Team Donald – Biggest Loser “No Excuses” 2012 Challenge

[RemembertheMagic98]

The Morningstar Tkey burger is actually what I had on my sandwich! First time I tried that kind, but wow it was so good! After my vegetables and sandwich I had no room for anything else but some cinnamon sticks! I love morningstar products.



I felt bad because my parents were suggesting things and I said that I had already looked up some foods because the rest of it had so many calories. I don't want to sound like that annoying person who only cares about calories and not splurge, but I'm working so hard there is no point for me to sabotage myself when there is something perfectly acceptable on the menu!

That pizza sounds yummy!



Oh. How about some Quidditch?

I've actually always wanted to try lacrosse, it's just such an interesting and fun sport.



Thank you for posting this! I had no idea that BL was on netflix! I just started watching season 5. This will definitely motivate me more!



I buy a couple of organic things, but can't really say too much as to the difference it makes. But it is incredibly expensive. Tofu is so good! I'm a vegetarian so I use tofu to get my protein. I would suggest nasoya cubed tofu. It makes it much easier since it's already cut up and I think it cooks a lot better. It will take a couple of tries to cook it right, the first few times I didn't cook it long enough and it was a little squishy.



Wow Monteverde Cloud Forest is gorgeous!!



I don't have any advice for this, but I hope you feel better soon.

QOTD: I usually come on here when I need advice and to my best friend when I need support.

Bonus: The best advice I have ever been given...Not really sure. I've mostly educated myself so everything that I have learned I read.
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Only went about 240 calories over my limit yesterday, all due to those tasty krispy kreme donuts! I ended up getting a bowl of broccoli cheese soup and a side of fruit that had pinneaple, a strawberry, and peaches. I never had peaches before and oh my goodness, they were so delicious!!

I have a 6.5 mile run today, feeling pretty good about it!

Hope you all have a wonderful and healthy day!

Kayla!!! The soup and fruit combo sounds great!!! Peaches are one ofr my favorite fruits! I love it over vanilla frozen yogurt...such a yummy treat!

6.5 miles!!! Wow! Let us know how it goes!!

Have a great day and a great run!

 

[pjlla]

Sunday QOTD: OSCAR DAY!! In 1941 "When You Wish Upon a Star" won an Oscar for Best Song of the Year at the 13th Academy Awards. Jiminy Cricket was the voice of sage advice for Pinocchio. Who is the person you turn to when you need advice and support?

Bonus: What's the best advice you have ever been given?

My Mom! Unless it is a car question...then I ask my Dad or brother!

Best advice? First thought was "Never give up!". Second thought...."Always listen to your 'Mom' intuition."

The Morningstar Tkey burger is actually what I had on my sandwich! First time I tried that kind, but wow it was so good! After my vegetables and sandwich I had no room for anything else but some cinnamon sticks! I love morningstar products.



I felt bad because my parents were suggesting things and I said that I had already looked up some foods because the rest of it had so many calories. I don't want to sound like that annoying person who only cares about calories and not splurge, but I'm working so hard there is no point for me to sabotage myself when there is something perfectly acceptable on the menu!

That pizza sounds yummy!



Oh. How about some Quidditch?

I've actually always wanted to try lacrosse, it's just such an interesting and fun sport.



Thank you for posting this! I had no idea that BL was on netflix! I just started watching season 5. This will definitely motivate me more!



I buy a couple of organic things, but can't really say too much as to the difference it makes. But it is incredibly expensive. Tofu is so good! I'm a vegetarian so I use tofu to get my protein. I would suggest nasoya cubed tofu. It makes it much easier since it's already cut up and I think it cooks a lot better. It will take a couple of tries to cook it right, the first few times I didn't cook it long enough and it was a little squishy.



Wow Monteverde Cloud Forest is gorgeous!!



I don't have any advice for this, but I hope you feel better soon.

QOTD: I usually come on here when I need advice and to my best friend when I need support.

Bonus: The best advice I have ever been given...Not really sure. I've mostly educated myself so everything that I have learned I read.
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Only went about 240 calories over my limit yesterday, all due to those tasty krispy kreme donuts! I ended up getting a bowl of broccoli cheese soup and a side of fruit that had pinneaple, a strawberry, and peaches. I never had peaches before and oh my goodness, they were so delicious!!

I have a 6.5 mile run today, feeling pretty good about it!

Hope you all have a wonderful and healthy day!

Love MS farms stuff and Gardenburger stuff. Gardenburger used to make great meatballs too but I haven't been able to find them in a long time.

DS loved your sports answer!

They have all of the seasons of BL as far as I can see. I started on season 1 and I'm up to season 8. At first I was saving it for TM time, but I'm addicted and watch whenever I can!

Truly you've never had a peach? Don't they grow there at Hogwarts?
A great peach is better than any pastry!

I'm bribing DS to go to the store with me by offering Subway for lunch....thank goodness for $5 foot longs for February!

