Tired and smell like smoke but we had a fun day at the Corn Maze/ Pumpkin Patch! They had a bonfire and were selling hot dogs to cook over the fire and had Smore kits. I haven't had a bonfire hot dog in forever! I splurged on the regular hot dog and the thin half of the bun-- am I wild or what?
I also had 3 toasted marshmallows but skipped the chocolate and graham crackers. The marshmallows are my favorite part anyway. Lightly toasted please, none of the black and burned stuff!
I was able to WALK through the rather large corn maze!
I am tired and sore and by the end I was moving pretty slow but I did make it. I probably could have used my
ECV but it would have been really bumpy and uncomfortable. Same with a wheelchair-- it would have been possible but not very comfortable. There were a lot of stalks on the path that would have been difficult to get over smoothly. Then we took the hay ride to the Pumpkin Patch. It was the first time we ever got pumpkins that were still attached to the vines so the girls really enjoyed that. They loved that many of the pumpkins still had green coloring to them but just weren't understanding why they couldn't find a BIG pumpkin with green on it. I tried and tried to explain it but still not sure they get the idea that as they grow they ripen and turn orange!
Didn't get a whole lot done at the crop yesterday. Didn't have the stuff with me that I needed since I didn't really prepare. I even came home to grab some more stuff and ended up forgetting the photos I needed! But I had a great time hanging out with friends and did a few little pages including the LAST page I needed for my first Disney album! Still need to complete a few titles and journaling.
I actually like the silence now that the kids are home. DH and DS15 have been doing a Band of Brothers marathon lately so I've been hiding in my craft room.
I used to HAVE to have a radio or TV on all the time but lately I have really come to appreciate that silence is golden! I do really enjoy my time at home during the school day when everything is completely quiet.
Well, since we all seem to be in a Halloween-y mood...
QOTD 10/20- Haunted Mansion or Tower of Terror??
No question-- Haunted Mansion. Love it! ToT and Everest are the only 2 rides I have not done at Disney. I would like to try Everest. But not even a million dollars and the promise to be instantly at my goal weight would get me on Tower of Terror!
But for those that don't know my signature picture is from my personal Tower of Terror-- the lift buses! I hate, hate, hate those lifts-- they scare me to death. They shake and just don't inspire confidence when they are moving. I was at WDW with a group of DIS ladies and they were all watching as I was being lowered on the lift. I said something to the bus driver as I was getting on it that the lift was scarier than Tower of Terror to me. So I start to go down and stop.
Then I go back up
, and then back down a little more
and back up
At that point everyone is laughing and I look behind me and the driver is
. At that point I was
so I put my hands up and did the ToT pose and they got a great photo. Since then any time I am on a lift bus I have to assume the Terror pose.
LOL the Disney College Program. I've quoted all my associated worries.
GOOD LUCK!!!
It would be so cool to be able to follow you here as you go through the CP. I wish I had known about it when I was in college (did they even have it 100 years ago?
)
Today's QOTD:
Are you a spiritual person? Do you believe in a "higher being" (God, Allah, or whatever your particular religion believes)? If so, do you think that your beliefs can help with the weight loss/healthy lifestyle journey? (BTW, let's keep this light and fun.... no negatives here, no matter WHAT is said about any particular belief!! okay??)
And a "fluff" question for fun!
Suppose you are approached by the "What Not To Wear" team and they are asking you to discard your entire wardrobe (in exchange for a new better one, of course). Well... as Disney lovers we ALL have Disney clothes we love (and Stacey and Clinton would NOT understand this). What one piece of Disney-related clothing would you hide so that you could keep it away from the WNTW garbage can??
I'll be back later to see what everyone has to say and to respond myself! Have a SUPER Friday!.....................P
I do believe in God but believe that he created us with all that we need to take care of ourselves and survive. I would like to think that God will spend his time on the truly important things in the world and that I got myself into this fat mess and I need to get myself out. And any prayers for myself are for healing for my feet and hip and not for my weight loss.
Fluff QOTD: Well I discovered this week that my absolute favorite Disney shirt no longer fits.
