Taryn--I LOVE that t-shirt! We saw one last fall. We decided Mike was too old to wear one though. I burned one pan of cookies--well almost burned. And I ate too much today, but I'm hoping that means that since I'm hungry that I am going to start feeling better. Tom is going to leave to go back to school when Mike gets home. He wants to see him for a minute or so. I did 30 minutes on the treadmill today--walking. I am planning on running tomorrow even if it's only a couple of miles. This week is starting to get to me and my stress level is off the charts. I need to get that back under control!
Hey, almost burned isn't burned, and Tom will love them. I don't think Tom's too old for that shirt, college sports fans don't age!
I'm glad the "boys" will have a few minutes together today. Could you breathe while you were walking? I hope you feel up to a run, even if it's short. I'm sure with all you've had going on, and Tom leaving, you'll need it! Thinking of you today, is it getting easier to say goodbye?
I still can't get over the fact that the actress who plays Amy Farrah-Fowler was Blossom back in the day! And that she actually has a PhD in neuroscience!
Mayim Blalik or something like that? I loved Blossom, and remembered reading that she was super intelligent. I didn't know she was on Big Bang. I've never watched it, I might have to tune in sometime. Is it one of those shows I could jump in and watch, or would I feel lost?
I watched the second half as I was working the first half
I found Bob advice to be profound. Take your weight loss in small increments. Bob told him to stop thinking that way and just take it week by week, focus on smaller goals. It was amazing how many of us are having lots of points left in the evening that we have to use up for optimum weight loss.
That's great advice. When I am OP (on plan for the newbies) and needing a loss , I take what I need to loose total, and divide it up by how much a week, etc. That smaller goal of X amount a week makes it seem more doable! I even made a chart last spring, and I am not a chart person, with the weights I needed to hit each Friday to get where I needed to be! That is amazing how many of you have points left in the evening!!! I need to get my spark tracker going again, I've forgotten some of the typical calorie/portion things I need to remember. Is Chris doing WW, too? How is he doing?
Today is one of those days I have to just read and not reply...boot camp started back this morning, it was my first day back at work, and I am exhausted!! And I need to get up at 5:15 and start all over!
Great job at doing Boot Camp on your first day back!! How was it? I am having a very hard time getting back into the groove, at this point I'm wishing for snow! Have a great day!
We have a family from church that are huge Dr. Who and Torchwood fans like us! So excited that there will be Torchwood in the US with John Barrowman next summer! I bought DH a Tardis t-shirt for Christmas this year. DSIL bought us a Tardis ice cream bucket that we put lights on at Christmas. I feel like I've been away for a week and it's only been 8 hours since I last posted! I guess that really means I'm addicted! Then we went to Movie Stop to sell them some old movies! I'm wearing it now while I'm typing. We 've never had one before. I have to visit the school dept to pay for full day kindergarten for the month.
Ok, Tracey, the first part of your post that I italicized made me feel like I am in the Twilight Zone or something.
Closest I could come to a sci-fi smilie. That's so funny. I'm pretty addicted, too.
I've never seen a movie stop, we have game stops nearby, but that sounds pretty cool. I need to get my movies and DH's old Nintendo games organized and see if we have anything we can get rid of! Ak loves zebra print, and we got her a zebra snugggie for her birthday, she loves it. My room at school is cold, I told someone I was going to get one to keep in my desk to put on when the kids aren't in the room and I'm doing desk work!
Why do you have to pay for kindergarten?
I'm sorry, but I just have to brag about how wonderful my wife (TimonTracy on Team Donald) has been at cooking healthy dinners. She has gone above and beyond to find new, delicious and healthy recipes. There is one problem my wife is having with the new diet, she can't stand the taste of vegetables.
You've gotten some good suggestions on roasting, and I'll second Lindsay's advice on the aspargus. DH loves them if I drizzle with olive oil and fresh garlic, and bake a bit, and he's not an asparagus guy, either. You can shave a SMALL bit of parmesan on top for some extra flavor and crunch. Also, fresh salsa is AMAZING! If you have a blender or magic bullet type thing, just throw in some tomatoes, pepper, onions, garlic. I love this for lots of things, chicken dishes, some fish dishes, even with ground chicken or turkey for tacos with low carb wraps, etc. Another suggestion, that I learned by making my youngest's baby food, is to steam and puree, and then hide in stuff! There's a fun cookbook by Jessica Seinfeld called "deceptively delicious" that's all recipes with hidden veggies. Pumpkin, squash, etc. What about stir fry type recipes? Lots of fresh veggies, with a bit of crunch, and you can really spice them up. Or even a vegetable pizza, use a bit of olive oil, a thin crust, and throw on everything but the kitchen sink, we add a bit of goat or feta cheese, too. We do this to use up any veggies in the fridge. Vegetable soup is another good one, the spice of the soup can hide some veg taste. Finally, I would think about the veggies with the most nutritional impact, and work on adding those. Here's one list:
http://www.methodsofhealing.com/the-top-ten-healthiest-vegetables/ And I love this website for recipe ideas:
http://allrecipes.com/Recipes/Healthy-Cooking/Main-Dishes/Main.aspx
Victory again!