TTYL............P

 

[cclovesdis]

I woke up less than an hour ago and was barely awake until now. I went to the mall last night and then didn't sleep well. I apologize.

Pamper Week, Sunday 2/26: Spend some time relaxing, visualizing yourself in your "happy place."

 

[jillbur]

Today was the State High School Singles tournament. Everyone bowled 2 games then they divided them into two groups and A group with the higher averages and a B group with the lower. Nick bowled well the fist 2 games and was placed in group A. Hunter did not bowl as well as usual and ended up the the B group. When all was said and done, Nick placed 6th and bowled consistantly about his average. Hunter took home the first place trophy for the B group. He bowled well above his average after those first 2 games. In fact the first game after the split he had the highest pin fall of everyone A and B. I must say it was a stressful afternoon watching them though. High School Bowling is now finished for the year with the exception of the banquet. Good thing as Lacrosse starts next Saturday.

Great job! Lacrosse is probably fun. We don't have any schools around here with bowling or Lacrosse teams.

I am heading to my parents house today. I am hoping to meet up with my sister and her dh so that we can discuss our trip to DW in Aug. She wants to plan another sit down meal and I don't know if I can do that. AS it is with two for the 5 days it means I can't eat at a counter serve in Epcot because both of them are in Epcot. We have one sit down with just our family before we all get together but I am not sure that I want a sit down every day. The only good thing is that most of the sit downs are planned for lunch so that I have time to digest and won't be going to bed on a full stomach.

Off to get dressed for church and grocery shopping before we leave for my parents house.

Have a happy and healthy day.

I love Disney planning! Maybe you can fit in a meal at another park or resort on a non-Epcot day? Dh and I have 3 adrs for May and 2 are at resorts~Boma and Cape May Clambake. We may cancel just so we have more time to check out some other resorts for next year and the DVC tour. I'm not sure we'd do resort sit downs with kids (it seems like a lot of time lost) unless we go in summer (which I think we have to do next year) and have an afternoon break built in. Good luck...there's so many choices!

Heard from DD briefly last night and another quick text this morning. Apparently the wi-fi in their room last night wasn't quite on par and after the first two texts it wouldn't send again... and they were on lock-in already, so no heading to a common area to text. But at least she was able to get a message to me twice and I know all is good. Yesterday was horseback riding on the beach.... and she finally got to the Pacific Ocean... and today they are ziplining through the cloud forest!! Holy Cow, that sounds like FUN!

Strange dreams about Sasquatch last night! Gotta stop watching "Finding Bigfoot" with DS!!

Coffee pot is calling!.........................P

Ziplining sounds awesome! I may try it in Austin this summer.
DSs love Finding Bigfoot. We dvr it every Sunday and watch it on Mondays. DS8 just found an ap for Bigfoot reports in Texas. He wants to get it so we are prepared for our summer vacation

Sunday QOTD: OSCAR DAY!! In 1941 "When You Wish Upon a Star" won an Oscar for Best Song of the Year at the 13th Academy Awards. Jiminy Cricket was the voice of sage advice for Pinocchio. Who is the person you turn to when you need advice and support?

Bonus: What's the best advice you have ever been given?

I guess it depends on what I need advice or support for. I usually talk to DH or my mom the most. I also have a great friend at work that I can talk to about work related issues.

The best advice I think I've given is to convince DH to go back to school. I just told him that it will be hard to go to school full time and work full time, but I will do whatever needs to be done around the house and with the kids to make sure he does well. He is halfway through his program for Repiratory Therapy and is doing great.

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Today is going to be a cleaning/organizing day, so I probably won't be on the computer much. I have 2 loads of laundry to get done, ironing for the week, cooking dinner, garbage goes out tonight, and any other cleaning I can fit in. Plus, I have papers to grade and put in my gradebook. Hoefully, I get everything done! Have a great Sunday!

Jill

 

[pjlla]

I woke up less than an hour ago and was barely awake until now. I went to the mall last night and then didn't sleep well. I apologize.

Pamper Week, Sunday 2/26: Spend some time relaxing, visualizing yourself in your "happy place."

I'll pull out a Disney scrapbook or maybe some Disney home videos and imagine my next trip.... whenever that might be!.............P

 

[DisNorth]

Happy Sunday everyone. Hope you are having a healthy, happy weekend!

I did my 'long run' in the program I'm following. Is was supost to be just 1mile, since I'm on the first week. But I went for 1.8 miles, including warm-up and cool down. Ran for 8 mins when you add them all up. And I feel great. Looking forward to swimming today, but most of all soaking in the hot tub!

Sunday QOTD: OSCAR DAY!! In 1941 "When You Wish Upon a Star" won an Oscar for Best Song of the Year at the 13th Academy Awards. Jiminy Cricket was the voice of sage advice for Pinocchio. Who is the person you turn to when you need advice and support?

Bonus: What's the best advice you have ever been given?

