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

[satorifound]

Who do we PM our HH results to for last week?

 

[lisah0711]

Lisa – I hope today is productive and not crazy. Thanks for the prayers for Cali. It was hard to drop her off this morning. I wasn’t even able to touch the cancerous mass when I was petting her because I was so worried that any disruption to it might cause it to spread. I know that doesn’t make any sense, but all I could think about was what can I do to make sure it doesn’t get any worse. I can’t believe I have to wait until 3 for a report from the vet and I don’t know how long it will be before we hear back on the biopsy to find out how far along it is. It was so awful this morning not being able to give her food or water. I can’t imagine what she was thinking when she came in from her time in the yard and there was no ice water and food for her. So sad. Thank you for letting me vent here.

Is your Mom housesitting for you? Do you have plants or fish that need care while you are gone? I hope she has a nice visit. My friend’s mother loves to stay at her house when they are away because it is a change of scenery and a bit quieter than the senior citizen high rise that she lives in.

Bless her little doggie heart and your heart, too, Cam. I think the no food and water thing is as hard on us as it is on them. I hope that you get good news from the vet soon. I know they always tell me to call later but I call after lunch 'cause I'm impatient that way. I do keep checking on the thread to see how it is going so do let us know when you can.

My Mom lives in Arizona so she is coming up to escape the heat for a few days and take care of our dog and cat and turtle. It is very nice to have someone here because there are lot of things that you don't have to do if the house isn't going to be empty.

Nancy, nice job on getting a walk in. Don't worry about running when you are preggers -- just keep moving!

Who do we PM our HH results to for last week?

cclovesdis is our HH coach -- thanks CC!

 

[glss1/2fll]

So my new run route was fun, but I didn't do terribly well. I was getting tired and told myself "It's just to that stop light there and then you make the turn for the park and home." Only it wasn't that light--it was the teeny tiny dot of a light way down the road! plod plod plod I walked through the park instead of running through it so that'll be Wednesday's goal. I did map it on map my walk and it was a bit farther than I'd thought. Not that that's an excuse, because, hey, I was out there while most of the world (certainly my house) was still in bed!

Rose--nice job on the 10 miles! Glad you had a good run. One of these years I'll be able to go that far!

QOTD: Where to start???? I think if I could stop eating fistfuls of chocolate covered almonds that'd be super. But mostly if I would just make sure to get an aerobic workout in on the days I don't run I'd see much better results. Although finally that stupid scale is going in the right direction! It's been stuck for weeks. grrr

Better go do fun things like scrubbing sinks. Have a super day everyone!

 

[Connie96]

Hey yall. I have been snowed under at work and haven't had any time to check in here. I owe yall WIN results from a week ago and I'll get them for you as soon as I can. This week will be even busier than last week due to a tight deadline but I'll check in with you guys when I can. Have a great week!!

 

[lisah0711]

Hey yall. I have been snowed under at work and haven't had any time to check in here. I owe yall WIN results from a week ago and I'll get them for you as soon as I can. This week will be even busier than last week due to a tight deadline but I'll check in with you guys when I can. Have a great week!!

Did you know that you were the Biggest Loser last week?!?

 

[keenercam]

I am swamped and just checking in. I'll be back later to catch up, but wanted to post real quick my thanks for all the good wishes and prayers for Cali. The surgery is done and it went as well as it could. No masses in her abdomen (per xrays) and the vet is pretty sure she got the entire mass and some good margins. She said it is possible the mass will grow back again in the same spot and if it does she'd recommend amputating Cali's tail but I am praying we are done with this forever.

We will have xrays done again in 3 months to be sure no masses have grown in her abdomen by then, and we have to wait 5 days for the biopsy results. Her sutures will come out in 10-14 days. I can't wait to see my sweet girl when I get home tonight.

