Team Mickey - Biggest Loser "No Excuses" 2012 Challenge

[Rozz]

I wanted to give a quick response to everyone's post for one day and it is hard! People that do this in their trip reports are awesome! I don't know how they keep up.

I caught the last few posts from yesterday. Team Mickey is the best!

My absolutely FAVORITE supplement is magnesium. It is a natural muscle relaxer that will help your muscles recuperate after a work out. My husband works construction and it helps him 100% with leg cramps.

I did not know this! I don't have leg cramps but my husband sometimes does. I'm going to get him to talk to his doctor about magnesium supplements.

Thanks, I was really worried about having lupus.. I'm just not ready to have to deal with a diagnosis like that.

My husband I took our nieces to disney on ice earlier last year. OMG, it was fabulous!!!

Two good news items! So glad to hear you don't have lupus. My grandmother had it. Back then, they did not really know much about it. A friend of mine at work has it. She does great. Has regular contact with a great set of doctors to treat symptoms and such to keep problems at bay.

Guess who just finished working out a good-looking menu for most of January? Me!!!!!!!!

The GF/CF (gluten-free/casein-free) cookbook I ordered came in earlier this week and I scoured it for new recipe ideas. I am hoping at least a few turn out well so that we have some new options. I love chicken and could eat it everyday, but my parents, well, not so much. They are okay with it a once or twice a week. I am hoping that adding some variety to our chicken options will help. I am also adding more turkey meals to the menu lineup and hoping that those meals taste great and won't get any complaints.

This is my goal for the week-planning the menu!! Please share it throughout the week if you can find the time.

I got our Team logo into my signature!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm a bit excited about my 2 accomplishments in the last hour or so.

I also wanted to say thank you for supporting me. I had a much more OP day today. My goals for tomorrow are to go to the gym to do a C25K run/walk on the treadmill and to drink all 64 oz. of water. I intend to be better about journaling as well. I think that cooking more of what we eat for dinner will help with that. I usually have no problem journalng breakfast, but then again, I make it entirely myself. I have no idea how much breadcrumbs my father put in the meatloaf last night.

Some of my other plans for tomorrow:
- making my bed (I made a mess out of it again. )
- cleaning my bedroom (Why is that every time I do something other than sleep in my bed I need to clean the entire room? )
- couponing
- wrap some Valentine's Day gifts
- relocate the clean laundry from the piles around the house to their proper locations
- organize my purse

Have a great, OP day tomorrow everyone!

CC

Love your post and your plans! The comment about the amount of bread crumbs in the meatloaf just had me rolling in the floor with laughter. The most critical item on your list for today, I'm doing too: organize my purse!

Honestly, I'm okay with that. To me this thread is almost hard to keep up with. A lot of times I don't reply or read all the posts because I don't have time and then I feel like I am lost. In addition to being in a new teaching position, I will be taking four classes from three colleges this semester: One in Braille, one in teaching kids with disabilities, an ASL course through a community college, and a course in Deafblindness. I have watched these challenges before and sometimes I think that you will lose more people if you can't keep up with a thread. It's better, IMO ,to be smaller but have substance. Besides, it's more about the challenges than how many posts. IMO.




Welcome!


Welcome to you as well!



I am so excited for you! The CP was one of the best experiences of my life and I think about it a lot. You will truly enjoy it.



Thanks! It was my dream job and still is. I also did several other characters for the MK 3 O'clock parade. I was part of the opening cast of Disney Dreams Come True. At one point I was disapproved for one of my characters because I had gained some weight and with the harness I had to wear the costume didnt' look right. (I was still a healthy weight, but at the very top of my range.) I lost something like 15 lbs on WW and was able to be reapproved. I am so much heavier now that I know that I would not be able to fit into many of my old costumes. We do plan to move to Florida one day and I really want to go back to it, so that is my motivation.





At one point I lost 15 lbs on WW. It works well, but it just wasn't working for me which is why I switched to Jenny. I have had many of those days and you have that kind of "oh crap" moment when you go to track it. My downfall on WW was a mental one. Since it is weekly and your FPs are weekly, if I felt like I screwed up royally, I would just give up on the week or feel like I couldn't use FPs at all and feel deprived. I also had the issue that points were so tedious and it was so hard to count points at a place like the World where they have foods that are not cookie cutter foods. It does work for a lof people, so I'm not knocking it. I just came to realize that even though I was successful once, the multiple failed attempts since then show that it is not right for me.



