DISappearing Peeps...A fastpass to THIN!

[Backstage_Gal]

Congrats UMA and Spongemommie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have a lovely nap!!

 

[pixie dust 112]

Man those UTAH ladies are skinny!!!!!

 

[summersk]

I soooooo...... need your help guys I made my goal weight plus earlier this year (I was down to 127) and I have felt great untill recently I am going through a REALLY rough time and I have been consoling myself through (what else) comfort food. I have gained 10 pounds and it's not helping me emotionally. I have yo-yo ed these last couple of weeks through Atkins (2 weeks) lost 8 gained back 10 when I lost control again. And then just counting calories which I keep control of for a couple of days then I lose control again. I NEED a support group! I want to just go back to eating healthy. I already exercise OFTEN ( I lead a taekwon do class 3 times a week and do a tae bo class twice, plus I'll add in a video or a run at least 3 nights a week) now you guys can imagine that I have been eating MAJOR bad stuff to be gaining weight while working out this much I have just been shooting myself in the foot. Please accept me into your group! I want to be a cheerleader for you too

Thanks for listening, hope your weekend was happy and healthy!)
Kelly

 

[dismom9761]

AAAGH!!I wrote a LONG post talking individually to lots of people and my two year old(Rachel)turned off the light switch that turns off my computer.

to all the newbies!!Jump on the wagon and hang on tight.This group of people are wonderful and the accountability really helps.

I had a very busy weekend but I did okay with my eating and went to the gym and worked out for an hour.I did eat four homemade cookies that Rebekah(my 7 yr old)had made.They were small.. On Friday I posted my 1/2 lb loss but on Saturday I weighed and showed a two lb loss. I hope I can hang onto it until Friday's weigh in.

 

[monymony3471]

While I was on the TM today, I was thinking wow, I can't believe I've been working out for the last 5 weeks? Who would have thunk it? Not me! And I am entering my 6th. Some of you have a few more on me.

Lots of reflection going on today and I am so thankful for being a part of this group. Really.

It's nice to be lighter going into the holidays. It's nice to know I know how to make good choices. It's helpful that I have to be accountable for my actions. I don't want to let anyone down. That has kept me going.

It's great to hear about the successes. It makes you want to push it more so you can be successful.

I've learned a lot. What I realized is that I am not alone. I am not the only person out there who has issues with food.

When I have joined weight loss groups in the past, they always dealth with you on an individual basis behind closed doors and it made you feel like you were an outcast.

I feel very different here. Welcomed. Cared about. There is so much emotional support here. I get so much that I don't need to eat to feel better. Now, I exercise, take vitamins, and drink water to feel better.

What a difference 5 weeks makes.

Thanks!

I slept in so no breakfast.

I got on the treadmill and burned my booty butt off. Thats what Mal calls her butt. Cute eh?

57 minutes.

Lunch was SB chilli.

Dinner was chicken and salad.

water 9 glasses

I had a SB peanut butter cup. After the boys went to bed.

Sugar free fudgecicle softened in the microwave
a dallop of lite cool whip
2tbs of peanut butter
mix and enjoy!

Its a free food as long as you didn't have any nuts for snack

 

[UtahMama]

A SB Peanut Butter Cup?!? I HAVE to try this!!!!!

Yet 3 more neighbor gifts came today.....
1. KETTLE CORN, people!
2. 2 boxes of GIRLSCOUT COOKIES....
3. and a nice sized container of Bear Creek Cheddar/Broccoli soup mix! NOW we're talkin! Let's just peek at the nutrition label shall we? Hey! Not tooooo bad! Calories per 1/4 C. (dry) 170, fat 7 g., Carbs....25 g. (boarderline), Sodium...970 mg. Yikes. If I add real broccoli and a little low fat cheese...I just might think I died and gone to heaven!


Mony2- I just LOVE you! Would you mind terribly moving to Salt Lake Utah? So I can squeeze you daily?

Dismom- Just last night just before the DIS broke, I had a huge big sappy post to post here and the DIS chose to break at the precise moment I hit enter. VERY pissifying! YAY!!!!! for your 2 # loss! Keep it off, girlfriend! WOOOO HOOOOO!

