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

[lisah0711]

I totally skipped my run today, and it's ok. Sometimes your body just needs more rest.

Glad that you honored your body today. Wasn't it just two weeks ago that you ran a half marathon in the rain no less! Thanks for the encouragement, too, Maria.

WOO HOO AWESOME

That is fantastic Lisa!!!

Now, don't forget to press your outfits the night before

Thanks for the reminder, Shawn. Ironing is not my favorite activity for sure.

Laptop tomorrow. Til then, ciao!!!

Woo hoo! Lap top tomorrow!

I eeked out a maintain again this week--barely, but that's ok. We did an evening run of 12 miles last night to get ready for the w&d and it was pretty tough.

Sorry for the tough run but 12 miles! Good job on the maintain, too. You are hanging in there -- even if it doesn't always feel like it!

I just got on the scale for the first time since this challenge started. I'm up 5 pounds from the weight I was at at the beginning of the summer. I've never been this big. I need to seriously get my butt in gear move or no move to FL. I REFUSE to go up to a size 26! I've NEVER been in that size and I'm not going to start now.

That's too bad, Christina, but now you know and you can take steps to get yourself headed back in the direction that you want to be going. You can do it!

what are the challenge threads?

Sorry to be cryptic. I was talking about the various Biggest Loser Challenge threads that we've had over the years. The Fall Challenge is officially BL 12 -- it follows the Biggest Loser season numbers -- but technically there have been about 15 Biggest Loser challenges on the Disboards since we've have 3 Between the Challenges threads. Actually it is more than that because we've had the holiday threads, too.

As you can see, "just keep swimming" is a popular quote today, too.

I won't even step on the scale until next week as I know how bad I have been this week. I am working out to some extent everyday this week!

That's a great plan to get back on track.

I've learned that weight does not come off as easily as it used to and I learned that sitting at a desk for 10 hours per day, 4 days a week make losing weight that much harder.

That is a big adjustment, Deb, especially for you since you are always so active.

BRB with the QOTD for tomorrow.

 

[lisah0711]

Oh summer time! It seems like our healthy lifestyles would be easier when the weather is nicer and our days aren't packed with school and other activities but sadly for some of us that is not the case.

Here is a little excerpt from an article from sparkpeople.com (you knew there would be some sparkpeople article during my coaching week, didn't you? ) that I think might be of use to some of us called 25 Ways to Get Back on Track Today.

Not long ago, you were energetic and determined to start your healthy lifestyle. Starting with enthusiasm and hope, you watched your food intake diligently, exercised like it was going out of style, and even avoided the temptation that seemed to lurk around every corner. You were confident that you were going to reach your goals once and for all!

Then certain tragedy struck! You ate an extra piece of birthday cake. Realizing you had “blown” your diet, you ate another and another and couldn’t get it together the next day either. Or worse, you missed one workout, and that turned into a whole week away from the gym. After that, your momentum to start over again was gone, and your gym bag hasn’t left the closet since.

Every time you misstep on your healthy journey, you have two choices: to keep walking backwards, which will surely take you even further away from your goals; or to accept your lack of perfection as normal and forgivable, and take not one, but two positive steps down the path that brings your closer to the future you want.

Here is the link to the article if you are interested. http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/motivation_articles.asp?id=1062

QOTD Monday, August 22, 2011: Is there something that you can do today to get yourself back on track, or if you are holding steady on the track (good for you ) is there something that you can do keep yourself on track?


Have a great evening all!

 

[trinaweena]

Spent the day in boston, i'm exhausted. I will share some pictures and such later but im so exhasuted right now. I do want to share one my favorite quotes from the jungle cruise at disney world

"If you've enjoyed the ride my name is Bob and if you didn't my name is Jane and this has been Pirates of the Caribbean"

LOVE IT!

 

[my3princes]

Oh summer time! It seems like our healthy lifestyles would be easier when the weather is nicer and our days aren't packed with school and other activities but sadly for some of us that is not the case.

Here is a little excerpt from an article from sparkpeople.com (you knew there would be some sparkpeople article during my coaching week, didn't you? ) that I think might be of use to some of us called 25 Ways to Get Back on Track Today.

