BL Summer Challenge 2009

[MelanieC]

Friday QOTD: What is your favorite Fruit & favorite veggie?

Fruit: New favorite fruit is Medjool Dates (also love strawberries, pears and bananas)

Veggie: Well it's a fruit really - but I consider it a veggie - Avocado. I also love sweet potatoes.

 

[ibouncetoo]

Friday QOTD: What is your favorite Fruit & favorite veggie?

Fruit: New favorite fruit is Medjool Dates (also love pears and bananas)

Veggie: Well it's a fruit really - but I consider it a veggie - Avocado. I also love sweet potatoes.

Strawberries and asparagus...not at the same time however!

Generally I like all fruits and most veggies (not brussel sprouts, thank you very much).

 

[SpaceMtnFan]

Friday QOTD: What is your favorite Fruit & favorite veggie?

Fruit: New favorite fruit is Medjool Dates (also love pears and bananas)

Veggie: Well it's a fruit really - but I consider it a veggie - Avocado. I also love sweet potatoes.

My favorite Fruits : Apples Grapes Bananas Orange

Favorite Veggies: Carrots, Celery, Corn, Peas

Sorry same Post

 

[SpaceMtnFan]

Friday QOTD: What is your favorite Fruit & favorite veggie?

Fruit: New favorite fruit is Medjool Dates (also love pears and bananas)

Veggie: Well it's a fruit really - but I consider it a veggie - Avocado. I also love sweet potatoes.

My favorite Fruits : Apples Grapes Bananas Orange, Pickels

Favorite Veggies: Carrots, Celery, Corn, Peas, Sweet Potatoes, Potatoes

 

[sahbushka]

Friday QOTD: What is your favorite Fruit & favorite veggie?

Fruit: New favorite fruit is Medjool Dates (also love pears and bananas)

Veggie: Well it's a fruit really - but I consider it a veggie - Avocado. I also love sweet potatoes.

Favorite fruit - pineapple

Favorite Veggie - brussel sprouts! Yum! Also love green beans and cooked broccoli.

I had a loss this week. Not as much as I would have liked but still a decent number. I also had TOM issues so I think it will be a good loss next week if I can keep up the good eating and the working out. I have my gym bag ready to go so I can head out right after work. My mom is going to watch the kids for me!

Hope everyone is having a great day, and I have to say, the COW has really helped me make better choices on what to use my points on. I have had way more dairy, fruits, and veggies than I normally would have because of the COW! Thank you Donac!

Sarah

 

[pjlla]

Friday QOTD: What is your favorite Fruit & favorite veggie?

I am hard pressed to find to find a fruit or veggie I don't like. I eat lots of them every day.

Fruit.... my new favorite has been mango! They sell a bowl of sliced mango at Costco that is super yummy. I also love strawberries, blueberries, fresh pineapple, kiwi, banana.... on and on.

Veggies.... broccoli, asparagus, spinach, zucchini, summer squash, winter squash, sweet potato, just to name a few!

Thanks for asking!......................P

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning, losers!

A big thank you to Jessi for being our coach last week and a big thank you to MelanieC for being our coach this week. You guys are the best!

I'm so bummed for you right now! Just think though ... the anticipation gets to build all over again!I have to listen to something when I work out, to distract myself--otherwise I keep thinking "How much longer?" over an over again! Lately--when I'm working on the machine--I've been queuing up two half-hour TV shows on my laptop, and I tell myself that I can't get done until the shows are over. Then I get my TV time in, too! When I do workout tapes, I generally play my music over the instruction. Today is basically the first day in three or four that I've been able to touch the computer--my day job and motherhood have kept me so busy! I didn't even have time to put my BL sign in my sig, and my "reign" is almost over! But thanks for the congratulations, everybody!

Thanks, Tessiemez, I think it will be better tomorrow when we were supposed to come home so I don't say "I should be on Pirates now" or "I should be on Toy Story now." You have all week-end still to wear your clippie -- you earned and deserve to enjoy the fruits of your labors! But it won't be as cute as that little baby you have in your signature. I'm the same way with my exercise -- "Am I done yet?"

Shoot, I came to the library to get on the computer just to see if I made #1, and I'm #2! Oh well, not too bad.

Congrats on being on the list! It's an accomplishment that shows that your hard work is paying off!

