Team Mickey - Biggest Loser "No Excuses" 2012 Challenge

[MelindaRuns]

YANNI AND 50'S JAYNE I have gone through the same things you both are describing, a couple of times in my life. My experience has been that sometimes the weight wants to just "hold on" for a little while longer. It gets stubborn, and sort of hopes we will get frustrated and quit. Sometimes I have given up at this point. When I found it in myself to persevere, to keep exercising, drinking water, and logging everything I eat and following my plan, I would have a big weight loss week. Sometimes it take a couple of weeks with no loss, and sometimes longer. Just hang in there! You are already this far in. The weight will come off. We just have to be more stubborn about this than our weight! I'm right there with you! I hope I have a good weight loss next week! This week was not so great!

 

[Disneywedding2010]

YANNI AND 50'S JAYNE I have gone through the same things you both are describing, a couple of times in my life. My experience has been that sometimes the weight wants to just "hold on" for a little while longer. It gets stubborn, and sort of hopes we will get frustrated and quit. Sometimes I have given up at this point. When I found it in myself to persevere, to keep exercising, drinking water, and logging everything I eat and following my plan, I would have a big weight loss week. Sometimes it take a couple of weeks with no loss, and sometimes longer. Just hang in there! You are already this far in. The weight will come off. We just have to be more stubborn about this than our weight! I'm right there with you! I hope I have a good weight loss next week! This week was not so great!

I totally agree with the bolded because I had it happen in January. I was losing steadily every week from mid Octber. Then middle of January hit and the scale didn't move for two weeks. Then after that two week stand still it started moving again. Remember, this isn't a race. Slow and steady..

 

[cclovesdis]

Evening Mickeys!

I am having trouble reading more than a few PMs at a time. I am working diligently on the HHs results and hope to have them posted tomorrow. I am receiving your PMs, so not to worry.

QOTD for Sat., 2/4/2012: We've been talking a lot about how many calories we each eat. Some people have a range and some people have a max and other count points, etc. Share a general strategy you use to stick to your food plan.

I'll share first because this is a somewhat loaded question, at least for me. I am using myfitnesspal. (I am cclovesdis there too.) I have a max calorie intake of 1200 per day according to the program. If I exercise, it raises my max calories by the number of calories I burn that day. So, if I burn 200 calories, my max calories for the day becomes 1400. However, the problem is that 1200 calories is often considered the minimum calories one should eat in a day. This is where the question becomes somewhat loaded. What do I do? I aim to get as close to 1200 calories a day and to stay under my carb max for the day. I do not worry about how much protein I have eaten for the day as long as I do not go over my max total calories for the day.

In consideration of all that, here are a few ideas I have for eating almost my minimum of 1200 calories a day.
1) Have some protein at breakfast. This is usually milk in my cereal/granola combination.
2) Use full fat cheese. I use lean deli meat so it balances out. I think full fat cheese tastes better and lean deli meat is so much better so it this works nicely.
3) Menu plan



Have a great, OP weekend everyone!

 

[50sjayne]

Evening Mickeys!

I am having trouble reading more than a few PMs at a time. I am working diligently on the HHs results and hope to have them posted tomorrow. I am receiving your PMs, so not to worry.

QOTD for Sat., 2/4/2012: We've been talking a lot about how many calories we each eat. Some people have a range and some people have a max and other count points, etc. Share a general strategy you use to stick to your food plan.

I'll share first because this is a somewhat loaded question, at least for me. I am using myfitnesspal. (I am cclovesdis there too.) I have a max calorie intake of 1200 per day according to the program. If I exercise, it raises my max calories by the number of calories I burn that day. So, if I burn 200 calories, my max calories for the day becomes 1400. However, the problem is that 1200 calories is often considered the minimum calories one should eat in a day. This is where the question becomes somewhat loaded. What do I do? I aim to get as close to 1200 calories a day and to stay under my carb max for the day. I do not worry about how much protein I have eaten for the day as long as I do not go over my max total calories for the day.

In consideration of all that, here are a few ideas I have for eating almost my minimum of 1200 calories a day.
1) Have some protein at breakfast. This is usually milk in my cereal/granola combination.
2) Use full fat cheese. I use lean deli meat so it balances out. I think full fat cheese tastes better and lean deli meat is so much better so it this works nicely.
3) Menu plan



Have a great, OP weekend everyone!

Rachel Ray suggested the more aged the cheese the more flavor and you use less of it...

