DISappearing Peeps...A fastpass to THIN! Part 2

[SingingMUA]

Welcome...jump right in, the water is FINE

Welcome, welcome. I'm Faith and I'm pretty new here too (just a few weeks). Everyone on here is great and this thread has become the highlight of my day. I'm trying to be healthier too. I'm also losing weight, which I needed, but my primary goal is to reprogram myself to enjoy exercise and a healthier eating style. These peeps make it easier to stay focused and they are so nice

SINGINGMUA : Greetings! Welcome to peepville! Anyhow, WELCOME!!!!!!!

I love making new friends!

I hope you both find all the support and motivation you'll need to reach your goals.

Welcome to the new Peeps! So glad to have you here! The more, the merrier, they say. You'll love it here. It's a place to share joy, frustration, triumphs, tribulations, prayer requests, pixie dust, tips, support, encouragement, and laughs! (Among other things)

Thank you all for the warm welcome!! I feel all warm and fuzzy inside...

 

[Tink-ing]

So I just read through some of the bios and realized I hadn't even thought of giving you all a face for the name. So here are a few pics:

This is me fairly recently and one of the few pics of myself I like (I think I'm fat in EVERY pic taken of me, whether I am or not...gotta work on that):

This is the face I make when I have to go to the gym:

This is my bea-U-tiful, soon to be Disney spoiled, godson:

Umm...and let's see, some more quick things about me (that also seem to be a theme on this thread):
I love to: read, scrapbook, nap, eat, go to WDW, travel in general, DIS, shop (shoes in particular), cry while watching Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (a perfect way to vent some emotion) spend time with my family, friends and the BF.

I don't like: the gym (but I do it anyway - my dream is a home gym), most green veggies, but especially cooked broccoli, spiders, "spinny" rides and reality TV...except 'Rock of Love' on VH1, which was suprisingly a mind-numbing, train wreck of a guilty pleasure.

I am back in school pursuing my second BA (the first is in English-Communications) for Psychology. (I would love to work with kids.) I work in the Finance department of a very large law firm.

I have known BF for 10+ years - we were friends for about a year, together for 4, apart for 4, and have been back together for 2 years in January. I'm very close to my family and have recently been getting back in touch with my 'spiritual' side.

OH! And I wrote earlier that I'm 28...see, I have this problem...where I forget how old I am? And not on purpose. I'm 27...at least until Sunday. THEN I'll be 28.

Um, I think that's it for now.

 

[pigget74]

Hi All...

This is my first time posting, but I've been lurking on this thread for about 3 weeks. I've been using that time to read through the 1300+ pages here (no, I didn't read EVERY page... but I read quite a lot)

Anyway, you guys seem like such a great bunch, and I'm in desperate need of some motivation to be healthier. (I'm trying NOT to make my goal to just lose weight... I want to be healthy overall.)

I will post a "proper" introduction later, so as to give you guys a little background info. But for now, I just wanted to say...

Can I play too???

Hello DISappearing Peeps!

I'm new here too (thanks to Gina a.k.a. MA pigletfan ).

As you can tell from my "Please Lord I want to wear skinny clothes" ticker, I am also on the weight loss wagon. And although I sometimes fall off...or, ok, voluntarily jump off said wagon and run screaming, arms flailing into the nearest Dunkin' Donuts for a chocolate creme donut, I always somehow find my way back.

But who doesn't need a cheering section? Or want to be someone else's cheering section? So here I am.

I hope to be able to post here frequently - to share and congratulate the losses (of the pound/inch variety, of course), encourage others who somehow wandered out of sight of the wagon, make new friends, provide prayers and pixie dust and, if nothing else, obsess about Disney.

Some quick background so you know a lil' bit about me (references furnished upon request LOL) and then I promise to hand the mike over to the next Peep in line.

"Hi, I'm Nikki and I love to eat. And I don't like the gym. And apparently someone in Disney didn't get the memo because I'm supposed to be living in Cinderella's Castle."

I'm 28 (although I prefer 21...eight times over), am 5' 4.5" tall and currently weigh in at 196.0lbs. My goal weight is 145lbs. When I started this most recent bout of weight loss, I was at 202.6lbs, a number I had previously promised myself to never see on the scale again. Having broken that promise, I realized that it was high time to pull the wagon out of the barn, get back on and look for some people to ride along with me.

