From ZERO to HERO - The October 2015 W.I.S.H. Challenge

[JacknSally]

Morning, morning, morning, everyone! Happy Friday! Take a second and get your Friday started with a FRIDAY DANCE!! The weekend is finally here!!!!






WOO!! Hope everyone has an AMAZING FRIDAY!! Any exciting weekend plans out there??

In addition to being FRIDAY!, it's also WEIGH-DAY!! Keep in mind, "weigh in" is just the term we're using - I know several people aren't tracking their goals in terms of weight on a scale, and that's fine! But be sure you're giving your progress reports even still so that I can add your name to the list and we can all celebrate your percentage going THROUGH THE ROOF!!



QOTD for Friday, October 9, 2015




So as we move into the weekend, I think this is something we could all benefit from remembering - I KNOW that I definitely could. We all get caught up with work, school, family, stress, work outs, weigh ins, cooking, cleaning, etc. and more often than not, we forget to take a minute to take care of ourselves. So this weekend, try to take at least 15 minutes for yourself - lock yourself in the bedroom, read a book, take a bubble bath, paint, go on a jog and don't worry about your time or your distance, go for a drive, listen to some music, WHATEVER can help you have a minute to recover from the week behind us and replenish your energies and just focus on you.

What will you do this weekend to take time for you?​

 

[JacknSally]

In addition to being FRIDAY!, it's also WEIGH-DAY!! Keep in mind, "weigh in" is just the term we're using - I know several people aren't tracking their goals in terms of weight on a scale, and that's fine! But be sure you're giving your progress reports even still so that I can add your name to the list and we can all celebrate your percentage going THROUGH THE ROOF!!



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My friends, the Mad Hatter and the March Hare, are here to help me celebrate GETTING INTO ONEDERLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



I FINALLY DID IT! I weighed in this morning at a flat 199.0!
Of course, then I wanted to take a picture, so I went and got my phone... The phone + the case made me weigh in at 200.2. NOPE! So I put the phone down and was 199.0 again. So I tried weighing, then grabbing the phone before the number flashed away, and couldn't get it to focus... and every time I tried, the number was different! So today I weighed in at 199.0, 200.2, 198.8, 199.6, and 199.2. Goes to show you just how finicky those scales can be, and why your number should absolutely not be the be-all-and-end-all of your journey!

I finally got a picture at 199.2, so that's what what I'll use for my "goal" tracking today. 199.2/204.0 puts me at 148% of my don't-gain-weight-goal!

QOTD for Friday, October 9, 2015


What will you do this weekend to take time for you?

So I've done a really bad job at coming back and answering my own QOTD's! Haha. My apologies. I'll start catching up with this one! This weekend we have got a busy, busy list of still-to-do's to knock out, but I am going to make sure that at some point tomorrow morning or tomorrow night before bed, I take at least 15 minutes just to sit outside on our deck with my puppy and do something NOT-wedding-related. Most likely, I will find my way here! Haha.

 

[ThistleMae]

it's worse today...we have a manager with a birthday so there is birthday cake...customer service week treat of the day is TCBY frozen yogurt with plenty of toppings I'm sure...an employees child had a fund raising sale at school...those things are in so there are also 2 peanut butter pies on the table in our department. I'm glad I'm off tomorrow so I can miss pizza day![/QUOTE
These work food fests are the worst. Then, if it isn't a special food day....you have the person who loves to bake and brings in chocolate chip cookies just because she/he is a thoughtful person! Without steadfast determination.....we will slowly go down that drain! Stay strong! Our goal is within reach. Keep thinking....I just want to be healthy....I just want to be healthy!

 

[Flossbolna]

Funny note for the day. I, indeed, go on that outside walking track on my lunch break like I said I would. Here I am walking, ear buds in, taking in the sun, when I see something moving up from me. As I get closer I realize its a big spider and, like I'm some sort of beacon or something, its coming fast right at me. I'm sure my highstepping around this thing put on quite a show. Got my heart pumping that's for sure.

Fist of all: Congratulations to sticking with your exercise plans!! And that spider does sound very scary!!!

I added an extra 3 minutes to my run this morning. It wasn't on purpose (I kinda route planned badly and wanted to get to the end of the path), but I say it still counts. And I'll probably go to sleep early tonight. So that's two things.

Well done on the three extra minutes! I think sometimes just going that little extra is really what helps you change your attitude. And many little extras do add up in the end!

I am going to be e mindful when I eat and not so fast. I am also going to bed earlier because I am exhausted from cheer practice last night. I was at 20% last progress report.

I need to work on being more mindful when eating as well. Thanks for reminding me of that!! Congratulations on being at 20%!