I've heard you can only really lose weight if you take in about 1000 calories a day. I just can't do that. It's whey I try to burn it off. I guess I'm getting older now and I'm not doing that as easily. I'm 43. Really the only thing that helps me eat less is more fruit and veggies. That way I feel full.

 

[Disneywedding2010]

QOTD for Sat., 2/4/2012: We've been talking a lot about how many calories we each eat. Some people have a range and some people have a max and other count points, etc. Share a general strategy you use to stick to your food plan.

I have a range that I try to stay within: 1200 - 1,550. Some weeks I'm around 1,200. Other weeks I have to struggle to hit 1,200. While weeks like this week I'm eating closer to 1,500. I track everything I eat on Sparkpeople. This helps to keep me on track and I'm more prone to not snacks if I'm close to going over my range. My breakfast itypically around 300 - 350 calories. Lunch is usually around 240 - 300. I try to use most of my calories for dinner but try to keep in mind that I still want a dessert and snack mid afternoon.

Most mornings I sit down and plan my entire day of meals out. When something goes out of wack (like last night) and I have to eat out for a meal I try to make sure its somwhere that I know I can find the nutritional information online so I can plug it into Sparkpeople.

 

[Friend of a Mouse]

I lost weight this week which was good, I wasnt' sure if I would. I am starting to notice a difference in my clothes. This has not been my most on track week. I have been feeling hungry, but I wonder how much of that is the new antibiotic I am as it does have stomach side effects. Oh well. I'm still tracking and ending up with a deficit, even if it's not as much of one.

QOTD: I do Jenny Craig and I use the Metabolic Maxx Program they have. So I wear an armband similar to a Body Bugg by Bodymedia. The biggest difference is that this one tracks sleep which I love because it tells me how much I actually slept vs. time lying down and lets me know my sleep efficiency which is great since I've had fatigue issues. I try to stick to the Jenny foods and I track everything. I can see with my armband how many calories I burn and it lets me see whether I have a surplus or deficit. It also gives me a breakdown of calories consumed (percentages of protein, fat, etc, so it lets me see where I need to tweak. I try to eat 20% protein, but I admit that I am still struggling with carbs.

 

[myweegirls]

QOTD for Sat., 2/4/2012: We've been talking a lot about how many calories we each eat. Some people have a range and some people have a max and other count points, etc. Share a general strategy you use to stick to your food plan.

I do WW, so I haven't counted calories in a long time. When I first started the program years ago, I wasn't sure how I could succeed if I wasn't counting calories, but counting the nutrients and following the WW plan has worked well for me. I'm a fairly (okay, very) organized and ordered person in a lot of ways - not full-on OCD, but definite tendencies in some areas, so structure for a plan like this has been great. I have a solid framework, and there's room for me to be a creature of habit and to branch out here and there.

I also like to pre-track my food. I find that if I've tracked a meal, whether it's at home or at a restaurant where I can get nutritional info (and calculate points), I'm much more likely to stick to that plan. It also lets me see where in my day there's room for a little extra treat, and I do try to allow those in. Where I fail in this is gatherings (hm, like the one we're hosting Sunday evening!) that are graze-fests. I'm hoping that a pretracking plan will help me then, too; I've never tried it before. I have to take some time tomorrow and figure out the points for the things I'm making and then what I'll have on my pretracked plate. It's complicated, and it can be time-consuming, but if it works on my "normal" days, then it should work on a party day, right?

XO
Liz

 

[MelindaRuns]

I do WW, so I haven't counted calories in a long time. When I first started the program years ago, I wasn't sure how I could succeed if I wasn't counting calories, but counting the nutrients and following the WW plan has worked well for me. I'm a fairly (okay, very) organized and ordered person in a lot of ways - not full-on OCD, but definite tendencies in some areas, so structure for a plan like this has been great. I have a solid framework, and there's room for me to be a creature of habit and to branch out here and there.

I also like to pre-track my food. I find that if I've tracked a meal, whether it's at home or at a restaurant where I can get nutritional info (and calculate points), I'm much more likely to stick to that plan. It also lets me see where in my day there's room for a little extra treat, and I do try to allow those in. Where I fail in this is gatherings (hm, like the one we're hosting Sunday evening!) that are graze-fests. I'm hoping that a pretracking plan will help me then, too; I've never tried it before. I have to take some time tomorrow and figure out the points for the things I'm making and then what I'll have on my pretracked plate. It's complicated, and it can be time-consuming, but if it works on my "normal" days, then it should work on a party day, right?