Usualy it's my mother, she's my sounding board when I want to talk and figure things out. She often says: 'Things happen for a reason and in the end everything will work out.' That's the best advice, I think about that when I'm getting stressed over a suituation that I can't change.

 

[pjlla]

Ziplining sounds awesome! I may try it in Austin this summer.

Got a text from her while at lunch.... it said it was "the most insanely awesome" thing she had ever done!! I'm so happy!!

DSs love Finding Bigfoot. We dvr it every Sunday and watch it on Mondays. DS8 just found an ap for Bigfoot reports in Texas. He wants to get it so we are prepared for our summer vacation

And as I read this to my DS, he IMMEDIATELY grabs my Ipad and starts looking for the Bigfoot app!!


The best advice I think I've given is to convince DH to go back to school. I just told him that it will be hard to go to school full time and work full time, but I will do whatever needs to be done around the house and with the kids to make sure he does well. He is halfway through his program for Repiratory Therapy and is doing great.

Hope your DH realizes what a great supporter he has in you!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Today is going to be a cleaning/organizing day, so I probably won't be on the computer much. I have 2 loads of laundry to get done, ironing for the week, cooking dinner, garbage goes out tonight, and any other cleaning I can fit in. Plus, I have papers to grade and put in my gradebook. Hoefully, I get everything done! Have a great Sunday!

Jill

Your weekend sounds like my usual weekend.... but not this time! I'm taking advantage of DD's absence (and hence, no swim for 10 days!) and school vacation!! I did get some grocery shopping done today... and will put the pedal to the metal tomorrow to do some cleaning up. But primarily I will be RELAXING!!

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As I mentioned above, I got a text from DD while DS and I were in Subway. She sent me two texts about 10 minutes apart, but not sure if she ever got my replies. But I know they were having wi-fi difficulties. Just happy to hear from her and "hear" the excitement in her texts!!

Gotta figure out the Points for tonight's dinner. I haven't made it in a long time and don't have any notes on it. These are the times when I wish I wasn't so cheap and could use the WW e-tools to figure this stuff out! Or maybe there's an app for that??? I'll have DS look into it for me.

TTYL....................P

 

[pjlla]

Just wanted to say thank you to you all for being here. I made a promise here on Thursday or Friday that I would exercise every day this weekend (Fri, Sat, Sun).... and thanks to the accountabilty here, I actually kept my promise.

I usually take off at least one day over the weekend, but with a busy Monday and Tuesday and some extra eating in the plan, I KNEW I needed to "stay the course" over the weekend.

This afternoon, all I wanted to do was NAP! I have a headache and my energy level is low. But I HIT THE TM instead of napping! It was only 30 minutes, but I didn't hold back on the pace or the hill intervals... and I wore my weighted belt and carried my weight balls for the uphill segments! And yesterday's planned 20 minutes turned into 45 minutes!

So THANK YOU! Now off to enjoy a warm bubble bath!............P

 

[::Snow_White::]

Just wanted to say thank you to you all for being here. I made a promise here on Thursday or Friday that I would exercise every day this weekend (Fri, Sat, Sun).... and thanks to the accountabilty here, I actually kept my promise.

I usually take off at least one day over the weekend, but with a busy Monday and Tuesday and some extra eating in the plan, I KNEW I needed to "stay the course" over the weekend.

This afternoon, all I wanted to do was NAP! I have a headache and my energy level is low. But I HIT THE TM instead of napping! It was only 30 minutes, but I didn't hold back on the pace or the hill intervals... and I wore my weighted belt and carried my weight balls for the uphill segments! And yesterday's planned 20 minutes turned into 45 minutes!

So THANK YOU! Now off to enjoy a warm bubble bath!............P

Awesome! Ohh, a bubble bath sounds amazing.

Glad your DD is having a good time on her trip, sounds like fun!

Happy Sunday everyone. Hope you are having a healthy, happy weekend!

I did my 'long run' in the program I'm following. Is was supost to be just 1mile, since I'm on the first week. But I went for 1.8 miles, including warm-up and cool down. Ran for 8 mins when you add them all up. And I feel great. Looking forward to swimming today, but most of all soaking in the hot tub!



Usualy it's my mother, she's my sounding board when I want to talk and figure things out. She often says: 'Things happen for a reason and in the end everything will work out.' That's the best advice, I think about that when I'm getting stressed over a suituation that I can't change.

1.8 is great! Running gets to be very relaxing after awhile.

Good morning Donalds! Lazy morning here but it's at least sunny I'm meeting my friend for lunch at Applebees (at least it's WW friendly) and we are going to a "class" at Home Depot. I was supposed to go last week but I was still coughing so today it is! We are learning how to tile a backsplash. I'm excited!!

Well, I better get dressed and ready to go
Make great choices today!!

Sounds like fun!! Have a great time!!

Kayla!!! The soup and fruit combo sounds great!!! Peaches are one ofr my favorite fruits! I love it over vanilla frozen yogurt...such a yummy treat!

6.5 miles!!! Wow! Let us know how it goes!!

