Southern Comfort .... for October

[pawleys14]

Hi, well here in Michigan it is cold today.... and cloudy... and my hip and leg are hurting

But I am having a great time with my sons and their wife's....been playing with my two grandpuppies... Isabella and Raider... one is a boxer and the other is boxer and lab mix.... thing is that I am not used to really big dogs... my babies at home are little Yorkies... but my grandpups are wonderful girls and they really do like to play....

Do not know what we will do today... just have been sitting around and talking.... and we may go shopping.....

Hope that everyone is having a grand weekend...

Will try to get back and talk later... love y'all diana

[elisasadler]

Hello Ladies and Pawleys Thanks for getting the Oct thread going for us ...the reason I wasnt here to do it is because I was at the hospital waiting on my grandaughter to arrive...ans she finally did late last night...she weighs 6.14 and she has a head full of dark hair...she is a real beauty if I say so myself....her and mom are both well and the proud poppa hasnt left their side...her name is Haley Arlena Madison Sadler ....Arlena after my daughter Brandi Arlena...and Brandi also got to watch the birth she is a very proud aunt....well I am off and will post later...I am super tired and gonna try to get some rest...hugs all

[Pennel]

Biggest Loser Challenges for October

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1. Just three more months to go! Have you learned new habits or discovered things about yourself that will help you continue with this WOE and WOL after the end of the year? 25 points for writing about this on your team thread.

2. Small bits of exercise throughout the day can add up to big losses. Give yourself 5 points for each day that you walk somewhere instead of driving. This includes parking at the edge of the parking lot instead of in the closest space and things like that. This is sort of vague, so you'll have to decide for yourself what counts. The idea is to get in some extra exercise.

3. 2 points per day for posting your menu on your team's thread. An extra 40 points (total for month is 100 points) if you post your menu every day. October 1 is a freebe, since this is getting out so late.

4. This is a special Halloween challenge, but the points will have to come in November. Next month, give yourself 100 points if you haven't eaten any Halloween candy in either October or November. Not a single itty bitty tiny little piece!

And, of course, the regular on-going challenges.

EXERCISE
Less than 500 minutes exercise/month = -100 points
501-599 minutes of exercise/month = 35 points (avg 17 min/day)
600-749 minutes of exercise/month = 40 points (avg 20 min/day)
750-999 minutes of exercise/month = 50 points (avg 25 min/day)
1000-1149 minutes of exercise/month = 65 points (avg 33 min/day)
1150-1249 minutes of exercise/month = 80 points (avg 38 min/day)
1250-1499 minutes of exercise/month = 95 points (avg 42 min/day)
1500+ minutes of exercise per month = 120 points (avg 50 min/day)

WEIGHT LOSS
Any weight GAIN = -5 points
1-4lbs lost per month = 4 points
5lbs lost per month = 5 points
6lbs lost per month = 6 points
7lbs lost per month = 7 points
8lbs lost per month = 8 points
9lbs lost per month = 9 points
10lbs lost per month = 10 points
11lbs lost per month = 11 points
12lbs lost per month = 12 points
13lbs lost per month = 13 points
14lbs lost per month = 14 points
15+lbs lost per month = 45 points

WATER consumption per month (in ounces)
1983 ounces or less = -100 points (avg less than 64 oz/day)
1984-3100 ounces = 35 points (avg 64-100 oz/day)
3101-4340 ounces = 85 points (avg 101-140 oz/day)
4341+ ounces = 150 points (avg 141oz+/day)

MEASUREMENTS INCHES LOST
HALF-Inches lost per month (total ONLY from waist and hips (same for both men and women)) You are encouraged to measure more body parts for your own records but just the waist and hips will count during this challenge:

Add 10 points for every HALF-inch you lose (measured monthly) add hips and waist together for a combined total. If you choose to measure every three months, you will have to be on an individual challenge only. All team members are expected to measure and report their results on the last day of the month. (permanent challenge)

Deduct 20 points for every HALF-inch you gain from the prior month.

