TEAM MICKEY--Biggest Loser 11 Spring Team Challenge!

[PRINCESS VIJA]

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 . . .

That is kind of funny!




Way to go Taryn!!!!

As well as all of team Mickey!!! Nice job everyone!

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

 

[smile4stamps]

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!)

 

[cclovesdis]

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

CONGRATULATIONS TARYN AND BRAD!!!!!!!!!! What an awesome day!

 

[cclovesdis]

Healthy Habits Results Week 1

Congratulations to everyone who participated in Healthy Habits last week! We had a huge number of participants:

29 on Team Mickey
and
34 on Team Donald

making Team Donaldthe winning team for Week 1.

Congratulations to Heather.Mohler! You won this week's prize! Please PM me your address and I will send it out to you as soon as possible.

Congratulations to EVERYONE who earned a 6/6 for at least 1 Healthy Habit! They are:

Disclaimer: Many of you sent only your total number of points. As a result, your name may not appear on these lists.

Team Mickey
bethbuchball
DavidandDenise
flipflopmom
girlrea
janmadre
jenjolt
keenercam
kinntj
kitchensinkguy
KristiMc
KSH
mommyof2pirates
my3princes
PRINCESS VIJA
ReAnSt
WDWangela
yanni2

Team Donald
alison16
buzz59865
DisCanCan
Donac
goldcupmom
hpfan100
lisah0711
lovetoscrap
MacG
MercoBear
MickeySP
mikamah
mom2knk
phoresenuf
RutgersAlum
SettinSail
skmommy
Wandaeh

Congratulations to EVERYONE with a total of 18/18 points for Week 1!

Team Mickey
flipflopmom
jenjolt
keenercam
KSH

Team Donald
alison16
lisah0711
MacG

 

[Rose&Mike]

Congrats to all our Losers and Maintainers!

Congrats to our BL, Taryn!! Woohoo!

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!

 

[jenjolt]

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


YAY Taryn!!! WOOT WOOT!!!

 

[The Mystery Machine]

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

 

[tigger813]

SO, did anyone else get a workout in during BL? I did just over 2 miles in 45 minutes on the elliptical! Drinking some more water!

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. I'll probably try and do the elliptical and then do the EASA2 later in the morning and then also try to do the BL Power Walk at some point.

DD2 is still coughing like crazy! Glad she is home again tomorrow. Supposed to have 1-2 feet of snow with windy condirions between midnight and 8 pm tomorrow night. Just hope we don't lose power! DH will work from home!

I need to finish watching BL and put the laundry in everyone's rooms so they can take care of them tomorrow morning.

DD1 wants to watch all the Lilo and Stitch movies tomorrow! She's obsessed with Stitch since our trip! We have all 4 movies so it will be a fun day!

Have a great night!

TTFN

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

I noticed the station on the corner had it for $2.93 here in Jersey, but I could probably get it cheaper elsewhere, I never go to that one. The attendant always used to open my passenger door when I rolled up in our old 01 chevy cavalier that didn't have power windows, so yeah crazy man opening my passenger door! I just don't even bother going there anymore. lol.

that does sound a bit shady. Is it still that in jersey its all full service gas stations? I remember something years ago that my dad wouldnt get gas down at the shore because he couldnt pump it himself. Idk just one of those things that stuck in my memory.

Right now in my neck of the woods it is about 2.89 a gallon...but I am watching it creep closer and closer to $3/gal and that makes me want to

I know I cringe too when i look at the prices.

Since I live in the Chicago area ( which has the highest in the nation the news says), its about $3.35 a gallon. I just keep my eyes shut when passing a gas station, not really but would like to.

yikes that is insane.

We got Nick's MRI results today. He has a developmental venous anomaly. It is something that he was born with and other than the minor symptoms he's been experiencing he should be fine. It shouldn't get worse and unless he gets into a car accident or has blunt force trama to his head, that could cause a brain bleed.

Glad the results were ok. Hes such a trooper.

Between 2.74 - 2.76 depending on which gas station you go to in my little town

ooh never thought I would say thats a great price at 2.74 but wow thats cheap compared to most of us.

