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

[luvmyboys]

Hi everyone! Wendy invited me over here, because frankly, I can't do this by myself. I've lost 46 lbs in the past 4 yrs, but have 25 more to go and have HIT THE WALL. Stuck at 170. I'm currently on NutriSystem, but would totally be lying if I said I've been sticking to it. It's safe to say I've eaten my weight in Snickers this past 2 weeks.

I need accountability. And possibly a lobotomy. Do they do taste-bud-ectomies? 'Cause that would help tremendously as well!

 

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

I love to bake too, especially this time of year. I send whatever I make in with my husband to work. Can you do something like that? Or maybe try baking some new low cal recipes from Weight Watchers or something.


Hope everyone is doing ok this week! Have a good Hump Day!

I keep telling myself I will take it into work . . . then it just tastes so darn good!!!! Thats my real problem . . . I am too good in the kitchen!!!!!

I know I need to just get over this, but I love the fact it is something DH and I enjoy doing together!! And I know its silly but we are thinking of trying for a baby next year, and I really want to be able to make nice cookies and muffins for the baby!! Thats what started this whole craze off!!

Hi everyone! Wendy invited me over here, because frankly, I can't do this by myself. I've lost 46 lbs in the past 4 yrs, but have 25 more to go and have HIT THE WALL. Stuck at 170. I'm currently on NutriSystem, but would totally be lying if I said I've been sticking to it. It's safe to say I've eaten my weight in Snickers this past 2 weeks.

I need accountability. And possibly a lobotomy. Do they do taste-bud-ectomies? 'Cause that would help tremendously as well!

Welcome!!!!! YES!! It would be good not to be able to taste, wouldn't mind living on salad then!!!

 

[2girlsmom]

Hi, everyone! Wendy also invited me over, though I told her I would likely lurk until after the holidays, I saw enough folks I know already to jump in (Hi, PD! Hi, Danielle!) and then I saw my brand new bff Shannon joining, so I'll hop in the fun too! Having read back, here is my info:
Name: Kristi
kids: 2, Meagan is 10, Catie is 8.
Favorite junk food- chocolate and most everything fried
Favorite healthy food- yogurt, fresh fruit, celery
Favorite park- MK or Epcot
Favorite TS- Narcosee's looks fab, we went to all "kid" buffets, of which my favorite was Donald's Safari breakfast @ AK
Favorite CS- Earl of Sandwich
Favorite resort- toss up between GF, WK, and BC ( I "toured" almost all the resorts while we were there)
Favorite ride- RnR (I know, PD, you HATE that one)

Umm, I need to lose a bunch, I would like to get under 200 as my goal to start, I am @ 235 now, would really like to get to 160 or so too, though I haven't seen THAT weight since high school. I really don't know how much I will be doing between now and Christmas, I am in the musical at our church so have rehearsals straight after work on Tuesday, Wednesday, and then also more on Saturday and Sunday, so I am sorry to say that I should have "frequent eater" miles at McD's. Also, I am ADDICTED to Chai Latte, which is PROBABLY horrid for me, but they are SO GOOD and such an energy boost which is needed with all the running to and from practices.
If we have a to Valentine's Day mini goal, I will go for 10 pounds by then. I also am gonna have to get a scale! For right now, though, I am reducing my dependence on Dt Pepsi, and trying to force myself to drink several glasses of water a day.

 

[2girlsmom]

Welcome!!!!! YES!! It would be good not to be able to taste, wouldn't mind living on salad then!!!

One of my IRL friends has her husband working on a way to make ice cream LOW fat & calories, all the nutritional value of real food, AND still taste like ice cream. If he manages it, I am totally taking out stock in THAT one!

 

[WI_DisneyFan]

There's an old Monty Python sketch where they reviewed Australian Wines. And one of the wines they describe as "This is not a wine for drinking - this is a wine for laying down and avoiding." Well, that's what I've been doing (minus the wine) -- laying down and avoiding weighing myself. I did my usual pre-weigh-in weigh in, and was up 1.8. Work has been rough the past few weeks, I didn't want to deal with my weight on top of that so I skipped it on Friday. I know that I've been doing lousy with my diet, and I hate myself for it. I was up 1.8 last week, and I’m up another 1.2 so far this week. I know that I’ve been snacking a little bit too much, but I thought I was doing pretty decent besides that. I just sort of feel like I’m out of control a little bit with my food intake, and I’m having a hard time reining it back in. It’s not like I’m eating candy and cake with every meal; but I’ll take a little bigger portion of food with supper or mindlessly grab a cookie or something from the pantry when I’m not even hungry. It is the same stupid habits that put me at 240, and I’m falling right back into them. Not cool. But on a little better note, I’m arming myself with lots of different options for exercise for this winter. I dug out my old Tae Bo tapes and even one of my wife's old Sweatin’ to the Oldies tapes. So I’ve got those two, yoga, Walk Away the Pounds, Pilates, and a few Biggest Loser DVD’s at my disposal. Plus I still have my Bowflex and we are storing my brother-in-law's elliptical machine in our basement that he said we can use if we want. So hopefully that’ll get me through the winter.

