QOTD - Monday January 17
What is your favorite way to get yourself back on track?
The very next morning after a bad day/week/whatever, I start like new again.... fresh page in the journal, lots of water, weighing/measuring everything... all of those things you do the first week of a new "diet" plan! (You know.... when things are new and exciting
). I try hard not to look back in a bad way and beat myself up too much. But sometimes it is very educational to look back and think about the WHY. WHY did I choose to eat that? Why didn't I make a better decision? WHY didn't I say NO to that particular food? Why didn't I plan in advance better? If I learn something that makes it easier to stay OP in the future, I figure it wasn't all a bad thing!
Happy monday everyone! I had a busy weekend and am still pretty busy at work, but I am rewarding myself for working hard for 2.5 hours by coming on here and commenting a little
I didn't have a very good food day on Saturday It was our roommate's birthday and we went out to a steakhouse and the bar to celebrate. Usually, I like to look at the menu before I go and find the nutritional info ahead of time, but the restaurant we went to didn't have an on-line menu. I had fish for my main dish, but I ate a lot of bread and a baked potato (with some butter and sour cream
) and my BF and I split a bottle of wine. Then I had a beer at the bar too. Luckily, yesterday was a much better day. I ate well and burned a TON of calories playing broomball (we only had 1 sub, so I was on the ice a lot) and shoveling for about an hour.
Luckily, I have a gym that is only about 5 min from work. I usually leave for the gym around 1, get about 30 min of cardio in, take a quick shower and head back to work. It usually takes me about an hour and 5 or 10 min, but I usually get to work before 8, so I figure it all works out. When I get back to work, I eat lunch at my desk.
True. However, I sometimes wish the weigh-ins were on Saturday instead. I feel like I always have good days of Fridays, and I always tempt myself into weighing myself on Saturday mornings and so far, every week, I am less on Sat morning than I am on Fri
Maybe it's because I get more sleep on Friday nights.
My favorite vegetable is probably onions
I just really love the flavor they add to everything. I don't generally eat them plain
but I do love them sliced on sandwiches or salads or chopped up and cooked into just about anything.
Have a good morning everyone...hopefully I will be back later to catch up more and respond. Now, its back to work!
beth
Sounds like you got plenty of exercise!
How could I forget about ONIONS?? I can't eat them raw much, or they give me a sort of heartburn feeling.... but I love them cooked! Caramelized onions on lots of things are delicious... pizza, in soup, in casseroles, on salads.
So here are my Top 10 reasons to stick with a healthy lifestyle for 2011.
10. Shopping for clothes is a lot more fun!
9. Being able to fit on the Dumbo ride with your adult childpriceless.
8. Its awesome to be able to leave your clothes in the dryer and not worry about everything being too small when they come out.
7. Less stomach issues and better sleep!
6. Healthy food (once you figure out what you like) tastes so much better than fast food.
5. Trying new thingslike segway tours and kayaking and parasailingis a lot easier without the extra pounds.
4. You will find that if you can lose the weight you will feel like you can do anything!
3. Being told you look 10 years younger is a pretty amazing thing!
2. Less medication, better blood pressure, less risk of diabetes, stroke and heart attack, need I say more.
1. Nothing tastes as good as thin feels!!
(Thanks CorinnaI think you said this!)
AMEN!!
To all the Donald's in MA, RI and CT - did you see that there will be an inaugural rock and roll marathon/half marathon in Providence in August 2011?? Anyone else interested????
Really?? Love to hear more about it. What makes it a R and R marathon?
Hi Team Donald. My name is Lindsay from Team Mickey. Just stopping by to say hello and congrats to all of this weeks losers. To the BL alumni's I miss you guys, I wish I had more time to hop on both boards. Im sure we will catch up soon. Keep up the good work
HI! I've missed you and all my Team Mickey friends! I've had a hard enough time keeping up with this thread, though, so I haven't had time to jump onto your thread. But thanks for coming over to say HI!!
Hi Team Donald!
I bought the 30 day shred. I did level 1 tonight.
