DISappearing Peeps...Vol. 3! All are Welcome!

[dwheatl]

My son Nicholas, he's 7 is making his First communion next May so they take extra classes for six Sundays and six Sundays for their First Pennace. Well the director asked me if I would sub for her because one of her teachers is out today. I'm really nervous as I don't like talking in front of a lot of people let alone 7 and 8 year olds. Wish me luck.

Bundle up Lauren. Wishing you luck. I find it much easier to talk in front of kids than grown-ups. They usually have a good sense of humor, are far less "judgy", and if they have a problem they'll come right out and tell you. And you can always say to them, "Not now, we need to move on."

DH and I taught DD's Sunday school way back in the day. It was a lot of fun.

Hey Laura!

As you can tell I tried to put the turkey in my signature with NO LUCK, What am I doing wrong? I follow the directions but always mess it up I know you didn't ask me, but I had the same problem. Go into your signature, and where the url you quoted says "url" at the beginning and end, just highlight over those 3 letters and type in "img". It worked for me.

I posted this on the TB, but I thought I'd come ask here:
Hey, do any of you girls get these like bumps under your arms?
My mom said they are just sweat glands swelling up, but this one has been there for about a month and a half. It's like pea sized, and it gets kinda sore during my TOM.
I was worried that it was a lump or something, but I looked at what they are suppose to feel like and I had a health class last year. It's not nearly as big and I can move it around, plus I haven't had anything else that signals it.

My mom is convinced it's just swollen because hers sometimes last a month or so, but my grandma says I might want to get it checked out even though she's pretty sure too.
I told my mom a few minutes ago it's still there and she said she'd look it up on the internet but she thinks it's just my hormones or something. I'm still worried. I'm pm'ing you.

[missnarwhale]

Finally! Internet at home! It feels like an eternity! I didn't realize how much I use and rely on it for school and socializing.

Here's an update! I have actually maintained my weight throughout this semester. I was 155 before the semester started, and I'm 155 now. I did go up and down, but I didn't go above 155 so I'm actually happy. I kept getting down to 149 and then getting a cold, eating, dieting, cold, eating, repeat. I went to a wedding on Halloween and ate well, but then drank well, and ended up finding the dessert table across the room. I danced a lot, so maybe it all evened out? The DJ kept playing Bruce Springsteen, and I have a soft spot for the boss. I only had a little candy yesterday, Take5!, but I drank beer.

My two worst habits are late night eating and drinking. I can eat extremely well all day, but at 11 pm, I'm in the kitchen making loads of food or getting fast food (eek!). I don't drink when I'm at home, but my friends are always at the bar. They never hang out anywhere else. It's frustrating. I'm the only one in school, so they are there every night of the week. I am always getting called to come hang out, and I really shouldn't go, but I tend to. Also, my boyfriend and I live together, and he generally goes, and I want to spend time with him because we are away from each other all day, so I go too! I really want to primarily focus on school, but being in the band puts me in a lot of social situations. I love winter because I hide in my apartment most of the time. Hopefully the weather will keep me in.

I guess I just have to make new rules for myself. The drinking is such a stupid thing and can easily be corrected. I'll just have to be okay with staying home while everyone is out. I will just spend time with Fitz, our kitten, instead! New rule #1: No bar on the weekdays! This will work because I HATE going to the bar on the weekends. Which hopefully means that I will rarely go. This saves calories, time, money, and brain cells! New rule #2: No eating after 10 pm! I stay up super duper late on most nights, so this will be hard. But I get out of work between 9-10, so this allows me to eat a little something when I get home.

I'm still having trouble with my water intake! I accidently melted my water bottle while I was cleaning it. I put soap into it, and then put it under the hot water tap. I walked away to do something else and when I came back it was all shriveled up!

I tried to play catch up, but I failed miserably. I saw a little wedding talk, a new peep, and the caregiver story. I was so sad to hear that! I hope everything is working out now and that things have gotten better. What an awful thing for a person to do. People can be terrible to one another. I hope that your Mother is doing well now that she is in better care.

I feel that everyone I know is getting married or pregnant! My boyfriend's cousin was married on Halloween. They were seeing each other for 6 months, got engaged, then married less than a year later! I've been dating my boyfriend for 3 years. We are perfectly content, we know that we don't need to get married. But his family! All night at the wedding, especially the flower toss, was stressful! I had to tell his Grandmother that, No, we aren't going to get married or have children in the next year. I wanted to say 5 or 10 years, but I thought she'd cry! All of our friends want us to get married too. It's so bizarre. It's not that I don't want to get married, or that I don't want to marry him. I just don't see the rush! I wish everyone would stop getting married and having showers so that I wouldn't have cake, ready to go on a plate, put in front of me so often!

I missed the survey business, and I forgot to copy/paste it here, so I thought I'd just sum it up. My name is Collin. I'm 23 and a junior in college. I am studying animation, computer and 2-d. I just applied for an internship at Pixar, which I'm freaking out about! Disney in general has influenced my life so much, that I have always dreamed of going into Animation. I was in Education, but the classes depressed me, so I decided to do something I love instead. I think I've been to Disney over 10 times. I went a lot when I was very little and then started to go again when I was in college. My favorite rides are the Haunted Mansion and Splash Mountain! We always stay at the Boardwalk, but I've always wanted to stay at the Polynesian. This March I'm heading to Disney with my parents and boyfriend, Jon. Jon and I have been able to go to Disney each year for the last 3 years. It was all accidental really. We are very lucky. We have been able to celebrate our anniversary at Les Chefs de France every year we've been together! There is no way I can choose my favorite movie. I like all the old 2-d animation movies, before computers were involved. I love love Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, and Dumbo. They share a lot of the same animators and concept artists. As a kid though, I was a Little Mermaid girl.

Well this post became a book. Again, I hope everyone is well! I will be able to be on a lot more now! Hopefully even more than once a day!

Oh! I almost forgot! Since I bailed on the Halloween challenge, I would like to do the Christmas challenge! Please put me down for ten pounds! AND! I would like to join the facebook group. That's my main mode of communication with my friends, so I'll be able to keep up there! I just requested to join!

My trip is getting close, so I bet I'll be here a lot more than I think! 3 months 28 days! I have to plan things for my boyfriend and I to do once my parents to go sleep! I have never been to the Adventure Club, and now it's closing/closed! I found a sushi/karaokee bar at the Dolphin, so maybe we'll check it out. We always like the Atlantic Dance Hall because it's empty and the DJ plays whatever we want! Dancing in the Dark please! We do the Monorail drinking adventure, mostly for the Lapu Lapu!! Any new/more ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Have a great week, dare I say Monday, everybody! Talk to you soon!
:flower3:

[DisneyObsession]

OK Peeps...I've been gone all weekend from here and don't have time to catch up. Soooo...the only thing I can comment on:

Aaron, please put me down for 8 lbs by Christmas. I would like it to be 14 so I can get my ring resized and wear it, but I am going to be realistic and say 8. Thanks!

I am starting new hours at work, so I need to leave by 10:30. I am off to get on the treadmill for at least 30 min, pack food for work and get ready to go!

:goodvibes Have a Great Day All!:goodvibes

[LMO429]

Wishing you luck. I find it much easier to talk in front of kids than grown-ups. They usually have a good sense of humor, are far less "judgy", and if they have a problem they'll come right out and tell you. And you can always say to them, "Not now, we need to move on."

DH and I taught DD's Sunday school way back in the day. It was a lot of fun.

I know you didn't ask me, but I had the same problem. Go into your signature, and where the url you quoted says "url" at the beginning and end, just highlight over those 3 letters and type in "img". It worked for me.

I'm pm'ing you.

Ok Great I am going to try it...It WORKED...but now my ticker is blank

[MA pigletfan]

Good morning Peepers!
I actually worked out both Saturday ( at the gym) and Sunday ( 2 mile walk away the lbs and some Kettle bell work)..i am very pleased..i will be sure to do something after work tonight too to keep the trend going..i NEED a loss this week..this is the first weigh in for Aaron's Christmas Challenge too right?? oooh pressure! :)
Hope all is well...get ready to VOTE tommorow y'all!!!!!!!

[DisneyLaura]

I posted this on the TB, but I thought I'd come ask here:
Hey, do any of you girls get these like bumps under your arms?
My mom said they are just sweat glands swelling up, but this one has been there for about a month and a half. It's like pea sized, and it gets kinda sore during my TOM.

I would definately get it checked out, it will make you feel better knowing.

I am starting new hours at work, so I need to leave by 10:30. I am off to get on the treadmill for at least 30 min, pack food for work and get ready to go!

Gayle are you working now in the morning instead of at night?

Well peeps my Sunday school teaching went well. Danielle you were right, kids were not so bad. They of course took a little advantage of me knowing I was their sub. No one did their homework lesson:confused3 I was really surprised. It was fun though. I kind of just read the chapters (2 of them) and on the bottom of my guide were questions so I asked those after we read a page or two of course nobody answered me so I just answered myself. It was kind of funny but then about 10 minutes before it was time to go they were just out of control so I just stopped and talked about making their penace.

[DisneyGalUK]

I posted this on the TB, but I thought I'd come ask here:
Hey, do any of you girls get these like bumps under your arms?
My mom said they are just sweat glands swelling up, but this one has been there for about a month and a half. It's like pea sized, and it gets kinda sore during my TOM.
I was worried that it was a lump or something, but I looked at what they are suppose to feel like and I had a health class last year. It's not nearly as big and I can move it around, plus I haven't had anything else that signals it.

My mom is convinced it's just swollen because hers sometimes last a month or so, but my grandma says I might want to get it checked out even though she's pretty sure too.
I told my mom a few minutes ago it's still there and she said she'd look it up on the internet but she thinks it's just my hormones or something. I'm still worried.

I get this sometimes too, usually around TOM but not always. I went to the doctor and he gave me antibiotics to clear it up, which it did. I believe it was something to do with the glands under your arms - he advised that I didn't shave under my arms while they were wet (from the shower or bath) and to wait until I was dried first. This did help!
I agree with the other PEEPS, for peace of mind you should go to the doctor and get it checked out :hug:

[dwheatl]

It was kind of funny but then about 10 minutes before it was time to go they were just out of control so I just stopped and talked about making their penance.

Did you tell those kids they better confess that they were out of control at Sunday school? :rotfl: I always remember my DD's first reconciliation. She walked up like she had the weight of the world on her shoulders. She came back like she was floating on a cloud.:cloud9:

[DisneyGalUK]

Hey Peeps

Hope you all have a good voting day, and I hope the lines aren't too long for you! :crowded:

I dont know an appropriate 'voting' smiley, so I'll use this one ---> :3dglasses

Have a great day :goodvibes

[MA pigletfan]

Good morning!!!
I voted already..and the lines werent' too bad..i suggest if you can vote between now and 3..if at all possible...its going to get wild! :)
Have a great day all!!

[HockeyKat]

I voted on Friday. NC has early one-stop voting. :goodvibes

Laura, we will miss each other by a day. I get to Orlando on Dec 5th at 9PM.

Crazy weekend full of peepicide.

[my2boysrtwicethefun]

I just wanted to let my peeps know that

I just booked my Disney trip today. Nov 25th - Dec 5th 2009 at Fort Wilderness Campground. I'm so excited.:banana:


Congratulations!!! How exciting! :cool1: :banana: :cool1: :banana: :cool1: :banana:

[UtahMama]

Good morning Peepers!
I actually worked out both Saturday ( at the gym) and Sunday ( 2 mile walk away the lbs and some Kettle bell work)..i am very pleased..i will be sure to do something after work tonight too to keep the trend going..i NEED a loss this week..this is the first weigh in for Aaron's Christmas Challenge too right?? oooh pressure! :)
Hope all is well...get ready to VOTE tommorow y'all!!!!!!!
Look at YOU! Good job!
Yup, Aaron's challenge has begun!



Well peeps my Sunday school teaching went well. Danielle you were right, kids were not so bad. They of course took a little advantage of me knowing I was their sub. No one did their homework lesson:confused3 I was really surprised. It was fun though. I kind of just read the chapters (2 of them) and on the bottom of my guide were questions so I asked those after we read a page or two of course nobody answered me so I just answered myself. It was kind of funny but then about 10 minutes before it was time to go they were just out of control so I just stopped and talked about making their penace.

COOL! I used to have the teen girls at church. LOVED that calling!
I don't know how I'd do with kid-kids. Hmmmm.

[DisneyObsession]

Voted after work at aroung 7:45pm and there were no lines. I was in & out! :thumbsup2

Laura...My hours switched from 3pm-11:30pm to 11am to 7:30pm. I am loving coming home early! :woohoo:

[MA pigletfan]

all is quiet in the Peep front ;)

I have been doing great with eating/working out.yay! I really really have it in my head that i must have a lost Friday..so I hope i am not disappointed! But either way I know I am doing the right things.

How is everyone this morning? Anyone as tired as i am from watching election stuff last night!? hahah

[pixie dust 112]

all is quiet in the Peep front ;)

I have been doing great with eating/working out.yay! I really really have it in my head that i must have a lost Friday..so I hope i am not disappointed! But either way I know I am doing the right things.

How is everyone this morning? Anyone as tired as i am from watching election stuff last night!? hahah

Count me in the category of tired peeps! I am an election junkie. Last night at dinner, my husband told the girl's to remember that Mom gets the TV all night. He said presidential election night for mom is the equivalent of Christmas morning and that the rest of the family must be understanding, even if to them Presidential election night is the equivalent of ground hog's day!:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

I vote at our local elementary school, and I am happy to report that I did not buy one item from the PTO election day bakesale!:wizard: I do believe that is a first!:thumbsup2

Oh and on the SUnday school front, I used to teach the preschoolers and kindergartners. I loved it! Lots of singing and lots of crafts! Sunday school was held before regular church services, so I didn;t ave to miss out on services. The church I now attend (and love) has Sunday school during the services. The kids sit together for the first part of the service and the Minister gives a childrens' sermon and then they all go to their classrooms. I don't want to miss the grown up service so I no longer teach.

We get a new minister at the end of this month, so who know maybe this will change and I'll want to do both, but it has been this way for decades, so I'm guessing it will remain this way.

[LMO429]

Hey Peeps

Some I have not been on much...I have bronchitis and an ear infection...FUN FUN FUN!!!

[pixie dust 112]

Hey Peeps

Some I have not been on much...I have bronchitis and an ear infection...FUN FUN FUN!!!

UGH! Feel better!:hug:

[WI_DisneyFan]

How is everyone this morning? Anyone as tired as i am from watching election stuff last night!? hahah
I know I am! DirecTV had a channel last night where they had 8 boxes with a different channel in each one (ABC, CBS, CNN, even BBC America) and you just highlight the one that you wanted to listen to. I was in heaven.

All right, two quick updates. First, the end of the Halloween one. Let me know if I missed you last week...

http://img02.picoodle.com/img/img02/3/11/5/f_Peep1m_e92343b.png

And all of the participants for the Christmas challenge. Again, let me known if you aren't on there and want to/should be.

http://img33.picoodle.com/img/img33/3/11/5/f_Peep2m_96ba1a5.png

Have a great day everybody!

[missnarwhale]

I'm tired from the election coverage too! I was able to sleep in a little bit today though.

I am doing so well on my diet this time around! Last night after Obama won, my friends broke out all kinds of cakes and sweets, and I didn't have one single bite. Now when I want to eat something I shouldn't I'll just think, "If I didn't celebrate by eating cake when Obama won, there is no reason to eat this piece of _____ right now!" But I did have a glass of Champagne.

I haven't weighed myself since Monday. I think I'll wait until Friday. I'm more scared to weigh myself when I've been dieting than when I haven't been. Does that make any sense?!

I just booked my Disney trip today. Nov 25th - Dec 5th 2009 at Fort Wilderness Campground. I'm so excited.:banana:


How exciting! This also got me to wondering when everyone else is going. So tell me! When is the next Disney trip for everyone? Who are you going with? Where are you staying!? I'm going March 1st-9th, with my Mom, Dad, and boyfriend, and we're staying at the Boardwalk!

Hope everyone is well today!

[MA pigletfan]

Hey Peeps

Some I have not been on much...I have bronchitis and an ear infection...FUN FUN FUN!!!
Feel better Lauren!!!!! :hug: :sick:

[UtahMama]

OK...that goal chart is intimidating. I pledged 8 pounds and will stick to it.

I'm hoping between the "Smack Down" and the Christmas Goal, I'll keep out of the goodies. I'm armed with the ingredients to make healthy(ish) treats and snacks so we'll see. To me, that's half the battle: NOT BUYING CRAP and making dorky substitutions, like, air popped popcorn when I want movie theater popcorn. Baked sweet potato chips when I want Pringles.

THIS IS SOOO HARD this time of year!
So far so good. One major holiday is checked off. :rolleyes:

[mommaU4]

THIS IS SOOO HARD this time of year!
:rolleyes:Tell me about it. I hate it! And what's worse is I'm getting people telling me to make it about family time and gatherings and not focus on the food. But hello......at least in our family they go hand in hand. That's what we do! We get together to bake, to cook, etc.

It sucks! I feel like I'm missing out on a huge part of what the holidays were to me growing up. :sad2: I don't know if that makes sense to anyone.
I mean, my kids were telling me how they can't wait to make our annual Christmas sugar cookies and decorate them, and instead of agreeing and being happy about it, I had a shot of fear go through me as I thought how the heck am I going to do this???
:rolleyes:


Sorry for the rant! Not sure where that came from. LOL

[DisneyObsession]

Just a little weighing tip for pretty numbers tomorrow!!! Happy Weigh In!!!

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r116/DisneyObsession/weighing.jpg

[dwheatl]

Hey, peeps. I had a happy occurrence today. Two teachers stopped me and asked what I was doing to lose weight. I'm so glad someone noticed. And DH hardly ever weighs, but he did today and he's lost 7 lbs.

Sorry you're feeling bad, LMO. Get well soon.:flower3:

[::Snow_White::]

Thanks for the responses on my last post, a little update. My mom looked it up and said it had to do with me having a small cold and caused it to swell up. It's starting to get smaller now and it isn't sore. She said she's had them before and it takes awhile to go away, if it doesn't go away we'll probably check more into it and take me to the doctor.

As for my week, it hasn't been going to well. I got pounded at a buffet and some chocolate yesterday looked so good. I did go for a 30 minute run and my calves have been hurting 3 days from it, and I was beat after I was done. I'm not sure if I'll lose anything this week, but I need to get back on track!

One of my friends asked me how I lost all my weight and we talked for half an hour about exercising, how she wanted to lose some, and being healthy, it was really nice.

WI_DisneyFan, if you could put me down for 8lbs by Christmas?
That'd be great. :goodvibes

Have a nice day everyone!

[DisneyObsession]

Obviously I am a day ahead for weigh in! I don't know what I was thinking! Just keep this in mind for tomorrow!!! :rotfl2:

Just a little weighing tip for pretty numbers tomorrow!!! Happy Weigh In!!!

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r116/DisneyObsession/weighing.jpg

[::Snow_White::]

Obviously I am a day ahead for weigh in! I don't know what I was thinking! Just keep this in mind for tomorrow!!! :rotfl2:

You had me all confused! I got up thinking "Oh no! Today is weigh in, I didn't do very well." Weighed myself and thought I needed to post it. I logged in and I remembered it was only Thursday. :laughing:

[MA pigletfan]

Tell me about it. I hate it! And what's worse is I'm getting people telling me to make it about family time and gatherings and not focus on the food. But hello......at least in our family they go hand in hand. That's what we do! We get together to bake, to cook, etc.

It sucks! I feel like I'm missing out on a huge part of what the holidays were to me growing up. :sad2: I don't know if that makes sense to anyone.
I mean, my kids were telling me how they can't wait to make our annual Christmas sugar cookies and decorate them, and instead of agreeing and being happy about it, I had a shot of fear go through me as I thought how the heck am I going to do this???
:rolleyes:


Sorry for the rant! Not sure where that came from. LOL
Beth I totally understand..and if you can't rant about this stuff here..where can you!? :lmao: I know that this weekend will even be tough and its not even hard core holiday time yet!!! God give us strength!;)

Hey, peeps. I had a happy occurrence today. Two teachers stopped me and asked what I was doing to lose weight. I'm so glad someone noticed. And DH hardly ever weighs, but he did today and he's lost 7 lbs.

Thats great!!! It must have given you warm fuzzies :goodvibes

so i snuck a peek this morning..i saw a teeny beeny loss..but thats ok..a loss is a loss and hopefully it will be better tommorow!! :)

[DisneyLaura]

Laura, we will miss each other by a day. I get to Orlando on Dec 5th at 9PM.

I'm so sad. We're checking out on the same day. Poop.

Laura...My hours switched from 3pm-11:30pm to 11am to 7:30pm. I am loving coming home early! :woohoo:

Cool beans. I only work one night a week but I get home after 11:30 pm it depends how much typing I have to do. Last night I got home at 11:45 pm. I can't wait until I can work "normal" hours once the kids are in school.

I vote at our local elementary school, and I am happy to report that I did not buy one item from the PTO election day bakesale!:wizard: I do believe that is a first!

Good girl

Hey Peeps

Some I have not been on much...I have bronchitis and an ear infection...FUN FUN FUN!!!

Feel better Lauren


And all of the participants for the Christmas challenge. Again, let me known if you aren't on there and want to/should be.

http://img33.picoodle.com/img/img33/3/11/5/f_Peep2m_96ba1a5.png

Aaron can you add me too, I thought I posted it but mommy brain could be wrong. I would like to say 8 lb too.

THIS IS SOOO HARD this time of year!
So far so good. One major holiday is checked off. :rolleyes:

I hear ya sista

Hey, peeps. I had a happy occurrence today. Two teachers stopped me and asked what I was doing to lose weight. I'm so glad someone noticed.

:goodvibes

Well peeps tomorrow I need a colonoscopy (sorry if TMI) but I need to prep today. Clear liquids since 9 am. Then at 2 and 7 I drink this :sick: stuff and well you fill in the blank. My appointment is at 8:30 am tomorrow but I need to be there for 7:15 am. DH is staying home for the kids and then he'll come get me when I am done. I'm already starving. Drink more water, gulp gulp. Lunch is beef broth :sad2: dinner is beef broth :rolleyes: . Maybe I'll go to bed early.

[pixie dust 112]

Well peeps tomorrow I need a colonoscopy (sorry if TMI) but I need to prep today. Clear liquids since 9 am. Then at 2 and 7 I drink this :sick: stuff and well you fill in the blank. My appointment is at 8:30 am tomorrow but I need to be there for 7:15 am. DH is staying home for the kids and then he'll come get me when I am done. I'm already starving. Drink more water, gulp gulp. Lunch is beef broth :sad2: dinner is beef broth :rolleyes: . Maybe I'll go to bed early.

Sounds like a wicked weight loss day! Wouldn't be surprised if you have a significant loss tomorrow morning!;) Good luck with the procedure!:hug:

[Sparkie]

Did someone change my name to Anne Sullivan (aka Helen Kellers teacher) ? Cause my mom thinks I am a miracle worker.


She asked me this morning- yes, I said THIS morning if I could get online and book a Disney trip for some friends of hers that are 65 and 67 with one member of the twosome handicapped and in a wheelchair and unable to walk more than a few feet for THANKSGIVING WEEKEND!!!!


Now I know that she thinks I got this Disney thing all figured out but I AINT that good.

Flight: Southwest : Depart 11/27 at 6:25 am; Return 11/30 at 7:25 am: Total cost of flight for 2 $620.

Room and 3 day base ticket, no dining plan and no ADR's - i wasnt even going to attempt that - The only available resort: Carribean Beach at a cost of $1025 for hotel and tickets.

(Now I do find it hard to believe that every single room at Disney is booked, every single value room maybe, but every single room??? I searched all the resorts- including the Delux resorts. You cant tell me that every room at the Grand Floridian is booked- but Disney says they are. If so then we should expect their stock to rise because apparently the "economic downturn" isnt quite so downward) Sorry just my little aside...... back to the story.....


So has my name changed????? Am I the miracle worker in disguise?

I feel so bad that I couldnt help them. They were wanting to suprise their kids and grandkids by crashing their Disney vacation.... which is another thing...... if they wanted Grandma and Grandpa to go.... dont you think they would have asked them in the first place???


I knew you guys would sympathize with me. Sorry for the rant.

I'm going ahead and posting for tomorrow.... Samer - AGAIN! Gotta get with this exercise thing.

[WI_DisneyFan]

Tell me about it. I hate it! And what's worse is I'm getting people telling me to make it about family time and gatherings and not focus on the food. But hello......at least in our family they go hand in hand. That's what we do! We get together to bake, to cook, etc.

It sucks! I feel like I'm missing out on a huge part of what the holidays were to me growing up. :sad2: I don't know if that makes sense to anyone.
I mean, my kids were telling me how they can't wait to make our annual Christmas sugar cookies and decorate them, and instead of agreeing and being happy about it, I had a shot of fear go through me as I thought how the heck am I going to do this???
:rolleyes:


Sorry for the rant! Not sure where that came from. LOL
You know, I think the best we can do over the next two months is just not over-do it. I've really trained myself to not think about how good those treats are, so it isn't that tough for me anymore. I think I just need to have "no thank you" tattooed to my forehead. But that's not to say that I'll completely behave. I'll still cave and have a few of the molasses cookies that have been a family tradition since my late grandma was a kid. And who can resist pumpkin pie with whipped cream? And when Saint Nick fills my stocking with candy, you can bet I'll have at least a few pieces before bringing the rest to work. But I figure this is such a huge improvement over how I used to be, that it is a win in the end.

