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

[DisneyLaura]

Funny story. We are having NSalz and her family as well as another sister and her family over for dinner tonight. I sent my Dh out to run errands. Pick up some wine and a few things at the grocery store. So he comes home with all the bags while I am making spaghetti sauce and he says, oh did you see I bought you some Baileys. I said wow cool, I guess I'll have fun tonight then! I then proceeded to look for it but couldn't find it. I asked where he had put the Baileys. He said I don't know DD unpacked the bags. So I asked her where she had put the Baileys. She had no idea what I was talking about. Turns out he was saying "Bay Leaves" and not "Baileys". He was letting me know because he saw that I was making the spaghetti sauce!

i haven't planned a trip since they've changed the ADR system and all that but from what i heard the park hours are now coming out like 3 months in advance. i know may's just came out not too long ago. but someone else may know better than me.

what i would do is look at last year's hours to get sort of an idea of what kind of schedule you'll have when you're there. there's no guarantee (especially this year) that the hours will be the same but it may help you get an idea of how you want to work out your schedule. go here to see historic park hours:

http://www.intercot.com/infocentral/calendar/historical/archive/default.asp

hope your cyst area is feeling okay! i got woozy just reading that. i'm such a wuss.

pixie - we know where your mind is tonight!

Thanks for the link, I'm going to go check that out.

Park hours are coming out closer to the 90 day mark now. If you're trip is later in the month, you can take a few days to coordinate your ADRs with EMH but if you arrive early in the month.... I hope you have flexible plans.

We're going Nov 25th through Dec 5th. I just wanted to start jotting down ideas about where to eat so yes my plans are flexible. I guess at first I can just put the places where we wanna eat and then when the hours come out insert those in the appropriate days, I'm obsessed with planning this trip to be perfect. So then the hours wouldn't be really out until Sept but that's ok I'll still plan now because I'm a nut.

A girl can't wish for much more than a week in WDW for VDay but DH had a trick up his sleeve:

He had this delivered during our dinner at The Wave on Mon night. There is a silver farme with a princess declaration signed by Cinderella, a glass slipper, a sterling silver charm bracelet, a white satin pillow with Mickey accents and a tiara. This is the second time he's suprised me with a delivery during our trip. I got a tiara and a slipper last time too. I can only wear one tiara at a time...... no matter how big my head gets from this type of pampering.

How awesome is your hubby. I wanna a tiara too. Where did he order from? I think I might do a little something for the kids when we go. It will be around Christmas time.

'Cause you all sound like such a great group! I want in!!

I'd like to drop about 30 pounds (the amount I've put on since beginning a sedentary job in October of '07) and I'd like to be on my way to that goal by the time the shorts and bathing suit season rolls around. I've dropped 4 pounds since the first of the year so I'm on my way, but it's so much easier for me if I have some sort of accountability-

Nice to read about all the victories and such. The folks here at DIS boards are all so nice!

Welcome aboard! Aaron runs mini challenges to make our goals smaller. He puts up a handy dandy chart every week to show our progress. Also the thread mama - Utah Mama aka Wendy keeps a handy dandy spreadsheet so every friday post your loss/gain/stayed the same like this +2 so she and he can see it easily. I think that sums it up, again welcome to our family.

I was able to fix my photobucket. I had to go back back to older software
Anyways, here's what I wanted to say to you all:

Yes, I'm shaving all my love for you!

Hope that helps everyone to control their appetites. Step away from the chocolate!

That's just gross, thanks I had no chocolate!

I have ordered 10 boxes of thin mints from the Goblins. I do freeze them but I'm lying if I say I share. Evil little goblins.

I feel like I've turned the corner with this flu. Dang, I might have to start exercising again.

Yummy thin mints. I am committed to start some kind of excerising plan once it gets a little warmer outside. I will start walking when everyone is in school in the morning and more water for me, those are two goals I have.

Looks like the next goal date will be St. Patrick's Day.

put me down for 3 lb, thanks

Oh, and the first half of the year I don't seem to have much trouble losing... this year I need to stop from gaining it all back the 2nd half of the year!

That's my problem too

I seem to do a better job losing the first half of the year too! Why IS that? I'm thinking we should have a New Years in July here on the Peep thead and pretend we're starting over again. Think that would work?

I'm in

I'm totally with you! I can't figure out why I do better the first half of the year. I know there's a lot of food opportunities in summer, but I do better with temptation at the first of the year too. I think I do better with shorter challenges too. Does anyone else feel that way?

Yuppers

Facebook Peeps - I just added a page for my photography business if you'd like to check it out/become a fan. Shameless plug, I know, but I feel like a dork with only one fan, and it's me.