I did have ice cream for lunch with my mom on wednesday after her doctor's appointment, and it was very therapeutic for both of us. But it was a meal, right? I'm actually down 1.2 from last weeks gain, so happy with that. I'm at 197, and I do not want to see 200 again, no, I will not see 200 again.

Nope, those 200's are behind you now never to be seen again! Good job on the loss. And you found out that you could have ice cream therapy on a day you really needed it and still move in the right direction.

Hope everyone is having a great day, and I have to say, the COW has really helped me make better choices on what to use my points on. I have had way more dairy, fruits, and veggies than I normally would have because of the COW! Thank you Donac! Sarah

I am a big fan of the COW, too. It's a good way to build those healthy habits that we need.

Friday QOTD: What is your favorite Fruit & favorite veggie?

My favorite fruit is the good old fuji apple but I really like almost any fruit. My favorite vegetable is lettuce (as in a salad) but I like lots of veggies, too. Especially grilled or roasted veggies. Thanks to donac and the COW, I've renewed my acquaintance with lots of fruits and vegetable lately.

I am very happy with my weigh in today -- down 3.5 pounds! I had been down 6.5 at one time this week but that was due to illness and I didn't know how much would truly stay away. That makes me down 10 pounds for this challenge and over 5% down since the beginning of the year.

Have a great, OP day!

 

[pjlla]

I am very happy with my weigh in today -- down 3.5 pounds! I had been down 6.5 at one time this week but that was due to illness and I didn't know how much would truly stay away. That makes me down 10 pounds for this challenge and over 5% down since the beginning of the year.

Have a great, OP day!

Way to go on the weight loss! I would be over the top if I lost that much in one week! .......................P

 

[lisah0711]

Way to go on the weight loss! I would be over the top if I lost that much in one week! .......................P

Thanks! It was because I was totally in the WW groove before I got so sick. And now because of being sick my stomach shrank and I get full much faster. So I listen to my body and stop eating -- what a concept! It won't always be like this so I am going to enjoy it while it lasts. And I forgot to add earlier that now, since the first time this year I am in double digits to my big weight loss goal -- that was a psychological barrier!
Thanks for your encouraging words, you are an inspiration to us all!

 

[donac]

Hi I have been having all sort of problems getting on the boards today.

I am down 3 from last week.

Congrats to all those who lost this week. Good luck for a good week for those who stayed the same or gained.

 

[ohMom]

another maintain week here -- i'm glad i certainly haven't been eating OP like i mean to every morning

Fav Fruit: mango for me this year -- found a mange corer (like the apple one with a circle in the middle and slices the apple) but this just has oval for the core

fav veggie: V8 juice

 

[tink1963]

I am really proud to report that I'm down 2 lbs this week. I think I have over come my plateau. I have concluded that I have not been eating enough. I earn 6+ activity points daily on WW and I never use them. I also have not been using my 35 weekly points. I have over the last few weeks been using my weekly points spread out each day and now I'm starting to see bigger losses. (I was only getting a few 10th's up then down)

and I also got to change my WISH ribbon today too. 10.8 since starting WISH at the beginning of the year and 36.2 on WW.

Favorite fruits...I don't think I have met a fruit I didn't like, well except for papaya or mango. First choice would have to be watermelon.

favorite veggies...brocolli and greens beans.

 

[lisah0711]

and I also got to change my WISH ribbon today too. 10.8 since starting WISH at the beginning of the year and 36.2 on WW.

Great job on the loss! And that ribbon looks good on you!

 

[lulamc]

Friday QOTD: What is your favorite Fruit & favorite veggie?

So, are tomatoes a fruit or a vegetable? I'll call it my favorite veggie, along with zuchinni. My favorite fruit - hard to pick one - they all end in 'berry' though!

I am thrilled to say I had a good weight loss this week after a really hard week last week. Down 4.1 pounds from last Friday to this Saturday (couldn't weigh yesterday - long story.)

I had set a mini goal for myself to lose 30 pounds by the time we went to Disney. So far, I've lost 27.5! I need to lose 2.5 by Friday to meet my goal - it's possible!

 

[bobnjenn0828]

Congratulations to all the losers!! It has been over a week since I was on here. Been busy with work and lots of other stuff. Hopefully this week will be better b/c I gained weight. I guess b/c I haven't eaten what I should have - even though I wasn't over on calories and I have somehow managed to hurt my ankle and can't exercise.

