Team Donald – Biggest Loser “No Excuses” 2012 Challenge

[VirataMama4]

I hope everyone that was/are in the paths of the tornadoes are safe and have very minimal damage!

We are gearing up to head into DC to visit the Holocaust Museum and the WW2 Memorial, that my DD wants to see before we leave for Louisiana in 2 weeks. Nothing like last minute.

I had a loss of .5lbs this week, which I know is a loss so its good, but I was really hoping to hit the -10lb mark this week and came up .6lbs short. I can only hope that I will hit it next week, and get an average of -1lb a week!

Happy Weekend everyone!

 

[mikamah]

Good evening Team Donald.

This is going to be a "selfish" post. I am asking for prayers and good thoughts. Our area got completely slammed by tornados tonight. The worst hit about 10 minutes from where I live. I personally know people that were hunkered down while they hit and lost everything. There are 9 confirmed dead and that number will certainly go higher. Asphalt was peeled from the road, so I am sure it will be confirmed as at least an F4.

The storms hit about 30 minutes after school dismissed. I hurried and got the boys from daycare and the dogs from the house and went to mom's house that is about 2 minutes away because she has a full basement and I only have a partial. I looked around my house wondering what I could grab quickly. In that moment I realized that material items don't mean a thing.....

Thank God that we had plenty of warning on this. Many schools around us dismissed early or held the students when the warning happened. One local high school was completely destroyed. It just gives me a whole new perspective......

Not selfish at all, Michele. My thoughts and prayers are going out to all of you in the areas of such devastation. I'm glad you and your family are ok, and I hope the rest of your community are as well.

Michelle--I was thinking about you all afternoon. What a horrifying day! I can't believe it just completely missed Jefferson County. I left work early--as did tons of people around us.

I am so glad you are ok.

I hope tomorrow they are able to tell us specifically what people in So Ind. need.

The pictures of the tornadoes and the destruction truely are surreal.

I heard there is a baby at Kosair that was found in a field...

I have found myself in tears all evening out of shear relief, so I can only imagine how you are feeling.

I'm so glad you are ok too, Rose. I can not even imagine how hard it is to be so close, and just looking at the pictures and images on the news brings tears to my eyes. Hang in there. Sending prayers and love.

Good morning Donalds!

I've been a bit absent this week, but hope to catch up today. I'm on call, and i happened to take a unflattering picture of the doc I'm on with at the party thursday, so I bribed him, if he doesn't call me in, I'll delete it.
I need to shower just in case, but plan to spend some time here with my coffee in a bit.

Thank you Karen for coaching last week. You did a great job. I loved some of your questions and will be back to answer them.

Amy-Welcome and thank you for coaching this week.

Pamela-So glad dd got home safe and sound, and I can't wait to hear all about her trip!!

BBL.

 

[Rose&Mike]

Thanks for all the nice thoughts, but we really had no issues on our side of the Ohio River. Just a little scary.

Southern Indiana where Michelle lives (specifically about 20 miles from Louisville) and Western Kentucky is where the damage is. I don't know how it missed Louisville, but it did. And we were very fortunate.

Michelle--I hope you are doing ok this morning.

 

[::Snow_White::]

Hope everyone stayed safe from the weather yesterday!

Saturday Question of the Day

Theme: Buried Treasure

Do you have tangible reward planned for meeting your weight loss goals? Example: manicure after 10lbs lost, new purse at 20lbs, etc.

A vacation!!
I'm working as hard as I can so I can relax on our wdw trip, so that's pretty much my reward. Especially since I'll have ran a half marathon by then! As for smaller goals I don't plan anything when I hit them, I just feel good. I would love love love to go to the spa for a day though. I've never had a massage but it sounds heavenly.

SpecialTHANK YOU to Rememberthemagic for coaching this past week!



Hi everyone! My name is Amy...

Friday Question of the Day

Theme: Princesses

Disney princesses are known for their beauty. What makes you feel beautiful?

Thank you to our coach last week and thank you Amy for coaching this week!!

I love some Doctor Who and Torchwood too!

QOTD: When I get my bangs to curl perfectly or wearing a dress or a nice outfit!

