TEAM MICKEY--Biggest Loser 11 Spring Team Challenge!

[Momoftwins+1]

Ok so I'm late to the team but I'm Christine, 32 , mom of three boys (7,4,4) and married to DH for 10 years. Im restarting at WW this week and hope to lose 50 lbs this year as a goal but just want to be more healthy no matter how much I lose...

I also didn't realize there were workout DVDs instantly on Netflix so I'll have to check them out between Xbox fitness games and hitting the neighborhood gym and working on my 5k running goal...(I'm at 2 miles currently before I want to pass out)

 

[tigger813]

QOTD Monday, January 3, 2011: When was your first trip to Disney, your last trip and when is your next trip? How many times have you been?

Not all my questions are health related. DH and I are going to start on our trip report from our trip last month this week and I feel like reminiscing!

My first trip was in June of 1997. It was a Valentine's gift from DH. I have been 9 times so far. Our next trip will be when we go on PCC 3.0 in June 2012! It'll be our first cruise. DD1s BFF and her family are going as well as some of the friends we've made on the DisBoards!

I'll go into more detail tomorrow!

I had a horrible headache earlier brought on by not enough water and/or caffeine and probably too much peppermint mocha mudslide! It finally subsided and I was able to eat our pork chops DH grilled for supper.

Tomorrow is the day I start my new journey. I can't believe how bad I've been this holiday! I'm excited to try the EASA2 for the Wii and get back on my elliptical. I got my exercise today taking all the boxes of ornaments back downstairs. It was at least 10 trips up and down. DD1 and I will visit the wellness center in the morning for breakfast and I will drink LOTS of water tomorrow and nothing but healthy food. I need to grocery shop at some point this week as our freezers are practically empty. I'll jump start my weight loss with protein shakes for b'fast and lunch tomorrow or have a big lunch and have a shake for supper. DD1 has dancing and basketball tomorrow night so I may visit the grocery store for a few things while she's dancing. I always eat early with her on Mondays.

We're at 105 weigh ins and I should be getting about 40 more if everyone checks in with me! Gotta get going on the spreadsheet tonight.

Time to get the girls ready for bed. DD1 is showering and then I have to bathe DD2. So glad they go back to school tomorrow. I think they both need it too! Going to keep myself very busy tomorrow. I will check in when I have a few minutes or maybe when I eat lunch. I sometimes don't allow myself on here until I've done a workout!

TTFN

 

[jenjolt]

QOTD Monday, January 3, 2011: When was your first trip to Disney, your last trip and when is your next trip? How many times have you been?

Love Disney related questions!!!! Still trying to get motivated to do some sort of workout tonight LOL Still have time!!! Did get my water and veggies in today so that's good!!! Now to journal!!

To answer the QOTD..My first trip was in 1992 when I turned 10 with my Dad since then I have been back. My last trip was in May and I will be returning in 24 short days WOOT WOOT!!!! I have been to Disney a total of 9 times and have 2 more trips planned for this coming year!!! YAY!!!!

 

[Rose&Mike]

We're at 105 weigh ins and I should be getting about 40 more if everyone checks in with me! Gotta get going on the spreadsheet tonight.

TTFN

I'm at 137 people. I hope I'm not missing too many!

I need to update the Team lists, etc. but I will do that tomorrow. It has been a brutally long day. Have a good night everyone.

 

[lisah0711]

I have Netflix Streaming here and they several DVDs to choose from. I think I would like to try something on there and see if it sticks.

Ooo! Thanks for sharing this info!

Hello TEAM MICKEY folks!

 

[DavidandDenise]

Hello, Everyone! This is my first BL Challenge. I'm really looking forward to it! I really need to lose this "baby" weight! My boys are 3 years and 10 months, and I'm ready to reclaim my body! =)

I'm currently on day 11 of P90x--I love it, but I'm not losing any weight! I need more cardio. I lost over 20 pounds between pregnancies doing the first 60 days of P90x a couple years ago. DH is doing it with me this time, and we're going to do the whole 90! I plan to add cardio in on some of the lifting days.

Where I really struggle is with food lately. I'm just not sure what direction to take--low carb., low fat, low calories... I think I just need to do good old fashion calorie counting for a while and see how it goes.

I took my first trip to WDW in 1987 for NYE! I was in 3rd grade, and my parents loaded up all six kids for a week-long trip! I didn't go again until 2002 for our honeymoon! DH and I have been 7 times by ourselves (before kiddos!) and have taken DS3 once. Our next trip is this spring break! We cannot wait! It will be our youngest's first trip and our first trip HOME to BLT! We've missed two years since we got married (one for each boy!) I never plan on missing another until the boys are old enough to complain about going too many times (maybe I'll just leave them at home if the time comes!)

