TEAM MICKEY--Biggest Loser 11 Spring Team Challenge!

[flipflopmom]

Thanks for updating early 'cause I was watching for the update! I'll still keep sending those prayers and cause it never hurts to have extra!

Thank you!!!!!!

I got up and ran 4 miles this morning. We are getting snow, probably about 4 inches today. I am not a huge fan of driving in snow.

Be careful!! Please! Glad you got your run in!

First want to say I'm so excited my Mom, fly4free2, has joined the challenge! I'm concurrently doing a 10 pound in 10 weeks challenge with my SIL who is a personal trainer. It's with her clients (I'm not one but do get to pick her brain) and set up similar to our weigh ins. So, I weigh in for hers tomorrow and the BL on Fri. I'm really excited to weigh in! Never thought I'd see the day I'd say that. Anyhow, I had a super yummy breakfast this morning and wanted to share. So glad to hear this Tayrn - keep it up!

That Egg mug "kinda" sounds good. Let me explain, before I offend. I have issues with foods being "mixed" together, typically don't like the mix of soft/chunky unless the soft is cheese. Not a huge omelet person because of this, but the veggies sound DELICIOUS!!!!!!!! Welcome to your mom! How wonderful that you can support each other this way! and Thanks!

I made myself a list of things I need to get done today and have started taking things off the list. I actually cleaned out the hall closet last night. We're having 2 families over on Sunday so I figured that's a good party food and no one coming is allergic to peanuts so I can make that without a problem. Just made my Greek yorut strawberry smoothie. I VOW to be GOOD today! We're expecting anywhere from 10-18" tomorrow with blizzard like conditions. Izzie seems better today but not allowed to send her to school due to the fever.

YAY for getting things done! Hope Izzie continues to improve! You have some serious willpower, if I made that mix now, there would be nothing left when the guests came Sunday! I'm a sucker for salt! I tried the greek yogurt once, and it wasn't what I was expecting. I'm trying to work up the nerve to try it again. That's a bunch of snow!!!!

Flipflopmom,Happy to hear your hubby had a great day at work, thats such good news!

Thanks! I hate the one day at at time part of it, but one good day is better than one bad!

Its a freezing 6 degrees here in Dallas. Can we say BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. I normally would still be in my nice warm bed but I have a personal training session at 11am. I told Alan (my fiance) "I'm not driving in this crap. You can drive" He said, "That's fine I don't want you getting in an accident and screwing up your car." Then I'm coming home and working on homework for the week. What's everyone's goals for the week?

So glad DF is taking care of you! Hope your training session went well, and you got lots of homework done! My goals: get this house cleaned, enjoy DD2's birthday, and beat this pms monster!

NSV: I haven't eaten hardly any of the candy that was in my Christmas stocking! Okay, except for the Ande's Mints, but those are small and it lasted over a week - a record! Does anyone else's gas rise and jump in a set pattern? Things are inching along here. I'm doing pretty well at my 3-meals a day goal so that's good. Instead I opted for the shower I hadn't gotten yet that day and had a bowl of cereal when I got him. Not as healthy a dinner, but better than it could have been. Today we've got a snow day which will make my really crazy day a lot slower. Taryn - Glad DH's day yesterday was a good one! I pray the successes continue one day at a time. Yay for his team having his back!

Thanks for the support! Good choice on the cereal, a lot better than what you could have done! I hate it when I think I have everything for a meal, but don't. Sorry they didn't let you know about the cancellation, that stinks!!! Hope you enjoyed your day!

2 perecent (my mom is convinced I was a mouse in a past life because I still at 27 years old love cheese)

Have you tried taking it down to skim milk? We made the switch when I was in high school, and 2% tastes like cream to me now. That will save you some fat and calories. I love cheese, too!!!!!

I love cheese. That, pasta and chocolate are my must have in any diet. That's why portion control and moderation work best for me. There's no giving them up.

I am the same way. I'ce learned that I can have those things, but have to give up the calories/portions in other areas. Atkins worked for me once upon a lifetime to get weight off, but I put it right back on when I went off!

I love the carbonation in soda, and I only drink diet. My plan is to still have my cup of coffee in the morning for my daily dose of caffeine, and occasionally have a sparkling water here or there to get the carbonation occasionally.

Do you like unsweetened tea? That really helps me with a caffeine need later in the day without the added artificial sweetener....Proud of you for making this change, you can do it!

My name is Angela and I live in Sunny Florida about 45 minutes from the mouse. I have been on a weight loss journey for a couple years now. I had Gastric Bypass Roux en Y in 2006 and then followed that by getting pregnant 8 weeks after surgery. I have 45-50 pounds to get to my goal weight so I can have my skin removal surgery and after we went to Magic Kingdom on Sunday I was so inpspired by the marathon runners I decided to get on track and get it off so I can run the Princess half next year.

