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[camnhan]

Have not gotten a chance to catch up with everyone...am working from home today so am hopeing to catch up

Dance was very nice! Have finally had a chance to upload dress pic

and here is one of me and co-worker....

there was a cirque performance which was really cool...the food was amazing..we didn't stay for the dance part as I had to get home to get kids off bus from show choir competition and had to work that night because of daylight savings time...

as soon as I catch up on all the posts I will be back!!

 

[camnhan]

LOVIN the trip report! Living vicariously through you keep it coming!!

Hope the medication increase helps to decrease/stop the seizure activity.

to everyone battling back from injuries
Hopefully with spring being in the air it will be a fresh and renewed start for everyone!!

Long/busy weekend and the scale is showing it that and the fact that it is THAT time of the month doesn't help....

I am one that eats their way through stress as well....dang those people who loose thier appetittes! If I get the chance to exercise out stress it really does work better but much easier and more convenient to hit the kitchen!!

Am home today to avoid work more than anything however hubby is home working on a school project someone remind me to NOT stay home from work when he is home doing a project...what a crab!!!

Have not gotten back into the workout routine after being sick..really need to as I have 36 days till Disney and would really like to be down another 10 lbs! envious at all your dedication...I really need to get some of that

well better bounce back to work now...and get some lunch...and maybe a nap!

 

[camnhan]

ok, so since I got back into my photobucket account to load up my dress pictures I was looking at some of the other pics I had saved out there...this is my altime favorite memory from Disney....we were treated to private time with Cinderella...Zach toddled right over to her and she picked him up...i cried and cried....

 

[Rose&Mike]

Bleh! I had a craptastic run today. Rubber legs, tight back, 80degrees outside (yes, 80), just poopy, poopy, poopy. I love the warmer temps, but I felt off from the first step and never got into a groove. And can I say I am so flipping sick of having to stretch and ice afterwards. It is now adding almost an hour to my runs. Around mile 3 I told Mike I just wanted to quit. Why is everything so darn hard all the time??????

Ok, thanks I needed that. The plan for Thursday is to cut back from 45 min to 30-35 minutes. That way we can keep our speed up and I can finish without wanting to die. I really want to run the short workouts without intervals and it was rough today. A couple times I was crying a little.

I'll be back tomorrow to catch up.

But I did want to say Nancy--I so get the stress eating. I really, truly do. I was the queen of stress eating back in the day. But I don't want you to beat yourself up later. Maybe try to "plan" your stress eating. For me the carbs give me such a whoosh/calming feeling when I am that stressed out. And then I feel like crap about myself later. So if you plan in a time during the day where you can have a little "planned" carb binge, maybe that will help deal with things a little better. Just a thought.....Hang in there.

 

[camnhan]

So Rose I clicked on your G--F journal and the first thing I read was
" i am 43, married to a college sophmore!"
guess I missed the word MOM!!

Had to look at it twice before I caught the MOM...

 

[dumbo_buddy]

well with the way rose is looking these days, she could definitely pick up a 19 year old!!!

jen love your dress! pretty! i think you look great! hope it was a fun evening! and could that picture of zach and cinderella be any cuter? how precious! what a wonderful memory! thanks for sharing with us. brightened my day for sure

maria i was at storytime at the library yesterday and chatting with a mom (she has a 3 year old, 15-ish month old and is VERY pregnant...ugh no thanks) about disney. they go 2-3 times a year and we were talking about going while pregnant and then with babies. we talked about the baby centers and how great they are for nursing....and then she said that she liked to nurse during the shows like beauty and the beast!

kathy thanks for the nice kick in the pants. just what i needed. i logged every bite yesterday and then pretended that poko was around to snuggle with me. at the parade on sunday there was a guy marching with a baby carriage...except there was a huge bulldog in the carriage instead of a baby!!! john and i were hysterical and talked about how fiona would never have sat in something like that.

rose carbs. my comfort food. but also what makes me feel so crappy afterwards. with the insulin resistance i have big time blood sugarbswings with carbs and i really have to watch them. when i want to just binge eat i don't stop and think about that. but your post made me. last night i wanted to shovel massive amounts of crap in my mouth. instead i had one low fat devil dog (whoops, that's processed, oh well) and logged all 160 calories of it. it could have been much worse.