 

[lisah0711]

I am swamped and just checking in. I'll be back later to catch up, but wanted to post real quick my thanks for all the good wishes and prayers for Cali. The surgery is done and it went as well as it could. No masses in her abdomen (per xrays) and the vet is pretty sure she got the entire mass and some good margins. She said it is possible the mass will grow back again in the same spot and if it does she'd recommend amputating Cali's tail but I am praying we are done with this forever.

We will have xrays done again in 3 months to be sure no masses have grown in her abdomen by then, and we have to wait 5 days for the biopsy results. Her sutures will come out in 10-14 days. I can't wait to see my sweet girl when I get home tonight.

Thanks for keeping us posted, Cam, I've been checking all day to see how she is doing. That sounds like good news. I'll be keeping you and Cali in my thoughts and prayers for good lab results. I hope they give her some good doggie meds 'cause it's got to hurt to wag her little tail but I bet she will anyway.

 

[Zhoen]

Hiya Dizzies!

I'm just checking in. I'm feeling sooooo mopey today. The trip was not great, but not the worst. Terrible ghetto lodging, but it was just a place to sleep and I wasn't about to pay OOP for something better.

I have to tell you though, that first night I arrived, I was able to hop onto a wifi connection and I popped onto the boards. I didn't post anything, because I was totally Debbie Downer, but it made me feel SOOooo much better/less homesick to see all those familiar screen names. Funny, huh?

QOTD- The habit I need to make is regular exercise. I like to do fits and starts... I'll walk 10k on a weekend if the weather is good... and do nothing else all week The habit I need to lose is emotional eating.

 

[donac]

Good afternoon everyone. It is finally raining here in jersey. Not a lot but it is cooler. We got about 3 hours of painting done this morning and dh did another hour this afternoon.

Just wanted to remind people to send in their weights from Friday so that I can do the stats for this week. The last time I posted it said week 5 but it was really week 6.

Have a happy and healthy weekend.

 

[SettinSail]

In Geneseo, the middle of nowhere town where I go to school, we have WalMart and Wegmans. All of the people from NYC and Long Island come up and have no idea what Wegmans is...but then they find out and they love it! I think I actually heard one guy call it "the heaven of grocery stores" or something. They are just amazed that you can eat *in* the store!

Interestng that they have Wegman's in your little town but not in some of the bigger cities; you are lucky

stop it. stop it right now. no friendly's?? that was a staple treat of my childhood! every report card, if i got all As (1. i was a huge nerd and 2. anything below an A was just not tolerated) we got to go to friendly's and i could get a conehead for dessert. i wasn't allowed sweets as a kid so this was HUGE! (and now we wonder why i have major eating issues!!!)

we may not have wegmans but we have www.stewleonards.com which has been coined the disney world of grocery stores! lol!!!

OK, they do have Friendly's in Myrtle Beach so I will try to eat there next week Their menu was interesting but such a killjoy with all the calories listed next to each entree ~ and OH MY what ALOT of calories!!!
Some are as much as a whole daily intake

Well, we hit up Texas Roadhouse for dinner, so now I must punish myself with Wii Zumba. Bad Sue bad!

Hope everyone had a nice weekend

mmmmm.....that sounds yummy Your suit sounds cute

We ate at Moe's last night. I checked their website and decided on a pork rice bowl, around 700 cals. If I had not looked at the website I think I would have ordered a grilled chicken rice bowl but that was over 100 cals more The rice bowl I actually got HAD to be much more than 700 cals - I could barely eat 1/2 and I was stuffed and my scale went up again this morning DS could not finish his Joey Jr either. I don't think we will eat there again, the portions are just too large and it's not the kind of food that will taste good warmed over later.

Tuesday is Mom's birthday so I'm making her a carrot cake (her request) from a recipe I found on WW. I hope it's good!