Hey, peeps. I had a happy occurrence today. Two teachers stopped me and asked what I was doing to lose weight. I'm so glad someone noticed. And DH hardly ever weighs, but he did today and he's lost 7 lbs.
Congrats on the compliment! Aren't random, out of the blue, completely unexpected compliments like that just the best? :goodvibes


WI_DisneyFan, if you could put me down for 8lbs by Christmas?
That'd be great. :goodvibes
Got you marked down!

Aaron can you add me too, I thought I posted it but mommy brain could be wrong. I would like to say 8 lb too.
You too! (And when in doubt, it's pretty safe to assume that I just skim too much and didn't see your post.)

[DisneyLaura]

I feel so bad that I couldnt help them. They were wanting to suprise their kids and grandkids by crashing their Disney vacation.... which is another thing...... if they wanted Grandma and Grandpa to go.... dont you think they would have asked them in the first place???

:lmao:

[pixie dust 112]

Did someone change my name to Anne Sullivan (aka Helen Kellers teacher) ? Cause my mom thinks I am a miracle worker.


She asked me this morning- yes, I said THIS morning if I could get online and book a Disney trip for some friends of hers that are 65 and 67 with one member of the twosome handicapped and in a wheelchair and unable to walk more than a few feet for THANKSGIVING WEEKEND!!!!


Now I know that she thinks I got this Disney thing all figured out but I AINT that good.

Flight: Southwest : Depart 11/27 at 6:25 am; Return 11/30 at 7:25 am: Total cost of flight for 2 $620.

Room and 3 day base ticket, no dining plan and no ADR's - i wasnt even going to attempt that - The only available resort: Carribean Beach at a cost of $1025 for hotel and tickets.

(Now I do find it hard to believe that every single room at Disney is booked, every single value room maybe, but every single room??? I searched all the resorts- including the Delux resorts. You cant tell me that every room at the Grand Floridian is booked- but Disney says they are. If so then we should expect their stock to rise because apparently the "economic downturn" isnt quite so downward) Sorry just my little aside...... back to the story.....


So has my name changed????? Am I the miracle worker in disguise?

I feel so bad that I couldnt help them. They were wanting to suprise their kids and grandkids by crashing their Disney vacation.... which is another thing...... if they wanted Grandma and Grandpa to go.... dont you think they would have asked them in the first place???


I knew you guys would sympathize with me. Sorry for the rant.

I'm going ahead and posting for tomorrow.... Samer - AGAIN! Gotta get with this exercise thing.

Hey Annie!:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: SO do they have to stay on property? I bet there are off site places available, and I wouldn't be surprised if every room is actually booked over that weekend. People plan for Thanksgiving weekend well in advance and I bet if it's already payed for they are going, bad economy or not.....but acually this is a blessing in disguise for the kids and grandkids (I'm sure they would be thanking you :worship: :worship: :worship: for not being able to book)...if my MIL decided to surprise us and crash our vacation,:scared1: DH and I as well as DDs would not be pleased (to put it excessively mildly!)

We invited her along once, rented a bedroom villa at OKW - it was the vacation from Hades for all of us, except MIL, who thought it was wonderful. I did not know it was possible to have a horrible Disney vacation until we invited her along!

[UtahMama]

Has anyone else snuck a scale visit in today???

My smack-mates should be nervous :rolleyes1

Although tonight is BUNKO rather than cardio so we'll see!
Wait a cotton-picking second. I have a tread mill/coat rack I can sweat whilst my kids are napping. :yay: WOOOT!

[DisneyLaura]

Has anyone else snuck a scale visit in today???


I did yesterday :goodvibes

[mommaU4]

Hey, peeps. I had a happy occurrence today. Two teachers stopped me and asked what I was doing to lose weight. I'm so glad someone noticed. And DH hardly ever weighs, but he did today and he's lost 7 lbs. That's great! I bet that put a smile on your face. And congrats on your DH's loss as well.



Thanks for the responses on my last post, a little update. My mom looked it up and said it had to do with me having a small cold and caused it to swell up. It's starting to get smaller now and it isn't sore. Glad to hear it's starting to go down.



Obviously I am a day ahead for weigh in! I don't know what I was thinking! Just keep this in mind for tomorrow!!! :rotfl2::rotfl: You had me nervous there!! lol



Beth I totally understand..and if you can't rant about this stuff here..where can you!? :lmao: I know that this weekend will even be tough and its not even hard core holiday time yet!!! God give us strength!;) I figured everyone here could understand. :)



Well peeps tomorrow I need a colonoscopy (sorry if TMI) but I need to prep today. Clear liquids since 9 am. Then at 2 and 7 I drink this :sick: stuff and well you fill in the blank. My appointment is at 8:30 am tomorrow but I need to be there for 7:15 am. DH is staying home for the kids and then he'll come get me when I am done. I'm already starving. Drink more water, gulp gulp. Lunch is beef broth :sad2: dinner is beef broth :rolleyes: . Maybe I'll go to bed early.Ugh, good luck tomorrow. Hope it's over quick and everything is fine. And hopefully you'll see a good loss from this! ;)


You know, I think the best we can do over the next two months is just not over-do it. I've really trained myself to not think about how good those treats are, so it isn't that tough for me anymore. I think I just need to have "no thank you" tattooed to my forehead. But that's not to say that I'll completely behave. I'll still cave and have a few of the molasses cookies that have been a family tradition since my late grandma was a kid. And who can resist pumpkin pie with whipped cream? And when Saint Nick fills my stocking with candy, you can bet I'll have at least a few pieces before bringing the rest to work. But I figure this is such a huge improvement over how I used to be, that it is a win in the end.

That's true. I can't expect perfection. As long as I'm not stuffing myself like holidays past, I suppose that's an accomplishment right there. Thanks!





Wishing everyone lots of luck tomorrow and some nice numbers on the scale!! :wizard: :cheer2:

[MA pigletfan]

OH I almost forgot..super exciting news...my TURBO JAM PUNCH and KICK came in the mail yesterday..i am trying it out when i get home for my workout for today..can't wait!! :)

[MA pigletfan]

OH I almost forgot..super exciting news...my TURBO JAM PUNCH and KICK came in the mail yesterday..i am trying it out when i get home for my workout for today..can't wait!! :)

Yah thats right..i am quoting myself :lmao:
UPDATE: I just did the turbo jam..but only about 25 min. of it or so since i have to shower and get ready to go to sushi in a few..and HOLY MOLEY!!!!!! Lauren, i can see why you are such a fan...its a workout and a half..if i do that at least 3 times a week wiht the gym and other stuff thrown in i think i will be looking decent by the time my wedding rolls around! WOW. i will do the whole thing on sat. ..i am very excited!! :) i am so uncoordinated though so it might take till January to get some of the combos right :lmao:

[LMO429]

Hey Peeps!

FYI! If you already booked a WDW in the first half of 2009. I suggest you call Disney reservations ASAP.

They just announced stay 4 nights get 3 nights free...it includes park tickets as well

I just saved over $1400 dollars on our trip to the beach club..

[LMO429]

Yah thats right..i am quoting myself :lmao:
UPDATE: I just did the turbo jam..but only about 25 min. of it or so since i have to shower and get ready to go to sushi in a few..and HOLY MOLEY!!!!!! Lauren, i can see why you are such a fan...its a workout and a half..if i do that at least 3 times a week wiht the gym and other stuff thrown in i think i will be looking decent by the time my wedding rolls around! WOW. i will do the whole thing on sat. ..i am very excited!! :) i am so uncoordinated though so it might take till January to get some of the combos right :lmao:

Turbo Jam is sooo much fun! I guarantee you will become so hooked you buy all the turbo jam workouts!

[UtahMama]

Happy Weigh Day Eve, Peeps!!!!

[dwheatl]

Well peeps tomorrow I need a colonoscopy (sorry if TMI) but I need to prep today. Clear liquids since 9 am. Then at 2 and 7 I drink this :sick: stuff and well you fill in the blank. My appointment is at 8:30 am tomorrow but I need to be there for 7:15 am. DH is staying home for the kids and then he'll come get me when I am done. I'm already starving. Drink more water, gulp gulp. Lunch is beef broth :sad2: dinner is beef broth :rolleyes: . Maybe I'll go to bed early.

Going to bed was a good idea. Hope all goes well.:thumbsup2 (Don't ask where that thumb is going).

[DisneyLaura]

Yah thats right..i am quoting myself :lmao:
UPDATE: I just did the turbo jam..but only about 25 min.

Good girl

Hey Peeps!

FYI! If you already booked a WDW in the first half of 2009. I suggest you call Disney reservations ASAP.

They just announced stay 4 nights get 3 nights free...it includes park tickets as well

I just saved over $1400 dollars on our trip to the beach club..

Where do you find these things out? We're not going until Nov 2009 but I would love to save some money as well. Lucky girl.:goodvibes

Going to bed was a good idea. Hope all goes well.:thumbsup2 (Don't ask where that thumb is going).

I don't want to know either :lmao:

Well peeps I'm up early because today is the big day, yup colonoscopy day. It was very hard not eat yesterday. This was the first day my stomach has ever growled at me to feed it. But I did it and I know the test will be better because of it. I did also weigh myself today and I'm -1.8 lb which kind of suprised me because I only had two cups of broth, two sugar free jell-o's, water, water, water, a popscile oh and I forgot to say water. But i'll take it. If I'm up to it tonight I'll come chat here and let you know how everything went.

Have a great day everyone!:flower3:

[DisneyObsession]

Official weigh in today....-2.5!!!! I am sooo excited! Funny how daily exercise makes such a difference!! :thumbsup2 As well as eating right & drinking water!

Laura....Good luck with the colonoscopy. You'll be fine and not remember a thing!!! (At least DH didn't after his.)

Wendy & Lynda......How'd it go today??? Can't wait to hear!!!!

[::Snow_White::]

I'm the Same.

That's alright, at least it's no gain, I'll just have to work harder this week!

Have a great day everyone!

[LMO429]

Good girl



Where do you find these things out? We're not going until Nov 2009 but I would love to save some money as well. Lucky girl.:goodvibes



I don't want to know either :lmao:

Well peeps I'm up early because today is the big day, yup colonoscopy day. It was very hard not eat yesterday. This was the first day my stomach has ever growled at me to feed it. But I did it and I know the test will be better because of it. I did also weigh myself today and I'm -1.8 lb which kind of suprised me because I only had two cups of broth, two sugar free jell-o's, water, water, water, a popscile oh and I forgot to say water. But i'll take it. If I'm up to it tonight I'll come chat here and let you know how everything went.

Have a great day everyone!:flower3:

There were rumors on the board yesterday that Disney was going to have a huge deal at 5pm 11/6. The deal is Stay 4 night get 3 nights free with MYW Base Tickets.

Disney's did not have a good day on wall street yesterday and their park reservations for the upcoming year were extremely low because of the economy so they created this deal to entice people to come to the parks. Right now it's only if you are staying from Jan - June 27th 2009

[UtahMama]

Official weigh in today....-2.5!!!! I am sooo excited! Funny how daily exercise makes such a difference!! :thumbsup2 As well as eating right & drinking water!

Laura....Good luck with the colonoscopy. You'll be fine and not remember a thing!!! (At least DH didn't after his.)

Wendy & Lynda......How'd it go today??? Can't wait to hear!!!!

So far it's 2 down, but that is not my official weigh in until pooh:
That 2 pounds was earned, I tell you what!

[pixie dust 112]

Good girl



Where do you find these things out? We're not going until Nov 2009 but I would love to save some money as well. Lucky girl.:goodvibes

I don't want to know either :lmao:

Well peeps I'm up early because today is the big day, yup colonoscopy day. It was very hard not eat yesterday. This was the first day my stomach has ever growled at me to feed it. But I did it and I know the test will be better because of it. I did also weigh myself today and I'm -1.8 lb which kind of suprised me because I only had two cups of broth, two sugar free jell-o's, water, water, water, a popscile oh and I forgot to say water. But i'll take it. If I'm up to it tonight I'll come chat here and let you know how everything went.

Have a great day everyone!:flower3:

Nice Loss! Good luck today

[pixie dust 112]

Official weigh in today....-2.5!!!! I am sooo excited! Funny how daily exercise makes such a difference!! :thumbsup2 As well as eating right & drinking water!



:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[pixie dust 112]

I'm the Same.

That's alright, at least it's no gain, I'll just have to work harder this week!

Have a great day everyone!
Same works! You've done so well, you've got to expect things to slow down as you smaller and smaller and smaller!There were rumors on the board yesterday that Disney was going to have a huge deal at 5pm 11/6. The deal is Stay 4 night get 3 nights free with MYW Base Tickets.

Disney's did not have a good day on wall street yesterday and their park reservations for the upcoming year were extremely low because of the economy so they created this deal to entice people to come to the parks. Right now it's only if you are staying from Jan - June 27th 2009
Those of course are precisely the times we can't go. In the good old days we would take the kids out of school for a week in January, but now that they are in 8th, th and 12th grade we can't do that anymore...dang attendance policy! I'll check to see if they blocked spring break...if not maybe we could go then! Thanks for the tip!
So far it's 2 down, but that is not my official weigh in until pooh:
That 2 pounds was earned, I tell you what!

ALways best to wait until the appropriate moment for weigh in!:rotfl2:


Oh yeah, all this posting I almost forgot. I am -3.5!:wizard:

[UGABelle]

Good morning!

I'm -0.2 today, which is pretty much a samer, but sounds a little better!

I will be MIA on the board the next week because...
WE LEAVE FOR DISNEY TOMORROW!!!

It's been a while since I've been and it's the first time DH and I are going together, so I'm really excited!

Hope everyone has a great week, and I'll send some :wizard: from ::MickeyMo !

[MA pigletfan]

Well peeps I'm up early because today is the big day, yup colonoscopy day. It was very hard not eat yesterday. This was the first day my stomach has ever growled at me to feed it. But I did it and I know the test will be better because of it. I did also weigh myself today and I'm -1.8 lb which kind of suprised me because I only had two cups of broth, two sugar free jell-o's, water, water, water, a popscile oh and I forgot to say water. But i'll take it. If I'm up to it tonight I'll come chat here and let you know how everything went.

Have a great day everyone!:flower3:
GOOD LUCK LAURA!!! :):goodvibes


Well i am just down .4 today..but hey its better than up .4 like last week!!!

[HockeyKat]

I did my first official weighin for a few months. Not pretty. But this is my starting number for the Christmas challenge... How can one gain 20+ lbs from June to November?? Sigh.

Hope everyone has a great day!

[Pakey]

I must have caught the wrong train this week because I certainly did not head towards Peepsville. I'm +1

I have to figure out how to get myself more motivated. I guess eating oatmeal and flax only works if you don't follow it up with Skittles. Kat, do not despair, I'm hoping since you jump starting yourself back into the mind set will do the same for me.

[DisneyGalUK]

Hi all
Fly-by, I am -0.5lbs Not great, but Aunt Flo is visiting and Ive been struggling with my back this week :sad1:
Next week is MY week people!! :lmao:

Laura - good luck for today :hug:

Laura/DisneyObsession/Pixie - Great numbers :cheer2:

UM - I tried to wait for weigh in (pooh: ) but no joy! :rotfl2:

Wish me luck Peeps, Im going to a Bonfire Night BBQ and Firework Display - lots of yummy barbecued and fried goodness!

Have a great day everyone :goodvibes

[mommaU4]

TGIF!!! :cool1:


Last week I was at 216.4 and this week I am at 214.4 for a loss of exactly -2 pounds. I was hoping for more, but I'll take it!

Congrats to all who lost or maintained! Keep it up!! :cheer2:

[Disneyfreak92]

OK, so I've had a busy week between being sick and DH's b-day being today! And attending an Olympic gymnasts performance, so I haven't been around much. And I'm in a hurry now of course. So here's the nitty gritty...

I'm up .2 lb this week. Even after my illness! Eh, I am still feeling a bit bloaty, so I'm hoping that's all it is, and it's pretty much the same as last week anyway. I need to get my tummy back to feeling 100% normal so I can kick it into gear!

Happy Friday Peeps! I don't know if I'll be around much this weekend. I have a date with DH tonight for his b-day, a work event tomorrow night, and a family & friends b-day celebration on Sunday. I also need to get my house in order because I am having a lia sophia jewelry party next Friday night.

Good luck to everyone on weigh-in!

[HockeyKat]

I must have caught the wrong train this week because I certainly did not head towards Peepsville. I'm +1

I have to figure out how to get myself more motivated. I guess eating oatmeal and flax only works if you don't follow it up with Skittles. Kat, do not despair, I'm hoping since you jump starting yourself back into the mind set will do the same for me.


We can do it!! I do okay until about 9PM. Maybe I need to start going to bed earlier! :laughing:

[Sparkie]

Hello my friends!

You know I really should get paid a referral fee and a travel agent commission from Disney. I cant tell you how many trips I have booked or made suggestions on...... I think Disney should honor me with a free trip for all the business I have sent them :lmao:

Anyway..... Got the trip booked for my mom's friends. It wasnt cheap in comparison to the short time they will be there. They chose to go with the Carribean Beach and a 2 day hopper ticket. So hotel for 3 nights and tickets ended up being 1052 and airfare 620 and scooter rental for 135.

Off site wasnt an option considering grandpa has COPD (chronic obstructive lung disease) and has difficulty walking more than a few feet. They wanted to be able to use magical express to the hotel and have the advantage of the onsite bus service.

I've never stayed at this resort before.... Have any of you???? I've been looking at it online and think I would like to one day....... interested if anyone has had any personal experience that they could share..... good or bad, any tips that I could pass along.

Have a good weekend everybody.

[pixie dust 112]

Sparkie,

Our first on site stay was at CBR in 1995. We loved it. By the next trip our family had grown too big for their rooms. The resort is big. They should let the resort know that a member of the party can't walk far so you need a room as close as possible to Old Port Royale (that's where the food court shopping etc. is. It is a completely different building than the check in building. I think that is called the customs house. There is an internal bus that will take you from place to place as well. We finally stayed there again in 2007. Our oldest DD was there with her HS band so was staying at all-star music, so we only needed room for 4!:thumbsup2 We liked it again this time. Very colorful resort with relaxing atmosphere! I think they will like it!

[UtahMama]

So far it's 2 down, but that is not my official weigh in until pooh:
That 2 pounds was earned, I tell you what!

I'm quoting myself....hahaha!

I'll stick with the -2 because after I visited the Hundred Acre Wood ;) , I ate breakfast and forgot to weigh again.

I have been starved all day! I DID EAT too! A lot! :confused3



HockeyKat- I've honestly been there!!! :hug: Grab hold of the wagon!

[LMO429]

so this week was a complete disaster eating wise! I have been home sick since Monday. Monday I ate well..but tues, wed and thurs were a whole other story...I ate so much chinese food it was out of control. I woke up this morning and I couldnt take it anymore so I worked out for about 30 minutes (it was all I could do considering I was coughing the whole time)

I know it's so easy to full into a binge mood and I am trying to snap out of it asap. I keep thinking about how gross I feel afterwards and How if I had to go out tonight with friends I would feel terrible about myself....it truly is not worth it.

[HockeyKat]

I'm quoting myself....hahaha!

I'll stick with the -2 because after I visited the Hundred Acre Wood ;) , I ate breakfast and forgot to weigh again.

I have been starved all day! I DID EAT too! A lot! :confused3



HockeyKat- I've honestly been there!!! :hug: Grab hold of the wagon!


Thanks!!! I am trying. I made it to the gym yesterday and today and have managed to stay at ~1500 cals all week. Hopefully it will stick this time...

[UtahMama]

I'm quoting myself....hahaha!

I'll stick with the -2 because after I visited the Hundred Acre Wood ;) , I ate breakfast and forgot to weigh again.

I have been starved all day! I DID EAT too! A lot! :confused3




I'm quoting myself double.

UGH. Honestly HUNGRY all day. Ate every 2 hours too!!!

Must be getting one of those METABOLISM thingies :confused3


No numbers yet, Naughty list (LOL! JUST KIDDING!): ((Forgive me if you did and I didn't see...very likely!))
LMO429- did you post that? sick?
punkin- where ARE you???
lovealldisney (MIA)
Fran
Aaron
Pooh'shoneypot
sparkie
noni
missnarwhale
monymony
dweatl
katiebug86
SQUID!!!!

[dwheatl]

Hey, it's still Friday here. I didn't get home until 8:30 (yes, from starting work at 7:30 a.m.). My sis called to tell me Mom had a bladder infection. I left from work to go pick up the antibiotics, then took them to Mom. It's a good thing I had taken my evening protein with me (string cheese) or I think I would have passed out or caved to junk food.

The Nutrisystem is still doing the trick. Down 1.4. I haven't lost consistently for 3 weeks in I don't know how long.

[my2boysrtwicethefun]

How exciting! This also got me to wondering when everyone else is going. So tell me! When is the next Disney trip for everyone? Who are you going with? Where are you staying!? I'm going March 1st-9th, with my Mom, Dad, and boyfriend, and we're staying at the Boardwalk!



May 29th-June 11th, 2009, with my husband & 2 children, and we're staying at POP! It's my graduation trip. I graduate 6 months from today. :banana:

There were rumors on the board yesterday that Disney was going to have a huge deal at 5pm 11/6. The deal is Stay 4 night get 3 nights free with MYW Base Tickets.

Disney's did not have a good day on wall street yesterday and their park reservations for the upcoming year were extremely low because of the economy so they created this deal to entice people to come to the parks. Right now it's only if you are staying from Jan - June 27th 2009

OMG! That offer would apply to our stay. I need to find out more info.

I'm quoting myself double.

UGH. Honestly HUNGRY all day. Ate every 2 hours too!!!

Must be getting one of those METABOLISM thingies :confused3


No numbers yet, Naughty list (LOL! JUST KIDDING!): ((Forgive me if you did and I didn't see...very likely!))
LMO429- did you post that? sick?
punkin- where ARE you???
lovealldisney (MIA)
FranAaron
Pooh'shoneypot
sparkie
noni
missnarwhale
monymony
dweatl
katiebug86
SQUID!!!!

Sorry Wendy! Please forgive me! :worship: BTW, I'm a SAMER!

[LMO429]

Utah Mama! Im taking a pass this week, there is still 2 much MSG in my body from all the chinese food I ate tues/wed/thur :scared1:

[DisneyLaura]

Good morning!I will be MIA on the board the next week because...
WE LEAVE FOR DISNEY TOMORROW!!!

Have fun and take lots of pictures.

We can do it!! I do okay until about 9PM. Maybe I need to start going to bed earlier! :laughing:

That's what I do sometimes Kat because otherwise I would eat every cookie in the house.

They chose to go with the Carribean Beach and a 2 day hopper ticket.

I have a friend who stayed there and loved it.

so this week was a complete disaster eating wise! I have been home sick since Monday. Monday I ate well..but tues, wed and thurs were a whole other story...I ate so much chinese food it was out of control. I woke up this morning and I couldnt take it anymore so I worked out for about 30 minutes (it was all I could do considering I was coughing the whole time)

I know it's so easy to full into a binge mood and I am trying to snap out of it asap. I keep thinking about how gross I feel afterwards and How if I had to go out tonight with friends I would feel terrible about myself....it truly is not worth it.

:hug: I understand about being homesick after getting married. It gets better. I had to call my mom every night and still do and I have been married for 12 years.



Well peeps I made it through the colonoscopy. I was so scared just lying there waiting, thinking of my DH and kids and praying that I would wake up so I can see there little faces again. I know I always think the worst. Anywho they did find one polyp so I was glad that I did it and have to go back and have another in 3 years. I left the hopsital and DH took me to Burger King and I ate bad there but I won't tell you what I had. I was starving. I had cranberry juice and graham crackers at the hospital but that's it. I'm good now though, back on track.

Gayle - My eyes were closed but I felt when they pump the air into your colon. Very painful. It was like I was having a dream and heard the nurses and doctor talking and then I must have said it hurt so they told me to bend my legs into my chest. Then I remember it being over and half asleep they wheeled me into recovery. I guess it didn't knock me all the way which was fine but that pain was horrible almost like labor pains.

[Sparkie]

Samer again

[mousehouselover]

Please take me off the naughty list. On second thought, with a weigh in like this I should propbably be at the top of the naughty list. I'm up, like 5 lbs............ I've gained a lot in my abdomen and it's gross. I just can't seem to find my zen.

[::Snow_White::]

Good Morning!
Already did some my hour of wii fit this morning and feeling great.

I was wondering what do you all wear when you work out? Do you have work out clothes or just wear shorts and tank tops/t-shirts?
Right now I just wear shorts and tank tops but I'm looking in to finding some yoga pants and other things when I go shopping tomorrow. I was wondering if you all had some favorite clothes/brands and where did you buy them?

Have a good day!

[UtahMama]

Laura- OUCH!!!! You deserved the Burger King goodies! :hug: OMGosh, I had bought my kids (I swear!) the fries and they looked SOOO freaking delicious. Fries are my weakness. :sad2:

Kayla- I wear comfy clothes and a sports bra. NOT a fashion show and I work out with BIG BOYS so I don't want to look like a gym bunny. Mostly black lycra yoga type pants and a lycra tshirt. Hair up in a messy ponytail and NO makeup. My only accessory is my iPod and glasses. Pretty!

Noni- It's ok!!!! :hug: Glad to see you!!!

