Team Donald – Biggest Loser “No Excuses” 2012 Challenge

[jenanderson]

I know we did quotes the other day but I just got my daily quote sent to me from Runner's World and thought it should be shared....


"If we write our dreams and goals down, we dramatically increase our odds of realization. If we share them with others, they become potent and alive."

~Kristin Armstrong, Full Cup, Mile Markers blog, Runner's World.com

Make your dreams and goals become alive today!

 

[pjlla]

Hello from your newest Team Donald member!!

I posted my intro in the Main BL thread but here it is again!

Here's a little about me:

I am a 27 year old SAHM to 2 little monkeys. DD - 3 and DS - 1 1/2. My weight problem started AFTER my DD was born. I had 2 very difficult pregnancies. I had hyperemesis gravidarum with both. For those of who don't know what that is...it is severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. Unlike most women, the sickness doesn't end with the first trimester. I start vomiting at about 6 weeks along and go all the way until the baby is born. NOT FUN! With my daughter I was hospitalized 11 times! With my son they knew I couldn't be in the hospital that much with a little one at home so they inserted a PIC line and I was hooked up to IV fluids at home.

Well I lost 20 lbs when I was pregnant with my daughter. When I gave birth to her I felt great! I was 20 lbs under my pre-pregnancy weight. However, that changed really fast. Within a year of giving birth I had gained almost 80 lbs! My whole body chemistry changed and my body didn't know how to handle food anymore, since I didn't keep much down during my pregnancy. I NEVER had a weight problem until then. So it's been about 2.5 years and this person that I see in the mirror every day IS NOT ME!! She needs TO GO!!! Well I am done having kids (can't handle anymore pregnancies like that) so it is time to find my real body again! AND 8 years and 2 beautiful kids later my fiance and I are finally getting married!!! The date is set for 10-11-12! We are getting married on Cocoa Beach and having a DISNEYMOON!!! (our children will be honeymooning with us too. lol) So the wedding and Disneymoon are my focus and motivation for this!!!

I am looking forward to getting to know you all during this battle/journey! I have read all 9 pages on this thread and will do the same when I am assigned a team!!! Good Luck to you all!!!!

Oh, My diet started January 1st and as of the 7th, I have lost a little over 3 pounds! My goal is to lose about 70-75 lbs. So I hope to keep this going past this challenge to get there!!!

Nice to meet you! Glad to have you along for the ride!!

Congratulations to everyone for their fabulous week one weight losses!! Now that the new scale has arrived and I'm turning in my numbers, I hope to make the list soon.

Oh, the last 24 hours have been hellish (can I use that word on DISboards?)! DH got called into work last night for the 4-12 shift. No big deal, but we only have one vehicle, so he goes to work and I have to find a ride home. I call him at work periodically and last night I was keeping him updated with the football score (really LSU??). So when I called him at about 11:30, he was upset and aggravated. He locked the keys in the van. The police wouldn't come out and open the lock and to call a tow truck would have been $75!!!!! I ended up having to call a taxi and have them take me out to his work site and bring him my keys. It was 2:00 AM before we got home and in bed. The alarm went off this morning at 6:30 AM. UGH!! Then to keep up with the trend of ickiness, I had a day of "death by meeting" at work. It lasted almost four hours and by the time it was done, I was starving. Here came my bad choice for the day - the chinese buffet. Bad idea. Because about two hours later, I was spending some quality time in the bathroom. Now I'm sitting on the couch nursing a glass of diet ginger ale.

On the positive side, I'm watching Biggest Loser! And my younger brother who is deployed to Afghanistan has just landed home to his wife and kids for two weeks of R&R. So it's not been an entirely horrible day.

Tuesday's QOTD: Share what you eat for breakfast. Feel free to share your on the go ideas, quick breakfasts or what you have when you have time to make something better. I take breakfast to work with me, so I do what I can on the go. I usually put dry cereal in a baggie or grab a granola bar. But I've got a lot of coupons for protien bars, so I may pick up a few this week at the store. Does anyone eat them? Are they healthy or just designed to be healthy, but actually not??

Sorry about the craziness, but glad you were able to post some positive news!

