Amy's New Start : Comments Welcome!

[Goofydiane]

Congrats on the weight loss! You are on a great streak and doing so well. I'm so happy for you!

It's tough to say, but you need to be a bit patient on the recovery. I know when I got sick a few months back, it took about 2-3 weeks to get back in the swing of everything and feel like I was back to where I was cardio wise. It's terrible, but hang with it and don't overdue your recovery. Stay the course with food and you are going to continue to lose weight each week.

I'm so happy for you and this path you are on.

 

[Amy&Dan]

Thanks Tracy, Amy and Diane. I am doing so much better, its amazing how tired I still get and of course I still go through about a half a box of kleenex a day and cough half the night! But today I finally got caught up with life in general and at long last I walked. It was so cold and windy outside which was probably not what I needed but the walk felt good (did 45 minutes). I had hoped to walk with Dan again tonight but he came home pooped and it was freezing (29 and so windy), we got a cold front and we both just didn't feel like it. Its supposed to be warmer tomorrow, so that should be better.

Food was good on Friday, lousy in Saturday (which I planned for) and good yesterday. Today I snacked too much, my appetite was back with a vengeance!

I paid off our WDW package yesterday which was a huge relief. Now I just need to save for: dog sitting, tips, food for the week we are at OKW (should be too much since we have a kitchen and I plan to buy a bunch of snacks to eat that week while we are still on the DDP earlier in the trip), Sea World tickets for me and dd, and the transportation to SW and Universal. I really regret buying Universal tickets. I should have waited for the Harry Potter thing to be open and the cost of the tickets plus getting over there twice is adding up. But ds is so excited so I guess it will be worth it. We've never been.

 

[lovinaz]

Universal Studios will be worth it! And even more so if DS is the one who picked it!

Sounds like you are doing great with food and getting back into the swing of working out. Is everyone else recovering as well?

 

[toystoryduo]

Congrats on paying off your WDW package, Amy! Maybe you can have a garage sale or eBay some stuff to pay down your vacation. If you're interested in earning Disney gift cards for your trip, let me know and I'll send you some information about SR.

I am so glad to hear that you are feeling better! No worries on food for a couple of days. You probably didn't eat much while you were sick and your body needs the extra calories to make up the difference and to continue healing.

I hope you have a great day!

 

[traceycooper]

glad you are finally feeling better Amy!
congrats on paying off WDW - i need to save £4500 before i can do the same
you have done sooooo well with your weight loss - i know what you mean about biggest loser though - i watched the finally today of last seasons - the 1st female BL!! wow DH said if that doesnt motivate you nothing will - i said why do you think i've been watching it!!!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Thanks Amy, Tracy and Tracey. Still improving. I still have a lot of congestion and when I laugh it reminds me of my 3 pack a day Aunt Deenie's laugh. Raspy and rattleish! And my one ear finally unplugged. Its amazing how nice it is to hear out of at least one ear now! My sister came down with this thing, not sure if I was still contagious when she came over but its a worry given her MS. I hope she gets over it quicker than we did.

Food yesterday was perfect. I went to Chick Fil A with a friend for lunch. I am going to start cleaning her house twice a month so we met for lunch near her house and then I took a look at it so I could figure out how much to charge etc. Disney money on the way! She also has the sweetest beagle so of course that will make it nice as I will have good canine company while I clean! I got a regular chick Fil A sandwich but had them leave off the butter and I got fruit instead of fries. So I survived fast food and then had a healthy dinner.

Today I plan to walk, catch up on laundry and work on my trip budget. I want to get that trip budgeted down to the last dollar. I always forget to include the odds and ends which for a 16 night trip, will really add up.

Tracy, I am pm'ing you about SR!

 

[toystoryduo]

I'm glad that you're feeling better, Amy.

Great job on food yesterday! Keep up the good work!!!

Sent you a PM....Let me know if you have any questions!

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

 

[goldcupmom]

Glad you're feeling better, Amy. Spring is always a hard time to be sick!


