Team Donald – Biggest Loser “No Excuses” 2012 Challenge

[donaldandpirates]

I found this on Dottie's site.

Only One Pound

Hello, do you know me? If you don't you should. I'm a pound of fat, and I'm the happiest pound of fat that you would ever want to meet. Want to know why? It's because no one ever wants to lose me; I'm Only One Pound, just a pound. Everyone wants to lose three pounds, five pounds or fifteen pounds, but never only one, so I just stick around and happily keep you fat. Then I add to myself ever so slyly so that you never seem to notice it, that is until I've grown to ten, twenty or even more pounds in weight. Yes, it's fun being Only One Pound of fat, left to do as I please. So, when you weigh in, keep right on saying "Oh, I only lost one pound." ( as if that were such a terrible thing!) For you see, if you do this you'll encourage others to keep me around because they will think I'm not worth losing. And I love being around you - your arms, your legs, your chin, your hips and every part of you. Happy Days!! After all, I'm Only One Pound of fat!!!

Janis

I may have to print that out and put it on my fridge. This is really good!

Biggest challenge at the moment is that my beloved dog Molly is very sick. She is currently undergoing blood transfusions for anemia. It just came on so fast, she was fine at Christmas and New Year's Day and now she is not well at all.

I'm so sorry to hear about your dog! I hope she feels better soon.

Saturday's QOTD: Do you have a playlist of music that you use to help motivate you? If you do, share some of your favorite songs to work out to.

(I'm Gonna Be) 500 miles ALWAYS gets me motivated and moving!!!
I also listen to Shania Twain. I only like country music when I'm excersing, though (and even then I'm picky about the artist).

 

[GoofyPredsFan]

Saturday's QOTD: Do you have a playlist of music that you use to help motivate you? If you do, share some of your favorite songs to work out to.

Good Morning! I love to workout to any upbeat songs. A few of my favorites are Single Ladies by Beyonce and California Girls by Katy Perry. I used to go to Zumba classes and we would dance to So What by Pink, that's fun! Also in Zumba I learned who Pitbull was! His music always gets me going too. The only problem is that I tend to want to stop and dance! hahaha!! I'm actually a country music gal, but I love dancey pop music to work out too. I look forward to other suggestions

 

[VirataMama4]

Good Morning! I love to workout to any upbeat songs. A few of my favorites are Single Ladies by Beyonce and California Girls by Katy Perry. I used to go to Zumba classes and we would dance to So What by Pink, that's fun! Also in Zumba I learned who Pitbull was! His music always gets me going too. The only problem is that I tend to want to stop and dance! hahaha!! I'm actually a country music gal, but I love dancey pop music to work out too. I look forward to other suggestions

Pitbull always make me want to dance... Only problem is that I can't dance to save my life. And thank you for giving me a few more songs for my workout playlist!


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I just did 20 min on the treadmill doing a 2 min walk/ 1 min run. I am going to look up some healthy recipes today and hopefully add them to our dinner menu in the next couple of weeks. My kids are real stick in the muds when it come to anything healthy or new. And DH works 7-7 for a week starting Wed. so adding new recipes next week really won't work since it will just be the kids and me for dinner. I do think I may see if I can size some of the recipes down, just for me.

 

[cjdj4]

Good Morning fellow Donalds

Nope I am not a condescending person. I just know that I personally struggled with thinking that I was not doing well if I didn't have a huge loss and the last thing I wanted was for someone else to feel bad.

I appreciate your post because I have had times in the past on WW when I only lost .2 It can be frustrating. We all learn from each other's experiences so please continue to share your words of encouragement.

On a side note, my DS4 woke up this morning talking about some "orange bowl that changes food" and he needed to find it. I have no idea what he's talking about, but he goes to the kitchen gets his step stool and starts trying to search the cupboards for it... He comes out all upset cuz he can't reach all of them so I take him in there and let him stand on the counter to look in each and EVERY cupboard. All the while I'm asking him if he's sure we have it, because I don't think we do and finally he tells me "I saw it in my dreams and its REAL!" So I explained to him that not everything in our dreams is real, and we don't have an "orange bowl that changes food," but if he sees it at the store to let me know and we'll look at getting it.

HOW CUTE!If you find one of those bowls, let me know. I would like something to turn an apple into chocolate cake while keeping the calories of the apple

Saturday's QOTD: Do you have a playlist of music that you use to help motivate you? If you do, share some of your favorite songs to work out to.

Great Question!

U2 - It's a Beautiful Day is the song I always start my running off with and the whole album (All That You Can't Leave Behind) is excellent running music. I like The Killers Hot Fuss album because most of it is upbeat. I have some Ramones, Smiths, White Stripes, Weezer and Violent Femmes songs on my running playlist.

