Team Donald – Biggest Loser “No Excuses” 2012 Challenge

[RemembertheMagic98]

Good Friday morning everyone. We made it through the week. It is a rainy morning here in jersey. At least we didn't get any rain. I am really enjoying this winter. We did have some snow but it was on a Sat and we have had no break in the school year like we have had the last couple of years. It would be nice to get back our snow days but we have a new superintendent so I don't know if that will happen.


Have a happy and healthy day.

Good morning Dona! Yup, I was hoping for at least one snow day just to break things up! I hope the new super thinks about the sanity of the teachers!

Well, DH was on the computer last night for school and I fell asleep on the couch around 9. So, I am trying to catch up from yesterday. DS5 was up half the night coughing, even though we gave him Delsym before bed. So, needless to say, I am exhausted. After work I plan on grocery shopping for the weekend and next week. I still need to finish my list, but I'll have time today during the school day. I have no plans this weekend, but may take my boys shopping for a new swimsuit for DS5. Swimming lessons start next week and his old suit is stretched out a bit.

I am going to try to fit in exercise on Fridays. I hardly ever find time, but I think I can squeeze some in tonight. And, on Sunday too. I am usually so busy with church and household things (laundry, cleaning, getting ready for the school week) that I don't workout. So, this is my goal this weekend.

I don't think I will be a loss this week, but that's ok. I have to find a way to stick to my calories better. I keep going over a bit. I was so hungry this week! I think I am going to try to cut out starchy carbs after lunch. Plus, I keep thinking I need to be down a little more before my trip in May with just DH. I want to be able to buy a new swim suit!!

Talk to you all later!

Jill

I know what you mean about fitting in a workout! Sometimes life just gets in the way of health! I hope you are able to fit some in...even if it is just a walk! I wish you all the best as you go swim suit shopping for both you an DS

Happy Friday morning friends!

My big news was communicating with DD, so I guess I'm all talked out!

No work again today, so it looks like I got a two week vacation! WOOHOO!

Scale did not reflect my hard work this week and I am super frustrated. I have been pretty much in maintenance land for about 3 weeks now, which would be GREAT if I weren't trying to lose 5 pounds!!

Time to shake things up again. Not sure if that means changing workouts, changing foods, or what. Need to do some reading/thinking about this.

Laundry is caught up, so none of that today!! With DD gone and no swim towels to wash, I definitely will have much less laundry over the next week! I really should go grocery shopping, but honestly, I don't feel like it and I'm trying to figure out if I can skip it for another day. But we have no bread (but we have tortillas and pita pockets), 2 eggs (which DH will have for breakfast), no salad mix (that is a bit of an emergency). It seems like a trip to the store will be inevitable today.

For some reason my energy level today seems very low. Usually by now I am raring to go, but right now the thought of a cup of coffee and a nap on the couch seems great.... which definitely is NOT my norm. Don't feel sick.... just tired. Probably still catching up from the near all-nighter we pulled the day DD left. Sucks getting old!

Still have to complete yesterday's FONTS task.... I got the binder caught up through "F". I can't believe how many fonts I have (nearly 500) and how many good ones I lost when we changed computers!

Then I'm going to order some photos through Walgreens. I missed the sale (again), but have nearly NOTHING to scrapbook right now and I definitely will have some scrapping time next week.

During vacation week DS will have a belated mini birthday party with his best friend. Monday we will pick up his friend and they will go bowling and then we will go see SW in 3-D and then head home for pizza and dessert, Wii games, and a sleepover. Then Tuesday I will take them to play laser tag and out to Pizza Hut for the $5 lunch buffet.... yes, pizza AGAIN. It is the absolute #1 favorite food of BOTH boys, so why not!??

Then Thursday I will take both boys to the mountain to use their free ski passes (DS snowboards and BF skis, but they often go together). That will probably involve several hours of me sitting in the lodge trying to stay warm and trying to NOT snack! I'll need to bring a busy project, like maybe a cross-stitch to keep my hands busy.

Other than that my vacation week is pretty free with DD gone.

Well... that couch is calling pretty loud! Not sure how long I'll be able to ignore it! But I WILL hit the TM when DH gets up.... I promise!

Hope everyone has a FABULOUS FRIDAY!................P

Phew! So glad you heard from DD!! Your vacation week sounds super busy and super fun!! Maybe a nap is in store for you today...sounds like you were running yourself to get DD out the door....

Wishing you a restful day and no snacking...lol

 

[RemembertheMagic98]

P, I looked at my post and it was in all lowercase too? Strange! I'm too lazy to go back and fix....lol!

Oh, and bring on the nephews!!!! If any of them live in the NYC area it's a bonus I think DS is a bit young for me

Great breakfast!! Our great minds think alike since you and I posted at the same time!!

Enjoy your time on the TM!!

 

[pjlla]

Praise the Lord for technology! Just had a text conversation with DD and she was somehow able to post a picture on the internet through her Ipod Touch! It is an amazing picture of the view of the volcano from her eco-lodge!

Look here..........

http://www.gii.me/c/-16F2LI?ak=a05gNrvNsg9ec6

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[RemembertheMagic98]

Praise the Lord for technology! Just had a text conversation with DD and she was somehow able to post a picture on the internet through her Ipod Touch! It is an amazing picture of the view of the volcano from her eco-lodge!

Look here..........

http://www.gii.me/c/-16F2LI?ak=a05gNrvNsg9ec6

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Soooooo beautiful!!! I am soooo jealous!

 

[::Snow_White::]

Beautiful photo of the volcano!!

QOTD: On this day in 1993 Beauty and the Beast won 5 Grammy awards for the title song. What is your theme song....you know the one that you can't help singing when it comes on? If you don't have one, think about what one best fits your personality and gets you moving!

Bonus QOTD: Did you have breakfast? What did you have and did it fill you up?

My workout song is Go the Distance from Hercules! I listened to tons of music so I can't just pick one.

Bonus: I woke up late this morning so I poured myself some multi-grain cheerios and 2% milk right before I had to leave for school. I was fine until 11 and had some lunch!

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Lost 2.8 lbs this week! Really surprised, looks like I'm not sabotaging myself as bad as I think I am! Only 2.6 lbs and I'll have lost 10 since I started!