What a cool story! I love that you have a great perspective on the child! I had a similar sort of story with my DD2, we had to go the infertility treatments route to get DD1, told we'd never get pregnant without it. When she was 6, I lost about 50 pounds on Atkins, and SURPRISE got pregnant a year later! She'll be 4 tomorrow, and I'm VERY proud to say that I weigh less now than I did when I graduated high school! Welcome and I'm sure you'll make great friends here, this is where my besties are!

MAINTAINERS:
(staying within 2 lbs of their maintain weight is successfully maintaining!)
# of Maintainers Reporting In & Successfully Maintaining: 2
(congrats Rose & Mike and Redwalker!!!!)
Biggest Loser 11 Spring Challenge Week 1 Team Mickey!
This week’s group loss is 150.6lbs.
The WISH Biggest Loser 11 Spring Challenge Week 1 Mickey Superstars!!
#13- 2.15% - Belle1109
#12- 2.21% disney_mommy
#11- 2.33% - pjstevens
#10- 2.4% - newmouse2008
#9- 2.69% - KitchenSinkGuy
#8- 2.9% - HappyMatt
#7- 3.01% - Stinasmom
#6- 3.13% - Mrs. D
#5- 3.19% - Jaelynnandmom
#4- 3.23% - GoodMorningDewDrop -
#3- 3.24% KristiMc
#2- 3.75% - aamomma -
and now
The WISH Biggest Loser 11 Spring Challenge
Week 1 Team Mickey Biggest Loser is:
#1- 3.88% Flipflopmom

GREAT JOB ROSE AND REDWALKER!!! SUCCESSFULLY MAINTAINING IS NO SMALL FEAT!!! hoping I can join you soon......

GREAT JOB TEAM MICKEY! 150 pounds?? THAT'S AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! Wonder what we'll get to by the end of the challenge?????

NOW FOR THOSE OF US WHO SET A GOAL FOR THE CHALLENGE!
We have done 1 out of 20 weeks, so the challenge is 5% complete.

Lots of numbers above 5% - we're gonna meet our goals!!!!!! If you didn't have the best week, you've got 19 more weeks, well, 18 and a few days. YOU CAN DO IT!!! THANK YOU TRACEY FOR BEING OUR WEIGHT KEEPER! HUGE JOB!!! REALLY APPRECIATE IT!

Time to try and take a little nap! Headache again and I don't know why! I've eaten enough protein! Hoping to get in my 2nd EA workout later and I plan on doing the elliptical during the first hour of BL tonight!

Tracey, I often get headaches right before a storm, something to do with barometric pressure ( and often related to my K students reaction to the barometric pressure). Are you drinking your water??????????? Doing all those numbers would give me a killer headache. THANK YOU!

Wow congrats Flipflopmom! Is it Taryn? I get consfused sometimes and generally end up just thinking of people by their screen names. In any case GREAT job being our BL for this week!! Keep up the great work!

Thanks! And yep, you got it!

Yeah Taryn!! Well... as I said, just popping over to say HI to my Team Mickey friends! I miss you all like crazy! It just isn't the same without all of us together. But the threads have been moving like crazy, so I think it is best we are split up for now.

Can you imagine have 10 pages to read every day??????? I know it's for the best, but I miss you guys too! Thanks!

Way to go Taryn!! Good job Team Mickey!!

GO US!!!!

Wow! Grats Taryn! And all others on the top 10 list! Seeing my name up there is VERY motivational! I never knew I was so competitive !

You had a GREAT week, and are killing your goal!!

"We all get the scale results we deserve -- sometimes, it just takes longer." Congratulations to all our biggest losers, and if I may, a special shout-out to my friend Patty (pjstevens) who did fantastic during her first week of WW On-Line and who is also now officially a Disneyworld Marathon finisher!!!!! As for me, I did so much better during my 4 days in Disney than I have ever done before.

GREAT JOB CAM!! GREAT choices at WDW!! GLad you had a good time, and made it home safely! And congrats to Patty!!!!

I think that it is funny that I was #8 on Team Mickey and my wife, TimonTracy, was #8 on Team Donald. The competition continues . . .

WOAH!!!! What motivation!!!!

My hubby and MIL are there for the week. On the way I got pulled over for speeding (Oops!) luckily I got a fix it ticket for not having my registration in the car and not a ticket for the speeding!

Glad you got a happy officer!

I actually teared up when I saw I was on the list:
Way to go Taryn!!!

That's so sweet - you deserved it! Great week!!!

