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

[If U Had Wings]

Good afternoon everyone! I've been posting a few times, but lurking more than posting. I really want to try to post more though. I really enjoy reading everyone else's posts. I had a bit of a dissappointing morning. I had weighed myself on Friday for the weigh in and found myself down 4.5 lbs and was so excited. Today I weighed myself on my normal weigh in day and I somehow put on 2 lbs since Friday. I don't know what it was - I still was down from last week, but seeing the scale up those 2 lbs just set me off and I started bawling in the middle of the bathroom. That I and nearly threw the scale at the floor.

I think the frustration with myself gaining 20 lbs back is really hitting hard now. I had to go and dig my fat shorts out of the basement because the ones I had bought last year don't fit. None of my new jeans fit either. (And I had finally found ones that fit me perfectly last year too - Gap Curvy Cut). What's really annoying is that I don't weigh any more than I did when I bought those shorts last year. The 20 lbs I've put back on have gone right to my butt and gutt. Before it was a little more spread out. Still it's a 2 lb loss, right?

Dene - Your pictures are beautiful. I always hate the ones I try to take for the online dating sites. Yours look great.

Fidge - I always used to get the sucking in thing from my mom. After taking ballet lessons for years as a kid it's pretty much second nature for me - belly in, shoulders back, back straight, hips tucked. Don't know if that really helped, but even when I was my heaviest my lower belly wasn't the problem, it's kept my core pretty strong. The area between my waist and my ribcage is another storey all together.

Wonders10 - I can definitely sympathize with the online dating thing. I finally gave up because I couldn't deal with the weirdness. I'd much rather be by myself than deal with some of that. I don't know which was the final straw - the guy that couldn't understand that I couldn't meet him one day, because it was my niece's first birthday so he wouldn't meet me at all, or the guy that got back together with his ex, but told me he was still interested if I wanted to be with him and his ex. I keep thinking of trying again, but can't bring myself to do it.

 

[eeyore45]

wings Good job - think forward, not backward... and that is so much easier said than done! In the YOU on a diet info on "U-Turn we need to start keeping the focus on the goal... if we "fail" or if we "fall off" or if we "cheat" (whatever the words or excuses, it amounts to not being healthiest) - - then we need to listen to our Mind's GPS system and get to the nearest/safest place to make a UTURN to take a UTURN back to that healthy lifestyle!!

and always remember: DIET and EXERCISE are not a punishment for being fat > its our REWARD for being Healthy

To OUR health peeps!!

DROP DOWN and give yourself 100 crunches!!!

 

[MA pigletfan]

hola everyone
just wanted to pass on a pretty dang good tasting water enhancer. I am usually a plain old water drinker, but wanted to change it up some lately..i've tried the crystal light "on the go" packs and celestial seasonings ones..both pretty darn good. BUT i wanted a grape flavor so i recently tried "water sensations" in grape..and YUM. its a little pack like the CL ones, but its actually liquid not powder..the grape one tastes like grape soda..good times i will certainly still drink 90% of my H2O "straight" ..but this is a nice change instead of reaching for a diet soda or juice...

 

[Disneyfreak92]

Chicken Butt!!!!!

Not only is THIS my 5000 th post on the DIS, BUT....... *wait for it*.......


I'm GOING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


for rizzle!

Oh yay! I'm SOOOOO excited for you (and for me getting to see you)! It wouldn't have been the same without you!

And it looks like we DEFINITELY have some planning to do for January too! DH is just making a call today to see if we can get any discounts going through a travel agent. If we can't, we will be booking through Disney! So, what am I doing for my b-day? (The weekend following my b-day actually)...



I'm going to DISNEYLAND!!!

This is a first for DH and I both, and I am SO excited! The only dissappointing part is we will not be making the January Peep meet because that is when we will be in California. But hopefully we can meet some west coast Peeps and make the January meet bicoastal!

 

[MA pigletfan]

I'm going to DISNEYLAND!!!

This is a first for DH and I both, and I am SO excited! The only dissappointing part is we will not be making the January Peep meet because that is when we will be in California. But hopefully we can meet some west coast Peeps and make the January meet bicoastal!

yay for you!! how exciting..i am already looking forward to the Trip Report!