Be back to reply more over the course of the day, as time allows..........P

 

[pjlla]

Isn't it funny how life gets in the way of things? We had so many plans when we bought our house 9 years ago. About 4 have gotten done lol. Although, the next two weeks DH is off of school, so he is finally putting up the crown molding I've been waiting 5 years for

I am so nervous about DS getting braces. He's only 8 and he doesn't want to give up his love of Starbursts, but I told him he had to. He is getting "phase 1" and I'm hoping he never needs "phase 2." By that time DS5 will be old enough and probably will be in "phase 1." These kids will be lucky if we can afford to help them with college at all after braces lol.


We were lucky enough to find another orthodontic office for DS. We KNEW that the place that we took DD was pricey..... high rent district and all.. but they did an excellent job. We are hoping and praying that this guy does just as nice a job for DS.... and they are more conveniently located, which is another plus. After this we will be free of orthodontics forever!! We paid DD's off in one lump sum to get a small discount, but then discovered that the insurance only paid us back their portion in monthly increments over two years!! So we opted to pay a big deposit and then monthly payments to this new ortho so that we get paid back by insurance at the same rate. Not so much crazy out of pocket for us.


I actually floss daily anyhow, but have you tried those flossers/picks? They are so much easier than just using floss. I love them even though it probably costs more than just using floss. I've seen them at the dollar store. Just make sure you get the ones with wax. They're much easier to use and you don't have to have your fingers in your mouth.


I second that suggestion!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Well, I really felt like I needed a workout break today, but my competitive edge told me I had to get my point for HH, so I did the eliptical for 22 minutes. I didn't go all out, but needed those 20 minutes!

After, I made dinner (waffles and turkey bacon since DH has clinicals tonight for school and wasn't here~he hates breakfast for dinner). Then DSs and I watched the lastest Spy Kids movie. It was so nice to sit, relax, and laugh with my boys. It was a really cute movie, but seeing Jessica Alba in a leather suit made me a tad mad! Her waist is smaller than one of my thighs, I swear! I guess I shouldn't compare myself to others, but really? If I put on a leather suit, I'd look like Shamu

Now I'm relaxing and watching the BL. I enjoy the show, but wish it wasn't 2 hours. They repeat themselves too much. I'm sure they could shorten it. I guess I better just DVR it & fast forward the commercials. It'll probably only be an hour then

I have got to focus tomorrow at work. I have an IEP due in a week and I haven't even started it. I guess I better start since this is the first year I've had this student and don't really know where to start. I am about done with special education. There's so much paperwork and monitoring that I don't feel like I am teaching as effectively as I could and should be. But, until I find a wonderful job with those cute little ones (kindergarten or 1st grade), I guess I'll just keep writing my IEPs, behavior plans, and progress reports.

Well, now that my post turned into a vent I'm off to, well, do nothing

Jill

Good luck with the IEP!! I always DVR BL..... too many repeats and commercials!!

Hi,my name is chris. I'm 41 and this is my 3rd or 4th blc. My goal is to finally get under 200lb.s About a year and a 1/2 ago I did P90x and got to 203 (11% body fat) and was happy with my success. Since then my weight has crept back up to 237lb.s I'm happily married to my3princes and have 3 fine young boys. I hope to reach my goal before our trip to Hawaii.

Hey! I know you!! How are you, Chris?? So glad to see you here with us! How's the thumb doing?

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No more time this morning. Hopefully I can pop over during lunch!.......P

 

[jenanderson]

Sometimes at night when I don't feel like cooking "real food", I heat up a knish and slice it open in half - I then put some turkey pastrami on it and melt some reduced fat swiss cheese on it. Add a little mustard and I feel like I am eating a real deli treat.

I will have to share this idea with my DH...it sounds like something he would love.

[And ... today was the first day I just couldn't find time to exercise. Just a really busy day. I just finished icing cupcakes for my son's "in school" birthday treat. This bothers me because I am the type of person who says ... "Oh well, you broke the cycle. Now it is OK if you miss tomorrow ... then the next day ... etc." I need to wrap my mind around the fact that it is OK to miss a day, but I need to get back on the horse the next day!

Sounds like you are doing a good job working on getting that breakfast in. I am also a hit the snooze sort of person so I feel for you there.

Just so you know...you did not break the cycle, you simply missed a day and I know you will get back at it today!

I was very busy yesterday. I must have made at least 10 trips to the office at school yesterday. I think a couple of the administrators were getting tired of seeing me. I think they are ready for the inservice today. I am so sorry that I am going to miss. I have to do something else at the other high school. I have heard that some people are going to call in sick so that they don't have to do what we want them to do.