Have a great day and a great run!

Peaches with vanilla yogurt is a great idea!
Thank you!

Love MS farms stuff and Gardenburger stuff. Gardenburger used to make great meatballs too but I haven't been able to find them in a long time.

DS loved your sports answer!

They have all of the seasons of BL as far as I can see. I started on season 1 and I'm up to season 8. At first I was saving it for TM time, but I'm addicted and watch whenever I can!

Truly you've never had a peach? Don't they grow there at Hogwarts?
A great peach is better than any pastry!

I'm bribing DS to go to the store with me by offering Subway for lunch....thank goodness for $5 foot longs for February!

TTYL............P

Haven't tried the meatballs yet. For some reason having veggie burgers or ribs that actually looks like a burger is odd to me, even though I still eat the chikn and turky burgers! Just haven't felt the need to try them yet. The morningstar corndogs are fantastic though!

Never had a peach, weird huh? The texture used to always kind of gross me out so I never really felt the need but I love them!

I woke up less than an hour ago and was barely awake until now. I went to the mall last night and then didn't sleep well. I apologize.

Pamper Week, Sunday 2/26: Spend some time relaxing, visualizing yourself in your "happy place."

Oh no, now you made me think of "Everybody's got a laughing place" from Splash Mountain in my head!

My BFF is home from college this weekend so we're having another movie marathon, mostly Disney movies. I think we've got James and the Giant Peach, Mary Poppins, and the little mermaid on the list tonight! My mind is always on Disney so I'm always in my happy place!

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Only did 5.5 miles on the treadmill. Was still a little tired from my 4 mile run Thursday, so I walked about half of it. That's okay! I still burned about 900 calories on the treadmill and I did some hula hooping and weight lifting beforehand so almost 1000 calories today!!

I am so tired, I was lying down watching some biggest loser after my run and I could've taken a nice long nap!

Off to read some more threads to get even more excited for our Disney trip!

 

[my3princes]

Sunday QOTD: OSCAR DAY!! In 1941 "When You Wish Upon a Star" won an Oscar for Best Song of the Year at the 13th Academy Awards. Jiminy Cricket was the voice of sage advice for Pinocchio. Who is the person you turn to when you need advice and support?

Bonus: What's the best advice you have ever been given?

My DH is who I usually turn too for advice. We often have differing opinions and that levels us both out. Can I say he completes me?

I'm not sure it's advice as much as words to live by. I'm not even sure who said them I always keep in the back of my mind that when I'm on my death bed looking back at my life, It isn't the money, my size, job, etc that I will be thinking of, It is my family and friends and the memories that we built together.

 

[ougrad86]

It is so hard not to still see myself as large.
I was going to not write this, but I wanted to get it out, and I know you folks would understand.
As of today I have lost 27lbs. I weigh 138.3 pounds. A weight that I thought I would never see again. My clothes fit better, there are even times when I think I could be pretty. But most of the time I don't see the "skinny" girl, I still see the large girl who weighed 165lbs and wore nothing but sweatpants.
My mom and I were looking at dresses for the bridal shower and she said "I wish i could wear these dresses and look good" and I said "me too" and she was like "no you would look fantastic"
I don't see it. I understand that I've lost a lot of weight, and I have a desirable body type, but i still don't see it. I see all the little imperfections and the tiny bit of weight i need to still lose. I see bikini season and a cruise and me still not at my goal.
I would really just like to tell the big girl inside me to relax and embrace the new skinny girl!

It may have been a habit you picked up when you weighed more - it may take awhile to get past that mind set. Just set your goal on healthy, and the weight will come off - and with exercise, your body will be lean and toned!

DD does eat it with a spoon!! She's lucky she can get away with it with all of the swimming. I try NOT to have it in the house all the time though.... she would eat it for every meal!

Heard from DD briefly last night and another quick text this morning. Apparently the wi-fi in their room last night wasn't quite on par and after the first two texts it wouldn't send again... and they were on lock-in already, so no heading to a common area to text. But at least she was able to get a message to me twice and I know all is good. Yesterday was horseback riding on the beach.... and she finally got to the Pacific Ocean... and today they are ziplining through the cloud forest!! Holy Cow, that sounds like FUN!
Her texts sound super excited and super happy..... food sounds good, no illnesses or sunburns mentioned, so I think it is going great.

It was very good - it is going to work with me tomorrow, I will leave it in the cafe, and it will probably be gone by lunch! When we leave things out on the counter, it is available to all!

Your DD sounds like she is having an incredible time. Pacific Ocean and ziplining - wow!

Sunday QOTD: OSCAR DAY!! In 1941 "When You Wish Upon a Star" won an Oscar for Best Song of the Year at the 13th Academy Awards. Jiminy Cricket was the voice of sage advice for Pinocchio. Who is the person you turn to when you need advice and support?
Bonus: What's the best advice you have ever been given?