XO
Liz

Absolutely! That's been my experience! My husband is an Emergency Medicine Physician and several times a year we have staff parties at our house (Christmas, a football party every fall, and something in the spring and summer). I always worry that I will over do it on my WW points on those days, but more often than not I'm so busy making sure everyone else is having a good time I don't have time to overeat. It sure makes me less likely to go over if I'm entertaining guests all evening. Good luck, all you Super Bowl partiers! I'll not be having a party. I might watch it, if it comes on regular tv. What time?

 

[The Mystery Machine]

QOTD for Sat., 2/4/2012: We've been talking a lot about how many calories we each eat. Some people have a range and some people have a max and other count points, etc. Share a general strategy you use to stick to your food plan.

I'll share first because this is a somewhat loaded question, at least for me. I am using myfitnesspal. (I am cclovesdis there too.) I have a max calorie intake of 1200 per day according to the program. If I exercise, it raises my max calories by the number of calories I burn that day. So, if I burn 200 calories, my max calories for the day becomes 1400. However, the problem is that 1200 calories is often considered the minimum calories one should eat in a day. This is where the question becomes somewhat loaded. What do I do? I aim to get as close to 1200 calories a day and to stay under my carb max for the day. I do not worry about how much protein I have eaten for the day as long as I do not go over my max total calories for the day.

In consideration of all that, here are a few ideas I have for eating almost my minimum of 1200 calories a day.
1) Have some protein at breakfast. This is usually milk in my cereal/granola combination.
2) Use full fat cheese. I use lean deli meat so it balances out. I think full fat cheese tastes better and lean deli meat is so much better so it this works nicely.
3) Menu plan



Have a great, OP weekend everyone!

I am also using My Fitness Pal. My calorie count is 1200 too. Some days it is easy to stick to that and some days it is hard as heck.

I input my meal/snacks before I eat it so I can adjust or not eat it. It helps me.

I hate menu planning. There, I said it.

We tend to decide and then I run out and shop. The store is 5 mins away. We eat a lot of fish and that is something you don't want sitting in the fridge. We like things fresh.

Overall, I am eating more fresh fruits and veggies in my diet which is a good thing. That is my focus right now. The more fresh stuff I eat, the better I feel.

 

[RutgersAlum]

QOTD for Sat., 2/4/2012: We've been talking a lot about how many calories we each eat. Some people have a range and some people have a max and other count points, etc. Share a general strategy you use to stick to your food plan.

I'll share first because this is a somewhat loaded question, at least for me. I am using myfitnesspal. (I am cclovesdis there too.) I have a max calorie intake of 1200 per day according to the program. If I exercise, it raises my max calories by the number of calories I burn that day. So, if I burn 200 calories, my max calories for the day becomes 1400. However, the problem is that 1200 calories is often considered the minimum calories one should eat in a day. This is where the question becomes somewhat loaded. What do I do? I aim to get as close to 1200 calories a day and to stay under my carb max for the day. I do not worry about how much protein I have eaten for the day as long as I do not go over my max total calories for the day.

In consideration of all that, here are a few ideas I have for eating almost my minimum of 1200 calories a day.
1) Have some protein at breakfast. This is usually milk in my cereal/granola combination.
2) Use full fat cheese. I use lean deli meat so it balances out. I think full fat cheese tastes better and lean deli meat is so much better so it this works nicely.
3) Menu plan

Haven't been here on DIS much this week, working late every day (end of marking period craziness!). CC, you could have written my answer! The only thing I seem to do differently than you by having protein in the am, I eat a Chobani. It's filling, gets me through a few hours, and around 10 I have a banana or a mini Baby Bell cheese, yum. That gets me to lunch w/o too much stomach growling.

I had a better week than last week (I was up 2 last week, yes it was AF, but still I could have made some better choices). Down .8 this week. On the WL front, that is a result that could be better, but I have to report that on the exercise front, I have exercised consistently 3x/week by jogging at gym or outside once this week. I haven't missed a run in a month on my HM training plan (Galloway) and in the last month I astonished myself by running nonstop for 30 min--haven't done that in 5 yrs. Now that exercise is a firm, scheduled-in habit right after work, I will try to make good food choices--try to work on BOTH areas at the same time instead of concentrating on JUST food or JUST exercise (that's usually how I roll, lol).