That reminds me of those little prepackaged carrot cakes WW used to sell in the grocery stores, they were delicious! I wonder if they still make them. I don't need to know though because I could never eat just one

Shawn – Trader Joes is the best!!! Andrew has now revoked my TJs shopping privileges if he is with me or somewhere waiting for me. I could stay in that store for hours reading labels and coming up with recipe ideas. The chicken chili lime burgers are delicious! So is their frozen brown rice. Frozen berries are the tastiest and cheapest anywhere. Have fun shopping!

poor Andrew!

Hmm, I had "chicken burgers" on my list so I just added chicken chili lime and I also have frozen berries on my list

So glad to hear that your precious Cali made it through surgery. I'm so glad you caught it early. Our 12 year old cat went through a similar mass. We did not catch it in time though and it was too late for her. It was sad.

Some strange dreams last night...Nothing really scary, but I did toss and turn a lot last night, so overall it wasn't the greatest night. Oh well. Can't do anything about that now. Moving on...

Boy I had some strange dreams too last night. Mostly I was driving in a car with my eyes closed - I just couldn't hold them open but I needed to get somewhere Love your positive attitude today

I wanted to let everyone know that I will be popping in and out this week.

Good luck with all you have going on! Nice job on the 10 miles

QOTD for Monday, July 25: What is one habit you absolutely MUST create or break in order to be successful in your journey to lose or maintain?

I wish I knew !!! I guess I just need to be more consistent every day. When I first started my weigh loss journey, I exercised almost every day which was a complete change for me and I tried to cut back on food. This worked well for me for many months but now it seems like I have to eat very lightly and exercise alot to see any results. So frustruating. I must be eating more calories than I think I am

I spent 2 hours yesterday with a friend. Her electricity went out Sat afternoon and she had no idea when it was coming back on. We cleaned out her frig and her large freezer. Her friend took some freezer things and put them in hers. We packed her smaller freezer full and I am hoping that they got power last evening. I didn't want to call her and bother her. I was very concerned about her since she has MS and shouldn't be in heat.

What a nice friend you are Hope you knee & shoulder got to feeling better - do you still so yoga in the Summer?

Shawn, glad that you enjoyed the movie and have some shopping planned. Do you start work next week?

Nope, not until August 8th. DH arrives home this Saturday night, we head for the beach Sunday morning, DS has HS orientation Thurs and somewhere in there I need to buy a car before I go back to work

47 days til disney...i probably shouldn't talk about my ADRs on a weight loss thread but...we have ADRs at via napoli, chef mickeys (breakfast), liberty tree tavern, hollywood and vine (breakfast), le chefs de france, raglan road, and crystal palace (breakfast). yum! just found out that on sept. 17th raglan road is doing a halfway to st. patrick's day shindig and of course our ADRs are for the day before and we leave on the 17th. phooey. oh well.

all this talk about trader joe's makes me want to take a trip up there! i need some suggestions of what to get though!

AWESOME!!! Last I heard, you weren't sure if you were going in Sept - I must not have read too closely one day

Check out the Budget board - they have a good thread of what to get at TJ's, I have a 2 page list of some things that were mentioned several times and some things that sounded interesting. (NOT the Jo-Jos!)

Well, this morning started off interesting for us. Got DS up to go to the ortho at 8:30 and our appt is tomorrow OPPS! His permanently bonded retainer (lower jaw only) that was supposed to stay on until he was 24 years old has already fallen out And, he was stung by a bee Saturday and has a finger the size of a sausage! We are doctoring it with Benadryl and icing it. It has gone down a little. It's very stiff and hot too.

Kathy, I thought I quoted you too! Sorry about the cranky weekend but it sounds mostly fun!