How does it work? Do you keep doing level 1 until you can add level 2?
Or do you do just level 2 tomorrow?
thanks
Bernie
Well.... I know this has pretty much beeen answered, but for myself, I did level 1 until I could do it without feeling like I wanted to die.... then I moved on to level 2. Honestly though, I haven't done it for MONTHS! Maybe I'll give it a go again this weekend. I could use a good Jillian butt kicking!!
Congratulations to our top losers, particularly JV!
I had my Weight Watchers weigh in tonight and maintained, I'm happy with that. I was supposed to have my last meeting with my trainer but had to cancel. I found out I have a pilonidal cyst which is very painful. I see the surgeon on Wednesday. Has anybody had this before? I had never head of it although it is apparently quite common.
I don't know how, but I came in at 3 points under my target today. I wasn't hungry so I decided not to try to make up those points, although normally I am religious about at least eating to target.
I love my husband, but sometimes he just doesn't get it. Tonight he had peaches in heavy syrup ready for dinner. I told him unfortunately I cannot eat that due to the syrup. I am at least teaching him to read labels, so he looked at it and said, it's not that bad. I love that he is trying, but it irks me when I say that I can't eat somethign and he tries to argue with me. Oh well.
Sorry about the cyst. Hopefully it will be a quick surgery and recovery. Keep us informed and I will be sure to add you to my prayer list when your surgery time comes up.
I know what you mean about DHs and their ideas about what you can/should eat. Sometimes they just don't get it! Not sure what to tell you to do about it.
Morning Donalds! We have a 2 hour delay here, will be my first day back at work since Jan. 6th! Trying to gear myself up for work.
I was really meant to be a SAHM, I'm gonna miss my home time!
For those of you that know me, you know I love motivating quotes. They are part of my QOTD on Mickey, and I thought I'd share. I know many of us are realizing this is a long term committment, and many of these have been very helpful to me along this journey, and came from my fellow BL's. If one is yours, and I didn't identify you, please let me know!
Here are a few of my favorite quotes:
"If you can dream it, you can do it" Walt Disney
"Nothing tastes as good as thin feels"" (pjilla maybe?)
"food is fuel"
"If hunger isn't the problem, food isn't the solution" (Cam, I think?)
"Do or do not, there is no try".
"don't throw out all the dishes because you broke the plate"
"In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired".
"If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you have always got"
"It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get up." Vince Lombardi
"Never, never, never, never give up." Winston Churchill
"You may delay, but time will not" Benjamin Franklin
"You must do the thing you think you cannot do." Eleanor Roosevelt
"You've got to say, I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it. It's called perseverance"Lee Iaccoca
"You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there!"
Have a great day everyone!
I LOVE all those quotes! And thanks for giving me credit. I know I've said that here on the WISH boards, but it isn't original to me. I heard it at WW many years ago..... but it is a GREAT saying and SO TRUE!!!!!
Good morning Donalds!
Congrats to all the Biggest Losers this week!
Esp JVL
What a great week you all had
Now, if you had a loss but didn't make the top ten...or if you didn't have a loss last week...or even if you had a gain last week...it ain't over !!! Keep sticking with those healthy habits and soon you will see big results
I have been reading along but have not posted since Saturday...not a whole lot to say. I did want to share this code for Vita Tops that I found on Hungry Girl's page on FB:
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Thanks for the heads up. Hopefully I can hop online tonight when I get home and order some! I don't dare enter my credit card on the wireless connection here at the medical center. Has anyone tried the Pumpkin yet?
Good morning Team Donald!
I got a late start to the day thanks to a sheet of ice on the roads.
QOTD - Tuesday January 18, 2011 - Do you plan out your meals for the week over the weekend? If so, how often do you recycle these meals?
I will be on a little later this morning to reply to some posts from yesterday!
Well... for those of you who know me, you will know my OCD about meal planning for the family. Honestly though, since DH's accident, I haven't been on a plan at all. But since his mouth should be nearly at fully recovery within the next few weeks, I will go back to my normal meal planning very soon!