Not long ago, you were energetic and determined to start your healthy lifestyle. Starting with enthusiasm and hope, you watched your food intake diligently, exercised like it was going out of style, and even avoided the temptation that seemed to lurk around every corner. You were confident that you were going to reach your goals once and for all!

Then certain tragedy struck! You ate an extra piece of birthday cake. Realizing you had “blown” your diet, you ate another and another and couldn’t get it together the next day either. Or worse, you missed one workout, and that turned into a whole week away from the gym. After that, your momentum to start over again was gone, and your gym bag hasn’t left the closet since.

Every time you misstep on your healthy journey, you have two choices: to keep walking backwards, which will surely take you even further away from your goals; or to accept your lack of perfection as normal and forgivable, and take not one, but two positive steps down the path that brings your closer to the future you want.

Here is the link to the article if you are interested. http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/motivation_articles.asp?id=1062

QOTD Monday, August 22, 2011: Is there something that you can do today to get yourself back on track, or if you are holding steady on the track (good for you ) is there something that you can do keep yourself on track?


Have a great evening all!

It's funny because I get up every morning planning for the perfect day, clean slate great intentions and all. I pack my lunch and plan for the day. It doesn't usually fall apart until after work when I'm just too tired to exercise or do house work. So this morning I type this with lunch sitting on the counter and the garden hose in front of the house. My goal for today is to get in my days work, come home and get dinner prepared and in the oven then head outside to was part of the front of the house. That should be plenty of exercise with the ladder involved and it will help with my to do list. I'm hoping that I can turn over a new leaf and not sit down when I get off work until 7 PM. That will give me 2 hours to unwind before bed.

 

[tigger813]

Back from my solo walk. I will do my best to walk everyday first thing in the morning. It makes my day start out right! Kids are both up now and we've got lots to do today inside the house and outside. I've got photos to download and print out as well. Girls are going to color the Crayola photo books I printed out last night. Also going to listen to some audiobooks today.

Gotta go make breakfast for everyone!

TTFN

 

[donac]

Good MOnday morning everyone.

It has been a strange weekend. Dh painted on Sat but there was nothing for me to do. It was a good thing because my toe was bothering me. I think it got bit by something when I was kayaking. My little toe was pretty red and swollen. On Saturday morning I took some benydryl and I was out for 2 hours. I was out of it all day Sat. My toe is feeling better this morning. It doesn't look as red and swollen and it doesn't itch.

It was pretty rainy last night here but it looks like a nice day today.

QOTD I am planning to go grocery shopping this morning and pick up fruits and veggies. There has been very little in the house the last couple of days.

Off to grocery shop

Have a happy and healthy day.

 

[lisah0711]

Happy Monday all!

Spent the day in boston, i'm exhausted. I will share some pictures and such later but im so exhasuted right now.

Sounds like a fun time, Trina! You know quite a few of our BL folks are from the greater "Baw-stawn" area.

It's funny because I get up every morning planning for the perfect day, clean slate great intentions and all. I pack my lunch and plan for the day. It doesn't usually fall apart until after work when I'm just too tired to exercise or do house work. So this morning I type this with lunch sitting on the counter and the garden hose in front of the house. My goal for today is to get in my days work, come home and get dinner prepared and in the oven then head outside to was part of the front of the house. That should be plenty of exercise with the ladder involved and it will help with my to do list. I'm hoping that I can turn over a new leaf and not sit down when I get off work until 7 PM. That will give me 2 hours to unwind before bed.

That's a great plan, Deb. That new schedule is a tough one to adjust, too, I'm tired after a regular day at work -- I would have a hard time doing anything after a ten hour day. Can you do anything during the day? Walk around the building? Do stretches at your desk? I know that you share an office so some things might not be practical, although that sounds less distracting than music.

Back from my solo walk. I will do my best to walk everyday first thing in the morning. It makes my day start out right!

Nice job getting that walk in this morning, Tracey!

Glad that the bug bite is better, dona.

QOTD Monday, August 22, 2011: Is there something that you can do today to get yourself back on track, or if you are holding steady on the track (good for you ) is there something that you can do keep yourself on track?

I like to use Mondays to make sure that I've set myself up for success. Today I have my meals planned for the week, my exercise scheduled for the week, and thanks to Shawn, my clothes planned for the week. My house is reasonably clean and so I can use the rest of the week to make sure that we have what we need for school next week. Maybe do something relaxing to enjoy this last week of summer.

