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

[punkin413]

danielle - how horrible! i hope you report her. and i hope your mom is feeling better.

everyone - i may be MIA again for awhile. my computer CRASHED last night. DH took it with him to work today to see if he could pull everything off my hard drive and reformat it (thank goodness he knows lots about computers!). so i'm dealing with that and will be for the next few days. i'm using his laptop right now. i have lots of sound files and very important documents on there from work so keep your fingers crossed for me! i was in tears last night but now i'm just hoping to salvage something. he did run a virus check on it last night and i had like 6 spyware/hijack viruses, which is very odd because i don't just click on any link like some people. i'm very selective about what i look at. this didn't happen until i clicked on a few things on facebook, so just beware for those of you who use it. i'm no longer clicking on ANY of those apps that people send you there. it's just too risky.

 

[MA pigletfan]

danielle - how horrible! i hope you report her. and i hope your mom is feeling better.

everyone - i may be MIA again for awhile. my computer CRASHED last night. DH took it with him to work today to see if he could pull everything off my hard drive and reformat it (thank goodness he knows lots about computers!). so i'm dealing with that and will be for the next few days. i'm using his laptop right now. i have lots of sound files and very important documents on there from work so keep your fingers crossed for me! i was in tears last night but now i'm just hoping to salvage something. he did run a virus check on it last night and i had like 6 spyware/hijack viruses, which is very odd because i don't just click on any link like some people. i'm very selective about what i look at. this didn't happen until i clicked on a few things on facebook, so just beware for those of you who use it. i'm no longer clicking on ANY of those apps that people send you there. it's just too risky.

Good luck with the puter problem dawn..that is so frustrating!

Danielle---what the!?????????? I am so sorry that happened to your mom...i am with the others when i say "report the heck out of that "caregiver"!!!!

Hope everyone is having a great day..i did not work out this weekend..BAD PEEP!! but i did do pretty well with the eating so thats good.
AF is visiting but i am really hoping to see some sort of loss this Friday...even .2 will do!

 

[Pakey]

Morning all. I committed peepicide this weekend with the way I ate. My husband went to Pebble Beach to golf for the weekend and that meant I was having to fend for myself (he does all of the cooking). So I ate great stuff like Taco Bell. So back to work today.

Danielle: I'm very sorry to hear your caregiver story. It's a common one but tragic anyway. I think the placement agencies should be required to do random inspections on their employees so that stuff like this does not happen. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that you find a wonderful facility.

Dawn: Computer pixie dust for you.

Gayle: I wish you the best adjusting to the new housemates. I'm not sure I could handle my grandson moving in; I barely survived raising my own.

Snow White: Congrats on the clothes size change. That always feels so good.

Elmo: on the hangover. But I'm jealous that even while intoxicated, you managed to only eat a half of a piece of pizza.

To everyone else, Happy Monday.

 

[pixie dust 112]

Elmo: on the hangover. But I'm jealous that even while intoxicated, you managed to only eat a half of a piece of pizza.

I thought the same thing? Drunk and only ate half a slice. I had to reread, cause mine would have said had a few drinks and 1/2 of an enitre pizza!

 

[HockeyKat]

Morning all. I committed peepicide this weekend with the way I ate. My husband went to Pebble Beach to golf for the weekend and that meant I was having to fend for myself (he does all of the cooking). So I ate great stuff like Taco Bell. So back to work today.

...

Elmo: on the hangover. But I'm jealous that even while intoxicated, you managed to only eat a half of a piece of pizza.

To everyone else, Happy Monday.

So with you on the peepicide. Love the term. I am trying to get back on track today but am having a bit of the, well, I know this coming weekend is shot (friend in town), so why bother...

Also with you and pixie on the half a slice. Yeesh.

 

[MA pigletfan]

So with you on the peepicide. Love the term. I am trying to get back on track today but am having a bit of the, well, I know this coming weekend is shot (friend in town), so why bother...

