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

[MA pigletfan]

good morning peepers...
well i will be off in a few to NH but i weighed in this morning as i said i would and i am DOWN 3.6!!! yay! i know that it won't be this good every week..but i am happy the first week on WW went so smoothly...i def. need to get more activity in for next week though!
Have a good one..i will be checkin in with you guys Saturday..so do exciting things!

 

[2girlsmom]

I am making turkey chili in the crock pot, and think this would go nicely with it. (I won't mention the butter I want to slather on it)

Just need that I Can't Believe It's Not Butter spray, then you get the "butter" taste, but no calories!

 

[Sparkie]

Just popping in quickly to say I'm not weighing in this week. Unfortunately, I'm back in California, as my dad passed away this past Saturday. We were a little shocked, as he just got home from the rehabilitation center a few days before and seemed to be doing fine.

Not sure when I'll be getting back home, but I'll try to pop back in when I can. The good thing is I haven't been eating a lot, but when I have, I've been craving good healthy things. My body's telling me just what it needs to get by, so I'm listening.

Thanks for all of the past remarks about my dad... I appreciate it.

I'm so sorry.

So im still here, still fighting the darn stomach flu! And, my heat went off again this morning, so Im cold again. It may be fixed by Monday!

Everyone -

I'm sitting without heat as well. Fortunately though the lows are in the 40's and highs in 50 - 60 range so its cool but I'm not freezing by comparison. But being from the south, I much prefer lows in the 70's and highs in the 80 - 90 range. HURRY UP SUMMER!


DD is moving right along. She is 35 weeks now. Feeling pregnant and miserable. She gained 9 pounds this past 2 weeks and her hands and feet are a little swollen - nobody would notice but me because she still looks skinny- her blood pressure is creeping up - not bad- 123/88 but her baseline was 90/50. The doctor told her to rest, rest, rest..... we just laughed cause I dont know how much more she can rest.... she doesnt officially get up until noon and is in the bed loungeing the rest of the time.... He also said for her to watch her salt intake and drink water. Her delivery is scheduled for Feb 3rd unless the baby decides to come sooner. So not much longer and the real fun begins.

You guys will laugh at this..... while sitting in the doctor's office the other day she looks at me and says.... "you know, I've never changed a diaper before. I dont know how. I've never fed a baby before either." I said yes, remember, you said you didnt like kids. you never babysat, never played with dolls, she had barbies but only cut their hair and hit people with them. She told me that she babysat a few times. Clarification: she spent the night at a friend of mines house with her 3 kids age 12, 8, and 4. She didnt get there until 10pm. the kids were fed, bathed and 2 of them were already in the bed. So she just was there to sleep on the couch and make sure nobody killed eachother- LOL! She then said, "you are going to help me aren't you?" I told her I thought she would do fine and she would figure out what to do just like everybody else does but if it looked like she was going to kill the baby I would come rescue her- the baby not DD.

OH, BOY! what fun this is going to be.

 

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

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You guys will laugh at this..... while sitting in the doctor's office the other day she looks at me and says.... "you know, I've never changed a diaper before. I dont know how. I've never fed a baby before either." I said yes, remember, you said you didnt like kids. you never babysat, never played with dolls, she had barbies but only cut their hair and hit people with them. She told me that she babysat a few times. Clarification: she spent the night at a friend of mines house with her 3 kids age 12, 8, and 4. She didnt get there until 10pm. the kids were fed, bathed and 2 of them were already in the bed. So she just was there to sleep on the couch and make sure nobody killed eachother- LOL! She then said, "you are going to help me aren't you?" I told her I thought she would do fine and she would figure out what to do just like everybody else does but if it looked like she was going to kill the baby I would come rescue her- the baby not DD.

OH, BOY! what fun this is going to be.

Oh lordy she sounds just like me!! We keep talking about maybe trying for a baby, but neigher of us has so much as seen a diaper or fed a baby!!! Every year we put it off and spend the money on being big kids at Disney instead!! Selfish?! US?!!!

HERE IS THE CORN BREAD RECIPE..sooooo good..albeit i like my cb a bit sweeter than this one was, but i suppose you could add some honey or sweetner to it if you like..but it was MOIST and the servings were huge, i thought..for only 3 pts..it was a HIT!

