BL3 Blue Team Week 7!

[disneychrista]

I had no change this week. Which is better than a gain but not a loss.

My body goes through periods were it does this. I will go one week with very small losses (like < 1/2 lbs), no loss or small gains. Then the following week will be a larger loss. Then it repeats no loss, large loss, etc. So I am on the small/no loss week. Last week was the large loss. So next week is hopefull.

 

[AlreadyexcitedGrammy]

bad news first - I am up 1.5 lbs - it is over "life" happened on the weekend which I just didn't listen to my innerself and ate..............

my user name is for the time we were all going to WDW as a family and I finally took the weight issue to heart and said I did NOT want to be the fat lady in the pictures. Therefore, I was an alreadyexcitedgrammy about going.

Most fit time for me was getting ready for the WDW half event (walking) but I also had a hip/back problem and maybe the time following the event when that healed and I kept up the vigorus exercise - anyway - it is not today and I would like it to be today!

I know that I am healthier since being a part of WISH - and all the friends here keep me coming back

 

[ohMom]

quick like -- did you all see TEAM CHALLENGE here

 

[VernRDH]

My screen name: my family calls me Vern-a nickname I acquired in HS that just stuck. RDH is for registered dental hygienist, which is what I do.

My most fit-probably right around when I got married, 10 years ago (tomorrow as a matter of fact) I was still overweight (I was 160) but I looked and felt pretty good. Then little by little the weight came back. Now I am back on the path to good health!!

 

[Geekerbell]

Just read the challenge info. Hmmm.... Actually kind of a toughy for me, as most of my good days on eating are very "set" as to what I eat.
Well, I'll print that out and see what I can do.

Have a great day blue team!

 

[SeaSpray]

Great team challenge this week, ohMom


Just stopping in for a moment to say Hello I am trying hard to fight off this illness!!! (DH had pneumonia last week, he's still coughing a little, AND we're going on a cruise in 9 days!!!).

Time to get ready for work. Have a great day all!

 

[MIdanceMom]

Oh, I like this challenge. I love trying new recipes, and I need to go grocery shopping today. I must make a list. For my favorite websites, I like the following.
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/index.html
http://www.cookinglight.com/cooking/
http://www.low-fat-recipes.com/index.htm

Whole foods is cool because you can register and make a recipe box. That way you can just go to your saved recipes and not have to look through the entire site again. I am a firm believer in buying organic.

Cooking light is always good for a different dish. I love the magazine, and they include health and exercise information.

I stumbled onto low-fat-recipes in a websearch. There are some treasures on there, but there are some duds to. I think it is fun to search for recipes.
Before I even read the challenge, I had lowfat vanilla yogurt with raspberries, blueberries and Kashi Golean Crunch cereal for breakfast. That is my staple breakfast. I get a serving of milk, 2 of fruit, a whole grain, and the cereal is high protein. It keeps me full until lunch.

I need to run. Good luck everyone.
Beth

 

[DisneyMomTwins]

I am just getting used to cooking again....I am sad to say that alot of that hasn't been done around here for some time. We just usually eat a sandwich or a lean cuisine, etc....but I am feeling motivated because I think my poor kids just might turn into a CHICKEN NUGGET real soon!

I have been looking at websites lately for new recipes and I have these good ones:

http://www.foodnetwork.com
http://www.3aday.org
http://www.3fatchicks.com

3 fat chicks also lists the WW points which is very helpful for me.

Here's to some great new receipes this week!

 

[becka]

My favorite recipe sites are:

www.allrecipes.com
www.cookinglight.com
www.sparkrecipes.com

With my DS's and DH's food allergies I am always looking for new recipes that my whole family can eat. I seem to have had the best luck with the above sites especially allrecipes.com since there are just so many to choose from. I figure I probably look at 500 recipes for every 1 possible to make one I find.

 

[disneychrista]

Interesting challange. I will do my best to complete what I can.

I usually just google when I want a reciepe. But the sites I usually go to are :

cooks.com - It usually comes up pretty close to the top of the google search and usually has several versions of the reciepe I am looking for, so I can pick the one that sounds the best.

foodnetwork.com - this is a great resource for finding the reciepes that are on the shows. Its great not having to worry about figuring out just what is in that yummy looking dish.

recipezaar.com - same as cooks.com lots of choice, so you are not stuck with one choice.

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

becka, WOW, congrats on the 3.5# loss this week! That is fantastic!!!! And that new clippie is sparlkly, shiny, and looks mahvelous!!!

