TEAM DONALD--Biggest Loser 11 Spring Team Challenge

[BernardandMissBianca]

Spent most of the weekend at the Hospital with DD 12 She is better now and will be back to schhool soon- Fever was way too high , no Flu, no strep, no staph, no Pneumonia, no UTI, no mono, No swollen glands or anything. Just a high (104+ )fever and felt bad.
Got some stuff into her and it's like she is a new kid. I may regret it tomorrow, but I took today off as I was exhausted!

Glad she's better. DD had that a few weeks ago, 104 fever for 4 days, it was freaky! I kept her packed in ice packs.

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Forgot to say earlier, I was able to get an appt with a podiatrist tomorrow. I thought the referral would take a lot longer then that. I really hope he can help make the pain go away.

 

[mikamah]

Forgot to say earlier, I was able to get an appt with a podiatrist tomorrow. I thought the referral would take a lot longer then that. I really hope he can help make the pain go away.

good luck tomorrow.

Spent most of the weekend at the Hospital with DD 12 She is better now and will be back to schhool soon- Fever was way too high , no Flu, no strep, no staph, no Pneumonia, no UTI, no mono, No swollen glands or anything. Just a high (104+ )fever and felt bad.

Poor dd. That must have been scary for her, and so stressful for you. Glad she is feeling better, and hope you get a good nights sleep tonight.

I am feeling a little bummed right now. I have been loving using SparkPeople for my journal but it really doesn't match up with the plan I am following. And I am finding it hard to find basic things. It is full of processed and fast foods. I put in Oatmeal today, because that is what I had for breakfast. Plain old oatmeal. Not instant, not a bar, not a cookie. I couldn't find any listing for just plain regular cooked oatmeal.

And we make a lot of recipes that are difficult to account for every ingredient and it is a pain to have to put them all in there. I am not sure what to do now. I really love the visual feedback I get from SP but I wondering if I should just make a paper journal and go that route. I started an online journal on another site that I have used in the past but after some looking around it doesn't appear to be the same place it was before so I am not sure I am going to be comfortable there.

I don't use sparkpeople, but am surprised you couldn't find simple oatmeal there. I hope there was a glitch or something today. Maybe lisa would know, she is the spark queen you know.

Team Donald won by about 15 pounds! You also won the average weight loss for the week! Over 650 pounds lost total!

Whoo hoo!!

Ugh! Did you see the most recent forecast? Maybe another foot Wed into Thurs. And I'm supposed to be going to Westborough with my boss Thursday for training. Good thing he's driving!

It was nice to meet you too I hope I didn't scare you at first. It's not every day that a stranger approaches you as you're walking into the bathroom asking you if your name is Kathy It's funny now that I think of it, I must be pretty outgoing b/c my DH was like I would never ask a stranger if it was them. I figure if it's not, well I'll probably never see them again.

I think we may go see No Strings Attached this weekend and grab dinner Saturday night. Once a month we have one of Dylan's teachers watch him. I don't mind bugging my mother on a Sunday morning/afternoon, but I don't want to hog her nights. Plus Dylan does not go to bed easy, so we usually try to get home by 7:00/7:30 when he's ready for bed.

I love commenting about people's Disney stuff when I see it.

I wasn't frightened at all. More embarrassed I didn't recognize you when you first asked, I thought I must know you but had no idea who you were.
I love commenting on peoples disney stuff, and many people bring their disney bags or wear their disney sweats in for their colonoscopies and I'll always ask. I had this 80 yo man today with a mickey mouse watch. So cute.
Thursday is looking lovely. I hope your training is postponed. Not fun to take that drive. No Strings Attached looks good. The last movie I went to without michael was The Blind Side, so it was a treat to get out sunday. It must be nice to be able to get out with dh once in a while.

One of my favorite memories is from the summer of 2000 when I was on the CP. 3 of the the girls I worked with and I went to auditions to be face characters. We were all ended up being princess rejects hence the name. We spent the rest of the day at AK and we went out for lunch at the Rainforrest Cafe. We laughed about being rejects for the rest of the summer.
I am also in denial about how much winter is left. Every time the sun comes out and the parking lots get a little slushie I start thinking maybe spring is on the way Sadly, I know that it isn't likely that we will get a real spring until at least APRIL

Love the princess reject story. I'm not envying your weather in mn. It looks painful. I keep thinking we've had enough snow and cold, and it will stop soon, but I'm still waiting. Guess that was last winter.