Dona - Sounds like there is a lot going on at your school lately. I hope that it is not too stressful. I always feel bad when teachers don't come to an inservice simply to avoid hearing what they don't want hear. Even if I don't agree with changes, I believe that I have to attend and at least hear things out. I hope you have a good day at the other school.

1. Move around the room more while I'm teaching.
2. Track my food on My Fitness Pal
3. Add some healthy spices to dinner tonight
4. Hug my kids
5. Laugh

I LOVE #4....I am going to be sure to give my DS and DD extra big hugs tonight. Especially DD...she is almost 16 and not really into being loved up at this point in her life!

I was going to pop on earlier, but got reading this weeks All Ears Newsletter and lost track of time! It gave me a nice "Disney" start to the day. I have just a few minutes left here, so I may try to just catch up on the last 24 hours.

I ended my night by reading the newsletter. It gave me a good "Disney" feeling before going to bed. This morning I am listening to Disney music to start my day out right after I read your post!

I would like to retire in FL, but this time here in VA taught me I cannot handle the humidity. I guess we will keep on taking the trip!

Call me crazy but I make sure when we go to FL, we go in August! I LOVE the humidity! My favorite days are when it is absolutely "drippy" outside. I love to be in the parks and feel the heat.

 

[VirataMama4]

QOTD-
1. I'm going to park farther away from the door while grocery shopping.
2. I'm going to make DH a special meal that only he will eat, and freeze it so he can have it while he's working nights starting next week!
3. I'm going to buy those awful frozen totinos pizza for DD for dinner tonight... She's 13 and thinks "I never do anything nice for her." I might also take #4 from jillbur and give her a big ole hug too! She'll "love" that!

 

[luvpoohandcompany]

luvpoohandcompany - Your homemade granola sounds so yummy! You should share how you make it! So sweet that you get treats from your mom and I like that you plan for it so you can enjoy it.
My Granola is easy and you can slot in your own favorites200g rolled oats
100-150g mixed nuts (I use almonds and cashews but any nuts you like are good)
50g mixed seeds (sunflower, poppy, pumkin,sesame)
50g dessicated coconut
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
150g dried fruit (I use cranberries and blueberries)
5 tablespoons maple syrup
5 tablespoons olive oil

Pre-heat oven to 180 c
Mix all the dry ingredients excluding the dried fruit and spread on a baking tray. drizzle with the syrup and oil and stir again. Place the tray in the oven for 25-30 minutes. Take out every 5 minutes or so and stir the granola and smooth it back out again. When the granola is nice and golden remove it from the oven and mix in the fruit and then let it cool down. Store in an airtight container when cool. Its lovely with milk or yoghurt and will keep for about 2 weeks. So yummy it probably wont last that long lol

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Good Morning Team Donald!


Wednesday's QOTD: What is something you can do in 60 seconds today to prolong your life?

1.I will remember to breathe DEEPLY when things are driving me nuts which lets face it happens often

 

[RemembertheMagic98]

I go through fazes with breakfast where I will eat the same thing for a really long time and then I will be done with it. Currently I am having plain fat free kefir smoothies. This morning I put fresh pineapple and frozen raspberries (no sugar) in and blended it up. Sometimes I'll add bananas. Sometimes nuts. I really love kefir. I do get hungry if I don't have any fat at breakfast, so if I don't add nuts, I think I will have a tablespoon of peanut butter.

Rose, what exactly is kefir? I am absolutely intrigued with new foods that are GF friendly!

Best of luck on the job interview!!

Thanks!! And yes, I have made the protein pancakes with rolled oats and they work just as well. I have yet to use steel cut but I have a feeling they may be too gritty since you are really not cooking them for that long?

Public Service Announcement. If you haven't been to the dermatologist lately PLEASE consider it. We found out today that the mole that Colby had removed had atypical cells. Thankfully they removed it with a good margin so he doesn't have to have anything done now, but he will need yearly skin checks for the rest of his life. Colby is 9 and the area where the mole was removed was on the side of his foot where he has never had a sunburn, it was under his ankle. You just never know. The rest of us will be scheduling appointments tomorrow for the near future. A 20 minute visit could just save you life down the road.

Since we are all starting to care for our bodies, now is the perfect time to start from the skin and work inwards

Oh Deb! So glad they caught it early! My dad goes in tomorrow for a removal on his nose and back...they think it is a pre-cancerous mole but you never know!!
I usually get a body scan in the spring since my skin is so fair...