 

[LuvBaloo]

Jumping in to say I did my weigh in today and am happy it is the same as before Christmas. I didn't join in time for last week's starting weight, so this is the first time I've stepped on a scale since November.

Unfortunately the weigh in may have been helped by the nasty flu bug which hit my house on Wed night. My 10 yo DD started her puking marathon at 6pm, my 6yoDD joined in at 11pm and I started at 3am, which meant a really crappy time for the whole house. Luckily DH didn't get it, and we are all over it now.

Going to try a "belly fit" class today.
Have a busy weekend, with both girls indoor soccer, 2 birthday parties and taking down the Christmas decorations.

 

[luvpoohandcompany]

I dont have a playlist as yet but I am starting to make one for use at the gym
I was thinking of some Rocky music-"eye of the tiger type thing" but at the minute maybe Gloria Gaynor "I will survive!" would be more appropriate

 

[jillbur]

Saturday's QOTD: Do you have a playlist of music that you use to help motivate you? If you do, share some of your favorite songs to work out to.

I love listening to music while running. If I don't, it seems like I can't run or get bored. I like all types of music (except hard core rap) and here is some of my playlist:


Bad Medicine~Bon Jovi
Blg Pimpin'~Jay-Z
Ex-Girlfriend~No Doubt
It Takes Two~Rob Bass
My, Oh My~The Wreckers
Real Good Man~Tim McGraw
Bad Romance~Lady Gaga
The Edge of Glory~Lady Gaga
You and I~Lady Gaga
I Wanna Go~Britney Spears
Womanizer~Britney Spears
Moves Like Jagger~Maroon 5
Sexyback~Justine Timberlake
Smooth Criminal~Michael Jackson
Billie Jean~Michael Jackson
Intergalctic~Beastie Boys
So What'cha Want~Beastie Boys
Run the World (Girls)~Beyonce
Livin' la Vida Loca~Ricky Martin

Those are my favorites and get my feet moving faster!


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I went to yoga this morning and am starting to feel a little better. I made meatballs with ground turkey and they are in the slow cooker in some sauce (store bought). I am making whole wheat spaghetti for dinner along with the meatballs. I hope DH doesn't notice it's not beef and rebel lol. I am also making breadsticks for DH and the kids. I am going to try really hard to only have 1 breadstick. I'm a sucker for fresh, warm bread. (And chocolate).

Apparently I slacked off on laundry this week, so I will be enjoying my Saturday catching up. Hopefully, I can take the dog for a long walk, too.

I'm glad to see lots of members of Team Donald doing so well this week! Congrats to everyone for all your hard work this week. Keep it up!

Jill

 

[RemembertheMagic98]

Hello Team Donald!!

My name is Karen and I am from New Jersey! This is my third BL challenge (I took a hiatus last summer/fall and have returned!!) and I have really missed you guys!! So hello to my new and old friends

To give you all some background...I have struggled with my weight all my life and about seven months ago was diagnosed with a gluten intolerance. I have been gluten free (GF) for about 6 months. I'm excited to also begin weight watchers (for the third time) at the end of the month. I know with your support I will make my GOAL....I want to make my goal weight by the time I turn 40 (1 1/2 years from now.)

So, I look forward to learning more about all of you and thank you in advance for all of your support on my journey to being healthy!

Happy Weekend!

 

[luvpoohandcompany]

Had a minor panic today as I took my son to a party and while I kept track of what I ate (not much) I was worried that it would add up to too much to allow me a decent dinner tonight
Thankfully it wasnt as bad calorie-wise as I thought
Have to say I kept thinking of you guys and asking myself what you'd do and it really helped discourage me from tucking into all the sweets and cakes
So thanks everyone

 

[Rose&Mike]

Only One Pound

Hello, do you know me? If you don't you should. I'm a pound of fat, and I'm the happiest pound of fat that you would ever want to meet. Want to know why? It's because no one ever wants to lose me; I'm Only One Pound, just a pound. Everyone wants to lose three pounds, five pounds or fifteen pounds, but never only one, so I just stick around and happily keep you fat. Then I add to myself ever so slyly so that you never seem to notice it, that is until I've grown to ten, twenty or even more pounds in weight. Yes, it's fun being Only One Pound of fat, left to do as I please. So, when you weigh in, keep right on saying "Oh, I only lost one pound." ( as if that were such a terrible thing!) For you see, if you do this you'll encourage others to keep me around because they will think I'm not worth losing. And I love being around you - your arms, your legs, your chin, your hips and every part of you. Happy Days!! After all, I'm Only One Pound of fat!!!

Janis

This is excellent! Thanks for sharing!

We are off to walk the dog, then start doggie training classes at 10, and I hope to be back later.

Have a fabulous weekend everyone!!

I hope the doggie training class goes well!