Just popping in! I feel like I've been MIA and how there's 3 new pages of comments to read! Congratulations to everyone for their victories this week, no matter how big or small you think they are. You all are amazing!

I finished Day 4 of my P90x3 today, it was all push ups and pull ups . Feeling proud of myself for sticking it it thus far. Only 86 days to go!

I know this weekend will not be the greatest diet wise. I have a baby shower to attend Saturday then my birthday is Sunday! My fiance got us tickets to Newsies which I 'm so super excited about! I've been DYING to see it and I cannot wait. Anyway, so i will continue working out and eating as healthy as possible, but will focus on maintaining weight this weekend I think. I'm not huge on sweets & desserts, but there might be a fair amount of wine and whatnot consumed.

Happy Friday (almost!) everyone!

Congratulations on 4 days of sticking with your exercise routine!! Sounds really challenging!

And have a fantastic day on Sunday!! Happy Birthday!

Sigh. I have NOT been acting like I want to turn the corner to onederland. I've had the nibbles and dipped into the office candy jar, ate a larger than expected lunch, are bread with dinner, and finished the day off with a cookie. The bright side is it was a 14,000+ step day. The bad news is that the day wiped out a big chunk of my weeklies and we leave for our week with the in-laws tomorrow. Must pull it together!

Sorry that you had trouble sticking with your plan. I hope today is a better day for you! But 14.000+ steps is impressive!! Doesn't that give you quite a lot of activity points?

We managed to succeed pretty well on our to-do list -- but nearly had a heart attack. So Disney changed their mind (again) and all of the Premium Annual Pass giftcards are now being recognized only for dollar value and we were told differently on the AP phone line on Monday. (ie: The Premuim Annual Pass giftcards would be grandfathered in as Signature Plus, don't worry!) Somehow we worked it out that we'd get the 'old pricing' for Premier since that's all we wanted buy and it's technically not a Disneyland-specific pass.

Now we're labeled as "Premier Domestic Annual Pass - Shell" in the system. I have no idea what that means, but it works and gets us to Disney for the next year.... which we just reserved two more small trips to Disney World. One for my graduation (May 23-28) at the Port Orleans Riverside in a Princess Room and the other for my birthday at the Beach Club next September for Food/Wine and MNSSHP. Turns out we are going to get our money's worth with this pass for all the agony we went through.

Saving the bounce-back offer for next Christmas with our december trip. Just easier to book these other ones now since we're needing a room only. Starting in November of next year we'll be sans annual pass and just going to Disney World for Christmas once per year.

I am so sorry that you had to deal with those ridiculous price increases! I hope your "Shell" pass will work as it is intended. But how much unneccessary stress about that trip. I can see your point of trying to make as much use as possible of the pass before it will expire!

We are planning for a December trip next year as well! It is a great time to visit WDW. But I am sad that I won't be able to see the Osbourne Lights again in 2016...

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Hello everyone! It took me over two hours to write the above reply, I am sure the thread has moved on since then quite a bit... ;-)

I am still struggling. I managed to get my eating goal yesterday, but not with the best choices and only because I went for a 30 minute walk at 9:45 pm to use up more calories... I don't know why it is so difficult right now. Unfortunately I woke up today feeiling lousy with a headache, I think I might get a cold. And the scale shows ugly numbers. I can feel that a lot of that is water, I am all puffy in my fingers and feet. But it is still frustrating... I just want to lose that water and see where I am really standing. Not reporting any progress today as anything that I would report would be a negative number... Thanks for letting me vent! And on to come up with a good dinner plan for tonight. I feel like I need to up my protein again...

 

[ThistleMae]

We managed to succeed pretty well on our to-do list -- but nearly had a heart attack. So Disney changed their mind (again) and all of the Premium Annual Pass giftcards are now being recognized only for dollar value and we were told differently on the AP phone line on Monday. (ie: The Premuim Annual Pass giftcards would be grandfathered in as Signature Plus, don't worry!) Somehow we worked it out that we'd get the 'old pricing' for Premier since that's all we wanted buy and it's technically not a Disneyland-specific pass.

Now we're labeled as "Premier Domestic Annual Pass - Shell" in the system. I have no idea what that means, but it works and gets us to Disney for the next year.... which we just reserved two more small trips to Disney World. One for my graduation (May 23-28) at the Port Orleans Riverside in a Princess Room and the other for my birthday at the Beach Club next September for Food/Wine and MNSSHP. Turns out we are going to get our money's worth with this pass for all the agony we went through.