QOTD - fuel prices - well - it's about $4.70 - $5.00 per gallon here in Canberra. That's pretty standard for Australia so - ummm - yeah - we pay way more

Im going to give you two big WOWS one for the astronomical gas prices, and the other for those horrible floods happening. Im glad you are far away from them and live on a hill but I feel so sad for all those who are stuck in that mess.

Brad had a great day at work yesterday!!!!!!

glad to hear that. I hope it continues on the upswing. This stuff is just so hard to deal with on top of everything else. Glad you had a good day!!!!

LINDSAY!!! It's totally from the run. I PROMISE! Every time I do a long run, I hold onto fluid like MAD. Always up a pound or 2 for a few days afterwards, sometimes MORE (has been as much as 5!). It's your body's way of recouperating. Lots of stuff on the internet about it, tissue/muscle repair, etc. You are doing GREAT!!!!!!! DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED! Hope you either didn't get snow, or get enough to stay home. And yeah, those Red Lobster commercials.... When is your bday?

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.

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. When I get home tonight I am going to have to park at the bottom of the driveway until we get it shoveled out. Yuck. Hope everyone has a great day.

good job on the run. I hate snow too. It has me annoyed.

First want to say I'm so excited my Mom, fly4free2, has joined the challenge! She's been doing a great job with weight loss on her own and I know she'll do even better with the great support from WISHers and the accountability the challenge provides.

thats so exciting. Glad she is getting healthy too.

$3.17 to $3.20

Yes, thank you "blue state" taxes!

Marcy

Wow thats crazy. Im sure ours will be there in a week or two. Gotta love taxes.

What's everyone's goals for the week?

Mine is just to make it to saturday. This week feels so stressful. Ok really my goal is to drink my water, eat my veggies, and get my 3 runs in.

When I was out last night it was $2.85, but tomorrow's Wed so it may very well be $2.99 then. Our current gas-price-jump day is Wed. For a good year or so it was Thursday and then it suddenly shifted to Wednesday. Right now we're on a up 15-20 cents then down 2 cents every 2-3 days for two weeks before it jumps again. Does anyone else's gas rise and jump in a set pattern? It never really did here until about 5 years ago and now it's almost predictable (except for the random changes every couple of months to really catch us off guard). I've never noticed it doing the same elsewhere and wondered what others experienced.

ours seems to just increase a few cents a day. I havent noticed any patterns. thats interesting you guys get some drastic changes.

Okay, Disneywedding2010, you have inspired me to try to give up soda!!

arent these boards great. We all inspire each other in different ways. So nice to see, and good luck on giving up the soda. You can do it.

My name is Angela and I live in Sunny Florida about 45 minutes from the mouse.

well arent you lucky!!!!! Welcome aboard angela. I loved your story about loose weight and gaining a miracle. That is sweet. The princess is a great inspiration. That is mine anyway. I am doing it this year. Just started running consistently in april. Good luck on your journey and glad to have you on our team.

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

I agree P....miss you too. Until we meet again

As for me, I did so much better during my 4 days in Disney than I have ever done before.

hey cam. welcome back. You are so awesome...fruit in disney. Amazing! Glad you had a good time. We missed you.

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 . . .

That is funny matt. Well you both should be equally proud of yourselves and each other. You did great.

I don't remember all the QOTD's but I am going to answer a few I do remember.

well you did a great job from memory but if you ever want help go to page one of this thread and scroll down to the QOTD archive. All the questions will be listed there for you to use.

I actually teared up when I saw I was on the list
thank you for the support Mickey team mates

way to go. that is great and Im so glad you were happy!

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

thats so exciting vija and I think you are a shoe in to win since you have us to cheer you on.

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 had the same problem last week. I try to drink all of my water by the end of dinner and then only 1 glass the rest of the night. that seems to work.

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

CONGRATS TO TEAM MICKEY AND ALL THE LOSERS AND MAINTAINERS AND EVEN ANYONE WHO STAYED THE SAME OR GAINED. WE ALL CAME HERE ON A MISSION TO BE HEALTHY AND WHETHER THE SCALE WENT DOWN OR UP WE STILL ARE MAKING BETTER CHOICES AND BEING NICER TO OUR BODIES. SO WE ARE ALL WINNERS IN THE END.