 

[BELLE1109]

hi team mates!
I hope you all had a great day
today was my last day of vacation so tomorrow will be a real test...I have planned out all of my food for success!

today I had three 'break throughs'
1) I stuck to my WW points values and even budgeted in a skinny cow (YUM)
2) Completed the HHs goals for today (finishing up my last glass of water as we speak)
3) Rediscovered Fresca. I plan on drinking my daily water requirement but just water all day makes me Fresca has zero WW points and is very refreshing! I am allowing myself 1 can a day which is a huge decrease from my diet coke addiction. I also picked up some crystal lite water flavor.

 

[tggrrstarr]

Hello

I plan to follow the new weight watchers program once we figure it all out and I will start P90X on Tuesday. I was at 205 last summer, but let our extended vacation get the best of me and didn't jump right back into losing it after we got home.

This is my second Biggest Loser Challenge.

Hello teammates,

My goal this week is to complete the first 7 days of P90X. I attempted this in the past and got to day 11 or 12 before it was too much of a hassle. I was traveling all of the time and exercising in a hotel room was tough. Now I am home every night and it is much easier out in my garage (man-cave).
Dave

I did P90x for the first 3 months of my "diet". It was a fantastic jump start to my journey and really helped me. I had to stop when I hurt my knee running, I just haven't had time to devote to it again. I don't think I could have started running without it.

 

[keenercam]

QOTD Monday, January 3, 2011: When was your first trip to Disney, your last trip and when is your next trip? How many times have you been?

My first trip was in May 1981 for my senior class trip. My last trip was in August 2010 for a weekend to celebrate my birthday. We leave this Thursday for 4 days for Marathon Weekend. I have been more than 25 times, but I'm not sure of the precise number. I am truly blessed!

Rose - I hope the list is helpful. Now that I know how to alphabetize in Word, I love making or organizing lists. Yeah, I'm a little weird.

 

[yanni2]

June 1995 for my honeymoon. I have since been 4 more times with my children, including a trip in December.

I have been to Disneyland too many times to count since I have lived in CA most of my life.

Michelle

 

[Stinasmom]

Hi Team Mickey mates!

I'm ready for the endulgence and gluttony of the Holidays to end!

I actually had TWO good days last week, but then Girls night, New Years Eve, DD's birthday...

So, my name is Marcy. I am just under 5' tall so the extra weight shows more on me. It's time!!!

My first goal is to lose 10% by our cruise in March. That's less than 2 lbs per week but I have been stuck at this current weight for 9 years. My body is quite comfortable with this size, but I'M NOT.

HOW?

*Eat smaller portions.
*Stop "treating" myself to coffee drinks and fast food
*LESS WINE (tough one!)
*Actually work out on the days I'm not working - I am a Jazzercise instructor and teach 4 classes per week or more when sub for others.
Working out is like a job for me, great exercise!! but I need to mix it up.
*Drink more water

Well, it's a start...

Marcy

 

[KSH]

Don't look at it like that, find some fun choices for breakfast. I find I look forward to it if I have a variety of good, low cal stuff to look forward to. My favorite choices are a sandwich of bagel thin with egg beaters and turkey bacon or a hash of mushrooms, zucchini, eggbeaters and hash brown potatoes.
Sometimes I treat myself to a subway English muffin. All within 160-230 calories. Not sure how that translates to WW pts.

Good advice!! Thank you. I keep forgetting that Subway does breakfast now. I will have to try it. I've made it through two days of journaling now, and I've gotten all the HHs in both days. Very exciting!

Can someone tell me how to do multiple quotes? I am still learning how to DIS! Would like to respond to more that I've read but I am not sure how that works!

Hope you all have a great day tomorrow!

Karen

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Hi Team Mickey!

Not much time to reply but wanted to check in before bed. Its back to work tomorrow for me. After 10 days off it may be tough. The kids and I had so much fun being home but its back to the grind.

I got my run in today, ate my veggies and drank my water. So far so good. I am off to pack our healthy lunches. Remeber planning is the key to success.

QOTD- Monday 1-3-11

My first trip was when I was 10. Went with my parents and my moms cousins. Stayed off property at wilson world. Visited cape canavril, seaworld, busch gardens, and a few other places outside of the parks. Went back in 96 with my friends for a seniors grad trip. Honeymooned at AKL in 2003. took my boys for their first trip sept 2009, and my next trip is scheduled for feb 2011 to do the princess half marathon. Its a girls trip with my mom and aunt. I am counting down the days.

 

[tigger813]

Good advice!! Thank you. I keep forgetting that Subway does breakfast now. I will have to try it. I've made it through two days of journaling now, and I've gotten all the HHs in both days. Very exciting!

Can someone tell me how to do multiple quotes? I am still learning how to DIS! Would like to respond to more that I've read but I am not sure how that works!

Hope you all have a great day tomorrow!

