TEAM MICKEY--Biggest Loser 11 Spring Team Challenge!

[SurferStitch16]

Hey Team Mickey!!

I wanted to introduce myself, I just joined up for The Biggest Loser Challenge!! And I am very excited to be on Team Mickey and apart of a group that will push me to lose weight after I am tired.
I have always been an athlete, but after graduating college I have found it harder to find time to exercise and workout. Unfortunatly, I am still eating like I was an athlete. Those calories plus my lack of exercise have added the "Freshman 15" or "After College Fifteen" (and then some). I decided last week, after watching one of my favorite shows (The Biggest Loser) that it was time to get back on track. I started eating healthy and have been working out regularly. It was also last week that I decided that I was going to be doing the Goofy next year. This year was the first marathon weekend I haven't been to in three years and I really really missed it!!

I am very excited to be on Team Mickey and be able to talk to other people who are going through exactly the same thing as me. I know we can do it, TOGETHER!!
GO TEAM MICKEY GO!!!!!!![/SIZE]


Danielle

 

[rothesaydismom]

Sunday's Question of the day: I have invented a teleporting machine. You can pick one location anywhere in the world to be teleported to for 12 hours. Where would you go?

Logic would say I should say Disney, but since that's on my horizon (126 sleeps! ), I'm going to pick Italy. My great-grandfather (maternal) came from Sicily and even though I don't have much to do with that side of my family, I'd still love to see where our family started.

Good evening everyone, my name is Ann and I am very excited to be on team Mickey. Hopefully this will help keep me on track for my weight loss.

My goal is to reach 160 by the time we leave for our trip to the world end of June. I have been pretty steady doing Tae bo everyday since last July for a total weight loss of 38 pounds. Yes I started at 218 . But I have slid off the track. My DH is not helping he keeps ordering in pizza, wings, shows up with snacks. In fact while I was working out yesterday morning he came in from his job (words 3rd shift) with breakfast. Yes you guessed it MdDonalds, bacon,egg, cheese biscuit and hash browns. Today he insisted on going out for dinner Applebees. Man he makes this tough.

As a pick me up I just finished coloring my hair and am sitting here on Dis waiting for the timer to go off.

So I need everyones help please to keep me on track and strong.

Welcome, Ann!! I'm a newbie too...just started on Friday. I can completely understand what you're going through. My DH is known for doing stuff like your hubby...he just doesn't seem to get that my body goes through a physical response just like a drug addict when it gets sugar and other "garbage" foods. I just can't shut off the desire to have more once I get started. I've had to start preparing meals/snacks in advance so that there's always something healthy on hand for me to eat so I'm not tempted. Mind you, that doesn't mean it's easy by any means, but I just take it one day at a time.

I've also convinced hubby that if we're going to eat out, we should pick one day per week...that way we save money for our trip and, more importantly to me, I can plan my week around that take-out night.

The members of Team Mickey are an awesome source of encouragement so I encourage you to reach out often to share your successes and any struggles. Much success to you this week!

 

[rothesaydismom]

Hey Team Mickey!!

I wanted to introduce myself, I just joined up for The Biggest Loser Challenge!! And I am very excited to be on Team Mickey and apart of a group that will push me to lose weight after I am tired.
I have always been an athlete, but after graduating college I have found it harder to find time to exercise and workout. Unfortunatly, I am still eating like I was an athlete. Those calories plus my lack of exercise have added the "Freshman 15" or "After College Fifteen" (and then some). I decided last week, after watching one of my favorite shows (The Biggest Loser) that it was time to get back on track. I started eating healthy and have been working out regularly. It was also last week that I decided that I was going to be doing the Goofy next year. This year was the first marathon weekend I haven't been to in three years and I really really missed it!!

I am very excited to be on Team Mickey and be able to talk to other people who are going through exactly the same thing as me. I know we can do it, TOGETHER!!
GO TEAM MICKEY GO!!!!!!![/SIZE]


Danielle

Welcome, Danielle!! I'm a newbie, too...this is my 3rd day. Team Mickey is awesome...our team members are so encouraging and you can feel the sincerity coming from them. Much success to you this week!!

Andrea

 

[my3princes]

I drank sooooo much diet soda. And ate really bad food with it. I really think my body had an adverse reaction to the aspartame, because I felt a lot better when I gave it up. Then a couple of months later I had to give up caffeine completely because of a minor heart issue. I was so glad I had already started, because cold turkey would have been tortuous!

Tracey--I'm glad you had a good day today!



welcome! Congrats on losing the first 38 pounds! That's great!


Nope, just me being distracted today. I try to check the birthday list everyday, and I knew we had one this weekend, and then I forgot!

Ok, I hope everyone has a good Monday. I will probably not be checking in until late tomorrow, or maybe not until Tuesday. I have a busy day at work and I'm going to group strength after work.

