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

[Disneywedding2010]

Question of the Day If you were in Disney World or Disneyland today what is the one splurge thing you would want to eat? What would be good to eat to try to stay on track with your weight loss?

Mickey Bar!!! It is the only food (other then Ohana's) that I make a point to eat while at Disney World. Oh, and me trying to stay on track at Disney World, lol. Yeah, I've tried before but failed miserably.

 

[Disneywedding2010]

Afternoon friends!

Another update:

Our D.R. Horton rep called and I missed the call. I was side tracked doing other things so I told Alan to call and see what was going on. He called me back immediately and told me that our rep had said that they are completely done with finishing touches and he is going to Fed Ex our keys to us!! . He's also going to email me a link to the water and power company so I can get those things hooked up and taken care of.

Right now I'm in the process of figuring out what bedroom furniture I want for our bedroom in FL. See originally I had bought a queen size bed. Well let's just say Alan and I are pooh sized and a queen size bed is to small. Well, I had a blonde moment and just went and bought a king mattress and boxspring, not a whole new bed. So Alan and a friend "rigged" it to where our king mattress fits on our queen frame. Yes, it works but it makes my bed EXTREMELY high to the point to where I have to use a step stool to get into it.

So, I'm in the process of figuring out what I want and getting it ordered. Then we can put the other bed upstairs and put the king one in our room. They have a lot of good sales going on right now and I'm impatient and don't want to wait .

Other then that I'm finishing up training sessions over the next few weeks. We're selling a car next week to Carmax and I'm doing more decluttering. FUN FUN days I tell you.

OH! I forgot the most important part....

14 DAYS TIL DISNEY!!!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

sue what is this banana treat you speak of?????

 

[Disneywedding2010]

I was upstairs and trying to figure out how to get my stuffed animals that I'm keeping downstairs without having to make several trips. I have the rubbermaid bin sitting in the entry way that they are all going in. Alan's solution: "Just throw them over the side (from upstairs) and they'll land in the entry way" GENIUS!! I didn't have to go up and down the stairs a million times, .

 

[bellebookworm9]

Question of the Day If you were in Disney World or Disneyland today what is the one splurge thing you would want to eat? What would be good to eat to try to stay on track with your weight loss?

I'm with Nancy on this one-just having one splurge would be a weight loss tecnhinque. There are so many unhealthy things that I plan to try in October (exactly 10 weeks from today!), but I supposed both the healthy/unhealthy would be a meal at Sunshine Seasons-splurge on the Strawberry Shortcake and get a turkey sandwich or chicken. Another thing that helps is that Mom and I brought our own bottles of water and shared nearly every meal, except at buffets.

for the cooler months (we like to go in january) my splurge would be a funnel cake from sleepy hollow. and maybe i'd split it with DH...maybe. nothing extra on it like icky congealed fruit - just the powdered sugar.

This is definitely on my list to try, while watching the MNSSHP parade.

Blargh. I'm trying not to think about what I ate today, but let's just say there was a lot of Tim Horton's involved. However, I was down .8 pounds this morning. I'm so close to 10-just another 1.2 to go. If I stay really, really on plan this week, I can do it.

I had a terrible morning. First, I *watched* the cat pee on my bedroom rug. Even as I was yelling at her and prodding her with my foot, she wouldn't move. Then I left late because I couldn't find my keys or ID. They literally disappeared off the dining room table; then I remembered I had taken them into the living room with me for a minute and found them in there. I decided to take the I-90 to work for the first time because I was talking to someone yesterday who drives from my town and said it's not too bad at 7am. Well, of course, as soon as I got on HUGE traffic jam. The right lane was closed just past the entrance after the one I got on at. So I got right back off at the next exit, and (it's an exit to another highway) was hugely backed up in the other direction, since they couldn't even get ON the thruway. I made it back to my usual route and the traffic was even bad there. I called Mom to call the office and let them know I might be late, but thankfully I pulled in at 7:55 and work starts at 8.

But at the end of the day I got a fantastic compliment. A student came in wearing a hat and as he was leaving I noticed he wasn't wearing it. I pointed it out to the teacher and she thanked me for noticing it. Then another aide said, "It's hard to find people like you anymore, who would notice a detail like that."