Thanks Rose! This is why I love to post these sort of things here...you guys are always the voice of reason. My doctor did give me an inhaler. I am not using it and probably should be (didn't even think about it). We took 2 months off of running. I feel like 2 months should not matter when I had been running for 2 years. Guess it matters. It is really not a fatigue thing...it is just that I get so winded and am breathing so hard. I am just frustrated that I can't just go out and run 20 miles again but you guys are right....this is going to just take time. I know that but my brain keeps forgetting it.


Jen

So my only question would be did they say it was safe to exercise when using the inhaler? I would assume yes since a lot of times that is what inhalers are prescribed for, but I get a little paranoid about stuff like this sometimes. I hope it helps! I actually covered my face for the first couple of miles this morning when we ran cause the temps were right around 40.

Today is DS's basketball game at 10:30 and DD's swim meet at noon. It slated to last 10 hours!! I work the timing system/computer, so I can't just leave, but it is a distance meet and I will have some long breaks during the 500 yard and 1 mile swim heats. So I will at least be able to get up and walk around!

Off to make breakfast for the family. See you tomorrow.................P

This makes me sooooo glad my child was not a swimmer! I hope you have a good day! Do you sweat off pounds being by the pool all day?

On a side note, my DS4 woke up this morning talking about some "orange bowl that changes food" and he needed to find it. I have no idea what he's talking about, but he goes to the kitchen gets his step stool and starts trying to search the cupboards for it... He comes out all upset cuz he can't reach all of them so I take him in there and let him stand on the counter to look in each and EVERY cupboard. All the while I'm asking him if he's sure we have it, because I don't think we do and finally he tells me "I saw it in my dreams and its REAL!" So I explained to him that not everything in our dreams is real, and we don't have an "orange bowl that changes food," but if he sees it at the store to let me know and we'll look at getting it.

That is such a cute story!

U2 - It's a Beautiful Day is the song I always start my running off with and the whole album (All That You Can't Leave Behind) is excellent running music. I like The Killers Hot Fuss album because most of it is upbeat. I have some Ramones, Smiths, White Stripes, Weezer and Violent Femmes songs on my running playlist.

I think we like a lot of the same music.

On my play list I also have:
Black Keys
Rise Against
Cage the Elephant
Beastie Boys
EverClear (though they can be kind of a downer)
Foster the People
Florence and the Machine
Mumford & Sons
Nirvana, etc.

You get the picture.

Unfortunately the weigh in may have been helped by the nasty flu bug which hit my house on Wed night. My 10 yo DD started her puking marathon at 6pm, my 6yoDD joined in at 11pm and I started at 3am, which meant a really crappy time for the whole house. Luckily DH didn't get it, and we are all over it now.

Going to try a "belly fit" class today.
Have a busy weekend, with both girls indoor soccer, 2 birthday parties and taking down the Christmas decorations.

Uggh, I so don't like stomach viruses. I had one in November and it was the PITS! I'm glad everyone is getting back to normal.

I went to yoga this morning and am starting to feel a little better. I made meatballs with ground turkey and they are in the slow cooker in some sauce (store bought). I am making whole wheat spaghetti for dinner along with the meatballs. I hope DH doesn't notice it's not beef and rebel lol. I am also making breadsticks for DH and the kids. I am going to try really hard to only have 1 breadstick. I'm a sucker for fresh, warm bread. (And chocolate).

Jill

Glad you are feeling better!

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We ran 4 miles this morning and walked another 1.3. And I did my rehab exercises for my ankle and I'm currently icing my foot. It did ok, not sore while running, but a little sore now. I am so burned out on being injured, but I am still hopeful that things are on the upswing and that I am going to be healthy for a little while.

Have a great Saturday!

 

[#1hoosierfan]

Trying this again.... I posted earlier and lost the whole darn thing!

Last night I went out with dh to dinner and let's just say it involved chicken wings, french fries and beer...... I probably only went about 400 calories over for the day, and I had more than that "banked" for the week. I stepped on the scale this morning, and I was actually DOWN another 6/10 of a pound from yesterday morning. I think I may not eating enough calories during the week to account for doing p90x. It is confusing.....

QOTD -

When I was training for the half-marathon I created a playlist, but I found that I actually preferred the peace and quiet. I teach 3rd grade and have a 2 and 4 year, so it is hard to come by. I looked forward to that time to myself to just think and reflect.

Have a great rest of the weekend. I am off to take the boys to a birthday party..... gonna have to resist the birthday cupcakes!

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Hi Everyone!! My name is Sara and although I joined the group before New Years this is my first post. I have been keeping up with the challenge but I haven't had the chance to get on the board till now.
A little about myself. I am 23 and I live in Iowa. I am a substitute teacher. I have been dieting on and off for much of my life but I really feel like this is the year that it will really stick. I look forward to getting to know the people on this board as we all work towards our goals.
My answer for the QOTD is that I have my workouts planned for the weekend already and I have a challenge on Sunday which is a birthday lunch for my cousin at The Cheesecake Factory. I plan on drinking lots of water and sharing a meal with a family member.