Also with you and pixie on the half a slice. Yeesh.

i also love that term...Peepicide..its a keeper!
yah i totally understand that " so and so is coming, or i have a party..so why bother"...its tough to overcome that thought process i agree!!

 

[WI_DisneyFan]

I've got a serious case of the winter doldrums, and it is only October. It was too cold after supper to go for a walk, so I went down stairs to use my brother-in-law's elliptical machine that we are storing for him. I stopped after 5 minutes because I was too bored. Then I thought I'd hit my Bowflex machine to get some weight training in. I quit after two sets of the first exercise (bench press) because I was bored with that, too. Hopefully I'm just in a "blah" mood today, otherwise this is going to be an extremely long winter; and I'm a little afraid what is going to happen to my weight if this persists.

 

[katiebug86]

Sorry about your computer Punkin! I hope you get it fixed soon. I got a virus a couple weeks ago trying to watch desperate housewives on the computer. It's fixed now thank god.

I started my diet today! For dinner I ate a ham and cheese omelet. I couldn't think of anything else. Tomorrow I am having blackened chicken salad. YUM!

 

[LMO429]

i also love that term...Peepicide..its a keeper!
yah i totally understand that " so and so is coming, or i have a party..so why bother"...its tough to overcome that thought process i agree!!

This thought process controlled my life for years, I still deal with it here and there but I would say I am conquering it. I just realized one day that this "way" of thinking was sabtoging EVERYTHING and I was not fully enjoying my life because I kept looking to tomorrow for things to be "perfect". I would tell friends I could not go out on a Sat Night because I felt "fat" and then I would tell myself I would start on Monday..For me Monday never came, the party that I was going to look hot for because I dropped weight would come and go, the summer would be here and I would feel uncomfortable in a bathing suit.... when I finally accepted that there are no quick fixes, that I was NOT going to lose 20 pounds in a month but rather just ate healthy and exercised and made it a lifestyle change something I could deal with EVERYDAY for the rest of my life than the weight started to melt off.

instead of saying "ill start when my friends leave after the weekend" why not start today eat good all week, exercise and then YES indulge while your friends are here for the weekend and then Monday get back on track. I find if I am consistent 90% of the time and go off track here and there its ok. I went off the deep end on my honeymoon I got right back on track the second the plane landed and today I weigh only a pound more than my wedding day.

Im glad it's starting to just "click" for me.... Im not saying Im perfect Im just saying once I adjusted my mental attitude about food, social events and not being perfect I started to obtain my goals.

even this weekend I ate drank like a fish, ate wings and for once enjoyed myself while I was out with friends and ate bad foods instead of eating the salad because "i was on a diet!" and then monday I was back in the gym and eating right.

I use to sabotage myself with that same situation I would go out with friends eat bad and then say oh well I might as well start on Nov 1st (new month) and then I would have gained in more weight in the process.

anyway I hope this makes sense didnt drink my coffee yet. good luck everyone you can do it!

 

[DisneyObsession]

Lauren....I totally agree!!! Start now and if you "have a good time with friends", that's ok. Just pick yourself up, dust yourself off and continue on. This is a life journey, NOT a diet! I know I have had a change in how I look at it and that has helped. I try to make the healthiest choices I can and remind myself it didn't take a month to put it on, it won't take a month to take it off!

Dawn...Hope the computer can be fixed! That would be horrible if you lost all your work stuff! I tend to ignore all the apps people send me on Facebook for that reason...I am too afraid of virus' invading my computer! Good Luck!

Off to get on the treadmill for 40 min then do Barry's BootCamp!