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Lost 1 lb this week. Fine with that but I was hoping it'd be 2.6lbs so I could finally hit that 10lb loss mark since Jan. 16th. I got my 4 miles in Thursday 41 seconds faster! I ran the last .9 miles at 6mph, that was extremely difficult.

Bought 10 bags of vegetables yesterday, our freezer is stuffed.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

 

[#1hoosierfan]

Thanks for all the nice thoughts, but we really had no issues on our side of the Ohio River. Just a little scary.

Southern Indiana where Michelle lives (specifically about 20 miles from Louisville) and Western Kentucky is where the damage is. I don't know how it missed Louisville, but it did. And we were very fortunate.

Michelle--I hope you are doing ok this morning.

Thanks Rose and everyone else for your kinds words, thoughts and prayers.

My bff brother's house was heavily damaged yesterday and a friend's co-worker was killed in the Henryville tornado.

Many of you may have seen the Henryville School on the news. That is actually the elementary, middle, and high school all under one roof. The sirens went off just as the busses finished loading. They made the decision to let the busses release...... Thank God. I cannot even imagine if that school would have been full of children. The lady that teaches across the hall from me girls go to Henryville. I guess that will have to decide in the coming days where they will finish out the school year.

A large local church is collecting water and toiletries and MANY local businesses are matching donations by their patrons this weekend. It is nice to see everyone pull together.

If anyone would like to donate, you can text "red cross" to 90999. An automatic $10 will go to the tornado relief here in Indiana. It took me about 5 seconds to do it last night.

Thanks again, everyone!

 

[trinaweena]

Hello everyone, i hope you all had a nice week. My thoughts to everyone affected by the tornadoes! I've been reading along this week but havent had time to check in or reply

Currently i'm suffering for the effects of karma. Yesterday i called out of work (4 hour shift starting at 7am and i just wanted to sleep!) and today i woke up with the cold that seems to be raging through my house. It doesnt seem too bad yet, so im taking cold eaze and hoping i can get it to stay away. Still, karma! (I regret nothing!)

Last night i stayed up late to get an essay done that sue on monday. i'm glad i did because that essay was just awful, i wasnt interested in the topic and i didnt want to be writing it. it's really frustrating when you have to write essays on things that you dont care about. today i have to read two books so i dont have to freak out about it this week. i think im on track with homework, i'd like it to stay that way.

update on stomach, i saw the doctor on wednesday (my primary) and he was unhelpful as usual. I will be getting a new primary, going to start calling around next week. He wanted to put me on zoloft which my mom freaked out about and refused (her sister got addicted to anti anxiety and anti depressent pills which led to her addiction to hard drugs). i'm annoyed both at my mom and my doctor and yeah i have yet to decide what to do. I dont even know if zoloft would be the best medicine, my doctor didn't even really listen to me, and ive been on anti anxiety meds before and hated them, so im reluctant to go on it if its not what i need. and i dont want to upset my mom but this is my life and im 25. so basically im back at square one

the good news is ive been doing ok with the stomach aches. i didn't feel naseous at all yesterday, and ive found that sucking on pepermints really helps when i do feel naseous. i also found some ginger gum and im going to get one of those sea band things. if the doctor cant help me, i willl help myself!

so i hope im getting back on track so that i can get my diet and excersice back on track. my doctor said he doesnt want me working out and doesnt want me to loose anymore weight but i dont necessarily trust his opnion. i havent reached my goal and i can still see the fat hanging off me. i will hopefully be meeting with the personal trainer this week and im going to tell them my biggest goal is toning. i need to be swimsuit ready before may!

 

[pjlla]

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While my loss this week wasn't big, it did drop me below 160 (just below, but hey - I'll take it!!) and I'm super excited about that!!! That has been a goal of mine for 4 years, so I'm very happy

Have a fun Friday everyone [/COLOR]

WOOHOO on hitting a new goal! That's fantastic!


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Well, it would appear that my laptop is doing that crazy thing again where it won't do multi-quotes.... so here come a bunch of posts in a row from me..... sorry!.............P

 

[jillbur]

Saturday Question of the Day

Theme: Buried Treasure

Do you have tangible reward planned for meeting your weight loss goals? Example: manicure after 10lbs lost, new purse at 20lbs, etc.

I just posted the other day that I ordered a Vera Bradley mini hipster online for my trip in May, but I'm not even allowed to open it until I'm below 150.