FURTHER ADDITIONS AND DEDUCTIONS:

Deduct 1 point for every can of diet pop that is not made with the Splenda Sweetner or another Atkins-approved sweetner. Example, saccharine is not good. (Even if it doesn't stall you). (permanent challenge) (hint: drink Diet Rite)

Deduct 1 point for every 12oz. you drink that is not caffeine free. (permanent challenge)

Deduct 30 points for going over YOUR monthly carb intake goal at all! (permanent challenge)

Don’t forget that posting is an ongoing challenge for the rest of the year. Give yourself 1 point for every day that you post on your team’s thread.

[Pennel]

Hello Hello Hello!!
I'm back and we came in second this month !! Well Done Everyone!!
And All you "grandmaw's" Big Congrats to your family Elisa Hope you are having a great Holiday Diana...
I know I had a wonderful weekend down south, even though it was rainy, windy and bloody cold! The kids had so much fun and my Ds Know's all there is to know about dairy farming! I got a few bottles of wine and some nice tasty cheese's. But best of all I kept my carb's low all weekend even with drinking a glass of wine with dinner. My water was well below my average but I can make it up. And did a bit of walking down on the farm!
I really like this months challenges (I've said that every month) Shame I missed getting online yesterday I couldn't if I wanted too....I was so tired I was fast asleep before 9pm....I would have posted my menu for the day. Does it still count if I post it now??
I'll do today's, 2 hamburger patties, 2 slices of cheese, 1 sausage link 2 chicken wings, 8oz steak, 1 cup of mixed salad (parsley, bean shoots, green onion, baked ricotta) and a small mixed garden salad. 2 oz more of that baked ricotta (YUMMY!!!).
Got in a 60 minute bike ride this afternoon and a 30 minute walk this morning and played footy with my Ds for some time this afternoon. The exercise challenge this month works for me......I always park a long way away from the shops and with spring in the air here ( not that you would know...it's stormy rainy windy, but it has warmed up some from last month) With all the extra work in the garden I do, and that I don't count as exercise normally will get points this month. And as for Halloween....I'm an Australian and Halloween is not really "done' here......no extra candy in my house! Easy 100 points for me

Pennel

[Pennel]

Hello Ladies!
My menu for today will be.

3 eggs scrambled
2 oz of cream (decaf and for eggs)
small grilled steak with 1 tablespoon cream cheese
1/2 cup of left over mixed parsley salad
Roast pork with roasted pumpkin and swede
steamed broccoli and beans
1/2 bar SF mint dark chocolate.
2 oz pistachio nuts for a snack or celery with cream cheese.

I may post my menu the day after in case I change my food for the day. That would be the better thing to do.
I'm just hanging around home today...catching up on housework and washing. And since outside is so crappy I'll be getting in 30 minutes of free weights and stepping as todays exercise. May even get in 60 minutes of pilates, if I can have the TV for that long with Ds being home!

Pennel

[pawleys14]

Elisa congrats on Haley.... she sounds like a beauty.... just can not wait until my grandson comes in Feb.....

Well, am having a great time with my sons and daughter in laws.... but tomorrow I will be heading back to SC.... but it will be good to get home... you love to do vacations, but it is sooo nice to get back home.

I will need to jump right back in with my exercise, tho we have done alot of walking while I have been here in Michigan...

I leave tomorrow afternoon and will get back to SC in early evening....