I really needed that. Thank you!
My goal is 20 minutes. Realistically, that's all the time I have because I have to baby-sit tomorrow. But, it's more than I've done all week. I'm winded just walking from my car to the door to my office. I need to get in cardio!
Remember, you can always add in extra things to get your 20 minutes in. If it's not too cold, when you get to the door to your office, pretend like you forgot something and walk back to the car and back to the office. Take the stairs. OR when you are baby sitting, do something together!!!! Don't you HATE it when your words come back to haunt you, b/c I think I heard that from you recently.
Try to take a few minutes to plan your food for the day, take it with you, and toss the junk!!!!
I'm a vegetarian by the way, so let me know if you have any other questions. I would not say I am an expert, but there are lots of great veggie recipes. You just have to experiment a little!
Rose, sometime when you have time, I want your feedback on going vegetarian. I don't know that I could, and am not sure I really want to, but I would love your imput on how you think it is helped, how you did it, etc. Doesn't have to be today or tomorrow or even this week, just sometime when you feel the need to type!
I feel crummy today. I just want to curl up and crawl in bed. Three kids doing homework won't allow me that luxury. I am still going to give the Wii Fit a go tonight, or maybe hit the treadmill. I am going down on the Wii in weight and BMI. Even if I do not use the Wii to exercise I love the charts etc.
So sorry you are feeling badly. I do a body test daily on wii fit, I really like keeping up with it, but that's about all I've used it for lately! Sometimes I'll do the yoga. The only thing I don't like, is even after going from obese to overweight to normal, my mii is still big.
Good show. Wish I had eight hours a day to work out. I would love to lose 41 pounds in the first week.
That's sooo crazy scary, though! That's my only complaint about BL and Losing it with Jillian, is that they loose crazy amounts of weight each week. Of course, they're doing nothing but concentrating on it, but still. It would be nice to have that time, trainers, and the healthy food right in front of you.
Its amazing how addicted we get to things and then after you get off of it you realize it wasnt even that good in the first place. story of my life girl. leave around 7am most mornings and get home with the kids around 6. when I was first married dh asked me to make carmelized onions for our steaks and i had no idea how. so I figured to carmelize them I would cook them in a pan with oil and a bunch of sugar how exactly do you make them? Work is just insane. I am exhausted. Now DS2 who is 3yrs old came home from daycare with a swollen eye. I told the teacher I think it must be allergies and she said oh maybe from your new cats. I was like huh???
It is true, but let me warn you. Remember the Sun Drop discussion from the holiday challenge? Well, I used to drink about a liter a day of the stuff. CRAZY.. Broke that addiction, and then tried it again, and it was terrible. Well, over the holidays, one of the bad habits I picked up was soda again. Sun Drop really is wonderful! Back to water, unsweetened tea, black coffee, and skim milk ONLY again this week, and life is much better. So the taste CAN be relearned!
Your caramelized onions story almost made me spit my coffee out laughing. girl. TOO FUNNY!!!! As for the dinner thing, I have found that it helps to have some munchies on hand for me and the kids when I get home. I'll put out a plate of carrots, broccoli, etc. and some ranch dressing for the girls. It keeps them from whining and they get some veggies, I munch while I cook, and don't eat as much dinner! Of course, we don't always have these, and I don't always do it, but it's a good thing when I do! Menu planning helps, too! I think 3 must be an age for "lying" or "pretending" as Sophie says. We have the same issues. I think it's because so much of her play time is pretending, and telling that stuff is the same to her, she doesn't really get the difference.
Thank goodness DH knows excel!!!!! I put in our first weigh in and nothing happened!!!! When the file was copied it didn't copy everything. We fixed the Mickey page and he will fix Donald tomorrow.
WHEW! Thanks for doing this Tracey! I know it's going to be WILD for you putting all 100+ weights in, hope Brian is around to help!!!
Thursday will be the end of first week of the P90X challenge. Now only 12 weeks to go. I am walking around the house with moans and groans grabbing the stairwell, and pulling myself up out of the chair. It feels great!!
GREAT JOB!!! I've heard that's killer!
The ultimate day is a day at sea.
Marcy, that sounds like SOOO much fun. We talked about doing a cruise in 2012, but Sophie will be 5 then, and I'm not sure if she'd love it as much as WDW or if we should wait until she's a bit older....
Ultimate day at Disney??? Hmmmm, that is a tough one... where to start?
Ahhh... that was wonderful!!!!!
Hi everyone
Joining Team Mickey:
Welcome!!!!!!! Good to have you on our team!
And, thank you for hosting an exchange student. He couldn't have been placed with a better family! 
Here's to losing! 
until the Martini Tasting class...
Looking forward to the fun whilst getting stuck into gaining health and losing fat.
By 10 I had had 32 oz, by 4 76 oz, and then a few glasses when I got home! Did my cardio in the form of dancing and "cardio cleaning" 
More on that later.