Yes, I measure my half and half. It's funny that you mentioned the calories taking up calories I could get elsewhere. I used to drink my coffee with Coffeemate Fat Free and Sugar. I weaned myself off the sugar. And we moved to half and half because it is so much cheaper than Coffeemate. Plus, it's the real thing. Anyway, I have made lifetime with WW 2 times (HA!) and have not given it up. I guess I just can't get to the place where black coffee sounds good. There's hope I guess since I used to think I could never drink coffee w/o sugar.

Black coffee makes me gag....ewww! I really should get off the coffee altogether and switch to green tea, but there is something about the taste of coffee with skim milk in the morning. I went off sugar (actually splenda) cold turkey last spring...tough but I thank myself now Hang in there!

Small victory today but I still wanted to share it!

Had to go run errands today so in getting dressed I decided to try on one of my old shirts, a size Medium t-shirt that I haven't worn in 2 years because it showed all my flab...

Well...

IT FIT! I'M SO HAPPY!!

All that water and exercise and fruit is paying off! Still not sure if I've lost anymore weight this week, (I try to just weigh myself on Fridays for the weigh-in so that I don't get as discouraged if I haven't lost anything) but even if I just maintain my weigh this week, I'll be happy cause I can definitely see a difference in myself already.

Off to go eat some of DM's roast on wheat bread!

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SIDE NOTE: I'm just curious to know how everyone's doing with flossing for HH this week. I've been doing it every night since Friday faithfully, (I think I've flossed more this week than the past five years) but I'll admit it, I really hate flossing...

Hello from your newest Team Donald member!!

Welcome!!! So nice to have another team member on our journey!

Congratulations to everyone for their fabulous week one weight losses!! Now that the new scale has arrived and I'm turning in my numbers, I hope to make the list soon.

Oh, the last 24 hours have been hellish (can I use that word on DISboards?)! DH got called into work last night for the 4-12 shift. No big deal, but we only have one vehicle, so he goes to work and I have to find a ride home. I call him at work periodically and last night I was keeping him updated with the football score (really LSU??). So when I called him at about 11:30, he was upset and aggravated. He locked the keys in the van. The police wouldn't come out and open the lock and to call a tow truck would have been $75!!!!! I ended up having to call a taxi and have them take me out to his work site and bring him my keys. It was 2:00 AM before we got home and in bed. The alarm went off this morning at 6:30 AM. UGH!! Then to keep up with the trend of ickiness, I had a day of "death by meeting" at work. It lasted almost four hours and by the time it was done, I was starving. Here came my bad choice for the day - the chinese buffet. Bad idea. Because about two hours later, I was spending some quality time in the bathroom. Now I'm sitting on the couch nursing a glass of diet ginger ale.

Ruthie, hang in there!!!

Hi,my name is chris. I'm 41 and this is my 3rd or 4th blc. My goal is to finally get under 200lb.s About a year and a 1/2 ago I did P90x and got to 203 (11% body fat) and was happy with my success. Since then my weight has crept back up to 237lb.s I'm happily married to my3princes and have 3 fine young boys. I hope to reach my goal before our trip to Hawaii.

welcome Chris!!!

Karen - Thanks for the thoughts and prayers. Hagrid is home with us for tonight. Thanks for the great pancake recipe...I might have to try them.

Good job getting your spin class done! I am amazed that you burn that many calories. I know that my gym class has a spin class and I might have to check it out!

Good luck at your job interview!!!

Thanks Jen! My first 2 spin classes gave me "spin butt"...a bit on discomfort the next day...but now I absolutely love it for the calories burned and the awesome music! Also, I can go at my own pace and resistance! Just a word of advice, if you have not spun before, tell the instructor and they can help you set up the bike....I had everything in the wrong places until I had a really good instructor notice! It made all the difference for me!

Interview is tomorrow!!!!

Rememberthemagic Good luck on the interview. Is it a really good district? What county is it in so I can play guessing games.

Holy busy day Dona! I hope everything works out for the inservice! I live in Morris County, currently work in Union County, and the interview is in Bergen County....at an independent school....any guesses? Oh, and I am a college counselor

Wednesday's QOTD: What is something you can do in 60 seconds today to prolong your life?

1. Call my sister for no reason than to check up on her...she is 5 months pregnant and I miss her
2. Going to do a dry run tonight to my job interview so I am not stressed tomorrow morning.
3. I'm going put water in the water bottle instead of looking at the empty bottle on my desk...
4. I'm going to actually take a lunch without doing work which will allow me to chat with colleagues

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Happy Hump Day!