 

[HockeyKat]

This thought process controlled my life for years, I still deal with it here and there but I would say I am conquering it. I just realized one day that this "way" of thinking was sabtoging EVERYTHING and I was not fully enjoying my life because I kept looking to tomorrow for things to be "perfect". I would tell friends I could not go out on a Sat Night because I felt "fat" and then I would tell myself I would start on Monday..For me Monday never came, the party that I was going to look hot for because I dropped weight would come and go, the summer would be here and I would feel uncomfortable in a bathing suit.... when I finally accepted that there are no quick fixes, that I was NOT going to lose 20 pounds in a month but rather just ate healthy and exercised and made it a lifestyle change something I could deal with EVERYDAY for the rest of my life than the weight started to melt off.

instead of saying "ill start when my friends leave after the weekend" why not start today eat good all week, exercise and then YES indulge while your friends are here for the weekend and then Monday get back on track. I find if I am consistent 90% of the time and go off track here and there its ok. I went off the deep end on my honeymoon I got right back on track the second the plane landed and today I weigh only a pound more than my wedding day.

Im glad it's starting to just "click" for me.... Im not saying Im perfect Im just saying once I adjusted my mental attitude about food, social events and not being perfect I started to obtain my goals.

even this weekend I ate drank like a fish, ate wings and for once enjoyed myself while I was out with friends and ate bad foods instead of eating the salad because "i was on a diet!" and then monday I was back in the gym and eating right.

I use to sabotage myself with that same situation I would go out with friends eat bad and then say oh well I might as well start on Nov 1st (new month) and then I would have gained in more weight in the process.

anyway I hope this makes sense didnt drink my coffee yet. good luck everyone you can do it!

Lauren (did I spell that right?) I completely agree. And I am trying to get there. It's so hard for me because I have to fight it at home too. I have all of this resolve to do better, to not eat bad today just because I know that in two days I will be indulging a bit. And I do truly believe this. But I have a lot of sabotage to deal with at home on this front (and believe me, I know this isn't right and am working toward changing it)... and I am weak and give in, sometimes because of willpower, sometimes just to make things easier.

Okay, soul-baring for today over.

So far, so good. Yesterday was a good day, and I am going to put forth my best effort to make until Friday be as good for my body as possible. Eating better and exercising really does make me feel better.

 

[UtahMama]

I will do my best to behave over here everyone!

Uh huh!

Hi kids! Late check in here. I don't know why but I am up another 1.4 pounds this week. On Monday I was down 2.1 from last week and I know I did not do anything to cause me to gain 3.5 pounds since Monday! I guess it's time to start writing everything down again. Can we have a recommittment ceremony here?

This place has been hoppin' the last coupl of days, so though I read all the posts, I'm not going to reply to all of them. Just a quick welcome to Katie and Squid. I have to say I think Miss Squid will be livening things up and keeping us on our toes. Is it sad that my goal is to look like squid's bikini picture?

Recommittment (sp?) Ceremony! Yayyyy! You need a dancing banana!

Yes, our FRESH MEAT will keep us laughing, I'm sure!

It was a Party Lite candle party. Everything was really nice. The only thing that I did not like was that some of the scents only came in certain things, example for instance - I wanted Plum and Cognac and it only came in tealights, votives I would have loved a big pilar of that for my bathroom (its gray and black and purple) but I got votives so now I have to try and find some nice thing to put it in. Their containers were a little bit pricey for me.

Oh and I had TWO glasses of wine. I never drink usually and I asked my friend what she was drinking (not a wine expert by no means). It was pink (but I forgot the name) and was so good. My first glass was only half but then I filled it up again (half way again and added ice, I like it real cold). So sorry I did have the wine and some other goddies but no dessert. I was a good girl and stayed away from the brownies and apple crisp everyone was eating (yeah Laura)

They are too spendy for me, but I do love a good candle! For fall, I start doing pumpkiny, cinnamony ones. YUMMM! If ya can't eat it, burn the same smell!

anna (my best friend/fitness trainer) says to pretend like you have an apple under your chin and always keep your face parallel to the ceiling instead of tucking your head inwards and that should keep your neck in the right position. i have scoliosis and so i have to really watch my neck and back when i exercise. so while doing crunches, i put both hands behind my head. i don't use them to life my head at all (that would defeat the purpose) but just use them as a support.

