Getting Skisney for Disney May 2013 PTR 4/11: Day 1 Plan

[lsenquiz]

I'm a little late but I'd like to join in too.
DH and I are going back to the world May 11th - 20th and using a recently purchased DVC for the first time. We are staying the first 5 nights at AKL- jambo and the last 4 at BLT, we are going back for flower and garden and we will be there for my fist SWW.
I'd really like to get down to my goal weight and lose about 30 pounds before then. So I can finally feel I look good in pictures since we always do photopass as I only get one week a year (vacation week) that DH doesn't fight me on getting his picture taken. I was always really active and could eat what I wanted so I never kept good eating habits. Then when I graduated and got my office job as well as got into a relationship with my now DH (less partying more staying in) in my mid 20's I put on the weight. I did really good and lost almost 40 pounds 2 summers ago due to home renovations. But since then have been stuck trying to lose the last 30.
To accomplish my goal I'm trying to keep better eating habits, more fruit, veggies and water less junk. For exercise I plan on walking with my sister in law a few days a week (once we get out of the teens.. BRRRR!), walk with my 8 month puppy, wii fit and xbox Kinect.

Glad you are joining in. We are also going in May and my weight loss goal is also 30lbs!

 

[carolinamom]

Just ordered my TapouT XT workout system!! Should be here in 5-7 days!! Wish me luck!!

92 lbs down 128 to go!

That sounds cool! Be sure to share your experience!
Good luck with your amazing journey!

 

[matkensgirl2000]

I'm a little late but I'd like to join in too.
DH and I are going back to the world May 11th - 20th and using a recently purchased DVC for the first time. We are staying the first 5 nights at AKL- jambo and the last 4 at BLT, we are going back for flower and garden and we will be there for my fist SWW.
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You are living my dream doing DVC!! I am so excited about F&G Festival. When we went in 2006, it fell while we were there and I just loved it but the last few times we've been, we've missed it by one weekend. So finally it will be back. This is the first time I've ever heard of it overlapping with SWW. I could really take or lose SWW but my boys have interest.
Your weight gain story sounds like mine...gained a lot of weight once I got my man!! Then I lost about 30 but pretty much gained most of it back. I think your plan for loss sounds great!

Just ordered my TapouT XT workout system!! Should be here in 5-7 days!! Wish me luck!!

92 lbs down 128 to go!

Luck!!!!!!!!!

 

[matkensgirl2000]

That should have read "wedding"....I can do weeding at home....

I'm sure the folks in Islamadora would LOVE it if you did a little weeding for them!

 

[matkensgirl2000]

I know people who have gone to Disney and swore they'd never go back. I tell them they have never done it the Matkensgirl Way. First of all, your time in the parks is much more pleasant if you at least have SOME structure (and it really helps a lot if you get the lay of the land). Secondly, to me, a good 40% of the fun of Disney is the planning and anticipation. Now, if I was a betting girl, I would bet that almost everyone on the DIS would agree with me. I think, also, a lot of people want to see a Disney vacation as just that...a vacation. I tell DH all the time that Disney is not a vacation...it's a trip...an adventure. Sure, you can definitely get some relaxation in, but I can hear my money clinking away if I am not up early to get my rides in or if I'm napping in the hotel. In fact, we always build in an extra day of vacation time after the trip so we can totally chill.

So, to wind away the dreary days of January, I have been planning my trip. Before, I could easily spend all day reading UG and the DIS but I really feel like I'm finally getting to know Disney well enough where I don't need to reread all that info like I used to. In fact, I get kinda burned out on that. Which is why I've been doing my planning in much smaller doses than usual.

Thus far, I've made most of my ADRs, renewed my subscription to touringplans.com, bought my 2013 UG on my Kindle (FYI, there's not a lot about the Fantasyland expansion in there) and made a few little purchases. I also started my Disney spreadsheet with park hours and UG crowd predictions but I still have only the haziest of ideas of where we'll be each day. I don't know if we'll do BBB for DD or a pirate experience for the boys. Last time, I took DD to a tea at Grand Floridian Cafe (we had a lovely time!). Will we do that? What shows/parades do we want to make it a priority to see?

Another question...my sister, BIL and their 6 (SIX!!) kids are considering coming the same time as us. We took them in 2008 (see my first PTR) but there were only 4 kids then and 2 were under 3 and she had one on the way. We enjoyed treating them but there's NO way we could swing that this time. I would love, LOVE to see my nieces and nephews at Disney but I know it could seriously throw a wrench in my need for structure. So, all the plans that I HAVE made so far could just go to pot

Wanna hear my ADRs so far? I'll put them in my next post!

 

[StitchIsOurHero]

I'm behind, but I wanted to say a big congrats to all of the "losers"! I have been keeping up with my workouts, but yesterday, we went out with my parents, and I had fried pickles, fried green tomatoes, and fried fish! I think the MFP about exploded! My weight wasn't as bad this morning as I was expecting, though. My goal this week is just to try to get back down to last week's weight by weigh-in day!