AuntieM03, congrats on the 3.2 # loss!!!!! You are doing awesome!!! I loved reading about your "smile" moment. How neet to see your changes in photos! Way to go!

DisneyMomTwins, don't worry about the .4 pound gain, I bet you will have that off before you know it, and more!!! I loved reading your story too! Hey, I was a cheerleader too, that is at least 3 of us on our blue team! That big hair of the 80's!!! I LOVED IT! I loved to make mine look like a lion's mane! And playing 2 sports, that is great.

MIdanceMom, don't worry about the gain, I am sure it is just temporary, you sound very focussed to get it off! Glad to hear you aren't a monster mom!

I loved and smiled daily at my beautiful little girl. I felt great. I love looking at those pictures.

that made me smile!!! A mom's love is one very special thing.

goldcupmom, sorry to hear you aren't feeling well. Hopefully you will feel well, very soon. Hey, we will be at MGM on the same day of the TOT run! I'll think happy thoughts for you! sounds like a very fun run! What are some of the tales your DS has told you? I can't even imagine. DD is just starting gymnastics, and I hope maybe she could be on the HS gymnastics team, but we will see. wow, you had a very competitive sports life!!!! Yuck about the ankle. but I had to smile at the "screw loose" statement!

NancyK, congrats on the 1# loss!!!! You are doing really well!

ohMom, your capitalization made me laugh, because I think I have capitalized your name in so many ways, I know I have done OHMom, OhMom, ohmom, and probably others! LOL! Our WISH buddies were such a help! Who was your WISH buddy? Mine was/is Wovenwonder (Jody). That first WISH walk certainly inspired so many to get out of their comfort zones and start doing the walks.

SeaSpray, I love your story behind your username! How awesome to read your story. Fit almost all of your life...and you know what... you will get there again! One nice thing, is that you remember what it was like to be fit, I have been overweight for a long time, and I don't remember what it was like to be fit, and sometimes I think that hurts me because I don't have the motivation sometimes like I should, because I don't have that point of reference.

Debbie, too funny about reading the locked thread! congrats on the maintaining, that is still a step in the right direction!

Diva Debi, Hi friend!!! Tell me more about your domain/store! Glad to hear that you aren't stress eating. the healthy eating is going to benefit all of you and so glad DD is doing well!!!!

becka, love the nickname! and just think, you are heading toward the fittest and healthiest you! That is inspiring and motivating! I got to tell 'ya, I think the pics of the kids in your siggie are just darling!

disneychrista, here's to hoping next week is a great week for you! And maintaing is great! Keep up the good work and push through those slow weeks, the rewards will be tremendous!

AlreadyexcitedGrammy, hang in there with the gain... I know how you feel! (see below) We'll both be kickin it up and posting some great numbers, I just know it! I love your user name by the way! I think all grammy's should be excited! Getting ready for the 1/2 marathon walk must have been a very special time. And with a back and hip problem too, wow, you were really focused!

VernRDH, as I would work on our biggest loser spreadsheet, I always wondered what the RDH was! Know I know! very cool. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY a day early!!!

Geekerbell, just do what you can for the challenge, anything for a healthier you will be great!

MIdanceMom, you are going to rock this challenge, I just know it!

DisneyMomTwins, I didn't know 2 fat chicks list WW points, that is great info!

becka, some of those sites look great! Can't wait to try them.

disneychrista, I google alot too! I guess I'll be searching for some sites! Does Google count as a website for the challenge?

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

OK, time to fess up! I gained 2 pounds this week... I am sooo sorry blue team! I lost my focus with so many things on my mind. I have to get it back! But at least I got in my exercise today! I missed it on Mon and Tues and this morning I was determined to get it in!

Ok, now my turn...
#1 Tell us about your user name!

Well, I was reading the DIS as I was planning our trip and finally decided to register. I love sleeping Beauty but so many of those were taken that I was just looking around the front room for inspiration and I spied a card my Best Friend sent me (she is a disney fan too) and she had addressed it to "Princess Vija", so being the princess I am, I went with it! BUT, I had no idea that I had accidently pressed "caps lock" so I accidently registered with it all in caps! Later I read somewhere that it was rude to type in all caps as it designates yelling, I just cringed when I read that, because I felt like a town crier announcing my arrival.... Hear ye, hear ye, PRINCESS VIJA!!!!

#2 Tell us about when you were most fit in your life!
a. How old where you/when was it?
b. Was it a special time in your life?
c. How did you feel?
d. How did you take care of yourself? i.e. what did you eat, how did you exercise?
e. Did you do anything special to get to the most fit time in your life?
f. Tell us something that makes you smile when you think about it from that time frame.
e. details, details, details, it's all in the details so please tell us if you want to, I would love to hear about this special time in your life!

