TEAM MICKEY--Biggest Loser 11 Spring Team Challenge!

[disneyfanforever]

Thanks for the support about the exercise and diet. Luckily my mom came into town and pretty much made me exercise today. I think I am hydrated enough, but I am still not eating as healthy as I should. I signed up for this exercise challenge at work and accepted a challenge to work out everyday at least 30 minutes for 30 days. I think not having a day to rest is really starting to get to me. My body is simply not used to exercise much less every day.

I am really worried about keeping any type of self control when we go on our cruise next week. I know I will walk around at the ports but I don't know if I can motivate myself to exercise and eat right on vacation. Any suggestions?

Rose-I am glad you had a good day. I wish I could exercise as much as you do. If I did all you did today, I think I would pass out.

Tracey-I hope you feel better soon.

KristiMc- We leave for our cruise in 6 days, and I am so excited but have done no packing at all. Have a great time. We are doing the MR cruise on the Wonder.

 

[cclovesdis]

QOTD 3/14/11 Monday
I just started planning my next Disney trip yesterday. How long after your previous trip do you usually wait before planning your next one? Or do you overlap your planning?

I am always thinking about my next trip. I'm just not always sure when that will be. We are going this summer and I'd love to the Princess in 2012. I'm not sure that I can get the time off of work, but I'm going to train anyway. I can always do a more local half.

Anyway point is we had fun to and sometimes you just need that.

So, so true! Glad the boys and you and DH had a great evening!

Thanks Rose! Glad you had a good day today!



Well, today was an okay day. I unfortunately have to report that I binged today. I wasn't as bad as I often am, but still, I did binge. Hoping for a better day tomorrow...

CC

 

[cclovesdis]

Thanks Kelli for coaching today! I love thinking about my next trip!

QOTD for Tuesday, 3/15: We've talked a lot about the exercise we do, but what is your favorite exercise?

I love to swim. I WISH we had someplace nearby where I could swim year round, but at a reasonable price.

 

[Rose&Mike]

I am always thinking about my next trip. I'm just not always sure when that will be. We are going this summer and I'd love to the Princess in 2012. I'm not sure that I can get the time off of work, but I'm going to train anyway. I can always do a more local half.

CC

CC--you go girl! This is the first time I think, that I read that you want to do a 1/2. Good for you. There is a rock n roll in providence this fall I think. That's really exciting. I think having something to train for is very motivating when you just don't want to exercise. There's something about committing to something that gives you the kick in the pants you sometimes need to get out there.

QOTD--running, but if I can't run, anything that makes me nice and sweaty. I also really enjoy lifting weights but I only do that once or twice a week.

 

[KristiMc]

I am really worried about keeping any type of self control when we go on our cruise next week. I know I will walk around at the ports but I don't know if I can motivate myself to exercise and eat right on vacation. Any suggestions?

KristiMc- We leave for our cruise in 6 days, and I am so excited but have done no packing at all. Have a great time. We are doing the MR cruise on the Wonder.

I have decided that I am on vacation and I am not going to worry about the food. I know I will gain a few - but I have been good and have lost 50 since August so I know it will come back off.

I am almost all packed - except for last minute stuff. We are doing the Eastern Caribbean.

Have a great time!

 

[Cupcaker]

Happy Monday. I am liking this new time change for the extra daylight, but now Im sleepy because of it. I am looking foward to hiking now that I can do it after work. I think this will get me back into my exercise ways.

I think its safe to say that my life is getting back to normal. I am looking foward to catching up with you all!

Jeanette

 

[my3princes]

Thanks Kelli for coaching today! I love thinking about my next trip!

QOTD for Tuesday, 3/15: We've talked a lot about the exercise we do, but what is your favorite exercise?

I love to swim. I WISH we had someplace nearby where I could swim year round, but at a reasonable price.

I don't like to exercise per se. I'd rather be active. Housework, home improvements, sugaring, waitress. Things that keep me moving without having to classify it as exercise. As soon as it becomes exercise it is no longer fun and I won't do it

 

[saysay]

QOTD for Tuesday, 3/15: We've talked a lot about the exercise we do, but what is your favorite exercise?

I love my run/walking. I just started last summer with c25k and did the galloway training plan for the princess. I just loved being outside. I miss it so much. Haven't really been able to do it since I got my PF. The eliptical just isn't the same and I don't have access to a pool right now. Oh well, I know it will get better, just takes time.