1 cup(s) uncooked cornmeal, yellow
1 cup(s) all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp table salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
14 3/4 oz cream-style corn, canned
1/2 cup(s) buttermilk
2 large egg white(s)
2 tsp corn oil
* ENJOY!!!

Does anyone know what we call cream-style corn in the UK?! I so want to make this recipe but that ones got me stumped!!!!!

 

[DisneyGalUK]

I'm sitting without heat as well. Fortunately though the lows are in the 40's and highs in 50 - 60 range so its cool but I'm not freezing by comparison. But being from the south, I much prefer lows in the 70's and highs in the 80 - 90 range. HURRY UP SUMMER!

I am so ready for the summer, or at least a couple of days warm spell!


DD is moving right along. She is 35 weeks now. Feeling pregnant and miserable. She gained 9 pounds this past 2 weeks and her hands and feet are a little swollen - nobody would notice but me because she still looks skinny- her blood pressure is creeping up - not bad- 123/88 but her baseline was 90/50. The doctor told her to rest, rest, rest..... we just laughed cause I dont know how much more she can rest.... she doesnt officially get up until noon and is in the bed loungeing the rest of the time.... He also said for her to watch her salt intake and drink water. Her delivery is scheduled for Feb 3rd unless the baby decides to come sooner. So not much longer and the real fun begins.

You guys will laugh at this..... while sitting in the doctor's office the other day she looks at me and says.... "you know, I've never changed a diaper before. I dont know how. I've never fed a baby before either." I said yes, remember, you said you didnt like kids. you never babysat, never played with dolls, she had barbies but only cut their hair and hit people with them. She told me that she babysat a few times. Clarification: she spent the night at a friend of mines house with her 3 kids age 12, 8, and 4. She didnt get there until 10pm. the kids were fed, bathed and 2 of them were already in the bed. So she just was there to sleep on the couch and make sure nobody killed eachother- LOL! She then said, "you are going to help me aren't you?" I told her I thought she would do fine and she would figure out what to do just like everybody else does but if it looked like she was going to kill the baby I would come rescue her- the baby not DD.

OH, BOY! what fun this is going to be.

She sounds like me! She'll do absolutely fine. My brother and his girlfriend had my niece in September, and neither of them had been around children, changed a diaper, babysat - anything like that, but they just 'knew' what to do! Its very strange how you just know!

Oh lordy she sounds just like me!! We keep talking about maybe trying for a baby, but neigher of us has so much as seen a diaper or fed a baby!!! Every year we put it off and spend the money on being big kids at Disney instead!! Selfish?! US?!!!

Yep. Me and DH have had the conversation, but it always comes down to 'Well lets visit here first, and I want to go here!' We'll be 60 before we've visited everywhere we want to!

Does anyone know what we call cream-style corn in the UK?! I so want to make this recipe but that ones got me stumped!!!!!

Im laughing because I was going to ask the EXACT same question! I have no clue what it could be!

 

[Sparkie]

i dont know what you would call it but cream style corn is kinda like

whole kernnel corn that has been in the food processer and then its kinda in a sauce with butter, cornstarch, water to thicken it.

Maybe you can goolge: Green Giant cream style sweet corn


OK.... I just googled the Green Giant website and looked at the UK products. They only have sweet nibblet corn.

I'm going to branch out and try some cooking advice....

take the canned sweet nibblet corn, drain the water. put in a food processer for a coarsely chopped corn. in a skillet melt butter and put the corn in the butter. stir and add a mixture of cornstarch and water to thicken, cook on low heat until thickens. Where I come from this is called "fried corn".

 

[HockeyKat]

THanks for the welcome backs from a few pages ago...

My week has somehow gotten away from me. But, in a good way.

I finally faced the scale and I am taking this morning as my starting point.

And, today, I managed to make it to the gym. So that is good, too.


Here is my chili recipe:

1 large can petite diced tomatoes
1 large can tomato sauce
1 wee can tomato paste
2 cans black beans
1/2 lb 93/7 ground beef (Vegetarians could substitute a can of some kind of beans here)
2 chopped onions
1 chopped green bell pepper
1 can green chilis
1 jar jalapenos (can skip if you want)
1 Shelby's chili mix kit, only using 1 tbsp of the masa flour. If you want mild chili, omit their red pepper packet. Ignore their recipe.
1 tsp sugar
Red pepper, black pepper, to taste

Dump it all in a crock pot and cook on low for 8 hours or so. Could also simmer in a big pot for a few hours, I suppose. Makes about 20 cups, estimating about 2300 cals for the whole recipe, 115 cals per cup, 7 or so g of protein.

