's the best thing at least for now. It is not safe for them to be living alone. My dad is having a lot of issues with his legs but I'm sure a lot of it is the stress of taking care of my mom. He slept well last night and felt pretty good this morning.
Sending prayers and good wishes your way. It's so hard to be far away, and it's so hard for your sister to be taking the brunt of it all. Hang in there. :goodvibes

Mikamah - I'm almost positive we can work in that day at Magic Kingdom while we are down. This trip originally was our house hunting trip so we were going to be pretty busy. However, now with that not being the case I'm sure we can squeeze in some Disney fun :).

I've had like 5 people ask me "Oh well you'll live so close to Disney now are you keeping your DVC?" Uh yeah definately! Then they just give me this really weird look :laughing:. Why would I get rid of something that is already paid for?
Yay for a MK day!! I can't imagine I'd sell my dvc either if i was in your boat. It just makes for an easier trip to get to wdw for your vacation.

Good evening. We had a fun weekend in NH. There was a 10 yo boy next door that ds hung out with most of the weekend, biking, fishing, and playing ladder ball. We did smores, and beergaritas, which while they don't necessarily go well together, you can easily space them out over the evening and indulge a little too much if you try. :laughing: Oh well, I did take a walk this morning, and though I didn't journal while away, started once we got home.

I'm just doing laundry, and think I'll go to bed early. Off to get ds in the shower.

Have a nice evening. :)
 
Hi everyone! Had a pretty good weekend. Yesterday was beautiful out. We ended up going to Bradley Palmer State Park and DS loved it :love: They have a small wading pool for the kiddies with a umbrella that sprays water around it. He is such a little fishie. We also packed a picnic lunch and DS had a ham and cheese sandwich with us. Nice that he's eating more and more big people food each day. Tried baked beans tonight but he wasn't feeling it. :rotfl: Though he did have a lot of gas tonight, so maybe he ate more than I thought :lmao:

Anyway, the three of us did a 2 mile walk in the park after our picnic and DS fell asleep in the stroller which is rare for him, so we let him nap in the shade while I laid down and DH read his book. We woke him up after about an hour and he was practically jumping out of his stoller to go for a swim.

He must have had a fun day b/c he slept until 7:30 this morning, which is rare for him.

Today we went to a couple of open houses while my mother watched DS then we went to see Transformers, which I really enjoyed. I made steak tips, corn on the cob and baked beans tonight for dinner and now I'm gearing up to do my Wii Free Step and watch part of HP and the Deathly Hallows 1, so I'm ready for HP next week.
We used to love the bradly palmer wading pool when michael was little. It's such a beautiful park to walk too. We've more recently been biking it. Sounds like you had a really nice weekend too.
Sorry no visitors to the open house. It was a beautiful weekend, so hopefully you'll have some potential buyers soon. :goodvibes
 
Sunday 7/17/11 qotd- What are your favorite summer fruits and summer vegetables. Do you have any special fruits or vegies that are native to your area that you love?

Watermelon, strawberries, blueberries, and corn on the cob.

Okay I think I must have been out to lunch, when did Will die? I was wondering where the 2 of them were in POTC 4. I need to go back and watch. Maybe I missed part 3???

When they killed Davy Jones, they took Will's heart and put it in the chest to replace Davy's. Will therefore "came back to life" for lack of a better term, but he is now stuck captaining the Flying Dutchman and can only come ashore one day every ten years. After the credits in part 3, it showed Elizabeth and a son waiting for Will to come see them 10 years later.

How did you and the girls like the movie? I'm hoping michael will be interested in reading the books some day soon and we can read them together.

I posted a very long, detailed, spoiler filled facebook note about my thoughts on the movie for anyone who would like to read-I'd love to hear what other people thought! (Anyone should be able to read it, because I set it to "Everybody" but if you try to read it and can't, let me know.)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Thoughts

I was a loser and went to see it again today. By myself. At 11:30 in the morning. :rotfl: It was just as great the second time around, possibly even better. Today I chose the pretzel bites (that I really wanted last time) and a "small" iced tea. It wasn't as point heavy as I expected!