It was my birthday Tues, and I celebrated in the atypical 60 degree NJ winter weather by running outside for the first time in a month or so--ran with my DS10, it was so hard compared to the TM, had no idea how much "easier" it was on the TM (or how much "harder" it is outside, lol). So I've since upped the incline a teeny bit on the TM for most of the runs.

Melinda, WTG on running the ENTIRE HM!!!! Can't even imagine that, wow!

Oh, and fave resort/park for me & the family I think is Beach Club/Epcot. There is nothing like MK of course, but we were lucky to buy a DVC resale last year, LOVE walking to Epcot. I actually took a jog around the Boardwalk this summer before my family woke up, seriously one of my favorite experiences of our trip

Peace out, let's have a great SuperBowl!! Go, Giants!

 

[MelindaRuns]

Thank you so much RutgersAlum!! I feel like it took me a lot of runs, where it just wouldn't come together, where I didnt even ever think about it coming together like that. I never thought I could do it, would get mentally tired, and just walk. For me its a mental thing. Like the whole diet thing as well. I have times when I just don't lose any weight although I'm doing what I need to do, then BAM! I have a nice weight loss week. I think running, and working out in general) is the same way. You keep on keeping on, and then sometimes the results don't come, and then they hit. I am still S-L-O-W, but I know that I am improving, little by very little. Thanks everyone for all your support here! This group is amazing!

 

[50sjayne]

Well, I'm down a pound today. So I'm going to reward myself with a movie. Probably Puss n boots in 3d or Beauty and the Beast in 3d- whatever the family wants to do.

 

[lovetoscrap]

I lost a bunch of multi quotes and not going to be able to go back and find them. So here is a great big for everyone!

OK, some of my pictures are showing up really crazy, like upside down and stuff. I have no idea why. They don't look like that in my photo bucket. WEIRD!Anyway, a glimpse of my week at Disneyland.

They all looked great to me and looks like you had so much fun! I love to see photos of posters so I can put a face with the screen name. Congratulations on your PR!

So, I've decided not to send in my weigh in yet. I'm not happy with my weigh in today. I hoping the gain (1.2 pounds) is to to TOM which is almost over. So maybe by the end of the weekend, it will go down some.

I have stayed in my calorie range, drank all my water and worked out more than before. (I'm upping my minutes every week).
I'm trying soo hard to not get frustrated and give up. You would think when someone has over 100 pounds to lose that they would have so much trouble losing weight. I seem to lose every other week... Seriously what is up with that??? My calories in are the same (1200-1400), my exercise in increasing by 10 minutes each week, and I drink all my water . If it's this annoying now, what will it be like when there is a lot less for me to lose. UUGGHH!

Just a littel vent there. This is why I tend ot give up.

Please don't give up!!!! This is a marathon, not a sprint. You may spend some time walking, some time running, and some time trying to catch your breath but no matter how long it takes you the finish line will always be there waiting for you! (no getting swept in this marathon!)

Going to share my story from this week and my dark secret-- but please understand that I don't know that I advocate this for everyone. I weigh everyday. You are NOT supposed to! But I do. With my way of eating (WOE) I find that it really does help me to figure out what adjustments I need to make. But unless you are able to look at the big picture many can get discouraged if the do this. So here is what happened to me this week:
I weighed in Monday and I was already down a pound from my Friday weigh in . Then I weighed in at the same give or take a few oz Tu, Wed and Thurs (my scale does .2, .4, .6 and .8). Then for my "official" weigh in on Friday I was UP one pound and a few oz -- back to my previous week weight. WTH??? But I knew I hadn't been been too bad so I just planned to have a good day and try again this morning. Well guess what? Scale is back to exactly where it was all week-- a solid one pound loss. If I only weighed in once a week I would have been really discouraged to think I hadn't lost at all during the week. But since the number had been consistent over the week with only one day that was off I do assume that I DID lose that pound and something else is going on which obviously it was.

What? I have no idea. But as I mentioned earlier in the thread everything in your body has a weight. Everything you put in has a weight and everything that leaves has a weight. So just being a little "backed up" will show up on the scale. Too much salt in your day that causes some fluid retention will show up. Drinking your water-- or not drinking your water will show up. Last week I had a few days of tummy issues and when I weighed one morning I was down 2 pounds! But I don't consider it a real loss until I see it consistently over several days. Sure enough I was back up after the next day or two-- that loss was just fluid that had to be replaced. The body is about 60% water-- and fat tissue is about 50% water as opposed to muscle that is about 75%. And we are gaining and losing water on a constant basis everyday. ( Facts and numbers are approximate--I am not a professional, didn't even stay in a Holiday Inn Express-- just someone that likes to google!)

