DISappearing Peeps...A fastpass to THIN! Part 4

[pigget74]

Hey Heather! They left at 4 am! This is the first year I am not going. It was kind of sad to watch them drive off without me. But Brian is taking me to Vicksburg for a romantic 2 night get away at a B & B! Are you going to Dry Gulch? Are ya'll taking a charter bus? Dry Gulch is a fantastic camp. I will miss it this year.

Hey, yes I will be going. The first year we went I was pregnant with Joshua, then last year I think I spent all of out time at the ER with different kids, and this year I am pregnant again! We are taking an Express Charter bus and leaving at 4. I had a parent meetingthis morning at chruch and all the kids are excited. We are taking 38 kids -- down from last year, but that is ok.

Wow! This thread is great! I am only on page 4, though, so I guess I will have to skip around. I need to lose around 50 pounds total. I was hoping to have lost around 20 by the time we leave for WDW- but with it being only 7 weeks away I will settle for more like 10+, which by my doctors standards seems to work. Lately, I have been trying Bob Greene's best life diet. It encourages eating 3 meals a day, exercising, taking supplements and having a cut off time each night. I finnally found a way to eat a nutritious breakfast by have a Slim-Fast on the go. I have been getting sick a lot lately, so it has totally screwed up my results AND my gym schedule. I have mostley just been watching portion sizes, and if I do eat junk on a splurge, watching my calories. I am really bad at following eating rules. Usually when I have needed to lose wieght in the past I just ampted up the exercise. Its much harder for me now. I am 24 and have been steadily gaining since I was 18. I had Lyme's Disease about 6 summers ago and it messed up my metabolism, I feel like I have to work twice as hard just to lose half the wieght.

Hi everyone! I would LOVE to join. I have been overweight for my last two trips and I am ready to get back in shape.

I have six months until my 36th birthday and my first Christmas trip to the World. I joined Weight Watchers last week. I need to lose 34.8 pounds~

I will be weighing in on Friday

Welcome to the newest two people. you guys have come to the right place for encouragement.

 

[Eventer98]

Wow! This thread is great! I am only on page 4, though, so I guess I will have to skip around. I need to lose around 50 pounds total. I was hoping to have lost around 20 by the time we leave for WDW- but with it being only 7 weeks away I will settle for more like 10+, which by my doctors standards seems to work. Lately, I have been trying Bob Greene's best life diet. It encourages eating 3 meals a day, exercising, taking supplements and having a cut off time each night. I finnally found a way to eat a nutritious breakfast by have a Slim-Fast on the go. I have been getting sick a lot lately, so it has totally screwed up my results AND my gym schedule. I have mostley just been watching portion sizes, and if I do eat junk on a splurge, watching my calories. I am really bad at following eating rules. Usually when I have needed to lose wieght in the past I just ampted up the exercise. Its much harder for me now. I am 24 and have been steadily gaining since I was 18. I had Lyme's Disease about 6 summers ago and it messed up my metabolism, I feel like I have to work twice as hard just to lose half the wieght.

Hi everyone! I would LOVE to join. I have been overweight for my last two trips and I am ready to get back in shape.

I have six months until my 36th birthday and my first Christmas trip to the World. I joined Weight Watchers last week. I need to lose 34.8 pounds~

I will be weighing in on Friday

Welcome!!!!

