Halloween Horror

OK- so here's my little confession...
For that past 2 nights we have been at ward and family Halloween parties and I have been eating all kinds of candy. And then I even realized that I was sucking on a sucker after 9:00 last night. Man, are my points going to be bad this week.
Holidays are hard.

Michelle

I read the rules finally

Have you ever thought of how hard it is to get that little band of energy removed, you know that one somewhere around the belly button. I think it hates me, or maybe it just laughs at me. whatever it is thinking i don't care, but when I stare at it, it just seems to stare right back at me without flinching. The real question I ask is this, Why does food have to taste so good? And then comes the question why do we feel the need to chuck it down to our stomach so quickly? before our stomach can even tell us it got food, what is it a 20 min delay. anyone up for situps, I think I will do some before I go to bed.

OCTOBER WINNERS

October Weekly Winners:

Wenona and Deb  (10-4-10)  1510 points
Mom and Michelle (10-11-10)  1480 points
Mike and Chris (10-18-10)  1490 points
Mom and Michelle (10-25-10) 1310 points

October Monthly Winner:
Chris 3010 points

Good luck this month! So far it looks like it's Mom, Michelle, Matt, Chris and Wenona.  Hope the others join in soon.

Chris

10/25/10 WEEKLY WINNERS

CONGRATULATIONS MOM AND MICHELLE!!


Points for 10/25/10 Weekly Partnerships are:
Mom and Michelle: 1310
Mike and Chris: 725
Deb and Wenona: 715

Way to go for those of us who posted their points!! Good luck this month! We are entering the busy holiday months - don't lose focus!!

Chris

Candy, Candy, Candy

BE STRONG EVERYONE!

This time of year there is a lot of candy around.  Just look at it as added weight and fat!  It just doesn't taste as good if you envision it plastered to your waist, hip or bum!!

There are other ways to enjoy Halloween!  Have a good one!  We built our traditional huge maze again in our garage!  We are gearing up for our big halloween party.

Love you,
Chris

Wenona's thought #2

"It's more than givign up time it's makign the most of your time."
-Jon Jorgensen



I thought this was a great thought to keep in mind while we are trying to get rid of bad habits and instill good ones.


Wenona

Chris' Plan

Pretty much the same as last month, seems to be working for me.

6 cups water/day
Weight Watchers Flex plan
Exercise 5 hours per week
Take Vitamins every night and read 15 minutes in the New Testament every day
Don't eat after 9:00 pm

Okay Michelle - I didn't give myself a free day on my good habit this month, I did lessen the time though since I am trying to do 2 good habits.  And laugh if you want, but taking vitamins is usually where I lose my points, but I need to take them (especially vitamin D here in Alaska).  If you don't you get feeling very tired! 

Good luck to all,
Chris.

Chris' Points 10/25/10

NOT the perfect end I wanted BUT not a shabby end either!

Points: 725
Weight Lost: .2 (pathetic after all I have lost but at least it wasn't a gain)

Good luck to everyone!
Chris

Mom's Points 10/25/10

Points: 635
Weight loss: 0

I messed up on exercising this past week - only got in 2.5 hrs. That was bad enough....but then I lost points for no weight loss! Yikes, those points add up! I've challenged myself a little more this month hoping it will help me stay focused better.

Love, Mom

Michelle's Points 10/25/10

I did OK but messed up on each thing once.

My ponits are 675 and I lost 1/2 of new weight!

Good luck to everyone this week and welcome Matt.

Michelle

Wenona's thought #1

Energy & Persistence conquer all things.
- Benjamin Franklin


I thought that this fit our aim for this blog quite well. If we continually put our energy into losing weight (or in Matt's case gaining weight) then we will conquer the scales, looking and feeling fantastic!

Wenona

Wenona's Plan

6 Cups Water
Food Plan: Food Pyramid Plan
Exercise Plan: Walk- 20 min. Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat / Yoga- Tues, Thur
Good Habit: Work on food storage for 15 min. Mon. - Sat.
Lose bad habit: Do not eat after 9:00pm
Weight loss Goal: 1 lb per week

Good luck everyone!

