TEAM MICKEY--Biggest Loser 11 Spring Team Challenge!

[ScubaD]

Oops one more question (wow am I needy) what do you all think of WW? I joined but have yet to go. I went few years ago but now it is changed and I heard you have less food to eat. I struggled with being hungry on the last one! I have hypoglycemia so my sugar is an issue, and when it drops I tend to eat everything in sight. I try to eat snacks in-between to prevent this but I am not always successful. Any suggestions are appreciated.

Hi njtinkmom,
I started going in December right after the the kickoff of the new "Points Plus" program so I have nothing to compare the old with the new. I am enjoying it though. I like the fact that I get to eat what I want to eat, I just have to decide if the points are worth it. I understand they are now using fat, carbs, protein, and fiber to determine the points value, but all the fruit and vegetables are "0" points and in the past they had a points value. So if you are hungry you can have a pear, etc. and not concern yourself with points.

Hope this helps.

Dave

 

[ScubaD]

Hello mates,
I am back from weigh-in and I am down another 3.2 pounds, and over 25 pounds total. I am feeling good as we are getting ready to go to Disneyland and enjoy the D23 tour of the Disney Archives and the Disney Studios. It is to be in the upper 70's and we are looking forward to it.

How did everyone else do this week? Can we take the Duck again?

Dave

 

[tigger813]

Thanks for all the encouragement guys I need it! . I am excited to try this weeks HH it does seem possible. Maybe I will really start using my BL for Wii. I do have a question what is WATP? Thanks again and good luck to everyone

WATP is Leslie Sansone's Walk Away The Pounds. She has a lot of different walking workouts. I have used them A LOT the last 2 years! Some people find her perkiness annoying. I just find her kind of funny. I have some favorites like her 3 mile Pilates walk and the 4 fast miles!

WOOHOO I beat PMS this week!!!!!!

Just had to get that out of my system!!!! I'd down 3 pounds for the week. Finally below my starting weight for this challenge! It's been a struggle. I have about 6 pounds to go to get back to my lowest and under 10 pounds to reach my final goal. I just have to keep my weekends under control. That's my biggest problem!

I just finished watching Grey's Anatomy from last night while getting in my 2 miles on the elliptical! MY foot doesn't bother me when I use the elliptical but does when I do the walking workouts.

Had a few weigh ins come in do far. Keep 'em comin'!

Gotta go try and wake Ashleigh up. Off to work though I have no clients today. Had a cancellation but I will get some cleaning done in my room and if time get my pedicure finally! I want to have them looking good for Coco Key next weekend with some Dis friends!

TTFN

 

[KristiMc]

Good morning Team Mickey and TGIF!!!

I will be the coach for the week. This is the first time I have done this so hang in there with me.

2/4/11 QOTD: What is your favorite Disney World Resort that you have stayed at, and which resort would you like to stay at next?


I have loved all of the resorts that we have stayed at - they are all beautiful. I think my favorite would be Wilderness Lodge. For our next trip, I would like to try out the Boardwalk.

Remember to send your Healthy Habits results to cclovesdis and your current weight to tigger813.

GO TEAM MICKEY!!!

 

[KristiMc]

Hello mates,
I am back from weigh-in and I am down another 3.2 pounds, and over 25 pounds total. I am feeling good as we are getting ready to go to Disneyland and enjoy the D23 tour of the Disney Archives and the Disney Studios. It is to be in the upper 70's and we are looking forward to it.

How did everyone else do this week? Can we take the Duck again?

Dave

Way to go!!!

WATP is Leslie Sansone's Walk Away The Pounds. She has a lot of different walking workouts. I have used them A LOT the last 2 years! Some people find her perkiness annoying. I just find her kind of funny. I have some favorites like her 3 mile Pilates walk and the 4 fast miles!

WOOHOO I beat PMS this week!!!!!!

Just had to get that out of my system!!!! I'd down 3 pounds for the week. Finally below my starting weight for this challenge! It's been a struggle. I have about 6 pounds to go to get back to my lowest and under 10 pounds to reach my final goal. I just have to keep my weekends under control. That's my biggest problem!