Here are the results of the 1st week of our Christmas challenge. (I used my 1.8 from Thursday, but it was probably more than that.) Let me know if I missed you...

 

[MA pigletfan]

There's an old Monty Python sketch where they reviewed Australian Wines. And one of the wines they describe as "This is not a wine for drinking - this is a wine for laying down and avoiding." Well, that's what I've been doing (minus the wine) -- laying down and avoiding weighing myself. I did my usual pre-weigh-in weigh in, and was up 1.8. Work has been rough the past few weeks, I didn't want to deal with my weight on top of that so I skipped it on Friday. I know that I've been doing lousy with my diet, and I hate myself for it. I was up 1.8 last week, and I’m up another 1.2 so far this week. I know that I’ve been snacking a little bit too much, but I thought I was doing pretty decent besides that. I just sort of feel like I’m out of control a little bit with my food intake, and I’m having a hard time reining it back in. It’s not like I’m eating candy and cake with every meal; but I’ll take a little bigger portion of food with supper or mindlessly grab a cookie or something from the pantry when I’m not even hungry. It is the same stupid habits that put me at 240, and I’m falling right back into them. Not cool. But on a little better note, I’m arming myself with lots of different options for exercise for this winter. I dug out my old Tae Bo tapes and even one of my wife's old Sweatin’ to the Oldies tapes. So I’ve got those two, yoga, Walk Away the Pounds, Pilates, and a few Biggest Loser DVD’s at my disposal. Plus I still have my Bowflex and we are storing my brother-in-law's elliptical machine in our basement that he said we can use if we want. So hopefully that’ll get me through the winter.

Oh Aaron..i totally know how that happens! I mean i really haven't made a dent in my weight loss and i have been "trying " for 2 years! its so easy to eat mindlessly..i give you major kudos for how far you have come...
these last few weeks i really thought i was doing great, but the scale tells another slow and depressing scale...
You have a great arsenal of exercise tapes it sounds like!! At least you won't get bored!

 

[missnarwhale]

I am not to be trusted!

I need to get on a calorie based diet.

On another note, I got super sick this week. Something called the Norovirus. It's taking over college campuses in/near where I live. You'd think I'd be losing weight because of all the awful things my body is doing to me, but I'm not!

Oh well, we'll see on Friday. Hope everyone is well.

 

[::Snow_White::]

Welcome to all the new people!

Have any of you tried kashi cereal? I had some of the honey toasted oat cereal for breakfast today and it was so good.

 

[LMO429]

WELCOME TO THE NEW PEEPS!!!!!

 

[pixie dust 112]

Hi everyone! Wendy invited me over here, because frankly, I can't do this by myself. I've lost 46 lbs in the past 4 yrs, but have 25 more to go and have HIT THE WALL. Stuck at 170. I'm currently on NutriSystem, but would totally be lying if I said I've been sticking to it. It's safe to say I've eaten my weight in Snickers this past 2 weeks.

I need accountability. And possibly a lobotomy. Do they do taste-bud-ectomies? 'Cause that would help tremendously as well!

Welcome!!!!

 

[pixie dust 112]

Hi, everyone! Wendy also invited me over, though I told her I would likely lurk until after the holidays, I saw enough folks I know already to jump in (Hi, PD! Hi, Danielle!) and then I saw my brand new bff Shannon joining, so I'll hop in the fun too! Having read back, here is my info:
Name: Kristi
kids: 2, Meagan is 10, Catie is 8.
Favorite junk food- chocolate and most everything fried
Favorite healthy food- yogurt, fresh fruit, celery
Favorite park- MK or Epcot
Favorite TS- Narcosee's looks fab, we went to all "kid" buffets, of which my favorite was Donald's Safari breakfast @ AK
Favorite CS- Earl of Sandwich
Favorite resort- toss up between GF, WK, and BC ( I "toured" almost all the resorts while we were there)
Favorite ride- RnR (I know, PD, you HATE that one)

