I remember those E tickets - they sure did go fast didn't they? Remember "If You Had Wings?" Was that a D ticket? The airline that went under, was it Eastern? I loved that ride!
When we went to the WDW for the first time in 1974, my Dgrandparents had already been several times. They had a junk drawer full of partially used ticket packets. They gave them to DB and I to use during that trip, so we were able to take extra rides on some of the "E" ticket rides! I'm SURE my parents wouldn't have splurged for any extras, so it was nice to have those... but I'm sure I didn't fully appreciate it at the time!
Thursday QOTD: Bippity Boppity Boo! Your Fairy Godmother has just switched your body with your BFF, ala Freaky Friday. What advice does the person in charge of your body need to hear today?
I dont really have a BFF. Or a BF. Or an F
. In fact, so many of the other mom's on my Mom's boards said the same thing that we just formed a new group: The Friendless Friends. We went to Melting Pot last week and are having lunch on Sunday.
ANYWAY. What would I tell someone who is in charge of my body?
- Be careful, this body is always gassy
- This body is lazy and really likes to rest
- It has a tricky knee and back
First of all.... I know how you feel about the lack of friends. I'm not sure exactly how it happened, but I have plenty of "aquaintances" at work and such, but nobody I could call in case of emergency and nobody to just "chat" with. Glad you were able to find some friends!!
Second... your first bullet point on your list.... surprised my kids didn't remind me to post that about myself!!
Is it age or healthier eating that is causing this problem?? Probably a combination.
Thursday QOTD: Bippity Boppity Boo! Your Fairy Godmother has just switched your body with your BFF, ala Freaky Friday. What advice does the person in charge of your body need to hear today?
This body just loves a good workout and doesn't eat sweets or junk of any kind.
Let the BFF do all the hard work, I'll sit back and watch.
Question:
does mopping up water out of the basement classify as exercise????
YES, the mopping is definitely exercise... as is the stress of worrying about the water situation! I hope you were able to get everything mopped up and dry. Hopefully all of this precipitation will dry up quickly!!
Good morning and Happy Friday!!!
Thanks Maria-worfiedoodles for such a great coaching week.
I'm mikamah, aka Kathy and am very excited to be coaching this week. I'm a 46yo single mom to an 8 yo boy, and live about 20 miles north of boston. Hope all my fellow new englanders weathered last nights storm ok. We're one town in from the coast, and just some branches blew down, so I'm feeling lucky. As long as I have power for the sump pump, I'm ok. I'm a nurse in an out patient endoscopy unit, and had worked ICU for many years. I never imagined I'd enjoy endo, but I love it. I've done quite a few BL challenges. I think I found WISH about 3 years ago after our first disney trip, and my weight has been up and down for years, more up in the past year. I have received so much inspiration and support from my friends here, and without that, I know I would not have continued my weight loss journey through some challenging times, and instead of putting on 15 pounds in the past year, I probably would have gained 50. So thank you for all the inspiration, and support, and now I should get to coaching!!
Hope you all are happy with your numbers on the scale this week. Don't forget to email your weights to Luvbaloo, and cow numbers to donac. Dona, i love the idea of pampering ourselves tonight. We all can take 5 minutes to ourselves, and it does so much good just to sit and regroup. (I might add a glass of wine to my relaxing.)
friday qotd-We are all on the same journey to good health and weight loss. When did the journey start for you? Was weight something you always struggled with or has it crept up on you over the years?
Growing up, I tended to be chunky, I remember wearing pretty plus clothes from sears. I did thin down my senior year, and remember being thin for a few years into my early 20s, but pretty much my whole adulthood has been an up and down pattern. I've done ww many times, and when I stick with it, I am successful. When I got pregnant with my son, I weight 205, and 240 when he was born, and in the past 8 years, I've been a high of 229, and a low of 183 briefly. Right now I'm at 212, and trying to get back into One-derland. I definitely think of the times in my life when I was happiest, and those seem to be the times that my weight was lower, and i was in better shape. The emotional/stress eating is definitely my downfall, and I'm working on it, and I do think I'm slowly being successful.
Thanks for having me as coach this week. We have family coming tonight for the weekend, and I have a retirement party this evening, so if I don't get back on tonight, I'll see you in the morning. Drink that water, move those bodies, and eat those fruits and vegies, and have a fabulous friday.
First.... thanks for sharing your story. Second, thanks for coaching this week.
In answer to this QOTD: I have sort of "always" been overweight. I joined WW for the first time at about age 13/14. I lost about 20-30 pounds and was slim through high school (although I always thought I was pudgy... hindsight is 20/20). I gained weight in college and was probably about 145-ish (and I remember wearing big overshirts to hide the "fat"
). This is when I met DH. I gained about 20 pounds while dating DH from 1986-1990, when we got engaged. I put the "pedal to the metal" and lost weight before my wedding. I was NOT going to be a fat bride and hate those pictures for the rest of my life. I was about 140 when I got married and was relatively satisfied with myself. But I immediately ballooned up after the wedding and gained about 30 pounds in about 4 months. I bounced between 170 and 195 from 1992 through 1995, when I got pregnant with DD and used it as an excuse to just eat and eat and eat!! (As someone else mentioned, I was eating for two... two adult male lumberjacks!!). I lost some weight when DD was about 1 year old and I got down to about 160 and then put some weight on again and then got pregnant with DS.
Long story a bit shorter.... I tried WW several more times when the kids were little and the best I did was about 175 lb. in 2003. I maintained at about 200 lb. from 2005 until 01/02/2008 when I started WW again, on my own, at home (not the online program, just on my own). Since that date I have lost almost 85 pounds and I am within 6-is pounds of my goal weight now. I've been really struggling and yo-yoing with these last 5-ish pounds, but I WILL get there. In the meantime, I have learned SO much about myself, about eating and eating healthy, and exercise.