 

[poochie]

QOTD for Tuesday, 3/15: We've talked a lot about the exercise we do, but what is your favorite exercise?[/COLOR]

Lets see QOTD Sunday - favorite salad - Fresh spinach,romain lettce, chopped granny smith applies, craisins, mandarin oranges, feta cheese chopped walnuts with a bit of balsamic dressing.

QOTD - Monday - time between planning of trips. Unfortunately since we only go about once every 2 years, we do not plan until we decide we can afford another trip. Then it is all about the plan.

QOTD - Favorite exercise - This would be Billy Blanks Tae Bo - I mean since I started this twice a day last July I have lost 45 pounds.

 

[Disneywedding2010]

QOTD for Tuesday, 3/15: We've talked a lot about the exercise we do, but what is your favorite exercise?

My favorite exercise is swimming (when its warm enough). When its cold I like to get on my treadmill or do my Jillian Michaels DVD or if I get REAL ambitious I use the indoor pool at the 24 hour fitness near my house.

 

[Bungle]

QOTD for Tuesday, 3/15: We've talked a lot about the exercise we do, but what is your favorite exercise?

Hiking in the summer/early fall. Indoors it is running.

My weight loss has been awful lately but things are starting to return to normal around here so hopefully I can commit more time to myself.

 

[tigger813]

QOTD: My favorite changes from time to time. Right now I'm hooked on Leslie Sansone's WATP workouts. I also LOVE my elliptical. When I have time I also do a lot of Wii! I started the EA Sports Active 2 and then just couldn't fit it in. I plan on getting back to that soon.

I think I'm about back to 85% this morning. I'm still really tired but I got up and did the 3 mile Pilates WATP DVD this morning. First workout since Friday. I plan on doing 2 miles during BL tonight.

Working today until 2. I have to pick up some liquid smoke so we can make some pulled pork in the crock pot for supper tomorrow night. I'm also going to make Brian's corned beef tomorrow so it will be all set for Thursday night since i have to work. I'm home all day tomorrow so it will be a day of cooking! Girls are home at noon today and tomorrow. I also need to run and get some more lavender massage oil from TJs today. I'm getting really low and my female clients love it!

Ash is up and eating now. I'm also helping her study for her social studies test that she has today. She's doing well. She brought home an awesome report card yesterday too!

Need to drink some more water and make myself some tea. I also need to get in some extra fiber. Shake for breakfast and a protein bar for lunch. Also need to make Ash's lunch.

Have a good day. I'll get the results posted this afternoon when I get home.

TTFN

 

[Rose&Mike]

I am really worried about keeping any type of self control when we go on our cruise next week. I know I will walk around at the ports but I don't know if I can motivate myself to exercise and eat right on vacation. Any suggestions?

Rose-I am glad you had a good day. I wish I could exercise as much as you do. If I did all you did today, I think I would pass out.

A couple things. First the 30 minutes for 30 day challenge is great, but be careful. If you were very sedentary before it is really easy to overdo it. That's 900 minutes in a month. Rather than going for 30 consecutive minutes could you break it into 3-10 minute sessions? I had to work up to my current level (and I have really cut back since injuring my knee). Exercise is tricky, in that it's good for you, but it's easy to overdo it. Try to do a variety--get some dvds and hang in there it does get easier.

As for vacation--mentally I have to stay at least partially on plan or I feel cruddy, physically and emotionally. That being said, it's a vacation and you are supposed to have fun. I take the stairs whenever I can. I schedule a workout every other day usually. I have treats but I also really watch my portions. Some foods are worth the calories and some just aren't. And I have decided while I want to enjoy myself on vacation, it is just not worth it to come back with 5 or 10 extra pounds that I have to lose. That would be really depressing to me. I've never been on a cruise, but I've heard there is lots of food available. Maybe, eat well for breakfast and lunch and enjoy treats at dinner. Load up on fruit and veggies. And most of all, have a faulous time!

Happy Monday. I am liking this new time change for the extra daylight, but now Im sleepy because of it. I am looking foward to hiking now that I can do it after work. I think this will get me back into my exercise ways.

I think its safe to say that my life is getting back to normal. I am looking foward to catching up with you all!

Jeanette

I love the time change too! Glad things are getting back to normal.

I don't like to exercise per se. I'd rather be active. Housework, home improvements, sugaring, waitress. Things that keep me moving without having to classify it as exercise. As soon as it becomes exercise it is no longer fun and I won't do it

Can you explain sugaring? It sounds like fun. We learned about it in school growing up, but I never knew anyone who actually did it.

