DISappearing PEEPS Volume 2

[born2bird]

Mornin' Peeps,

It is almost 70 degrees here! Odd but i will enjoy it while it lasts. Of course they are calling for snow showers on Saturday .

Well, I did something to my knee running and when I got up this morning it was swollen and tender. I am icing it now and just popped some advil. I am so disappointed. I am doing so wel with the C25K program and now I am injured. I have to give myself the night off tonight because we are seeing Nemo on ice, but I am really going to try to run tomorrow night.

I have been horrible this week with my food intake. I am really stressed about work. I am on a government contract and as everyone knows, contracts end. I am sending my resume to no less than 5 places a day. Something has to come through.

Have a great day all,
Kim

 

[monymony3471]

Mornin' Peeps,

It is almost 70 degrees here! Odd but i will enjoy it while it lasts. Of course they are calling for snow showers on Saturday .

Well, I did something to my knee running and when I got up this morning it was swollen and tender. I am icing it now and just popped some advil. I am so disappointed. I am doing so wel with the C25K program and now I am injured. I have to give myself the night off tonight because we are seeing Nemo on ice, but I am really going to try to run tomorrow night.

I have been horrible this week with my food intake. I am really stressed about work. I am on a government contract and as everyone knows, contracts end. I am sending my resume to no less than 5 places a day. Something has to come through.

Have a great day all,
Kim

Hang in there!

 

[DisneyLaura]

Mornin' Peeps,

It is almost 70 degrees here! Odd but i will enjoy it while it lasts. Of course they are calling for snow showers on Saturday .

Well, I did something to my knee running and when I got up this morning it was swollen and tender. I am icing it now and just popped some advil. I am so disappointed. I am doing so wel with the C25K program and now I am injured. I have to give myself the night off tonight because we are seeing Nemo on ice, but I am really going to try to run tomorrow night.

I have been horrible this week with my food intake. I am really stressed about work. I am on a government contract and as everyone knows, contracts end. I am sending my resume to no less than 5 places a day. Something has to come through.

Have a great day all,
Kim

I was bad last week with my food intake and it showed when I went to WW on Tuesday. Well today is Wednesday and I'm starting over. I am hungry now so I best go have some breakfast. DD2 is sleeping on me again so I have to try and put her down ever so gently and then grab me something. So hang in there.

 

[WI_DisneyFan]

Oh, this lovely Wisconsin weather. I'm working from home today because of terrible road conditions. We've gotten 6-8 inches of snow, with another 3-6 expected before the end of the day. I normally venture out in this stuff (I've got a 4wd truck, so I can get through almost anything), but we were told that if we didn't feel comfortable driving, that we should just work from home. And who am I to argue with that?

I am getting awfully frustrated with my weight loss progress. I weighed myself this morning, and I am up close to a pound from Friday. Now I'm just hoping to eek out another small loss this week just to keep the numbers going in the right direction. That would make it three weeks in a row of a pound or less loss. Normally when I have bad weeks, I can pinpoint one or two things that are holding me back (a bad meal later in the week, no exercise, not drinking enough water, etc.), but I honestly cannot think of one thing that I should be doing differently. I am staying at my WW points limit, exercising an hour a night, drinking plenty of water. But all of a sudden, it's like my body is saying "I've had enough of this weight loss stuff" and is holding on to every ounce it can. I'm going to keep on keeping on, because I've come too far to quit now. I've been getting a lot of nice (and unexpected) compliments from people at work, so that helps keep me focused. But these hurdles sure do make it difficult on person.