Hi Sara. Welcome to our team.

Biggest challenge at the moment is that my beloved dog Molly is very sick. She is currently undergoing blood transfusions for anemia. It just came on so fast, she was fine at Christmas and New Year's Day and now she is not well at all.

Sorry to hear about molly. I hope she is doing ok.

Only One Pound

Hello, do you know me? If you don't you should. I'm a pound of fat, and I'm the happiest pound of fat that you would ever want to meet. Want to know why? It's because no one ever wants to lose me; I'm Only One Pound, just a pound. Everyone wants to lose three pounds, five pounds or fifteen pounds, but never only one, so I just stick around and happily keep you fat. Then I add to myself ever so slyly so that you never seem to notice it, that is until I've grown to ten, twenty or even more pounds in weight. Yes, it's fun being Only One Pound of fat, left to do as I please. So, when you weigh in, keep right on saying "Oh, I only lost one pound." ( as if that were such a terrible thing!) For you see, if you do this you'll encourage others to keep me around because they will think I'm not worth losing. And I love being around you - your arms, your legs, your chin, your hips and every part of you. Happy Days!! After all, I'm Only One Pound of fat!!!

Janis

totally awesome!!!!!!!

I am working on my plan this morning. I have to clean out the frig this morning. I haven't been able to clean it out since we lost 2 garbage days due to Monday holidays. we can't put out too much or we will be fined. We could also be fined if the bags are too heavy.

it really was a pain because we missed garbage days to. We had garbage overflow too. We are finally getting back in order. Have a nice relaxing day.

This is awesome. Thanks Janis!!

I lost one pound this week, and am very happy with that.

Great Job Kathy You are headed in the right direction.

Saturday's QOTD: Do you have a playlist of music that you use to help motivate you? If you do, share some of your favorite songs to work out to.

Its funny that you asked this question today because I have been thinking about this. I never ran with an ipod because I would just take in the scenery. Now that I am doing my weekday runs indoors at a track that you have to circle 13 times before you hit a mile I am in need of some entertainment. I have been using my Ipod but I dont have too much on it. My favorite ones that get me pumped are:

Sexy and I know it~LMFAO
Party rock anthem~ LMFAO
Eye of the Tiger~ Rocky soundtrack
We will rock you~ dont kill me but I dont know who sings this

I really need more pump me up songs!

Today is DS's basketball game at 10:30 and DD's swim meet at noon. It slated to last 10 hours!! I work the timing system/computer, so I can't just leave, but it is a distance meet and I will have some long breaks during the 500 yard and 1 mile swim heats. So I will at least be able to get up and walk around!

Off to make breakfast for the family. See you tomorrow.................P

Wow you have a long day ahead of you. Hope it all goes well.

On a side note, my DS4 woke up this morning talking about some "orange bowl that changes food" and he needed to find it. I have no idea what he's talking about, but he goes to the kitchen gets his step stool and starts trying to search the cupboards for it... He comes out all upset cuz he can't reach all of them so I take him in there and let him stand on the counter to look in each and EVERY cupboard. All the while I'm asking him if he's sure we have it, because I don't think we do and finally he tells me "I saw it in my dreams and its REAL!" So I explained to him that not everything in our dreams is real, and we don't have an "orange bowl that changes food," but if he sees it at the store to let me know and we'll look at getting it.

very cute story.

I'm almost completely off caffeine, which means no more soda. Instead of going cold turkey and having a week of migraines, I've spent about 1.5 weeks cutting back. Prior to cutting back, I was drinking 12 oz a day. First I cut back to 9 oz a day for 4 days. I'd planned on 3 days, but on day 4 it snowed so I was already starting with a headache. The only other day I had a slight headache was day 1, but it wasn't bad enough to take advil. Then 3 days at 6 oz. Today was my first day of 3 at 3 oz. Hopefully after that I'll be able to stop without a headache.

Great job on weaning yourself off.

Good Morning! I love to workout to any upbeat songs. A few of my favorites are Single Ladies by Beyonce and California Girls by Katy Perry. I used to go to Zumba classes and we would dance to So What by Pink, that's fun! Also in Zumba I learned who Pitbull was! His music always gets me going too. The only problem is that I tend to want to stop and dance! hahaha!! I'm actually a country music gal, but I love dancey pop music to work out too. I look forward to other suggestions

I was thinking the same thing last night as I was running. I felt like busting a move.

Going to try a "belly fit" class today.
Have a busy weekend, with both girls indoor soccer, 2 birthday parties and taking down the Christmas decorations.

What do you do in belly fit class?

I dont have a playlist as yet but I am starting to make one for use at the gym
I was thinking of some Rocky music-"eye of the tiger type thing" but at the minute maybe Gloria Gaynor "I will survive!" would be more appropriate

Too funny.