do you remember i told everyone that a couple we met a few years ago is going with us to the treehouses in may? they are going to stay with us for 3 nights. he's a retired cop and she's a court officer. they have a 21 year old and 16 year old. really nice people and disney obsessed like us - meaning love disney but have a bronx 'tude as well we saw them on sunday at the pre-parade party (where we met them 3 years ago) and i found out that katie has celiac disease. we chatted about GF diet and disney and she said how much she loves going to disney because they really do a good job at having alot of things to eat. i talked about my friend rose who also eats GF at disney.

lisaR how is dan feeling? sounds like BIL's daily living room workout/stretching advice is something we could all use! i would become a fan of his! nice job on the weight loss...onederland here you come! can't wait to celebrate with you (and by celebrate i mean eat an apple, not a cake!). dining room table?? pics please! i'm jealous of people with big enough houses for a dining table. we don't have a dining room. just one room that is living room/kitchen and then a bathroom and bedrooms. that's it! so small!

lisaH are you going to stay at AKL for marathon weekend or book someplace else at 7 months? we are thinking about OKW - from what i hear the 1 bedrooms are nice and big and i think a relaxing resort might be nice for all of us since we're planning on staying for 10 days

who did i miss? i have thomas leaning on my right arm while i try to type so i can't think.

can we twinkle-think (yep, i'm watching sesame street) about marathon weekend? just pretend to make some plans. like...when are we all going to meet? will we have a meal or two together? how about booze after the races? by the way, i'm assuming we are all going so we can all plan i'm trying to think of some witty things for the signs i'll be carrying to cheer for the half! i wonder what time i should wake up on the day of the half to be able to see everyone. i'd like to try to see everyone twice. thinks that's possible?? i think john and the kids and i might do the 5k. we can just power walk with the stroller. sounds like fun!

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning Princesses and Bells!

Went ahead and registered for the W&D Half yesterday. Coast to Coast here I come!

That means that when I line up at the start of the Donald in 2013 I will have done 5 half marathons in less than a year. I think I am crazy!

Lindsay, sounds like a nice week-end! Did you log those roller skating calories on MFP? Buffy has been having incredible calorie burns with roller skating -- maybe even more than Zumba. Congrats to Ryan on his bball win!

Kathy, sounds like you enjoyed your day off! It looked like a really nice day at the beach this week-end. Was that the hah-bah 'cause the water looked very calm?

Dottie, glad the new shoes are working well! How exciting to be doing back to back halfs this fall.

Maria, I am so loving your TR! But I am very sad about the carrot cake cookie thing. I'm getting excited about the WDW Marathon week-end too. I think we will be arriving on Wednesday and leaving on Monday. And a big to Dennis for doing the floors -- he is a keeper for sure!

Rose, I love your bangs in the FB picture. You always look so cute and happy in your pictures! But I am so sorry about the craptastic run. If anyone can work through it, it is you!

Thanks to you Maria and Rose for the very cute Princess postcard. It was such a treat to get it!

Lisa, I got a big laugh out of the doctor story. I would never think to transport someone in my car but this was in the days before the cell phone. I think it sounds heavenly to be close to the beach.

Nancy, boo hoo on the scale but a big and for pulling it right back together. It sounded to me like you needed a little and at least two . We've all been there and know you can get through it and back to you goal weight. Lots of time before May.

Jen, loved the dress and you looked so beautiful! Glad that you had a good time! Loved Zach's picture with Cinderlla!

Can't twinkle-think until I came back with a fresh smilie count. BRB

 

[dumbo_buddy]

i forgot lindsay. duh. i'm losing my mind will talk roller skating when i get back!

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Just a quick minute because I have to get going to a meeting...

More TR coming tonight or tomorrow night, promise!

And remember the big DIS meet for marathon weekend is always at 4pm at Pop on Friday. We will want get a Princess picture with all of us! This is where the dh's come in handy -- just one present and we can have him use all the phones and cameras

Oh! Remember when I was totally crazed because I had way too much work for one person last Fall? The two big applications I was working on were both funded yesterday -- it's over $750,000, which will translate into housing and services for 40 chronically homeless persons coming online this Fall. We just increased the size of our low threshold housing by 1/3!