 

[my3princes]

I think i've done a lot of cool things...cool to me at least
-swam with dolphins at discovery cove
- artificially inseminated a cow
- owned a pig (RIP Sneakers)
- competed in agility competitions with my dog
- wrote for the biggest LOST fansite online
- helped run one of the biggest Harry Potter fansites
- met a lot of actors, tv writers and producers
- paid off $7000 worth of debt and bought my first car for my 25th bday
- worked with many animals, including wolves and a tiger
- found the motivation to finally start running
- started reading at a college level in 6th grade

I've pet sharks, but they were just little reef sharks. My dream is to go to south africa to swim with the Great whites. Sharks are my favorite animal!

Well I thought i had finished my essay and then showed it to my teacher last night and he said it was a "good start" UUUUGH. He is seriously so condescending too it annoys me. Just two more weeks!

So yeah havent excersized this week yet but i just gotta get throught the next two weeks...im almost done with this class!

You must be loving shark week this week on tv


Today's QOTD: I have a hot fudge sundae on Main Street once each trip. I also order from the children's menu for myself as the portion size in much more appropriate. My oldest always orders from the Adult menu and sometimes the little ones do too.



I've not been feeling too well today. TMI, but I was visited by Aunt Flo a few days late this month and it has been pure h e ll. I know that I'm probably premenapausal, but if this continues to get worse I will have to talk with my doctor about it as I can't give up a day or two each month to just crawl into bed. I really need to get us packed for vacation, but lack the motivation needed.

 

[SettinSail]

Did you try my banana snack that I wrote the recipe down for? If you love bananas like I do, it reminds me of the Cheesecake Factory Banana Cream cheesecake, but only 3 points plus the banana.

sue what is this banana treat you speak of?????

So, yesterday I had my new favorite snack and it reminded me so much of the banana cream cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory.

You mix 1 tbs of fat free whipped cream cheese, one tbs of fluff (both fat free items), then if you have any handy a drop or two of lemon juice and once it's mixed together, you can either dip or cut up pieces of a banana and put it in it. Delish

I was eating it and all I could think about was the banana cream cheesecake, which I

Nancy, here is what Sue was referring to. She posted this last week after I mentioned DS & I ate at Cheesecake Factory. (but we had no cheesecake)

QOTD: We don't go to DW enough to have favs there; have been twice in the past 10 years My fav treat splurge on a Disney cruise would be brunch at Palo's, yum yum! I would try to offset the treats by doing some exercise every day, drinking mostly water and cutting back on other portions as much as I can. My lifestyle has changed to the point where I know now that I can't just have an entire vacation blowout or it will take several weeks to get the extra weight off. I can have a few treats on vacation but otherwise try to stay active and eat sensibly

Have had a bad day today with several things upsetting me and weighing on my mind. Trying to remain positive and look at the big picture. Nobody is dead or hurt. We will wake up tomorrow with food, shelter, clothing, transportation, money and everything we need to life a happy life. All of the issues will work themselves out with probably no long-term consequences. One issue may cost us a lot of money but we have done nothing to owe this money and our conscience is clear.

I need a Biergarten and there none near me

Shawn

 

[tigger813]

Gotta get cleaned up to head to the Wellness Center for Spa Night. Hopefully somebody will actually show up! Tomorrow's event should be good. I really wish I didn't have to go out tonight but hopefully I will be home by 8ish. Then I will treat myself to a drink. I broke down and had some chips and spicy dip before having a double burger on a potato roll. I also had a handful of M&Ms this afternoon. I had 10 TJs potstickers with sauce for lunch. I did 30 minutes of free step this afternoon. I hope to workout sometime tomorrow before going to my event.

Hoping to go see Harry Potter again this weekend but not sure we can squeeze it in. I won't be home until almost 4 tomorrow and then Sunday we are going to a museum in Cambridge for a Harry Potter scavenger hunt in the morning. Not sure what time we will get back.

Time for some more water. I have cut back to one can of soda a day. I should do well food wise tomorrow. I placed an order for my Herbalife stuff as I'm almost out. I'll have to visit the Wellness Center until it arrives.

Have a great night and I hope everyone has had a good week!