Don't work too hard tomorrow and enjoy your exercise

Alan got home around 5 after doing some work and I was on the phone with a friend. I didn't even realize 3 hours had gone by! OYE. So, we decided we'd just go grab something at Chilis. I considered tonight my splurge night and had chicken crispers, with fries, and we split an order of mozzerella sticks. Other then the occasional thing of french fries from Wendys I've not had a lot of fried food this month.

Blah, I feel sick now and felt even sicker when I logged the meal onto my Sparkpeople account, 1800 calories!! And I just now realized I didn't even log the mozzerella sticks. That sent my calorie count for the day almost to 3000!

Yeah, I'm letting my food settle and then going to walk 2 miles on the treadmill,

Isn't amazing how foods we once loved now make us feel crappy. I've noticed that too. Now if pasta would do that to me I'd be making more strides

Hey Team Mickey!!

I wanted to introduce myself, I just joined up for The Biggest Loser Challenge!! And I am very excited to be on Team Mickey and apart of a group that will push me to lose weight after I am tired.
I have always been an athlete, but after graduating college I have found it harder to find time to exercise and workout. Unfortunatly, I am still eating like I was an athlete. Those calories plus my lack of exercise have added the "Freshman 15" or "After College Fifteen" (and then some). I decided last week, after watching one of my favorite shows (The Biggest Loser) that it was time to get back on track. I started eating healthy and have been working out regularly. It was also last week that I decided that I was going to be doing the Goofy next year. This year was the first marathon weekend I haven't been to in three years and I really really missed it!!

I am very excited to be on Team Mickey and be able to talk to other people who are going through exactly the same thing as me. I know we can do it, TOGETHER!!
GO TEAM MICKEY GO!!!!!!![/SIZE]


Danielle

Welcome aboard team Mickey. Jump right in.

 

[flipflopmom]

I just wanted to share with you guys! I usually don't weigh myself more than once a week, but for kicks on I got on the scale last night.....AND.....I reached 40lbs lost total!!

YAY for new clippies!!! GREAT JOB!!!

Yes, today is a new day! I have been avoiding the boards because I have not seen my scale move an inch.

Don't avoid, that's my first line of "defense" sometimes, too. The more I'm here, the more I have weight loss in my mind, and other people's success do sometimes make me a little angry at myself, they keep me going! You can do this!

This is my goal. I am addicted to Diet Pepsi. I have at least 6-8 cans a day but true. I am trying to quit completely. I told DH that when the soda in the house is gone I will buy no more..... I am cutting down every day I started trading water for soda every other one. then 2 waters to 1 soda until no more soda in the house.

Great plan!! You can do this!!!

Hello TEAM MICKEY! Just popping on to say "hello!" My Dad was supposed to be left handed but was switched after he broke his left arm in grade school. He played gold left handed, batted left handed, wrote right handed and had a lot of problems with spelling and writing all his life because of it. With Brad being a leftie, Sophie may be one, too. I'm a leftie myself!

Ak is a leftie, too, I'm just trying to be more vigilant in my watching to see if I'm doing the wrong thing by encouraging her to write right handed, since she has a more natural grip in that hand.... Glad you stopped in!

Taryn I'm sure that you are still processing all that is going on in your life and that is the barrier right now. I totally understand because that is exactly where I am right now. I did have a moment of clarity last night, that is a good thing for me as I work through issues. Anyway I finally realized that what I'm having to do at work does not reflect poorly on me. I am not involved in the decision making process, I am not coming up with the plans that I am forced to follow through with. It doesn't reflect on my personally or on my business sense. It is only effecting me personally because I have allowed it to. I need to go in and do my job without thought or emotion. I need to walk out the door at night and leave it all at my desk. If people are offended or irrate during the course of business it is the business that they are angry with, not me. I'm hoping that now that I've processed this I can go in with a whole new attitude tomorrow and hopefully the rest of my life will fall into place. I'm sure that you'll eventually process all that's going on for you and things will fall back into place I think that my ultimate goal is a size 6 too. I remember when I was at my heaviest thinking that ultimately I would like to be a size 12. I went from a size 20W to a size 10 and never hit 12 I got down to a size 8 in most things, a size 6 in a few. Right now I'm a size 10. Size 6 is my current goal.

I am so glad that you had got some things mentally processed today. I hope you are able to keep that in mind. Thanks for the encouragement!!!

So Sunday's Question of the day: I have invented a teleporting machine. You can pick one location anywhere in the world to be teleported to for 12 hours. Where would you go?

Magic Kingdom would be absolutely fabulous. 12 hours in my happy place would give me all kinds of wonders.....

I would go to SC to see DS! 12 hours is the perfect amount of time and I could be home to sleep in my own bed!