Our Big winners still deserve a special shout out though.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TOP 13 AND ESPECIALLY TO TARYN!


Sorry I was MIA today. It was a completely nutty day, I barely had a moment to breathe. 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. I have no idea where my kids are going tomorrow. There are a bunch of variables depending on that. I hate not having a plan. It gives me anxiety.

I did good today. We had a drug rep lunch (free lunch provided). Pizza, salad, and garlic rolls. I had a small piece of pizza, 1 roll, and mostly salad. I felt it was a win for me. Dinner was turkey sausage with onions and peppers.

I will brb with the QOTD for tomorrow since it may be later until I get on again.

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

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.

 

[my3princes]

1/12/11 Wednesday QOTD

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

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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.

 

[Mrs D]

Just wanted to post a new recipe I made tonight. It's Eggplant Parmesan from SkinnyTaste.com.

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! My DS5 told DH is was just like pizza but better and even DD3 (nicknames Hunger Strike) ate her serving of a single eggplant slice. This was delicious and very easy. It took a little time to do everything (I also made the sauce form scratch as called for in the recipe) but not difficult at all.

One added benefit is no meat. I am (sort of) reading the book Food Matters by Marc Bittman and it is helping make me more conscious about the amount of veggies/fruit we are eating.

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

Have sweet dreams everyone!

 

[tmfranlk]

1/12/11 Wednesday QOTD

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

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.

 

[Stinasmom]

1/12/11 Wednesday QOTD

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

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

 

[Merryweather27]

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.

We got Nick's MRI results today.

Glad to hear it isn't anything too serious - that must be a relief!

Ummm - I'm gonna take this opportunity to say more about these Aussie floods. Apparently today it has all continued and became our biggest flood disaster ever.

I saw some footage of this on the news - WOW that is scary. We've had some pretty epic floods in the midwestern US where I live, but I don't think I've ever seen flooding with such strong current as to form whitewater, until seeing some of the photos and video from these floods. Glad to hear you are fairly well out of harm's way.

Hello Team mates!

Hi! Welcome!

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.

Oooh, that sounds like a fantastic trip! Hawaii is on my list of "one of these days I'll get there" places.

1-11-11 Tuesday QOTD

Here is a simple question. We are all from such different parts of the country/world. Tell me what is the current price of gas where you live?

In the Midwest, we are usually a little lower than the rest of the country. It's $2.93 here in STL right now.

1/12/11 Wednesday QOTD

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

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.

Once all that happens, we will probably be on a Bahamian Disney cruise. That was our original plan for this year which got scrapped. Or if it's been long enough that we really start missing WDW, we'll head back there and push the cruise to the following year. We still have yet to see Harry Potter at Universal, which DH is really excited about. The last day of our 2010 trip was the big opening day for it, and we tried to go, but IOA's crowd managment is TERRIBLE and we ended up waiting several hours in a line just to get into the Potter area of the park, but before we even got to the Jurassic Park area, the line dispersed into non-existence. At that point we just gave up and got a refund.

Wherever we end up on our next vacation, I am looking forward to just taking some time to RELAX and take in the sights.

 

[Merryweather27]

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!

 

[Sugarglider]

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!)

THANK YOU to everyone who has wished me safe from the floods I am miles away from the floods and safe. Please keep your prayers for the hundreds of thousands of people, businesses and wildlife affected and suffering.

 

[tigger813]

Let it Snow Let It Snow Let it Snow! Man, its coming down really hard here. Already had at least 6 inches and this is just he beginning of the storm!

Izzie is sound asleep on my lap so typing is difficult! She started coughing at 4:30 and Dh gave her some meds which weren't helping so I got her up to lay on top of me. She was out in about 10 minutes.

Watching the news and catching up on stuff!

Will exercise later, I promise but I will also be shoveling a lot later!

TTFN..Izzie is snoring softly on my lap!

 

[KristiMc]

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.