Amy's New Start : Comments Welcome!

[Amy&Dan]

Diane, for some unknown reason, they never plow residential streets. Unless you have an HOA that takes care of that, you are out of luck. Luckily I am only a few blocks from a main road and have 4 wheel drive! I think you are probably talking about that March 2003 storm where it snowed over 50"! And yeah, I do remember that one!

I don't think I'll be able to do WW. Its probably not open but even if it is, dh is taking my car and I don't think I want to venture out in his Corolla! I weighed at home, my scale is not always accurate or consistent but it looks like I might have lost most of the 2.4 I gained last week. So that's good. Now maybe next week, I can take off enough to put me close to my 15 pound star.

We are going out to dinner tonight with friends, I intend to not worry with what I eat and just enjoy the night. If I do well all day, it should be fine. I don't have any other plans for the weekend so that's good. I really need to not have more than one social thing per weekend, those absolutely kill me each week and make the rest of my week too much about undoing weekend damage and not enough about getting ahead!

Happy Friday all!

 

[traceycooper]

your doing great with food & exercise Amy
well done
hope the snow doesnt last!!
Have a great evening tonight

 

[toystoryduo]

I saw Colorado's snow on the news last night and thought of you. It sounds like you got quite a bit of it!

Great job on the food and workouts, Amy!!! Keep up the good work!

I hope you have a wonderful weekend ahead! Have fun with your friends at dinner tonight!

 

[lovinaz]

That is so cool that the track lady commented on your increased speed! It won't be long and you will be right up there with her. I think if you find something you enjoy, like aquasize, you should bite the bullet and get the membership. It'll be worth it in the long run, and I bet that once you are more comfortable at the gym you will try new classes, etc. can you get it for a 6 month trial or does it have to be for a whole year? Usually rec centers are more flexible.

I can't believe you are getting snow! Maybe that is the reason it's only going to be 73 degrees today... (ha ha, I just had to torture you!).

We are also going out tonight, here's to enjoying an evening out without guilt!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Tracy: Yes, Colorado and our famous spring storms always make the news, we are supposed to have more snow next week.

Amy: I can't actually complain, we are so dry right now, we were over 30" under our typical snow fall so this should help. And my allergies got frozen over and I can breathe! Have fun tonight, I know I intend to!

Tracey: Thanks for stopping by!

I booked airfare and park tickets for Disneyland in October so I guess that trip is officially back on. With a lot of scrimping since Christmas, and a very decent tax refund, I decided to go ahead and go for it. I know its not the most finacially sound thing to do in these times, but I just couldn't help myself! Of course right in the middle of booking airfare, my stupid internet went down and then I had to call Frontier direct and hold for 30 minutes to get it sorted out. Naturally they are swamped since they are Denver based and have so many cancelled flights to deal with due to our storm. Now I remember why I always make dh book airfare! So now our hotel, air and park tickets are 100% paid for this October trip and my June WDW trip is paid for down to the last pool bar drink and Mickey Bar! I will also add I paid off my orthodontist account and a credit card so I feel like I achieved a good balance with this extra money. And I won't miss those two payments every month. Can't believe I am done with braces for the kids 20 months early, it feels so good!

Food today has been good. I must say while I held on the phone stressing about my reservation (which I could tell had come out of my checking account but it hadn't given me a confirmation) if I had had a bag of chips, I would have snarfed them! So its good I don't keep junk in the house.

Thanks for stopping by, I need to catch up with all of you.

Breakfast: Kashi with skim milk
Lunch: PB&J on low cal bread and an orange
Snack: Yogurt
Dinner: Will be a food fest I am sure.

 

[toystoryduo]

That's great that you paid the orthodontist off early and that you paid off a credit card as well! What better way to celebrate than a trip to DL?

It's funny that you posted about DL because my DH and I were talking yesterday that we may still try and squeeze a very budget trip in to WDW in December. I'm going to work on some numbers today and see what I can do.

How did dinner go with your friends last night? I hope you had a great time!

Have a wonderful Saturday!!!

 

[lovinaz]

That is awesome that you got to book your Oct DL trip! Such a bummer it's not the same time that we will be in CA (if we go, still need to see how poor we are when we come back from Europe! ).

And even more awesome about paying off the ortho! You stretched that tax refund out, paid off lots of stuff, so you deserve to have a little fun with the rest of it!

Good job not stress-eating on the phone. I always tell DH that airline employees have to have one of the most stressful jobs ever. I know I could never do i!

 

[traceycooper]

wow i'm soo impressed (& slightly jealous!) that you have your trip & finanaces so organised
all to do now is to sit back look forward to the trips...& plan of course

 

[toystoryduo]

How was your weekend, Amy?