I go weigh in for my DH's work BL competition tonight. I am very excited to get this going!

You are going to rock! Bet your name is up there next week!!!

I have a question for everyone. And I realize everyone functions different but looking for a general idea. How many hours before bedtime do you stop drinking your water? I've been doing really good in drinking all my water but its really interrupting my sleep!

Well, I try to have it all in by 6:30 or 7, but do occasionally drink a glass or two afterwards. Just make sure I go before bed, and have to as soon as I get up, but granted, I go to bed at 11 and get up at 4, so not a lot of time in there to sleep, I think my body just supresses it!

I only have a few minutes and I promised I'd post the HH results, so that is what I'm going to do.

Thanks CC!!!!! I appreciate it!

29 on Team Mickey and 34 on Team Donald
Congratulations to EVERYONE who earned a 6/6 for at least 1 Healthy Habit! They are:
Team Mickey
bethbuchball
DavidandDenise
flipflopmom
girlrea
janmadre
jenjolt
keenercam
kinntj
kitchensinkguy
KristiMc
KSH
mommyof2pirates
my3princes
PRINCESS VIJA
ReAnSt
WDWangela
yanni2
Congratulations to EVERYONE with a total of 18/18 points for Week 1!
Team Mickey
flipflopmom
jenjolt
keenercam
KSH

THANKS FOR DOING THE HH, CC!!! WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT!!!!Great job, BUT DID YOU SEE THAT????? WE GOT BEAT!!! No slacking this week. If you drink all your water 1 day, eat all your veggies one day, track one day SEND IT IN!! WE GOTTA TAKE IT NEXT WEEK!!!!

Just a fly-by post today. I had to add some more folks to the challenge and answer some pm's and I am pooped! Hope everyone has a great evening. Be careful if you are getting snow!:

THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO TO MAKE THIS WORK ROSE! WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT!!!!!

Congrats to all of the Losers!! WOOT WOOT Go TEAM MICKEY GO!!!YAY Taryn!!! WOOT WOOT!!!

Thank you!

QOTD? Gas here is 2.87 and congrats to TARYN!!! You go girl!

THANK YOU!! We're pretty comparable right now in gas prices. Kinda worried after I heard the predictions of $5 a gallon, nice to see that outside of our Aussie friend, no one's there yet!

SNOW DAY here tomorrow so I should get in some good exercising doing Just Dance 1 and 2 with the kids. I'll probably wake up early as the plows always wake me up.

STAY SAFE!!! Glad Brian's working from home. Hope you don't loose power! How do you like JD2? I suggested it for Sophie's bday from Nana, she loves JD1 and I'm done hearing Wanna Be!

My bday is Jan 18th. and I hope your right because I still was the same on the scale today. I hope the whoosh comes soon. Im frustrated. I think more now than ever because I feel like Im on a deadline. I really really really want to be at a lower weight for the princess.

Ok Lindsay. I understand the frustration. I promise. You will have a whoosh, drink extra water to help with that and watch your salt. Something else you need to get in your head with this deadline of yours for the princess is that THIS IS POSSIBLY GOING TO HAPPEN EVERY WEEK AFTER LONG RUNS! Okay? It did to me. I'd weigh in on Fridays, long run on Saturdays, and not get the whoosh until just before Friday's weigh in, only to do it all over again! I tried Midol, reading about diuretic foods, soaking in salt, etc. It was hard, because I could never tell how I was doing during the week. No matter what the scale is saying, you know you are on eating OP, exercising, etc. and getting healthier. The weight is coming off, whether or not you see it right now! I love you, hang in there!!!!!

We are currently getting snow. We are in the 4-6 inch area but if the wind blows we could get 6-12. I have a meeting in the morning at 745. It is mandatory that we get there. I am not looking forward to driving there.

BE CAREFUL THIS MORNING! PLEASE BREATHE!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope it's calmer today!

I am heading to sunny florida (hopefully/wishful thinking) on feb 24 for 5 days. I am running the princess half marathon.

Hopefully for the sunny part or for the going part? You are going to be SOOOO proud of yourself when you are done, and I am going to be virtually cheering you on ALL DAY FROM HERE! 5 days! That rocks!

Right now, we have our trip to WDW planned for July 2-9 at BLT. A laid back 4th trip, I've always wanted to see the fireworks on the 4th. Maybe be skipping some parks due to the crowds, Epcot on the 4th, MK fireworks on the 3rd from BLT. Lots of MK mornings, and an AK morning thrown in, too.THAT IS, IF DH can hold on to his job and we don't have to sell our DVC....