Awww...... how wonderful! How long until he's home again?

It is hard to explain the benefit for me. I just am more motivated. I don't feel so lethargic. Most people who know me don't realize how tough winters can be on me unless they are very close friends. If I'm not taking my vitamin D, I don't answer the phone, I lay around watching TV, spend too much time on the computer and basically just hiding from the world. I am overly emotional and cry at commercials. I can push my self through it while I'm at work and in public. Then have to figure out who I can get to help me get it in the apartment. I can put it together myself but need help unloading it from the car. Have a great day everyone! Thanks for the help with the motivation to be successful on this journey.

That's me to a T. Constant pms! I had blamed a lot on recovering from mono, but seriously, it's been 2 months. Time to get over it! I will be getting some Vit. D. ASAP! Thanks! Hope you got your treadmill!

Thank you so much for saying this. Even last night I was feeling guilty for eating the “fried zuchhini”, but in retrospect I guess it really was pretty small portions. But beet salad, OMG I love beet salad. I could seriously go overboard with beet salad! As for the food and soda this weekend. Remember last fall when we went to Bdubs twice in one weekend and I listed everything I ate? Well, the meal plan is made. I just need to make the grocery list—which is the easy part.
Today—vegetable enchiladas
Monday—corn chowder
Tuesday—hummus pizza
Wednesday—taco soup
Thursday—leftovers with veggie burgers
Friday—onion spaghetti
Saturday—black bean burgers or take out

That sounds good! I might have to steal some of those. I haven't planned anything, but around here, I have to plan based on what's here, Corn chowder sounds like it might find our menu, I've thought of potato soup, and maybe even veg soup, too. 3 down.... yes, there is snow in our forecast for the week! I love soup when it's cold! Thanks for the encouragement. I need to keep dealing and moving.

Hugs to you. Don't beat yourself up. Don't say never ever. If it is too hard to do a big improvement make small ones. Good luck with the financial issues. I hope that you can make progress on getting all of it under control.

Thanks for the love! I am in a place, right now, where one bad choice leads to a snowball. I just have to get on the groove of not doing any of it. Ever. Until I am back in control. We don't eat out, so at least there is not a lot of room for that problem again. Now, if Dh will stop buying junk!!! Thanks again for the kind words, I needed them!

His blood count keeps dropping, so he is bleeding somewhere. Probably the groin, he is in now for a CT scan to see where he is bleeding from. I am sure he is going to have surgery today and maybe a blood transfusion. So... I am quick trying to get everything done as I am sure that I will be heading back into the hospital later today. This just sucks!

I am sooo sorry! Sending prayers up for your dad!

Slept in this morning! Turned alarm off early as I felt that sleep was what I needed most! I got close to 10 hours which is very rare for me! I took some Tylenol PM last night and I think it helped!
I've got 3 EASA workouts to get in today as well as a few miles on the elliptical! SO I guess I had better get going! I'll send out the reminders between workouts.

Great job Tracey! It sounds like you had a really good and productive day, you must have really needed the sleep!

I hope everyone's weekend is going well. I've got a few things that need to get done today: Start paper for this awful class (blah), get on the treadmill, and get the meals planned for the week.

YAY for adding Alan's son, and I hope you got done. I'm with you on the blah! for schoolwork!!!

It's been a busy day here today. I had trouble waking up when the alarm went off, but I'm not really surprised. I tend to need a lot of sleep over the weekend. I think it's because I wake up so many times at night on weeknights. Taryn: Take it from the expert on bad days, we all have them. Look at the positives:
- You are able to look back on it and figure out where you could have made a change or two.
- You are motivated to do things differently.
- You are optimistic about things.
- As you said, "you put your big girl pants on."
You are an awesome person and yesterday was just one day.

Thanks Hon. I can hear some relief and excitement in your tone. I am so proud of you! Thanks for the pm, I'll try to respond later, if not, I'll get to it in the am. I did read it, and thanks for both! I wish it was one bad day in the last year, there have been several of those... more than I would like over the last few months! My HH points will be sent either tonight or early in the am.

You know, I've been reading about how many of you have given up soda, even diet soda, and I didn't really get it. Not that I drank much soda before... maybe 1 per day, 2 occasionally. I do know it's not good for your teeth. But now that I'm not eating salty fried foods, I'm not even wanting soda. I don't miss it. Yea!

That's pretty awesome, it's amazing how things trigger others. For me, I want something salty, then sweet, then salty, etc....

I really hope the PM helps. I know firsthand how stressful debt can be. Even more so when you can't see any options. Good luck! And let me know if you need any other thoughts or help with trying to use coupons. My family and my co-workers all call me the coupon lady.

Thanks again! I am trying to get my mind wrapped around all of it, so many variables.... But thanks.