Please don't weigh in everyday if you are type to live and die by the scale or that gets discouraged easily. But if you see a number you think may be inaccurate on your weigh in day then you may want to try again in a few days and see if it was just something off on the day you weighed in.

QOTD for Sat., 2/4/2012: We've been talking a lot about how many calories we each eat. Some people have a range and some people have a max and other count points, etc. Share a general strategy you use to stick to your food plan.



1) Have some protein at breakfast. This is usually milk in my cereal/granola combination.
2) Use full fat cheese. I use lean deli meat so it balances out. I think full fat cheese tastes better and lean deli meat is so much better so it this works nicely.

You may want to try a little more protein than that at breakfast. Yogurt or some cheese or some canadian bacon or turkey sausage/bacon. Protein sustains you longer and keeps you from having the sugar highs and lows that carbs do.

I like to use Sharp Cheddar or even Extra Sharp Cheddar in very thin slices or a fine grate so it goes further. With a strong taste you don't need as much. I agree, I dislike low fat cheese.

I don't have a calorie/nutrient balance I am aiming for. I just go for lean protein, low fat use (mayo, butter, oils), lots of veggies and limit carbs. I probably eat more beans and nuts than I should though. They are so filling and beans are so full of good protein and fiber I really like having them to keep me from eating the really bad things! Right now my starchy carb intake is inconsistent on a daily basis, by choice. I try to go very limited some days and others I will have several servings a day. Doing that also tends to vary my calories so some days are higher than others. I try to have a day or two of higher intake during the week to keep my metabolism "guessing"!

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Quick Hi from Blinksville!!

I'm gutting the boys room today and building new furniture so I'm going to be gone most of the weekend. But I'm getting a workout, those old beds are HEAVY!!!

Anyway, just cruising through while waiting for DH to bring back lunch.
I'll pop in tomorrow at some point.

 

[lovetoscrap]

Been busy and didn't feel like fighting with the DIS so haven't had a chance to get here the last few days. Had lunch with a DIS friend yesterday. Another amazing chain restaurant meal! Went to Ruby Tuesday's and a Petite Plate Lunch-- the sliced sirloin. I had the grilled zucchini and green beans instead of the broccoli and mashed potatoes it was supposed to come with. It was incredibly good! Everything was cooked perfectly. Next time though I would probably try to remember to ask for no butter or oil to be added to the veggies if possible. There was a bit more than I would have liked.

Here is PSA to all dieters-- mostly for the future-- NEVER GO TO COSTCO THE FRIDAY BEFORE THE SUPERBOWL!!! They had samples galore and not one of them was healthy!!! There was a table with ALL of their cakes that they make and you could ask for a sample of any and all of them! I had to try the Tirimisu because I have been dying to know if it is any good. Unfortunately. . . it is!!! But I resisted buying it. Then they had every brand of pizza they sell and other types of "finger foods' and dips at the beginning and end of every aisle! I ran in to just pick up some more fat free plain Greek Yogurt, low fat cottage cheese and some veggies. I did get those but somehow when I checked out I ended up with 20 pizzas and a slab of ribs in my cart!!! The pizzas were actually for DH. They had his absolute favorite kind that they don't usually sell at Costco so I bought 5 boxes of them! He said to get as many as I thought we could fit in our freezers! The ribs were just darn good (I sampled them) so they are in the freezer for a splurge meal.

NSV this morning-- I tried on one of my favorite Scrapbooking sweatshirts from some years ago that hasn't fit in ages and it fits now! I also tried on a sweater my sister made for me just as long ago and it fits. They are both a tad bit tighter than I am comfortable with but I could wear them with no problems. I am now really in that in between stage of my recent stuff being too big but not quite ready for the older stuff. Thank goodness for belts!

Gotta get some housework done so everyone have a great healthy ON PLAN weekend!

 

[50sjayne]

Been busy and didn't feel like fighting with the DIS so haven't had a chance to get here the last few days. Had lunch with a DIS friend yesterday. Another amazing chain restaurant meal! Went to Ruby Tuesday's and a Petite Plate Lunch-- the sliced sirloin. I had the grilled zucchini and green beans instead of the broccoli and mashed potatoes it was supposed to come with. It was incredibly good! Everything was cooked perfectly. Next time though I would probably try to remember to ask for no butter or oil to be added to the veggies if possible. There was a bit more than I would have liked.

