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

[DisneyLaura]

Tonight is the night...my parents and greg and i are going to the reception site to sign papers so we can officially say we have a wedding date/location..wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Hope you're feeling better. Yeah that you have a date. Isn't that the best feeling. I got married on Oct 12th 1996.

Im getting married and having the reception in a hotel in Sheffield (the nearest city to where I live), its a Courtyard by Marriott hotel but I think its been taken over by the Holiday Inn chain? I'll try and find a link to their website, although the pictures aren't that great!

I know what you mean about the 'bride switch' - I was never the type of girl who had imagined the perfect wedding, and I didn't dream all day long about getting married, but as soon as the engagement ring went on - BAM - on went the bride switch!

http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hotel/EMART/event-facilities

I dont know if the above link will work? If it does, ignore the first picture of the board room, I dont know why thats on there

That's beautiful.

Monica - not doing well over here. Not eating too bad but not good either. No breakfast, just coffee. Lunch was tuna sandwiches, I had almost two, small bread. Then I just had some teddy grahams but they're princess shaped. Plus of course my water. Aunt flo is coming and I eat everything in site. Not good but I'm chewing gum now until dinner.

Elizabeth is in the middle of potting training, our first real day in undies all day and she already went through 3 pairs of undies. She does good if I constantly ask her and she says no then goes in the bathroom and goes in her undies, on the floor. At least she tried to wipe and had the poop in a wipe that she got out of her undies, right.

 

[LMO429]

You peeps are the cutest! Thanks for all the excitement over my lil' wedding news wheeeeeee!!!!
It ( knock on wood that something doesn't go wrong before we get there tonight!)...will be on October 10, 2009..at the Westin hotel in Providence
The church for the ceremony is yet to be determined... There isn't really a good website up for it..but its like most Westin hotels..its very nice and the ballroom/cocktail area for our event will be pretty secluded from the hustle and bustle of the hotel..which will be nice!
DisgalUK and Lauren..where are you two getting married..if you ever shared it i must have missed it ...I am getting kind of wedding crazy right now though! I record all the wedding shows on TLC and WE..its pretty funny that a "bride" switch just got turned on lol!

I am getting married Saturday September 27, 2008...I actually had the stupidest meltdown today over STAMPS!!!!!! I'm embarrassed to say i cried in the car after I left the post office, because the "wedding stamp" is the UGLIEST color right now and it goes terrible with my invitations...anyway all went well i went home and ordered them online. so stupid! I know i guess this is what people mean that the litttlest things start to bother you when it becomes crunch time

westins are super nice very modern!

 

[ArielSRL]

Welcome. I'm a kindergarten teacher, and right there with you on the "on my feet during the school year, on my bum during the summer" situation. Good for you for working on the weight loss when you have just a little to lose. I wish I had learned how to eat better when I only had 10 lbs. of bad habits to unlearn.

You've joined a great group! Jump right in!

Thanks for the welcome!! Well, I have gone up and down so much. I'm 34, 5'6.5" and when I was in high school I was normal size, then I graduated and started this working out thing and went down to like 112 lbs, size 2. It was WAY too skinny but I didn't really realize it at the time. Then as the years went on I gained up to 125, size 6, then got into a serious relationship where we really enjoyed eating out and I gained up to 150, size 10. Then we broke up and I went back to 125...lol. Then as the years went on, I went up to 140, then back down to 115 (crazy diet that did not last), then with my last relationship we got engaged and all that jazz and I got settled and went up a bit, then we broke up, back down.

This was May/June 2007, so I stayed with my folks for 7 months after that and ate all of mom's southern home cooking and I got up to 145, size 10. I moved out in January to my own place again (finally!!) and started the weight loss in Feb/March. But I don't stick with it as much as I should because it is only 10 lbs. Like I said, I have lost 5 lbs and am usually right around 140...was exactly 140.0 this past Friday - yes I weigh in to myself on Fridays so I fit right in with the group - amd the size 10's are now too big. But the size 8's can sometimes be a tad tight...lol.

I have never been over 150 lbs but it is b/c I have a fast(er) metabolism and I fidget all the time - burns calories they say - and I work where I don't sit down and I have never had kids. Once I have kids, I think I will have to work much harder than I am now to lose. My biggest goal is to be healthy - NOT skinny - and be toned. My biggest issues are I HATE to work out and I love food.

I get 20 points per day on Weight Watchers but I don't follow it on the weekends so I don't use any of the extra 35 points during the week. I follow it fairly well but if there is any type of outing for dinner - last week was Mom's bday dinner out at Provino's - I cheat.