 

[Scraggy]

Well, I'm still here even though I don't post much. I was hoping to be closer to 20 pounds lost by the end of Feb, but I'm not going to make it.

I had a hysterectomy on Wednesday. It went great. I didn't have any type of pain meds afterward and was able to go home the same day in the late afternoon. I have to heal. I'm sore. I sleep a lot. I can't exercise yet, but it's crazy how great I feel after having that done. I haven't even had to take motrin or anything.

I'm only at 11 pounds down instead of my goal of like 18 pounds down, but I hope after I heal, I'll be able to get back into walking and back to losing weight.

 

[pjlla]

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Lost 2.8 lbs this week! Really surprised, looks like I'm not sabotaging myself as bad as I think I am! Only 2.6 lbs and I'll have lost 10 since I started!

WOOHOO! That is a great loss!!!

Well, I'm still here even though I don't post much. I was hoping to be closer to 20 pounds lost by the end of Feb, but I'm not going to make it.

I had a hysterectomy on Wednesday. It went great. I didn't have any type of pain meds afterward and was able to go home the same day in the late afternoon. I have to heal. I'm sore. I sleep a lot. I can't exercise yet, but it's crazy how great I feel after having that done. I haven't even had to take motrin or anything.

I'm only at 11 pounds down instead of my goal of like 18 pounds down, but I hope after I heal, I'll be able to get back into walking and back to losing weight.

Oh wow! Prayers for quick healing heading your way!!

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Haven't been able to finish up my busy work project on the computer as DH has been on a conference call here in the office and I didn't want to disturb. Did a quick grocery run to our "local" Mom and Pop grocer (22 miles round trip), so that I didn't have to go all the way to the big store. Got the basics that we needed and will make due until probably Monday morning.

Homemade applesauce is cooking on the stove for tonight's dinner. Having salmon patties with green salad, mashed cauliflower, and applesauce. Sounds yummy to me!

Got in a 15 minute power workout with weights.... skipping cardio as I do that almost every day. Will plan to get in another 15 minutes before dinner.

DS has decided to go to a dance tonight, so fingers crossed that DH will drive him! ......................P

 

[belledreamer]

QOTD: On this day in 1993 Beauty and the Beast won 5 Grammy awards for the title song. What is your theme song....you know the one that you can't help singing when it comes on? If you don't have one, think about what one best fits your personality and gets you moving!

Bonus QOTD: Did you have breakfast? What did you have and did it fill you up?

Oooh! That a hard one!

If I had to pick a song for myself, it would have to be 'I Believe In You And Me' by Whitney Houston.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQGt6VNm_iQ&ob=av2e&noredirect=1

I was actually reintroduced to the song on the Weight Watchers commercial with Jennifer Hudson, rediscovered the original, and fell in love with it all over again.

BONUS QOTD: I had a Fiber One Bar that was 120 calories. Not my best breakfast but I had it kind of late in the morning and I didn't want to eat big before lunch.

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Hormonal rant coming...

Not having a good day today. Gained... I can't believe I gained this week... A month of maintaining and I gained...

I know I really shouldn't be complaining since I know there are others who are having worse weight struggles than me and this is probably just TOM talking...but I've been working so hard at it, especially this week. I got all my scheduled exercise in and then some, plus I tracked every calorie I ate. The past three days I've actually made myself eat a spoonful of peanut butter or drink some 1% milk just to get my minimum 1,200 calories. Even today, I've logged in my meals (Fiber bar, Subway, baked pork chop with sweet potato) and am still over 300 calories short from my minimum calories...

Plus my gym consult had to be rescheduled for the 2nd time today (trainer needed to reschedule) and when I told DM about my weigh-in today, she mentioned that our scale is probably not accurate considering it's as old as me and there's about a 10 lb difference between the doctor's office scale and ours. So even though our scale says 201, it's probably more like 207-210 which also means that my starting weight was probably more than I originally thought.

Totally not what I needed to hear today... I guess mostly because it made me come to the realization of 'How did I let it get like this?'

Now whether it's from a starting weight of 225 or 215, I still have lost 15lbs either way and I do take satisfaction in that. My clothes fit better, the back fat is gone and I feel healthier. And I'm still planning on going to the gym today as I originally scheduled. (No drowning my sorrows in chocolate... ) But it's just disappointing to think you've come so far and then find out you actually haven't...

I mean, I'm getting exercise, burning calories and eating healthy. Why am I not losing anymore weight?

Rant over. If you took the time to read this, I really appreciate it.

 

[jillbur]

Happy Friday morning friends!

Scale did not reflect my hard work this week and I am super frustrated. I have been pretty much in maintenance land for about 3 weeks now, which would be GREAT if I weren't trying to lose 5 pounds!!

Time to shake things up again. Not sure if that means changing workouts, changing foods, or what. Need to do some reading/thinking about this.

During vacation week DS will have a belated mini birthday party with his best friend. Monday we will pick up his friend and they will go bowling and then we will go see SW in 3-D and then head home for pizza and dessert, Wii games, and a sleepover. Then Tuesday I will take them to play laser tag and out to Pizza Hut for the $5 lunch buffet.... yes, pizza AGAIN. It is the absolute #1 favorite food of BOTH boys, so why not!??

Then Thursday I will take both boys to the mountain to use their free ski passes (DS snowboards and BF skis, but they often go together). That will probably involve several hours of me sitting in the lodge trying to stay warm and trying to NOT snack! I'll need to bring a busy project, like maybe a cross-stitch to keep my hands busy.

Other than that my vacation week is pretty free with DD gone.

Well... that couch is calling pretty loud! Not sure how long I'll be able to ignore it! But I WILL hit the TM when DH gets up.... I promise!

Hope everyone has a FABULOUS FRIDAY!................P

I'm not losing right now either and I know I have to change my eating. I am going to sit down tonight after the boys go to bed and plan every meal and snack for the week AND stick to it. I think if I figure out the calories ahead of time I will be better and not go over as much.

DS's birthday celebration sounds like a ton of fun! I hope they have a good time!

Good Morning Donalds!!