Lauren- Funny!!! I love Chinese food too...it does stick with you that way doesn't it??? :headache:




Getting my body fat % done this Monday. Which is keeping me very good this weekend. That and my contest with Lynda and Gayle. Keeping me on the straight and narrow!!! :angel:

[Pakey]

Upcoming WDW trips for me: We are taking the kids/spouses and grandson (11 of us total) in Jan, staying at Beach Club, and then going on a Disney cruise after with all of them. It's their Christmas present this year. We got the Deluxe Dining Plan for all of them so I have spent hours making ADR's as none of them are eating in groups (we will all eat together on the cruise). My husband and I are going to do character meals with our 3 year old grandson and I'm already very very afraid. :rotfl:

I'm also going in May for a girls' week at the Beach Club. We plan to hang out at the pool and do spa treatments and stuff like that. This is a friend I met on the dis and we've done short vacations several times but this will be the first weeklong one.

That will be it for 2009 since my husband and I are doing the Adventures by Disney Costa Rican trip in September.

And I'm always terrible about eating while on vacation. Terrible.

[HockeyKat]

Faith -- we just planned our Jan trip, 25-29 at SSR (all they had). I am also going Dec 5-9 with some DIS friends (from the "other" thread).

Laura -- glad the news was good, but ooowwwie!!

LMO -- hope you feel better. Mmm chinese food. :)

Kayla -- I wear old t-shirts and shorts. Just too cheap to buy "nice" clothes to get all sweaty in! :laughing:

Noni -- I have been having trouble with my zen too. Jump back in!!

Wendy -- I have "metabolism" all the time!! :laughing:


I managed to get 3 days of exercise in this week, Mon hockey, and Thurs/Fri gym. And I didn't go much over 1500 calories since Monday. So, hopefully I can put together next week like I did this one...


Hope everyone has a great weekend! Sometime soon I will get up off the couch and go meander around shopping... 30% coupon at Kohls.

[Sparkie]

the trip for my mom's friends was scheduled for the Carribean Beach but when I called to add the request for ground floor and roll in shower they couldnt guarentee it - this would not do - so I found a number for reservations with special needs on allears where they can block a room for you.....


So now mom's friends are booked for coronado springs with a roll in shower.

So have any of you stayed at Coronodo Springs?


I had so much fun looking at Carribean Beach that I want to give that one a try..... but can you believe it my family doesnt want to go ..... they said that they need a Disney break..... oh, the HORROR!!!! They would consider accompanying me to the mouse if we did the cruise......

So Pakey I would be interested to hear how your cruise goes....

[MA pigletfan]

hello all !:)
i had a great saturday today...woke up and did the full 40+ workout of turbo jam kick punch whatever its called..it is really an amazing workout! Lauren, I owe you for talking this one up..its so much fun!! I have to be honest about 25 min. in i was contemplating stopping..BUT NOPE..i kept plugging on..and i am so happy I did!!
I spent today with my mom and we ran all sorts of errands..i DID have lunch/dinner at Qdoba though ( black bean burrito..light cheese)...it was delicioius and super filling so i didn't have a dinner after that..so all in all not bad!
Hoping to hit the gym tommorow...Keep on peepin on peepers!! :)

[dwheatl]

DH and I had a church meeting that went from 9 to 6 today. We took our food with us, and ate salad, fruit and light yogurt from the meeting. It was killing me some of the time, because they had quiche and scones and cookies that all looked so good. I finally gave in and had one cookie. Not too bad, but I wish I wasn't food-obsessed.

I'm not going to WDW for a while (years), but I made reservations the other night for Disneyland for New Year's. Yippee skippee!

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

I'm quoting myself double.



No numbers yet, Naughty list (LOL! JUST KIDDING!): ((Forgive me if you did and I didn't see...very likely!))
Pooh'shoneypot
SQUID!!!!

I'm sorry!! I am too scared to weigh myself!! DH and I have "discovered" baking and it is all we do!! I have eaten so much ooey gooey cake the last 2 weeks. This is the last day though - carrot cake baking as we speak (and that at least has veg in it :rotfl2: ) - tomorrow we are starting afresh. So BOY will I be in a grump of a mood Friday morning!!

On a plus side went out for the day yesterday and did all our Christmas shopping! NOTHING left to get at all - so satisfying! On our feet for 6 hours none-stop which had to have burned some calories. And to show my true dedication to peepdom we shared 6 Krispy Kremes instead of our usual 12. Never tell me I don't take one for the team!!!!

And got up this morning and did Turbo Jam Cardio Party 2, which has just arrived - LOVED it! They are such an excellent series of workouts.

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

I'm not going to WDW for a while (years), but I made reservations the other night for Disneyland for New Year's. Yippee skippee!

Ohh I am so jealous! I would love to see the parks decorated for Christmas! Have you been to Disneyland before? We went last year and really had a great time.

[LMO429]

hello all !:)
i had a great saturday today...woke up and did the full 40+ workout of turbo jam kick punch whatever its called..it is really an amazing workout! Lauren, I owe you for talking this one up..its so much fun!! I have to be honest about 25 min. in i was contemplating stopping..BUT NOPE..i kept plugging on..and i am so happy I did!!
I spent today with my mom and we ran all sorts of errands..i DID have lunch/dinner at Qdoba though ( black bean burrito..light cheese)...it was delicioius and super filling so i didn't have a dinner after that..so all in all not bad!
Hoping to hit the gym tommorow...Keep on peepin on peepers!! :)



Once you get use to Punch Kick n Jam.....Get Cardio Party 3, its hard but I love it!!!! I also love LOWER BODY JAM, it's great for your buns!!

Glad you guys are loving the Turbo Jam! Now if only you peeps would listen to me and get Jillian's Biggest Winner and 30 Day Shred my life would be complete!!! :rolleyes1

P.S. Chalene Johnson is coming out with Chalean Extreme in January or Dec I can not wait to get it especially since I am over and realize you do not get results by doing cardio alone, its similiar to power 90

[pixie dust 112]

Good Morning!
Already did some my hour of wii fit this morning and feeling great.

I was wondering what do you all wear when you work out? Do you have work out clothes or just wear shorts and tank tops/t-shirts?
Right now I just wear shorts and tank tops but I'm looking in to finding some yoga pants and other things when I go shopping tomorrow. I was wondering if you all had some favorite clothes/brands and where did you buy them?

Have a good day!

I'm definitely a shorts or swets and t-shirt sorta chick for my workouts. My DD (who I think is your age) loves the yoga pants from Old Navy. Says they are very comfy!

[::Snow_White::]

I'm definitely a shorts or swets and t-shirt sorta chick for my workouts. My DD (who I think is your age) loves the yoga pants from Old Navy. Says they are very comfy!

I'm 15, so close! :goodvibes
Thanks, I'll have to go look there, I didn't know they had them.


Kayla -- I wear old t-shirts and shorts. Just too cheap to buy "nice" clothes to get all sweaty in! :laughing:



Kayla- I wear comfy clothes and a sports bra. NOT a fashion show and I work out with BIG BOYS so I don't want to look like a gym bunny. Mostly black lycra yoga type pants and a lycra tshirt. Hair up in a messy ponytail and NO makeup. My only accessory is my iPod and glasses. Pretty!

:laughing: Yeah, I'm not gonna go out and buy something nice. Just something fitting so my shirt doesn't roll down when I'm stretching or something. If I can't find anything cheap I'll be sticking to my tank top and shorts.

I'm really glad I've started excercising, it's becoming an addiction, if I get bored I go exercise. I'm starting love running so much and actually look forward to it! I think I may find someon pilates videos today.
Have a great day everyone!

[UtahMama]

So!

I'm making creme brulee at the moment!
6 egg yolks and a quart of heavy cream and a LOT of sugar!
Smells heavenly! I know I have a propane kitchen torch somewhere but can't find it! I'll have to brown the top in the broiler, I guess. As long as I don't get distracted and walk away, it should be fine.

See, I am kind of weird (no comments) and love to look at cookbooks and FoodNetwork etc. when I'm dieting.

Let me be the first to wish everyone a happy Monday!
Stay the course, peeps! There's danger around the corner in the form of
pumpkin pie, gravy, and stuffing! EEEK!

[MA pigletfan]

So!

I'm making creme brulee at the moment!
6 egg yolks and a quart of heavy cream and a LOT of sugar!
Smells heavenly! I know I have a propane kitchen torch somewhere but can't find it! I'll have to brown the top in the broiler, I guess. As long as I don't get distracted and walk away, it should be fine.

See, I am kind of weird (no comments) and love to look at cookbooks and FoodNetwork etc. when I'm dieting.

Let me be the first to wish everyone a happy Monday!
Stay the course, peeps! There's danger around the corner in the form of
pumpkin pie, gravy, and stuffing! EEEK!

YUMMMM i love me some creme brulee'! You are not weird, well not any stranger than me..I am addicted to cookbooks/food tv shows when I am dieting as well ...its almost like self torture!! But really it kind of gets me thinking that " hey this recipe looks really good..i will make this for an event when i can splurge." it makes me plan ahead for splurges.. :)

[mousehouselover]

Bad, bad, bad day here............ I woke up to DH frantically calling me to come help him; one of our kitties was choking on some food. We couldn't clear his arway at home so DH tried rushng him to a vet's offie but it was too late. It was just a sad, senseless freak accident. :sad1: :sad1: :confused: :sad1: :sad1:

We had a family day planned and we needed it after the morning we had. It was fun but way too much noshing and Chinese food. :sad2:

I tried to talk DH into going to WDW for a few days since I have extra time off that I have to use before the end of the yr. DH isn't sure, so I'm not booking it. :mad: When I brought it up, I thought my parents were going to be in Orlando for a week of two so it wasn't going to cost us much more than airfare and that was fine but since it's going to be more, he's not comfortable.

[pixie dust 112]

Bad, bad, bad day here............ I woke up to DH frantically calling me to come help him; one of our kitties was choking on some food. We couldn't clear his arway at home so DH tried rushng him to a vet's offie but it was too late. It was just a sad, senseless freak accident. :sad1: :sad1: :confused: :sad1: :sad1:

We had a family day planned and we needed it after the morning we had. It was fun but way too much noshing and Chinese food. :sad2:

I tried to talk DH into going to WDW for a few days since I have extra time off that I have to use before the end of the yr. DH isn't sure, so I'm not booking it. :mad: When I brought it up, I thought my parents were going to be in Orlando for a week of two so it wasn't going to cost us much more than airfare and that was fine but since it's going to be more, he's not comfortable.


Oh that is so sad!:hug:

[dwheatl]

Ohh I am so jealous! I would love to see the parks decorated for Christmas! Have you been to Disneyland before? We went last year and really had a great time. Yes, we usually go twice a year, once in the summer, and either December (our anniversary) or February (my birthday). Last year we were spoiled; we got to go twice in the summer because we had APs, and our church group had a convention in So Cal, so they paid for us to fly down and back. We got a cheapie motel, and ate on the cheap too, so it was practically a free trip (or so I convinced DH).



Let me be the first to wish everyone a happy Monday!
Stay the course, peeps! There's danger around the corner in the form of
pumpkin pie, gravy, and stuffing! EEEK! DH and I were just discussing what days we will not be sticking to Nutrisystem. Thanksgiving Day (but not the whole weekend), Staff Christmas party (just the evening), church Christmas party (just the afternoon) and Christmas Day. Today we went to my niece's baby shower, and I had some carrots, 3 bites of spinach dip, (and I slipped out to 7-11 to buy diet soda because the only drink was sherbet punch). Today was also my first day back at the gym since the whole thing with my mom. I talked to my sister tonight and said we need to make a schedule, because we've both been over there every night this past week. We're going to alternate, so I can have some catch up on house work, school work, and exercise time. Yay for tag teaming.

Bad, bad, bad day here............ I woke up to DH frantically calling me to come help him; one of our kitties was choking on some food. We couldn't clear his arway at home so DH tried rushng him to a vet's offie but it was too late. It was just a sad, senseless freak accident. :sad1: :sad1: :confused: :sad1: :sad1:

We had a family day planned and we needed it after the morning we had. It was fun but way too much noshing and Chinese food. :sad2:

I tried to talk DH into going to WDW for a few days since I have extra time off that I have to use before the end of the yr. DH isn't sure, so I'm not booking it. :mad: When I brought it up, I thought my parents were going to be in Orlando for a week of two so it wasn't going to cost us much more than airfare and that was fine but since it's going to be more, he's not comfortable.
:flower3:
Sorry about everything, especially the kitty.:sad1:

[mommaU4]

Bad, bad, bad day here............ I woke up to DH frantically calling me to come help him; one of our kitties was choking on some food. We couldn't clear his arway at home so DH tried rushng him to a vet's offie but it was too late. It was just a sad, senseless freak accident. :sad1: :sad1: :confused: :sad1: :sad1:


Oh no, I'm so sorry to hear that. Poor thing. :(

[DisneyObsession]

the trip for my mom's friends was scheduled for the Carribean Beach but when I called to add the request for ground floor and roll in shower they couldnt guarentee it - this would not do - so I found a number for reservations with special needs on allears where they can block a room for you.....


So now mom's friends are booked for coronado springs with a roll in shower.

So have any of you stayed at Coronodo Springs?


I had so much fun looking at Carribean Beach that I want to give that one a try..... but can you believe it my family doesnt want to go ..... they said that they need a Disney break..... oh, the HORROR!!!! They would consider accompanying me to the mouse if we did the cruise......

So Pakey I would be interested to hear how your cruise goes....

Sounds like you worked it out for your Mom's friends! Hope they have a good time. As for the cruise...we had a fabulous time last year. You can read my TR, the link is in my signature. The cruise is the second half.

DH and I had a church meeting that went from 9 to 6 today. We took our food with us, and ate salad, fruit and light yogurt from the meeting. It was killing me some of the time, because they had quiche and scones and cookies that all looked so good. I finally gave in and had one cookie. Not too bad, but I wish I wasn't food-obsessed.

I'm not going to WDW for a while (years), but I made reservations the other night for Disneyland for New Year's. Yippee skippee!

I've brought my own food to church meetings before...,makes life easier. Way too many temptations!;)

We aren't headed to WDW for a few years either. I have friends who want to do a cruise next year, but I don't think I can afford it.

So!

I'm making creme brulee at the moment!
6 egg yolks and a quart of heavy cream and a LOT of sugar!
Smells heavenly! I know I have a propane kitchen torch somewhere but can't find it! I'll have to brown the top in the broiler, I guess. As long as I don't get distracted and walk away, it should be fine.

See, I am kind of weird (no comments) and love to look at cookbooks and FoodNetwork etc. when I'm dieting.

Let me be the first to wish everyone a happy Monday!
Stay the course, peeps! There's danger around the corner in the form of
pumpkin pie, gravy, and stuffing! EEEK!


MMMMM...sounds good! :thumbsup2 Did you enjoy it? I am making pumpkin bread this morning, just because!


Mousehouselover...So sorry about the kitty. :hug:

Doing Barry's BootCamp this morning and did 2.25 mi on the treadmill last night. This will be day 3 for this week of exrcise for me and I am really enjoying it. I am shooting for 5 days of exercise per week. Once I get tired of these, I'll have to start Turbo Jam again. I stopped doing it when I got bored! :confused3

[DisneyLaura]

Bad, bad, bad day here............ I woke up to DH frantically calling me to come help him; one of our kitties was choking on some food. We couldn't clear his arway at home so DH tried rushng him to a vet's offie but it was too late. It was just a sad, senseless freak accident. :sad1: :sad1: :confused: :sad1: :sad1:

Poor kitty, so sorry

I know someone asked when everyone is going to Disney so here's mine. We are going Nov25th to Dec 5th 2009. We are staying in Fort Wilderness Campground and renting an RV. Can't wait.

[LMO429]

I AM RECOMMITTING MYSELF TODAY!!!! After being sick for over a week and eating like a cow for 3 of those days just from Boredom from being stuck in my house...I am getting back on track today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here is the next time I will be at Disney: May 9th I am staying at the Dolphin for One Night
From May 10th - May 14th I will be on the Podcast Cruise

and then from May 14th - May 21st I will be at the Beach Club for a week!!!

[MA pigletfan]

Bad, bad, bad day here.............

:( I am so sorry to hear that!!!!:hug: :hug:


Hey peeps...the mexican machine hit me last night so i was BAD..like 2 Margaritas from a margarita machine ( TOTALLY registering for one though! hahah) and chili, some nachos, tortilla pie AND a little piece of ice cream cake! :scared1: It was all home made stuff so it might not be as bad as going to a restaurant..but still i was certainly over my cals yesterday big time! BUT i did manage to hit my bike ( its set up on a trainer in the basement) for 20 minutes..not like that is a huge workout but the regular bike is so much tougher to me than the recumbant at the gym, so i thought it was better than nothing. I totally need to get a padded seat for it though..because OUCH!!!! ;)

Today should be fine for calories..having a spinach bagel right now with red. fat ccheese ( its a small one though) and oatmeal for lunch. I think i am going to try making baked butternut squash "fries" tonight with chicken on the grill..hopefully it won't be a disaster!
i am planning on doing turbo jam tonight again..i think my shoulders are ready for it after a day off ;)
Taking the kitties to the vet to get fixed/declawed today..i am very sad about it..they will be away for 2 nights..but then again, my plants will be happy..they are quite terrorized right now..;)
Have a great day! sorry for the rambling!!!

[LMO429]

Just got done working out!

I did Jillian Michael's Max Front (30 mins)
Jackie Warner's Workout Abs (20 mins)
and then 10 mins of Cardio from Cardio Max Biggest Loser!

[MA pigletfan]

Just got done working out!

I did Jillian Michael's Max Front (30 mins)
Jackie Warner's Workout Abs (20 mins)
and then 10 mins of Cardio from Cardio Max Biggest Loser!

boy! when you re-commit..you RECOMMIT! :) :thumbsup2

[LMO429]

boy! when you re-commit..you RECOMMIT! :) :thumbsup2

I felt gross it had to be done!

[::Snow_White::]

Mousehouselover- So sorry about your kitty. :hug:

I ended up getting a couple shirts on sale to work out in. I completely failed yesterday, we got one of those buckets of popcorn with the carmel, cheese, and butter kind. :love:
I could eat that whole thing, and I ended up eating more than I should've, of not just popcorn everything. I didn't get to exercise yesterday either. But that's okay.

Today will be better! I'm going to make time to work out because I felt nasty yesterday because I didn't exercise.

Have a good day everyone!

[LMO429]

So I worked out this morning and did Jillian Michaels Max Back (30 mins) and then I did 15 of the LBJ from Turbo Jam.

I am kinda of frustrated this morning, I have no Clothes to wear my 8's are too big and my 6's are too tight...i have been late to work the past 2 days because I have to try on a million things before something look right...I just do not have a winter wardrobe I guess it's time to do some shopping

[MA pigletfan]

Soooo I totally commited peep-a-cide last night!!!
I was all set to cook a healthy dinner and POOF it went out the window. we had to drop the kittens off at the vet adn i started getting sooo tired on the way home, and stressed out about the kittens ( i know..i am ridiculous) so we stopped at MC No-Nos!!!:scared1: totatally had a big mac..and fries..ugh.
BUT today is a new day..i HAVE to work out today and stay on my calories/carb/fat allotment if i have any chance of seeing positive movement on that challenge chart! yikes..:confused3

By the way..has Aaron been on since weigh in?? I didn't see the chart if he was..no bigs :)

[DisneyLaura]

Soooo I totally commited peep-a-cide last night!!!
I was all set to cook a healthy dinner and POOF it went out the window. we had to drop the kittens off at the vet adn i started getting sooo tired on the way home, and stressed out about the kittens ( i know..i am ridiculous) so we stopped at MC No-Nos!!!:scared1: totatally had a big mac..and fries..ugh.
BUT today is a new day..i HAVE to work out today and stay on my calories/carb/fat allotment if i have any chance of seeing positive movement on that challenge chart! yikes..:confused3

By the way..has Aaron been on since weigh in?? I didn't see the chart if he was..no bigs :)

I have not seen Aaron since weigh in either and I also committed peep-a-cide too. We went to Duchess here - onions rings and a Big D cheeseburger. We orginally were going to eat at the football game (DS9 had a football game last night and we eat at the snack stand), well it was so cold we decided not to eat in the freezing cold and go somewhere warm. Bad choice I made - but at least I had a diet coke :lmao:

Anywho, Laura is the babysitter again today because the kids have off and my SIL uses me for a free babysitter. It kind of ticks me off because my brother will email me begging me to watch the kids for them while she works. Shouldn't of she thought of this BEFORE she got a job. I know I sound bitter but I can't help it. I need extra money too but I have to worry about who is going to watch my kids when they have a day off so I don't have a job (only one night a week). Their kids are great but they are very possessive of their things. I actually told my SIL not to have them bring their stuff here because if Elizabeth who is only 2 picks up something of one my nephews grabs it out of her hands and say it's not hers. I love them dearly but I hate that not sharing stuff. They play with my kids things and my kids don't say a word. He's 5 so I think he should be out of that, :confused3 At least it's only until 3:00 pm.

[DisneyGalUK]

Hey Peeps

MouseHouse - :hug: So sorry about your cat, that is so sad

Snow_White - I know Im chiming in a little late with this, but I am also in the camp of t-shirt and shorts / tracksuit bottoms for working out - I refuse to spend big bucks on clothes that are just going to get gross and sweaty! :rotfl2:

Lauren - Wow, you really DO recommit! I wish I could be that commited to exercise, but at the minute I think Ive lost my exercise mojo :sad2:

Well peeps..Im sick :sick: I feel..blargh! Ive got a head cold, but as you know they make your throat, eyes, ears and nose hurt as well as a killer headache! Im trying to keep myself hydrated, but all I want to do is lay in bed and eat nice food - even if it does feel like Im swallowing razor blades!

Hope everyones having a great day :goodvibes

[DisneyLaura]

DisneyGalUK - feel better

[mommaU4]

Hope you're all having a good week so far!! I've been pouring over holiday recipes I want to make. Gee, none of them sound all that healthy. :rolleyes1 :rotfl: Good thing I have my husband's coworkers who LOVE to get my baked goods. I can make them, and send them on their merry way to others who can afford the calories. LOL

[dwheatl]

Mousehouselover- So sorry about your kitty. :hug:

I ended up getting a couple shirts on sale to work out in. I completely failed yesterday, we got one of those buckets of popcorn with the carmel, cheese, and butter kind. :love:
I could eat that whole thing, and I ended up eating more than I should've, of not just popcorn everything. I didn't get to exercise yesterday either. But that's okay. That popcorn is one of my guilty pleasures. I saw some at the hardware store yesterday (just when I thought it was safe; why does the hardware store have food out?) and had a momentary thought of buying one for a cheat day. I decided that if somebody gave me a can unrequested, that would be OK, but I won't buy one for myself.



Well peeps..Im sick :sick: I feel..blargh! Ive got a head cold, but as you know they make your throat, eyes, ears and nose hurt as well as a killer headache! Im trying to keep myself hydrated, but all I want to do is lay in bed and eat nice food - even if it does feel like Im swallowing razor blades!

Hope everyones having a great day :goodvibes Sorry about the sickness. Save the nice food for a time when you can really taste it. When I have a cold, I often eat many junky things because I'm never satisfied. I can't taste it, so I want more. Try to stick to chicken soup (at least you can taste the salt) and fruit juice (one that doesn't burn). Here's a germ-free hug:hug:



Anywho, Laura is the babysitter again today because the kids have off and my SIL uses me for a free babysitter. It kind of ticks me off because my brother will email me begging me to watch the kids for them while she works. Shouldn't of she thought of this BEFORE she got a job. I know I sound bitter but I can't help it. I need extra money too but I have to worry about who is going to watch my kids when they have a day off so I don't have a job (only one night a week). Their kids are great but they are very possessive of their things. I actually told my SIL not to have them bring their stuff here because if Elizabeth who is only 2 picks up something of one my nephews grabs it out of her hands and say it's not hers. I love them dearly but I hate that not sharing stuff. They play with my kids things and my kids don't say a word. He's 5 so I think he should be out of that, :confused3 At least it's only until 3:00 pm. Feel free to just stick their stuff in a closet until they leave. If mama doesn't like it, maybe she'll find some place else to leave the kids.
Hope everyone is having a great day. Hats off to any vets or vets' spouses out there. Thank you for serving our country.

[DisneyGalUK]

Thanks guys :hug:

DWHeatl - Thats good advice! Earlier I felt in the need for something 'junky', so I was just going to eat some chocolate - till I realised I couldn't even smell it, so chances are I couldn't taste it, so I resisted.
Ive had some soup, and a low calorie hot chocolate instead!

Im hoping I feel better in the next day or two - I feel bloated and blargh because I can't exercise, and I was supposed to be having a visit from my gorgeous niece tomorrow, but Im too sick for her to visit (shes only 2 months old so I really dont want to pass any germs on to her!)

I did manage to get up to watch our Rememberance Day Parade and two-minute silence on TV - Very proud of our soldiers and veterans.

Hope everyones having a great day :goodvibes

[MA pigletfan]

aaaaaaaaack!!!! Peeps I totally pulled a muscle on the right side of my lower back and its shooting down my leg :( UGH!!! I was so excited to make time to work out tonight but it hurts way too much..i can barely sit still..the worst part is i did it by picking up a box of paper...how STUPID:sad2: I just hope it gets better in the night so i can AT LEAST do a low impact walk away the lbs dvd in the morning..sigh..on a good note i did fine with calories today...

[::Snow_White::]

Snow_White - I know Im chiming in a little late with this, but I am also in the camp of t-shirt and shorts / tracksuit bottoms for working out - I refuse to spend big bucks on clothes that are just going to get gross and sweaty! :rotfl2:

Well peeps..Im sick :sick: I feel..blargh! Ive got a head cold, but as you know they make your throat, eyes, ears and nose hurt as well as a killer headache! Im trying to keep myself hydrated, but all I want to do is lay in bed and eat nice food - even if it does feel like Im swallowing razor blades!