Wenona

Wenona's Points 10/24/10

Heres my score for this week.

Points: 715
Weight loss: +1 :(

Wenona

A THOUGHT

Life expectancy would grow leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon......or bread baking in the oven........or just out of the oven chocolate chip cookies! Guess we need to get imagining such things! Next time I cook broccoli I'll tell dad....."just smell that bacon cooking in the steamer". Think it will work?! Mom

Mom's Plan for new month

Food Plan: 3 veg, 2 fruit, sweets allowed 1 day only
Exercise Plan: 4 hours a week (must include Pilates or back exercises 3 x week)
Good Habit: Practice piano
Bad Habit: No eating after 9:30
Weight loss: 1/2 lb a week

I changed my food plan a little by adding a restriction on sweets. I've been indulging too much and need to put a stop to it! I'd better eat most of the chocolate covered almonds tonight! I wonder why I can't lose that 1/2 pound each week?! I'm also changing my exercise plan a little so I'm doing more than walking.

Good luck to all. Love, Mom

Michelle's In

I am so glad that Matt is joining us this month!!!

My goals are staying the same...
Drink the water
Do Jenny Craig diet
Exercise 4 hours a week
Read 30 min. a day
Don't eat after 9:00

I am tempted to add a free day to insure some extra points but I think I will restrain. I may not win but I will do better than I would have done with a free day included.

Here's my thought for this week...

I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.

So, even if we lose some points and don't have successful days every day we can still keep going knowing that we are doing better than we would have been doing.

Good Luck to everyone!

Michelle

NEW MONTH - DON'T FORGET TO POST YOUR PLAN!

Due to time and to the fact that we have 7 participants - this month is an "on your own month".  Sorry to any who wanted partners, we will do that again soon! 

Please read the rules and get your fees in this month!  DEB PLEASE SEND A FINANCIAL REPORT BY SUNDAY SO WE KNOW IF WE OWE ANY FEES THIS MONTH!

This is who I think is participating this month.  We will know Sunday forsure as that is when the plans are due.

Mom
Michelle
Deb
Wenona
Mike
Matt
Chris

Good luck everyone!
Chris

I think i will join all by my lonesome

I am in the game again with fire in my blood. I am ready to lose no weight, nor gain weight. I just want to transfer my little band of energy around the front side of my belly to the sinews of my muscle fibers. That little band of energy has literally been jumping around wanting to do something. So situps it is and pushups and jumping jacks and running on the tread and whatever else i feel will do the job.

my good habit - write in my journal at least 3 times a week
my bad habit - no more heavy snacking at night, especially after 9pm I think that is the reason i have this little band of energy in the first place

maybe I should work on traveling more, I know Sara would love that.

Colorado would be fun, so would Arizona, and California for the winter. I think the Oregon and Washington coast would be a fun drive all the way up to that island everyone talks about. Alaska would be fun in the summer. China has some beautiful senery also. Thailand would be cool, but i hear it could be scary also. Maybe Mexico to the coco bay islands, or whatever they are called. Nauvoo would be really neat right along with the sacred grove.

Well enough jabber

Wenona's opinion for next month

I like partners but I will still be in if you all decide not to have parnters. I just know that if I had not had Deb cheering me on and me not wanting to let her down I worked a lot harder than I probably would have.

THANKS DEB!!!

Wenona

P.S. Like Ron, Jon will not be joining.

Answers

I am good with partners or not. (Great answer!)
Ron will not be joining the game. He's lost almost All of his weight. He is at -23 pounds now WOW!
If each of us ask our spouse if they are joining then the list is pretty much taken care of.
So, ask your spouse if they want to join in the game and then response back to the blog. I will call Matt/Sarah and Jay.

My thought for the week is this...

Don't Worry- Be Happy!!

Kaylee loves this saying and so do I.
Let's all enjoy the stage of life that we are in Right Now!!

Have a Great week!
Michelle

NEW MONTH COMING UP!

OKAY EVERYONE - WE NEED TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS!

ARE WE DOING ANOTHER PARTNERS MONTH OR NOT? 

