DISappearing Peeps...Vol. 3! All are Welcome!

[UtahMama]

SNAP!! At work I take real pride in never touching the biscuit tin, and just eating all the healthy food I take in with me. But I get home from work at 4.30, and we don't eat (usually healthy) dinner until about 7.30 (by the time I've exercised and walked the dogs) and those three hours are my real danger. I always have some fruit when I get home, but if I'm going to "break" it will be then - I just don't know what to do to get over it. We could have dinner earlier, but then I would just be hungry later on. Its very hard.

I LOVE when you say stuff like this! I have NO idea what a biscuit tin is.

I do GREAT alllllll day, but at night after everyone is asleep, and not a creature is stirring, I want TOAST! LORD! Toast is the devil! So I've started going to bed with an AMBIEN at the same time as my family so I sleep through the hunger. It's working WELL. LOL!

YUM, I love fruit!

I tend to have such boring meal choices day in and day out. I need to shake things up a bit. Cod instead of halibut? Red grapes instead of blueberries? GAH! Water instead of hooch!!!!!

 

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

I LOVE when you say stuff like this! I have NO idea what a biscuit tin is.

I do GREAT alllllll day, but at night after everyone is asleep, and not a creature is stirring, I want TOAST! LORD! Toast is the devil! So I've started going to bed with an AMBIEN at the same time as my family so I sleep through the hunger. It's working WELL. LOL!

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It is so funny the words that haven't crossed the Atlantic!!!!!! I believe you would call it a cookie jar!!! A big tin of cookies (biscuits) in the office that everyone attacks at 11am and 3pm daily with a large mug of tea!!!!! Apart from me - I am a smug dieter at work, and a secret scoffer at home!!!!!!!!!!

Toast . . . ohh . . . now we're talking . . .

What's a "pimto" if we're talking language?! Sandra Bullock says in "Speed" that driving the bus is like driving a really big pimto . . . I've always wondered!!!!

 

[UtahMama]

HI PEEPS!

Some of you know me, I am Erika from the "other thread" (the Body Board) and we had our friendly challenge earlier in the year.

Anyway, I was just skimming through your thread as I do from time to time and noticed that a lot of you are new and/or struggling and felt compelled to post. Please don't hate yourself for making choices that are maybe not the best. No one is perfect and no one can be "on" all the time.

Some tips that have worked for me over the last few months here on WISH--

--Join the exercise challenge. I find that I really like seeing my number go up with each workout.

--Post your food right here on the thread. We are having a mini-challenge on our thread right now and we all have to post our food and exercise daily. Let me tell you, that keeps you HONEST! There have been times when I have wanted to eat something bad and then I was like, "but there is NO way I am going to post that!" So I just don't eat it.

--Join one of the WISH racing teams. This was a huge help for me. I joined a team here on Wish and I went from completely zero exercise in my life to finishing my first half marathon in Sept. And I am now training for the Disney marathon in January. It is just another source of support, encouragement, and information. My teammates are SO wonderful and patient...when I was new I had so many questions about running and training, etc.

--Keep posting here! The good, the bad, the downright scary. Let it all out. Most of us likely eat for emotional reasons (Hi, I'm Erika and I am stress eater....). So if you can get some of that crap out and talk about it with others, then you don't have to eat your way out of it--which will, of course, only make you feel worse and not better.


You CAN do this. Yes YOU. Really.

Yikes, I almost missed this!

HI!!!!

Great tips, you! Thanks!

We used to post every day's worth of food so maybe we can start that again?

I remember being surprised at how many "tastes" I had throughout the day.

Good for you on the running!!!! I'm NATURALLY starting to do that too! Like, the tread mill keeps getting faster and faster till I'm actually RUNNING!

ME!!!!!!! I never in a million years thought I'd run! But it's just happened naturally for me. It's not like I just woke up one morning and decided to run.

Give the boarders our best!!!

 

[2girlsmom]

It is so funny the words that haven't crossed the Atlantic!!!!!! I believe you would call it a cookie jar!!! A big tin of cookies (biscuits) in the office that everyone attacks at 11am and 3pm daily with a large mug of tea!!!!! Apart from me - I am a smug dieter at work, and a secret scoffer at home!!!!!!!!!!

Toast . . . ohh . . . now we're talking . . .

What's a "pimto" if we're talking language?! Sandra Bullock says in "Speed" that driving the bus is like driving a really big pimto . . . I've always wondered!!!!