1 lb is great! Although I realize it is not as excitign when you see larger weight losses. You have a good attitude at this point, so keep up the good work. We all fall of the wagon sometimes.



Honestly, no supplement can truly help with weight loss. Based on what I have read, the ones that "help", that help is so miniscule that is not going to make a noticeable difference. A multi should be more than enough, and unless you have a specific medical condition or deficiency that has been diagnosed, you have to be careful. The supplement industry and claims are not regulated. Numerous tests done by news organizations in independent labs have shown that in many cases you are not getting what you are after. They often times do not have the strength they purport, and some supplements in large quantities can actually negatively affect your health. I would discuss any supplements with your doctor. Right now I take a multi and fish oil because I do haev high cholesterol and it brought my cholesterol down. But I wouldn't take it if I did not have a cholesterol issue or if it had not been approved by my doctor.

Such a good post! I want to comment on every topic but I'll hold back. I do agree about the number of postings but I know it's all in fun when we encourage posting as part of the contest. Both teams are really all one group with the same goal to all be winners at losing! (I sound like I'm full of it but I just want us all to do great and at the very least have a good experience.)

I love hearing from cast members, past and present. Wow! I'm cheering for you to get back to doing the characters you want. Disney needs people like you and so do us fans!!

A good reminder about supplements, very important Team!

Great Saturday, over 60 degrees today in "wintery" New Jersey! DH & I took the ds's to the local HS track, he jogged over a mile then played football with the boys, while I jog/walked 2.75 miles. Woo hoo to us! I will take this spring-like weather as long as Mother Nature will give it to us here in the Northeast--we already HAD snowdays off of school with our October 30 snowstorm that knocked power out in our town for days. Done for the year, thank you!

I also 30 Day Shredded today, Day 9! I'll feel all of it tomorrow, but yay today I only lost .4 of a lb this week, but I know I've been eating much better, has to be due to a little muscle increase, 9 straight days of 20 min exercise...right??

You put me to shame! Great job! The number on the scale doesn't tell the whole story!

QOTD: We too went to the zoo (the Kansas City Zoo) and it was amazing! We then went to the Seasons 52 that opened in the Country Club Plaza in KC. This was one of my favorite restaurants in Orlando. The menu completely changes every season and they have dishes that rotate out every week so that everything is prepared using fresh, seasonl ingredients. Hence the name. Everything is under 475 calories, and they were the ones that started the mini dessert craze. I was so happy when I drove by it on the way to the doctor as I had wanted to go to one ever since leaving Orlando.

I did have a Happy Meal for lunch ,but I balanced it out with all the walking and a healthier dinner. I was so mad at myself though. After I logged my food in the my system, I went to plug in my armband (similar to a bodybugg, but this one also measures time spent sleeping) and realized I had forgotten to wear it. After all of that walking! You can enter in what you do in off armband time, but I did underestimate it on purpose. I could have kicked myself.

My face looks a lot better today but itches like hell. It physically hurt when we went into the tropics building because the left side where I am having the reaction has been really warm and the building was very hot. The steroids are also making me feel a little funky. I hope it goes away soon.

LTS: I love your user name, but sometimes I read it as Loves to Crap. LOL. My doctor is aware of the reaction as she is the one who called in the methyl dose pack. I just did extensive food allergy testing and I see an ENT next week. I am going to talk to him and also nee to follow up with the integrative doc. I will then see from there if I make an appointment with my physician. I feel like I have been seeing her too often due to the sinus infection/bronchitis issue and I don't want to be the girl that cries wolf. Plus, it's money I have to pay every time I go. I do have an Epi Pen from when I was supposed to get allergy shots, which I haven't been able to do since you are not supposed to get them when you are sick and I have been sick non stop since the beginning of the school year. I need to get it refilled since I cant even find it as it was only precaution for when I get my shots.

Sounds like you are having a rough time of it with this reaction! Hope you figure out what's causing it and get relief soon!

