Good morning everyone.
Kristina-- Happy Graduation... I couldn't remember who had graduated when I was online last night... but it hit me around 1AM... Congratulations!!!!
So I am back yet again. My name is Michelle and I am a stay at home mom of 4 little girls, ages almost 10, 8, 2 and 2 1/2 months. I am from Ohio and I am a total geek who loves magic of any kind, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings and oh yeah, Disney! lol
I have struggled with my weight my entire life and would love to get it under control. Most of the time the idea of losing a big amount of weight seems like an impossible dream, like winning the lottery, but hopefully my numbers will pop up and I can't kick this weight in the bum!
I am doing the WW online right now and have done pretty well with food the last few days. Nursing the baby makes my ravenous at all times so I was struggling before WW, but I am trying to focus on doing better. No exercise yet, though I did get Zumba for Playstation 3 for Mothers Day and can't wait to try it!
Oh by the way, my 2 month old slept through the night 2 nights in a row!!!!



Not that has anything to do with weight loss, its just that I am so darn excited. Sleep my old friend, how I've missed you!
I was hungry all the time when nursing, too... and if I didn't eat, I couldn't keep up with the baby, who, conveniently, was allergic to regular formula and refused the special formulas (can't blame her, they smelled horrendous.) I think that and the sleep deficit are definite factors in weight... but if she's sleeping through the night already, woohoo! Congratulations!!!
GOOD MORRRRRRNING BIGGEST LOSERS!!!!!!!
QOTD, Wednesday 6/22: We all know that BREAKFAST is the most important meal of the day. Do you adhere to that statement? What is your typical breakfast like? Do you keep it light? How soon before waking do you eat? "They" say we should eat within 30 minutes of waking - do you?
DISNEY QOTD Wednesday 6/22: Won't you tell me about your first trip to Disney?? DL or WDW? How old were you? Who were you with? What is your favorite memory from the trip? Were you hooked by trip #1??
"Everybody neat and pretty? Then on with the show!"
Hmm... rarely neat and almost never pretty...
Breakfast is usually an english muffin, dry, since that's about all I can stomach in the morning. Sometimes some fruit too. Today breakfast was a vitamin and 2 calcium tabs, since I'm recovering from a 24-hour flu that apparently can't tell time... And usually it's about 30 minutes after getting up... I get up, get dressed, dress the pixies and throw them in the van, and either grab our breakfast from home or go through the drive-thru... it's not cost-effective, but someone making my food, smiling, wishing me a nice day is usually worth the $5 to me... it's like having a wife!
My first trip to Disney was when I was about 13 or 14... my parents took me. They get points for trying, but unfortunately, it was one of those "Oh crud, the oldest is graduating, the youngest is a teenager, and we never did this!" kind of things... It was very rushed, very budget, but still fun, of course. No, it wasn't an instant addiction. Went back twice in high school with the band, still not addicted... what did it for me was the kids... My 4 year old was telling me just this morning that "Elmo's not real, he's a puppet", even though she's "met" him several times at Sesame Place, even had dinner with him on her birthday last month... but the Princesses? The Princesses are "real." No question about it.
As for me, I like that there is one place in the world where most (not all) people will play along. What makes Disney magical is that everyone agrees to be nice (or as nice as they can personally manage, though it usually wears out about 4pm) and suspend their disbelief for a day. I've heard a lot of parents melting down in the parks over the years, usually about the heat and the cost, and the worn-out kiddies whining... but never have I heard anyone say "Be realistic," "be reasonable," "be practical," or "get your head out of the clouds." So that's what I like about it, I like that people let each other believe... and I wish everywhere could be like that.
: I'm in a bagel/cream cheese rut at the office, although I occasionally with have a sausage and egg mcmuffin.
If you LIKE the sausage mcmuffin, and WANT it, and PLAN for it, it's not the end of the world once in a while... It's a lot of points, but if the rest of your day is planned around it, (like a big salad for lunch), it's do-able. I used to like to have an egg mcmuffin once in a while, but I did that two Fridays ago, and it seemed to set off a binge, so I think I'll need to avoid those for the time being...
If you grab them just because you're hurried in the morning, what about stashing some healthier choices in the freezer at work? I forget what brand it is, but there are some mcmuffin-type frozen sandwiches in one of the diet brands... they don't suck... during the winter, I love a pack of instant oatmeal with some cinnamon, some stevia, and just a dash of salt (I would never have thought of salt, but someone recommended it, and it really adds a lot!) When I'm jones-ing for a salt fix, I like instant grits with salt... so I keep grits and oatmeal in a spare drawer in my desk... they keep forever and don't crowd the communal fridge/freezer, and don't disappear like the other stuff sometimes does...
