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

[lisah0711]

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."

Thanks for sharing that, Nancy, and great job on the walk today!

 

[Disneywedding2010]

Morning everyone!

I crashed before midnight last night. I've just been so busy I think my body finally was like "Enough already sleep woman!" . Alan is off doing things this morning so I've got to figure out what I'm going to do in this house. I need to grab a bite to eat and probably going to finish working on our bedroom and bathroom that I started yesterday. I'm also debating on to start packing up parts of our closet that aren't being used just to get more stuff out of the way.

Be back later...

 

[SettinSail]

Monday 7/18/11 QOTD- Inspired by Trinaweena. When you're in a hurry and tired, what is one of your healthy go-to meals that you prepare?

Easy - peasy: bagged salad w/a protein, usually chicken, fish and/or beans and a light dressing. Take 10 mins to chop up a few veggies and throw them in too. You can buy veggies already chopped in the produce dept and cooked chicked in the deli dept or near the lunch meat. If too busy or tired to do that, check websites of your fav restaurant on a day you're not busy so you know what is a good choice to pick up there when you're not able to cook your own food What about the frozen WW meals or LC meals?

Zhoen, good luck with your travels. I don't like last minute surprises either!
As you mentioned, this could work out very well for you -- time to go to the gym, no junk food in a hotel room (unless you bring it in there!)

Gretchen, I didn't read your HP synopsis since I know nothing about all that but it was nice to see your beautiful smiling face

Kathy, is Michael gone for the week I know you will miss him!

Trina, for a rough night. Hang in there and do what you can until your mojo comes back. (I am telling myself this too!!!)

Sue, sorry about the open house. Just when you least expect it, something will work out

Well, I had a very bad WI this morning. I don't think I went way overboard this weekend but I did eat much more than I did during the week. Very frustruating that it takes days and days for the weight to drop off but one good meal and it comes right back. Went to the Y this morning and thought I jumped on an elliptical machine but it was actually a crosstrainer Somewhat similar to an ellitical but legs just slid up and down instead of a cycling motion. I looked around but didn't see any ellipticals Did 35 mins on the crosstrainer and walked 4 laps on the track Determined to do something to get back to losing mode

Kathy, thanks for being our coach this week!

Lisa, I forgot to mention GREAT JOB giving up the Diet Cola
That is NOT easy!

Hello to everyone else and have a great Monday

Shawn

 

[RemembertheMagic98]

Good Morning!

Busy couple days and very off program

Thursday at the spa was heaven Tara and I had a great time and then had some great Mexican food. I ordered shrimp tacos and a sangria...not bad but bit me in the butt later that night (spent some time in the bathroom!).

Friday was ok...watched Deathly Hallows Part 1 to prepare for the new movie!! Unfortunately I realized that I hadn't seen the movie before it (don't remember the title)! I was able to figure it all out but I will need to go back and see it at some point.

Saturday was a full day of scrapbooking Accomplished soooo much!

Sunday began with a walk around the block (it was way HOT out there!) and a day at the pool...topped off by dinner with my friend Patty and Harry Potter at the movies!!

I did do a bad thing. i wanted to test my g-f...just to see if gluten was really making a difference in my body. I had a sub for lunch...on bread. Today I feel like crap and have had tummy issues all morning SO, the bottom line is that I really need to remain gluten free unless I want to feel like crap the next day.

I'm OP thus far today. Greek yogurt for breakfast with blueberries and a coffee. Lunch will be rice cakes with tuna. Heading to Kohl's after lunch to get some k-cups with my mom (she has a 30% off coupon!). Dinner looks like salad with grilled chicken with my friend Laura.

Well, I better get moving on the errands front....bank, post office, drop off at Salvation Army, library...etc.

Make great choices today!! I'm filling my water bottle!

 

[Connie96]

Well, I'm a typical anal accountant and when we moved offices, I took a layout of my office, and put it in excel to a mini scale, so if the room is 5 X 10 I had 20 X 40 little excel blocks all shaded then I could measure my furniture and color in blocks within the shaded part to see where everything would fit.