I just finished watching Grey's Anatomy from last night while getting in my 2 miles on the elliptical! MY foot doesn't bother me when I use the elliptical but does when I do the walking workouts.

Had a few weigh ins come in do far. Keep 'em comin'!

Gotta go try and wake Ashleigh up. Off to work though I have no clients today. Had a cancellation but I will get some cleaning done in my room and if time get my pedicure finally! I want to have them looking good for Coco Key next weekend with some Dis friends!

TTFN

Great job!! This weekend is going to be hard for me. We are hosting Euchre on Saturday and then there is the Superbowl.

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

2/4/11 QOTD: What is your favorite Disney World Resort that you have stayed at, and which resort would you like to stay at next?

I loved the AKL. We had a savanah view and it was very magical. I would love to stay at the boardwalk or beach club some day.

Hi Folks!

TGIF. I stayed up way to late again last night doing things and now Im having a hard time getting going today. I really need to focus on getting to bed earlier. We are having NFL day at work today. I had to make meatballs. I am planning on starting to journal my food prior to eating it this week. I really need to kick it into gear. 2 weeks and 6 days until I leave for disney. I would really like to loose 5lbs before then.

Have a great day!

 

[Rose&Mike]

Thank you to kinntj for coaching this week! Great job!

Okay, I really need to stop venting. Tomorrow is a new day and it will be an OP day. for weigh in everyone.

CC

Hope you have a good day CC!

But now the bad part. This week my DH lost his uncle who he was very close to. So we ended up eating out a lot this week. Today alone was pretty brutal. after the memorial we all went to Chef's in Buffalo a very well know Italian resturant. If i could of ordered off the menu I would have had a better chance but no it was buffet. Pasta, chicken with skin, roast beef. Salad with dressing already added. Rolls and butter, mashed potatoes with gravy. For dessert, canollis. The only low fat item was the coffe or water. Even the drinks with pop which tastes too sweet for me now since I cut it out of my life.

Looks like I will not even be in the top 10 this week. Ewwwwww so no looking forward to the scale in the am.

Some days you just have to get through. The important thing is to get back on the wagon. That's the big thing I have learned. Hang in there.

Hello mates,
I am back from weigh-in and I am down another 3.2 pounds, and over 25 pounds total. I am feeling good as we are getting ready to go to Disneyland and enjoy the D23 tour of the Disney Archives and the Disney Studios. It is to be in the upper 70's and we are looking forward to it.

How did everyone else do this week? Can we take the Duck again?

Dave

Very exciting Dave!!! Have a fabulous time at Disneyland! Mike and I are seriously considering the DL half this year. It would get us a coast to coast medal and it's on my birthday this year! I ran my first half on my birthday last year, and it was such a fabulous present to myself.

WOOHOO I beat PMS this week!!!!!!


TTFN

Congrats Tracey!!!

Good morning Team Mickey and TGIF!!!

I will be the coach for the week. This is the first time I have done this so hang in there with me.

2/4/11 QOTD: What is your favorite Disney World Resort that you have stayed at, and which resort would you like to stay at next?


I have loved all of the resorts that we have stayed at - they are all beautiful. I think my favorite would be Wilderness Lodge. For our next trip, I would like to try out the Boardwalk.

Remember to send your Healthy Habits results to cclovesdis and your current weight to tigger813.

GO TEAM MICKEY!!!

Great job so far! Might I add please include your TEAM NAME in your pm's to Tracey and CC!

We have stayed at All Star Sports 1x, WL 5x (including the first year they opened and one stay on the concierge level), PO 2x, BCV 1x, BWV 3x, and 1 night at SSR. I love the theming at WL and being able to take the boat to MK. My favorite resort is probably BW. We are very active and there is so much to do. We love running around the resort. We love being able to walk to DHS and epcot. I would like to stay concierge at GF, and maybe a no parks stay at AKL.

2 weeks and 6 days until I leave for disney. I would really like to loose 5lbs before then.

Have a great day!