I've just been assigned to Team Donald, so I thought I'd stop by and introduce myself.

My name is Julie. I like to run for exercise, but I have slacked off a lot in the past year. That, coupled with my less than healthy eating habits, have resulted in some weight gain. My goal is to lose 20-25 pounds. I don't really have a timeline for reaching my goal as I don't yet know what is realistic for me.
I'm also happy that I can't get voted off the WISH version!

Hi Julie. Welcome to Team Donald. It's nice to see another new englander here too. Good luck.

I'm slipping and need a good butt kickin'. I think this AF has been so long and horrible. It had me wiped out today feeling so lethargic. I took an iron supplement with my BP pill and Niacin this morning so we will see if it helps. I am prone to a bit of mild anemia. It led me to just giving in to the lazies today. I'll try for some yoga later and get back on track with eating at dinner. Breakfast was okay I made oatmeal with walnuts, raisins and Jamaican all spice with a couple teaspoons of brown sugar it was good and I had an orange too. Lunch was just way too much lasagna and while I had the lazies I ate popcorn.

I couldn't find a butt kicking smilie, but these ones are very tough. Don't you be slipping silently away. When you have those bad days, pop back in. You have rocked these past few weeks, and you can do it again. It's tough to stick it out when you feel like your sliding, but this isn't always going to be a smooth ride, but you can do it if you just keep on trying. I'll be looking for your post tomorrow, Melissa.

I've been MIA all weekend as I felt myself coming down with something and tried to just sleep as much as possible. I have a bad sinus infection and am on antibiotics. It's been a struggle to eat today and I've slept a lot.

Glad you're on an antibioti, and I hope you feel better soon.

Good evening and hello to everyone I've missed. I'm beat. Had a very stessful, confusing day at work. We had a pipe burst in our endoscopy unit around 8am, and had a full day booked, and we had to close down out unit, and move patients and equipment to different areas of the hospital and it was very draining. I ended up in surgical day care recovering, and everyone was so great and helpful, but it was so confusing and difficult. But at the end of the day, everyone got their procedures done, and really people were great and totally understanding about the confusion.
I was supposed to go to a scout pack meeting, which are very loud, and so I was not in the mood, so I said to ds, can I bribe you not to go, and he was easily bribed with Mcdonalds for supper, and I had a crispy chicken club, which I so didn't need, but it was good. Oh well, that's done, and I really wish I hadn't eaten it, it was huge by the way. But tomorrow I will eat my healthy lunch I never got to today, and be right back on track.

Hope you all have a terrific tuesday!!

 

[mikamah]

Tuesdays qotd, inspired by princess reject!! thanks. I'll make it two parts so you can still answer.

QOTD-Tuesday 1/25/11-What is the meaning of your Disboard name? How long have you been on the disboards, how did you start coming here, and where else on the boards do you visit?


My name is boring, and old email address when i first went on line, MI= ds michael, KA- Kathy, and MAH is the first 3 letters of our last name. I came on the dis in 06 when I was planning ds's first wdw trip, and had I know I'd become addicted to wdw and the disboards, I would have chosen a more fun disney name. After that first trip, I started looking around the board at more than trip planning, and found a ww thread and joined that, and that is how I found the wish board, and the BL challenges. Pretty much, this is where I am. BL, the incredibles team, and now the princess half threads. I do credit the dis with getting me out to run and the excitement of the princess half with keeping me running through the heat and now the cold.

Have a great day.

 

[LuvBaloo]

zoesmama = hang in there! keep coming on and sharing your struggles will help. You can succeed . Feeling like you are slipping is like dropping a dish on the floor; you wouldn't throw the rest of your dishes on the floor, so don't give up

pudge - what a scary weekend with your DD at the hospital. I say its great that you still tried to eat ok under those circumstances. As pjlla has said in the past, when things are out of your control, try to control what you can. It sounds like you did just that

B&B - good luck with the podiatrist

mikamah - hope you are getting a great night's sleep after your rough day

Tuesdays qotd, inspired by princess reject!! thanks. I'll make it two parts so you can still answer.
QOTD-Tuesday 1/25/11-What is the meaning of your Disboard name? How long have you been on the disboards, how did you start coming here, and where else on the boards do you visit?