That might be an idea if you have some furniture that may or may not fit properly. It could also give you an idea of whether or not stuff will cover a window if you shade in the windows on your sheet.

Probably too much work, but that's what I'd do

Okay, that just cracked me up. I am personally and intimately familiar with this level of insanity. How DID we survive before Excel???

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?

My "favorite" changes with my mood but I can say that I have seen Tangled many, many more times than I care to admit. I just really, really love it. DD and I watch it frequently and sing all the songs together. It's just too much fun.

Honestly, I just really like movies in general. I like some more than others, but mostly, I just love a good story.

Oh, DD and I went and saw Winnie the Pooh on Saturday. It was barely an hour long and it was good but, honestly, not really worthy of a trip to the theater, but it was very classic Pooh which is always great. My DSis, DBIL and, for his first-ever theater experience, their 22-month old son joined us too. We all had a pretty fun time.

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 especially like squash and zucchini in the summer. Peaches and fresh berries too.

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

Yes, I count fruit and veggies too. Fruit calories can add up really fast - especially the really sweet, tropical ones like bananas and pineapple. I will admit that, with vegetables, I don't always worry too much about measuring perfectly, assuming there's no sauce or an overabundance of salt, etc. And, hey, if you overfill your plate (stomach) with plain veggies, only a small serving of the higher calorie items will fit on your plate (in your stomach).

Monday 7/18/11 QOTD- Inspired by Trinaweena. When you're in a hurry and tired, what is one of your healthy go-to meals that you prepare?

Scrambled egg (white) sandwich is super fast.

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

* stealthy sneaking in the back door, tossing the fast food wrappers in the neighbors trash on my way in. Maybe no one will see me and I'll hop right back on the wagon without anyone the wiser*

 

[DisneyKim68]

* stealthy sneaking in the back door, tossing the fast food wrappers in the neighbors trash on my way in. Maybe no one will see me and I'll hop right back on the wagon without anyone the wiser*

LOL! Totally been there & done that!

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Good morning and Happy Friday!!!

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. [/COLOR][/SIZE]

Well, I seem to be all over the place this challenge. I would have said consistency, but that seems to have gone out the window lately. I have a new method of fueling for my long runs that seems to work well, so that's my positive change

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?

My favorite movie of all time is "The Empire Strikes Back", also part of my favorite series, Star Wars Episodes IV-VI. My favorite Disney movie is "Beauty and the Beast". My dh's favorite movie is "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", not sure what ds would choose, but it probably involves Dr. Who and Rose Tyler, if you could loosely call the Christmas episodes movies -- that's how they run them on BBC America.

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?

Any kind of berries! I love strawberries, blueberries and blackberries. I don't love the veggies as much, and I'm sure my produce usually comes from Guatemala , so I'm not sure what's really seasonal.

Monday 7/18/11 QOTD- Inspired by Trinaweena. When you're in a hurry and tired, what is one of your healthy go-to meals that you prepare?

My dh makes homemade frozen dinners for me. I have a stash of grilled chicken, brown rice, and broccoli. I pull one out and heat it up. I know I'm getting a healthy meal, and it's not full of sodium. Not that I don't eat LC, 'cause I also have those

Another week of not doing a good job making it on this thread. My niece was here all last week, and we also had my dh's cousin's daughter for 2 days. This is my last day home from work, I wanted one day all to myself to recover. We sent ds to CT yesterday for a church camp -- actually it's more like work camp, they spend the week with kids from other church youth groups doing repairs and yard work for people who can't do it themselves. This is the first time he's been away from us with no contact for a week. They aren't allowed to have phones or electronic devices. He's with parents I know and our minister, so I'm sure he'll be fine (and they all have phones), but it just feels weird.

My eating reflected my staycation mode, although I did manage a couple of shorter runs, and 11M on Saturday. This week I am in recovery mode. We don't even have junk in the house since ds is gone, which will help tremendously. I missed today's run because I slept in too late and then it was steamy hot before rain. I'll be back to running Wednesday.

Everyone have a great week, we are off to a fantabulous start!

