Team Donald – Biggest Loser “No Excuses” 2012 Challenge

[jillbur]

Since i have a busy morning ahead of me tomorrow i figured i would post the question tonight.

Monday feb 6 QOTD

Challenge #4 Relax!

I think we already had a question about what we do to relax....so why dont you tell us what you do to alleviate stress.

I try to prevent stress by being organized and I am also a list maker! When I feel stressed I either get active (work out or clean) or relax (read a book or watch a movie).

We watch the Puppy Bowl every year now. Fumble was a bit aggressive this year. My favorite is the Kitten Half-Time Show. LOVE it!


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Yesterday was a terrible day for eating. I need to step up the exercising all week to make up for it. Today will be better. This weekend was super busy, but I managed to exercise Saturday. I'm going to drink as much water as I can stand today.

I hope Team Donald has a great Monday! I'll try to check back in this afternoon.

Fumble cracked me up when he laid down and closed his eyes lol. The kitten half time show was awesome. Unfortunately, that's when DH woke up and changed the channel.

You're not alone. I didn't do well eating all weekend. I am going to try to drink more water and exercise more this week, too.

JILL!!! YAY for planning the getaway!! Hmmmmm...maybe you will come back as a DVC owner....

I don't think we'll come home owners, but we are totally interested. We are interested in buying resale, though. It's so much cheaper and can get different resorts. DH likes the idea of HHI. I just can't wait to look around all the resorts to see which one we like the best~especially since we have two boys at 8 & 5 that will eventually be 18 &15 . I think our needs may change over time.

Good Afternoon Friends!!

I finally got caught up on the thread (3 days really adds up!) so I thought I would share my weekend....FUN!

We left around 5 on Friday and hit monster traffic on the way down to Lambertville (cute little town on the Delaware River where people go to buy antiques.) We were staying in a beautiful bed and breakfast on a hill overlooking the town. The weekend was for scrapbooking so 25 women set up shop for the weekend. Breakfast was made by the staff at the Inn (Veggie strata with bacon and hashbrown on Saturday and French toast with sausage on Sunday) The coffee and tea were plentiful as well. The lunch and dinner were made by our Creative Memories staff (Danielle and Kristy) which were salads with lowfat dressings, wraps, and homemade soups. For dinner we had beef with salad and pasta. They are such sweethearts and made everything GF for me Both nights we had wine and cheese by the fire and just laughed and laughed.

I finally made a dent in my "Disney through the Years" book. Since I have been to WDW 15 times I had a TON of pictures. I pilfered most from my mom but had a lot myself too. I'm still missing 1984 when we went for the opening of EPCOT. I did, however, get to scrap 1989 (my sweet 16 trip) when MGM opened...it was soooo small and so few rides!

I didn't get home until late afternoon yesterday so I stayed home for the SB and watched the Giants win from my cozy bed.

My eating was bad....so bad....and the lack of exercise was bad....so bad. After a really good loss last week and being OP for most days I expect a gain unless I can get my butt in gear today. I've been OP for the day and do have spin tonight. I hope to make it to the gym every night this week to make up for the non-OP weekend. I don't really feel THAT bad since I never go that crazy over the weekends and I don't have another trip planned until late spring.

I'm back on the wagon Donalds!!!
Make great choices today~!

~Karen

Sounds like a great, fun weekend. I'm not a scrapper, but I may have to look into it. I'm worried I would fall behind and never finish, though. That's why I never started. So, it sounds like you made progress and enjoyed yourself. Don't worry about the eating. I was at home and didn't eat well!


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Well, I left work early today because I am not feeling so well. I am going to lay down early and hope I feel better tomorrow. I'll catch up with everybody then.

Jill

 

[pjlla]

Update: The puppy's new name is Sandy! Here she is being spoiled by my husband.

She's adorable! I love the name. Is it from Annie or just from the color of her fur??

Since i have a busy morning ahead of me tomorrow i figured i would post the question tonight.

Monday feb 6 QOTD

Challenge #4 Relax!

I think we already had a question about what we do to relax....so why dont you tell us what you do to alleviate stress.

I'm not particularly a high stress person, but when stress hits, I clean and make lists. Often the thing CAUSING my stress is a mess, so cleaning helped immediately.

If it is something out of my control (like when DD travels to Costa Rica later this month) that is stressing me, I pray and then try to just let it go.

Good Monday morning everyone.

I hope everyone had a great weekend. I wasn't feeling last night so dh went to the Super Bowl party by himself. I watched the first half of the game and then fell asleep and woke up just in time for the last minute. Dh came home soon after that. Then I couldn't fall back to sleep.

QOTD I feel like a kid when I get a chance to ride my bike. My kids call it my Pee Wee Herman bike. I won it at Boy Scout thing. It is a guy's bike but I love it. It is red and has 6 speeds . The guys put a basket on the front for me. I would love baskets onthe back but I am pretty happy with the front.

QOTD I make lists upon lists upon lists when I am stressed out. Friday I had at least 3 lists going on my desk.

Off to get dressed for work. Busy day.

Have a happy and healthy day.

Hope today found you feeling better. Sorry you had to miss the party.

Pamela-So glad your niece is doing well and came home to watch the game. Too bad they didn't win for her. Love the pic of dd and rapunzel. It's so great to know they are still our little kids inside.

Yup.... even at nearly 17 years old, she is still a "kid" when it comes to things like Disney. I love that about her!

The 5k I am doing is the louisse rosetti 5k it's a wed night june 20th this year, and it's all for women. If it works, you and dd might consider it. It was my 1st 5k 2 years ago, right before my mom's 1st anniversary, so it is a special race. It is a fundraiser for a scholarship fund started by Louisse who's daughter was brutally killed in her 20s, and she started running to deal with the grief, and turned it into something positive.http://http://www.louiserossettiwomens5k.com/home_t1.aspx?event_id=123
This is the link if anyone local is interested. There are lots of walkers and run/walkers and it is for a great cause.

Strangest thing.... the link didn't show up in the original post, but I can see it here as a quote. oh well. I'll check it tonight. It does sound like a great 5K to run. It would be fun to do together. Maybe a few other MA Dis ladies could join??

Good morning everyone!!

I didn't do too badly yesterday for the superbowl. Ds had a friend over, so I did some cleaning and cut up all the fruit and vegies for dinner, and then we walked him home and took a good long walk before the game, so dinner was later than planned, so we ate it while we watched the beginning of the game. We had our sundaes at halftime, and didn't need fruit at all, so we have a bunch of fruit for the week all cut up and ready. Because I ended up having a later dinner than planned, we never ate lunch, but did have a couple congo bars in the afternoon, so guess that took lunches calories. Overall I could have had a smaller sundae than I did, but I am back on track today, and planning to stay there. I will save the sundae stuff, and my brother and fam are coming this weekend, so the kids can have some then.

Today is a fresh start for me! Anyone else care to join me!!! We can do this!!!

Oh, and Congratulations to all you Giants fans!! Amazing game!!

Nice of you to be gracious enough to congratulate the winners!