 

[Amy&Dan]

Wow, sorry I have been MIA since Friday! We had one of those incredibly busy weekends, it just got away from me. I didn't weigh on Friday due to the storm and in some ways that is a big no no for me. I NEED that weekly weigh in for accountablity and motivation. I really struggled with food. Friday night we went out to dinner and I pigged out. I had a stuffed baked potato (cheese, bbq sauce, cheese, bacon and brisket) and ate about two thirds of that, three mini corn muffins, several bites of dh's mac and cheese and 1/3 of a piece of pie. Plus three very tiny rum and diet cokes. Juice glass sized rum and cokes I might add. So that night was the train wreck I knew it would be. Saturday was much better and Sunday was fine until we went to see Witch Mtn. and I ate popcorn and candy for dinner.

Yesterday was spot on with food but no exercise (yet another storm) and today was spot on with food and I aquasized for an hour, water walked for 20 minutes then walked on my treadmill for 20 minutes. My treadmill seems okay if I don't use it too long. And I was proud, I jogged for one minute, five times total. It was hard work but my knees didn't hurt. I really hope to work up to more running.

Food today:
Breakfast: slim fast: 3
Snack: Yogurt: 2
Lunch: Lean Cuisine with extra veggies: 6
Snack: one taquito: 2 Wheat Thins: 5
Dinner: Taco salad made with ground 99% lean turkey, 2% cheese, lettuce, tomato, pinto beans, tomatoes and tortilla strips: 10
Total: 28

One point under but I am sure somewhere along this day I ate something I forgot so I think I am done!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Oh, I forgot to add, the aquasize insturctor complimented me after class for working so hard. She said I did great and she could tell how hard I worked and how I didn't let up. It felt so good to hear that! After a rocky weekend with food and not working out yesterday due to the freezing cold and blizzard winds, it helped me get back on track today.

And I joined the rec center so I have a membership and can go as often as I like!

 

[traceycooper]

Hi Amy
well done for getting back on track so quickly - the meal did sound delish!! dont have corn muffins here but i love them when we are in wdw

thats great you have joined the rec centre - just need to get rid of those storms now

keep up the great work

 

[Amy&Dan]

Tracey: More cold and storms today so it was good I had the rec center to go to since its inside and warm!

I did well with food today. Went to the rec center, walked for 40 minutes and biked for 10. I am hoping to cross train a bit and get better on the bike and try out the eliptical. I love walking but don't want to get in a rut.

Food:
Breakfast: Slim Fast: 3
Lunch: sandwich and fruit: 8.5, some of ds' fries: 2
Snack: Pop Tart: 3
Dinner: Chili: 10 (big bowl)

Didn't need that pop tart that's for sure amd I also came in under points which strangely enough can backfire on me, esp when I am working out as hard as I am. But I just wasn't that hungry. I really hope the scale is nice on Friday.

I had lunch with stepdad today since the kids are off and I know how much he enjoys seeing them. He is having some procedure next week where he goes to the hospital and they shock his heart to try to get it in a better rhthym. I'm sure he'll do fine but I know he's nervous, who wouldn't be? He got the addendum signed and I am very relieved. He said he was resting better knowing it was signed, and apologized for taking so long. I said it was fine, it all worked out and that was all that mattered. As the kids and I were leaving, this little old lady was getting her mail from the lobby mailbox, apparently, she is the woman that hotly pursued stepdad right after my mom died. They dated brifely but then he decided she wanted more than he did. Seeing her get all huffy with him and tell him, "havent' seen you in awhile, I thought you'd died" made me realize that the man/woman thing doesn't get any easier when you get older! Stepdad couldn't get out of that lobby fast enough, I haven't seen him move that fast in ten years!

 

[toystoryduo]

Great job on getting your workouts in! That was a nice compliment from your aquasize instructor!

I'm glad that your stepdad got that addendum signed. That was the addendum to his will, right? I hope his procedure at the hospital goes well.

Hope you have a great day ahead!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Thanks Tracy. Yes it was the addendum to his will. Without it, all his possessions go to his kids. Problem is, half that furniture in the condo belonged to my mom and dad and should be given to thier kids. I am fine with stepdad having those things but don't want his kids to get them. And given their awful behavior, I know full well, they'd never be nice, give me a call and say "hey come get your stuff". Stepdad said the same thing but for some reason didn't want to sign that addendum. I'm sure its hard to admit your own kids need legal stopgaps to make them do the right thing. This way, those things come to us directly. I gave up all rights to the condo (that was purchased with my mom's money) but the furniture that was my parent's I can't give up. Too many memories.

I waterwalked today, against the current in the lazy river at the rec center. Omg, I bet I'm sore later! It was hard work. Then did aquasize for an hour. I may walk tonight with Dan, we are getting more snow tomorrow night but today is nice. TOM showed up, just in time to ruin my weigh in but at least I know the bloat is leaving and next week should be good.

I plan to clean the house today (I am dropping my kiddos off to see Witch Mountain with friends). I'll post my food now. I might add, there are donuts in this house (bought them for dd's sleepover) and I am not even tempted. But I may toss the last two anyway just to be safe! DD informs me the donuts are "rich" and she couldn't eat her second one nor could her friend. I still think she's not my kid. Her thing she is looking forward to the most when her braces are off is celery. As I recall, I immediately began to chow on carmel when I got mine off!