Summer- Glad to have you! I would LOVE to weigh as much as you...but you hit home with the struggles to KEEP the weight off! This is only part of the battle. The rest of our lives we have to eat less and excercise more and drink a grundle of water! Very sobering. You can do it! Your's is a mental game now. I'm only guessing at this because I've been at my goal weight only long enough to gain back a bunch.

Pixie Dust!!!!! It just feels good to know the 12 pounds were not in my imagination. That people are starting to notice. Spongie is looking GOOD!

 

[spongemommie05]

Well hello everyone just dropping a quick Hi! i did get sick but it was only a fever that lasted all night and all day today i just woke up about 20 mins ago . to a very needy clingy baby (hasn't seen mamma all day) my darling sweet Husband came in and would check on me every hour to make sure i was okay.. while in my feverish state i journeyed to wdw (thanks DH of UM) i replayed your vacation videos in my mind but it was both our families. and we were hott mamas lost a ton of weight.... i kept waking up and being bummed out that i had a fever and was not in WDW. well my head hurts to hold up so i will talk with ya all later, love ya all

UM: did ya really finish your wreath i will have to swing by and see it and take some pictures to post on here for ya tommorow, mine is outside still, i should probably make sure it did not blow away Okay ! sent ds out there it is fine Freezing but fine. Def. dry now well like i said i am gonna crawl into bed again much love.. I am only one stomach flu away from my goal weight I love that movie..

 

[monymony3471]

Oh I fogot!

1. Disboards are doing something like getting a new server? Or sumpin like that. Lots of stuff going on, so it's not broke, just trying to make it better.

2. Kids and I went to Joannes today. We bought styrofoam balls to make mickey head ornaments. I saw so many at WDW and thought I can do this.

So, I made a dozen little ones that will be our "bulbs", and one large one for the tree topper. Our tree is full or disney ornaments. I won't do real glass bulbs because of all the kids here, so this is perfect.

We used toothpicks and glue to adhere the ears and then I used a gold metallic spray paint. They look nice! Can't wait for them to dry and put them on the tree tomorrow. We only made 12 to make sure they turned out.

Now I want to make more and find maybe a metallic red or green. I also saw glitter spray in a can that really looks sharp as a top coat, maybe I'll try that.

When they are dry I'll line them up and take photos.

I really want to make a big evergreen (fake) wreath as a mickey head and just put tons of lights on it to hang at the peak on the garage. Almost did that tonight, but thought 1 project at a time.

UM: My buddy. Hope this tides you over. I'll start packing....
Just makes that Skinny Minnie meet in WDW idea even more appealing!

Spongie: I think that hazmat suit is a daily must for you. Thank goodness you were able to rest. Your DH really stepped up!

Hey newbies! Alls welcome, come into the light......Seriously. We need all the support we can get. We love and welcome everyone!

I love that we are using our selves in productive ways. Cleaning, organizing, exercising! Everyone is just rocking on!

Here's to another great week!

 

[monymony3471]

My favorite broccoli soup recipe:

chop up:
onion
celery
mushrooms

saute in a sauce pan with olive oil and a little butter for flavor

saute until transparent

while thats going on start boiling broccoli and carrots in a good sized pot. You can actually start this first so it can get to boiling. Once other veggies are transparent, add to broccoli. Add a 1/2 cup milk. add chicken boullion for flavor.

When veggies are soft mash with a potato masher, don't have to use a blender. If you like a thicker soup, take a cup add some cornstarch and just enough water to dissolve the cornstarch and when the soup is boiling stir in cornstarch mixture. Optional: add a package of shredded cheddar cheese.

SB friendly Good to eat on a Thursday night.

 

[dismom9761]

I went in to check on Rachel because she has had croup and she has a fever. I thought she was getting better so this is a shock.I guess we will be going back to the Dr. tomorrow.

Spongemommie,I am glad you were able to get rest today and are feeling better.

monymony,I would love to see pictures of the ornaments.

Can't sleep so I guess I will go wrap...that is better than what I want to do.

 

[UtahMama]

MONY!!!! You're talking CRAFTS! I am SO gonna make some of those! My tree is very formal...so I'll do glittery gold mickey heads! How do you attach a hook in styrofoam? I thought maybe a gilded twine shoved up the middle and looped at the top and knotted at the bottom? Let me know. I cant wait to do that! My daycare kids would love doing that!

10 minutes before Desperate Housewives.