Disname is because Baloo is my favourite Disney character since I first went to the movie theatre to see Jungle Book when I was 5 or 6. Started on the disboards in 2008. DH got involved first for trip planning and then I joined in. Ended up making our Panama canal cruise extra special by getting to know Dis'ers before the cruise. I used to be more active on the boards when I could check in on coffee and lunch breaks at work. Now I'm on her less and am limited to our BL threads, the original trip thread from the PC cruise, adn the planning thread for our cruise this spring.

 

[Pixieflip]

MI= ds michael, KA- Kathy, and MAH is the first 3 letters of our last name.

Totally thought it was your child's version of saying Mickey Mouse!!

QOTD: Pixieflip, pixies are cute and little like my DD and flip because I used to be a gymnast.

Was sleeping soundly an hour ago when my DS16 came to get me. The brand new big bottle of Tide had crashed on the laundry room floor and spilled, literally, half of it everywhere. My DD12 had washed some things of her own, which I'm fine with (except it wasn't nearly a full load) but she left the Tide on top of the washer. Yep, you guessed it. I just cleaned up Lake Tide. Well, first I fell in it! Slippery stuff!! Jumped on here while I make sure the washer doesn't go into SUD mode while rinsing the towels. Actually, it seems okay, so I'm heading back to bed.

However, now I'm not tired.

But I smell clean.

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

QOTD-Tuesday 1/25/11-What is the meaning of your Disboard name? How long have you been on the disboards, how did you start coming here, and where else on the boards do you visit?

My DIS name came from 2 characters in my most favorite Disney movie, The Rescuers.
I joined in February 2005, after our first trip to the World. I discovered the DIS while researching our first trip but I just lurked until I got my bearings. The DIS can be a little intimidating at first. LOL
I mostly stick to the Creative Community because that's the forum I moderate. I peruse the Community boards for late breaking news. Those guys are faster then CNN! But I don't post much.
When we are planning a trip I'll skim the theme park strategy forum. And of course I come here to the WISH forum!!

 

[SettinSail]

I found the DIS boards in 2007 when I was planning our first cruise and just made up a "cruise-y" sounding user name!! It is so much fun to meet fellow cruisers before you sail and then again on the trip. It just adds alot to your cruise. We had 3 or 4 families on my last cruise that met on the DIS boards, planned all their excursions together, dined together and stayed together for the whole cruise and then booked another cruise together! I was motivated to start C25K by others on our cruise thread and after the cruise I discovered the WISH boards. I met MacG (Kim) on my cruise thread and she was also in the Fall Challenge and now on Team Donald! I check out the Budget Board alot too. Budgeting, thrifty living, saving money, being cheap, etc is a hobby of mine but not so easy to practice living over here

Shawn

 

[donac]

Good Tuesday Morning Team Donald. One day closer to the weekend.

Yesterday was a long day. I had classes all day, a 3 pm meeting to look through costumes and find some things they need for the local high school show and then had a 4pm meeting for teachers who have student teachers. I got home from that meeting at 5:30 and just sat on the couch until 6 when I heated up dinner. I was exhausted. Then to top it off I have been up since 3 this morning. My knee was bothering me not really too bad but enough to wake me up. I need to get a heating pad in my bedroom for nights like last night.

Dreamer24 Hope you feel better soon.

Zoesmama03 Same to you. I hate feeling tired.

dvccruiser76 I think a Disney cruise counts. Any vacation counts for me since I haven't had one in a while and I don't see one coming for this year. But any summer where it is quiet around here, even if I am home, is a great vacation.

Hi Julie welcome to team Donald

Hi Maria I was wondering how you were. Your dh is going to be running the Boston Marathon. That is impressive.