Saving the bounce-back offer for next Christmas with our december trip. Just easier to book these other ones now since we're needing a room only. Starting in November of next year we'll be sans annual pass and just going to Disney World for Christmas once per year.

You are so wise to plan so much fun in your life! You deserve a princess room!

 

[Flossbolna]

What will you do this weekend to take time for you?

I love this QOTD! I am struggling with wasting too much time on useless stuff. And then I lack quality time for real things. I used to read so much and now I spend so much time looking at stupid things on the internet (I don't count this thread to be useless, but some of my DIS time is certainly totally superfluous). So, I made an effort to get into reading recently. And I think my plan is that both Saturday and Sunday I will sit on my lovely sofa with my kindle and continue reading my book!!

My friends, the Mad Hatter and the March Hare, are here to help me celebrate GETTING INTO ONEDERLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



I FINALLY DID IT! I weighed in this morning at a flat 199.0!

So proud of you!!! Congratulations!!



It seems that taking some pressure of you and deciding to just maintain this month really helped you!

What a funny story about the struggle with the phone wait!! And you look really great and happy in that picture! I love it when people post pictures as it is so nice to be able to put a fact to the screen name!

 

[dsnyfn1022]

My friends, the Mad Hatter and the March Hare, are here to help me celebrate GETTING INTO ONEDERLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YAAAAAAAY!!!!!! That's so awesome!! Congrats!

 

[ThistleMae]

Morning, morning, morning, everyone! Happy Friday! Take a second and get your Friday started with a FRIDAY DANCE!! The weekend is finally here!!!!






WOO!! Hope everyone has an AMAZING FRIDAY!! Any exciting weekend plans out there??

In addition to being FRIDAY!, it's also WEIGH-DAY!! Keep in mind, "weigh in" is just the term we're using - I know several people aren't tracking their goals in terms of weight on a scale, and that's fine! But be sure you're giving your progress reports even still so that I can add your name to the list and we can all celebrate your percentage going THROUGH THE ROOF!!



QOTD for Friday, October 9, 2015


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So as we move into the weekend, I think this is something we could all benefit from remembering - I KNOW that I definitely could. We all get caught up with work, school, family, stress, work outs, weigh ins, cooking, cleaning, etc. and more often than not, we forget to take a minute to take care of ourselves. So this weekend, try to take at least 15 minutes for yourself - lock yourself in the bedroom, read a book, take a bubble bath, paint, go on a jog and don't worry about your time or your distance, go for a drive, listen to some music, WHATEVER can help you have a minute to recover from the week behind us and replenish your energies and just focus on you.

What will you do this weekend to take time for you?​

Happy Friday to all my new friends! I had a great weigh in....I've lost 5 of the seven pounds I gained on vacation....Whoohoo! I may even be able to get an actual loss this month, which would be great. I've been digging in really deep and it has really helped. This weekend I'm going shopping for Balsamic Vinegars, attending a play this evening at our BRAND NEW THEATER in WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT. Tomorrow is DEAD NORTH....lots of walking through the haunted corn maze (and running....lol!) Does screaming expend energy, if so.....I'll be doing lots of that! Sunday is just chillin'. Monday is a lunch with former co-workers....hence, dealing with the homemade food goodies! I've done okay the last two times....did eat a bit too much on the last one....but not off the charts. I will do a mantra all the way over there....."You look good. You feel good. I will control the food...the food will not control me!" Everyone have a great weekend!

 

[courtneybeth]

I FINALLY DID IT! I weighed in this morning at a flat 199.0!​

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YESSSSSSS. I KNEW IT. Congratulations on your hard work and perseverance to get to this point.

 

[courtneybeth]

QOTD for Friday, October 9, 2015

So as we move into the weekend, I think this is something we could all benefit from remembering - I KNOW that I definitely could. We all get caught up with work, school, family, stress, work outs, weigh ins, cooking, cleaning, etc. and more often than not, we forget to take a minute to take care of ourselves. So this weekend, try to take at least 15 minutes for yourself - lock yourself in the bedroom, read a book, take a bubble bath, paint, go on a jog and don't worry about your time or your distance, go for a drive, listen to some music, WHATEVER can help you have a minute to recover from the week behind us and replenish your energies and just focus on you.

What will you do this weekend to take time for you?

I'm unfortunately studying for a midterm and working on a case study, but i'm going to take a break on Saturday night and go to our local Pinot's Palette and paint a halloween-themed painting for my work office.


So... today has been crazy. It turns out that our annual pass drama is not over and there's an error now with our passes. I have to head home at lunch and grab my pass, call into Disney and have them help us get it right. It's considered a "shell" pass because they think we just took a card from the ticket counter and there's no data. ARGH! So... it'll take about 10 business days to fix. I have no idea how they let us into Disneyland last night, unless it's still picking up on our old pass that hadn't expired yet. I just want to cry - it shouldn't be this complicated!!