Long irritating weekend here. I had some kind of emotional break on Saturday. Just started crying about EVERYTHING and then took a bunch of %^* out on DH. It wasn't fair and I feel horrible about it. I just feel overwhelmed about a lot right now. My dad is selling his house to move in with DGF. There is no hurry on this...his DGF already has a house. Anyway, the house is medium sized and needs a TON of work before he can list it. Plus, I have endless amounts of crap there as well. Right before my mom got sick my gma moved to a nursing home so her stuff is there too. I took about 1/2 of my stuff already but there is more to sort and go through. Not to mention all my mom's stuff! Plus, there is a ton of stuff for my garage sale this summer. Nothing better then hauling crap from one house to another and then selling it. I would have a sale at my dad's but he lives in the country and doesn't have a garage. I don't want to donate it b/c I could use the money. Anyway, I stopped today to try and find slides from our WDW trip in 85. I found 10 boxes of slides of years 76-88 but no Disney ones. ***?? My dad says they are around somewhere but it was frustrating. I just wanted to see them. So I was upset about that. I think seeing them would have cheered me up. Then he tells me he is listing the house in TWO weeks!!! Are you kidding me??? There is no way he will have that house ready to show. It is a mess!! Just the landscaping alone...it's all weeds. He really let it go since my mom died. I told him to wait until late July. Then I can help him everyday once I get back from WDW on the 2nd. What's one month?? Grr. I am going to email his DGF and see if he really is listing it in two weeks. He works the B shift and sleeps all AM. I don't see him getting the rooms painted and whatnot. So anyway Peeps..I am stressed out and want to scream!!!!!

DH and I started painting one of our spare bedrooms as well. When we bought the house it was a hideous pink. I finally couldn't take it anymore (leading to breakdown!!) So we went to Home Depot and decided on Main St. USA yellow from the Disney paintchips. We just finished it a few minutes ago but I have to do the trim next weekend. It's a little bright but I secretly have plans to put stencils of white mickey heads on the walls if we have a baby. We have another bedroom to do (color Tinkerbelle) but it can wait. I had read that home improvement projects are the #1 thing that causes fights with your sig. other. Yeah..they are right about that. It was our first project together and very stressful. We got through it though.

I am pooped. I still weigh the same after all the crap I ate at the T.Simple party Friday. Phew!!!! I hope everyone else is having a great weekend.

 

[aries1980]

read that whole site myalli.com

and read most of the book in walmart.

what i gather is that the starter kit a one month supply will be like 49.99 to 59.99 a month.

The other thing is that if you eat more than 15g of fat in one meal your punishment is running to the bathroom it blocks the absorption of excess fat there for giving you the treatment affects as they call it...

1. gas with oil spotting.
2. loose stool
3. multiple bowel movements.

so in essence this is to train you.. so that you control your portions and your fat intake.

With the peeps approval of not taking diet pills, which was an oath..

I am asking you all to not judge me if I go ahead and end up at Walmart on June 15 and get the starter kit and try this plan out...

Because this may just be the one pill that does work.

 

[Eventer98]

read that whole site myalli.com

and read most of the book in walmart.

what i gather is that the starter kit a one month supply will be like 49.99 to 59.99 a month.

The other thing is that if you eat more than 15g of fat in one meal your punishment is running to the bathroom it blocks the absorption of excess fat there for giving you the treatment affects as they call it...

1. gas with oil spotting.
2. loose stool
3. multiple bowel movements.

so in essence this is to train you.. so that you control your portions and your fat intake.

With the peeps approval of not taking diet pills, which was an oath..

I am asking you all to not judge me if I go ahead and end up at Walmart on June 15 and get the starter kit and try this plan out...

Because this may just be the one pill that does work.

I hope this works for you!! It wouldn't for me since I eat a regular dinner..just portion out my lunch and breakfast.

 

[aries1980]

I hope this works for you!! It wouldn't for me since I eat a regular dinner..just portion out my lunch and breakfast.

it might for you if you make sure you dont go over 15g of fat in one meal... read it i learned alot from it.

ok update: costco has it for 67.99 for the 150 capsule starter kit

 

[punkin413]

I had read that home improvement projects are the #1 thing that causes fights with your sig. other. Yeah..they are right about that. It was our first project together and very stressful. We got through it though.

yes, that is absolutely correct! but once you get used to working on the house with each other, it'll get better. ray and i used to fight whenever we did anything to the house and we still bicker a little bit now, but we've become a pretty good team! we've painted every room in our house except for our living room and i'm dreading it because it's cathedral ceilings which means we'll have to rent scaffolding.... not fun! i guess that's why we keep putting that room off!

hope you get in a better mood. life will get easier....it always does after it's hard for awhile. by the way, do you think your moodiness could be a sign of pregnancy? i know you guys have talked about trying.....maybe you got lucky early in the game???