My name is Karen and I will be coaching you this week!! A great big THANK YOU! to Jill for being a wonderful coach this past week!

A little about me....I am 38 years old and a college counselor at an all-girls private school in Northern NJ. I live with my BFF, Brian...and no we are not a couple but we fight like one...lol! I'm still looking for my Prince Charming....so if you know one....lol!

I've struggle with my weight my entire life and it looks like I am finally taking control through this board and WW. I was diagnosed with a gluten intolerance last May and have been struggling to get that under control as well (big thanks to Rose for her support!!)

Just some reminders....Get you weight in to Sue (DVCCRUISER76) and your HH in to CC (CCLOVESDIS) as soon as possible! I know we are going to have a amazing week together!!

QOTD will be posted next....

Make great choices today and if you fell off, hope back on the wagon!! It didn't take you overnight to put on the weight and it won't take you overnight to take it off!!

Thanks Karen!

QOTD: On this day in 1993 Beauty and the Beast won 5 Grammy awards for the title song. What is your theme song....you know the one that you can't help singing when it comes on? If you don't have one, think about what one best fits your personality and gets you moving!

Bonus QOTD: Did you have breakfast? What did you have and did it fill you up?

My current theme song is Good Feeling by Flo Rida...just gets me moving!! My breakfast is Chobani Blood Orange Yogurt and a cup of coffee...it fills me up until 10:30 which is my snack time

I really don't have a theme song, but I do have one that gets me moving. Don't laugh at me, but it's Livin la Vida Loca by Ricky Martin. I love singing along and when it comes on while I running, it gets me perked up and moving faster.

This is not a good day to ask about my breakfast. I typically have a bowl of Fiber One cereal and a hard boiled egg. Today I had a slice of leftover pizza! My sleep was so messed up since I was up half the night with a coughing DS, so I was pretty hungry and wanted something that would fill me up lol. So I picked a piece of thin crust cheese pizza froma local place ran by a family from Italy. So yummy! But, I know it wasn't very healthy.

Jill.....thanks for your great Disney-inspired questions this week! DS was looking over my shoulder and wanted me to post an answer for him with the "three wishes" question!

Aw thanks! You should've put his answers. I would love to see how he would've answered. My boys would have said they wished for an Ipad, legos, and to go to WDW lol.

Well, I'm still here even though I don't post much. I was hoping to be closer to 20 pounds lost by the end of Feb, but I'm not going to make it.

I had a hysterectomy on Wednesday. It went great. I didn't have any type of pain meds afterward and was able to go home the same day in the late afternoon. I have to heal. I'm sore. I sleep a lot. I can't exercise yet, but it's crazy how great I feel after having that done. I haven't even had to take motrin or anything.

I'm only at 11 pounds down instead of my goal of like 18 pounds down, but I hope after I heal, I'll be able to get back into walking and back to losing weight.

Hoping for a speedy recovery! It sounds like you're doing pretty good so far! And, 11 pounds is pretty great. I'm sure you'll be at 18 soon!

Haven't been able to finish up my busy work project on the computer as DH has been on a conference call here in the office and I didn't want to disturb. Did a quick grocery run to our "local" Mom and Pop grocer (22 miles round trip), so that I didn't have to go all the way to the big store. Got the basics that we needed and will make due until probably Monday morning.

Homemade applesauce is cooking on the stove for tonight's dinner. Having salmon patties with green salad, mashed cauliflower, and applesauce. Sounds yummy to me!

Got in a 15 minute power workout with weights.... skipping cardio as I do that almost every day. Will plan to get in another 15 minutes before dinner.

DS has decided to go to a dance tonight, so fingers crossed that DH will drive him! ......................P

Your dinner sounds wonderful! Do you make your own salmon patties or buy them? I would love to have salmon patties and I think DSs would like them. But, I don't know if I should make them, buy them from the deli at the grocery store, or buy prepackaged. Do you have any advice? Do you have a recipe for the applesauce? I've always wanted to make my own, but never have. Sorry to be bothering you with all these food question

Oh, and I would love to do your grocery shopping for you...if you only lived A LOT closer



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We are having crazy weather today. The winds are wicked and we lost power at work around 2 o'clock. No one else in the area lost power, so the power company said it was probably a wire that was pulled away from the building from the wind. I hope it gets restored since some of the kids live there (group home). They had already ordered pizza to be delivered since they couldn't cook dinner. The girls will like that!

We are also supposed to get some snow, but depending on who you listen to, it may be 2 inches or it may be 6 inches. Crazy PA winter!

I went grocery shopping and tried to get healthier snacks (carrots and broccolli, bananas and grapes). But, I am going to figure out a full menu for myself tonight, so I may need to do another quick run to the store next week sometime.

No plans tonight. I'm going to catch up on the computer since my internet wasn't working well at work. I have yoga in the morning, so hopefully the weather cooperates. I'll check back later. Have a great weekend!

Jill

 

[my3princes]

QOTD: On this day in 1993 Beauty and the Beast won 5 Grammy awards for the title song. What is your theme song....you know the one that you can't help singing when it comes on? If you don't have one, think about what one best fits your personality and gets you moving!

Bonus QOTD: Did you have breakfast? What did you have and did it fill you up?

My current theme song is Good Feeling by Flo Rida...just gets me moving!! My breakfast is Chobani Blood Orange Yogurt and a cup of coffee...it fills me up until 10:30 which is my snack time

My theme song is Toes by the Zac Brown Band. It just speaks to me and Chris too.

I had corn flakes this morning, but I probably haven't had cereal in 6+ months. It didn't seem as filling as a vita muffin or fruit.

Praise the Lord for technology! Just had a text conversation with DD and she was somehow able to post a picture on the internet through her Ipod Touch! It is an amazing picture of the view of the volcano from her eco-lodge!

Look here..........

http://www.gii.me/c/-16F2LI?ak=a05gNrvNsg9ec6

......................P

Amazing!!!

Well, I'm still here even though I don't post much. I was hoping to be closer to 20 pounds lost by the end of Feb, but I'm not going to make it.