Usually my DH - not so much for the diet, but most other things. Sometimes my mom for things he is not too interested in (or too squeamish about - can't discuss medical with him - although if needed, he would take care of it). These boards are helping me when I need to obsess about my weight!

Love nutella...but I have to be careful since I can eat an entire jar..not that I have but I know it's possible!!

I love that you thought of curling! It seems like a pretty cool sport

Jill, sounds like geocacheing is tons of fun! I love being in stealth mode...so exciting!

Curling would be fun - I actually read about a curling club in Wisconsin that lets the public try it out...if it happens sometime when I am there, I might give it a try. I really enjoy watching it!

Haven't gotten weird looks yet...but haven't been seen (although I was examining a sign in a parking lot very closely - I know it was that one, the only one the clues pointed to). I wasn't watching, may have gotten some odd looks. DS is not into it, but I have him come with me, gives us some 1:1 time, and he is usually more talkative when we go for walks. The next nice weekend, we'll go again, there are some all over one park nearby, great walking!

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Busy weekend, but got a lot done. More on track this week, so hopefully will finish up with a loss again, since I had a gain this time. Remains to be seen how stressful work will be, with my work volume up, a project being handed to me, and next week we start closing the month. Usually my busiest week...

Getting excited about our trip! Made all our reservations. Universal does them different from Disney, but was able to get everything we wanted even though it is spring break! Still nervous about the crowds.

Had meatloaf tonight, just basic, but haven't had it for awhile. Thought it would be too fatty, but we used lean beef, and it was 6 points for about 4 oz. of meat, so pretty reasonable.

Need to turn in, didn't have a chance to get here until late tonight. Need a good nights sleep before this busy week. Start getting my shots on Tuesday as well - not looking forward to that, but will be worth it in the long run.

Carol

 

[mackeysmom]

Finally had time today to go read your article, but the link seems to be broken. I'll try it again, but could you repost a new link?? Thanks!...........P

Try this:
http://link.examiner.com/T0sN2Wdj2U8LAAVb/T0sN2nSIkEHaq4DKAc644

Oh my gosh, I just experienced Nutella...it was sooo chocolately....I need to get it out of the house since I don't need extra calories!
We picked it up since we made something for DS's German class, and I could have ate it with a spoon (although too much would've made me sick)...licked my fingers when we were done! It was so good.

A new brick-oven pizza place opened up by me - they have a Nutella pizza on the dessert menu. I didn't try it, but the people sitting at the table next to us had it and it looked incredible.

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I saw Sister Act on Broadway today. The show was a lot of fun. The plot obviously was the same as the movie, but they made quite a few changes to make it more suitable for a play. The music was great - we all had a good time.

Lunch was at Tony DiNapoli - a great Italian restaurant known for their family style meals. There were 8 of us and we had two hot antipasta platters as an appetizer and for our lunch we had a platter of fetuccini alfredo, a platter of chicken franchese, and a platter of steak pizzaiola. Everything was delicious and even though it seemed like a lot of food - we all agreed that we were full, but not stuffed. Since we ate before the show and were pressed for time, we did not have coffee/dessert. I'm sure that helped with being full vs. stuffed.

Back on track tomorrow ...

- Laura

 

[my3princes]

Good Morning All. Another sleepless night here. Not sure why my body insists on waking up at 2:30 AM these days You'd think 4:45 would be early enough. since I'm tired already maybe I'll sleep better tonight I've got a pork roast in the croc pot so dinner should be quick and easy tonight. I have an eight grade dance planning meeting tonight so anything to make the evening go smoothly is a help.

Have a Great Day

Deb

 

[donac]

Good Monday morning everyone

Hi Deb I was up at 3:30 and figured why go back to sleep. Besides my nose was clogged and I was not getting back to sleep.

I had some things to do so I have no time this morning to chat here.

Disney planning did not go as well as I planned. My dsis is making reservations saying if you want to meet for lunch no big deal but the reservations are there. I may make a couple of suggestions. and just let it go.

Off to goto school. Last full week before the crazy state wide high school testing starts.

Have a happy and healthy day.

 

[D73]

Hello my fellow Donalds!

I have been away from the boards for nearly a week. It has been a really up and down tie with lots of crazy things happening that have led to emotional stress.

Biggest of them all was the realization that the "DIVA"ness of the cast that I was working with had only gotten worse and that my co-director and I really had no say in what was going to happen.Basically the president of the club who was a cast member decided she was going to call all the shots and rally others against us.

So hard as it was,my co-director and I chose to cancel the show. This was a tough decision because I do not like to give up on things like this. We had been preparing our vision and plans since last April, completed casting in December and been in a hellish rehearsal period since January. But it was best to pull the plug before advertising and set construction began.

Well this shattered me and I watched my resolve and my weight yo-yo through the week as I pulled myself up and fell again, pulled myself up and fell again. Stress can do a lot to my weight. I somehow managed to pull it all together for a 1.2 loss for the week. Don't know where that came from because at about Wednesday the scale was showing a gain of 5 pounds.