Normally I plan a few months worth of meals in advance (just dinner.... I only plan lunch meals for the weekends). I use my freezer/pantry inventory to start out and see what NEEDS to be used up, what I have an overabundance of (sometimes I can't resist a good sale!). Then I check the schedule of swim/ski/school/robotics/b.ball, etc and decide when I can have a good homecooked family meal or when it needs to be a quicky meal or when it can be a crockpot meal.... etc.
I leave open about every 7-10th day for leftovers, over planning, going out, etc. That way, if I have something ready to go and we end up "out" somewhere, it doesn't really go to waste.
As for veggies, I usually play it by ear, depending on what is available, fresh, in season, etc. As long as I have one or two fresh veggies planned for each meal, I'm okay with that.
I plan it all out on a plain calendar that I print out in a weekly format on my computer. I add extra notes to each day about what can be prepped ahead of time (like chopping extra onions for another meal), what needs to be defrosted or precooked (like precooking the brown rice for a fried rice meal), etc.
I make notes about whether or not I have the item(s) in the freezer/pantry and if not I add them to a weekly shopping list.
When I am done I have 2-5 months worth of meals planned and the shopping lists for each week written. I often have to tweak things as I go along (if I find a great sale on something or if we end up with an abundance of something during gardening season), but that isn't too tough.
HEY... you asked!!
Forgot to post this yesterday but Blue Man Group was AMAZING! The words "visual spectacle" don't even begin to describe it. If you ever have a chance to go please take it. So many funny things that were completely unexpected. You know, you are going on and it seems like it is just lights and music and then they do something totally unexpected and absolutely hilarious. And they came out after the show for photos. I think we really made a great memory with my kids.
Okay, I usually wait until waaaaaaaaay past diet week 2 to start dealing with eating out challenges but man, the last few days have been crazy. We went out for Mexican on Saturday night as I posted about. Then after Blue Man on Sunday we went refrigerator shopping and were out so late we were all starving and way too exhausted to cook so we went to our favorite BBQ place that has Prime Rib on Sundays. We were both good, had our steaks with all fat cut off and I had grilled veggies. I told DH that of all the side options there he would be best to get Onion Rings -- I became his hero at that moment!
While they weren't an ideal side they were better than french fries or their sugary baked beans and he wouldn't have eaten the veggies. And they made him very, very happy!
Then yesterday I was out shopping so long with DD that we had to grab lunch at Subway. I got a footlong on their flatbread and completely remade my sandwich at the table, piling a little over half of the meat and as much lettuce and tomato I could on to an open faced sandwich with only about 2 inches of the bread.
And now my in-laws are coming to our town today for something (they live about 2 hours away) and invited DH and I out to lunch.
We have to meet up near where they will be and there are not many choices there. We have settled on one of our favorite Italian places. DH and I are each going to get a salad and one small cheese pizza to share (and bring some home).
We are really trying to change habits and make this a way of life. Acutally taking the time to look at the menus and evaluate what options work best instead of just automatically ordering 'the usual" is a great way to see that even places that have been gut busters in the past do have ways you can enjoy your favorites without it showing on your hips!
What great quotes! I want to make an inspirational page to put on the refrigerator with all of these. I am also really loving the one that Rose&Mike has repeated from (woofiedoodles?)??? "Hunger is NOT an emergency". I keep repeating that one! I do actually reach a point where it is an emergency-- lightheaded, nauseous, dizzy, shakes and have been known to faint. But unless I reach that point (which is bad and I am stupid for not having eaten!) I go back and look at my journal to see if I have had a good balance of things during the day to see if there is anything I may need -- If I don't get the right balance of carbs/protein then I will feel hungry when I shouldn't. If I have eaten and should be okay I try to get busy and see if the feeling passes.
Check out the FAQ and Video Tutorial links in my siggy. If you can't see them then they are stickied to the top of the Welcome Board-- the first board on the Main Forum page.
Everyone stay safe. Sounds like a whole lot of ice out there.