Way to go Team Donald on the weight loss. Hope the percentage is just as good.

lovetoscrap You can sit and put in the calorie count and save it and then you always have it. It is tough to start but once you put in all your go to foods it does get easier.

pudge the fish Hope your daughter feels better soon.

B&B glad you got an appointment. I have found that most podiatrist are easier to get appointments with.

Pixieflip Sorry to hear about the Tide Lake. That is something my older son would do .

Luvballo How are you doing?

Kathy Thanks for all the great questions this week.

SettinSail HI

QOTD This is my first name and the first initial of my last name. I don't remember when I started to come here.

Have to go and get ready for today. ONly today and tomorrow and then we start exams.

Have a happy and healthy day.

 

[pjlla]

Hi Everybody

I've just been assigned to Team Donald, so I thought I'd stop by and introduce myself.

My name is Julie. I like to run for exercise, but I have slacked off a lot in the past year. That, coupled with my less than healthy eating habits, have resulted in some weight gain. My goal is to lose 20-25 pounds. I don't really have a timeline for reaching my goal as I don't yet know what is realistic for me.

I'm very happy to be here and I'm looking forward to getting to know all of you. I love the Biggest Loser show and I'm looking forward to being part of WISH's Biggest Loser. I'm also happy that I can't get voted off the WISH version!

Welcome to our happy little group!! I'm sure you WILL be very happy here!

QOTD - I have never been successful on vacation, even last month in Disney. I have a vacation to the carribbean in April and it is really important to me to figure out how to be successful there. I want to plan what I will but it's an all inclusive and they don't have menus or anything or the website so I'm not sure how to plan!

I've been MIA all weekend as I felt myself coming down with something and tried to just sleep as much as possible. I have a bad sinus infection and am on antibiotics. It's been a struggle to eat today and I've slept a lot.

Feel better! I usually get about once bad sinus infection every winter... and I haven't had this year's yet and I'm hoping to keep it that way!! So don't be spreadin' your internet germs on me!!

Way to Go Donald's!!

I am feeling a little bummed right now. I have been loving using SparkPeople for my journal but it really doesn't match up with the plan I am following. And I am finding it hard to find basic things. It is full of processed and fast foods. I put in Oatmeal today, because that is what I had for breakfast. Plain old oatmeal. Not instant, not a bar, not a cookie. I couldn't find any listing for just plain regular cooked oatmeal.

Can you just take the NI from the oatmeal container and add it in yourself? I've only been on SP a few times and don't really know how the food journaling parts work. Like someone else said, ask Lisa... she truly is the SP Queen!!

Spent most of the weekend at the Hospital with DD 12 She is better now and will be back to schhool soon- Fever was way too high , no Flu, no strep, no staph, no Pneumonia, no UTI, no mono, No swollen glands or anything. Just a high (104+ )fever and felt bad.
Got some stuff into her and it's like she is a new kid. I may regret it tomorrow, but I took today off as I was exhausted!


Monday 1/24/11 QOTD- When you go on vacation, disney or anywhere, how do you handle eating? Has this become a true lifestyle and do you stay in control and not vere much from every day, or do you go all out and totally splurge and deal with what you may gain after, or are you somewhere in the middle?
it depends on where we go- at Disney I tend to splurge a tad. they have things I can eat that I normally would not buy and eat at home. other places I try and behave. I am really trying to make this a true lifestyle change.
I have a feeling this weekend was not good. I tried to eat ok.. but I didn't drink enough water and unless running around the ER and Hospital counts as exercise I just didn't have time.

Way to go TEAM DONALD!

How scary for you and your DD! Glad she is feeling better.

The bolded statement shows that you are ready to take this to the next level!

Forgot to say earlier, I was able to get an appt with a podiatrist tomorrow. I thought the referral would take a lot longer then that. I really hope he can help make the pain go away.

Good luck with the new doc. I'll be thinking of you.