But I am back in full force this week. Put that behind me, found my resolve and drive and have formulated the plan for the week. I am off school for the week and so it is Spring Cleaning time as well as my opportunity to make sure I get to the gym daily even if for a short exercise.

I have also promised myself that I will come to the boards each day and respond to others as I did in my first weeks as part of the team. I found that really helped me too.

So I am here. Hurdle jumped, slight bobble but on firm ground. I wish us all a great week.

Christopher

 

[jillbur]

Disney planning did not go as well as I planned. My dsis is making reservations saying if you want to meet for lunch no big deal but the reservations are there. I may make a couple of suggestions. and just let it go.

Off to goto school. Last full week before the crazy state wide high school testing starts.

Have a happy and healthy day.

Sorry the planning didn't work out. Maybe you can just eat where you want and meet up for counter service meals & rides?

Our state testing is so stupid. We have a testing window from March 12-23 for Reading and Math. Then, April 16-20 is the window for Writing and April 23-27 is the window for Science. It really screws up the days because you don't want to test in the morning and teach all afternoon. This is the first year DS8 takes the tests (3rd grade). I'm a wreck! But, I know the school does an awesome job and he'll do fine. But, I'm still a wreck!

Hello my fellow Donalds!

I have been away from the boards for nearly a week. It has been a really up and down tie with lots of crazy things happening that have led to emotional stress.

Biggest of them all was the realization that the "DIVA"ness of the cast that I was working with had only gotten worse and that my co-director and I really had no say in what was going to happen.Basically the president of the club who was a cast member decided she was going to call all the shots and rally others against us.

So hard as it was,my co-director and I chose to cancel the show. This was a tough decision because I do not like to give up on things like this. We had been preparing our vision and plans since last April, completed casting in December and been in a hellish rehearsal period since January. But it was best to pull the plug before advertising and set construction began.

Well this shattered me and I watched my resolve and my weight yo-yo through the week as I pulled myself up and fell again, pulled myself up and fell again. Stress can do a lot to my weight. I somehow managed to pull it all together for a 1.2 loss for the week. Don't know where that came from because at about Wednesday the scale was showing a gain of 5 pounds.

But I am back in full force this week. Put that behind me, found my resolve and drive and have formulated the plan for the week. I am off school for the week and so it is Spring Cleaning time as well as my opportunity to make sure I get to the gym daily even if for a short exercise.

I have also promised myself that I will come to the boards each day and respond to others as I did in my first weeks as part of the team. I found that really helped me too.

So I am here. Hurdle jumped, slight bobble but on firm ground. I wish us all a great week.

Christopher

Wow Christopher. I'm so sorry about all the mess with your performance. I can't believe you've planned so long and had to cancel! But, at least you shouldn't be so stressed. It's too bad that people can act that way! I was wondering where you were every morning, but just assumed life got in the way of the dis. I'm glad you're back and back on track. We've missed you!

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I have to get working on my progress reports for my IEPs. I sort of put them off...

I'll check in later!

Jill

 

[mikamah]

Christopher-I'm sorry for all the stress you have been going through, and it was a tough decision, but I am sure you did not take it lightly and did what was best.
What I was going to post for the qotd on advice will work nicely for you too.

It was from Pamela/Pjlla almost 3 years ago when my mom was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, and she said, "you can not always control what is happening in your life, but you can control your reaction to it." And what is happening is still going to be happening if you eat 2 boxes of cookies and cupcakes, it might feel good going down, but after it will make you feel worse, and though I don't always follow that most wonderful advice, I have thought of it many times when the stress has been high in my life, and I know that I am more aware of how I react to the stress.

And the second part of who do I go to for support and advice, most often I come here to my bl-dis friends. So many of you have helped me through some of the toughest times in my life, the passing of my mom, and the grief after that, and when ds had his seizure last fall, are the hardest times i've had and the outpouring of love and support from so many of you who I haven't even met in real life has been truly amazing.

Well, I guess I'm going to have a good little cry before I go to work.

And you've been there for the good times too, training for and cheering me on through my training for the Princess half last year. I feel so blessed to have this group in my life.

And I say that as I slink my way back into the wagon, yet again, and you all welcome me back in as many times as I need to be here, and I know that I am not alone in this journey, and that as long as I keep trying and keep getting back on track, I am going to be successful, and I am in a much better place than if I were to give up.

So thank you all, for being here, for the support and inspiration, and for your friendship.

Hope you all have a simply marvelous monday!!

 

[RemembertheMagic98]

Just wanted to say thank you to you all for being here. I made a promise here on Thursday or Friday that I would exercise every day this weekend (Fri, Sat, Sun).... and thanks to the accountabilty here, I actually kept my promise.

I usually take off at least one day over the weekend, but with a busy Monday and Tuesday and some extra eating in the plan, I KNEW I needed to "stay the course" over the weekend.