QOTD: I haven't done a whole lot today. I went to bed early but was up watching tv. I didn't fall asleep til almost 2am. Then I woke up at 1pm! AHHHH!!

I have had a to do list in front of me for 3 days and have yet to do any of it. So my plan for tomorrow is to get up at a decent hour:

Laundry
Grocery shopping
Book hotel room
Exercise
Time on Disboards
Get meals and exrcise planned out for the new week

I'm sure there's more that needs to be done but that's all off the top of my head. I did get a mile walked today and a Sparkpeople video.

CC -- I'd be more then happy to give you any of the recipes I have. The only thing is I doubt any of them are GF. A few of them are family recipes.

Everyone have a great OP day tomorrow. I need to get my butt to bed.

Are you up yet?? I hope your day is going as planned! I've got to get busy myself!

Happy weekend Team Mickey!

I wanted to let you guys know that I haven't fallen off the face of the earth. I just finished reading through the last 10 pages of posts, and I'm really impressed by how well everyone is doing. I have a hard time keeping up during the week with work and the kid's activities, but I do read every post, and I'm silently cheering all of you on!

I've had a good week. I got my exercise in every day except Thursday, and I did a good job with portion control. My biggest challenge is getting enough fruits and vegetables in--something I need to work harder on in the coming weeks. I was down 1.6 lbs at the weigh-in--a loss is a loss.

Hugs to those of you who have suffered the loss of loved ones and are working through that. I am impressed with your strength.

Keep up the great work everyone!

I second that about those who've lost a loved one.

Well, I could post what I was supposed to do, but I guess I'll go with the reality instead. I am not doing anything that is overtly healthy this weekend. I spent today in my jammies, feeling a little sorry for myself, and contemplating all the changes I want to make in my life. My food choices were abominable, and although I expect I should feel quite guilty, instead I just feel like it was inevitable.

So, tomorrow will be more of the same. The meals we have planned are not healthy, and no exercise for me, unless you consider a when the playoff team I'm rooting for scores.

On the bright side, I am determined that by Monday, I am going to decide which element of my life I most need to change, and get started. I have so many things I feel I need to work on, I am overwhelmed. Plus, I had a pretty stressful week at work, and I got a few work e-mails today which made it seem like I was not getting a break. When I try to do to much, I just shut down. Literally, I will probably sleep 12 hours tonight. My body just shuts off when I have too much stress. With any luck I will wake up tomorrow, with a plan having come to me. I guess that would be the best thing to get healthy choices started!

Maria

This is so me! I shut down when overwhelmed and trying to do too much at once to take care of it. Sleeptime increase too and body just seems to shut off. I've gone through this over the past few years actually! Just now making real progress. My mind just kept worrying about everything instead of making progress on a few things.

We're with you through this!

Thanks for all you're doing, and I'm definitely feeling the love from our group! Everyone's been great, and I enjoy reading the posts. Like someone else had said about us being behind that fine feathery friend, if we posted any more, I couldn't keep up. I like that amount of posts, and also know it will level out over time.

I do agree that I want us to kick his fine feathery butt, though!



That is AWESOME! Way to go! Heaven knows I've read enough that I KNOW what to do to lose weight, I just can't apply it or am not disciplined enough to apply it sometimes. Anyway, I know where we eat out most. I'm going to do some pre-planning tomorrow so that if I know we go to a certain restaurant, I know what my options are there. I do think pre-planning is big and will help us all out.

Stay strong, Mickeys!

Great post! I'm glad you're letting us know you feel the support from the Team!

I haven't looked at the other thread.. I hate that they are having any drama over there. We are all here to support one another, and drama will make those of us who really need help and advice go elsewhere!! Love my mickey team!!!!

Love ya right back!

QOTD -What are you doing this weekend.

Yesterday was a disaster, it was DH's birthday so we ate (and drank) far too much and we also visited my parents which took my exercise time. Today is better so far, I have walked to church and back and have planned a nice healthy dinner for us all and hope to get in some more exercise once I finish the ironing (a job I hate).

Hope you are all having a good weekend.

Whew! What a great disaster day though! Sounds like fun! Those days are okay now and then and I think they are necessary for my sanity! Sounds like you're back on track.