Today for Food-

B: Key Lime Yoplait and a breath mint (I was running late for church!)
L: that Marie Calendar crock pot dish comfort food from heaven
S: ham and cream cheese roll-up x2 (pretty big)
S: a Barbie bite of Kettle Korn (OMGosh that is good stuff!) and 1 thin mint stupid girlscout cookie from the aformentioned neighbor gift! I LUST for more!
D: nothing. Queazy tummy. So diet pepsi was all.

water 2 Qts.
vitamin- 2 kids chewables (I'm out of my pre-natals)
exercise- zero, took a lovely nap though!

 

[monymony3471]

I went in to check on Rachel because she has had croup and she has a fever. I thought she was getting better so this is a shock.I guess we will be going back to the Dr. tomorrow.

Spongemommie,I am glad you were able to get rest today and are feeling better.

monymony,I would love to see pictures of the ornaments.

Can't sleep so I guess I will go wrap...that is better than what I want to do.

Croup is a virus. Nothing to do for it except to let it run its course. Just give tylenol for the fever. If fever gets above 102, then I'd call the Dr. How old is rachel? If she is a young baby then yes see the dr.

Croup sounds so terrible. Just make her comfortable. Let her sit in a bathroom with the hot shower running so she can breath in the steam. Put a humidifier in her room. I also used vicks on the chest and under the nose. If she gets a bad coughing spell, if it's cold by you let her go outside and breath in the cold air. It shrinks the bronchia? Helps!

My kids got it every year until they were like 6. Good luck!

 

[monymony3471]

I am working on what to do with the hooks. I think I can get real thin gold ornament string and pre make the loops. Then I think there is something I can get thats like a bobby pin but very short. Kinda like a staple before it gets stapled. I can push those into the styrofoam without ruining the foam and I think it will be hidden. How does that sound?

This metallic paint is very pretty. It almost looks brassy.

 

[dismom9761]

Croup is a virus. Nothing to do for it except to let it run its course. Just give tylenol for the fever. If fever gets above 102, then I'd call the Dr. How old is rachel? If she is a young baby then yes see the dr.

Croup sounds so terrible. Just make her comfortable. Let her sit in a bathroom with the hot shower running so she can breath in the steam. Put a humidifier in her room. I also used vicks on the chest and under the nose. If she gets a bad coughing spell, if it's cold by you let her go outside and breath in the cold air. It shrinks the bronchia? Helps!

My kids got it every year until they were like 6. Good luck!

Three of my kids get croup alot so I have done everything you have suggested before except the vicks.I may have to try that,thanks for the suggestion..I am really hoping that Peyton does not get it ,he has asthma and croup seems really hard on him.She is two and had croup about six weeks ago that turned into bronchitis somehow.I guess that is why I am getting concerned.The "bark" is gone from her cough,now it just sounds deep.
I just checked her and the fever is 102.8 with tylenol. Ugh,I hate it when my kids are sick at Christmas.

 

[UtahMama]

My first and last borns got croup. I totally remember bundling him (my 17 year old now) up with just his face showing and sitting out on the balcony with it snowing out. Really helped. If he'd cry, the deep breaths were even better! Dont have your house too hot or block the heater in the croupy child's bedroom. That's all I can "benember". So hard to listen to your little one with that aweful cough!

Lovely, I just ate a fistful of wheat thins to help settle my tummy. Dang carbs!

I'll be here bright and early when my one day care babe comes, so I best get some sleep which wont be easy since I took a beautiful nap today! Tylenol PM for me!


Good Night Skinny Minnies!

P.S. My son who is a senior (the croup-baby) has straight A's and one B+!!!! This kid has never had A's, proud mama bragging moment!

 

[dismom9761]

My first and last borns got croup. I totally remember bundling him (my 17 year old now) up with just his face showing and sitting out on the balcony with it snowing out. Really helped. If he'd cry, the deep breaths were even better! Dont have your house too hot or block the heater in the croupy child's bedroom. That's all I can "benember". So hard to listen to your little one with that aweful cough!

Lovely, I just ate a fistful of wheat thins to help settle my tummy. Dang carbs!

I'll be here bright and early when my one day care babe comes, so I best get some sleep which wont be easy since I took a beautiful nap today! Tylenol PM for me!


Good Night Skinny Minnies!

P.S. My son who is a senior (the croup-baby) has straight A's and one B+!!!! This kid has never had A's, proud mama bragging moment!