At my heaviest I was around the 240-245lb mark. That was about 5 years ago. I was 'pre-diabetic', in horrible foot/back pain, tired all the time and worst of all, horribly depressed. I've lost 50ish lbs. since then. I did WW for a long time and still incorporate it, kind of, in what I do now.

My motivation is, well, mostly my health. I want to be around for a loooong time (= a lot more trips to the World)! I also want to fall in love with my outside, they way I've fallen in love with my inside (and believe me, that was harder than ANY of the weight loss)! And really...well...I want to be able to shop ANYWHERE. (I'm a shopaholic. This is a big one for me.)

I live with my BF who, of course is the type who looks at a large pizza with extra cheese and pepparoni and LOSES 5lbs. But seriously, he's in great shape and is wonderful motivation. I don't have any kids, just the most beautiful godson on the planet who will be thoroughly spoiled with Disney trips. I have two kitties, Isabel and Dory, whom the BF has 'adopted' as his own.

And finally, here are the basics of what I'm doing this time around in terms of weight loss:

*I try to eat 3 'main' meals a day and 2 snacks or 'mini-meals' inbetween. I also try to get most of my carbs in before 2 p.m. I eat a lot of lean proteins and ::ahem:: really, really try to limit the 'bad' stuff. We eat healthy Mon.-Sat. and Sunday is our cheat day. As of late I've been going off the wall on cheat days, so one of my goals is to really reign this in and be sensible.
*I go to the gym 3 days a week and do about an hour of weight training and 30-40 min. of cardio each session. I work in Boston, an hour and a half from where I live, so it's tough for me to get more in than that. Walking on lunch isn't always an option either, especially with the lovely NE winter approaching.
*I'm keeping a food/weight loss journal. I just read a great article is Shape magazine that stressed weighing yourself every day. It says that it keeps you present to your goals and gives you an idea of the 'patterns' in your body. I'd always heard the opposite (only weigh in once a week) but I found that that never worked for me, so I'm giving this a shot.

Thanks for listening/reading. Glad to be on board the healthy train...er...wagon.

Prayers and Pixie Dust for all who've asked it. (Sorry, there's no way I'll get through 1,300+ pages!!)

LEXMELINDA : Hello! In the Avatar that is Pinnochio and his ........ummm good fairy? Fairy godmother? Gosh, it's been so long since I have seen the movie (decades maybe) I really can't remember. But it was on that cool avatar web site you posted. Thanks for the new bling! All dressed up now, still no place to go..........oh well, I'm glad the weekend is almost here! O.K., I guess I'm a little o.c.d., I went and looked in my son's room for the book, and it is the BLUE Fairy with Pinnochio in my avatar. I NEVER would have remembered that, if I even knew it.

OK I must have missed that one. Could someone please post it again. Thanks again.

 

[MJMouse]

WELCOME !! to the new peeps! Join in often, get to know everyone, and be careful reading posts with a mouth full of liquid... you never know when someone will tell a doozy and that liquid will come spurting out!!

Do most of you weigh every day?

I try not to weigh everyday, but it's hard. I always weigh on Friday -- that's a given. I also usually weigh on Monday or Tuesday to get a "mid-week peek" to see if I need to be a better peep.

Also, does everyone have cheat days? I have only cheated on one thing in 7 weeks and that was one homemade blueberry muffin. Should I be including a cheat day? My problem is that I'm afraid I would go nuts. Cheat with one piece of pizza? Yeah, right, I would eat the entire thing and wash it down with a coke or a margarita or something like that and then want dessert. I guess I just don't know how to cheat properly

Let me get this right... you want to know the "proper" way to cheat??!!??

I'll tell you what I do, then give you my philosphy on the whole "cheat" thing. First it's important to tell you that I do calorie counting. A ways back, Melinda posted an article that said you should take the weight you want to be and multiply it by 12 and that's the number of calories you need to maintain that weight. Well I WANT to be 135 lbs (I'm not, but alas I want to be). That translates to 1620 calories a day. Well I'm a mathematician by training and love to play with numbers, so I decided that I would say on average I wanted to eat around 1600 calories a day. That means, if I want to pig-out on Saturday, then I have to eat less the rest of the week to make up for it (kind of like the flex points on WW, I guess). So I usually average 1400 cals per regular day, then I have some extra calories to play with on the weekends.