Great Question and I really wish I had an answer. We were hoping to fit in a WDW trip before our AP's expire, but with the kids advanced classes we can't pull them from school. We would go during April vacation, but the airfare would be over $3000 for the 5 of us

That Hawaii trip sounds amazing! We've never flown, due to the airfare! If I had known we'd be out most of this week, I'd have taken my kids out of here Sunday and gone down for the week for Sophie's bday. LOL. Maybe it might work out for you to go before they expire. DH wants a camper, you guys will have lots of fun with that this summer!

I do not eat eggplant on any kind of regular basis; I have made breaded, fried eggplant before and liked that well enough. Let me tell ya - the ENTIRE family eat this up! I had a nice strength training/core work out tonight. Week 2 of half training is going well!

Sounds like something I might have to try. I've never cooked eggplant! Great job with your training!

Unfortunately, the next real vacation is Thanksgiving when we head (know on wood back to the World! Between now and then it will be trying to get moved, replace the now defunct car and save for the trip.

It sounds like forever, I know, but you just have longer to look forward to it and plan!!!!!

Disney Magic 7 night eastern March 12-19! Followed by a week at the Orange Lake Resort, West Village, Kissimmee. We are going to Discovery Cove, Sea World, and Universal Studios/IOA.

Sounds great Marcy. Although a bit sacreligious to post on Dis about a trip to the area w/o WDW thrown in. I want to do a DCL trip eventually!

Congrats to Taryn on being our week's biggest loser, and to Brad for his great day at work! Hope things continue to go well with his crazy work situation.Well, right now DH's employment situation is very iffy. They cut a bunch of full-time staff, including him, back to contract, which means they work only as needed and get no benefits. He is trying to look for a better job elsewhere. (He's not really putting much effort into it IMO, but that's a story for a whole other time...). So, right now, that means we have no vacations planned until he is on full-time somewhere and is past whatever initial orientation period they have where you can't take paid time off.

That's tough!!!!!! I know, trust me! Thanks for the encouragement!

Is anyone else finding that "bad" stuff doesn't really taste as good as you remember?

Yes ma'am, for the most part!!!!!!!!!!!!

QOTD: Next vacation: sigh ..... there isn't gonna be one for a while just bought a new car last weekend but that means NO CASH BUT I don't have any kids and so it doesn't take long to save the money. So I've promised my niece that I will take her to WDW when she finishes school in 2 years time (if she doesn't want to backpack Europe with her friends!) . Please keep your prayers for the hundreds of thousands of people, businesses and wildlife affected and suffering:

YAY FOR THE NEW CAR!!!!! How sweet of you to plan a trip for your neice! I am continually praying for the people and animals suffering and affected!

 

[BELLE1109]

QOTD- next vacation

DH and I are going to Punta Cana for our anniversary and Valentine's Day! We leave in 31 days!!!
We've never been to the Dominican so I am excited to see something different

 

[flipflopmom]

OKAY PEOPLE, ALREADY NOTICING A FALLOUT IN POSTING. GET YOUR BEHINDS IN GEAR AND DON'T GIVE UP! ONLY 7 DAYS??? C'MON. THIS IS A JOURNEY, NOT A RACE, BUT A LIFETIME OF GOOD CHOICES. DON'T LET 1 WEEK GET YOU DOWN!
Jeanette - where are you? How are the wedding plans?

We had a really relaxing day yesterday, which means not much exercise or anything getting accomplished.

The girls spent the day planning "family fun night". It included Rock band, Guitar Hero, Disney Think fast on wii, a talent show, charades, and headbandz. Fun times, especially when we did our family talent acts - hoedown throwdown, cupid shuffle, cha cha slide! The girls were not impressed with mine and Dh's act - a dance to "You look Wonderful Tonight"

Fighting the pms beast that wants chocolate, sleep, and lounging! Made brownies last night.

Hoping to actually get some cleaning done. We're mostly done with snow here, just some snow showers and flurries today. Hope we get enough to keep us out one more day, because tomorrow is Sophie's birthday and I would love to spend it at home with her!

Dh made it to work okay, day 2 of 90 days. Stress has returned, and I am praying it goes well today. Gonna be a loooonnnggg 3 months!

Have a great day!
Taryn

 

[aamomma]

I was out kinda late last night - so I didn't get the weigh in results right away. My family was astounded that I made the top 10!!! I got high 5's! That was awesome!!!! It's harder for me to stay OP during a blizzard - I think I'm part squirrel and need to store up food or something - but so far I have done it. Your encouragement and making me feel accountable is really helping make this much easier than it has ever seemed before. So thanks to all of you. I don't post a lot - but I read your posts, recipes, inspirations, and helpful hints. Have a great day all!

 

[lisah0711]

Congratulations to all the TEAM MICKEY HH winners!

and a vanilla cupcake with buttercream icing yesterday. I deliberately declined all other treats so that I could save myself for those two things I really wanted.