Its a Pinto, it was a little clunker of a car that was around in the 70's, they had LOUSY handling and no power to speak of.

 

[UtahMama]

Its a Pinto, it was a little clunker of a car that was around in the 70's, they had LOUSY handling and no power to speak of.

And had gas tank bombs in the event of a crash. BOOOM!

Get this: I saw a fully restored mint condition Mercury Bobcat, which is the same as the Ford Pinto, at a car show recently! With all the sweet Mustangs and Corvettes and Novas...a Bobcat with wood walls and plaid seats! Whooot!

 

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

Its a Pinto, it was a little clunker of a car that was around in the 70's, they had LOUSY handling and no power to speak of.

Oh!! I don't know why, I always imagined it was an army tank!!!!!!!!! Need to watch the film again now and appreciate it. Mmmm Keanu . . . that should take my mind off snacking!! That man is fine.

 

[pixie dust 112]

An official PEEP!
OF COURSE we'll let you!

Did you say you are in Sports Broadcasting??? As in sports? You'll have to teach me all about sports as I am about as inept as you can get in that category. I seriously ONLY watch for the male butts and the commercials.

I love Biggest Loser too! Yayyy!

WELCOME!!!!!

Here ya go! A little gift for you Wendy. "Tight Ends" at a West Point (Army) football game this fall!

 

[UtahMama]

Here ya go! A little gift for you Wendy. "Tight Ends" at a West Point (Army) football game this fall!

I LOVE tight ends! Thanks for that buffet o-bummocks!

So, raise your hand if you want to hear my day's account of the food I actually ate today.

Breakfast: oatmeal recipe called Pumpkin Pie Spice oatmeal. It adds a 1/2 C of pumpkin puree and cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice and I added some raisins. It was filling and good. I think the pumpkin would be a sneak in veggie!

snack- 100 Yoplait lite yogurt Blueberry flavored to which I added about 9 more fresh blueberries. Yup, a good little snack

lunch- an apple and some chicken noodle soup. Lots and lots of veggies!

snack- a 60 cal pudding pack. Tasty, but I could have eaten 3.

dinner- one slice of WASA bread with a thin smear of peanut butter. I made a noodle dish for my family with egg noodles, tomatoes and ground lean beef that is topped with parmesan cheese. Smelled delicious, but I didn't even taste it. I guess they loved it since it's gone!


For the last chance workout- I hunkered down and did lower body including abs and back. I pushed myself hard!!! Cardio was on the tread mill and wrestling with kids.

After the gym I drank some Muscle Milk that tasted like chocolate snot Best just to suck that stuff DOWN the hatch! It's great for recovering muscles -- so far I believe that claim.

At 9:15, I took an Ambien from my prescription so I won't be temped to snack late at night like I usually do, and since I'm fairly certain I am about to pass out from my sleep aid, I should sign out now.

 

[dwheatl]

SNAP!! At work I take real pride in never touching the biscuit tin, and just eating all the healthy food I take in with me. But I get home from work at 4.30, and we don't eat (usually healthy) dinner until about 7.30 (by the time I've exercised and walked the dogs) and those three hours are my real danger. I always have some fruit when I get home, but if I'm going to "break" it will be then - I just don't know what to do to get over it. We could have dinner earlier, but then I would just be hungry later on. Its very hard.

Those are my rough hours too. My students leave around 3:00, and then I usually have 2-3 hours of work to do, then I go see my mom. During those hours, I just want to snack! I think part of it is wanting a break, so sometimes I'll just take a little walk and pester my neighbors. It helps, unless they are snacking.

I get them at our little store, cause Healthy Choice is a ConAgra product (so I can't eat Weight Watchers, etc here, ONLY Healthy Choice, Budget, or Marie Callendars for frozen dinners.). PD, they have new ones just coming out that are shelf stable instead of frozen, I have had the ziti with meat sauce and the southwestern chicken and rice, both were very good.

Speaking of shelf-stable, that's how the Nutrisystem food is. Except I opened a box today, and the flatbread pizza wasn't sealed, so it had a horrible black mold growing all over it. I called and they're shipping me a replacement. I'm just glad it wasn't a time where I had taken the food to work or to my mom's. I would have been stuck.

 

[LMO429]

Ugh! I gained 3 pounds! I guess that is what being sick for over a week and aunt flo will do to you! Better numbers for next week that is for sure!