I totally believe in cheat days. However, I don't believe that cheat days give you carte blanche to eat whatever you want. I also reserve cheat days for those days when I can not control what I'm eating or the cals in what I'm eating (think bbq, bday party, wedding). I try to keep the portions reasonable and avoid grazing all day.

That said, in my plan/ way of eating, I can have ANYTHING I want, but I have to work it in to the day. I can have pizza for lunch, but then it's a salad for dinner.

Don't know if that helps, but remember YOU control what you eat. So put controls on your cheat days. If you are going to have pizza and know that you will eat the whole thing, then go to a pizzaria that sells by the slice and only get two or buy the smallest size available or find two friends to split with or wrap the extra before you start eating -- whatever works for you.

Smiles!

 

[SingingMUA]

FYI- If you turn back to page 94 we started with pics of ourselves and creating bio's. I read through them and it totally remotivated me.

You may want to take a looksy.

Since I've been reading through this thread for the past 3 weeks, I have come to "know" (as it were) a lot of you. I've been looking at all the wonderful pics and seeing everyone's lovely personalities come through (BTW, UtahMama... YOU are HILARIOUS!! .....)


Anyway, to give you guys a little bit of an idea of who I am...

My name is Tia (well, it's actually LaTia, but most people call me Tia). I will be 30 years old in December

I am a Makeup Artist by trade, but I am also a classically trained opera singer (hence the screenname).

I love to cook and I love to eat, both of which are reasons for me needing to join this thread...

I love all things Disney, and try to make trips to the "World" as often as possible. My next trip is Dec 16-21 with my DBF (BF= Best Friend/roommate) for my "BIG birthday"...

My goals, as far as my health is concerned, are to get within a healthy BMI range (although I realize that most BMI calculators can be a little off), to eat healthier, to get more exercise, and to generally lose some of this "fluff" that has followed me around all of my life...

My "goal" as far as "numbers" are concerned, is to get OUT OF the "2's". I have not had a weight that didn't start with a "2" for over 15 years. I'm pretty tall (5'8), so most people don't believe that I weigh what I do when I tell them... (I will be BOLD and tell you that I now weigh 272 pounds).

Another one of my goals is to participate in the '09 Disney Half Marathon, and I think that would be muuuch easier to accomplish if I lost this extra person that I'm hauling around...
(*I do have an obstacle to the above, I have plantar fasciitis and achilles tendonitis, so excessive walking/standing is TORTURE for me, and I sometimes end up in a walking cast/cam walker and crutches for a while when it flares up, but I'm determined to find a way to be rid of this pain so that I can accomplish this goal*)

I don't plan on following any particular "diet plan" or anything, just making changes that I can stick with for the rest of my life. I just faced one of my fears the other day and bought a scale so I could actually know what I weigh, and what my starting point is. It's a really cool digital scale/body fat analyzer thingy that I got on the clearance rack at Tar-jay. Marked down to $11 from $45!!!

Another fear I plan to face soon is to take one of those Playboy Centerfold Reject photos (i.e. - a photo of myself in a bathing suit/undies), so I can have a really good before shot. This is the thing I'm REALLY scared of because I absolutely hate my body in anything but black, and even then, I'd rather not look at it...

Anyway, I think I've rambled on enough now... sooo, thanks for reading!

 

[SingingMUA]

And one more thing...

<------------------------------- That pic is me... forgot to mention that in my previous post

 

[Tink-ing]

Another fear I plan to face soon is to take one of those Playboy Centerfold Reject photos (i.e. - a photo of myself in a bathing suit/undies), so I can have a really good before shot. This is the thing I'm REALLY scared of because I absolutely hate my body in anything but black, and even then, I'd rather not look at it.

Ditto! I need to do it too...and I'm just as terrified to do it as you are. But just think of how proud you'll be when you don't look like that anymore. It's all about visualization. That's what I keep telling myself anyway.

Now if I could just get around to taking that photo

Oh, and I love your eye makeup! I'm somewhat addicted to makeup and can get lost in Sephora for hours on end, much to the BF's (boyfriend, not best friend, in my case) chagrin.

 

[eeyore45]

Nikki and Tia

WELCOME

You both have such wonderful, sensible goals - great attitudes~ Thanks for joining!!

