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

[MA pigletfan]

WELCOME to all the new Peeps...so exciting to meet all of you!!

Ok so i am a horrible no good very bad peeper! I still have not worked out..last night i cooked ( a healthy dinner mind you !) and then i was so beat after eating i decided to put an update in my TR instead of working out...silly decision..BUT i did not snack so that was good.
I have a ton of errands to run tonight and things to prep/clean ( i am having the ladies from my bridal party over tommorow ...so i am hoping i can still get a little work out in..maybe hit the gym and walk the treadmill for a while..just SOMETHING!
WI day might be uneventful or even a + for me this week..but at least i will knwo why!

have a great day everyone!!

 

[HockeyKat]

Hi E!

I agree with everything she posted.


This journey is SO hard. And I am the queen of self-sabatoging. Mine is usually salty junk food, like, say, a BAG of ripple chips. Sweets I can take or leave.


Anyhow, I need to post more. I am finally back on the wagon I think, but wobbly.

 

[2girlsmom]

I'm right there with ya. I can be good all day at work and eat healthy for dinner too (mostly), but the real danger time is in the evenings when I finally get home and have an hour or two before bed to surf online or read or watch tv, then I get a SNACK ATTACK and start hunting for food. I admit, I was bad, last night I ate a package of Little Debbie snack cakes during it (just one pack, though, not the box, so I suppose that is good), and then had to talk myself out of eating ice cream too... which I DID manage. I really need to buy something like lowfat fudge bars or something like that, so I can get my snack in without it being horrible. Also, gotta remember to pick up BAKED tortilla chips, so when I am wanting a "salty" snack, I can eat a handful of chips with salsa and not have it be terrible either.

 

[DisneyObsession]

Anyone watch the Biggest Loser?!

So glad that Beeeee....ootch Vicki got what she deserved and her husband got the BIG BOOT OFF!!!! Can't wait till she gets kick off the show and gains all her weight back

ohhhh was that mean????....trust me she deserves it

OMG! I thought I was the only one who thought that!!!! Even though she got what she deserved, I feel sorry for the girl who voted him off. Vicky isn"t going to take that lying down!

 

[LMO429]

OMG! I thought I was the only one who thought that!!!! Even though she got what she deserved, I feel sorry for the girl who voted him off. Vicky isn"t going to take that lying down!

I'm sure she is going to give amy c hell! but its makes for interesting tv..that is for sure!

 

[MA pigletfan]

I'm sure she is going to give amy c hell! but its makes for interesting tv..that is for sure!

i meant to tell you earlier that i WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree with your assessment for Vicki..she has a MEAN spirit that one!!

 

[missnarwhale]

I actually caught biggest loser this week!

I fear for Amy C!! Vicky and Heba are going to be so awful to her!

I'm afraid to watch!

 

[UtahMama]

Anyone watch the Biggest Loser?!

So glad that Beeeee....ootch Vicki got what she deserved and her husband got the BIG BOOT OFF!!!! Can't wait till she gets kick off the show and gains all her weight back

ohhhh was that mean????....trust me she deserves it

I HATE, hate, haaaaate that VICKIE! She and her friend "Hepba" are stuck in High School b!tchie mode. Phil did not deserve that treatment at all! I totally loved Phil and his wife. How totally cute and sweet they are!

Hopefully karma will kick the mean-kids in the bummocks!!!!

 

[UtahMama]

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.

OKAY...drop and give us 20!!!
JUST KIDDING!!! I want to be Jillian when I grow up. Or at least have her abs!

I laughed to myself about you caring about the janitors seeing the damage! Love ya Faith!!!!

Faith -
I've been there. I've spread candy wrappers to different cans around the school, and stuffed some in my pocket so they wouldn't be obvious. I've also told myself it's a relatively harmless vice, since it doesn't hurt others. Then I go see my mom and realize the harm overeating can do. Oh well, at least we can always work off the extra cals, right?

Cheating takes on a whole new world when we see how long it takes to burn off those stinkin' calories on the tread mill. I'm amazed!!!

