Disneyland Divas working out, getting healthy, and looking fine in '09!!

[mommaU4]

Well this was what I looked like when I got married around 135.

And this is another one from the summer before I met dh that gives you a better idea of how thin I got after my divorce. Again about 135 and a size 8. I was about 31 years old then.

I love your wedding pic! What a beautiful bride. That other pic looks like an 80's pic. LOL I think I had shorts like that, and a crop top too.
Sadly I can't imagine wearing anything like that now.

(sigh) If only I knew then what I know now, I'd have flaunted my bod a little more while I still could!!



I'm glad we are all in this together. We may not all have the same goals, but we are all struggling none the less, and we can do this!!!!

 

[trodrigue]

Hey all! Can I join you? I'm going to assume I can and do my little introduction here.

I am planning on stepping on that scale and facing the music Jan 1st. I am going to try WW again without paying them. I can use some support. I quit them at 224 pounds. I am probably pushing 250 again.

That's it in a nutshell. I'm so glad I found you! Thanks Capri for leading me this way with your great pictures.

Talk with you all later.

Hi Heather. Welcome aboard. Glad you are joining us, as the more support the better. I just joined too, oh about 3 weeks ago, and it helps me a lot. (way more than my hubby, who eats a bowl of icecream everynight and drinks a beer or two)

Tracey - You can do it! 'Cause if you can do it, that means that I can do it! I would love to see 199 again.

Hope everyone has a great day!

Thanks Wendy. I'm gonna do it and I'm gonna take you with me. We can do this!!!

Hey guys it's me Kelly from the girls trip site. I'm joining yall too.

Hi Kelly. Glad you're here. Oh, the divorce diet! I had one of those...They do work well, for a short period of time. I hope you get to feeling better, and I am sure that you can reach your goal. That last 10 is harder to lose, and may take longer, but you will make it.

 

[kelmac284]

Thanks guys. LOL beth at the 80's pic. Hey I am an 80's girl what can I say. I graduated in 1985. I will have to dig up some of my old pics. You guys will crack up! Now THAT would be a fun post! We do that on my mil wives website sometimes for fun. Get old pics from the 80's or whatever and it is a great laugh. The hair and the CLOTHES!

Everyone looks great and we can ALL do this. I think having a site like this where we can encourage eachother is GREAT. It REALLY helps me I know that! Like I said I am not even thinking about starting till the first week of January cuz I still have the rest of this week and Katy's birthday so no point till then but I am on it after this week!!

I know we can all do it cuz we are the Dis Divas and we can do ANYTHING! Heck we have each done it already so we can achieve anything RIGHT

And Beth you were AMAZING. Look at those legs you had. WOW!

And Heather I know you will do great too. You have a GREAT positive attitude and I am positive that you will do great!

 

[kelmac284]

Ok here is some laughs for you.

My kids think this wedding dress is just HILARIOUS. I got married the first time in 1990 and they think this dress is hideous with all the bows and stuff but hey that was the style then.

And you gotta love me in my zipper dress with my wine cooler and my Nagel pic. I mean this typfies 80's all the way LOL.

Here is another god awful one LOL

This was during my club phase right after college LOL

And this was me and one of my boyfriends but do you love the sally jessie raphael glasses LOL

Anyway that's my laugh for the day. Hope that gives everyone a good laugh.

 

[mommaU4]

Thanks guys. LOL beth at the 80's pic. Hey I am an 80's girl what can I say. I graduated in 1985.

I graduated in '89!! I still love everything 80's as cheesy as it was.

Your 80's pics are so great! I wish I had some of mine scanned in the computer. They are so funny.

 

[mommaU4]

I hope you all have a good day and a very Happy New Years!!

 

[kelmac284]

I thought you would get a kick out of those LOL. You gotta love the 80's. They were so wacky. I miss those days! I guess everybody looks back at the old days with fond memories but that was the begining of MTV and the music was so fun and everything was wacky. I just look back at those pics and laugh and think what the heck were we thinking lol.