Anyway, I'm glad I found this group. Punkin says you guys are a great group! Thanks for reading!

 

[Disneyfreak92]

exactly! i thought they all did an incredible job but he just blew me away! i think my favorite part is where he's driving the car and hanging out the window.....for some reason that just brings a little tear to my eye. it's so sad - the possibilities that are now lost.

Yes, a lot of lost possibilities indeed! I did like that scene too. His voice and mannerisms really struck me - especially the voice - sounded nothing like him! It was like you know that no one quite like that character really exists ( I hope anyway! ), but he made it more than just a fantasy - it was believable!

Hi! I'm new to this thread. I came over from punkins TR. I am Renee and I am in the process of losing 10 lbs. I started quite a ways back (Feb or March I think) and lots of stuff has come up and gotten in the way. I have lost 5 lbs already but am having trouble with the last 5. By losing the first 5, I have pretty much dropped a size (b/c I was kind of in between before) but I am still gunning for those last 5! I do the Weight Watchers points but I don't go to the meetings. I just have all the stuff from someone who used to go. However, I only follow it during the week and not the weekends (could be why I can't lose that last 5 right? lol). I just had surgery 2 weeks ago, got my deviated septum corrected, so I can't go back to working out yet. Will ask the doc when I go on Tuesday.

Anyway, I'm a first grade teacher and I am fairly active when I am at work (never sit much) but sit quite a bit during the summer. I'll be back at work in 2 weeks, so maybe that will help with the last 5.

Thanks for reading!

Welcome to the group! Great bunch of ladies and one gent here!

Thank you all so much for the welcome! Punkin413 thanks for posting the info about this thread in you TR. I didn't get to post to your TR, but I am avidly reading it and grateful you posted info about your weight loss and this thread in your TR.
OMG, I just typed out a whole reply to this thread and then couldn't post it because my ISP lost the connection!
Anyway, I was wondering what diet most of you are following? Long story, but Medifast is easy for me because I am always eating on the run. DH and I own a business that's 24/7 (clients all hours of the day and night) and then on top of that I work a full time job at night. It's crazy. And in that regard it's easier to just shake and go instead of having to actually think about what I'm eating. I've been contemplating trying Nutrisystem, just because I am so busy I really don't want to have to think and prepare meals ahead of time. It just makes it easier. We normally end up eating out if I am not being strict on my diet and that's how I gained all the weight back. I have just found that due to my life circumstances, I do a lot better if I don't have to think and prepare meals. I honestly do not have time to cook. So what kind of diet or meal plan do you all follow?

I count calories. I use sparkpeople.com to track my calories.

Hello everyone!
hope all had a great weekend!
I had a touch of stomach sick this weekend...blahhh..still not feeling 100% but i made it into work anyway..so thats a good sign.
Tonight is the night...my parents and greg and i are going to the reception site to sign papers so we can officially say we have a wedding date/location..wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Of course that means we will be going out for dinner after to celebrate..ah well..things like this need celebrating..even if i end up not being a loser this week because of it

You peeps are the cutest! Thanks for all the excitement over my lil' wedding news wheeeeeee!!!!
It ( knock on wood that something doesn't go wrong before we get there tonight!)...will be on October 10, 2009..at the Westin hotel in Providence
The church for the ceremony is yet to be determined... There isn't really a good website up for it..but its like most Westin hotels..its very nice and the ballroom/cocktail area for our event will be pretty secluded from the hustle and bustle of the hotel..which will be nice!
DisgalUK and Lauren..where are you two getting married..if you ever shared it i must have missed it ...I am getting kind of wedding crazy right now though! I record all the wedding shows on TLC and WE..its pretty funny that a "bride" switch just got turned on lol!

Congrats! That's so exciting! I checked out the website. The place looks really nice. I wish I could come do you photos. Looks like a great setting! I'm so excited for you!

Im getting married and having the reception in a hotel in Sheffield (the nearest city to where I live), its a Courtyard by Marriott hotel but I think its been taken over by the Holiday Inn chain? I'll try and find a link to their website, although the pictures aren't that great!

I know what you mean about the 'bride switch' - I was never the type of girl who had imagined the perfect wedding, and I didn't dream all day long about getting married, but as soon as the engagement ring went on - BAM - on went the bride switch!

http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hotel/EMART/event-facilities

I dont know if the above link will work? If it does, ignore the first picture of the board room, I dont know why thats on there

Your reception site looks lovely too! Very nice!

