TEAM DONALD--Biggest Loser 11 Spring Team Challenge

[Zoesmama03]

I'm feeling the leg burn from yesterday's workouts. Today I'm planning to do Walk Away the Pounds 3 mile dvd its 45 minutes. I'm at 710 our of my goal of 750 minutes this month. I can go over that with the 45 minutes plus my 10 minute brisk walk to the bus stop for dd and back. I'm so excited to be reaching my exercise goals.
I'm really working on that self discipline in that area. When its a regular habit I can work on fine tuning what I eat and my calorie counts. I've kinda fell off tracking so I gotta get back to it. I'm challenged to watch the fitness bar on SP go up as I add minutes and calories burned. I like to watch it reach towards the 2000 calories burned goal they have it set to for my loss in time report.

Hopefully the 45 minutes will be a good last chance workout for me. I may do some yoga too later this evening. But I know yoga is going to build more muscle which is great but may mess with my scale numbers. I know its been scary. I've stepped on and it was up then down and yesterday was pretty close to where I was last Friday. So anxious to see what tomorrow will bring. I can't wait to measure too. I think I have an inch or so gone on hips.

After watching week 4 of BL I'm kinda thinking about something. They showed the unknowns board with the calories and I was appalled. I know they are monitored but 1025 or whatever it was just seems outrageously low for the amount of exercise they do. How can that little calories feed the muscle they are gaining? I suppose now between realizing they do a ton of exercise and eat that low I can see how they get such high numbers but is it all fat loss is what I'm wondering. I know some do get quite a bit of muscle but like last season that one guy got pretty buffed up but that was at home when he probably ate a little more than he did on the ranch.

 

[lisah0711]

Thursday QOTD 1/27/11--What are the warning signs for you that you are maybe starting to lose your way on this healthy journey? Is is eating more? Not journaling your food? Skipping workouts? And the more important part of this.... HOW DO YOU GET BACK ON TRACK?

I need this today. It's almost 4 weeks we've been at this challenge, and until this week, I was really good, but this week, I ate at mcd's, I bought some salty junk food at the grocery yesterday, and ate it last night, and didn't journal all my food yesterday which is the first day since jan 1 that I missed. I am feeling in a bit of a funk today, and I need to get out of it. So right now, I am re-committing to journalling every bite before I take it, and will get out and shovel, and then do 30 min wii fit today. I did get my long run/walk in tuesday so that is something. The plusses, i did buy a bunch more vegies and fruit yesterday too, and I will make some roasted vegies tonight with dinner.

Let's make this day count. Get that water in, move those bones, and eat those fruits and vegies.! WE CAN DO THIS!!!!!

Sorry about the funk. Don't give up! And fake it if you have to!

You're not the only one feeling that way -- here is an email I received from my gym today:

There's often that dreaded point when you are trying to create healthy habits and you start to slack off. To avoid facing defeat, read this week's tip.

Healthy Lifestyle Tip

Diet Mistakes Can Influence Weight
imple diet mistakes can derail your best efforts to fit back into that favorite pair of jeans. If the scale seems stuck, there's a chance you could be making one of these nine common weight loss blunders.

Relying on Crash Diets
Determined to lose 5 pounds as fast as possible, you turn to a crash diet. Perhaps your plan calls for nothing but grapefruit or cabbage soup each day. You slash your daily calories to fewer than 1,000 and sure enough, the pounds disappear. However, when you eat so few calories, you train your metabolism to slow down. Once the diet is over, you have a body that burns calories more slowly and gains weight more quickly than ever before!

Skipping Breakfast
Skipping breakfast seems like a simple way to cut calories, but the result can be insatiable hunger the rest of the day. This may lead to unplanned snacking at the office or eating a super-size portion at lunch, making calorie counts soar. However, a breakfast high in protein and fiber can reduce hunger throughout the day. In fact, studies show people who eat breakfast every morning are more likely to maintain a healthy weight.

Losing Track of Your Snacks
Maybe you count calories meticulously at every meal, but what about all those nibbles between meals? There's the bag of chips at your desk, the little slice of cake at the office party, or a quick ice cream. All of this mindless snacking adds up and could sabotage an otherwise well-planned diet. If you're serious about counting calories, you may want to use a notebook or a web based application to keep track of each bite.

Not Snacking at All
While mindless snacking can increase the size of your waistline, thoughtful snacking can do just the opposite. People who eat several small meals and snacks a day are more likely to control hunger and lose weight. Snacking helps keep your metabolism in high gear, especially if the snacks are protein-rich. Nuts are a good high-protein choice and research suggests people who snack on nuts tend to be slimmer than those who don't.

Loading Up on Low-Fat
Low-fat products can play an important role in your diet. Just remember that low fat isn't the same as low-calorie and it's not a license to take second and third helpings. If you pile your plate with low-fat cake, you may end up eating more calories than if you had a smaller slice of regular cake. The best way to know how much fat, sugar, and calories you're getting is to check the nutritional label.

