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Good Morning! It's the first day in a LONG time that I haven't felt the strong urge to rush off to do some work on the set or some other busy thing. We are all loaded into the performance space and literally can't get in there today to work on it, so I return to the land of normalcy (or my version of it anyhow!) Apparently I can turn into a volunteeraholic. 
I have eaten so much this week. I averaged about 30 points per day!
But my weight has been within the maintenance range for me all week, in fact, it's been at or under the "magic number" so I guess it's balanced out. That's a pretty good feeling, except that I know I was eating because of stress a lot of the time. Funny thing, now that the painting is mostly done, I don't actually feel like eating everything in sight anymore. Go figure.
I am also going to have time for a nice long run today, and I'll get to be outside, too! I did get some workouts in during the week - spin class and trx, anyhow, but I definitely feel like I got out of that groove a bit over the last few weeks.
I have a few things quoted from a few days ago - I managed to read along but not post, I guess.
The play is Suburb: The Musical and is being performed with puppets, so the set is somewhat stylized - like an illustration or the scenery for Sesame Street. I painted a big backdrop with grass and blue sky and clouds, then there are 6 scenes on "spinners," and each of those is, well, basically a huge painting, as the designer wanted things painted on them like a couch, wall outlets, windows, etc. It's going to be a great show, though. I'm also doing running crew starting tomorrow, helping with the scene changes and props and all.
Here are a few pictures. The lighting is poor, but you get the idea:
The amazing thing about my friend Sara is that she has tenaciously continued with these workouts that she just dreads! Like you, if I don't enjoy something, I tend to do it less over time until I stop. That is too bad that tennis at the Y is so expensive! I love the idea of having a heavy bag to use at home. I've never even used a bag, but I sitll love the idea. It definitely sounds like it's time to try something new/mix it up!
Maria, if it makes you feel ANY better, my house is a diasater area for Easter. One thing and another, followed by a week when I was barely at home and when I was, I was exhausted, well, it is what it is and we are just going with it. Fortunately, I am not hosting anything here at all this weekend.
Great job on your loss last month - that's MEGA!! You are in the groove now!
Woo hooo! Congratulations and welcome to the ranks of the Maintainers! I'm so excited for you. Your pictures are great and definitely show the changes you've made! Don't worry about the number too much - the scale will still jump around a little from day to day and week to week. You'll figure out if this is a maintainable weight for you over the next few weeks. You hit your goal and now you get to decide if it's where you want to be!
Aww - that is a bummer about the .2 bumping your clippie. .2 is not much, and I'm sure it will be gone again soon. Have you considered maybe a grace period on the clippie change? Of course it's a personal choice and you should do what works for you and if you want to keep it all "official" I totally respect that!
4/4 Saturday QOTD: Tell us about your first trip to Disney (WDW or DL or any other Disney parks). How did you find out about the trip, how did you feel at first glance of the castle or park icon, anything you want to share! If you haven't yet experienced Disney when are you hoping to go and what are you hoping to do while there.
My first Disney trip, I was in 7th grade. It was the spring of 1987, and my mom had won the trip at an office party. If it hadn't been for that, we never would have had the money to go. It was my first time on an airplane, as well, and back in the days when they allowed smoking on planes. Ugh. I still remember how reaky that plane ride was! There were also only the Magic Kingdom and Epcot at that time.
We have some wild memories from that trip. It seemed like there were a lot of technical difficulties on the rides. We got stuck on Pirates of the Caribbean at the place where they are shooting the cannons. We also got stuck on what is now Ellen's Energy Adventure and had to actually get out of the vehicles and walk out. I remember the smell of the swamp on that dinosaur ride, though, and thinking - wow, this is amazing! My sister had a fit on Tom Sawyer Island (There is a curse, I believe. And the rule of thumb is this: If you go to Tom Sawyer Island with fewer adults than kids, you WILL be sorry!) We also loved "If You Had Wings" and rode it several times!
Our day in Epcot was similarly exciting: My brother got upset at the start of I think it was called World of Motion because he was sitting with me and not my mom, so he flipped out until my sister agreed to switch seats - while the ride was in motion! We were going up this ramp in the moving car and they were climbing from back to front and front to back. OMG - it's a miracle we didn't get thrown out or injured. Then there was the part at the end of that ride when you had to choose your ending, and we knew our brother would want Space, so we conspired to pick something else and it was Ocean, and he was NOT happy. Later, My brother (age 6) had a fit in the middle of the sidewalk in the World Showcase. Just stooped down and planted himself and refused to move. We had chocolate waffle cones for lunch in Epcot. We got to see Captain Eo, and I was fooled by the hydroculators. I remember being so surprised when we just walked out the back door and didn't have to take an elevator out! We loved the Laser Light show at night and walked around the UK pavillion afterward, peeking in the windows.