Thank you for all your hard work. I appreciate the commitment the Challenge leaders and volunteers put into running both the Mickey & Donald teams.

Jo

I second that!

 

[mikamah]

Good morning Team MICKEY!! How are you all doing?????? I just wanted to pop on in and say hello and say I miss having us all together and seeing all my old friends!! Not that any of us would be able to keep up with one thread for all of us, so I know it needs to be this way.

I especially wanted to wishGretchen good luck on the CP and I look forward to following your blog. I can't believe the day is almost here, and I didn't want to forget to say good by and good luck. Though it's not really goodbye cause I'm sure you'll still be here, but I hope you have the most magical and amazing experience there and all your dreams about it come true.

How are YOU planning ahead for this week? Grocery shopping? Listing out your meals/snacks? Planning out your workouts?

I'm still working on getting in the habit of tracking my meals, so I plan on getting into a better routine with that. I have my groceries for the week, and I am working to avoid all fast food at work. When supper is made, I go ahead and portion out a plate to take to lunch the next day. For snacks, I take two yogurts to work. I usually don't eat both, but I don't get into the junk drawer at work if I have the yogurt. With the fatigue, I'm still not up to working out, but I might try a little bit at the end of the week.

I just want to say the pictures in your siggie are absolutely gorgeous. Congratulations, looks like you had your dream wedding!!

Well, friends, I'm off to maybe do some housework. Nah, maybe not. I think I need to read more of your thread.

Hope you all had a fabulous first week, and we'll see you real soon!!

 

[Disneywedding2010]

Morning Team

Rozz - Yep, I'm still in jammies but I'm up

QOTD: How are YOU planning ahead for this week? Grocery shopping? Listing out your meals/snacks? Planning out your workouts?
Grocery shopping, finishing up my mal plan for the week, and tweaking my exercise plan.

QOTD (extra): It is SO beneficial to your healthy living lifestyle to have make ahead meals (well, it is for me). What's your favorite make ahead meal? Would you share your recipe?
I don't make meals ahead. However, I love using my crockpot

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Nothing really planned today other then to complete my TO DO list and get ready for the beginning of the week. The only thing I'm dreading is I need to pay the taxes on my TX house. Florida one is done and taken care of. You know some days I hate being adult. . I wish I could go back in time and tell my old teenager self to chill out and enjoy it while it lasts. Being an adult is over-rated.

 

[Debbie]

QOTD: How are YOU planning ahead for this week? Grocery shopping? Listing out your meals/snacks? Planning out your workouts?
I will plan the meals for the week. I never know if it will be just DH and me, or if we will be blessed with the presence of the boy in the basement and his GF. Makes it hard. I'll be back (with another post ) to list what we will have this week. Since I usually take salad/fruit/cottage cheese for lunch, I can sometimes go a little higher at dinner. I WILL be recording on Fitday, so I'll try my best to stay OP.
QOTD (extra): It is SO beneficial to your healthy living lifestyle to have make ahead meals (well, it is for me). What's your favorite make ahead meal? Would you share your recipe?
I used to make ahead-meatloaf in particular- when the kids were small, but now, not so much. I do use my crockpot all the time, though.

 

[BMC423]

Good Morning All,

Hope everyone is doing well this morning!

1 pound in a week is a GOOD & HEALTHY weight loss. I lost close to 2 pounds and I don't want to lose more than that in a week because I will just gain it back. I know my body, I know if I lose weight fast, I'm just going to put it back on even faster than I lost it!

But, pick yourself up, dust yourself off and start over!! Make losing 1 pound your goal for this upcoming week and then anything over that is just bonus!!

I agree with the one pound thing, it seems so small but 1 lb a week adds up and before you know it you'll be saying wow I've lost 5 pounds

Thanks, I was really worried about having lupus.. I'm just not ready to have to deal with a diagnosis like that.

My husband I took our nieces to disney on ice earlier last year. OMG, it was fabulous!!!

I know I saw that you posted the test came out negative but I didn't comment... that's great news!

Guess who just finished working out a good-looking menu for most of January? Me!!!!!!!!