OK, I'm an overachiever!!!! I just did 4 workouts on the EASA2! Burned about 700 calories in 1 hours and 50 minutes approximately! Once I got started I didn't want to stop!!!! I still plan on doing about 2 miles on the elliptical tonight.

BOUNCE TIG BOUNCE!!!!!

YogaMama--I almost missed you!!! Hope you have had a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY today!!!!

From me, too!!!!

It took me 2.5 years to stop living paycheck to paycheck and robbing peter to pay paul. Now I am living paycheck to paycheck but no longer having to rob peter to pay paul. In other words every month a little bit of debt is coming off and not continuing to build. I even jogged for about 3 30-second intervals. That was all I could handle! but as a person who has never ran in my life its a start.

I can't wait to get back to that place!!! As for the running/walking, you should look into the couch to 5K program, it's along those lines and turned me into a runner!

My goal is to reach 160 by the time we leave for our trip to the world end of June. I have been pretty steady doing Tae bo everyday since last July for a total weight loss of 38 pounds. Yes I started at 218 .

I started last Jan. at 218, too! I was at 165 when I went to WDW in July. My Dh is not on board either, so we have lots in common!!!!! You can definitely do it!!!!I'll be here for you, as will every one else, all along the way! Welcome!

Ok, I hope everyone has a good Monday. I will probably not be checking in until late tomorrow, or maybe not until Tuesday. I have a busy day at work and I'm going to group strength after work.

Hope you have a good day!!!!!

I considered tonight my splurge night and had chicken crispers, with fries, and we split an order of mozzerella sticks. Other then the occasional thing of french fries from Wendys I've not had a lot of fried food this month. Blah, I feel sick now and felt even sicker when I logged the meal onto my Sparkpeople account, 1800 calories!! And I just now realized I didn't even log the mozzerella sticks. That sent my calorie count for the day almost to 3000!

Hang in there! I KNOW EXACTLY HOW YOU FEEL!!! Tomorrow is a new day!

And I am very excited to be on Team Mickey and apart of a group that will push me to lose weight after I am tired.
I have always been an athlete, but after graduating college I have found it harder to find time to exercise and workout. Unfortunatly, I am still eating like I was an athlete. I started eating healthy and have been working out regularly. It was also last week that I decided that I was going to be doing the Goofy next year. This year was the first marathon weekend I haven't been to in three years and I really really missed it!!

Ahh Danielle, your enthusiam will be contagious!!! Welcome!

 

[flipflopmom]

Okay guys, I am worn completely out. Not really a bad day, didn't do much at mom's other than watch football, but I am just mentally done. I did get my work for class done, and took some notes. I got my kitchen cleaned, a few loads of laundry done, 1 toilet cleaned, we worked on hot water heater and drain in bathroom sink. I had an epiphany when I was mopping.

1. I don't give myself enough credit. Even if I am struggling right now, I did lose 69 pounds last year. I know what to do, and I can do it. I just have to set my mind to it. I am a full time teacher, going to grad school, working a pampered chef job, have 2 kids, and trying to support DH and the kids emotionally, and keep up the house. Hello??????? It's okay that I didn't wash my lightswitches this month, or vaccuum my den tonight.

2. I WANT MORE. More time, more sleep, more weight loss, more runs, more pampered chef shows, more money, more security, more motivation, working harder with the girls, etc. etc. etc. As much as I talk about cherishing the moment, I have yet to reach being content. I need to work on this. I need to stop pushing quite so hard, because a lot of my problem is burnout, I think.

3. I need to get back to the things that work for me. Entering each bite into sparkpeople as soon as I eat it. Making daily to do lists. Going nowhere without my planner. Planning each day. Setting hourly goals. Organizing myself and my family.

Well, with that being said, I am tired. Up since 5, and my brain is done. Going to get going. I'll weigh in the am. I'll send HH points in the am. Night.


Just have to add, I talked to DH about SAD and vitamin D. His response - "There's a whole bottle in the kitchen. I took some the other night and felt good the next day." Thank you, Lord, for wanting something I already had! Just took 1 1K milligram. Might do another in the am for an extra boost. What is the norm?

 

[tigger813]

I know where you're coming from, Taryn!!!! We never give ourselves enough credit!!!!

I'll be looking for your weigh in tomorrow! I need to do mine as well!

Hugs to you!!!!!

I'm off to bed now!!!!!

TTFN zzzzzzzz........

 

[my3princes]

Okay guys, I am worn completely out. Not really a bad day, didn't do much at mom's other than watch football, but I am just mentally done. I did get my work for class done, and took some notes. I got my kitchen cleaned, a few loads of laundry done, 1 toilet cleaned, we worked on hot water heater and drain in bathroom sink. I had an epiphany when I was mopping.