Cam! So glad that you had a great trip! Can you tell me where you got your delicious cupcake? I'm thinking that sounds pretty darn tasty after a race next month! Sorry, guys, but you do have to plan for treats!

OKAY PEOPLE, ALREADY NOTICING A FALLOUT IN POSTING. GET YOUR BEHINDS IN GEAR AND DON'T GIVE UP! ONLY 7 DAYS??? C'MON. THIS IS A JOURNEY, NOT A RACE, BUT A LIFETIME OF GOOD CHOICES. DON'T LET 1 WEEK GET YOU DOWN!

And a BIG congratulations to you, Taryn, for being the biggest loser this week!

Listen to Taryn -- this is only the beginning. Not the beginning of the end!

 

[HappyMatt]

1/12/11 Wednesday QOTD

This snowy weather stinks!
Where is your next vacation planned and what are you looking forward to the most.

My next vacation is coming up soon!!! The beginning of February!!! We are going down to Disney World for a few days and then a three night cruise on the new Dream!!! I apologize for all of the "!!!," but I am so excited!!! I can't wait to check out the new ship.

 

[tigger813]

If you want to be included on the percentage of weight lost to goal list, you must send me a goal weight! I don't list everyone's percentage, only those who sent me a goal weight!

Just had a HUGE breakfast of pancakes, hash browns and sausage. I will be good the rest of the day and get in my exercise. It's fun having everyone home. We're watching all 4 Lilo and Stitch movies today per Ashleigh's request. I decided to make us all a brunch style breakfast!

Still got pancakes? Anyone want some?

Had over a foot of snow and it's still coming down like crazy!!!!! My ruler on the deck has disappeared! I really need a yard stick!!!!

TTFN

 

[Rose&Mike]

I wanted to take a minute to thank CC and Connie, and especially Tracey for all of their hard work on the spring challenge. We have a HUGE amount of active participants this spring, and as you can imagine, it is a lot of work to keep track of everything.

This is Tracey's first challenge as weight keeper and she is doing a fabulous job. Please if you have any questions or you think data is missing, let us know.

To make things as easy as possible for folks managing the challenge, please always remember to include your team name when sending a pm.

Remember that for weight you simply have to pm your current weight and your team name.

For WIN, your total inches and team name.

For HH your total points, and a breakdown for each challenge (ex: total 12/21, exercise 7/7, water 5/7) along with your team name.

Thank you again to Tracey, CC and Connie and thank you to all of our participants. We have a fabulous group and I think there are going to be lots of 'Losers" this Spring!!!

 

[keenercam]

Cam! So glad that you had a great trip! Can you tell me where you got your delicious cupcake? I'm thinking that sounds pretty darn tasty after a race next month! Sorry, guys, but you do have to plan for treats!

Hi, sweetie! I got mine at Beach Club in the refrigerated section of the store. I think they probably sell them at most of the resorts now. It looked like a "celebration" cupcake with bright pastel mickey confetti candy on top and 2 candy pieces that look like those elongated Mickey balloons. It was delicious!

Okay, getting hammered at work today but wanted to share happy news, though some of my friends here know it from Facebook. On Saturday, our family will grow by one (temporarily) as we become the host family for a young man who is doing his senior year at my son's high school. He is from Haiti and on this, the anniversary, of the earthquake, he and his family and friends are particularly in my prayers. We are very excited that he will become part of our family and I am hoping that I will be planning many healthy family meals for us to share while he is here (Howard and Andrew usually eat whatever they want and when I get home from work or the gym much later, I make something on-plan for me). I am hoping I can find a happy medium for staying on plan and having great, teenage-boy-friendly meals. LOL! WISH me luck!

 

[tigger813]

Welcome to your new "family" member!!!!

QOTD: Well, our next Disney vacation is planned for PCC 3.0 in June 2012. We're planning on spending 2 days at Universal and a few days at Disney as well. We have friends going with us so it's going to be AWESOME! Plus going with a bunch of our Disboards friends we've made over the last 2 years! We'll be figuring out our schedule as it gets closer and when we have time to sit and chat with our friends.

DH and I are hoping to take a 3-4 day trip down for F&W this year. I would love to go when the W&D half takes place but we'll have to see. Some of our friends are going down at that time so it would be great to be there then!

We are going on a "Dis" trip to Coco Key next month in Fitchburg, MA. Not sure how many of us are going but it's going to be fun. Two days of water fun in the dead of winter!

Approaching 14 inches quickly here! I had to put out our Toy Story ruler on top of the other one that I had to search for as it was completely buried. Coming down really heavily right now and blowing. Some parts of MA have had thunder and lightning! That would be cool! Haven't had that in years.