I had a hysterectomy on Wednesday. It went great. I didn't have any type of pain meds afterward and was able to go home the same day in the late afternoon. I have to heal. I'm sore. I sleep a lot. I can't exercise yet, but it's crazy how great I feel after having that done. I haven't even had to take motrin or anything.

I'm only at 11 pounds down instead of my goal of like 18 pounds down, but I hope after I heal, I'll be able to get back into walking and back to losing weight.

I hope you continue healing well.

 

[trinaweena]

It's been a crazy week to say the least. Where to start?

Well I'm sure you are all sick of hearing about it by now, but yes my stomach is STILL bothering me. I actually had to miss class on tuesday which is SUPER upsetting because i swore after I failed out of school because of skipping class that I would never skip another class, but i went to class and all my classmates told me i looked awful and i felt awful and i HAD to work so i went home. It wasnt a huge deal, but it was frustrating. I ended up calling the doctor and basically demanding that I be seen by the actual doctor not the nurse practictioner. The receptionist was quite snippy with me, and told me that he couldn't see me till April. I asked her if i was just supposed to suffer until then and she was like well no, but you haven't gotten blood work (they never told me to) and stool sample. So i'm getting that done tomorrow but i don't know if it will help or not, since i still cant see an actual doctor till april. The middle of april

I'm going to see my primary care doctor on wednesday to talk about anxiety issues. Maybe that is the cause of these problems? I honestly don't care what is causing it anymore, i just want it to stop. I felt great this morning, ate breakfast and then started to feel sick midafternoon. I've been cranky today anyways, worked at 7am, and didn't eat anything, plus it snowed so its just crappy weather wise.

We bought our bridesmaids dresses today and that was an ordeal. My best friend, who is the bride, lives in tennessee so we are in charge of getting the dresses. We were all allowed to get different styles just had to be the same color. The maid of honor and i went shopping a few months ago and picked out the dresses and she was supposed to talk with the bride and the other bridesmaids and figure out what we were going to do. Then a week ago i get a text from her asking if i got my dress. um no, you never told me what was going on, if that was the dress i was supposed to get, what color, etc etc.

So i told her no, and she was like i'm going friday to order mine (today) and i was like ok, well i will go with you. Keep in mind I think she has talked to her sister and confirmed that these are the dresses she likes and what color we are supposed to order. I don't even remember what dress i tried on! We get there and the bridal people are super unhelpful, asking us what style number we tried on and i'm just like, i have no idea you put that information in the computer you are supposed to know! Meanwhile the maid of honor is getting all pissy with me like "you dont even remember the dress??" and i was trying to communicate to her that she was supposed to take care of all of this, because she said she would and she just kept giving me an attitude, and when i said something about "well what does bridget want?" she made a comment like "bridget is in tennesse, she is leaving this up to us, because she can't be here" like im an idiot. No, i just didn't know if she had picked a specific color.

I suppose it didn't help that i was cranky and tired, and just woken up from a nap. It was just not a great experience. Also the dress ended up costing me $200 that i dont have. The one good thing was they took our measurements and mine were smaller than hers! Petty I know, but she's always had the perfect body and ALWAYS been the pretty one so that was a nice moment. I ended up ordering the dress in a size 8, so i can't gain any wait till september! Which shouldn't be so hard since i'm still not eating.

To top everything off this week, the night before my spanish test which i was hugely unprepared for, we had an emergency trip to the vet. On tuesday night my dog was fussing with her behind, licking at it and such, i didn't think anything of it and went to work. I came home and checked it out and it looked like she had just pooped on herself, so i washed it and put her to bed. The next morning i woke up and it looked like she had pooped on herself again, but she hadn't been outside so i knew something was up. I went to school and made an appointment for the vet that afternoon. My mom yelled at me and said i was being ridiculous and we didn't have the money but i brought her anyways.

I'm sure glad i did! Turns out (and sorry if this grosses anyone out) she had a ruptured anal gland. Thankfully she did not be sedated and they were able to clean her up and she will be fine. But she is really uncomofrtable and on medication and i just feel so bad for her! I'm so glad i caught it in time.

So that's my update. I am severly slacking on homework today so i better get to it. Everyone have a nice weekend!

 

[::Snow_White::]

Oooh! That a hard one!

If I had to pick a song for myself, it would have to be 'I Believe In You And Me' by Whitney Houston.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQGt6VNm_iQ&ob=av2e&noredirect=1

I was actually reintroduced to the song on the Weight Watchers commercial with Jennifer Hudson, rediscovered the original, and fell in love with it all over again.

BONUS QOTD: I had a Fiber One Bar that was 120 calories. Not my best breakfast but I had it kind of late in the morning and I didn't want to eat big before lunch.

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Hormonal rant coming...

Not having a good day today. Gained... I can't believe I gained this week... A month of maintaining and I gained...

I know I really shouldn't be complaining since I know there are others who are having worse weight struggles than me and this is probably just TOM talking...but I've been working so hard at it, especially this week. I got all my scheduled exercise in and then some, plus I tracked every calorie I ate. The past three days I've actually made myself eat a spoonful of peanut butter or drink some 1% milk just to get my minimum 1,200 calories. Even today, I've logged in my meals (Fiber bar, Subway, baked pork chop with sweet potato) and am still over 300 calories short from my minimum calories...

Plus my gym consult had to be rescheduled for the 2nd time today (trainer needed to reschedule) and when I told DM about my weigh-in today, she mentioned that our scale is probably not accurate considering it's as old as me and there's about a 10 lb difference between the doctor's office scale and ours. So even though our scale says 201, it's probably more like 207-210 which also means that my starting weight was probably more than I originally thought.

Totally not what I needed to hear today... I guess mostly because it made me come to the realization of 'How did I let it get like this?'

Now whether it's from a starting weight of 225 or 215, I still have lost 15lbs either way and I do take satisfaction in that. My clothes fit better, the back fat is gone and I feel healthier. And I'm still planning on going to the gym today as I originally scheduled. (No drowning my sorrows in chocolate... ) But it's just disappointing to think you've come so far and then find out you actually haven't...

I mean, I'm getting exercise, burning calories and eating healthy. Why am I not losing anymore weight?

Rant over. If you took the time to read this, I really appreciate it.