OMG I am so ready! Three weeks from today I will be waking up at BWV! I just want to sit in the sun.

I hope everyone has a great day!

 

[my3princes]

Oops one more question (wow am I needy) what do you all think of WW? I joined but have yet to go. I went few years ago but now it is changed and I heard you have less food to eat. I struggled with being hungry on the last one! I have hypoglycemia so my sugar is an issue, and when it drops I tend to eat everything in sight. I try to eat snacks in-between to prevent this but I am not always successful. Any suggestions are appreciated.

You should not go hungry on the new WW plan. You don't have to eat less, just different. It takes a little getting used to, I'm not there yet, but the free fruit and veggies makes it easy to fill up

 

[my3princes]

Friday QOTD: Disney Resorts Here is our list from least favorite to favorite:

BWV - hated it. The location in relation the the elevator with 2 wheelchairs was horrible. Never again.
POFQ
Pop Century
SSR
Tree House Villas
FW Cabins
FW Campground
OKW Our favorite. Very roomy

Summer 2012 we plan to try The Grand Californian and Aulani. Can't wait. Just banked this years DVC points to use next year

 

[tigger813]

QOTD: Loved Polynesian 5 years ago. Now that we're DVC members I probably won't stay there for more than a night or two!
We've stayed at SSR, BCV: each twice! Loved them both times! Beach Club more since it's walking distance to EPCOT! Stayed at AKV a year ago last April and fell in love with that as well despite our view! DH and I are hoping to go for 3-5 days this fall for F&W alone! Hoping to stay at BCV or BWV! Then June 2012 is PCC3.0!!!!!

At work despite no clients. I just finished folding my sheets and I want to do some cleaning up and organizing of files later. A new aesthetician is coming in today so I can meet her.

Very cold and lo and behold expecting between 3 and 8 inches of snow more by tomorrow night! Really, I don't know what we did to anger Mother Nature and Snow Miser! Please forgive us and give us a break! A lot of roof collapses, stores and schools closed due to all the snow and ice piled on the roofs! Our schools sent out an email saying they have crews working on cleaning off the roofs all day long and on the weekends. Ash's school was just renovated last year and the high school and middle school are only a few years old!

Oh, and another storm possible for next Thursday! We haven't had a full week of school since before Christmas break! Our last day right now is June 23rd! Hope this doesn't happen next year as we need to be in Orlando by June 22nd for the PCC 3.0.

TTFN

 

[ScubaD]

This is a hard question as I have liked all of the resorts so far. If I have to choose though I would probably say the Beach Club. I like the atmosphere of being on the seaside, close to Epcot and Hollywood Studios, the beach, and of course the best pool on property, Stormalong Bay.

We will be staying at Bay Lake Towers and Animal Kingdom in April, first time at BLT.

Dave

 

[aamomma]

Hello everyone! I've been having a strange week. Everything I touched seemed to break - as a result, yesterday we bought a new vacuum cleaner, and a new toaster oven. Only lost 1 lb. again this week - but still moving in the right direction. I've been skipping the healthy habits for a while - so I'm going to try to get them ALL this week. Congratulations to everyone for our win this week, and especially the top 10, HH, and WIN winners! Thank you to all the scorekeepers, for your hard work and dedication. Thank you, Rose, you do a great job hosting the thread. Thanks everyone for your stories of success and defeats along the way, so the rest of us don't feel so alone in this!! QOTD: We have only ever stayed at AS Music - have always had a great experience, but honestly we only spend about 8 hrs. a day at the hotel (just long enough to shower and catch some zzzzzz's) [Our motto is, "Why would we spend time at a hotel when we're at Disney World??!!"] Have a great day!!

 

[KristiMc]

TGIF. I stayed up way to late again last night doing things and now Im having a hard time getting going today. I really need to focus on getting to bed earlier. We are having NFL day at work today. I had to make meatballs. I am planning on starting to journal my food prior to eating it this week. I really need to kick it into gear. 2 weeks and 6 days until I leave for disney. I would really like to loose 5lbs before then.

Have a great day!