Oh and a big for Lindsay and Kathy -- coaches extraodinaire!

Maria

 

[dumbo_buddy]

oh maria i knew i liked you! empire's my favorite movie too

 

[tigger813]

So, girls and I left here at 9:30 and went to the ATM and the gas station! Then we ran to Target to pick up a new USB cable for my ipod and then ran to Best Buy to get my husband video card for his computer. After that we drove about 35 minutes to the insurance company to get the stamp for Brian's registration and handle some other minor things. After that we stopped at Barnes and Noble so Ash could get a couple more Princess Diaries books and Izzie could get a book. The next stop was to meet my cousin for lunch. The place were she wanted to meet was closed just like I had told her so we ended up at Margaritas. I had a burger, fries and some chips and a diet pepsi. Then we drove her to the train so she could then get to the bus station in Boston. I came home and had a chocolate chip cookie and a half handful of M&Ms. I am on my third 20 oz bottle of water. We drove about 110 miles this morning and get home around 2:30! I am wiped from driving all over the place but major errands are done for the week. I will have to pick up a few things later in the week but I'm set for a few days.

Earlier in the day when getting Izzie in the shower she felt quite a bit warm. She has a slight fever but seems to be feeling ok for the most part. She is lying on my bed watching tv with the ac on!

Catching up on some shows and then I will update my ipod with music and podcasts!

Supper for me is a nice big tossed salad with scallions and mushrooms and light Thousand Island dressing and some fat free croutons!

Back to my water!

TTFN

 

[glss1/2fll]

Trina--maybe you could track your exercise minutes for a little extra motivation. That's certainly what inspired me to do a short yoga video yesterday--20 more minutes! There's a thread about it on WISH.

Gretchen--loved your blurb about the movie! My DS went to see it at the drive in last night (that makes twice for him). DH and I saw it Sunday morning at 10:15! Sooo goood!

Feeling yucky today. TOM after a 7 week hiatus. Aunt Flo has decided she's no longer going to visit in any month with 30 days. It's so lovely never knowing what's happening! AND you try watching HP with perimenopause! sheesh! So glad I brought a hankie (wished I'd brought 2!)

In other news, I did get a run in this morning and a walk with my girlfriend. But as she said near the end, "Have you just about had it trying to be nice?" My answer was "YES, I'm going back to bed!"

So now I'm and not planning meals like I should be. Which is too bad because DS1 has a baseball game and will want his dinner in 2 hours! Maybe I'll just fry up some burgers. Easy except it doesn't sound good to my tummy now. But then again, nothing does--hey, maybe I'll have an excellent weigh in Friday!

Hope everybody has a super evening!

 

[Rose&Mike]

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. Yesterday was Saturday?

Thanks you CC for coaching HH!

If anyone feels "stuck" try adding HH back into your week!

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

Glad you got a workout in, Tracey!

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."

This was a good one!

I did do a bad thing. i wanted to test my g-f...just to see if gluten was really making a difference in my body. I had a sub for lunch...on bread. Today I feel like crap and have had tummy issues all morning SO, the bottom line is that I really need to remain gluten free unless I want to feel like crap the next day.

Make great choices today!! I'm filling my water bottle!

I so get this. I've cheated twice and been glutened about 4 times since February. The first time I cheated it was a big cheat and I felt horrendous. I so paid for it--I had regular beer and I can't even remember what else. It was like drinking liquid poison--just awful. The second time I ate french fries out and was hoping it would be ok--nope. That one didn't take as long to recover from, but it still wasn't fun. I hope you are feeling better soon.

* stealthy sneaking in the back door, tossing the fast food wrappers in the neighbors trash on my way in. Maybe no one will see me and I'll hop right back on the wagon without anyone the wiser*

You don't have to sneak back in Buffy. You are welcome no matter what, any time.