It was a short trip, and the touring was non-ideal, but amazingly, the stuff I remember most fondly is the stuff that went wrong!
4/5 Sunday QOTD: What is the first thing that you do at each park when you arrive?
MK: Sometimes we go and get haircuts at the barber for the kids. Ride-wise, though, either Dumbo or Space Mountain, depending on if anyone is going to want to ride Dumbo that trip. Better to do it first thing, I always think. We've also done the 8am Crystal Palace breakfast, which is nice.
Epcot: I hate to admit this, but my family is "Soarin'ed out" Yes, it's cool, but the movie is always the same, so now the kids aren't interested anymore, for the most part. My youngest loved test track for a while there, too. I love that John Michael Higgins is the host in the video for that one - he was so funny in "Best In Show", it cracks me up to see him running the Test Track. Truthfully, that is my favorite part of that ride. So we'll either ride that or grap FP's for it. My kids do love Innoventions, and it's kind of nice to be over there earlier in the day when you have the place completely to yourself.
DHS: We like Toy Story OK, and sometimes I'll run and grab FP's while the rest of the group heads to RnRC or ToT to either ride, wait for me or trade-off after I get there. My youngest is now tall enough to ride RNRC!!! Otherwise, skipping Toy Story is fine with me.
AK: Everest is first for us. Then Safari and Pangani forest trail -gotta love the mole rats and hippos!
Disneyland: Gotta do the Nemo sub ride first, if you're going to do it. Otherwise it is just ridiculous later in the day.
DCA: I've only been once, but we did Tower of Terror first and loved it. It's amazing to me how much less creepy it is in California than in Florida!
I have eaten so much this week. I averaged about 30 points per day!
But my weight has been within the maintenance range for me all week, in fact, it's been at or under the "magic number" so I guess it's balanced out. That's a pretty good feeling, except that I know I was eating because of stress a lot of the time. Funny thing, now that the painting is mostly done, I don't actually feel like eating everything in sight anymore. Go figure. I am also going to have time for a nice long run today, and I'll get to be outside, too! I did get some workouts in during the week - spin class and trx, anyhow, but I definitely feel like I got out of that groove a bit over the last few weeks.
I have a few things quoted from a few days ago - I managed to read along but not post, I guess.
corinnak, when you were talking about scenic painting earlier this week I thought "Hmmm, has she taken up painting?" I didn't realize it was for a play!What play is it and what kind of scenery are you painting?
The play is Suburb: The Musical and is being performed with puppets, so the set is somewhat stylized - like an illustration or the scenery for Sesame Street. I painted a big backdrop with grass and blue sky and clouds, then there are 6 scenes on "spinners," and each of those is, well, basically a huge painting, as the designer wanted things painted on them like a couch, wall outlets, windows, etc. It's going to be a great show, though. I'm also doing running crew starting tomorrow, helping with the scene changes and props and all.
Here are a few pictures. The lighting is poor, but you get the idea:
The amazing thing about my friend Sara is that she has tenaciously continued with these workouts that she just dreads! Like you, if I don't enjoy something, I tend to do it less over time until I stop. That is too bad that tennis at the Y is so expensive! I love the idea of having a heavy bag to use at home. I've never even used a bag, but I sitll love the idea.
It definitely sounds like it's time to try something new/mix it up!It has been such an odd week for me. I've been sick a couple of days, but kept up with my workouts. I was eating really well, then I had an accident with some twizzlers last night...my house is a mess (my grandmother is rolling in her grave, I think generations of our family have been told the house has to be clean for Easter), the great flood has finally stoppedI started a new big project at work. It's just been a weird week. I've got great motivation to keep going with BL, now I just need to do it. On the bright side, I did lose 8 lbs last month overall, which makes me very happy! I think that's the best I've done, ever. I am committed to losing another five for April.
Maria, if it makes you feel ANY better, my house is a diasater area for Easter. One thing and another, followed by a week when I was barely at home and when I was, I was exhausted, well, it is what it is and we are just going with it. Fortunately, I am not hosting anything here at all this weekend.
Great job on your loss last month - that's MEGA!! You are in the groove now!
I have reached Goal. WAHOO!!!!!!
After weeks (months?) of chipping away at the last few pounds just a few tenths at a time, I had a relatively big loss this week and overshot my goal by almost a pound. I know it's only a little under, but I'm already concerned about maintaining a number that may be just a little too low. Is it weird to be trying to maintain a number a pound higher than I am today? I have to get back to the day job, but I'll be back later to post some before and after pics.
Lisa & Shannon - please move me to the maintainer team.
Woo hooo! Congratulations and welcome to the ranks of the Maintainers! I'm so excited for you. Your pictures are great and definitely show the changes you've made! Don't worry about the number too much - the scale will still jump around a little from day to day and week to week. You'll figure out if this is a maintainable weight for you over the next few weeks. You hit your goal and now you get to decide if it's where you want to be!