I love listening to music while running. If I don't, it seems like I can't run or get bored. I like all types of music (except hard core rap) and here is some of my playlist:


Bad Medicine~Bon Jovi
Blg Pimpin'~Jay-Z
Ex-Girlfriend~No Doubt
It Takes Two~Rob Bass
My, Oh My~The Wreckers
Real Good Man~Tim McGraw
Bad Romance~Lady Gaga
The Edge of Glory~Lady Gaga
You and I~Lady Gaga
I Wanna Go~Britney Spears
Womanizer~Britney Spears
Moves Like Jagger~Maroon 5
Sexyback~Justine Timberlake
Smooth Criminal~Michael Jackson
Billie Jean~Michael Jackson
Intergalctic~Beastie Boys
So What'cha Want~Beastie Boys
Run the World (Girls)~Beyonce
Livin' la Vida Loca~Ricky Martin

Those are my favorites and get my feet moving faster!


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I went to yoga this morning and am starting to feel a little better. I made meatballs with ground turkey and they are in the slow cooker in some sauce (store bought). I am making whole wheat spaghetti for dinner along with the meatballs. I hope DH doesn't notice it's not beef and rebel lol. I am also making breadsticks for DH and the kids. I am going to try really hard to only have 1 breadstick. I'm a sucker for fresh, warm bread. (And chocolate).

Apparently I slacked off on laundry this week, so I will be enjoying my Saturday catching up. Hopefully, I can take the dog for a long walk, too.

I'm glad to see lots of members of Team Donald doing so well this week! Congrats to everyone for all your hard work this week. Keep it up!

Jill

awesome playlist Jill. Glad you got to yoga and that you are feeling somewhat better. Your dinner sounds yummy.

Hello Team Donald!!

My name is Karen and I am from New Jersey! This is my third BL challenge (I took a hiatus last summer/fall and have returned!!) and I have really missed you guys!! So hello to my new and old friends

To give you all some background...I have struggled with my weight all my life and about seven months ago was diagnosed with a gluten intolerance. I have been gluten free (GF) for about 6 months. I'm excited to also begin weight watchers (for the third time) at the end of the month. I know with your support I will make my GOAL....I want to make my goal weight by the time I turn 40 (1 1/2 years from now.)

So, I look forward to learning more about all of you and thank you in advance for all of your support on my journey to being healthy!

Happy Weekend!

Hi Karen Glad to see you back again.

Had a minor panic today as I took my son to a party and while I kept track of what I ate (not much) I was worried that it would add up to too much to allow me a decent dinner tonight
Thankfully it wasnt as bad calorie-wise as I thought
Have to say I kept thinking of you guys and asking myself what you'd do and it really helped discourage me from tucking into all the sweets and cakes
So thanks everyone

You did great and going into a place with food when you just cant plan ahead is very unsettling. Glad we were able to help you through it.

We ran 4 miles this morning and walked another 1.3. And I did my rehab exercises for my ankle and I'm currently icing my foot. It did ok, not sore while running, but a little sore now. I am so burned out on being injured, but I am still hopeful that things are on the upswing and that I am going to be healthy for a little while.

Have a great Saturday!

Glad you got a good run in Rose. I hope the foot is on the mend.

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I was a bit annoyed at Ryans basketball game. It is an instructional league for 1st-4th grade. The teams are mixed and up until this point during games the older kids would play against each other for half of the time and then the younger kids would play against each other for the other half. They dont keep score so its non-competitive but for some reason today the coach decided to just sparatically put the kids in here and there. Ryan got about 3min of playing time total. Normally I would just shrug it off, Im not that kind of parent but the coach has irked me from day one. I worked off the stress at Zumba though and felt much more relaxed afterward.

I was even feeling so good for Zumba that I stood in the front row. I just feel the closer I am to the instructor the better the workout. I was a bit self concious to start but then I was like who cares. It was such an awesome workout today.

Then as I was leaving the gym there were bball games going on and our community center team was playing a team from where I grew up. (30min away). Well I was walking out and I ran into a guy I dated in highschool. Does anyone else hate when this happens. I was a bit embarressed because 1. I was all sweaty, hair a mess, and red in the face from zumba but 2. I am probably 65lbs heavier. The guy never meant much to me but I have not been able to shrug the feeling of being ashamed of myself.

Now I have to go have dinner with the inlaws. I planned out my calories for it so I should be fine.

Talk to you all later.

 

[grumpyskirtgirl]

I just had to come on real quick because I had a Non Scale Victory. I bought a couple of pairs of size 20 jeans & XL shirts w/o trying them on to motivate be to get to the next smaller size. And I came home and tried everything on to see how close I was... AND EVERYTHING FIT!!!!! Just the small weight loss in this first week has already gotten me to a size that I havent been in 10 years!

