Team Donald – Biggest Loser “No Excuses” 2012 Challenge

:cool1:WE'RE CELEBRATING TODAY!!:cool1:

Not only did I manage to keep the two lbs I lost earlier in the week off, but I also now fit into something extra special to me...


Here's a pic from this morning:
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I still have it on my finger right now as my anchor to keep me going. Had a healthy breakfast this morning of Cheerios and strawberries and I'm ready to take on the world! :woohoo:

:dance3:Best wishes to my fellow teammates for weigh-in today!!:dance3:

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Congrats on the achievement!! Love the attitude that your are ready to take on the world..keep the awesome focus!!!



On top of all of that, my DS is sick again. I am feeling so bad for him because in the past 2 months of school, he has missed 14 days. DS has immune issues (and a lot of other medical issues) that cause him to miss school. It is hard to be his mom at times though because he is at the point where he is just tired of being sick all the time and is feeling a little like it is not fair that his life is this way. I have tried to spend some extra time with him this week to help him with school, play some games with him and just help him get through it. We are hoping that he will feel better soon but are scared that he has mono again. I guess I will be calling his doctor again today.

So - with work, a sick kid, trying to be healthy and get my workouts done...there was little time to check in here. My goal today though is to go back and read what I missed and at least try to respond to some.

I will say that even through the stress, it was a decent week. I really worked hard not to give into temptations when eating and get all my exercise in. It did pay off because I lost 2 pounds this week.

Jen

:grouphug: Hang in there. Sorry for your poor little boy. That's so hard. My friend has her son who has his own issues and has to miss a lot of school. Just be there for him. Sometimes it's so hard to know what to say. You're afraid of pestering them when you want to 'talk' and then they get annoyed at you! ((hugs)) Keep up the good work!!

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Well - I have to say I love week one of any weight loss but this has surprised me a bit. I had to go back and check my log. Down 8.8 pounds since last friday :scared1: I've done an hour on the treadmill almost everyday and adding some jogging segments in as able. I've done really well on my eating but I've had no challanges which is really strange. I even managed to eat out over the week at a burger place, Chipotle, and 2 slices of cheese pizza last night. I'm eating really well the rest of the time and my cravings have not been around - well I did have a tablespoon of Nutella one night as 'dessert' - but hey theres protein in there right :rotfl2:

I joined Hulu Plus and have been watching Biggest Loser and "Fat Sick and Nearly Dead" on my nook while working out. Makes the time go by and its motivating. It's hard to quit my "simple in comparison" workout when watching what Bob and Dolvette are putting those folks through! Holy smookes just watched episode one of this season - so much puking and passing out!!

ANyway - off to get my day started and things off my list!

Hope everyone has a great day. Keep your focus and take it one day at a time no matter what the scale says on this one day!!
 
Why not try to grill some chicken tenders and have different dipping sauces. I will do that for buffalo wings. I grill them, cut up some celery, light blue cheese dressing, Ken's buffalo sauce. Use different BBQ sauces, make your own. I throw them in salads, on sandwiches, on pizza.

Janis

This is a great idea! Thanks!


Hi Everyone
I just wanted to say thanks for all the great advice and comforting words of support you have given me lately:) I had individual replies writtten but when I tried to post it disappeared and now I'm outta time as I have to get kids up for school:confused3 My aunt passed away yesterday morning and if I'm honest I'm really glad for her as she would not have wanted to lose her independance (she suffered 3 strokes in as many days:sad2:). We will all miss her alot -she was a maiden aunt who spoiled all her neices, nephews and grand-nieces/nephews with gusto:) much to our parents dismay at times:rotfl: (providing forbidden treats such as chewing-gum and sweeties before sunday dinner:lmao:).

I am glad to say I took the advice given and choose not to use this stressful time as an excuse to overeat (well after the choc orange episode :rolleyes1) and I lost 2lbs this week:banana: a total of a half stone (7lbs) since we started:dance3:
Thanks again for being a great bunch of friends and I hope you all do well today:wizard:

So sorry about your aunt, but I'm glad you will have such great memories of her spoiling you! And, great job on the loss this week!


Question of the Day

Do you have a favorite Disney movie? Is there a special story behind it?

My favories are Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid. I love both of them for their music. I want to see B&TB 3D so bad, but DSs aren't interested :(

I'm down 2 pounds this week. That makes 8 in total. Only 42 more to get to my goal.

Awesome!

Oh dear! I have tons of catching up to do. It was a totally crazy couple of days and I forgot how much I was scheduled and so I just took a break from this thread for the 2 days. I will read through it all and catch up later.

I work at a school where we have a huge federal grant and yesterday the evaluators were in our building looking everything over and interviewing a bunch of us and observing our teaching and basically deciding whether our grant will continue or not. My class is based almost totally on the grant and so I had a huge amount of pressure in being sure I was completely ready. This meant getting my classroom ready, adjusting lesson plans and just tons of extra work. My administration has been crazy with us this week and it was just very stressful. Thankfully the evaluators are done for this visit and we won't see them again until spring.

On top of all of that, my DS is sick again. I am feeling so bad for him because in the past 2 months of school, he has missed 14 days. DS has immune issues (and a lot of other medical issues) that cause him to miss school. It is hard to be his mom at times though because he is at the point where he is just tired of being sick all the time and is feeling a little like it is not fair that his life is this way. I have tried to spend some extra time with him this week to help him with school, play some games with him and just help him get through it. We are hoping that he will feel better soon but are scared that he has mono again. I guess I will be calling his doctor again today.

So - with work, a sick kid, trying to be healthy and get my workouts done...there was little time to check in here. My goal today though is to go back and read what I missed and at least try to respond to some.

I will say that even through the stress, it was a decent week. I really worked hard not to give into temptations when eating and get all my exercise in. It did pay off because I lost 2 pounds this week.