Sipping Too Many Calories
When counting calories, many of us tend to overlook what's in our drinks. This is a big mistake when you consider that some fancy coffees and alcoholic beverages have more than 500 calories. Even the calories in fruit juice and soft drinks can add up quickly. What's worse is that liquid calories don't curb hunger. You're not going to eat any less after a high-calorie drink.

Drinking Too Little Water
This is one of the simplest diet blunders to fix. Water is essential for burning calories. If you let yourself get dehydrated, your metabolism drags – and that means slower weight loss. Research suggests adults who drink eight or more glasses of water per day burn more calories than those who drink less, so try adding a glass of water to every meal and snack

Setting Unrealistic Goals
Telling yourself you'll lose 5 pounds during your first week of dieting is probably setting yourself up for failure. If you know you won't be able to do it, you may never start your diet in the first place. If you do diet and lose 2 or 3 pounds in a week, instead of celebrating, you may feel discouraged that you didn't reach your goal. A realistic goal is vital to successful dieting.

Avoiding Exercise
When you don't exercise, you place the entire burden of weight loss on your diet. If you become more active, you can eat more of the things you like – and still lose weight. The key is finding an exercise you enjoy.
Source: webmd.com(Notice it was not sparkpeople! )

I definitely need to get back on the exercise wagon. With tax season ready to start I'm just not motivated. I'm hoping to get organized today at work and get a lot done, so maybe that'll motivate me at home too.

My trouble is that I have about 5 pounds to go and almost 4 months to do it in, so I'm not pressuring myself enough. I'm hoping Sears has their summer swimsuits out soon. That always gets me in workout mode, because I'm just never happy trying on a two piece

Enjoy getting all organized today, Sue! Would it be easier for you to maintain and then hit the loss again after April 15th? Or do you just want to get the loss over with and maintain? It's going to be a busy, hectic time for you -- there's nothing wrong with slow and steady.

Have to get some things done today so not much time. I am going to skip my exercise today-- I am so sore I can barely move. Yeah, I'm a wimp! But I am going to go shopping and will walk the entire time if it kills me, instead of using my scooter.

A day off is a great idea, LTS. You actually need to rest for your body to change and recover from exercise. When your body rests and repairs, the cells get stronger so you are ready for the next round!

And a big for you with your foot problems. Here's some that they improve for you!

What is the Healthy Habits Challenge? Just joined the team this week...is it somewhere in this thread? I haven't read through all the posts.

If you keep an eye on those first few posts of the thread you will find the general information for the challenge as well as links to the current challenges and results.

After watching week 4 of BL I'm kinda thinking about something. They showed the unknowns board with the calories and I was appalled. I know they are monitored but 1025 or whatever it was just seems outrageously low for the amount of exercise they do. How can that little calories feed the muscle they are gaining? I suppose now between realizing they do a ton of exercise and eat that low I can see how they get such high numbers but is it all fat loss is what I'm wondering. I know some do get quite a bit of muscle but like last season that one guy got pretty buffed up but that was at home when he probably ate a little more than he did on the ranch.

There is a very interesting article in Runner's World this month about Biggest Loser and how they do things -- it is based on Season 10. They have an incredible amount of medical supervision so the calorie thing may be based on that. I thought that they did 1200 calories a day on the Ranch. If they mix things up from time to time that 1027 might have been a low day.

After being in the local Biggest Loser challenge at the gym I have accepted that I would never cut it for a BL losing style -- just too exhausting not to mention so totally unlike a real lifestyle. Sure it's taking me forever to reach my goals but it's not a race!

You're doing great with all of your eating and exercise -- you can do this!

Today was my WI for WW so I just used it for the challenge -- down another 1.5 for a total of 7.5 for the challenge. And now I'm back to where I ended the last challenge in December -- will try not to see those pounds again -- losing them twice is enough. I was down a couple of inches too!

Have a great day Donalds!

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Oh, my. That must have been a shocker. I'm sure she was sent to you to help even out all the testosterone in your home.


looks like you got slammed again. The treadmill is so not fun. I wish snow shoes weren't so expensive, though they would have been worth it this year. Hey, maybe if I go out and buy some, we won't get any more snow this year.

Oh yeah, she was a surprise all right! We had decided no more because the odds of having another boy were to great. Don't get me wrong, I love my boys but 3 was good.
DS10 put a sister on the Christmas list and the rest is history.

DD made sure we won't have anymore though. LOL I'm still recovering and she's almost 5. That is part of the problem with not getting the weight off, I just don't have the energy.

Thursday QOTD 1/27/11--What are the warning signs for you that you are maybe starting to lose your way on this healthy journey? Is is eating more? Not journaling your food? Skipping workouts? And the more important part of this.... HOW DO YOU GET BACK ON TRACK?


