The Diamond Challenge: Week 1 (Little Diamonds)

LittleDiamonds

Hello Little Diamonds! Welcome to ROUND 4 of the Diamond Challenge!

If you have not already done so, please check your email for steps to getting started! Are you guys ready for an amazing four weeks? You better be!

Now is a wonderful time to renew your commitment to losing those pounds. We are in this together! So, let's get this party started. I will start by posting the question of the day. Remember, you should post your question on your assigned date, and answer the question EVERY DAY!

If you know how, please quote the QOTD in your reply to make it easier to find :-) (If you don't know how, don't worry about it).

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QOTD Monday

Okay, not exactly a question, but... complete the following sentence:

"I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but... [something silly or embarrassing]"

My response:

I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but I used to think my mother had superhuman powers. Every time things weren't going so well she would say, "Don't worry, I have Mommie magic". Well, I truly believed that she had magical powers! It was a very comforting thought, growing up poor, to know that I never had to worry since my mother was magical! Lol!

princess_in_power

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QOTD Monday

Okay, not exactly a question, but... complete the following sentence:

"I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but... [something silly or embarrassing]"

My response: [q/uote]

I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but ... I really don't have anything clever or funny or interesting that I haven't shared! =D

morefitmom

YAAY, So excited to start a new challenge round! New diamonds, you are going to love this. We have lots of fun! Come on RED, let's kick butt!!

kkmark

Yay Little Diamonds We can do this
Red Diamonds lets' loose we can do this

"I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but... [something silly or embarrassing]"

have to think about will update it soon :huh:
kathy

barbara1982

QOTD Monday

Okay, not exactly a question, but... complete the following sentence:

"[something silly or embarrassing]"

Hello Little Diamonds!

I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but... for the first time in my life I try to loose some kilos!

Looking forward to the next 4 weeks with all of you! Good Luck to everyone!

Barbara

shortee75

Excited and ready for this challenge!!!

QOTD Monday

Okay, not exactly a question, but... complete the following sentence:

"I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but... [something silly or embarrassing]"

My response:

I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but when my dad would set the cruise control he would use his knee to steer while holding his hands up so I use to think that cruise control meant the car could drive by itself...LOL

brknllama

QOTD Monday

Okay, not exactly a question, but... complete the following sentence:

"I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but... [something silly or embarrassing]"

My response:

I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but I used to think my mother had superhuman powers. Every time things weren't going so well she would say, "Don't worry, I have Mommie magic". Well, I truly believed that she had magical powers! It was a very comforting thought, growing up poor, to know that I never had to worry since my mother was magical! Lol!

,,,,for the first time in my life i feel like i'm actually in control of my life and where it is going.

I moved out of my mom's this past spring and got an amazing job as a pharmacy technician while still going to college. I have actually just realized something at the time in my life where i feel like i'm actually in control of something, i decide to take control of my weight issue also....haha

WELCOME EVERYONE I'm so excited to be apart of Little Diamonds or LD (which kinda makes me want to hop on a short bus lol)

miss_jamaica

QOTD Monday

when my dad would set the cruise control he would use his knee to steer while holding his hands up so I use to think that cruise control meant the car could drive by itself...LOL

HAHAHAHA!!! That is so funny.

lisa_lotte

Hey everyone,

I am soooo excited to be a Little Diamond, and I am ready to kick some Butt!!!!!!

I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but... I have tiny teeth and nails (the only parts of me that are tiny :laugh: ) My teeth and nailds look like they belong to a child, haha!!!

GOOOOO REDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lisa :flowerforyou:

peanut613

Okay, not exactly a question, but... complete the following sentence:

"I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but... [something silly or embarrassing]"

Welcome to all the new diamonds, and a big welcome back to the rest of us! Good luck fellow shorties, and especially my red ladies! Let's drop BIG numbers this challenge!

I am scared of the dark. I refuse to have a closet door open at night (I guess I'm convinced that monsters turn to murderers as you age and watch too much Lifetime...lol) When I go to bed at night, I turn on the hall light so I can turn off the living room light, then the bedroom light so I can turn off the hall light, the tv so I can turn off the bedroom light...

My husband teases me. He'll open the closet at midnight and say "Take that!" We joke about it, but seriously...don't open that closet....

shortee75

QOTD Monday

when my dad would set the cruise control he would use his knee to steer while holding his hands up so I use to think that cruise control meant the car could drive by itself...LOL

HAHAHAHA!!! That is so funny.