Yay for having a trip coming up soon!

OMG I am so ready! Three weeks from today I will be waking up at BWV! I just want to sit in the sun.

I hope everyone has a great day!

I could use some nice warm sun. 59 days till we leave for our cruise!

You should not go hungry on the new WW plan. You don't have to eat less, just different. It takes a little getting used to, I'm not there yet, but the free fruit and veggies makes it easy to fill up

I am loving the free fruit/veggies on the new plan.

Summer 2012 we plan to try The Grand Californian and Aulani. Can't wait. Just banked this years DVC points to use next year

I would love to stay at Aulani someday.

Very cold and lo and behold expecting between 3 and 8 inches of snow more by tomorrow night! Really, I don't know what we did to anger Mother Nature and Snow Miser! Please forgive us and give us a break! A lot of roof collapses, stores and schools closed due to all the snow and ice piled on the roofs! Our schools sent out an email saying they have crews working on cleaning off the roofs all day long and on the weekends. Ash's school was just renovated last year and the high school and middle school are only a few years old!

Oh, and another storm possible for next Thursday! We haven't had a full week of school since before Christmas break! Our last day right now is June 23rd! Hope this doesn't happen next year as we need to be in Orlando by June 22nd for the PCC 3.0.

TTFN

Where are you putting all of the snow??

We will be staying at Bay Lake Towers and Animal Kingdom in April, first time at BLT.

Dave

We stayed at BLT last February. We loved it. It was so nice being able to walk to MK.

Hello everyone! I've been having a strange week. Everything I touched seemed to break - as a result, yesterday we bought a new vacuum cleaner, and a new toaster oven. Only lost 1 lb. again this week - but still moving in the right direction. I've been skipping the healthy habits for a while - so I'm going to try to get them ALL this week. Congratulations to everyone for our win this week, and especially the top 10, HH, and WIN winners! Thank you to all the scorekeepers, for your hard work and dedication. Thank you, Rose, you do a great job hosting the thread. Thanks everyone for your stories of success and defeats along the way, so the rest of us don't feel so alone in this!! QOTD: We have only ever stayed at AS Music - have always had a great experience, but honestly we only spend about 8 hrs. a day at the hotel (just long enough to shower and catch some zzzzzz's) [Our motto is, "Why would we spend time at a hotel when we're at Disney World??!!"] Have a great day!!

I only lost a little over 1 this week also. I have to remind myself that 1 pound loss is better than 1 pound gain. I have trouble getting all of the water in.

 

[tggrrstarr]

Good morning Team Mickey and TGIF!!!

I will be the coach for the week. This is the first time I have done this so hang in there with me.

2/4/11 QOTD: What is your favorite Disney World Resort that you have stayed at, and which resort would you like to stay at next?

GO TEAM MICKEY!!!

Welcome!

My favorite would be ASMu, we just stayed there in the preferred building and it was fantastic. We were so close to everything, I really didn't mind going to the food court all the time for refills. But a close second would be CB due to theming.
I really want to stay at either the GF for the monorail and decor or Beach Club for the pool!

So, while I had my big gain last week, I pretty much did the opposite this week! I ended up losing 4.4 lbs! I'm wondering if my gain at Disney was mostly water? Oh well, it's gone and that's what matters.

 

[Holly324]

Hello all! Been crazy around here recently, so I haven't been checking in as much as I should. Anyway, I am not weighing in until Monday, but hope to have a good loss this week!

Have to answer the QOTD today. I have only stayed at Shades of Green (2001 on my honeymoon - I was 18! ) and All Star Sports in 2005. Sooo, Shades was def my fave of the 2. However, we are booked to stay at BLT in May - CANT WAIT!!!! I have wanted to stay there since I saw it being built in 2008 (stayed off site that year).

Have a good weekend everyone!

 

[tigger813]

Kristi- I have no idea where we are putting it! It's ridiculous! The snow is half way up the trees, my basketball hoop, the deck! At least 2 more storms coming, maybe 3. We must have done something to tick off Mother Nature and the Snow Miser!!!!!