 

[LittleBlackRaincloud]

Kelly! Those pics crack me up. I graduated in 92 but still remember looking like that. I wish I had my prom photo from 1990. It's not so far off from your wedding photo! I think my hair might be slightly bigger than yours though. Oh, and my dress is Fuschia, with silver sequins and dyed to match shoes and purse. I also had perfectly matched nail polish and made a hair flower thingy that matched.

Those were the days....

 

[mommaU4]

I thought you would get a kick out of those LOL. You gotta love the 80's. They were so wacky. I miss those days! I guess everybody looks back at the old days with fond memories but that was the begining of MTV and the music was so fun and everything was wacky. I just look back at those pics and laugh and think what the heck were we thinking lol.

I miss them too! That was when MTV actually had music videos playing on there and George Michael was totally hot!! LOL
I still listen to the music from then every now and again. And watch the movies. I just saw Top Gun the other day, and I LOVE me some Sixteen Candles and Jake Ryan!! We'll have to do some reminiscing in March about all those crazy times.

Kelly! Those pics crack me up. I graduated in 92 but still remember looking like that. I wish I had my prom photo from 1990. It's not so far off from your wedding photo! I think my hair might be slightly bigger than yours though. Oh, and my dress is Fuschia, with silver sequins and dyed to match shoes and purse. I also had perfectly matched nail polish and made a hair flower thingy that matched.

Those were the days....

'92??? OMG, now I feel OLD!
I wish I'd gone to a prom to have a photo from! I went to a foo-foo private school and they didn't do proms. They did stupid banquets which included the dressing up part, but not all the other fun stuff. We took pics, and then had a sit down dinner with entertainment. BORING!
Somewhere I have Ruben and my picture from our Senior Banquet. If I ever find it, I'll post it for a laugh.

 

[disney-super-mom]

Oh my gosh, I LOVE all the pictures.

Beth, you look fantastic girl!!! You are a HOT MAMA!!!

Wow, all you girls are so pretty! We sure have some good looking ladies in our group!

I would show you some of mine, but unfortunately my new laptop isn't compatable with my old scanner/printer. I'm going to have to get a new "all in one" soon though. This not being able to print thing is driving me nuts!

Lovin' the 80s pics! I graduated in '88, so I'm right there with you! I went to the senior prom when I was a sophomore (with my senior boyfriend), and at the time I thought my dress was soooooo pretty. Now I look at pictures and wonder what the heck I was thinking!!!

Well, at least I can say that I'm 20 pounds lighter now than I was at last years Ladies Only trip, so I'll look a little thinner to you.

 

[mommaU4]

Lovin' the 80s pics! I graduated in '88, so I'm right there with you!

Well, at least I can say that I'm 20 pounds lighter now than I was at last years Ladies Only trip, so I'll look a little thinner to you.

Whoo hoo!! Another 80's gal!!

I am such an idiot! I totally forgot to tell you when I saw this pic of you:

I was going to say that your face looked slimmer to me. (Can't see the rest of you! lol) After meeting you last time I didn't think you had much if any to lose in the first place, but you look good!!

 

[trodrigue]

Wow. I sure missed a lot. My last post showed up in the middle of a bunch that I had not even read. How does that happen. I haven't been on much. One of my dear cyber friends that I know from a site for families that have deaf/hard of hearing kiddos just passed away, and I found out sort of suddenly and it really threw me for a loop. I have been on that site talking with friends trying to decide how we can celebrate her life and how much she helped so many of us over the years. It is really strange to be so close to someone that you have never met, but it was devastating for me.

Anyhow, love all the pics. Beth, you have come so far in your goals! Kelly and Capri, you have too. Heather, you can absolutely see the weight that you had lost and you will loose it again. I am in sort of the same boat. Lost about 25, then gained it all again and more. I will post some pics when I have a bit more time.

For now, hope you all are having a wonderful New Years Eve. Tracey

 

[kelmac284]

Ok you asked for it LOL. I just happened to have my one and only prom pic on my photobucket. I told you we do this stuff all the time on my other website LOL. Gotta love this dress it is DEF 80's. It was one of this big things with the hoop skirt but it was SO in then. Everything was kind of the southern belle look then. And of course the date had to have the matching tie and cumberbun. And then that's how it was for the weddings at the same era.