Hope everything starts to look up for you! Maybe we just fall into a rut sometimes and it takes time before we can get out. Don't have any real explanation for it, but keep working hard!

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My family and I are going out to eat this weekend so I've been checking out the restaurants to see what I could have and so I could track my meals.

I cannot believe the amount of calories in some of these foods!! I used to have some delicious pasta at one of my favorite restaurants and found out today it was 1500 calories. I haven't had it in about a year but it really shocks you! I found an appetizer that was 2200 calories alone! What is in this food that makes it so many calories?! I can make a decent meal out of 300-400 calories at home but a veggie burger by itself is 550 calories at a restaurant? Ridiculous!

Luckily I found a couple salads and soups that were within a good range. My family ordered pizza tonight. I had a plate of mixed vegetables with a veggie turkey burger and treated myself to 2 cinnamon sticks. Yummm!

 

[mackeysmom]

My boys want to see The Secret World of Arrietty, too. How was it?

I enjoyed it! It was my first experience with that type of Japanese animation - a departure from what I'm used to seeing from Disney, but it was lovely to look at. The story was very sweet as well.

I'm excited to have a new source to read about WW!!! Thanks for sharing!!

Thanks. The most difficult part is coming up with ideas for the articles. I do much better when I'm given a specific assignment - with this I have carte-blanche on topics.

QOTD: On this day in 1993 Beauty and the Beast won 5 Grammy awards for the title song. What is your theme song....you know the one that you can't help singing when it comes on? If you don't have one, think about what one best fits your personality and gets you moving!

Copacabana by Barry Manilow. I've been a huge fan since I was a kid and that song always gets me moving. (And in my head, I substitute "Her name was Lola", with "Her name was Laura" )

Bonus QOTD: Did you have breakfast? What did you have and did it fill you up?

High-fiber english muffin with a little bit of peanut butter on top and 1/2 banana.

I had a hysterectomy on Wednesday. It went great. I didn't have any type of pain meds afterward and was able to go home the same day in the late afternoon. I have to heal. I'm sore. I sleep a lot. I can't exercise yet, but it's crazy how great I feel after having that done. I haven't even had to take motrin or anything.

I hope you continue to feel better.

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Trying to be very good today and tomorrow. On Sunday I'm seeing Sister Act on Broadway, and will be eating lunch at Tony DiNapoli's. For those not familiar with the restaurant - it is delicious Italian food served family style. The portions are huge and I want to save as many Points so I can indulge.

- Laura

 

[RemembertheMagic98]

My workout song is Go the Distance from Hercules! I listened to tons of music so I can't just pick one.

Lost 2.8 lbs this week! Really surprised, looks like I'm not sabotaging myself as bad as I think I am! Only 2.6 lbs and I'll have lost 10 since I started!

I love Go the Distance!! Kayla, GREAT loss!!! You are almost there!!

Well, I'm still here even though I don't post much. I was hoping to be closer to 20 pounds lost by the end of Feb, but I'm not going to make it.

I had a hysterectomy on Wednesday. It went great. I didn't have any type of pain meds afterward and was able to go home the same day in the late afternoon. I have to heal. I'm sore. I sleep a lot. I can't exercise yet, but it's crazy how great I feel after having that done. I haven't even had to take motrin or anything.

I'm only at 11 pounds down instead of my goal of like 18 pounds down, but I hope after I heal, I'll be able to get back into walking and back to losing weight.

Elizabeth! Wow! Surgery and back on here so quickly 11 pounds is amazing! Remember this is a journey!

Haven't been able to finish up my busy work project on the computer as DH has been on a conference call here in the office and I didn't want to disturb. Did a quick grocery run to our "local" Mom and Pop grocer (22 miles round trip), so that I didn't have to go all the way to the big store. Got the basics that we needed and will make due until probably Monday morning.

Homemade applesauce is cooking on the stove for tonight's dinner. Having salmon patties with green salad, mashed cauliflower, and applesauce. Sounds yummy to me!

Got in a 15 minute power workout with weights.... skipping cardio as I do that almost every day. Will plan to get in another 15 minutes before dinner.

DS has decided to go to a dance tonight, so fingers crossed that DH will drive him! ......................P

Applesauce! It must smell just divine! Hope DH is on pick up tonight

Oooh! That a hard one!

If I had to pick a song for myself, it would have to be 'I Believe In You And Me' by Whitney Houston.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQGt6VNm_iQ&ob=av2e&noredirect=1

I was actually reintroduced to the song on the Weight Watchers commercial with Jennifer Hudson, rediscovered the original, and fell in love with it all over again.

BONUS QOTD: I had a Fiber One Bar that was 120 calories. Not my best breakfast but I had it kind of late in the morning and I didn't want to eat big before lunch.

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Hormonal rant coming...

Not having a good day today. Gained... I can't believe I gained this week... A month of maintaining and I gained...

I know I really shouldn't be complaining since I know there are others who are having worse weight struggles than me and this is probably just TOM talking...but I've been working so hard at it, especially this week. I got all my scheduled exercise in and then some, plus I tracked every calorie I ate. The past three days I've actually made myself eat a spoonful of peanut butter or drink some 1% milk just to get my minimum 1,200 calories. Even today, I've logged in my meals (Fiber bar, Subway, baked pork chop with sweet potato) and am still over 300 calories short from my minimum calories...

Plus my gym consult had to be rescheduled for the 2nd time today (trainer needed to reschedule) and when I told DM about my weigh-in today, she mentioned that our scale is probably not accurate considering it's as old as me and there's about a 10 lb difference between the doctor's office scale and ours. So even though our scale says 201, it's probably more like 207-210 which also means that my starting weight was probably more than I originally thought.

Totally not what I needed to hear today... I guess mostly because it made me come to the realization of 'How did I let it get like this?'

Now whether it's from a starting weight of 225 or 215, I still have lost 15lbs either way and I do take satisfaction in that. My clothes fit better, the back fat is gone and I feel healthier. And I'm still planning on going to the gym today as I originally scheduled. (No drowning my sorrows in chocolate... ) But it's just disappointing to think you've come so far and then find out you actually haven't...

I mean, I'm getting exercise, burning calories and eating healthy. Why am I not losing anymore weight?

