TEAM MICKEY--Biggest Loser 11 Spring Team Challenge!

[keenercam]

On a happier note, Im getting ready for my upcoming DCL cruise at the end of April! its going from Los Angeles to Vancouver. DF and I have always wanted to visit Canada, so we are really excited about to it. I signed up for my first FE exchange and am working on the gifts. I am enjoying my time making them. I think theyre going to come out sooo cute.

Jeannette - I am so glad you and DF will be able to get away from the craziness of work soon for your cruise. I would LOVE to hear what you are making for your FE gifts. Can you either post here or PM me? I have to come up with an idea for our June Mediterranean cruise and so far I am drawing a blank.

 

[tggrrstarr]

QOTD Do I celebrate St Patricks day?
Kind of. Not as much anymore. My grandmother died on St Patricks day 5 years ago and I still get a little sad sometimes, it's not quite as much fun as it used to be. We sometimes go to eat with my family or DH's family though. Last year we did lunch with my mom, uncle and grandpa. It was fun, but I was the only one who didn't get corned beef, lol. Wow, something my DH will eat that I won't. (he is quite the picky eater!). Nothing today though, I am stuck at work and won't get to go this year.

Cam/Jeanette - what is a FE gift? I am spending my day at work researching our cruise for next year and I don't know what that is.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

QOTD Do I celebrate St Patricks day?
Kind of. Not as much anymore. My grandmother died on St Patricks day 5 years ago and I still get a little sad sometimes, it's not quite as much fun as it used to be. We sometimes go to eat with my family or DH's family though. Last year we did lunch with my mom, uncle and grandpa. It was fun, but I was the only one who didn't get corned beef, lol. Wow, something my DH will eat that I won't. (he is quite the picky eater!). Nothing today though, I am stuck at work and won't get to go this year.

Cam/Jeanette - what is a FE gift? I am spending my day at work researching our cruise for next year and I don't know what that is.

so sorry that this day brings sadness to you. it's never easy to lose a loved one and when it's on a holiday that's just so much worse.

today on our walk to the bakery i passed a funeral procession and i felt so sorry for those people burying their loved one on this holiday. very sad.

 

[keenercam]

Cam/Jeanette - what is a FE gift? I am spending my day at work researching our cruise for next year and I don't know what that is.

Kelli - Next to the cabin doors on the Disney ships, there is a metal fish that is actually a clip. Cast members put communications there, like a confirmation of a spa appt, Palos, etc. Well, over the past several years, some enterprising DISers have used it to hang a pocketed hanging that is personalized in some respect (now referred to as "fish extenders"). DISers on the specific cruise thread for a cruise plan to do an exchange of some kind of gift or token by leaving stuff for the other participating cabins in those pockets. Some people hand make gifts or bring something representing where they are from.

 

[tigger813]

Cam- Thanks! I'm doing much better today! I've heard of 2 other people who had migraines near me yesterday! BIZARRE!!!! I slept well last night though I stayed in bed until 6.

Had a client this morning and have another at 5:30 so I'll go back at 4:30 to prepare for that. Taking Izzie to a playdate as soon as we finish watching Ghosthunters from last night. We're all hooked on this show! Recording Destination Truth tonight too! Ashleigh and I will clean her room and get her homework done.


QOTD: With a last name like "O'Neill" I'm definitely Irish! My DMIL, may she rest in peace, was born in Dublin too! I made Brian's corned beef, potatoes, carrots and onion for supper.

I'll be having a shake. I had TJs potstickers, a handful of M&Ms and a few chipotle potato chips for lunch. Drinking my water and I will also have some more tea this afternoon. Hope to do some type of workout this afternoon though not sure when or what. It will depend on whether Ash gets her stuff done. I'm pushing her to get her poetry project completed this week.

Time to take Izzie to her friend's house. Ash likes the special time we get to spend together alone though she's jealous for a play date too!

TTFN

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

anyway, i've written a novel! have a great day everyone! Go mbeannai Dia duit!

thanks for sharing! your heritage and traditions sound so cool and very fun. I hope you enjoy your day.