Just started the original Lilo and Stitch movie. Izzie doesn't have much of an appetite. She ate a hash brown. She keeps taking photos of us on her DSi. She's happy so I guess that's good! Somebody at dancing said they can't even imagine her in a bad mood. Oh believe me she has them but most of the time she's bubbly and goofy!

I think I'll get in one of my 3 workouts after this movie. Gonna have a Greek yogurt smoothie for lunch and something light for supper! I'm struggling to reach a loss for the week! Gotta push that water today!

TTFN

 

[mikamah]

Hello Team MIckey!! Just wanted to congratulate all you big losers this week, and epsecially Taryn the biggest loser!!

What a great group we have going for this challenge!!

You've had some fun qotds, so I may be stealing some for team Donald when I coach.

Taryn- glad dh had a great day at work, and his team is on board to work hard and beat this deadline.

Happy losing, Micksters!!!!

 

[Rose&Mike]

Anyhow, I had a super yummy breakfast this morning and wanted to share. I recently signed up for Hungry Girl newsletters and discovered her Egg Mug! They are so easy and so good. I made DH & I one this morning. I just use whatever veggies I have on hand. So this morning it was: Green pepper, baby Portabella mushrooms, spinach and green onion with Boar's Head ham (I only eat Boar's Head lunch meat now - it's delicious, no fillers, nitrates, other junk and the lowest WW point lunch meat I have found) and just a little Reduced Fat shredded cheddar with Egg Beaters. It was wonderful and only 3 WW points plus! It beats a bowl of Special K and milk both in points, taste and satisfaction. With only a little more effort.

That sounds great! I love eggs!

Just a reminder that we have a recipe thread on the Eating Healthy section at the top of the wish boards. (Though it is perfectly ok to share recipes on the team threads as well. I just sometimes forget about the recipe thread.) If anyone has a recipe they really love and has the time, please feel free to post it to the recipe thread.

Okay, Disneywedding2010, you have inspired me to try to give up soda!! I love the carbonation in soda, and I only drink diet. But after hearing so much about how even diet soda can mess with your diet, I thought I would give it a shot. I am so impressed that you have made it as far as you have, so I thought maybe I could try. My plan is to still have my cup of coffee in the morning for my daily dose of caffeine, and occasionally have a sparkling water here or there to get the carbonation occasionally. Lots of lemonade and fruit punch - the 5 calorie variety! Can't wait to try! Thanks for the inspiration!

I gave up diet soda last December and it was the best thing for my health! Good luck!!

Welcome Angela!!! I think a year is a great period of time to get ready for a half marathon! Have you looked at the C25k program?

Yeah Taryn!! WTG! I was just popping over to say hi to my Team Mickey friends and saw that you're the BL this week!!!

Well... as I said, just popping over to say HI to my Team Mickey friends! I miss you all like crazy! It just isn't the same without all of us together. But the threads have been moving like crazy, so I think it is best we are split up for now. Hopefully I'll have time soon to totally catch up over here!..............P

Missing you all too, P! I just can't find the time to keep up with both threads. Pop onto the maintainer thread when you get a minute and say hi!

Cam--sounds like a fabulous trip! Great job planning for those treats!

I think that it is funny that I was #8 on Team Mickey and my wife, TimonTracy, was #8 on Team Donald. The competition continues . . .

Too funny!

I have a question for everyone. And I realize everyone functions different but looking for a general idea. How many hours before bedtime do you stop drinking your water? I've been doing really good in drinking all my water but its really interrupting my sleep! Yesterday I woke up 4 times to visit the restroom!

Thanks! (Sorry if thats TMI!)

I usually stop around 7 and I go to bed between 10 and 11. Most nights I make it without a potty visit. 4 times is a lot!

CONGRATS TO TEAM MICKEY AND ALL THE LOSERS AND MAINTAINERS .

Lindsay--thank you for saying this.

1/12/11 Wednesday QOTD

This snowy weather stinks!
Where is your next vacation planned and what are you looking forward to the most.


I am heading to sunny florida (hopefully/wishful thinking) on feb 24 for 5 days. I am running the princess half marathon. I am going with my mom and aunt and unfortunatly leaving behind my dh and kids. Im feeling a little guilty about that lately. I am looking forward to letting something be about me and what I can do again. My kids are my world and I love them dearly but once I had them I forgot about myself. I feel like the old me is coming to life again and I am proud to celebrate that. I think thats what this trip will be all about. I am also looking forward to everything disney of course. Especially my celebration dinner after the race at Ohana's.