I never ended up with my chocolate Vitamuffin last night. I got busy with laundry and such and suddenly it was 10pm and I didn't want to be eating heavy carbs at that hour (Jillian M. says no carbs at night and nothing after 9 pm!), so I had a cup of my hot drink and the tiniest portion of nuts cause I was actually hungry. Maybe I'll splurge on the Vitamuffin tonight.

I love to read too! My job requires me to read for hours every week, so I don't get to read for pleasure much anymore. But if you would like a this-is-just-a-fun-book-to-read suggestion, PM me.

I'll send that PM when I have time this week! Thanks for the offer!


Yesterday was a terrible day for eating. I need to step up the exercising all week to make up for it. Today will be better. This weekend was super busy, but I managed to exercise Saturday. I'm going to drink as much water as I can stand today.

I hope Team Donald has a great Monday! I'll try to check back in this afternoon.

Getting in your exercise during a busy weekend is terrific. Push the water and hopefully those extra calories won't show up on the scale.

This is so weird!! Well apparently my answer to this is that I dream about Disney! Ok, so Friday afternoon my mom suddenly started having chest pain and sweating really bad, then her words all were slurring. Thankfully my dad took her to the ER and they found out she has blocked arteries. Today she will have quadruple bypass surgery. Next Monday my cousin (two years older than me) is having a double masectomy due to breast cancer. I am extremely worried about both of them and having a hard time not being there with them. I'm at home, trying to be calm because I know everything is going to be ok. But I'm still so worried and can't believe my mom, who has always been in good health, is at a hospital right now, about to have open heart surgery. Scary stuff. But how fitting that the question of the day is how to alleviate stress! I am looking forward to reading everyone's answers

Oh my gosh! So much at once. Prayers coming for both of your loved ones. Hopefully you can find a way to let this from making you crazy.

Good Afternoon Friends!!

I finally got caught up on the thread (3 days really adds up!) so I thought I would share my weekend....FUN!

We left around 5 on Friday and hit monster traffic on the way down to Lambertville (cute little town on the Delaware River where people go to buy antiques.) We were staying in a beautiful bed and breakfast on a hill overlooking the town. The weekend was for scrapbooking so 25 women set up shop for the weekend. Breakfast was made by the staff at the Inn (Veggie strata with bacon and hashbrown on Saturday and French toast with sausage on Sunday) The coffee and tea were plentiful as well. The lunch and dinner were made by our Creative Memories staff (Danielle and Kristy) which were salads with lowfat dressings, wraps, and homemade soups. For dinner we had beef with salad and pasta. They are such sweethearts and made everything GF for me Both nights we had wine and cheese by the fire and just laughed and laughed.

I finally made a dent in my "Disney through the Years" book. Since I have been to WDW 15 times I had a TON of pictures. I pilfered most from my mom but had a lot myself too. I'm still missing 1984 when we went for the opening of EPCOT. I did, however, get to scrap 1989 (my sweet 16 trip) when MGM opened...it was soooo small and so few rides!

I didn't get home until late afternoon yesterday so I stayed home for the SB and watched the Giants win from my cozy bed.

My eating was bad....so bad....and the lack of exercise was bad....so bad. After a really good loss last week and being OP for most days I expect a gain unless I can get my butt in gear today. I've been OP for the day and do have spin tonight. I hope to make it to the gym every night this week to make up for the non-OP weekend. I don't really feel THAT bad since I never go that crazy over the weekends and I don't have another trip planned until late spring.

I'm back on the wagon Donalds!!!
Make great choices today~!

~Karen

That sounds like a DELIGHTFUL scrapping and friendship weekend. I'm SO jealous!!

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Evening friends! I worked today in a classroom with NO working computer! How does that happen in the 21st century???? Anyhow, without a desktop computer and no access to the locked wi-fi at school, I was unable to pop on today during my break. But here I am to catch up!

Yesterday was productive, but not in a fun way. I washed, dried, folded, and put away 4 loads of laundry, folded two more this morning, and have one left to fold right now.... and I am caught up, at least for this moment.

I cooked two extra meals yesterday.... one for tonight and one for later in the week, since it is a busy week. Tonight was my Red, White, and Green chicken chili and Wednesday night will be my curried chicken. I don't usually serve chicken twice in one week.... sometimes not even once, because of DS's poultry allergy, but I had it in the freezer and wanted to use it up.

Tomorrow night is scheduled to be grilled shrimp kebabs, but the evening is starting to look a bit complicated, so those may have to be moved to Friday (which is an unscheduled night on the food calendar).

I'm squeezing in my exercise here and there.... probably not enough of it, but better than nothing. Yesterday was a short but sweet 20 minutes on the TM while lifting and curling 5 lb hand weights. Today was 35 minutes of alternating walking, sprints, and incline training.

I've got less than an hour of "alone time" left here at home, so I'm gonna run and do something exciting.... like empty the dishwasher!!

I'm working again tomorrow, but hopefully will have some sort of computer access during my break. Otherwise I won't be popping on until the evening. Talk with you when I am able........................P

 

[my3princes]

I haven't been able to read in a few days. The DIS is slow and my computer is slower. Chris and I maintained this week, which isn't bad considering how off schedule we've been with sick kids and Superbowl food.

 

[amykathleen2005]

She's adorable! I love the name. Is it from Annie or just from the color of her fur??

From Annie!

 

[dvccruiser76]

Here we celebrate our progress and recognize our superstars.

Reminders:
-after 3 weeks of no reporting, you are dropped from the challenge – can re-start at any time, though
-if anybody knows they will miss weighing in, just PM and let me know and you’ll be marked excused


First some stats

MAINTAINERS:
(staying within 2 lbs of their maintain weight is successfully maintaining!)
# of Maintainers Reporting In & Successfully Maintaining: 1
Congratulations Rose&Mike!!!

LOSERS:
Current Participants-------------60!
not reporting in for 1 week-----6
not reporting in for 2 weeks----7
not reporting in for 3 weeks----4
Excused--------------------------1
weigh ins-------------------------42
gains-----------------------------6
maintains------------------------12
losses----------------------------24
new or returning members ----0


Biggest Loser Fall Challenge Week 5!
This week’s group loss = 41.9 pounds!
Average percentage of weight lost 0.48 %
Total group weight loss so far 354.1 pounds!

AWESOME!

Retention Rate (compared to the 72 participants we had sign up for our start week on January 1st)
61% (this includes the Losers, Maintainers and Excused people!). Let's keep sending those weights people!


Before the weekly superstar list comes the disclaimer. I am human and I make mistakes. If you have any questions please contact me. For your reference this is the magic percentage of weight lost formula - weight loss for the week divided by weight for last week times 100, that gives us the percentage. Now let me test that with my numbers for week 1, click, click, click goes the calculator. Yes, that agrees with the percentage on the magic spreadsheet. (btw if its been more than 1 week between weigh-ins, then the % loss is divided by the number of weeks, to keep everybody on the same basis)

Now let's get to the good stuff. Who were our superstars of week 5?