(see Pakey, before you know it, you are now an "oldie"!!)
Pointing us back to the bios Monica If only we had a better way to keep track of that stuff - remember the great recipes we've shared? MS. Uma posted a recipe for "pooh" muffins that are traditional used the night before weigh in!! MJ I so agree about the cheat!! Thanks for reminding us about Melinda's post on the calorie determination!

On the marathon '09 goal!! I somehow got tricked into doing it this coming Jan '08 I also suffer with the plantar fascia - I've done very well with wearing crocs (havent had to use the cane since I started wearing crocs!!) I also went to a running shoe store to get fitted for my foot (I pronate, ankles roll in, almost touching the ground!! I'm also tall, and it used to be that people didnt realize I was over 200#, but now my fat is so hanging around the midsection... its now a *duh factor! And its so hard running with the extra weight - sometimes the pain in the foot is hard, but I'm determined - I found the orthotics too expensive and the running store and my podiatrist recommended 2 kinds of shoe inserts - Power Step is what I'm using (I wasted money on the "WalkFit" I so believed that commercial - and dh his inserts are "hard plastic" the WalkFit is just too high an arch!

Anyway - I'm doing ok - start with that couch to 5K running program - and one of the sticky's on the competion forum has a link to gpodometer - that you can find the milage for the route you run!! AND I run in the park near my home - it was a perfect tool!!

BTW I talk too much~~

I'm also a scale addict - and I cant help it!! BUT for today, I'm one happy Peep - the scale says I lost another 4# Then I did the stooopidist thing - I was at the mall - and I went to the dumb Panda Chinese place... I did have the children's portion, and I didnt finish it... I kept chewing knowing each bite iwill cost me 3# by tomorrow

I dont know who said they missed the sweet tea - I can relate, and Dr Pepper is my downfall - and diet wont do!

 

[pamrob]

I am a Makeup Artist by trade, but I am also a classically trained opera singer (hence the screenname).

Another fear I plan to face soon is to take one of those Playboy Centerfold Reject photos (i.e. - a photo of myself in a bathing suit/undies), so I can have a really good before shot. This is the thing I'm REALLY scared of because I absolutely hate my body in anything but black, and even then, I'd rather not look at it...

Makeup artist and an opera singer! Wow!

Ok, am I the only one who cringed when you read the photo idea? Oh my! I guess that could be some very strong motivation. I would just be worried to death it would fall into someone else's hands! Yikes!!

Welcome tia and all the other new peeps!

 

[Pakey]

Ok, am I the only one who cringed when you read the photo idea?

Are you kidding????? Of course I probably would have no worries as the photographer would be laughing so hard that the photos would be totally out of focus

 

[Pakey]

mj--thanks for the cheating tips. Seriously, it does help. I would like to be able to live, go out to eat once in awhile, etc., but I'm so afraid of losing control. My goal is 135 also but I think it's more of a pipe dream than a real goal. And the math thing may work for me as I'm an accountant so numbers are within my comfort zone. I'll try this out next weekend as DH and I are going to L.A. to take DS31/wife to dinner. They are picking something special for us and I would like to be able to choose something based on appeal rather than calories and fat grams!

mia--a trained opera singer. I'm duly impressed. You will find that most of these peeps have many talents. Of course, I'm not one of the talented ones. I cannot sing, dance, sew, cook, etc. I'm really good at eating and shopping; neither of which are strong selling points.

sandy--another 4 lbs is great. Don't worry about that little kid's chinese plate. I doubt that will add 1 lb, let alone the 3 you are fearing. And I totally agree with you on the diet soda thing. I just can't do it. So it's just plain ole water for me.

 

[punkin413]

Hi All...

This is my first time posting, but I've been lurking on this thread for about 3 weeks. I've been using that time to read through the 1300+ pages here (no, I didn't read EVERY page... but I read quite a lot)

Hello DISappearing Peeps!

I'm new here too (thanks to Gina a.k.a. MA pigletfan ).

WELCOME NEW PEEPS!!! i think the "rules" have already been explained, if you can even call them that. it sounds like both of you have great attitudes and are on the way to achieving your goals!

oh, and as much as taking that bathing suit picture scares you, DO IT!!!! it really helps you to see the changes you're making in a big way. i did it and i'm glad i did. of course i probably wouldn't have done it if it hadn't been for the timer on my camera because no way was i letting anyone (not even DH) take a pic of me in a bathing suit when i first started this journey!