IF WE ARE LETS PUT OUR NAMES IN A HAT AND DRAW PARTNERS WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT WE CAN'T HAVE THE SAME PARTNER AS WE DID THIS MONTH.  IS KRISTY, SARAH, RON, JON, JAY, DAD OR ANY OTHERS GOING TO JOIN IN THIS MONTH?  WILL SOMEONE CALL AND FIND OUT?

I will change out the rules as soon as we make this decision!

Thanks,
Chris

10/18/10 WEEKLY WINNERS

CONGRATULATIONS MIKE AND CHRIS!!

Points for 10/18/10 Weekly Partnerships are:
Mom and Michelle: 1365
Mike and Chris: 1490
Deb and Wenona: 1275

Nice job everyone! Good luck this week!

Chris

Wenona's Thought #2

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing."
- Albert Einstein

Mom's Thought

A GOOD LAUGH AND A LONG SLEEP ARE THE BEST CURES IN THE DOCTOR'S BOOK.
This is an Irish Proverb........Enjoy! MOM

Mom's Points 10/18/10

Points - 720
No weight loss.
Having a hard time losing weight lately. Maybe I'll do more Pilates.
Congratulations to Chris and Mike. Looks like they had a great week.
Love, Mom

Chris' Points 10/18/10

Points: 755 (I missed one day of reading - darn!!)

Weight Lost:  2 lbs - YES!!!  It was a great week for weight loss!  I am now all caught up and everything from here on out counts on the overall weight loss.  I AM WAY EXCITED!!!

Way to go Mike!! 

Chris

Mikes Points 10/18/10

I had a little better of a week.

Points - 735
Weight loss - 2.5 lbs
Total weight loss - 26.5 lbs
Current weight - 192.5

I am at my lowest weight since we first began this game! :) I'm Still looking for that perfect score though. Kristy's mom was here all last week and it made it really hard to eat right. I think I did pretty good given the circumstances. :) I might see those high 180's by the end of this week.

Mike

Wenona's thought #1

"If you are gong to do something, do it with complete focus during that time."
- Jonathan Jorgensen

I thought that this was excellent for all areas in our lives.


Wenona

Wenona's Points 10/18/10

I added up my points feeling that I had done better this week only to discover in reality I had done worse! Sorry Deb. I just think it is interesting that when you get highly motivated to do something life throws little curve balls here and there. (big sigh)

However, this is a new week so I am mentally picking myself up and geting to work.


Points: 655
Weight loss: +1 lb very sad moment on the scale, stupid scale :(

*Note* On an up beat I realized that I had not added in 30 points for last weeks weight loss so last weeks score is actually 675. I know it doesn't change anything but it made me feel good. Hey I take what I can get.


Wenona

Deb's points 10/18/10

620 points for Deb. :(

No weight loss.

Wenona and I are going to cheer each other on next week.
Go Wenona!!!!
Love
Deb

Michelle's points 10/18/10

OK- so Disneyland was my downfall this weekend. I only got 645 points.
Man, if you don't do this game for 2 or 3 days you really lose points quickly!
I did not lose any weight, in fact I gained 1 1/2 pounds. I guess that is not too bad.
The bad thing is Ron DID lose a couple of pounds but that is because he got food poisoning the night before we left and couldn't keep anything down for a couple of days. I think I will go with gaining 1 1/2 pounds over losing with food poisoning.

Better luck to me and all of you this week!
Michelle

Be Happy

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
-Abraham Lincoln

Since I just returned from the happiest place on earth (Disneyland) I thought I would post a Happy quote this week.

We had a great time but my points did go down a bit!!

Oh Well!! I'M HAPPY!!
Michelle

THOUGHT

This morning I tuned into The Spoken Word to listen to the Tabernacle Choir. I caught only the last statement of the message for today. We can apply it to our effort for healthier living:
I AM THE MASTER OF MY FATE.
I AM THE CAPTAIN OF MY SOUL.
Love, Mom

Hard Times Ahead

So I thought I would go ahead and tell you all about some tough times that WILL be coming my way this weekend.
We are taking David to Disneyland for his trip on Thursday.
I will get a lot of walking in so the exercise should not be a problem. It's the eating that I am not quite sure about. Do they sell healthy food in Disneyland - Darn... I might me stuck.
Mom, I really will try to do my best for the team score. I can stop eating at 9:00pm, etc. Hopefully I wont miss too many eating plan points.
Good Luck to me!!