Lindsay – Thank you for asking about our Disney trip. It was amazing (except for flight delays and me getting violently ill the day we flew home). J. said March 5 (our one day in the Magic Kingdom) was the best day of his life. And he LOVED his birthday cake (he’d never had one before and was so excited that it had his name on it). He was blown away by the buildings in MK, loved Splash Mountain, and laughed more on Splash Mountain than I have ever heard anyone laugh in the sense of pure joy. And “Wishes!”? I was trying not to cry, watching his reaction. As soon as it started, he was completely awestruck and put his arm around my shoulders and kept me close, commenting almost constantly “oh, my God” or “Beautiful”. It was simply a wonderful time beyond description. I am so glad things are coming together for your family.

aww that got me a bit teared up. How sweet. I am glad you had a wonderful trip...minus the illness. Great job on the weight loss. That is awesome.

good morning! I think I need a pep talk or something. I am reeeaaally having a hard time with motivation. My eating is all over the place and Im not exercising anymore. Im still maintaining, but that just doesnt feel good to me. These past two months of craziness with work has killed my food and workout habits I start each day with wanting to do good, then by the evening, somehow I get sidetracked. I WILL get through this, I have to take back control.

Jeanette, I have been going through the same thing. Every eve in bed and first thing in the morning I say to myself that tomorrow will be a better day and somehow I always seems to mess up. Its just a slump and we will both figure out how to get out of it. I think for me I need to organize my house and life a bit. Things have been very busy so I think my planning meals and such has fallen by the way side. You can do it!!!! Just hang a pic of your beautiful dress on your refrigerator to remind you of eating healthy.

QOTD Do I celebrate St Patricks day?
Kind of. Not as much anymore. My grandmother died on St Patricks day 5 years ago and I still get a little sad sometimes, it's not quite as much fun as it used to be. We sometimes go to eat with my family or DH's family though. Last year we did lunch with my mom, uncle and grandpa. It was fun, but I was the only one who didn't get corned beef, lol. Wow, something my DH will eat that I won't. (he is quite the picky eater!). Nothing today though, I am stuck at work and won't get to go this year.

Sorry for the sadness surrounding this day and for the fact of being stuck at work today.

Kelli - Next to the cabin doors on the Disney ships, there is a metal fish that is actually a clip. Cast members put communications there, like a confirmation of a spa appt, Palos, etc. Well, over the past several years, some enterprising DISers have used it to hang a pocketed hanging that is personalized in some respect (now referred to as "fish extenders"). DISers on the specific cruise thread for a cruise plan to do an exchange of some kind of gift or token by leaving stuff for the other participating cabins in those pockets. Some people hand make gifts or bring something representing where they are from.

wow that sounds so cool. I have never been on any cruise before so this was neat to read about.

Had a client this morning and have another at 5:30 so I'll go back at 4:30 to prepare for that. Taking Izzie to a playdate as soon as we finish watching Ghosthunters from last night. We're all hooked on this show! Recording Destination Truth tonight too! Ashleigh and I will clean her room and get her homework done.


QOTD: With a last name like "O'Neill" I'm definitely Irish! My DMIL, may she rest in peace, was born in Dublin too! I made Brian's corned beef, potatoes, carrots and onion for supper.

I'll be having a shake. I had TJs potstickers, a handful of M&Ms and a few chipotle potato chips for lunch. Drinking my water and I will also have some more tea this afternoon. Hope to do some type of workout this afternoon though not sure when or what. It will depend on whether Ash gets her stuff done. I'm pushing her to get her poetry project completed this week.

Time to take Izzie to her friend's house. Ash likes the special time we get to spend together alone though she's jealous for a play date too!

TTFN

Glad to know you are up and bouncing again. Im so happy you are feeling better and your dinner sounds yummy.

