Amy's New Start : Comments Welcome!

[lovinaz]

Glad to hear you had fun at the wedding!

My grandfather has also lost his filter to a point. When DD decided she didn't want to do ballet anymore, I mentioned it to him on the phone, and he asked why - was is because she's fat? Where the heck that came from, I have no idea! She's not close to being fat, she's not even overweight! So try not to be too hard on him, just bite your tongue and move on

I hope you get your walk in! And good luck on the job search.

 

[toystoryduo]

It sounds like you have a really busy day ahead of you. Please be sure and take some time just for you today. I don't think I saw any "Amy time" on the to do list.

I'm sending you a PM....Have a good evening!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Amy, I do try where he is concerned and I feel like I cut him a lot of slack. If he was actually a member of my family and I had lots of happy childhood memories and a blood tie to balance some of this stuff out, it would be so much different. Instead I have a whole lot of memories of him being a real jerk and at times down right abusive to my mother. Somehow, she always loved him and I know she wanted me to be there for him when she was gone, but it is so hard. I made her a promise I probably won't be able to keep. But you are right, it is time for me to move on from him and probably stop posting about him. Sometimes I look at my journal and it looks so whiney, always about the same old stuff. Gotta work on that!

Tracy: Thanks for the pm. I ended up having some "Amy time" on the phone with a friend who lost her job recently. Thanks for always be so supportive! We compared notes on job hunting. She gave me some good ideas and I hopefully I gave her a few too!

I called the store to apply that my friend told me about but they aren't hiring right now. She said maybe in the late spring. She advised me to fill out an app in a couple of months. They only keep apps for three months and she said it might get thrown out before the next hire. But I have a name and a gameplan on that one!

Oh, here is food:

Breakfast: Alternative bagle with 1t butter, small orange
Lunch: Lean cuisine three organic cookies
Snack: Yogurt
Dinner: Bean burrito and salad
Snack: milk

Dan is coming home early so he and I can walk. I did do a stretching toning DVD for 20 minutes. My muscles are really sore from that long car ride I guess. I haven't been keeping up with my exercise minutes so I am not completely certain where I am at. I think I'll just call it a day for February's challenge, walk as much as I can and then join March's. My friend didn't want to walk today but we made plans for tomorrow so thats good.

Found out what ds' mission trip will cost. Not too horrible (around $500) and they are doing some fundraising. He really wants to raise his own money for this so in essence he's paying his own way. Not sure how many Old Chicago coupons people will buy in this economy though! I am really excited for him, this is a big step towards growing up and spreading his wings.

Food has been good and I have been slamming the water. I have a lot of salty cashews to flush out!!

 

[DisDee]

Amy, there's nothing more important than carving some time out of the day that is just for you. I'm glad to hear that you did that yesterday. It's kind of funny that we have so many hours in the day that are spent doing household stuff, taking care of the family, bills, budgets, running errands etc., that we forget about the "me" time. I actually read a little article yesterday about that same topic on the WW Website.

Have yourself a great day and enjoy the walk with your friend!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Thanks Denise, it is so easy to get lost in your own life sometimes!

I am going to try a new tactic with food/points/posting food. I am going to attempt to most days post my whole day's food in the morning to see if I can stick with that. I have been doing that for dinner and its worked pretty well. Now I want to try to plan the whole day first thing and see how that goes.

So here is today (Wednesday):
Breakfast: Gensoy shake w/ 1 t. peanut butter: 5
Lunch: Lean Cuisine and orange: 8
Snack: Kashi w/ skim: 4
Dinner: Pasta w/ turkey sausage and tomato sauce and salad: 12
Total for the day: 29

Interesting that I came up with that menu and when I added it up it was exactly the amount of points I get!

I am feeling much better today, I was so down yesterday following phone conversations with two friends. One of whom has lost her job and house and the other who is about to lose her house and her car (single mom with two young kids). Then I got an email from another friend whose sister was just diagnosed with Stage III breast cancer. So not a particularly happy day. And I didn't walk last night. Was about to start and got a nasty bloody nose. It is so dry here right now and my allergy medicine dries out my sinueses even more. We had another brush fire in my neighborhood the other day, I am telling you these high school kids that go smoke in the field near my house are going to burn the whole neighborhood down one of these days. We need rain or snow!