Good evening and hello to everyone I've missed. I'm beat. Had a very stessful, confusing day at work. We had a pipe burst in our endoscopy unit around 8am, and had a full day booked, and we had to close down out unit, and move patients and equipment to different areas of the hospital and it was very draining. I ended up in surgical day care recovering, and everyone was so great and helpful, but it was so confusing and difficult. But at the end of the day, everyone got their procedures done, and really people were great and totally understanding about the confusion.
I was supposed to go to a scout pack meeting, which are very loud, and so I was not in the mood, so I said to ds, can I bribe you not to go, and he was easily bribed with Mcdonalds for supper, and I had a crispy chicken club, which I so didn't need, but it was good. Oh well, that's done, and I really wish I hadn't eaten it, it was huge by the way. But tomorrow I will eat my healthy lunch I never got to today, and be right back on track.

Hope you all have a terrific tuesday!!

Sorry that the day was long and stressful. Sorry you gave in to the "cry of the crispy chicken club".... Like you said... you are moving on and will be right back on track.

QOTD-Tuesday 1/25/11-What is the meaning of your Disboard name? How long have you been on the disboards, how did you start coming here, and where else on the boards do you visit?
Have a great day.

I totally would have picked a more exciting name all those years ago! I could just bite the bullet and pick a new name I suppose. Anyhow, it is just all of our first initials plus our last intial (I need a boring, yawning smilie).

I originally, of course, was on here trip planning so I visited the Theme Park boards, hotel boards, etc. But of course, I was totally sucked in by all of the Disney loving going on here!

For a long time I would just visit the Budget Board and the Community Board... but things got UGLY over on the CB too often for me, so I no longer visit there. And well..... the BB was costing me money!! Everyone is always posting about their great "deals" so I was buying stuff I didn't really need!! That said, I did get a few GREAT bargains, thanks to the folks over there.

Now my first (and sometimes only) visit is here to the WISH board with a follow up visit to the Scrapbooking board if time allows. That's about it, unless I am trip planning or trip dreaming!

However, now I'm not tired.

But I smell clean.

I can SO see my DD doing something like that.... except that would involve her actually DOING LAUNDRY!1

Well... no time left to chat. I was nearly done here and my left hand nudged a key on the keyboard (ESC or Tab???) as I was reaching for my coffee and I deleted about half of my replies. I'm not NEARLY so witty on my second go around!

I've gotta dress quickly and get DS up and moving. DD is already at swim and I will pick her up after I drop off DS at the bus stop. Then I will drive back into town for Bible Study. Then a quick stop for groceries and then home again quickly because the kids have an early release day. Maybe a few hours to fold laundry, make dinner and perhaps a few minutes of scrapping before I'm off to drive DD to swim.

Talk to you all later.................P

 

[tigger813]

Pam- Did you send in your weigh in?

I've decided not to take my laptop in this morning. I've got too many other things to carry with me this morning. So, if by chance anyone forgot to send in their weigh in, you can send them in before 3 this afternoon. I won't be back on the laptop until then!

TTFN

 

[roydavid7771]

Morning everyone,

Trying to get back into the swing of things. It's tough as hell to stay on a consistent schedule with all of the snow wreaking havoc on my days. The weekend was especially rough as two of my cousins came down to take a road trip to Atlantic City over the weekend. Ate like crap, but I made sure to limit my intake in order to minimize the damage.

That's it for now, off to do rounds around my building. Have a great day everyone!

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Morning everyone!!!

Trying to defrost my feet so I can go walk the treadmill. I am so sick and tired of the snow but at least I get a good workout shoveling.

Looks like we might not have school again tomorrow or Thursday.

OK OK I hear Donald quacking in my ear, I'm gonna go hit the treadmill before my dr appt. I have an hour before I have to leave.

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning TEAM DONALD!

dvcruiser76, so funny that you recognized Kathy when you were out and about! Glad that you to two finally had a chance to meet!

Buffy, good luck at the podiatrist today!

princess reject, that is a great story about your user name!

Shawn, I totally agree that you need a cocktail or two every night on vacation!

laughinplace! Always enjoy hearing the Ohana cousins chatter!

Zoesmama03, hang in there!

Dreamer24, hope that you are feeling better soon!

Hey Cousin!

I'm not posting much, but wanted to say Howdy I think you will fit right in on Team Donald! Dennis is at a Boston Marathon training workshop tonight...I ran 4M this morning, but now I feel like such a slacker

Maria

Note to the Non-Team Ohana folk -- Julie is not actually my cousin, that's just what we call each other on the Team!