Umm, I need to lose a bunch, I would like to get under 200 as my goal to start, I am @ 235 now, would really like to get to 160 or so too, though I haven't seen THAT weight since high school. I really don't know how much I will be doing between now and Christmas, I am in the musical at our church so have rehearsals straight after work on Tuesday, Wednesday, and then also more on Saturday and Sunday, so I am sorry to say that I should have "frequent eater" miles at McD's. Also, I am ADDICTED to Chai Latte, which is PROBABLY horrid for me, but they are SO GOOD and such an energy boost which is needed with all the running to and from practices.
If we have a to Valentine's Day mini goal, I will go for 10 pounds by then. I also am gonna have to get a scale! For right now, though, I am reducing my dependence on Dt Pepsi, and trying to force myself to drink several glasses of water a day.

Kristi is in the house....watch out guys she has easy access to whipped cream! Welcome Kristi!

 

[pixie dust 112]

Aaron~ Hang in there! Look at what you have accomplished and we'll get back on track together! I have to let you know that you truly inspire me!

Wendy!!!!! Happy peep anniversary! It's this week right? So here's my sad report for our 2 year anniversary....In 2 years I am down 9 pounds! Ummm I thought I would be down about 70 at this point! Of course at one point, after about 6 months, I think I was down about 25 pounds! I suppose if I didn't keep checking in here from time to time I'd probably be up about 25 pounds since 2 years ago! and of course there is the good news that, unlike a few others here, I didn't lose so much weight that I encouraged pregnancy...how many peep babies do we have now?

Anyway onward and downward! WWPD! Hang in there everybody and HAPPY PEEP ANNIVERSARY!

 

[2girlsmom]

Aaron~ Hang in there! Look at what you have accomplished and we'll get back on track together! I have to let you know that you truly inspire me!

Wendy!!!!! Happy peep anniversary! It's this week right? So here's my sad report for our 2 year anniversary....In 2 years I am down 9 pounds! Ummm I thought I would be down about 70 at this point! Of course at one point, after about 6 months, I think I was down about 25 pounds! I suppose if I didn't keep checking in here from time to time I'd probably be up about 25 pounds since 2 years ago! and of course there is the good news that, unlike a few others here, I didn't lose so much weight that I encouraged pregnancy...how many peep babies do we have now?

Anyway onward and downward! WWPD! Hang in there everybody and HAPPY PEEP ANNIVERSARY!

Now, see, PD, pregnancy WAS my #1 weight loss, I weighed less with both girls the day I before I delivered than I had when I got pregnant, so after the birth I was like 40 pounds light. Unfortunately, I was not so good about KEEPING it off!

 

[dwheatl]

How is mom?

Just the opposite for me. I love both brands of coffee, but Dunkin Donuts makes me feel like I'm having a heart attack

Settling in at the assisted living facility. She seems relatively happy. I could just cry and beg EVERYONE, though: Please don't let yourself get so heavy that you can't take care of your own hygiene. The indignity of what she has to go through is heart-breaking. There is so much at stake for all of us. When you are tempted to make excuses, think, "Is this (see above) the life I want for myself?"

Hi everyone! Wendy invited me over here, because frankly, I can't do this by myself. I've lost 46 lbs in the past 4 yrs, but have 25 more to go and have HIT THE WALL. Stuck at 170. I'm currently on NutriSystem, but would totally be lying if I said I've been sticking to it. It's safe to say I've eaten my weight in Snickers this past 2 weeks.

I need accountability. And possibly a lobotomy. Do they do taste-bud-ectomies? 'Cause that would help tremendously as well!

Welcome! I'm on Nutrisystem too. DH and I have a pact to stick to it until Thanksgiving Day, and jump right back on the day after. We have 3 days off planned in December, plus our DL vacation around New Year's, but we've already promised each other to exercise self-control on the trip.
Having a light at the end of the tunnel makes it a little easier to stick with it. Are you eating all of your veggies? There sure are a lot on this diet. Hardly any room for anything else. I do get really hungry late in the afternoon. I have to remember to bring my afternoon snack protein with me to work, otherwise I'm done for.

I know I need to just get over this, but I love the fact it is something DH and I enjoy doing together!! And I know its silly but we are thinking of trying for a baby next year, and I really want to be able to make nice cookies and muffins for the baby!! Thats what started this whole craze off!!

It wouldn't hurt a baby to have healthier recipes too. That's something you can practice now. If you start them out on less sugar and fat, they won't develop those nasty habits so many of us are fighting. Sorry if I'm getting too preachy.

Work has been rough the past few weeks, I didn't want to deal with my weight on top of that so I skipped it on Friday. I know that I've been doing lousy with my diet, and I hate myself for it.