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So glad our dis friends are safe and sound! Take care out there with this crazy weather!


I took DS8 to his scouting day and DS5 and I went grocery shopping. I am checking in and then I need to go do some laundry and cleaning before I have to pick DS8 back up. I have a feeling that today is going to go so fast and I'd rather it go slow

I'll check in later as long as the dis lets me. It's moving very, very slow for me today.

Jill

 

[pjlla]

14+ inches!!! Sweet - big snow fan over here! Hope you can get out there and build a snowman or go sledding

Umm... no thanks! Hate the stuff! I was going to try snowshoeing for the first time this winter, but we haven't had enough snow! Now that we have some snow, I might call the folks I was going to borrow the snowshoes from and give it a try this week. ....................P

 

[pjlla]

Yummy tuna melts and Hunger Games...how can you go wrong! So sorry about the French Vanilla fiasco! I know it kills me when I try to be soooo good and something derails me....although Sometimes the derailment tastes soooo good!

Yup.... gonna totally blame the bad weigh-in yesterday on that half a cappuccino that DS sabotaged me with!!


WOW! 14+ is a ton of snow! I really wish we had at least one nice little storm/snow day this winter Aside from the freak stuff in the fall, we have really been snow free.

You are welcome to it! Fortunately DH was home and I didn't have to do any snowblowing or shoveling.

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One more week of school and spring break for me for 2 weeks I'm actually not on "break" since I have colleges to call, but I won't have to go in the office....working from home rocks! I will be watching my nephew for a day over break since they have a random Monday off of school. He wants to go to Toys R Us and asked me if I have a card that he could use (I think he means a gift card) Then he wants to go to the diner for lunch...ok by me! Then he may want to do "something else but I can't think of it yet." It must be pretty awesome being 4 years old!!

Food has been pretty good this week. I realized I can have 32 Life Saver jelly beans for 4 points....then I tasted them....I will stick with the Russell Stover 19 beans for 4 points thank you

Back to the gym tonight and a WW weigh in tomorrow. I'm really hungry today for some reason but will need to fill up on veggies at lunch. Maybe it's the water?

Does anyone know much about Skinny water? I'm drinking one right now and I like it but not too sure what's in it aside from the vitamin stuff?

Happy Friday!

Doesn't the water bottle have a NI label with ingredients??

Good for you for figuring out the points in the jelly beans BEFORE you are overrun with them at Easter!...............P

 

[pjlla]

I wanted to share my breakfast this morning with you.

1 set of 4 GF mini waffles (1/2 serving)
1.5 cups of diced apples
2 tsp of Splenda with fiber
1 tsp of cinnamon
1/8 cup of sugar-free syrup

myfitnesspal has this as 255 calories, 2 g fat, 176 sodium, and 14 g of fiber.

No protein, though, and I think the fiber should be more like 10 g.

With regards to Healthy Habits, this gives me 3 of 5 servings of fruits/veggies for the day and a point for eating something that makes me feel like I'm indulging. I really felt like I was eating something off of an iHop menu.

I am going to the grocery store today or tomorrow and I'd like to find some smaller apples so that it's more like 1 cup diced and then also have 8 oz. of milk with the meal. That will come out at about 275 calories, but still very much on plan.

That sounds really yummy. Do you top the waffles with the apples and stuff?

Sometimes when I make myself a splurge breakfast of high fiber pancakes, I add a half of a chopped apple that I microwave until it is soft. Adds bulk to breakfast and tastes great! Sounds similar to your breakfast! ............P

 

[pjlla]

Saturday Question of the Day

Theme: Buried Treasure

Do you have tangible reward planned for meeting your weight loss goals? Example: manicure after 10lbs lost, new purse at 20lbs, etc.

This wasn't anything I ever did during the long process of losing my weight, but if I can get this 5 pounds gone (again ), I think I might reward myself! Not sure what it will be though.... I'm not a mani-pedi kind of girl..........P

 

[pjlla]

I hope everyone that was/are in the paths of the tornadoes are safe and have very minimal damage!

We are gearing up to head into DC to visit the Holocaust Museum and the WW2 Memorial, that my DD wants to see before we leave for Louisiana in 2 weeks. Nothing like last minute.