Thank You for this challenge!


Good luck everyone. Celebrate the small victories because they can turn in to large ones!

 

[GoofyPredsFan]

We Will Rock You = Queen!!! That's definately a good one

 

[jenanderson]

Good Evening Team Donald! First I have to say that I feel like I was a bad coach today. We went to DD's dance competition and I thought I would have internet access to keep up with things today but for some reason I could not connect. So, I am sorry I was out of touch today. I will be catching up here and doing some other computer work for a while. I think tonight DH and I are going to try to watch a movie together.

Hey friends! No time to read and reply this morning, but I at least wanted to say hi! I had a good weigh-in yesterday and was pleased to see so many holiday pounds kicked to the curb! I am hoping and praying that you all had similar (or better) news with the scale yesterday!

Sounds like a busy weekend for you and your kids! All those events sometimes make it difficult to exercise and so it is good that you find some time to do some walking.

YAY for your good weigh in! It does feel great to watch those holiday pounds go away!

Good Morning Team!

For the QOTD, I don't have a playlist yet, but it is on the list of "To Do's" for this weekend. So I will update with more songs once I actually have it done.

Renee - That story about your son was so cute! I would LOVE an orange bowl that changes food!

Maybe you will get some ideas for your playlist from others here!

Good Morning! I love to workout to any upbeat songs. A few of my favorites are Single Ladies by Beyonce and California Girls by Katy Perry. I used to go to Zumba classes and we would dance to So What by Pink, that's fun! Also in Zumba I learned who Pitbull was! His music always gets me going too. The only problem is that I tend to want to stop and dance! hahaha!! I'm actually a country music gal, but I love dancey pop music to work out too. I look forward to other suggestions

Single Ladies is a great song to get you moving! I am now going to have to look up Pitbull!

I just did 20 min on the treadmill doing a 2 min walk/ 1 min run. I am going to look up some healthy recipes today and hopefully add them to our dinner menu in the next couple of weeks. My kids are real stick in the muds when it come to anything healthy or new. And DH works 7-7 for a week starting Wed. so adding new recipes next week really won't work since it will just be the kids and me for dinner. I do think I may see if I can size some of the recipes down, just for me.

Sounds like you are making some good plans for the week.

Great Question!

U2 - It's a Beautiful Day is the song I always start my running off with and the whole album (All That You Can't Leave Behind) is excellent running music. I like The Killers Hot Fuss album because most of it is upbeat. I have some Ramones, Smiths, White Stripes, Weezer and Violent Femmes songs on my running playlist.

I LOVE to run to U2 It's a Beautiful Day!

Jumping in to say I did my weigh in today and am happy it is the same as before Christmas. I didn't join in time for last week's starting weight, so this is the first time I've stepped on a scale since November.

Going to try a "belly fit" class today.
Have a busy weekend, with both girls indoor soccer, 2 birthday parties and taking down the Christmas decorations.

Hi Shannon! I am so sorry to read that there is a bit of a bug in your house...hopefully you will all be feeling better soon! You will have to share what a "belly fit" class is and what you are doing. My belly sure could use some fitness!

I dont have a playlist as yet but I am starting to make one for use at the gym
I was thinking of some Rocky music-"eye of the tiger type thing" but at the minute maybe Gloria Gaynor "I will survive!" would be more appropriate

I think "I will survive" is a great one when the workout is challenging you!

I love listening to music while running. If I don't, it seems like I can't run or get bored. I like all types of music (except hard core rap) and here is some of my playlist:


Bad Medicine~Bon Jovi
Blg Pimpin'~Jay-Z
Ex-Girlfriend~No Doubt
It Takes Two~Rob Bass
My, Oh My~The Wreckers
Real Good Man~Tim McGraw
Bad Romance~Lady Gaga
The Edge of Glory~Lady Gaga
You and I~Lady Gaga
I Wanna Go~Britney Spears
Womanizer~Britney Spears
Moves Like Jagger~Maroon 5
Sexyback~Justine Timberlake
Smooth Criminal~Michael Jackson
Billie Jean~Michael Jackson
Intergalctic~Beastie Boys
So What'cha Want~Beastie Boys
Run the World (Girls)~Beyonce
Livin' la Vida Loca~Ricky Martin

Those are my favorites and get my feet moving faster!

Great list Jill! Thanks for sharing them all!

Hello Team Donald!!

My name is Karen and I am from New Jersey! This is my third BL challenge (I took a hiatus last summer/fall and have returned!!) and I have really missed you guys!! So hello to my new and old friends

To give you all some background...I have struggled with my weight all my life and about seven months ago was diagnosed with a gluten intolerance. I have been gluten free (GF) for about 6 months. I'm excited to also begin weight watchers (for the third time) at the end of the month. I know with your support I will make my GOAL....I want to make my goal weight by the time I turn 40 (1 1/2 years from now.)