HUH! Good tip!

It also helps your neck / posture if you push your tongue up against the roof of your mouth whilst crunching. I forget the science behind it, but thats what I was taught when doing my aerobic teacher training!! It probably does nothing, and just helps you keep your mind off the pain, but worth a try!!

LOL! I will try that too!

I've got a wake to go to this afternoon. A friend's dad died lat week and they are having a celebration of life today. It's so soon after loosing my MIL, I'm a bit concerned about how well DH is going to do. He's been having pretty severe panic attacks and he's really worried about how he's handling things. He saw one of his Drs on Thurs and I have to call in on Mon and talk about the situation. If is gets much worse, I'm afraid they may want to discuss inpatient care. That thought does nothing for my stress level.

Sorry about the tough time your DH is having. Must have really hit him hard.

Laura, you had the wine and I had cosmopolitans. 2 of them. My oncologist would kill me. But I'm sure if I printed out squid's pic and showed him, he would understand that it was medically necessary.

LOL!!!!!

Thanks for the suggestions everyone, I'll have to try harder on looking up today.

Yesterday we went to Golden Corral, so lunch didn't go so well, then I had an iced hot chocolate from Starbucks. Luckily I counted it up and I actually only had probably a few 100 calories over my limit yesterday, so nothing big.

Free day today, so I can exercise some.
Hope everyone has great day!

Golden Corral is the devil! I can do some damage at a buffet!

OK Lynda & Wendy...my weight is around the same, even though I am shorter than both of you, and could use some friendly competition. What do you say???

It's ON!
I'm sending you both a Meat Lover's pizza tonight for dinner. (feel free to play "dirty"...it'll keep it fun!)

OK, everyone knows I come here to vent, so let me just say, "I picked the wrong week to give up sniffing glue!"

DH and I agreed last week that we are going to do Nutrisystem for 3 months. We both need to lose 20 lbs, but we have many minor bad habits that add up to the weight not coming off. The food is a little expensive, but we decided the control would help us to take off the weight and hit the reset button on how we eat. The food came mid-week, and we agreed that it would be easier to start on Saturday, when we had time to look at what we were doing.

So far, so good, right? I go to bed around 11 Friday night, only to have the phone ring at 11:40. My mother has a live-in caregiver due to multiple health problems. The caregiver calls and tells me to get over there, because she is leaving. No explanation, no nothing. I grab a set of clean clothes, pull on my robe and slippers, grab the morning food from my Nutrisystem carton, and zip over there.

The house was an incredible mess. We could report the caregiver for elder abuse, because the house was a health hazard. Rotten food left on the stove, in the fridge, soiled Depends left on the floor, dirty dishes and half-drunk water bottles everywhere! To top it off, mom got sick to her stomach, either from the stress or food poisoning, so when I wasn't cleaning the other messes, I had to do 8 loads of laundry and bathe my mother repeatedly as well as clean up the cr@p that got everywhere.

Anyways, I have kept to the Nutrisystem. (yay me!) In a way, it's a blessing, because heaven knows what I would be eating if I hadn't already laid out the money for this (donuts and cheeseburgers come to mind). I found an agency to send a certified nursing assistant for this week, and then Mom is going to "test-drive" an assisted living facility. Please all send pixie dust that the facility works out for her.

OK, vent over. Sorry for the TMI, but I just had to have my pity party.

1. Best movie EVER!
2. Good Luck Nutri System girl!

and last but not least...

3. OMGosh! I hope a assisted living situation works for her! I'm speechless about her care giver!

Morning all. I committed peepicide this weekend with the way I ate. My husband went to Pebble Beach to golf for the weekend and that meant I was having to fend for myself (he does all of the cooking). So I ate great stuff like Taco Bell. So back to work today.

PEEPICIDE has stuck!