Hmmm, I was pretty active in my teens, I was a cheerleader and I did water ballet freshman year in H.S. But the MOST fit I ever was was the summer of '85. I went to a Latvian summer camp... Yes, I did and it was so much FUN!!!! Anyway 6 weeks every summer we went there, it is in Michigan. during the day we had classes (geography, history, literature, etc) and then the afternoons were free for activities, volleyball, swimming, jewelry making, pottery, etc. That summer I decided to take advantage of the 6 weeks and really work out. Wasn't too hard to get started. The lunchroom was 1/2 mile away so evey day we walked 3 miles just to eat! I ate healthy at meal times and in the afternoon I would go for a long run every day. I would join in the aerobics classes and go swimming. in the evening instead of going to the "snack" time I would do calisthenics in our room. I started the summer at 132 and ended camp at 117. I lost 15 pounds and I looked HOT!!! I mean sizzle Hot!!! my boyfriend (who is now DH) certainly liked how I looked when I came home from camp too! I felt so very special during that summer. I absolutley loved the way I look, and I don't feel like I was depriving myself of anything. I ate healthy, had snacks on the weekends when mom and dad would come visit us and bring treats! OH, we also had a dance every saturday night. LOVED dancing from 9pm to 12am!!! And I was always on the dance floor... i will say I was a good dancer, and slightly popular so I had LOTS of fun!!!!! A couple of things make me smile from that time, I love looking at the pictures of me, because I was very happy during that time and it shows! I also used to go running in JUST MY BIKINI TOP!!! (I just reread this and started LOL... I had shorts on too! ) Hard to believe the "girls" were ever so small and pert that just a bikini top would suffice KWIM? Now to run in just a bikini top....aiyaaaa ahhhh, sigh.... just to be able to run, let alone a bikini top..... Someday I hope! that was probably one of the happiest times in my life. Now, I need to get fit again so I can feel proud and happy about me!

 

[LaLaroo78]

Morning Blue Team!

Happy Anniversary Vern! So what are you and the hubby doing special to celebrate?

#1 Tell us about your user name

Well my SIL has another SIL named Michele (we spell it the same way too) my nieces call her Aunt Michele and they call me La or La La (we didn't want to confuse them so we came up with a nickname for me). When my oldest neice was little she used to call me La La Roo Roo when she wanted something. And the 78 on the end is the year I was born.

#2 Tell us about when you were most fit in your life!
a. How old where you/when was it?
b. Was it a special time in your life?
c. How did you feel?
d. How did you take care of yourself? i.e. what did you eat, how did you exercise?
e. Did you do anything special to get to the most fit time in your life?
f. Tell us something that makes you smile when you think about it from that time frame.
e. details, details, details, it's all in the details so please tell us if you want to, I would love to hear about this special time in your life!

I would say right now is the healthiest time in my life. Sure I have lost weight before but now I have a whole new outlook on losing weight. I have changed my diet and I am eating healthier foods that I have never really eaten before. I exercise 3 to 4 times a week. In the summer I was exercising 7 days a week. It really is not a special time in my life other than I made the decision that I did not want to be fat in my 30's and I finally want to be the thin girl I know lives inside of me! What makes me smile is that I have lost 30 lbs in 3 months! I look better in clothes and I feel great.

Well I am going to try my hardest at this weeks challenge. Good luck to everyone!

Have a great day!

Michele

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

LaLaroo78, love the story with your user name! How sweet and precious it is! And I think that is awesome that you are in such a good place right now, emotionally and physically you seem to have it together for becoming the healthiest you!

 

[VernRDH]

Okay, maybe I missed it, but who won this weeks WI? Or has it not been posted?

Michele-DH and I are not really doing anything tonight. DD has McDonalds Night fundraiser for school so DH is taking her there. We got a gift card to Bellini's (a chain Italian restuarant) but don't know when we will get there. My wonderful FIL is painting my LR right now and my house is upside down with everything out of place. He will be finished today, and DH is staying home tomorrow to put things back in the room. Then DD has her TKD tournament on Sat, and we are going to the Chinese Buffet and my brothers house for the evening. WHEW!! So maybe Sunday we can get to eat out. We had pizza and wings last night for DH's b-day, and I am pretty much chalking up my WOE for the next couple days due to all that is going on. I am countering all the eating out with healthier meals but I am not sure how things will turn out at next weeks WI.

Did I mention my MIL is bringing a cake over tomorrow too ?