Chat with you all in a bit!
Jen

I love teaching, but I always get so nervous when people are watching me! Glad it's over with for you! And, I hope DS feels better soon. Poor thing! And, great job on the loss!


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UGH! I multi-quoted and some disappeared! I will be back later to finish up with responses. I'm done at 1:30 today and heading straight for the grocery store for items until next Friday. I have a menu all planned and list waiting. We are supposed to get more snow tonight (I heard 2-4 or 3-5 inches) so I want to beat the rush to the store and not have to go out tomorrow. I hope everyone had a great Friday! I'll check in later!

Jill
 
Thanks Rose for being our coach this past week!

I'm going to think about being a coach one week, but not sure if it will happen this challenge since we'll be getting ready for our move...

Did my weigh in and saw a 1lb loss. Which I think is pretty good, since there were a few days I didn't exercise and I did eat out twice this week. :scared1: :lmao: But I count the calories and was actually only over 70 calories for that day! Starting on Sunday I'm going to lower my allowed daily calories according to the "Lose It" app to lose 1.5lbs a week.

DH starts night on Sunday, so I'm not sure how my menu planning is going to work out, but I'm working on it today so we'll see. ;)
 
I know you're wondering . . . did she walk??????

Yup! :cool1:

Now, this was most certainly not the longest, fastest or most calorie burning walk in the world. But I managed a pretty steady pace for 14 minutes thru Lowe's last night. Well, the last two minutes I was looking for the door (I was somewhere by the toilets!!!) but I got up and moved. I'm hoping that I can gradually increase my time. Thanks again for all the encouragement.

And I lost 1.6 pounds this week! :wizard:
 

Trying to get caught up and read everything!

Scraggy- Congrats on the weight loss, every pound counts. Keep going slow and steady and those 42 lbs will be gone before ya know it and stay gone!!

jenanderson- I totally feel ya on the stress when the evaluators come! We have a team that comes a few times a year and really scrutinizes every move we make! Everyone is on pins and needles the week they're here! I'm finally to the point where I don't let them bother me, I know I am doing my job and teaching to the best of my abilities so when they nitpick I just smile and say "OK I'll try to do better", but we're a BIE school and so we usually never hear back from them, haha. I'm sure you did great!

belledreamer- WTG on getting that ring on your finger! What a good accomplishment and motivation to keep going!!

OK, can someone please tell me how to do the multiple quote thing! I have so many people I want to respond to and I start to get lost!
 
I was able to do 2 miles in 28 minutes yesterday and not feel tired afterward!!! :banana: I've got 100 lbs. to lose, and this made me feel incredible! I also watched some YouTube videos of past Princess Halfs to get me excited for 2013.:yay:

I'm sooo glad I'm not the only one who has been seeing this!

Good for you!!!

Hi Everyone
I just wanted to say thanks for all the great advice and comforting words of support you have given me lately:) I had individual replies writtten but when I tried to post it disappeared and now I'm outta time as I have to get kids up for school:confused3 My aunt passed away yesterday morning and if I'm honest I'm really glad for her as she would not have wanted to lose her independance (she suffered 3 strokes in as many days:sad2:). We will all miss her alot -she was a maiden aunt who spoiled all her neices, nephews and grand-nieces/nephews with gusto:) much to our parents dismay at times:rotfl: (providing forbidden treats such as chewing-gum and sweeties before sunday dinner:lmao:).

I am glad to say I took the advice given and choose not to use this stressful time as an excuse to overeat (well after the choc orange episode :rolleyes1) and I lost 2lbs this week:banana: a total of a half stone (7lbs) since we started:dance3:
Thanks again for being a great bunch of friends and I hope you all do well today:wizard:

So sorry about your loss. (good work staying focused during such a difficult time.)

Oh dear! I have tons of catching up to do. It was a totally crazy couple of days and I forgot how much I was scheduled and so I just took a break from this thread for the 2 days. I will read through it all and catch up later.

I work at a school where we have a huge federal grant and yesterday the evaluators were in our building looking everything over and interviewing a bunch of us and observing our teaching and basically deciding whether our grant will continue or not. My class is based almost totally on the grant and so I had a huge amount of pressure in being sure I was completely ready. This meant getting my classroom ready, adjusting lesson plans and just tons of extra work. My administration has been crazy with us this week and it was just very stressful. Thankfully the evaluators are done for this visit and we won't see them again until spring.

On top of all of that, my DS is sick again. I am feeling so bad for him because in the past 2 months of school, he has missed 14 days. DS has immune issues (and a lot of other medical issues) that cause him to miss school. It is hard to be his mom at times though because he is at the point where he is just tired of being sick all the time and is feeling a little like it is not fair that his life is this way. I have tried to spend some extra time with him this week to help him with school, play some games with him and just help him get through it. We are hoping that he will feel better soon but are scared that he has mono again. I guess I will be calling his doctor again today.

So - with work, a sick kid, trying to be healthy and get my workouts done...there was little time to check in here. My goal today though is to go back and read what I missed and at least try to respond to some.

I will say that even through the stress, it was a decent week. I really worked hard not to give into temptations when eating and get all my exercise in. It did pay off because I lost 2 pounds this week.

Chat with you all in a bit!
Jen

Good loss after such a tough week. Hope your DS is feeling better.

I know you're wondering . . . did she walk??????

Yup! :cool1:

Now, this was most certainly not the longest, fastest or most calorie burning walk in the world. But I managed a pretty steady pace for 14 minutes thru Lowe's last night. Well, the last two minutes I was looking for the door (I was somewhere by the toilets!!!) but I got up and moved. I'm hoping that I can gradually increase my time. Thanks again for all the encouragement.

And I lost 1.6 pounds this week! :wizard:

Good for you!!!! Keep it up.

Trying to get caught up and read everything!