I have been OP so far today. Ryan has tball practice tonight it is 60 degrees and sunny today so I am looking forward to spending time outdoors. Then I plan to have a bowl of homemade italian wedding soup that I made for dinner. So hopefully I will keep my hand out of the snacky stuff tonight.

Keep up the good work Team. Eat well today....remember weigh in day is tomorrow.

 

[Disneywedding2010]

Afternoon Team Mickey!

I'm hoping for another On Plan day today. I'm getting a really late start to the day. We were up extremely late last night and then I couldn't fall asleep. I'm going to grab a protein shake here in a few and get my day started.

I don't remember if I posted about it on the board or not but we are expanding our business. We have a towing business (named Angel's Towing after the passing of my late husband and 2 year old daughter). Well long story short Alan got to talking to one of the people he towed a car for and we now have a automotive shop and storage lot that we are going to be renting every month. So, we are in the process of getting everything in order for that. I got office supplies bought, we got the new tile floor laid down, everything is painted, now to get the water and electric hooked up. Then I can call and get the internet and phone connected. Yes, you read that right Alan and a few of his buddies not only painted but laid tile with no power. It was definately an interesting few days.

Plans for the day:

I need to eat and when they swing by to get me we have to go to the city and pay to get utilities hooked up. Then depending on what time it is I need to do some more shopping for things that we need at the shop. Hopefully later today or tonight I can get some homework completed and jump on the treadmill.

 

[Cupcaker]

Cam- Great description about FEs! I haven’t finished yet, but I can tell you what I am doing. There’s a large group participating, about 60 cabins! So I decided to do one gift per cabin and then something for each kid. I started on the kids project. I am making mini Disney albums which can be used as an autograph book or photo book. The albums will be semi finished, leaving the kids to decorate them with stickers and crayons. I will post a picture by this weekend once I finish one (Im prepping everything right now). So far, I am loving the way they are turning out. For the cabin gift, I am making draw string laundry bags. My MIL has tons of fabric that I will use to make the bags and then I will embellish them with Disney stuff. What about a Disney recipe book? You can even add the cupcakes you did for Halloween as pictures. They came out extremely cute. You can get recipes here on the DIS, on the DCL website, etc. On family.go.com they have a lot of cute disney crafts. Ones I thought were cute for the cruise were the dog tired door hanger, pirate bandana (like captain jack), and pluto pillow.

Kelli-

Lindsay- I totally agree with you-organization is key. WE CAN DO IT! Some colleagues took me out for breakfast today and I think I did ok. Two egg whites with half of 1 French toast bread.

 

[lisah0711]

good morning! I think I need a pep talk or something. I am reeeaaally having a hard time with motivation. My eating is all over the place and Im not exercising anymore. Im still maintaining, but that just doesnt feel good to me. These past two months of craziness with work has killed my food and workout habits I start each day with wanting to do good, then by the evening, somehow I get sidetracked. I WILL get through this, I have to take back control.

On a happier note, Im getting ready for my upcoming DCL cruise at the end of April! its going from Los Angeles to Vancouver. DF and I have always wanted to visit Canada, so we are really excited about to it. I signed up for my first FE exchange and am working on the gifts. I am enjoying my time making them. I think theyre going to come out sooo cute.

I hope everyone has an OP day!

Jeanette

Jeanette, have a wonderful time on your cruise! We were supposed to be on that cruise but had to cancel when we realized there was no way DS was going to be able to miss a week of school now. LuvBaloo, our former BL weightkeeper, and her family will be on that cruise. There are quite a few DIS'ers who are going. Be sure that you check out the meet thread on the cruise boards.

 

[Cupcaker]

I don't remember if I posted about it on the board or not but we are expanding our business. We have a towing business (named Angel's Towing after the passing of my late husband and 2 year old daughter). Well long story short Alan got to talking to one of the people he towed a car for and we now have a automotive shop and storage lot that we are going to be renting every month. So, we are in the process of getting everything in order for that. I got office supplies bought, we got the new tile floor laid down, everything is painted, now to get the water and electric hooked up. Then I can call and get the internet and phone connected. Yes, you read that right Alan and a few of his buddies not only painted but laid tile with no power. It was definately an interesting few days.