My leg is feeling better, so I'm hoping I can start exercising again tomorrow or Tuesday (tomorrow evening is filled with various appointments and homework, so we'll see).
 
Okay I think I must have been out to lunch, when did Will die? I was wondering where the 2 of them were in POTC 4. I need to go back and watch. Maybe I missed part 3???

It's at the end of the movie, where they're all fighting each other, and one of them goes "The Dutchman must have a captain" and they kinda "volunteer" Will. But it has to have his heart. So he's dead, but he's alive, and it's weird, and I don't even like to watch it because the story get so ridiculous at that point anyway, lol.

Mikamah, it's due to come out on Blu-Ray/DVD in October, I think!
 
Healthy Habits Week 5 Results

Congratulations to Our Participants:
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Congratulations to this Week's Prize Winner: glass1/2fll, who also earned 13/16 HH points for the week!

Please PM me your address and I will send you your prize.

Also, all the prizes from the previous weeks have been mailed. I actually woke up at 7 AM yesterday. :confused: Yesterday was Saturday? :confused3
 
Dear self, I know things have been rough, but its no excuse. You have till the end of monday. After that you have no excuse to not excercise. Maybe you should even go to the gym you pay $40 a month for. GET IT TOGETHER!

Love, me

iugh i need a pep talk or something. Good news, I've been tracking my food, bad news, its not that good. As we speak i'm eating a piece of salt water taffy. No bueno.

Lasst night was a bad bad night. The cops were at my house, my brothers ex was here half the night crying, i was crying, and my brother was being a jerk as usual. Needless to say i've been stressed.

I've also been finding that I'm not in the mood to eat healthy foods. I know what I should be eating but I don't want it. I really need some ideas for fast, filling, healthy meals that i can make nice and easy after a long day. I'm thinking this week im going to try to eat more fish, and do salads for lunch . I also need some suggestions for snacks. I've been doing mostly protein bars and such, almonds and crackers and hummus. This week I have to get back on track, it just needs to happen, I want to have a loss on the scale.

Yesterday I went to a pampered chef party. I did not want to be there but i did get an avacado peeler (hoping to make salads more exciting) and a microwave steamer for veggies, and a healthy eating recipe book. I'm hoping it helps at least.

my friends and i are are starting a new online magazine type thing and i'm in charge of writing the article for health and fitness this week. My article is going to be on motivation to stay healthy but its hard when i can barely find the motivation myself.

So if anyone has any recipes theyd be willing to share or meal ideas that would be very helpful!
 
Yeah, me! I got up and did the 3 mile WATP with weights! It felt good! I hope to do another work out and maybe the dance workout I bought two months ago!

Busy day: Best Buy to pick up new video card for Brian's computer as it blew yesterday, then go to Insurance Co. to get some things straightened out there. Then I'm meeting my cousin for lunch and then taking her to the train station. I hope to get everything done so the girls and I can just come home and relax the rest of the afternoon!

TTFN :tigger:
 
This may seem like a stupid question, but when you are calories counting do you count all yourr fruits and veggies too? My mom says they don't count in WW and you can eat as many fruits and vveggies as you want. I was floored to see that one serving of babycarrots has 45 calories. That seems like a lot for something that never even fills me up. So what's the rule, im sure you guys would know
 
I posted a very long, detailed, spoiler filled facebook note about my thoughts on the movie for anyone who would like to read-I'd love to hear what other people thought! (Anyone should be able to read it, because I set it to "Everybody" but if you try to read it and can't, let me know.)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Thoughts

I was a loser and went to see it again today. By myself. At 11:30 in the morning. :rotfl: It was just as great the second time around, possibly even better. Today I chose the pretzel bites (that I really wanted last time) and a "small" iced tea. It wasn't as point heavy as I expected!