TTFN tigger:

 

[buzz5985]

Question of the Day If you were in Disney World or Disneyland today what is the one splurge thing you would want to eat? What would be good to eat to try to stay on track with your weight loss?

I would want to return to Fulton's Crabhouse for my 1 1/2 pound south african lobster stuffed with scallops and shrimp and when the butter person came around with her butter pot and asked if I needed a refill - I would say YES please!!!!

I will have to think further on what would be good to eat. LOL

 

[JacksLilWench]

Question of the Day If you were in Disney World or Disneyland today what is the one splurge thing you would want to eat? What would be good to eat to try to stay on track with your weight loss?

My stay-on-track item would be water and fruit/veggies from the Kid's Menu (a little trick I learned when I wanted desperately to eat something from Wendy's-I just got the kid's portion and it was perfect!) My splurge would be to ride the bus on over to Goofy's Candy Co and make some fresh chocolate dipped pretzel rods with sprinkles...so tasty

 

[bellebookworm9]

Well, after my bad morning/afternoon of eating, I fixed it this evening. I went to see Harry Potter again (even better the third time around!) and snuck in a granola bar, some raisins, some strawberries, and a liter of water. I also brought some carrots and ranch dressing which I ate later.

 

[jaelless]

So, yesterday I had my new favorite snack and it reminded me so much of the banana cream cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory.

You mix 1 tbs of fat free whipped cream cheese, one tbs of fluff (both fat free items), then if you have any handy a drop or two of lemon juice and once it's mixed together, you can either dip or cut up pieces of a banana and put it in it. Delish

I was eating it and all I could think about was the banana cream cheesecake, which I

I am going to have to try this. Sounds yummy.

Today I was good, I drank my 64 oz of water, got my 5 servings of fruits & veggies (harder that I thought would be), and took my DD for an hour long walk this evening.

 

[trinaweena]

Im typing this on my nook which takes forever so it will be short and i cant actually do replies but to whoever said i must love shark week i do! Its one of my favorite times of the year haha!

I did REALLY BAD wiith eating today. Started ok with scrambld eggs and salsa with a side of apples for bkfast, but then a buffalo chicken wrap for lunch and chinese for dinner. Ugh. Ive done really bad this week and saw a huge gain on the scale. Its my first one this challenge and i was expecting it buf not that big. It was dissapointing. Today TMI i had a pimple in a very uncomfortable placeand it hurt to walk and by the end of the day after walking around at work all day i was CRANKY. I asked boyfriend if we could just get takeout cause i didnt want to do anything.

We ended up watching house hunters international and mad men all night. Ahh the friday night of a young couple with no money. Tomorrow we are planning to walk the dogs (yay excersize!) And watch more mad men.


And i made my workout schedule for the month of august. Mmim going to start to try sttrenghth training two nightts a week. I gave myself two off days per week. Ii hope i can stick to it!

Time for bed, gotta be at the library early tomorrow to finish my essay! (Then start another one dear god)

 

[donac]

Good Saturday morning everyone.

Dh was up at 4:30 to pack his car. I got up at 5:20 and he was all packed and ready to leave. I am all alone in the house except for the animals.

I have to remember yoga this morning. I missed a session two weeks ago and this is a make up session.

I want to go grocery shopping today to get some fruits and veggies. I also have to pick up a lock for my bike. I also have to check on my cell phone carrier since I think my 2 years are up and I don't know if I have to do anything to continue.

Question of the Day For the HH points this week the challenge is to eat at least 5 fruits or veggies a day. How to manage to do this? What are your favorite fruits and veggies?


Will be back later.

Have a happy and healthy day.

 

[mikamah]

Question of the Day For the HH points this week the challenge is to eat at least 5 fruits or veggies a day. How to manage to do this? What are your favorite fruits and veggies?
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I usually have some fruit with breakfast, and pack a fruit to bring with lunch. I don't always get 5, so that is a challenge. I'd say I average 3, but when I'm really good, will have 2 fruits for snacks, and vegies with lunch and dinner, so do get 5 or more. It's great habit to try and work on. My favo vegies are zuchini, brocolli, brussel sprouts and corn. I love vegies roasted in the oven with a little olive oil and salt/pepper, though I haven't done that much this summer.