The WISH Biggest Loser Spring Challenge Team Donald Week 5 Superstars!!
#10 - 0.79% - mommyof2pirates
#9 - TIE - 0.87% - mikamah & quasar4legs
#8 - 1.14% - donaldandpirates
#7 - 1.45% - areas2102
#6 - 1.46% - amykathleen2005
#5 - 1.49% - melmar136
#4 - 1.98% - D73
#3 - 2.00% - JacksLilWench
#2 - 2.76% - happysummr
and now
The WISH Biggest Loser Team Donald Spring Challenge Week 5 Biggest Loser is:
#1 - 3.13% - luvpoohandcompany

Quote from Dare2Dream: How is your week going? Are you OP (on program)? Are you exercising? Drinking that water? You know what to do to make the magic happen. Get on the wagon. We are all here to help you on the journey. We can do this one day at a time. One bite at a time.

Have a healthy day!
Congratulations luvpoohandcompany!!!

What a great week you had. Keep up the good work. We have a very special clippie reserved for our weekly Biggest Loser. Wear it with pride this week! :

This is our weekly reigning Biggest Loser clippie. We have the large version

or use this
http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/31040weeklyBLsmall1.jpg
followed by

or we have a medium version

or use this
http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/31040weeklyBLmed.jpg
followed by

and we have a small version

or use
http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/31040weeklyBLsm.jpg
followed by


Thanks to ohMom-Molli for these clippies. They were used for a previous BL but we can recycle. Don't they look great!

 

[dvccruiser76]

NOW FOR THOSE OF US WHO SET A GOAL FOR THE CHALLENGE!!!

NOTE: This list includes participants who have reported in within the last 3 weeks, once someone misses 3 weigh-ins they are dropped from this report.

How this works: You set your goal for what you want to lose in the challenge. Then I calculate your weight loss in the challenge divided by your goal to get a % to goal.

Anybody can change their goal at anytime (or add a goal) – all you have to do is send me a PM.

Since the goals are an individual thing, the list is just in alphabetical order to make it easier for everybody to find their own name. If there are any questions or suggestions please let me know.

We have done 5 out of 21 weeks, so the challenge is 24% complete.



#1hoosierfan - 28.67
4Holidays - 26.00
amykathleen2005 - 53.85
araes2120 - 20.00
buzz5985 - 6.60
CaliforniaDreaming - 33.33
cjdj4 - 20.38
clhcpaca - 3.50
D73 - 48.82
Disneyluvr - 10.00
dvccruiser76 - 40.00
EDuke98080 - 0.00
frndshpcptn - 34.55
grumpyskirtgirl - 24.49
happysummer - 31.43
JacksLilWench - 26.67
jenanderson - 23.08
jillbur - 40.00
Jubilee - 15.15
Jujubee727 - 18.67
kitchensinkguy - 14.29
liesel - 31.71
LuvBaloo - 13.33
luvpoohandcompany - 60.00
mackeysmom - 17.50
Mary.Poppins - 38.00
melmar136 - 48.21
MickeyMagic - 4.82
mommyof2Pirates - 42.00
MoonFaerie - 6.67
my3princes - 28.00
ougrad86 - 25.00
phorsenuf - 6.00
pooh2001 - 12.50
quasar4legs - 19.42
Scraggy - 18.00
SettinSail - 0.00
shellebelle76 - 27.20
simpilotswife - 16.57
::Snow White:: - 0.00
trinaweena - 9.84
VirataMama4 - 22.64
vitfamily - 30.33
wickey’s friend - 0.00



I find everybody on the list an inspiration and everybody who participates in this challenge is an inspiration in and of themselves. Whether you post, lurk or just pm your weight and check results on Tuesdays, you have made a commitment to yourself. And that is the biggest inspiration of all!BY Octoberbride03

 

[dvccruiser76]

This week's winning team with 17.35% is Team Mickey!!

Team Donald weighed-in losing 14.15% for the week!

Additional stats for the week!!!!

luvpoohandcompany won for Team Donald with 3.13% this week and was the overall Biggest Loser!!

Congrats to myweegirl who was Mickey's Team winner with 2.40%!

Team Donald lost 41.9 pounds this week
Team Mickey lost 30.4 pounds this week

Team Donald leads the Total Weight Loss with 354.1 pounds and Team Mickey's total weight loss to date is 284.2!!!
Both teams together have lost 638.3 pounds!!!! Amazing!

Keep reading, keep posting and most of all keep losing and continue learning!!!!

Have an OP week

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

This is so weird!! Well apparently my answer to this is that I dream about Disney! Ok, so Friday afternoon my mom suddenly started having chest pain and sweating really bad, then her words all were slurring. Thankfully my dad took her to the ER and they found out she has blocked arteries. Today she will have quadruple bypass surgery. Next Monday my cousin (two years older than me) is having a double masectomy due to breast cancer. I am extremely worried about both of them and having a hard time not being there with them. I'm at home, trying to be calm because I know everything is going to be ok. But I'm still so worried and can't believe my mom, who has always been in good health, is at a hospital right now, about to have open heart surgery. Scary stuff. But how fitting that the question of the day is how to alleviate stress! I am looking forward to reading everyone's answers

oh my that is alot of stress. First I hope mom and cousin make it through well and without any issues. I will send some prayers there way. I think the best thing you can do is to try to take your mind off of the worrying with fun things like disney.

:I'm sorry you were feeling bad about the fast food, but remember, it is not your "norm". For some people, fast food IS their diet!

Yep that use to be me....thats why I guess I am so fearful of starting back up again.....but this time feels different like I had it, its over and I wont be doing that again for a long while. I just need to plan better so I am not in that predicament again.

We left around 5 on Friday and hit monster traffic on the way down to Lambertville (cute little town on the Delaware River where people go to buy antiques.) We were staying in a beautiful bed and breakfast on a hill overlooking the town. The weekend was for scrapbooking so 25 women set up shop for the weekend. Breakfast was made by the staff at the Inn (Veggie strata with bacon and hashbrown on Saturday and French toast with sausage on Sunday) The coffee and tea were plentiful as well. The lunch and dinner were made by our Creative Memories staff (Danielle and Kristy) which were salads with lowfat dressings, wraps, and homemade soups. For dinner we had beef with salad and pasta. They are such sweethearts and made everything GF for me Both nights we had wine and cheese by the fire and just laughed and laughed.

I finally made a dent in my "Disney through the Years" book. Since I have been to WDW 15 times I had a TON of pictures. I pilfered most from my mom but had a lot myself too. I'm still missing 1984 when we went for the opening of EPCOT. I did, however, get to scrap 1989 (my sweet 16 trip) when MGM opened...it was soooo small and so few rides!

Wow sounds like a really really great weekend Karen. I so miss scrapbooking. I bet it was so much fun to relive some of those memories from years ago.

Way to go for getting right back on the wagon. We may not be the winning team wagon right now but we sure are having fun.

Evening friends! I worked today in a classroom with NO working computer! How does that happen in the 21st century???? Anyhow, without a desktop computer and no access to the locked wi-fi at school, I was unable to pop on today during my break. But here I am to catch up!

oh my gosh that is unheard of. I hope you had the time of your life emptying the dishwasher tonight. You crack me up P.

I haven't been able to read in a few days. The DIS is slow and my computer is slower. Chris and I maintained this week, which isn't bad considering how off schedule we've been with sick kids and Superbowl food.