QOTD for Tuesday, 3/15: We've talked a lot about the exercise we do, but what is your favorite exercise?

I love my run/walking. I just started last summer with c25k and did the galloway training plan for the princess. I just loved being outside. I miss it so much. Haven't really been able to do it since I got my PF. The eliptical just isn't the same and I don't have access to a pool right now. Oh well, I know it will get better, just takes time.

I agree the elliptical is not the same. I hope the pf improves soon.

QOTD for Tuesday, 3/15: We've talked a lot about the exercise we do, but what is your favorite exercise?[/COLOR]


QOTD - Favorite exercise - This would be Billy Blanks Tae Bo - I mean since I started this twice a day last July I have lost 45 pounds.

That's fabulous!

Tracey--glad you are feeling better.

Have a great day everyone! I have work today, then I am off to the Y to do the elliptical. Crossing my fingers that I will be able to do an easy run on Saturday.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

UUUUGGGGHHHH....this is the part of the weight loss battle for me where i usually give up. like i told you on sunday i went a little nuts with the booze and food. still not as bad as it could have been but definitely not on plan. yesterday i was up a pound. i spent all day yesterday drinking water and sticking to my whole foods. stayed totally on plan. and this morning? I'M UP 1/2 POUND! which puts me 1.5 pounds up from my friday weigh in.

i'm depressed. my beach vacation is coming up and i just can't get these pounds off. i'm scrambling to find someone to watch my son so i can run this afternoon. DH is gone until saturday and i just want to give up and eat.

ok, buck up nance. it's not the end of the world.

QOTD: i would LOVE to say that my favorite exercise is running. but it's not. i still kind of hate it. lol. however, when i'm having a good run or i'm in a race, then i love it! besides that, i could walk and walk forever and love to be outside. there's an aerobics class at a local club that i'm trying to get back to. kickboxing and step. it starts at 7pm which is a bit of a difficult time b/c that's when DH goes home and about DS's bedtime.

 

[mizzoutiger76]

which puts me 1.5 pounds up from my friday weigh in.

i would LOVE to say that my favorite exercise is running. but it's not. i still kind of hate it. i could walk and walk forever and love to be outside.

Don't give up Believe me I know how challenging it can be, I haven't lost any weight since January....you're doing really good, maybe it just water retention from too much salt? It could be any number of things, so just keep up the healthy eating and exercise when you can and you'll drop that 1.5 pounds before you know it!

I agree about the running Wish I could say I loved it, but really I still hate it So I feel your pain.

Nicole

 

[mizzoutiger76]

I got really frustrated, I keep losing and gaining the same couple of pounds.

So had your weight loss stalled? I think I might have the same problem, I was thinking about going to the doctor when I saw your post.

Nicole

 

[my3princes]

A couple things. First the 30 minutes for 30 day challenge is great, but be careful. If you were very sedentary before it is really easy to overdo it. That's 900 minutes in a month. Rather than going for 30 consecutive minutes could you break it into 3-10 minute sessions? I had to work up to my current level (and I have really cut back since injuring my knee). Exercise is tricky, in that it's good for you, but it's easy to overdo it. Try to do a variety--get some dvds and hang in there it does get easier.

As for vacation--mentally I have to stay at least partially on plan or I feel cruddy, physically and emotionally. That being said, it's a vacation and you are supposed to have fun. I take the stairs whenever I can. I schedule a workout every other day usually. I have treats but I also really watch my portions. Some foods are worth the calories and some just aren't. And I have decided while I want to enjoy myself on vacation, it is just not worth it to come back with 5 or 10 extra pounds that I have to lose. That would be really depressing to me. I've never been on a cruise, but I've heard there is lots of food available. Maybe, eat well for breakfast and lunch and enjoy treats at dinner. Load up on fruit and veggies. And most of all, have a faulous time!


I love the time change too! Glad things are getting back to normal.


Can you explain sugaring? It sounds like fun. We learned about it in school growing up, but I never knew anyone who actually did it.


I agree the elliptical is not the same. I hope the pf improves soon.


That's fabulous!

Tracey--glad you are feeling better.

Have a great day everyone! I have work today, then I am off to the Y to do the elliptical. Crossing my fingers that I will be able to do an easy run on Saturday.