 

[DisneyLaura]

I am getting awfully frustrated with my weight loss progress. I weighed myself this morning, and I am up close to a pound from Friday. Now I'm just hoping to eek out another small loss this week just to keep the numbers going in the right direction. That would make it three weeks in a row of a pound or less loss. Normally when I have bad weeks, I can pinpoint one or two things that are holding me back (a bad meal later in the week, no exercise, not drinking enough water, etc.), but I honestly cannot think of one thing that I should be doing differently. I am staying at my WW points limit, exercising an hour a night, drinking plenty of water. But all of a sudden, it's like my body is saying "I've had enough of this weight loss stuff" and is holding on to every ounce it can. I'm going to keep on keeping on, because I've come too far to quit now. I've been getting a lot of nice (and unexpected) compliments from people at work, so that helps keep me focused. But these hurdles sure do make it difficult on person.

We were just talking about this yesterday at our WW meeting. How much more do you want to lose? Another member said that she needed to lose 5 more lb and now it's up to 8 lb. So someone said maybe this is the weight your body wants you at. Maybe that's your case. Another member tried the jump start for a week. You need hang on and keep going Aaron , your numbers will "catch up" with you.

Laura

 

[WI_DisneyFan]

We were just talking about this yesterday at our WW meeting. How much more do you want to lose? Another member said that she needed to lose 5 more lb and now it's up to 8 lb. So someone said maybe this is the weight your body wants you at. Maybe that's your case. Another member tried the jump start for a week. You need hang on and keep going Aaron , your numbers will "catch up" with you.

Laura

I think that's the most frustrating thing. I've still got at least another 20 pounds to lose before I'm considered a healthy weight (I'm currently 5'8", 173-ish). And when I look at myself in the mirror, I can tell that my body isn't at a good weight yet. So I don't know why my body is fighting me tooth-and-nail right now. But I like to remind myself that if I can manage to lose just one pound a week, I'll be at my goal weight of 155 by June.

 

[LMO429]

I think that's the most frustrating thing. I've still got at least another 20 pounds to lose before I'm considered a healthy weight (I'm currently 5'8", 173-ish). And when I look at myself in the mirror, I can tell that my body isn't at a good weight yet. So I don't know why my body is fighting me tooth-and-nail right now. But I like to remind myself that if I can manage to lose just one pound a week, I'll be at my goal weight of 155 by June.

I know exactly how you feel! I'm doing ww for the first time and the weight is coming off but only at a pound per week.....sooo sloooowww..its like taking the boat from the MK to Wildnerness lodge I just want to jump off and get there already!!!!! Even though im not the biggest fan of my body now i keep telling and reminding myself that as each week goes by it will be better and in 13 weeks from now at this rate i will weigh 130 pounds. I guess its better to lose it slow and keep it off than lose it fast (which i have done a million times) and gain it all back!! and then some!!!!

 

[DisneyLaura]

I think that's the most frustrating thing. I've still got at least another 20 pounds to lose before I'm considered a healthy weight (I'm currently 5'8", 173-ish). And when I look at myself in the mirror, I can tell that my body isn't at a good weight yet. So I don't know why my body is fighting me tooth-and-nail right now. But I like to remind myself that if I can manage to lose just one pound a week, I'll be at my goal weight of 155 by June.

My leader told me yesterday that you're body is fighting with you because it is used to the lifestyle change so you have to shock it, like trying to do more exercise or do the jump start for a week. Hang in there kiddo.

I know exactly how you feel! I'm doing ww for the first time and the weight is coming off but only at a pound per week.....sooo sloooowww..its like taking the boat from the MK to Wildnerness lodge I just want to jump off and get there already!!!!! Even though im not the biggest fan of my body now i keep telling and reminding myself that as each week goes by it will be better and in 13 weeks from now at this rate i will weigh 130 pounds. I guess its better to lose it slow and keep it off than lose it fast (which i have done a million times) and gain it all back!! and then some!!!!

I hear ya girl. I still have to lose A LOT of weight (at least 150 lb). I have so far lost 4.9 lb of it. I do WW too so it comes off slow but that's the healthy way to lose slow. See 130 lb in 13 weeks doesn't sound too shabby to me. Keep it up.

I'm finally eating breakfast. Boy am I going to be the potty today. I bought Fiber One cereal and am eating it as be speak while I type. I acutally love it. I must buy more this weekend when I go grocery shoppping, my box is almost empty.