Shawn

 

[dumbo_buddy]

oh cam i'm glad everything went as well as it could for cali. hugs!

my parents and i used to have a golden retriever named cali. calis are the best

zhoen sorry the trip wasn't so great. but now you're back on the boards and hopefully we can pep you up! i'm an emotional eater too...but like..ANY emotion. sad? eat. bored? eat. happy? eat. blaise? eat.

i was a fits and starts exerciser too for the longest time (still am to an extent). the thing that motivated me was to sign up for something. i signed up for a 5k in central park. it was last september. i did the c25k and even before the 5k race decided to do the princess half.
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finally some rain has come in and it's pretty cool out! weather channel's telling me it's 72 out! compared to over 100, it's almost time for a sweater! lol!

i've been lounging on the couch pretty much all day! after my 5 mile walk and our quickie trip to the beach we hung out at home and thomas napped. after that we started to walk to go look at this house in the neighborhood that i heard was for sale. thomas decided he had to wear his sand pail as a hat. he got some giggles from the neighbors. it started raining before we made it down the block so we drove past the house. eh, don't think i'll bother looking at it. it did have a mini yard which is really saying something considering we're in nyc but they want $460k for the house and it's only 1200 sq. ft! it has a little deck and water view. is that worth the big bucks though? don't think so. oh well.

what's everyone making for dinner tonight? i'm in a total recipe rut. can't seem to get excited about making anything. i'm going to make turkey burgers and corn on the cob (frozen) and maybe a little whole wheat pasta on the side (DS won't even try meat so i at least want him to have some pasta).

 

[jaelless]

I was wondering when the next Biggest Loser challenge on these boards will be starting. I have been following a former member and she used to be so active on here and made it sound like fun, so I want to give it a try. I realize too late to really start this one, but I would definitely like to get in on the next one. Could you please let me know when it starts up and how to get involved? It would be so appreciated.

thanks a bunch,
jenni

 

[keenercam]

this is me!!! evening eating is my worst habit that i HAVE to break. i know it's bad for me as i just sit and eat junk and yet i do it over and over and over.

got back from a nice walk. the weather isn't great but it's so much cooler than the last few days! i tried to do a little running but mostly it just made my belly feel heavy and hard so i just did a few minutes here and a few minutes there. i wound up doing 5 miles in an hour and 15 minutes. not bad. since it's supposed to rain soon i changed into flip flops, stuck a bathing suit on thomas and we walked around the corner to our beach to let him dig a little in the sand.

Awesome time on your 5 miles, Nancy!! That is 15 minute miles which is great no matter what but even more so in this weather.

Who do we PM our HH results to for last week?

Oh, good! Someone told you it's CC. I'm not sure how she keeps track of everything or how Dona does the weightkeeping and Connie the WIN measurements and everything else that everyone does around here, but they have it down to a science. A very well-oiled machine.

My Mom lives in Arizona so she is coming up to escape the heat for a few days and take care of our dog and cat and turtle. It is very nice to have someone here because there are lot of things that you don't have to do if the house isn't going to be empty.

Lisa - It is wonderful that your furbabies and shellbaby will have your Mom for company. Thank you so much for your support about Cali today. I was a wreck. It was good to know I could come here.

So my new run route was fun, but I didn't do terribly well. I was getting tired and told myself "It's just to that stop light there and then you make the turn for the park and home." Only it wasn't that light--it was the teeny tiny dot of a light way down the road! plod plod plod I walked through the park instead of running through it so that'll be Wednesday's goal. I did map it on map my walk and it was a bit farther than I'd thought. Not that that's an excuse, because, hey, I was out there while most of the world (certainly my house) was still in bed!

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QOTD: Where to start???? I think if I could stop eating fistfuls of chocolate covered almonds that'd be super. But mostly if I would just make sure to get an aerobic workout in on the days I don't run I'd see much better results. Although finally that stupid scale is going in the right direction! It's been stuck for weeks. grrr

Kudos to you on the distance!!! That is a great way to set goals by telling yourself you are going to a specific landmark. Very impressive that you pushed on to it! So, how about rationing the chocolate covered almonds? Hiding them in the fridge and leaving only a few somewhere accessible? When something like that starts calling my name, it ends up on the lunch table in our office kitchen. I figure any ONE that someone else eats is one LESS that I've eaten.