My leg is feeling better, so I'm hoping I can start exercising again tomorrow or Tuesday (tomorrow evening is filled with various appointments and homework, so we'll see).
You're not a loser, you're a big fan. THanks for the link to your post. I hope to check it out later. Good luck with the exercise. I have read and actually followed the 3 day rule, that if you hurt yourself, give yourself 3 full days off of exercise that would aggravate and then start back slowly, if it's still hurting, take another 3 days off, and definitely start slowly. It helps prevent you from aggravating a minor injury and making it worse.

It's at the end of the movie, where they're all fighting each other, and one of them goes "The Dutchman must have a captain" and they kinda "volunteer" Will. But it has to have his heart. So he's dead, but he's alive, and it's weird, and I don't even like to watch it because the story get so ridiculous at that point anyway, lol.

Mikamah, it's due to come out on Blu-Ray/DVD in October, I think!
Thanks. My son and I did ask each other a few times what was going on in the first movies, with the dead vs live pirates thing. We'll have to watch them again when the 4th movie comes out on dvd, and then we'll see what we missed the first time around. :laughing:

Healthy Habits Week 5 Results

Congratulations to Our Participants:
bellebookworm9
glass1/2fll

Congratulations to this Week's Prize Winner: glass1/2fll, who also earned 13/16 HH points for the week!

Please PM me your address and I will send you your prize.

Also, all the prizes from the previous weeks have been mailed. I actually woke up at 7 AM yesterday. :confused: Yesterday was Saturday? :confused3
Thank you so much CC. Congrats to Bell and glass 1/2 full!!

I'm sorry I've been so slack this summer with the hh. I am doing them this week, and I don't know what it is about just sending the pm on fridays. I've been late or forgotten to send my weight every week too.

Dear self, I know things have been rough, but its no excuse. You have till the end of monday. After that you have no excuse to not excercise. Maybe you should even go to the gym you pay $40 a month for. GET IT TOGETHER!

Love, me

iugh i need a pep talk or something. Good news, I've been tracking my food, bad news, its not that good. As we speak i'm eating a piece of salt water taffy. No bueno.

Lasst night was a bad bad night. The cops were at my house, my brothers ex was here half the night crying, i was crying, and my brother was being a jerk as usual. Needless to say i've been stressed.

I've also been finding that I'm not in the mood to eat healthy foods. I know what I should be eating but I don't want it. I really need some ideas for fast, filling, healthy meals that i can make nice and easy after a long day. I'm thinking this week im going to try to eat more fish, and do salads for lunch . I also need some suggestions for snacks. I've been doing mostly protein bars and such, almonds and crackers and hummus. This week I have to get back on track, it just needs to happen, I want to have a loss on the scale.

Yesterday I went to a pampered chef party. I did not want to be there but i did get an avacado peeler (hoping to make salads more exciting) and a microwave steamer for veggies, and a healthy eating recipe book. I'm hoping it helps at least.

my friends and i are are starting a new online magazine type thing and i'm in charge of writing the article for health and fitness this week. My article is going to be on motivation to stay healthy but its hard when i can barely find the motivation myself.

So if anyone has any recipes theyd be willing to share or meal ideas that would be very helpful!
:hug: You can do this. Make a plan for the exercise and remember that you are important too, and deserve to have time to youself to exercise. It's good for you and it will make you feel better. I write my exercise done on a plan I wrote out, and have check boxes for each time I exercise each week. It helps me to see that I've done it, and more than once, I know I've only gotten out and done any exercise because it's I wanted to write iti on the plan.
Avocado is great in a salad. I like to add different thing to salad, berries, nuts, even frozen vegies to make them more interesting. The other thing that helps me, is when I cook, i try to make a few nights worth of food, so then it's all ready to just heat up in the microwave. Tonight I'll grill chicken and steak, and then will have it the next couple nights too. That way, it's more work just one time, but it last a few days.
Sorry for all the stress. :hug: A friend (thanks, pamela-pjlla) once told me that you may not be able to control all that is going on around you, but you can control your reaction to it. You can stress eat, but that won't make you feel better. If you try to eat healthy and get some exercise, it will help you deal with the stress better. Hang in there.