 

[UtahMama]

Hey, look at the bright side...at least they were mini tootsie rolls! Imagine the damage if they were larger!

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


You better find some charities that are holding bake sales and offer to donate!

As for me, after doing great the last 2 weeks, AUnt Flo has come to visit and I am truly makingher feel welcome with the naughty snacks! I think she will be leaving very soonish, so hopefully I can do some damage control today and tomorrow and Friday won't be a total catastrophy. On a good note, I went to The Cheesecake Factory yesterday for lunch and had soup and salad! No dessert! Who knew I had it in me?

AUNT FLOOOOO! I love her and don't miss her ONE BIT!

I can not believe you went to the Cheesecake factory and had salad! I am submitting your name for sainthood!!!!

 

[UtahMama]

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!

Yay! Hi sweetness! Glad you FINALLY came!

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.

Welcome Kristi, dah-ling!

Course you and Shannon picked the WORST possible time of year to do this, but think of the less holiday damage you'll likely do.

Join the goal/challenge if you want! It really does help, I think!

Let me know if you want to join the Facebook club too. It's SLOW right now but has potential to take off and be fun/helpful.

I'm honestly thrilled to see you both!

Kristi- I don't know if you knew this or not, or if it'll even help you at all, but, back this last April I weaned myself off the hooch (Diet Pepsi) and dropped 19 and 1/2 pounds in ONE month!!!! I drank water, green tea, and Crystal Lite. The green tea had enough caffeine in it to help with the headaches. I did drink a can or 2 of hooch in the mornings (at first) to stop the killer headaches.



Again, warm welcomes to you both and sorry I'm so late to say that! Love you both!!!

 

[2girlsmom]

AUNT FLOOOOO! I love her and don't miss her ONE BIT!

I can not believe you went to the Cheesecake factory and had salad! I am submitting your name for sainthood!!!!

Yes, I personally thought that was pretty amazing.. and NO DESSERT too... that is HUGE! Way to go, PD!

So far I am being pretty good today, had 20oz water and a chex bar for breakfast (only 140 calories, and they are CHOCOLATE), then had a bottle of Dt Pepsi and a Healthy Choice steamer meal for lunch (310 calories, but 30 grams of protein). Have you tried the Asian ones? I remember reading someone talking about chinese, this is my version. Today's was 5 spice beef, which was good, almost as good as the spice sweet orange chicken and the general tso's chicken. (the orange is better than the general's, I think). They are fairly high in sodium, but not bad for a meal, caloric intake or fats-wise. SO FAR that is all I have had, I am REALLY trying to be good, and I brought some Stride gum to chew, since that seems to help me avoid the candy bowls and that.

 

[pixie dust 112]

Yes, I personally thought that was pretty amazing.. and NO DESSERT too... that is HUGE! Way to go, PD!

So far I am being pretty good today, had 20oz water and a chex bar for breakfast (only 140 calories, and they are CHOCOLATE), then had a bottle of Dt Pepsi and a Healthy Choice steamer meal for lunch (310 calories, but 30 grams of protein). Have you tried the Asian ones? I remember reading someone talking about chinese, this is my version. Today's was 5 spice beef, which was good, almost as good as the spice sweet orange chicken and the general tso's chicken. (the orange is better than the general's, I think). They are fairly high in sodium, but not bad for a meal, caloric intake or fats-wise. SO FAR that is all I have had, I am REALLY trying to be good, and I brought some Stride gum to chew, since that seems to help me avoid the candy bowls and that.

I love those healthy choice meals. I think I better stock up on them this weekend!

 

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

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.

What lovely words of inspiration

I didn't know there was another thread! All your tips are really good! I especially like the idea of an exercise challenge, I generally keep up with my exercise even when my diet goes to the pooper . . . it would make me feel I was achieving something at least!

Another bad baking day . . . Have decided to start afresh next week - this week is so a write off!!!!!!!! Sometimes you gotta just stop stressing and accept your body needs banana bread!!!!!!