Have a great day all!

 

[bellebookworm9]

QOTD Monday, August 22, 2011: Is there something that you can do today to get yourself back on track, or if you are holding steady on the track (good for you ) is there something that you can do keep yourself on track?

To go along with things I've learned this challenge, I know that moving just a little bit after I've eaten something I shouldn't have makes me feel better. Drinking water is also helpful.

Yesterday was fine with eating, until about 10:30. I don't know why, but I was starving. So I went to McDonald's and got a hot n spicy McChicken (ate half), a small fry (ate 3/4), and a small chocolate shake (drank all of it). The good thing is I was no longer hungry afterwards. So, I'm starting over fresh today.

I have my yearly endocrine appointment today at 11:30 (at the hospital clinic, which means I'll be there forever-normally I go to the offsite location). I ate breakfast at 6:30 this morning, thanks to my dear brother who decided it'd be good to get up that early. So I'll have some fruit before I leave, and take a snack or small lunch with. I'm also running to KMart later because they have giant bottles of laundry detergent (150 oz!) and shoes on sale.

 

[Disneywedding2010]

Monday QOTD: I'm leaving for the gym in half an hour and grocery shopping later today to start the week off with good meals.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

QOTD Monday, August 22, 2011: Is there something that you can do today to get yourself back on track, or if you are holding steady on the track (good for you ) is there something that you can do keep yourself on track?

I started the day with my healthy breakfast, packed my usual lunch, and my dinner (turkey breast and a salad) are ready to go. So, back on track foodwise should go ok. I did not get up early and run, so not so great on that front. I have a ton of household and packing things to start working on after work, so I should be up and active -- and it's possible I may save my lunch and walk to a salad place, which would also give me some activity. I think being mindful is the best thing I can do today. I had too many carbs over the weekend, and it shows! Carbs are a vicious circle for me. Gretchen, when you said you were hungry at 10:30 at night and didn't know why, I knew why it would be with me -- it would meant I had had too many carbs, and then I start to crave them. For me it's better not to go too far in that direction. It helps me control my overall hunger, and when I do I've stopped with the late night cravings. YMMV

Maria

 

[bellebookworm9]

Gretchen, when you said you were hungry at 10:30 at night and didn't know why, I knew why it would be with me -- it would meant I had had too many carbs, and then I start to crave them. For me it's better not to go too far in that direction. It helps me control my overall hunger, and when I do I've stopped with the late night cravings. YMMV

Hmmmm...that could be it, I never really thought about it. I had some carbs yesterday, but no more than usual. It wasn't even really a craving though, just genuine hunger.

Just got back from the doctor's. My bloodwork was "beautiful", and the only thing that was high was my insulin, because I need to lost weight. I said I've lost almost 15 pounds this summer, and she said that's great, and even 5-10 more would be fine. I lost 5 pounds since I was there last year, but their scale showed me up about 4 pounds from my weigh in at home last Friday.

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Please make the insanity stop!!!!

I have broken out in hives and the itchys from the prednisone. I'm ready to crawl out of my skin.
Waiting for the DR to call me back to see if I can be seen, of course that mean hauling the kids an hour away to go see the Dr.

Currently going on day 5(????) of no sleep, I hate this!!!!!!


OK vent over! LOL

 

[SettinSail]

I eeked out a maintain again this week--barely, but that's ok. We did an evening run of 12 miles last night !

Wow, this is so motivating !! You always find a way to maintain!

Thanks for the encouragement! Funny how just a few words from a few people I've never met can get me turned around in the right direction!

OYE!!

**Shakes head in disgust**

I just got on the scale for the first time since this challenge started. I'm up 5 pounds from the weight I was at at the beginning of the summer. I've never been this big. I need to seriously get my butt in gear move or no move to FL. I REFUSE to go up to a size 26! I've NEVER been in that size and I'm not going to start now.

I'm up 3 pounds from where I started. We're all in this together If I didn't have my daily weigh-in, no telling HOW much I would have gained! It's gotta stop now!

I will be going down sometime next month.

Let me know if I can help in any way

Thanks for the reminder, Shawn. Ironing is not my favorite activity for sure.