So, I look forward to learning more about all of you and thank you in advance for all of your support on my journey to being healthy!

Happy Weekend!

Welcome Karen! I am also starting up at WW again (this will be my 4th time). I had made my goal weight and it felt so great. Now I am over it again and working to get my weight back down. It is so nice to have so much support here to help us all meet our goals!

Have to say I kept thinking of you guys and asking myself what you'd do and it really helped discourage me from tucking into all the sweets and cakes
So thanks everyone

Glad that we could help you make good choices today!

I think we like a lot of the same music.

On my play list I also have:
Black Keys
Rise Against
Cage the Elephant
Beastie Boys
EverClear (though they can be kind of a downer)
Foster the People
Florence and the Machine
Mumford & Sons
Nirvana, etc.

We ran 4 miles this morning and walked another 1.3. And I did my rehab exercises for my ankle and I'm currently icing my foot. It did ok, not sore while running, but a little sore now. I am so burned out on being injured, but I am still hopeful that things are on the upswing and that I am going to be healthy for a little while.

Have a great Saturday!

Nice list Rose! I bet you and I listen to a lot of the same music. I will be listing mine soon. I also went running this morning and did a run/walk combination for 38 minutes. I was on the treadmill and my shins were really sore by the end. I probably should have iced them. It is a bummer being injured and I am sorry that your foot is still bothering you. We will have to hope for staying injury free this upcoming season!

 

[jenanderson]

Trying this again.... I posted earlier and lost the whole darn thing!

I hate it when that happens!

Last night I went out with dh to dinner and let's just say it involved chicken wings, french fries and beer...... I probably only went about 400 calories over for the day, and I had more than that "banked" for the week. I stepped on the scale this morning, and I was actually DOWN another 6/10 of a pound from yesterday morning. I think I may not eating enough calories during the week to account for doing p90x. It is confusing.....

Sounds like even though you went out that it was okay based on the rest of what you have been eating. I know that when I am doing serious running, like running 20 miles in a day, it is hard to determine what is the "appropriate" amount of food. Hopefully you will get a feel for it as you go.

QOTD -

When I was training for the half-marathon I created a playlist, but I found that I actually preferred the peace and quiet. I teach 3rd grade and have a 2 and 4 year, so it is hard to come by. I looked forward to that time to myself to just think and reflect.

I would say that most of the time when I run that I do so without music. I also love the peace and quiet of it all. I mainly use it when I run on the treadmill (boring), when the run gets hard or when I am trying to push myself.

Its funny that you asked this question today because I have been thinking about this. I never ran with an ipod because I would just take in the scenery. Now that I am doing my weekday runs indoors at a track that you have to circle 13 times before you hit a mile I am in need of some entertainment. I have been using my Ipod but I dont have too much on it. My favorite ones that get me pumped are:

Sexy and I know it~LMFAO
Party rock anthem~ LMFAO
Eye of the Tiger~ Rocky soundtrack
We will rock you~ dont kill me but I dont know who sings this

I really need more pump me up songs!

Circling a track over and over again does need some music to inspire you to keep at it! Hopefully you will get some good song ideas!

Then as I was leaving the gym there were bball games going on and our community center team was playing a team from where I grew up. (30min away). Well I was walking out and I ran into a guy I dated in highschool. Does anyone else hate when this happens. I was a bit embarressed because 1. I was all sweaty, hair a mess, and red in the face from zumba but 2. I am probably 65lbs heavier. The guy never meant much to me but I have not been able to shrug the feeling of being ashamed of myself.

Lindsay - I am so sorry that you felt this way. I get it though. I have run into people I know at races when I feel I look a mess and I came in WAY after them and it is hard to to feel self-conscience about things. Hopefully the feeling will pass quickly and you can just appreciate how great Zumba was today!

I just had to come on real quick because I had a Non Scale Victory. I bought a couple of pairs of size 20 jeans & XL shirts w/o trying them on to motivate be to get to the next smaller size. And I came home and tried everything on to see how close I was... AND EVERYTHING FIT!!!!! Just the small weight loss in this first week has already gotten me to a size that I havent been in 10 years!

Thank You for this challenge!

Good luck everyone. Celebrate the small victories because they can turn in to large ones!

YAY Tina! I bet you felt so great! It is important to remember all the non scale victories because many of them make us feel as good as seeing the number on the scale go down. Just think how fun it will be to be buying new clothes!

 

[jenanderson]

Saturday's QOTD: Do you have a playlist of music that you use to help motivate you? If you do, share some of your favorite songs to work out to.

I will admit that I like to run without music a lot of the time. I do use it to motivate me though when the run gets to be really long or is challenging (like the days when we run hills).