I hope Michael enjoyed his margarita! Beautiful picture and I love your story about how Michael came into your life!

Thanks. Lisa. Lol on the margarita. Michael and my niece did enjoy some kim possible missions while my sil and I enjoyed our margaritas.

Maybe we'll walk and watch one of his games. You'll have to send me the schedule some time. Are they local games?

Wait, what is this????? Did you try my banana snack that I wrote the recipe down for? If you love bananas like I do, it reminds me of the Cheesecake Factory Banana Cream cheesecake, but only 3 points plus the banana.

His home games will be at the high school, and the others are local towns, I'm not even sure. I think Lawrence was the furthest but I heard they have switch leagues, so maybe andove is the furthest. I'll let you know when the schedule comes out.
Germany's bavarian cheese cake, I don't have a pic on this computer, but it's a light and airy cake on the bottom and top, maybe 1/4 inch thick, and the middle is a light and airy cheese cake, and the top is sprinkled with powdered sugar. It was to die for. Thanks for the reminder of your fruit dip. That sounds great. Have a great weekend.

[14 DAYS TIL DISNEY!!!

Have had a bad day today with several things upsetting me and weighing on my mind. Trying to remain positive and look at the big picture. Nobody is dead or hurt. We will wake up tomorrow with food, shelter, clothing, transportation, money and everything we need to life a happy life. All of the issues will work themselves out with probably no long-term consequences. One issue may cost us a lot of money but we have done nothing to owe this money and our conscience is clear.

I need a Biergarten and there none near me

Shawn

Sorry for all the stress, and I hope things work out for you. Is DH home today? I hope so, and I hope he helps bring some stress relief. Sometimes you just need to turn your own house into your only little biergarten. Or Cantina. depending on your beverage of choice. Hang in there.

We are heading up to my sisters in Maine this morning. It's halloween weekend, so I need to go find michael's costume for trick or treat tonight. I did some watp exercise last night while we watched a movie, and today we always play football and frisbee on the beach. The campground is right on the lake, and usuallly there's enough room on the beach to play, but again we're usually up there in august, so we'll see. It's so much busier in july than august everywhere.

Have a fabulous weekend everyone!!

 

[cclovesdis]

Morning!

Not sure where the last few days went, but I've been very busy for some reason. I was up at WW yesterday and I was expecting that. Actually, I was expecting an even bigger gain than I had. We had Chinese on Thursday night and while I made good choices, I still had a lot of salt. Today, it's back to Sparkpeople and following WW's Good Health Guidelines. And, lots and lots of water.

My plan for the day is to sort out the basemet. I made really good progress setting it up for a tag sale, but now I'm giving my supplies to a few people. So, that of course means, I am resorting it and getting it 100% ready to be out of my house by Monday. It's not that big of a task. At the very least, it is excellent exercise.

QOTD: I try to have a fruit or veggie serving as my mid-morning snack and always have at least one with breakfast. I love blueberries in my pancakes. I make those with whole wheat flour and egg substitute and they taste great. I also love salads, which I find a very easy way to get in multiple veggie servings with almost no effort.

A cool thing I did...there was the semester I took 7 3-credit classes and didn't get a grade below an A-. Everyone thought I was nuts, but that was my best semester at the time, and I also managed to dedicate time to Campus Ministry, be president of a club on campus, and have an on campus job. The next semester I "only" took 6 3-credit classes and do everything else I mentioned, plus I took on a 2nd on campus job. I finished by undergrad career with 150 credits that equaled a B.A., a B.S, 2 teacher certifications, and completion of the Honor's Program. Some people think I didn't have a life, but um, I dedicated hours of my time to on campus jobs, helping in Campus Ministry, leading a club, being an Orientation Leader, and doing other things here and there. I was more than satisfied and that's what counts!

Have a great day everyone!

CC

 

[SettinSail]

Question of the Day For the HH points this week the challenge is to eat at least 5 fruits or veggies a day. How to manage to do this? What are your favorite fruits and veggies?