 

[Flossbolna]

Happy Friday to all my new friends! I had a great weigh in....I've lost 5 of the seven pounds I gained on vacation....Whoohoo! I may even be able to get an actual loss this month, which would be great. I've been digging in really deep and it has really helped. This weekend I'm going shopping for Balsamic Vinegars, attending a play this evening at our BRAND NEW THEATER in WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT. Tomorrow is DEAD NORTH....lots of walking through the haunted corn maze (and running....lol!) Does screaming expend energy, if so.....I'll be doing lots of that! Sunday is just chillin'. Monday is a lunch with former co-workers....hence, dealing with the homemade food goodies! I've done okay the last two times....did eat a bit too much on the last one....but not off the charts. I will do a mantra all the way over there....."You look good. You feel good. I will control the food...the food will not control me!" Everyone have a great weekend!

Sounds like a fun weekend that you have planned! The haunted corn maze sounds absolutely fabulous! I wish they would do something like that here...

I'm unfortunately studying for a midterm and working on a case study, but i'm going to take a break on Saturday night and go to our local Pinot's Palette and paint a halloween-themed painting for my work office.


So... today has been crazy. It turns out that our annual pass drama is not over and there's an error now with our passes. I have to head home at lunch and grab my pass, call into Disney and have them help us get it right. It's considered a "shell" pass because they think we just took a card from the ticket counter and there's no data. ARGH! So... it'll take about 10 business days to fix. I have no idea how they let us into Disneyland last night, unless it's still picking up on our old pass that hadn't expired yet. I just want to cry - it shouldn't be this complicated!!

So, you are an artist? I have the greatest respect for people who can paint! Sounds like a fun project.

And I am so sorry for the continued stress you have with the AP! Maybe the problem is that you still have an AP and because you can't have two, the system sees the second one as a shell??? I hope you get it sorted!!

 

[courtneybeth]

So, you are an artist? I have the greatest respect for people who can paint! Sounds like a fun project.

Not only do I paint, but I also sew quilts!

 

[Flossbolna]

Not only do I paint, but I also sew quilts!

Oh!! I am so impressed! If you ever feel like posting a picture of your art or quilts, I would love to see them!! (I know, it is totally off topic, but I am sure the others would not mind.)

And now I better leave the computer and read in my book for a while since that is what I have planned according to my reply to the QOTD!

 

[ThistleMae]

I'm unfortunately studying for a midterm and working on a case study, but i'm going to take a break on Saturday night and go to our local Pinot's Palette and paint a halloween-themed painting for my work office.


So... today has been crazy. It turns out that our annual pass drama is not over and there's an error now with our passes. I have to head home at lunch and grab my pass, call into Disney and have them help us get it right. It's considered a "shell" pass because they think we just took a card from the ticket counter and there's no data. ARGH! So... it'll take about 10 business days to fix. I have no idea how they let us into Disneyland last night, unless it's still picking up on our old pass that hadn't expired yet. I just want to cry - it shouldn't be this complicated!!

I find everything to be this complicated! I just accept it...do the extra work to fix it and move on. It just always seems to be the case. Sorry for your woes! It will all work out.

 

[ThistleMae]

Not only do I paint, but I also sew quilts!

I would love to do a Halloween themed painting! I love Halloween!

 

[ThistleMae]

I'm sitting at Toyota awaiting completion of my oil change! I ate a quest bar for lunch. This is my on the road lunch choice so I can avoid convenience stores and restaurants. Then off to shopping! Yeah!

 

[CruisingKate]

I'm happy to report my WW weigh-in today-- down 1.2 pounds/goal this month is 5lbs! Slow and steady! That's almost 25% to goal!

What will you do this weekend to take time for you?

This weekend I'm headed to the Jersey shore with my hubby. My daughter and her boyfriend will join us for a weekend of walks, bike rides, music, and wine!

Well for me today is weigh in day here work.. I am down 1.8 after my first week on WW .. I think I had a 4 LB goal so that is 45% .. If it's not the right goal I will come back and update... and because yesterday was my last chance work out not today, I walked up and down the stairs at work 4 times, today I took the elevator! Haa..

Great loss! How are you liking WW? It is so helpful to me!

I FINALLY DID IT! I weighed in this morning at a flat 199.0!

CONGRATULATIONS! That is great!