A maintain is better than a gain. With all the stress and craziness you have had going on lately I would say that is a success.

Now let's get to the good stuff. Who were our superstars of week 5?

The WISH Biggest Loser Spring Challenge Team Donald Week 5 Superstars!!
#10 - 0.79% - mommyof2pirates
#9 - TIE - 0.87% - mikamah & quasar4legs
#8 - 1.14% - donaldandpirates
#7 - 1.45% - areas2102
#6 - 1.46% - amykathleen2005
#5 - 1.49% - melmar136
#4 - 1.98% - D73
#3 - 2.00% - JacksLilWench
#2 - 2.76% - happysummr
and now
The WISH Biggest Loser Team Donald Spring Challenge Week 5 Biggest Loser is:
#1 - 3.13% - luvpoohandcompany

Great job top 10 losers. Congrats to everyone still sticking it out here and reporting there weigh ins.

luvpoohandcompany won for Team Donald with 3.13% this week and was the overall Biggest Loser!!

We might not have won this week but we did have the Biggest Loser on our team. Way to go luvpoohandcompany. So proud of you.

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We had Ryan's parent teacher conference tonight. He is in 1st grade. He got all satisfactory on his report card but he is struggling alot with being able to focus and pay attention. We are doing our best to help him at home and he has a really great teacher that is working with him too. He is a smart cookie but only applies himself to the areas he has interest in....like football. It is just so frustrating to have a child like this. I am pretty sure he is boarderline ADD but definitely does not suffer enough to even do meds at this point. We are just keeping in close communication with his teacher and his pediatrician whom I work for so its easy to do so. Hopefully he will outgrow this stuff but I dont have much hope as I swear me and dh both have ADD.

I ate only my calories today but feel kind of full and bloated...must of been the junky lunch I had. I am trying to flush it out with lots of water. Tonight was my rest night...well if thats what you call it...Im at least resting from exersize but now I am off to do our taxes.

 

[Mary•Poppins]

Amy your new puppy is so cute. She looks like a sandy.

Jill- we could join your nerf army. We have enough amo to take on the world too

I had an awesome 4 mile run this afternoon and i made it through appetizers without going overboard. I have plenty of calories left for dinner which is wings.

For those watching the superbowl have fun and enjoy yourselfs.

We have so many Nerf guns ... we could also join you war! I do get tired of picking up all the ammo ... however, I should look at this as good exercise!

Since i have a busy morning ahead of me tomorrow i figured i would post the question tonight.

Monday feb 6 QOTD

Challenge #4 Relax!

I think we already had a question about what we do to relax....so why dont you tell us what you do to alleviate stress.

If I go for a walk or exercise, I feel much better. I sometimes just need to walk away from the situation. It clears my head ... and pulls me back in the direction to realize that a lot of the things I stress about .... aren't important!

This is so weird!! Well apparently my answer to this is that I dream about Disney! Ok, so Friday afternoon my mom suddenly started having chest pain and sweating really bad, then her words all were slurring. Thankfully my dad took her to the ER and they found out she has blocked arteries. Today she will have quadruple bypass surgery. Next Monday my cousin (two years older than me) is having a double masectomy due to breast cancer. I am extremely worried about both of them and having a hard time not being there with them. I'm at home, trying to be calm because I know everything is going to be ok. But I'm still so worried and can't believe my mom, who has always been in good health, is at a hospital right now, about to have open heart surgery. Scary stuff. But how fitting that the question of the day is how to alleviate stress! I am looking forward to reading everyone's answers

I am so sorry to hear about your family. My dad had bypasses (six of them). The recovery immediately following the surgery was tough ... but my dad would do it again in a heartbeat! He felt so good when he finally recovered. This was about 10 years ago. He is now 80 and just had a valve replaced 3 months ago ... and is doing well. I will keep you in my thoughts. Let us know how the surgery goes. If you have any questions, feel free to PM me.

Congrats to all you LOSERS this week! Way to go!

 

[GoofyPredsFan]

I am so sorry to hear about your family. My dad had bypasses (six of them). The recovery immediately following the surgery was tough ... but my dad would do it again in a heartbeat! He felt so good when he finally recovered. This was about 10 years ago. He is now 80 and just had a valve replaced 3 months ago ... and is doing well. I will keep you in my thoughts. Let us know how the surgery goes. If you have any questions, feel free to PM me.

Oh this is great to hear! I am going home to stay with her about a week after she goes home. I figured I would be more use to her then, rather than sitting at the hospital. My sister just called and told me that my mom just got out of surgery and the doctors say she did well. She's not awake yet, but they are going to wake her very soon. So now the recovery will begin. I'm still feeling nervous for her, but also very relieved that the surgery part is over. Thank you so much to everyone for the prayers and well wishes. I don't know how to quote multiple people, so I'm including everyone here!! This is a great community.

 

[trinaweena]

I think one of the QOTD was how do you allievate stress, I think this is a good one for me to answer right now, if only just to remind myself! I do a couple things, my first thing is always see what the dogs are doing. If they want to play, or cuddle or maybe they are just doing something that will make me laugh. I love my dogs more than anything and when i'm stressed they remind me why!

I also watch my fish when Im stressed. My parents agreed to let me have fish because of my anxiety, they are truly relaxing. Taking care of them not so much

Sometimes if I feel I need a break I will give myself some internet time which can include the dis, or tumblr, or one of the many blogs i'm apart of.

Movies and TV destress me. I have some go to favorites for stressfull days, Shaun of the dead, young frankenstein, duck soup, and disney movies, arrested development, parks and rec, doctor who are just some tv series that i watch when im stressed

i also have a few posters on my wall that i always try to look at when im stressed. One is a drawing of Alice from alice in wonderland, who is my inspiration to always look at things a different way. I have a few LOST posters that always remind what I accomplished because of that show and the connections i made, and i also have a game of thrones poster which has a wolf head on it and says winter is coming which always reminds me that even though times are hard, and im stressed, i am strong and amazing and i can do anything

Today I went the whole day and only have one minor stomach ache! I got home from work and i was HUNGRY and I ATE FOOD and i didn't want to die! Food has never tasted so good. I was so happy! Maybe the medicine is working? Its too early to count chickens and all that but im hopeful. Then maybe finally I can start running for real again

This week I have school and work and homework. Tomorrow I'm going to a meeting of the history club at my school and i have no idea what to expect so im nervous. im also meeting for a study date with a girl from my class but she seems really nice so i dont think it will be a problem.

my friend is getting married next september on the cape. Its labor day weekend and my parents got a time share for them and my boyfriend, and i and my brother to stay in which i appreciate. Im thinking about looking into getting a place for one night and going up the day before cause thats the weekend of my boyfriends birthday. i'd have to check with mom since shes finance controller right now and see if i can find someplace cheap but i think it would be nice. we never get to go anywhere just the two of us. we stay in our own room at disney and when we vacay with my parents but itd be nice to be on our own for one night.

ugh sometimes i feel so young, yet so old

 

[donac]

Good Tuesday morning.