Hope everyones having a great day :goodvibes

Haha. Yeah. I ended up getting a BCG brand shirt, for about 4 dollars. It's the most comfy shirt ever! It has a little mp3 pocket on it for your ipod. (But I have a zune, so no help there) I'll probably go look for a couple more if I go back. I'm a bargin shopper, so I wasn't going to dish out too much for some. I ended up getting about 3 shirts for 12 dollars. :goodvibes

Aw, I hope you feel better. :hug:

That popcorn is one of my guilty pleasures. I saw some at the hardware store yesterday (just when I thought it was safe; why does the hardware store have food out?) and had a momentary thought of buying one for a cheat day. I decided that if somebody gave me a can unrequested, that would be OK, but I won't buy one for myself.

I couldn't help it, since my family bought it. So it's just sitting there looking oh so delicious. :laughing: I ended up having a handful today and decided it would be best to make some air popped popcorn with some salt and a little bit of butter. :goodvibes

I love the boxing on the wii fit, it helps me release stress from school. All I have to think about is it's my chemistry class I'm punching. :rotfl:

MApigletfan, I hope it gets better! :hug:

Off to do some yoga.

[LMO429]

Anyone watch the Biggest Loser?!

So glad that Beeeee....ootch Vicki got what she deserved and her husband got the BIG BOOT OFF!!!! Can't wait till she gets kick off the show and gains all her weight back

ohhhh was that mean????....trust me she deserves it ;)

[LMO429]

aaaaaaaaack!!!! Peeps I totally pulled a muscle on the right side of my lower back and its shooting down my leg :( UGH!!! I was so excited to make time to work out tonight but it hurts way too much..i can barely sit still..the worst part is i did it by picking up a box of paper...how STUPID:sad2: I just hope it gets better in the night so i can AT LEAST do a low impact walk away the lbs dvd in the morning..sigh..on a good note i did fine with calories today...

Ouch! I hope you feel better..take some advil or aleve before bed and get one of those ben gay patches that sticks to your skin..Hopefully that will help

[Pakey]

Hi all. I committed the peepicide of all peepicides today. No self respecting peep would even admit this but I learned that a 50 year old breast cancer surviving accountant can eat 100 mini tootsie rolls in one sitting. Yup, I did it. It's very busy at work. My staff and I are working like crazy. I go all day, 12 hours, without moving from my desk. When I got up to leave at the end of the day, I realized all I had eaten were tootsie rolls all day and I pulled my waste can out from under my desk and it was full of wrappers. I was so embarrassed that i grabbed handfuls of those wrappers and put them in my desk drawer because I didn't want the janitors to see it.

Some people hide alcohol bottles, I'm hiding tootsie wrappers.

I can't even believe I confessed this to all of you. Oh the shame, the shame.

[dwheatl]

Faith - :hug:
I've been there. I've spread candy wrappers to different cans around the school, and stuffed some in my pocket so they wouldn't be obvious. I've also told myself it's a relatively harmless vice, since it doesn't hurt others. Then I go see my mom and realize the harm overeating can do. Oh well, at least we can always work off the extra cals, right?

[mousehouselover]

Hi Peeps! Thanks for the hugs and sympathy for my poor kitty. Frak was such a sweet and loving fuzzbaby. I miss him so much and it's been hard trying to accept such a stupid, crazy thing could happen.

On a much brighter note; we're taking a weekend trip to WDW! It's a budget trip and it's short but it's our first trip over the holidays and I'm excited to see the decorations. We're also going to purchase our APs that we'll get to use for 4 trips. :goodvibes

I'm working on improving my peepness. More veggies, more fruit, less junk. I need to start counting points again. I'm trying to find my motivation but it keeps slipping out of my reach.

[MA pigletfan]

hey all!
the back is feeling better...thank goodness! I did't work out this morning but am planning on it after dinner tonight. thanks for teh " get betters!"
Has anyone tried the dunkin donuts egg white flat bread yet? they are so good!! the veggie one has something like 290 calories but a lot of protein and low fat..totally having it for breakfast right now..yum!

[LMO429]

hey all!
the back is feeling better...thank goodness! I did't work out this morning but am planning on it after dinner tonight. thanks for teh " get betters!"
Has anyone tried the dunkin donuts egg white flat bread yet? they are so good!! the veggie one has something like 290 calories but a lot of protein and low fat..totally having it for breakfast right now..yum!


Mmm that sounds Yummy! I will have to try that one day. I love dunkin donuts coffee, starbucks coffee makes me feel like I'm having a heart attack

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

Hi all. I committed the peepicide of all peepicides today. No self respecting peep would even admit this but I learned that a 50 year old breast cancer surviving accountant can eat 100 mini tootsie rolls in one sitting. Yup, I did it. It's very busy at work. My staff and I are working like crazy. I go all day, 12 hours, without moving from my desk. When I got up to leave at the end of the day, I realized all I had eaten were tootsie rolls all day and I pulled my waste can out from under my desk and it was full of wrappers. I was so embarrassed that i grabbed handfuls of those wrappers and put them in my desk drawer because I didn't want the janitors to see it.

Some people hide alcohol bottles, I'm hiding tootsie wrappers.

I can't even believe I confessed this to all of you. Oh the shame, the shame.

Don't feel too bad . . . it happens to everyone sometimes :hug:

I am out of control with baking . . . I have been baking and scoffing and baking more and scoffing more for two solid weeks now. Haven't dared weigh myself and don't know what to do! I feel I have no insentive at the minute (apart from the inner thigh chaffing!!!)

[Sparkie]

Hi all. I committed the peepicide of all peepicides today. No self respecting peep would even admit this but I learned that a 50 year old breast cancer surviving accountant can eat 100 mini tootsie rolls in one sitting. Yup, I did it. It's very busy at work. My staff and I are working like crazy. I go all day, 12 hours, without moving from my desk. When I got up to leave at the end of the day, I realized all I had eaten were tootsie rolls all day and I pulled my waste can out from under my desk and it was full of wrappers. I was so embarrassed that i grabbed handfuls of those wrappers and put them in my desk drawer because I didn't want the janitors to see it.

Some people hide alcohol bottles, I'm hiding tootsie wrappers.

I can't even believe I confessed this to all of you. Oh the shame, the shame.


OK.... I got my exercise in for today...... I was laughing so hard after reading this. I had visions of you crouching under your desk and frantically scooping up the wrappers. Kinda like that I Love Lucy episode where they are working as candy wrappers and the candy is coming down the conveyer belt faster than they can wrap it so Lucy and Ethel began to frantically stuff candy everywhere......:rotfl:

[pixie dust 112]

Hi all. I committed the peepicide of all peepicides today. No self respecting peep would even admit this but I learned that a 50 year old breast cancer surviving accountant can eat 100 mini tootsie rolls in one sitting. Yup, I did it. It's very busy at work. My staff and I are working like crazy. I go all day, 12 hours, without moving from my desk. When I got up to leave at the end of the day, I realized all I had eaten were tootsie rolls all day and I pulled my waste can out from under my desk and it was full of wrappers. I was so embarrassed that i grabbed handfuls of those wrappers and put them in my desk drawer because I didn't want the janitors to see it.

Some people hide alcohol bottles, I'm hiding tootsie wrappers.

I can't even believe I confessed this to all of you. Oh the shame, the shame.
Hey, look at the bright side...at least they were mini tootsie rolls! Imagine the damage if they were larger!
Faith - :hug:
I've been there. I've spread candy wrappers to different cans around the school, and stuffed some in my pocket so they wouldn't be obvious. I've also told myself it's a relatively harmless vice, since it doesn't hurt others. Then I go see my mom and realize the harm overeating can do. Oh well, at least we can always work off the extra cals, right?
How is mom?
Mmm that sounds Yummy! I will have to try that one day. I love dunkin donuts coffee, starbucks coffee makes me feel like I'm having a heart attack
Just the opposite for me. I love both brands of coffee, but Dunkin Donuts makes me feel like I'm having a heart attack:confused3
Don't feel too bad . . . it happens to everyone sometimes :hug:

I am out of control with baking . . . I have been baking and scoffing and baking more and scoffing more for two solid weeks now. Haven't dared weigh myself and don't know what to do! I feel I have no insentive at the minute (apart from the inner thigh chaffing!!!)

You better find some charities that are holding bake sales and offer to donate! ;)

As for me, after doing great the last 2 weeks, AUnt Flo has come to visit and I am truly makingher feel welcome with the naughty snacks!:scared1: I think she will be leaving very soonish, so hopefully I can do some damage control today and tomorrow and Friday won't be a total catastrophy. On a good note, I went to The Cheesecake Factory yesterday for lunch and had soup and salad! No dessert! Who knew I had it in me? :confused3

[pixie dust 112]

OK.... I got my exercise in for today...... I was laughing so hard after reading this. I had visions of you crouching under your desk and frantically scooping up the wrappers. Kinda like that I Love Lucy episode where they are working as candy wrappers and the candy is coming down the conveyer belt faster than they can wrap it so Lucy and Ethel began to frantically stuff candy everywhere......:rotfl:

I've been thinking about you lately. How are your daughter and your family doing?

[mommaU4]

Ive had some soup, and a low calorie hot chocolate instead!

How is that? I just bought some over the weekend hoping it would work to satisfy my chocolate cravings. I haven't tried it yet though.



Anyone watch the Biggest Loser?!

So glad that Beeeee....ootch Vicki got what she deserved and her husband got the BIG BOOT OFF!!!! Can't wait till she gets kick off the show and gains all her weight back

ohhhh was that mean????....trust me she deserves it ;)She IS mean and nasty! I do not like her at all.




Hi all. I committed the peepicide of all peepicides today. No self respecting peep would even admit this but I learned that a 50 year old breast cancer surviving accountant can eat 100 mini tootsie rolls in one sitting. Yup, I did it. It's very busy at work. My staff and I are working like crazy. I go all day, 12 hours, without moving from my desk. When I got up to leave at the end of the day, I realized all I had eaten were tootsie rolls all day and I pulled my waste can out from under my desk and it was full of wrappers. I was so embarrassed that i grabbed handfuls of those wrappers and put them in my desk drawer because I didn't want the janitors to see it.

Some people hide alcohol bottles, I'm hiding tootsie wrappers.

I can't even believe I confessed this to all of you. Oh the shame, the shame.At least you owned up to it, and trust me, I've done worse. And in less time. And hidden the evidence. So you aren't alone.



hey all!
the back is feeling better...thank goodness! I did't work out this morning but am planning on it after dinner tonight. thanks for teh " get betters!"
Has anyone tried the dunkin donuts egg white flat bread yet? they are so good!! the veggie one has something like 290 calories but a lot of protein and low fat..totally having it for breakfast right now..yum!I'm glad you are feeling better!
We have a Dunkin Donuts opening up down the street from us, and I've been wanting to try that flat bread. Thanks for the review.



I am out of control with baking . . . I have been baking and scoffing and baking more and scoffing more for two solid weeks now. Haven't dared weigh myself and don't know what to do! I feel I have no insentive at the minute (apart from the inner thigh chaffing!!!)I love to bake too, especially this time of year. I send whatever I make in with my husband to work. Can you do something like that? Or maybe try baking some new low cal recipes from Weight Watchers or something.



As for me, after doing great the last 2 weeks, AUnt Flo has come to visit and I am truly makingher feel welcome with the naughty snacks!:scared1: I think she will be leaving very soonish, so hopefully I can do some damage control today and tomorrow and Friday won't be a total catastrophy. On a good note, I went to The Cheesecake Factory yesterday for lunch and had soup and salad! No dessert! Who knew I had it in me? :confused3
Ugh, Aunt Flo always demands lots of sweets from me too when she visits. I had to say way to go on not getting a slice of cheesecake!!! I am in awe!! I love the stuff :rolleyes: so I simply cannot fathom that. Very impressive!! :worship: :worship:




Hope everyone is doing ok this week! Have a good Hump Day! :)

[luvmyboys]

Hi everyone! Wendy invited me over here, because frankly, I can't do this by myself. I've lost 46 lbs in the past 4 yrs, but have 25 more to go and have HIT THE WALL. Stuck at 170. I'm currently on NutriSystem, but would totally be lying if I said I've been sticking to it. It's safe to say I've eaten my weight in Snickers this past 2 weeks.:scared1:

I need accountability. And possibly a lobotomy. Do they do taste-bud-ectomies? 'Cause that would help tremendously as well!

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

I love to bake too, especially this time of year. I send whatever I make in with my husband to work. Can you do something like that? Or maybe try baking some new low cal recipes from Weight Watchers or something.


Hope everyone is doing ok this week! Have a good Hump Day! :)

I keep telling myself I will take it into work . . . then it just tastes so darn good!!!! Thats my real problem . . . I am too good in the kitchen!!!!! :rotfl2:

I know I need to just get over this, but I love the fact it is something DH and I enjoy doing together!! And I know its silly but we are thinking of trying for a baby next year, and I really want to be able to make nice cookies and muffins for the baby!! Thats what started this whole craze off!!

Hi everyone! Wendy invited me over here, because frankly, I can't do this by myself. I've lost 46 lbs in the past 4 yrs, but have 25 more to go and have HIT THE WALL. Stuck at 170. I'm currently on NutriSystem, but would totally be lying if I said I've been sticking to it. It's safe to say I've eaten my weight in Snickers this past 2 weeks.:scared1:

I need accountability. And possibly a lobotomy. Do they do taste-bud-ectomies? 'Cause that would help tremendously as well!

Welcome!!!!! YES!! It would be good not to be able to taste, wouldn't mind living on salad then!!!

[2girlsmom]

Hi, everyone! Wendy also invited me over, though I told her I would likely lurk until after the holidays, I saw enough folks I know already to jump in (Hi, PD! Hi, Danielle!) and then I saw my brand new bff Shannon joining, so I'll hop in the fun too! Having read back, here is my info:
Name: Kristi
kids: 2, Meagan is 10, Catie is 8.
Favorite junk food- chocolate and most everything fried
Favorite healthy food- yogurt, fresh fruit, celery
Favorite park- MK or Epcot
Favorite TS- Narcosee's looks fab, we went to all "kid" buffets, of which my favorite was Donald's Safari breakfast @ AK
Favorite CS- Earl of Sandwich
Favorite resort- toss up between GF, WK, and BC ( I "toured" almost all the resorts while we were there)
Favorite ride- RnR (I know, PD, you HATE that one)

Umm, I need to lose a bunch, I would like to get under 200 as my goal to start, I am @ 235 now, would really like to get to 160 or so too, though I haven't seen THAT weight since high school. I really don't know how much I will be doing between now and Christmas, I am in the musical at our church so have rehearsals straight after work on Tuesday, Wednesday, and then also more on Saturday and Sunday, so I am sorry to say that I should have "frequent eater" miles at McD's. Also, I am ADDICTED to Chai Latte, which is PROBABLY horrid for me, but they are SO GOOD and such an energy boost which is needed with all the running to and from practices.
If we have a to Valentine's Day mini goal, I will go for 10 pounds by then. I also am gonna have to get a scale! For right now, though, I am reducing my dependence on Dt Pepsi, and trying to force myself to drink several glasses of water a day.

[2girlsmom]

Welcome!!!!! YES!! It would be good not to be able to taste, wouldn't mind living on salad then!!!
One of my IRL friends has her husband working on a way to make ice cream LOW fat & calories, all the nutritional value of real food, AND still taste like ice cream. If he manages it, I am totally taking out stock in THAT one!

[WI_DisneyFan]

There's an old Monty Python sketch where they reviewed Australian Wines. And one of the wines they describe as "This is not a wine for drinking - this is a wine for laying down and avoiding." Well, that's what I've been doing (minus the wine) -- laying down and avoiding weighing myself. I did my usual pre-weigh-in weigh in, and was up 1.8. Work has been rough the past few weeks, I didn't want to deal with my weight on top of that so I skipped it on Friday. I know that I've been doing lousy with my diet, and I hate myself for it. I was up 1.8 last week, and I’m up another 1.2 so far this week. I know that I’ve been snacking a little bit too much, but I thought I was doing pretty decent besides that. I just sort of feel like I’m out of control a little bit with my food intake, and I’m having a hard time reining it back in. It’s not like I’m eating candy and cake with every meal; but I’ll take a little bigger portion of food with supper or mindlessly grab a cookie or something from the pantry when I’m not even hungry. It is the same stupid habits that put me at 240, and I’m falling right back into them. Not cool. But on a little better note, I’m arming myself with lots of different options for exercise for this winter. I dug out my old Tae Bo tapes and even one of my wife's old Sweatin’ to the Oldies tapes. So I’ve got those two, yoga, Walk Away the Pounds, Pilates, and a few Biggest Loser DVD’s at my disposal. Plus I still have my Bowflex and we are storing my brother-in-law's elliptical machine in our basement that he said we can use if we want. So hopefully that’ll get me through the winter.

Here are the results of the 1st week of our Christmas challenge. (I used my 1.8 from Thursday, but it was probably more than that.) Let me know if I missed you...

http://img37.picoodle.com/img/img37/3/11/12/f_Peepm_49a81b9.png

[MA pigletfan]

There's an old Monty Python sketch where they reviewed Australian Wines. And one of the wines they describe as "This is not a wine for drinking - this is a wine for laying down and avoiding." Well, that's what I've been doing (minus the wine) -- laying down and avoiding weighing myself. I did my usual pre-weigh-in weigh in, and was up 1.8. Work has been rough the past few weeks, I didn't want to deal with my weight on top of that so I skipped it on Friday. I know that I've been doing lousy with my diet, and I hate myself for it. I was up 1.8 last week, and I’m up another 1.2 so far this week. I know that I’ve been snacking a little bit too much, but I thought I was doing pretty decent besides that. I just sort of feel like I’m out of control a little bit with my food intake, and I’m having a hard time reining it back in. It’s not like I’m eating candy and cake with every meal; but I’ll take a little bigger portion of food with supper or mindlessly grab a cookie or something from the pantry when I’m not even hungry. It is the same stupid habits that put me at 240, and I’m falling right back into them. Not cool. But on a little better note, I’m arming myself with lots of different options for exercise for this winter. I dug out my old Tae Bo tapes and even one of my wife's old Sweatin’ to the Oldies tapes. So I’ve got those two, yoga, Walk Away the Pounds, Pilates, and a few Biggest Loser DVD’s at my disposal. Plus I still have my Bowflex and we are storing my brother-in-law's elliptical machine in our basement that he said we can use if we want. So hopefully that’ll get me through the winter.


Oh Aaron..i totally know how that happens! I mean i really haven't made a dent in my weight loss and i have been "trying " for 2 years! its so easy to eat mindlessly..i give you major kudos for how far you have come...
these last few weeks i really thought i was doing great, but the scale tells another slow and depressing scale...
You have a great arsenal of exercise tapes it sounds like!! At least you won't get bored!

[missnarwhale]

I am not to be trusted!

I need to get on a calorie based diet.

On another note, I got super sick this week. Something called the Norovirus. It's taking over college campuses in/near where I live. You'd think I'd be losing weight because of all the awful things my body is doing to me, but I'm not!

Oh well, we'll see on Friday. Hope everyone is well.

[::Snow_White::]

Welcome to all the new people!

Have any of you tried kashi cereal? I had some of the honey toasted oat cereal for breakfast today and it was so good.

[LMO429]

WELCOME TO THE NEW PEEPS!!!!! :wave2:

[pixie dust 112]

Hi everyone! Wendy invited me over here, because frankly, I can't do this by myself. I've lost 46 lbs in the past 4 yrs, but have 25 more to go and have HIT THE WALL. Stuck at 170. I'm currently on NutriSystem, but would totally be lying if I said I've been sticking to it. It's safe to say I've eaten my weight in Snickers this past 2 weeks.:scared1:

I need accountability. And possibly a lobotomy. Do they do taste-bud-ectomies? 'Cause that would help tremendously as well!

Welcome!!!!

[pixie dust 112]

Hi, everyone! Wendy also invited me over, though I told her I would likely lurk until after the holidays, I saw enough folks I know already to jump in (Hi, PD! Hi, Danielle!) and then I saw my brand new bff Shannon joining, so I'll hop in the fun too! Having read back, here is my info:
Name: Kristi
kids: 2, Meagan is 10, Catie is 8.
Favorite junk food- chocolate and most everything fried
Favorite healthy food- yogurt, fresh fruit, celery
Favorite park- MK or Epcot
Favorite TS- Narcosee's looks fab, we went to all "kid" buffets, of which my favorite was Donald's Safari breakfast @ AK
Favorite CS- Earl of Sandwich
Favorite resort- toss up between GF, WK, and BC ( I "toured" almost all the resorts while we were there)
Favorite ride- RnR (I know, PD, you HATE that one)

Umm, I need to lose a bunch, I would like to get under 200 as my goal to start, I am @ 235 now, would really like to get to 160 or so too, though I haven't seen THAT weight since high school. I really don't know how much I will be doing between now and Christmas, I am in the musical at our church so have rehearsals straight after work on Tuesday, Wednesday, and then also more on Saturday and Sunday, so I am sorry to say that I should have "frequent eater" miles at McD's. Also, I am ADDICTED to Chai Latte, which is PROBABLY horrid for me, but they are SO GOOD and such an energy boost which is needed with all the running to and from practices.
If we have a to Valentine's Day mini goal, I will go for 10 pounds by then. I also am gonna have to get a scale! For right now, though, I am reducing my dependence on Dt Pepsi, and trying to force myself to drink several glasses of water a day.

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: Kristi is in the house....watch out guys she has easy access to whipped cream!;) Welcome Kristi!

[pixie dust 112]

Aaron~ Hang in there! Look at what you have accomplished and we'll get back on track together! I have to let you know that you truly inspire me!

Wendy!!!!! Happy peep anniversary! It's this week right? So here's my sad report for our 2 year anniversary....In 2 years I am down 9 pounds! Ummm I thought I would be down about 70 at this point!:headache: Of course at one point, after about 6 months, I think I was down about 25 pounds! I suppose if I didn't keep checking in here from time to time I'd probably be up about 25 pounds since 2 years ago! and of course there is the good news that, unlike a few others here, I didn't lose so much weight that I encouraged pregnancy...how many peep babies do we have now?;)

Anyway onward and downward! WWPD! Hang in there everybody and HAPPY PEEP ANNIVERSARY!

[2girlsmom]

Aaron~ Hang in there! Look at what you have accomplished and we'll get back on track together! I have to let you know that you truly inspire me!

Wendy!!!!! Happy peep anniversary! It's this week right? So here's my sad report for our 2 year anniversary....In 2 years I am down 9 pounds! Ummm I thought I would be down about 70 at this point!:headache: Of course at one point, after about 6 months, I think I was down about 25 pounds! I suppose if I didn't keep checking in here from time to time I'd probably be up about 25 pounds since 2 years ago! and of course there is the good news that, unlike a few others here, I didn't lose so much weight that I encouraged pregnancy...how many peep babies do we have now?;)

Anyway onward and downward! WWPD! Hang in there everybody and HAPPY PEEP ANNIVERSARY!
Now, see, PD, pregnancy WAS my #1 weight loss, I weighed less with both girls the day I before I delivered than I had when I got pregnant, so after the birth I was like 40 pounds light. Unfortunately, I was not so good about KEEPING it off!

[dwheatl]

How is mom?

Just the opposite for me. I love both brands of coffee, but Dunkin Donuts makes me feel like I'm having a heart attack:confused3
Settling in at the assisted living facility. She seems relatively happy. I could just cry and beg EVERYONE, though: Please don't let yourself get so heavy that you can't take care of your own hygiene. :sad1: The indignity of what she has to go through is heart-breaking. There is so much at stake for all of us. When you are tempted to make excuses, think, "Is this (see above) the life I want for myself?"

Hi everyone! Wendy invited me over here, because frankly, I can't do this by myself. I've lost 46 lbs in the past 4 yrs, but have 25 more to go and have HIT THE WALL. Stuck at 170. I'm currently on NutriSystem, but would totally be lying if I said I've been sticking to it. It's safe to say I've eaten my weight in Snickers this past 2 weeks.:scared1:

I need accountability. And possibly a lobotomy. Do they do taste-bud-ectomies? 'Cause that would help tremendously as well! Welcome! I'm on Nutrisystem too. DH and I have a pact to stick to it until Thanksgiving Day, and jump right back on the day after. We have 3 days off planned in December, plus our DL vacation around New Year's, but we've already promised each other to exercise self-control on the trip.
Having a light at the end of the tunnel makes it a little easier to stick with it. Are you eating all of your veggies? There sure are a lot on this diet. Hardly any room for anything else. I do get really hungry late in the afternoon. I have to remember to bring my afternoon snack protein with me to work, otherwise I'm done for.


I know I need to just get over this, but I love the fact it is something DH and I enjoy doing together!! And I know its silly but we are thinking of trying for a baby next year, and I really want to be able to make nice cookies and muffins for the baby!! Thats what started this whole craze off!! It wouldn't hurt a baby to have healthier recipes too. That's something you can practice now. If you start them out on less sugar and fat, they won't develop those nasty habits so many of us are fighting. Sorry if I'm getting too preachy.

Work has been rough the past few weeks, I didn't want to deal with my weight on top of that so I skipped it on Friday. I know that I've been doing lousy with my diet, and I hate myself for it. Don't hate yourself! You are great! You just need to remind yourself that you are strong enough to resist stress eating. You've done it before, and you can do it again.:cheer2:


On another note, I got super sick this week. Something called the Norovirus. It's taking over college campuses in/near where I live. You'd think I'd be losing weight because of all the awful things my body is doing to me, but I'm not! Sorry about the virus. :flower3:

Welcome to all the new people!
Have any of you tried kashi cereal? I had some of the honey toasted oat cereal for breakfast today and it was so good.
I love Go Lean Crunch! I also like the Good Friends. I eat it with berries.