Rant over. If you took the time to read this, I really appreciate it.

Big !! I know it can be so frustrating to gain when you seem to be following the rules of good dieting!!! Regardless, you have lost weight!! And that is really such an amazing accomplishment!! Hang in there...

I'm not losing right now either and I know I have to change my eating. I am going to sit down tonight after the boys go to bed and plan every meal and snack for the week AND stick to it. I think if I figure out the calories ahead of time I will be better and not go over as much.

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We are having crazy weather today. The winds are wicked and we lost power at work around 2 o'clock. No one else in the area lost power, so the power company said it was probably a wire that was pulled away from the building from the wind. I hope it gets restored since some of the kids live there (group home). They had already ordered pizza to be delivered since they couldn't cook dinner. The girls will like that!

We are also supposed to get some snow, but depending on who you listen to, it may be 2 inches or it may be 6 inches. Crazy PA winter!

I went grocery shopping and tried to get healthier snacks (carrots and broccolli, bananas and grapes). But, I am going to figure out a full menu for myself tonight, so I may need to do another quick run to the store next week sometime.

No plans tonight. I'm going to catch up on the computer since my internet wasn't working well at work. I have yoga in the morning, so hopefully the weather cooperates. I'll check back later. Have a great weekend!

Jill

Wow! I hope the winds die down and the power gets back on for the kids sake. I'm with you..healthy snacks are tough but so worth it in the end. Hope you have a great night and fun yoga in the morning!

My theme song is Toes by the Zac Brown Band. It just speaks to me and Chris too.

Lol! Love that song!

It's been a crazy week to say the least. Where to start?

Well I'm sure you are all sick of hearing about it by now, but yes my stomach is STILL bothering me. I actually had to miss class on tuesday which is SUPER upsetting because i swore after I failed out of school because of skipping class that I would never skip another class, but i went to class and all my classmates told me i looked awful and i felt awful and i HAD to work so i went home. It wasnt a huge deal, but it was frustrating. I ended up calling the doctor and basically demanding that I be seen by the actual doctor not the nurse practictioner. The receptionist was quite snippy with me, and told me that he couldn't see me till April. I asked her if i was just supposed to suffer until then and she was like well no, but you haven't gotten blood work (they never told me to) and stool sample. So i'm getting that done tomorrow but i don't know if it will help or not, since i still cant see an actual doctor till april. The middle of april

I'm going to see my primary care doctor on wednesday to talk about anxiety issues. Maybe that is the cause of these problems? I honestly don't care what is causing it anymore, i just want it to stop. I felt great this morning, ate breakfast and then started to feel sick midafternoon. I've been cranky today anyways, worked at 7am, and didn't eat anything, plus it snowed so its just crappy weather wise.

We bought our bridesmaids dresses today and that was an ordeal. My best friend, who is the bride, lives in tennessee so we are in charge of getting the dresses. We were all allowed to get different styles just had to be the same color. The maid of honor and i went shopping a few months ago and picked out the dresses and she was supposed to talk with the bride and the other bridesmaids and figure out what we were going to do. Then a week ago i get a text from her asking if i got my dress. um no, you never told me what was going on, if that was the dress i was supposed to get, what color, etc etc.

So i told her no, and she was like i'm going friday to order mine (today) and i was like ok, well i will go with you. Keep in mind I think she has talked to her sister and confirmed that these are the dresses she likes and what color we are supposed to order. I don't even remember what dress i tried on! We get there and the bridal people are super unhelpful, asking us what style number we tried on and i'm just like, i have no idea you put that information in the computer you are supposed to know! Meanwhile the maid of honor is getting all pissy with me like "you dont even remember the dress??" and i was trying to communicate to her that she was supposed to take care of all of this, because she said she would and she just kept giving me an attitude, and when i said something about "well what does bridget want?" she made a comment like "bridget is in tennesse, she is leaving this up to us, because she can't be here" like im an idiot. No, i just didn't know if she had picked a specific color.

I suppose it didn't help that i was cranky and tired, and just woken up from a nap. It was just not a great experience. Also the dress ended up costing me $200 that i dont have. The one good thing was they took our measurements and mine were smaller than hers! Petty I know, but she's always had the perfect body and ALWAYS been the pretty one so that was a nice moment. I ended up ordering the dress in a size 8, so i can't gain any wait till september! Which shouldn't be so hard since i'm still not eating.

To top everything off this week, the night before my spanish test which i was hugely unprepared for, we had an emergency trip to the vet. On tuesday night my dog was fussing with her behind, licking at it and such, i didn't think anything of it and went to work. I came home and checked it out and it looked like she had just pooped on herself, so i washed it and put her to bed. The next morning i woke up and it looked like she had pooped on herself again, but she hadn't been outside so i knew something was up. I went to school and made an appointment for the vet that afternoon. My mom yelled at me and said i was being ridiculous and we didn't have the money but i brought her anyways.

I'm sure glad i did! Turns out (and sorry if this grosses anyone out) she had a ruptured anal gland. Thankfully she did not be sedated and they were able to clean her up and she will be fine. But she is really uncomofrtable and on medication and i just feel so bad for her! I'm so glad i caught it in time.

So that's my update. I am severly slacking on homework today so i better get to it. Everyone have a nice weekend!

Trina, sounds like things are tough all around for you While the bridesmaid dress ordeal sounds tough, your measurements must have been a happy victory!! I really hope your tummy troubles are diagnosed soon...i really sympathize with you...hang in there!!

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Hope everyone had a great day!!

 

[RemembertheMagic98]

Hope everything starts to look up for you! Maybe we just fall into a rut sometimes and it takes time before we can get out. Don't have any real explanation for it, but keep working hard!

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My family and I are going out to eat this weekend so I've been checking out the restaurants to see what I could have and so I could track my meals.

I cannot believe the amount of calories in some of these foods!! I used to have some delicious pasta at one of my favorite restaurants and found out today it was 1500 calories. I haven't had it in about a year but it really shocks you! I found an appetizer that was 2200 calories alone! What is in this food that makes it so many calories?! I can make a decent meal out of 300-400 calories at home but a veggie burger by itself is 550 calories at a restaurant? Ridiculous!