Scraggy- Congrats on the weight loss, every pound counts. Keep going slow and steady and those 42 lbs will be gone before ya know it and stay gone!!

jenanderson- I totally feel ya on the stress when the evaluators come! We have a team that comes a few times a year and really scrutinizes every move we make! Everyone is on pins and needles the week they're here! I'm finally to the point where I don't let them bother me, I know I am doing my job and teaching to the best of my abilities so when they nitpick I just smile and say "OK I'll try to do better", but we're a BIE school and so we usually never hear back from them, haha. I'm sure you did great!

belledreamer- WTG on getting that ring on your finger! What a good accomplishment and motivation to keep going!!

OK, can someone please tell me how to do the multiple quote thing! I have so many people I want to respond to and I start to get lost!


Down next to the quote button on the right, you will see a button in the middle with "+ on it. Press that on each post you want to quote.

Janis
 
Oh the guilt!!! Can you sign me up for the week of the 24th? I would love to coach :)


You are all signed up for the week of the 24th. Thanks.

Only 2 weeks left 3/9 - 3/15 and 3/16 - 3/22. I already have Team Mickey signing up for the merged thread. Just saying.:rolleyes1

Question of the Day

Do you have a favorite Disney movie? Is there a special story behind it?


From my childhood - my favorite would be Bambi. I remember watching at the Drive-in with my parents, in my pajamas, with my pillow. Getting to play at the playground with all the other kids in their pajamas.

From my DS childhood - It's a tie between 101 Dalmations - Lucky always vacationed with us, along with Big Dog (another dalmation). And Toy Story. DS loved Buzz Lightyear - hence Buzz5985. Oh, but I just remember Finding Nemo, or Pirattes of the Carribean - I can't decide. :rotfl:;)

I just wanted to share a website for those of you that decided to track your mileage to WDW. www.gmap-pedometer.com. It's free, become a member, save your route, you can go back under bookmarked routes, edit the route. It's neat and easy to use. I had to click on manual entry - the program wouldn't allow me to walk on the highway!!!

Busy weekend. Tomorrow I have to help run the concession stand at the wrestling quad meet. The meet starts at 9 am and runs until 4 pm. I miss my hockey days let me tell you - 1 hour in and out. :rotfl: Sunday is the Patriots game, and I am having family over to watch it. I think I will make my Father's favorite - chicken pot pie - just watch my serving size. Maybe I will make some of the WW old 0 vegie soup. I will also plan on having a few cocktails - since I don't have to drive. :woohoo:

Janis
 
Lost another 2.4 lbs this week, but I am sorry I haven't been keeping up on the posts. I joined the Y last week and my first day there, I ended up with an injury, so I am depressed about it. I have bursitis near my knee. I am doing my best to heal it this weekend by keeping it up as much as possible and alternating cold/heat. I am so mad at myself for getting injured. I think I caused it when I sped up the treadmill to fast. My Disney trip is about 3 weeks away, hoping it heals quickly, but I had a long week on my leg at work which didn't help matters.
 
Hi Everyone
I just wanted to say thanks for all the great advice and comforting words of support you have given me lately:) I had individual replies writtten but when I tried to post it disappeared and now I'm outta time as I have to get kids up for school:confused3 My aunt passed away yesterday morning and if I'm honest I'm really glad for her as she would not have wanted to lose her independance (she suffered 3 strokes in as many days:sad2:). We will all miss her alot -she was a maiden aunt who spoiled all her neices, nephews and grand-nieces/nephews with gusto:) much to our parents dismay at times:rotfl: (providing forbidden treats such as chewing-gum and sweeties before sunday dinner:lmao:).

I am glad to say I took the advice given and choose not to use this stressful time as an excuse to overeat (well after the choc orange episode :rolleyes1) and I lost 2lbs this week:banana: a total of a half stone (7lbs) since we started:dance3:
Thanks again for being a great bunch of friends and I hope you all do well today:wizard:

I am so sorry to hear about your loss. :hug: I have an aunt just like the one you described. She is so dear to us also. I am so proud of your ability to control you eating even when dealing with emotional issues. (I have the hardest time doing this. )

Good morning Team Donald :) I would have to say my favorite movies are The Goofy Movie (cause Goofy is my all time favorite!) and the Mickey Mouse Christmas movies, the animated ones (cause there is nothing better than mixing Christmas and the mouse!!) But I have the most memories of Fox and the Hound. We didn't go to a lot of movies at the theater as a child, but I can remember this one. Me, my sisters, my mom and my grandma :goodvibes And I remember my mom sneaking candy in her purse! haha!!

Well, I apologize now to the team that I actually gained a pound this week :sad2: It's tough because this week I really made extra efforts to work out and be more active. I expected a loss for sure. One thing I am still struggling with is logging all my food. I already used My Fitness Pal to log breakfast, so I'm determined to do better.

I wanted to say thanks to Rose for coaching all week! I appreciate it :)

--Lynda

Thank you Rose too! It has been a pleasure getting to know you this week. And next week will be great Lynda. I didn't have the best week either, but I am determined this week!:cheer2:

Oh dear! I have tons of catching up to do. It was a totally crazy couple of days and I forgot how much I was scheduled and so I just took a break from this thread for the 2 days. I will read through it all and catch up later.

I work at a school where we have a huge federal grant and yesterday the evaluators were in our building looking everything over and interviewing a bunch of us and observing our teaching and basically deciding whether our grant will continue or not. My class is based almost totally on the grant and so I had a huge amount of pressure in being sure I was completely ready. This meant getting my classroom ready, adjusting lesson plans and just tons of extra work. My administration has been crazy with us this week and it was just very stressful. Thankfully the evaluators are done for this visit and we won't see them again until spring.

On top of all of that, my DS is sick again. I am feeling so bad for him because in the past 2 months of school, he has missed 14 days. DS has immune issues (and a lot of other medical issues) that cause him to miss school. It is hard to be his mom at times though because he is at the point where he is just tired of being sick all the time and is feeling a little like it is not fair that his life is this way. I have tried to spend some extra time with him this week to help him with school, play some games with him and just help him get through it. We are hoping that he will feel better soon but are scared that he has mono again. I guess I will be calling his doctor again today.