 

[Disneyfreak92]

Forgot to own up to my cheating this weekend! I cheated. BUT I still counted calories, and was somewhat careful about my cheating, so I'm sure I could have done much worse if I wasn't paying attention. I don't want to say what I had for fear of pushing anyone over the edge. I'll just say there was fair food involved, and alcohol. Actually, if I'd only gone with one or the other, I would have been doing pretty well, but I knew I'd go over, and I'll try to do some making up for it this week. It'll be tough because I'm in training all week, and I don't know if I can bring my lunch. But today I had a southwest grilled chicken salad from Mickey D's - yum! And not bad for me either!

 

[punkin413]

I saw it Friday and I thought Heath Ledger really stole the movie. He was way too young to die.

I was reading my People magazine and there was an article on Michelle Williams and Heath's daughter and she looks just like him!

welcome to the thread!!!!!! glad you came over!

i saw his little girl and i agree - i see him in her too. how very sad for her and his ex-wife.

Anyway, I was wondering what diet most of you are following?

I like to count my calories. Someone (thank you to all of you who recommend this!) on this thread told me to take my goal weight and multiple it times 12 and that should give you the calories you should eat in a day. I am trying it and with good results so far! I like the fact that I really makes me aware of the food that is going in my mouth and really think are these calories worth it. If I want something bad enough I will make sure to work it into my calories for the day.

To keep track of what I eat I use a free web site called Sparkpeople there I can keep track of calories and exercise. Plus they have great articles and work out videos ect.. I highly recommend this site! Others in my office are using it and are seeing great results!

And last of all exercise! I joined Ladies Workout Express! It's like a Curves and I like it so far. I think in the future though I will join a club just for more of a variety of exercise. I hope this helps!

Have a great day everyone!

disneysuitefreak - what alllovedisney said! that formula is what worked for me, too (goal weight x 12 = calorie intake per day). also, i would add that i drink lots of water. i cut out all diet sodas (any sodas, for that matter) and tea. i just have 1-2 cups of coffee in the morning with splenda and fat free creamer and then i drink water for the rest of the day. the weight FELL off once i started doing that!

Tonight is the night...my parents and greg and i are going to the reception site to sign papers so we can officially say we have a wedding date/location..wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!

cool!!!!!! how exciting!

 

[monymony3471]

pm snack was a SB nut medley bar, phase 2, and water.

dinner was another salad with turkey, chick peas, feta cheese, and some left over black bean salsa I made (black beans, red onion, tomatoes, avocado, corn, with balsamic red wine vinegar and olive oil mixed with a zesty italian good seasonings packet) It's the bomb!


and more water.


I didn't cheat or nothing.

Now I have a headache, along with AF.

I am tired and I need to go to bed.


Then I'll do it all over again tomorrow.

Exercise was chasing the little kids all day.

 

[dwheatl]

Mony - I was thinking of you and your tag today. I had my mamma jamma, and yes, it hurt. The technician was really gabby, and I just felt like, would you just get done, please?

 

[DisneySuiteFreak]

DisneySuiteFreak;

First off you will find great support on this thread!

I like to count my calories. Someone (thank you to all of you who recommend this!) on this thread told me to take my goal weight and multiple it times 12 and that should give you the calories you should eat in a day. I am trying it and with good results so far! I like the fact that I really makes me aware of the food that is going in my mouth and really think are these calories worth it. If I want something bad enough I will make sure to work it into my calories for the day.

To keep track of what I eat I use a free web site called Sparkpeople there I can keep track of calories and exercise. Plus they have great articles and work out videos ect.. I highly recommend this site! Others in my office are using it and are seeing great results!



And last of all exercise! I joined Ladies Workout Express! It's like a Curves and I like it so far. I think in the future though I will join a club just for more of a variety of exercise. I hope this helps!

Have a great day everyone!

Thanks to all of you for the welcome and for the responses. I'm going to look into the sparkpeople.com and calorie counting. Makes alot of sense...

What do you all do to curb your appetite in the beginning? I mean, until the stomach shrinks, it's a little harder because you feel hungry all the time with most diets, especially ones that restrict calories. Then if you eat carbs (even fruits) that sends the blood sugar spiking making you more hungry soon after eating. Any suggestions?

 

[lovealldisney]

DisneySuiteFreak:
What do you all do to curb your appetite in the beginning? I mean, until the stomach shrinks, it's a little harder because you feel hungry all the time with most diets, especially ones that restrict calories. Then if you eat carbs (even fruits) that sends the blood sugar spiking making you more hungry soon after eating. Any suggestions?

Hi DisneySuiteFreak
I like to munch on veggies with a little lite ranch dressing. They are low in calories and you can really fill up on them. An apple with a little peanut butter is good to. A handful of nuts works good to like cashews. Or have a lite yogurt. I like the yoplait lite thick and creamy.