 

[Eventer98]

it might for you if you make sure you dont go over 15g of fat in one meal... read it i learned alot from it.

ok update: costco has it for 67.99 for the 150 capsule starter kit

Eek!! Too much for me!!!

 

[daisy_77]

IlovemythreeC's and ThinkTink75 This is a great place for support!

Eventer98-I am sorry that you had a rough weekend! I hope things get better.

aries-I hope that alli stuff works! It is spendy stuff! I wish that they made a diet pill for exercise haters. My eating habits are fine---it is the exercise and being active part that I hate. I love sitting on my rump, dising.

I hope you all enjoy the rest of the weekend!

 

[aries1980]

I hope so too... because I can afford the 67 bucks for a month and a half supply works out to be like .45 a pill or 1.35 a day LOL can you tell im really excited about it.

 

[aries1980]

anyone a harry potter fan.... OMG!!! They are building a 20acre theme park within Universal Studios Islands of Adventure... it will be open 2009...

 

[Wonders10]

anyone a harry potter fan.... OMG!!! They are building a 20acre theme park within Universal Studios Islands of Adventure... it will be open 2009...

I totally am! Finally Universal did something to make me actually want to go to their parks! I can't wait for it to open.

 

[DisneyObsession]

Hi all!

It's been a busy weekend here as well. Did some weeding today, watched my grandson, played Cribbage with my DS and am now spending "quality time" with my Peeps!! Oh yeah, worked yesterday all day, but lucked out and got out an hour early! I was quite excited about this!!! I never get the opportunity to get out early, so this was a treat.

Bee...What a great memorial to your Dad. The pictures were touching. My prayers are with you & your family.

Aries...Harry Potter theme park in Universal??? That would be soooo cool!

Eventer...I to paint!!! I'll just drive over to Rochester and paint that room for you!!! After all, I'm only an hour and a half away!!!

Off to catch up on some TR's. have a great night!!!

 

[pixie dust 112]

Welcome!!!!

Long irritating weekend here. I had some kind of emotional break on Saturday. Just started crying about EVERYTHING and then took a bunch of %^* out on DH. It wasn't fair and I feel horrible about it. I just feel overwhelmed about a lot right now. My dad is selling his house to move in with DGF. There is no hurry on this...his DGF already has a house. Anyway, the house is medium sized and needs a TON of work before he can list it. Plus, I have endless amounts of crap there as well. Right before my mom got sick my gma moved to a nursing home so her stuff is there too. I took about 1/2 of my stuff already but there is more to sort and go through. Not to mention all my mom's stuff! Plus, there is a ton of stuff for my garage sale this summer. Nothing better then hauling crap from one house to another and then selling it. I would have a sale at my dad's but he lives in the country and doesn't have a garage. I don't want to donate it b/c I could use the money. Anyway, I stopped today to try and find slides from our WDW trip in 85. I found 10 boxes of slides of years 76-88 but no Disney ones. ***?? My dad says they are around somewhere but it was frustrating. I just wanted to see them. So I was upset about that. I think seeing them would have cheered me up. Then he tells me he is listing the house in TWO weeks!!! Are you kidding me??? There is no way he will have that house ready to show. It is a mess!! Just the landscaping alone...it's all weeds. He really let it go since my mom died. I told him to wait until late July. Then I can help him everyday once I get back from WDW on the 2nd. What's one month?? Grr. I am going to email his DGF and see if he really is listing it in two weeks. He works the B shift and sleeps all AM. I don't see him getting the rooms painted and whatnot. So anyway Peeps..I am stressed out and want to scream!!!!!