So - with work, a sick kid, trying to be healthy and get my workouts done...there was little time to check in here. My goal today though is to go back and read what I missed and at least try to respond to some.

I will say that even through the stress, it was a decent week. I really worked hard not to give into temptations when eating and get all my exercise in. It did pay off because I lost 2 pounds this week.

Chat with you all in a bit!
Jen

So glad your evaluators are gone. It is stressful when you get observed. My principal observed me this week. She is a great leader and I feel very comfortable with her ... but other people make me uncomfortable.

I know you're wondering . . . did she walk??????

Yup! :cool1:

Now, this was most certainly not the longest, fastest or most calorie burning walk in the world. But I managed a pretty steady pace for 14 minutes thru Lowe's last night. Well, the last two minutes I was looking for the door (I was somewhere by the toilets!!!) but I got up and moved. I'm hoping that I can gradually increase my time. Thanks again for all the encouragement.

And I lost 1.6 pounds this week! :wizard:

Great job! That is still 14 minutes of exercise. Do it again! :yay:

Question of the Day

Do you have a favorite Disney movie? Is there a special story behind it?

I don't have one, I have a few. At the time, I would have told you they were the worst Disney movies ... Each of my sons went through a period were they LOVED a Disney movie. My oldest loved Cinderella (I actually think he ws in love with her :love:.) My middle son LOVED Dumbo and Peter Pan and my youngest son LOVED Jimmy Neutron (not a Disney movie, but still one of my favorites). They would watch these movies over and over and over. I couldn't stand them at the time .... now, I miss them.
 
I know you're wondering . . . did she walk??????

Yup! :cool1:

Now, this was most certainly not the longest, fastest or most calorie burning walk in the world. But I managed a pretty steady pace for 14 minutes thru Lowe's last night. Well, the last two minutes I was looking for the door (I was somewhere by the toilets!!!) but I got up and moved. I'm hoping that I can gradually increase my time. Thanks again for all the encouragement.

And I lost 1.6 pounds this week! :wizard:

Yay! Keep it up~it's a great start!



OK, can someone please tell me how to do the multiple quote thing! I have so many people I want to respond to and I start to get lost!

I think Janis answered you, but I'll add that after you click the + button on the bottom right of a post, it turns orange. After the last post (at the end of the thread), hit the "post reply" button and it will quote all the ones you selected.

I already have Team Mickey signing up for the merged thread. Just saying.:rolleyes1

Janis

I can't even think that far ahead :lmao:


My favorite Disney movie is probably Mulan.

This week I lost 1.5 lbs!:cheer2:

Nice work!


Lost another 2.4 lbs this week, but I am sorry I haven't been keeping up on the posts. I joined the Y last week and my first day there, I ended up with an injury, so I am depressed about it. I have bursitis near my knee. I am doing my best to heal it this weekend by keeping it up as much as possible and alternating cold/heat. I am so mad at myself for getting injured. I think I caused it when I sped up the treadmill to fast. My Disney trip is about 3 weeks away, hoping it heals quickly, but I had a long week on my leg at work which didn't help matters.

Sorry about your injury. I hope it heals fast! And nice job on the loss this week!



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I am going to try my best to finish reading The Hunger Games tonight. I just haven't had the time to read lately since DH has been off of school. He keeps having me watch movies after the kids are in bed. But, he's working tonight, so I'm going to get my read on! :rotfl2: We're supposed to get 3-6 inches tonight, so I'm hoping it'll be less so I can go to yoga at 9 am tomorrow. If I don't make it to yoga, I have a few workouts dvr'd I can do. And, I found out last night that my dog loves playing in the snow, so I can always take her out for a snow walk. I didn't work out today, but I did walk around Wal-mart shopping for an hour. Does that count?

To everyone who commented on DVC, I used a formula to figure out how much per point we'd be paying (approximating dues~I know they'll go up) over the course of the contract. When I priced a one bedroom at OKW for a week in the summer, it's still more than a value for the same dates. DH was impressed though. He thinks we should wait a little while longer since we usually go during free dining (and upgrade to DDP instead of QS). I told him if we wait, we'll have less years on the contract. I ordered the dvd from the website just to try to convince him more :rotfl2: I noticed resale seems so much cheaper, but I know you can only vacation at Disney resorts then. I don't know that we'd ever use points for a cruise because we'd still end up paying cash for part of it. Oh, and DH is worried he won't want to go every other year and our boys won't want to go when they get older (teenage and up). I say who cares?!? I'll still go :rotfl: Still doing research lol. But, thanks for all the advice!

I'll be back in the morning.

Jill
 
Good evening Donalds!

Down 1 more pound. That is 8.2 so far! :cool1: I think keeping up with this group has really kept me focused. Thank you everyone for being so supportive.

Thank goodness, I am Feeling much better today! DD and I are in a parade tomorrow. Neither of us have ever been in one before and she would have been very disappointed if we had to miss. It's called Gasparilla. It's the children's parade. Basically, everyone dresses up as pirates and the parade participants throw beads at parade goers, sounds a little familiar? No alcohol or nudity at kids parade. There is an adult parade like it in a few weeks, and that is a whole other story. :scared1: I have only attended once and I did not like it. Maybe if I get to be in the parade:rolleyes1

I know a few people asked me about Wyndham ownership the other day. I am not sure who it was, but here is the gist. DH and I bought 175K annual Wyndham points on Ebay for $500 including closing costs. Our home resort is Cypress Palms. We only stayed there once. In Wyndham, points are points and you can use them at any resort. We mainly go to Bonnet Creek, which I love (lot's of space almost on property). This summer we will be using some points to go to DC. I highly recommend buying Wyndham, but resale only. Do research first, of course.