 

[my3princes]

We're back from the races. We had a great time. We watched 3 days of racing and did all of the activities at the sponsor booths. Hunter won a pair of tickets to Friday's race, Colby won the best decorated car in the pinewood derby and Chris and I each won a $50 gift card in a AAA relay race. Hunter also did about 80 push ups trying to win tickets to yesterday's race, but there were a few people that did more than him. We were super proud and impressed. We walked miles upon miles from the camper to the track multiple times a day, not to mention the 80 plus stairs to and from our seats. I think I'm up about a lb as we ate lots of bbq. We basically had a gas grill and a griddle that fits on the grill. No electricity. The public restroom with showers was only about 1/2 mile from the camper so I walked their instead of porta potties

 

[Disneywedding2010]

Evening everyone!

Well, I'm happy to report that our bedroom/bathroom are DONE!

I started this task yesterday and picked up where I left off this morning around 11:30. With a little help from Alan I was completely done at 4:30 this afternoon. I told him that after everything I've done the last two days he gets the job of cooking dinner, LOL. He cooked a potato stroganoff hamburger helper and green giant brocolli and cheese. I had half a pint of blue bell dutch chocolate ice cream. I gave the rest to him to finish off.

So over the course of two days I've done:

4 loads of laundry, folded, and put away
Picked up our bedroom (have a whole garbage bag of stuff that was either under our bathroom sink or just laying around our room)
dusted
vacuumed (alan did it)
made bed
wiped bathroom counters and sink down
Cleaned the toilet and shower
Cleaned bath tub (let alan do it)

What am I doing tomorrow you ask?

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING..

 

[bellebookworm9]

You're not a loser, you're a big fan. THanks for the link to your post. I hope to check it out later.

I saw Half Blood Prince at Toys R Us today, and almost bought it just because I would have gotten $8 off a ticket for DH2, which is the exact price of a matinee ticket! I'm going to start getting the DVDs, because right now I have 1 & 4-6 on my laptop from itunes. My computer is literally falling apart, so I think a more reliable format would be good.

When you're in a hurry and tired, what is one of your healthy go-to meals that you prepare?

I like the WW frozen meals, especially the orange sesame chicken, the fettucine alfredo, and the mini pizza bites.

Gretchen, I didn't read your HP synopsis since I know nothing about all that but it was nice to see your beautiful smiling face

Aww thanks. My first semester freshman year roommate took that picture, and I still swear it's the best picture ever taken of me!

* stealthy sneaking in the back door, tossing the fast food wrappers in the neighbors trash on my way in. Maybe no one will see me and I'll hop right back on the wagon without anyone the wiser*

This was me today too. Don't feel too bad.

Friday was ok...watched Deathly Hallows Part 1 to prepare for the new movie!! Unfortunately I realized that I hadn't seen the movie before it (don't remember the title)! I was able to figure it all out but I will need to go back and see it at some point.

Half Blood Prince is #6. It's my favorite movie after the Deathly Hallows ones-lots of funny parts that continue to make me laugh after 2 years. (It's definitely the one I've watched the most!)

Gretchen--loved your blurb about the movie! My DS went to see it at the drive in last night (that makes twice for him). DH and I saw it Sunday morning at 10:15! Sooo goood!

AND you try watching HP with perimenopause! sheesh! So glad I brought a hankie (wished I'd brought 2!)

I haven't yet encountered anyone who said they were disappointed with it! There was another girl in my classroom today who also saw it twice. When I went to my doctor's appointment this afternoon, he asked me if I'd seen it yet; when I told him twice, he was like, "But it just came out!"

I cried more the second time around, because I knew what was coming...I was also more awake.


Today was bad. Suffice it to say, I stopped at Dunkin Donuts during lunch, Tim Horton's on the way to the Drs, and had pizza for dinner. I was thinking about staying at school for lunch (I did eat what I packed) but for unknown reasons the staffroom is not air conditioned. It was too hot today for that nonsense, so I went for a drive in the car, and went to Dunkin' Donuts. I also don't have time to exercise tonight, so I'm really hoping I can do that tomorrow.

Today the class I was in went on a community outing to Toys R Us. I bought a Harry Potter poster to accompany the one I recently ordered on ebay of Ron and Hermione. I thought about buying the movies, but they were widescreen for $10, with no special features. I did some pricing on Amazon yesterday and realized I could get fullscreen (out TV is from the early 90s), 2 disc special edition for $2 cheaper, so that's what I'm going to do!