Wow... now I'm motivated I'm adding this to my to do list for today, I'll get to it as soon as I'm done DISing

Honestly, I'm okay with that. To me this thread is almost hard to keep up with. A lot of times I don't reply or read all the posts because I don't have time and then I feel like I am lost. In addition to being in a new teaching position, I will be taking four classes from three colleges this semester: One in Braille, one in teaching kids with disabilities, an ASL course through a community college, and a course in Deafblindness. I have watched these challenges before and sometimes I think that you will lose more people if you can't keep up with a thread. It's better, IMO ,to be smaller but have substance. Besides, it's more about the challenges than how many posts. IMO.

I agree with you I like our thread, I know once I start school I will have less time to post. This past week Wed -Fri I did a quick check in but no real replies... no time. I really am enjoying getting to know everyone here and think that as we go along we will understand each others schedules better so it will be easier to follow along.

When do you start your semester? Mine starts on the 18th and this is my first time taking 3 classes I'm a little nervous about that but I'm sure it will be ok.

Great Saturday, over 60 degrees today in "wintery" New Jersey! DH & I took the ds's to the local HS track, he jogged over a mile then played football with the boys, while I jog/walked 2.75 miles. Woo hoo to us! I will take this spring-like weather as long as Mother Nature will give it to us here in the Northeast--we already HAD snowdays off of school with our October 30 snowstorm that knocked power out in our town for days. Done for the year, thank you!

Wasn't it beautiful outside yesterday? I agree I'll take those days over snow any day. It is a bit scary to me to have mild weather in December, but it was nice to get some fresh air in the house!

Well, I could post what I was supposed to do, but I guess I'll go with the reality instead. I am not doing anything that is overtly healthy this weekend. I spent today in my jammies, feeling a little sorry for myself, and contemplating all the changes I want to make in my life. My food choices were abominable, and although I expect I should feel quite guilty, instead I just feel like it was inevitable.

So, tomorrow will be more of the same. The meals we have planned are not healthy, and no exercise for me, unless you consider a when the playoff team I'm rooting for scores.

On the bright side, I am determined that by Monday, I am going to decide which element of my life I most need to change, and get started. I have so many things I feel I need to work on, I am overwhelmed. Plus, I had a pretty stressful week at work, and I got a few work e-mails today which made it seem like I was not getting a break. When I try to do to much, I just shut down. Literally, I will probably sleep 12 hours tonight. My body just shuts off when I have too much stress. With any luck I will wake up tomorrow, with a plan having come to me. I guess that would be the best thing to get healthy choices started!

Maria

Hope you are feeling better today Maria I like that you have a plan for Monday... that's good!

 

[dmslush]

I just want to say the pictures in your siggie are absolutely gorgeous. Congratulations, looks like you had your dream wedding!!

Our 4th anniversary just passed a few days ago (LOL, we've been together nearly 15 years though LOL). It was absolutely spectacular! Everything I dreamed and more!

 

[Disneywedding2010]

Okay I'm back: Showered and just finished breakfast.

Okay dinners for the week:

Tonight: grilled chicken, mac and cheese (Sparkpeople recipe), brocolli and cheese

Monday: steak (on grill), potato of some sort, veggie

Tuesday - Turkey burgers and fries

Wednesday - Green bean cassoerole (no not the kind from Thanksgiving)

Thursday - Sloppy joes and tater tots

Friday - frozen pizza

Saturday - Baked chicken tenders (Sparkpeople recipe), veggie

Sunday - Beef stew (crockpot)

 

[lovetoscrap]

Woke up with grand plans to go to walmart and get the stuff I need for the drawers before the crowds get there, and then to plan something FUN for the family to do today. Then realized I have a massive headache. I will try to read back later today. Hopefully coffee and ibuprofen will kick in soon.

 

[BMC423]

GOOD MORNING!!!!

everybody neat and pretty? then on with the show!!!!

One more day of the weekend. Sunday. Regroup-day. Plan-ahead-the-week-day. Figure-out-what-worked-and-what-didn't-day. (hopefully)-Make-ahead-some-meals-day.

makes me think of two questions for the day today...

QOTD: How are YOU planning ahead for this week? Grocery shopping? Listing out your meals/snacks? Planning out your workouts?