Congratulations!

Jeanette, have a wonderful time on your cruise! We were supposed to be on that cruise but had to cancel when we realized there was no way DS was going to be able to miss a week of school now. LuvBaloo, our former BL weightkeeper, and her family will be on that cruise. There are quite a few DIS'ers who are going. Be sure that you check out the meet thread on the cruise boards.

Aww so sorry youre not going. It would have really nice to meet you IRL! I think I saw Shannon over there once a while back. I will PM her.

Is anyone else going on the April 27 repo cruise? We should do a BL meet!!!

 

[keenercam]

Plans for the day:

I need to eat and when they swing by to get me we have to go to the city and pay to get utilities hooked up. Then depending on what time it is I need to do some more shopping for things that we need at the shop. Hopefully later today or tonight I can get some homework completed and jump on the treadmill.

Good luck on the expansion of your business. Your plan sounds good. Any chance you could read for school while on the treadmill? I love using my kindle on the elliptical and I trained for many 1/2 and 2 full marathons with my kindle on the treadmill.

Cam- Great description about FEs! I haven’t finished yet, but I can tell you what I am doing. There’s a large group participating, about 60 cabins! So I decided to do one gift per cabin and then something for each kid. I started on the kids project. I am making mini Disney albums which can be used as an autograph book or photo book. The albums will be semi finished, leaving the kids to decorate them with stickers and crayons. I will post a picture by this weekend once I finish one (Im prepping everything right now). So far, I am loving the way they are turning out. For the cabin gift, I am making draw string laundry bags. My MIL has tons of fabric that I will use to make the bags and then I will embellish them with Disney stuff. What about a Disney recipe book? You can even add the cupcakes you did for Halloween as pictures. They came out extremely cute. You can get recipes here on the DIS, on the DCL website, etc. On family.go.com they have a lot of cute disney crafts. Ones I thought were cute for the cruise were the dog tired door hanger, pirate bandana (like captain jack), and pluto pillow.

Kelli-

Lindsay- I totally agree with you-organization is key. WE CAN DO IT! Some colleagues took me out for breakfast today and I think I did ok. Two egg whites with half of 1 French toast bread.

Jeanette - I love the idea of the Disney cookbooks. I did personalized door hangers for our vow renewal welcome folders and they were a huge hit. So, that's an idea, too. My friend made mini scrapbooks using brown lunch bags and they were super-cute.

BTW, my new favorite "breakfast out" order is 2 poached eggs, 2 slices of whole wheat toast without butter, and ham or canadian bacon, with a bowl of fruit. Delicious!

I am finding that I love a cup of Kashi Heart to Heart cereal with a 1/2 cup skim milk for my afternoon snack, if a piece of fruit alone isn't going to do it for me.

 

[liesel]

Hi everyone!

Just a quick post. I'm on week 4 of a 10K Galloway training program and its going pretty well. I definitely felt a change in my endurance this week, which was great! I'm still looking at doing my first 5K (since I was a teenager-it might as well be my first!) in May, 2 weeks before the 10K. I'm hoping I have a bit of an alititude advantage. Our house is at 6500 feet (the air is so thin here!) and the races are in Denver and Boulder, at much lower elevations. Another reason that I get so excited about the prospect of someday doing a Disney race is: sea level!! Even running in Denver (5280 feet) sounds so nice right now.


Cam-Your cruise sounds fantastic! Thanks so much for sharing your WDW experience, it must have been so amazing to experience it through the eyes of someone who has never experienced anything like it.

Nancy-Congrats on being the BL 2 weeks in a row! You rock! I'd like to be in your hood for St Patrick's day. When I was little we lived in Savannah, Ga, and they do a pretty big celebration too. I really miss it. As for sunscreen in Hawaii, it is a must. You see lots of tourists with bad sunburns. I was just diligent about sunscreen with my ds and he didn't sustain a burn in 6 months on Oahu (he was also 2 at the time). He does have a tendency to get flushed in hot weather and would sometimes turn a little red from the heat. It would go away as soon as we went into air conditioning. A couple of times I got dirty looks and snide comments from people who thought he was sunburned. I almost wanted to carry a sign on his stroller saying, "he's NOT sunburned!"