Happy Friday to all my new friends! I had a great weigh in....I've lost 5 of the seven pounds I gained on vacation....Whoohoo! I may even be able to get an actual loss this month, which would be great. I've been digging in really deep and it has really helped

Wow! That is a huge loss-- you really did dig deep!

Thanks for letting me vent! And on to come up with a good dinner plan for tonight. I feel like I need to up my protein again...

Vent away! This is a great sounding board. Feel better soon!

 

[ThistleMae]

Not only do I paint, but I also sew quilts!

I'd love to see a pic of your quilts as well! I've done a couple...very novice ones. They can be so beautiful!

 

[JacknSally]

SO, what do you do when there is LITERALLY no work left to be done, and you have an hour remaining before you can go home? Catch-up-palooza, DUH! I technically need to make up as many hours from being out Monday as I can, so that less PTO is used to cover it, so that more PTO will go on my final check.... But that would mean staying until 7pm, when all of our work has been done since 3pm, and I don't know how much I'm feeling that today! Haha. Just not sure the extra $30 is worth it in the end.

So sorry I didn't make it back around last night! I ended up making some great progress on one of the bigger wedding crafts, so yay! Definitely feeling good about that one. Hopefully it will be 100% checked off the list by the end of the weekend.

MIA yesterday. Sorry. My job requires me to travel some and when I got home yesterday, I was beat! My DD was napping so I ended up snuggling with her for a bit and then doing 45 minutes of step aerobics (that I really didn't want to do, lol). It was a long day. Anywho....my plan to keep on track today is to switch up my activity. It's a gorgeous day outside and is supposed to turn raining and dreary starting tomorrow so I thought that I'd go to the local track on my lunch break and walk a couple of miles. I'm hoping the sunshine puts a little spring in my step.

Oh and congratulations to everyone for doing so well in week 1 of the challenge. So very proud of and happy for you!!!

No apologies for missing any amount of time! We love our die-hard junkies AND our causal visitors equally! Do you at least get to travel anywhere fun or exotic? Do you actually get to SEE the places you travel? Or is it all airport hotels and office buildings? Congrats on making it through your step aerobics even though you didn't want to do it at all! That's one of my biggest challenges, so I commend you!!!

Hubs and I are headed to Disneyland with a list of goals to accomplish tonight: purchase cases for our new iPhone 6s phones, renew our Premier passes (what an insane week this has turned into because of that drama!), and pick up all of the new Nightmare Before Christmas pins (and maybe that Little Mermaid surprise release that is LE1500 if it's still there). Somewhere between all of that we'll be walking California Adventure / Disneyland/ Downtown Disney, having chicken caesar salads, and hoping that our fitbits go above 20,000 steps tonight.


I'm trying to do more steps than usual this week - aiming for about an average of 12,000 per day - because I want to reach 164 this week. If I can cross that threshold I'll join @DisPup75 in the Overweight BMI club.

Can I come be your neighbor?? I want to diet and exercise like you! Haha. I feel like I would be a lot more successful if my walking path were a Disney park.

So glad you are a peace with the job situation! You will definitely be feeling less stress as the final days toward THE END OF THE JOB and toward WEDDING DAY get closer and closer!

In exciting news, I have a job interview this Tuesday afternoon! A long-time friend of mine is a hair stylist at a day spa here in town, and I was there Wednesday afternoon, so I filled out an application for their front desk, just for them to keep on file... I was the front office manager at a hotel for a couple of years, and managed a tanning salon for a couple of years before that, so I've got some experience answering phones at desks. I actually met with the manager that night - me with deep conditioner and a shower cap on my head, and her with foil and red hair dye on hers. At least that means she couldn't judge me for my appearance, right? LOL. Turns out they had JUST filled the position they had open, but they weren't 100% sure if that girl was going to work out or not. Well, got a call today that sure enough, that position is open again! So YAY!

Thanks for the REMINDER that this is "weigh-in eve"!! I almost forgot! I will try SUPER HARD to get in a walk tonight.... or some yard work or SOMETHING active. I was supposed to work for a few hours at my maintenance job, but I begged off..... I wanted an evening at home and it wasn't worth the measly $20 I'd make. So a good solid fast walk and/or some yard work, extra water, a cup of hot green tea (with fiber ), and a solid 7-8 hours of sleep (which won't be hard because tomorrow is not a work day for me!!).....and of course, a bit of extra praying and wishing and hoping doesn't hurt!!

Every little bit counts, so here is some pre-weigh-in pixie dust, too!! Hoping for good things!