Lindsay--don't feel guilty. It will be good for the boys to spend a weekend with your dh. I wish Mike and Tom would have spent more time just the two of them.

QOTD--my next trip is WDW and the Princess 1/2 in February with my DH, and my sister and her DH. I can't wait!!!! I love running at Disney!

Great Question and I really wish I had an answer. We were hoping to fit in a WDW trip before our AP's expire, but with the kids advanced classes we can't pull them from school. We would go during April vacation, but the airfare would be over $3000 for the 5 of us Nick has drivers ed the first 5 weeks of summer vacation and the AP's expire before he finishes. It looks like weekend camping trips for us. We did buy a new camper at the end of last summer so we are looking forward to using it.

As far as big trips go, we are planning a Hawaiian vacation for the summer of 2012. We will do a 7 day interisland cruise, stay at the new Disney resort, hit DL either on the way out or on the way back I can't wait.

That Hawaii trip sounds wonderful! I forgot to say earlier--glad the mri went well!

I had a nice strength training/core work out tonight. Week 2 of half training is going well!

Have sweet dreams everyone!

Don't you love the results from strength and core? I now have a 2 pack.

Is anyone else finding that "bad" stuff doesn't really taste as good as you remember? I had some refrigerated cinnamon rolls that were about to expire, so I went ahead and baked them, figuring that half a roll could fit into my plan pretty easily. I dunno, maybe it's because they were close to their date, but mine tasted just kinda meh, and I usually LOVE those things.

Have a good night everyone!

I definitely find that bad for me stuff often just tastes bad now. If only french fries tasted bad to me.....

Good morning,

Got more snow last night. We have still not received the snowblower parts in the mail to fix it so it looks like I will be shoveling again.

QOTD: Perfect day for this question. We leave in 72 days for a Eastern Caribbean cruise on the Disney Magic 3/26-4/2. I am so ready to have some warm weather.

Be careful shoveling that snow!

GREAT JOB ROSE AND REDWALKER!!! SUCCESSFULLY MAINTAINING IS NO SMALL FEAT!!! hoping I can join you soon......

GREAT JOB TEAM MICKEY! 150 pounds?? THAT'S AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! Wonder what we'll get to by the end of the challenge?????

Lots of numbers above 5% - we're gonna meet our goals!!!!!! If you didn't have the best week, you've got 19 more weeks, well, 18 and a few days. YOU CAN DO IT!!! THANK YOU TRACEY FOR BEING OUR WEIGHT KEEPER! HUGE JOB!!! REALLY APPRECIATE IT!

Thanks Taryn! Great words of wisdom. This is definitely a journey and not a race.

OKAY PEOPLE, ALREADY NOTICING A FALLOUT IN POSTING. GET YOUR BEHINDS IN GEAR AND DON'T GIVE UP! ONLY 7 DAYS??? C'MON. THIS IS A JOURNEY, NOT A RACE, BUT A LIFETIME OF GOOD CHOICES. DON'T LET 1 WEEK GET YOU DOWN!
Jeanette - where are you? How are the wedding plans?


Have a great day!
Taryn

More good advice! And I was wondering where Jeanette was, too?
I hope you all have great days today and that Brad has a good day at work!

1/12/11 Wednesday QOTD


My next vacation is coming up soon!!! The beginning of February!!! We are going down to Disney World for a few days and then a three night cruise on the new Dream!!! I apologize for all of the "!!!," but I am so excited!!! I can't wait to check out the new ship.

Very exciting!

 

[Rose&Mike]

Well, I am having a very lazy day off and it is fabulous! I feel like I have been going full steam ahead since DS came home for Christmas on December 14. I have done nothing so far today and I am thoroughly enjoying it! I feel like I really needed a mental health day, because while it may just be SAD, I feel like I am fighting the depression demons this week and it's dragging me down a bit. At some point today, I will go to the Y for a workout, so that should help.

All you east coasters getting snow--be careful! Tracey--14 inches, goodness! But I must say, thunder snow is kind of cool.

Have a great day!

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

I had a pretty good day today - a little over my calories but not too shabby, and yesterday I was way under because I was too busy at work to eat lunch, and then I passed out on the couch after dinner. So it all evens out, I guess.

Is anyone else finding that "bad" stuff doesn't really taste as good as you remember? I had some refrigerated cinnamon rolls that were about to expire, so I went ahead and baked them, figuring that half a roll could fit into my plan pretty easily. I dunno, maybe it's because they were close to their date, but mine tasted just kinda meh, and I usually LOVE those things.

Went for another walk in the snow today! Parts of it were literally *through* the snow - our campus cleared some sidewalks but not all of them, apparently. Let me tell you, trudging through several inches will definitely get your heart rate up!

Have a good night everyone!