Do most of you weigh every day? I weigh every day but it's because I have OCD. I have thought about locking the scale in a cabinet somewhere and only taking it out once a week because I'm obsessed with it. I get on it every time I walk by it. Like my weight is going to change in the 20 minutes since the last time I weighed!!!!

Also, does everyone have cheat days? I have only cheated on one thing in 7 weeks and that was one homemade blueberry muffin. Should I be including a cheat day? My problem is that I'm afraid I would go nuts. Cheat with one piece of pizza? Yeah, right, I would eat the entire thing and wash it down with a coke or a margarita or something like that and then want dessert. I guess I just don't know how to cheat properly

i weigh in about every other day (or so). just whenever i think about it really. oh, and about cheat days, i totally believe in them. but for me it isn't so much about eating everything i see. my cheat day is a way for me to get a break from writing down everything i eat and keeping up with my calorie count. i don't stuff myself with junk food, but i just don't worry about how many calories i'm putting in my body on my cheat day. AND it's a way for me to sneak a margarita in!

 

[my2boysrtwicethefun]

Hi All...

This is my first time posting, but I've been lurking on this thread for about 3 weeks. I've been using that time to read through the 1300+ pages here (no, I didn't read EVERY page... but I read quite a lot)

Anyway, you guys seem like such a great bunch, and I'm in desperate need of some motivation to be healthier. (I'm trying NOT to make my goal to just lose weight... I want to be healthy overall.)

I will post a "proper" introduction later, so as to give you guys a little background info. But for now, I just wanted to say...

Can I play too???

Hello DISappearing Peeps!

I'm new here too (thanks to Gina a.k.a. MA pigletfan ).

As you can tell from my "Please Lord I want to wear skinny clothes" ticker, I am also on the weight loss wagon. And although I sometimes fall off...or, ok, voluntarily jump off said wagon and run screaming, arms flailing into the nearest Dunkin' Donuts for a chocolate creme donut, I always somehow find my way back.

But who doesn't need a cheering section? Or want to be someone else's cheering section? So here I am.

I hope to be able to post here frequently - to share and congratulate the losses (of the pound/inch variety, of course), encourage others who somehow wandered out of sight of the wagon, make new friends, provide prayers and pixie dust and, if nothing else, obsess about Disney.

Some quick background so you know a lil' bit about me (references furnished upon request LOL) and then I promise to hand the mike over to the next Peep in line.

"Hi, I'm Nikki and I love to eat. And I don't like the gym. And apparently someone in Disney didn't get the memo because I'm supposed to be living in Cinderella's Castle."

I'm 28 (although I prefer 21...eight times over), am 5' 4.5" tall and currently weigh in at 196.0lbs. My goal weight is 145lbs. When I started this most recent bout of weight loss, I was at 202.6lbs, a number I had previously promised myself to never see on the scale again. Having broken that promise, I realized that it was high time to pull the wagon out of the barn, get back on and look for some people to ride along with me.

At my heaviest I was around the 240-245lb mark. That was about 5 years ago. I was 'pre-diabetic', in horrible foot/back pain, tired all the time and worst of all, horribly depressed. I've lost 50ish lbs. since then. I did WW for a long time and still incorporate it, kind of, in what I do now.

My motivation is, well, mostly my health. I want to be around for a loooong time (= a lot more trips to the World)! I also want to fall in love with my outside, they way I've fallen in love with my inside (and believe me, that was harder than ANY of the weight loss)! And really...well...I want to be able to shop ANYWHERE. (I'm a shopaholic. This is a big one for me.)

I live with my BF who, of course is the type who looks at a large pizza with extra cheese and pepparoni and LOSES 5lbs. But seriously, he's in great shape and is wonderful motivation. I don't have any kids, just the most beautiful godson on the planet who will be thoroughly spoiled with Disney trips. I have two kitties, Isabel and Dory, whom the BF has 'adopted' as his own.

And finally, here are the basics of what I'm doing this time around in terms of weight loss:

*I try to eat 3 'main' meals a day and 2 snacks or 'mini-meals' inbetween. I also try to get most of my carbs in before 2 p.m. I eat a lot of lean proteins and ::ahem:: really, really try to limit the 'bad' stuff. We eat healthy Mon.-Sat. and Sunday is our cheat day. As of late I've been going off the wall on cheat days, so one of my goals is to really reign this in and be sensible.
*I go to the gym 3 days a week and do about an hour of weight training and 30-40 min. of cardio each session. I work in Boston, an hour and a half from where I live, so it's tough for me to get more in than that. Walking on lunch isn't always an option either, especially with the lovely NE winter approaching.
*I'm keeping a food/weight loss journal. I just read a great article is Shape magazine that stressed weighing yourself every day. It says that it keeps you present to your goals and gives you an idea of the 'patterns' in your body. I'd always heard the opposite (only weigh in once a week) but I found that that never worked for me, so I'm giving this a shot.