I need this today. I'm losing my way. I know a huge portion of it is the fact that the weather is just so depressing. And the kids have been home so much the house is a mess, and we are shut in. And DH isn't home for me to vent to or help. The other day he was home and cleaned off one section of counter while I did dinner. It doesn't sound like much but when I have to stop doing something to tend to the kids the world stops and they destroy any progress I've made.
I've done all of the above. I haven't journaled in 4 days. I've been eating because
1) I'm not on a schedule, I'm at the mercy of the weather and the schools
2) I'm stressed and I want to eat in peace so I'm waiting til the kids are in bed
3) I've been skipping meals so when the next meal comes around I've been pigging out
4) we've run out of good for you food, cause the kids ate it all. But I haven't had time or money to get to the store. I've had 2 kids home sick all week, and then the stupid snow days/early dismissals/delays

I've only skipped one work out and that was yesterday. I have a pretty bad pity party yesterday. I'm trying to not have it today though. I'm angry, pertty angry over the weather but I'm going to try to take that frustration out on the treadmill. I would box but the kids are on the XBOX and the Wii is hooked up the same TV. It's fine though, the XBOX will entertain them for a bit.

So here is what I think is probably the weirdest weight loss victory I have ever heard. I can sleep on my side now! The last year or so anytime I tried to sleep on my side the pressure on my hips was so bad it felt like I was beaten with a bat, they would hurt. I would have thought the extra padding would cushion that but apparently the excess pressure was too much. I haven't been having any pain when I lie on my side this week! And it only took about 10 pounds to make that much of a difference.

WOOHOO!!! That's awesome! I don't know what I would do if I couldn't sleep on my side.

 

[mikamah]

Hi Kathy,
Another snow day? Are you off today too, so you can play? It almost looks like they went around town yesterday and cut back the snow. My mother said they've always done it years past, but may have been trying to save money this year. Guess with today's forecast they had no choice. My training got moved to next Thursday, so hopefully we won't have another storm next week.

I think they did try to plow deeper last night, by the huge pile at the end of my driveway. I just finished my 90 minute shovelling workout, and my arms feel it. I remember someone posted some great calorie burn numbers the other day for shovelling.
Glad your training was cancelled for today. Do you or dh stay home with Dylan, or do you take turns? I am so done with the snow. Yesterday I took today off because it was quiet at work, so I figured that might backfire on me and there would be scool today, so I should be happy with a snow day, but I'm not feeling it. Yay, you're weekend starts tomorrow!!

Did Team Mickey or Team Donald win this past week???

The biggest loser was on team Mickey, but i think donald as a group lost more weight, but don't quote me on that. Team Mickey won the Healthy habits challenge with 3 more players than us.

Everyone here has a snow day Ds got cancelled at 8 last night, I got cancelled at 11:30 last night (they had first called for a delay) and dh got his cancel phone call at 5:30 this morning. He had also gotten a call for a delay last night.

Yay for a snow day!! And knowing the night before. I got the call at 5:10, so when michael got up I saw him run to see how much snow there was and turn on the news. I said check the messages. I remember loving a snow day.

So here is what I think is probably the weirdest weight loss victory I have ever heard. I can sleep on my side now! The last year or so anytime I tried to sleep on my side the pressure on my hips was so bad it felt like I was beaten with a bat, they would hurt. I would have thought the extra padding would cushion that but apparently the excess pressure was too much. I haven't been having any pain when I lie on my side this week! And it only took about 10 pounds to make that much of a difference.

Yay for non scale victories!! Thanks for the info for changing my colors. I'm looking forward to doing that. Like I need to waste more time here.

Go to the main BL thread for all the details! Here's the link for that main thread:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2615744

Click on the links for all the details. It is the 5th comment where you will find the links!

Thanks Tracey. How did you survive the latest snow? Snow day for you too?

What is the Healthy Habits Challenge? Just joined the team this week...is it somewhere in this thread? I haven't read through all the posts.

LTS and tracey gave you the link above, and just ask if you have any questions. Healthy Habits challenge is really helpful, especially on those rough days, it's a nice reminder to make some good choices.

I'm feeling the leg burn from yesterday's workouts. Today I'm planning to do Walk Away the Pounds 3 mile dvd its 45 minutes. I'm at 710 our of my goal of 750 minutes this month. I can go over that with the 45 minutes plus my 10 minute brisk walk to the bus stop for dd and back. I'm so excited to be reaching my exercise goals.

Nice work on the exercise!! Can you imagine working out as hard as those bl contestants, and not being able to eat. I'm so hungry after a long workout. I can't imagine leaving ds and going off to the bl campus either, so i don't think reality tv is for me.

Sorry about the funk. Don't give up! And fake it if you have to!

Source: webmd.com[/COLOR](Notice it was not sparkpeople! )

Today was my WI for WW so I just used it for the challenge -- down another 1.5 for a total of 7.5 for the challenge. And now I'm back to where I ended the last challenge in December -- will try not to see those pounds again -- losing them twice is enough. I was down a couple of inches too!