Food:
Slim Fast
Lean Cusine with extra veggies
Meatloaf with broccolli and whole wheat pasta.
Yogurt
Fiber Bar

That should put me right. I can't say enough how suckey it is TOM didn't show up a few days ago, that way I might have had a decent weigh in. As Tammy Wynette would say: Sometimes its Hard To Be A Woman!!!

 

[goldcupmom]

Good luck w/ the WI tomorrow! I'm right there with you. Impending TOM....UGH!!!! I just wish it were predictable!!

AWESOME job with the finances and especially the workouts!

You are doing GREAT!!!!

 

[lovinaz]

That is wonderful that you joined the rec center! I bet you will get a lot of use out of it and try new things. Good job!

I'm glad stepdad signed the addendum, what a huge relief that must be. Sounds like everything will work out as it is supposed to.

Hopefully your TOM weight will have gone by the time you weigh in tomorrow. You've worked hard this week, you deserve a loss!

 

[toystoryduo]

You are doing a great job on your workouts, Amy! How did weigh-in go today?

Did you say you are expecting snow this weekend? When is Mother Nature gonna get the memo that it's SPRING already?!?!?!

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

 

[Amy&Dan]

I am so discouraged! I only lost .4. So I am still sturggling to get that two pounds off I gained two weeks ago. 10 pounds in three months isn't very much to brag about. Given what I weigh, I should be losing much quicker. Most women my size take off 20 pounds the first month. I know I am trying hard, I know weekends generally are not good but to be losing this slow sucks. And of course, I'm middle aged with hormone issues and that doesn't help. I know these things, but I am still really, really upset and discouraged.

I also have to say, I don't like doing WW with somebody else. My friend is now within a half pound of me, she's been going like four weeks. I am happy for her but that element of competition is making me feel stressed. This was my thing. I had my routiine, I had my meeting time. It was working quite well. Now all of the sudden, she's doing it too, she's catching up and I am only human so of course that is going to frustrate me. I am going at a different time, I don't like as well. She lost three pounds this week, and I lost .4 and I felt like I came in last place and I hate that. I don't think today's measly loss following my gain of two weeks ago would have bothered me that much had I been alone. And what makes me feel terrible even writing this is that so often she'll tell me I motivate her. Which is great, but I need to motivate myself. Its not like I can say, "well that's nice but to be honest, ever since I started doing this with you, my whacked out sense of craziness is kicking in and I'm not losing". I love having a workout partner, not so sure about a Weight Watchers partner!

I think the thing that I have never liked about doing WW with somebody else is it brings back years and years of memories where my sister and I growing up had this thing where the whole family knew what we both weighed. My whole life, I was the fat sister. I was taller, bigger boned, bigger feet and heavier even though I was 8 years younger. I have upsetting memories of being 11 and weighing almost as much as my 19 year old sister. I can still feel the humilation of being at family dinners and hearing somebody say "Amy is 8 years younger but look, she already weighs more than Lisa". There were times God rest her, my mom would even tell others, "my 14 year old weighs more than I do". So today, to have this "wow, I've lost as much as you" thing suddenly made me back in my grannie's kitchen listening to how me even with being the youngest was still the heaviest woman in the room. I am so tired of always being the fattest person I know, the one that has been overweight the longest and knowing that everyone in my life wonders why I don't lose weight. Pretty much everyone I know right now, has never seen me thin or even normal. I've weighed over 200 pounds for the past 16 years. Growing up, I rarely got compliments other than the dreaded "you're too pretty to be fat".

I know this is a TOM thing (both the weight loss and my mood), I know that 10 pounds in 3 months is still a good thing, but to be in this stage, to have a friend who has spent one third the time and have the same loss is upsetting. When I went alone, it felt non threatening, I went when I wanted to and now suddenly its all different. I just need to get a grip and keep on keeping on.

I am so thankful she and I hooked up and cliqued. Because I know I wouldn't have joined the rec center if not for her. I just need to find a way to be more comfortable with doing WW with her. Its my issue, certainly not hers. And points out to me, I have a long ways to go with the emotional component of this. Which I guess makes sense. Being overweight or worrying I will get back to being overweight has been a fact of my life for over 30 years. Sorry to go on and on, I am just really sad and discouraged. And I have to find a way to survive this weekend. We have dinner out tomorrow night with our good friends so I need to enjoy the night, have a little splurge but that is IT for the whole weekend. I also think maybe I need to add my acitivty points in. My leader said given the amount of exercise I am doing, I need those extra points. I never take them because I feel like they are my cushion. If I forget to put something down in my WW Tracker or on here, I know I have those couple of points to cover that.

I'd like to take my ovaries and uterus and blow them up in my front yard right now!

 

[eyor44]

I'm sorry you are feeling bad. Sometimes you just can't do certain things with others because it does mess up your rythym. Give it a few days. Everyone loses are different rates and with different activities.