I'm a fan

Hi I'm new, can I join in?? I am currently doing WW but do not plan to forever. I am trying more for a lifestyle change. Also wanting to teach my girlies about being healthy not on a diet.

I read back a little and see that a new challenge is on ending on March 13-so Aaron can go eat for his wife's bday

I am about 10lb away from goal-which I hope to reach by our trip in May. The last 10lb is hard.

So, I think I tell Aaron to "put me down for 2.5lb" I hope to do more but am realistic. Is there anything else I need to do???

Looking forward to getting to know everyone!!!

Welcome aboard to you too! Aaron runs mini challenges to make our goals smaller. He puts up a handy dandy chart every week to show our progress. Also the thread mama - Utah Mama aka Wendy keeps a handy dandy spreadsheet so every friday post your loss/gain/stayed the same like this +2 so she and he can see it easily. I think that sums it up, again welcome to our family.


Ok guys my soaking is doing great Once the packing was out it felt so much better. I go back to the doctor on Thursday, if the kids are sick, we seem to have that bug in our house at the moment, only one kid - two more to go through

I was hoping that we could have done something fun this week but if the kids are throwing up that's out. We shall see.

 

[ArielSRL]

put me down for 2 pounds. not a lot, i know. but i tend to lose 2 pounds then gain 1 back so i don't want to be too hopeful. it's not even 4 full weeks so i want to be realistic! i only have 7 pounds to go until i reach my goal and the loss has SLOWED down big time!!!

I'm pretty sure that is fairly normal. I decided to lose 10 lbs last spring and lost 5 very quickly...probably took about a month or so; then I could never lose anymore. Of course, I eventually gained those 5 lbs back, some over summer after surgery and some over the holidays, so now I am looking to lose 10 lbs again. It is an endless cycle!

I've read several health and weight loss articles that indicate most people have to amp up the diet or exercise to get the last 5 lbs off. It seems like it is easier - relatively speaking, of course - to lose a few pounds when you have more than 5 lbs to lose. Of course, my perception on this could be way off. I just know I always fight with those last 5 lbs...

 

[LMO429]

Hi I'm new, can I join in?? I am currently doing WW but do not plan to forever. I am trying more for a lifestyle change. Also wanting to teach my girlies about being healthy not on a diet.

I read back a little and see that a new challenge is on ending on March 13-so Aaron can go eat for his wife's bday

I am about 10lb away from goal-which I hope to reach by our trip in May. The last 10lb is hard.

So, I think I tell Aaron to "put me down for 2.5lb" I hope to do more but am realistic. Is there anything else I need to do???

Looking forward to getting to know everyone!!!

WELCOME!!!!

 

[WI_DisneyFan]

Hi I'm new, can I join in?? I am currently doing WW but do not plan to forever. I am trying more for a lifestyle change. Also wanting to teach my girlies about being healthy not on a diet.

I read back a little and see that a new challenge is on ending on March 13-so Aaron can go eat for his wife's bday

I am about 10lb away from goal-which I hope to reach by our trip in May. The last 10lb is hard.

So, I think I tell Aaron to "put me down for 2.5lb" I hope to do more but am realistic. Is there anything else I need to do???

Looking forward to getting to know everyone!!!

That's all you need to do! I got you (and everyone else who responded) marked down. Good luck everybody!

 

[dwheatl]

everyone. DH and I are off to San Francisco for 2 nights for an early birthday celebration. I promise to take it like a peep and weigh in on Friday (ok maybe Saturday). Be good!

 

[lovealldisney]

Aaron
Put me down for 3lbs please. Small steps for me.

 

[punkin413]

everyone. DH and I are off to San Francisco for 2 nights for an early birthday celebration. I promise to take it like a peep and weigh in on Friday (ok maybe Saturday). Be good!

have fun!!!! "take it like a peep"....

laura - glad to hear you're feeling better. hope the kiddies start to feel better soon.

i had a deposition today that started at 10:00 and ended at 3:30 with NO break. how can i be expected to stay on track with that type of thing happening????? it just makes me so mad!!!! i need to have lunch. i NEED to have lunch. understand that i have to be there 30 minutes before we start to set up (9:30), which means i had to leave my house at 8:45. so that means i hadn't eaten anything since then. by the time i'm done, i'm starving and then i blow it for the day. well, i didn't do too terrible - i had 2 shrimp tacos (only grilled shrimp, lettuce and mango salsa). but the chips and salsa always get me. then i didn't get home until 5:30 and with catching up with e-mail, dealing with work stuff, feeding the dogs, doing the dishes, etc., i didn't have time to work out AT ALL today. sorry - just had to vent.