The joys and innocence of being a child - definitely great imaginations...LOL

shortee75

I am scared of the dark. I refuse to have a closet door open at night (I guess I'm convinced that monsters turn to murderers as you age and watch too much Lifetime...lol) When I go to bed at night, I turn on the hall light so I can turn off the living room light, then the bedroom light so I can turn off the hall light, the tv so I can turn off the bedroom light...

My husband teases me. He'll open the closet at midnight and say "Take that!" We joke about it, but seriously...don't open that closet....

I am the same way about the closet door :blushing: !

As a matter of fact you just made me think of another "I never thought I would tell a stranger this..." I love scary movies, but my feet CANNOT touch the floor while I'm watching them not even in the theater..yepp my feet are in the seat and even though we always sit at the very top in the theater so no one can sit behind us I have a huge fear that someone will grab my ankle...LOL! My husband and friends love to tease me about this.

kkmark

"I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but... [something silly or embarrassing]"

Logan you got me thinking .
I am scared of dark too when my BF was out of town for 2 1/2 months my light was on in my living room all the time and i never used to sleep in the bedroom we have a sofa-bed in the living room that was my bed for those 2 1/2 months

Kathy

morefitmom

Excited and ready for this challenge!!!

QOTD Monday

Okay, not exactly a question, but... complete the following sentence:

"I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but... [something silly or embarrassing]"

My response:

I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but when my dad would set the cruise control he would use his knee to steer while holding his hands up so I use to think that cruise control meant the car could drive by itself...LOL

lmbo!

morefitmom

Okay, not exactly a question, but... complete the following sentence:

"I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but... [something silly or embarrassing]"

So embarrasing, but when I was pregnant with my kids I pissed myself on the regular! I could not control it!:laugh:

lablovr108

QOTD Monday

"I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but... [something silly or embarrassing]"

My response:

I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but my black lab, Mindy Lu, is my baby, and "our song" is "Stuck Like Glue" by Sugarland. She gets excited when I sing it to her and we "dance" together.

brknllama

Okay, not exactly a question, but... complete the following sentence:

"I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but... [something silly or embarrassing]"

Welcome to all the new diamonds, and a big welcome back to the rest of us! Good luck fellow shorties, and especially my red ladies! Let's drop BIG numbers this challenge!

I am scared of the dark. I refuse to have a closet door open at night (I guess I'm convinced that monsters turn to murderers as you age and watch too much Lifetime...lol) When I go to bed at night, I turn on the hall light so I can turn off the living room light, then the bedroom light so I can turn off the hall light, the tv so I can turn off the bedroom light...

My husband teases me. He'll open the closet at midnight and say "Take that!" We joke about it, but seriously...don't open that closet....

i do the same way, my closet door has to be closed and also my bedroom door, and all lights are out, because if there are any hint of light, i might see something that i don't want to see....

peanut613

I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but my black lab, Mindy Lu, is my baby, and "our song" is "Stuck Like Glue" by Sugarland. She gets excited when I sing it to her and we "dance" together.

That's too cute!

peanut613

You ladies are awesome! I'm so glad we're all silly when it comes to the dark!

Oh, and I can't let my arm or leg hang off the bed while I sleep because there's someone hovering under my bed just waiting to grab it! haha!

KPstartingover

So excited to be a little white diamond - I'll have to come back and answer the question because I'm in a time crunch right now...

thebutteredtoast

QOTD Monday

Okay, not exactly a question, but... complete the following sentence:


"I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but... [something silly or embarrassing]"

My response:

I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but I'm scared to death of anything with huge eyes (porcelain dolls and owls mainly). When I was a little kid my grandma put one of those porcelain clowns on a swing in my room and I woke up in the middle of the night, saw it and freaked out. I haven't liked them since.

kimi131

QOTD Monday

Okay, not exactly a question, but... complete the following sentence:

"I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but... [something silly or embarrassing]"

When I was a little girl, my dad would put an ice tray filled with water into the freezer, say "Abracadabra!" or some other magical words, and bring it back out filled with ice. I thought Dad had some amazing magic trick that instantly turned water into ice. I even remember trying it a few times, but I wasn't magical. I was probably 10 or even 12 years old before I figured out he was taking out a different ice tray.

...The things parents do to us! :laugh:

morefitmom

QOTD Monday

Okay, not exactly a question, but... complete the following sentence:

"I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but... [something silly or embarrassing]"

When I was a little girl, my dad would put an ice tray filled with water into the freezer, say "Abracadabra!" or some other magical words, and bring it back out filled with ice. I thought Dad had some amazing magic trick that instantly turned water into ice. I even remember trying it a few times, but I wasn't magical. I was probably 10 or even 12 years old before I figured out he was taking out a different ice tray.