 

[dwheatl]

One more picture I wanted to share with y'all. I told UM when she wrote her DL trippie that you have to get the first or last seat on Space Mountain at Disneyland for it to rock. Here's DH and me on the second best ride on SM EVER (the first best was on our honeymoon).

Hello Everyone!

Sorry I have not been on for a while, last week was ridiculously busy as my co-worker was out of the office so I was doing double duty. And then of all things our computer crashed at home!

Did you get ATT U-Verse, by any chance? We switched in June, and it's great, except my laptop doesn't get internet through their modem. I had to hook up a second modem to theirs, and I access the internet that way. when I complained to their tech support, the guy said, "I hear what you're saying." I stayed on hold for 40 minutes for that? They never have fixed my problem, but it works OK with the second modem, so whatever.

Chicken Butt!!!!!


I'm GOING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wooo Hooootie!

Oh yay! I'm SOOOOO excited for you (and for me getting to see you)! It wouldn't have been the same without you!

And it looks like we DEFINITELY have some planning to do for January too! DH is just making a call today to see if we can get any discounts going through a travel agent. If we can't, we will be booking through Disney! So, what am I doing for my b-day? (The weekend following my b-day actually)...



I'm going to DISNEYLAND!!!

This is a first for DH and I both, and I am SO excited! The only dissappointing part is we will not be making the January Peep meet because that is when we will be in California. But hopefully we can meet some west coast Peeps and make the January meet bicoastal!

Looks like I'm going to have to renew my AP! I was just looking for an excuse.

 

[mousehouselover]

Noni - why didnt I think of the roadtrip deal when I sent dd to camp in Kalamazoo MI - Angola IN - is only 5 min from Ohio!!

DIET TIPS!!!

YOU on a DIET by Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen

Dr. Roizen was on a PBS Special, so listen up - TOGETHER we CAN do this!!

The First 14 Days Couldn't Be Easier

1. Find a diet buddy -- join the message boards.
2. Clean out the fridge -- and use the menu planner to refill it.
3. Walk every day -- and do the 20-minute workout.
4. Measure your waist -- and track the changes. In just 2 weeks, you'll be solidly on the road to success, and your waist will probably be 2 inches smaller!

http://www.realage.com/doctorCenter/intro.aspx

So grab a buddy and commit to yourself to do 30 min of walking - I'm grabbing Fidge!!

I don't know why you didn't let me know you were going to be fairly close. I'll be more than happy to drive somewhere if I have the time, $$ and a bit of notice.

I want a buddy........I need someone who's a pretty good motivator though, I haven't been on the TM in months. We cleaned out the garage yesterday and we're going to the State Fair on both Tues and Wed so I'll be doing lots of walking.

 

[eeyore45]

I don't know why you didn't let me know you were going to be fairly close. I'll be more than happy to drive somewhere if I have the time, $$ and a bit of notice.

I want a buddy........I need someone who's a pretty good motivator though, I haven't been on the TM in months. We cleaned out the garage yesterday and we're going to the State Fair on both Tues and Wed so I'll be doing lots of walking.

*duh me - I guess I'll have to make up for it!! Wonder what's happening next week - maybe we should drive up and see that new baby peeplet!!

BUDDY ALERT what do you need in a buddy? I just checked out the book Marathon for Mortals... I'm crying... its very motivating... its like talking about me!! (he talks of his first decision to 'run' and why he picks early or late to do it so no one will see him run and LOL at the fat person getting out there - that is so ME!)

Noni - JUST DO IT!! I'm seriously committing to going for a 30 min walk each and every day this week - beyond that, we'll talk..

PLUS all of the Sept WDW goers need to get some exercise/practice walking in order to get the FP before they run out!! *wink *wink...

I wonder if I can say "Chicken Butt" without getting in trouble???

 

[eeyore45]

Again, check your waist size.

Are you "Breast Cancer" size? If you had breast cancer would you sit there and accept it? Or would you go in for treatment? Measure your waist... a healthy waist is 35 - 38 inches...

His talk was to consider what you would do if you had breast cancer - I'm easily 47 inches - and I have to walk 30 min every day in order to be healthy for me, for my family...

so I'm going to be asking every day -

WHO WILL WALK WITH ME TODAY??

