DISappearing Peeps...Vol. 3! All are Welcome!

[DisneyObsession]

Pakey...So good to see you again! The trip to Paris must have been amazing! Did you go to Disneyland Paris??? My DH says he wants to take me to every Disney around the world. We'll see.

PAKEYYYYYY!

WELCOME BACK!!!!
Here, let me go shop for an appropriate Welcome Back thingie:

heh.

Why is it, when I see "Mr. Kotter" I immediately started singing the theme song of that show???? I "Welcome Back Kotter" when I was in 8th grade and "Vinnie Barbarino" was so cute!!!! (OMG! I just turned into a 13 yo again! LOL)

WELCOME BACK!!!!!! So glad you decided to join us again!

I've been out of town for work since late last week on a last-minute trip, so I didn't get a chance to weigh in last Friday; and even though I tried to make good choices, it is tough when you are eating out every meal for almost an entire week. (Kinda like a Disney Trip, only not nearly as much fun.) So this Friday might get kinda ugly. But I'm back on track starting today...

Anyway, here are the results from the past two weeks (just to make sure I didn't miss anybody last week.)

Aaron, I believe mine is incorrect. I reported my weight loss of 1 lb last week, so that brings me to 11.5 to lose by Halloween! OK...I won't do it, by I am going to try by hardest to! I have a ring to fit into by New Years! That's my goal!!!

 

[pixie dust 112]

Pakey...So good to see you again! The trip to Paris must have been amazing! Did you go to Disneyland Paris??? My DH says he wants to take me to every Disney around the world. We'll see.



Why is it, when I see "Mr. Kotter" I immediately started singing the theme song of that show???? I "Welcome Back Kotter" when I was in 8th grade and "Vinnie Barbarino" was so cute!!!! (OMG! I just turned into a 13 yo again! LOL)

My cousins lived down the block from John Travolta's dad, So that got me an autographed photo. It's signed John "Barbarino" Travolta. I think it is in my attic !

 

[lovealldisney]

Good Morning Everyone,
Well in spite of not being able to work out I am down this week -1 lb!

Have a great weekend everyone!

 

[Disneyfreak92]

Put me down for a gain of 1 lb. Eh! AF is here right now, so I'm hoping next week will show a marked improvement. I believe I was a samer a couple of days ago when I did my pre-weigh-day-check, so I'm hoping I'm just retaining water.

Hey Peeps

Im -0.5lb - not as good as I'd hoped, but I did a lot of exercise this week (Blame Breaking Dawn - I was reading it while on the cross trainer!) so hopefully im retaining water or something like that?

I know! It was SO easy to work out when I was reading the Twilight series! I have kept on reading other books to keep myself on the workout equipment (I read the first book in the Stephanie Plum series and am now reading Pride & Prejudice.), and I've been riding the bike/walking the same amount of time, but I didn't even think about it when I was reading the Twilight books - such great reads!

Morning all! Happy Friday! Welcome back Noni!

I am +.4 today. Aunt Flo stopped by for a visit last night though, so I ok with it. Hopefully I'll make up for it in next weeks weigh in! Have a great weekend everyone! We have our homecoming football game tonight. It is supposed to get below freezing overnight and will probably be in the 40s during the game. My DD is a senior this year and will get recognized with all the other marching band seniors. She gets a flower. Hopefully we get homebefore the flower freezes! Glad the marching band wears gloves. Not so nice when the temp is in the 80s, but great for tonight. All of these senior year things make me very weepy! I am sure to cry when they announce her name!

Sad note, this morning my DD(14) told me that her friend's dad died on Sunday. The kids had the same classroom teacher every year in elementary school. Incredible nice young man. The dad had alot of health problems, but I certainly wasn't expecting to hear this news.

Sorry to hear about your DD's friend's dad!

As I mentioned above I am blaming AF for my gain as well.


We are going to a basketball game tonight. University of Illinois Assembly Hall is hosting a pre-season game for the Chicago Bulls vs. Utah Jazz! U of I has a former player on the Jazz you might have heard of if you pay attention to the NBA at all - Deron Williams! We used to go watch him play on the Fighting Illini when he was here! I'm so thrilled he's doing so well. He seems like SUCH a nice guy. Anyway, we're going to the game, which should be a lot of fun. And tomorrow my company is having a tailgate prior to the U of I football game, which we are also attending. Tonight I think we are eating at Atlanta Bread Company before the game, so I'm gonna check out what my healthy options are there before we go. And tomorrow's tailgate - well, that may have to be cheat day for me. I'll be careful, but not sure what my options will be.