I fell off the exercise wagon yesterday...but I get back on it today! I'm so worried about this job interview and really needed new brown shoes or boots for my suit....shoe shopping was a nightmare! Everything is too casual or has too high of a heel to be appropriate...or just too darn expensive! I finally found a pair of boots...a good choice since it is supposed to really rain here tomorrow! I tried on the suit with jewelry last night and it looks good! Still not sold on the bag I'm bringing but I need something to fit my notebook into...oh well.

Eating went well yesterday and I had some very yummy Pho (Vietnamese soup) for dinner last night. Since I am beginning WW this weekend, Brian suggested I just eat and eat....no way...if I want to hit goal by my 40th birthday I need to make everyday count! Now if I could only stop eating ice cream and drink more water....lol

Back to work...preparing for tomorrows interview and an evening program that I have to present tomorrow night at my current school! Busy, busy, busy!

Make great choices today Donalds!!

 

[Rose&Mike]

Good Morning Donalds!

Someone commented about time in the mornings and the dreaded snooze button. About six months ago I moved the alarm across the room and it has made a huge difference. I don't like getting up to turn it off, but I don't hit the snooze anymore. It has made my mornings a little more pleasant.

Trina--I hope your procedure went well.

I also wanted to comment on exercise. One really hard thing for me to learn through all this is that my body NEEDS me to take rest days. I was one of those--if I skip a day, I am a failure kind of girl. Taking a rest day is different than skipping just cause you don't want to do it. A rest day is needed for your body to heal muscles/tendons/ligaments that you are working. I think it is also good to be able to say to yourself--I scheduled exercise today and I am really over scheduled, so this is the day I am going to exercise instead, or even I am just going to let this one go and jump back in on this day. It's that whole if you break a plate you don't throw out all the dishes thing. This was an EXTREMELY hard thing for me to learn, both with exercise and food. We don't have to be perfect, we just have to do the best we can and we have to be honest with ourselves.

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I had physical therapy today. I am sooooooo tired of physical therapy, but I did this to myself by not taking rest days and not dealing with the issues when they first came up. I have been going since October 26th. I was hoping to be done this week, but she is encouraging me to come a few more times. The worst part....our deductible started over and my hsa is low right now, so it is going to be out of pocket for a little while. But a healthy foot is worth it. It's just painful to pay for it! So she asked me how the running is going and told me some of the soreness I am having is probably from increased activity. So that made me feel better cause my foot has been a little tight which was starting to stress me out and make me a little cranky! I don't want to be injured anymore!

My physical therapist was with a new patient so someone else was watching me do my exercises and she said my pt had me doing some heavy duty strength exercise on my ankle so that made me feel good--cause they are hard!!!! Then she asked me what I did to my foot.....I hate this question. I really didn't do that much to my foot, I just ran all summer on it injured. Bad, bad choice on my part.

So hopefully only a few more visits to the p-t.

Have a great Wednesday. I'm off today, so I will check back in.

 

[belledreamer]

Wednesday's QOTD: What is something you can do in 60 seconds today to prolong your life?

Spend some time to pet and play with my cat. Even though she'll probably wish I had just let her sleep.

 

[Rose&Mike]

Rose, what exactly is kefir? I am absolutely intrigued with new foods that are GF friendly!

It's fermented milk, kind of like liquid yogurt except different. It's full of probiotics. The plain is not the most exciting taste, but I add fruit and sometimes ice to it and blend it up and it's yummy. I still have a lot of issues where I need the probiotic supplements--I'm sure no one wants the details. Anyhow, I was burned out on plain yogurt and the ones that were sweetened were too sweet for me. And I needed more probiotics in my diet, so I decided to give it a try. I would still read the label, cause you can never be too careful, but the flavored ones should be g-f too. Oh, and it does come in fat free and low fat varieties. I stick with fat free.

Good luck with the interview!

 

[RemembertheMagic98]

It's fermented milk, kind of like liquid yogurt except different. It's full of probiotics. The plain is not the most exciting taste, but I add fruit and sometimes ice to it and blend it up and it's yummy. I still have a lot of issues where I need the probiotic supplements--I'm sure no one wants the details. Anyhow, I was burned out on plain yogurt and the ones that were sweetened were too sweet for me. And I needed more probiotics in my diet, so I decided to give it a try. I would still read the label, cause you can never be too careful, but the flavored ones should be g-f too. Oh, and it does come in fat free and low fat varieties. I stick with fat free.