For breakfast I like either:

Oatmeal
Whole wheat toast with low sugar jam
Strawberries with lite vanilla yogurt with bran cereal ( I layer it like a parfait )

Lunch:

Spinach salad with grilled chicken with strawberries, mandarin oranges, blue berries, a small handfull of chopped peacans with kraft light done right raspberry dressing. VERY GOOD AND FILLING!

Or I will have a weight watchers meal with a salad and maybe a yogurt.


Dinner:

Well is really anything I make for dinner I just make sure I portion it out.


And last but not least I cut back on the diet soda. Even though I was drinking diet caffiene free I still cut back to either one or maybe two a day. I now drink alot of water! I like to flavor it with crystal light, I did this in the begining of my diet to help adjust to drinking so much water.

Just remember to eat the calories you should if you eat to little you may not see results. I believe it all has to do with you metabolism. Am I right about this guys? Doesn't your body then go into starvation mode and then takes the calories you have eaten and just store them?

Have a great day! Hope this helps!

 

[monymony3471]

dwheatl: Strange that you can be that comfortable with that kind of job. I hated mine. HATED IT!


Breakfast: veggies in scrambled eggs, 2 cups of coffe

I'm tired. My boys had 2 other boys camp out in the backyard in the tent. It didn't help that the baby just could settle back down after 3am.

Yawn!

 

[LMO429]

Thanks to all of you for the welcome and for the responses. I'm going to look into the sparkpeople.com and calorie counting. Makes alot of sense...

What do you all do to curb your appetite in the beginning? I mean, until the stomach shrinks, it's a little harder because you feel hungry all the time with most diets, especially ones that restrict calories. Then if you eat carbs (even fruits) that sends the blood sugar spiking making you more hungry soon after eating. Any suggestions?

My suggestion is eat a healthy big breakfast...lunch ...then a snack and then dinner.. and never go more than 4 hours between meals and as far as restricting calories you should NEVER go under 1200 calories

when i felt the urge to binge in the beginning when dieting i tried to keep my mind elsewhere..come here and post, read a book, watch a new tv show go for a walk..and if I truly am that hungry then i eat a healthy snack peanut butter and banana, a weigh watcher fudge bar, almonds, one hundred calorie bag of popcorn..Once i changed my mindset about being on a "diet" that is when I actually started to lose weight. Think of it as not a diet but a lifestyle change you cant go your whole life without having a snack at night its unrealistic...Listen to your body at night if you are truly hungry EAT something..im not saying eat a bag of potato chips but eat a healthy snack and hey if you want to have some potato chips that is OK 2!..Once i stopped telling myself I couldnt eat a certain type of food or I had to stop eatting at a certain time and actually started to listen to my body and ate when I was hungry and stopped eating when I was full..the weight started to melt off. Im not saying i am perfect I have good days and bad days the key is to outweigh the good days as oppose to the bad days and if you fall here and there it is OK...The more restrictions you put on yourself the more likely you will gain the weight back.

 

[punkin413]

What do you all do to curb your appetite in the beginning? I mean, until the stomach shrinks, it's a little harder because you feel hungry all the time with most diets, especially ones that restrict calories. Then if you eat carbs (even fruits) that sends the blood sugar spiking making you more hungry soon after eating. Any suggestions?

drink water! i know that sounds silly but a lot of times the hunger you feel is really just thirst. try drinking a glass of water (with crystal lite if you're sick of plain water) to see if that helps.

 

[monymony3471]

Snack: Granola in milk with blueberries.

2 glasses of water so far.


Please don't mind my rambles over here, I'm just keeping me honest.


I keep a glass of water near the sink with a straw. I also walk into the kitchen so it's a rule to drink from it each time.

 

[mommaU4]

You peeps are the cutest! Thanks for all the excitement over my lil' wedding news wheeeeeee!!!!
It ( knock on wood that something doesn't go wrong before we get there tonight!)...will be on October 10, 2009..at the Westin hotel in Providence

That is so exciting! October is my favorite month. Congrats on setting the date and picking the place!

I know what you mean about the 'bride switch' - I was never the type of girl who had imagined the perfect wedding, and I didn't dream all day long about getting married, but as soon as the engagement ring went on - BAM - on went the bride switch!

http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hotel/EMART/event-facilities

Ooooh, that looks really nice! Too funny about the bride switch. I guess it's there in everyone just waiting for that ring to trigger it.

Elizabeth is in the middle of potting training, our first real day in undies all day and she already went through 3 pairs of undies. She does good if I constantly ask her and she says no then goes in the bathroom and goes in her undies, on the floor. At least she tried to wipe and had the poop in a wipe that she got out of her undies, right.