I had them as part of my "last hoorah!" right before I started my diet and I thought the same thing, I was lik eh...shoulda ate some Ben n Jerry's instead lol.

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

Congrats to Taryn and all of our biggest losers and maintainers this week! Good Job Team Mickey!

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

Mommyof2pirates,
Yes you are not allowed to pump your own gas anywhere in Jersey really. They usually shoo you back into your car. I have a mug that is a license plate and it says Jersey Girl on the plate and across the top it says "I don't pump my own gas" LoL

When we came back from FL we stopped to get gas once we hit Jersey at on of the service stations on the Turnpike. There was MANY plates from out of state and some guy got out his car to pump gas and the attendant started screaming at him to get back into his car! But I also overheard the attendant saying to another attendant that someone just stole gas, and he didn't realize that they have surveillance cameras and they have the guy's plate # lol. Maybe that had something to do with the man screaming at the other guy.

 

[my3princes]

Good Morning. We had about 7 inches of snow when I drove to work this morning. I can only imagine how much we'll have when I drive home. I won't be going to weight watcher's tonight as the roads are horrible. I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow so I'm sure they will weigh me there and I weighed in at home and was down 3.4 lbs from last weeks weigh in

The kids have a snow day. It was funny to see our 8 year old get up and head to the tv to see if his school was listed. We had received the phone call at 5:22 AM, but he didn't know that

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

I missed these:

1-9-11 Sunday QOTD

Which is your favorite Disney Park and why?
Probably Epcot, I love Soarin, Nemo, the countries, I could just walk around them all day and eat and drink lol.

1-10-11 Monday QOTD

Tell us one or more NSV (non scale victory) you have had since Jan 1st.

umm...I guess just eating better. I am more aware of the carbs, sugar, etc that I eat and I am just trying to eat better foods, junk in moderation and choosing "this instead of that".

This snowy weather stinks!
Where is your next vacation planned and what are you looking forward to the most?

Our next Disney vacation is Aug 19th-26th. We are going for our honeymoon, staying at Caribbean Beach. I am looking forward to just sitting by that pool for a little bit (this weather is just killing me here) and hopefully a body that I could stand to look at in a swimsuit.
On the flip side of all that...lol, I am looking forward to our dining reservations. Why? Because all year long me and fiance NEVER go out to eat. DD has a peanut allergy so its hard to find a kitchen staff that I trust. We got a $50 GF for olive garden 3 years ago, we finally used it in October lol. We just got a $50 GF for Outback and scott won another for a local restaurant at his Christmas party...I have no idea when we will use them.

 

[Holly324]

Oh, and am I looking forward to this:

Disney Magic 7 night eastern March 12-19! Followed by a week at the Orange Lake Resort, West Village, Kissimmee. We are going to Discovery Cove, Sea World, and Universal Studios/IOA.

It's my major motivation to finally takeoff the extra weight, fit nicely into summer clothes and swim suits!

Currently snowing here!

Marcy

DH and I went there on our honeymoon almost 10 years ago....still one of the best trips I have ever taken! It was a gift from my mother in law. We spent all day there, swam with the dolphins, the manna rays, and even fed some fish. It was AMAZING!!!! I hope you have an incredible time!

Do you like unsweetened tea? That really helps me with a caffeine need later in the day without the added artificial sweetener....Proud of you for making this change, you can do it!

I have never been a fan of tea until recently. I usually have the caffeine free variety before I go to bed at night. I hadn't thought about using it to help with the afternoon slump, I may just have to try that! Thanks!

QOTD Wednesday - my next vacay:
DISNEY WORLD!!!!!!! I am just a little excited! We have been planning this trip for quite awhile now. We are going the beginnng of may. We are staying at Bay Lake Tower. I cannot wait!!! Last time I was in Disney, it was being built. We stayed offsite, and I remeber thinking how cool it would be to stay there and only be a minute away from MK. Now we will be there for 9 nights!!!

So, I ate a little too much last night - my mom cooked dinner for our family - mac and cheese with hamburger, and it is totally a comfort food for me. I made the decision today to be very strict with my points (still on the old plan...can't afford to join again, so I will have to stick to that for awhile ). So, here we go!

Day 2 with no soda down!!! Can't believe how easy it has been so far!!! Hopefully it continues this easy. Thanks for all the inspiration guys!

Congrats to all the BL's! I hope to join you on that list sometime!

 

[BELLE1109]

14" and still going!! snow day for this girl. It is such a welcomed change to not work in healthcare anymore and actually have days off due to weather

My walk is definitely out today unless I bring a avalanche tracking device and a shovel, so I'm going to try one of the workout sessions on demand. Anyone have Fios recs?