1. I don't give myself enough credit. Even if I am struggling right now, I did lose 69 pounds last year. I know what to do, and I can do it. I just have to set my mind to it. I am a full time teacher, going to grad school, working a pampered chef job, have 2 kids, and trying to support DH and the kids, and keep up the house. Hello??????? It's okay that I didn't wash my lightswitches this month, or vaccuum my den tonight.

2. I WANT MORE. More time, more sleep, more weight loss, more runs, more pampered chef shows, more money, more security, more motivation, working harder with the girls, etc. etc. etc. As much as I talk about cherishing the moment, I have yet to reach being content. I need to work on this. I need to stop pushing quite so hard, because a lot of my problem is burnout, I think.

3. I need to get back to the things that work for me. Entering each bite into sparkpeople as soon as I eat it. Making daily to do lists. Going nowhere without my planner. Planning each day. Setting hourly goals. Organizing myself and my family.

Well, with that being said, I am tired. Up since 5, and my brain is done. Going to get going. I'll weigh in the am. I'll send HH points in the am. Night.

You need some down time to rest That time will actually help you reach your goals. You can't do it all at once so break it down and do a few things on your list. keep pluggin along, but stop to live life along the way.

 

[Sugarglider]

Ummm - WOW. I can't believe the level of posting! Everyone is SOOOO getting into the board and keeping tabs on each other. I can barely keep up!

OK - QOTD Sat: desired clothing: some very expensive Nitya brand dresses and outfits I haven't worn since about 10 kilos ago

QOTD: Sun: Transporter: Great Barrier Reef to scuba dive and eat seafood!

QOTD: Monday: gee - I spoil myself all the time anyway. Ummm .... maybe I need to think some more and set a delicious target prize!

 

[Mrs.Malone]

Hi all! I haven't written very much here but I read every single day (usually multiple times) for motivation! I really appreciate everyone's posts and will try to post more!
Everyone's doing so well. Go Team Mickey!!

I am doing P90X exercise plan (modified because I started out at 100% couch potato fitness level) with a moderate-calorie healthy diet. I'm beginning to see a real difference in my strength and endurance, and the scale is starting to move...I'm so excited! My older kids have started to join me in all the workouts too!

One thing I've noticed, and I think that is mostly thanks to this BL challenge, is that now if I falter and eat a junk meal or skip a planned workout, I just tell myself, "okay, what's done is done--just get right back on the wagon NOW"--and I do. Immediately. In the past, if I had a bad day, that would turn into bad week (or more) because I felt I had blown it and might as well just go off the deep end. I think a lot of my weight gain over the past few years came from times when I was "dieting" and messed up and felt so guilty that I just overate even more. Now I forgive myself for little lapses and just keep swimming! My lapses are becoming less and less as I really settle into the groove of this new lifestyle.

Thanks so much to Tracye and our other BL leaders (and all the posters) for making this challenge work. It's a lifesaver for me.

 

[Disney Yooper]

My treadmill is in my apartment up & running. I'm too tired after putting it together to use it for more than a minute to make sure it worked. This is what I ended up with. It was $500 at Sam's. Proform 400 CT I'm going to bed to read the instructions.

As far as the Vitamin D, I did a little research for info. This is what I found in one article.

Currently, the Tolerable Upper Limit is Vitamin D 2000 IU per day. Vitamin D research shows that this 'upper limit' of Vitamin D 2000 IU per day SHOULD be the Recommended Daily Allowance for vitamin d therapy - NOT the Tolerable Upper Limit.

1 mcg vitamin D (cholecalciferol) = 40 IU
Let´s say you have 300 IU of vitamin D: 300 / 40 = 7,5 mcg vit. D
Then you would have to convert 7,5 mcg to mg: 7,5 / 1000 = 0,0075 mg vitamin D.

It goes on to say that taking too much once in a while is not enough to cause an overdose. You would have to take 10,000 IU daily for a long period of time for it to be harmful.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Yes this board moves SOOO fast!!!

Good news here is that DH goes back to work and DD goes back to school. I can finally get myself back on track this week!!! No snow predicated for this week at all.

 

[tigger813]

Day not starting out very well. DH got paged around 2 and I fell back asleep for a few minutes and then the house started creaking and popping and groaning! It's-7.6 degrees right now at 4:30 am. I finally just got up since I'm going to do a workout in about 20 minutes and my weigh in after that. It's going to be a long COLD day here. I knew I should've taken the tylenol pm last night! OH well!

Have a good day and stay warm!

TTFN

 

[flipflopmom]

You need some down time to rest That time will actually help you reach your goals. You can't do it all at once so break it down and do a few things on your list. keep pluggin along, but stop to live life along the way.

Thanks, hon!

I can barely keep up!