Very sad about this but of course since it doesn't fit because I have lost 50 pounds I can't be to upset! I have some Disney jammies, a few tshirts and several sweatshirts. They can have my jammies (I will buy more!
) and my tshirts but I LOVE my sweatshirts. I pretty much live in a sweatshirt in the house in the winter and they make me happy. I have several different princess crowns but they are decor in my Disney room so they don't have to be included in my wardrobe.
Hope you have a great day too! I have been reading, but am so tired, that I don't seem to post. Pamper Week is coming up. I KNOW I NEED IT!
QOTD: Some people think I'm too religious, but that is a whole other debate. I consider myself religious and spiritual. However, I (believe it or not) have never considered putting those beliefs into weight loss.
I may have to try that. Ahh, P, always with her wonderful ideas!
There is a church based weight loss program (Overeaters Anonymous maybe?) that you might look into.
I'm taking a hint from my own life, it is TIME for a Pamper Week!
Healthy Habits Pamper Week
At least once a challenge, we pause and have a mini-challenge every day to "pamper" us. These tend to be simple things, but ones that make a huge difference. Please Note: There are no points to count and submit.
Since I am a little late for today, I am going to combine Friday's into this weekend's 2 mini-challenges.
Pamper Week for WISH BL Fall 11 Challenge Weekend of 10/21:
Your 2 mini-challenges are 1) Spend some time outside relaxing in the fresh air. It is supposed to be nice enough throughout North America for the next few days, so I hope that everyone does this. I'm not a medical professional at all, but everything I've read lately says that Vitamin D is so important, and that a good source of it is exposure to the sun.
2) Have a glass of milk. Soy milk, cow's milk, almond milk, calcium-fortified OJ, etc. Let's give our bones the calcium they need.
Hey I did these! Lots of great fresh air and sunshine today and it was beautiful out! I have been taking Vit D supplements too. I haven't had my amount tested but my Dr told me what to take and said that the next time we do any blood work he will add that on to it. I hate needles so he didn't want to send me for just that one test.
And I have a cup of diet hot chocolate made with skim milk (lactose free) a few times a week. Usually if I am feeling hungry after dinner/before bed because it fills my stomach and I can usually use the extra milk serving.
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I had a bit of an emotional/financial crisis last night that ended with me canceling Weight Watchers because I truly can't afford it right now and also lowering my cell phone plan to the lowest possible. I think I will be okay without WW because over the last few months I've learned how and what to eat, and even though I haven't tracked in weeks, I've still lost about 5 pounds.
I quoted this to give you a hug and to say that WE can be your WW meeting but I see that Pjlla already beat me to it. Keep on tracking things and hold yourself accountable and you will do fine!
Not to the point of making myself sick (something I've done in the past), but lets just say that I not only came home $2600 richer, I also came home 5.5 pounds heavier.
(To be fair, that was over the course of two weeks - my birthday week and Vegas.)
- Laura
Next time take the $2600 out of your pocket before you step on the scale!!!
Congratulations on your winnings!
It went well. He is a really nice guy and seems to really know his stuff. The more we talked, the more I realized how I've mistreated my neck/shoulders... and he made me realize that the pain I've been having in my elbow (self-diagnosed as tennis elbow) and the pain in my fingers (self-diagnosed as early osteoarthritis) is possibly all related to my neck/shoulder pain. He is hoping I will get some relief with all of it. He said I was super easy to adjust and should have excellent results. It felt kind of weird... made me giggle when my back was cracking like popcorn... but he definitely pinpointed my neck/jaw pain. I go back twice next week and will probably go once a week after that for a while. It won't be too bad because I am currently taking DD once a week anyhow, so I will just piggy-back our appointments.
I really need to make an appointment with a chiro. I am just bad about actually picking up the phone and calling.
What would you like done the most? New wardrobe? Make-up? Hair??
I would LOVE a new wardrobe (they can even have my Disney sweatshirts!) and a hair style as long as it isn't too short. I am happy with my make up, I had it done at MAC a few years ago and they did a great job and taught me how to do ti. I don't wear make up often but like finally knowing how to apply it.