Hey yall. I have been snowed under at work and haven't had any time to check in here. I owe yall WIN results from a week ago and I'll get them for you as soon as I can. This week will be even busier than last week due to a tight deadline but I'll check in with you guys when I can. Have a great week!!

Connie - Sorry work has been so busy. Congrats on being last week's biggest loser! You ROCK, my friend!!!!

Hiya Dizzies!

I'm just checking in. I'm feeling sooooo mopey today. The trip was not great, but not the worst. Terrible ghetto lodging, but it was just a place to sleep and I wasn't about to pay OOP for something better.

I have to tell you though, that first night I arrived, I was able to hop onto a wifi connection and I popped onto the boards. I didn't post anything, because I was totally Debbie Downer, but it made me feel SOOooo much better/less homesick to see all those familiar screen names. Funny, huh?

QOTD- The habit I need to make is regular exercise. I like to do fits and starts... I'll walk 10k on a weekend if the weather is good... and do nothing else all week The habit I need to lose is emotional eating.

I'm so sorry your trip was disappointing. How wonderful that you were able to read here. I have often been a "lurker" and just soaked up the positive vibe here. We are glad you are posting. Don't worry about it if you are feeling down. We all go through those phases and that is what WISH friends are for, to help us through those times.

Do you enjoy running or walking? Could you add one more weekday of walking or running into your routine? You might enjoy having that outlet.

Good afternoon everyone. It is finally raining here in jersey. Not a lot but it is cooler. We got about 3 hours of painting done this morning and dh did another hour this afternoon.

Just wanted to remind people to send in their weights from Friday so that I can do the stats for this week. The last time I posted it said week 5 but it was really week 6.

Have a happy and healthy weekend.

Dona - Glad DH was able to get some painting done. I just sent you an email about re-starting the challenge. I hope that is okay.

We ate at Moe's last night. I checked their website and decided on a pork rice bowl, around 700 cals. If I had not looked at the website I think I would have ordered a grilled chicken rice bowl but that was over 100 cals more The rice bowl I actually got HAD to be much more than 700 cals - I could barely eat 1/2 and I was stuffed and my scale went up again this morning DS could not finish his Joey Jr either. I don't think we will eat there again, the portions are just too large and it's not the kind of food that will taste good warmed over later.

...When I first started my weigh loss journey, I exercised almost every day which was a complete change for me and I tried to cut back on food. This worked well for me for many months but now it seems like I have to eat very lightly and exercise alot to see any results. So frustruating. I must be eating more calories than I think I am

Shawn - I am so sorry about your sweet kitty. I hope you have fun shopping at TJs. The produce is so great there. And there is a wonderful whole wheat panini bread that is points friendly.
Consistency is a huge struggle for most of us. I did best when I was doing a 100-day exercise challenge. Every time I thought of not working out, I just couldn't bear to break my streak. I did the same kind of self-challenge years ago for doing 100 crunches and 100 pushups each day. Maybe you need to set up a little challenge for yourself?

oh cam i'm glad everything went as well as it could for cali. hugs!

my parents and i used to have a golden retriever named cali. calis are the best

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what's everyone making for dinner tonight? i'm in a total recipe rut. can't seem to get excited about making anything. i'm going to make turkey burgers and corn on the cob (frozen) and maybe a little whole wheat pasta on the side (DS won't even try meat so i at least want him to have some pasta).

Nancy - I was imagining Thomas with his sandpail as a hat. Thank you so much for the smile!!! "Cali"s really are the best. Several people have told me they had a pet named Cali who was the sweetest thing. I do think some names are magical. I tell my kids all the time that is how we chose their names.

Dinner for us tonight will be the meats we grilled yesterday and a side dish. I will probably have a chicken apple sausage and cut it up in some brown rice. Lots of protein for me! I'll also steam some broccoli. Delicious!