 

[Worfiedoodles]

oh maria i knew i liked you! empire's my favorite movie too

Think alike, great minds do

Maria

 

[dvccruiser76]

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.

Yeah I'm trying to figure out when I can take him back. Maybe Friday morning when we're both off. I heard it's supposed to hit 100 this weekend.

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.

Ah then I must have seen it, but not the part with the credits. Darn those sneaky scenes. It's rare that DH and I rent a movie we've already seen, so I may never see it, but the other part does ring a bell. I would have expected them to fit him into the last movie some how

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.

That does sound familiar, maybe I can find the credits scene on you tube or something.

Monday 7/18/11 QOTD- Inspired by Trinaweena. When you're in a hurry and tired, what is one of your healthy go-to meals that you prepare?

Not sure how healthy it is, but I love sauteeing up 2 chicken breasts and making Zatarans red rice and beans/ or the black bean and rice works too and when it comes out of the microwave I mix in my cut up sauteed chicken. Pretty quick, really easy and super tasty. Though I miss it. I was making it once a week and got bored and usually don't make it when it's nice out.

Sue, sorry about the open house. Just when you least expect it, something will work out

When it's meant to happen it will. Everything happens for a reason and we haven't found a house we like yet either, so what's the rush I say. Though I also hate change sometimes

Thursday at the spa was heaven Tara and I had a great time and then had some great Mexican food. I ordered shrimp tacos and a sangria...not bad but bit me in the butt later that night (spent some time in the bathroom!).

Spa and sangria??? MMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmm sign me up

Okay, that just cracked me up. I am personally and intimately familiar with this level of insanity. How DID we survive before Excel???

Trust me, I have a spreadsheet for just about everything

* stealthy sneaking in the back door, tossing the fast food wrappers in the neighbors trash on my way in. Maybe no one will see me and I'll hop right back on the wagon without anyone the wiser*

Now that made me laugh

So, girls and I left here at 9:30 and went to the ATM and the gas station! Then we ran to Target to pick up a new USB cable for my ipod and then ran to Best Buy to get my husband video card for his computer. After that we drove about 35 minutes to the insurance company to get the stamp for Brian's registration and handle some other minor things. After that we stopped at Barnes and Noble so Ash could get a couple more Princess Diaries books and Izzie could get a book. The next stop was to meet my cousin for lunch. The place were she wanted to meet was closed just like I had told her so we ended up at Margaritas.

They were going to put a Margaritas in Danvers, but it fell through Love the Heavens to Margatriod margarita. I'm heading to the Border Cafe for lunch tomorrow. On the Border isn't very far either, but there's something about not being able to have something that makes Margarita's that much more enticing.



So, I'm about to do my Zumba on the Wii. I have to say I'm rather aggrevated. My mid section is not looking well these days, and I've been working out now. I just don't get it some days. But, I'm not giving up! I'll keep plugging away and see where I am on Friday.

Everyone have a nice night

 

[dvccruiser76]

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.

Oh, and you were right, my scale does take a battery I opened it, but it's some weird 3V flat thing that looks like a giant watch battery. I'll have to hit up CVS to see if they have them there.

Thanks for the pointer coach I felt so silly, I had to mention it to DH who laughed and said, she's probably right. Guess he didn't think of it either

 

[mikamah]

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.

Have a safe trip, and I hope you enjoy your alone time. It must be so hard to not have notice of travelling til the last minute, especially with kids. Hope all goes well.

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!)

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

YOu have been doing so well with the exercise and pregnant in this heat too. love auntie anne's quote.

Kathy, is Michael gone for the week I know you will miss him!