Well for me today is weigh in day here work.. I am down 1.8 after my first week on WW .. I think I had a 4 LB goal so that is 45% .. If it's not the right goal I will come back and update... and because yesterday was my last chance work out not today, I walked up and down the stairs at work 4 times, today I took the elevator! Haa..

will be a way till Monday Am , celebrating my 45th Bday with those I love (hubs, kids and parents) eating Fair Foods.. Hope you all have super weigh in and fantastic weekends Michelle

Congrats on your 45% progress! You are on a GREAT pace this month - I know FOR SURE you will hit that 4lbs! Now go and enjoy EVERY SINGLE BITE of those fair foods! Have a bite of funnel cake for me!

Funny note for the day. I, indeed, go on that outside walking track on my lunch break like I said I would. Here I am walking, ear buds in, taking in the sun, when I see something moving up from me. As I get closer I realize its a big spider and, like I'm some sort of beacon or something, its coming fast right at me. I'm sure my highstepping around this thing put on quite a show. Got my heart pumping that's for sure.

I don't run. Do. Not. Run.

That would've made me run.

Hey guys, just stopping by quickly to answer the QOTD...

I added an extra 3 minutes to my run this morning. It wasn't on purpose (I kinda route planned badly and wanted to get to the end of the path), but I say it still counts. And I'll probably go to sleep early tonight. So that's two things.

Okay, hopefully I'll have the time/energy to come chat later. I hope everyone is having a wonderful, healthy, and active day!

I don't know about you, since you're a runner, but an extra 3 minutes for me would be HUGE, so YAY for you and your extra minutes!!! I hope you were able to get some good rest last night!

I am going to be e mindful when I eat and not so fast. I am also going to bed earlier because I am exhausted from cheer practice last night. I was at 20% last progress report.

Thank you! I'll find that post and update it. Can't wait to see where you stand this weekend!

Just popping in! I feel like I've been MIA and how there's 3 new pages of comments to read! Congratulations to everyone for their victories this week, no matter how big or small you think they are. You all are amazing!

I finished Day 4 of my P90x3 today, it was all push ups and pull ups . Feeling proud of myself for sticking it it thus far. Only 86 days to go!

I know this weekend will not be the greatest diet wise. I have a baby shower to attend Saturday then my birthday is Sunday! My fiance got us tickets to Newsies which I 'm so super excited about! I've been DYING to see it and I cannot wait. Anyway, so i will continue working out and eating as healthy as possible, but will focus on maintaining weight this weekend I think. I'm not huge on sweets & desserts, but there might be a fair amount of wine and whatnot consumed.

Happy Friday (almost!) everyone!

HAHA, I know what you mean! This thread is not very ADD-friendly - you miss a day and another 12 pages have popped up! I LOVE it, though!

How are you liking the program so far? Have you gotten into it enough to really tell?

Have SO MUCH FUN this weekend! I am so jealous of your Newsies tickets! It's coming here in December but we won't get to see it, and I'm heartbroken! ENJOY everything you do this weekend and don't waste a second worrying about that glass of wine. Wine is good for you! Just maybe don't have 2 bottles yourself...

Sigh. I have NOT been acting like I want to turn the corner to onederland. I've had the nibbles and dipped into the office candy jar, ate a larger than expected lunch, are bread with dinner, and finished the day off with a cookie. The bright side is it was a 14,000+ step day. The bad news is that the day wiped out a big chunk of my weeklies and we leave for our week with the in-laws tomorrow. Must pull it together!

Oh no! So sorry the little cheats have been worming their way in!!

...we just reserved two more small trips to Disney World. One for my graduation (May 23-28) at the Port Orleans Riverside in a Princess Room and the other for my birthday at the Beach Club next September for Food/Wine and MNSSHP. Turns out we are going to get our money's worth with this pass for all the agony we went through.

Saving the bounce-back offer for next Christmas with our december trip. Just easier to book these other ones now since we're needing a room only. Starting in November of next year we'll be sans annual pass and just going to Disney World for Christmas once per year.

OK, forget it. I don't want to be your neighbor anymore. Can you adopt me?! Haha. THREE visits to WDW next year, plus DL whenever you want! That's so exciting. I'm 1,000,000,000,000% jealous. You will LOVE POR. My family & I stayed at POFQ a few years ago and it was SUCH a nice place! DH2B is from New Orleans so we had looked into staying at PO again for our Disneymoon, but ended up at the Dolphin. I love Beach Club, too! You are such good hotel pickers. Where will you be in December?? Any ideas?

Morning all! HAPPY FRIDAY and HAPPY COLUMBUS DAY WEEKEND to my U.S. friends!! Shaping up to be a busy day here at home, so I just wanted to take one minute to say hello! No time to chat right now, but hopefully will be back later!.............P

Thank you for stopping by, even if just for a moment! Hope your day was a GOOD kind of busy - no leaky sinks or anything this time!