Hope everyone has a great weigh in and a great weekend!

 

[mousehouselover]

Well, I got rid of some of the weight I had re-gained but not all of it. ARGH......... I know I shouldn't be overly concerned about daily fluctuations but when it's such a large number I worry about losing ground. Especially since I have completely started over. Yep, I was back to my starting weight from when I joined this thread in Nov 06..........

I bought a WW cookbook at the thrift store the other day. I haven't had time to really look through it but I'm hoping I can find some good recipes in it. I've been pretty good about accounting for everything but I really crave variety some days. I've been getting a lot of Healthy Choice meals lately. I've gotten a few complete dinners that are 5-6 pts with a good amount of veggies and a fruit based dessert.

I've got to run, I still need to pack and my counter part just called to let me know she's ill and left work so I need to go in early and cover the things she didn't get to.

 

[UtahMama]

Down 1.6!!!!

I did an experiment this week which I think I will continue. I ate lots of fiber (especially yesterday ) Everyday for breakfast I ate oatmeal with milled flax seed and what germ added <<< fiber smilie, LOL!

I do the wholer oat oatmeal sold in bulk at the health food store. Only because I like the whole oat kind. I'm betting one can just do the "Weight Control" pre-packaged oatmeal

Colon Blow:
1/2 C. oatmeal in 1 C. boiling water. Add 1 T. milled flax seed and 1T. wheat germ. Sweeten with a handful of raisins or craisins and a little Splenda. (Hard for me not to add butter!!!!)

I did increase my weights on most of my strength training and only did cardio only twice.

Here's a saying that recently (finally) clicked/registered in my head:

"Keep doing what you're doing to keep getting what you're getting"

In other words, if I want different numbers or results, I need to kick it up a notch!

 

[LMO429]

Down 1.6!!!!

I did an experiment this week which I think I will continue. I ate lots of fiber (especially yesterday ) Everyday for breakfast I ate oatmeal with milled flax seed and what germ added <<< fiber smilie, LOL!

I do the wholer oat oatmeal sold in bulk at the health food store. Only because I like the whole oat kind. I'm betting one can just do the "Weight Control" pre-packaged oatmeal

Colon Blow:
1/2 C. oatmeal in 1 C. boiling water. Add 1 T. milled flax seed and 1T. wheat germ. Sweeten with a handful of raisins or craisins and a little Splenda. (Hard for me not to add butter!!!!)

I did increase my weights on most of my strength training and only did cardio only twice.

Here's a saying that recently (finally) clicked/registered in my head:

"Keep doing what you're doing to keep getting what you're getting"

In other words, if I want different numbers or results, I need to kick it up a notch!

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It really does go to show you...Doing WEIGHTS/STRENGTH EXERCISES CONSISTENTLY instead of just all cardio = RESULTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Pakey]

Pakey...So good to see you again! The trip to Paris must have been amazing! Did you go to Disneyland Paris??? My DH says he wants to take me to every Disney around the world. We'll see.

Of course we went to Disneyland Paris. My DH was not all that thrilled but since he picked Paris (we rotate vacation selections) I told him we had to go. It was the best part of the trip for me. Paris was amazing but DLRP is my favorite park now. We were there for two full days with VIP fastpasses so I managed to squeeze in everything I wanted to see.

I'll post some pics of DLRP here when I get some time. Work has been crazy since I got back so I haven't even looked at the pics we took.

 

[DisneyObsession]

DOWN 2!

Amazing what working out regularly and really watching what food goes in your mouth can do!!! I am on my way to fitting into that ring!!!! My goal is to have it resized at Christmas to wear it for New Years!

WTG Wendy! Funny...I had oatmeal w/ flax seed for breakfast today! Great minds think alike! I thought of Melinda as I used the flax seed...she was the one who recommended it originally! Maybe I'll have to pick up wheat germ my next shopping trip.

Pakey...I would love to see pics of DLP! Sounds wonderful!!!

 

[HockeyKat]

Thanks and congrats on the new job!

We're going to be about an hour west of you, just east of Greensboro.

Thanks!

Greensboro is about 45 min west of me. So you are probably about 30 min away. If you need to escape let me know and we could meet for coffee or something, maybe.