Michelle

Thought from Mom

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. (Benjamin Franklin)
We've heard it often......are we living it? I've got the "early to rise" pretty well mastered, just need to work on the "early to bed"!! Love from Mom

Wenona's thought #1

Last night Jon and I were watching a PBS the show called 'God in America' we didn't catch the begining and I only saw little bits and peices of it. But one statement that I did catch caught my attention and I thought I would share. They were talking about what Abrham Lincoln was saying about the war. I think the conflict on slavery, not sure, like I said I really didn't catch everything, anyways they said that Lincoln asked;

"What is Gods will?"

I thought that was very profound especially coming from a President of the United States, and I thought we should all apply that to our lives and keep it in mind, and in our prayers.


Wenona

NEED I SAY ANYMORE!

Life should never be too busy to take care of ourselves!

Heavenly Father gave us our bodies as a gift, let's return our gratitude by taking care of it.

Love you guys!

Chris

DREAM BIG!!

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.   - Harriet Tubman

We really can do amazing things if we believe!

Chris

One more thought :)

In the end it's worth sacrificing that which we want in the moment for that which we want in the Long Run!

If only we could remember that in the Moment! :)
That's the Trick.

Mike

Thought

Man, if I had only just done a little bit more we would have won this week. Sorry Chris, we will do it this week.

My thought stem's from my opening statement, This is not what I want to be saying at the pearly Gates! If only I had done Just that little bit extra. :) We will never regret doing more than necessary, only that which we try to short cut on do we often end up regretting.

Mike

10/11/10 WEEKLY WINNERS

CONGRATULATIONS MOM AND MICHELLE!!

Points for 10/11/10 Weekly Partnerships are:
Mom and Michelle: 1480
Mike and Chris: 1470
Deb and Wenona: 1280

Nice job everyone!  Looks like Mom and Wenona let go of that monthly tie we had going, which puts me into the lead with 1530 points.  I am going for a perfect month - so watch out!  It has taken an awful lot of exercise, dinner preparation thought and will power at night, but it has been worth it!!!

Good luck this week,
Chris

Mike's Points 10/11/10

Points - 705
Weight Loss - 2 lbs
Total Weight Loss - 24 lbs

Way to go Chris!! :) I think I made my plan to hard cause I am losing weight but I'm also losing points:( That one extra meal while we were on our trip dang-it

I will be going for a perfect score to this week


Good night all

Mike

Deb's points 10/11/10

Sorry Wenona -- this week was tough! Good job to the rest of you! Everyone is doing awesome! I know how it feels when you have 'fire' under you...it sure helps. I need to find another incentive to lose weight!

Well, here's my score: 635 points.

Wenona and I are going to do better next week....so watch out!!! (I bet you're all scared.) : :)

Love,
Deb

Chris' Points 10/11/10

YAHOO!!!

Points:  765
Weight Lost: 1 pound (not included in overall weight loss yet but probably after next week if all goes well)!!!!

I did it again!!  A perfect score and 1 pound lighter!  I really didn't think I was going to make my weight loss goal this month...but I DID!!  1 pound exactly to the ounce. I had to weigh myself 3 times to make sure.  I was very excited.  Somehow I have a fire under me right now.  I am loving how I feel and I am looking better every week.  People are starting to comment on how skinny I look.  It makes my whole day even though I know I still have quite a ways to go to get where I want to be.

Good luck everyone!

Mike - I MISSED YOUR THOUGHTS THIS WEEK BUDDY!  We need to win at least one week!  I will go for another perfect score if you do to this week!

See,
Chris

Mom's Points 10/11/10

Points: 715
Weight loss: 0

Okay, Michelle, let's both strive for the perfect score in unison this week! I lost points because I didn't lose my 1/2 lb and I wasn't sure on my water one day so I didn't count it.