First off, a big huge giant THANK YOU to everyone who gave me suggestions on my stomach issues!!!!!! I read everything you guys wrote and I didn't reply (for reasons i will explain) and i felt horrible for not replying but i've been reading everything and i so appreciate everything you guys said.
Sounds like you have a plan. I love school, and your history class sounds divine:lovestruc

Hi Everyone
I just wanted to say thanks for all the great advice and comforting words of support you have given me lately:) I had individual replies writtten but when I tried to post it disappeared and now I'm outta time as I have to get kids up for school:confused3 My aunt passed away yesterday morning and if I'm honest I'm really glad for her as she would not have wanted to lose her independance (she suffered 3 strokes in as many days:sad2:). We will all miss her alot -she was a maiden aunt who spoiled all her neices, nephews and grand-nieces/nephews with gusto:) much to our parents dismay at times:rotfl: (providing forbidden treats such as chewing-gum and sweeties before sunday dinner:lmao:).
I am sorry to hear about your aunt, but it sounds like you enjoyed an awesome maiden aunt while she was alive. I was lucky enough to have been spoiled by a maiden aunt. They are wonderful.

Question of the Day

Do you have a favorite Disney movie? Is there a special story behind it?


My special story would be Beauty and the Beast. We saw it for the first time when ds2 was just a baby. Just as the ball room scene started he got fussy. I picked him up and brought him to the back of the theater and stood and rocked him during the scene. It felt like I was dancing with him. When he was just 4 we took him to see Beauty and the Beast on Broadway. He sat there mezmerized. When he got into high school he got involved with the school's theater group. Beauty and the Beast was just getting ready to close on Broadway when he was a junior. We took him, his cousin(who saw it when she was 3) to see the show before it closed. Right after that his high school announced that the spring show for his senior year would be Beauty and the Beast. He was stage manager for that show and they won the Best Musical at a local awards show.

Hope everyone has a great weigh in

Well, I apologize now to the team that I actually gained a pound this week :sad2: It's tough because this week I really made extra efforts to work out and be more active. I expected a loss for sure. One thing I am still struggling with is logging all my food. I already used My Fitness Pal to log breakfast, so I'm determined to do better.

Do not applogize! You are on the right path:)

I'm down 2 pounds this week. That makes 8 in total. Only 42 more to get to my goal.
Awesome!

I'm TREATING myself to a day at the scrapping table. Laundry is pretty well caught up and beds are made.... so look out scrapping table, I'm on my way! I'll pop back on here after lunch to see how every one is doing!.............P

Congrats on the loss! I am not a scapbooker, but spending the day doing that or some kind of craft sounds heavenly.

Not only did I manage to keep the two lbs I lost earlier in the week off, but I also now fit into something extra special to me...

No. It's not my grandmother's ring... But it is a ring! :cheer2:


Here's a pic from this morning:
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I still have it on my finger right now as my anchor to keep me going. Had a healthy breakfast this morning of Cheerios and strawberries and I'm ready to take on the world! :woohoo:

:dance3:Best wishes to my fellow teammates for weigh-in today!!:dance3:

That is so cool! I really like the ring and I think it's wonderful you plan to wear it as an anchor.

I work at a school where we have a huge federal grant and yesterday the evaluators were in our building looking everything over and interviewing a bunch of us and observing our teaching and basically deciding whether our grant will continue or not. My class is based almost totally on the grant and so I had a huge amount of pressure in being sure I was completely ready. This meant getting my classroom ready, adjusting lesson plans and just tons of extra work. My administration has been crazy with us this week and it was just very stressful. Thankfully the evaluators are done for this visit and we won't see them again until spring.

I hope your DS feels better soon. Great job on the 2 lbs. :) I hate grant evaluations. My school district has like a million grants going right now. My old school was under a grant and my new school is under a grant. It is agravating. Blessings like grants are wonderful, but sometimes there are just too many strings attached. I am glad you made it through stress :)

I ended up making the Chicken Rollatini with Spinach http://www.skinnytaste.com/2011/04/chicken-rollatini-with-spinach-alla.html for dinner and the Strawberry Fool for dessert http://www.skinnytaste.com/2011/07/skinny-strawberry-fool.html . I had so much left over that I froze the chicken and will have enough dessert for the weekend (or a snack). I love the recipes on Skinnytaste!
Up next: Bang Bang Shrimp....when shrimp goes on sale!

I love bang bang shrimp. Can you send me some?

I am so proud of you!!! I took my wedding ring off before surgery, and it was horrible to try to get a small ring off a large finger. I still haven't been able to get my wedding ring back on. That is a huge goal of mine. I can't wait to be able to wear my wedding ring again. Good for you!!!!

Ouch, I be that hurt. All this ring talk has made me want to make a confession. DD is 8. When I was pregnent with her, I waited to long to try and take my rings off and they were stuck on....and they are still stuck on. I have not had them sut off cause they don't hurt. They just won't come off.

I need to get better about going to bed early! I didn’t wake up till 10:30 today! Woke up with awful cramps and a 1 pound loss on the scale so it’s a mixed bag haha! Today I need to go through all my syllabus and put all major assignments in my planner, and probably start on some homework. I also have a doctor’s appointment regarding my hip at 3, and im not quite sure what I want to tell him. I know its not 100% better but im getting sick of physical therapy and I don’t think its doing anything. I guess I will just see what happens!
Congrats on your loss! I hope your Drs appt. went well.



Congrats on the achievement!! Love the attitude that your are ready to take on the world..keep the awesome focus!!!




Well - I have to say I love week one of any weight loss but this has surprised me a bit. I had to go back and check my log. Down 8.8 pounds since last friday :scared1: I've done an hour on the treadmill almost everyday and adding some jogging segments in as able. I've done really well on my eating but I've had no challanges which is really strange. I even managed to eat out over the week at a burger place, Chipotle, and 2 slices of cheese pizza last night. I'm eating really well the rest of the time and my cravings have not been around - well I did have a tablespoon of Nutella one night as 'dessert' - but hey theres protein in there right :rotfl2:

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Yay! Great job down 8.8!!!