I had a busy day yesterday but it was pretty good. My math team had a great set of individual scores but they can't do a logic problem to save their lives. We had a nice ice cream party before the meet ( I only had one small scope). It is times like this that I really enjoy coaching this group of kids. Someone came in while they were eating and asked if anyone was on the Chess team. One girl came back with "That's for nerds" These are the types of kids who really can make fun of themselves.

Congrats to all the winnners this week. Even though we didn't beat Team Mickey we had a great showing. Especially luvpoohandcompany.


TOday is crazy but not as crazy as yesterday. At least I will be home on time today.

Have a happy and healthy day.

 

[D73]

Happy Tuesday to all.

Well its teacher work day here today. No students means a quiet building, especially since all my colleagues are in a reading training workshop. I have been left on my own to update the music curriculum information on the school website. I finished at about 11 so I decided to do something constructive. Started to clean out a cupboard and found an old Richard Simmons exercise VHS tape.

Well I had my gym bag with clothes for the gym after work, I had a free hour before lunch break, and I had the assuredness that no one would walk in on me because the were in the workshop. So in went the tape and I "Danced My Pants Off".....well at lest that was the title of the video. Talk about making me feel young again. I remember Richard Simmons being my idol when I was on one of my many attempts at losing weight. Ahhhh...... Well anyway. got some extra exercise in that I was not planning today. nice to go off the plan in a good way.

Congrats to all the top 11 this week and especially our top loser luvpoohandcompany! Way to go!!

Have a great Tuesday everyone!!

Christopher

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Tuesday Feb 7 QOTD:

Challenge # 5- Spend time enjoying the scenery!

What is your favorite type of scenery that you enjoy?

 

[pjlla]

I WALKED my first and second 5Ks last spring (this is prior my doctor telling me that the hardware in my ankle really isn't meant for me to be doing any distance racing!) and I came in at 50:40 and 48:32. I was not the last to come in and you know what, I didn't care. It was all about me finishing something I started and feeling good about even getting off the couch to start it! Take it SLOW and STEADY and don't worry about time on your first one....it's all about having the courage to start and the determination to finish!


Great advise!

Hope your week is not too crazy and you can pop in here for a bit!

Thanks.... getting crazier by the minute as the kids start telling me about stuff like after-school chemistry study sessions.... but it will all work out.

today has been so far so good. Confession I have to make....bad planning and poor choices were made by me today. I had to run to get my dh's car from the garage at lunch and was short on time. I was starving so I did a drive thru. It fits into my calories for the day but I have not had fast food since dec 31. Im a bit disappointed in myself but realize I am still ok and will not do this for along while. I WILL NOT MAKE THIS A HABIT. I think that is the most important lesson learned.

The good news is that after eating out alot this weekend I am down a lb from friday. Hopefully that is a good indicator of how the week will go. I would love to hit 15lbs lost by this friday which would mean I need to lose another 1.4lbs this week. So will see.

Ok well I hope you all are having a great Monday.

As long as it doesn't become your NORM, then the occasional "emergency burger" is not going to derail you. As long as you made the BEST CHOICE possible in the given situation and got right back on track for the next snack/meal, then you are okay!

For future reference, give some thought to how to handle those eating emergencies. Are you going to keep a snack in the car (I keep 100 cal packs of almonds in the glove box) or do some research ahead of time and keep a mental list of the "best of the worst" options available at fast-food restaurants? I do both. As I mentioned, I keep almonds in the glove box and I have a small box in the trunk with mini-LUNA bars (mostly for DD) and granola bars and juice boxes (mostly for DS). We are in the car SO MUCH that it was kind of a necessity.

I know that if I MUST eat out somewhere, I have a good idea about what the smarter choices are..... at McD or Wendy's there is a chicken snack wrap available.... I order it with no dressing and sometimes no cheese..... I usually eat none or only part of the wrap (white flour tortilla).... or I use the chicken to top a side salad for a quick cheap fast-food meal. Also McDonalds fruit and yogurt parfaits are fairly light, and the oatmeal on the McD breakfast menu is available all day.... it is sweet and creamy and if you aren't too concerned about all of the carbs, it is a great meal choice. Apple dippers are a yummy treat too.

Wendy's small chii is very satisfying, fairly low cal/point and inexpensive.

Not sure about Burger King, as we don't have many around here.

Anyhow, think ahead BEFORE the next food emergency and you will have an easier time of it.

I haven't been able to read in a few days. The DIS is slow and my computer is slower. Chris and I maintained this week, which isn't bad considering how off schedule we've been with sick kids and Superbowl food.

Oh my.... I'm glad you had a maintain given your difficulties lately. Hope this week finds you well.

From Annie!

How sweet.... now I'm going to spend the day singing "Tomorrow" in my head!

The WISH Biggest Loser Spring Challenge Team Donald Week 5 Superstars!!
#10 - 0.79% - mommyof2pirates
#9 - TIE - 0.87% - mikamah & quasar4legs
#8 - 1.14% - donaldandpirates
#7 - 1.45% - areas2102
#6 - 1.46% - amykathleen2005
#5 - 1.49% - melmar136
#4 - 1.98% - D73
#3 - 2.00% - JacksLilWench
#2 - 2.76% - happysummr
and now
The WISH Biggest Loser Team Donald Spring Challenge Week 5 Biggest Loser is:
#1 - 3.13% - luvpoohandcompany

HUGE congrats to our Big Losers!

Kathy, you made the list TWO WEEKS IN A ROW!!

This week's winning team with 17.35% is Team Mickey!!

Congratulations to Team Mickey!

Team Donald weighed-in losing 14.15% for the week!

Additional stats for the week!!!!

luvpoohandcompany won for Team Donald with 3.13% this week and was the overall Biggest Loser!!

WOHOOO!! GO YOU!! Way to represent the team!!:yay:

Congrats to myweegirl who was Mickey's Team winner with 2.40%!

Team Donald lost 41.9 pounds this week
Team Mickey lost 30.4 pounds this week

Team Donald leads the Total Weight Loss with 354.1 pounds and Team Mickey's total weight loss to date is 284.2!!!
Both teams together have lost 638.3 pounds!!!! Amazing!

Keep reading, keep posting and most of all keep losing and continue learning!!!!

Have an OP week

Folks we are doing an AMAZING JOB! Keep up the great work!!

oh my gosh that is unheard of. I hope you had the time of your life emptying the dishwasher tonight. You crack me up P.

Glad I can make you chuckle! In my family I am known as the one with NO sense of humor.... mostly because the kids inherited DH's sense of humor, which is definitely different than my own.

Today's classroom has THREE computers! Go figure!

We had Ryan's parent teacher conference tonight. He is in 1st grade. He got all satisfactory on his report card but he is struggling alot with being able to focus and pay attention. We are doing our best to help him at home and he has a really great teacher that is working with him too. He is a smart cookie but only applies himself to the areas he has interest in....like football. It is just so frustrating to have a child like this. I am pretty sure he is boarderline ADD but definitely does not suffer enough to even do meds at this point. We are just keeping in close communication with his teacher and his pediatrician whom I work for so its easy to do so. Hopefully he will outgrow this stuff but I dont have much hope as I swear me and dh both have ADD.