Wendy!!!!! Happy peep anniversary! It's this week right? So here's my sad report for our 2 year anniversary....In 2 years I am down 9 pounds! Ummm I thought I would be down about 70 at this point!:headache: Of course at one point, after about 6 months, I think I was down about 25 pounds! I suppose if I didn't keep checking in here from time to time I'd probably be up about 25 pounds since 2 years ago!

Anyway onward and downward! WWPD! Hang in there everybody and HAPPY PEEP ANNIVERSARY! I started on Thanksgiving Day 2 years ago, and I am down 3 lbs. in 2 years. I'm with you, though. If I didn't come here, I know I would be up.

I thought I quoted Kristi too. Hi, girlfriend.:wave2: Good to see you over here. You'll love it here.

[LittleBoPeep]

Hi all... saw this group being talked about on another thread, and was hoping I could join your group if that's ok. Got this survey from a page or so back, so here goes...

name: Jen
how long have you been a peep? just starting, if you'll let me...
what you "do": Sports Broadcasting
kids? 2... DS (14) and DD (7)
favorite junk food: Flipz (chocolate covered pretzels)
favorite healthy food: peas and carrots
tip you'd like to share with everyone: sorry, don't have one handy...

and of course we have to talk about what brings us together in the first place!
favorite disney park: EPCOT
favorite disney ride: Test Track
favorite disney show: Was the Adventurer's Club, but now I guess it's Festival of the Lion King
favorite disney resort: Old Key West or Beach Club
favorite disney TS: Beaches & Cream... but I swear it's not for the ice cream ;)
favorite disney CS: Starlight Ray's Cafe
favorite disney movies: The Incredibles, Mary Poppins and Snow White

Well, I've been going up and down with my weight over the past 3 years, pretty significantly. Currently I'm 190, but 11 months ago I was 145, and I would like to see that number again soon. I have a couple of health issues I'm dealing with which contribute to this, but I haven't been doing much to help the situation either. Support and accountability like you all give here might just be the kick in the rear I need.
I plan to continue on Weight Watchers (which I started a couple of months ago but haven't been consistent) and I have a new Jillian Michaels DVD that I want to put to good use (yep, I'm another fan of the Biggest Loser) since working out at home suits me best with my wacky schedule.
Thanks, and I look forward to getting to know you all!! :thumbsup2

[dwheatl]

Welcome to the Peeps, Peep!

I love chocolate covered pretzels, too. I almost cried once at DL when all they had were the white chocolate ones. (I think white chocolate is an abomination. Not that I won't eat it if there's no real chocolate around).

[DisneyGalUK]

Hi all. I committed the peepicide of all peepicides today. No self respecting peep would even admit this but I learned that a 50 year old breast cancer surviving accountant can eat 100 mini tootsie rolls in one sitting. Yup, I did it. It's very busy at work. My staff and I are working like crazy. I go all day, 12 hours, without moving from my desk. When I got up to leave at the end of the day, I realized all I had eaten were tootsie rolls all day and I pulled my waste can out from under my desk and it was full of wrappers. I was so embarrassed that i grabbed handfuls of those wrappers and put them in my desk drawer because I didn't want the janitors to see it.

Some people hide alcohol bottles, I'm hiding tootsie wrappers.

I can't even believe I confessed this to all of you. Oh the shame, the shame.

Been there Pakey, been there! My peepicide of choice was Mini Creme Eggs - I ate two full bags in one sitting, and I hid all the wrappers from DH and told him I didn't buy any! :hug:

How is that? I just bought some over the weekend hoping it would work to satisfy my chocolate cravings. I haven't tried it yet though.


It was surprisingly good! I made it with a little milk and hot water, very nice it was too, it took off the cravings!

Hi everyone! Wendy invited me over here, because frankly, I can't do this by myself. I've lost 46 lbs in the past 4 yrs, but have 25 more to go and have HIT THE WALL. Stuck at 170. I'm currently on NutriSystem, but would totally be lying if I said I've been sticking to it. It's safe to say I've eaten my weight in Snickers this past 2 weeks.:scared1:

I need accountability. And possibly a lobotomy. Do they do taste-bud-ectomies? 'Cause that would help tremendously as well!

Hi, everyone! Wendy also invited me over, though I told her I would likely lurk until after the holidays, I saw enough folks I know already to jump in (Hi, PD! Hi, Danielle!) and then I saw my brand new bff Shannon joining, so I'll hop in the fun too! Having read back, here is my info:
Name: Kristi
kids: 2, Meagan is 10, Catie is 8.
Favorite junk food- chocolate and most everything fried
Favorite healthy food- yogurt, fresh fruit, celery
Favorite park- MK or Epcot
Favorite TS- Narcosee's looks fab, we went to all "kid" buffets, of which my favorite was Donald's Safari breakfast @ AK
Favorite CS- Earl of Sandwich
Favorite resort- toss up between GF, WK, and BC ( I "toured" almost all the resorts while we were there)
Favorite ride- RnR (I know, PD, you HATE that one)

Umm, I need to lose a bunch, I would like to get under 200 as my goal to start, I am @ 235 now, would really like to get to 160 or so too, though I haven't seen THAT weight since high school. I really don't know how much I will be doing between now and Christmas, I am in the musical at our church so have rehearsals straight after work on Tuesday, Wednesday, and then also more on Saturday and Sunday, so I am sorry to say that I should have "frequent eater" miles at McD's. Also, I am ADDICTED to Chai Latte, which is PROBABLY horrid for me, but they are SO GOOD and such an energy boost which is needed with all the running to and from practices.
If we have a to Valentine's Day mini goal, I will go for 10 pounds by then. I also am gonna have to get a scale! For right now, though, I am reducing my dependence on Dt Pepsi, and trying to force myself to drink several glasses of water a day.

Hi all... saw this group being talked about on another thread, and was hoping I could join your group if that's ok. Got this survey from a page or so back, so here goes...

name: Jen
how long have you been a peep? just starting, if you'll let me...
what you "do": Sports Broadcasting
kids? 2... DS (14) and DD (7)
favorite junk food: Flipz (chocolate covered pretzels)
favorite healthy food: peas and carrots
tip you'd like to share with everyone: sorry, don't have one handy...

and of course we have to talk about what brings us together in the first place!
favorite disney park: EPCOT
favorite disney ride: Test Track
favorite disney show: Was the Adventurer's Club, but now I guess it's Festival of the Lion King
favorite disney resort: Old Key West or Beach Club
favorite disney TS: Beaches & Cream... but I swear it's not for the ice cream ;)
favorite disney CS: Starlight Ray's Cafe
favorite disney movies: The Incredibles, Mary Poppins and Snow White

Well, I've been going up and down with my weight over the past 3 years, pretty significantly. Currently I'm 190, but 11 months ago I was 145, and I would like to see that number again soon. I have a couple of health issues I'm dealing with which contribute to this, but I haven't been doing much to help the situation either. Support and accountability like you all give here might just be the kick in the rear I need.
I plan to continue on Weight Watchers (which I started a couple of months ago but haven't been consistent) and I have a new Jillian Michaels DVD that I want to put to good use (yep, I'm another fan of the Biggest Loser) since working out at home suits me best with my wacky schedule.
Thanks, and I look forward to getting to know you all!! :thumbsup2

:welcome: to all the new Peeps! :cool1:

[3DisneyKids]

HI PEEPS!

Some of you know me, I am Erika from the "other thread" (the Body Board) and we had our friendly challenge earlier in the year.

Anyway, I was just skimming through your thread as I do from time to time and noticed that a lot of you are new and/or struggling and felt compelled to post. Please don't hate yourself for making choices that are maybe not the best. No one is perfect and no one can be "on" all the time.

Some tips that have worked for me over the last few months here on WISH--

--Join the exercise challenge. I find that I really like seeing my number go up with each workout.

--Post your food right here on the thread. We are having a mini-challenge on our thread right now and we all have to post our food and exercise daily. Let me tell you, that keeps you HONEST! There have been times when I have wanted to eat something bad and then I was like, "but there is NO way I am going to post that!" So I just don't eat it.

--Join one of the WISH racing teams. This was a huge help for me. I joined a team here on Wish and I went from completely zero exercise in my life to finishing my first half marathon in Sept. And I am now training for the Disney marathon in January. It is just another source of support, encouragement, and information. My teammates are SO wonderful and patient...when I was new I had so many questions about running and training, etc.

--Keep posting here! The good, the bad, the downright scary. Let it all out. Most of us likely eat for emotional reasons (Hi, I'm Erika and I am stress eater....). So if you can get some of that crap out and talk about it with others, then you don't have to eat your way out of it--which will, of course, only make you feel worse and not better.


You CAN do this. Yes YOU. Really. :flower3:

[pixie dust 112]

Welcome LittleBoPeep! With your screen name it is madatory that you join the peeps!:goodvibes

[missnarwhale]

I'm feeling much better today. I even feel like I could go out and run some errands. I'm not sure if that is allowed though, as my school gave me a list of dos and don'ts in order to keep the virus contained! I feel like I'm in a movie, and should be working in my homemade lab to find a cure.

Anyway. I did pretty awful yesterday. I was just trying to keep anything down. Sorry if that's tmi! I know I don't post very often, but I always use the advice that I see here. I really don't exercise. I guess no really is needed in that sentence. I don't exercise. I'm so busy, that when I have a moment, I just rest, or sleep! How do you guys get up and out there when you are tired!?

Anyway, I'm always inspired by everyone's self-motivation. I'm going to pull out my chub book today and start writing everything down! My chub book is a little notebook I bought when I first started weight watchers. I went to Family Fare to buy one small enough to fit in my purse. So I picked one out and went home. When my boyfriend got home I showed him my notebook and the first thing he said was, "You picked out a notebook for your diet called THE CHUB?" I had no idea that it was called that until he noticed it! But it says it right on the cover. So that's my chub.

On other things, I really have been doing well on my new rules! I've only had 1 beer since then! The only time I ate after 9:30 was yesterday when I was sick!

Does anyone have any good movie recommendations? I'm so bored being sick! Hope everyone is well and happy!

[MA pigletfan]

WELCOME to all the new Peeps...so exciting to meet all of you!! :)

Ok so i am a horrible no good very bad peeper! I still have not worked out..last night i cooked ( a healthy dinner mind you !) and then i was so beat after eating i decided to put an update in my TR instead of working out...silly decision..BUT i did not snack so that was good.
I have a ton of errands to run tonight and things to prep/clean ( i am having the ladies from my bridal party over tommorow :)...so i am hoping i can still get a little work out in..maybe hit the gym and walk the treadmill for a while..just SOMETHING!
WI day might be uneventful or even a + for me this week..but at least i will knwo why!

have a great day everyone!!

[HockeyKat]

Hi E! :wave:

I agree with everything she posted.


This journey is SO hard. And I am the queen of self-sabatoging. Mine is usually salty junk food, like, say, a BAG of ripple chips. Sweets I can take or leave.


Anyhow, I need to post more. I am finally back on the wagon I think, but wobbly.

[2girlsmom]

I'm right there with ya. I can be good all day at work and eat healthy for dinner too (mostly), but the real danger time is in the evenings when I finally get home and have an hour or two before bed to surf online or read or watch tv, then I get a SNACK ATTACK and start hunting for food. I admit, I was bad, last night I ate a package of Little Debbie snack cakes during it (just one pack, though, not the box, so I suppose that is good), and then had to talk myself out of eating ice cream too... which I DID manage. I really need to buy something like lowfat fudge bars or something like that, so I can get my snack in without it being horrible. Also, gotta remember to pick up BAKED tortilla chips, so when I am wanting a "salty" snack, I can eat a handful of chips with salsa and not have it be terrible either.

[DisneyObsession]

Anyone watch the Biggest Loser?!

So glad that Beeeee....ootch Vicki got what she deserved and her husband got the BIG BOOT OFF!!!! Can't wait till she gets kick off the show and gains all her weight back

ohhhh was that mean????....trust me she deserves it ;)

OMG! I thought I was the only one who thought that!!!! :scared1: Even though she got what she deserved, I feel sorry for the girl who voted him off. Vicky isn"t going to take that lying down!:sad2:

[LMO429]

OMG! I thought I was the only one who thought that!!!! :scared1: Even though she got what she deserved, I feel sorry for the girl who voted him off. Vicky isn"t going to take that lying down!:sad2:


I'm sure she is going to give amy c hell! but its makes for interesting tv..that is for sure!

[MA pigletfan]

I'm sure she is going to give amy c hell! but its makes for interesting tv..that is for sure!

i meant to tell you earlier that i WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree with your assessment for Vicki..she has a MEAN spirit that one!! :mad:

[missnarwhale]

I actually caught biggest loser this week!

I fear for Amy C!! Vicky and Heba are going to be so awful to her!

I'm afraid to watch!

[UtahMama]

Anyone watch the Biggest Loser?!

So glad that Beeeee....ootch Vicki got what she deserved and her husband got the BIG BOOT OFF!!!! Can't wait till she gets kick off the show and gains all her weight back

ohhhh was that mean????....trust me she deserves it ;)

I HATE, hate, haaaaate that VICKIE! She and her friend "Hepba" are stuck in High School b!tchie mode. Phil did not deserve that treatment at all! I totally loved Phil and his wife. How totally cute and sweet they are!

Hopefully karma will kick the mean-kids in the bummocks!!!!

[UtahMama]

Hi all. I committed the peepicide of all peepicides today. No self respecting peep would even admit this but I learned that a 50 year old breast cancer surviving accountant can eat 100 mini tootsie rolls in one sitting. Yup, I did it. It's very busy at work. My staff and I are working like crazy. I go all day, 12 hours, without moving from my desk. When I got up to leave at the end of the day, I realized all I had eaten were tootsie rolls all day and I pulled my waste can out from under my desk and it was full of wrappers. I was so embarrassed that i grabbed handfuls of those wrappers and put them in my desk drawer because I didn't want the janitors to see it.

Some people hide alcohol bottles, I'm hiding tootsie wrappers.

I can't even believe I confessed this to all of you. Oh the shame, the shame.
OKAY...drop and give us 20!!!
JUST KIDDING!!! I want to be Jillian when I grow up. Or at least have her abs!

I laughed to myself about you caring about the janitors seeing the damage! :hug: Love ya Faith!!!!

Faith - :hug:
I've been there. I've spread candy wrappers to different cans around the school, and stuffed some in my pocket so they wouldn't be obvious. I've also told myself it's a relatively harmless vice, since it doesn't hurt others. Then I go see my mom and realize the harm overeating can do. Oh well, at least we can always work off the extra cals, right?

Cheating takes on a whole new world when we see how long it takes to burn off those stinkin' calories on the tread mill. I'm amazed!!!

[UtahMama]

Hey, look at the bright side...at least they were mini tootsie rolls! Imagine the damage if they were larger!

How is mom?

Just the opposite for me. I love both brands of coffee, but Dunkin Donuts makes me feel like I'm having a heart attack:confused3


You better find some charities that are holding bake sales and offer to donate! ;)

As for me, after doing great the last 2 weeks, AUnt Flo has come to visit and I am truly makingher feel welcome with the naughty snacks!:scared1: I think she will be leaving very soonish, so hopefully I can do some damage control today and tomorrow and Friday won't be a total catastrophy. On a good note, I went to The Cheesecake Factory yesterday for lunch and had soup and salad! No dessert! Who knew I had it in me? :confused3

AUNT FLOOOOO! I love her and don't miss her ONE BIT!

I can not believe you went to the Cheesecake factory and had salad! I am submitting your name for sainthood!!!!

[UtahMama]

Hi everyone! Wendy invited me over here, because frankly, I can't do this by myself. I've lost 46 lbs in the past 4 yrs, but have 25 more to go and have HIT THE WALL. Stuck at 170. I'm currently on NutriSystem, but would totally be lying if I said I've been sticking to it. It's safe to say I've eaten my weight in Snickers this past 2 weeks.:scared1:

I need accountability. And possibly a lobotomy. Do they do taste-bud-ectomies? 'Cause that would help tremendously as well!
Yay! Hi sweetness! Glad you FINALLY came! :hug:

Hi, everyone! Wendy also invited me over, though I told her I would likely lurk until after the holidays, I saw enough folks I know already to jump in (Hi, PD! Hi, Danielle!) and then I saw my brand new bff Shannon joining, so I'll hop in the fun too! Having read back, here is my info:
Name: Kristi
kids: 2, Meagan is 10, Catie is 8.
Favorite junk food- chocolate and most everything fried
Favorite healthy food- yogurt, fresh fruit, celery
Favorite park- MK or Epcot
Favorite TS- Narcosee's looks fab, we went to all "kid" buffets, of which my favorite was Donald's Safari breakfast @ AK
Favorite CS- Earl of Sandwich
Favorite resort- toss up between GF, WK, and BC ( I "toured" almost all the resorts while we were there)
Favorite ride- RnR (I know, PD, you HATE that one)

Umm, I need to lose a bunch, I would like to get under 200 as my goal to start, I am @ 235 now, would really like to get to 160 or so too, though I haven't seen THAT weight since high school. I really don't know how much I will be doing between now and Christmas, I am in the musical at our church so have rehearsals straight after work on Tuesday, Wednesday, and then also more on Saturday and Sunday, so I am sorry to say that I should have "frequent eater" miles at McD's. Also, I am ADDICTED to Chai Latte, which is PROBABLY horrid for me, but they are SO GOOD and such an energy boost which is needed with all the running to and from practices.
If we have a to Valentine's Day mini goal, I will go for 10 pounds by then. I also am gonna have to get a scale! For right now, though, I am reducing my dependence on Dt Pepsi, and trying to force myself to drink several glasses of water a day.
Welcome Kristi, dah-ling!

Course you and Shannon picked the WORST possible time of year to do this, but think of the less holiday damage you'll likely do. ;)

Join the goal/challenge if you want! It really does help, I think!

Let me know if you want to join the Facebook club too. It's SLOW right now but has potential to take off and be fun/helpful.

I'm honestly thrilled to see you both!

Kristi- I don't know if you knew this or not, or if it'll even help you at all, but, back this last April I weaned myself off the hooch (Diet Pepsi) and dropped 19 and 1/2 pounds in ONE month!!!! I drank water, green tea, and Crystal Lite. The green tea had enough caffeine in it to help with the headaches. I did drink a can or 2 of hooch in the mornings (at first) to stop the killer headaches.



Again, warm welcomes to you both and sorry I'm so late to say that! Love you both!!!

[2girlsmom]

AUNT FLOOOOO! I love her and don't miss her ONE BIT!

I can not believe you went to the Cheesecake factory and had salad! I am submitting your name for sainthood!!!!
Yes, I personally thought that was pretty amazing.. and NO DESSERT too... that is HUGE! :woohoo: Way to go, PD!

So far I am being pretty good today, had 20oz water and a chex bar for breakfast (only 140 calories, and they are CHOCOLATE), then had a bottle of Dt Pepsi and a Healthy Choice steamer meal for lunch (310 calories, but 30 grams of protein). Have you tried the Asian ones? I remember reading someone talking about chinese, this is my version. Today's was 5 spice beef, which was good, almost as good as the spice sweet orange chicken and the general tso's chicken. (the orange is better than the general's, I think). They are fairly high in sodium, but not bad for a meal, caloric intake or fats-wise. SO FAR that is all I have had, I am REALLY trying to be good, and I brought some Stride gum to chew, since that seems to help me avoid the candy bowls and that.

[pixie dust 112]

Yes, I personally thought that was pretty amazing.. and NO DESSERT too... that is HUGE! :woohoo: Way to go, PD!

So far I am being pretty good today, had 20oz water and a chex bar for breakfast (only 140 calories, and they are CHOCOLATE), then had a bottle of Dt Pepsi and a Healthy Choice steamer meal for lunch (310 calories, but 30 grams of protein). Have you tried the Asian ones? I remember reading someone talking about chinese, this is my version. Today's was 5 spice beef, which was good, almost as good as the spice sweet orange chicken and the general tso's chicken. (the orange is better than the general's, I think). They are fairly high in sodium, but not bad for a meal, caloric intake or fats-wise. SO FAR that is all I have had, I am REALLY trying to be good, and I brought some Stride gum to chew, since that seems to help me avoid the candy bowls and that.

I love those healthy choice meals. I think I better stock up on them this weekend!:thumbsup2

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

HI PEEPS!

Some of you know me, I am Erika from the "other thread" (the Body Board) and we had our friendly challenge earlier in the year.

Anyway, I was just skimming through your thread as I do from time to time and noticed that a lot of you are new and/or struggling and felt compelled to post. Please don't hate yourself for making choices that are maybe not the best. No one is perfect and no one can be "on" all the time.

Some tips that have worked for me over the last few months here on WISH--

--Join the exercise challenge. I find that I really like seeing my number go up with each workout.

--Post your food right here on the thread. We are having a mini-challenge on our thread right now and we all have to post our food and exercise daily. Let me tell you, that keeps you HONEST! There have been times when I have wanted to eat something bad and then I was like, "but there is NO way I am going to post that!" So I just don't eat it.

--Join one of the WISH racing teams. This was a huge help for me. I joined a team here on Wish and I went from completely zero exercise in my life to finishing my first half marathon in Sept. And I am now training for the Disney marathon in January. It is just another source of support, encouragement, and information. My teammates are SO wonderful and patient...when I was new I had so many questions about running and training, etc.

--Keep posting here! The good, the bad, the downright scary. Let it all out. Most of us likely eat for emotional reasons (Hi, I'm Erika and I am stress eater....). So if you can get some of that crap out and talk about it with others, then you don't have to eat your way out of it--which will, of course, only make you feel worse and not better.


You CAN do this. Yes YOU. Really. :flower3:

What lovely words of inspiration :goodvibes

I didn't know there was another thread! All your tips are really good! I especially like the idea of an exercise challenge, I generally keep up with my exercise even when my diet goes to the pooper . . . it would make me feel I was achieving something at least!

Another bad baking day . . . Have decided to start afresh next week - this week is so a write off!!!!!!!! Sometimes you gotta just stop stressing and accept your body needs banana bread!!!!!!

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

I'm right there with ya. I can be good all day at work and eat healthy for dinner too (mostly), but the real danger time is in the evenings when I finally get home and have an hour or two before bed to surf online or read or watch tv, then I get a SNACK ATTACK and start hunting for food. I.

SNAP!! At work I take real pride in never touching the biscuit tin, and just eating all the healthy food I take in with me. But I get home from work at 4.30, and we don't eat (usually healthy) dinner until about 7.30 (by the time I've exercised and walked the dogs) and those three hours are my real danger. I always have some fruit when I get home, but if I'm going to "break" it will be then - I just don't know what to do to get over it. We could have dinner earlier, but then I would just be hungry later on. Its very hard.

[2girlsmom]

Yay! Hi sweetness! Glad you FINALLY came! :hug:


Welcome Kristi, dah-ling!

Course you and Shannon picked the WORST possible time of year to do this, but think of the less holiday damage you'll likely do ;)

Join the goal/challenge if you want! It really does help, I think!

Let me know if you want to join the facebook club too. It's SLOW right now but has potential to take off and be fun/helpful.

I'm honestly thrilled to see you both!

Kristi- I don't know if you knew this or not, or if it'll even help you at all, but, back this last April I weened myself off the hooch (diet pepsi) and dropped 19 and 1/2 pounds in ONE month!!!! I drank water, green tea, and Crystal Lite. The green tea had enough caffeine in it to help with the headaches. I did drink a can or 2 of hooch in the mornings (at first) to stop the killer headaches.



Again, warm welcomes to you both and sorry I'm so late to say that! Love you both!!!
Thanks, Wendy. It does help. I actually did completely quit all caffeine cold turkey over July 4 weekend 2 years ago and stayed off it for 6 months or so, but ya know, every so often I just really wanted it, so then I took it back. I am limiting myself to one bottle per day, no more, and more importantly for me, making myself not just nurse that one bottle into being all my liquids of the day and drinking water 2-3 20 oz glasses per day for now. I generally don't drink anywhere NEAR enough liquids anyway, I was drinking maybe 1 1/2 bottles of dt pepsi, and maybe a mug of tea, and that was ALL for the day. So I am thinking that actually getting used to being hydrated will be a big change all by itself.

[2girlsmom]

I love those healthy choice meals. I think I better stock up on them this weekend!:thumbsup2
I get them at our little store, cause Healthy Choice is a ConAgra product (so I can't eat Weight Watchers, etc here, ONLY Healthy Choice, Budget, or Marie Callendars for frozen dinners.). PD, they have new ones just coming out that are shelf stable instead of frozen, I have had the ziti with meat sauce and the southwestern chicken and rice, both were very good.

[2girlsmom]

SNAP!! At work I take real pride in never touching the biscuit tin, and just eating all the healthy food I take in with me. But I get home from work at 4.30, and we don't eat (usually healthy) dinner until about 7.30 (by the time I've exercised and walked the dogs) and those three hours are my real danger. I always have some fruit when I get home, but if I'm going to "break" it will be then - I just don't know what to do to get over it. We could have dinner earlier, but then I would just be hungry later on. Its very hard.
It IS hard, you're just a little hungry, and also you just WANT to eat a little something, unfortunately usually NOT a little good for you something, at least in my case.