QOTD (extra): It is SO beneficial to your healthy living lifestyle to have make ahead meals (well, it is for me). What's your favorite make ahead meal? Would you share your recipe?

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well my friends, it's sunday and the GIANTS are playing today! of course we have plans to go see Thomas the Train at the Bontanical Gardens today at 3. ugh. see, i'm the one person in the world who married a guy who does NOT like sports. so he just doesn't get the whole we-must-watch-this-playoff-game thing. i swear sometimes i'm the man and he's the woman! lol!

gah! baby's freaking out and now i only have one hand to type...

keep on keepin' on my friends!

Ha ha we are Jets fans here but well we know how that went... so sure we'll root for the Giants! My hubby works today so I won't even bother with the game

QsOTD

1. I am going grocery shopping later, I am trying to plan my meals for the week on Sundays. For a couple of reasons first it makes it much easier to track calories when I have time to input my recipes into my fitness pal. Second, I don't always cook dinner so its nice to know what's coming. I'm husband is off on Mondays so he cooks , I'm off on Tuesdays so I cook for both Tuesdays and Wednesdays (the most stressful day for us) Thursdays we usually have leftovers. This week I have to be at work at 7:30 so that means that I will be working out after work. It is very likely that I won't be eating a lot of dinner this week. I have noticed that I'm not normally hungry after my workouts... so I'll probably just have a protein shake.

2. My favorite make ahead is stewed chicken. It is something my mom used to cook when I was growing up and well I learned from her. My parents are Dominican and almost everyone has their way of cooking this but this is mine.
The night before place cleaned and washed (with lemon) chicken breast ( you could do this with a whole chicken also) In a container with sliced red onions and green peppers, minced garlic, oregano, cilantro, 2 beefsteak tomatoes quartered and some spanish olives. Let it marinate overnight. The heat a tablespoon of olive oil in a pot and place the chicken breast in the pot. Cook until the chicken is browned. Add 1/2 a cup of water (Keep adding water as needed so that the chicken doesn't stick). After the chicken is browned as the veggies and also 1/2 a can of tomato paste. Cook on low until the sauce thickens. Serve with rice, potatoes and a salad.

Hi, everyone! I'm finally popping in to introduce myself.

I've decided that I'm sick of never wanting to be in photos, sick of clothes shopping being miserable (and not being able to buy the cute clothes at WDW!), and sick of not being happy with who I am.

This is me as well!

QOTD: How are YOU planning ahead for this week? Grocery shopping? Listing out your meals/snacks? Planning out your workouts?
I will plan the meals for the week. I never know if it will be just DH and me, or if we will be blessed with the presence of the boy in the basement and his GF. Makes it hard. I'll be back (with another post ) to list what we will have this week. Since I usually take salad/fruit/cottage cheese for lunch, I can sometimes go a little higher at dinner. I WILL be recording on Fitday, so I'll try my best to stay OP.
QOTD (extra): It is SO beneficial to your healthy living lifestyle to have make ahead meals (well, it is for me). What's your favorite make ahead meal? Would you share your recipe?
I used to make ahead-meatloaf in particular- when the kids were small, but now, not so much. I do use my crockpot all the time, though.

 

[BMC423]

Woke up with grand plans to go to walmart and get the stuff I need for the drawers before the crowds get there, and then to plan something FUN for the family to do today. Then realized I have a massive headache. I will try to read back later today. Hopefully coffee and ibuprofen will kick in soon.

Oh no feel better! Maybe a hot shower, that always helps me.

 

[Disneywedding2010]

Okay Disboards went all crazy on me. I was trying to post a recipe and it went bonkers

THREE CHEESE MACARONI
Servings: Six 2/3 cup servings

45 minutes to prepare and cook

For the sauce:
2 tbsp light butter
2 tbsp all purpose flour
1 1/2 cup skim milk
1 bay leaf
1/4 cup shredded reduced low fat swiss cheese (I used Mozzerella)
1/3 cup cheddar cheese
1/4 tsp salt
1 pinch cayenne
8 ounces whole wheat elbow psta, dry
6 slices of turkey bacon, cooked and chopped
1 slice of whole-wheat bread (processed into bread crumbs)
2 tbs grated Parmesan cheese

1. Preheat the oven to 375 derees. Prepare a 9x13 caserole dish with nonstick cooking spray.

2. Place the butter in a medium saucepan, melt over medium-low heat,and cook until foaming. Add the flour and stir well with a wooden spoon for 1 to 2 minutes. Slowly pour in the milk, whisking to incorporate.