Before you start assuming ADD or ADHD, start looking into other things. I've talked to several parents over the years who's children were diagnosed with these things and they later found out it was something different. The most recent story I heard had to do with the child's eye sight. There was something that was found that was making it difficult for him to follow text and read properly..... not dyslexia, but some sort of eye weakness. He had eye therapy and is going GREAT!

I've also read MANY studies about how food additives (primarily colorings) can affect children's behavior. You may want to consider making some changes to your son's diet and see if you notice (or if his teacher notices) any differences. Keep a food diary for a few days for him and then look back to see if there are any patterns. Does he eat yogurt (primarily thinking of Danimals or Trix) that might have a great deal of artificial coloring? Kool-Aid or other fruit punch? Froot Loops or other colored cereals? Ice pops, italian ice, Fruit Roll-ups or fruit chews, soda, cookies with frosting/sprinkes.... all of these things have artificial colors (not to mention lots of other chemicals) that can change a child's behavior.

I can tell you right now that your typical Western medicine primary care physician or pediatrician will NOT mention these things to you. You must look into it yourself.

I ate only my calories today but feel kind of full and bloated...must of been the junky lunch I had. I am trying to flush it out with lots of water. Tonight was my rest night...well if thats what you call it...Im at least resting from exersize but now I am off to do our taxes.

I know how you feel. I was feeling pretty slim yesterday and I ate well and hit the TM, but today I am feeling a bit pudgy around the middle. I DID eat a pretty high fiber dinner last night, so that might be it.

I am so sorry to hear about your family. My dad had bypasses (six of them). The recovery immediately following the surgery was tough ... but my dad would do it again in a heartbeat! He felt so good when he finally recovered. This was about 10 years ago. He is now 80 and just had a valve replaced 3 months ago ... and is doing well. I will keep you in my thoughts. Let us know how the surgery goes. If you have any questions, feel free to PM me.

Congrats to all you LOSERS this week! Way to go!

Great that you could pass along a good bypass story. Nice for me to hear too, as we just found out that my cousin's husband needs valve replacement this summer. He is younger than me and never knew he had a heart issue until just recently. He is pretty overweight, so I know they want him to lose weight before the surgery this summer.

Oh this is great to hear! I am going home to stay with her about a week after she goes home. I figured I would be more use to her then, rather than sitting at the hospital. My sister just called and told me that my mom just got out of surgery and the doctors say she did well. She's not awake yet, but they are going to wake her very soon. So now the recovery will begin. I'm still feeling nervous for her, but also very relieved that the surgery part is over. Thank you so much to everyone for the prayers and well wishes. I don't know how to quote multiple people, so I'm including everyone here!! This is a great community.

Take care of YOURSELF so that you are better able to take care of your Mom. Prayers will continue.

IToday I went the whole day and only have one minor stomach ache! I got home from work and i was HUNGRY and I ATE FOOD and i didn't want to die! Food has never tasted so good. I was so happy! Maybe the medicine is working? Its too early to count chickens and all that but im hopeful. Then maybe finally I can start running for real again


That is GREAT!!

This week I have school and work and homework. Tomorrow I'm going to a meeting of the history club at my school and i have no idea what to expect so im nervous. im also meeting for a study date with a girl from my class but she seems really nice so i dont think it will be a problem.

I'm sure it will be fine!

my friend is getting married next september on the cape. Its labor day weekend and my parents got a time share for them and my boyfriend, and i and my brother to stay in which i appreciate. Im thinking about looking into getting a place for one night and going up the day before cause thats the weekend of my boyfriends birthday. i'd have to check with mom since shes finance controller right now and see if i can find someplace cheap but i think it would be nice. we never get to go anywhere just the two of us. we stay in our own room at disney and when we vacay with my parents but itd be nice to be on our own for one night.

ugh sometimes i feel so young, yet so old

Where on the Cape?? A day away with BF would be nice! Maybe you could find something through Priceline or Hotwire??

Good Tuesday morning.


I had a busy day yesterday but it was pretty good. My math team had a great set of individual scores but they can't do a logic problem to save their lives. We had a nice ice cream party before the meet ( I only had one small scope). It is times like this that I really enjoy coaching this group of kids. Someone came in while they were eating and asked if anyone was on the Chess team. One girl came back with "That's for nerds" These are the types of kids who really can make fun of themselves.

Congrats to all the winnners this week. Even though we didn't beat Team Mickey we had a great showing. Especially luvpoohandcompany.


TOday is crazy but not as crazy as yesterday. At least I will be home on time today.

Have a happy and healthy day.

I can laugh at the nerd comment because both of my kids fall into that category too! It's great when kids can appreciate the GREATNESS of being a nerd! Celebrate those brains!!! And many thanks to GREAT teachers like you for helping those brains develop!

Happy Tuesday to all.

Well its teacher work day here today. No students means a quiet building, especially since all my colleagues are in a reading training workshop. I have been left on my own to update the music curriculum information on the school website. I finished at about 11 so I decided to do something constructive. Started to clean out a cupboard and found an old Richard Simmons exercise VHS tape.

Well I had my gym bag with clothes for the gym after work, I had a free hour before lunch break, and I had the assuredness that no one would walk in on me because the were in the workshop. So in went the tape and I "Danced My Pants Off".....well at lest that was the title of the video. Talk about making me feel young again. I remember Richard Simmons being my idol when I was on one of my many attempts at losing weight. Ahhhh...... Well anyway. got some extra exercise in that I was not planning today. nice to go off the plan in a good way.

Congrats to all the top 11 this week and especially our top loser luvpoohandcompany! Way to go!!

Have a great Tuesday everyone!!

Christopher

Okay.... the mind-visual of this practically made me do a SPIT TAKE of my coffee on this classroom computer!! That's a GREAT way to spend your free time at school! I've been known to put on my sneakers and run up and down the back stairwell during my free period. I also do high steps and back kicks while on recess duty! I looks strange but at least I'm moving!

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Morning friends! I got to school early today because of DD's before-school class. I'm skipping Bible study today to work, but it is making me a bit sad. Anyhow, I'm here early and there is a working computer, so I've been eating my breakfast while sitting here catching up with you all!

Kids have their "special" this morning, so I will have time to pop on here again about 10 am..... and that will probably be it until tomorrow. Tonight is a bit crazy with afterschool activities, then straight to the chiropractor and then the Y. I will get in a workout and then take my sweaty, stinky self to the grocery store for some much needed food! Today's lunch is a WW SmartOnes frozen meal dug from the BOWELS of the downstairs freezer! I stole the last apple from DD's lunch sack (she didn't eat it yesterday) and gave her an orange. Thankfully DS buys his lunch quite often. Breakfast choices were the following.....

one large leftover high fiber/flaxseed meal pancake
1/2 whole wheat bagel
2 homemade low sugar/reduced fat banana muffins
instant high fiber, whole grain hot cereal.

DS ate the pancake, DD chose the two muffins with a bit of Nutella, and I had the instant cereal. DH will probably make himself eggs when he gets up. We definitely did NOT have time for eggs this morning, as we are always rushing out on Tuesdays.

Dinner tonight is probably going to be an egg sandwich from Dunkins for DD and Subway for DS and myself. DH is on his own! I had planned on roasted cauliflower and grilled shrimp skewers, but I will only be home long enough to pack our gym bags between 3 and 3:30 and then won't return home until about 8:45 pm. oh well.