 

[keenercam]

I was wondering when the next Biggest Loser challenge on these boards will be starting. I have been following a former member and she used to be so active on here and made it sound like fun, so I want to give it a try. I realize too late to really start this one, but I would definitely like to get in on the next one. Could you please let me know when it starts up and how to get involved? It would be so appreciated.

thanks a bunch,
jenni

Jenni - Welcome! We're so glad you found us. It is NEVER too late to start a BL challenge here. You are only competing with yourself and why put off starting by even a day? Often, having a challenge like this and a place to commiserate/celebrate with others is great motivation to stay on track. So, I say, PM your starting weight to donac and stick around. We are a friendly bunch, I promise!

 

[bellebookworm9]

QOTD for Monday, July 25: What is one habit you absolutely MUST create or break in order to be successful in your journey to lose or maintain?

I really need to kick my dessert habit, but I'm working on it in small increments. I also need to exercise a few times a week-though I've managed to lose over the last week and a half without much exercising.

Gretchen, when will you be going back to school?

I'm going back August 24th to help new and returning students move in on the 26th and 27th. Classes start the 29th.

47 days til disney...i probably shouldn't talk about my ADRs on a weight loss thread but...we have ADRs at via napoli, chef mickeys (breakfast), liberty tree tavern, hollywood and vine (breakfast), le chefs de france, raglan road, and crystal palace (breakfast).

Haven't done most of those but we love Crystal Palace for breakfast. Yummy! We did LTT for lunch last time, are you doing lunch or dinner?

Interestng that they have Wegman's in your little town but not in some of the bigger cities; you are lucky

OK, they do have Friendly's in Myrtle Beach so I will try to eat there next week Their menu was interesting but such a killjoy with all the calories listed next to each entree ~ and OH MY what ALOT of calories!!!
Some are as much as a whole daily intake

Yup, we are lucky to have the Wegmans, but I generally find WalMart to be cheaper for nearly everything except milk!

Friendly's is delicious but so unhealthy. I nearly cried when I looked up the nutrition info for my beloved Honey BBQ Chicken melt sandwich.

Cam, so glad to hear Cali did well doing the surgery. We have a nearly 12 year old dog who has some sort of lump on his side that Mom keeps meaning to get checked out, and I should probably encourage her to get that done soon.

Today has been another successful day (though I did go to McDonald's during lunch and got a snack size McFlurry, I'm still within my points)! I'm going to do C25K in a little while. Considering last time I ran I had just started Week 6, I'm going back to Week 5 and restarting from there. I started making the carrot cake only to find that our electric mixer is MIA. Hopefully Mom can find it when she comes home.

Today at work I was in a preschool classroom. They had the most adorable 18 month old there and he looks exactly like the Gerber baby. I was a one on one aide for a boy who is legally blind today-definitely a new experience, but I think this has been my favorite class so far!

 

[dvccruiser76]

Sue- I've got the Gold's Gym Dance workout! That's exhausting!

I'll have to check it out. Is it like Zumba?

I know I'm WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY late to this party, but I just found this section of the Dis (where have I been? ) I hope you don't mind a late comer!
I'd like to loose about 15 pounds before our September trip to Disney, but more importantly I really need to find some way to get into a healthy routine and incorporate healthy exercise into my life. This seems like a great group and a fantastic way to do it!

Welcome Yahoo for a trip to Disney

That's great that you found a bathing suit! And of course you should keep both tops.

I like Ron & Hermione better than Harry sometimes. Also, I think Rupert Grint looks hot in that poster. They are one of my favorite couples ever. Nah, you should read the books first-the movies really don't make sense in places otherwise!

Was it just me or were there a lot of relatonships popping up in the last movie? I guess Harry/Ginny was there before and Ron and Hermione kind of grew up until now, but I don't remember the book mentioning Neville & Luna. Though I wasn't sure if I caught that in the movie, but it looked like it to me anyway.