Maria

 

[Rose&Mike]

Ok, feeling a little better today. Yesterday was rough. I was having a major pity party and really really wanting real food--you know what I mean--bread, pizza, etc. None of this rice flour crud. Oh well. Mike said he didn't know what to say when I said I wanted to quit. I said--tell me it's ok if I do, but that you know I won't.

And has anyone seen the new Toyota commercial? I do not appreciate them acting like g-f is a trendy thing and that it is insulting to people who have to struggle to eat g-f for health reasons.. I wrote them a complaint email and they actually responded.

Jen--Loved the dress and the picture of your son and Cinderella. It looks like you had fun.
After dealing with my 20yo and his friends and their issues, I really do not see the appeal in younger "men". Plus at this point it's a little creepy. So nope, won't be looking for a younger version of Mike.

And Nancy--weren't you so sweet to say that. I forgot about the insulin resistance stuff, so sorry if that was a bad idea, but it sounds like you did good last night.

So is your friend that is going with you g-f? You will get to experience the chefs coming to the table if you all go out. Just make sure you take snacks for the kids. Cause while it is awesome and I am ever so grateful that they do it, it is really slow sometimes. And sometimes, I have to break out my own emergency food.

My 2Lisas--are we going to have 2 onederland parties coming up? That is too exciting!

Lisah--5 half marathons is very impressive! I wish we were doing W&D. I really, really do. But I need to be a grownup and reel in the expenses a little bit. Hopefully with the moved start date, the temps will be a little better. Are you going by yourself? Maybe I could convince Mike I really, really just need to go by myself....Hmmm.

LisaR--very exciting about the new furniture!

Kathy--glad you are on the wagon. Sounds like you had a great day yesterday!

Maria--loving the trip report. I'm glad you thought the Boma dinner was fun. You did not look like you felt well at first. And I just felt so stinking cranky I couldn't tell if anyone was having fun or not. Congrats on the funding! That's awesome! Are you just smiling and smiling?

Lindsay--how is baseball? I rollerbladed/skated a couple of times when Tom was young. It was a very painful experience! I'm glad the running is going well.

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P-T went ok yesterday, though I am afraid this is going to drag out....and I need to have a talk with her, because our hsa is almost cleaned out. There will be more money later, but I will be paying out of pocket for a while, and I really want to avoid that.

Mike and I are tentatively planning a trip in May for our 25th anniversary. A couple days in the Keys and a couple of days at Disney. We will drive this time. But the catch--we still don't know what Tom is doing this summer.....

As for marathon weekend---I have not cancelled the dvc registration yet. But we are both leaning towards not going. I'll let you know what we decide. I do love to hear about the plans.

And would you believe I mailed those cards before the race? It took forever for them to get to you all! I'm glad you liked them.

Have a great day. I am off to yoga! (Which I still do not like!) I went Monday too--didn't like it then either!

 

[Rose&Mike]

Maria--I said this in my reply, but I think this merits its own post. Congratulations on the funding! That's phenomenal!!!! I am really happy and excited for you!

 

[camnhan]

So you have all talked to much about MFP that I signed up today since WW at work is no longer available here
at it says that i should be eating 2660 cal per day there is NO WAY I can eat that AND loose weight...
I said I wanted to loose 1 1/2 lbs per week and would work out 30 min 3X/wk

I can't believe that is right...did I set something up wrong???

 

[camnhan]

i figured it out....it had me 11 feet 5 inches tall!!! ok really you would think there would be a warning about that....

down to 1200 cal per day

 

[Rose&Mike]

i figured it out....it had me 11 feet 5 inches tall!!! ok really you would think there would be a warning about that....

down to 1200 cal per day

I'm sorry it's only 1200 cal per day, but that did have me smiling. The nice thing about mfp, is if you reach the end of the day and you really want that gluten free beer at least it's easy to figure out how many times you need to walk around the block in order to burn those calories off and still come out ok for the day. Not that I know anyone who had done that.....

 

[camnhan]

I guess that is a plus!