 

[UtahMama]

WIDF- How frustrating! You are such an inspiration to all of us. I'm sure you're doing everything right. I agree, your numbers should soon catch up to your effort. What does ww say to do? Quick Start? or maybe try the Core program for a few weeks?

I'm so sick of the snow I always like it at first, then get cabin fever and want to put on shorts!

For fun I've weighed myself at different times in the last few days due to the Super Bowl food choices I made being not that good. Yesterday morning, It was 6 pounds more than this morning. Talk about . Isn't that weird? Now if that # will stick till friday

 

[Pakey]

Morning peeps. I'm in the same boat as Aaron. I've been losing weight slow but steady for the past few years and I'm ever so close now. I don't have a goal weight, I just want to be in a size 8 comfortably (laying on the bed with a pair of pliers to zip up a pair of pants doesn't count as being in the size). So I know I'm probably within 10 lbs of where I want to be. I thought if I made the Valentine's Challenge weight, I'd be done. I've been the same for weeks now. I got on the scale this morning just to do a pre-check and sure enough, I'm still a SAMER. I'm proud of myself for not gaining any but geesh, enough already, let's get this party rolling.

Laura, you are the first person I've ever heard that likes that Fiber cereal. Maybe I'll try it. I struggle to get enough fiber into my diet. I love fruits and eats lots of them but not so much anything else. Maybe Fiber One will be the catalyst to jumpstart my weight loss.

Kim, I'm sending you some pixie dust for a job. Nobody needs that kind of stress in their life.

Hope everyone has a great day.

 

[WI_DisneyFan]

My leader told me yesterday that you're body is fighting with you because it is used to the lifestyle change so you have to shock it, like trying to do more exercise or do the jump start for a week. Hang in there kiddo.

WIDF- How frustrating! You are such an inspiration to all of us. I'm sure you're doing everything right. I agree, your numbers should soon catch up to your effort. What does ww say to do? Quick Start? or maybe try the Core program for a few weeks?

I'm so sick of the snow I always like it at first, then get cabin fever and want to put on shorts!

Thanks for the support! I'm basically doing WW on my own - I did it online for a year, got tired of paying to basically track my weight, so I created an Excel spreadsheet for that and am just using the books that I got to help determine points values. So you're going to have to explain this "jump start" to me. Do I stop following the program for a week to trick my body? But in the mean time, since I'm home today I'm going to take advantage of it and exercise during my lunch break. Then I'll exercise again like I normally do tonight. (Plus I'll be shovelling/snow blowing 2-3 more times today. Yippee!!!)

And I totally agree on the snow. I love Wisconsin winters; but I'm at the point where I'm ready to say uncle, pack my bags, and move in with my aunt and uncle in Tampa for the next two months.

 

[disneyfav4ever]

Well I talked to DF, and he said that all the doctors know is that his heart is really, really weak. They're trying to decide what to do about it, but they're not sure what they can do.

I saw a past coworker of mine at work last night, who I worked with when DF and I were working together. We started talking about my DF, (everybody loved him at my last job,) and she said to tell him that she said he wasn't allowed to die or anything, which I had also told him. He's really worried he might, which isn't helping me at all. We aren't exactly having rational conversations, they go something like this;

DF - "I might not be around much longer,"
Me - "Shut up, you're not allowed to die."

And we have this talk almost every day. He also thinks he has some kind of curse that he's never able to go to Disney World. (This is something we talked about yesterday.) I go solo a lot, the first time I went solo, he was going to fly down and join me for a night, but he ended up in the hospital, with heart problems, (this was back in 2005.) Then he was supposed to go with me last year at my birthday, but he over-slept, and missed the flight, he tried to join me the next day, but there was a snow storm, and we decided that it was best that he just stay home then, since I was coming home the next day. Then we were supposed to go together, with his son, right after Thanksgiving, that was a suprise trip, since he randomly decided he wanted to go (he has never been there,) and wanted to take his son. But once again, he ended up in the hospital.