This afternoon, all I wanted to do was NAP! I have a headache and my energy level is low. But I HIT THE TM instead of napping! It was only 30 minutes, but I didn't hold back on the pace or the hill intervals... and I wore my weighted belt and carried my weight balls for the uphill segments! And yesterday's planned 20 minutes turned into 45 minutes!

So THANK YOU! Now off to enjoy a warm bubble bath!............P

Way to go P!!! You are so inspirational...I would have given into the nap. Thank YOU for reminding me that I need to get off my butt!!! And a bubble bath sounds like heaven....

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Only did 5.5 miles on the treadmill. Was still a little tired from my 4 mile run Thursday, so I walked about half of it. That's okay! I still burned about 900 calories on the treadmill and I did some hula hooping and weight lifting beforehand so almost 1000 calories today!!

I am so tired, I was lying down watching some biggest loser after my run and I could've taken a nice long nap!

Off to read some more threads to get even more excited for our Disney trip!

Kayla!! 5.5 miles is nothing to sneeze at!! AND wow on the calorie burning!! You ROCK!!

Busy weekend, but got a lot done. More on track this week, so hopefully will finish up with a loss again, since I had a gain this time. Remains to be seen how stressful work will be, with my work volume up, a project being handed to me, and next week we start closing the month. Usually my busiest week...

Getting excited about our trip! Made all our reservations. Universal does them different from Disney, but was able to get everything we wanted even though it is spring break! Still nervous about the crowds.

Had meatloaf tonight, just basic, but haven't had it for awhile. Thought it would be too fatty, but we used lean beef, and it was 6 points for about 4 oz. of meat, so pretty reasonable.

Need to turn in, didn't have a chance to get here until late tonight. Need a good nights sleep before this busy week. Start getting my shots on Tuesday as well - not looking forward to that, but will be worth it in the long run.

Carol

So glad the planning for Universal went well! No matter what the crowd levels, I'm sure you will have a good time

Personally, meatloaf is my favorite meal. I've begun to make it with ground turkey and a ton of veggies (diced up!) I also add a can of condensed veggie soup and ketchup (along w/GF breadcrumbs) The points are steep so I don't have it that often but it is soooo good when I do!!

A new brick-oven pizza place opened up by me - they have a Nutella pizza on the dessert menu. I didn't try it, but the people sitting at the table next to us had it and it looked incredible.

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I saw Sister Act on Broadway today. The show was a lot of fun. The plot obviously was the same as the movie, but they made quite a few changes to make it more suitable for a play. The music was great - we all had a good time.

Lunch was at Tony DiNapoli - a great Italian restaurant known for their family style meals. There were 8 of us and we had two hot antipasta platters as an appetizer and for our lunch we had a platter of fetuccini alfredo, a platter of chicken franchese, and a platter of steak pizzaiola. Everything was delicious and even though it seemed like a lot of food - we all agreed that we were full, but not stuffed. Since we ate before the show and were pressed for time, we did not have coffee/dessert. I'm sure that helped with being full vs. stuffed.

Back on track tomorrow ...

- Laura

Nutella pizza????????? OMG...I have died and gone to chocolate heaven!!

Kudos to you on making it through a Tony DiNapoli meal!! They can be deadly with the yummy cheese...and bread...and....

So glad you enjoyed the show...I need to get myself into the City soon!

Good Morning All. Another sleepless night here. Not sure why my body insists on waking up at 2:30 AM these days You'd think 4:45 would be early enough. since I'm tired already maybe I'll sleep better tonight I've got a pork roast in the croc pot so dinner should be quick and easy tonight. I have an eight grade dance planning meeting tonight so anything to make the evening go smoothly is a help.

Have a Great Day

Deb

Oh Deb, that's not fun I hope the dance planning doesn't go too late and you can get some rest tonight

Good Monday morning everyone

Hi Deb I was up at 3:30 and figured why go back to sleep. Besides my nose was clogged and I was not getting back to sleep.

I had some things to do so I have no time this morning to chat here.

Disney planning did not go as well as I planned. My dsis is making reservations saying if you want to meet for lunch no big deal but the reservations are there. I may make a couple of suggestions. and just let it go.

Off to goto school. Last full week before the crazy state wide high school testing starts.

Have a happy and healthy day.

Oh No!! Disney planning is one of my favorite things to do and it sounds like yours too! I'm so sorry that DSIS is deflating the fun Sometimes when you go to Disney with people you need to just go do what you want to do and if they want to join you, hey great, but if not, oh well! Please don't let her take the magic out of the planning

Hello my fellow Donalds!

I have been away from the boards for nearly a week. It has been a really up and down tie with lots of crazy things happening that have led to emotional stress.

Biggest of them all was the realization that the "DIVA"ness of the cast that I was working with had only gotten worse and that my co-director and I really had no say in what was going to happen.Basically the president of the club who was a cast member decided she was going to call all the shots and rally others against us.