Luckily I found a couple salads and soups that were within a good range. My family ordered pizza tonight. I had a plate of mixed vegetables with a veggie turkey burger and treated myself to 2 cinnamon sticks. Yummm!

Kayla, when I began WW a few weeks ago I was shocked at the point values for some of my favorite foods It sounds like you made great choices tonight

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Trying to be very good today and tomorrow. On Sunday I'm seeing Sister Act on Broadway, and will be eating lunch at Tony DiNapoli's. For those not familiar with the restaurant - it is delicious Italian food served family style. The portions are huge and I want to save as many Points so I can indulge.

- Laura

Laura, do share when you get home!! I've heard the show is amazing! I wish you all the best at Tony DiNappoli's....so yummy that I just want to eat everything there
Enjoy!!

 

[Disneyluvr]

Howdy Donald's! After a few really bad weeks I finally lost 1 lb this week!
I need to get back to the Healthy Habits Challenge and start this ball back rolling!

I am soo excited that I have joined Weight Watchers! I live in a very small town and they haven't had meetings here for a few yrs because there wasn't enough interested but they had an information meeting last night and over 25 people came so the program can start. We will be having meetings on Wed.nights! I hope this is the kick in the pants I need!!

 

[Disneyluvr]

Oh I forgot to mention that I tried the recipe someone here mentioned about mashing cauliflower with potatoes and they were really good. My first venture into veggies was a success and now I just bought a bunch of fresh asparagus as my next new veggie to try (hey they were on sale and I was feeling adventurous, haha)

So now I need a really easy way to cook them that will be delish

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Oooh! That a hard one!

If I had to pick a song for myself, it would have to be 'I Believe In You And Me' by Whitney Houston.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQGt6VNm_iQ&ob=av2e&noredirect=1

I was actually reintroduced to the song on the Weight Watchers commercial with Jennifer Hudson, rediscovered the original, and fell in love with it all over again.

BONUS QOTD: I had a Fiber One Bar that was 120 calories. Not my best breakfast but I had it kind of late in the morning and I didn't want to eat big before lunch.

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Hormonal rant coming...

Not having a good day today. Gained... I can't believe I gained this week... A month of maintaining and I gained...

I know I really shouldn't be complaining since I know there are others who are having worse weight struggles than me and this is probably just TOM talking...but I've been working so hard at it, especially this week. I got all my scheduled exercise in and then some, plus I tracked every calorie I ate. The past three days I've actually made myself eat a spoonful of peanut butter or drink some 1% milk just to get my minimum 1,200 calories. Even today, I've logged in my meals (Fiber bar, Subway, baked pork chop with sweet potato) and am still over 300 calories short from my minimum calories...

Plus my gym consult had to be rescheduled for the 2nd time today (trainer needed to reschedule) and when I told DM about my weigh-in today, she mentioned that our scale is probably not accurate considering it's as old as me and there's about a 10 lb difference between the doctor's office scale and ours. So even though our scale says 201, it's probably more like 207-210 which also means that my starting weight was probably more than I originally thought.

Totally not what I needed to hear today... I guess mostly because it made me come to the realization of 'How did I let it get like this?'

Now whether it's from a starting weight of 225 or 215, I still have lost 15lbs either way and I do take satisfaction in that. My clothes fit better, the back fat is gone and I feel healthier. And I'm still planning on going to the gym today as I originally scheduled. (No drowning my sorrows in chocolate... ) But it's just disappointing to think you've come so far and then find out you actually haven't...

I mean, I'm getting exercise, burning calories and eating healthy. Why am I not losing anymore weight?

Rant over. If you took the time to read this, I really appreciate it.

I know it sounds crazy but you may not be eating enough. Try replacing calories that you burn wih exercise or just increase them a little bit for a week and see what happens.

It's been a crazy week to say the least. Where to start?

Well I'm sure you are all sick of hearing about it by now, but yes my stomach is STILL bothering me. I actually had to miss class on tuesday which is SUPER upsetting because i swore after I failed out of school because of skipping class that I would never skip another class, but i went to class and all my classmates told me i looked awful and i felt awful and i HAD to work so i went home. It wasnt a huge deal, but it was frustrating. I ended up calling the doctor and basically demanding that I be seen by the actual doctor not the nurse practictioner. The receptionist was quite snippy with me, and told me that he couldn't see me till April. I asked her if i was just supposed to suffer until then and she was like well no, but you haven't gotten blood work (they never told me to) and stool sample. So i'm getting that done tomorrow but i don't know if it will help or not, since i still cant see an actual doctor till april. The middle of april

I'm going to see my primary care doctor on wednesday to talk about anxiety issues. Maybe that is the cause of these problems? I honestly don't care what is causing it anymore, i just want it to stop. I felt great this morning, ate breakfast and then started to feel sick midafternoon. I've been cranky today anyways, worked at 7am, and didn't eat anything, plus it snowed so its just crappy weather wise.

We bought our bridesmaids dresses today and that was an ordeal. My best friend, who is the bride, lives in tennessee so we are in charge of getting the dresses. We were all allowed to get different styles just had to be the same color. The maid of honor and i went shopping a few months ago and picked out the dresses and she was supposed to talk with the bride and the other bridesmaids and figure out what we were going to do. Then a week ago i get a text from her asking if i got my dress. um no, you never told me what was going on, if that was the dress i was supposed to get, what color, etc etc.

So i told her no, and she was like i'm going friday to order mine (today) and i was like ok, well i will go with you. Keep in mind I think she has talked to her sister and confirmed that these are the dresses she likes and what color we are supposed to order. I don't even remember what dress i tried on! We get there and the bridal people are super unhelpful, asking us what style number we tried on and i'm just like, i have no idea you put that information in the computer you are supposed to know! Meanwhile the maid of honor is getting all pissy with me like "you dont even remember the dress??" and i was trying to communicate to her that she was supposed to take care of all of this, because she said she would and she just kept giving me an attitude, and when i said something about "well what does bridget want?" she made a comment like "bridget is in tennesse, she is leaving this up to us, because she can't be here" like im an idiot. No, i just didn't know if she had picked a specific color.