[UtahMama]

Hi all... saw this group being talked about on another thread, and was hoping I could join your group if that's ok. Got this survey from a page or so back, so here goes...

name: Jen
how long have you been a peep? just starting, if you'll let me...
what you "do": Sports Broadcasting
kids? 2... DS (14) and DD (7)
favorite junk food: Flipz (chocolate covered pretzels)
favorite healthy food: peas and carrots
tip you'd like to share with everyone: sorry, don't have one handy...

and of course we have to talk about what brings us together in the first place!
favorite disney park: EPCOT
favorite disney ride: Test Track
favorite disney show: Was the Adventurer's Club, but now I guess it's Festival of the Lion King
favorite disney resort: Old Key West or Beach Club
favorite disney TS: Beaches & Cream... but I swear it's not for the ice cream ;)
favorite disney CS: Starlight Ray's Cafe
favorite disney movies: The Incredibles, Mary Poppins and Snow White

Well, I've been going up and down with my weight over the past 3 years, pretty significantly. Currently I'm 190, but 11 months ago I was 145, and I would like to see that number again soon. I have a couple of health issues I'm dealing with which contribute to this, but I haven't been doing much to help the situation either. Support and accountability like you all give here might just be the kick in the rear I need.
I plan to continue on Weight Watchers (which I started a couple of months ago but haven't been consistent) and I have a new Jillian Michaels DVD that I want to put to good use (yep, I'm another fan of the Biggest Loser) since working out at home suits me best with my wacky schedule.
Thanks, and I look forward to getting to know you all!! :thumbsup2

An official PEEP!
OF COURSE we'll let you!

Did you say you are in Sports Broadcasting??? As in sports? You'll have to teach me all about sports as I am about as inept as you can get in that category. I seriously ONLY watch for the male butts and the commercials.

I love Biggest Loser too! Yayyy!

WELCOME!!!!!

[pixie dust 112]

I get them at our little store, cause Healthy Choice is a ConAgra product (so I can't eat Weight Watchers, etc here, ONLY Healthy Choice, Budget, or Marie Callendars for frozen dinners.). PD, they have new ones just coming out that are shelf stable instead of frozen, I have had the ziti with meat sauce and the southwestern chicken and rice, both were very good.

Wow that is great, because I would really like to bring them to work with me, but I don't have a freezer at work, just a fridge!:woohoo:

[UtahMama]

SNAP!! At work I take real pride in never touching the biscuit tin, and just eating all the healthy food I take in with me. But I get home from work at 4.30, and we don't eat (usually healthy) dinner until about 7.30 (by the time I've exercised and walked the dogs) and those three hours are my real danger. I always have some fruit when I get home, but if I'm going to "break" it will be then - I just don't know what to do to get over it. We could have dinner earlier, but then I would just be hungry later on. Its very hard.

I LOVE when you say stuff like this! I have NO idea what a biscuit tin is. :confused3

I do GREAT alllllll day, but at night after everyone is asleep, and not a creature is stirring, I want TOAST! :headache: LORD! Toast is the devil! So I've started going to bed with an AMBIEN :wizard: at the same time as my family so I sleep through the hunger. It's working WELL. LOL!

YUM, I love fruit!

I tend to have such boring meal choices day in and day out. I need to shake things up a bit. Cod instead of halibut? Red grapes instead of blueberries? GAH! Water instead of hooch!!!!!

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

I LOVE when you say stuff like this! I have NO idea what a biscuit tin is. :confused3

I do GREAT alllllll day, but at night after everyone is asleep, and not a creature is stirring, I want TOAST! :headache: LORD! Toast is the devil! So I've started going to bed with an AMBIEN :wizard: at the same time as my family so I sleep through the hunger. It's working WELL. LOL!

!

:rotfl2: It is so funny the words that haven't crossed the Atlantic!!!!!! I believe you would call it a cookie jar!!! A big tin of cookies (biscuits) in the office that everyone attacks at 11am and 3pm daily with a large mug of tea!!!!! Apart from me - I am a smug dieter at work, and a secret scoffer at home!!!!!!!!!!

Toast . . . ohh . . . now we're talking . . .

What's a "pimto" if we're talking language?! Sandra Bullock says in "Speed" that driving the bus is like driving a really big pimto . . . I've always wondered!!!!

[UtahMama]

HI PEEPS!

Some of you know me, I am Erika from the "other thread" (the Body Board) and we had our friendly challenge earlier in the year.

Anyway, I was just skimming through your thread as I do from time to time and noticed that a lot of you are new and/or struggling and felt compelled to post. Please don't hate yourself for making choices that are maybe not the best. No one is perfect and no one can be "on" all the time.

Some tips that have worked for me over the last few months here on WISH--

--Join the exercise challenge. I find that I really like seeing my number go up with each workout.

--Post your food right here on the thread. We are having a mini-challenge on our thread right now and we all have to post our food and exercise daily. Let me tell you, that keeps you HONEST! There have been times when I have wanted to eat something bad and then I was like, "but there is NO way I am going to post that!" So I just don't eat it.

--Join one of the WISH racing teams. This was a huge help for me. I joined a team here on Wish and I went from completely zero exercise in my life to finishing my first half marathon in Sept. And I am now training for the Disney marathon in January. It is just another source of support, encouragement, and information. My teammates are SO wonderful and patient...when I was new I had so many questions about running and training, etc.

--Keep posting here! The good, the bad, the downright scary. Let it all out. Most of us likely eat for emotional reasons (Hi, I'm Erika and I am stress eater....). So if you can get some of that crap out and talk about it with others, then you don't have to eat your way out of it--which will, of course, only make you feel worse and not better.


You CAN do this. Yes YOU. Really. :flower3:

Yikes, I almost missed this!

HI!!!!

Great tips, you! Thanks!

We used to post every day's worth of food so maybe we can start that again?

I remember being surprised at how many "tastes" I had throughout the day. :rolleyes1

Good for you on the running!!!! I'm NATURALLY starting to do that too! Like, the tread mill keeps getting faster and faster till I'm actually RUNNING!

ME!!!!!!! I never in a million years thought I'd run! But it's just happened naturally for me. It's not like I just woke up one morning and decided to run.

Give the boarders our best!!!

[2girlsmom]

:rotfl2: It is so funny the words that haven't crossed the Atlantic!!!!!! I believe you would call it a cookie jar!!! A big tin of cookies (biscuits) in the office that everyone attacks at 11am and 3pm daily with a large mug of tea!!!!! Apart from me - I am a smug dieter at work, and a secret scoffer at home!!!!!!!!!!

Toast . . . ohh . . . now we're talking . . .

What's a "pimto" if we're talking language?! Sandra Bullock says in "Speed" that driving the bus is like driving a really big pimto . . . I've always wondered!!!!
:rotfl: Its a Pinto, it was a little clunker of a car that was around in the 70's, they had LOUSY handling and no power to speak of.

[UtahMama]

:rotfl: Its a Pinto, it was a little clunker of a car that was around in the 70's, they had LOUSY handling and no power to speak of.

And had gas tank bombs in the event of a crash. BOOOM!

Get this: I saw a fully restored mint condition Mercury Bobcat, which is the same as the Ford Pinto, at a car show recently! With all the sweet Mustangs and Corvettes and Novas...a Bobcat with wood walls and plaid seats! Whooot!

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

:rotfl: Its a Pinto, it was a little clunker of a car that was around in the 70's, they had LOUSY handling and no power to speak of.

Oh!! I don't know why, I always imagined it was an army tank!!!!!!!!! Need to watch the film again now and appreciate it. Mmmm Keanu . . . that should take my mind off snacking!! That man is fine.:love:

[pixie dust 112]

An official PEEP!
OF COURSE we'll let you!

Did you say you are in Sports Broadcasting??? As in sports? You'll have to teach me all about sports as I am about as inept as you can get in that category. I seriously ONLY watch for the male butts and the commercials.

I love Biggest Loser too! Yayyy!

WELCOME!!!!!

Here ya go! A little gift for you Wendy. "Tight Ends" at a West Point (Army) football game this fall!:thumbsup2 :thumbsup2

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[UtahMama]

Here ya go! A little gift for you Wendy. "Tight Ends" at a West Point (Army) football game this fall!:thumbsup2 :thumbsup2

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I LOVE tight ends! Thanks for that buffet o-bummocks! :lovestruc

So, raise your hand if you want to hear my day's account of the food I actually ate today. :flower3:

Breakfast: oatmeal recipe called Pumpkin Pie Spice oatmeal. It adds a 1/2 C of pumpkin puree and cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice and I added some raisins. It was filling and good. I think the pumpkin would be a sneak in veggie!

snack- 100 Yoplait lite yogurt Blueberry flavored to which I added about 9 more fresh blueberries. Yup, a good little snack

lunch- an apple and some chicken noodle soup. Lots and lots of veggies!

snack- a 60 cal pudding pack. Tasty, but I could have eaten 3.

dinner- one slice of WASA bread with a thin smear of peanut butter. I made a noodle dish for my family with egg noodles, tomatoes and ground lean beef that is topped with parmesan cheese. Smelled delicious, but I didn't even taste it. I guess they loved it since it's gone!


For the last chance workout- I hunkered down and did lower body including abs and back. I pushed myself hard!!! Cardio was on the tread mill and wrestling with kids.

After the gym I drank some Muscle Milk that tasted like chocolate snot :scared: Best just to suck that stuff DOWN the hatch! It's great for recovering muscles -- so far I believe that claim.

At 9:15, I took an Ambien from my prescription so I won't be temped to snack late at night like I usually do, and since I'm fairly certain I am about to pass out from my sleep aid, I should sign out now.

[dwheatl]

SNAP!! At work I take real pride in never touching the biscuit tin, and just eating all the healthy food I take in with me. But I get home from work at 4.30, and we don't eat (usually healthy) dinner until about 7.30 (by the time I've exercised and walked the dogs) and those three hours are my real danger. I always have some fruit when I get home, but if I'm going to "break" it will be then - I just don't know what to do to get over it. We could have dinner earlier, but then I would just be hungry later on. Its very hard. Those are my rough hours too. My students leave around 3:00, and then I usually have 2-3 hours of work to do, then I go see my mom. During those hours, I just want to snack! I think part of it is wanting a break, so sometimes I'll just take a little walk and pester my neighbors. It helps, unless they are snacking.

I get them at our little store, cause Healthy Choice is a ConAgra product (so I can't eat Weight Watchers, etc here, ONLY Healthy Choice, Budget, or Marie Callendars for frozen dinners.). PD, they have new ones just coming out that are shelf stable instead of frozen, I have had the ziti with meat sauce and the southwestern chicken and rice, both were very good. Speaking of shelf-stable, that's how the Nutrisystem food is. Except I opened a box today, and the flatbread pizza wasn't sealed, so it had a horrible black mold growing all over it. I called and they're shipping me a replacement. I'm just glad it wasn't a time where I had taken the food to work or to my mom's. I would have been stuck.

[LMO429]

Ugh! I gained 3 pounds! :scared1: I guess that is what being sick for over a week and aunt flo will do to you! Better numbers for next week that is for sure!

[UtahMama]

Ugh! I gained 3 pounds! :scared1: I guess that is what being sick for over a week and aunt flo will do to you! Better numbers for next week that is for sure!

:scared1: Don't you hate that????!
Soooo sorry! Stupid Aunt Flo! Water weight comes off fast, so next week is your week!!! :hug: :grouphug: :flower3: :lovestruc

[UtahMama]

-1 for me!!!

This has been the trend all through October and November for me. :woohoo: Which I don't mind...as long as the numbers get prettier each week. :banana:

I was reading some recipes in OXYGEN magazine on healthy alternatives to classic Thanksgiving dishes and am twisted enough to make them in addition to the FAT-laden versions just to see my (very fat) family's reactions!!! :rolleyes1

[Sparkie]

Welcome new Peeps!!

DD is doing good. She has gained 12 whole pounds and is now 27 weeks. She went to do her glucose test about 2 weeks ago. Failed the first one and then went back for a repeat test. Failed again..... or at least they are calling it a fail. Her fasting glucose was 77 which is great but 30 minutes after she drank the sugar solution ...... her "test" was in the toilet..... so tossing the test constitutes a fail :rotfl: The doctor gave her the gestational diabetes info and as far as the diet she is already doing most of the recommendations anyway.... Still no boyfriend in the picture :woohoo: I know that is bad that I should feel so happy about that part but he was such a loser she and the baby will be much better off.... Still no baby name.........she has tried out a few but it seems to change daily....

I havent done well with the diet effort the past few weeks..... and this week it got me....

UP 2 :sad2:

Cant blame anybody but me...... I need to sign up for one of those tastebud-ectomies.... either that or just have my mouth wired shut for a while.

[::Snow_White::]

I'm -1
Woohoo!

Now my first parent vent time: I have 3 pairs of jeans and only one that fits perfectly, the other two are a little too big and fall down sometimes. Well I've been giving my mom the jeans that don't fit and I asked her when we were going shopping. (I mean, out of town for groceries, so I could stop buy a clothing store and get some jeans that fit. I have plenty of money to buy a couple pairs.)
She said, "WELL! I don't know, probably after Christmas because I don't have any money!" And acted like she was so ticked off at me and gave me a rude voice for asking when we were going shopping.

I never even ask her to buy them, I wanted to know when we were going grocery shopping so I could look for some more for myself. Sure Christmas is coming up, but I'd still buy them for myself, even if it wasn't Christmas..:headache: Vent over. :)


Oh and also to add, it seems like every week something new comes up at school that we have to pay for. Whether it's trips or projects, and it's getting crazy! :headache:

[DisneyLaura]

Hi everyone! Wendy invited me over here, because frankly, I can't do this by myself.

Welcome aboard

Hi, everyone! Wendy also invited me over, though I told her I would likely lurk until after the holidays,

Welcome aboard

Hi all... saw this group being talked about on another thread, and was hoping I could join your group if that's ok. Got this survey from a page or so back, so here goes...

Welcome aboard

HI PEEPS!

Some of you know me, I am Erika from the "other thread" (the Body Board) and we had our friendly challenge earlier in the year.

Anyway, I was just skimming through your thread as I do from time to time and noticed that a lot of you are new and/or struggling and felt compelled to post. Please don't hate yourself for making choices that are maybe not the best. No one is perfect and no one can be "on" all the time.

Some tips that have worked for me over the last few months here on WISH--

--Join the exercise challenge. I find that I really like seeing my number go up with each workout.

--Post your food right here on the thread. We are having a mini-challenge on our thread right now and we all have to post our food and exercise daily. Let me tell you, that keeps you HONEST! There have been times when I have wanted to eat something bad and then I was like, "but there is NO way I am going to post that!" So I just don't eat it.

--Join one of the WISH racing teams. This was a huge help for me. I joined a team here on Wish and I went from completely zero exercise in my life to finishing my first half marathon in Sept. And I am now training for the Disney marathon in January. It is just another source of support, encouragement, and information. My teammates are SO wonderful and patient...when I was new I had so many questions about running and training, etc.

--Keep posting here! The good, the bad, the downright scary. Let it all out. Most of us likely eat for emotional reasons (Hi, I'm Erika and I am stress eater....). So if you can get some of that crap out and talk about it with others, then you don't have to eat your way out of it--which will, of course, only make you feel worse and not better.


You CAN do this. Yes YOU. Really. :flower3:

Thank you. I would live some more info on the training for running. I want to start running but don't know where to start. You can pm me. My goal is to run at WDW for the marathon.

I actually caught biggest loser this week!

I fear for Amy C!! Vicky and Heba are going to be so awful to her!

I'm afraid to watch!

Heba gets on my last nerve. I was so not wanting her hubby to come back

Here ya go! A little gift for you Wendy. "Tight Ends" at a West Point (Army) football game this fall!:thumbsup2 :thumbsup2

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Oh I knew I loved watching football.


Well AF came this morning and guess what +3 lb Darn Aunt Flo and water gain. I am off to the store for the third day in a row because I forgot some things for Aunt Flo, if you get what I mean. If you don't, don't worry. Oh and I need to get muffins for the football game tomorrow (last game :banana: ) for DS9.

[UtahMama]

I'm -1
Woohoo!

Now my first parent vent time: I have 3 pairs of jeans and only one that fits perfectly, the other two are a little too big and fall down sometimes. Well I've been giving my mom the jeans that don't fit and I asked her when we were going shopping. (I mean, out of town for groceries, so I could stop buy a clothing store and get some jeans that fit. I have plenty of money to buy a couple pairs.)
She said, "WELL! I don't know, probably after Christmas because I don't have any money!" And acted like she was so ticked off at me and gave me a rude voice for asking when we were going shopping.

I never even ask her to buy them, I wanted to know when we were going grocery shopping so I could look for some more for myself. Sure Christmas is coming up, but I'd still buy them for myself, even if it wasn't Christmas..:headache: Vent over. :)


Oh and also to add, it seems like every week something new comes up at school that we have to pay for. Whether it's trips or projects, and it's getting crazy! :headache:

Good job on the weight loss!!!! :cheer2:

UGH, on the mom-vent. I betcha she's just stressed about money and Christmas coming up and it's not "you". :hug: She totally didn't understand what you were asking, I'm thinking.

MY precious darling kids are asking for some fairly spendy toys for Christmas and I may have snapped at them once or twice because we are soooo broke and stressed.

[pixie dust 112]

Guess we are all having Aunt Flo visit. I am +2.2!!!!...and tres, tres unhappy about the situation!

P.S. My DH played tight end on the football team in HS. I tell him that's why I married him!:rotfl2:

[DisneyObsession]

Thanks, Wendy. It does help. I actually did completely quit all caffeine cold turkey over July 4 weekend 2 years ago and stayed off it for 6 months or so, but ya know, every so often I just really wanted it, so then I took it back. I am limiting myself to one bottle per day, no more, and more importantly for me, making myself not just nurse that one bottle into being all my liquids of the day and drinking water 2-3 20 oz glasses per day for now. I generally don't drink anywhere NEAR enough liquids anyway, I was drinking maybe 1 1/2 bottles of dt pepsi, and maybe a mug of tea, and that was ALL for the day. So I am thinking that actually getting used to being hydrated will be a big change all by itself.

I haven't been ablt to drink "diet" anything for about a year! :eek: I use to live on diet coke & flavored waters, but found out I was allergic to formaldehyde and aspartame turns into that when you digest it! :scared1: I break out in this weird rash on my face and shoulder....hence, no diet anything for me!



We used to post every day's worth of food so maybe we can start that again?

I remember being surprised at how many "tastes" I had throughout the day. :rolleyes1

Good for you on the running!!!! I'm NATURALLY starting to do that too! Like, the tread mill keeps getting faster and faster till I'm actually RUNNING!

ME!!!!!!! I never in a million years thought I'd run! But it's just happened naturally for me. It's not like I just woke up one morning and decided to run.

Give the boarders our best!!!


We should start posting our food again. I think it helps us realize what we ate and we can get ideas for other foods from everyone else!;)

I am not a runner....I will speed walk, but not run. I guess I may change my mind as my treadmill gets faster...I have been able to go 3.8 and still walk. At what speed do you start running???

[pixie dust 112]

Good job on the weight loss!!!! :cheer2:

UGH, on the mom-vent. I betcha she's just stressed about money and Christmas coming up and it's not "you". :hug: She totally didn't understand what you were asking, I'm thinking.

MY precious darling kids are asking for some fairly spendy toys for Christmas and I may have snapped at them once or twice because we are soooo broke and stressed.

snow white, I am totally with UtahMama on this! Sometimes when Mom's are totally stressed, we don;t really hear what ou kids are saying. I am definitely guilty of that. :hug:

[DisneyObsession]

Official WI for today: -.5

I am sitting here eating 1/2 an acorn squash for breakfast! So yummy and I have gotten a veggie in! WOOHOO!!! That and mint tea and I'm ready to go!!! :woohoo:

[MA pigletfan]

-1 for me!!!

This has been the trend all through October and November for me. :woohoo: Which I don't mind...as long as the numbers get prettier each week. :banana:

I was reading some recipes in OXYGEN magazine on healthy alternatives to classic Thanksgiving dishes and am twisted enough to make them in addition to the FAT-laden versions just to see my (very fat) family's reactions!!! :rolleyes1
NICE i like making altered dishes adn seeing if Greg notices..sneaky sneaky! :)

Official WI for today: -.5

I am sitting here eating 1/2 an acorn squash for breakfast! So yummy and I have gotten a veggie in! WOOHOO!!! That and mint tea and I'm ready to go!!! :woohoo:
I love acorn squash! Thanks for reminding me..i need to pick some up this weekend!!

I am so upset to report that i am UP .8:scared1: [/COLOR] BUT i am proud to say i was going to "decide" it was on account of not pooh: before WI...which it very well could be, and my muscles are sore from working out last night ( finally!)..and i was thinking of saying I was a samer..but nope, i am keeping it real. Next Friday..there will be a - next to my number! :thumbsup2

[HockeyKat]

UM... recipes?? :)

I was -1 this AM but I am going to weigh in tomorrow as well... had a bit too much salt last night, not thinking, and had to get up way too early this AM to take kitty to the vet.

Keep kitty in your thoughts, she is having surgery right now. I know that pets might not seem like much to some, but she is my baby and the sweetest, most docile kitty ever.

It is gloomy, rainy, and depressing here.

Hope everyone has a great day!!

[WI_DisneyFan]

I managed to stay the same this week, which is actually ok since I was up 1.2 earlier this week. So I guess I'm ok with that even though I'd obviously rather have had a loss. But I sure am building quite a hurdle to reach my Christmas goal.

Have a great day everybody!

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[DisneyGalUK]

Here ya go! A little gift for you Wendy. "Tight Ends" at a West Point (Army) football game this fall!:thumbsup2 :thumbsup2

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Oh, hello!! :lovestruc I need to watch Football more with DH! :rotfl2:

Keep kitty in your thoughts, she is having surgery right now. I know that pets might not seem like much to some, but she is my baby and the sweetest, most docile kitty ever.


:hug: for Kitty

Im going to take my free pass on weigh in this week :sad2:
My throat still feels like ive swallowed razor blades and my head is constantly banging, so I haven't been able to do any exercise.

Hope everyones having a great day :goodvibes

[dwheatl]

Fly-by. Down 1. We'll talk later.

[MA pigletfan]

UM... recipes?? :)



Keep kitty in your thoughts, she is having surgery right now. I know that pets might not seem like much to some, but she is my baby and the sweetest, most docile kitty ever.

It is gloomy, rainy, and depressing here.

Hope everyone has a great day!!
Positive thoughts for kitty!!! I totally understand the importance of pets..i have 3 cats and a dog and they are for all intents and purposes our children. our baby kitties just got declawed and fixed so they are on the mend as well...they will be sending good vibes for your fur baby too! :hug:

But I sure am building quite a hurdle to reach my Christmas goal.

Have a great day everybody!

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You and me both my friend...hurdles R us !
love the cartoon :lmao:

[missnarwhale]

I had a dream last night that I was running running running running. So I'm out to give it a try.

That, and I'm up 1.5 this week! Boo! I'd blame the sickness, but I ate so poorly!

Have a great day guys.

[mommaU4]

Happy Friday all!!

I am down but only a teeny bit. Last Friday I was 214.4 and now I am 214 even so a loss of -0.4

Oh well. I was hoping for better. I made good choices this week, and was sure I'd be down a pound or two. :confused: Who knows why some weeks we lose and some we don't! I sure don't know why. LOL

Have a great week-end! :)

[::Snow_White::]

Good job on the weight loss!!!! :cheer2:

UGH, on the mom-vent. I betcha she's just stressed about money and Christmas coming up and it's not "you". :hug: She totally didn't understand what you were asking, I'm thinking.

MY precious darling kids are asking for some fairly spendy toys for Christmas and I may have snapped at them once or twice because we are soooo broke and stressed.

Thanks.

And, yeah I can understand that. I told her that I was gonna buy them and later she asked where I wanted go to shopping at.

I think we're looking into getting a treadmill for our own Christmas present! :woohoo:

[pixie dust 112]

Thanks.

And, yeah I can understand that. I told her that I was gonna buy them and later she asked where I wanted go to shopping at.

I think we're looking into getting a treadmill for our own Christmas present! :woohoo:



Ohh a Treadmill! Excellent!:woohoo:

[dwheatl]

UM... recipes?? :)

I was -1 this AM but I am going to weigh in tomorrow as well... had a bit too much salt last night, not thinking, and had to get up way too early this AM to take kitty to the vet.

Keep kitty in your thoughts, she is having surgery right now. I know that pets might not seem like much to some, but she is my baby and the sweetest, most docile kitty ever.

Hope your kitty is doing well. Ours is sitting on my lap right now. Makes me feel even more for yours.:hug:

I was feeling depressed this morning because the weight loss is slow and steady, and I wanted some big drops so I could cut loose for Thanksgiving. I told DH, and he was very sweet and encouraging. I talked to my sister, and I'm bringing sugar-free cranberry sauce, so there's one thing I can eat with relative abandon. Now I just have to not put it on biscuits.

[mousehouselover]

Don't put me on the naughty list this week. I'm -2 for the week. Yesterday it was -4 but I tried to commit peepacide by having a doughnut (It had apple filling so I was getting my fruit, I just had to eat the pastry part to get to it.......:rotfl2: ) It was also my 9th anniverary so DH and I went to dinner. I knew I should've boxed up half (well, more like 3/4) of my meal before I started eating it. I had sushi as an appetizer so I really didn't need to have so much other food. I actually got DH to try sushi! He's always turned his nose up at it but I got shrimp tempura rolls since he likes batter fried shrimp and he actually ate and mostly enjoyed it.

Keep kitty in your thoughts, she is having surgery right now. I know that pets might not seem like much to some, but she is my baby and the sweetest, most docile kitty ever.

It is gloomy, rainy, and depressing here.

Hope everyone has a great day!!

:hug: For kitty's surgery. I've been on both sides of the door (owner and vet assistant) It's harder on you than it is on them most of the time. I'm sure everything went well.

Our weather was the same..... bleck......... and it's only Nov.