Enjoy this week everyone! Mom

Michelle's points 10/11/10

I got a PERFECT SCORE this week!!!

765 and I lost 1/2 pound.
After not getting a perfect score last week and letting my team mate down I knew I had to do it this week.

I hope everyone else has great numbers too.

I look forward to another week.

Michelle

Wenona's Points 10/11/10

UGH!!!! Not a good week, sorry Deb I really bombed.

Points: 645

However I did loose one pound, have no idea how but bless that scale it read one pound less than it did last week.

Weight Loss: 1 lb

I am looking forward to a much better week.

Wenona

Thought #2

The time is always right to do what is right. - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Let's do this right and lose some weight!

Chris

Success Story

I just wanted to share a success story for the week. It was fast Sunday for us this week so I was able to fast until dinner tonight. That make it really a lot easier to get my food plan points. Maybe I need to fast more often. Also I felt really good when I went to my Jenny Craig weigh in and I had lost another pound. I am just amazed every time I lose more weight. I am now below any weight I have been since before having kids. Amazing!!
I am excited to see all of your point totals tomorrow!

Michelle

Weekend Quote

So here's a thought to keep you going this weekend..

Tough times never last but tough people do!

I'm telling you, it can be really tough sometimes to eat right, exercise, read and keep our goals but we are tough and we can Do It!! It won't last forever.

Michelle

Deb popping in with inspiration....

Hello, I'm going to try to think of an inspiring quote to share, since I really need the extra points this week. (Sorry, Wenona....I'm having a tough week!!!!! It's driving me nuts.)

"Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon, must inevitably come to pass."

Wow, that's a great quote. I guess this week I'm not ardently desiring this weight loss thing. Hope you are all doing great.

Wenona -- NEXT week I am going to do BETTER!!!! I don't want to let you down again.

Love,
Deb

Congratulations!

Way to go Deb and Wenona! You had a super week.
Love, Mom

Thought

Here's a thought Joy sent me and I think it's a great reminder. I've put it up on the office wall.

"I BELIEVE THAT GOD WILL ALWAYS MAKE A WAY WHERE THERE IS NO WAY. I BELIEVE THAT IF WE TILL WALK IN OBEDIENCE TO THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, IF WE WILL FOLLOW THE COUNSEL OF THE PRIESTHOOD, HE WILL OPEN A WAY EVEN WHERE THERE APPEARS TO BE NO WAY." Gordon B. Hinckley

This applies to all areas of our lives. Believe!

Love, Mom

The Grass Is Greener......

Here's a great quote:

The grass is NOT greener on the OTHER side of the fence.
The grass is GREENER where you WATER it.

Don't ya love it?

From a book by John Bytheway.

Have a great day,
Deb

95 POUNDS LOST SO FAR IN 2010!

Have you seen how much weight we have lost over the year? 

Now I realize that some of us are relosing some of our summer vacation weight gain - but still it keeps going up!  (Thanks to Michelle who lost quite a bit over the past three months - I finally added all your weight lost in the overall total once you shared how much you had lost.  To bad Ron isn't playing the game, his 19 pounds would make it over 100 pounds). 

Let's try and hit 100 pounds this month!!  That means those of us still getting rid of weight, need to hurry up so our weight loss can count!!

Good Luck,
Chris

10/4/10 WEEKLY WINNERS

CONGRATULATIONS DEB AND WENONA!

Points for 10/4/10 Weekly Winners are:
Deb and Wenona - 1510
Mom and Michelle - 1480
Mike and Chris - 1470

Keep up the good work.  It really was quite close this week AND we currently have a 3 way tie going for our monthly winner:  Mom, Chris and Wenona at 765 points!  One from each partnership.

Good Luck Everyone!
Chris

Here's A Thought

Something to ponder: It's so hard when I have to and so easy when I want to! Isn't this so true.
Sure depends on where our mind is.
Mom

Mike's Points 10/4/10

Points - 705
Weight Loss - 5lbs
Total Weight Loss - 22 lbs

My total weight loss was figured from when we first started the Blog

Sorry Chris I know you want to kill me now. But I can only say I will do better this week. :)
I tried for hours last night to get on to log my points and I could not get onto the Blog - It just kept giving me an error blog not available statement. So I had to post them this morning.