Good luck with the interview!

Thanks Rose! I'm putting kefir on my shopping list for next week...sounds yummy and a great alternative to my usuals!

Thanks for the interview luck as well!! Lots of fingers crossed that the school and I are a good match

 

[JacksLilWench]

Wednesday's QOTD: What is something you can do in 60 seconds today to prolong your life?

I can breathe deeply/meditate during the commercials on my shows tonight...and yes, I call them my shows, lol. I can't even remember what's on tonight, I've been in such a crazy spot this week! Hopefully soon it will calm down. Or at least I can get plenty of time to work out, which I'm sure I will. So that is what I will do! I might have to try the cinnamon trick though, that sounds tasty!

 

[VirataMama4]

So excited! I just made myself a pizza similar to the one they showed on BL last night and it was only 205 calories! I was worried about the whole wheat tortilla, because I'm not a whole wheat fan. I've been trying to replace little things from "regular" to whole wheat and so far its been good. Here's the calorie break down:
1 low carb whole wheat tortilla- 50 cal
1/4 c part skim Mozzarella- 80 cal
5 slices of pepperoni- 50 cal
1/4 pouch of Boboli pizza sauce- 25 cal
= 205

I'm going to try having one of these with a salad instead of the normal pizza on Friday family pizza night. I'm hoping that with eating one of these I'll be able to hold off the craving to eat and eat and eat. I'll be happy if I can eat 1 of these and 1 small slice of regular pizza...

 

[Scraggy]

Went to the doctor yesterday. One step closer to my surgery.
The doctor said I was 5-1/2 pounds lighter than I was the week before Christmas.

I'm still trying. I'm not hungry at all most of the time which is weird for me.
Can't wait to weigh in on Friday!!!

 

[ougrad86]

Prayers that those shots give you the relief you need and you can be starting C25K soon! And honestly, I typed all that stuff about strong legs BEFORE I noticed your comment about your knees. Hope you don't take it the wrong way.

Not at all. The shots help, but not sure I can actually run, and if I kept it up it would probably not be good at all. Too much high impact. But they let me walk and do other things without pain for awhile.

My legs will be strong! When the time comes, the ortho says I will need knee replacement surgery, maybe by the time I am 60. So strong legs will hasten the recovery time, and once both knees are replaced - look out world!

I can not seem to get organized since the holidays. I am having a terrible time getting back into the weekly routine of shopping, cleaning...te same with meal plan, daily chores, exercise... I feel like I just can't get my focus. I'm all over the place this past week or so. I somehow need to REBOOT!

I am seem disorganized too, and not sure why. Not as easy get back into the groove.

Wednesday's QOTD: What is something you can do in 60 seconds today to prolong your life?[/B]

I'm going to copy a couple I read! Hug your kids and laugh. Also choose the apple instead of the cookie, which ties in to our journey. Relax when the world gets too crazy, someone mentioned meditating. Just closing your eyes and letting the stress drain out.

Good luck with the IEP!! I always DVR BL..... too many repeats and commercials!!

Don't watch BL, but the ones I do DVR - my gosh, they go so fast without commercials!

You also mentioned about paying for the braces. I guess I was lucky, I paid the ortho up front and they gave me the same discount, but I only had to pay my portion. They are billing and getting paid by the insurance company. I see it going to them in monthly payments as well...and watching it creep closer to our lifetime limit!
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Dentist was supposed to be 15 min, was an hour. They were prepping him for the next phase. He now needs to wear a face mask when at home. They said 16 hours a day...OK, he is at school from 8:30 to 6:30! No way we can meet that, but she understood. Extra time on the weekends. I am just glad that he does not need to wear it to school. But he needs to sleep on his back, and he is a side-sleeper...

We got out of there, realized he forgot his running stuff at home, went back to get that before I could drop him off at school. Forgot to give him the advil they recommended, hope he is not too miserable.

Finally got to work way late, hit the ground running. Decided to take lunch to DIS despite the fact that I will need to take sick time...I need the break...to relax!

Carol

 

[jenanderson]

QOTD-
3. I'm going to buy those awful frozen totinos pizza for DD for dinner tonight... She's 13 and thinks "I never do anything nice for her." I might also take #4 from jillbur and give her a big ole hug too! She'll "love" that!

I swear teen girls have such personality!