I should have followed my advice I was ironing this morning and hot flashing/sweating all over the place, even with the A/C.

QOTD Monday, August 22, 2011: Is there something that you can do today to get yourself back on track, or if you are holding steady on the track (good for you ) is there something that you can do keep yourself on track?

ooh, thanks for the article; I'll have to go read the rest!

Wish I had sat down and read this before I got into the vanilla wafers & Nutella

I skipped my afternoon workout at the Y today so I think I will go tonight with DH and I'm going to ask the trainers what a good recovery snack is so I have something planned for when I am SOOO hungry. Hopefully that will be a small step to getting back on track.

My little toe was pretty red and swollen.

Ouch! Keep watching it and make sure you don't get that red line going up your leg!

their scale showed me up about 4 pounds from my weigh in at home last Friday.

Those darn Dr scales Sounds like you did great!

I have broken out in hives and the itchys from the prednisone. I'm ready to crawl out of my skin.

OMG, that sounds awful - and no sleep to get some relief - ugg
Hope you were able to get in to he Dr.

Well, as I said above I did not make it to the Y today. I really look forward to coming home and relaxing after work! I need to pack my clothes and take them with me to work since I go right by the gym on my way home
I have this thing about being home when DS gets home from school though so know I will come straight home this Fall. Not too many years of that left so I'm going to continue it as long as I can. We are having a PF Change frozen meal and brown rice for supper so that will be easy. DS is sleeping over with a friend. I'm still racking my brain for other ways to get back on track and hope we get some more responses to give me ideas!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

QOTD Monday, August 22, 2011: Is there something that you can do today to get yourself back on track, or if you are holding steady on the track (good for you ) is there something that you can do keep yourself on track?

i'm usually a pretty good diet's-back-on-on-monday gal. it's just that by the time i get to monday evening i've done something that wasn't too good. like, today's eating was very good and filled with fruits and veggies. then for dinner we had costco rotisserie chicken (which sounds good but you know it's probably packed with salt), kraft mac n cheese (i'm not apologizing for that. i'm pregnant and it's my favorite food. you're just lucky i didn't eat the whole box but instead split it with john and thomas ) and mixed veg. so...the dinner wasn't a great choice.

what i DID do to stay on track was to go for a nice walk today. i did 3.93 miles. could have just walked up and down the block to get to 4 but i had already taken thomas out of the stroller when i looked at my mileage. oh well!

one thing that i'm really going to have to do when i'm back in weight loss mode is journal. it really is the only thing that works sometimes!! write every bite!

Yesterday was fine with eating, until about 10:30. I don't know why, but I was starving. So I went to McDonald's and got a hot n spicy McChicken (ate half), a small fry (ate 3/4), and a small chocolate shake (drank all of it). The good thing is I was no longer hungry afterwards.

yeah, gretchen, i wouldn't think you'd be hungry after that. i like the way you think - always a good thing about mcdonalds...you're not hungry afterwards!

darn, now that you mentioned mcd's i'm really in the mood for a mcflurry.

I started the day with my healthy breakfast, packed my usual lunch, and my dinner (turkey breast and a salad) are ready to go. So, back on track foodwise should go ok. I did not get up early and run, so not so great on that front. I have a ton of household and packing things to start working on after work, so I should be up and active -- and it's possible I may save my lunch and walk to a salad place, which would also give me some activity. I think being mindful is the best thing I can do today. I had too many carbs over the weekend, and it shows! Carbs are a vicious circle for me. Gretchen, when you said you were hungry at 10:30 at night and didn't know why, I knew why it would be with me -- it would meant I had had too many carbs, and then I start to crave them. For me it's better not to go too far in that direction. It helps me control my overall hunger, and when I do I've stopped with the late night cravings. YMMV

Maria

carbs aren't good for me. i'm not match for them. being pregnant and off of my diabetes meds i'm even worse about the carbs. instead of, you know, watching them knowing that i will be craving them even more i just eat them.

after being diagnosed with PCOS i learned ALOT about carbs and just how "bad" they are. for someone who is insulin resistant (and gretchen, with your higher insulin you may feel this way too), your body just wants them so much more. you have to really make sure that if you're eating a carb that you're also eating a protein along with it. apple with laughing cow cheese, cracker with peanut butter...those are the good snacks. so, you know, popcorn and butter is ok then, right??