Here is PSA to all dieters-- mostly for the future-- NEVER GO TO COSTCO THE FRIDAY BEFORE THE SUPERBOWL!!! They had samples galore and not one of them was healthy!!! There was a table with ALL of their cakes that they make and you could ask for a sample of any and all of them! I had to try the Tirimisu because I have been dying to know if it is any good. Unfortunately. . . it is!!! But I resisted buying it. Then they had every brand of pizza they sell and other types of "finger foods' and dips at the beginning and end of every aisle! I ran in to just pick up some more fat free plain Greek Yogurt, low fat cottage cheese and some veggies. I did get those but somehow when I checked out I ended up with 20 pizzas and a slab of ribs in my cart!!! The pizzas were actually for DH. They had his absolute favorite kind that they don't usually sell at Costco so I bought 5 boxes of them! He said to get as many as I thought we could fit in our freezers! The ribs were just darn good (I sampled them) so they are in the freezer for a splurge meal.

NSV this morning-- I tried on one of my favorite Scrapbooking sweatshirts from some years ago that hasn't fit in ages and it fits now! I also tried on a sweater my sister made for me just as long ago and it fits. They are both a tad bit tighter than I am comfortable with but I could wear them with no problems. I am now really in that in between stage of my recent stuff being too big but not quite ready for the older stuff. Thank goodness for belts!

Gotta get some housework done so everyone have a great healthy ON PLAN weekend!

Thanks for reminding me about costco--we'll make a special trip today just For the samples-- they do go all out...Good job on the clothes fitting better. My jeans are getting looser.

 

[BMC423]

Hello Everyone!! I've been MIA this week sorry! DIS has been a nightmare and I have been super busy. Remember how I thought we wouldn't be hosting tomorrow for the Super Bowl... not so much! My dh invited his family which is fine but it meant more work for me. Thankfully my son's infection seems to be gone although he is still on antibiotics. School has been keeping me busy this week as well, and lastly work was quite stressful these last 2 days.

On a personal note, I lost another pound this week . My goal is five lbs a month and well I'm happy to report I met that goal for Jan. So today I went and treated myself to highlights! My dh even mentioned noticing some changes so I'm very happy with myself today.


Have a great weekend everyone I will be back probably tomorrow during the game!

 

[cclovesdis]

Now that I can read my PMs...

Healthy Habits Results Week 4: The Voyage of the Little Mermaid

Congratulations to all our participants!

Team Mickey had 7 participants:
cclovesdis
GaRain
glass1/2fll
MelindaRuns
Myweegirls
RugtersAlum
yanni2

Team Donald had 12 participants:
4HOLIDAYS
araes2102
belledreamer
buzz5985
disneyluvr
GoofyPredsFan
JacksLilWench
jillbur
Jujubee27
Mary▪Poppins
MissDisney121
ougrad86

Team Donald is the team winner for HH Week 4! Congratulations!

Congratulations to the Team Mickey Participants for earning 5/5 on at least 1 of the 4 Healthy Habits! They were:
GaRain
MelindaRuns
myweegirls
RutgersAlum
yanni2

Congratulations to MelindaRuns and yanni2 from Team Mickey for earning all 30/30 points!

Congratulations to the Team Donald Participants who earned 5/5 on at least 1 Healthy Habit! They are:
4HOLIDAYS
areas2102
belledreamer
buzz5985
disneyluvr
GoofyPredsFan
JacksLilWench
jillbur
Jujubee27
MissDisney121
ougrad86

Congratulations to ougrad86 for earning all 30/30 points!

For Week 4: VOLM, I have a prize for Team Donald Participant areas2102. Please PM me your address and I will mail out your prize as soon as possible.

 

[cclovesdis]

Healthy Habits Update

I have received points for Week 5: Nemo from:

cclovesdis
glass1/2fll
myweegirls
yanni2

Please PM me if you think your name should be on this list.

 

[cclovesdis]

Evening Mickeys!

I loved all of your answers to today's QOTD that I compiled a list of them. I figured that it couldn't hurt to have a list available.

In no particular order:

Eat Protein: Breakfast, especially

Journal/Track your food: Think about what you are going to eat for the day and pre-track/journal it It can be helpful to have an idea for number of calories/points, etc. you want to consume per meal.

Fresh food is very appealing.

Remember that losing weight takes time and that events like birthdays are not disappearing.

(The right) Support is so beneficial.

Conside how frequently you want to peek at the scale outside of weigh-in day.

Don't forget exercise.