 

[UtahMama]

Ugh! I gained 3 pounds! I guess that is what being sick for over a week and aunt flo will do to you! Better numbers for next week that is for sure!

Don't you hate that????!
Soooo sorry! Stupid Aunt Flo! Water weight comes off fast, so next week is your week!!!

 

[UtahMama]

-1 for me!!!

This has been the trend all through October and November for me. Which I don't mind...as long as the numbers get prettier each week.

I was reading some recipes in OXYGEN magazine on healthy alternatives to classic Thanksgiving dishes and am twisted enough to make them in addition to the FAT-laden versions just to see my (very fat) family's reactions!!!

 

[Sparkie]

Welcome new Peeps!!

DD is doing good. She has gained 12 whole pounds and is now 27 weeks. She went to do her glucose test about 2 weeks ago. Failed the first one and then went back for a repeat test. Failed again..... or at least they are calling it a fail. Her fasting glucose was 77 which is great but 30 minutes after she drank the sugar solution ...... her "test" was in the toilet..... so tossing the test constitutes a fail The doctor gave her the gestational diabetes info and as far as the diet she is already doing most of the recommendations anyway.... Still no boyfriend in the picture I know that is bad that I should feel so happy about that part but he was such a loser she and the baby will be much better off.... Still no baby name.........she has tried out a few but it seems to change daily....

I havent done well with the diet effort the past few weeks..... and this week it got me....

UP 2

Cant blame anybody but me...... I need to sign up for one of those tastebud-ectomies.... either that or just have my mouth wired shut for a while.

 

[::Snow_White::]

I'm -1
Woohoo!

Now my first parent vent time: I have 3 pairs of jeans and only one that fits perfectly, the other two are a little too big and fall down sometimes. Well I've been giving my mom the jeans that don't fit and I asked her when we were going shopping. (I mean, out of town for groceries, so I could stop buy a clothing store and get some jeans that fit. I have plenty of money to buy a couple pairs.)
She said, "WELL! I don't know, probably after Christmas because I don't have any money!" And acted like she was so ticked off at me and gave me a rude voice for asking when we were going shopping.

I never even ask her to buy them, I wanted to know when we were going grocery shopping so I could look for some more for myself. Sure Christmas is coming up, but I'd still buy them for myself, even if it wasn't Christmas.. Vent over.


Oh and also to add, it seems like every week something new comes up at school that we have to pay for. Whether it's trips or projects, and it's getting crazy!

 

[DisneyLaura]

Hi everyone! Wendy invited me over here, because frankly, I can't do this by myself.

Welcome aboard

Hi, everyone! Wendy also invited me over, though I told her I would likely lurk until after the holidays,

Welcome aboard

Hi all... saw this group being talked about on another thread, and was hoping I could join your group if that's ok. Got this survey from a page or so back, so here goes...

Welcome aboard

HI PEEPS!

Some of you know me, I am Erika from the "other thread" (the Body Board) and we had our friendly challenge earlier in the year.

Anyway, I was just skimming through your thread as I do from time to time and noticed that a lot of you are new and/or struggling and felt compelled to post. Please don't hate yourself for making choices that are maybe not the best. No one is perfect and no one can be "on" all the time.

Some tips that have worked for me over the last few months here on WISH--

--Join the exercise challenge. I find that I really like seeing my number go up with each workout.

--Post your food right here on the thread. We are having a mini-challenge on our thread right now and we all have to post our food and exercise daily. Let me tell you, that keeps you HONEST! There have been times when I have wanted to eat something bad and then I was like, "but there is NO way I am going to post that!" So I just don't eat it.

--Join one of the WISH racing teams. This was a huge help for me. I joined a team here on Wish and I went from completely zero exercise in my life to finishing my first half marathon in Sept. And I am now training for the Disney marathon in January. It is just another source of support, encouragement, and information. My teammates are SO wonderful and patient...when I was new I had so many questions about running and training, etc.

--Keep posting here! The good, the bad, the downright scary. Let it all out. Most of us likely eat for emotional reasons (Hi, I'm Erika and I am stress eater....). So if you can get some of that crap out and talk about it with others, then you don't have to eat your way out of it--which will, of course, only make you feel worse and not better.


You CAN do this. Yes YOU. Really.

Thank you. I would live some more info on the training for running. I want to start running but don't know where to start. You can pm me. My goal is to run at WDW for the marathon.