Thanks for listening/reading. Glad to be on board the healthy train...er...wagon.

Prayers and Pixie Dust for all who've asked it. (Sorry, there's no way I'll get through 1,300+ pages!!)

You've picked a great group to join. The people here are absolutely amazing and are always offering input when you have questions or concerns. They will make you feel like family.

 

[dance2874]

Just stopping in to say a quick hello to all our new peeps! WELCOME!

I am waiting for dinner to finish so I can run Amanda to cheerleading practice. Have I shared that here? I signed her up for cheerleading through the city and she is loving it. I mostly did it because it was only $25 and thought it would be cute, but she is having a blast. I will ahve to share a picture of her all dolled up. It is so cute.

 

[Disneyfreak92]

Since I've been reading through this thread for the past 3 weeks, I have come to "know" (as it were) a lot of you. I've been looking at all the wonderful pics and seeing everyone's lovely personalities come through (BTW, UtahMama... YOU are HILARIOUS!! .....)


Anyway, to give you guys a little bit of an idea of who I am...

My name is Tia (well, it's actually LaTia, but most people call me Tia). I will be 30 years old in December

I am a Makeup Artist by trade, but I am also a classically trained opera singer (hence the screenname).

I love to cook and I love to eat, both of which are reasons for me needing to join this thread...

I love all things Disney, and try to make trips to the "World" as often as possible. My next trip is Dec 16-21 with my DBF (BF= Best Friend/roommate) for my "BIG birthday"...

My goals, as far as my health is concerned, are to get within a healthy BMI range (although I realize that most BMI calculators can be a little off), to eat healthier, to get more exercise, and to generally lose some of this "fluff" that has followed me around all of my life...

My "goal" as far as "numbers" are concerned, is to get OUT OF the "2's". I have not had a weight that didn't start with a "2" for over 15 years. I'm pretty tall (5'8), so most people don't believe that I weigh what I do when I tell them... (I will be BOLD and tell you that I now weigh 272 pounds).

Another one of my goals is to participate in the '09 Disney Half Marathon, and I think that would be muuuch easier to accomplish if I lost this extra person that I'm hauling around...
(*I do have an obstacle to the above, I have plantar fasciitis and achilles tendonitis, so excessive walking/standing is TORTURE for me, and I sometimes end up in a walking cast/cam walker and crutches for a while when it flares up, but I'm determined to find a way to be rid of this pain so that I can accomplish this goal*)

I don't plan on following any particular "diet plan" or anything, just making changes that I can stick with for the rest of my life. I just faced one of my fears the other day and bought a scale so I could actually know what I weigh, and what my starting point is. It's a really cool digital scale/body fat analyzer thingy that I got on the clearance rack at Tar-jay. Marked down to $11 from $45!!!

Another fear I plan to face soon is to take one of those Playboy Centerfold Reject photos (i.e. - a photo of myself in a bathing suit/undies), so I can have a really good before shot. This is the thing I'm REALLY scared of because I absolutely hate my body in anything but black, and even then, I'd rather not look at it...

Anyway, I think I've rambled on enough now... sooo, thanks for reading!

So nice to meet ya!

Ditto! I need to do it too...and I'm just as terrified to do it as you are. But just think of how proud you'll be when you don't look like that anymore. It's all about visualization. That's what I keep telling myself anyway.

Now if I could just get around to taking that photo

Oh, and I love your eye makeup! I'm somewhat addicted to makeup and can get lost in Sephora for hours on end, much to the BF's (boyfriend, not best friend, in my case) chagrin.

OMG! I can SO get lost in Sephora!

Nikki and Tia

WELCOME

You both have such wonderful, sensible goals - great attitudes~ Thanks for joining!!

(see Pakey, before you know it, you are now an "oldie"!!)
Pointing us back to the bios Monica If only we had a better way to keep track of that stuff - remember the great recipes we've shared? MS. Uma posted a recipe for "pooh" muffins that are traditional used the night before weigh in!! MJ I so agree about the cheat!! Thanks for reminding us about Melinda's post on the calorie determination!