Aww - that is a bummer about the .2 bumping your clippie. .2 is not much, and I'm sure it will be gone again soon. Have you considered maybe a grace period on the clippie change? Of course it's a personal choice and you should do what works for you and if you want to keep it all "official" I totally respect that!
4/4 Saturday QOTD: Tell us about your first trip to Disney (WDW or DL or any other Disney parks). How did you find out about the trip, how did you feel at first glance of the castle or park icon, anything you want to share! If you haven't yet experienced Disney when are you hoping to go and what are you hoping to do while there.
My first Disney trip, I was in 7th grade. It was the spring of 1987, and my mom had won the trip at an office party. If it hadn't been for that, we never would have had the money to go. It was my first time on an airplane, as well, and back in the days when they allowed smoking on planes. Ugh. I still remember how reaky that plane ride was! There were also only the Magic Kingdom and Epcot at that time.
We have some wild memories from that trip. It seemed like there were a lot of technical difficulties on the rides. We got stuck on Pirates of the Caribbean at the place where they are shooting the cannons. We also got stuck on what is now Ellen's Energy Adventure and had to actually get out of the vehicles and walk out. I remember the smell of the swamp on that dinosaur ride, though, and thinking - wow, this is amazing! My sister had a fit on Tom Sawyer Island (There is a curse, I believe. And the rule of thumb is this: If you go to Tom Sawyer Island with fewer adults than kids, you WILL be sorry!) We also loved "If You Had Wings" and rode it several times!
Our day in Epcot was similarly exciting: My brother got upset at the start of I think it was called World of Motion because he was sitting with me and not my mom, so he flipped out until my sister agreed to switch seats - while the ride was in motion! We were going up this ramp in the moving car and they were climbing from back to front and front to back. OMG - it's a miracle we didn't get thrown out or injured. Then there was the part at the end of that ride when you had to choose your ending, and we knew our brother would want Space, so we conspired to pick something else and it was Ocean, and he was NOT happy. Later, My brother (age 6) had a fit in the middle of the sidewalk in the World Showcase. Just stooped down and planted himself and refused to move. We had chocolate waffle cones for lunch in Epcot. We got to see Captain Eo, and I was fooled by the hydroculators. I remember being so surprised when we just walked out the back door and didn't have to take an elevator out! We loved the Laser Light show at night and walked around the UK pavillion afterward, peeking in the windows.
It was a short trip, and the touring was non-ideal, but amazingly, the stuff I remember most fondly is the stuff that went wrong!
4/5 Sunday QOTD: What is the first thing that you do at each park when you arrive?
MK: Sometimes we go and get haircuts at the barber for the kids. Ride-wise, though, either Dumbo or Space Mountain, depending on if anyone is going to want to ride Dumbo that trip. Better to do it first thing, I always think. We've also done the 8am Crystal Palace breakfast, which is nice.
Epcot: I hate to admit this, but my family is "Soarin'ed out" Yes, it's cool, but the movie is always the same, so now the kids aren't interested anymore, for the most part. My youngest loved test track for a while there, too. I love that John Michael Higgins is the host in the video for that one - he was so funny in "Best In Show", it cracks me up to see him running the Test Track. Truthfully, that is my favorite part of that ride. So we'll either ride that or grap FP's for it. My kids do love Innoventions, and it's kind of nice to be over there earlier in the day when you have the place completely to yourself.
DHS: We like Toy Story OK, and sometimes I'll run and grab FP's while the rest of the group heads to RnRC or ToT to either ride, wait for me or trade-off after I get there. My youngest is now tall enough to ride RNRC!!! Otherwise, skipping Toy Story is fine with me.
AK: Everest is first for us. Then Safari and Pangani forest trail -gotta love the mole rats and hippos!
Disneyland: Gotta do the Nemo sub ride first, if you're going to do it. Otherwise it is just ridiculous later in the day.
DCA: I've only been once, but we did Tower of Terror first and loved it. It's amazing to me how much less creepy it is in California than in Florida!
!!BLESSED EASTER EVERYONE!!
Today will be busy, you know how it is after you've been sick. Work, clean, trip to Sam's, I'm training for some scoring at home today, walk (maybe c25k, that might wait til tomorrow), and I really want to get Alice in Wonderland in! 
Sorry you're having a hard time. Are you eating enough calories with all the working out you're doing? The fluid fluctuations are normal, and hopefully you'll be able to ride it out. Try not to stress about the challenges, and do the best you can. The stress doesn't help, so try to keep the competitions light and be patient with your body. We are coming to the end of a family challenge that started in sept, I've lost 2 pounds, my sister's lost 22, so I asked her the other day cash or check? But I keep plugging away. Hang in there. 
I had my usual oatmeal because those pancakes just add up WAY too fast!