Please make the insanity stop!!!!

I have broken out in hives and the itchys from the prednisone. I'm ready to crawl out of my skin.
Waiting for the DR to call me back to see if I can be seen, of course that mean hauling the kids an hour away to go see the Dr.

Currently going on day 5(????) of no sleep, I hate this!!!!!!


OK vent over! LOL

poor thing! i hope you feel better. make sure to drink a butt-load of water while you're on the prednisone and watch your salt intake. it can make you swell and retain water like crazy!

Well, as I said above I did not make it to the Y today. I really look forward to coming home and relaxing after work! I need to pack my clothes and take them with me to work since I go right by the gym on my way home
I have this thing about being home when DS gets home from school though so know I will come straight home this Fall. Not too many years of that left so I'm going to continue it as long as I can. We are having a PF Change frozen meal and brown rice for supper so that will be easy. DS is sleeping over with a friend. I'm still racking my brain for other ways to get back on track and hope we get some more responses to give me ideas!

shawn - does the Y have lockers that you can store some workout clothes in? that way you can just go to the gym and change there?

oh other ways to get back on track? well, there's drinking lots of water....which i totally didn't do today. oops!

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hi all! i got my laptop back and am very happy about that. it's all weird now though since they restored it to it's original settings. i lost my bookmarks and all that but still have all my photos and files so i won't complain.

i had this cootie thing removed on my neck today. i know you all care so much about that! but i have to complain because it's sore now! the doc couldn't zap it like she wanted since i'm pregnant and she thought better to be safe than sorry about using any electrical current. so instead i got a couple needles in the neck and then a whole lot of scraping. gross.

dh and i just had a serious discussion...about watching LOST. we discussed whether we should start re-watching it now and try to get all the seasons in before the baby or save it until the baby comes and watch it when we are up at all hours of the night. i'm thinking positively and saying let's watch now because hopefully we won't have another kiddo like thomas who looooooved to stay up all night

my countdown on the dvc member page is telling me 19 days til disney!! and the weekend before is labor day which is a HUGE 4 day long party and activities in my neighborhood...double-my bff from college is coming up from NC with her hubby and baby who i haven't seen since april. can't wait. would it be weird if i asked her to bring me some bojangles??

 

[JacksLilWench]

QOTD Monday, August 22, 2011: Is there something that you can do today to get yourself back on track, or if you are holding steady on the track (good for you ) is there something that you can do keep yourself on track?

I started this morning with my healthy oatmeal, had some boiled shrimp and a salad for lunch...and then fell off at dinner I start so good, then I fall apart somewhere during the week. The good part is, I will be starting right back out with my healthy breakfast tomorrow morning, no excuses! I'm actually about to get a big fat glass of water right now to fill up. To keep myself on track, I've actually already gone to the grocery store and bought all my healthy snacks including yogurt and veggies. I will not lose it again tomorrow!

 

[Disneywedding2010]

I'm mentally and physically drained right now. I only got a few hours of sleep last night and had to be up early for a training session. I came home and sat up for about half an hour and went and laid down for 3 hours. I had a to do list a mile long of things to get accomplished today and none of it got done. It is a little after 7pm here (sun is still up) and I'm half tempted to go back to bed.

I plan on turning my phone off for a few days and trying to de-stress. I have 55 days until we leave. One part of my brain is saying "Oh you have time no rush." The part is saying "Good God woman get with the program!" Then you add the annoyance and stress of dealing with my mom, dealing with my best friend and her new found relationship, getting everything accomplished around here, etc etc.

We were suppose to throw a party on Saturday (kind of an early going away party) and I'm half tempted to not even do it now. I just don't have the energy for anything. I thought working out was suppose to release endorphins and all that jazz. All it seems to be doing to me lately is making me that much more exhausted and worn down.

 

[my3princes]

It was a good day in my world. My promotion (same job, just a grade increase ) I knew it had been suggested, but now I know that it is definitely approved. That means a big raise which I was pretty much counting on as I took the job for less than I othewise would have. Now I'm around where I expected to be rejoining the work force Hopefully I'll find an awesome premanent position before this one ends in May. I also learned that my credit score is FABULOUS. I'm still amazed. We decided that we will do a pasta bar for Nick's birthday. He can invite as many friends as he likes and it will be pretty easy to do. Pasta is his favorite food so it makes him very happy.