DH and I started painting one of our spare bedrooms as well. When we bought the house it was a hideous pink. I finally couldn't take it anymore (leading to breakdown!!) So we went to Home Depot and decided on Main St. USA yellow from the Disney paintchips. We just finished it a few minutes ago but I have to do the trim next weekend. It's a little bright but I secretly have plans to put stencils of white mickey heads on the walls if we have a baby. We have another bedroom to do (color Tinkerbelle) but it can wait. I had read that home improvement projects are the #1 thing that causes fights with your sig. other. Yeah..they are right about that. It was our first project together and very stressful. We got through it though.

I am pooped. I still weigh the same after all the crap I ate at the T.Simple party Friday. Phew!!!! I hope everyone else is having a great weekend.

So sorry you had a lousy, emotional weekend! If your Dad talks to arealtor about listing this now, they will probably advise hin to paint and clean up, mow, etc. before they actually listit. (Maybe you could offer to meet the prospective realtors with him, and ask the realtor how much more $$$$ DDad can expect if things are put in ship shape!)

Yippie for Yellow! My favorite color. It will look less bright after you start putting things up on the walls!

Hang in there and have a great week!

 

[Disneyfreak92]

I need to catch up, but I wanted to put in a shameless plug. I just posted the first installment of my TR if anyone is interested.

 

[Eventer98]

yes, that is absolutely correct! but once you get used to working on the house with each other, it'll get better. ray and i used to fight whenever we did anything to the house and we still bicker a little bit now, but we've become a pretty good team! we've painted every room in our house except for our living room and i'm dreading it because it's cathedral ceilings which means we'll have to rent scaffolding.... not fun! i guess that's why we keep putting that room off!

hope you get in a better mood. life will get easier....it always does after it's hard for awhile. by the way, do you think your moodiness could be a sign of pregnancy? i know you guys have talked about trying.....maybe you got lucky early in the game???

I wish! We could have started any time since I have been off the pill for quite awhile but I didn't want to be pregnant in WDW..esp. if I am lucky enough to have a rough bought of morning sickness. I tend to hold a lot of stuff in and block it out...so then it all comes pouring out at once. I went from crying over the ugly pink room with craploads of clutter in it to my gma dieing to my dad and the house to money worries. I guess that is what makes me a woman!

anyone a harry potter fan.... OMG!!! They are building a 20acre theme park within Universal Studios Islands of Adventure... it will be open 2009...

My friend told me that the other day!!! I can't wait to go. We are going to FL in 12/08 and 1/10 so I will have to make a special trip to Universal that Jan. DH has been dieing to go anyway!!!

Hi all!

It's been a busy weekend here as well. Did some weeding today, watched my grandson, played Cribbage with my DS and am now spending "quality time" with my Peeps!! Oh yeah, worked yesterday all day, but lucked out and got out an hour early! I was quite excited about this!!! I never get the opportunity to get out early, so this was a treat.

Bee...What a great memorial to your Dad. The pictures were touching. My prayers are with you & your family.

Aries...Harry Potter theme park in Universal??? That would be soooo cool!

Eventer...I to paint!!! I'll just drive over to Rochester and paint that room for you!!! After all, I'm only an hour and a half away!!!

Off to catch up on some TR's. have a great night!!!

Know anything about stenciling?? Do they even sell Mickey Head stencils?? Hmm.......

So sorry you had a lousy, emotional weekend! If your Dad talks to arealtor about listing this now, they will probably advise hin to paint and clean up, mow, etc. before they actually listit. (Maybe you could offer to meet the prospective realtors with him, and ask the realtor how much more $$$$ DDad can expect if things are put in ship shape!)

Yippie for Yellow! My favorite color. It will look less bright after you start putting things up on the walls!

Hang in there and have a great week!

He had a realtor come a few months back and told him he had to paint a few rooms. There is also NO carpet in the family room. Just bare rough plank floor. My mom had pulled up the rug b/c our old cat had peed on it an then she got sick before they bought new carpet. It is hideous..not even hardwood. Just planks (I think the room used to be a garage) I still have to email his DGF and see if 2 weeks is really what he is thinking. Sometimes he has a warped sense of reality. He thinks the house can just "poof" go on the market but we all know it can't. He knows he will not make much ont he house, if at all. I think he plans to get 40K less then what it is appraised at b/c it needs sooo much work.
Nice idea to meet with the realtor as well. I also trust his DGF to tell me what the deal is.