 

[LittleBlue22]

I'm just happy to getting off my *ss. To kick it off, I did a Leslie Sansone kickboxing/walking cd, took a wog (walk/jog), and did a youtube thing of Flirty Girl (to Single Lady). My body is popping and cracking, but I'm not sore.... yet.

I have a hard time keeping up with a long active thread so, I might come and go from time to time. I home school 3 of my kids and my fourth isn't 2yrs old yet. So, my plate is pretty full.


Sleep well, and have an active tomorrow!

 

[punkin413]

how is that flirty girl stuff? i need some sort of cardio for when the weather's bad and i can't run and i've thought about getting it. but i wasn't sure it would be "enough". i've been working out my whole life- not that i'm an expert but i don't want to pay money for something that isn't going to give me a good workout. what did you think of it?

 

[LMO429]

how is that flirty girl stuff? i need some sort of cardio for when the weather's bad and i can't run and i've thought about getting it. but i wasn't sure it would be "enough". i've been working out my whole life- not that i'm an expert but i don't want to pay money for something that isn't going to give me a good workout. what did you think of it?

a killer workout for $11 dollars! my new favorite

http://www.amazon.com/Jillian-Micha..._bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1234928464&sr=8-1

 

[LittleBlue22]

How good of dancer are you? I think once you get the steps down, you can max it out to your level. I just did the Single lady one (Beyonce) and it was short, but I kept mixing up my feet. I need cardio to burn calories and fat so just moving was great.

I have a Billy Banks that I tried once, that was killer.

 

[MA pigletfan]

have fun!!!! "take it like a peep"....

laura - glad to hear you're feeling better. hope the kiddies start to feel better soon.

i had a deposition today that started at 10:00 and ended at 3:30 with NO break. how can i be expected to stay on track with that type of thing happening????? it just makes me so mad!!!! i need to have lunch. i NEED to have lunch. understand that i have to be there 30 minutes before we start to set up (9:30), which means i had to leave my house at 8:45. so that means i hadn't eaten anything since then. by the time i'm done, i'm starving and then i blow it for the day. well, i didn't do too terrible - i had 2 shrimp tacos (only grilled shrimp, lettuce and mango salsa). but the chips and salsa always get me. then i didn't get home until 5:30 and with catching up with e-mail, dealing with work stuff, feeding the dogs, doing the dishes, etc., i didn't have time to work out AT ALL today. sorry - just had to vent.

UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I flippen hate having my day messed up like that!! I totally hear you about NEEDING lunch..it realy does mess ya up!!

I FINALLY worked out a bit yesterday..just a mile watp dvd..but its a start..i lost a ton of energy/muscle being sick for that week and a half..i need to slowly build it up. I am planning on doing the 20 min. shred tonight while my turkey meatloaf cooks..and probably another mile workout..since its so short!

Hope all is well in Peepdom!

 

[pixie dust 112]

have fun!!!! "take it like a peep"....

laura - glad to hear you're feeling better. hope the kiddies start to feel better soon.

i had a deposition today that started at 10:00 and ended at 3:30 with NO break. how can i be expected to stay on track with that type of thing happening????? it just makes me so mad!!!! i need to have lunch. i NEED to have lunch. understand that i have to be there 30 minutes before we start to set up (9:30), which means i had to leave my house at 8:45. so that means i hadn't eaten anything since then. by the time i'm done, i'm starving and then i blow it for the day. well, i didn't do too terrible - i had 2 shrimp tacos (only grilled shrimp, lettuce and mango salsa). but the chips and salsa always get me. then i didn't get home until 5:30 and with catching up with e-mail, dealing with work stuff, feeding the dogs, doing the dishes, etc., i didn't have time to work out AT ALL today. sorry - just had to vent.

OK I admit it! We attorneys use this tactic with the witnesses, in order that they cannot go out and discuss the deposition with their attorney. Also makes the witness a little uncomfortable. It's a tactic you learn in law school. I apolgize for all of us for not giving the stenographer the deserved consideration! We get so caught up in the lawyering of the case that sometimes we forget everyone and everything else!

 

[DisneyLaura]

everyone. DH and I are off to San Francisco for 2 nights for an early birthday celebration. I promise to take it like a peep and weigh in on Friday (ok maybe Saturday). Be good!