I will not miss the cool weather of Michigan
Well, must be going love y'all diana

[elisasadler]

Well hello there team...I think I can get back to normal now LOL...Haley went home yesterday an seems to be very content to be there...and Little Rick is so excited with his little sister and very protective already too LOL...I have been so out of whack with my WOL so I have to get back on track today....I have just this morning also read the latest post so Congrats on second place team!!!!! Todays menu for me will be...Baked Pork Loin...and tossed salad with ranch dressing on the side for supper...I dont do breakfast so I wont post it...but for lunch I am having 3 deviled eggs and 2 celery stalks.....and water water water.....decaf coffee with LC creamer or heavy cream...I alternate the days with it...is my normal breakfast....I Know PJ I hear you yelling at me now LOL...well now for any update news on me ...my back is in awful pain...I think it is from the 12 hour hospital visit and those dang hard back chairs....I am up 3 pounds this morning back to 196 so I will have to work extra hard...1 step forward three steps back it seems huh? my face is all broke out from the nerve tension waiting on Haley LOL so I have to get to deal with that too LOL....these are not complaints either by the way LOL....not that I am happy about the gain but I will deal with it and work harder now....hard to believ it has already been 9 full months and starting our thenth...and even though I have not succeeded all I wanted I will not give up ever...I plan to be a healthy grandma for my babies.....well I am off have lots to do ...my gf is coming by for a visit today....talk later crew,,, and thanks for all the congrats on my new family addition!!!!!

[Pennel]

Elisa you and I are Waltzing around the scales!!! I too am up a pound this morning.....not enough exercise and water over the weekend. And Elisa, I plan to be a healthy mum for my babies. It will be a very long time before I get to be a Grandma, since I started so late in life. And you know I want too, and being healthy and fit is gonna help me see that day.
Looks like all of us need to workout a bit more.....maybe we should set up our own weekly routines and stick with it. I was looking back on my exercise chart and it has been 2 months since I was last down in the shed.......that's sad! I did buy my bike back then and am still enjoying the riding. Remember I did say something about being bored with my routine, but it's time to start pushing myself. I have still been doing weights, I have just changed from 3kg (6.6lbs) dumbbells to 5kg (11lbs) to get things working harder. And hey if you can do 30 - 40 bicep curls in one set then the weight is to light. Anway what do you think? Shall we try to set up ourselves a weekly routine? Look at how much those folks on "The Biggest Loser" show workout.....not that I am saying we gotta start putting in 5 hours a day of working out.....we all have lives to live as well! But to write up a planned weekly routine and stick to it, write up more than you would do, you be your own personal trainer and push yourself, ......leave it your fridge and tick off each day. Pick the exercises you like and do. Like mine would look something like this....
Monday----------------Tuesday----------- Wednesday-----------Thursday
Morning
15 minute stepper.------30 minute walk----20 minute stepper------ Rest day
15 minute freeweights
Noon
30 minute walk. ---------45 minute Pilates---40 minute weight training
Afternoon
40 minute bike ride. ----- 20 minute bike ride -------------------(*30 minute walk)

You get the picture....some come on ladies we have less than 3 months and exercise is the key. Keeping carbs low and water high all makes for healthier us but really we must get in that exercise! And yes have a rest day here and there, but see how I have a rest day after a heavy weight training session....give yourself time to recover from a hard workout or go for that walk later in the rest day. Try it and you will surprize yourself that you can do more than you have been!
Ok I'm off to get in that 30 minutes of exercise for the morning. I'll stop in after bingo with my menu from today.

Pennel

[elisasadler]

Just a quick HI to you guys and PJ sounds like u r on a roll for sure and good luck at BINGO!!!!!!! talk tomorrow ladies

[elisasadler]

Good Morning there Ladies...todays menue is 2 boiled eggs for lunch and for supper I am having a chicken stir fry with veggies....water wil of course be at 140 oz also at the least...now with that out of the way...how are you gals doing? Pawleys how was the trip and let us know you are home safe....PJ are we rich yet or not...did you get to at least yell Bingo? Susie I miss you so much and hope to hear from you soon to tell me all about what is going on with yourself and all your classes...take a break girl would ya?????I am going to go down and visit my babygirl sometime this afternoon and cant wait..have to make a quick trip to the grocery store too to get my veggies for my stirfry..PJ you are so much of an inspiration and I have to sit down and get me a good schedule going..it has just been so dang busy here this past week....and I have decided that if that dang scale dont start being a little more reasonable I am going to take it into the back yard and shoot it ...it has been my enemy long enough!!!!!!well I am going togo and contemplate the agonizing death of the scale and I will do my best to post later this evening...have a great day Ladies!!!!!!