When I got married in 90 my bridesmaids had teal dresses and the groomsmen wore tuxes with the matching teal ties and cumberbuns lol. Teal was so in then and now. YUCK!

Anyway enjoy the laugh.

 

[grizbuzz]

Hi Ladies--

Happy New Year! DH and kids are in bed asleep and I've finished up with the dishes, so I have a couple minutes before I too go to bed. Don't think I'll be making it to midnight tonight.

Love all the photos! I'm not at home, so I don't have all my photos and don't even know how I'd find those 80s photos of me. I had one of those short asymmetrical cuts that dropped down over one eye. Way cool. I graduated in '87. Does that make me the oldest?

Here's a couple pics of me: one from my first race of 10k this past August.

And here's a pic of me Christmas eve with DS3

http://picasaweb.google.com/Grinold/122308#5283228294694598674

Sorry these are just links...

Well, I'm still in the mountains, but I have done better about getting some exercise. Yesterday, I made it to a gym and today the whole family went skiing. Yep, we did it. I bit the bullet and enrolled both kids in ski school and my husband and I hit the slopes. Weather and crowds were perfect and only our lack of energy kept of from doing more runs. It was a great day and I'm tired.

You all look great in your pictures.

Beth - you have such a noticeable change! You look fabulous! And I'm going to check up on you in March at DL to make sure you are continuing on this impressive path. Who knows? Maybe someday we'll even do a small race together (5k at DL?). I know you probably can't imagine it now, but just be open to the possibility

Capri--You look great too! You'll have to post another picture that doesn't hide you so much! 20 pounds is awesome. Congrats!

Kelly--LOVE the 80s pictures!

I'm getting so tired here, I can hardly keep my eyes open.

Here's to a GREAT 2009!

And for our New Year's Eve QUOTE:
We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.
- Edith Lovejoy Pierce

 

[kelmac284]

LOVE the pics Grizz your son is ADORABLE but hate to tell ya at least on this thread I think I am the oldest. Or the oldest of the 80's people. I graduated in 85. I'll be 42 this June. So I got ya beat by a few years.

I know I'm not the oldest of the Dis ladies though. I know there are some older than me so that's ok. But gotta love those 80's. Those were some GOOD times.

I admire you guys that can run though. I can't do it. I have bad knees. In fact when I work out I have to do low impact. I can't even do jogging. But I do what I can. In fact I noticed Heather said she does the Leslie Sansone walking tapes. I do those and I also do pilates and strength training. I usually switch off and do cardio and strength training every other day.

Anyway I think I am off to bed myself. I am the last one up.

Good night all and Happy New year!

 

[trodrigue]

Good Morning Ladies. I just made it up to Midnight last night, laying in bed, so I did not log on and say Happy New Year! LOL I heard the boom of fireworks and then fell asleep.

I just wanted to announce that it would appear that I am the old lady around here. Graduated in the class of 1984. Yep, really close to the 70s. I don't have any pictures uploaded yet.

Did you guys see Music and Lyrics? I loved that movie so much that I had to buy it. Totally a George Michaels and Flock of Seagulls era girl.

 

[disney-super-mom]

Whoo hoo!! Another 80's gal!!

I am such an idiot! I totally forgot to tell you when I saw this pic of you:

I was going to say that your face looked slimmer to me. (Can't see the rest of you! lol) After meeting you last time I didn't think you had much if any to lose in the first place, but you look good!!

Thanks for the compliment Beth.

Heck, I have another 30 pounds I need to lose. When you saw me on the Ladies Trip, I was a good 50-60 pounds overweight! I'm not quite halfway to my goal, but I've made some good progress I think.

That pic (me behind the BIG green shirt) is a very recent pic of me, taken around December 13th.

Here's what I looked like last April on the Ladies Only Trip.

Does my face look any thinner? I can't really tell because, well, I see my face everyday, so it's harder for me to see any changes.