Friday QOTD: How did you do this past week? re you happy with your progress? If not, how what will you do differently this week?[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE]

I was happy last week b/c cause I lost weight - I guess I just needed to stick with what I did last week , because I sure didn't lose weight this week!

Saturday QOTD: What is the biggest obstacle to your weight loss and how will you address it?

I love stuff like cupcakes and ice cream - there are cupcakes in my kitchen right now that my mom made for my nephew's tball team and I really want one, but yesterday we had McDonald's twice!

Sunday QOTD: If you could have any role at WDW, what would it be?

Well I have worked at the Winnie the Pooh, Teacups and Snow White rides but I would really love to be in a parade.

Friday QOTD: How did you do this past week? Are you happy with your progress? If not, how what will you do differently this week?


I was to busy this past week to even think about anything. My sister in law who was a close friend was found dead on Tuesday. It has been a week of chaos. I gained 1.2 lbs.

I am so sorry to hear about your loss

Saturday QOTD: What is the biggest obstacle to your weight loss and how will you address it?

Like others have said it is me. I know what I need to do, but choose not to.

MONDAY QOTD: What is your favorite "bad food"? Do you stay away from it all together or do you find a way to work it in?[/color][/SIZE]

I love ice cream so I do have it but I measure it out or have a Skinny Cow or Fudgesicle. I probably wouldn't eat it if we were out somewhere though.

Tuesday QOTD: What is your favorite non Disney vacation?

We love to go to the Great Smokey Mountains. I love to camp there, but I can't wait to get back to Disney on the July 4th - no parks this time but we are going to enjoy the campground.

Hello again, losers! I am catching up on my emails and found this interesting quote from Elvis Presley in a SparkPeople email: "When things go wrong, don't go with them." Here is a excerpt from the email:

Does it ever feel like trouble follows you around and won’t cut you any slack? Sometimes it feels like you can’t buy a break and everything you try just makes things worse. Who could blame you for feeling sorry for yourself or not forgive a little self-destructive behavior? Bad idea. The new way to spend down times is to lift yourself up and operate at a higher level. Remember that what happens to you is not who you are. It’s history. It’s past. Your true self takes that history and decides how to make the best possible future out of it. You have the power to keep your attitude and values from driving into the ditch along with the events in your life. From defeat, you can still emerge victorious.

Here is the link, if you are interested, http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/quotes_translation.asp?id=260

Thanks, I needed that today. I have been really upset with gaining weight.

Wednesday QOTD: What is your favorite "activity"?

I love to read.

Friday QOTD: What is your favorite Fruit & favorite veggie?.

My favorite fruit is pineapple - I have to make myself eat other fruit.
My favorite veggie must be green beans because we have them almost every night!!



Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

 

[50sjayne]

Ugh. I haven't read the thread for at least a week-- lots to catch up on. Well I'm up a pound this week. Stil under 150 which has me very pleased as I have maintained my main weight loss of 25 pounds for almost 3 months but I still want to see 140. I'm blaming the pound mostly on the Krispy Cremes. I went to a huge garage sale in a neighborhood with 129 families participating and they had all kinds of goodies including the cub scouts selling the doughnuts. I resisted in the AM when they were $12 a box but could not walk by $8 box later in the day lol. Haven't been eating as well as I should, been eating too much at night when I think I'm going to go dumpster dive the college campus then decide to not go lol. Finally went a few nights ago and we'll just say I got a lot of stuff. Literally a couple of hundred dollars worth of food--canned albacore tuna and salmon, coffee, unopened boxed of pastas, soups, cereal, rice, etc. etc. Clothes laundry detergent-- you name it. Nice for the students to be overwhelmingly health conscious these days-- I now have a lifetime supply of Flax. So today I am organizing all this stuff. The only way I do it these days is to do it the Fly Lady way so I actually cleaned out an entire junk drawer last night. The horror...I think I'm going to have a garage sale this summer. I will tell you I'm gonna have a great free box. All the organizing did help me to lose the weight I did before too. I've been watching Clean house too, just discovered that lately. they have some great ideas with organization. Waiting for my sons finacial aid to come through, we figured out last night for one 4 credit class at the community college it will be about $400. Criminey. Had no idea just how much school cost. My stepdad will have a coronary too if I don't go ahead and get him registered for a summer class so he will have a better selection in the fall.(returning students get first choice) Honestly it just seems like a waste of money to me. Guess my new hobby will be--look for money for son for school lol. He is high functioning autistic so it will be me doing everything even though I don't have a clue...This is the sort of thing that makes me eat and badly.