[Pennel]

Yes I got to yell BINGO! And I really had to Yell it, it has been pouring with rain this evening.....Need the rain just don't like driving in it.
Todays menu.
1 Chicken, lettuce, cheese and mayo LC wrap.
1 slab of ground beef, bacon, mushroom, onion, cheese and egg pie <---- YUM!
sf tomato sauce less than 1 tablespoon
1celery stick
And bite of the pie (pastry ) I made for the rest of my family.....it was so good it got from everyone....even DD and she is a fussy thing! And it was worth the 5g of carbs penalty it was good pie.
3oz pistachio nuts
1 SF tangrine chocolate bar.
3 SF minty's

Gee that was good pie
Good night.

Pennel

[Pennel]

Hey ladies.
I have been feeling drained today, maybe the weekend has caught up with me.
I have eaten lots of food today...looking for that pick me up.
1 decaf and cream
2 eggs
2 rashes bacon
the other half of the ground beef, bacon, mushroom, onion, cheese and egg pie <----was just as good cold!
2 slices of roast pork
1 celery stick with Ts peanut butter
1 serve of butter chicken with steamed broccoli and asparagus with a Ts of cream cheese.
I have some SF jello made up.....I might have some later, whipped with some cream. I could just as well have a shower and go to bed....I feel I need too.

Pennel

[elisasadler]

Good Morning and evening there Ladies..PJ you are doing so great...my menu today is egg salad on a lettuce leaf or two and for dinner a good large salad with grilled chicken strips...yummy...dd will be here to enjoy it with me today too ..I am also going to make some sf jello for snack time this evening...PJ expalin egg pie girl sounds like something I want to try for sure!!!!!...PJ I unerstand that drained feeling the last two or three days for me...it is raining like the dickins here though we so needed it I wish it would only rain at night....I do hate the clay mud these dogs drag in....I will have to go and spray Shylie down before I let her back in today for sure she was a mess yesterday...had planned on going to the October Fest this weekend but it looks like it will be rained out...no dry weather til Sunday they say..... ....I have neither gained or tlost the last few days and managed to stay off the scales for 3 whole days LOL a record for me I think...I plan to go and visit the baby and Little Man this evening and cant wait to do that....it is 11 am and i have not had my first glass of water yet so I better get on the ball with that ....congrats on the BINGO PJ...and talk soon crew.

[elisasadler]

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Go see my beautiful grandaughter
Haley Arlena Madison Sadler

[Pennel]

AWWWW Bubby! Thats what DD said when I opened up your grandbabies page! How cute.
Now I am feeling a whole lot better....we all have chesty coughs so I think we have had a bug go through the family.....just didn't take much notice till I felt drained. I didn't put yesterday's menu in....bugger. We went out for dinner at the greyhounds (we did have a few bets and lost )....Seafood nights, buffet of all sorts of seafood. I ate on plan.... maybe a little too much to eat but it was all LC. I even had some fruit and cream..... all melons and berries of course. And all I ate all day was half of a (2 rashes) bacon, (1) green onion, (2) mushroom, (2Tbs) parsley and (1Tbs) cream cheese omlet. Plus I got in a 5km bike ride...by myself, I did it in 25 minutes I am getting faster...it is a lot easier without Dd sitting on the back I can tell ya! If the rains hold off I'll be getting in another one today!
Todays menu I'll post later...haven't really though about what I'm gonna cook for dinner yet...... might just be hamburgers, mine being on a LC pita bread of course.
The Egg pie thingy was something I read in here I think. Just get your ground beef and line a quiche dish with it, evenly, then I just diced up bacon, mushrooms, green onions and grated cheese and mixed that in well with 4 beaten eggs and a dash of cream. Pour it in the dish and cook for 30-40 minutes. Oh and I put a light layer of tasty (chilli, garlic, and chives) cheese on top, it was very good and yes Elisa Make it, you will like it.
Ok best I make the family some breakfast...why is it that when we go out my children wake at 6am the next monring!! To damn early!