Plan for today is to walk (about to leave for that in 15 minutes), organize the house and call and check on my friend. I also need to work with ds a bunch, he's home sick but has a ton of work to do for school. I haven't been helping him at all because I want him to do it on his own but I feel like he at least needs me to check some things over. He needs to get these grades up! I let him sleep in and last I took it his temp is normal (after being 103 in the night) so its time to get up and get going for him!

I'll let you know tomorrow if I stuck to my food schedule!

 

[lovinaz]

I think planning out the day is a great idea! I do that too, that way you can make same-point value substitutions if needed, but you'll always know where you are.

That stinks about all your friends' hard times! Makes you put things into perspective, doesn't it?

I hope you got your walk in.

 

[Amy&Dan]

Thanks Amy, I sort of borrowed my idea from you, my favorite disciplined eater! And yes, I got my walk in! And I also walked up a huge flight of stairs at the track. The track is sort of sunk down low on the school grounds, then there is a bunch of stairs (four flights) that take you up to the baseball field. So I told my friend, lets finish our walk by getting up those stairs. When Dan and I go tonight, we can do the same. I also set a goal that by April 15th, I will be able to do a combo of walking/run on the track. And be able to get up those stairs like four or five times in a row. I don't have the money to join a gym and don't really have the money for a treadmill so I need to make my outdoor walks and DVD's work for me.

Got another bloody nose, went to Burger King to get ds a chicken sandwich and sprite for his lunch (he is home sick) and the guy said "um ma'm, you have blood coming out your nose". I am sure that made his day.

Here are our (I think) finalized plans for dining in WDW: We have nine nights at ASMU on the DDP with Dan's family and then a week off the DDP at Old Key West. We'll probably eat all cs and self cooked meals at OKW, after 9 nihgts ont he DDP we'll be sick of eating!
1. Chef Mickey's for dinner (dd's choice)
2. 1900 Park Fare dinner
3. Boma, dinner
4. Yachtsmen (counts as two, ds' choice loves his meat like his dad)
6. Sci Fi
7. Cape May breakfast
8. Biergarten (really not excited about this one at all, anybody been there?)
9. Will either do O'Hana for dinner or maybe we will pay OOP for Sci Fi and use those credits and these to do Hoop Dee Doo. Dan loves that place and I could take him there for Father's Day. He likes the free beer!

It will be fun to do all those meals with Dan's family and then it will be fun to just have no plans and chill at Old Key West just us. Now I just have to wait a few more weeks to call and make all those ADR's. If only I put this much thought into everything else in my life.

I also want to really try to be able to run/jog by then. I would love to be able to do the path from OKW over to Saratoga Springs one day. I think its around a mile and I would love to be able to run that! Just around 4 months to make this happen! And I am determined to get in that bathing suit I have yet to wear in time for that trip. Same goal as last year but this year I am going to do it!

 

[lovinaz]

I wouldn't get too crazy following my lead if I were you... I'm not exactly the poster child for successful weight loss, am I?? But I bet you will find it eliminates a lot of stress and unplanned eating.

Cool deal with all the dining reservations! I am getting totally stressed out trying to get our itinerary figured out for our trip. And isn't the whole point of a vacation to get away from stress??

You are doing great making your own outdoor gym! And you will be very surprised at how quickly you will build up jogging stamina. If you are consistent and increase your jogging time by a little bit every time, you will have no problem running that mile in June.

 

[Amy&Dan]

I wouldn't get too crazy following my lead if I were you... I'm not exactly the poster child for successful weight loss, am I??

Any girl who can stop herself after only 3 Samoas, is disciplined by my standards!!

I hear you on the planning thing, sometimes I envy people who just get on a plane and play it by ear! But I like to plan and Dan's aunt needs a cool, air conditioned place to eat each day. I swear myself off the DDP everytime I do it (so regimented and so much food) but if you plan to eat much ts, its the way to go. I bet your kids are so excited for Europe and flying first class!

I kinda wanted to begin running on my treadmill in the privacy of my own basement but now I have to attempt it in public!

 

[toystoryduo]

Yummy! You have some great dining choices there! Oh what I wouldn't give for a scoop of cream cheese mashed potatoes or that shrimp salad stuff from Chef Mickeys right now....Mmmmm.