Bought a new scarf at the thrift store for $1 last week and had the perfect outfit to go with it. Wearing it today and it is amazing how great $1 can make me feel! Guess I'm easy to please sometimes. Plus I am wearing my favorite denim jacket, so that helps.

Kids will be here in 10 minutes, so I'm going to take another peek at the plans to be sure I have everything I need. TTYL...................P

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Oh this is great to hear! I am going home to stay with her about a week after she goes home. I figured I would be more use to her then, rather than sitting at the hospital. My sister just called and told me that my mom just got out of surgery and the doctors say she did well. She's not awake yet, but they are going to wake her very soon. So now the recovery will begin. I'm still feeling nervous for her, but also very relieved that the surgery part is over. Thank you so much to everyone for the prayers and well wishes. I don't know how to quote multiple people, so I'm including everyone here!! This is a great community.

So glad to hear mom did well. It will be a tough recovery but I bet being healthy going into this will help her tremendously. Glad you will be able to spend some time with her when she goes home.

Today I went the whole day and only have one minor stomach ache! I got home from work and i was HUNGRY and I ATE FOOD and i didn't want to die! Food has never tasted so good. I was so happy! Maybe the medicine is working? Its too early to count chickens and all that but im hopeful. Then maybe finally I can start running for real again

Well that is really promising. I hope the tummy continues to improve. I remember being your age and feeling a bit in between young and old. It is so hard having to rely on your mom to support you while you go to school because Im sure you want to be independent. Hang in there....there will come a time down the road that you wish you could come back to these days.

It is times like this that I really enjoy coaching this group of kids. Someone came in while they were eating and asked if anyone was on the Chess team. One girl came back with "That's for nerds" These are the types of kids who really can make fun of themselves.

sounds like a great group of kids.

So in went the tape and I "Danced My Pants Off".....well at lest that was the title of the video. Talk about making me feel young again. I remember Richard Simmons being my idol when I was on one of my many attempts at losing weight. Ahhhh...... Well anyway. got some extra exercise in that I was not planning today. nice to go off the plan in a good way.

oh my that is too funny. I remember those commercials for all his dvd's. Glad you got in some unplanned exercise during the day, I bet that was lots of fun.

Bought a new scarf at the thrift store for $1 last week and had the perfect outfit to go with it. Wearing it today and it is amazing how great $1 can make me feel! Guess I'm easy to please sometimes. Plus I am wearing my favorite denim jacket, so that helps.

Isnt it amazing how one new piece of clothing makes you feel so much better. I have a gift card for new york and Co and I really should go get a new top to wear. I feel like I have been wearing the same outfits forever.

Thanks for all your advice on both my fast food breakdown and Ryan's issues.

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QOTD- I love love love watching the sunset and sunrise. It is my favorite scenery no matter where I am. Lately the sunsets have been so pretty. last night driving home I could see the big moon and the sky was like a lavendar color. I tried to take a picture when I was stopped at a light but it wasnt capturing the beauty. It was just really peaceful.

Ok well I need to get some work done so I better get going. I hope everyone has a wonderful on plan day.

 

[donaldandpirates]

today has been so far so good. Confession I have to make....bad planning and poor choices were made by me today. I had to run to get my dh's car from the garage at lunch and was short on time. I was starving so I did a drive thru. It fits into my calories for the day but I have not had fast food since dec 31. Im a bit disappointed in myself but realize I am still ok and will not do this for along while. I WILL NOT MAKE THIS A HABIT. I think that is the most important lesson learned.

The good news is that after eating out alot this weekend I am down a lb from friday. Hopefully that is a good indicator of how the week will go. I would love to hit 15lbs lost by this friday which would mean I need to lose another 1.4lbs this week. So will see.

Ok well I hope you all are having a great Monday.

Your total weight loss is GREAT so far! You are totally right about not making this a habit. Running through a drive-thru proves you're human. Realizing you are still okay and won't make it a habit means you will succeed!

My eating was bad....so bad....and the lack of exercise was bad....so bad. After a really good loss last week and being OP for most days I expect a gain unless I can get my butt in gear today. I've been OP for the day and do have spin tonight. I hope to make it to the gym every night this week to make up for the non-OP weekend. I don't really feel THAT bad since I never go that crazy over the weekends and I don't have another trip planned until late spring.

I'm back on the wagon Donalds!!!
Make great choices today~!

~Karen

I think there are lot of us who are climbing back on the wagon after this weekend. But, hey, at least we are getting back on and not giving up!!!

First some stats

MAINTAINERS:
(staying within 2 lbs of their maintain weight is successfully maintaining!)
# of Maintainers Reporting In & Successfully Maintaining: 1
Congratulations Rose&Mike!!!

Biggest Loser Fall Challenge Week 5!
This week’s group loss = 41.9 pounds!
Average percentage of weight lost 0.48 %
Total group weight loss so far 354.1 pounds!

The WISH Biggest Loser Spring Challenge Team Donald Week 5 Superstars!!
#10 - 0.79% - mommyof2pirates
#9 - TIE - 0.87% - mikamah & quasar4legs
#8 - 1.14% - donaldandpirates
#7 - 1.45% - areas2102
#6 - 1.46% - amykathleen2005
#5 - 1.49% - melmar136
#4 - 1.98% - D73
#3 - 2.00% - JacksLilWench
#2 - 2.76% - happysummr
and now
The WISH Biggest Loser Team Donald Spring Challenge Week 5 Biggest Loser is:
#1 - 3.13% - luvpoohandcompany

Quote from Dare2Dream: How is your week going? Are you OP (on program)? Are you exercising? Drinking that water? You know what to do to make the magic happen. Get on the wagon. We are all here to help you on the journey. We can do this one day at a time. One bite at a time.

Have a healthy day!
Congratulations luvpoohandcompany!!!

Congrats to our top 11!!!!

This week's winning team with 17.35% is Team Mickey!!

Team Donald weighed-in losing 14.15% for the week!

Additional stats for the week!!!!

luvpoohandcompany won for Team Donald with 3.13% this week and was the overall Biggest Loser!!

Congrats to myweegirl who was Mickey's Team winner with 2.40%!

Team Donald lost 41.9 pounds this week
Team Mickey lost 30.4 pounds this week

Team Donald leads the Total Weight Loss with 354.1 pounds and Team Mickey's total weight loss to date is 284.2!!!
Both teams together have lost 638.3 pounds!!!! Amazing!

Keep reading, keep posting and most of all keep losing and continue learning!!!!

Have an OP week

Both teams are doing GREAT!! Everyone on Team Donald, you make us proud!

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We had Ryan's parent teacher conference tonight. He is in 1st grade. He got all satisfactory on his report card but he is struggling alot with being able to focus and pay attention. We are doing our best to help him at home and he has a really great teacher that is working with him too. He is a smart cookie but only applies himself to the areas he has interest in....like football. It is just so frustrating to have a child like this. I am pretty sure he is boarderline ADD but definitely does not suffer enough to even do meds at this point. We are just keeping in close communication with his teacher and his pediatrician whom I work for so its easy to do so. Hopefully he will outgrow this stuff but I dont have much hope as I swear me and dh both have ADD.