So whenever we plan to go to Disney, something bad happens. And when I went in 2006, and he didn't even plan on going, (that's when he was working two jobs,) he ended up having back problems while I was there, and ended up out of work for a few weeks.

He's also not allowed to work anymore. He hasn't actually worked since before Thanksgiving, so he's been out of work for more then two months already, but he really wants to go back to work. So the other day he went into his job to see if he even still had a job there, and his boss said he would be happy to have him back, just as long as he was fine medically, which DF says, may never happen.

 

[disneyfav4ever]

Ok Peeps, I have to confess. DH took me and the kids out to dinner tonight at PF Changs. I was not Peep like at all! Although, I did try to eat a smaller portion. We got an appetizer, and two dishes and split it among the four of us. Now remember "little bit" (my daughter) doesn't eat much. I actually think that I would qualify for the "redneck mama of the year". I took her a jelly sandwich in a brown paper sack. She did actually eat a little of the appetizer, and some of the shrimp. Anyway, it was soooooo good. I did exercise for 50 minutes today and did 3.5 miles, so maybe it won't be that bad.

I've never eaten at PF Changs, we got a local one about fifteen minutes away from my house, that opened a couple months ago, but I still haven't made it there yet.

Ok, my son is upstairs playing XBOX live and I just heard him scream, "Hey I'm dead, oh now I'm alive again". It's just funny hearing it on this side.

That sounds like my cousin. I don't play a lot of video games, but when we go to my grandparent's at the holidays, the "kids," which include me and all my cousins, (ranging in age from 15, to 23, (I'm the oldest,) we play video games all the time, since there is literally nothing to do. They live in the smallest town I've ever seen, I mean there's a grocery store, a dollar store, a gas station, and a post office, and that's it. Oh, and also a liquor store, which someone in my family is always buying something at. There is also a total of one stoplight in the entire town. So we spend a lot of time playing video games.

Anyway my cousin always says the funniest things like that too. He will also use the names of either "your mama," or "a turd," so when he kills someone, it come up "you've been killed by your mama or a turd." It's a lot funnier then I'm making it sound, you kind of have to be there to get it, but he is hilarious.

 

[MA pigletfan]

Thanks for the support! I'm basically doing WW on my own - I did it online for a year, got tired of paying to basically track my weight, so I created an Excel spreadsheet for that and am just using the books that I got to help determine points values. So you're going to have to explain this "jump start" to me. Do I stop following the program for a week to trick my body? But in the mean time, since I'm home today I'm going to take advantage of it and exercise during my lunch break. Then I'll exercise again like I normally do tonight. (Plus I'll be shovelling/snow blowing 2-3 more times today. Yippee!!!)

And I totally agree on the snow. I love Wisconsin winters; but I'm at the point where I'm ready to say uncle, pack my bags, and move in with my aunt and uncle in Tampa for the next two months.

Just a thought about the jumpstart. I know that when i am religiously good with what i eat every day non stop my weight loss slows..but if i throw a "curve ball" day in there and eat a bit more or diff. types of foods totally than usual i see a loss on weigh in day. i don't know if it shocks my body or something but it usually works..and you know what, it makes me happy that i can indulge here and there and almost get rewarded

Well I talked to DF, and he said that all the doctors know is that his heart is really, really weak. They're trying to decide what to do about it, but they're not sure what they can do.
.

 

[Sparkie]

Hey Peeps- Just checking in - weather was pretty scary last night but we are all safe and sound. Anybody heard from Allie?

Gonna skip weigh in this week. Going to Atlanta for dance competition- wish us luck. Going to be in Duluth- Punkin is that close to you?

Have a good weekend everybody.

 

[HockeyKat]

Wow I come back from a 10 day trip to WDW and go WTH??? Where is everyone???