Sue, congrats on finding bathing suit options you liked. And kudos to you for doing zumba! Everyone tells me it is fun but no one says it is easy. So I admire that you are doing it at night; sometimes when I eat not so great I feel like a slug afterwards.

Funny thing, but I am more of a night time workout person as opposed to am. I just don't wake up fast enough

I am hoping that if any of you love or have loved an animal and believe in the power of prayer, that you will please say a prayer for my dog, Cali. She was diagnosed Thursday with a cancerous mass on her hind section right at her tail. She is having surgery tomorrow to have it removed. I am so grateful we caught it really early and we are praying that when they send it out to be biopsied and “graded” they will find that it was in the earliest stages and the cancer has not spread. She is a brindle-colored Cairn Terrier with the most loving personality; she turned 11 on Friday and is the sweetest furbaby I could ever imagine. She really is one of the great loves of my life and Howard, Jenn, Andrew and I cannot imagine a day in our life without her love and attention. Your good thoughts and prayers will be so appreciated. Thank you, my friends.

Oh no, I hope everything goes well for your baby. I am a little dog lover Poor little girl

I wanted to let everyone know that I will be popping in and out this week. Mike and I have a quick trip that we are taking on Thurs/Fri for his work so it's going to be a crazy week at our house. Today we are having a new heating/ac unit installed in our house and we are also still working on getting our house ready to list along with helping DS get ready to go back to SC. He goes back next week. Anyhow, wanted to let everyone know that I am still here, just might not be around much for the next several days. Next week I should know better what's going on around here and we can start to talk about the fall challenge.

Have a great trip Rose. Will you get to do anything together when he's not working?

QOTD for Monday, July 25: What is one habit you absolutely MUST create or break in order to be successful in your journey to lose or maintain?

I need to get back to doing only one cheat meal per week. When DH suggests going out more than once I just can't turn it down

It's going to be a busy day at work today -- all the last minute stuff. My Mom arrives tomorrow and we leave on Wednesday so if I don't get a chance to come back I'll see you all next week!

Have great trip! Talk to you when you get back

47 days til disney...i probably shouldn't talk about my ADRs on a weight loss thread but...we have ADRs at via napoli, chef mickeys (breakfast), liberty tree tavern, hollywood and vine (breakfast), le chefs de france, raglan road, and crystal palace (breakfast). yum! just found out that on sept. 17th raglan road is doing a halfway to st. patrick's day shindig and of course our ADRs are for the day before and we leave on the 17th. phooey. oh well.

Let's see, Via Napoli is on my list. Are you doing LTT for lunch or dinner? It's on my lunch list for the Tavern Fried Cheese and Ooey Gooey Toffee Cake.

Is Le Chef's lunch or dinner? I want to try a couple of their flat bread appetizers as well as the macaroni gratin and croque monsieur.

Raglan Road is on my list too. You'll have to tell me everything you all order and what you'd suggest.

Hey yall. I have been snowed under at work and haven't had any time to check in here. I owe yall WIN results from a week ago and I'll get them for you as soon as I can. This week will be even busier than last week due to a tight deadline but I'll check in with you guys when I can. Have a great week!!

Hi Connie

QOTD: Where to start???? I think if I could stop eating fistfuls of chocolate covered almonds that'd be super.

Ha! I just bought those last week as well as the cinnamon ones.

We ate at Moe's last night. I checked their website and decided on a pork rice bowl, around 700 cals. If I had not looked at the website I think I would have ordered a grilled chicken rice bowl but that was over 100 cals more The rice bowl I actually got HAD to be much more than 700 cals - I could barely eat 1/2 and I was stuffed and my scale went up again this morning DS could not finish his Joey Jr either. I don't think we will eat there again, the portions are just too large and it's not the kind of food that will taste good warmed over later.

I've never been to Moe's. I think my BIL has them near him in CT. Is it like our Chipotle?