Can tell you already I am wanting to go back to WW...my snacks of fruit and veggies don't count towards my points for the day but on MFP they do

Going to give it the week and see how the scale turns out. Am hungry so just want to eat anything right now...snacking on grapes but knowing that I have to count those calories (even though they are a small number of calories)

Should be interesting...

 

[liesel]

I'm giving MFP a try too, I always add up my calories anyway, might as well make it official. I am also curious because I haven't done anything differently lately except for having more protein at breakfast and I have lost 2.4 pounds in the last 9 days. I really want to figure out what is going on so I can keep it up. Is my metabolism finally functioning the way it should?! I'm trying not to get my hopes up in case this is short lived, but I so love seeing a loss!

Rose and Nancy Carbs is my comfort food of choice too, I prefer the savory over the sweet: pasta and a good crusty french bread. I even occasionally have an Amy's mac and cheese for lunch when I am especially craving them. I really have to watch my serving size for these foods.

Rose I was perusing the WDW menus and daydreaming of someday going back and I saw that there is an all GF bakery in DTD (babycakesNYC). Have you tried it? I was curious if it is any good. Another thing to add to my list. I get how the gf food does not taste the same. You can get used to it, but it doesn't make it the same. When we were at DL for the Tink we all shared 2 desserts, one was gf and one wasn't. Having them side by side you could taste a difference, as enjoyable as the gf chocolate cake was. to you for being so strong. I haven't seen the Toyota commercial but I can't believe they would do that!

Maria I love your trip report and can't wait for another installment. When I saw your time on my phone, I gave you a virtual because I knew you really wanted to be under 3 hours. I hope you still had a chance to enjoy the race despite the tummy issues. I'm a little embarrassed about my time for the Tink, but I am dealing with it. A few snarky comments from people who have never run a half didn't help, but hey, I did it!

Jen I loved your dress, I'm glad you had a great time. If only we could all eat 2600 calories a day, we'd all be at our goal weight for sure!

Lisa A big for signing up for the W&D. I am so tempted right now, doing the Donald instead means missing the C2C by 2 weeks! I'll still need to wait and see. Part of me wants to do the Tink again next year, part of me wants to do the Donald, part of me want to do the W&D. We'll need to save and see where we are at. We could do W&D as our 15th anniversary trip and leave the kids behind, but I don't think they would be thrilled. I swear I'm doing at least one of these races! How's the bike riding going?

Kathy I hope you enjoyed your day off. I need to check in on our Donald thread more, I've been using all my time just reading and I need to pop in and say hi.

Hello to Lindsay, Dottie, Pamela and anyone else out there.

I'm back early from volunteering at school, 2 of my kids were out which shortened things considerably. I've got 12 kids I'm helping with their reading. Now to get things organized for my mom coming this afternoon. I keep coming up with instructions to get the kids to and from their activities, so I need to write everything down for her. We are leaving tomorrow and the weather here is going to be nicer than in CA. They are having a huge storm this weekend, actually 3 storms back to back. It started raining yesterday and will continue through Sunday. I guess I can take my gear and see what its really like to run in the rain, I've never done it before! I'll try to pop in tomorrow and say hi before my trip, have a good rest of the day everyone!

 

[lisah0711]

Hello Princesses and Bells!

Congrats to Nancy and Lisa for making the top 10 lists this week! Those losers better be careful 'cause the Princesses will take up half the list once we merge!

Maria, a big and for the big grant coming through. What a wonderful accomplishment and to be able to help so many people.

I'm really loving the trip report. From the pictures it looked like there were more folks at the meet that you guys did than the one on Friday night. And kudos to you for being the only person wearing a WISH shirt at the WISH meet!

Nancy, sorry to see that Thomas got banged up today. Poor guy! Poor you! That is one of those things he will never remember and you will never forget.

And remember the big DIS meet for marathon weekend is always at 4pm at Pop on Friday. We will want get a Princess picture with all of us! This is where the dh's come in handy -- just one present and we can have him use all the phones and cameras

Yep, we did that for the Tinker Bell meet -- it was comical how many cameras there were!

Rose, hope you enjoyed your day off today. I hope that you found something that helped with that pizza craving.