Thanks Lisa. Better now, and going to make some egg salad for lunch. Thanks for the tips. Great reminders of the little things that can make and break us. Sooooo, does Mr. Sparkpeople know you're cheating on him, with a doctor, no less.
Congrats on 7.5 pounds gone in less than a month!!! That is fabulous. Great that you got right back on and lost them right away. I'm trying to think of how many times I have lost these same pounds I'm losing again. It's been at least 4-5. But this time is doing to be the LAST TIME!!!!! I swear!!!!

DS10 put a sister on the Christmas list and the rest is history.

I need this today. I'm losing my way. I know a huge portion of it is the fact that the weather is just so depressing. And the kids have been home so much the house is a mess, and we are shut in. And DH isn't home for me to vent to or help. The other day he was home and cleaned off one section of counter while I did dinner. It doesn't sound like much but when I have to stop doing something to tend to the kids the world stops and they destroy any progress I've made.
I've done all of the above. I haven't journaled in 4 days. I've been eating because
1) I'm not on a schedule, I'm at the mercy of the weather and the schools
2) I'm stressed and I want to eat in peace so I'm waiting til the kids are in bed
3) I've been skipping meals so when the next meal comes around I've been pigging out
4) we've run out of good for you food, cause the kids ate it all. But I haven't had time or money to get to the store. I've had 2 kids home sick all week, and then the stupid snow days/early dismissals/delays

I've only skipped one work out and that was yesterday. I have a pretty bad pity party yesterday. I'm trying to not have it today though. I'm angry, pertty angry over the weather but I'm going to try to take that frustration out on the treadmill. I would box but the kids are on the XBOX and the Wii is hooked up the same TV.

Too cute, ds asked for a sister for christmas, and santa came through.
It's been a rough month weather wise, and it stinks not be be able to get out and these snow days definitely throws a kink in routine. We can do this. Lets make a commitment to journalling this week. I know for me, that makes a big difference. One day at a time, one habit at a time. Get that cute little journal out that you made, and start right again right now.

 

[tigger813]

Lisa- You win for the first weigh in this week!

Please don't forget to include your TEAM name in the title of you message to me! I think I'm getting the hang of this now. If you don't include your team name you will get a PM back from me reminding you with an angry face! It just saves me time as I record the weights from my email and not from my DIS inbox so I don't see your team LOGO on my email!! And we have a few new people this week as well!

Time to get drinking my water! I've had one big one today with my aloe and a soda. I always drink a bottle when I do the EASA2 as they give you quick breaks for a few sips. I feel that is helping me get through them better. Gotta get up early tomorrow no matter what to get in my workout before my weigh in.

TTFN

 

[tigger813]

Kathy- Yup another snow day here! 10"! I couldn't believe it when I looked outside. I went back to bed for a little over an hour. I get the text message from CH 7 to tell me about school at 5. Our call from the town doesn't come until after 6 which I feel is late compared to when we used to get it! I took care of the deck and then cleared off the cars. Brian had done the snowblowing and the kids were having a blast playing in the snow. I took some pictures of them for my parents so they could see how high the piles are. They are half way up to the street sign! Hoping this will do it for awhile!!!!

Gotta help Ash finish her homework so she can read while I am on the elliptical. Izzie is playing her DSi!

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Too cute, ds asked for a sister for christmas, and santa came through.
It's been a rough month weather wise, and it stinks not be be able to get out and these snow days definitely throws a kink in routine. We can do this. Lets make a commitment to journalling this week. I know for me, that makes a big difference. One day at a time, one habit at a time. Get that cute little journal out that you made, and start right again right now.

thanks for the pep talk Kathy!!! I'm going to have to journal because working out will not happen. I have pinched a nerve in my neck but can't get out of the driveway to get to the chiro. I've got heat on it now, and will switch to ice next.

 

[ChrisinNJ]

t I have pinched a nerve in my neck but can't get out of the driveway to get to the chiro. I've got heat on it now, and will switch to ice next.

Ouch! Neck and back pain are the worst. Feel Better!

 

[mom2knk]

Catching up again...

Favorite healthy snacks are apples, celery, nuts, or popcorn. If only they'd come up with a way to make healthy M&Ms, I'd be in great shape!!!

Today's QOTD came at a great time as I, too, find myself losing my way a little bit! I skipped three days of journaling (though I did start up again today before I saw this), and I've been exercising a little less and snacking a little more. My plan is to get back on track - fast! As I said, the recording of food is back on and mother nature made sure I got my cardio in today (Hate shoveling, but LOVE the calorie burn that comes with it!). We didn't get nearly as much as you poor folks on the east coast, but enough to keep me outside for two hours total today (we take care of our 96 year old neighbor's driveway, sidewalk, and patio in addition to our own).

Everyone stay safe in the crazy weather! Spring has to get here eventually, right???