I love teaching, but I always get so nervous when people are watching me! Glad it's over with for you!

Right? Being watched by kids? no problem. Adults? No thank you.

And I lost 1.6 pounds this week! :wizard:

Awesome on the walk and the loss!

OK, can someone please tell me how to do the multiple quote thing! I have so many people I want to respond to and I start to get lost!
On the bottom right of the post you want to quote, next to the quote button is a button with a + plus sign. Just click that on the ones you want to quote as you go. When you are ready to post just click post and all the posts you wanted to quote will be there :)

Only 2 weeks left 3/9 - 3/15 and 3/16 - 3/22. I already have Team Mickey signing up for the merged thread. Just saying.:rolleyes1

Ok, you twisted my arm. I will take week of 3/9:)

Lost another 2.4 lbs this week, but I am sorry I haven't been keeping up on the posts.
Great Job!
Question of the Day

Do you have a favorite Disney movie? Is there a special story behind it?

I like Aladdin. It is just so funny! And the Lion King - hands down the best movie soundtrack.
 
Hi everyone!

After 4 days of eating pretty much anything that I wanted at Disneyland I still lost 2 lbs!

But I didn"t want to let Team Donald down so I was actually not as interested as usual in all the treats. I even had just 1 bite of a Tigger Tail! I didn't know that was possible.:rotfl2:

Now off to catch up on the 23 pages I have missed.:surfweb:
 
QOTD Friday: Favorite Disney Movie. I can't answer that as there is not a Disney Movie that isn't a favorite. They all are great and can be watched over and over.




I finally had the opportunity to apply for a new job at the VA. Please send prayers and good thoughts my way as my current job ends on May 7 and I would like to be in a permanent position well before then. I also would like to get away from the stress that my current office is having. It's not the workload, but I cannot go into details. This particular job that I have applied for would have been my 1st choice of any job so I'm hoping that it is destiny.
 
To everyone who commented on DVC, I used a formula to figure out how much per point we'd be paying (approximating dues~I know they'll go up) over the course of the contract. When I priced a one bedroom at OKW for a week in the summer, it's still more than a value for the same dates. DH was impressed though. He thinks we should wait a little while longer since we usually go during free dining (and upgrade to DDP instead of QS). I told him if we wait, we'll have less years on the contract. I ordered the dvd from the website just to try to convince him more :rotfl2: I noticed resale seems so much cheaper, but I know you can only vacation at Disney resorts then. I don't know that we'd ever use points for a cruise because we'd still end up paying cash for part of it. Oh, and DH is worried he won't want to go every other year and our boys won't want to go when they get older (teenage and up). I say who cares?!? I'll still go :rotfl: Still doing research lol. But, thanks for all the advice!

I'll be back in the morning.Jill

Good luck!!! One thing I would suggest though - you can't compare a value resort to a 1 BR DVC unit. Maybe a studio, but not a 1 BR. And the studios have the fridge/micro, coffee pot.

And don't forget the resorts at HHI, Vero Beach and Aulani Hawaii. I can't speak for Hawaii, but I feel that HHI and VB are the hidden jewels. The CM's put the ones at WDW to shame!!! Plus it was recently announced they are building another one at GF. Oh and you can use 3 years of points at once instead of 2. If you could find a small 100 point resale contract and use banking/borrowing, you could make it work.


Good evening Donalds!
Ok, you twisted my arm. I will take week of 3/9:)

Consider the week yours.

QOTD Friday: Favorite Disney Movie. I can't answer that as there is not a Disney Movie that isn't a favorite. They all are great and can be watched over and over.




I finally had the opportunity to apply for a new job at the VA. Please send prayers and good thoughts my way as my current job ends on May 7 and I would like to be in a permanent position well before then. I also would like to get away from the stress that my current office is having. It's not the workload, but I cannot go into details. This particular job that I have applied for would have been my 1st choice of any job so I'm hoping that it is destiny.

Sending good thoughts on the job application.

Janis
 
Good Saturday morning everyone.

We have about 1 to 2 inches of snow on the ground. I hope it turns to rain soon. I have to work on costumes today for the local high school. I have two places to be today. Ds1 also has to work today so the sooner it turns to rain the less chance his class is going to be cancelled. (He teaches bio labs).

Thanks for all the great memories about the Disney movies. Some people have mentioned The Little Mermaid. That reminded me a story about my ds1. For some reason Ursula from that movies scared him so much that as soon as she came on the screen he would start to cry. I don't even know if we have a copy of that movie. If they were showing that at his day care they would put him in another room because he would get so upset. I have only seen THe Little Mermaid show art HS when I went with a friend and her girls.

Deb Good luck on the application. I hope it will be a good fit for you. I know you are not happy in this department.

grumpyskirtgirl congrats on the loss even being in the park.

cjdj4 congrats on that total for the month. That is great. Have fun in the parade. I remember being in parades while I was growing up and it is a lot of fun.

belledreamer I love that ring. I am so happy that it fits again. Must be a great feeling.

jenanderson Hope everything went well. We got a new superintendent and our principal is only an INTERIM so the new super has been here several times already

Scraggy congrats on the loss. Take it one pound at a time.

trinaweena hi. I hope you got your wish about getting some work done. I know how easy it is to push it aside.

pjlla You deserve a day to just scrapbook. I hope you got some things done.

RemembertheMagic98 thanks for the recipes. I will have to look over that website.

GoofyPredsFan I had a gain last week. It happens just turn the page and keep on working. It will turn around.

Ruthie5671, klmrph, amykathleen2005 and everyone else who had losses congrats on the losses.

DisFam95 Congrats on the great week. I had a week where I lost 7 and I wondered what happen but it is a great feeling when everything clicks.

Hi to anyone I missed this morning.