It's really tough to keep up, and I get people confused. I love reading the motivation though! I'll have to look those dresses up, not familiar with the label. Have the flood waters receeded?

Hi all! I haven't written very much here but I read every single day (usually multiple times) for motivation! I am doing P90X exercise plan (modified because I started out at 100% couch potato fitness level) with a moderate-calorie healthy diet. I'm beginning to see a real difference in my strength and endurance, and the scale is starting to move...I'm so excited! One thing I've noticed, and I think that is mostly thanks to this BL challenge, is that now if I falter and eat a junk meal or skip a planned workout, I just tell myself, "okay, what's done is done--just get right back on the wagon NOW"--and I do. Immediately.

That's an amazing thing to be able to say!!! On all accounts, both for the p90x, weight, strength, and ability to start over immediately! You are getting stronger and healthier, and your body will thank you for it! You are doing great!!!!

My treadmill is in my apartment up & running. I'm too tired after putting it together to use it for more than a minute to make sure it worked. As far as the Vitamin D, I did a little research for info.

Thank you sooo much! I am going to start taking one at night and one in the morning, each 1K. Glad you got your treadmill in and put together! You are on your way!!!!

Good news here is that DH goes back to work and DD goes back to school. I can finally get myself back on track this week!!! No snow predicated for this week at all.

Sometimes schedules and decision making are "impaired" due to family. I know all about that! Sounds like you are set to have a great, great week!!!

Anyhooo...Monday's QOTD: What can you do along your weight loss journey to magnify the impact or give yourself a self esteem boost?

I "thought" I needed more winter work clothes. I did end up with $90 in gift cards from family and students to a local clothing store. I had planned to go shopping over Christmas with them, but since I've only "worked" 7 days so far this month, and thanks to 1 being workday and 1 being a dress down Friday, I only needed 5 outfits that weren't jeans. HAHA! I have decided to hold on to them until I am closer to my goal weight. I do need some brown flat dress shoes, most of my pants are brown, and all my brown shoes are heels! FYI - I would not have picked brown, but EVERYTHING that I can wear now, with the exception of 2 shirts I got for Christmas, were given to me by friends that cleaned out their closets and THANKFULLY were given me stuff they had "grown out of". When I hit size 6, I'm going shopping!!! I need highlights, but they are not in the budget right now.

Tracey - we were posting at the same time. Why is your house so grumpy this morning??? Hope you can accomplish your goals despite no sleep! Maybe a little nap after the kids are at school will renenergize you!!!

Well, my goal of replying last night so I didn't have so much to do this am meant for short Dis morning. Going to send CC my HH, but going to wait a few hours to weigh. It's going to be bad enough without adding my first thing in the morning weight!

All our debt talk, tax return talk, and Deb, reading about your camper gave me a nightmare last night. Brad has been wanting a camper for years, and I dreamed that we were out and he stopped to look at campers. They had one he liked, and he asked the guy if he would take x if it was in cash for this camper. Deal was accepted, and Brad promptly turned over our tax return check. I was furious, fast forward a few months, and we were living in a slum like housing development with a shiny new camper in the backyard.

I'll check in before I leave. OFf to do more !
Have a great Monday!
Taryn

 

[rothesaydismom]

Monday's QOTD: What can you do along your weight loss journey to magnify the impact or give yourself a self esteem boost?

I think this time around, I'm going to take pictures of myself everytime I lose another 5lbs...years ago when I lost 40lbs, there were days along the way when I still felt overweight, even though I'd lost 10, 15, 20lbs. I guess I never believed that I looked any different along the way. A friend has suggested the pic idea to help me realize that a small amount of weight loss can have an impact in how you look. The added motivation is you can celebrate how far you've come and not get bogged down in feeling miserable for making an unhealthly choice one day.

Much success to everyone today!

Andrea

 

[tigger813]

Andrea- I wish I had taken photos of when I started my journey! I did compile a group of photos to share at my Open House at the Wellness Center! My favorite photo is, of course, my Christmas Eve photo in my red dress! I hadn't worn that in 13 years!

Got in 2.25 miles while watching Julie and Julia. I need to try and get Ash up and see if she wants to go to the Wellness Center for breakfast! I might not have time after Izzie gets on the bus but I also don't think I want to go out before the sun comes up! It's -9 right now! I guess I'll wait! I can run in quickly and get my drinks at 8:30. Not sure if I'm meeting my co-worker this morning for a nail/massage morning! I do have a client at 10. Usually don't work on Mondays but this lady is a nurse and only has Mondays off so I told her I'd come in early for her today. Gotta pick up Izzie at noon so we can go to BJs, Best Buy, Target and Trader Joe's again. May find what I need at BJs! Only supposed to be in the low teens today so we'll definitely be bundled up this morning! Driving to the bus stops today!!!!