 

[SettinSail]

Hello Donalds! I had a good day today. I slept in this morning and let DH take care of getting DS out the door and I loved it! Was up by 8:30 so didn't waste too much of the day in bed. I have an appt with the dentist to look at my broken tooth at 9 tomorrow morning. I'm always stressed to go somewhere new here. Without a car, I have to figure out which train to ride, what stop to get off, which direction to go once you get off the train, etc. And I am dreading the actual dental work itself. I figured out its the very back tooth so it will be difficult work. Went shopping downtown with my friend today and bought some girl scout cookies from her daughter's troop Our family loves the Samoas...

My first was to the MK in 1980 on a senior class trip.

class of 1980! I'm from class of 1979

Thursday QOTD 1/27/11--What are the warning signs for you that you are maybe starting to lose your way on this healthy journey? Is is eating more? Not journaling your food? Skipping workouts? And the more important part of this.... HOW DO YOU GET BACK ON TRACK?

This is a great question and I can't wait to hear more responses. My biggest warning sign is if I miss a daily weigh-in. I've been weighing myself daily for about 3-4 years. At first, I was determined not to GAIN any weight and then on my last birthday I decided to slowly try and see if I could actually LOSE weight! I figured I would lose 50 pounds in a year, well that's not going to happen as my next birthday is next month and I've only lost 24 so far! Seeing the number on the scale is usually enough to get me back on track BUT sometimes I need a kick in the butt to get going again when the number gets stuck. I usually post about it here, get some encouragement and feel motivated to really work harder.

Awesome! Any thoughts on what you might do while you're there?

DH & DS have never been so we'll hit all the major tourist attractions. In my mind I've worked out the following schedule so far:

Friday
8:30 arrival at CDG, take Roisey bus to Paris (I've never done this before but it looks easy in the Rick Steves book and it's only 8.50 euros)

10:00 arrive at hotel, check in or just stow luggage

10:30 Eiffel Tower (10 min walk from our hotel) pictures and climb to top

12:00 lunch in Trocadero area

1:30 tour Les invalides (DS really wants to see Napoleon's tomb and the war museum)

3:30 tour Orsay

6:00 back to hotel to check-in/freshen up

7:00 Dinner Rue Cler area

That's as far as I've gotten. I know they want to see the Louvre and Champs E'lysses too and Rick Steves really recommends taking a night time tour to see the lights. I would love to see Versailles but I don't think we'll have time. We leave Sunday at 4:00. I'm happy to hear any suggestions!

So here is what I think is probably the weirdest weight loss victory I have ever heard. I can sleep on my side now! The last year or so anytime I tried to sleep on my side the pressure on my hips was so bad it felt like I was beaten with a bat, they would hurt. I would have thought the extra padding would cushion that but apparently the excess pressure was too much. I haven't been having any pain when I lie on my side this week! And it only took about 10 pounds to make that much of a difference.

That's great!!! I notice with my weight loss it's easier to turn over in bed. It used to feel like my body turned one way but the stomach stayed in the other position, it was a wierd feeling. My hips are feeling so much better with this weight off too. They used to ache every time I would rise from a seated postition and my first few steps would be very stiff. MUCH better now!

I typed out my entire journey of my foot issues last night planning to post it here, but it ended up being 3 pages long in Word. There was almost 10 years with a whole lot that happened to put down. I don't think anyone really wants to read all of that! I will see if I can try to take it down to the key sound bites later.

Sounds interesting to me!

I'm feeling the leg burn from yesterday's workouts. Today I'm planning to do Walk Away the Pounds 3 mile dvd its 45 minutes. I'm at 710 our of my goal of 750 minutes this month. I can go over that with the 45 minutes plus my 10 minute brisk walk to the bus stop for dd and back. I'm so excited to be reaching my exercise goals.
I know they are monitored but 1025 or whatever it was just seems outrageously low for the amount of exercise they do. How can that little calories feed the muscle they are gaining? I suppose now between realizing they do a ton of exercise and eat that low I can see how they get such high numbers but is it all fat loss is what I'm wondering. I know some do get quite a bit of muscle but like last season that one guy got pretty buffed up but that was at home when he probably ate a little more than he did on the ranch.

You go girl I was impressed the other day when you said you did Level **2** of Shred I haven't done WATP video in awhile but I like it and soooo much easier than Shred

I had the same thought about BL too

And fake it if you have to!

Sounds like a plan!

Today was my WI for WW so I just used it for the challenge -- down another 1.5 for a total of 7.5 for the challenge. And now I'm back to where I ended the last challenge in December -- will try not to see those pounds again -- losing them twice is enough. I was down a couple of inches too! Have a great day Donalds!

WTG Lisa !!! I am also finally back to the weight I was at the end of the last challenge. I only gained 3.5 lbs over Christmas but it has taken me 3 weeks to get them back off!