Hey everyone. I am really late to joining this party, but I have been lurking for a month. After a depressing dr. visit on month ago today, when my weight was 218, I started a lifestyle eating change. 1 month later, after continuing healthy food choices, finishing the 3rd week of Couch to 5K, and other exercise 3 days a week, I weighed 202!!!! 16 pounds this month!
I am not kidding myself into thinking it will keep falling off like this. I was a soft drink addict and did no exercise, so the weight loss will slow down. But I am thrilled to be where I am now!
I decided to finally join instead instead of lurking, I need the accountability. On my way.....
So glad to have you here with us!!
Happy Saturday!! Had a late night, and don't have much time this morning, but will be back tonight to catch up on everyone. It's so nice to read about everyone's journeys, and know we are not alone, and we can be here to support and inspire each other.
Corinna- thanks for the qotd thread, that is so helpful when planning qotds, and we'd love to hear all about your journey if you want to share it.
Saturday qotd- Since we're all disney fans, when did your love for all things disney begin? Did you get the disney magic from the first time you entered a disney park, or was it a love that gradually built up?
Have a magical day!
I started loving Disney as a young child.... both from watching the "Wonderful World of Disney" on television every Sunday night and from the stories and pictures that my grandparents shared from their trips. My DGF was a "disney" kind of guy.... self-educated, interested in inventions and such, always creating, drawing, carving. He was fascinated with Disney all of the inventions and such. I was TRULY hooked after our magical trip in 1974, but didn't get to return until 1983 (spent one day at MK and one very rainy day at the new Epcot Center). My next trip after that was my honeymoon in 1992. My kids and I are TRUE Disney addicts.
This is from 1973... every year my mom took a picture of my aunt holding my hand as we walked down Main Street. Check out the clothes...
Can't see pictures on this network. Can't wait to see them when I get home later!!
Good afternoon!! I thought this was going to be a lazy sunday because I'm on call, and it's rare to get called in, but I was called in for a case this morning, and came home around 12, made lunch and was doing wii fit with the plan to come dis around now when low and behold I have to go back into work for another case, so I'll be back later do catch up.
I'll go with a fun disney qotd since that's where I'd rather be.
sunday qotd- What is your favorite thing to do at one of the disney parks, be it a ride, show, restaurant, etc? Of course you can have multiple answers.
Favorites?? Hard to narrow it down.....
AK - FOTL show and EE
MK - BLSRS, BTMRR and SpectroMagic parade
EPCOT - all the WS buildings and Soarin'
HS - RNR
DL - Matterhorn (mostly because it is an "original")
DCA - California Screamin' and Soarin'
Pjlla- I was missing your posts, and I heard that still over 100,000 homes in NH are still without power, and I know southern nh was hit hard. Hope you and yours are all ok.
awwwww... you missed me! Yes, we lost power about midnight Thursday and it only returned this morning. Thankfully we have a generator and DH was home Friday night to get it set up, so we had heat, running/flushing water, etc! Still can't use the oven or dryer and have to be careful about showers and such, but we can still function.
Thanks for missing me!!
Good morning!! It's March 1st, and I for one am very happy to see the winter winding down and spring on the way. I know it's cold and snowing here, but it's going to end soon.
We have been at this challenge for 2 months, and as a group have lost 894 pounds!!! That is an awesome accomplishment to be proud of. The other great thing is that 48% of us are sticking with it, and I know we've never kept that statistic before, but in past challenges, it doesn't feel like that many are still with it at this point, so kudos to all of us.
monday qotd- How are you feeling about your progress? Not just the number on the scale, but the other healthy changes you've made. Are you still as motivated as you were a month or two months ago? As we continue into a new season, what can you do to keep motivated?
As of friday, I am at the exact weight I was on 1/1. I would have loved to see some weight gone, but I had a rough emotional time in january, and through february, I am feeling a lot better, so all in all I am happy I have maintained. I am happy I've stuck with the exercise, and know that has helped me from gaining when the eating has been out of control. I am really looking forward to daylight savings in 2 weeks, when I'll have at least an hour of daylight after work, and am going to get out with my son in the evenings, either take a bike ride or walk to the park and play some tennis. I'm going to invest in new running shoes, and when the snow and ice are gone, do the C25k on a regular basis. I know you can repeat weeks, but I won't stay in week 1 forever. I am getting my son involved, and together we are going to be more active, and get moving after work.
Have a great day everyone.
Well.... my weight has not really changed significantly in the right direction lately.... in fact, I have been within the same 5 pounds since about last November! But at least I am not gaining. And I figure that EVERY WEEK that goes by when I DON'T gain, I am learning a little more about what it takes to maintain a healthy weight. That said, I would LOVE to be at goal by Easter. My motivation has definitely been DOWN lately and I need to do something about that. I will have a few SUPER days and then a few crummy days... hence the mostly maintaining I have been doing. But I was encouraged by getting OUTSIDE to run earlier this past week and hopefully as the weather improves I can continue to do more things like that!!
Hopefully the weather will be calming down now. We had a crazy week of snow, rain, more snow, more rain, wind, ice, etc. Glad it seems to be OVER (although we did have snow again this morning and I had a scary sliding, skidding moment on the ride to work this morning!!).
I'm going to run and help these kids!................TTYL.............P
), reply to posts and keep our conversation moving. We've been very fortunate the last several challenges to have a different coach each week -- it's a win/win for all of us.
give yourself a time out and relax for a few minutes, and then hopefully you will feel like getting ready for your company. They probably won't notice if you don't vacuum.