TTFN

 

[tigger813]

Sorry Mickeys! I'm up 1.8 for the week! But I'm planning on being WAY down by Friday! I'm getting my energy back despite 3 1/2 hours of sleep last night!

Will do my EASA2 workout this afternoon! And then go to bed early!!!!!

TTFN

 

[KristiMc]

Good morning

I really need to get exercising. Since I have started WW in August, the first 43 pounds have come off pretty easy, well lately I am still eating great but nothing is happening. I need to get my butt moving more.

On a happy note - Pittsburgh's Going to the Superbowl!! So excited for my team.

 

[my3princes]

Ummm - WOW. I can't believe the level of posting! Everyone is SOOOO getting into the board and keeping tabs on each other. I can barely keep up!

OK - QOTD Sat: desired clothing: some very expensive Nitya brand dresses and outfits I haven't worn since about 10 kilos ago

QOTD: Sun: Transporter: Great Barrier Reef to scuba dive and eat seafood!

QOTD: Monday: gee - I spoil myself all the time anyway. Ummm .... maybe I need to think some more and set a delicious target prize!

I think a prize helps. I know it does for me.

Hi all! I haven't written very much here but I read every single day (usually multiple times) for motivation! I really appreciate everyone's posts and will try to post more!
Everyone's doing so well. Go Team Mickey!!

I am doing P90X exercise plan (modified because I started out at 100% couch potato fitness level) with a moderate-calorie healthy diet. I'm beginning to see a real difference in my strength and endurance, and the scale is starting to move...I'm so excited! My older kids have started to join me in all the workouts too!

One thing I've noticed, and I think that is mostly thanks to this BL challenge, is that now if I falter and eat a junk meal or skip a planned workout, I just tell myself, "okay, what's done is done--just get right back on the wagon NOW"--and I do. Immediately. In the past, if I had a bad day, that would turn into bad week (or more) because I felt I had blown it and might as well just go off the deep end. I think a lot of my weight gain over the past few years came from times when I was "dieting" and messed up and felt so guilty that I just overate even more. Now I forgive myself for little lapses and just keep swimming! My lapses are becoming less and less as I really settle into the groove of this new lifestyle.

Thanks so much to Tracye and our other BL leaders (and all the posters) for making this challenge work. It's a lifesaver for me.

It sounds like you're making great strides. Keep on posting as you can help motivate the rest of us.

My treadmill is in my apartment up & running. I'm too tired after putting it together to use it for more than a minute to make sure it worked. This is what I ended up with. It was $500 at Sam's. Proform 400 CT I'm going to bed to read the instructions.

As far as the Vitamin D, I did a little research for info. This is what I found in one article.

Currently, the Tolerable Upper Limit is Vitamin D 2000 IU per day. Vitamin D research shows that this 'upper limit' of Vitamin D 2000 IU per day SHOULD be the Recommended Daily Allowance for vitamin d therapy - NOT the Tolerable Upper Limit.

1 mcg vitamin D (cholecalciferol) = 40 IU
Let´s say you have 300 IU of vitamin D: 300 / 40 = 7,5 mcg vit. D
Then you would have to convert 7,5 mcg to mg: 7,5 / 1000 = 0,0075 mg vitamin D.

It goes on to say that taking too much once in a while is not enough to cause an overdose. You would have to take 10,000 IU daily for a long period of time for it to be harmful.

I'm glad you got the treadmill up and running. Tomorrow you'll be running Good info on the vitamin D.

Yes this board moves SOOO fast!!!

Good news here is that DH goes back to work and DD goes back to school. I can finally get myself back on track this week!!! No snow predicated for this week at all.

Day not starting out very well. DH got paged around 2 and I fell back asleep for a few minutes and then the house started creaking and popping and groaning! It's-7.6 degrees right now at 4:30 am. I finally just got up since I'm going to do a workout in about 20 minutes and my weigh in after that. It's going to be a long COLD day here. I knew I should've taken the tylenol pm last night! OH well!

Have a good day and stay warm!

TTFN

It is so cold here too. The cars really didn't want to start this morning.

Thanks, hon!


It's really tough to keep up, and I get people confused. I love reading the motivation though! I'll have to look those dresses up, not familiar with the label. Have the flood waters receeded?


That's an amazing thing to be able to say!!! On all accounts, both for the p90x, weight, strength, and ability to start over immediately! You are getting stronger and healthier, and your body will thank you for it! You are doing great!!!!


Thank you sooo much! I am going to start taking one at night and one in the morning, each 1K. Glad you got your treadmill in and put together! You are on your way!!!!


Sometimes schedules and decision making are "impaired" due to family. I know all about that! Sounds like you are set to have a great, great week!!!