You're not alone in this type of behavior. When DH accepted a job relocation to the Atlanta area many years ago, we spent the rest of the summer and fall sightseeing around NH. We were supposed to be gone by the next spring/summer. Turned out that the relocation never happened for a variety of reasons, but I always laughed a little at how it took the possibility of NOT living here to appreciate all that NH had to offer!

I had a loss of .5lbs this week, which I know is a loss so its good, but I was really hoping to hit the -10lb mark this week and came up .6lbs short. I can only hope that I will hit it next week, and get an average of -1lb a week!

Happy Weekend everyone!

You will DEFINITELY hit that 10 pound mark this week! You have a big goal so I'm sure you will have no trouble staying right OP this week!.......P

 

[pjlla]

Good morning Donalds!

I've been a bit absent this week, but hope to catch up today. I'm on call, and i happened to take a unflattering picture of the doc I'm on with at the party thursday, so I bribed him, if he doesn't call me in, I'll delete it.
I need to shower just in case, but plan to spend some time here with my coffee in a bit.

Way to work the on-call status!

Pamela-So glad dd got home safe and sound, and I can't wait to hear all about her trip!!

BBL.

She's home safe, but not feeling well. Some of the kids got a stomach bug the last few days. DD came home with a touch of "travelers stomach", but felt okay the night she got home, but last night started feeling icky.

She is still feeling lousy this morning, but managed to eat some of the scones I made for breakfast, so hopefully is on the mend.

She did give us an animated slide show yesterday of her pictures. She just kept saying that the pictures don't do the place justice and that it was just SO BEAUTIFUL! Every experience was "insanely amazing" and "awesome". The food was pretty good, for the most part, and the fruit and juices were fabulous. She saw waterfalls and a volcano and the cloud forest and wild macaws and sloths and jellyfish.... etc, etc.

I'll share a few of her pictures after she gets a chance to post them on FB......P

 

[pjlla]

Thanks Rose and everyone else for your kinds words, thoughts and prayers.

My bff brother's house was heavily damaged yesterday and a friend's co-worker was killed in the Henryville tornado.

Many of you may have seen the Henryville School on the news. That is actually the elementary, middle, and high school all under one roof. The sirens went off just as the busses finished loading. They made the decision to let the busses release...... Thank God. I cannot even imagine if that school would have been full of children. The lady that teaches across the hall from me girls go to Henryville. I guess that will have to decide in the coming days where they will finish out the school year.

A large local church is collecting water and toiletries and MANY local businesses are matching donations by their patrons this weekend. It is nice to see everyone pull together.

If anyone would like to donate, you can text "red cross" to 90999. An automatic $10 will go to the tornado relief here in Indiana. It took me about 5 seconds to do it last night.

Thanks again, everyone!

So much sadness and destruction. Thanks for letting us know how we can help.

I did see the news talk about the school... so terribly scary to think how close that storm came to causing even more devastation.

Glad you are safe!.......................P

 

[pjlla]

Hello everyone, i hope you all had a nice week. My thoughts to everyone affected by the tornadoes! I've been reading along this week but havent had time to check in or reply

Currently i'm suffering for the effects of karma. Yesterday i called out of work (4 hour shift starting at 7am and i just wanted to sleep!) and today i woke up with the cold that seems to be raging through my house. It doesnt seem too bad yet, so im taking cold eaze and hoping i can get it to stay away. Still, karma! (I regret nothing!)

Last night i stayed up late to get an essay done that sue on monday. i'm glad i did because that essay was just awful, i wasnt interested in the topic and i didnt want to be writing it. it's really frustrating when you have to write essays on things that you dont care about. today i have to read two books so i dont have to freak out about it this week. i think im on track with homework, i'd like it to stay that way.

update on stomach, i saw the doctor on wednesday (my primary) and he was unhelpful as usual. I will be getting a new primary, going to start calling around next week. He wanted to put me on zoloft which my mom freaked out about and refused (her sister got addicted to anti anxiety and anti depressent pills which led to her addiction to hard drugs). i'm annoyed both at my mom and my doctor and yeah i have yet to decide what to do. I dont even know if zoloft would be the best medicine, my doctor didn't even really listen to me, and ive been on anti anxiety meds before and hated them, so im reluctant to go on it if its not what i need. and i dont want to upset my mom but this is my life and im 25. so basically im back at square one

the good news is ive been doing ok with the stomach aches. i didn't feel naseous at all yesterday, and ive found that sucking on pepermints really helps when i do feel naseous. i also found some ginger gum and im going to get one of those sea band things. if the doctor cant help me, i willl help myself!