Don't hate yourself! You are great! You just need to remind yourself that you are strong enough to resist stress eating. You've done it before, and you can do it again.

On another note, I got super sick this week. Something called the Norovirus. It's taking over college campuses in/near where I live. You'd think I'd be losing weight because of all the awful things my body is doing to me, but I'm not!

Sorry about the virus.

Welcome to all the new people!
Have any of you tried kashi cereal? I had some of the honey toasted oat cereal for breakfast today and it was so good.

I love Go Lean Crunch! I also like the Good Friends. I eat it with berries.

Wendy!!!!! Happy peep anniversary! It's this week right? So here's my sad report for our 2 year anniversary....In 2 years I am down 9 pounds! Ummm I thought I would be down about 70 at this point! Of course at one point, after about 6 months, I think I was down about 25 pounds! I suppose if I didn't keep checking in here from time to time I'd probably be up about 25 pounds since 2 years ago!

Anyway onward and downward! WWPD! Hang in there everybody and HAPPY PEEP ANNIVERSARY!

I started on Thanksgiving Day 2 years ago, and I am down 3 lbs. in 2 years. I'm with you, though. If I didn't come here, I know I would be up.

I thought I quoted Kristi too. Hi, girlfriend. Good to see you over here. You'll love it here.

 

[LittleBoPeep]

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

name: Jen
how long have you been a peep? just starting, if you'll let me...
what you "do": Sports Broadcasting
kids? 2... DS (14) and DD (7)
favorite junk food: Flipz (chocolate covered pretzels)
favorite healthy food: peas and carrots
tip you'd like to share with everyone: sorry, don't have one handy...

and of course we have to talk about what brings us together in the first place!
favorite disney park: EPCOT
favorite disney ride: Test Track
favorite disney show: Was the Adventurer's Club, but now I guess it's Festival of the Lion King
favorite disney resort: Old Key West or Beach Club
favorite disney TS: Beaches & Cream... but I swear it's not for the ice cream
favorite disney CS: Starlight Ray's Cafe
favorite disney movies: The Incredibles, Mary Poppins and Snow White

Well, I've been going up and down with my weight over the past 3 years, pretty significantly. Currently I'm 190, but 11 months ago I was 145, and I would like to see that number again soon. I have a couple of health issues I'm dealing with which contribute to this, but I haven't been doing much to help the situation either. Support and accountability like you all give here might just be the kick in the rear I need.
I plan to continue on Weight Watchers (which I started a couple of months ago but haven't been consistent) and I have a new Jillian Michaels DVD that I want to put to good use (yep, I'm another fan of the Biggest Loser) since working out at home suits me best with my wacky schedule.
Thanks, and I look forward to getting to know you all!!

 

[dwheatl]

Welcome to the Peeps, Peep!

I love chocolate covered pretzels, too. I almost cried once at DL when all they had were the white chocolate ones. (I think white chocolate is an abomination. Not that I won't eat it if there's no real chocolate around).

 

[DisneyGalUK]

Hi all. I committed the peepicide of all peepicides today. No self respecting peep would even admit this but I learned that a 50 year old breast cancer surviving accountant can eat 100 mini tootsie rolls in one sitting. Yup, I did it. It's very busy at work. My staff and I are working like crazy. I go all day, 12 hours, without moving from my desk. When I got up to leave at the end of the day, I realized all I had eaten were tootsie rolls all day and I pulled my waste can out from under my desk and it was full of wrappers. I was so embarrassed that i grabbed handfuls of those wrappers and put them in my desk drawer because I didn't want the janitors to see it.

Some people hide alcohol bottles, I'm hiding tootsie wrappers.

I can't even believe I confessed this to all of you. Oh the shame, the shame.

Been there Pakey, been there! My peepicide of choice was Mini Creme Eggs - I ate two full bags in one sitting, and I hid all the wrappers from DH and told him I didn't buy any!

How is that? I just bought some over the weekend hoping it would work to satisfy my chocolate cravings. I haven't tried it yet though.

It was surprisingly good! I made it with a little milk and hot water, very nice it was too, it took off the cravings!

Hi everyone! Wendy invited me over here, because frankly, I can't do this by myself. I've lost 46 lbs in the past 4 yrs, but have 25 more to go and have HIT THE WALL. Stuck at 170. I'm currently on NutriSystem, but would totally be lying if I said I've been sticking to it. It's safe to say I've eaten my weight in Snickers this past 2 weeks.

I need accountability. And possibly a lobotomy. Do they do taste-bud-ectomies? 'Cause that would help tremendously as well!