I "thought" I needed more winter work clothes. I did end up with $90 in gift cards from family and students to a local clothing store. I had planned to go shopping over Christmas with them, but since I've only "worked" 7 days so far this month, and thanks to 1 being workday and 1 being a dress down Friday, I only needed 5 outfits that weren't jeans. HAHA! I have decided to hold on to them until I am closer to my goal weight. I do need some brown flat dress shoes, most of my pants are brown, and all my brown shoes are heels! FYI - I would not have picked brown, but EVERYTHING that I can wear now, with the exception of 2 shirts I got for Christmas, were given to me by friends that cleaned out their closets and THANKFULLY were given me stuff they had "grown out of". When I hit size 6, I'm going shopping!!! I need highlights, but they are not in the budget right now.

Tracey - we were posting at the same time. Why is your house so grumpy this morning??? Hope you can accomplish your goals despite no sleep! Maybe a little nap after the kids are at school will renenergize you!!!

Well, my goal of replying last night so I didn't have so much to do this am meant for short Dis morning. Going to send CC my HH, but going to wait a few hours to weigh. It's going to be bad enough without adding my first thing in the morning weight!

All our debt talk, tax return talk, and Deb, reading about your camper gave me a nightmare last night. Brad has been wanting a camper for years, and I dreamed that we were out and he stopped to look at campers. They had one he liked, and he asked the guy if he would take x if it was in cash for this camper. Deal was accepted, and Brad promptly turned over our tax return check. I was furious, fast forward a few months, and we were living in a slum like housing development with a shiny new camper in the backyard.

I'll check in before I leave. OFf to do more !
Have a great Monday!
Taryn

I'm sorry that you had a "night mirror" as my 8 year old would say. It seems that many of us had restless nights last night. I slept soundly from 10:30 -
2:30 and toss and turned the rest of the night. Ambien seems to give me exactly 4 hours of sleep. I have an email in to my doctor.

I think this time around, I'm going to take pictures of myself everytime I lose another 5lbs...years ago when I lost 40lbs, there were days along the way when I still felt overweight, even though I'd lost 10, 15, 20lbs. I guess I never believed that I looked any different along the way. A friend has suggested the pic idea to help me realize that a small amount of weight loss can have an impact in how you look. The added motivation is you can celebrate how far you've come and not get bogged down in feeling miserable for making an unhealthly choice one day.

Much success to everyone today!

Andrea

Fabulous plan and no cost too

Andrea- I wish I had taken photos of when I started my journey! I did compile a group of photos to share at my Open House at the Wellness Center! My favorite photo is, of course, my Christmas Eve photo in my red dress! I hadn't worn that in 13 years!

Got in 2.25 miles while watching Julie and Julia. I need to try and get Ash up and see if she wants to go to the Wellness Center for breakfast! I might not have time after Izzie gets on the bus but I also don't think I want to go out before the sun comes up! It's -9 right now! I guess I'll wait! I can run in quickly and get my drinks at 8:30. Not sure if I'm meeting my co-worker this morning for a nail/massage morning! I do have a client at 10. Usually don't work on Mondays but this lady is a nurse and only has Mondays off so I told her I'd come in early for her today. Gotta pick up Izzie at noon so we can go to BJs, Best Buy, Target and Trader Joe's again. May find what I need at BJs! Only supposed to be in the low teens today so we'll definitely be bundled up this morning! Driving to the bus stops today!!!!

TTFN

Stay warm.

Good morning

I really need to get exercising. Since I have started WW in August, the first 43 pounds have come off pretty easy, well lately I am still eating great but nothing is happening. I need to get my butt moving more.

On a happy note - Pittsburgh's Going to the Superbowl!! So excited for my team.

You can do it and so can Pittsburgh

 

[SurferStitch16]

I think this time around, I'm going to take pictures of myself everytime I lose another 5lbs...years ago when I lost 40lbs, there were days along the way when I still felt overweight, even though I'd lost 10, 15, 20lbs. I guess I never believed that I looked any different along the way. A friend has suggested the pic idea to help me realize that a small amount of weight loss can have an impact in how you look. The added motivation is you can celebrate how far you've come and not get bogged down in feeling miserable for making an unhealthly choice one day.

Much success to everyone today!

Andrea

This sounds like a great idea and an excellent motivator!! I think I am going to do this too. I hate the days when I feel like its been useless. This can definitely help me stay on track during those tough days!! Thanks for the great tip!!

Good luck today everyone!!

I'm off to get a quick workout in and then get ready for classes to begin tomorrow. I am very nervous because with classes starting back up there goes a lot of free time and A LOT of my energy!! Its also so much easier to grab something from a vending machine then packing my healthy snacks. I just have to try and plan things better now on. I also know that this site is going to be a GREAT help for me!!

Happy Monday All!!