Send pixie dust & good luck to my cheerleaders for tomorrow!

[MelanieC]

Tomorrow we are going to our State-Regional Qualifiers in NJ. I am so excited, nervous and scared for them. We are number 24 to go on out of 70 something squads. We aren't competing against that many, because they do it by age groups.

I told them all to go out there and win and make me come home from my Disney vacation early. If they go on, the Regional Competition is on the day we were supposed to leave to come home from Disney. I really want them to make me come home early. This is such an exciting chance for them, and I am so excited.

Wish us lots of luck, and send tons of prayers and pixie dust our way!

Thanks,
Melanie

PS.........I have no idea what we are doing as far as food goes for lunch or dinner. I hope I can keep it within my points!!! Wish me luck in that area, since I have no control over it.

 

[DoeWDW]

Here's a sprinkling of pixie dust for your squad of !!

Oh and here's a cheering section full of energy to cheer them on!!

I'll be thinking of all of you tomorrow - wishing the girls luck and skill for a great performance and wishing you luck and skill at choosing good healthy food that fits into your points!!

Please let us know how they do, Melanie!!

 

[nativetxn]

Good luck to your girls!

 

[mowsie dreamer]

Lots of PD and good luck for your girls, Melanie!! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* (That's special cheerleader PD, you know!!)

Good luck to you, too, in being able to stay on plan! I know how difficult that can be at something like this!

 

[catherine]

Good luck and PD to your girls Melanie. I'm sure that they will make you proud Good luck and PD to you as well, to help you stay on plan

 

[lulu201]

Best wishes, Melanie, to you and your girls! Tons of pixie dust and lots of good thoughts are coming your way today!

Have fun!
Erin

 

[jimmytammy]

I'm sending lots of PD out this morning for some great cheering today. Let us know how everything goes.

 

[rbuzzotta]

From one cheer mom to another::

BRING IT ON!! Good luck and take the mat with style!!

 

[bunnyfoo]

Wishing you lots of luck!

 

[Beanie]

Good luck to your girls, Melanie!

 

[MelanieC]

Hi all,

Since there were so many large Peewee squads they took 4 squads in this level. We tied for 3rd place and we are going to the Regional competition on 11/22!!! What a day, I was so exhausted last night. I got up at 5:30, and I didn't get home until 9:30 last night.

It was so exciting, and the afternoon was so long waiting for the awards ceremony.

Thanks for everyone's prayers, thoughts and pixie dust! They definately helped us! Thanks so much!

Melanie

 

[MelanieC]

oh yeah,

And on the eating front......

I had 1/2 of a Kashi bar for breakfast 2.5 points

a 16oz French vanilla coffee from Wawa (I figured it would probably be about 5 or 6 points.) but then the points weren't listed on dotti's weight loss zone, and I found something similiar at 7-11. It turned out to be 11.5 points. I didn't figure this out till I got home last night. YUCK!

I got a pizza and water for lunch at the competititon. It was one of those round small pizzas and I counted it as two slices 14 points

I had a soy crips(2 points) and a 1/2 of a Kashi Bar (2.5 points) on the bus home.

Then I had a slice of dark german whole wheat bread and a tablespoon of peanut butter at home (3.5 points for both)

Total for the day was 36 points - YIKES, but I had flex points left and I still have 8.5 flex points left and today is the last day of my week.

So I made it through it. I didn't eat a lot of actual food, but it kept me filled and was on program!

Melanie

 

[mowsie dreamer]

Congratulations to your squad, Melanie! How exciting to get to go to regionals!!! Here's some advance PD for regionals, too!!!

Sounds like you did great staying OP!! It's not always easy in situations like that! Like you said, there's not a lot of "real" food around!

 

[MelanieC]

Thanks! They so deserved it, they have worked so hard. Unfortunately, the next level is so hard. There are some NJ teams, that are so unbelievely good, that you would swear you were watching college level on ESPN. Those teams win the regionals every year and move on to the National competitions in Disney World. It would be a miracle if they won, and they usually only take 2 squads at the regional level. They did start something new a year or two ago, where they have a invitational cheer off at WDW at the same time. We would have a chance (I hope) to win that. So who knows. A Bux-Mont sqaud last year went to florida for the cheer off. So maybe, you never know!

Whatever happens on the 22nd, we are so proud of them!

Thanks!
Melanie