 

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

i dont know what you would call it but cream style corn is kinda like

whole kernnel corn that has been in the food processer and then its kinda in a sauce with butter, cornstarch, water to thicken it.

Maybe you can goolge: Green Giant cream style sweet corn


OK.... I just googled the Green Giant website and looked at the UK products. They only have sweet nibblet corn.

I'm going to branch out and try some cooking advice....

take the canned sweet nibblet corn, drain the water. put in a food processer for a coarsely chopped corn. in a skillet melt butter and put the corn in the butter. stir and add a mixture of cornstarch and water to thicken, cook on low heat until thickens. Where I come from this is called "fried corn".

Thank you so much!!! We get to book our ADR's in a couple of weeks so we are going to have an "America" night to celebrate! I'm going to do potroast or meatloaf, S'mores, and now cornbread!! YEY!!

 

[Disneyfreak92]

Well, my quotes might be out of order here, and I haven't read all the way back to my last entry, but I'm posting because I want to catch up with you all!

Utah Mama love the pictures on facebook!!!!

So far so good I did good for 5 days so far! and I feel a million times better! ugh I don't know why I got in a rut in the first place. I think my biggest problem alot of the time is boredom....I think a month after the wedding and because I didnt have as many classes this semester I got bored and replaced my boredom with food....Trying to focus on why I over eat and get more into the mental aspect of my eating patterns...so I'm doing some soul searching

I am right there with you! I am getting back on track following the holidays, my birthday, and our DL trip, and I feel like I'm in a funk. I'm pushing through, exercising and tracking what I eat. Once I'm back in the habit, I think that will help my attitude. I think it's already happening, but I'm also trying to figure out why I have the attitude problem in the first place. What is causing it? I gained a few pounds back, but that always makes me so nervous, and I sometimes feel like I'm on the brink of losing all my progress. I'm not going to let that happen, but the thought gets into my head sometimes. I'm forcing it out and trudging along right now!

Hey Peeps,

Another long absence since my last post. Hope all of you are doing well! Anything juicy and exciting happen?

I've gained some weight over the holidays - shocker, but I'm back on track and really gearing up for some serious weight loss for my trip to Ireland in June. I don't want to be the fatty on the tour.

Work is still going well. Hoping I'll be at the same school next year too. I'm also house-hunting! Very exciting. I have found my dream neighborhood...very similar to Disney's Celebration. And the prices are amazing. Many are short sales which my realtor has put a bad taste in my mouth about...anyone know anything about short sales?

Winston (my new goldendoodle puppy) has been home with me since December 20th. He's growing so fast. I need to take more pictures of him - he changes daily. I tried to post some pics but I can't get into my photobucket account.

January on the whole though really depresses me. I think it is the let-down from all the fun holiday stuff and back to reality that bothers me. I always get in a funk for no real reason this time of year. On a brighter note, I'm heading to Orlando for a conference at the end of the month. To save money (and to get a disney fix) I'm staying at All Star Movies. The conference is at the Caribe Royale, but I'm going to try to hit a park or two one afternoon. They wanted $160/night with a conference rate and I'm getting ASMo for $49/night! Score! Makes me feel less guilty for spending some money on a park ticket. I'm looking forward to being at Disney when it is less crowded and cooler. Even if only for a few hours.

Hope everyone is having a great week!

Shannon! So good to see you back!! The job, house hunting, and puppy all sound exciting! I'm glad things are going well.

I'm also in the January funk. As I was reading back, I was actually really relieved to see that others are feeling the same way. Not that I want my Peeps to feel down, but it just reinforced why I come here, and why it helps - just to know you're not alone. There's someone (a lot of someone's actually) out there going through the same thing with you. And we're all here to support each other - THANK GOODNESS!

Well she was telling me that short sales are more complicated than foreclosures and they take an extra long time to get bank approval and then closing (at least these days because there are so many of them). Initially she wasn't even showing me any houses that were short sales. You may be right about the commission, but to be honest, I don't care. This is an opportunity for me to get a dream starter home for myself at an awersome price. And she hasn't been the best realtor to begin with.

Good luck with the house hunting! DH and I watch the real estate down there, and we've noticed a lot of short sales. Seems like there are some really good deals out there.