 

[DisneyLaura]

Down 1.6!!!!

I did an experiment this week which I think I will continue. I ate lots of fiber (especially yesterday ) Everyday for breakfast I ate oatmeal with milled flax seed and what germ added <<< fiber smilie, LOL!

I do the wholer oat oatmeal sold in bulk at the health food store. Only because I like the whole oat kind. I'm betting one can just do the "Weight Control" pre-packaged oatmeal

Colon Blow:
1/2 C. oatmeal in 1 C. boiling water. Add 1 T. milled flax seed and 1T. wheat germ. Sweeten with a handful of raisins or craisins and a little Splenda. (Hard for me not to add butter!!!!)

I did increase my weights on most of my strength training and only did cardio only twice.

Here's a saying that recently (finally) clicked/registered in my head:

"Keep doing what you're doing to keep getting what you're getting"

In other words, if I want different numbers or results, I need to kick it up a notch!

Wendy - I had to start taking Metamucil twice a day (because of some issues I have been having, sorry if that's TMI) and that does the same thing as your oatmeal at least for me. Where do you purchase milled flax seed. What brand of oatmeal do you use? I might have to try that for breakfast.

Pakey - I would love to see pictures of Disneyland Paris too. Welcome back again, it's so nice to be able to talk to you again.

Kat - Congrats on the new job.

Can someone help me with some exercise pointers? I'm sure my peeps can. I am overweight a lot and do no kind of exercising. I really want a ball for abdominal exercising because it hurts when I lay down on my back for sit-up crunches etc. Has anyone used it and is there a lot to do with a ball? Thanks for your in put.

Laura
Have a great weekend everyone.

 

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

Can someone help me with some exercise pointers? I'm sure my peeps can. I am overweight a lot and do no kind of exercising. I really want a ball for abdominal exercising because it hurts when I lay down on my back for sit-up crunches etc. Has anyone used it and is there a lot to do with a ball? Thanks for your in put.

Laura
Have a great weekend everyone.

I lOVE my ball - I notice such a difference with my tummy after just one session. And it gives you great back support as well!! I have a couple of different ball workouts I do, but my favourite is the Core Secrets range (an all over body toning workout, but every move works the tummy) and its American so you shouldn't have any trouble getting it (unlike me, darn those international post costs!!!). I have noticed recently that the Turbo Jam range have brought out a ball workout, so I am planning to ask for that for Christmas!!

Core Secrets is no good for Cardio (which you will need to do a little of to burn fat, if you're not doing any already), but for whole body toning you can't beat it!!

Sorry, just editing to add I have realised I do have a ball workout that includes a cardio workout (and very sweaty it is to!!). It is by a British instructor though so not sure how easily you could get it - its called Roll off the Pounds by Lucy Knight.

 

[LMO429]

I lOVE my ball - I notice such a difference with my tummy after just one session. And it gives you great back support as well!! I have a couple of different ball workouts I do, but my favourite is the Core Secrets range (an all over body toning workout, but every move works the tummy) and its American so you shouldn't have any trouble getting it (unlike me, darn those international post costs!!!). I have noticed recently that the Turbo Jam range have brought out a ball workout, so I am planning to ask for that for Christmas!!

Core Secrets is no good for Cardio (which you will need to do a little of to burn fat, if you're not doing any already), but for whole body toning you can't beat it!!

I have the ball workouts for Turbo Jam, they are great!..I agree about Core Secrets you def need to add cardio to them, that is why i prefer jillian michaels its internal training Cardio/weights which is more effective

 

[LMO429]

also try the bender ball for abs (there is no cardio)

 

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

I have the ball workouts for Turbo Jam, they are great!..I agree about Core Secrets you def need to add cardio to them, that is why i prefer jillian michaels its internal training Cardio/weights which is more effective

Oh good to know the Turbo Jam one is good - can't wait to get it!! Does it have any cardio??

 

[Sparkie]

By some miracle I am down 1 more pound. Dont know what I'm doing.... but I'm liking it.

 

[UtahMama]

DOWN 2!

Amazing what working out regularly and really watching what food goes in your mouth can do!!! I am on my way to fitting into that ring!!!! My goal is to have it resized at Christmas to wear it for New Years!