Good luck with the potty training!

I am getting married Saturday September 27, 2008...I actually had the stupidest meltdown today over STAMPS!!!!!! I'm embarrassed to say i cried in the car after I left the post office, because the "wedding stamp" is the UGLIEST color right now and it goes terrible with my invitations...anyway all went well i went home and ordered them online. so stupid! I know i guess this is what people mean that the litttlest things start to bother you when it becomes crunch time

Aww, I'm sorry. I glad you were able to order them online, but I remember how stressful it can be. Remember in all the planning to take time out for yourself to rest and relax.

But today I had a southwest grilled chicken salad from Mickey D's - yum! And not bad for me either!

That sounds really good! I love things with a southwest or spicy kick to them. Makes me feel like I am cheating. LOL

 

[MA pigletfan]

I am getting married Saturday September 27, 2008...I actually had the stupidest meltdown today over STAMPS!!!!!! I'm embarrassed to say i cried in the car after I left the post office, because the "wedding stamp" is the UGLIEST color right now and it goes terrible with my invitations...anyway all went well i went home and ordered them online. so stupid! I know i guess this is what people mean that the litttlest things start to bother you when it becomes crunch time

westins are super nice very modern!

awww i am sure i will have a fit or two when it gets closer for me as well! hahah
This particular westin isn't that super modern actually..the one in Boston was a bit too modern for my taste..this one is less so, but certainly has alot of clean lines and modern touches..i love it!

That is so exciting! October is my favorite month. Congrats on setting the date and picking the place!

Thanks!! i am very excited today!

My parents loved the venue last night and we signed teh contract and put a deposit..it feels real now!

 

[DisneyLaura]

I am getting married Saturday September 27, 2008...I actually had the stupidest meltdown today over STAMPS!!!!!! I'm embarrassed to say i cried in the car after I left the post office, because the "wedding stamp" is the UGLIEST color right now and it goes terrible with my invitations...anyway all went well i went home and ordered them online. so stupid! I know i guess this is what people mean that the litttlest things start to bother you when it becomes crunch time

westins are super nice very modern!

The stamp thing would have drove me over the edge too, no worries.

drink water! i know that sounds silly but a lot of times the hunger you feel is really just thirst. try drinking a glass of water (with crystal lite if you're sick of plain water) to see if that helps.

I actually drink a glass of water right when I sit down to eat and then at least have 3 glasses during dinner. I so feel that the water curbs my "hunger in teh brain" feeling.

Please don't mind my rambles over here, I'm just keeping me honest.

Keep on girl. Do what helps. Maybe tomorrow that's what I am going to do.

 

[Disneyfreak92]

Thanks to all of you for the welcome and for the responses. I'm going to look into the sparkpeople.com and calorie counting. Makes alot of sense...

What do you all do to curb your appetite in the beginning? I mean, until the stomach shrinks, it's a little harder because you feel hungry all the time with most diets, especially ones that restrict calories. Then if you eat carbs (even fruits) that sends the blood sugar spiking making you more hungry soon after eating. Any suggestions?

I have a morning and afternoon snack. Usually an apple, SF pudding, almonds, flat earth veggie chips, veggies and hummus or ff sour cream dip that I make... And I also drink LOTS of water!

Snack: Granola in milk with blueberries.

2 glasses of water so far.


Please don't mind my rambles over here, I'm just keeping me honest.


I keep a glass of water near the sink with a straw. I also walk into the kitchen so it's a rule to drink from it each time.

Do what you need to do! The granola, milk, and blueberries sounds good.

That sounds really good! I love things with a southwest or spicy kick to them. Makes me feel like I am cheating. LOL

It is really good! I love it! And their asian grilled chicken salad is good too!

 

[dwheatl]

Mony - to add insult to injury, they put band-aids with BBs on them on the most sensitive part of that anatomy. Taking them off was a bear. Is it really that difficult for them to identify that part in the xrays?

I'm going to weigh in tomorrow because I am going off on a little adventure for the next couple of days. DH is in Monterey at a union conference, and I am taking the bus to meet him there. I have not taken a bus trip since before we got married. I have to leave the cars at home so my kids can get to work. I am just glad they both have jobs now.

 

[DisneyObsession]

Just popping in to say Hi!!!

It's been busy and work is crazy. I am picking up some overtime, so I am working 12 hr days this week, so it is tiring.

I am working nights...any suggestions for eating??? I am trying to eat a larger meal at lunch and smaller at dinner since my break is 7:45pm. If any of you have pearls of wisdome, I would appreciate hearing them. Thanks!