3. Attach the bay leaf to the onion wedge using the cloves. Drop the studded onion into the milk mixture with the clove/bay leaf side down. Cook, stirring occasionally until the mixture thickens, about 15 minutes.

4. Meanwhile, cook the pasta according to the package directions but don't salt the cooking water.

5. Remove the studded onin from the sauce and discard. Add the Swiss and cheddar cheeses. Stir to combine and heat the sauce until the the cheese is just melted. Season with salt and cayenne.

6. In a large mixing owl, combine the sauce, bacon, and cooked macaroni, toss to coat. Combine th breadcrumbs and parmesan n a small bowl.

7. Pour the pasta mixture into the prepared baking dish and top with the breadcrumbs and Parmesan. Bake uncovered until bubbly and golden, about 15 minutes

NUTRITION INFORMATION:
Per serving: 259.6 calories
7.9 total grams of fat
12.9 mg cholesterol
425.3 mg sodium
39.5 total grams of carbs
4.1 g dietary fiber
12.6 g protein

Changes I made:

I added more cheese (1 cup per cheese type)
I didn't put turkey bacon in it but I did use cut up ham
I used 2 percent milk instead of skim
I used Progresso bread crumbs (or whatever they're called)

Making this with dinner tonight Taken from my Sparkpeople recipe book.

 

[tigger813]

Woke up with grand plans to go to walmart and get the stuff I need for the drawers before the crowds get there, and then to plan something FUN for the family to do today. Then realized I have a massive headache. I will try to read back later today. Hopefully coffee and ibuprofen will kick in soon.

I had a horrendous headache and nausea all day yesterday. Finally went away after a late lunch and lots of decongestant (felt like a combo sinus and migraine headache), motrin, nasal spray and rinse.

Feel better!

Brother and his family left a while ago. Kids and Brian are playing XBox and Mom and Dad are napping. Just booked our hotel for the night before PCC 3.0 at the Hyatt at the airport. ANother thing to check off the list.

Beautiful day here, low 40s. I'm tired but glad the visit with the family went well. Had a large egg bagel for breakfast. Going to do something with haddock for supper and hopefully Brian will make homemade potato chips. Mom wants to go to her favorite quilt shop in a bit. Probably stop at a few other places as well. Gotta think about packing for my short trip to NC this week. Gotta also help Mom and Dad pack some boxes to mail back as well as their suitcases.

Time to accomplish something!

TTFN

PS Hope to try my BL game for the Kinect as well as some Just Dance 3 this week. Going to get into full swing next week! Or at least I hope!

 

[50sjayne]

Wow-- can't miss a day 'round here. Finally caught up to today and that'll help me find my place later. Had an old girl pass away on us yesterday, I knew it was coming but still a shock.

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She was just a great all around kitty-- never gave us any problems ever once. At least she died comfortably and didn't suffer much. Husband found her sleeping in my sons bed in the morning so she died in her sleep. she was about 15. Her name was Trixie but I called her Sis because she would follow my son around 9most likely because he always had food lol).

Anyway doing ok. Got brussel sprouts at Costco and husband made them-- I forgot how good those things are. Went for a walk last night--the moon was really full and pretty.

 

[tigger813]

Wow-- can't miss a day 'round here. Finally caught up to today and that'll help me find my place later. Had an old girl pass away on us yesterday, I knew it was coming but still a shock.

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She was just a great all around kitty-- never gave us any problems ever once. At least she died comfortably and didn't suffer much. Husband found her sleeping in my sons bed in the morning so she died in her sleep. she was about 15. Her name was Trixie but I called her Sis because she would follow my son around 9most likely because he always had food lol).

Anyway doing ok. Got brussel sprouts at Costco and husband made them-- I forgot how good those things are. Went for a walk last night--the moon was really full and pretty.