Mike

Wenona's Points 10/4/10

A perfect week!

My points: 765

Weight Loss: 1 pound. Now, 44 more to go! Kind of like: 100 bottles of rootbeer on the wall 100 bottles of rootbeer! take one down pass it around 99 bottles of rootbeer on the wall.

Okay we can tell, new baby - no sleep sindrome, has set in, brain is a bit fuzzy these days but it will not stop me from getting a perfet score each week and loosing this weight!

Deb, You did awesome I am so glad you are my partner thanks for asking me.

Good job to the rest of you we are doing Great!!!

Love, Wenona

Michelle's Points 715 10/4/10

OK I feel bad about not getting a perfect score when my partner did. Sorry Mom!!
I will do better this week. It's the weekend that messes me up. I sure am good at making excuses.

I am excited that I lost 1 more pound. Amazing!!! Ron and I are doing so good on our diet. I have lost 17 pounds and Ron has lost 19 pounds over the last 3 months- CRAZY!! We are looking and feeling GOOD. We hope to reach our goal weight by Thanksgiving when we go to Idaho and see all of you.

Good luck this week everyone!
Michelle

Chris' Points 10/4/10

A PERFECT SCORE! 

My Points:  765
Weight lost:  1 pound (not yet to be added to overall weight, but I'm very close now) 

MY FIRST TIME EVER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL!! 
I am way excited!! Wowza Yowza!  I can get a perfect score!

I think today will be a good day!  I really thought my weight was not cooperating this week, but when weighing in it was exactly 1 pound less and I didn't even have to go exercise first, which means I really lost more than a pound this past week cause all the other times I weighed in after my morning exercises, I'm just really excited!  All that work is paying off -- yahoooooo!!

Good luck this week, everyone!
Chris

Mom's Points 10/4/10

Drum roll please........I finally got all points possible!! Partner's month is what I needed! I was worried about the weight loss, but tipped the scales at a little over 1/2 lb....almost 1 whole pound! I'm inching back to previous weight loss.

Points: 765
Weight loss: 3/4 lb.

Hope you all are having a great time striving to be more healthy!

Love,
Mom

Deb's Points 10/4/10

Well, it's 4:00 in the morning. Baby woke up and I couldn't go back to sleep (since I went to bed so early)....so I'm going to post while I have Internet and while I'm thinking about it!

This week went pretty good! I actually lost 2 lbs. Was excited about that.

TOTAL POINTS = 745

points 720
extra post 10
post ontime 10
post correct 5
total 745

Thanks Wenona for being my partner! It really motivated me, and helped me do BETTER!!

Love,
Deb

One last entry

I thought I better write one more entry before the end of the week. I thought I did really good at resisting temptation this week. I went to a YW breakfast and brought my own grapes and jenny craig muffin. I went out to lunch for my sisters b-day and ate really well too.

I must say I have not been a really good motivating partner though.
Mom- I hope you are doing great!!! I wish I could say that I have a perfect score but, not so. I missed one of my exercise hours and I still need to read an hour of scriptures tonight if I am going to get all of those points. But, I did visit 3 sisters for my new calling as Relief Society President. And I did watch all 8 hours of conference. This church thing is really hurting my weight loss goals.

I hope everyone had great scores this week.

Michelle

Thought

"For myself I am an optimist - it doesn't seem to be much use being anything else!"
Winston Churchill.

Let's be optimistic about reaching our goals......we can do it, and it's going to be fun doing it together!

Love to all,
Mom

Conference Was Great!

Thought for the Week

Be Undaunted
Be Firm
Like unto the Stripling Warriors

Mike

Wenona's thought

Well I thought I would get in my second thought for the week. This is my favorite scripture:

Doctrine and Covenants 18:10 "The worth of souls is great in the sight of God."

I do my best to keep this thought in mind where ever I go, to remember that no matter where we are from, what we do, or what we have, God holds our souls in great value.

I love you all and hope that everyone enjoys conference.

Wenona