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

[punkin413]

Thanks to all for the good wishes on DDs surgery. She is devastated that she is going to miss indoor track, but she will survive. SHe is looking forward to starting physical therapy.

i've been MIA and didn't know about it. glad she's okay though!

Does anyone know how I can stop my neck from tightening up while doing crunches?
When I go down I tend to try and lift my head up instead of falling straight into the ground and it really makes my neck hurt sometimes.

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.

danielle - glad to hear the news about your heart. that's great!

 

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

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.

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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!!

 

[DisneyLaura]

So I got some fabulous news today. Work has been very stressful, and I have been having chest pains, so bad they make me break out in a sweat. So how is this good news? The dr. sent me for a treadmill test EKG, and the nurse and technician were blown away by what good shape my heart was in. They kept cranking the treadmill, and it took ten minutes to get my heart rate way up (95% of maximum). Then they had me lie down, and it slowed to normal almost immediately. That, and my blood pressure was so low, they asked me if I felt dizzy. So, long story short, the chest pains are probably indigestion made worse by stress, but they are not cardiac related. And even though my weight is not where I want it to be, my regular exercise routine of exercise bike, elliptical, and chasing kindergartners around is keeping me healthy. Yay.

Sorry this I quoted but it didn't work for some reason. Glad your heart is ok

 

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Go MHL! Do you watch "Pushing Daisies?" Maybe you should put some "happy drugs" in your pies.

Y'know, that's funny since I work in a pharmacy. My boss said I should think about opening my own pie shop, he actually said he likes the name "Pie Hole" from the show............ I have a lot of fun baking but I'm not sure I'm ready to do it full time or have the ability to do it well enough. Just thinking about everything I'd need to get started is I won again; second year running. Of coarse, it also means that I get lots of requests for staff pitch-ins.

Danielle~ Great news on the heart exam!!!

Caroline~ Where are you in IN? Did you make it to the Labor Day DIS meet? I was there but didn't get everyone's screen names.

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.

 

[Pakey]

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.

Danielle, so glad your heart is healthy.

Pooh's-Honey-Pot (sorry I do not know your name yet as you joined here while I was AWOL-it says Abigail on the purse but I don't want to assume), I love that purse. I'm a purse freak myself. I have so many Coach purses that I actually get cards from them now. My husband would never have decent enough taste to pick something so nice for me.

I finally downloaded my Paris/Disneyland Paris pics. I'll post a few here soon. Disneyland Paris is just so beautiful. There are so many pics-I must have done nothing else while on vacation except point and click. I'll be scrapbooking that trip for a year.

Since I blew the diet so badly last night, I'm going to try really hard to be good this weekend. My husband went to Pebble Beach to golf for the weekend so that helps as he can't tempt me.

 

[::Snow_White::]

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!

 

[DisneyGalUK]

Danielle - Great news from the doctor!

Snow_white - Iced hot chocolate sounds so nice!

Hope everyone is having a great and skinny day!

 

[LMO429]

Last night we went bowling, I drank waaaaayyy to much...at 3:30 in the morning I ate 3/4 a slice of pizza and cheese fries YUM!!!! I know so Bad!!! but they were so good!!!!!

once I get rid of this hangover I'm going to attempt to work it off

 

[DisneyObsession]

OK, I'm in a bit of a time pinch. I gained 1.4 this week. It's better than it was earlier in the week, but it's obvious I won't hit my Halloween challenge even if I lose a bit this week. I'm at 197.8 right now, and I wanted to be at 190. Not gonna happen. I'd REALLY like to be at 195 though. If not by Halloween, shortly there after. I'll see what I can do. Maybe I can hit 190 by the end of the year and then kick it into gear to hit my tentative final goal of about 160-170 by May when we go to WDW.

MUCH better than a couple days ago, Lynda! I think we weigh about the same. Maybe a little friendly competition is in order?

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 will do my best to behave over here everyone!

Please don't. That would be no fun at all!!!

My DD, SIL and GS moved in with us yesterday, so the dynamics of my house have drastically changed. Having a 2 1/2 yo in the house is such a blessing, but so much work at the same time! It's nice waking up and hearing his little voice.

I've had a migraine today and am finally feeling a little better. It's not totally gone, but much better than it was. I even put split pea soup on the stove for dinner. YUM!!! DH will be pleasantly surprised, as it is his favorite.