Thanks Peeps for being there for me. You know I jump on here for a smile before I even call a friend. For some reason you guys seem so honest and non-judgemental. I just want you guys to know I appreciate it.

My DSis called me tonight. I told her about the house and she broke down. She has emotional problems and is just getting her marriage back together after dealing with a drinking/drug problem. She has a 2 yo DS. I love her but she is very unstable. MUCH BETTER then she was before she got help. Anyway, she just broke down. Saying when DD sells the house she won't have a home to go back to anymore. She was hysterical about missing my mom and how she never got to meet her son. It was heartbreaking. I know she is upset that DD has moved on so fast (started dating DGF 18 mon. after my mom died. They actually dated in high school too while my mom and him were broken up for a few months!!) Anyway, it's just so hard. I am the glue that holds this family together (like you Punkin!!) and I am sick of it. I feel like she is weighing me down like an anchor. I know it sounds harsh but it's just hard to hear the same things over and over. I give her my advice (she is seeing a therapist) but I don't think she hears me. I know she just wants someone to listen but it's an emotional rollercoaster for me to be on. I am just getting my life heading in a direction I have worked VERY hard for and it seems like everyone is pulling me back. She says going thru my dad's house is hard for her. I told her it is for me too but we have to do it. When I told her I am going to sell a lot of mom's knickknacks and stuff she got upset. I said we aren't selling the memories..just stuff. Stuff my mom would say is junk and to get rid of! She is 7 years younger then me so a lot more immature in life. She said she has a ton of guilt b/c she was a bad teenager (and she was!! ) and has all this guilt for being hard for my mom to deal with. I told her she needs to forgive herself (there was a great lesson on this on Oprah Friday!) but I know she isn't ready too. I am rambling...it just helps to get my thoughts out. Too make a long story short it is just hard b/c I feel as though I am being mentally drained. It's just hard. As soon as I can get through this house stuff I know a huge chapter will end. Thanks Peeps.

 

[dwheatl]

He had a realtor come a few months back and told him he had to paint a few rooms. There is also NO carpet in the family room. Just bare rough plank floor. My mom had pulled up the rug b/c our old cat had peed on it an then she got sick before they bought new carpet. It is hideous..not even hardwood. Just planks (I think the room used to be a garage) I still have to email his DGF and see if 2 weeks is really what he is thinking. Sometimes he has a warped sense of reality. He thinks the house can just "poof" go on the market but we all know it can't. He knows he will not make much ont he house, if at all. I think he plans to get 40K less then what it is appraised at b/c it needs sooo much work.
Nice idea to meet with the realtor as well. I also trust his DGF to tell me what the deal is.

My DSis called me tonight. I told her about the house and she broke down. She has emotional problems.

First of all, here's a big . Also, some sympathy for being the glue that holds the family together. And finally, do they have Empire carpets where you live (you know with the funky commercial with the catchy song?) My mom just got a carpet from them, and they came out the same week she called, and gave her a very good price. maybe dad would consider it if it was no hassle and cheap!?!?

 

[Eventer98]

First of all, here's a big . Also, some sympathy for being the glue that holds the family together. And finally, do they have Empire carpets where you live (you know with the funky commercial with the catchy song?) My mom just got a carpet from them, and they came out the same week she called, and gave her a very good price. maybe dad would consider it if it was no hassle and cheap!?!?

I am not sure if we do but there are super cheap places around here for sure. The problem is he has no money. I think he had $2 in his account last week while waiting for his paycheck. I do not have the money to lend him either. I bet he just sells the house as is and takes a loss. Only b/c he won't think that finding a way to buy a cheap carpet will make him money in the long run. I just emailed his gf to see what she thinks of all this. Thanks for the hug.

 

[HockeyKat]

I have been off the computer all weekend due to my friend visiting... I have somewhat caught up but I don't remember everything.