YIKES.... Lots of crazy eating out! That is SO TOUGH. And WOOHOO to you on the bolded parts! I'm so proud of you!!! You are learning a whole new healthy living lifestyle!!!
Hi I am a new member.
Just PMed the starting weight - I am, or hope to be, a loser.
I just got back from Disney last week - did the 5k but not very well.
Ran out of gas there big time - nothing can show you how out of shape you are like three days in the parks after a 5k and running around an airport!
Anyway, I am on a two year quest to do a "mini Goofy" (the 5k and half) at Disney in 2013, so this is an appropriate team for me.
Looking forward to sharing and hearing from you all, just give me a couple of days to catch up.
Linda
tinker:
WELCOME! I love your idea of creating your own mini Goofy!
QOTD - Tuesday January 18, 2011 - Do you plan out your meals for the week over the weekend? If so, how often do you recycle these meals?
I usually plan the family meals for a week or 2 at at time. Since doing the no eating out challenge for January I've had to re-access our meals.
I do cycle some through but now that the kids are picking meals 4 days a week they are trying to change it up. We do get into a food slump so it's been nice having them pick stuff. Last week DS14 picked lamb, this week he picked breakfast for dinner.
I have just about come to the conclusion I need to cook something different for myself though. Either a WW frozen dinner or find some kind of meal plan. I hate the idea of cooking something different but at this point I think it will just be easier to get me where I want to be.
That was probably the toughest part for me in the beginning.... planning my meals along with the meals for the family. DH is pretty easy, but DS has numerous food allergies and DD has just a few things she won't even touch (like ANYTHING from the ocean). I was feeling like a short order cook..... every meal had something that had to be customized for someone. But I have learned to work it out. I make small changes sometimes that makes it easier for everyone.
For example.... I made my MIL's Swiss chicken recipe the other night. She brought up all of the ingredients (at DH's request) when she came up to visit the other night. Well... DS is allergic to chicken, so it was fish sticks for him right off the bat. I put two chicken breasts in one dish and one smaller chicken breast in another individual casserole dish (after I weighed it). I made the same sauce for the entire batch, but put a smaller, measured amount on top of my chicken breast (in the individual dish). I put one slice of swiss cheese, split in half, on top of mine, and just 2 tablespoons of the crumb topping (with no butter). I topped the other dish normally, with several slices of cheese and lots of crumbs and a bit of butter.
I cooked them the same and made several baked potatoes. I also made cooked carrots and roasted cauliflower. I had half of my individual chicken dish, carrots, and cauliflower, no potato. DS had his fish sticks, broccoli (I steamed a bit in the microwave for him as he prefers it over cauliflower), and a baked potato, DH and DD had the chicken, veggies, and potatoes. The only thing extra I had to do was the broccoli for DS (he made his own fishsticks) and measuring everything that I added to my own individual portion. Not too tough, not too many extra dishes and I was able to eat "normally" with the family. (Plus I have another half of the chicken waiting for me for lunch tomorrow!)
Try not to fall back too often on the frozen meals like LC and WW... they have lots of sodium and some of them have preservatives. But honestly, they are great in a pinch!
QOTD: I generally only "cook" once a week (on my days off) due to my work location and 95% of the time eating free at work. Which I've found to be good and bad now as I love all the fresh fruit and veggies its hard to choose when I don't know calorie counts
I have been going through the menu and choosing what I will eat before its "dinner time" which I found has limited the munchies...
and on a "Go me" moment- I've been feeling very under the weather this week but since it was a "run" day decided to get my 3 miles even if it took all day... I was able to get 5 miles in under 60 min (!) and dont feel worse than I did before
-em
WOOHOO!! Nice run!
Good morning!!
No check in yesterday leaves tons of posts to catch up on.
This past weekend, our plan was to only eat out once. Yea, that didnt happen. We ended up eating out twice. Not only is it easier to make good choices at home but it saves tons of money. We spent $60 on dinner Saturday night. That money could have gone into the "mickey fund". Im more upset about that than I am about what I actually ate. (Which wasnt bad - I chose salmon and veggies at Abuelo's - it was very tasty.)