So hard as it was,my co-director and I chose to cancel the show. This was a tough decision because I do not like to give up on things like this. We had been preparing our vision and plans since last April, completed casting in December and been in a hellish rehearsal period since January. But it was best to pull the plug before advertising and set construction began.

Well this shattered me and I watched my resolve and my weight yo-yo through the week as I pulled myself up and fell again, pulled myself up and fell again. Stress can do a lot to my weight. I somehow managed to pull it all together for a 1.2 loss for the week. Don't know where that came from because at about Wednesday the scale was showing a gain of 5 pounds.

But I am back in full force this week. Put that behind me, found my resolve and drive and have formulated the plan for the week. I am off school for the week and so it is Spring Cleaning time as well as my opportunity to make sure I get to the gym daily even if for a short exercise.

I have also promised myself that I will come to the boards each day and respond to others as I did in my first weeks as part of the team. I found that really helped me too.

So I am here. Hurdle jumped, slight bobble but on firm ground. I wish us all a great week.

Christopher

Christopher, we have missed you!!! I am so sorry that you have worked so hard just to have things not come together. It sounds like this was the best decision for everyone involved...especially YOU! Stress eating is my downfall...that's after you count boredom eating...lol! Hang in there and check in with us!! We are always here for support


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Good Morning DOnalds!

Who watched the Oscars?? I did! I usually don't watch that stuff since I am really not impressed with "celebrities" and rarely get "starstruck", but i really wanted to see what the curvier stars were wearing. Octavia looked beautiful but Melissa looked like a hot mess...I mean the dress was soooo unflattering and in a terrible color for her skin...fire THAT stylist pronto!

Another busy day here with phone calls to colleges and bills to pay online. I'm excited for spin class tonight and a good nights sleep (I usually have the best sleep on spin nights!!)

Hope you all make great choices today!

BRB w/ QOTD...

 

[RemembertheMagic98]

Monday QOTD: On this day in 2009 Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson visited Disney's Hollywood Studios. With the summer Olympics approaching, do you watch and if you do, what is your favorite sport to watch?

Bonus: Do you get your water in everyday? For those who struggle, do you have any great ideas to help?

 

[RemembertheMagic98]

Jill and Kathy, I missed you in my replies! Sorry!!

Sorry the planning didn't work out. Maybe you can just eat where you want and meet up for counter service meals & rides?

Our state testing is so stupid. We have a testing window from March 12-23 for Reading and Math. Then, April 16-20 is the window for Writing and April 23-27 is the window for Science. It really screws up the days because you don't want to test in the morning and teach all afternoon. This is the first year DS8 takes the tests (3rd grade). I'm a wreck! But, I know the school does an awesome job and he'll do fine. But, I'm still a wreck!




Wow Christopher. I'm so sorry about all the mess with your performance. I can't believe you've planned so long and had to cancel! But, at least you shouldn't be so stressed. It's too bad that people can act that way! I was wondering where you were every morning, but just assumed life got in the way of the dis. I'm glad you're back and back on track. We've missed you!

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I have to get working on my progress reports for my IEPs. I sort of put them off...

I'll check in later!

Jill

Jill, I agree with the testing YUCK! Sometimes kids are not strong testers and I am always fearful that the tests will place a student in a class that is not challenging enough...or in some cases too challenging. I trust my teachers here more than a stressful test

Christopher-I'm sorry for all the stress you have been going through, and it was a tough decision, but I am sure you did not take it lightly and did what was best.
What I was going to post for the qotd on advice will work nicely for you too.

It was from Pamela/Pjlla almost 3 years ago when my mom was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, and she said, "you can not always control what is happening in your life, but you can control your reaction to it." And what is happening is still going to be happening if you eat 2 boxes of cookies and cupcakes, it might feel good going down, but after it will make you feel worse, and though I don't always follow that most wonderful advice, I have thought of it many times when the stress has been high in my life, and I know that I am more aware of how I react to the stress.

And the second part of who do I go to for support and advice, most often I come here to my bl-dis friends. So many of you have helped me through some of the toughest times in my life, the passing of my mom, and the grief after that, and when ds had his seizure last fall, are the hardest times i've had and the outpouring of love and support from so many of you who I haven't even met in real life has been truly amazing.

Well, I guess I'm going to have a good little cry before I go to work.

And you've been there for the good times too, training for and cheering me on through my training for the Princess half last year. I feel so blessed to have this group in my life.

And I say that as I slink my way back into the wagon, yet again, and you all welcome me back in as many times as I need to be here, and I know that I am not alone in this journey, and that as long as I keep trying and keep getting back on track, I am going to be successful, and I am in a much better place than if I were to give up.

So thank you all, for being here, for the support and inspiration, and for your friendship.

Hope you all have a simply marvelous monday!!

Kathy, HUGE !! Thank YOU for all of your support as well!! I've found that just being able to vent here and knowing that I will have support is a wonderful comfort. While some of us have met in person and some not, I still feel like we all "know" eachother better than some people I see everyday! I love this community too!!

The wagon door is open...come aboard