...The things parents do to us! :laugh:

LOL, I know what you mean. I am a daddy's girls too and always believed everything that he said. He use to flex his arm muscle and tell me that while he was hunting a frog jumped in his mouth and crawled into his arm. I was probably about 12 when I figured out that it was a lie! :laugh: I was so gullable! I remember touching his arm and squelling whenever the "frog jumped".

Val_Gets_Fit

QOTD Monday

Okay, not exactly a question, but... complete the following sentence:

"I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but... [something silly or embarrassing]"

My response:

I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but I used to think my mother had superhuman powers. Every time things weren't going so well she would say, "Don't worry, I have Mommie magic". Well, I truly believed that she had magical powers! It was a very comforting thought, growing up poor, to know that I never had to worry since my mother was magical! Lol!

First of all, I am so excited about starting this challenge!! :happy: I'm sneaking in a few moments to change my pic and answer this question. Okay, Here we go:

I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but, when I was 14 through 20 years old, I wrote fan fiction with my best friend based on a t.v. show called Dark Shadows, which was about a vampire. To this day, I still have a thing for vampire-themed shows (even though most people probably think enough is enough with the vampire thing). :laugh: So, yeah, embarrassing. :blushing: No fan fiction since, though. Lol! However, I do still love creative writing.

I'll be back on later to read everyone's comments! Can't wait to get to know everyone! :flowerforyou:
--Val

ElleJay221

QOTD Monday

"I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but... [something silly or embarrassing]"

First of all, I am with you all on not liking the dark....and my bedroom door has to be open ALL OF THE WAY - if it is even an inch away from the wall, I get up to make sure nothing is behind it! My husband laughs at me!

Well, here is something embarrassing that is food related - when I used to have a sugar craving, I would open a can of sweetened condensed milk and eat it with a spoon! Seriously! I would only eat a few spoonfuls, put the rest in the fridge and use it for my coffee and such...but still! How could I have thought that was good??? No wonder I was over 200 lbs!

KPstartingover

"I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but... [something silly or embarrassing]"


Elle - I like your embarrassing food craving so I'll do one too - my favorite sandwich growing up was white bread, peanut butter (on both sides), brown sugar packed on, then topped with maple syrup. The maple syrup would carmelize the brown sugar and it was YUMMY! Had to eat it pretty fast, though, because the syrup would start to drip out the sides. I am embarrassed to say that I still crave that sandwich sometimes :blushing: but at least now I won't give in to it!

nikkiws

Hello little Diamonds!! I am so excited to start a new challenge!

QOTD: "I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but when I was young my Mum gave me a book about the facts of life but didn't read it with me. For more years than I like to admit, I believed that the man put his pennies in the lady during a 'special cuddle'. Thankfully my reading is slightly better these days :laugh:

Go white diamonds!

nikkiws

Hello little Diamonds!! I am so excited to start a new challenge!

QOTD: "I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but when I was young my Mum gave me a book about the facts of life but didn't read it with me. For more years than I like to admit, I believed that the man put his pennies in the lady during a 'special cuddle'. Thankfully my reading is slightly better these days :laugh:

Go white diamonds!

Latoyamary

"I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but... [something silly or embarrassing]"

I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but, I don't really like chocolate. The texture is too thick....I know, I am weird..LOL!!!

lablovr108

"I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but... [something silly or embarrassing]"


Elle - I like your embarrassing food craving so I'll do one too - my favorite sandwich growing up was white bread, peanut butter (on both sides), brown sugar packed on, then topped with maple syrup. The maple syrup would carmelize the brown sugar and it was YUMMY! Had to eat it pretty fast, though, because the syrup would start to drip out the sides. I am embarrassed to say that I still crave that sandwich sometimes :blushing: but at least now I won't give in to it!

I used to make a cake batter and eat it out of the bowl. I never had the intention of actually baking the cake; I just wanted the batter. I also did it with muffin mix. I know I always ran the risk of consuming raw eggs, not to mention just how bad it was for me overall, but I just didn't care. I couldn't imagine doing that now (although I would probably still lick the mixer - lol!)

peanut613

QOTD: "I never thought I would tell a stranger this, but when I was young my Mum gave me a book about the facts of life but didn't read it with me. For more years than I like to admit, I believed that the man put his pennies in the lady during a 'special cuddle'. Thankfully my reading is slightly better these days :laugh:

That's hilarious! And yes, I'm glad you got that all straightened out!