Hi everyone. Anyone remember me?? Would love to join in this thread again.Its been a long time but I am starting over and need some accountability.I have gained about 20 lbs since last May.

I started a new job three months ago and am working fulltime for the first time since the kids were born.Makes eating right and exercising VERY hard.Especially when you throw in the fact that all four kids are playing sports.

Anyway we joined the local YMCA and the three older kids are loving it.Feeling a little guilty on the evenings that I take Rachel(DD4) because she is stuck in the child care center after being in school/daycare all day.But tonight Rebekah(DD9) and I had a great workout.She has been gaining weight the last few months so this has been perfect for us to do together.

I want to lose some weight and feel better in general because we are going to Disney!!!Only 37 more days..

Sorry to ramble...looking forward to getting to know all of you(some for the second time)..

BTW,UM,I am cooking too.WW chocolate and strawberry muffins.Tomorrow's my birthday.

I remember you Amy! Welcome back! And those muffins sounds yummy! Could you post the recipe maybe? And WOO HOO on Disney in 37 days!

Utah Mama - You inspired me to sign up for Face Book. Now I don't know how to find you and Misty and the pictures. Can you help a girl out?

I want to add you on Facebook! Could you PM me your full name, or I could send you mine?

You guys will laugh at this..... while sitting in the doctor's office the other day she looks at me and says.... "you know, I've never changed a diaper before. I dont know how. I've never fed a baby before either." I said yes, remember, you said you didnt like kids. you never babysat, never played with dolls, she had barbies but only cut their hair and hit people with them. She told me that she babysat a few times. Clarification: she spent the night at a friend of mines house with her 3 kids age 12, 8, and 4. She didnt get there until 10pm. the kids were fed, bathed and 2 of them were already in the bed. So she just was there to sleep on the couch and make sure nobody killed eachother- LOL! She then said, "you are going to help me aren't you?" I told her I thought she would do fine and she would figure out what to do just like everybody else does but if it looked like she was going to kill the baby I would come rescue her- the baby not DD.

OH, BOY! what fun this is going to be.

That IS funny! And she sounds a bit like me when I was younger too. I've changed though. And I'm sure she'll do fine, but that is a funny story!

 

[Disneyfreak92]

UM- looked up Utah Mama underr face book no luck??

Fidge! You're on facebook? Find me! Or send me your full name so I can look you up?

 

[Sparkie]

YEA!!!! I have HEAT!!!!


Now what to have for dinner????
I'm feeling fish tonight. I've been doing Talipia lately. I just cook it in a skillet with olive oil and use Chef Paul's seafood seasoning the redfish one. Kinda spicy. We have the fish and steamed broccoli.

My cornbread recipie isnt that fancy....

Corn meal
Self rising flour
milk
egg

cooked in a cast iron skillet. If you want a sweet cornbread you can add sugar. My mother in law adds mayonaise.

I had a girlfriend who made mexican cornbread and it was a meal in itself. You do the above cornbread mix then add cooked ground beef, whole kernel corn, japaleno peppers and bake.

 

[DisneyGalUK]

YEA!!!! I have HEAT!!!!

Im so jealous!
Maybe tomorrow. If the plumber gets off his bee-hind and actually does his job!

 

[punkin413]

::: peeps in :::

hi.

 

[UtahMama]

::: peeps in :::

hi.

WHUUUUT!!!!!???

YAY!!!! Dawn! I've sorely missed you!

(STAY!)





Cute kid story coming up. Feel free to skim or skip.

Got this e-mail from her preschool teacher today within minutes of her coming home from preschool:

We are learning the letter "Ll" this week. Every time we learn a new letter, we glue something to that letter. We were getting ready for that today when I picked up a piece of lace and asked:

Me:"Does anyone know what this is called?"

Norah: "B00b stuff?"

Me:That's close, it's called l-l-lace.
Can you say that with me?
l-l-lace."



I can't imagine where she gets this stuff from!

 

[punkin413]

WHUUUUT!!!!!???

YAY!!!! Dawn! I've sorely missed you!