I've got a serious case of the winter doldrums, and it is only October. It was too cold after supper to go for a walk, so I went down stairs to use my brother-in-law's elliptical machine that we are storing for him. I stopped after 5 minutes because I was too bored. Then I thought I'd hit my Bowflex machine to get some weight training in. I quit after two sets of the first exercise (bench press) because I was bored with that, too. Hopefully I'm just in a "blah" mood today, otherwise this is going to be an extremely long winter; and I'm a little afraid what is going to happen to my weight if this persists.

Put on your leg-warmers and kick it up! (sorry!!!!)

This time of year is SO rough!

This thought process controlled my life for years, I still deal with it here and there but I would say I am conquering it. I just realized one day that this "way" of thinking was sabtoging EVERYTHING and I was not fully enjoying my life because I kept looking to tomorrow for things to be "perfect". I would tell friends I could not go out on a Sat Night because I felt "fat" and then I would tell myself I would start on Monday..For me Monday never came, the party that I was going to look hot for because I dropped weight would come and go, the summer would be here and I would feel uncomfortable in a bathing suit.... when I finally accepted that there are no quick fixes, that I was NOT going to lose 20 pounds in a month but rather just ate healthy and exercised and made it a lifestyle change something I could deal with EVERYDAY for the rest of my life than the weight started to melt off.

instead of saying "ill start when my friends leave after the weekend" why not start today eat good all week, exercise and then YES indulge while your friends are here for the weekend and then Monday get back on track. I find if I am consistent 90% of the time and go off track here and there its ok. I went off the deep end on my honeymoon I got right back on track the second the plane landed and today I weigh only a pound more than my wedding day.

Im glad it's starting to just "click" for me.... Im not saying Im perfect Im just saying once I adjusted my mental attitude about food, social events and not being perfect I started to obtain my goals.

even this weekend I ate drank like a fish, ate wings and for once enjoyed myself while I was out with friends and ate bad foods instead of eating the salad because "i was on a diet!" and then monday I was back in the gym and eating right.

I use to sabotage myself with that same situation I would go out with friends eat bad and then say oh well I might as well start on Nov 1st (new month) and then I would have gained in more weight in the process.

anyway I hope this makes sense didnt drink my coffee yet. good luck everyone you can do it!

You are so wise! I read that twice to let it sink in.


Y'all...
My internet time has been very cut thanks to an agreement with DH. He thinks I'm addicted (probably! Grrrr!!!!) so to keep the peace I have to budget my time much better. I'm not gone-gone by any means. I think when the kids are at school and he's at work is a fair compromise.

Happy Tuesday!

Lynda and Gayle.....IT's ON!

 

[LMO429]

utah mama! I agree I have a computer addiction as well, i log at least 2 hours a day on the web. I find though it curbs my mindless eating if I am typing away on the keys so it's not all bad

 

[MA pigletfan]

utah mama! I agree I have a computer addiction as well, i log at least 2 hours a day on the web. I find though it curbs my mindless eating if I am typing away on the keys so it's not all bad

I agree! ALthough i have been all about perusing wedding magazines as well lately..that can a good time sucker as well !

 

[LMO429]

I agree! ALthough i have been all about perusing wedding magazines as well lately..that can a good time sucker as well !

speaking of wedding, you must get a photobooth for your reception. It was such a huge hit at our wedding and the pictures we have from it are truly priceless. It was such a better idea to spend $$$ on that than a favor no one will ever use

 

[Disneyfreak92]

Oh it's on!
I'll pee as I run, but it's ON!

I pulled up your post as I finally sat down all comfy with a bowl of my crock pot chili...so starting tomorrow



Yes, please give LYNDA the Cheetos. (what?)

Sorry I've been MIA. I've been busy! So the race is on? All right! I would be stretching right now in preparation, but I fell on my ceremic tile floor earlier, and my left knee is killing me!

NO Cheetos!

OK Lynda & Wendy...my weight is around the same, even though I am shorter than both of you, and could use some friendly competition. What do you say???

I'm in!