 

[dwheatl]

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 death and especially about your husband's health. Sending pixie dust your way.

My DD, SIL and GS moved in with us yesterday, so the dynamics of my house have drastically changed. Having a 2 1/2 yo in the house is such a blessing, but so much work at the same time! It's nice waking up and hearing his little voice.

I've had a migraine today and am finally feeling a little better. It's not totally gone, but much better than it was.

Sorry about the migraine, but lovely about having your family there. Hope the change in living arrangements doesn't throw you off-balance in the food dept.

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.

 

[mommaU4]

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.

OMG, what the heck??? Can you report her somehow? That's just horrible. I'm so sorry. You're poor mom. I'm glad you were able to get to her right away before things got worse. I hope she feels better soon. And I hope you are able to work out a new better situation for her.

Good job of staying on track with the food though.

 

[::Snow_White::]

dwheatl-I'm so sorry, sounds like a rough night. That's horrible.

DisneygalUK-It was very good, I highly reccomend it.

I tried doing sit ups again and made sure I kept my face towards the ceiling, and it worked! I went shopping Saturday and I officially can fit into a size smaller since the last time I bought clothes! :

 

[dwheatl]

I tried doing sit ups again and made sure I kept my face towards the ceiling, and it worked! I went shopping Saturday and I officially can fit into a size smaller since the last time I bought clothes! :

Good job on the crunches, ad I saw that you have gone down 6 sizes! Go you!

 

[DisneyLaura]

My DD, SIL and GS moved in with us yesterday, so the dynamics of my house have drastically changed. Having a 2 1/2 yo in the house is such a blessing, but so much work at the same time! It's nice waking up and hearing his little voice.

Good news about the extras at your home. I understand totally about a 2 1/2year old. My DD will be 3 Nov 22nd and she's a lot of work as well. Hope you feel better with your migraine.

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.

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

OMG is right. I totally would report her. Obviously she wasn't doing what she was supposed to be doing for your mom, blessing in disguise I guess I would call it. Hope things get better

 

[pixie dust 112]

Sorry about the death and especially about your husband's health. Sending pixie dust your way.



Sorry about the migraine, but lovely about having your family there. Hope the change in living arrangements doesn't throw you off-balance in the food dept.

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.

Oh Danielle, that is just horrible. Definitely report that "caregiver", before she does this with omeone else. Good for you keeping to the Nutrisystem! I would have put the food in the freezer and gotten those doughnuts and burgers.....and a great big latte too! to you and mom!

 

[pixie dust 112]

dwheatl-I'm so sorry, sounds like a rough night. That's horrible.

DisneygalUK-It was very good, I highly reccomend it.

I tried doing sit ups again and made sure I kept my face towards the ceiling, and it worked! I went shopping Saturday and I officially can fit into a size smaller since the last time I bought clothes! :

 

[teruterubouzu]

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.

That isn't any pity party. What an awful situation. Do report that caregiver. That person should not be in that job. I hope the CNA and then the facility works out well for your mom.

 

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Danielle~ Thanks for the well wishes regarding DH. He handled things really well, migraine and all. It was touch and go for a bit as there were so many people in the house but 90% of them left around 5 and we were able to stay and have a really nice chat with all of our friends that were there.

I'm sorry to hear about your mom's care giver. I agree, she should be reported to her employer or the state so she doesn't do this again. It's a hard job but totally unconscionable to allow a person if failing health to live in squallor. I hope everything works out with assisted living, I know it will help you not worry so much.

Gayle~ My DSis and her kids are living with my parents while my BIL is in Iraq. I have heard about how hard the adjustment is when you're used to having the house to yourself. My mom lies to say "This too shall pass."

Snow white~ WTG on the new sizes. It feels so good to be able to get into more form fitting and attractive clothes and know they look good on you.

 

[::Snow_White::]

Thanks everyone.
Back to school today, so unfortunately I'll be sitting down most of the time.
Have a great day!

 

[DisneyObsession]

dwheatl...I am with everyone else...that "caregiver" should be reported! It makes me sick to knoe someone would treat another person that way. I don't get it. Hope the new facility works out.

Snow_White...Congrats on the smaller size! Sounds like you are working very hard! Keep it up.

I have a long day ahead...working 10am - 11:30PM today. I'm already beat! Please send pixie dust to get me through the day. Thanks!