Wow! Your DH is doing the Boston Marathon!

Thanks for clarifying the Ohana thing because for a long time I thought that you and Corinna were really cousins!

Way to Go Donald's!!

I am feeling a little bummed right now. I have been loving using SparkPeople for my journal but it really doesn't match up with the plan I am following. And I am finding it hard to find basic things. It is full of processed and fast foods. I put in Oatmeal today, because that is what I had for breakfast. Plain old oatmeal. Not instant, not a bar, not a cookie. I couldn't find any listing for just plain regular cooked oatmeal.

And we make a lot of recipes that are difficult to account for every ingredient and it is a pain to have to put them all in there. I am not sure what to do now. I really love the visual feedback I get from SP but I wondering if I should just make a paper journal and go that route. I started an online journal on another site that I have used in the past but after some looking around it doesn't appear to be the same place it was before so I am not sure I am going to be comfortable there.

LTS, I did find a Quaker's Old Fashioned Oatmeal on the sparkpeople site. Sometimes they don't index in a way that you would expect. There is also a button to search other members entries but use caution with those because sometimes they are just plain wrong.

I'm using WW now for my tracking and am having to do the same thing building up the items I use the most. It takes some time but then as you go along it gets easier.

It's really figuring out what works best for you -- sometimes the old fashioned paper is just as good as the fancy computer stuff!

pudgethefish so glad to hear that your DD is feeling better. Those weird viruses are scary!

Ran out of time so will be back later for more replies and the QOTD.

 

[mom2knk]

Sunday 1/23/11 QOTD- If you have one day all to yourself, no commitments, no kids or spouses, just total time for you, where would you go and what would you do?

Taking this a step farther, assuming that money is not a issue I'd check into a local hotel with an indoor pool and whirlpool. I'd start by sleeping in, then get up and head to the pools. I'd spend the day there, switching between lap swimming (cuz I'd have the whole place to myself in this dream, right?) and soaking in the whirlpool with a good book!

Monday 1/24/11 QOTD- When you go on vacation, disney or anywhere, how do you handle eating? Has this become a true lifestyle and do you stay in control and not vere much from every day, or do you go all out and totally splurge and deal with what you may gain after, or are you somewhere in the middle?

I'd have to say that while I try to remain in control, I don't worry about what I eat as much while on vacation. Especially at WDW, where I walk so much each day, I don't beat myself up about eating what sounds good and enjoying a treat or two. In fact, our two family vacations there I actually lost a couple pounds without watching my food intake too much - but then again, we are "commando" style tourists (early morning until late at night), so there is plenty of exercise involved!

QOTD-Tuesday 1/25/11-What is the meaning of your Disboard name? How long have you been on the disboards, how did you start coming here, and where else on the boards do you visit?

My name references my two DD, Kelly and Katie, and like many of you have said, had I known I was gonna keep hanging out on the boards, I might have found something with more of a Disney theme. But maybe not, because my girls are my world!
I started here in 2008, when we were planning our "one and only, once in a lifetime" trip, so I spent a lot of time on the planning and strategies boards and I returned there when planning again last year. Since joining team Donald I found the WISH boards, but I'd have to say I spend the most time on the podcast board (mostly as a lurker, but I'm trying!). I love listening to the podcasts and the board seems to be a natural place to follow up on them.


It's interesting to see how many of us either have in the past or are currently dealing with plantar fasciitis. I'm lucky that mine is mostly better (with the usual flare-ups, of course!), but when I first dealt with it, it was in both feet and I suffered for a year before going to a doctor! When I finally went, I got injections in both feet and remember walking out to my car thinking that I truly couldn't remember the last time I had walked without excruciating pain. Needless to say, that time was the beginning of my battles with my weight. I was a pretty regular walker before my problems started and that came to a screeching halt. As I said, I'm lucky. The injections helped initially and then orthotics, proper shoes, and stretching exercises have helped keep it at bay for me. My heart goes out to all of you still in the middle of the pain!

Congrats to all Donalds on another great week! At least this time, I feel I helped contribute! (finally had a loss - 3 lbs!)