Have fun and be careful

i had a deposition today that started at 10:00 and ended at 3:30 with NO break. how can i be expected to stay on track with that type of thing happening????? it just makes me so mad!!!! i need to have lunch. i NEED to have lunch. understand that i have to be there 30 minutes before we start to set up (9:30), which means i had to leave my house at 8:45. so that means i hadn't eaten anything since then. by the time i'm done, i'm starving and then i blow it for the day. well, i didn't do too terrible - i had 2 shrimp tacos (only grilled shrimp, lettuce and mango salsa). but the chips and salsa always get me. then i didn't get home until 5:30 and with catching up with e-mail, dealing with work stuff, feeding the dogs, doing the dishes, etc., i didn't have time to work out AT ALL today. sorry - just had to vent.

I'm sorry, I know that messes up your whole day, vent all you want

How good of dancer are you? I think once you get the steps down, you can max it out to your level. I just did the Single lady one (Beyonce) and it was short, but I kept mixing up my feet. I need cardio to burn calories and fat so just moving was great.

I have a Billy Banks that I tried once, that was killer.

Where do you learn the dance moves? Now I'm curious.

 

[Pakey]

Danielle. Have fun in San Francisco. Hope the weather cooperates.

Dawn, good luck with having to miss meals. How could those mean attorneys (sorry pixie) do that to you, lol? I skip lunch often due to workload and consider that the biggest diet sabotage of all as I'm so ravenous by the time I get home, I eat all of the bad, easy to get to, stuff.

Well, I'm still sick. I just can't shake it. My cough is so bad I had to take a sleeping pill last night so that I could get some rest. And to make things worse, we have cancelled our May WDW trip. My husband has no interest in returning to the World after our fiasco January trip. Geesh, I have DVC points coming out the wazoo, I think I'll be banking 500 pts into next year, even after having 5 rooms in January for the family. Do you know how hard it is to cancel a week at the Beach Club during prime pool time? My fingers were trembling. Oh well, maybe we'll get to Costa Rica later this year after all.

And I have more time to lose these 10 lbs that will not go away.

 

[LittleBlue22]

I just do the steps over and over and over. I did it again this morning and did better. I'm not ready for chair or pole (and no,I"m not getting a pole installed in my house). Think of it as modern choriagraphed dancing. Here's what I worked out today to, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pBCcYQTUXA. Its clean to watch, kid approved.

checking in too to say, I did the YT video above twice, walk/kick with Leslie Sansone and plan to do something off of FIT tv later this afternoon.

 

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

Hi all!

Hope everyones peeping well this week!

I've hardly been here the last couple of weeks, I am living on the cruise boards at the minute trying to pick up tips for May! I am so excited! If anyone has cruised before all and any tips appreciated!!!

Dawn, I feel your pain - I get so grumpy when my routine is messed with! I start my new job on March 2nd and I am just dreading it - I know I will have to work longer hours and I am so worried about fitting my exercise in!

 

[HockeyKat]

Faith, if you are trusting/willing, I may have a need for renting/exchanging points with you. My FIL has been diagnosed with stage 3 congestive heart failure and they found a mass in his lung, and we may need to move our Sept trip up to as close as possible. However, our points for this year are maxed...

 

[Pakey]

Faith, if you are trusting/willing, I may have a need for renting/exchanging points with you. My FIL has been diagnosed with stage 3 congestive heart failure and they found a mass in his lung, and we may need to move our Sept trip up to as close as possible. However, our points for this year are maxed...

Kat, I'm so sorry to hear about your FIL.

Of course I trust you. Even if I didn't, I don't think the loss of this points is going to come close to what I've lost in the stock market in the past 6 months.

When you know for sure what you want to do, let me know. I've got a Feb use year so I was just going to bank whatever I have left into next year anyway since we are not going before Feb for sure.

 

[UtahMama]

Hi peeps!

Hanging in there!
I am such a MIA-ist! UGHHHH!

Hope you all are healthy and doing well!

I haven't stepped foot in the gym for weights since Jan 19th! I FEEL so heavy even though the scale is being nice to me . I feel "soft" and achy. I don't walk with that normal fast, confident stride. I don't sleep as well at all.

Blah! Is all I have to say.

Stress was a huuuge part of my week this week and without my usual comfort eating, I really started to feel at the end of my rope (school, finishing our basement bedrooms for our 2 younger boys, and my mother coming to live with us, cranky DH, etc.).

The bedrooms are habitable now, my school assignments are done (for a minute, LOL) , and my mom isn't as bad as I was anticipating. *breathe*.

I DID start partake in some seriously good margaritas a couple times (for medicinal purposes) which made me retain a ton of water and feel physically crappy.

Things I've learned:

Ambien CR is good
Exercise is the best gift I can give myself besides school
I need my peeps!!!