Question of the Day

If you had a day just for yourself and you couldn't be at DW, what would you do?


I would spend the day reading, sewing and knitting. I would probably take a walk around the lake near my house.

Off to get some breakfast.

Have a happy and healthy day.
 
Good Saturday morning everyone.

Question of the Day

If you had a day just for yourself and you couldn't be at DW, what would you do?



Have a happy and healthy day.

I would want to spend it walking around the mall, haha. For some reason, I like to do that and I don't know why! There is a mall near my house that is huge- it goes around in a circle, and if you do a lap, it's one mile. And there are a TON of shops in it that I like :) So I would go there and walk around for a bit.

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So....I have good news and bad news.

The good news is I went and got fitted for running shoes yesterday :cool1: I got an awesome pair that are super comfortable, the guy told me I was doing everything about my training process correctly (running a little, walking a little, cross-training on days off) and that I run correctly too. I'm a forefoot striker, which is the best kind of striker to be, apparently!

The bad news is I didn't lose at all this week and I'm really frustrated about it. My mom is a pretty driving force in my life and she has the ability to really make me feel like dog poo sometimes. She has been going to WW and has lost almost 60 lbs since she started (which I am really proud of, by the way! :cheer2:) And I've cheered her on from the beginning as best I could. But since I've started my own efforts back up, she has yet to express any interest in helping me and cheering me on. Never a suggestion to walk together one night, never a thumbs-up on a good meal or good day. Just working in a silo. So I don't feel like I can communicate to her much of anything- like this bad week I just had, haha. I just feel very stunted and unheard at home, which I feel partly relates to the numbers on the scale.

I just needed to vent that out because it was weighing on me. And I didn't want to use it as an excuse! So thank you for listening, guys :goodvibes
 
I am not looking too bad for 40 something I'm going to think about it. My body seems to be pretty happy at this weight, and even though I probably still have a few pounds I could lose, I am just not sure if it is worth it.

I would agree you are one hot mama and look great at your maintain weight.:thumbsup2

Mary•Poppins;43789841 said:
The 4th Annual Superhero Run in April.

that race sounds so cool. My dh would love that one. Great goal to work towards and I know even if you dont beat those boys they will still be impressed by how well you are going to do.

Something good that happened this week......the 3rd/4th grade class I teach Social Studies to has always been difficult and a challenge for me, but since I started a new incentive program with immediate points for good behavior things have improved dramatically. They are like a different class!

way to be creative and use positive reinforcement.
Have fun watching a movie with your little one. What did you watch?

We ended up watching american idol instead of a movie. It was very enjoyable cuddling up with him though. We dont get to do that too often anymore.

I recently found this and thought I would share:

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LOVE this Amy:lovestruc

Healthy Habits Week 4: The Voyage of the Little Mermaid

You are just too creative CC. I am loving your new HH ideas. I knew the fruit and veggie thing would be coming soon. Its my area of slacking so thanks for helping me to make these servings a priority. I am going to try my best.

My aunt passed away yesterday morning and if I'm honest I'm really glad for her as she would not have wanted to lose her independance (she suffered 3 strokes in as many days 2:). We will all miss her alot -she was a maiden aunt who spoiled all her neices, nephews and grand-nieces/nephews with gusto much to our parents dismay at times:rotfl: (providing forbidden treats such as chewing-gum and sweeties before sunday dinner).

So sorry about your aunt's passing. I had the same feeling when my grammy passed away...even though it is sad to loose one of your cherished family members it is even harder to watch them go through suffering and loss of independence. I am glad you have wonderful memories to hold onto of her.:hug:

Question of the Day

Do you have a favorite Disney movie? Is there a special story behind it?

I dont really have one favorite. My childhood favorites were cinderella and 101 dalmations. I have grown to love the toy story movies since they are my kids favorites.

Dona- woohoo on staying 5 days at BLT.

Well, I apologize now to the team that I actually gained a pound this week It's tough because this week I really made extra efforts to work out and be more active. I expected a loss for sure. One thing I am still struggling with is logging all my food. I already used My Fitness Pal to log breakfast, so I'm determined to do better.

no apologies necessary. We all have weeks like this.

I'm down 2 pounds this week. That makes 8 in total. Only 42 more to get to my goal.

Great Job.
I'm TREATING myself to a day at the scrapping table. Laundry is pretty well caught up and beds are made.... so look out scrapping table, I'm on my way! I'll pop back on here after lunch to see how every one is doing!.............P

Have a wonderful day scrapping.:goodvibes

Not only did I manage to keep the two lbs I lost earlier in the week off, but I also now fit into something extra special to me...

No. It's not my grandmother's ring... But it is a ring! :cheer2:
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wow pretty ring and what a great feeling of accomplishment for you. Love to hear your determination and confidence.

Oh dear! I have tons of catching up to do. It was a totally crazy couple of days and I forgot how much I was scheduled and so I just took a break from this thread for the 2 days.

Wow what a stressful week for you. I hope DS feels better soon. I can imagine how frustrating that is for him and you too. Great job on the good eating this week and for the loss.:woohoo:

Happy Friday!! For a four day week it went pretty slow! I have to rant for a minute [RANT AHEAD] I just received a notice from my Condo Association that we have to have our dryer vents cleaned out...ok, I get the safety concerns and fires BUT we just had a mandatory clean out November of 2009??? Now I have to take off a 1/2 day of work to wait for the guy to come and pay $50 to get it cleaned. In addition, we had to pay an extra $250 for the additional snow removal costs from last year AND they had just upped our COA dues by $60. The nickel and diming is driving me crazy!!! [RANT OVER] Thanks for the space to rant.

uggh that is so frustrating. I guess its one of the downfalls of being in an association. Friends of mine use to live in a development similar to yours and they were always complaining too about the increase and additions of all the fees.