Pennel

[pawleys14]

Haley is darling..... again congrats..... you will have to fight to keep all the boys away from her....

Got home safe and had a really good visit with my sons...... but they can keep that Michigan weather....

Well, my computer is acting up again and I have lost all my favorites listings a friend of mine is trying to see what is wrong.... my only worry is that I will lose all my photos... I want to burn them on a disc...(I have never done that) but we just can not see how to do it from my photo program so we will be trying to get it done and then will have to dump all my programs etc... and see if that helps....
Lighting hit our home a few months ago... lost two phones, a tv, and our water sprinkler system (that cost alot ) and now my computer is still acting up......

menu: B -1/2 cup oatmeal and two slices bacon
L - salad
D - mixed vegs. and prime rib

did not get to health point because we were trying to figure out this #$@&*&^^ darn computer......

So now I am ready to go to bed... really hate to shut down the computer, because I do not know if I will be able to get the computer back up tomorrow....

Going to see Flight Plan movie tomorrow and going to health point early in the morning...we are getting alot of rain...... no that is not right... we are getting too much rain...... over 12 inches..... the last few days.... some flooding has happened in our area... schools closed down early today to get the kids home safe..... what a bummer.... it is from the storm... I am sooo tired of storms and hurricanes.... just want them to stop

Pennel that receipe sounds great and I am going to try it......

Well have to drink some water and get to bed... love ya'll diana

[pawleys14]

wow I got back on the computer.... but it takes me a while to make everything work
Will be going to health point in a little while.... will fix some eggs for breakfast and do not know about the rest of the day.....

Hope everyone has a great weekend.... it is still raining here... but not to bad when I worked my little babies (Yorkies), but I have a small river at the end of the driveway....

We hope that this rain pattern will move on and then we will get some sun.... we do not even know what the sun looks like now

Everyone take care and have a great weekend......love y'all diana

[Pennel]

Good Morning Diana, Ladies
I'm just heading to bed, this is how my Saturday went.
Decaf & cream
1 egg, 2 bacon, 2 lamb patties, tasty cheese
1 grilled steak sandwich (LC pita) mayo, tomato, lettuce, cuke, butter, egg, camembert cheese.
1 sausage link
yo-cheese, SF jello, cream whipped into like pudding with the pulp of 1 passionfruit. Yum just finished it.
I got in a 60 minute bike ride today and I really pushed myself, I got in just over 15km or 9.5 miles..... No Dd sitting on the back today . I also got in 20 minutes of free weights. Tell me what you all do for your Saturday's exercise?
I am ready for bed though...... I hope my kids have a sleep in.....last day and then it's back to school on Monday. Ds had the best Holidays! Lots to tell about, at 101 miles an hour!

Have a great day

Pennel

[elisasadler]

Hello Ladies..today was decaf and cream for breakky ..LOL I know PJ...skipped lunch but had an early dinner of a large salad and a hamburger patty...sf jello for my sncak here in a bit,,,Thanks for taking the time to see my grandaughter I am pleased as punch with her LOL....PJ I didnt get any regular exercise today..Like Pawley said we got way to much rain..but I did work my but off in the house today I tell ya!!!! no that doesnt counet i know...and WOWZEEWOW 0 miles on the bike PJ you go girl!!!!!if it is dry tomorrow I plan to take a good walk and bf put me a dvd cd player surround in my livingroom today so I can now do workouts in the living room ..woo hoo...lost all the bids on my workout dvs so I have to get me one or win a bid LOL...well dd is on her way over so I will head off here and yell in the morning at you all...have a great night and day team.