Sugaring...It is that time of year. The sap from Maple trees "runs" in the late winter early fall when the daytime temperatures are above freezing and the nights are still dipping below 32 degrees. It lasts only a few weeks, maybe 5 at most and ends once the trees bud.

When the weather forcast looks like the time is coming we head into the woods and tap the trees. Maple trees get one to two taps depending on the size of the tree. We drill a hole into the tree about 1 1/2 inches deep and hammer a plastic tap into the hole. All of our taps are connected to pipelines or tubes that connect to main lines and carry the sap down to a collection tank. We also have a vacuum pump that helps suck the sap down the lines getting more productivity. Once the sap reaches the collection tank we gather it in big plastic tanks in the back of pickup trucks and transport it to the sugarhouse. We have about 1100 taps and can get up to a gallon per tap in a good run. Once the trucks get the sap back to the sugar house it is unloaded into a big stainless steel tank. This is where people either go old school and start boiling the water out. This process takes forever. It takes roughly 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon syrup. We use some newer technology to reduce the boil time. We have a reverse osmosis machine which essentially spins the water out of the sap leaving a condensed sap. Sap coming out of a tree is about 2% sugar. After running it through the RO we can have a 20% sugar content. That condensed sap then runs into the "arch" and the rest of the water is boiled off leaving 100% pure maple syrup. The syrup is drawn off and we run it through a filter press which removes any impurities that may be left in the syrup. It leaves a nice clear product. From there it gets bottled and is ready for sale. My DB and DSIL also make several maple products that they sell like maple candy, maple cream and maple granola.

 

[saysay]

UUUUGGGGHHHH....this is the part of the weight loss battle for me where i usually give up. like i told you on sunday i went a little nuts with the booze and food. still not as bad as it could have been but definitely not on plan. yesterday i was up a pound. i spent all day yesterday drinking water and sticking to my whole foods. stayed totally on plan. and this morning? I'M UP 1/2 POUND! which puts me 1.5 pounds up from my friday weigh in.

i'm depressed. my beach vacation is coming up and i just can't get these pounds off. i'm scrambling to find someone to watch my son so i can run this afternoon. DH is gone until saturday and i just want to give up and eat.

ok, buck up nance. it's not the end of the world.

don't give up, you are probably just retaining from the party foods and beverages. Focus on some diuretic type food and drinks maybe that will help force it out.

I hate the scale...not because of my weight, but it can turn my plan around due to depression. I really don't think its good to weigh yourself before a weighin day as for me it can be a downward spiral effect. When I was going to WW years ago - see I am always chasing these 20lbs..... there were a couple ladies in my class who were "over weight". they would come in and weigh and only want to know "you are down" or "you are up" or remained the same. I didn't get this at the time, but I do know, those numbers can mess with your mind. Don't let them. Try to weigh ONLY 1 time a week to avoid that spiral. IF you have a bad day, in your mind remember you have a few days to try to reverse it and if the scale is not the happy place on weigh in day, you just have to look at what you did to make it go up and get back on plan.

I do dread bathing suits but all I can do is keep working on it one bite at a time and one exercise at a time. If you can't find a sitter, do some dancing with your son or something cardio inside.

Yeah, I know I am no expert, I have struggled with 10-20lbs pretty much all my adult life. I get on plan and it goes away, i get lazy or sloppy consistantly and back it comes. Just don't give up. No one is perfect.... all you can do is get back on it.

I really hope the scale goes down just a little for me this week - I need to stay on track and so far this week its been ok. I did have a setback myself this weekend on DH birthday....the Japanese Steakhouse dinner saturday I ate EVERYTHING...which seriously, I can put away some food. It was hibachi so not horrible, but they do use the butter. I made DH a cake sunday with trader joes box mix and OMG it was so good...had a 2nd piece. I knew it was going to work with him and well, it was tasty. Hoping that doesn't backfire my weigh in...but hey, live and learn you know?

 

[Cupcaker]

Tuesday QOTD: I like to go hiking. I make it more of a social thing than an exercise thing. Its nice at the end of the day just to vent and get exercise along with it without even realizing it. My local hiking trail is 5 miles with steep elevation, so I am definitely getting a work out!

Just had a chobani for lunch...yummy. Unfortunately my stomach keeps saying FEED ME, but now I know thats just TOM talking. Im hoping to stay strong today!

Jeanette

 

[saysay]

I know I am new here wondering if anyone here is on dailymile. I would love to have a few friends to keep me accountable in my activity - I only have a couple friends. Just PM me if interested.