 

[lovetoscrap]

Good Morning!

I have met the enemy, and her name is Jillian. . . .
Biggest problem that I had was that she has no idea how long it takes fat people to get up and down off the floor! She would be half way through the next thing before I had hoisted myself up. And I am not actually sure that I have any of the lower abs she talked about-- the one where put your legs up and lift your butt? I tried. I squeezed and strained and pushed but my tush never left the floor.

I may need to check out the biggest loser TV show because I am no really interested to see how larger (and out of shape) people do some of those things. They look so easy on the healthy chicks but I couldn't figure out if I was doing some of them right.

I wasn't able to do a lot of it but at least. . .I did something. And I have a feeling that I have done enough that I will really be hatin' her tomorrow! (when I do it again)

Forgot to say earlier, I was able to get an appt with a podiatrist tomorrow. I thought the referral would take a lot longer then that. I really hope he can help make the pain go away.

Let us know how it goes.

I couldn't find a butt kicking smilie, but these ones are very tough.
! !

I usually use this one: It is about the best we can do here.

Spent most of the weekend at the Hospital with DD 12 She is better now and will be back to schhool soon- Fever was way too high , no Flu, no strep, no staph, no Pneumonia, no UTI, no mono, No swollen glands or anything. Just a high (104+ )fever and felt bad.
Got some stuff into her and it's like she is a new kid. I may regret it tomorrow, but I took today off as I was exhausted!

I have a feeling this weekend was not good. I tried to eat ok.. but I didn't drink enough water and unless running around the ER and Hospital counts as exercise I just didn't have time.

It is so hard when our kids are sick. Glad to hear she is feeling better. It is sometimes amazing how quick they bounce back too. I think you deserve that bubble bath now. And running around a Hospital should count as exercise-- any moving is better than none.

QOTD-Tuesday 1/25/11-What is the meaning of your Disboard name? How long have you been on the disboards, how did you start coming here, and where else on the boards do you visit? .

Well there goes the first two questions I had written down for my week to coach!

The meaning of my name is pretty self explanatory as long as you don't read it wrong. I was on several scrapbooking forums (can't even remember which ones) before I came here to plan our first trip in 2003, so I just used the name from those. I was on the trip planning boards only back then-- Resorts, Restaurants and TPAS mostly. I became a regular around 2006 and ventured on to the CB. I had been terrified of it before but was more comfortable and had made DIS friends so that helped.

It wasn't until I became a regular that I found out so many people were misreading my name. but by then I had a good established post count and a bit of a reputation . That is part of the reason that I mostly just go with LTS now and it keeps others from mistyping it! I have embraced my crappyness and since I love to make people laugh it doesn't bother me at all. I think at one point I was voted the most often misread name on the boards!

I spend a lot of time on the Welcome Board that I moderate, and on the Community Board when I need some mindless fun. I was on the WISH Boards a few years ago but it was really slow back then and there just weren't many people hanging out. It is great to see how much it is used now and what a great group of people are here. I lurk sometimes on the Planning boards: disABILITIES, Budget, Family and Tips. But as someone said the Budget board just makes me spend money. And I pop in to read on the Scrapbooking board too but again, I just end up spending money-- they can find some great deals there!

Can you just take the NI from the oatmeal container and add it in yourself? I've only been on SP a few times and don't really know how the food journaling parts work. Like someone else said, ask Lisa... she truly is the SP Queen!!

LTS, I did find a Quaker's Old Fashioned Oatmeal on the sparkpeople site. Sometimes they don't index in a way that you would expect. There is also a button to search other members entries but use caution with those because sometimes they are just plain wrong. .

Thanks. I must have overlooked it. I swear I looked through the regular database and the member entered stuff twice and didn't see it. There is just so much premade processed junk on there it is hard to wade through it to get to just the basics sometimes. And it brings stuff up in such a weird way that I get frustrated.

I know that I can go ahead and enter stuff myself it is just a lot of work I am not sure I want to do, since South Beach doesn't even involve tracking actual numbers. I don't know, I will have to think about what I want to do.