On the marathon '09 goal!! I somehow got tricked into doing it this coming Jan '08 I also suffer with the plantar fascia - I've done very well with wearing crocs (havent had to use the cane since I started wearing crocs!!) I also went to a running shoe store to get fitted for my foot (I pronate, ankles roll in, almost touching the ground!! I'm also tall, and it used to be that people didnt realize I was over 200#, but now my fat is so hanging around the midsection... its now a *duh factor! And its so hard running with the extra weight - sometimes the pain in the foot is hard, but I'm determined - I found the orthotics too expensive and the running store and my podiatrist recommended 2 kinds of shoe inserts - Power Step is what I'm using (I wasted money on the "WalkFit" I so believed that commercial - and dh his inserts are "hard plastic" the WalkFit is just too high an arch!

Anyway - I'm doing ok - start with that couch to 5K running program - and one of the sticky's on the competion forum has a link to gpodometer - that you can find the milage for the route you run!! AND I run in the park near my home - it was a perfect tool!!

BTW I talk too much~~

I'm also a scale addict - and I cant help it!! BUT for today, I'm one happy Peep - the scale says I lost another 4# Then I did the stooopidist thing - I was at the mall - and I went to the dumb Panda Chinese place... I did have the children's portion, and I didnt finish it... I kept chewing knowing each bite iwill cost me 3# by tomorrow

I dont know who said they missed the sweet tea - I can relate, and Dr Pepper is my downfall - and diet wont do!

Hi Sandy! When are you coming down to visit those boys? Miss ya!

 

[eeyore45]

Punkin I love that picture in your siggy!!! Your fun loving spirit just shines thru!

Minnie MOO I just remembered - thanks for posting the pics!

Fidge How'd things go at school?

Lynda Hey, I'll be there for Homecoming!! Apparently ds wanted to see his fiance - so he invited me to the Homecoming game... "and oh btw, Fiance wants to come" (I hear those Illini may get a Rose Bowl bid

DD got her hair cut, and she needs to post her picture to her friends - (Its a cute bob!)

 

[winkers]

Welcome to the new peeps!!!

I'm sure you'll love it here. Tons of support and love! The plan I've been doing lately is , eat whatever I can get my hands on, refuse to step on the scale, which is then followed by poor self esteem and feeling lousy. I don't suggest it. Seriously, after some horrible eating habbits lately, I'm trying to get motivated again.

 

[AnnNan]

Welcome Tia and Nikki! Glad to have you.

 

[punkin413]

I am waiting for dinner to finish so I can run Amanda to cheerleading practice. Have I shared that here? I signed her up for cheerleading through the city and she is loving it. I mostly did it because it was only $25 and thought it would be cute, but she is having a blast. I will ahve to share a picture of her all dolled up. It is so cute.

oh, how cute! i was a mascot cheerleader when i was 2, 3 and 4 for the midget football league in my hometown. i was the only little one out there - everyone else was like 7-12 or so. mom says the only cheer i knew was "firecracker, firecracker, boom, boom, boom" and the rest of the time i just kinda twirled around! i'll see if i can dig up one of those pics! i hope amanda likes it!!!

Punkin I love that picture in your siggy!!! Your fun loving spirit just shines thru!

awwwwwwww.......thanks!

 

[majicintheair]

hey everyone well I'm feeling a little embarrased over my earlier post. Please believe me that I don't eat like that all the time. That was one of my worst days in a long time, that's why I logged the calories and keep it right here beside my desk. It's easy to lie to yourself about what your doing. That was me facing up to the damage that I was doing to myself. Dieting and exercising all week long is pointless when consuming a bunch of extra calories. I know that. BUT, some days are better than others. That calorie count was like a wake up call to me. I'm in a learning process about how to live a healthy lifestyle. That why I posted that, because I felt comfortable enough to share. I'm great at maintaining my weight, it's losing that's a little harder. But YAY me, I am almost at a 20 Pound loss! This morning when I weighed (yes I am one of those every day weighers) I was at 19 pounds. This has taken about (give or take) 3 months. It is all about learning my body, learning what to eat, and how certain foods trigger my appetite. So good luck everyone, happy weigh in, skinny dreams and all that good stuff.