 

[Wonders10]

Hi Peeps,

Tomorrow I'm heading to my externship placement for the afternoon to shadow one of their clinicians. I'm even more nervous now about starting and going there after the whole scheduling mix up that happened last week. So please send some pixie dust that it all goes smoothly. Thanks

 

[pigget74]

Two weeks ago one of my principals sent out an e-mail asking for 5 teachers to sign up for this economics training. Part of the training would give me 5 continuing education credits for my teaching renewal certificate--I only needed .7 because I have been working on it over the past 2 years. It would also give me some classroom materials. This training would consist of 2 weekdays and 2 Sat. in the Fall and the same for the Spring. Sounds great so I signed up. It would look really good on my transcript since it is a Masters Seminar. Well on Friday I was given the dates and they are not a problem, but we are also given a semi schedule--it is nothing like it was presented. All the principal did was forward to us all the information that was sent to her. Here is what I now have to do--I had to submit a letter of why I wanted to take this seminar--there is a midterm project and a final project plus a final exam. OH MY GOSH--like I have time for this. In the original e-mail it sounded like some workshops that you would attend and go back and tech other teachers at your school. That is soooooo not the case. I tried to back out of it today, but could only do so if I found someone to take my spot and the clincher is I had until 3 today and guess what there were no takers I am sooo not looking forward to this---it is an actual masters level class that I am taking and it starts this Saturday.

Enough of my rant. Has anyone heard from MONICA???

 

[denecarter]

Hi Peeps,

Tomorrow I'm heading to my externship placement for the afternoon to shadow one of their clinicians. I'm even more nervous now about starting and going there after the whole scheduling mix up that happened last week. So please send some pixie dust that it all goes smoothly. Thanks

Back to our match conversation from last night... if you look very carefully at my pix, I have "freak magnet" tattooed to my forehead. Today, I did about 30 minutes of yahoo messenger with this guy in Florida... very one-sided... me doing most of the talking, not trying to give too many details because I got a vibe from his profile. Anyway, afterwards he emails me with this bizarre story about being divorced and seperated from his child who is at a Catholic school in Nigeria because he had gone over there with his mother who was deployed there on a peace keeping mission... she was in "the force". WAS being the operative word because she was killed in the line of duty and now the child is still there and he (the freak) is so glad he found me because he just knows I will love him with all my heart and his son will be able to call me mom, etc., etc., etc. and he's through with Match "coz [I've] got all [he] needs from a good woman".

I emailed him and let him know I don't want to be anybody's mom and that he needs to slow down and back off a bit... he's coming across as a "psycho stalker/serial killer".

After I got back from the gym and got online, he slipped in and opened a chat before I realized it... my email didn't make him happy. I told him he was a bit over the top and intense... he asked why I thought so... I said statements from his profile and email... he asked what... when I went to find his profile to quote what was intense and over the top, his profile was gone. He said he had to do something and asked if I'd be online 40 minutes later.

Luckily, I haven't heard back from him... in a sick and twisted way, I'd LOVE to hear from him... just to hear the web of lies he's going to come up with... you know, so I can figure out what fantasy world he's living on.

My Irish friend said it sound like the beginning of a money scam... "please help me... I need money to bring my kid home from Catholic school in Nigeria". Apparently, that type of thing has happened before.

I don't know what is sadder, some freak would try that... or that there are women out there lonely and desperate enough to fall for it.

 

[denecarter]

there is a midterm project and a final project plus a final exam. OH MY GOSH--like I have time for this.

Hopefully, the projects will consists of documentation and proof that you did implement and share... hopefully.

 

[Lease]

LEASE.... 100 pounds! Wow! What are your best tips?

The only tip I can think of is portion size, I ate 5 small meals a day and drank lots of water. Can't forget the exercise too. I was on a pretty restrictive diet both to lose weight (if I can lose 100 and have more to go there was much to lose) and to get my Crohn's under control.
I still have about 20# that I'd like to shed, prolly 25# after the free dinning at Disney

 

[Wonders10]

Back to our match conversation from last night... if you look very carefully at my pix, I have "freak magnet" tattooed to my forehead. Today, I did about 30 minutes of yahoo messenger with this guy in Florida... very one-sided... me doing most of the talking, not trying to give too many details because I got a vibe from his profile. Anyway, afterwards he emails me with this bizarre story about being divorced and seperated from his child who is at a Catholic school in Nigeria because he had gone over there with his mother who was deployed there on a peace keeping mission... she was in "the force". WAS being the operative word because she was killed in the line of duty and now the child is still there and he (the freak) is so glad he found me because he just knows I will love him with all my heart and his son will be able to call me mom, etc., etc., etc. and he's through with Match "coz [I've] got all [he] needs from a good woman".