So sorry for your loss! What a beautiful kitty she was!

 

[Rose&Mike]

I am avoiding meal planning by reading both threads....

I had a horrendous headache and nausea all day yesterday. Finally went away after a late lunch and lots of decongestant (felt like a combo sinus and migraine headache), motrin, nasal spray and rinse.

I had a nasty headache yesterday too! I went to bed at 9:00. What is up with all the headaches???

Wow-- can't miss a day 'round here. Finally caught up to today and that'll help me find my place later. Had an old girl pass away on us yesterday, I knew it was coming but still a shock.
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I'm sorry Susan.:hug: We had roasted brussel sprouts last night for dinner. I am just loving brussel sprouts this fall.:goodvibes

 

[goofyredraider]

It's amazing how much better you feel when you are eating healthy (for the most part -see my new "diet" love below)!

Have any of you tried the new Skinny Cow treats? Oh my! They are TDF. I have a major sweet tooth, and these are wonderful. The peanut butter bars are delish!

 

[Sunshineminnie]

It's amazing how much better you feel when you are eating healthy (for the most part -see my new "diet" love below)!

Have any of you tried the new Skinny Cow treats? Oh my! They are TDF. I have a major sweet tooth, and these are wonderful. The peanut butter bars are delish!

I love Skinny Cow Ice Cream Bars! Even my Dd who loves Ice Cream loves them!

 

[BMC423]

I did it! I finished my weekly meal plan.

Today - Pasta w. veggies and sausage

Tomorrow- Hubby's Pick

Tuesday - Honey Sesame Chicken with brown rice

Wednesday - Beef Stew

Thursday's - DS's pick (grilled cheese or baked chicken nuggets with salad)

Friday- Pizza

One of my biggest problems is finding recipes that are healthy that everyone will eat. We don't really have the time to cook different things for dinner so it has to be something that everyone will eat. With our schedules being a bit off on W. T. and F. (my hubby and son tend to get home before I do so they eat without me) my son usually gets to eat one of his favorites on Thursday.

 

[dmslush]

Wow-- can't miss a day 'round here. Finally caught up to today and that'll help me find my place later. Had an old girl pass away on us yesterday, I knew it was coming but still a shock.

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She was just a great all around kitty-- never gave us any problems ever once. At least she died comfortably and didn't suffer much. Husband found her sleeping in my sons bed in the morning so she died in her sleep. she was about 15. Her name was Trixie but I called her Sis because she would follow my son around 9most likely because he always had food lol).

Anyway doing ok. Got brussel sprouts at Costco and husband made them-- I forgot how good those things are. Went for a walk last night--the moon was really full and pretty.

I'm so sorry, I have three cats and they are all my little furbabies!!!

 

[lisah0711]

Hey Mickeys you're so fine!

Going to try and catch up a bit here by going backwards.

Kristina, thanks for sharing the macaroni recipe! You should add it to the recipe thread, too, when you have a chance. I bumped it and here is a shortcut. http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36324235&postcount=1

Tracey, hope that you are feeling better today.

Aww, so sorry about your sweet kitty, Susan. Bless her sweet little kitty heart.

I am avoiding meal planning by reading both threads....

Works for me! Nice to see you!

It's amazing how much better you feel when you are eating healthy (for the most part -see my new "diet" love below)!

Isn't that the truth?

I love Skinny Cow Ice Cream Bars! Even my Dd who loves Ice Cream loves them!

You know it's good if that is the case!

I did it! I finished my weekly meal plan.

Today - Pasta w. veggies and sausage

Tomorrow- Hubby's Pick

Tuesday - Honey Sesame Chicken with brown rice

Wednesday - Beef Stew

Thursday's - DS's pick (grilled cheese or baked chicken nuggets with salad)

Friday- Pizza

One of my biggest problems is finding recipes that are healthy that everyone will eat. We don't really have the time to cook different things for dinner so it has to be something that everyone will eat. With our schedules being a bit off on W. T. and F. (my hubby and son tend to get home before I do so they eat without me) my son usually gets to eat one of his favorites on Thursday.

Looks like a delicious plan, Bicki!

Obsessively checking the RunDisney results for my WISH friends who are doing the marathon today.