Okay, better get going. It is getting hard to hold my arms up to keep typing. And I need to walk to the freezer and take chicken out for dinner before my thighs decide they aren't moving again today!

 

[Zoesmama03]

I'm still hanging on. I'm working on a motivational vision collage today as well as decluttering my bedroom. I came across this article someone shared on a Team thread on Sparkpeople about ways to boost energy.
http://www.beliefnet.com/Health/Hea...NL&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_term=charter.net

It is surely interesting.

Thanks for the encouragements. I'll be back this afternoon. I will have done my workout and motivation vision collage.

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

I had to postpone my appt until Monday. The roads are getting really bad and I think they might cancel school. I don't want to be an hour away if they do.

 

[lisah0711]

QOTD-Tuesday 1/25/11-What is the meaning of your Disboard name? How long have you been on the disboards, how did you start coming here, and where else on the boards do you visit?

My name is based on my real name and birthday -- not too creative, I know. If I would have known back in 2005 how much I would be on here I would have thought of something more creative -- like my username on sparkpeople -- 1313harbor -- the address of Disneyland. But alas way too late for that now.

I spend most of my time on the WISH boards now. I will go to the DL boards when I am going to DL and spend time on the DVC boards -- but they make me think I need more points!

LuvBaloo, it won't be long now until your cruise!

pixieflip, glad that you survived the great Tide flood!

dona, hope the weather doesn't interfere with finals!

Pamela, enjoy your busy day!

Team Donald is ahead in the weigh in results so help us keep our lead if you haven't sent Tracey your info already -- the Mickeys are scrambling!

roydavid7771, don't beat yourself up if you have a bad day -- just get back on track as soon as you can!

OK OK I hear Donald quacking in my ear, I'm gonna go hit the treadmill before my dr appt. I have an hour before I have to leave.

Go, Buffy, Go! Let us know what the doc says.

It's interesting to see how many of us either have in the past or are currently dealing with plantar fasciitis. I'm lucky that mine is mostly better (with the usual flare-ups, of course!), but when I first dealt with it, it was in both feet and I suffered for a year before going to a doctor! When I finally went, I got injections in both feet and remember walking out to my car thinking that I truly couldn't remember the last time I had walked without excruciating pain. Needless to say, that time was the beginning of my battles with my weight. I was a pretty regular walker before my problems started and that came to a screeching halt. As I said, I'm lucky. The injections helped initially and then orthotics, proper shoes, and stretching exercises have helped keep it at bay for me. My heart goes out to all of you still in the middle of the pain!

Congrats to all Donalds on another great week! At least this time, I feel I helped contribute! (finally had a loss - 3 lbs!)

Woo hoo on the loss! And PF is the pits. I suffered with PF way too long too because I thought it was all my fault because of my weight. It actually made it worse because my heel spur developed into a heel "spoon" it is so big, which might not have happened if I would have sought help sooner. I can keep my PF in line with orthotics, stretching and wearing shoes! Personally I would rather have a baby without an epidural again than have another cortisone shot -- but that is just me.

I have met the enemy, and her name is Jillian. . . . Biggest problem that I had was that she has no idea how long it takes fat people to get up and down off the floor! She would be half way through the next thing before I had hoisted myself up. And I am not actually sure that I have any of the lower abs she talked about-- the one where put your legs up and lift your butt? I tried. I squeezed and strained and pushed but my tush never left the floor.

You can totally adapt the Shred to your level. When I first started doing the Shred, I did wall push ups, I modified the jumping jacks and do the sit ups on the ottoman so it is easier to move faster. I still saw results and felt stronger. Better to adapt and start slowly and avoid injury. And you are obviously enjoying success now -- look at that ticker! Baby steps will get you there, too.

Have a great day Donalds!

 

[phorsenuf]

Hello fellow Donalds. I know I haven't been around too much but I have been reading. I know I need to come around more often but it's hard to keep up and I feel like I'm so behind already.
Still plugging along and I am down 6 pounds so that's cool. Really need to get off my butt and exercise more though. just have no motivation.
I have a lot on my mind and things I'm trying to deal with on top of trying to figure out my whole business thing. I feel like I'm drowning sometimes.