Disneywedding2010-Congrats on expanding your business!

Jeanette-I think you are getting married the same day as my nephew (his wedding's in Palm Springs). I definitely used my wedding dress as motivation to keep me from gaining weight up until the wedding. You are going to look fabulous!

 

[saysay]

QOTD Do I celebrate St Patricks day?
Kind of. Not as much anymore. My grandmother died on St Patricks day 5 years ago and I still get a little sad sometimes, it's not quite as much fun as it used to be. .

So sorry to hear this....my mom died on Mother's Day and 25 years later, its still a sad day for me.... even as a mom! Hoping your day is a peaceful one.

3/17/11 Thursday QOTD

Do you celebrate St Patrick's Day? What do you do to celebrate or do you have any fun memories of celebrations in the past?
I LOVE LOVE LOVE St Pat's Day! I used to take the day off of work and go hang out in the Irish Bar all day. Its typically a beautiful time of year here in GA and being outside drinking a Guinness listening to Irish tunes or U2, nothing better. Not so much in to bars anymore though! I usually do Corned Beef and Cabbage in the crock pot and Soda bread. This year, since we are weighing in tomorrow, decided to go with Sheperds Pie which I will used Cauliflower not potatoes on mine! I would really like to see a lower # on the scale tomorrow, so going to keep it healthy and no Guiness or Baileys....

I had a another great Body Flow class at the gym..I swear its hard with the pilates, but at the end we lay on the floor and just relax....a class mate said its like you come to drunk you are so relaxed. I also did some Cardio, thinking I MIGHT try a 3 mile run this weekend on a soft flat path. I really miss running.

For those going on cruises and to HI, SO JEALOUS!

Anyhoo, hoping everyone has a great night and good weigh in tomorrow!

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Afternoon Team Mickey!
I don't remember if I posted about it on the board or not but we are expanding our business. We have a towing business (named Angel's Towing after the passing of my late husband and 2 year old daughter). Well long story short Alan got to talking to one of the people he towed a car for and we now have a automotive shop and storage lot that we are going to be renting every month. So, we are in the process of getting everything in order for that. I got office supplies bought, we got the new tile floor laid down, everything is painted, now to get the water and electric hooked up. Then I can call and get the internet and phone connected. Yes, you read that right Alan and a few of his buddies not only painted but laid tile with no power. It was definately an interesting few days.

Good luck on your business and with all the work that it entails. Wow that is alot of hard work without electric. What a man.

Cam- Great description about FEs! I haven’t finished yet, but I can tell you what I am doing. There’s a large group participating, about 60 cabins! So I decided to do one gift per cabin and then something for each kid. I started on the kids project. I am making mini Disney albums which can be used as an autograph book or photo book. The albums will be semi finished, leaving the kids to decorate them with stickers and crayons. I will post a picture by this weekend once I finish one (Im prepping everything right now). So far, I am loving the way they are turning out. For the cabin gift, I am making draw string laundry bags. My MIL has tons of fabric that I will use to make the bags and then I will embellish them with Disney stuff.

Your ideas sound so great I am sure everyone will love them. I cant wait to see pics. and you can do it!!!! that sounded like a good breakfast to me.

Just a quick post. I'm on week 4 of a 10K Galloway training program and its going pretty well. I definitely felt a change in my endurance this week, which was great! I'm still looking at doing my first 5K (since I was a teenager-it might as well be my first!) in May, 2 weeks before the 10K. I'm hoping I have a bit of an alititude advantage. Our house is at 6500 feet (the air is so thin here!) and the races are in Denver and Boulder, at much lower elevations. Another reason that I get so excited about the prospect of someday doing a Disney race is: sea level!! Even running in Denver (5280 feet) sounds so nice right now.