My Granola is easy and you can slot in your own favorites200g rolled oats
100-150g mixed nuts (I use almonds and cashews but any nuts you like are good)
50g mixed seeds (sunflower, poppy, pumkin,sesame)
50g dessicated coconut
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
150g dried fruit (I use cranberries and blueberries)
5 tablespoons maple syrup
5 tablespoons olive oil

Pre-heat oven to 180 c
Mix all the dry ingredients excluding the dried fruit and spread on a baking tray. drizzle with the syrup and oil and stir again. Place the tray in the oven for 25-30 minutes. Take out every 5 minutes or so and stir the granola and smooth it back out again. When the granola is nice and golden remove it from the oven and mix in the fruit and then let it cool down. Store in an airtight container when cool. Its lovely with milk or yoghurt and will keep for about 2 weeks. So yummy it probably wont last that long lol[/COLOR]

Thanks for sharing the recipe. I copied it and am putting into my files so I can try it soon!

Thanks Jen! My first 2 spin classes gave me "spin butt"...a bit on discomfort the next day...but now I absolutely love it for the calories burned and the awesome music! Also, I can go at my own pace and resistance! Just a word of advice, if you have not spun before, tell the instructor and they can help you set up the bike....I had everything in the wrong places until I had a really good instructor notice! It made all the difference for me!

That is why I haven't tried the class...it just looks so complicated and I always hate asking for help.

1. Call my sister for no reason than to check up on her...she is 5 months pregnant and I miss her
2. Going to do a dry run tonight to my job interview so I am not stressed tomorrow morning.
3. I'm going put water in the water bottle instead of looking at the empty bottle on my desk...
4. I'm going to actually take a lunch without doing work which will allow me to chat with colleagues

I love your whole list! I am going to borrow parts of it. Right now I have an hour without kids so as soon as I am done here...I am going to go get my water!

I also wanted to comment on exercise. One really hard thing for me to learn through all this is that my body NEEDS me to take rest days. I was one of those--if I skip a day, I am a failure kind of girl. Taking a rest day is different than skipping just cause you don't want to do it. A rest day is needed for your body to heal muscles/tendons/ligaments that you are working. I think it is also good to be able to say to yourself--I scheduled exercise today and I am really over scheduled, so this is the day I am going to exercise instead, or even I am just going to let this one go and jump back in on this day. It's that whole if you break a plate you don't throw out all the dishes thing. This was an EXTREMELY hard thing for me to learn, both with exercise and food. We don't have to be perfect, we just have to do the best we can and we have to be honest with ourselves.

Rose - This is really important information to share with everyone who is new to all the exercising. I know that the reason why I was so hurt and could barely do my marathon was because I was not taking days of rest AND I was not do strength training (which to me seems like not a real workout sometimes). We do have to follow the plan to include rest days and not seem them as a day off plan.

Spend some time to pet and play with my cat. Even though she'll probably wish I had just let her sleep.

Have fun with your kitty!

I can breathe deeply/meditate during the commercials on my shows tonight...and yes, I call them my shows, lol. I can't even remember what's on tonight, I've been in such a crazy spot this week! Hopefully soon it will calm down. Or at least I can get plenty of time to work out, which I'm sure I will. So that is what I will do! I might have to try the cinnamon trick though, that sounds tasty!

Enjoy the mediating and I hope it will bring you some peace from the crazy week.

So excited! I just made myself a pizza similar to the one they showed on BL last night and it was only 205 calories! I was worried about the whole wheat tortilla, because I'm not a whole wheat fan. I've been trying to replace little things from "regular" to whole wheat and so far its been good. Here's the calorie break down:
1 low carb whole wheat tortilla- 50 cal
1/4 c part skim Mozzarella- 80 cal
5 slices of pepperoni- 50 cal
1/4 pouch of Boboli pizza sauce- 25 cal
= 205

I'm going to try having one of these with a salad instead of the normal pizza on Friday family pizza night. I'm hoping that with eating one of these I'll be able to hold off the craving to eat and eat and eat. I'll be happy if I can eat 1 of these and 1 small slice of regular pizza...

Thanks for sharing the recipe! I have so many new ideas and love it!

Went to the doctor yesterday. One step closer to my surgery.
The doctor said I was 5-1/2 pounds lighter than I was the week before Christmas.

I'm still trying. I'm not hungry at all most of the time which is weird for me.
Can't wait to weigh in on Friday!!!