WTG Wendy! Funny...I had oatmeal w/ flax seed for breakfast today! Great minds think alike! I thought of Melinda as I used the flax seed...she was the one who recommended it originally! Maybe I'll have to pick up wheat germ my next shopping trip.

Yay 2 pounds!!! You really are rocking the weight loss, mama! It was Melinda who recommended milled flax seed originally.

I REALLY need to listen more to the ones who are at goal .

I do know it must be milled for the benefits. If not, it goes out the same way it went in I buy it already milled but hard core flax users grind their own with a coffee mill type devise. Wheat germ just kicks up the fiber a ton too.

Yes! Great minds think alike!!!!

I KNOW you'll be wearing that stunning ring by your goal date. That was one beautiful ring!

Wendy - I had to start taking Metamucil twice a day (because of some issues I have been having, sorry if that's TMI) and that does the same thing as your oatmeal at least for me. Where do you purchase milled flax seed. What brand of oatmeal do you use? I might have to try that for breakfast.

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Can someone help me with some exercise pointers? I'm sure my peeps can. I am overweight a lot and do no kind of exercising. I really want a ball for abdominal exercising because it hurts when I lay down on my back for sit-up crunches etc. Has anyone used it and is there a lot to do with a ball? Thanks for your in put.

Laura
Have a great weekend everyone.

I have issues too and need fiber with a ton of fluid. I've realized losing weight provokes lots of TMI stuff...Aunt flo and to name just a couple. Aaron doesn't seem to mind and probably just skims when we talk about our mysterious lady stuff.

I have a big exercise ball that I am very inept and clumsy with. You can strengthen your core by simply using it at the computer instead of a chair. You can't slouch on the ball either. Just hold in your tummy and DIS!

I lOVE my ball - I notice such a difference with my tummy after just one session. And it gives you great back support as well!! I have a couple of different ball workouts I do, but my favourite is the Core Secrets range (an all over body toning workout, but every move works the tummy) and its American so you shouldn't have any trouble getting it (unlike me, darn those international post costs!!!). I have noticed recently that the Turbo Jam range have brought out a ball workout, so I am planning to ask for that for Christmas!!

Core Secrets is no good for Cardio (which you will need to do a little of to burn fat, if you're not doing any already), but for whole body toning you can't beat it!!

Sorry, just editing to add I have realised I do have a ball workout that includes a cardio workout (and very sweaty it is to!!). It is by a British instructor though so not sure how easily you could get it - its called Roll off the Pounds by Lucy Knight.

Cool! I love instant results too!

also try the bender ball for abs (there is no cardio)

What is that? Is that the bean shaped ball-thing?

By some miracle I am down 1 more pound. Dont know what I'm doing.... but I'm liking it.

WOOT! That's 3 pounds in 2 weeks for YOU! Keep on going!!!

 

[my2boysrtwicethefun]

I forgot to weigh-in this morning. I will try harder to remember next week. I know that I'm not going to come even close to my Halloween challange goal.
Aaron-please remove my name if possible. Thanks.

Thanks everyone! :

Hi everyone.

Another lurking peep chiming in.

Welcome back ladies!!!

Down 1.6!!!!

DOWN 2!

Great job to the both of you!!!

 

[my2boysrtwicethefun]

Guess What!!!!!!!!!

I just booked our next Disney trip. Maybe 5 minutes ago.

We are staying at Pop Century for 13 nights/14 days. I'm soooooo excited! Now the trip feels real. It's my graduation present to myself and I can't wait.

Just wanted to share with everyone!!!!

 

[MA pigletfan]

Guess What!!!!!!!!!

I just booked our next Disney trip. Maybe 5 minutes ago.

We are staying at Pop Century for 13 nights/14 days. I'm soooooo excited! Now the trip feels real. It's my graduation present to myself and I can't wait.

Just wanted to share with everyone!!!!

That is awesome!! good for you!

YAY to all the losers this week...i am starting to feel better so i am hoping to get a tame workout in at some point this weekend..just to get back into the groove! I made a nice healthy turkey meatloaf tonight with some sweet potatoes ( not super buttery and sugarish ( aka GOOD ...and green beans. It was good stuff!

TURBO JAM QUESTION FOR MISS LAUREN.......which dvd do you prefer..i just looked at some turbo jam videos online and they really look like something i would enjoy and get alot of benefit from ( the punching and sideways motions..)..I think the one i viewed was Kickin coreTurbo Jam Ball workout..but there seem to be so many of them!