I need this today. I'm losing my way. I know a huge portion of it is the fact that the weather is just so depressing. And the kids have been home so much the house is a mess, and we are shut in. And DH isn't home for me to vent to or help.

Wow, this is tough Hang in there. 4 kids would drive me crazy
I don't have any advice other than to say just try to make it through these days and when you are back in routine you will get right back into your healthy habits. The most important thing is not to quit! Keep posting when you have time and just do all you can do for today!

I just finished my 90 minute shovelling workout, and my arms feel it. I remember someone posted some great calorie burn numbers the other day for shovelling.

That was me and OOPS, I looked at the calorie chart again and just now realized I posted the calories burned when snow SHOEING not SHOVELLING!
So, the correct calories burned for 60 minutes of shovelling are 576 for a 200 pound person and 432 for a 150 pound person

Everyone here has a snow day Ds got cancelled at 8 last night, I got cancelled at 11:30 last night (they had first called for a delay) and dh got his cancel phone call at 5:30 this morning. He had also gotten a call for a delay last night.

Hope you have enjoyed it! Do you ever sleep in

From what I've heard from our german work friend, they are way ahead of us americans over there.

Atleast in HIS mind, anyway Our ortho does not use gloves and that just freaks me out. Some of his tools look a little antiquated to me too. He tells me the gloves are only for the Dr's protection. I will be so glad when DS gets his braces off.

I have pinched a nerve in my neck but can't get out of the driveway to get to the chiro. I've got heat on it now, and will switch to ice next.

Yikes, this on top of everything else

We've been getting alot of snow here this week but it has not accumulated until today and it's maybe 2-3 inches only. Life goes on. I like to think about the days gradually getting longer even though I don't notice it so much from day to day. It's alot like weight loss!

Good luck to all you Donalds at weigh in tomorrow! I am expecting a one pound loss according to my daily weigh-ins this week!

Shawn

 

[SettinSail]

we take care of our 96 year old neighbor's driveway, sidewalk, and patio in addition to our own

How nice

Shawn

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Cause I want everyone to feel my pain!!! LOL

for comparison:

 

[lovetoscrap]

Took my car to Costco to get a tire fixed because it has been leaking and as of this week had to get fixed. They told me it would be 2 hours. No problem. I needed to have lunch and wanted to go to Fresh Market at the other end of the shopping center. That would probably be one hour. Then shopping at Costco another hour. Well their 2 hours became nearly 3 1/2! And they didn't even bother to call me to tell me it was done. I am tired and cranky. (insert pity party here) I ended up stuck in costco and starving so I had a hot dog , and a bag of animal crackers which are NOT on my plan I had already had their Caesar salad for lunch.

I am trying to figure out what I can do for dinner to try to save the day.

And whatever you do, DO NOT try a Snickers Peanut Butter if the nice lady offers you one. OMG it was soooooooooooo good! I stretched the sample into 3 bites and really, really wanted to go back and get another one, and buy a bag!

I will try to come back and be friendly and social later. Except I do have to say, Buffy I am so glad I don't live in the snow belt any more!

 

[princess_reject]

Hi everyone! I have been reading along all day, but have been too busy to post. I got some bad news on the big project that I have been working on for the last couple of weeks I had put together a great plan that I thought would work beautifully, but once we turned it over to our vendor, he said that it was a "mess" and wouldn't work The dumb thing is, I totally adhered to all of the rules he gave me before I started, but now there are apparently some new things he forgot to tell me about Back to the drawing board, I guess.

I missed out on yesterday's QOTD because I was in Memphis for work again. I think my favorite healthy snack is probably fruit. Lately I have been eating fresh pears and they have been soooo good! I also really like cottage cheese. It is nice and filling and has lots of good for you stuff in it

For today's QOTD, I think the first sign of slipping for me is eating more. I start grabbing a few more snacks than I really need. My Wednesdays have been bad the last couple of weeks because that is my travel for work day. Both weeks I got the upgrade to first class on the way home but I haven't been able to resist the snacks on the plane. I have made good choices, bananas and one of the gingerbread cookies and I have only been drinking water instead of the free alcohol, but free food is my favorite kind and I have a really hard time saying no even when I'm not really hungry

Today I went to the gym on my lunch break and I went for a run and it felt...awesome That is strange. I really don't love to run, and most days, I feel like all I want to do is be done, but every once in a while, I will have a really great run. I felt like I could have run longer, but unfortunately, I had to get back to work

Well, gotta run...I have a broomball game in an hour!

Have a great night!
beth

 

[Octoberbride03]

Don't have time to chat now, but i need to fix my place so i can come back later. I'll be your coach for the upcoming week, and we'll get started later tonight. Otherwise tomorrow's QOTD may not get posted until tomorrow NIGHT

Don't worry though I got 1 Just gotta go find the brain i put it in

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Have a chiro appt at 9:30 tomorrow. Mom is driving me since I can't put my head up straight. I hope I can get some sleep!!!