I emailed him and let him know I don't want to be anybody's mom and that he needs to slow down and back off a bit... he's coming across as a "psycho stalker/serial killer".

After I got back from the gym and got online, he slipped in and opened a chat before I realized it... my email didn't make him happy. I told him he was a bit over the top and intense... he asked why I thought so... I said statements from his profile and email... he asked what... when I went to find his profile to quote what was intense and over the top, his profile was gone. He said he had to do something and asked if I'd be online 40 minutes later.

Luckily, I haven't heard back from him... in a sick and twisted way, I'd LOVE to hear from him... just to hear the web of lies he's going to come up with... you know, so I can figure out what fantasy world he's living on.

My Irish friend said it sound like the beginning of a money scam... "please help me... I need money to bring my kid home from Catholic school in Nigeria". Apparently, that type of thing has happened before.

I don't know what is sadder, some freak would try that... or that there are women out there lonely and desperate enough to fall for it.

WOW! Now that is a crazy story...mine haven't gotten that off the wall. Yet. Give me time .

I did get a response back from a gentleman who emailed me, I responded, and he actually responded back. Seems decent thus far, although he has about 7 pics on his profile and they all look different. Some of them he has a creepy looking mustache so I hope that those are old pics. No major chemistry yet of course, but at least his emails don't make me want to gauge my eyes out...ahh, how I can be turned on by a guy with a high school level of grammar and punctuation...and that he can spell to boot. I'm weak in the knees just thinking about it.

 

[SwansLoveDisney]

Hi Peeps,

Tomorrow I'm heading to my externship placement for the afternoon to shadow one of their clinicians. I'm even more nervous now about starting and going there after the whole scheduling mix up that happened last week. So please send some pixie dust that it all goes smoothly. Thanks

I know how you're feeling...I'm a PT and I remember being so nervous about going to shadow. I had 3 really great experiences and one not so great.

Just remember that in a few years, you'll be the one with the shadow!

 

[majicintheair]

LEASE: 100 POUNDS!! You rock! Small meals and exercise, I need to add the exercise!!! Today I am doing much better, I have a new goal = 30 minutes of walking every day! I put in 30 on the elliptical machine today( in 3 seperate sessions, baby steps...) ** EEYORE45,** I'll walk with you tomorrow! I have exactly 30 days until my September trip to WDW, and my goal is to lose 10 pounds. I have not been taking it seriously lately, but with vacation pictures coming....well, you know how it is! **WONDERS,** good luck at work!! **UTAH MAMA**congrats on the trip!!! I just made my payment today, ( it was pay up or they cancel )I love having something to look forward to! **DENECARTER**I loved your date story(#3), but really he sounded a leetle scary. Hopefully Mr. Irish will work out much better!!!**WINGS**I am so with you on the fat clothes. Talk about a good motivator....

 

[monymony3471]

Hello my friends. They have free internet in my room! It's very small on the TV screen so excuse me for any mistakes.

 

[dwheatl]

Hello my friends. They have free internet in my room! It's very small on the TV screen so excuse me for any mistakes.

MONICA! How are you doing? How's baby? We've all been thinking about you all day. to the peeplet.

And Miss Monymony, you have a good chance of being the weight loss winner this coming Friday (Although it was never as much as I hoped for when my kids were born).

 

[monymony3471]

And sorry for this cause the wireless key board is hard to navigate.If I try to skip lines, it sends me to post the reply. The surgery was not that bad. Thanks for all of your prayers. HE heard them. I was very well taken care of today. Please welcome, Madelyn Eliszabeh. She was born at 7:43am. Weighs 6'14 oz. 20" long. Looks like very dark blue eyes which all my kids started with. I am on some loopy drugs from all the puking I did while in surgery and throughout the day. So I will make this quick. DH and I will go over how to post pics over the phone tomorrow. OR someone pm me with their email address and I can forward you the pics to post for him. Hint Hint. Lexy??? So pictures tomorrow folks!