Yeah, me! I got up and did the 3 mile WATP with weights! It felt good! I hope to do another work out and maybe the dance workout I bought two months ago!

Busy day: Best Buy to pick up new video card for Brian's computer as it blew yesterday, then go to Insurance Co. to get some things straightened out there. Then I'm meeting my cousin for lunch and then taking her to the train station. I hope to get everything done so the girls and I can just come home and relax the rest of the afternoon!

TTFN :tigger:
Nice work getting that exercise in!!

Good morning gang. I've dropped ds off at the bus for camp, and am sitting on my porch relaxing. I have 35 minutes to myself to visit here, and enjoy my coffee. Ah, heaven. It's hot out already. I think I'll have to break down and put the ac in my bedroom tonight. THe week is looking hot.

It's monday, and whether you need to refocus after the weekend, or are happy with how you ate and moved over the weekend, let's make this an awesome week!!!

Get that water in today!! 64 oz. It's hot all over the country.
 
This may seem like a stupid question, but when you are calories counting do you count all yourr fruits and veggies too? My mom says they don't count in WW and you can eat as many fruits and vveggies as you want. I was floored to see that one serving of babycarrots has 45 calories. That seems like a lot for something that never even fills me up. So what's the rule, im sure you guys would know
I do ww too, but I think if you're counting calories you would count everything you eat, even the vegies.
The ww plan has their points values, to make it easier than counting calories, I think, but even though fruits and vegies are free, they really are counted in the days nutrition.
 
ARgh...

Ok, so my whole "get back in the groove" thing is postponed at this time... Thursday I got a "heads-up" that I "might" be travelling for work this week. Friday it was definite, so I had to figure out what to do with my kids for two days (travelling down today, back tomorrow night after the conference is over.) Ok, got that handled, came in wayyy early today for a pre-game huddle... and SURPRISE!!! The conference isn't one day, it's 3, argh... so instead of coming home tomorrow night, I'm gone until Thursday night. Luckily the childcare worked out, but I don't have to like it... (On the upside, it's all going on my Disney Visa, so that's more Disney Dollars for me...)

So, Once everything is settled here, I have to go re-pack my overnight bag and get on the road... don't know if I'll have internet there, but I'll pack some mindless brain-candy books I've been gathering up to take along. And hey, since it's just going to be Me, myself and I for the next few days, I can go to the gym in my free evenings (this is a biigggg deal for me!) I might try to get to the movies, too...

So I don't know if I'll be online the next few days or not, but I'll try to make them healthy ones. I won't even know until I get there what my hotel has (ie-internet, fridge/micro, that sort of thing... hopefully it has fridge/micro so I can keep some good stuff in my room. And hopefully I won't be drowning my "I miss my babies" sorrow in junk food. I've never been away this long since my youngest was born. :( Rumor has it I'm going to be travelling a LOT more for work very soon, and that's ok, I guess, but it's the no-notice/bad information thing that's messing with me.

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Trina,

Pep. Pep, Pep, Pep!!! :cheer2:
 
sorry all, i'm really behind with posting these last few days. i'm going to get my butt back in gear today. had a really nice smoothie for breakfast and am getting in my water. took a 4 mile walk today too even though it was really hot. i took it easy and this time brought a water bottle with me (duh, should have been doing that all along!)

anyway, i'm going to go back and read but wanted to post aunt ann's quote for the day which is really timely for me (and maybe some others)!

"We are all accountable for ourselves. Think of yourself as a precious commodity, and then protect your investment each day."
 





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