My driveway is now clear! YAY!!! His plow broke mid way so he had to come back. IT looks much better then the above pic. Now I need to spread the ice melt in the morning after my Dr appt.

 

[dvccruiser76]

Enjoy getting all organized today, Sue! Would it be easier for you to maintain and then hit the loss again after April 15th? Or do you just want to get the loss over with and maintain? It's going to be a busy, hectic time for you -- there's nothing wrong with slow and steady.
a race!

I should probably just get it over with. I have a cruise May 22nd so if I wait until April 15th to lose 5 pounds I'll probably freak out

I think they did try to plow deeper last night, by the huge pile at the end of my driveway. I just finished my 90 minute shovelling workout, and my arms feel it. I remember someone posted some great calorie burn numbers the other day for shovelling.
Glad your training was cancelled for today. Do you or dh stay home with Dylan, or do you take turns? I am so done with the snow. Yesterday I took today off because it was quiet at work, so I figured that might backfire on me and there would be scool today, so I should be happy with a snow day, but I'm not feeling it. Yay, you're weekend starts tomorrow!!

We tend to take turns depending on who is busier at work. If it's between Jan 1 and Feb 1 I usually can stay home, but from next week on it's a toss up. Hopefully Dylan won't be as sick this year. Last year he was sick a ton with daycare, but since he had the tubes put in and his adenoides removed he doesn't seem to be as runny and when he is it usually doesn't turn into something worse.

Yay for the weekend. Made a reservation for Burton's Grill at the NSM for Saturday. Dylan's teacher is coming over around 2:30 and we're going to see No Strings Attached before dinner. Weather permitting of course

We need to hit Costco Sunday. My vitatops are just about gone and my coupons expire soon.

Any good plans for the weekend?

 

[mikamah]

thanks for the pep talk Kathy!!! I'm going to have to journal because working out will not happen. I have pinched a nerve in my neck but can't get out of the driveway to get to the chiro. I've got heat on it now, and will switch to ice next.

Sorry about the neck. So painful. Glad you got an appt tomorrow. Hang in there.

If only they'd come up with a way to make healthy M&Ms, I'd be in great shape!!!

Everyone stay safe in the crazy weather! Spring has to get here eventually, right???

Healthy chocolate, now that would be a big seller. And please be right, spring will come, won't it? I'm just not feeling it yet.

DH & DS have never been so we'll hit all the major tourist attractions. In my mind I've worked out the following schedule so far:

That was me and OOPS, I looked at the calorie chart again and just now realized I posted the calories burned when snow SHOEING not SHOVELLING!
So, the correct calories burned for 60 minutes of shovelling are 576 for a 200 pound person and 432 for a 150 pound person

Atleast in HIS mind, anyway Our ortho does not use gloves and that just freaks me out. Some of his tools look a little antiquated to me too. He tells me the gloves are only for the Dr's protection. I will be so glad when DS gets his braces off.

:

Your trip to Paris sounds wonderful. How fun for you all. When are you going? Good luck at the dentist tomorrow. I feel for you. Interesting about the ortho. Actually, I guess I would agree with the gloves part for the most part, but working in someones mouth, I would think they'd protect both the patient and the doctor. Though, when i started my nursing career, we couldn't wear gloves except for emptying waste or drawing blood. Gloves were thought to make the patient feel too impersonal. Interesting how things have changed so much.

Cause I want everyone to feel my pain!!! LOL

Believe me, Buffy, I'm feeling it up here in neighboring MA.

Took my car to Costco to get a tire fixed because it has been leaking and as of this week had to get fixed. They told me it would be 2 hours. No problem. I needed to have lunch and wanted to go to Fresh Market at the other end of the shopping center. That would probably be one hour. Then shopping at Costco another hour. Well their 2 hours became nearly 3 1/2! And they didn't even bother to call me to tell me it was done. I am tired and cranky. (insert pity party here) I ended up stuck in costco and starving so I had a hot dog , and a bag of animal crackers which are NOT on my plan I had already had their Caesar salad for lunch.

I am trying to figure out what I can do for dinner to try to save the day.

And whatever you do, DO NOT try a Snickers Peanut Butter if the nice lady offers you one. OMG it was soooooooooooo good! I stretched the sample into 3 bites and really, really wanted to go back and get another one, and buy a bag!

I will try to come back and be friendly and social later. Except I do have to say, Buffy I am so glad I don't live in the snow belt any more!

that is so frustrating to be kept waiting that long. Thanks for the snickers warning, they look so good in the commercial. Nice job not buying a bag under all that stress.

Hi everyone! I have been reading along all day, but have been too busy to post. I got some bad news on the big project that I have been working on for the last couple of weeks I had put together a great plan that I thought would work beautifully, but once we turned it over to our vendor, he said that it was a "mess" and wouldn't work The dumb thing is, I totally adhered to all of the rules he gave me before I started, but now there are apparently some new things he forgot to tell me about Back to the drawing board, I guess.