(STAY!)

i've missed you guys, too! i don't even remember when the last time i was here was. i'm sure there are lots of new faces and i'm hoping some old ones too! life just happened - i got busy and overwhelmed and strayed. i've gained a few pounds back but nothing major. i refused to weigh myself over the holidays but i weighed in on monday morning at 141 pounds. i've been back on my strict 1500 calories a day and writing down what i eat and i've already lost 5 pounds as of today!!!! it's amazing what a little discipline will do.

i'm hoping that sticks for my first weigh-in tomorrow as a reformed peep. that is.....if you guys will forgive my absence and have me back.

 

[UtahMama]

I was at Costco today and noticed a table full of bathing suits.

I normally would never even look at bathing suits in January, but one color combo caught my eye: BLACK AND WHITE paisley!
For only $19! It would be financially irresponsible NOT to buy such a cute suit.

Here's the best part, there wasn't any 14's, and the 16's looked too large (busty), so I bought a 12thinking/hoping to wear it next summer. Well! Just for kicks I tried it on when I got home. Guess what?


Pick One:
A. I was traumatized and am going to take it back ASAP. What was I thinking? Not since the low-rise jeans incident of 2007 in the GAP fitting room have I been so entertained.

B. It fit! A TWELVE.

C. It did fit, but I instantly doubted the sizing as manufacturers scam and it's now bugging me to the point where I want BBQ potato chips and some icecream for comfort.


*Correct answer is B (although I did find it funny that I'm NOT in anything even close to a 12 ....YET)((and BBQ chips DO sound kinda good, grrrr))

 

[Pakey]

Hi all. Had to post when I saw Dawn pop up as having posted. Hi Dawn.

Wendy, the bathing suit sounds really cute and for only $19 (doesn't Costco have some of the greatest apparel deals?). I think you should post a pic of yourself modeling over here on this thread for us peeps. Trust me, nobody looks in these threads so the pic would be safe with us.

I've been fairly good this week although my husband has been sabotaging me at every corner. He is the cook/grocery shopper and I guess he just doesn't want to eat the good stuff. He made oatmeal raisin cookies last night and I feel I did great by only eating ONE.

I leave in 2 weeks on the vacation with his ex wife and I'm so not bathing suit ready. I guess I'll just flash the big honking diamond ring my husband bought me for Christmas. Maybe she'll be blinded by the glare and not notice the cottage cheese thighs.

 

[WI_DisneyFan]

i'm hoping that sticks for my first weigh-in tomorrow as a reformed peep. that is.....if you guys will forgive my absence and have me back.

Welcome back! I kinda-sorta disappeared for about a month and a half myself. 10 pounds and lots of regret later, I'm back too. (Although, I doubt I'll be 5 pounds lighter tomorrow!)

Soooo, this Facebook thing. I joined a while back, but never got around to looking the Peeps up. Is there like a DISappearing Peeps group I should be looking for? Or what?

 

[UtahMama]

Wendy, the bathing suit sounds really cute and for only $19 (doesn't Costco have some of the greatest apparel deals?). I think you should post a pic of yourself modeling over here on this thread for us peeps. Trust me, nobody looks in these threads so the pic would be safe with us.


I leave in 2 weeks on the vacation with his ex wife and I'm so not bathing suit ready. I guess I'll just flash the big honking diamond ring my husband bought me for Christmas. Maybe she'll be blinded by the glare and not notice the cottage cheese thighs.

No way on the picture (nooooooo! ). I still need some sort of cottage-cheese-thigh covering such as a black or white sarong or shorts. Or maybe I'll drag my 3 littlest kids around surrounding me at all times. Or carry a fern plant...

Yes, blind her with shiny objects! GOOD strategy!

Welcome back! I kinda-sorta disappeared for about a month and a half myself. 10 pounds and lots of regret later, I'm back too. (Although, I doubt I'll be 5 pounds lighter tomorrow!)

Soooo, this Facebook thing. I joined a while back, but never got around to looking the Peeps up. Is there like a DISappearing Peeps group I should be looking for? Or what?

Yes! Contact me and/or Lynda (Disneyfreak) for our full names to have as Facebook friends then we'll let you IN. Now, it kinda died, but it's still ooozing with potential.

I REeeeEeLLy was hoping it would be a success.

 

[Kathi OD]

Sooooo exciting about the size 12 cheapo bathing suit! It would have been a bargain even if it didn't fit.

I swear you should all have a little female surgery to help with the weight loss thingy. You are all gonna be freakin jealous tomorrow when you see my number for the week!!! (problem is, 2 weeks from now, when the appetite returns, I'll be refusing to post that number).

Nite all!