so i hope im getting back on track so that i can get my diet and excersice back on track. my doctor said he doesnt want me working out and doesnt want me to loose anymore weight but i dont necessarily trust his opnion. i havent reached my goal and i can still see the fat hanging off me. i will hopefully be meeting with the personal trainer this week and im going to tell them my biggest goal is toning. i need to be swimsuit ready before may!

glad you found some more natural methods to deal with the upset stomach.... but that said, you DO need to get a diagnosis!

glad you are getting yourself back on track. Maybe some toning will help and you won't feel such a big need to continue to lose............P

 

[araes2102]

Friday Question of the Day

Theme: Princesses

Disney princesses are known for their beauty. What makes you feel beautiful?

I don't usually feel beautiful per se, but I do feel good about myself after the exercising starts paying off and my clothes start to fit better (hasn't happened during this challenge yet, but I'm hoping for some looser clothing by next month!). I also feel pretty if I've gotten my hair tamed and doing what I want and when my nails are painted.

Good evening Team Donald.

This is going to be a "selfish" post. I am asking for prayers and good thoughts. Our area got completely slammed by tornados tonight. The worst hit about 10 minutes from where I live. I personally know people that were hunkered down while they hit and lost everything. There are 9 confirmed dead and that number will certainly go higher. Asphalt was peeled from the road, so I am sure it will be confirmed as at least an F4.

The storms hit about 30 minutes after school dismissed. I hurried and got the boys from daycare and the dogs from the house and went to mom's house that is about 2 minutes away because she has a full basement and I only have a partial. I looked around my house wondering what I could grab quickly. In that moment I realized that material items don't mean a thing.....

Thank God that we had plenty of warning on this. Many schools around us dismissed early or held the students when the warning happened. One local high school was completely destroyed. It just gives me a whole new perspective......

Not selfish at all. My heart and prayers are with everyone effected by the storms. I can not imagine the devastation.

Saturday Question of the Day

Theme: Buried Treasure

Do you have tangible reward planned for meeting your weight loss goals? Example: manicure after 10lbs lost, new purse at 20lbs, etc.

No, I have not done this. Actually, just seeing the scale go down and the changes in my body are reward enough. Plus the thought of looking good and feeling great at Disney (whenever we are able to go) is a great longer term goal for me. Oh, or possibly a wedding in the future...

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So, I got an email yesterday saying I had won tickets to our local Renaissance Festival! Exciting! I was feeling down about the canceled Disney plans and NOT winning the Disneyday sweeps (a girl can dream ) that this was a very pleasant surprise. Of course it will still cost $ to go enjoy the festivities, but I think we can swing it. Haven't told DBF yet (even though he thinks I am crazy for entering sweepstakes like this), I think I will give him the tickets for his bday coming up on Friday. I have never been to a Ren Fes and I am really looking forward to it. Plus I love taking the kids to fairs and festivals and carnivals, so this will be good (i.e. cheaper) way to go to one this spring!

Down 2 lbs this week, which means I am almost right back to where I was 3 weeks ago when I went off program Oh well, a loss is a loss

Have a good OP weekend all!

 

[Disneyluvr]

I am down another lb this week. I started Weight Watchers on Wednesday and so far it's going pretty good. I have stayed on pt so far and am eating more fruits and have tried a few veggies.

Sending prayers for all those affected by the storms! So scary, glad all of our Dis friends are safe!!

 

[araes2102]

Just realized that I still have the countdown ticker on my siggy. Well, I am gonna leave it up in defiance! And in the slight hope I have of winning a trip (or the lottery) before then!

Also, I forgot to ask: Since DBF's bday is coming up this week, I want to make him a special dinner. Wondering if anyone has suggestions for a yummy, at least somewhat classy, and maybe even a bit healthy, recipe? Tall order, but TIA to anyone who does! (I have been searching the recipe thread but not seeing anything pop out at me)

 

[araes2102]

CC- I just got my package for my participation prize. TY so much! Awesome little goodies in there! Makes me feel special