This is just a quick fly by, as I'd like to put my leg up now. I need it to feel better tomorrow because I plan to spend some time working out tomorrow night.

 

[::Snow_White::]

Sheesh! I've been so busy with school, I haven't been able to do my regular workout for the past 2 days! Still everything is keeping me busy, and keeping my mind off snacking, so I guess that's good.
Hopefully I can get everything done and get back on track soon.

Hope everyone has a great day!

 

[DisneyObsession]

Uh huh!

It's ON!
I'm sending you both a Meat Lover's pizza tonight for dinner. (feel free to play "dirty"...it'll keep it fun!)

Lynda and Gayle.....IT's ON!

Sorry I've been MIA. I've been busy! So the race is on? All right! I would be stretching right now in preparation, but I fell on my ceremic tile floor earlier, and my left knee is killing me!

NO Cheetos!

I'm in!

OK Ladies.....I am stretched, limber and ready to run...ok, I don't run, but I will speed walk to the finish!!!! LET"S GO!!!

Here's something for your enjoyment Lynda.....

And for you Wendy...

ENJOY LADIES!!!!

 

[Sparkie]

snow white Congratulations on the exercise... keep up the good work.

Punkin I read on aol or msn or something about a facebook virus that is prowling around lately. Maybe you can search and find out more info. i dont do facebook or myspace so i dont know all the ins and outs but i remember it said something about asking you to "install" like your stuff had been lost and you needed to start over and when you click on install thats when the virus attaches itself to your harddrive and cause havoc. Hope you can get it fixed.

dwheat how awful about the so called caregiver for your mom. wish i were closer.... i would take care of her for you. I agree that you should report her. Did you hire her from an agency?

widisneyfan I'm with you on the COLD!!!!! I know for your northern peeps it is the norm to be cold in October but it was 29 in my mid-alabama town this morning and I'M FREEZING!!! We usually dont see 29ish until at least mid december. I'm with you on getting motivated to excercise. I think I am going to have to just make a start. It may not be much - maybe 5 or 10 min. at a time but I gotta start somewhere. I do have a gym membership..... and I have a Gazelle not 5 feet from my computer although right now it is serving as a clothes rack ..... so I am thinking, if I move the clothes and just start with a few min here and there then I can build up again and at least it is here in the warm of my house.... wish me luck!

squidy Love the pictures!
katiebug Welcome!
pakey Welcome back!

any remaining peeps and have a good rest of the week

 

[UtahMama]

Sorry I've been MIA. I've been busy! So the race is on? All right! I would be stretching right now in preparation, but I fell on my ceremic tile floor earlier, and my left knee is killing me!

NO Cheetos!



I'm in!

This is just a quick fly by, as I'd like to put my leg up now. I need it to feel better tomorrow because I plan to spend some time working out tomorrow night.

First of all, sorry about your knee! Guess doing cardio is out of the question then? (what???) ...really am sorry, hope it's feeling better!!!

utah mama! I agree I have a computer addiction as well, i log at least 2 hours a day on the web. I find though it curbs my mindless eating if I am typing away on the keys so it's not all bad

I think it borders on addictionif one would rather be on the internet than with one's kids/family/responsibilities. I'm a maybe there.

Sadly, I like to snack (healthy, I swear!) whilst I sit.

I agree! ALthough i have been all about perusing wedding magazines as well lately..that can a good time sucker as well !

Good, because you and Lauren are normalish so I don't feel so bad now.

OK Ladies.....I am stretched, limber and ready to run...ok, I don't run, but I will speed walk to the finish!!!! LET"S GO!!!

Here's something for your enjoyment Lynda.....

And for you Wendy...

ENJOY LADIES!!!!

Ohhhhhh youuuuu suuuuuck!

I love pizza (LOL!)

FYI...I was on the tread mill for 2 hours last night during Biggest Loser (LOVE that show, I need a Jillian!) AND...I weight trained for 45 minutes. This little "friendly" (I mean "dirty") competition may be what the Dr. ordered for me!!!