Our plan was to get 10 miles in on Saturday. That didnt happen either.
Surprisingly, it wasnt cut short because of DP - because of me. My original Vibrams were two sizes too big and caused a pretty good size blister on the back of my right heel, about two and a half inches long and an inch wide. Ive exchanged the shoes for the proper fit. And if I didnt learn anything else, I learned blister care at last years 3 Day. So, I treated it and covered it in moleskin. Unfortunately though, I couldnt get past 3 miles. Just too ouchie. Sunday we did a serious clean out of the garage that took a couple of hours. After that was DS 10's first soccer practice of the year. DS 4 will start in a couple of weeks as well. With practice 3 nights a week and 2 games on Saturdays, meals and snacks are going to have to be really well planned. Im thinking of investing in a new crock pot to help with meal planning.
I took off yesterday and plan to go out tonight. Once again, the goal is 10.
DS4, Jaek, got a new pet this weekend. He's black and white with hair that drags the ground - a Peruvian Guinea pig. SO cute! We adopted him from a store where he had been turned in. He's super sweet and very tame. So far DS is loving him.
The plan for the week is to design and build a house for him, as the one he came in is pretty small. We figured we can make one cheaper and better than one store bought.
Weve also been planning the 3 Day team's first big fund raiser for 2011. Weve decided on a Valentine bake sale. Weve got all kinds of treats and good stuff planned. Luckily, Im not much of a sweet eater or we could have a problem.
We had guinea pigs for a few years (they belonged to DD). We also adopted them from the pet store. She had decided she wanted rats, but they didn't have the sex we wanted in stock, so we were going to wait... but they mentioned that they had a pair of GP that needed adoption (any animal that is "returned" to the store is put up for adoption instead of sale again.... not sure why). Anyhow, they turned out to be very sweet and nice. She had them both for about 4-5 years and then they died exactly a month apart. Ironically, the healthier of the two died first.... and I think the second one died of lonliness. It was VERY sad when they died, but she has moved on from that time of life (she is almost 16) and I don't miss the mess AT ALL!!
But I do miss them when I am throwing away veggie scraps! It feels so wasteful... it was great to have something to eat all that stuff!!
I hope your DS really enjoys his piggie!
Sorry about the blister... it sounds nasty!!
Off to grab some lunch before DH is done with surgery!..................P
...kind of a lot really 
This little article from sparkpeople is a good reminder that we are in charge of our attitudes.
AWESOME!
to all who need a bit of Pixie Dust today. 
I brought a salad for lunch and will stay in my office answering phones 
Completely forgot to journal it. I didn't get a chance to write that meal down until today. I haven't been putting drinks down because they just get added to the water count up top-- since that is all I have been drinking! I will go back and add it now. Thanks for the reminder.
It has been nothing but trouble since we bought it and we have reached the point where the time and effort DH has to put into fixing it every few months (and the food we have lost) is no longer worth it so he told me to figure out a new one. This time we are doing some research to be sure to find one that isn't a piece of junk. And we are going to buy the extended warranty, even though DH hates to spend the money for those.
Wow! I hope they are also giving you something for the cough. I have a friend who's husband broke a rib a few weeks ago trying not to sneeze! He didn't want to wake anyone up so was trying to hold it in and somehow ended up with a broken rib. Take it easy and listen to your body. Better to take it slow a few weeks and heal completely.
Nice work on limiting yourself. I'm not sure if I could do it.
This would be my THEY FIT happy dance! A size smaller than what I have been wearing. I really, really needed that this morning after last night.
I'm sure tomorrow I will feel better. I'll try some journaling and pep talks before bed so I can skip this funk I had today to the curb. I don't want my efforts destroyed. Sorry for just venting. I should be back on track by Friday.
CONGRATS !!!
It's crazy how weak my upper body is, it will be cool to see it get stronger as I continue to do the workout. I love that it's only 20 minutes - and that's ALL I love about it