I was wondering when the next Biggest Loser challenge on these boards will be starting. I have been following a former member and she used to be so active on here and made it sound like fun, so I want to give it a try. I realize too late to really start this one, but I would definitely like to get in on the next one. Could you please let me know when it starts up and how to get involved? It would be so appreciated.

thanks a bunch,
jenni

It's never too late to join Welcome aboard!

 

[dvccruiser76]

Hi everyone! Had a crazy day at work. I have 9 work days until vacation and a ton to get done. I really have 10 work days, but I'd like to take another Monday to join my sister and her family down on the Cape for a day, so we'll see how much I can get done.

So this morning DS was snoozing away and I had to wake him up for daycare where he usually wakes us up. When he opens his eyes and sees me he usually jumps right up, smiles and wants to play. This morning he opened his eyes, saw me, rolled over and went right back to bed

He's only 2, but I think this is what I have to look forward to. I just didn't expect it this soon Now if I can only get him to do it on the weekend I'd be golden.

Well time for Zumba. DH is going to NYC for work tomorrow night for Wednesday, so I may end up going to bed with DS at 7 if he doesn't go down easy. We'll see how it goes.

Hope everyone had a nice Monday!

 

[bellebookworm9]

Was it just me or were there a lot of relatonships popping up in the last movie? I guess Harry/Ginny was there before and Ron and Hermione kind of grew up until now, but I don't remember the book mentioning Neville & Luna. Though I wasn't sure if I caught that in the movie, but it looked like it to me anyway.

Yeah, Neville & Luna definitely weren't a relationship in the book. J.K. Rowling has actually stated that in her head, Neville marries Hannah Abbot and Luna marries Lysander Scamander, the grandson of Newt Scamander. Newt who wrote one of the kids' textbooks "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them". I think that the Harry/Ginny relationship in the movies is almost non-existent, but I think that Ron/Hermione is more obvious in the movies, beginning around the third one.

Just got back from my partial C25K. Did the first two runs and then had a terrible stitch and was in desperate need of water. (I actually ran outside for the first time!). I did just over 1.25 miles, so I'm okay with that for being the first time I've done anything in a week and a half. I'll probably try again tomorrow.

 

[trinaweena]

*sneaks back in*

I've been gone since wednesday...did ya'll miss me?

Ok i've not really been gone, but I haven'tbeen around here. My laptop died and so did my motivation by the end of the week. Which upsets me because I was doing SO GOOD last week. It seems I always loose my motivation by the end of the week.

I definatly had som issues with stress eating last week. I got a bad grade in my class and as always we are having issues at home with my brother and I get so hopeless I just want to eat. I'm still stressed about both situations and I feel very depressed and hopeless at the moment.

That aside I did have a fantastic weekend. My boyfriend's family is playing hotel to a the son of a family friend of theirs from the UK who is travelling around the world with his three friends. They are 4 adorable 19 year old british boys and I spent the weekend hanging out with them. We had a blast, and i'm sure going to miss them because they were very polite, cute, adorable, fun boys with awesome accents! Unfortunatly those boys also know how to drink and eat! Sundy was not too bad but saturday was a birthday party for my boyfriend's father with a ton of food and drink! Grown up drinks haha! And being such a gentleman one of the boys felt the need to grab me a drink whenever he went for one! Eventually I had to start refusing him! (Those British boys can sure consume a LOT of beers).

Anyways, it was a bright spot in my weekend but now its back to reality and back to sitting in a four hour class that im afraid of failing and thinking about going to the gym but not really wanting to! I still dont have my regular laptop, but i have a few extras so I will try to keep up with everything!

 

[satorifound]

I am bummed. I pulled a muscle in my calf last week and after taking the weekend off tried to do my run at the gym this morning but had to get off the treadmill after 10 minutes. Then walking around at work today I pulled it again. This is the second time I have started the C25K and I am going to have to put it on hold, AGAIN, until my calf heals up. *sigh* I was just getting my momentum going. I am worried this will stall my weight loss.