I am still struggling. I managed to get my eating goal yesterday, but not with the best choices and only because I went for a 30 minute walk at 9:45 pm to use up more calories... I don't know why it is so difficult right now. Unfortunately I woke up today feeiling lousy with a headache, I think I might get a cold. And the scale shows ugly numbers. I can feel that a lot of that is water, I am all puffy in my fingers and feet. But it is still frustrating... I just want to lose that water and see where I am really standing. Not reporting any progress today as anything that I would report would be a negative number... Thanks for letting me vent! And on to come up with a good dinner plan for tonight. I feel like I need to up my protein again...

You are welcome to vent ANY time!! I'm SO sorry you're having a rough go of it at the moment. Is there anything I/we can do to help?? Good for you for having the determination to get out and walk and do what you had to in order to be where you needed to be! As much as they aren't any fun at all, it's the choices like THAT that make the big difference. It's easy to get up and walk when you WANT to, and when you feel good, and when the weather's nice, and when you have free time... But it's a completely different thing to MAKE YOURSELF get up a do it, no matter what time, or how you feel, or what's going on. Good for you, and SO glad you didn't just say "I made poor food choices today, so it's already busted, and I won't worry about walking, I'll just do better tomorrow" because that is a DANGEROUS, dangerous trap to fall into! SO PROUD OF YOU!!

I love this QOTD! I am struggling with wasting too much time on useless stuff. And then I lack quality time for real things. I used to read so much and now I spend so much time looking at stupid things on the internet (I don't count this thread to be useless, but some of my DIS time is certainly totally superfluous). So, I made an effort to get into reading recently. And I think my plan is that both Saturday and Sunday I will sit on my lovely sofa with my kindle and continue reading my book!!

YAY! I LOVE READING! What do you think you might read? I, too, need to carve out more time to read instead of scrolling through Facebook or binge-watching Netflix. It's been too long since I've just read for fun... But some superfluous DIS-time is ok, too. ENJOY your you-time this weekend!!!

Happy Friday to all my new friends! I had a great weigh in....I've lost 5 of the seven pounds I gained on vacation....Whoohoo! I may even be able to get an actual loss this month, which would be great. I've been digging in really deep and it has really helped. This weekend I'm going shopping for Balsamic Vinegars, attending a play this evening at our BRAND NEW THEATER in WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT. Tomorrow is DEAD NORTH....lots of walking through the haunted corn maze (and running....lol!) Does screaming expend energy, if so.....I'll be doing lots of that! Sunday is just chillin'. Monday is a lunch with former co-workers....hence, dealing with the homemade food goodies! I've done okay the last two times....did eat a bit too much on the last one....but not off the charts. I will do a mantra all the way over there....."You look good. You feel good. I will control the food...the food will not control me!" Everyone have a great weekend!

Congratulations on already dumping most of that vacation weight! So that puts you at 71.4% of your goal for October, yes? Have fun at the corn maze! We went to ours last year, and it was ok, but I probably wouldn't go back... Ours is set up so that there are questions at every junction and what direction you go depends on which answer to the question you pick - obviously the right answer will lead you down the right path. We tried really hard to play, but there were SO many teenagers just running and screaming through the maze that it was really difficult. That, and, I was NOT a fan of the guys with the chainsaws... They had taken the actual chains off of them, but they were REAL chainsaws, you could smell the gas and everything, and they'd walk right up to you and put the chainsaw almost up to your neck or your leg or your arm and act like they were cutting you apart. NOT my idea of "fun scary". Who knows when one of those guys would think he's being funny and put a chain back on the thing? Nope. Not a chance I want to take.

As a matter of fact, we left the corn maze saying how old it made us feel.... DH2B and I both walked through the majority of the maze saying "That can't be safe.", "That's not a good idea.", "That's a lawsuit waiting to happen."

Pixie dust that your venture into the corn maze is MUCH better than ours was!

I'm unfortunately studying for a midterm and working on a case study, but i'm going to take a break on Saturday night and go to our local Pinot's Palette and paint a halloween-themed painting for my work office.


So... today has been crazy. It turns out that our annual pass drama is not over and there's an error now with our passes. I have to head home at lunch and grab my pass, call into Disney and have them help us get it right. It's considered a "shell" pass because they think we just took a card from the ticket counter and there's no data. ARGH! So... it'll take about 10 business days to fix. I have no idea how they let us into Disneyland last night, unless it's still picking up on our old pass that hadn't expired yet. I just want to cry - it shouldn't be this complicated!!