I don't think you will regret Universal. It's my kids favorite! But, you have to love rides!! Did you already buy tickets?

Have a GREAT rest of the week!

 

[lovinaz]

It's going to be pretty hard to clean with a beagle attached to your heels! At least that is what high maintenance Buckley would be doing...

That is cool that you will be earning some extra $$ for your trip! And having a realistic budget is SO important. It makes everything less stressful when you know you are covered. And I always seem to overestimate, so we have leftovers for surprises and what-not.

Good job behaving at Chik-Fil-A. I need to follow your lead and get my act together and off the carb-fest train!

 

[toystoryduo]

How's it going WISH sis? Done any Disney planning lately? How did your trip budget work out?

I hope you have a great day ahead!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Thanks so much Amy, Tracy and Julie. I am so sorry I havne't been on since Wed. Ds has been using my computer non stop in the afternoons and evenings for homework and I can't get on! I cleaned my first house yesterday, hard work but so nice to get a check with my name on it! I tried to do a really good job and she seemed happy and asked me to start doing it twice a month. Now if I could just get a few more....

I havne't finished my budget yet, again, no computer in the evenings.

Good news is that I was down 3.6 pounds. My total loss is 12.4. I was not actually down 9.8 like I thought. I must say, the WW ladies don't add and subtract too well. I looked at my book while I was in line and realized I was down 9.2 last week. Oh well, I made up for it, got my 10 pound star and am halfway there to the next five pound star. I really hope I can be at 30 pounds by WDW. That means 17.6 pounds in three months. We'll see.

Dh is leaving early, we will walk and I am having friends for dinner tonight. My friend and I did go to Quiznos after WW but I skipped chips so that was something. I am going to try to splurge within reason tonight. I was picture perfect all week for the most part and I want to keep my momentum going!

And I am trying so hard to be more thankful and positive. I realized that in the last couple of months, Fridays have gotten so much easier. For years that was the day I had set aside to do something fun with my mom. We always tried not to schedule any dr.'s appts that day and just get her out of the house doing something for fun. I really have been missing that. So often in the last 14 months I wake up on a Friday morning and feel so sad knowing those days are over. But now I have made that my WW day, I have my friend who goes now too and we have decided to have lunch afterwards, and dh tries to leave early and its helped me make a new kind of Friday. But I still miss my mama and the pie we used to eat! But I am thankful that I have kept on, keeping on. A friend's dad passed away yesterday and I think about what they have to go through in the next days and weeks and I don't mind saying, I am so glad I am where I am at and not where they are God bless them.

We leave for WDW three months from yesterday! Which means three months from today, I'll be at Blizzard Beach, hopefully 17.6 pounds thinner!

Weight on January 2: 244
Weight on March 13: 231.6
Loss so far: 12.4

 

[Goofydiane]

You can come and clean my house anytime. I'll pay you for it!

Congrats on the weight loss this week! I'm so proud of you and you are doing just fabulous with choices, exercise and meeting your goals.

I hope you have a great weekend!

 

[toystoryduo]

Congratulations on your weight loss, Amy! Keep up the good work!

That is great that you are only 3 months away from WDW!!!

Have a wonderful weekend!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Blew it with food last night but that's okay. Thank goodness for Flex Points!

So I have been up since 5:00 a.m. stressing out about WDW in June. We are getting a decent tax refund and we decided to upgrade to a moderate for our 9 nights. I love the values but as my kids have gotten older, the rooms seem smaller and 9 nights is a long time. No mods available, but WL is. But not for dh's cousin and aunt under the 3/4 deal. So I am emailing back and forth with my TA, trying to find some sort of a deal that will work for their dates and ours. Dan says maybe we'll just help them with the difference if we get the 4/3 deal and they don't. Since we are the ones chaning the game plan, plus they treated us to a few nights in Rehoboth Beach a few years ago so it would be nice to do something for them. Naturally, once I got on the WL idea, All Star Music aint' lookin too good! I love having a balcony and some extra space. If I have to cohabitate with my kids, I need more space to do it in! So hopefully it will work out one way or the other. If not, well, that's life.