 

[mommaU4]

One of my dear cyber friends that I know from a site for families that have deaf/hard of hearing kiddos just passed away, and I found out sort of suddenly and it really threw me for a loop. I have been on that site talking with friends trying to decide how we can celebrate her life and how much she helped so many of us over the years.

Oh Tracey, I am so sorry to hear that. I hope you all are able to think of something to celebrate your friend and remember her.

Anyway enjoy the laugh.

Love it! We were so cool back then.

And here's a pic of me Christmas eve with DS3

http://picasaweb.google.com/Grinold/122308#5283228294694598674

Beth - you have such a noticeable change! You look fabulous! And I'm going to check up on you in March at DL to make sure you are continuing on this impressive path. Who knows? Maybe someday we'll even do a small race together (5k at DL?). I know you probably can't imagine it now, but just be open to the possibility

Awww, I love the pic of you two on Christmas Eve. How precious.
Thanks for the comments. I've been off track for awhile now. A good two weeks at least, and I know I've done considerable damage. But I'm trying, and I'd LOVE to one day run a small (teeny-tiny) race.

Did you guys see Music and Lyrics? I loved that movie so much that I had to buy it. Totally a George Michaels and Flock of Seagulls era girl.

OMG, you must have missed it, but I actually posted a link to the video from that movie on our trip thread! I LOVE it!!! Totally reminds me of Wham and George Michael. And I had to buy the movie too. It's great. I love the video at the end where they play a pop up version. I remember watching those on VH1.

Here's the link in case anyone is wondering what we are talking about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnwK7CsL-64

When you saw me on the Ladies Trip, I was a good 50-60 pounds overweight!

Does my face look any thinner? I can't really tell because, well, I see my face everyday, so it's harder for me to see any changes.

You hid it really well. I never would have guessed you wanted to lose that much. And your face looks much thinner. I noticed that right away. You are looking great.

 

[mommaU4]

It's Friday - weigh in day! Where is everyone??

Well, I am so ashamed. I did NOT want to weigh in, but I did and when I saw the number I did not want to post it. But.........I have to keep myself honest. I am up again! Even more. I'm now at 226. The scale keeps going up in leaps and bounds. Why the hell can't it go down that way???

I cannot believe I let myself get from 214 all the way back to 226. And in only 2-3 weeks!!!

But I refuse to gain back everything I've lost. It stops here. It stops now. I am off to the store to stock up on fruits, veges, yogurt, low cal snacks, and water. I'm going to find a pretty new notebook to start using as a food journal again.
I know what I need to do, now I just need to get back to doing it.

I truly hope everyone is doing better then I am!!

 

[kelmac284]

((hugs)) Beth. Don't worry about it. That is why I didn't even TRY to lose weight or even think about dieting during the holidays. There is just TOO much bad food this time of year. I have been hovering at 156 for months now. I have been stuck at that weight forever. I have been cutting back but with all this holiday bad stuff it doesn't help and of course I haven't worked out in FOREVER.

BUT next week it starts again! The last bad thing is tomorrow with Katy's party but that should be the last of it for awhile. I don't anticipate anything else bad until superbowl which is a WAYS away so that should give me a good long stretch to start getting back to a routine and hopefully working out some.

My problem is I was having a hard time working out because of my bladder issues. And my surgery isn't until February BUT I am going to try and do a light workout anyway. I haven't worked out in MONTHS but I am going to attempt it anyway. I figure anything is better than nothing and now that I won't have all this bad food tempting me at every turn that will help too.

I have gotten lax and started eating a small fry when we go to McDonald's and things like that. I haven't gained but I also haven't lost either so things like that I need to cut out.

So we can do this together!!

It just takes LOTS of will power and determination. I've been pretty bummed about shane's job and all this other stupid crap with the economy but hopefully now that the holidays are over and he can get back to working full time and once the new president gets into office maybe things will start looking up. We must think positive. And hey we have our trip to look forward to right! That's a good thing!!

I just keep trying to think about that and I KNOW that is going to be blast!

I will probably do my first weigh in on Monday the 5th and start in then so that will be my start date and then I am with ya!

Don't be down on yourself. You did it once and I KNOW you will do it again.

I am right there with ya to cheer you on!!