 

[glss1/2fll]

OK. I've been gone and just been able to read and not post. Can't remember the order of the QOTDs but: just keep swimming is the Disney quote most likely to be rattling around my brain. This challenge I've learned the weight came off easier a few years ago then now. Today I have not been very on track but I did go for a run. It was actually a 1/3 run 2/3 walk. Not good, but at least I did it!

I'm in a bit of a panic because we're having our one and only bathroom gutted. It was supposed to happen next week and this morning our contractor said he could do it starting tomorrow! Yikes. We're going to have him start Wednesday. Since it is the only facility in the house we'll probably move out for the week it'll take. That wasn't a problem before but with the date jumped up it poses some difficulties! I'm just taking deep breaths and reminding myself that all will be well.

to itchy toes and hives! and anybody else who needs one

If DH would ever get off work we're going to swing by the deli at the market and get some Chinese. I just had a handful of peanut M&Ms because I am getting hungry. I also drank a huge glass of water and will just need to remind myself that hunger isn't an emergency. Hope that phone rings soon with DH saying "Come get me!"

 

[cclovesdis]

Hello! We're back from Disney and I had a busy day at work so I am just catching up now. I was able to read a few pages sometime during our trip, but was still pages behind. Sounds like many of you have been very busy.

to all those who need one.

Congrats Lisa on being our BL!

Our trip was good, but was not our best one ever. We had more rain than anyone expected and we never made it to Animal Kingdom. It didn't help that it closed at 6 every night we were there. We loved Wilderness Lodge! I definitely plan to stay there again. I'd also like to stay at the Poly one day. We had great luck and horrible luck with the buses and some of the lines were 60+ minutes. But,I'm glad we went and it did prove to be relaxing. We had good luck with Fastpass and spent our last morning in Fantasyland as soon as MK opened. Dinner at Le Cellier was good. We did have to wait about 30 minutes past our ADR time though. I ended up ordering the lobster salad app as my dinner. I got the impression that wasn't well received, but I don't care for the cuts of steak on its menu nor do I enjoy salmon. The halibut option came with a butter sauce and I am lactose intolerant. I could have asked them to hold the sauce, but I was worried the meal would not have been as good without it. My mom loved her meal and my dad was content and that is/was the most important part.

I'm ready for bed, so I must be off. Our flight was delayed last night and I am going on about 5 hours of sleep.

Have a great week!

 

[dvccruiser76]

I think we have a date for our next trip to DW. My sister and her family are using their DVC points for a 3 bedroom at BLT with a MK view. They will be calling next month for next August. I am excited since this is a place I wanted to stay as a retirement present for myself so it will be nice to cross it off my list of places to stay.

Sweet! That's a cool thing to cross off your list

I just wanted to share that I am feeling pumped today. I am finally under 145! This past week has been a good one.

Yahoo, you go

Gotta go make Brian's shake. We love the new Orange Creamsicle shake. They are supposed come out with a mint chocolate and bring back the pumpkin spice sometime this fall. If I have to put in another order I will probably order another creamsicle before it goes away!

Are these Herbalife shakes?

Hi, everybody! I can't keep up with this thread -- it moves too quickly, lol! I just wanted to say that as of last Friday's weigh in, I've lost 20 pounds since January 1 when I started the Spring BL challenge. I changed the way I eat and added some (not enough) exercise in my life. But I think it's the weekly weigh-ins that have kept me motivated.

I'm on board for the fall challenge -- I'd like to lose at least 22 pounds to get where I want to be. I hope it doesn't take me another 8 months to do that, but I'll take what I can get. Thanks for keeping me on track.

Nice work! Can't wait to see you in the fall challenge too.

DH and I use vacations as our incentive. We don't do little things along the way, but try to plan a big family vacation each summer. This summer was not one of those summers as we are saving up for a Hawaiian vacation next summer. Not having a summer trip this year has definitly adversely effected our diet and exercise plan. Now that we're a year away from Hawaii the motivation is coming back.