That is GREAT about your son's grades!! Don't have to worry about the heat in her bedroom,I don't think it is running. It got up to about 75 today and it is not very cold outside right now.Good Night!!

 

[dwheatl]

Sorry for the sick kids (and moms) out there. DD asked me if I thought it was weird that many people who don't believe in Jesus still celebrate Christmas. I told her winter is a hard time for most people, lots of people getting sick, can't get out in the sunshine, so they need something to celebrate.

I had to go to my church group party without DH tonight (and it's a couples ministry). He fell the other day and pulled a muscle in his neck, and it's now spasming. This on top of other chronic pain problems and depression (he was actually leaving after his first appt. w/a psychiatrist who specializes in pain management when he fell).

I made the choice to have some of everything that I liked at the party. I rode the exercise bike for 1/2 hour before I went just to boost my metabolism a bit, and I skipped the wine so I had some self-control. It was a potluck. I brought lite peppermint ice cream and sugar-free hot fudge. It was a big hit, and fewer calories than pie, cake or cookies.

I brought home leftover veggies (and the ice cream and fudge, I admit). I am posting here right now, it's back to business tomorrow, and I will post everything I eat tomorrow. That'll keep me on the straight and narrow (and getting narrower). I do not want to see any 4s in my hip measurements any more. They are now gone (yay me) and i want to keep it that way.

 

[lexmelinda]

GOOD MONDAY MORNING, SKINNY SISTERS!

Took me a while to catch up since I didn't "mark" my spot yesterday. My self discipline fell by the way side this weekend but didn't go overboard. If I can just eat moderately during the day and NOT eat after 6 pm, I'm good.

Mom & Kelly!!! Post as often as possbile to let us know how you're doing!

Dismom...sorry about the sick baby. I always worry, too, when they don't get better like they're supposed to. Hope she's better today.

Skinny Utah Ladies.....Isn't it fun when the clothes get loose and people start to notice and comment on how skinny you are? That's the best motivation!! Way to go!!!

Harley, Pixie, Tink.....My husband is a the world champion packrat. If you'd like to feel better about your own houses, come visit mine. Entirely too much junk & knick-knacks for my pottery barn taste. I, too, keep telling myself that one day the house will be totally clean and when that day comes I will be sad and lonely because the kids will be gone.

Danielle....Love the Marge Simpson quote. Maybe that's why I keep a candle burning all the time.

Goals this week.....
Water....80 oz. daily
Exercise....2 miles x 4 days
Food....maintenance now so 1400 calories and no eating after 6 and we'll see how that does.

GOTTA WORK TODAY....SEE YA TOMORROW!

 

[UtahMama]

#@!*&%! I'm up entirely too early! One of my day care babe's mamas has an early meeting so she's coming an hour early. I'm keeping my fingers crossed she'll go back to sleep. It's been snowing so she may not be here when expected. So I'll DIS till then.

I was up too late last night and didn't get but 5 hours of sleep thanks to my lovely nap yesterday. EH! I'm fine for now with the help from my leetle friend, diet Pepsi (mormon coffee )

I love being up in the morning before kids! I can finish a thought or two and get something done!

Plus, I love the fresh slate ahead of me for the day as far as the calories yet to be planned and consumed with hearty gusto!

Geez! It's only 18* outside! Just a bit nipply!

 

[honeymo78]

Good morning all! I survived a rough weekend. I almost had a meltdown yesterday but I pulled out of it before I did too much damage. We were supposed to go dinner with another couple so I had a good sized brunch to keep me happy until dinner time. Then DH called and said no dinner or maybe a late dinner. By this time its early afternoon and I'm starved so I went and got some food (bagel and soup - had a hard time saying no to chips and junk but I did it). In the end our friends bailed on us and DH ordered Applebees take out and I ordered nothing. I had a bite or two of his dinner but I realized I had eaten plenty of food earlier in the day and didn't need to eat more.

The mystery scale showed that I was up almost 3lbs all weekend long (how can I gain that much in 24hrs?) but this morning it was back to normal and showed a .5-1lb loss.

I was looking at my face in the mirror last night and realized that a lot of the chubbiness has disappeared. I'm not so round faced anymore. None of my clothes really fit that much better yet - I'm hoping they will in another 5lbs or so - but they were pretty tight when I started to it may be a while. It was really nice to notice a real change though, even if it was just my face.