Here is some of what has been on my playlist:
Hush Hush by the Pussycat Dolls
In the End Linkon Park
What's Going On by 4 Non Blondes
Lose Yourself by Eminem
Bring Me to Life by Evanescence
Survivor by Destiny's Child
Love the Way You Lie by Eminem and Rhihanna
Dog Days Are Over by Florence and the Machine
Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People
Little Wonders by Rob Thomas
Walk On by U2

I have others that rotate into the list but these are the ones that are pretty consistant.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!
Jen

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

I just had to come on real quick because I had a Non Scale Victory. I bought a couple of pairs of size 20 jeans & XL shirts w/o trying them on to motivate be to get to the next smaller size. And I came home and tried everything on to see how close I was... AND EVERYTHING FIT!!!!! Just the small weight loss in this first week has already gotten me to a size that I havent been in 10 years!

Thank You for this challenge!


Good luck everyone. Celebrate the small victories because they can turn in to large ones!

Wow that is excellent!!!!!!!

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So we went to eat with my inlaws who insisted that we go to this place that is a bar/eatery aka. hole in the wall dingy place that apparently serves the best burgers ever. So we did, feeling a bit wierd taking my kids there but it was 4pm. I ate small for breakfast and lunch and did 60 min of zumba so I had a little over 1,000 calories saved for dinner. I ate half of the burger which actually was made with 90/10 beef. (yes I asked and embarressed my dh). It was not greasy at all so I believe them. I had a small handful of fries and 2 mozzerella sticks. It wasnt a healthy dinner but it was within my calories and all I dranks was water. Lots of it. I was kind of rushing us out of there because the bar was getting filled with some odd looking characters and this one couple was really 3 sheets to the wind. So we paid the bill and left.

As we are walking to our car I notice the drunk couple getting in a car. I couldnt believe that I saw this visibly drunk lady behind the wheel. I almost went over to tell her to give me her keys but I guess I just couldnt get up the nerve. So we tried to wait until they left. We started backing out as they did so we backed way up the street. This lady backed out fairly slowly and than slammed on the gas probably not know she didnt switch it to drive and slammed into a truck. She then drove off. We got her plate numbers. Went into the bar and they found the owner of the truck. We called 911. Waited for like 25min because the cops I guess tried to find this car. They finally showed up and unfortunately hadnt. Apparently a bunch of people knew this couple but it was like no one really could stand them and only knew them from coming to the bars. They said the couple was planning on bar hopping all night and were headed to the next bar. So they told the cop where to look for them. Now if/when they find her my husband will most likely have to testify that it was the women that he had seen visibly intoxicated and smash into the car. Uggh. Apparently the people who knew of them said the man no longer could drive because he has had dui's and has been sentenced for vehicular homicide while driving drunk before. They think she had dui's as well. I mean how stupid are you. I know we did the right thing by calling the police but yet I hate to get ourselves involved in these things.

So that was my eventful evening. At least it wasnt our car they crashed into I guess it could have been worse.

I knew there was a reason I wanted to stay home tonight.

 

[#1hoosierfan]

I fixed this for dinner tonight. It was very good!

http://skinnytaste.ziplist.com/reci...ntent=skinnytaste&raw_body=&theme=skinnytaste

 

[jenanderson]

As we are walking to our car I notice the drunk couple getting in a car. I couldnt believe that I saw this visibly drunk lady behind the wheel. I almost went over to tell her to give me her keys but I guess I just couldnt get up the nerve. So we tried to wait until they left. We started backing out as they did so we backed way up the street. This lady backed out fairly slowly and than slammed on the gas probably not know she didnt switch it to drive and slammed into a truck. She then drove off. We got her plate numbers. Went into the bar and they found the owner of the truck. We called 911. Waited for like 25min because the cops I guess tried to find this car. They finally showed up and unfortunately hadnt. Apparently a bunch of people knew this couple but it was like no one really could stand them and only knew them from coming to the bars. They said the couple was planning on bar hopping all night and were headed to the next bar. So they told the cop where to look for them. Now if/when they find her my husband will most likely have to testify that it was the women that he had seen visibly intoxicated and smash into the car. Uggh. Apparently the people who knew of them said the man no longer could drive because he has had dui's and has been sentenced for vehicular homicide while driving drunk before. They think she had dui's as well. I mean how stupid are you. I know we did the right thing by calling the police but yet I hate to get ourselves involved in these things.

So that was my eventful evening. At least it wasnt our car they crashed into I guess it could have been worse.

I knew there was a reason I wanted to stay home tonight.

So Scary! I am sorry that you are involved in the mess but you totally did the right thing. I just do not understand people who drink like that and then get behind the wheel of a car.

I fixed this for dinner tonight. It was very good!

http://skinnytaste.ziplist.com/reci...ntent=skinnytaste&raw_body=&theme=skinnytaste

Thanks for sharing! I need some recipes for the week and love when people share ones here.