Wow I never really thought about elevation changes like that. I bet you will be a fast runner in florida after the elevation change and being on the flat roads. Glad the training is going well. Keep up the good work.

Do you celebrate St Patrick's Day? What do you do to celebrate or do you have any fun memories of celebrations in the past?
I LOVE LOVE LOVE St Pat's Day! I used to take the day off of work and go hang out in the Irish Bar all day. Its typically a beautiful time of year here in GA and being outside drinking a Guinness listening to Irish tunes or U2, nothing better. Not so much in to bars anymore though! I usually do Corned Beef and Cabbage in the crock pot and Soda bread. This year, since we are weighing in tomorrow, decided to go with Sheperds Pie which I will used Cauliflower not potatoes on mine! I would really like to see a lower # on the scale tomorrow, so going to keep it healthy and no Guiness or Baileys....

Good job on making the traditional food healthier. It is so easy to make excuses for days like this. Great planning!

 

[HappyMatt]

3/17/11 Thursday QOTD

Do you celebrate St Patrick's Day? What do you do to celebrate or do you have any fun memories of celebrations in the past?

I love St.Patrick's Day. I have strong Irish roots and enjoy celebrating the day. In my 20s I would hit the crowded bars and over pay for bad food and beer. Nowadays I really get into cooking up some corned beef and cabbage and baking some soda bread. I like to enjoy the meal with some (a lot of) Jameson Irish Whiskey. Although this year I will eat less corned beef and only one slice of soda bread.

 

[tggrrstarr]

Thank you, everyone for the wonderful thoughts for today. It's definitely gotten easier as time goes by.

I have a question for those of you who have done a 5k at Disney. Especially the Princess. Is it always inside a park? If this years was in Epcot, will it be next year or a different park? If my DH runs, can he run with me?
As of now, we will be arriving Friday, doing the race first thing Sat then going back to our hotel and on to the cruise. I am slightly bummed I won't be able to go to a park, so running through one might pacify me.

 

[liesel]

Wow I never really thought about elevation changes like that. I bet you will be a fast runner in florida after the elevation change and being on the flat roads. Glad the training is going well. Keep up the good work.

Lindsay! I completely forgot to say hi and mention that I am reading your TR of the princess! Congratulations, you look great! You are definitely an inspiration. How long have you been training?

The only thing about Florida that I'll have to worry about is the humidity, that's for sure! I get out to DL more often since my inlaws live in California, and I really hope they add another race there (one like the princess would be fantastic). But after this Hawaii trip in September we'll start saving our pennies for WDW!

 

[Disneywedding2010]

3/17/11 Thursday QOTD

Do you celebrate St Patrick's Day? What do you do to celebrate or do you have any fun memories of celebrations in the past?

No, I don't celebrate St. Patricks's Day. I didn't even realize when St. Patrick's Day was until I looked at the calendar a few days ago.

 

[tigger813]

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

We're watching Destination Truth Live from Ireland! They're on a Banshee hunt!!!

Home from work again. I splurged and had a mint Irish creme on ice and soem TJs onion rings. Been so so today. I had a shake for breakfast and one for supper. Lunch was TJs potstickers.

Now I've got something going in with both feet! I'm hoping it's just from the way I was standing at work. I hope I can get up to work out in the morning. I hope to be in bed and asleep shortly after 10 tonight!

Going out to supper tomorrow night so I will try and do a shake for breakfast and a protein bar for lunch and enjoy dinner and dessert tomorrow night! My friend also said she was going to buy me a drink! I have had a bunch of water today and will finish the night enjoying water!

Have a good night!

TTFN

 

[cclovesdis]

Healthy Habits Week 10 Results

We had 3 participants this week, all of whom are on Team Donald. In honor of being about halfway through the challenge, I promised that there would be 3 prize winners this week.

Congratulations to mikamah, donac, and lovetoscrap!

Please PM me your address and I'll be happy to send you your prize.