Fabulous, have you been before? What islands are you going to?

And I just bought our park tickets for October, so all of our up front stuff (room, flights, tickets, MNSSHP tix) are all paid for-and paid off my credit card.

I'm jeaous just looking at your MNSSHP ticker

Just saw the trailer for Daniel Radcliffe's new movie! Man, he looks so grown up but the movie is quite frightening looking!

DH and I went to see Change Up and Rise of the Planet of the Apes for his b-day yesterday and Draco Malfoy was in ROTPOTA. He was a bad guy in that too.

Welcome to Healthy Habits!
My name is CC (like see-see) and I will be your Healthy Habits (HH) coach for the Summer 2011 BL Challenge. I big thank you to donac and jenanderson for showing me the ropes.

Here's How HH Works: Each week, there will be 2 "things" to do each day. You earn 1 point for each day you do each "thing." So, if you do each "thing" for all 7 days, you earn 14 points. There will also be 2 mini-challenges each week. You earn 1 point for each mini-challenge you complete for a total of 16 possible points each week. At the end of the week, please PM me your total points. Here is an example:

4/7 eating 2 fruits
3/7 drinking 6 8 oz. glasses of water
1/2 mini-challenges completed

I will post the top scores as well as a list of the participants each week on/about Tuesday. You have until Tuesday at 5 PM EST to send me your points. Everyone who participates (regardless of his/her total points) will be entered into the drawing for a prize. It will be something related to the week's HH. You will need to PM me your address so I can send you the prize. If you do not WISH to be entered into the prize drawing, please let me know.

Healthy Habits Week 12

For All 7 Days:

1. Eat 2 servngs of protein. (I'll let you decide what that means.)
2. Take 1-2 minute(s) each night to write what was good about the day as related to your healthy journey.

Mini-Challenge 1: Exercise for at least 20 min. at a time at least three times.
Mini-Challenge 2: Eat/drink 2 servings of dairy in addition to the 2 protein servings on at least 3 days.

Feel free to ask any questions! Have a great week! I promise to you respond as soon as possible!

I'm very much looking forward to trying HH during the fall challenge. I need a kick in the butt and I think these will be super helpful.

Eating while on vacation - you ask?? Hmmmmm. Not so good. We went to the Hoop Dee Doo with my cousins last night, who are on their honeymoon. The Pioneer Players wanted to know why they brought so many extra people on their honeymoon with them. LOL We ate at House of Blues the night before, with plans to have Giardeli's ice cream for desert - but the wait was close to 45 minutes for take out - and their ice cream is just not the good. Tonight we drove all the way to AKL and went to Mara's just to get Zebra Domes, we bought 2 packages. Tomorrow night we will be eating at Shula's. We are really looking forward to this meal.

Hi Janis, how was HOB? What all did everyone get?

Are the zebra domes that good?

Maria-Adult Butterbeer is diet root beer and butterscotch schnapps on ice! If I can't be at WWoHP I'll just get my HP fix at home!

I need to try that one For some reason I always pictured butterbeer as a warm drink.

Sue, glad that you are having a great time on vacation!

Thanks

QOTD Friday, August 19, 2011:What is your favorite amusement park that is NOT Disney? Or do you have one?

I would also have to go with Sea World. Any of them work. We did lunch with Shamu in San Diego and it was incredible. We were so close

I am down 3 pounds this week!! And exactly at my ~5% "goal" loss on WW. It then said my daily points were going to increase to 41, but they are still at 35. So I'm only 1.6 pounds away from my goal for this challenge of 15 pounds. I can do it!!

Great job

Biggest Loser Week 10 Results

Here we celebrate our progress and recognize our superstars.

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

First some stats

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

The WISH Biggest Loser Summer Challenge Week 10

#10- keenercam .198%
#9- momofdjc .236%
#8- jaelless .341%
#7- satorifound .407
#6- trinaweena .520 % (welcome back)
#5- mvliimmex .531%
#4- wickey's friend .578%
#3- Worfiedoodles .817%
#2- JacksLilWench 1.206%

and now
The WISH Biggest Loser Summer Challenge

Week 10 Biggest Loser is:
#1-lisah0711 1.247 %

Great job everyone, you go Lisa!