TTFN

 

[liesel]

The whoosh has finally started and I lost 2.4 this week, with a pound or 2 more of water to go. That will help me get started on next week! What I think might be finally helping me is that I seriously cracked down on being bad on the weekends (1 cheat meal a week instead of 3) and that I started having a recovery day after my more intense workouts. I saw better results with strenous workouts every other day than killing myself every day! I'm going to do more walking during recovery periods and trying to do a better job of listening to my body and not giving it more than it can handle.

QOTD: I have never stayed onsite at WDW or DLR! I feel like that's blasphemy to say on a site like this but its true! The resorts that's I've seen look lovely, but when it comes down to it, we just can't bring ourselves to spend that kind of money on a place where you sleep. I would like to stay onsite at both places someday, but it will take some saving and some good deals.

I really feel for everyone buried in snow. We only have a few inches on the ground with more to come this weekend, which may mean that we stay home on Super Bowl Sunday. We survived our artic blast, it was below 0 for over 36 hours! I still made it to the gym, I was very proud of that. I don't think a year or 2 ago I would have bothered treking to the gym in the snow and subzero temps.

Have a good weekend everyone!

 

[KSH]

Hello everyone!

Just got back from my WW meeting...I was up 2.6 this week. I was only down 1.2 since I started I know part of it is heavier clothes, we can wear jeans on Fridays now and so while I wore my lightest jeans I know they are heavier than my slacks. But part of it is earned from a couple of bad meals this week, I was traveling and someone cooked for me so it was hard to say no. Next time I will find a way to eat less though, and guess on a points count (I just didn't count at all, didn't know where to start). Lesson learned. The topic of the meeting today was sticking with it, which was perfect for me, I needed that.

Haven't had time to go back and read but plan to do that tonight. Hope everyone is doing well and those of you affected by the snow are surviving!

Karen

 

[Stinasmom]

Happy Weigh in Day... for some of us anyway.

Glad to have a 2 pound loss this week, I can't possibly eat any less without becoming unhealthy and unable to teach my Jazzercise classes to the level of intensity that is expected of us.
I have 3 days off from teaching... have to motivate myself to still exercise more than just learning new routines and refreshing old ones for next week's set.

I was certainly happy with my WIN results!
In fact, my goal is -2 more pounds by next Friday, then SHOPPING! (I live in a small town without a mall, department store, etc. Shopping means ROADTRIP!)
Honestly, my workout pants are practically falling off. And I have kind of expensive ones from Lucy and Lululemon... may alter those.
Need some jeans and if I can find some this time of year, shorts for our March DCL/Florida trip.
Good thing I actually get paid to workout - this is where my January paycheck is going!

2/4/11 QOTD: What is your favorite Disney World Resort that you have stayed at, and which resort would you like to stay at next?

The only resort onsite we have stayed at is All Star Music. It was just for a night or two. We have timeshare time of our own and LOTS from the inlaws, but I have stopped accepting their generosity... when it comes to family, "FREE" is not always "FREE," if you know what I mean.

The timeshare resorts in Central Florida are pretty consistant and really nice for the most part. When the kids were younger we stayed twice at a Marriott property called Horizons. Loved that. I would actually like to stay at one of the Hilton Grand Vacation Club properties sometime. For our March trip, we have two 2-bedroom condos at Orange Lake - West Village. Crossing fingers this will be a nice property.

But, I will have to say my favorite DISNEY accommodations is hands down the DISNEY MAGIC! This is where I am truly on vacation. Someone else is cooking and cleaning, where as in a condo, I still do much of that.

Good luck this week TEAM MICKEY!

Marcy

 

[Disneywedding2010]

2/4/11 QOTD: What is your favorite Disney World Resort that you have stayed at, and which resort would you like to stay at next?

BLT hands down! Although I am a little biased our home resort is BLT. No, in all seriousness I like it because its a hop, skip, and jump from Magic Kingdom. I love being able to get on the monorail and within a matter of a few minutes we are at my favorite park at Disney World. We will be at BLT in May for my graduation celebration!