We should start posting our food again. I think it helps us realize what we ate and we can get ideas for other foods from everyone else!;)

I am not a runner....I will speed walk, but not run. I guess I may change my mind as my treadmill gets faster...I have been able to go 3.8 and still walk. At what speed do you start running???

I agree! Lynda was so good at posting her foods every day; I miss her and her food lists. I don't start running (wogging) until about 4.2. I have always been a pretty fast walker though and anything below 3.5 is just crawling.

I was reading some recipes in OXYGEN magazine on healthy alternatives to classic Thanksgiving dishes and am twisted enough to make them in addition to the FAT-laden versions just to see my (very fat) family's reactions!!! :rolleyes1

I've replaced several ingredients with healthier versions, as long as no one knows it's less fat/sugar/sodium ect most of the time they don't mind.

So far I am being pretty good today, had 20oz water and a chex bar for breakfast (only 140 calories, and they are CHOCOLATE), then had a bottle of Dt Pepsi and a Healthy Choice steamer meal for lunch (310 calories, but 30 grams of protein). Have you tried the Asian ones? I remember reading someone talking about chinese, this is my version. Today's was 5 spice beef, which was good, almost as good as the spice sweet orange chicken and the general tso's chicken. (the orange is better than the general's, I think). They are fairly high in sodium, but not bad for a meal, caloric intake or fats-wise.

I've eaten those quite a bit. Our groccery has had them for $2 and when tehy first came out I helped myself to several save a dollar when you buy 3 coupons. I know I bought several the last time I went shopping just to use the coupons before they expired. I like the fact they have WW points listed on them and are something different from the normal frozen fare. I also enjoy the meals that have the little fruit crisp desserts in them.

I get them at our little store, cause Healthy Choice is a ConAgra product (so I can't eat Weight Watchers, etc here, ONLY Healthy Choice, Budget, or Marie Callendars for frozen dinners.). PD, they have new ones just coming out that are shelf stable instead of frozen, I have had the ziti with meat sauce and the southwestern chicken and rice, both were very good.

I didn't buy the shelf stable ones because I didn't have my points slider and they don't have any points on them. Could you pull a few strings, add it to the suggestion box; anything, to get that info included on the packaging?

It IS hard, you're just a little hungry, and also you just WANT to eat a little something, unfortunately usually NOT a little good for you something, at least in my case.

I keep a handful of 100 cal bagged snacks and Fiber One bars in my desk so I have something that is mostly good for me and won't blow my "good" behavior. I don't think I've ever bought anything from the vending machine at work because I stocked my drawer in case of emergencies. I almost always have chips, cookies and some sort of snack mix, either sweet (Reese's/Hershey's) or salty (Cheez'its or Ritz mix) so I am pretty much covered in case I get a craving.

Wow that is great, because I would really like to bring them to work with me, but I don't have a freezer at work, just a fridge!:woohoo:

I take mine in an insulated lunch bag and have a small ice pack that keeps it mostly frozen until I eat. I leave it on my desk until meal time. I generally still have ice crystals in my frozen veggies when I take them out of the bag. The one I have is from Rubbermaid. They seem to have a pretty good variety if you want to try to take a frozen meal along from time to time. ( http://www.rubbermaid.com/rubbermaid/product/category.jhtml?cat=HPCat2915118 )

[pixie dust 112]

I take mine in an insulated lunch bag and have a small ice pack that keeps it mostly frozen until I eat. I leave it on my desk until meal time. I generally still have ice crystals in my frozen veggies when I take them out of the bag. The one I have is from Rubbermaid. They seem to have a pretty good variety if you want to try to take a frozen meal along from time to time. ( http://www.rubbermaid.com/rubbermaid/product/category.jhtml?cat=HPCat2915118 )

Great idea. Thanks! I'll look for those this weekend!

[UtahMama]

The Naughty List:

((Again, if you did post and I didn't see, let me know))

New Kids: Shannon and Kristi and Caroline(already trouble makers!)
disneylaura
punkin
Fran
Disneyfreak--SMACKDOWN
pooh'shoneypot
UgaBelle
MonyMony
Pakey

I swear a few of the naughty's DID post, I just didn't write the number's on the spread sheet. :confused3

I haven't had numbers in FOUR weeks for MonyMony and Poohshoneypot, and punkin, and lovealldisney. These are the EXTRA naughties!

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

The Naughty List:

((Again, if you did post and I didn't see, let me know))

disneylaura
punkin
Fran
Disneyfreak--SMACKDOWN
pooh'shoneypot
UgaBelle
MonyMony
Pakey

I swear a few of the naughty's DID post, I just didn't write the number's on the spread sheet. :confused3

I haven't had numbers in FOUR weeks for MonyMony and Poohshoneypot, and punkin, and lovealldisney. These are the EXTRA naughties!

I'm still on "baking" break!!!!!! Am weighing myself tomorrow to start again properly for next week!

[my2boysrtwicethefun]

The Naughty List:

((Again, if you did post and I didn't see, let me know))

New Kids: Shannon and Kristi and Caroline(already trouble makers!)
disneylaura
punkin
Fran
Disneyfreak--SMACKDOWN
pooh'shoneypot
UgaBelle
MonyMony
Pakey

I swear a few of the naughty's DID post, I just didn't write the number's on the spread sheet. :confused3

I haven't had numbers in FOUR weeks for MonyMony and Poohshoneypot, and punkin, and lovealldisney. These are the EXTRA naughties!

Sorry I'm late......again. Friday weigh-in has been tough the last couple of weeks because of clinicals. I've had to be out the door by 7 am. Anyway......I'm a SAMER....again. Classes end in 3 weeks and then I hoping that I can refocus on my weight loss efforts. :thumbsup2

[Kathi OD]

The Naughty List:

((Again, if you did post and I didn't see, let me know))

New Kids: Shannon and Kristi and Caroline(already trouble makers!)
disneylaura
punkin
Fran
Disneyfreak--SMACKDOWN
pooh'shoneypot
UgaBelle
MonyMony
Pakey

I swear a few of the naughty's DID post, I just didn't write the number's on the spread sheet. :confused3

I haven't had numbers in FOUR weeks for MonyMony and Poohshoneypot, and punkin, and lovealldisney. These are the EXTRA naughties!

OMG!! You actually keep a naughty list?? ::slinks off to the corner - I don't think I want to be a part of this - what happens to the naughtys?::

[MA pigletfan]

Hey everyone :)
SO i had a great time last night with all the ladies from my bridal party....the food wasn't exactly peep friendly but it was good! I made baked brie, a mushroom cheese dip, meatballs and also served shrimp cocktail..and an amazing pumpkin turtle pie...:rolleyes1 Needless to say i did the full Turbo Jam kick punch n jam today...such a fun workout!!!!

Hope everyone is having a great day!!
Bye the way has anyone seen Shannon around?? (WOnders10)....

[2girlsmom]

Now, Wendy! I very clearly said that I wasn't getting in to weigh yet, and couldn't even if I wanted to since I don't own a scale, I am starting to drink water and try to watch my calories a little bit more, but I can't commit to more than that till I get through with my Christmas program stuff and actually have time to do things like cook! But that is okay, I'm willing to be a naughty girl if that is what it takes...;) princess:

[UtahMama]

OMG!! You actually keep a naughty list?? ::slinks off to the corner - I don't think I want to be a part of this - what happens to the naughtys?::
HI!!!!! Yes, naughty girl, slink off!
The naughty's just get on the list for all the world to see :sad2: Then the list is forgotten and we move on. STAY here Kathi! I mean, pleeeeease stay, we need your wit and snark!

Hey everyone :)
SO i had a great time last night with all the ladies from my bridal party....the food wasn't exactly peep friendly but it was good! I made baked brie, a mushroom cheese dip, meatballs and also served shrimp cocktail..and an amazing pumpkin turtle pie...:rolleyes1 Needless to say i did the full Turbo Jam kick punch n jam today...such a fun workout!!!!

Hope everyone is having a great day!!
Bye the way has anyone seen Shannon around?? (WOnders10)....
Nope, no Wonders/Shannon. Maybe she's dating?
BAKED BRIE???? :love:

Now, Wendy! I very clearly said that I wasn't getting in to weigh yet, and couldn't even if I wanted to since I don't own a scale, I am starting to drink water and try to watch my calories a little bit more, but I can't commit to more than that till I get through with my Christmas program stuff and actually have time to do things like cook! But that is okay, I'm willing to be a naughty girl if that is what it takes...;) princess:
oh, wups, I ferdot! STILL play with us!
Just for the halibut (60 calories, 1 gr. fat, no carbs) I think I WILL put you on the naughty list weekly.

[Kathi OD]

HI!!!!! Yes, naughty girl, slink off!
The naughty's just get on the list for all the world to see :sad2: Then the list is forgotten and we move on. STAY here Kathi! I mean, pleeeeease stay, we need your wit and snark!


But I would never get off the naughty list. You don't even want to know what I ate today! :scared1:

[dwheatl]

I heard the "naughty gals" get coal in their stockings for Christmas. That sounds mighty uncomfortable to me, so just in case, better shape up around the second week in December!:santa:

Well, a miracle happened tonight. After spending all day getting my mom moved in, I went to Costco. I was tired and hungry, but I did not sample even one bite of anything!:angel: I honestly think that is the first time in my life I went to Costco and did not eat anything.

[HockeyKat]

I weighed again this morning and was down another 2? Salt. So my total for the week was 3, but I will save the 2 in case I need them next week. :)

I finally got my hair cut today... at least 5 inches off and went from long red hair to shoulder length flippy chocolate brown hair with blonde highlights and wispy bangs. BIG change. But it feels like I lost 10 lbs off my head. If only!!

Also, local grocery chain had turkeys on sale so I bought one... and also decided this year to use reduced fat sausage and light butter for T-giving dinner. I doubt anyone will know the difference, and I know it only reduces a bit but every little bit counts. :)

[pixie dust 112]

I heard the "naughty gals" get coal in their stockings for Christmas. That sounds mighty uncomfortable to me, so just in case, better shape up around the second week in December!:santa:

Well, a miracle happened tonight. After spending all day getting my mom moved in, I went to Costco. I was tired and hungry, but I did not sample even one bite of anything!:angel: I honestly think that is the first time in my life I went to Costco and did not eat anything.

:cheer2: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[pixie dust 112]

I weighed again this morning and was down another 2? Salt. So my total for the week was 3, but I will save the 2 in case I need them next week. :)

I finally got my hair cut today... at least 5 inches off and went from long red hair to shoulder length flippy chocolate brown hair with blonde highlights and wispy bangs. BIG change. But it feels like I lost 10 lbs off my head. If only!!

Also, local grocery chain had turkeys on sale so I bought one... and also decided this year to use reduced fat sausage and light butter for T-giving dinner. I doubt anyone will know the difference, and I know it only reduces a bit but every little bit counts. :)

So, when you walk by a mirror do you wonder what that stranger is doing in your house? Good idea on Thanksgiving calorie savers!:thumbsup2

[LMO429]

Ugh! I'm super hung-over right now. My girlfriends and I went out to dinner at a place called Buddakan, the food and drinks were awesome! I drank about 6 to 7 ketel one and club and then I did 3 lemon drop shots...why I am up right now I have no idea!!!!!

[mousehouselover]

ugggg....... committed peepicide last night. We went to a new resteraunt for dinner. It's a huge, mostly Asian-inspired spread with sushi, sashimi, crab legs, fresh fish, shell fish, prime rib and a chocolate fountian. I've heard some really good things about it but I wasn't super impressed. :confused3 DH thinks they use MSG; he got a migraine after dinner.

Kat~ I'm in the same boat, I weighed lower yesterday morning than I did on Fri. I'll take it but why can't the scale show me my best numbers on Fri??

Danielle~ :thumbsup2 I try to aviod the taster ladies but some days :rolleyes1

[Wonders10]

Hey Peeps!

Gina - thanks for the PM. I just figured no one even realized I was missing! :laughing:

I don't even remember the last time I posted on this thread...my guess was one I first moved and started my new job a couple months ago. I'll give a brief update for you all. I'm still working in 2 schools as a speech pathologist. One is primarily autistic children, the other are profoundly mentally handicapped and emotional/behavioral disordered children. Heavy. But I love it and the teachers I am working with are great. My apartment is know officially decorated. I'm still looking for a big-ish picture for my family room area but on the whole, it looks very home-y. I'm also getting a dog soon! He was born Oct. 10 and I'll be picking him up on Dec. 20 - just in time for Christmas. Oh, he's a goldendoodle btw. I'm not 100% sure what one from this litter is mine, but when I do, I will post lots of pics. Both of the boys from the litter are adorable though. The name I'm almost settled on is Walter. For Walt(er) E. Disney. And Walter Finnegan when he does something that requires a double name (I love the name Finnegan but like Walter more.) Nothing is definite though. I'm actually having some drama right now with the "breeder" - it looks like she promised one of them to another woman already when we aren't supposed to know for another week. Plus we are supposed to give her our top picks from the litter then she matches the dog to the family. I'm just a little ticked off and anxiously awaiting an email back from her.

On the peep-front, I've stayed about the same since moving up here. Which is good considering my hatred of cooking and my love affair with the drive-thru window. I think because I'm good for breakfast and lunch, then blow it at dinner, that it all balances out. Plus I'm running all over school all day. Every monday I "start over" and tomorrow is no exception. I just want to lose about 10 or so lbs by Christmas so more of my clothes fit and then get even more serious once the holidays are over.

So I guess that is my update...nothing too exciting. What is new here? Any more engagements? Or peep babies?

I'll try to post more, even if I'm not being all that peep-ish...

[HockeyKat]

So, when you walk by a mirror do you wonder what that stranger is doing in your house? Good idea on Thanksgiving calorie savers!:thumbsup2

I DO!! That's so funny because I was saying that to DH last night. I went to Belk (like a Macy's) with friend yesterday afternoon and caught sight of myself in the mirror and was like, who's that?? :laughing:

Here are pics (before, then 2 after):
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm130/katcanes77/hairold2008.jpghttp://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm130/katcanes77/newhaircut2008-6.jpghttp://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm130/katcanes77/newhaircut2008-2-1.jpg

Ugh! I'm super hung-over right now. My girlfriends and I went out to dinner at a place called Buddakan, the food and drinks were awesome! I drank about 6 to 7 ketel one and club and then I did 3 lemon drop shots...why I am up right now I have no idea!!!!!

OH, I feel your pain. And I always wake up early for liquor hangovers. I usually am a very late sleeper but the worse the hangover, the more likely I am up early.

ugggg....... committed peepicide last night. We went to a new resteraunt for dinner. It's a huge, mostly Asian-inspired spread with sushi, sashimi, crab legs, fresh fish, shell fish, prime rib and a chocolate fountian. I've heard some really good things about it but I wasn't super impressed. :confused3 DH thinks they use MSG; he got a migraine after dinner.

Kat~ I'm in the same boat, I weighed lower yesterday morning than I did on Fri. I'll take it but why can't the scale show me my best numbers on Fri??

Danielle~ :thumbsup2 I try to aviod the taster ladies but some days :rolleyes1

I think mine was the salt from Thurs night chicken liver pate (homeade and 450 cals in the whole batch!).

The dinner sounds wonderful. But don't you hate it when you commit peepicide and it doesn't even meet your expectations??

[pixie dust 112]

I DO!! That's so funny because I was saying that to DH last night. I went to Belk (like a Macy's) with friend yesterday afternoon and caught sight of myself in the mirror and was like, who's that?? :laughing:

Here are pics (before, then 2 after):
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm130/katcanes77/hairold2008.jpghttp://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm130/katcanes77/newhaircut2008-6.jpghttp://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm130/katcanes77/newhaircut2008-2-1.jpg




Kat~ I LOVE that hair color and style. The bangs look terrific!:thumbsup2 :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2

[luvmyboys]

Man. My 1st week and already on the naughty list!!! It's like high school all over again!:laughing:

Will start weighing in next week, merci beaucoup. Today was a good day-- did a 5K race with my son this morning, stuck to NutriSystem for breakfast & lunch, had chili for dinner. Snuck a few M & Ms from 4 yr old DS though.:rolleyes1

But, I'm not as hard core about the diet as some of you may be, because I exercise a lot. I just have a very hard time losing weight (just got put on thyroid meds, so that should really start to help).

Hope y'all had a great weekend!

[MA pigletfan]

Hey Peeps!

Gina - thanks for the PM. I just figured no one even realized I was missing! :laughing:
...
YAY Shannon!!! I am so happy to hear that things are going well! YAY for the Goldendoodle..i can't wait to see pics of the Cutie..nice name too! :thumbsup2

I DO!! That's so funny because I was saying that to DH last night. I went to Belk (like a Macy's) with friend yesterday afternoon and caught sight of myself in the mirror and was like, who's that?? :laughing:

Here are pics (before, then 2 after):
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm130/katcanes77/hairold2008.jpghttp://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm130/katcanes77/newhaircut2008-6.jpghttp://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm130/katcanes77/newhaircut2008-2-1.jpg



OH, I feel your pain. And I always wake up early for liquor hangovers. I usually am a very late sleeper but the worse the hangover, the more likely I am up early.



I think mine was the salt from Thurs night chicken liver pate (homeade and 450 cals in the whole batch!).

The dinner sounds wonderful. But don't you hate it when you commit peepicide and it doesn't even meet your expectations??

CUTE hair!!!! I love it!
( How is the kitty by the way Kat??)

[Wonders10]

So I think it is 90% official that this puppy will be mine...the white one.

Here he is at 3 weeks:

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r130/wonders10/doodle3weeks2.jpg

And just last week...5 weeks old:

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r130/wonders10/Walter5weeks.jpg

[UtahMama]

I have 2 Shannons to respond to-

New girl (LOL!) NO, this isn't like high school, silly rabbit!
Good going on the 5k! Shesh! I stole m&m's too from dd4 because they were PINK. :lovestruc I couldn't help it! Anywhoo- glad you're here. Can't wait to see how you do next Friday.

Wonders10- I remember all the doodle talk a couple months ago. He's CUTE! Sorry about the breeder drama. She's one of those waaaaaay into it breeders I can tell based on putting baby puppies in costume. Hopefully it will all work out with your new fur baby! I loooove dogs!

HockeyKat- OMGosh, that haircut and color is fabulous!

Lauren and Noni- Love your Peepicide drama! Lauren, I can't believe you didn't choose mineral water with a wedge of lime :sad2: ;)

Dweatl- Costco Taster Ladies are the devil!

new girl Kathi- Naughty list! I'm sure you'll be #1 on it even when you stick to your diet perfectly. :rolleyes:

[HockeyKat]

Kat~ I LOVE that hair color and style. The bangs look terrific!:thumbsup2 :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2



CUTE hair!!!! I love it!
( How is the kitty by the way Kat??)


!

HockeyKat- OMGosh, that haircut and color is fabulous!


Thanks guys!! I wasn't sure about the bangs OR the color, but I am really liking it. I went to a new stylist, as my old one has been MIA for about 8 mos. Cut, color, and highlights were under $70, so I am not feeling too badly about the splurge.

Kitty is doing well, although she is unhappy to be in a cone. Luckily for me she is a docile sweet kitty and pills like a champ, so at least we don't have to fight to get antibiotics in her.

I spent today making good food for the week... UM's pumpkin soup (I skip the milk, use ff sour cream, and add an extra can of chicken stock... only 60 cals per cup), low-cal chili, low-cal shepherd's pie for dinner. I love my made-for-TV onion chopper. :)

[dwheatl]

So I think it is 90% official that this puppy will be mine...the white one.

Here he is at 3 weeks:

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r130/wonders10/doodle3weeks2.jpg

And just last week...5 weeks old:

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r130/wonders10/Walter5weeks.jpg

Too cute! Good luck getting the little guy you want.

Thanks guys!! I wasn't sure about the bangs OR the color, but I am really liking it. I went to a new stylist, as my old one has been MIA for about 8 mos. Cut, color, and highlights were under $70, so I am not feeling too badly about the splurge.

Kitty is doing well, although she is unhappy to be in a cone. Luckily for me she is a docile sweet kitty and pills like a champ, so at least we don't have to fight to get antibiotics in her. You look great. My hair is getting very long, and I haven't been doing anything with it. Your picture inspires me to get it cut. Now if I could just find the time.

I caved a little today. I had to go out to the garage freezer, and I saw all the food I had ditched out there when Nutrisystem came. I saw an open, almost gone ice cream, so I decided to eat some instead of my yogurt. They're both dairy, right? It was frostbitten though, so after eating a sad serving, I threw the rest in the garbage. It wasn't a lot of calories (150), but it's sad that I ate it when it tasted like crud.

[Kathi OD]

new girl Kathi- Naughty list! I'm sure you'll be #1 on it even when you stick to your diet perfectly. :rolleyes:

What diet???

[HockeyKat]

Oh, almost forgot... Shannon your soon-to-be new puppy is SOOO cute!!!!

[mousehouselover]

Peeps~ If you get the chance to catch Jeff Dunham's Christmas Special on Comedy Central; don't pass it up! You'll need two towels, one to sit on so you don't ruin the sofa when you pee your pants and the the other for the tears runing down your face. I also don't recomend eating or drinking anything or you may choke or snort soda out your nose.

We took the kids to an indoor waterpark today so I got plenty of exercise. It was lots of fun. I went on the waterslides and floated/swam in the lazy river. I had a minor melt down trying to get out the door. None of my swimwear fit. Nothing. At. All. I have a Tink suit that was a bit too big but mostly fits now, there isn't enough support in it though so I have the grand caynon goin' on. :headache:

Kat~ Your hair looks great! I never do anything with mine so it's always blah.

Shannonn (Wonders)~ Glad to hear you're settled in and school is going well. You're puppy is so cute!

DH and I are going to the gym to sign up with a personal trainer in the morning. I'm not sure if I'm 100% commited to it but I have to do something. I hate looking like I do and DH booked me a big spa day during our trip in May and there is no way whatsoever that I'm going to let people I don't know see me mostly undressed. :scared:

[MA pigletfan]

So I think it is 90% official that this puppy will be mine...the white one.

Here he is at 3 weeks:

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r130/wonders10/doodle3weeks2.jpg

And just last week...5 weeks old:

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r130/wonders10/Walter5weeks.jpg
i am in LOVE with that dog!!! They are both super cute!!! :goodvibes
Thanks guys!! I wasn't sure about the bangs OR the color, but I am really liking it. I went to a new stylist, as my old one has been MIA for about 8 mos. Cut, color, and highlights were under $70, so I am not feeling too badly about the splurge.

Kitty is doing well, although she is unhappy to be in a cone. Luckily for me she is a docile sweet kitty and pills like a champ, so at least we don't have to fight to get antibiotics in her.

I spent today making good food for the week... UM's pumpkin soup (I skip the milk, use ff sour cream, and add an extra can of chicken stock... only 60 cals per cup), low-cal chili, low-cal shepherd's pie for dinner. I love my made-for-TV onion chopper. :)
70 bucks..NOT BAD! and it looks terrific to boot..well done :thumbsup2
Yay for Kitty..i hear ya on being lucky that she takes meds well..our little ones are taking antibiotics with a dropper and they are being so good about it..thank goodness!!! nothing like wrestling cats with meds!!

[LMO429]

I just got over Bronchitis and this morning I woke up and my throat is Killing me!!! FUN!

i did Turbo Jam Cardio Party 1 today but added jumping jacks in certain spots to make it a bit harder! going to try and not to weights this week to try to mix it up a bit

Anyone get their Twilight tickets yet!? I got mine I am seeing it Friday

[Pakey]

Hi Peeps. Sorry I have not been around much. It's year end here at work, and on the home front, I've trying to finalize everything for my Grand Gathering Land/Sea vacation for January. If I ever ever mention that I'm taking all of my grown children/spouses, etc on vacation at the same time, remind me of how awful it was THIS time. Of course they all want to go since I'm paying but they don't want to do things together. So I have booked 56757458749849 meal ADR's, of course they all wanted the deluxe dining plan to eat at all of the signatures, and then they all wanted different cruise excursions too. Plus I'm making shirts, door magnets, etc. Now I fnd out that dissers due "fish extenders" on the cruise so that's another project I have in the works. I don't know what I was thinking.

On the diet side, not so good, but I have magically lost the pound I had gained the week before. I think the 100+ tootsie rolls cleansed my system.

Kat, love the hair. I'm trying to grow mine out and it's not working so well. I had never had short hair but chemo took care of that. It looks okay short but I would like to grow it back to where it was before but I'm not sure I can live with this growing out phase after all.

Shannon, love that puppy. I sat next to one of those dogs at the vets last week when I had to take Paris Hairless in. Hwe was full grown but the biggest baby I've ever seen. He was terrified of my two little hairless dogs.

Lauren, sorry about the hangover. One good thing about cancer, I can't drink anymore so I don't have to suffer through those. I will occasionally have one drink and I can't believe even how just one makes me so thirsty the next morning.

Danielle Frostbit icecream????? Isn't it terrible how we can convince ourselves that we are so desperate to cheat? I did ogle a very stale brownie this weekend but resisted.

To everyone else, hello.

[2girlsmom]

I am certain that I will stay on the naught list for the time being, Wendy. Today is my mother's birthday, so yesterday I had my folks over for brunch, and I made a Quiche Lorraine, biscuits, fruit salad, fresh pineapple, sausage, bacon, juice, etc. I wasn't TOO bad, I did only eat 2 of the lite sausage links (serving size 3 = 130 calories), and one biscuit, but LOTS of fruit and a slice of the quiche (which is all eggs, bacon, heavy cream, and cheese, so I am sure is AWFUL). Then my dad had gotten an ice cream cake from DQ, so I had a SMALL peice of that. Then at rehearsal, they served chicken salad on croissants, I had one croissant sandwich, with about 10 carrot sticks and a few cherry tomatoes (and a brownie for dessert). I did do quite a bit of dancing at the rehearsal, does that count towards exercise?? On the good side, my mother has an extra scale and she is gonna give it to me, she said, so I will be able to do weigh in fairly soon.