I was fortunate that I have the DVC points for the Wine & Dine and have some money on my airline ticket I didn't use to Phoenix. I just really decided I wanted to get my C2C this year if I could. I spent a long time last night researching ways I could do a costume with lights but it didn't seem like too many folks did that from the youtube videos I was watching. I was starting to get a bit of the "what was I thinking?" freak out but really I have a 5 mile race, two halfs and a 10K before that one so there are plenty of other things to worry about for now.

Jen, you might bump you targeted loss down a tad so your calories go up to 1450 to start with on MFP. I find that is alot easier to live with than the 1200 which I never seemed to make anyway.

I'm giving MFP a try too, I always add up my calories anyway, might as well make it official. I am also curious because I haven't done anything differently lately except for having more protein at breakfast and I have lost 2.4 pounds in the last 9 days. I really want to figure out what is going on so I can keep it up. Is my metabolism finally functioning the way it should?! I'm trying not to get my hopes up in case this is short lived, but I so love seeing a loss!!

Congrats on the loss! Have a wonderful time in CA. Take a couple of trash bags to run in case it is raining so you don't have to use one of your Disney ponchos. Not that I've ever done such a thing but I've read it works great.

The biking is coming along slowly. I have it all planned out so I know I will make it. It will be more enjoyable now that my trainer told me about training runs you can do on the bike so I can ride through Seattle, by the beach, etc. while I ride. Yesterday I rode through Joshua Tree and Death Valley.

I think that you should do the Donald for sure no matter what but a C2C would be very cool, too. I would totally love to have another post race picture with you this year!

Hello to Dottie and Lindsay and any of our lurker princesses!

Okay, I'm ready to twinkle-think -- who wouldn't be?

I think that I will be doing the usual arrive on Wednesday, leave on Monday thing in January. I can't get my folks excited about a June WDW trip so I'm thinking the January will be another solo trip, which is totally fine. I'm booked at AKV Jambo house but will probably try to switch at 7 months. OKW sounds good to me.

I'm so glad that Maria has scream team experience so she can show us the ropes. I'm also glad that she can use her wonderful way with words for some catchy signs.

Besides the races, of course, the big WISH meet on Friday is a must do for me. I've wanted to do one of those meets ever since I became a WISHer. Maybe we can carpool or share a cab or something 'cause I really don't want to do the bus ride to he!& thing again EVER.

I'm thinking that we will have to have at least one dinner where we get to consume adult beverages. And, of course, as you say Maria a Princess pic is a must do!

Have a great evening ladies!

 

[lisah0711]

Oh, and if I hang onto my number I might be having something a bit exciting to say tomorrow. . . Come on, Lisa, are you going to join me before you head off to sunny CA?

 

[camnhan]

Oh, and if I hang onto my number I might be having something a bit exciting to say tomorrow. . . Come on, Lisa, are you going to join me before you head off to sunny CA?

CAN'T WAIT FOR THE MORNING REPORT!!

So it was a gorgeous day here today and I was way to busy to enjoy it...other than taking the kids to DQ for dinner before CCD tonight Milk is healthy!!! Should be doing Ripped in 30 but here I sit

YEAH on the funding!! WAY TO GO!!! Your Amazing!!

W&D race...I would love to do that...well at least the W&D part

Guess what came today??? MICKEY MAIL!!! I am soooooooooo excited! Of course I think all that was in it was the magical express tickets. We have never book outside a travel agent before...and booked a friends points..so should I expect more? Will I get anything more about our reservations? The number is in the system because it shows up on the disney reservation site....35 days and counting

 

[Rose&Mike]

Lisa--not trying to jinx anything, but I am so excited....ok shhhhhhh, waiting until tomorrow....

Dottie and Jen--we are all on facebook. Let me know if you want to friend me.

LisaR--Have fun in California!!! I am really excited for you. I have been to Babycakes. And it is pretty good. The cupcakes are good--very small. I am having an "I want real food pity party this week". But my stomach is feeling better again and some of the mild symptoms I'd been having after the issues last month are finally going away. So time to put on my big girl pants and suck it up.

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Now you all are making me sad that I might not be there in January....well not sad, no sad. But it's cold---having trouble getting past that one....I haven't cancelled the ressie yet....