This is a huge challenge for me! I never get enough fruits and veggies. I am going to be reading closely what everyone answers for this. I typically write out my menus for each week but just the main dish for each meal. I think I should write out the side dishes/snacks too and make them mostly fruit & veg. Favorite fruit is strawberries and favorite veg is salad!

Enjoy yoga and having the house to yourself!

Sorry for all the stress, and I hope things work out for you. Is DH home today? I hope so, and I hope he helps bring some stress relief. Sometimes you just need to turn your own house into your only little biergarten. Or Cantina. depending on your beverage of choice. Hang in there.

We are heading up to my sisters in Maine this morning. It's halloween weekend, so I need to go find michael's costume for trick or treat tonight.

Yes, DH lands at 9:00 tonight but he is bringing some of the stress with him!
He was the source of some of the bad news yesterday - just the messenger -we are leaving for the beach in the morning and we just need to discuss it once and let it go. Some people in life you deal with just try to cheat you and have the means to get away with it and you have to try and keep your morals and integrity and not let them take that too!

What's this about Halloween weekend Enjoy your trip to Maine!
(still sounds so exotic to me)

A cool thing I did...there was the semester I took 7 3-credit classes and didn't get a grade below an A-. Everyone thought I was nuts, but that was my best semester at the time, and I also managed to dedicate time to Campus Ministry, be president of a club on campus, and have an on campus job. The next semester I "only" took 6 3-credit classes and do everything else I mentioned, plus I took on a 2nd on campus job. I finished by undergrad career with 150 credits that equaled a B.A., a B.S, 2 teacher certifications, and completion of the Honor's Program. Some people think I didn't have a life, but um, I dedicated hours of my time to on campus jobs, helping in Campus Ministry, leading a club, being an Orientation Leader, and doing other things here and there. I was more than satisfied and that's what counts!

Have you ever heard the old saying "If you want something done, ask the busiest person you know" ? I find that is so true. If I have a lot going on, I am so much more productive. If I don't have much going on, I end up procrastinating on even the few things I have to do

I was way up this morning too after too many carbs and some fluid retention yesterday. Good thing I turned my weight in to Dona yesterday

Have a great weekend all!

Shawn

 

[dumbo_buddy]

good morning everyone! the sun is shining and i'm about to head out on my own for a nice walk. we'll see if i can manage a little jogging in there too but i'm feeling very HEAVY today so that might not happen. i slept really poorly. the heartburn phase seems to be setting in.

ate like crap yesterday and way too much sodium. having some issues with self-sabotage. back on board today and just waiting for my iphone to charge so i have enough juice in it to let me track my walk and play music.

getting my hair done at 11 today. looking forward to just sitting in one place. lol! tomorrow our neighborhood is having a beach BBQ. it's from 12-8 down at our beach which is a block away. burgers and dogs for lunch and dinner is steak and lobster! fancy! it's $30pp and have to bring your own booze. not a bad deal though really, especially if there's lobster involved. the plan is to have lunch down there, bring thomas back for a nap and then go back down. they will be having activities for the kids the whole time. we might have to watch my two cousins (age 11 and 8) b/c my aunt is driving my other cousin to camp and my uncle has to work (FDNY) so that will be fun!

have a great day everyone!

QOTD: i really try to get my fruits and veggies in and usually i get some in by choosing a fruit or veg for a snack. i need to do that more often actually since lately i've been eating ice pops full of sugar instead! i need to start buying and eating more apples. they are filling and not too sugary which is just an all around good thing!!

 

[my3princes]

Good Morning. I'm up and at em early. Need to run some errand and clean the house today. It's supposed to be a nice day so i can hopefully get the kids to my parent's pool this afternoon. It is vacation afterall.

 

[JacksLilWench]

Question of the Day For the HH points this week the challenge is to eat at least 5 fruits or veggies a day. How to manage to do this? What are your favorite fruits and veggies?

I always have fruits and veggies for snacks, too. It just makes it easier, haha. The trouble I have is that I like to dip them in something, so I've been trying to either get away from that, or find low-fat alternatives. I've found hummus works really well for that

My favorites veggies are ones I grow myself, actually! This is the first garden I've ever had, and I think I grow a mean cucumber . As far as fruit, I like just about everything, except bananas. The texture really freaks me out if it's too mushy.