Just a thought: Watch food dyes and sugar in his diet. My DS and DD both seem to have way better attention spans when those two things are reduced or eliminated. You may already be doing that anyway, but I thought I'd throw it out there.

Oh this is great to hear! I am going home to stay with her about a week after she goes home. I figured I would be more use to her then, rather than sitting at the hospital. My sister just called and told me that my mom just got out of surgery and the doctors say she did well. She's not awake yet, but they are going to wake her very soon. So now the recovery will begin. I'm still feeling nervous for her, but also very relieved that the surgery part is over. Thank you so much to everyone for the prayers and well wishes. I don't know how to quote multiple people, so I'm including everyone here!! This is a great community.

I'm so glad to hear the surgery is over! I pray that she will have a speedy and successful recovery.

 

[RemembertheMagic98]

Happy Tuesday to all.


Well I had my gym bag with clothes for the gym after work, I had a free hour before lunch break, and I had the assuredness that no one would walk in on me because the were in the workshop. So in went the tape and I "Danced My Pants Off".....well at lest that was the title of the video. Talk about making me feel young again. I remember Richard Simmons being my idol when I was on one of my many attempts at losing weight. Ahhhh...... Well anyway. got some extra exercise in that I was not planning today. nice to go off the plan in a good way.

Congrats to all the top 11 this week and especially our top loser luvpoohandcompany! Way to go!!

Have a great Tuesday everyone!!

Christopher

This absolutely brings me back to the Jane Fonda videos my mom had....I think she had a blue sequin leotard on....really, who exercises in a sequin anything!! Congratulations on using your time constructively!! When I finish this post I am walking to the furthest coffee maker for my coffee....in a school of my size that's about all I can do!

Tuesday Feb 7 QOTD:

Challenge # 5- Spend time enjoying the scenery!

What is your favorite type of scenery that you enjoy?

Water, Water, Water!! I love the ocean particularly but I also love lakes, ponds, rivers, bays, and sometimes the large puddles

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Morning friends! I got to school early today because of DD's before-school class. I'm skipping Bible study today to work, but it is making me a bit sad. Anyhow, I'm here early and there is a working computer, so I've been eating my breakfast while sitting here catching up with you all!

Kids have their "special" this morning, so I will have time to pop on here again about 10 am..... and that will probably be it until tomorrow. Tonight is a bit crazy with afterschool activities, then straight to the chiropractor and then the Y. I will get in a workout and then take my sweaty, stinky self to the grocery store for some much needed food! Today's lunch is a WW SmartOnes frozen meal dug from the BOWELS of the downstairs freezer! I stole the last apple from DD's lunch sack (she didn't eat it yesterday) and gave her an orange. Thankfully DS buys his lunch quite often. Breakfast choices were the following.....

one large leftover high fiber/flaxseed meal pancake
1/2 whole wheat bagel
2 homemade low sugar/reduced fat banana muffins
instant high fiber, whole grain hot cereal.

DS ate the pancake, DD chose the two muffins with a bit of Nutella, and I had the instant cereal. DH will probably make himself eggs when he gets up. We definitely did NOT have time for eggs this morning, as we are always rushing out on Tuesdays.

Dinner tonight is probably going to be an egg sandwich from Dunkins for DD and Subway for DS and myself. DH is on his own! I had planned on roasted cauliflower and grilled shrimp skewers, but I will only be home long enough to pack our gym bags between 3 and 3:30 and then won't return home until about 8:45 pm. oh well.

Bought a new scarf at the thrift store for $1 last week and had the perfect outfit to go with it. Wearing it today and it is amazing how great $1 can make me feel! Guess I'm easy to please sometimes. Plus I am wearing my favorite denim jacket, so that helps.

Kids will be here in 10 minutes, so I'm going to take another peek at the plans to be sure I have everything I need. TTYL...................P

Sounds like a crazy/busy day for you!!
I LOVE when I get a good bargain!! When I wear it, I feel like a million bucks! You need to take a picture of the outfit for us

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QOTD- I love love love watching the sunset and sunrise. It is my favorite scenery no matter where I am. Lately the sunsets have been so pretty. last night driving home I could see the big moon and the sky was like a lavendar color. I tried to take a picture when I was stopped at a light but it wasnt capturing the beauty. It was just really peaceful.

Ok well I need to get some work done so I better get going. I hope everyone has a wonderful on plan day.

Sunsets are sooooo peaceful and sunrises are so hopeful! I love them too!

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Good Morning Donalds!

Congratulations to all our awesome losers!!! Despite setbacks and tough times, we are all here pluggin away! Although we may be a little light in the winning, we have still lost more weight than Team Mickey!!! Keep up the great work!!

Bit of a ho hum day here. It's going to be 50 degrees so I really am considering a walk outside. I have to head to Modells (sporting goods store) to pick up the Giants Super Bowl Champs gear - for my parents, nephew, and BIL. Everyone seems to want something (hats and shirts). I also need to pick up some gear for my cousins in Ireland (HUGE Giants fans) who my parents will be visiting in September.

Off to grab some coffee and read my new Rachael Ray magazine!

Make great choices today!

 

[luvpoohandcompany]

The WISH Biggest Loser Spring Challenge Team Donald Week 5 Superstars!!
#10 - 0.79% - mommyof2pirates
#9 - TIE - 0.87% - mikamah & quasar4legs
#8 - 1.14% - donaldandpirates
#7 - 1.45% - areas2102
#6 - 1.46% - amykathleen2005
#5 - 1.49% - melmar136
#4 - 1.98% - D73
#3 - 2.00% - JacksLilWench
#2 - 2.76% - happysummr
and now
The WISH Biggest Loser Team Donald Spring Challenge Week 5 Biggest Loser is:
#1 - 3.13% - luvpoohandcompany

Quote from Dare2Dream: How is your week going? Are you OP (on program)? Are you exercising? Drinking that water? You know what to do to make the magic happen. Get on the wagon. We are all here to help you on the journey. We can do this one day at a time. One bite at a time.

Have a healthy day!
Congratulations luvpoohandcompany!!!

OMG I cant believe I'm on the list I was feeling so sorry for myself today as I have a cold and was about to cave in and eat junk (left over from my sons birthday) when I decided to DIS instead! So glad I checked in because cold or not I feel so motivated again Thanks to everyone for all the support on here

We might not have won this week but we did have the Biggest Loser on our team. Way to go luvpoohandcompany. So proud of you.
Thanks
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Tuesday Feb 7 QOTD:

Challenge # 5- Spend time enjoying the scenery!

What is your favorite type of scenery that you enjoy?

I absolutely love watching the sea. Love to hear the waves crashing on the beach too

 

[donaldandpirates]

Tuesday Feb 7 QOTD:

Challenge # 5- Spend time enjoying the scenery!

What is your favorite type of scenery that you enjoy?

Being from Chicagoland, I pretty much enjoy it all since we don't have much of anything here. But DH and I renting DVDs from the library about Ireland and looking at all the scenery in that country. Some day we will actually make it there.