[Pennel]

LOL! "WOWZEEWOW 0 miles on the bike" that would be a stationary bike then? Great time for a typo
Anyway the lady who is my friend/hairdresser ( the one I went down to the dairy farm with) she lives 7.6km (4 1/4 miles) and she is wanting to lose 22 lbs before Christmas, and her brother has gone to Antarctic for 6 months but left her his bike. So she cycled over on Thursday and then rode past on Friday and I went early yesterday to see how far and how long it took.....It was a very good ride, mostly on a path. And I thought I was doing really good till a Real cyclist went past me whoosh whoosh whoosh and he was gone! So late yesterday Dh and I were sitting out the front room on the new sofa we just put in and watching the neighbourhood go by in the sun, and Who went by? My girlfriend...riding along. She is doing great and good on her....wish I only had 22lbs to lose but one good thing, she is making me go for losing the same weight and maybe we can time our rides so we meet up and have someone else pushing us.
Elisa isn't your stomach crawling up your throat and eating your food before your mouth tastes it? I know I miss a meal or two but to go all day and not eat......I would eat way to much once I started. You gotta find yourself something for brekky Girlfriend! Ever tried Yo-cheese? Strawberries and yo-cheese for brekky is great.....ok!
I'll come back later tonight and post my food for today.

Pennel

[Pennel]

Good morning!!
This is a "take 2''....."take 1'' is lost forever in cyber land!!!
Here is my menu, I ate lots.
2 eggs, 2 rashes bacon
2 decaf & cream
4 hot wings, 1 celery stick & cream cheese
1 oz tasty (chilli, chives & garlic) cheese
2 large "juicy" strawberries
2 oz pistachio nuts
4 more hot wings, 5 asparagus spears sauteed in butter with 2 mushrooms, 2 green onions, 1 oz spicy sausage and topped with camembert cheese. Yum!
The last serve of the yo-cheese, sf jello and cream.
I did manage to get in a 5km bike ride this afternoon as well.....it was very windy and the ride down wind was easy, even got into 5 th gear, but once I turned the corner and went into the wind......boy was that hard work on the legs!
Have a great Sunday All!!

Pennel

[pawleys14]

Good morning all... still soooo much trouble to get my computer up and running, but I am here......

Well today is looking great .... we are seeing the Sun and I am on my way to the health point and will do my therapy and weight workout....

B- 2 slices bacon and 1/2 cup of oatmeal
L - will be fish and sliced cucumbers
D - may be fish again (I am into fish lately) and salad and maybe some mixed veg....

Will have to make some suger free jello before I leave for the health point so I can have that as dessert tonight...

Wow Pennel - 60 min bike ride... sure wish you were here to get my butt going and take a 60 min bike ride.......

But I am going to really get my act together now and do my eating well and exercise more... I am going to set my alarm for 5:30am and do my walking tapes.... so keep your fingers crossed for me I have to do this - this time... I am feeling soooo bad in this body of mine...... I need to do this postive thing and make it happen this time......
Well, off to make jello and then to the health point... love to y'all diana

[elisasadler]

Hey you are right PJ nice typo LOL LOL well hooray for that bike ride and all you have to come ..how is that...PJ I have tried eating the mornimgs but to be honest it makes me feel drug down and nautious so I usually get lunch at around 1 now and do supper at 6...later like you told me...I just finished ab hour of craving cereal and talking myself (more like pleading with myself) not to eat it ...I won the battle anyway...LOL...I was a huge cereal junky before LC and have only eaten it a couple of times since...today was my coffee and cream for brekky and for lunch some stir fry veggies with checken and for supper will be a tossed salad....I did a fit tv workout today for 4o minutes so that was it.....it is a nice cool day today and I opened up the windows to let the house air out..I do love a breeze...this month is flying by dont you all think?..and mid stats dont seem like they will be any kinder to me either ...no change....too bad I am not at my maintaining phase...I would be kicking butt LOL...well I am off here for now and will talk to you all in the morning... miss ya Susie get in here girl!!!