I actually caught biggest loser this week!

I fear for Amy C!! Vicky and Heba are going to be so awful to her!

I'm afraid to watch!

Heba gets on my last nerve. I was so not wanting her hubby to come back

Here ya go! A little gift for you Wendy. "Tight Ends" at a West Point (Army) football game this fall!

Oh I knew I loved watching football.


Well AF came this morning and guess what +3 lb Darn Aunt Flo and water gain. I am off to the store for the third day in a row because I forgot some things for Aunt Flo, if you get what I mean. If you don't, don't worry. Oh and I need to get muffins for the football game tomorrow (last game ) for DS9.

 

[UtahMama]

I'm -1
Woohoo!

Now my first parent vent time: I have 3 pairs of jeans and only one that fits perfectly, the other two are a little too big and fall down sometimes. Well I've been giving my mom the jeans that don't fit and I asked her when we were going shopping. (I mean, out of town for groceries, so I could stop buy a clothing store and get some jeans that fit. I have plenty of money to buy a couple pairs.)
She said, "WELL! I don't know, probably after Christmas because I don't have any money!" And acted like she was so ticked off at me and gave me a rude voice for asking when we were going shopping.

I never even ask her to buy them, I wanted to know when we were going grocery shopping so I could look for some more for myself. Sure Christmas is coming up, but I'd still buy them for myself, even if it wasn't Christmas.. Vent over.


Oh and also to add, it seems like every week something new comes up at school that we have to pay for. Whether it's trips or projects, and it's getting crazy!

Good job on the weight loss!!!!

UGH, on the mom-vent. I betcha she's just stressed about money and Christmas coming up and it's not "you". She totally didn't understand what you were asking, I'm thinking.

MY precious darling kids are asking for some fairly spendy toys for Christmas and I may have snapped at them once or twice because we are soooo broke and stressed.

 

[pixie dust 112]

Guess we are all having Aunt Flo visit. I am +2.2!!!!...and tres, tres unhappy about the situation!

P.S. My DH played tight end on the football team in HS. I tell him that's why I married him!

 

[DisneyObsession]

Thanks, Wendy. It does help. I actually did completely quit all caffeine cold turkey over July 4 weekend 2 years ago and stayed off it for 6 months or so, but ya know, every so often I just really wanted it, so then I took it back. I am limiting myself to one bottle per day, no more, and more importantly for me, making myself not just nurse that one bottle into being all my liquids of the day and drinking water 2-3 20 oz glasses per day for now. I generally don't drink anywhere NEAR enough liquids anyway, I was drinking maybe 1 1/2 bottles of dt pepsi, and maybe a mug of tea, and that was ALL for the day. So I am thinking that actually getting used to being hydrated will be a big change all by itself.

I haven't been ablt to drink "diet" anything for about a year! I use to live on diet coke & flavored waters, but found out I was allergic to formaldehyde and aspartame turns into that when you digest it! I break out in this weird rash on my face and shoulder....hence, no diet anything for me!

We used to post every day's worth of food so maybe we can start that again?

I remember being surprised at how many "tastes" I had throughout the day.

Good for you on the running!!!! I'm NATURALLY starting to do that too! Like, the tread mill keeps getting faster and faster till I'm actually RUNNING!

ME!!!!!!! I never in a million years thought I'd run! But it's just happened naturally for me. It's not like I just woke up one morning and decided to run.

Give the boarders our best!!!

We should start posting our food again. I think it helps us realize what we ate and we can get ideas for other foods from everyone else!

I am not a runner....I will speed walk, but not run. I guess I may change my mind as my treadmill gets faster...I have been able to go 3.8 and still walk. At what speed do you start running???

 

[pixie dust 112]

Good job on the weight loss!!!!

UGH, on the mom-vent. I betcha she's just stressed about money and Christmas coming up and it's not "you". She totally didn't understand what you were asking, I'm thinking.

MY precious darling kids are asking for some fairly spendy toys for Christmas and I may have snapped at them once or twice because we are soooo broke and stressed.

snow white, I am totally with UtahMama on this! Sometimes when Mom's are totally stressed, we don;t really hear what ou kids are saying. I am definitely guilty of that.

 

[DisneyObsession]

Official WI for today: -.5

I am sitting here eating 1/2 an acorn squash for breakfast! So yummy and I have gotten a veggie in! WOOHOO!!! That and mint tea and I'm ready to go!!!