I am still trying to catch up. I will go back and read the 30 pages but did anything else happen while I was gone??

 

[monymony3471]

Wow I come back from a 10 day trip to WDW and go WTH??? Where is everyone???

I am still trying to catch up. I will go back and read the 30 pages but did anything else happen while I was gone??

back! 10 days sounds so nice!'

Oh that's right I will have my 10 days this year!

I hope you had a great time.

They took down the large threads to help the boards run smoother. When these gets to 250 pages, they'll lock those too and we'll have to keep restarting.


I think we are gonna have to start numbering these since we'll have acess to them.

 

[disneyfav4ever]

back! 10 days sounds so nice!'

Oh that's right I will have my 10 days this year!

I hope you had a great time.

They took down the large threads to help the boards run smoother. When these gets to 250 pages, they'll lock those too and we'll have to keep restarting.


I think we are gonna have to start numbering these since we'll have acess to them.

I agree that we should start numbering them too. I think whoever was the OP on this thread, could maybe add number two to it somewhere in the thread title.

 

[DisneyGalUK]

Disneyfav4eva -

Kat - Welcome back! Hope your trip was fabulous!

Aaron / Pakey - hang in there with the weight loss, it'll catch up to you eventually!

Mony - Hope you are feeling better

Hope everyone is ok after your bad weather

 

[aldisneygrl]

Well, I did something to my knee running and when I got up this morning it was swollen and tender. I am icing it now and just popped some advil. I am so disappointed. I am doing so wel with the C25K program and now I am injured. I have to give myself the night off tonight because we are seeing Nemo on ice, but I am really going to try to run tomorrow night.

Kim - You need to rest your knee, and ice it, and keep taking the ibuprofen. Trust me, I went through that in October. It may take it a while to heal. Don't do any hills. Try and walk on flat surfaces. You might need to go to the Dr. and have it Xrayed.

I am getting awfully frustrated with my weight loss progress. I weighed myself this morning, and I am up close to a pound from Friday. Now I'm just hoping to eek out another small loss this week just to keep the numbers going in the right direction. That would make it three weeks in a row of a pound or less loss. Normally when I have bad weeks, I can pinpoint one or two things that are holding me back (a bad meal later in the week, no exercise, not drinking enough water, etc.), but I honestly cannot think of one thing that I should be doing differently. I am staying at my WW points limit, exercising an hour a night, drinking plenty of water. But all of a sudden, it's like my body is saying "I've had enough of this weight loss stuff" and is holding on to every ounce it can. I'm going to keep on keeping on, because I've come too far to quit now. I've been getting a lot of nice (and unexpected) compliments from people at work, so that helps keep me focused. But these hurdles sure do make it difficult on person.

Aaron - It sounds like you have hit a plateau. Are you eating your extra 35 points? If so, try and cut that out. It kind of jump starts your weight loss again. Also, the new "kickstart" plan may help you. It cuts your points back to like 20, but you only do it for a week or two. I'll try and look up my info, and see if it would be easy to pm to you. You will do it! I know it!

Hey Peeps- Just checking in - weather was pretty scary last night but we are all safe and sound. Anybody heard from Allie?

Gonna skip weigh in this week. Going to Atlanta for dance competition- wish us luck. Going to be in Duluth- Punkin is that close to you?

Have a good weekend everybody.

I'm here and safe, but boy that was a wild ride last night. Woke up to the next counties tornado siren. 15 minutes later ours went off. Turned on the TV, and they talked about where the tornado was, WHEW, not close to us. Then they say another one is spotted about a mile from the house! DH and I went and got the kids and we spent some time in our little powder room bath. Nothing major happened here, but boy what a night! It was funny hearing all the kids stories at preschool today. They kept coming in telling us there was a tornado last night, and that they spent the night in the bathtub. They were so cute about it. Glad that nothing bad happened close by. We are just all a little tired today.

We used to live really close to there. Good luck at your competition and driving in Atlanta.

Disneyfav4ever -