EDIT: I just realized something. This is the last week of the challenge, and I am REALLY not into that at all. When does the Fall Challenge start up?!

Sadly I am right there with you. With vacation last week, I'm ready to start anew. There's something about the end of August that puts me in a great mood. I feel like I should get organized and buy myself new clothes for school even though I don't go to school Plus all my shows start up soon, etc.

When ds was small, Santa's Village in NH was perfect! I could feel myself relaxing just driving there, and even the entry was magical

What's a good age for Santa's Village and is it better during the holidays?

I can't believe it's the final week of the challenge but for me I'm excited because it's the beginnning of my vacation!! I got cancelled today, so I'm going to get a run in and get my vacation shopping done while ds is at camp, so that will be nice.

Have a wonderful vacation Kathy We have to get together some day for a walk before it gets too cold and yucky out. Are you ever off on Friday's?

Janis (Buzz5985) will be the hostess for the new challenge! And Sue will be our weight keeper (her onscreen name is slipping my mind right now).

Ha! The new challenge starts on my anniversary.

And hey, that's me! I'm so excited to be the fall weight keeper. I'm a huge numbers fan so it should be right up my alley.

Did you know AE does online ordering in extended sizes? The women's jeans go up to size 18, and the tops go up to XXL. Not that you would need to go that high for too long anyway What I used to suggest to people was to order just a plain white t-shirt in the 2X and a pair of sale jeans (they routinely have jeans for around $20 on the clearance rounder) in a size 18 and see how they fit. I would start with the Favorite Boyfriend jean- it's not as fitted as the other styles. When you order from the store, it's shipped right to your house for free. And if it doesn't fit, you can just return it to the store HTH in some way!

Love AE. I shrink everything, so I often get the XXL tees there. I also love how you can return it to your local store if you don't like how it fits when you get it.

QOTD Sunday, August 21, 2011: Share your favorite Disney quote. It can be a line from a song, a movie or a quote by anyone, real or imaginary.

Dumbo - "The very things that hold you down are going to lift you up."

Cinderella - "A dream is a wish your heart makes, when you're fast asleep."

"If you've enjoyed the ride my name is Bob and if you didn't my name is Jane and this has been Pirates of the Caribbean"

LOVE IT!

That's great

Please make the insanity stop!!!!

I have broken out in hives and the itchys from the prednisone. I'm ready to crawl out of my skin.
Waiting for the DR to call me back to see if I can be seen, of course that mean hauling the kids an hour away to go see the Dr.

Oh no!!!! Hope the hives are gone by now

would it be weird if i asked her to bring me some bojangles??

Hmmm... is there a chance that it would still be warm

It was a good day in my world. My promotion (same job, just a grade increase ) I knew it had been suggested, but now I know that it is definitely approved. That means a big raise which I was pretty much counting on as I took the job for less than I othewise would have.

Now that's something to celebrate for sure



Hi everyone Back from vacation, but still doing Vacation was boring, but relaxing. I don't really like to cook and clean on vacation, but one of the other couples there wanted to save money on food and decided that we should cook most meals We did get out a few times, so that was my happy time. Warning: You may want to skip over the following.

So we went out to breakfast and I had the BEST pancakes. They were called S'mores Pancake Tacos. They were 2 fluffy pancakes folded in half like tacos and filled with a mixture of cream cheese, fluff and mini chocolate chips. Then they were dusted with a little cinnamon and powdered sugar

Okay, enough bad food.

I took a nap every day with DS, which was nice. No one wanted to spend money, so I figured what the hey I might as well catch some zzzzzz....

Unfortunately Dylan and the other little boy we stayed with fought a lot. When one had something the other wanted it, etc. and the fights began. The other boy also throws tantrums and Dylan thought he should try it too.

Let's just say we were happy to have 2 normal days back at home to try and retrain Dylan to the way he was before vacation.

Boys will be boys I guess.

So, I'm very excited about the fall challenge. I rocked last fall, pretty much kept on target in the winter/spring then fell off the darn wagon this summer. Time to get my butt in gear. I'm hoping that I'll do better since I'm going to be the weight keeper this time around and I'm also going to try the HH this challenge to see if that pushes me more as well.

Well, time for a little Bachelor Pad before bed.

Hope everyone has a nice night.