[ Down 8.8 pounds since last friday I've done an hour on the treadmill almost everyday and adding some jogging segments in as able. I've done really well on my eating but I've had no challanges which is really strange. I even managed to eat out over the week at a burger place, Chipotle, and 2 slices of cheese pizza last night. I'm eating really well the rest of the time and my cravings have not been around - well I did have a tablespoon of Nutella one night as 'dessert' - but hey theres protein in there right

wow that is great. You have a great focus going right now. Keep up the good work.:thumbsup2

I know you're wondering . . . did she walk??????

Yup!
Now, this was most certainly not the longest, fastest or most calorie burning walk in the world. But I managed a pretty steady pace for 14 minutes thru Lowe's last night. Well, the last two minutes I was looking for the door (I was somewhere by the toilets!!!) but I got up and moved. I'm hoping that I can gradually increase my time. Thanks again for all the encouragement.

And I lost 1.6 pounds this week! :wizard:

great job Ruthie.:banana:



Busy weekend. Tomorrow I have to help run the concession stand at the wrestling quad meet. The meet starts at 9 am and runs until 4 pm. I miss my hockey days let me tell you - 1 hour in and out. :rotfl: Sunday is the Patriots game, and I am having family over to watch it. I think I will make my Father's favorite - chicken pot pie - just watch my serving size. Maybe I will make some of the WW old 0 vegie soup. I will also plan on having a few cocktails - since I don't have to drive.
Janis

Have a fun weekend. Working the concession stand for more than an hour to me is touture.:lmao: Unless of course you have great company while doing so. I hope that you do and it makes the day fun for you. I am secretly cheering for the patriots for you and some other dis friends. The problem is I can chear out loud because my husband is a die hard eagles fan and we cant cheer for any other team in our house.:lmao: Unless of course if he has one of the players on his fantasy team then we can cheer for that player.:lmao: Hes a nut.:rotfl2:

My favorite Disney movie is probably Mulan.

This week I lost 1.5 lbs!

Great loss amy.:cool1:

Lost another 2.4 lbs this week

Wow great loss this week. I hope your injury feels better soon. woohoo for 3wks to disney.:goodvibes

Hi everyone!

After 4 days of eating pretty much anything that I wanted at Disneyland I still lost 2 lbs!

That is too exciting. Good Job. How was your trip?

I finally had the opportunity to apply for a new job at the VA. Please send prayers and good thoughts my way as my current job ends on May 7 and I would like to be in a permanent position well before then. I also would like to get away from the stress that my current office is having. It's not the workload, but I cannot go into details. This particular job that I have applied for would have been my 1st choice of any job so I'm hoping that it is destiny.

I hope you get the job Deb. Pixie dust being sent your way.:wizard:

Question of the Day

If you had a day just for yourself and you couldn't be at DW, what would you do?

Since I am in need of some rest....I would spend the day in PJ's watching chick flicks all day. and napping in between. :lmao: The last time I did that was at least 13 years ago.:rotfl2:

The bad news is I didn't lose at all this week and I'm really frustrated about it. My mom is a pretty driving force in my life and she has the ability to really make me feel like dog poo sometimes.

Dont get frustrated. You will have a better week this week. Maybe try talking to your mom about how you are feeling. I hope it gets better for you. Its not a great feeling to give support to someone but then not to feel it in return.

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Ok Im all caught up now. I missed getting on here yesterday. It was a busy day at work. I was there from 730a-7p. Not fun at all. I was exhausted by the time I got home but I went to the gym and ran for 30 min. I felt like I was carrying a load of bricks on my back when running and it wasnt very enjoyable at all. I think I was just too exhausted from the day. Running at 9pm I think is not the ideal time for me but its when I can work it in.:confused3

I have tracked all my calories and exercise in my fitness pal this week and I drank tons of water. I did have a day or two that I ate an extra 100 or 200 calories. I had a loss of 1lb this week. On wed. I was down 2.2lbs but by friday I was only down 1. I did let this get me a bit frustrated but now I am realizing that this will sometimes happen. It has helped reading through all of your posts too.:lovestruc So I am now just going to be thrilled that I lost at all and move on. Heres to an even better week. (insert smily face with a glass of water saying "cheers")

We got about 3 inches of snow over night and now zumba was cancelled today. I am disappointed. I will still do some kinect dance central 2 today. Ryans basketball game also was cancelled so it has been a lazy morning. The kids were out once already playing in the snow.

Tonight we are going to my in laws to celebrate my birthday. They are making wings. I asked for something healthier and my MIL said she has celery to go with it. :headache: They just dont get it. So I have alloted calories to have 6 wings. I am afraid I am going to be a bit hungry by the end of the night. But what can I do??????? (feel free to offer advice on this one)

Ok well I hope you all are enjoying your day. Those of us that got snow have fun and be careful if you go out driving.
 
Tonight we are going to my in laws to celebrate my birthday. They are making wings. I asked for something healthier and my MIL said she has celery to go with it. :headache: They just dont get it. So I have alloted calories to have 6 wings. I am afraid I am going to be a bit hungry by the end of the night. But what can I do??????? (feel free to offer advice on this one)

Ok well I hope you all are enjoying your day. Those of us that got snow have fun and be careful if you go out driving.

You could bring along a salad to you in laws, that way you could have a big salad to go along with your wings. I'm sure it will take sometime for them to get used to your healthier way of eating, but I bet if you bring a side dish that is healthier with you, they will see that you are serious and maybe next time they will keep that in mind! :thumbsup2 And Happy Birthday!
 
Hi Everyone! Sorry that I was MIA all week. It was a crazy week to say the least! We ended up taking our 1 year old to the hospital for some tummy issues he has been having. My great-aunt passed away. Our dryer broke. Oh, I could go on and on. So I did my best through all the obstacles, but didn't see any results. My weight stayed EXACTLY the same down to the tenth. UGH! It's frustrating but it is also pushing me to work harder this week!! I hope to catch up and keep up better with you all his week!
 












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