 

[corinnak]

I'm back from my trip to Washington D.C. and Virginia. It was lots of fun and kind of hectic. I piggy-backed my nearly 6 year old son from the Capitol to the Smithsonian museums on Wednesday. Whew - as they'd say in the Jungle Book, 40 pounds of scrawny man-cub!

It is HARD to stay on plan while traveling. I did not count my food but did calculate some of my activity for some weird reason. I had a nice jog in Charlottesville that included mulberries and chickens and at the end, a shop called "Ultimate Bliss" which was closed at that hour of the morning.

Food-wise, I have a harder time, I sometimes think, being a vegetarian because I am going going to get the grilled chicken or fish and sometimes the vegetarian option is not what I'd want it to be. The main thing, though, was not to eat way too much at any time and I only had a few bites of others' desserts. I came back, weighed in the next day and was down .6, so I'm going to count that as a big:

I wrote up some answers to the QOTD's but they were on DH's laptop and I think they got lost in the shut-down. Oh well.

DS's birthday party tomorrow. I do not expect the cake will be remotely tempting. The place we are going to does not allow you to bring food in, so it is a a storebought cake. Not even worth it to me.

Have a great weekend!

 

[lisah0711]

Happy Saturday, losers! Hope that everyone is having a great, OP day!

I am thrilled to say I had a good weight loss this week after a really hard week last week. Down 4.1 pounds from last Friday to this Saturday (couldn't weigh yesterday - long story.)

I had set a mini goal for myself to lose 30 pounds by the time we went to Disney. So far, I've lost 27.5! I need to lose 2.5 by Friday to meet my goal - it's possible!

Great job and how exciting to be so close to your mini goal! Keep up the good work and enjoy your Disney trip.

Congratulations to all the losers!! It has been over a week since I was on here. Been busy with work and lots of other stuff. Hopefully this week will be better b/c I gained weight.

Hope this week is better for you too.

Ugh. I haven't read the thread for at least a week-- lots to catch up on. Well I'm up a pound this week. Stil under 150 which has me very pleased as I have maintained my main weight loss of 25 pounds for almost 3 months but I still want to see 140.

It will take awhile for your body to adjust after all that hard work so don't be too hard on yourself and get right back on track.

I'm back from my trip to Washington D.C. and Virginia. It was lots of fun and kind of hectic. I piggy-backed my nearly 6 year old son from the Capitol to the Smithsonian museums on Wednesday. Whew - as they'd say in the Jungle Book, 40 pounds of scrawny man-cub!

It is HARD to stay on plan while traveling. I did not count my food but did calculate some of my activity for some weird reason. I had a nice jog in Charlottesville that included mulberries and chickens and at the end, a shop called "Ultimate Bliss" which was closed at that hour of the morning.

Glad that you had a good time on your trip. I think lugging man-cub around is worth some activity!

When I went to the grocery store this morning I had a nice treat. The Budweiser Clydesdales were at our fairgrounds running around in a pasture. They are here for a car show this week-end and an event at our local amusement park. It was fun to see them just frisking around not in a stall or hooked up to the wagon. They were so happy and playful and absolutely beautiful!

Have a good day, losers!

 

[princessbride6205]

I've been off DIS for a few days traveling for work. Eating well and working out was a definite challenge this trip. I only officially worked out once in 4 days and breakfast was my only real OP meal each day. I tried, but not great. I ended the week at 0.6 pounds up from last week. *sigh* Not as bad as it could have been, but definitely not the right direction!

Friday QOTD: What is your favorite Fruit & favorite veggie?
Fruit: strawberries, for sure
Veggie: Broccoli, 2nd place green beans, 3rd place carrots

 

[TiggersPal]

I too am losing weight and thought I'd pop on to check you guys out. I see my lovely sis is here - HEY SIS!!!! And I'm having a little "trouble" getting and staying back on plan... I've got 3 months to sail and DO NOT want to stabilize here... ARGHHH.

So, I'm going to catch up on the thread and see if I get motivated...

and just cuz - my favorite fruit is banana's but I love all of them! Veggie - hmm that's hard - I'd have to say romaine - because I really love salads - but asparagus, green beans (french cut) are really high up there and I am probably one of the few who DOES like brussel sprouts! ? you ask?