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

Hey everyone, I have to say that I am freakin' out right now! 5 days until our trip, and I have soooo much to do! Originally we were going to host our neighborhood party in November, but we were asked to do it this month and it is tomorrow night. I have so much cleaning to do it is crazy. I have to cancel some ADR's, get to the bank, finalize our touring plans, laundry, pack, I have to go to the doctors office today to get refitted for my shoe inserts (orthotics) and DS reminded us he has a concert tonight that we forgot about, DD has 2 classes of TaeKwonDo tonight, and a demonstration speech tomorrow that we have to pack up all the stuff for, I have to do shopping for the food item I am making tomorrow night, and my Dsis is probably having a Csection today so somehow I have to squeeze in trying to see her and the baby, remember I work 12 hour shifts on the weekends, so I won't get anything done there (that includes 1 hour drive time each way)... AgHHHHHHH! I need time and energy and a genie to help me out!!!!!

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

Okay, maybe I missed it, but who won this weeks WI? Or has it not been posted?

Michele-DH and I are not really doing anything tonight. DD has McDonalds Night fundraiser for school so DH is taking her there. We got a gift card to Bellini's (a chain Italian restuarant) but don't know when we will get there. My wonderful FIL is painting my LR right now and my house is upside down with everything out of place. He will be finished today, and DH is staying home tomorrow to put things back in the room. Then DD has her TKD tournament on Sat, and we are going to the Chinese Buffet and my brothers house for the evening. WHEW!! So maybe Sunday we can get to eat out. We had pizza and wings last night for DH's b-day, and I am pretty much chalking up my WOE for the next couple days due to all that is going on. I am countering all the eating out with healthier meals but I am not sure how things will turn out at next weeks WI.

Did I mention my MIL is bringing a cake over tomorrow too ?

We are still emailing each other the results, you should have them soon!

Happy anniversary, happy anniversary, happy anniversary Haaaaapy anniversary!

 

[Fishbone†]

Hello Blue Team Losers!!! I’m down 1.5 pounds this week. It’s going way slower than I would like, but at least it’s going…..  Next week I won’t be able to send my weight in as I’ll be out of town. My plans include a lot of walking and exercising, and not a lot of eating, so hopefully that will mean good things for the next weigh-in!!

Anyway Princess Vija was asking about our usernames. Here’s my story (and I’m sticking to it).

My dad taught me to fish the minute I could hold the pole, and I instantly fell in love with my favorite pastime. I begged him to take me every spare moment we had, and when I was finally able to travel the roads myself, I went on my own.
One August evening about 10 years ago, I went out to fish my favorite spot. It didn’t disappoint me, and in short order I had my limit of sunfish. Now typically, even if I fished solo, my dad would be home to help me clean my spoils, but on this particular night he was away on vacation, so I was on my own. I was very capable of cleaning fish, as my dad had taught me this as a young child too, but often he would fillet them and I would skin them, so I wasn’t quite as proficient in the filleting part as he was. I cleaned my fish, and, as there is nothing better than a fish fried straight from the lake, I whipped up a killer sunfish supper. I ate until I was full, and feeling mighty proud of myself, I took my big head into the kitchen to clean up the mess. As I was plating the extra fish for the fridge, my will power gave way and I broke off a tasty morsel – just for one last rendezvous. Only…………. this time, the fish fought back. My unpracticed cleaning skills had missed a bone, and interestingly enough, so did my lips, teeth and tongue. My tonsil on the other hand was all over this one…… lucky me. The bone lodged itself in a downward fashion at the back of my tonsil. I tried all the tricks – bread included, and couldn’t get it to give. Not quite sure what to do, I called the nurse line who told me to go in as my esophagus was in peril. I did, and to make a long story short, six days, three doctors and a throat specialist later, the bone was dislodged. My nickname came from my friends at work who lived through the ice cream, pudding and jello diet. I caught him myself, I cleaned him myself and I cooked him myself….. somehow, he still won.

What do you do?

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

I caught him myself, I cleaned him myself and I cooked him myself….. somehow, he still won.

What do you do?

LOVE this story!!!!! That is the best! Glad to see that you have recovered! I am sure it wasn't too fun in the hospital. What did your dad say????

PS congrats on the 1.5# loss!!!!

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

Announcing the WISH biggest loser weight loss!

1st place BLACK team with .819% loss! WOW!
2nd place BLUE team with .45% loss!
3rd place RED team with .333% loss!

Congrats to all of the teams! If you get a chance please stop by the black teams thread to congratulate them on their impressive victory this week.