Great job! I bet you feel so good knowing that you are getting closer to where you need to be! Keep up the hard work!

 

[MoonFaerie]

Classes started today.

It seems like it'll be a good semester, but I still have to see how my T/R classes are. I have a non-scale victory. As I found out by almost falling on my face while running up the stairs, my pants are too big. They were fresh out of the dryer this morning, and they are falling off.

Wednesday's QOTD: What is something you can do in 60 seconds today to prolong your life?

I'm taking those *insert profanity of your choosing* stairs. I'll have to grab a picture tomorrow. I loathe The Hill. It's a heck of a lot of steep stairs, esp when you're in a big hurry. However (another non-scale victory), this semester, I was the one rushing past everyone, instead of being the slow one. I was still about 2 mins late for class though. The professor didn't say anything, just handed me the syllabus. Maybe because it's just the first day, and maybe because I clearly had busted my butt to get there on time.

 

[trinaweena]

I'm home! All your guys good thoughts must have worked for me, cause compared to last time this was a breeze!

I did not sleep at all last night, cause I was afraid to take my sleeping pill in case i still had to go, but when I don't take my sleeping pill, the fibro acts up so I was in pain, hungry, and miserable last night. I did the best I could and we got to the hospital at 9:30 this morning. The nurses were all really nice and could see I was nervous and assured me it would be fine. I had two nurses doing the iv, one doing the iv and the other talking to me and it was over in a minute and of course not that bad, but it doesn't really matter, i know i will be just as nervous next time. And even though they say it doesnt hurt after the first pinch, it always feel very uncomfortable to me.

My nurse for the procedure was actually an old family friend who i didnt know but she knew me kind of thing, which was just nice as she was very understanding. My doctor is awesome and understood that i was nervous and held my hand while they put me under. I woke up feeling very refreshed! It was better than ambien that's for sure! No naseua or anything it was actually quite pleasant.

So for all my worrying and anxiety it was actually a breeze, which i'm glad cause i know this wont be my last one and it was better than last time. I know i will still have anxiety but it made me feel a lot better

The results looked really good. My doctor didn't even see any evidence of the Chron's which was very surprising to me, but he said was really common. Maybe it's the healthy eating thats been helping with that?? The only problem with everything looking great is that we still don't know what's wrong with me! They did some biopsies and those results will be in on monday so we will discuss that then. my doctor promised that we would get to the bottom of it no matter what. he still wants me to stay away from dairy though, so i could still be latose intolerant. they also are doing the celiac test so it will be interesting to see the resilts of that.

so all in all, good news and bad news. good news it went well, bad news we still dont know whats wrong. again, THANK YOU EVERYONE for your thoughts, words, and advice, it was so nice of all if you and i appreciated it more than i can say

some more good news, i got the all clear from the PT to start running again, no more than a mile every other day. I think this is actually a good restriction to have, but mostly i feel like im starting from scratch so starting slow will be good. we will see how i feel! i'm hoping to start running again on friday

for now, its time for a nap, and waiting for my boyfriend to show up, cause he promised to hang out and watch tv with me today

 

[frndshpcptn]

Went to the doctor yesterday. One step closer to my surgery.
The doctor said I was 5-1/2 pounds lighter than I was the week before Christmas.

I'm still trying. I'm not hungry at all most of the time which is weird for me.
Can't wait to weigh in on Friday!!!

Great job!

 

[donaldandpirates]

Went to the doctor yesterday. One step closer to my surgery.
The doctor said I was 5-1/2 pounds lighter than I was the week before Christmas.

I'm still trying. I'm not hungry at all most of the time which is weird for me.
Can't wait to weigh in on Friday!!!

That is great news!

I have a non-scale victory. As I found out by almost falling on my face while running up the stairs, my pants are too big. They were fresh out of the dryer this morning, and they are falling off.

Awesome!!! My DH claims the dryer keeps "shrinking" his pants.

I'm home! All your guys good thoughts must have worked for me, cause compared to last time this was a breeze!

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so all in all, good news and bad news. good news it went well, bad news we still dont know whats wrong. again, THANK YOU EVERYONE for your thoughts, words, and advice, it was so nice of all if you and i appreciated it more than i can say

some more good news, i got the all clear from the PT to start running again, no more than a mile every other day.

I'm VERY happy to hear that everything went well. Hopefully, they can figure out what's wrong soon.

It was nice to come on the Dis boards and read everyone's good news today!