QUICK LESSON:
To those of you with every excuse in the book on WHY you CANNOT eat healthy when running around....
Anyhow, swung into a McDonald's drive-thru
... I know what you are saying.... "NO! Step away from the McGriddle and hash browns!!" But I ordered a fruit and maple oatmeal (5 points) and a large coffee with skim (essentially 0 points). I've had their oatmeal before and I wasn't disappointed. It is delicious! (Quite a bit sweeter than I would make it on my own, but so tasty!) Admittedly, I rarely spend that many points for breakfast, but since it was late I figured I wouldn't need a mid-morning snack.
I did have a 100 calorie pack of nuts in the glove box, but I knew that wasn't going to be enough. There was a Subway nearby, but I honestly don't care for their salads and I didn't want all of that bread. I allotted myself just 10 minutes to get lunch, which I THOUGHT meant it would have to be a drive-thru, but instead I headed to the nearest grocery store. Grabbed an apple, some salad bar (greens, cucumber, chick peas, mushrooms, grilled chicken, onion, sunflower seeds, fat-free vinagarette), and a bottle of water.... and was in the car within 10 minutes, even with a potty stop! And spend under $7 for a really healthy, low point lunch.
Heading into this store I didn't even know if they had a salad bar. I figured I'd grab an apple, a piece of cheese from the deli or maybe some turkey, maybe a greek yogurt, and a bottle of water. But I lucked out and they had a nice salad bar.... not huge, but just enough.
It can be done..... even with limited time and no planning.... so NO MORE EXCUSES!!
Next lesson.... eating with even FEWER options!!
Amen! I have figured that I can get something healthy just about anywhere. Breakfast is a bit more limited so you do have to choose a location carefully. For lunch and dinner I can do just about any fast food location but I do specify no Taco Bell and I prefer not to go to Subway but can pick something there if I have to.
If you have space in your vehicle: I try to keep a baggie with some plastic forks, spoons and knives in mine. That way if I am desperate I can get a yogurt at a grocery store or a bag salad and a protein and eat it in the car. Not every place will have single utensils for you to pick up or you may forget them.
Ended up with a good workout today. DS11 had a meet and it was a hard course, I ended up walking/running the 2 miles. My legs are hurting but it felt good to run again, I've been putting it off for to long.
Of course I just blew it by eating chinese food, blech. Now I feel like crud. Good thing is I didn't finish it, I ended up tossing 1/2 of it.
And my whoot whoot today!! I've been on prednisone for 2 weeks and didn't gain any weight!!! Granted I didn't lose any either but typically I'd put on 5-10 pounds on prednisone.
Oh and DS15 got 34th place, top 1/4!!!
Lots of
to you!
Fluff QOTD:
Do you have a Facebook? If so, how many friends do you have? Are they real friends, or just FB friends?
..............I'll be back in a minute to chat!.................P
I have 164 friends. I believe that only 2 of them are DISers that I haven't met but have had so much personal chat with them off the boards that I consider them good friends. Everyone else I have met-- a group of DISers, lots of my classmates from high school, friends from previous places that we lived and had lost touch with until FB, and some family and current local friends. I don't accept any friend requests from people I don't know or DISers that I am not close friends with. I don't really even accept friend requests from local friends that I am not close with. And of all those friends I have many of their updates unsubscribed so I probably only see updates from about 1/3 of them. I check FB a few times every day, but don't update a whole lot. Some days I will post a few things over the course of the day but I may also go weeks without updating. Just depends on if I come up with something that I think will be interesting enough. I try to find the funny in just about every situation so usually those are the things I will post.
Tomorrow is a NO-EXCUSES day though!
Tomorrow is a new day, though. Still waiting for the scale to make some sense! I'll see what it has to say tomorrow and then figure out which weight I want to send in! 
from DD for posting your questions! She will take a peek at them later AFTER lots of studying today! 
We gave him $20 and he has to use the rest of his own money for whatever he wants to do. It's his 3rd visit to the fair this year, he's so spoiled
Any ideas what it was girls?