Well, I had a very bad WI this morning. I don't think I went way overboard this weekend but I did eat much more than I did during the week. Very frustruating that it takes days and days for the weight to drop off but one good meal and it comes right back. Went to the Y this morning and thought I jumped on an elliptical machine but it was actually a crosstrainer Somewhat similar to an ellitical but legs just slid up and down instead of a cycling motion. I looked around but didn't see any ellipticals Did 35 mins on the crosstrainer and walked 4 laps on the track Determined to do something to get back to losing mode

Michael's just going to a day camp, but it's a few towns over on a pond, so he gets a bus from up the street, and they bring him back to the Y in our town for after care. No overnight camp, but sometimes I think I'd really enjoy a week alone. Gosh, I hope he'll want to go to overnight camp one day. I
Sorry about the scale. It is so frustrating how fast the weight can come back, and how slowly it goes off. I had been a daily weigher for a while now, but lately I haven't been stepping on the scale but a couple times a week. I don't know why. I haven't been awful, or really good either, so I guess I don't feel like I need the punishment of seeing it go up when I'm not good. And pretty much have been up a little, down a little, and essentially maintaining. Again. I'm not sure where that losing train is, but it hasn't stopped here in a while. Hang in there, Shawn. I hope the losing train comes your way soon. How's dad doing at home?

Thursday at the spa was heaven Tara and I had a great time and then had some great Mexican food. I ordered shrimp tacos and a sangria...not bad but bit me in the butt later that night (spent some time in the bathroom!).
I did do a bad thing. i wanted to test my g-f...just to see if gluten was really making a difference in my body. I had a sub for lunch...on bread. Today I feel like crap and have had tummy issues all morning SO, the bottom line is that I really need to remain gluten free unless I want to feel like crap the next day.

Something about fish and mexican that doesn't appeal to me. Hope you're feeling better. I thought of Rose when you said you tried gluten again. It is pretty clear that that is what is upsetting you both. Such a pain for you to go without gluten, but when it makes you feel so much better, it is so worth it. The spa and sangria sound heavenly.

Oh, DD and I went and saw Winnie the Pooh on Saturday. It was barely an hour long and it was good but, honestly, not really worthy of a trip to the theater, but it was very classic Pooh which is always great. My DSis, DBIL and, for his first-ever theater experience, their 22-month old son joined us too. We all had a pretty fun time.

I remember taking my nephew to see the Tigger movie years ago, and I had a hard time staying awake. Sounds like you had a fun time.

* stealthy sneaking in the back door, tossing the fast food wrappers in the neighbors trash on my way in. Maybe no one will see me and I'll hop right back on the wagon without anyone the wiser*

Hi Buffy!!! We miss you when you're not here. Don't worry about hopping back in the wagon with us, many of us have been hanging out dragging behind the wagon most of the summer. As long as we never give up, we're going to be ok!!

Well, I seem to be all over the place this challenge. I would have said consistency, but that seems to have gone out the window lately. I have a new method of fueling for my long runs that seems to work well, so that's my positive change

There's always something positive!! And you're getting out there and running still, even if it's not as consistently as you'd like, you're still out there.

Earlier in the day when getting Izzie in the shower she felt quite a bit warm. She has a slight fever but seems to be feeling ok for the most part. She is lying on my bed watching tv with the ac on!
:

Hope Izzie is ok.

Feeling yucky today. TOM after a 7 week hiatus. Aunt Flo has decided she's no longer going to visit in any month with 30 days. It's so lovely never knowing what's happening! AND you try watching HP with perimenopause! sheesh! So glad I brought a hankie (wished I'd brought 2!)!

that dang tom. You had me laughing though. I figure I'm going to hit menopause just as my son hits puberty. That will be fun.

I'll be back.

 

[cclovesdis]

Evening All!

Today was a much more OP day than yesterday. I had a run in with cookie dough yesterday. I've done much worse, though, so I should be proud of myself. I am, but I know I could have done better. Today was a good day. I baked brownies for work and didn't eat too many. I am where I should be for calories, so overall, today was a good day. I just need to work in that dairy. I will have a glass of milk tomorrow morning!

Tracey: How are your parents?

Shawn: How is your dad?

Lindsay: Hope things are calming down at work. Sending you a PM. Thanks for coaching last week!

Have a great, OP day tomorrow everyone!