Plan for today is walk, work on WDW details, namely make sure I have all my info down right for ADR's, which I can make tomorrow. I keep seeing reports of people holding for two hours since they have this new system in place and very few cm's that know how to do it. Gotta love Disney. They want your money but love to make it complicated for you to give it to them! Then we have church tonight and a bbq to go to (think my friend is ready for spring if she's already having a BBQ ).

I am determined to be on target the rest of the weekend!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Thanks Tracy, we were posting at the same time!

 

[toystoryduo]

I hope you're able to get WL!!!! I love BCV, but told my DH that one day I want to stay at the WL and at the Poly. Of course, once we did the Towers at Bay Lake tour last year, I added that to my to do list as well.

That is so awesome that you get to make your ADRs tomorrow! You're gonna share your dining plans right? I can't make my ADRs until June so I'll have to live vicariously through yours for the time being. I hope you don't have a 2 hour wait tomorrow! I told my DH that on June 15th, he better not schedule anything for the morning because both of us may be on the phone trying to get those ADRs.

Have a great day today!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Well no going to the Wildnerness Lodge for us. The 4/3 special was available for our dates but not my inlaws and their room would have been at full rack. The difference for them would have been over $1400 from what we have at Music and that was just understandably not doable. I would have loved to help make it happen by kicking in but that difference was just too high. They told us it was fine if we swtiched but of course there is no way we would do that or even want to. The point of this vacation is to spend time with them, not very easy at two different resorts! I am firm believer that if something is meant to be, it will happen. So this obviously wasn't. But I am still bummed. That is by far the deepest discount I have ever seen for a deluxe. But hey, I am still going to WDW! I still have no idea why, when their dates are basically the same as ours (we have nine nights, they have seven but within our timeframe) that discount wasn't available for them. Disney is a wacky thing sometimes.

I didn't do well with food today either. And I didn't exercise. I am still okay, still had enough flex points but I am out now so its got to be picture perfect the rest of the week! Its supposed to be nice again tomorrow I think so we'll take a walk.

I call for ADRS in the morning and hopefully I will get what I want as far as that is concerned. I plan to call from our home number and a cell. I keep hearing reports of people being disconnected after being on hold two hours. Disney just kills me sometimes! Tracy, when I get them all set, I'll post. I am afraid of jinxing myself since my pixie dust isn't happening this weekend! I told Dan that when we see the WL from the bus or wherever, I am covering my eyes!

You know its funny, we had the Contemporary booked for two nights years ago. My parents were to join us later in the trip but then when my mom got offically diagnosed with Alzheimers, I decided to change their flights to come with us for the whole trip which cost a fortune, so I couldn't afford the CR for them and us so we switched to All Star Sports. It was a great trip, so all things do indeed work out as they should! I intend to allocate a nice, fat amount of money to enjoy the All Star Music Pool Bar in honor of staying there!

 

[Goofydiane]

sending good thoughts your way for your ADR choices in the morning!

 

[traceycooper]

good luck with the ADR's Amy - cant wait to hear what you got
hoping the booking system will be better by next year for when i make mine - definatly cant be on hold for 2 hrs from the UK
congrats on the awesome weight loss too

 

[Amy&Dan]

I got my ADR's and I only held about two minutes! However, I had a hard time getting my times and I couldn't get one of them at all. So the moral of the story is call at 7:00, I didn't and the rep said now that its back at 90 days, people call early on the dot. So here they are:
Cape May Character Breakfast
Chef MIckey's Dinner
Yachtsmen Dinner
1900 Park Fare Dinner
Tokyo Dining Dinner (couldn't get Chefs de France at all that whole day)
Sci Fi Dinner
Boma Dinner
The Wave Dinner
O'Hana Dinner

I was bummed about Chefs but we also love Tokyo Dining (which will also be healthier) and dh loves that place. I accused him of calling and making 50 fake Chefs ADR's so I couldn't get in there!

Hope everybody is having a nice weekend!