Karen

Next to the quote button there is a "multi quote button". Click multi quote on each message you want to quote and then reply to them and then post!

 

[my3princes]

QOTD Monday, January 3, 2011: When was your first trip to Disney, your last trip and when is your next trip? How many times have you been?

My first trip was in May 1981 for my senior class trip. My last trip was in August 2010 for a weekend to celebrate my birthday. We leave this Thursday for 4 days for Marathon Weekend. I have been more than 25 times, but I'm not sure of the precise number. I am truly blessed!

Rose - I hope the list is helpful. Now that I know how to alphabetize in Word, I love making or organizing lists. Yeah, I'm a little weird.

Good Question: I can answer for myself and for Chris since all of our trips have been together. First trip was on our honeymoon in 1992. Last trip was July/August 2010. We've taken the kids about a dozen times in between there and even did a quick trip with just the 2 of us. Our next trip is up in the air. We have APs, but little time to use them because of the kids schedules. It is more likely that we'll do DL in 2012, either July or August along with a stay at the new DVC resort in Hawaii during that trip. Can't wait

 

[bethbuchall]

QOTD Monday, January 3, 2011: When was your first trip to Disney, your last trip and when is your next trip? How many times have you been?

My first trip was in January, 1972. My most recent trip was August, 2010. Unfortunately, I have no idea when the next trip will be. We are doing a major bathroom remodel soon, and I'll have two kids in college in the Fall.

I don't remember the exact dates of the other trips that I took as a child, but I know that there were two or three more after the January, 1972 trip. Then I went at the end of May, 1988 for my honeymoon. We had another trip before children in September, 1990. We went with the older two in May, 1998. The next trip was for our third child's 3rd birthday in May, 2002. We went for a last May trip in 2004 and decided that the older kids were getting too old to pull out of school. We all went in August, 2006. My daughter, younger son, and I went in August, 2008. I wish that we could go more often!

 

[princesslvr]

Hi all! I can't believe how many posts are on this thread, lol. It's great to be here
I've made good choices in my food this weekend--played Wii fit with dear daughter and found out my wii scale and my home scale are not the same, and not in a good way need to figure out which one is right. Tomorrow is back to the routine, after the holiday break, so I did shop for healthy lunch stuff and I'll pack my lunch tomorrow and I've got the healthy stuff ready to go for breakfast, so hopefully it will be a good start to the week!

My first trip to Disney world was in the late 70's, then I returned again my sr yr in high school for a DECA competition trip and then our first family trip was in 2009 and then a Mommy/daughter/friends quick trip last September. (too short) our next family trip is going to be Nov 26-Dec 10 2011 at Wilderness lodge and we've got 2012 to look forward to-- our first time on a disney cruise--we're going to do 5 day bahama cruise with a double dip on CC, come back to port for a day and then we'll hop on the Disney Fantasy for 7 day Eastern Carribean I'm super excited!!

 

[BELLE1109]

QOTD Monday, January 3, 2011: When was your first trip to Disney, your last trip and when is your next trip? How many times have you been?

My first trip was with my parents for my 8th birthday. Seeing the castle for the first time is my favorites childhood memory My last trip was Nov 2009 for my 25th bday with DH. Our next trip can't come soon enough- I hope 2012 for the princess 1/2

 

[ReAnSt]

I am going to answer questions of the day at once.

I am going to walk and ride a stationary bike for exercise. I am thinking about maybe checking out some exercise DVD's from the library or maybe finding a yoga class or maybe karate class. Scheduled classes are very hard for me as my work schedule is never consistent.

As for Disney trips.

My first trip to Disney World was in 1989 and I was 6 years old. I have been many times since. I lived in Orlando for 4 years while I went to school at the University of Central FL and worked as a castmember for a period of time. I am trying to move back to the Central FL area at the current time but I need to find a job.

My first and only trip to DL was in 2008 and I should be returning this year. I have been on 5 Disney cruises the first was in 2005.

I hope you are all doing well and those of you starting tomorrow, good luck!

 

[tigger813]

Good night, all! I've spent more than half my day on here!

Tigger needs some sleep so she can wake up as the energizer bunny again tomorrow. I've got a lot of cleaning and working out to do!

5am-Miles 1, 2, and 4 of BL Power Walk
6:30 Wellness Center with DD1
8:30 Take Wii back downstairs so I can start the EA Sports Active 2
10am Clean, clean, clean
12pm DD2 comes home from school, lunch
12:30 More cleaning and organizing
3pm DD1 comes home- homework
4pm dinner with DD1 before Irish Step and basketball
5-7:30 Irish step and basketball for DD1- maybe get a few groceries
7:30 Work on spreadsheets!!!!!

If I get cleaning done efficiently I can work on the spreadsheets earlier than at night!

TTFN