[UGABelle]

Hi Peeps!

I'm back from Disney, and we had THE BEST TIME!

There were tons of new rides and restaurants since I had last been, so we had fun exploring!

And, I think DH may have been bit by the Disney bug...even though he'll still make fun of my obsession :)

Unofficially, I'm up 1 lb., but I'll give the official word on Friday. I think a little more water and excerise can take care of the leftovers from a week of Mickey bars, School bread and tasty beverages :rotfl:

Let me know if you have any Disney questions, since I'm back in the know!

[MA pigletfan]

I just got over Bronchitis and this morning I woke up and my throat is Killing me!!! FUN!

i did Turbo Jam Cardio Party 1 today but added jumping jacks in certain spots to make it a bit harder! going to try and not to weights this week to try to mix it up a bit

Anyone get their Twilight tickets yet!? I got mine I am seeing it Friday
i HATE sore throats! i hope you feel better soon.
YAY for Turbo jAM...i am doing it when i get home tonight, i was so proud i did it saturday and made it through better than the last time i did it..you are so right..i will def. have to try other ones!!
Have not gotten my twilight tix yet!!! I am still figuring out when i am going..can't wait to see it though!

Hi Peeps. Sorry I have not been around much. It's year end here at work, and on the home front, I've trying to finalize everything for my Grand Gathering Land/Sea vacation for January. If I ever ever mention that I'm taking all of my grown children/spouses, etc on vacation at the same time, remind me of how awful it was THIS time. Of course they all want to go since I'm paying but they don't want to do things together. So I have booked 56757458749849 meal ADR's, of course they all wanted the deluxe dining plan to eat at all of the signatures, and then they all wanted different cruise excursions too. Plus I'm making shirts, door magnets, etc. Now I fnd out that dissers due "fish extenders" on the cruise so that's another project I have in the works. I don't know what I was thinking.

On the diet side, not so good, but I have magically lost the pound I had gained the week before. I think the 100+ tootsie rolls cleansed my system.


To everyone else, hello.
WOW!!!! you are going to be one busy lady!! More power to you with that trip!! holy moley!!!! :scared1:

[DisneyLaura]

The Naughty List:

((Again, if you did post and I didn't see, let me know))

New Kids: Shannon and Kristi and Caroline(already trouble makers!)
disneylaura
punkin
Fran
Disneyfreak--SMACKDOWN
pooh'shoneypot
UgaBelle
MonyMony
Pakey

I swear a few of the naughty's DID post, I just didn't write the number's on the spread sheet. :confused3

I haven't had numbers in FOUR weeks for MonyMony and Poohshoneypot, and punkin, and lovealldisney. These are the EXTRA naughties!

Well AF came this morning and guess what +3 lb Darn Aunt Flo and water gain.

Yup I'm quoting myself for UM - see I wasn't a naughty peep I posted.

So I think it is 90% official that this puppy will be mine...the white one.

Here he is at 3 weeks:

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r130/wonders10/doodle3weeks2.jpg

And just last week...5 weeks old:

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r130/wonders10/Walter5weeks.jpg

See he looks more like a golden, the one I know (from school) looks more poodle but golden in size

[missnarwhale]

Hi Peeps!

I'm back from Disney, and we had THE BEST TIME!

There were tons of new rides and restaurants since I had last been, so we had fun exploring!

And, I think DH may have been bit by the Disney bug...even though he'll still make fun of my obsession :)

Unofficially, I'm up 1 lb., but I'll give the official word on Friday. I think a little more water and excerise can take care of the leftovers from a week of Mickey bars, School bread and tasty beverages :rotfl:

Let me know if you have any Disney questions, since I'm back in the know!


Ahh! How exciting! I'm glad you had a good time. What new restaurants did you go to?

[UGABelle]

Ahh! How exciting! I'm glad you had a good time. What new restaurants did you go to?

Let's see...

Note: we did breakfast in the room most days

Sun
L - Liberty Tree Tavern
D - Just popcorn :)
Mon
L - Flame Tree BBQ
D - Pizza Planet
Tues
L - Beaches and Cream (and a No Way Jose for dessert!)
D - Yorkshire Fish
Wed
B - Crystal Palace
L - The Mara
Thurs
L - Biergarten
D - Wolfgang Puck Express
Fri
L - Electric Umbrella
D - Le Cellier
Sat
L - Earl of Sandwich

We also snacked at: Fountainview, Kringla Bakery, Starring Rolls, POFQ bakery, Goofy's Candy Company and Drank Around the World!

[MA pigletfan]

Good morning Peeps! :)
SO...last night was good and bad as far as peepage is concerned...i did the Turbo Jam workout BUT i did go over my alloted calories by like 400..oops! I had leftover hot cheese dip i heated up for greg to try and of course, i indulged. sigh...but maybe the workout sucked up some of the calories there.:lmao: dinner was healthy though..turkey burger ( without bun because i had pasta tossed with italian dressing instead)...today is another day!!!
Hope all is well..can you BELIEVE thanksgiving is next week already!! :scared1: :goodvibes

[missnarwhale]

Let's see...

Note: we did breakfast in the room most days

Sun
L - Liberty Tree Tavern
D - Just popcorn :)
Mon
L - Flame Tree BBQ
D - Pizza Planet
Tues
L - Beaches and Cream (and a No Way Jose for dessert!)
D - Yorkshire Fish
Wed
B - Crystal Palace
L - The Mara
Thurs
L - Biergarten
D - Wolfgang Puck Express
Fri
L - Electric Umbrella
D - Le Cellier
Sat
L - Earl of Sandwich

We also snacked at: Fountainview, Kringla Bakery, Starring Rolls, POFQ bakery, Goofy's Candy Company and Drank Around the World!

Did you make it all the way around the world? I never can make it!

[UGABelle]

Did you make it all the way around the world? I never can make it!

Nope, couldn't do it! I had drinks in Canada, Italy, Morocco and GB - and they were all good!

[missnarwhale]

Nope, couldn't do it! I had drinks in Canada, Italy, Morocco and GB - and they were all good!

I generally start off pretty well, but then when we get to GB we just sit in the bar area and drink. We generally never make it past there! Even if we did, I still wouldn't be able to make it. We eat from every country too, so I always just want to take a nap!

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

OK Peeps I have made it . . . two whole days without baking! It's been tough going cold turkey but hopefully I am past the worst! :rotfl2:

We have agreed just to bake one thing at the weekend in future, and then stretch that out over a few days eating!!

Have been turbo jamming like crazy the last two days, but am still dreading the scales Friday! Lower Body Jam is harsh . . . my legs are still shaking and I finished it two hours ago!!!!!!!!!!!

[dance2874]

I cannot even remember the last time I was here, but I sure do need to be! Life has gotten crazy and I have just lost track of everything, even my peeps. The good news is that I have pretty much maintainted since about June/July. The bad news is that I still have alot more to lose to be where I want to be.

I guess I should post a few updates here to start with. Amanda started Kindergarten this year! I cant believe she is in "big girl" school :guilty: Brandon will be 9 months old this week...already. I miss him being tiny but of course he is so much fun now. He is a wiggly, busy little guy and we finally have gotten past the reflux he was battling for the most part. He still has the most amazing blue eyes and the only person in the family with them is my mom so we dont know how he got them!

We had some family pictures done last weekend. If you are interested here is a link to some of them:

http://www.adorablephotography.com/Slideshow/110208C

Off to try to read back and catch up with everyone!

[MA pigletfan]

I cannot even remember the last time I was here, but I sure do need to be! Life has gotten crazy and I have just lost track of everything, even my peeps. The good news is that I have pretty much maintainted since about June/July. The bad news is that I still have alot more to lose to be where I want to be.

I guess I should post a few updates here to start with. Amanda started Kindergarten this year! I cant believe she is in "big girl" school :guilty: Brandon will be 9 months old this week...already. I miss him being tiny but of course he is so much fun now. He is a wiggly, busy little guy and we finally have gotten past the reflux he was battling for the most part. He still has the most amazing blue eyes and the only person in the family with them is my mom so we dont know how he got them!

We had some family pictures done last weekend. If you are interested here is a link to some of them:

http://www.adorablephotography.com/Slideshow/110208C

Off to try to read back and catch up with everyone! I need to update my signature pics too! Those pics look nothing like my kids anymore!

WHY HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:wave2: nice to see you again!
your kids are outrageously cute!!! :)

[UtahMama]

I cannot even remember the last time I was here, but I sure do need to be! Life has gotten crazy and I have just lost track of everything, even my peeps. The good news is that I have pretty much maintainted since about June/July. The bad news is that I still have alot more to lose to be where I want to be.

I guess I should post a few updates here to start with. Amanda started Kindergarten this year! I cant believe she is in "big girl" school :guilty: Brandon will be 9 months old this week...already. I miss him being tiny but of course he is so much fun now. He is a wiggly, busy little guy and we finally have gotten past the reflux he was battling for the most part. He still has the most amazing blue eyes and the only person in the family with them is my mom so we dont know how he got them!

We had some family pictures done last weekend. If you are interested here is a link to some of them:

http://www.adorablephotography.com/Slideshow/110208C

Off to try to read back and catch up with everyone!

No WAY! HI!!!!!!!!!!

Look at your little man!
Amanda is sooooo bee-U-ti-ful!

Glad to have you back! GOOD on the maintaining since Summer!

And.... :hug: ((Soooo happy to see you!!!))

That photography is great! Love your hair, mama!

[pixie dust 112]

I cannot even remember the last time I was here, but I sure do need to be! Life has gotten crazy and I have just lost track of everything, even my peeps. The good news is that I have pretty much maintainted since about June/July. The bad news is that I still have alot more to lose to be where I want to be.

I guess I should post a few updates here to start with. Amanda started Kindergarten this year! I cant believe she is in "big girl" school :guilty: Brandon will be 9 months old this week...already. I miss him being tiny but of course he is so much fun now. He is a wiggly, busy little guy and we finally have gotten past the reflux he was battling for the most part. He still has the most amazing blue eyes and the only person in the family with them is my mom so we dont know how he got them!

We had some family pictures done last weekend. If you are interested here is a link to some of them:

http://www.adorablephotography.com/Slideshow/110208C

Off to try to read back and catch up with everyone!

HI Dance!!! Welcome back! Of course I remember you. I love those pictures, what a beautiful family you have. Amanda's hair is so long and gorgeous and Brandon's eyes are incredible! Good to have you back!

[luvmyboys]

quick check in to 'fess up. Today was "Bread Day." :upsidedow Made the mistake of strolling down the bakery aisle at this fantastic regional grocery store on the East Coast (anyone have a Wegman's? looooove it)

Yeeeahh.... ended up w/ a pretzel roll for lunch, bought cheddar biscuits to go with dinner, and tomorrow we're having French Dip sandwiches on french rolls. I believe "rolls" is the operative word here. Someone stop the madness!!!!!:rotfl: I doubt my 40 minutes on the elliptical even skimmed the surface.

So. I will do elliptical AND Body Pump class tomorrow. And eat my french dip with a fork. and will stab myself with that fork if I so much as glance at anyone else's roll!

[pixie dust 112]

quick check in to 'fess up. Today was "Bread Day." :upsidedow Made the mistake of strolling down the bakery aisle at this fantastic regional grocery store on the East Coast (anyone have a Wegman's? looooove it)

Yeeeahh.... ended up w/ a pretzel roll for lunch, bought cheddar biscuits to go with dinner, and tomorrow we're having French Dip sandwiches on french rolls. I believe "rolls" is the operative word here. Someone stop the madness!!!!!:rotfl: I doubt my 40 minutes on the elliptical even skimmed the surface.

So. I will do elliptical AND Body Pump class tomorrow. And eat my french dip with a fork. and will stab myself with that fork if I so much as glance at anyone else's roll!


:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: That whole post has me laughing so hard! "rolls":lmao: :lmao: :lmao: I think I'll try to remember that next time I'm tempted....which imagine will be tomorrow!

[luvmyboys]

:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: That whole post has me laughing so hard! "rolls":lmao: :lmao: :lmao: I think I'll try to remember that next time I'm tempted....which imagine will be tomorrow!

Yeah, I'm laughing too!:lmao: Until tomorrow, when I need a shoe horn & Crisco to get into my jeans. Good times right there.

[mousehouselover]

Yeah, I'm laughing too!:lmao: Until tomorrow, when I need a shoe horn & Crisco to get into my jeans. Good times right there.

:rotfl2: :rotfl2: When I was shaped a lot more like a toothpick and less like a mango, I used to have a few pair of jeans that fit like second skin. No shoehorns or crisco needed. Nowadays....... :scared: second skin is not pretty, not at all......

Dance~ Welcome back! You have an adorable family. WTG on maintaining!

I'm doing pretty well, mostly on plan. I may have gone over a bit yesterday but as long as I'm counting I will be ok. We have our first session with the trainer on Thurs and I'm not sure how I feel about it. I want to commit and enjoy it but I know it's going to be hard work. I can't be like this forever, I hate it and hate myself for getting to this point. I weighed 185 last week. 185! I wasn't that heavy when I was 9 mos pg with DS...... I had a reason for the extra weight then, now it's just being lazy and eating too much. DH got this wonderful idea that I shouldn't have to tweek my eating habits too much once I start working out since I will be burning extra calories. I have to exercise just to lose weight, staying on plan only helps for so much of the flab, the rest has to come from working the underlying muscle.

I'm off to bed, if I stay on here much lnger, I'll be up until 2 am.......

[dwheatl]

We had some family pictures done last weekend. If you are interested here is a link to some of them:

http://www.adorablephotography.com/Slideshow/110208C

Off to try to read back and catch up with everyone! Love the pictures of your kids! Welcome back.

[dance2874]

Thanks for the welcome backs everyone. I have missed you all! :goodvibes


Yeeeahh.... ended up w/ a pretzel roll for lunch, bought cheddar biscuits to go with dinner, and tomorrow we're having French Dip sandwiches on french rolls. I believe "rolls" is the operative word here. Someone stop the madness!!!!!:rotfl: I doubt my 40 minutes on the elliptical even skimmed the surface.

So. I will do elliptical AND Body Pump class tomorrow. And eat my french dip with a fork. and will stab myself with that fork if I so much as glance at anyone else's roll!

Probably not a good sign for me that I read that and was thinking how jealous I was of all that yummy bread :rotfl: Pretzel rolls. YUM!!


I'm doing pretty well, mostly on plan. I may have gone over a bit yesterday but as long as I'm counting I will be ok. We have our first session with the trainer on Thurs and I'm not sure how I feel about it. I want to commit and enjoy it but I know it's going to be hard work. I can't be like this forever, I hate it and hate myself for getting to this point. I weighed 185 last week. 185! I wasn't that heavy when I was 9 mos pg with DS...... I had a reason for the extra weight then, now it's just being lazy and eating too much. DH got this wonderful idea that I shouldn't have to tweek my eating habits too much once I start working out since I will be burning extra calories. I have to exercise just to lose weight, staying on plan only helps for so much of the flab, the rest has to come from working the underlying muscle.

I'm off to bed, if I stay on here much lnger, I'll be up until 2 am.......

The first few weeks will suck but after that you will start to crave the exercise. At least that is what I hear!


There are some moms I have met through DD's kindergarten class and we are all trying to stay healthy. One of them lives within walking distance to the school, although it is quite a haul on the way back with 2 kids in a stroller. We have all been parking at her place and walking to pick up the kids in the afternoons as much as we can. Usually 2-3 days a week. Its a start compared to the nothing I have been doing. (Unless you count signing up for the YMCA and going there to exercise all of 3 times since July! HA!)

Also, one of the moms is also going to become a WW leader. She is at her lifetime goal and is in the training stages to be a leader. SOOO when she gets her own meetings in a month or so I am re-joining. I need the accountability of it and she is awesome. I havent found a meeting where I click with the leader yet and that makes it hard to make myself go. And for all you WW people...they are coming out with a new plan in December. It sort of combines points and core together. Should be pretty neat!

[LMO429]

oh boy! I need to catch up on the thread! I'm sick again! WONDERFUL!

[MA pigletfan]

:scared1: I am Sorry for THE weird Typing, for Some reaSon CerTain keyS on my CompuTer are only Typing in CapiTal leTTerS!!!!!! iT lookS like a ranSom noTe!!!!! ugHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
anyway I juST wanTed To Say I ordered my Tix for TwiligT for friday!!!!
ok I HaVe To fix THiS!!!! G'NigHT! omg..if I need a new CompuTer I will flip!:mad:

[UtahMama]

quick check in to 'fess up. Today was "Bread Day." :upsidedow Made the mistake of strolling down the bakery aisle at this fantastic regional grocery store on the East Coast (anyone have a Wegman's? looooove it)

Yeeeahh.... ended up w/ a pretzel roll for lunch, bought cheddar biscuits to go with dinner, and tomorrow we're having French Dip sandwiches on french rolls. I believe "rolls" is the operative word here. Someone stop the madness!!!!!:rotfl: I doubt my 40 minutes on the elliptical even skimmed the surface.

So. I will do elliptical AND Body Pump class tomorrow. And eat my french dip with a fork. and will stab myself with that fork if I so much as glance at anyone else's roll!LOL! Stop glancing at other people's rolls!!!

Yeah, I'm laughing too!:lmao: Until tomorrow, when I need a shoe horn & Crisco to get into my jeans. Good times right there.I do the "jeans-hop" to use gravity power to wedge myself in. :thumbsup2

:rotfl2: :rotfl2: When I was shaped a lot more like a toothpick and less like a mango, I used to have a few pair of jeans that fit like second skin. No shoehorns or crisco needed. Nowadays....... :scared: second skin is not pretty, not at all......



I'm doing pretty well, mostly on plan. I may have gone over a bit yesterday but as long as I'm counting I will be ok. We have our first session with the trainer on Thurs and I'm not sure how I feel about it. I want to commit and enjoy it but I know it's going to be hard work. I can't be like this forever, I hate it and hate myself for getting to this point. I weighed 185 last week. 185! I wasn't that heavy when I was 9 mos pg with DS...... I had a reason for the extra weight then, now it's just being lazy and eating too much. DH got this wonderful idea that I shouldn't have to tweek my eating habits too much once I start working out since I will be burning extra calories. I have to exercise just to lose weight, staying on plan only helps for so much of the flab, the rest has to come from working the underlying muscle.

I'm off to bed, if I stay on here much lnger, I'll be up until 2 am.......Mango!!! :rotfl2:
I just had my last session with my trainer. It is a huge benefit to work with one. He never once made me cry like on Biggest Loser, for which I thanked him.


Probably not a good sign for me that I read that and was thinking how jealous I was of all that yummy bread :rotfl: Pretzel rolls. YUM!!

The first few weeks will suck but after that you will start to crave the exercise. At least that is what I hear!


There are some moms I have met through DD's kindergarten class and we are all trying to stay healthy. One of them lives within walking distance to the school, although it is quite a haul on the way back with 2 kids in a stroller. We have all been parking at her place and walking to pick up the kids in the afternoons as much as we can. Usually 2-3 days a week. Its a start compared to the nothing I have been doing. (Unless you count signing up for the YMCA and going there to exercise all of 3 times since July! HA!)

Also, one of the moms is also going to become a WW leader. She is at her lifetime goal and is in the training stages to be a leader. SOOO when she gets her own meetings in a month or so I am re-joining. I need the accountability of it and she is awesome. I havent found a meeting where I click with the leader yet and that makes it hard to make myself go. And for all you WW people...they are coming out with a new plan in December. It sort of combines points and core together. Should be pretty neat!
Sounds like great support!
Yes, you DO crave exercise after a few weeks. I'm so amazed at this!

:scared1: I am Sorry for THE weird Typing, for Some reaSon CerTain keyS on my CompuTer are only Typing in CapiTal leTTerS!!!!!! iT lookS like a ranSom noTe!!!!! ugHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
anyway I juST wanTed To Say I ordered my Tix for TwiligT for friday!!!!
ok I HaVe To fix THiS!!!! G'NigHT! omg..if I need a new CompuTer I will flip!:mad:
LOL!!!! I'm going to Twilight TOO!

[lovealldisney]

Hi Everyone!

Sorry for not posting for a while but I have been crazy busy. Now that our lives are back to normal I hope to get back into watching what I eat. I also have been sick for the last week and a half with this cold! Today got up and lost my voice!! :scared1: Good news is that I really haven't gained much.

I am really nervous with the Christmas holiday's approaching! I love christmas cookies and making christmas cookies! That I think will be my downfall! I am wondering if I should wait to diet after Christmas and just try to maintain what I have lost.

[UtahMama]

Good! Glad you're back!!! Start fresh tomorrow :hug:

Speaking of tomorrow, happy weigh day eve, Peeps!!!

Tomorrow poses an interesting dilemma for me and some of us. Twilight premiere!!!! MUST have "pawcorn" at movies. Don't kid yourself with baby carrots like I once did (I swear! I obsessed about not having buttery yummy movie theater popcorn the whole movie!). SO...what to DO?? SIGHHHH. I guess the butter/salt/carb ratio will have to be out of whack. I'll reeeeeally be "good" this weekend and up the tread mill calories-burned.

Which leads me to the Thanksgiving feast that I'm hosting for my extended family. OY! I have to do "my food" separately in addition to the fat laden staples. Even my healthier versions are not entirely guiltless, but I'll feel much better if I attempt to still "eat clean". I usually gain multiple pounds that day so I HAVE to watch it.

OH! Does anyone have any healthy-ish pumpkin dessert recipes??? I have to make my famous pumpkin pie for my family, but it's hugely fattening, so none for me. I'm wanting to do bars or some sort but don't have a GOOD recipe that is low fat and low sugar. HELP! :rolleyes:


OK peeps! Drink WATER today! Watch what you eat like a crazed weasel!!!
Good luck at tomorrow's weigh in!!!!

[lovealldisney]

desserts


POINTS® Value: 3
Servings: 8
Preparation Time: 10 min
Cooking Time: 65 min
Level of Difficulty: Moderate
Our take on a Thanksgiving classic features a light graham cracker crust. Just the right sweetness to offset the pumpkin pie spice.


Ingredients
3 oz reduced-fat cinnamon graham crackers, about 5 1/2 sheets
1 tbsp packed light brown sugar
2 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
2 large egg white(s)
1 large egg(s)
1/2 cup(s) dark brown sugar
1/4 tsp table salt
2 tsp pumpkin pie spice, or less to taste
1 cup(s) canned pumpkin
1/2 cup(s) fat-free evaporated milk
4 tbsp lite whipped topping
Instructions
Position rack in middle of oven. Preheat oven to 350ºF.


Place graham crackers and light brown sugar in a food processor and process into crumbs (or smash into crumbs in a sealed plastic food bag with a rolling pin). Spoon crumbs into a small bowl; add melted butter and combine with fingers into a coarse meal. Distribute crumbs evenly on bottom and up sides of an ungreased 9-inch pie plate. Chill for 30 minutes before baking. Bake until crust starts to turn golden, about 8 to 10 minutes; remove from oven and let cool.


Meanwhile, in a large bowl, using an electric mixer, whip egg whites until frothy; fold in egg, dark brown sugar, salt, pumpkin pie spice and evaporated milk. Beat pumpkin custard until smooth and pour into pie shell. Bake until a knife inserted in center comes out clean, about 45 to 55 minutes. Slice into 8 pieces, top each piece with 1/2 tablespoon of whipped topping and serve warm or at room temperature. Yields 1 slice per serving.


Hi Wendy

This came right from the Wieght Watchers web site. You might want to try it?? It sounds good. Good Luck!

The other Wendy

[DisneyObsession]

This recipe sounds yummy....maybe I'll make that instead!;)

desserts


POINTS® Value: 3
Servings: 8
Preparation Time: 10 min
Cooking Time: 65 min
Level of Difficulty: Moderate
Our take on a Thanksgiving classic features a light graham cracker crust. Just the right sweetness to offset the pumpkin pie spice.


Ingredients
3 oz reduced-fat cinnamon graham crackers, about 5 1/2 sheets
1 tbsp packed light brown sugar
2 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
2 large egg white(s)
1 large egg(s)
1/2 cup(s) dark brown sugar
1/4 tsp table salt
2 tsp pumpkin pie spice, or less to taste
1 cup(s) canned pumpkin
1/2 cup(s) fat-free evaporated milk
4 tbsp lite whipped topping
Instructions
Position rack in middle of oven. Preheat oven to 350ºF.


Place graham crackers and light brown sugar in a food processor and process into crumbs (or smash into crumbs in a sealed plastic food bag with a rolling pin). Spoon crumbs into a small bowl; add melted butter and combine with fingers into a coarse meal. Distribute crumbs evenly on bottom and up sides of an ungreased 9-inch pie plate. Chill for 30 minutes before baking. Bake until crust starts to turn golden, about 8 to 10 minutes; remove from oven and let cool.


Meanwhile, in a large bowl, using an electric mixer, whip egg whites until frothy; fold in egg, dark brown sugar, salt, pumpkin pie spice and evaporated milk. Beat pumpkin custard until smooth and pour into pie shell. Bake until a knife inserted in center comes out clean, about 45 to 55 minutes. Slice into 8 pieces, top each piece with 1/2 tablespoon of whipped topping and serve warm or at room temperature. Yields 1 slice per serving.


Hi Wendy

This came right from the Wieght Watchers web site. You might want to try it?? It sounds good. Good Luck!

The other Wendy