I suppose it didn't help that i was cranky and tired, and just woken up from a nap. It was just not a great experience. Also the dress ended up costing me $200 that i dont have. The one good thing was they took our measurements and mine were smaller than hers! Petty I know, but she's always had the perfect body and ALWAYS been the pretty one so that was a nice moment. I ended up ordering the dress in a size 8, so i can't gain any wait till september! Which shouldn't be so hard since i'm still not eating.

To top everything off this week, the night before my spanish test which i was hugely unprepared for, we had an emergency trip to the vet. On tuesday night my dog was fussing with her behind, licking at it and such, i didn't think anything of it and went to work. I came home and checked it out and it looked like she had just pooped on herself, so i washed it and put her to bed. The next morning i woke up and it looked like she had pooped on herself again, but she hadn't been outside so i knew something was up. I went to school and made an appointment for the vet that afternoon. My mom yelled at me and said i was being ridiculous and we didn't have the money but i brought her anyways.

I'm sure glad i did! Turns out (and sorry if this grosses anyone out) she had a ruptured anal gland. Thankfully she did not be sedated and they were able to clean her up and she will be fine. But she is really uncomofrtable and on medication and i just feel so bad for her! I'm so glad i caught it in time.

So that's my update. I am severly slacking on homework today so i better get to it. Everyone have a nice weekend!

Oh trina you have had quite a week. I hear you on the bridesmaid cost. It is not cheap being in a wedding. Im sure your friend will appreciate all the headache you are going through. Sounds like her sister is quite a hoot.

Qotd- my theme song would be- im sexy and i know it by lmfao we dance to this at zumba and it makes me feel sexy in my own mind.

Thanks to jill for being our coach last wk and welcome to coach karen.

I had a successful weigh inn of a 1.2lb loss. I was happy to see that but then i sorta fell off the wagon today. Oh well back on it again tomorrow.

Tomorrow i have to work at a marketing event for my office and then we have my cousins sons bday party. Im promising now not to eat cake.

 

[donac]

Oh I forgot to mention that I tried the recipe someone here mentioned about mashing cauliflower with potatoes and they were really good. My first venture into veggies was a success and now I just bought a bunch of fresh asparagus as my next new veggie to try (hey they were on sale and I was feeling adventurous, haha)

So now I need a really easy way to cook them that will be delish

ROAST ROAST ROAST. You can leave them whole or cut them into inch size pieces, put on a flat pan, drizzle olive oil, salt and pepper, 400 oven for 5 to 10m minutes depending on how thick and enjoy. They go great in scrambled eggs.

 

[mikamah]

Good evening and Happy Weekend!!

Thank you Jill for coaching last week and all your fun questions and support, and a big welcome to Karen as this weeks coach!! It's gonna be a good, good week!!!! I've got no prince charming for you, but if I ever find 2, I'll send one your way.

Congrats to all who have posted losses or maintains too, since maintaining is way underrated, and big hugs to any gainers this week.
I'm down .2, so essentially a maintain, and after tonights feast at Buffalo Wild Wings, I'm taking todays weight and staying off the scale tomorrow. But I am back in the wagon even though I was sidetracked tonight.

QOTD: On this day in 1993 Beauty and the Beast won 5 Grammy awards for the title song. What is your theme song....you know the one that you can't help singing when it comes on? If you don't have one, think about what one best fits your personality and gets you moving!

Bonus QOTD: Did you have breakfast? What did you have and did it fill you up?

My current theme song is Good Feeling by Flo Rida...just gets me moving!! My breakfast is Chobani Blood Orange Yogurt and a cup of coffee...it fills me up until 10:30 which is my snack time

I love this question, karen. I'd say " I hope you Dance" is my theme song, since I first heard it years ago when I was country dancing, and at the time recently had lost my dad and gotten out of a bad relationship, and really did learn to get up and "dance" when I had the opportunity.

But I love the question more because as I was reading through everyone's posts, I'd start singing their songs in my head. Thank you Laura for Copa Cobana, and Lindsay for replacing Copa with I'm sexy and I know it. Ds enjoys that song a bit, and I bet he could do quite a dance with you at Zumba.

Praise the Lord for technology! Just had a text conversation with DD and she was somehow able to post a picture on the internet through her Ipod Touch! It is an amazing picture of the view of the volcano from her eco-lodge!

Look here..........

http://www.gii.me/c/-16F2LI?ak=a05gNrvNsg9ec6

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What a beautiful picture. I am so excited for you that she has been able to communicate with you. Such a treat for you. Sounds like she is already having an amazing time. Yay. Hope you got a little rest and are ready for a fun vacation week with ds!!

I had a hysterectomy on Wednesday. It went great. I didn't have any type of pain meds afterward and was able to go home the same day in the late afternoon. I have to heal. I'm sore. I sleep a lot. I can't exercise yet, but it's crazy how great I feel after having that done. I haven't even had to take motrin or anything.

I'm only at 11 pounds down instead of my goal of like 18 pounds down, but I hope after I heal, I'll be able to get back into walking and back to losing weight.

I'm so happy to hear the surgery went well, and am sending prayers and good wishes for a speedy recovery. 11 pounds in less than 2 months is a good loss too, especially with the stress of the impending surgery. Hang in there.

Well, I'm half way through my 4 day weekend. It's nice I was able to get an extra day off with this being school vacation too. We didn't do too much, but it's been fun and relaxing. This afternoon we went to see Journey2 again because ds loved it, and it was playing at the best time. It was still good. I went through all my scrapbooking supplies because 2 ladies I work with retired and we are making them scrap/memory books so I brought some stuff into work this afternoon. We're having a party thursday night and we'll have the books there like a guestbook, and we've gathered pictures we're putting in the books too. But anyway, I have so much disney scrapping supplies, that tomorrow I plan to start scrapping again. I have our 1st trip big scrapbook done, and the 2nd book started so that leave 4.5 trips to go. I think I'm going to make a joint trip book and do a few 12x12 pages from each trip. I have small 5x7 book from each trip, but I would like more. I also could start working on my nieces graduation book. June will be here before I know it.

Hope you all have a fabulous weekend!!!