Hi, everyone! Wendy also invited me over, though I told her I would likely lurk until after the holidays, I saw enough folks I know already to jump in (Hi, PD! Hi, Danielle!) and then I saw my brand new bff Shannon joining, so I'll hop in the fun too! Having read back, here is my info:
Name: Kristi
kids: 2, Meagan is 10, Catie is 8.
Favorite junk food- chocolate and most everything fried
Favorite healthy food- yogurt, fresh fruit, celery
Favorite park- MK or Epcot
Favorite TS- Narcosee's looks fab, we went to all "kid" buffets, of which my favorite was Donald's Safari breakfast @ AK
Favorite CS- Earl of Sandwich
Favorite resort- toss up between GF, WK, and BC ( I "toured" almost all the resorts while we were there)
Favorite ride- RnR (I know, PD, you HATE that one)

Umm, I need to lose a bunch, I would like to get under 200 as my goal to start, I am @ 235 now, would really like to get to 160 or so too, though I haven't seen THAT weight since high school. I really don't know how much I will be doing between now and Christmas, I am in the musical at our church so have rehearsals straight after work on Tuesday, Wednesday, and then also more on Saturday and Sunday, so I am sorry to say that I should have "frequent eater" miles at McD's. Also, I am ADDICTED to Chai Latte, which is PROBABLY horrid for me, but they are SO GOOD and such an energy boost which is needed with all the running to and from practices.
If we have a to Valentine's Day mini goal, I will go for 10 pounds by then. I also am gonna have to get a scale! For right now, though, I am reducing my dependence on Dt Pepsi, and trying to force myself to drink several glasses of water a day.

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

name: Jen
how long have you been a peep? just starting, if you'll let me...
what you "do": Sports Broadcasting
kids? 2... DS (14) and DD (7)
favorite junk food: Flipz (chocolate covered pretzels)
favorite healthy food: peas and carrots
tip you'd like to share with everyone: sorry, don't have one handy...

and of course we have to talk about what brings us together in the first place!
favorite disney park: EPCOT
favorite disney ride: Test Track
favorite disney show: Was the Adventurer's Club, but now I guess it's Festival of the Lion King
favorite disney resort: Old Key West or Beach Club
favorite disney TS: Beaches & Cream... but I swear it's not for the ice cream
favorite disney CS: Starlight Ray's Cafe
favorite disney movies: The Incredibles, Mary Poppins and Snow White

Well, I've been going up and down with my weight over the past 3 years, pretty significantly. Currently I'm 190, but 11 months ago I was 145, and I would like to see that number again soon. I have a couple of health issues I'm dealing with which contribute to this, but I haven't been doing much to help the situation either. Support and accountability like you all give here might just be the kick in the rear I need.
I plan to continue on Weight Watchers (which I started a couple of months ago but haven't been consistent) and I have a new Jillian Michaels DVD that I want to put to good use (yep, I'm another fan of the Biggest Loser) since working out at home suits me best with my wacky schedule.
Thanks, and I look forward to getting to know you all!!

to all the new Peeps!

 

[3DisneyKids]

HI PEEPS!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


You CAN do this. Yes YOU. Really.

 

[pixie dust 112]

Welcome LittleBoPeep! With your screen name it is madatory that you join the peeps!

 

[missnarwhale]

I'm feeling much better today. I even feel like I could go out and run some errands. I'm not sure if that is allowed though, as my school gave me a list of dos and don'ts in order to keep the virus contained! I feel like I'm in a movie, and should be working in my homemade lab to find a cure.

Anyway. I did pretty awful yesterday. I was just trying to keep anything down. Sorry if that's tmi! I know I don't post very often, but I always use the advice that I see here. I really don't exercise. I guess no really is needed in that sentence. I don't exercise. I'm so busy, that when I have a moment, I just rest, or sleep! How do you guys get up and out there when you are tired!?

Anyway, I'm always inspired by everyone's self-motivation. I'm going to pull out my chub book today and start writing everything down! My chub book is a little notebook I bought when I first started weight watchers. I went to Family Fare to buy one small enough to fit in my purse. So I picked one out and went home. When my boyfriend got home I showed him my notebook and the first thing he said was, "You picked out a notebook for your diet called THE CHUB?" I had no idea that it was called that until he noticed it! But it says it right on the cover. So that's my chub.

On other things, I really have been doing well on my new rules! I've only had 1 beer since then! The only time I ate after 9:30 was yesterday when I was sick!

Does anyone have any good movie recommendations? I'm so bored being sick! Hope everyone is well and happy!