You did a great job getting your workout in today! I like the goal that you have set for yourself. I know you CAN do it!

I hope you have a great evening ahead.

 

[lovinaz]

Yes, the kids are very excited about the trip. Usually I don't plan quite as much as I am for this one, but 2 weeks goes by fast when there is so much to see! I am mostly doing it to estimate how much $$ we are going to need. It's gonna be EXPENSIVE, that's for sure!

Did you go jogging today? Start with baby steps, and don't worry about anyone else, I bet no one is even paying attention to what you are doing, they are too focused on whatever they are doing!

 

[DisDee]

Amy good for you to set that goal of adding some running to your workout! My joints ache at the mention of it. LOL! Our cable system has some great video workouts that are included as part of our package and many subscribers here in NJ don't even realize it. I always try to mention that bonus, cause other systems may offer it also.

16 nights at WDW...I'm jealous! The most we ever spent was 9 nights which included the 3 nights on the Wonder. I'm sure you'll have a great time and its nice that you'll have the down time at OKW. We stayed there last year for 3 nights and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. I bet you'll soon be counting the days until the trip.

Hope you had a great day today!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Thanks Denise and Amy. DD and I are both sick today, she was up all night poor thing, and then about the time she got to sleep, I got sick. She has the same thing as ds I guess but about 1000 times worse. She and I spent the day on the couch miserable watching tv. Conferences are today, Dan is going, first time ever I have not gone to conferences. I hope he thinks to ask a question or two! Ds is with him so that will help. Poor Dan, he had to leave work early and do parental duties, I am sure he is nervous!

The kids have a four day weekend due to conferences so thats good, we can get them well.

No exercise today but I also ate hardly anything. I plan to WW tomorrow as long as I feel up to it and feel like I can leave dd home alone with ds.

I'll catch up on journals later, thanks for stopping by.

 

[toystoryduo]

I'm sorry to hear that you and your DD are not feeling well. I'm sending lots of get well soon your way. I hope you're both feeling better soon.

 

[lovinaz]

I hope you are feeling better!

Did you make it to WW?

 

[traceycooper]

hope you feel better soon Amy.
Glad you enjoyed the wedding
great dining plans for WDW - I've never been to the German place - not a fan of the food, i hate the smell when i walk by!! But they do say the entertainment is great & its a lovely room

 

[Amy&Dan]

Thanks so much Tracy, Amy and Tracey. We are still sick, poor dd is miserable with flu and stomach woes. Called the doctor and the nurse said there is some sort of nasty bug making the rounds and it can last up to one week! She's mostly living on gatorade and 7 up. I am not as sick but I am not doing so great either. So its a stay around the house watching HGTV sort of weekend I predict. I did go to WW, I was the same, which given my wedding weekend last weekend, I'll take it. I also drank a 24 oz Diet coke right before weigh in, I typically don't eat or drink anything for three or four hours before I weigh. But I got there an hour early (long story) and my friend and I went to a Quizno's to wait it out. Didn't eat a thing but that large drink was still on me when I got on the scale!

I am not sure when I'll walk again, its cold today but supposed to be warm tomorrow so maybe dh and I can steal away for an hour and go over to the track. The kids are off on Monday (had yesterday off too) and I plan to take them to rec center so they can swim and I can walk if dd is feeling better.

Hope everybody is doing well and having a nice weekend.

 

[Goofydiane]

So sorry to hear that the house is under the weather. A weekend of HGTV isn't a bad thing, it's nice to kick back and relax.

With a wedding, dinner with FIL and pop right before weigh in, staying flat is an accomplishment and should be celebrated!

Hope you are feeling better soon!

 

[lovinaz]

I hope everyone is better soon! HGTV weekends are dangerous! If you are like me, you will be walking around the house with a sledgehammer in hand, looking for a wall to knock down!

That is awesome that you maintained! And even more awesome that you resisted Quiznos. I bet you would have had a loss if you didn't have that 24oz of liquid in your belly!

And just to be a meanie, I will tell you it is going to be 89 here today...

 

[toystoryduo]

Amy,

I'm sorry you're still not feeling well. I'm not feeling well today either. I hope everyone feels better soon!