Eventer, sorry your weekend was so rough. I so know about the DIY projects and marital issues though! I thought DH and I would get a divorce when we moved into the house (and we had only been married for about 5 mos!).

I did okay this weekend. My friend is 6 mos pregnant, so at least it didn't turn into a drinking binge like it usually does when she visits. Man, though, it really helped solidify my desire not to have children!

Saturday we drove to Wilmington... stopped at subway and I got a kid's meal (mini sub + apples, 225 cals) and a wow chips (75). Packed a cooler w/ apples and 100 cal packs. We stopped at Ruby Tuesday's on the way home and I had the petite sirloin, mashed cauliflower, and broccoli (206+166+129=501) and the salad bar w/ light ranch, so probably about 600-700 total. Finished out about 1100 cals and drank tons of water.

Today I wasn't as good... had about 400 cals worth of b-fast food for lunch, and about 500 for dinner (150 in 3 taco shells, 80 in one soft taco tortilla, 100 in shredded chicken filling, and 170 in a poblano stuffed with refried beans), but I also had a sugar free margarita (60) and a bottle of wine (450) for about 1500 calories. It was my day off.

Good news, though, I weighed in this morning at 195, back to my pre-WDW weight, and I fit into my size 14 jeans. A bit tight, but still, buttoned and zipped with no shoehorn!

Hope everyone had a great (and skinny) weekend!!

 

[UtahMama]

Hi everyone! I would LOVE to join. I have been overweight for my last two trips and I am ready to get back in shape.

I have six months until my 36th birthday and my first Christmas trip to the World. I joined Weight Watchers last week. I need to lose 34.8 pounds~

I will be weighing in on Friday

YAY!!! Welcome, Welcome! Post often. Post whatever you want!

http://www.myalli.com/


here you go ladies who wanted the answers and the know how available JUNE 15th...

read that whole site myalli.com

and read most of the book in walmart.

what i gather is that the starter kit a one month supply will be like 49.99 to 59.99 a month.

The other thing is that if you eat more than 15g of fat in one meal your punishment is running to the bathroom it blocks the absorption of excess fat there for giving you the treatment affects as they call it...

1. gas with oil spotting.
2. loose stool
3. multiple bowel movements.

so in essence this is to train you.. so that you control your portions and your fat intake.

With the peeps approval of not taking diet pills, which was an oath..

I am asking you all to not judge me if I go ahead and end up at Walmart on June 15 and get the starter kit and try this plan out...

Because this may just be the one pill that does work.

I read the whole book ($5.99 Walmart). It's very helpful in a general sense. BUT, did you see the part where they advise you to wear dark colored clothes and bring a change of clothes to work JUST IN CASE YOU CRAP YOUR PANTS???? Oh NOOOO! I would be soooo scared of THAT! I would get a depends or something. I'm going to wait to see what others say about it. I don't eat much bad fat but I'd reeeeeally worry about the crapping of my pants or OILY gas!!!! That just may be my deal-breaker. It does NOT enter your blood stream (or VERY little does) and doesn't affect your central nervous system like all other diet aids do. It strictly works in you intestines absorbing fat. Good Luck Aries! NOT one of us will judge you! Promise you'll let us know if they work! Any tool that helps you like the fear of pooping or gas just may work, by golly. For now, I'm on the fence for using it. I like Hoodia. It works for me pretty well. I know for me it's not a placeebo-effect because nothing helps my nighttime ravenous hunger

Did I tell you guys the TRAUMA I had with fat free Pringals? They have that fake fat Olestra...and it goes straight through you and you had better be eating them ON a toliet, just sayin'!!! I can not tell you the gross exit those chips made! It was an oily explosion...the best way to describe it. It FLOATED! Now, have a nice day...((LOL!!!))

 

[dwheatl]

I'm so bad. I giggle when we see commercials advertising drugs with a side effect of "greasy BMs." No thanks for me. In my biggest eating days, that's what my mama's Thanksgiving gravy did to me. However, the threat of that would definitely keep me away from fast food and bad choices in restaurants.