WE DID PINOT'S PALETTE FOR MY BACHELORETTE! It was the first time I'd ever done a class like that, and I am OBSESSED NOW! PLEASE post a picture of your painting when you're done with it!! I wonder if all the Pinot's paint the same things... There was a pumpkin painting we could have chosen for ours that was SO CUTE; I wonder if it's the same one!

SO SORRY about your AP-mess! I cringed when I saw the word "shell" in your description before. I didn't know what it meant, either, but it didn't sound good! AND to top it off, a phone CM told you you were good to go. I hope so much that 10 days from now you are 100% good to go!

I'm happy to report my WW weigh-in today-- down 1.2 pounds/goal this month is 5lbs! Slow and steady! That's almost 25% to goal!


This weekend I'm headed to the Jersey shore with my hubby. My daughter and her boyfriend will join us for a weekend of walks, bike rides, music, and wine!

WAY TO GO, KATE!! You are doing a GREAT job - 25% after a week and a half is awesome progress!! I hope you have an AMAZING weekend at the shore with your family - love every minute of it!



SO SORRY for the lengthy post, BUT I think I'm caught up now!! We've got a pretty full weekend ahead of us - tonight we are planning to run a bunch of errands and will HOPEFULLY be able to buy EVERYTHING that we still have to buy for the wedding and the Disney trip. Fingers crossed that I don't have an anxiety attack from the amount of money I know we'll end up spending. Maybe I'll get lucky and find a good sale, haha. I try not to buy anything full price if I can help it.. I'm not a crazy coupon lady by any means, but every little bit counts! Especially during a wedding, especially when you're facing a questionable period of time on one income LOL. I can't even explain the relief I felt this weekend when we FINALLY caved in and decided to get this box that we both loved for the wedding, but had said for months that we weren't going to get because I could craft something and it'd be cheaper and blahblahblah... It took probably 30 minutes for us to decide to get it, because we loved it, but didn't really love it $30 worth... DH2B finally convinced me to get it, so we get up to the register, and she scans it, and says "Oh, you know that's 50% off, right?" I think I heard angels sing.

I will definitely be around this weekend! Looking forward to chatting with you all some more!

 

[courtneybeth]

K, forget it. I don't want to be your neighbor anymore. Can you adopt me?! Haha. THREE visits to WDW next year, plus DL whenever you want! That's so exciting. I'm 1,000,000,000,000% jealous. You will LOVE POR. My family & I stayed at POFQ a few years ago and it was SUCH a nice place! DH2B is from New Orleans so we had looked into staying at PO again for our Disneymoon, but ended up at the Dolphin. I love Beach Club, too! You are such good hotel pickers. Where will you be in December?? Any ideas?

You'd make a fabulous sister - I'd love to adopt you! (I'm 32 and hubs is 34 - so we're not too old yet!) We're using and abusing not only the Disney Premier pass over the next year but the Tables in Wonderland membership. I'm okay with postponing Hawaii for this. Might as well try to live a little eh? While we're staying in the Contemporary for this December, we're not sure where we'd want to stay next year. We were thinking of either the Polynesian or the Grand Floridian. Hubs is pushing for the Grand Floridian so he'll have the Monorail Trifecta under his belt. He's got one hotel stay ahead of me from when he was a kid - I told him it didn't count!

The Royal Room looked so cute at the POR. We wanted to be near Blizzard Beach, Typhoon Lagoon, and EPCOT, so it met all of our requirements. The price seemed amazing for the beautiful surroundings..

WE DID PINOT'S PALETTE FOR MY BACHELORETTE! It was the first time I'd ever done a class like that, and I am OBSESSED NOW! PLEASE post a picture of your painting when you're done with it!! I wonder if all the Pinot's paint the same things... There was a pumpkin painting we could have chosen for ours that was SO CUTE; I wonder if it's the same one!

OMG I love Pinot's Palette! I've done like 10 of their paintings -- I have a few in my office that make me so happy. The one we're doing tomorrow night is a Haunted House done in Starry Night form. I am so excited!!!

SO SORRY about your AP-mess! I cringed when I saw the word "shell" in your description before. I didn't know what it meant, either, but it didn't sound good! AND to top it off, a phone CM told you you were good to go. I hope so much that 10 days from now you are 100% good to go!

AP MESS HAS BEEN RESOLVED! (Hopefully? ) I got even better service when I called back with the pass information. I got it done in an hour and now we're labeled as "Premier Annual Passport - CA Sale". From what they said the pass somehow didn't connect with our information... but it's done now and we're officially official. Who knew these would be so ~dramatic~ to renew.