 

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

I'm right there with ya. I can be good all day at work and eat healthy for dinner too (mostly), but the real danger time is in the evenings when I finally get home and have an hour or two before bed to surf online or read or watch tv, then I get a SNACK ATTACK and start hunting for food. I.

SNAP!! At work I take real pride in never touching the biscuit tin, and just eating all the healthy food I take in with me. But I get home from work at 4.30, and we don't eat (usually healthy) dinner until about 7.30 (by the time I've exercised and walked the dogs) and those three hours are my real danger. I always have some fruit when I get home, but if I'm going to "break" it will be then - I just don't know what to do to get over it. We could have dinner earlier, but then I would just be hungry later on. Its very hard.

 

[2girlsmom]

Yay! Hi sweetness! Glad you FINALLY came!


Welcome Kristi, dah-ling!

Course you and Shannon picked the WORST possible time of year to do this, but think of the less holiday damage you'll likely do

Join the goal/challenge if you want! It really does help, I think!

Let me know if you want to join the facebook club too. It's SLOW right now but has potential to take off and be fun/helpful.

I'm honestly thrilled to see you both!

Kristi- I don't know if you knew this or not, or if it'll even help you at all, but, back this last April I weened myself off the hooch (diet pepsi) and dropped 19 and 1/2 pounds in ONE month!!!! I drank water, green tea, and Crystal Lite. The green tea had enough caffeine in it to help with the headaches. I did drink a can or 2 of hooch in the mornings (at first) to stop the killer headaches.



Again, warm welcomes to you both and sorry I'm so late to say that! Love you both!!!

Thanks, Wendy. It does help. I actually did completely quit all caffeine cold turkey over July 4 weekend 2 years ago and stayed off it for 6 months or so, but ya know, every so often I just really wanted it, so then I took it back. I am limiting myself to one bottle per day, no more, and more importantly for me, making myself not just nurse that one bottle into being all my liquids of the day and drinking water 2-3 20 oz glasses per day for now. I generally don't drink anywhere NEAR enough liquids anyway, I was drinking maybe 1 1/2 bottles of dt pepsi, and maybe a mug of tea, and that was ALL for the day. So I am thinking that actually getting used to being hydrated will be a big change all by itself.

 

[2girlsmom]

I love those healthy choice meals. I think I better stock up on them this weekend!

I get them at our little store, cause Healthy Choice is a ConAgra product (so I can't eat Weight Watchers, etc here, ONLY Healthy Choice, Budget, or Marie Callendars for frozen dinners.). PD, they have new ones just coming out that are shelf stable instead of frozen, I have had the ziti with meat sauce and the southwestern chicken and rice, both were very good.

 

[2girlsmom]

SNAP!! At work I take real pride in never touching the biscuit tin, and just eating all the healthy food I take in with me. But I get home from work at 4.30, and we don't eat (usually healthy) dinner until about 7.30 (by the time I've exercised and walked the dogs) and those three hours are my real danger. I always have some fruit when I get home, but if I'm going to "break" it will be then - I just don't know what to do to get over it. We could have dinner earlier, but then I would just be hungry later on. Its very hard.

It IS hard, you're just a little hungry, and also you just WANT to eat a little something, unfortunately usually NOT a little good for you something, at least in my case.

 

[UtahMama]

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!!

An official PEEP!
OF COURSE we'll let you!

Did you say you are in Sports Broadcasting??? As in sports? You'll have to teach me all about sports as I am about as inept as you can get in that category. I seriously ONLY watch for the male butts and the commercials.

I love Biggest Loser too! Yayyy!

WELCOME!!!!!

 

[pixie dust 112]

I get them at our little store, cause Healthy Choice is a ConAgra product (so I can't eat Weight Watchers, etc here, ONLY Healthy Choice, Budget, or Marie Callendars for frozen dinners.). PD, they have new ones just coming out that are shelf stable instead of frozen, I have had the ziti with meat sauce and the southwestern chicken and rice, both were very good.

Wow that is great, because I would really like to bring them to work with me, but I don't have a freezer at work, just a fridge!