Both weeks I got the upgrade to first class on the way home but I haven't been able to resist the snacks on the plane. I have made good choices, bananas and one of the gingerbread cookies and I have only been drinking water instead of the free alcohol, but free food is my favorite kind and I have a really hard time saying no even when I'm not really hungry

Today I went to the gym on my lunch break and I went for a run and it felt...awesome That is strange. I really don't love to run, and most days, I feel like all I want to do is be done, but every once in a while, I will have a really great run. I felt like I could have run longer, but unfortunately, I had to get back to work

Bummer on the work project, that must be so frustrating. I've only been upgraded once to first class in my life, and it was soooo nice. I would have a hard time getting the water and not a nice cold beer or mixed drink. It is hard to say no to free food and drinks. So cool the run felt so good.

Don't have time to chat now, but i need to fix my place so i can come back later. I'll be your coach for the upcoming week, and we'll get started later tonight. Otherwise tomorrow's QOTD may not get posted until tomorrow NIGHT

Don't worry though I got 1 Just gotta go find the brain i put it in

Thanks for coaching next week, Maureen!!

We went to a friends house and we had tea while the kids played out in the snow for a couple hours. I needed it. She has 3 kids and sends them out in the yard, and says it's like the psych ward, you just check out the window every 15 minutes and make sure they are ok.

We had spaghetti and meatballs from the freezer for dinner, and brocolli, and i only had 2 meatballs, and mostly brocolli. A small bowl of pudding and now the kitchen is closed and going to stay closed. Weighin is tomorrow and my goldfish binge had me up a couple pounds this morning. Hoping it was sodium and will be gone in the morning.

Have a great evening everyone!!

Don't forget to PM weights to Tiggger813 with Team donald in the title!!

Pm WIN measurements to Connie96 tomorrow as well

and HH points to CClovesdis, and remember, Team donald in title!!

 

[cclovesdis]

Welcome to Healthy Habits!

My name is CC (short for Christina) and I will be your Healthy Habits coach for BL 11. I love the BL challenges and Healthy Habits has helped me significantly in achieving many of my goals.

Some Background Information: Thanks to donac (Dona-hostess of Team Donald) and jenanderson for their amazing help so I know how to coach! I couldn’t do this without seeing them in action previously. I will be continuing the prizes that Jen started.

Here’s How Healthy Habits Works: Each week there will be 3 Healthy Habits (HH) to complete. The first two HHs will always be drinking water and exercising. (Note: The amount and time will increase throughout the challenge!) At the end of each week, you will tally up the number of points you earned for the week and send me a private message with your total. Here’s an example. For Week 1, the 3 HHs are drink Six 8 oz. glasses of water a day, exercise a minimum of 20 minutes per day, and eat at least 3 servings of vegetables a day. If on 4 days you get in all 3 HHs, you would report your points like this:

4/6 days of drinking water
4/6 days of exercising
4/6 days of eating veggies

Your total points (ex: 12/18) AND your team name should be in the subject of your PM.

This is a team competition. On/about Tuesday evening, I will post the week’s results. I will share the number of participants on each team and the top scorers on each team. New for BL 11: I will also list the people who earned 7/7 on one or more of the HHs for the week. If you participated on the team with the most participants, you will be entered into a drawing for the week's prize. Each prize will have something to do with the 3rd Healthy Habit for the week. I will post the winner and ask that you PM me your contact information. (Please Note: If you do not wish to be entered into the drawing, please let me know in your PM. I understand people’s WISHes for privacy.)

Participation in Healthy Habits is entirely optional, but I encourage you to participate and help your team be on top for the week. Good luck on your journey and I hope that HHs helps you as much as it continues to help me!

Welcome to Health Habits Week 5

Week 5 is 1/28-2/3

This week's 3 Healthy Habits are:
1) Drink Seven 8 oz. glasses of water.
2) Exercise a minimum of 25 minutes a day.
3) Eat 2 servings of protein per day.

At the end of the week, please PM me your points. I will post the results on/about Tuesday. Don't forget, this is a team competition!

Remember, every participant count, regardless of the number of points you earn!

If you have any questions, please free to ask!

 

[mikamah]

I Made a reservation for Burton's Grill at the NSM for Saturday. Dylan's teacher is coming over around 2:30 and we're going to see No Strings Attached before dinner. Weather permitting of course

Any good plans for the weekend?

That movie looks really good. I actually thought since I had to decide about taking today off before I knew school was cancelled, that I'd go see it if there was school today. Sounds like you have a nice weekend planned.
We're going to my brother's in western ma saturday afternoon and will come home sunday afternoon weather permitting. My niece had a birthday earlier this month, and this is the first year she had a girls sleepover party, so we didn't go for it, so we'll celebrate her b-day, and do some disney planning for feb. My sil and niece are coming with us but my brother has a second job for an accountant, so he isn't coming this trip.
Enjoy your weekend.