Matkensgirl, I love your intro and your plans! Your family is adorable! And just like you, I truly believe WDW is an "adventure" trip! I love the prep and planning, and when I'm there, I love the activity!! I think that's why I love reading everyone's plans so much!!

I can imagine your stress at adding the extra family in. Family is wonderful, but that huge of a group would be interesting to plan around!!

 

[blakrose9999]

You are living my dream doing DVC!! I am so excited about F&G Festival. When we went in 2006, it fell while we were there and I just loved it but the last few times we've been, we've missed it by one weekend. So finally it will be back. This is the first time I've ever heard of it overlapping with SWW. I could really take or lose SWW but my boys have interest.
Your weight gain story sounds like mine...gained a lot of weight once I got my man!! Then I lost about 30 but pretty much gained most of it back. I think your plan for loss sounds great!



Luck!!!!!!!!!

SWW was just kind of a luck thing. We planned the trip for the last week of F&G as we wanted to go in may and were unable to go the first week of may due to work conflicts. And the first SWW happens to start the second weekend we are there. Mostly just looking forward to some of the cool merchandise I've seen before.

 

[brettcw23]

Hello, you wonderful Dis-ers!! I am so glad to be back and planning a Disney trip for this year. We tried something else last summer and nothing quite measures up to a trip to WDW, does it? My DD turns 10 this year so we want to fit in a trip before she becomes a Disney adult. We have nothing set in stone yet and I am a little overwhelmed about visiting since our last trip in May 2012.

In the process of not going to Disney and not having anything to obsess over, I have gained a few pounds. If there's anytime I gladly pose for pics, it's in Disney and I refuse to be embarassed or hesitant about those pics because of a few pounds. Our Disney dates are tentatively set for May 18 which gives about 129 days (or 18.5 weeks) to lose some weight before our trip. Ideally, I would lose 2 lbs a week (or 37 lbs) by the time we left and if I did that, not only would I look good in pics, I would need a new wardrobe. But I'm aiming for at least 24, which would put me at my Disney lowest. So feel free to join me as I plan my trip and try to get back to the slim young thing I once was. I won't be posting my actual weight on here, but on Fridays, I'll post an official amount lost and an assessment of how I did that week along with my Disney planning. Seriously, planning the trip for me is as fun as actually going.

So, here we go again.......Yipppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

Good luck and great plan. getting healthy is awesome and given the multitude of photo ops at Disney, it's great motivation! Hopefully the DISers here can help!

 

[carolinamom]

Oh have mercy- daily workouts, no carbs, and I am weighing in at (drumroll, please) ...T. No change! Ah well, I'll stick with it and keep the faith. Got really bad food poisoning Saturday (oysters), which meant that Sunday was all about eating food that "stayed down" vs my usually protein and veggies. I'm still so motivated to be healthy that the weight is secondary. Sure, I would LOVE to look a little thinner for our trip to Islamorada this week, and I do t look forward to wearing a swimsuit, but I'm energetic, I'm in a great mood from no sugar crashes and slumps, my skin looks better then it has for a while, and I just feel great! What could be better then all of that?
Hope you ALL have a great week and keep the faith!

 

[3Rouselings]

Oh have mercy- daily workouts, no carbs, and I am weighing in at (drumroll, please) ...T. No change! Ah well, I'll stick with it and keep the faith. Got really bad food poisoning Saturday (oysters), which meant that Sunday was all about eating food that "stayed down" vs my usually protein and veggies. I'm still so motivated to be healthy that the weight is secondary. Sure, I would LOVE to look a little thinner for our trip to Islamorada this week, and I do t look forward to wearing a swimsuit, but I'm energetic, I'm in a great mood from no sugar crashes and slumps, my skin looks better then it has for a while, and I just feel great! What could be better then all of that?
Hope you ALL have a great week and keep the faith!

Hang in there - I have been doing really well, but have come down with a nasty cough/cold that I think will be affecting my work outs this week. I am hoping that I will be feling up to cardiobut seeing how I can barely breathe sitting down it's not looking good!!

It feels good to be off the sugar, I agree! I'm thinking of starting my own PTR but we shall see!

 

[RomeGal]

OK - so here's my weigh in
First Friday weigh in - 1/11 = T
Fri. 1/18 - T-2
Fri. 1/25 - T-4

I actually was at T - 4 on 1/20 - but then I waffled all week. I did work out 5 times at the YMCA (Kickboxing, Zumba and the treadmill) and I feel like I was hanging on to some water weight - especially from a new exercise routine. I'm good with the T -4. It's just hard to see a week slip by with no change.

I started PT for my neck/shoulder today. I'm sore. And I have a $1500 deductible for my insurance, so it's $60 per visit and they want me to come 3x a week??? I told them I can come once a week for a month and they can give me exercises to do at home...

I have so much work to do. It's totally Monday. BOOOOOO. Going to bed early tonight so I Can do 5:15am ZUMBA!

 

[carolinamom]

OK - so here's my weigh in
First Friday weigh in - 1/11 = T
Fri. 1/18 - T-2
Fri. 1/25 - T-4

I actually was at T - 4 on 1/20 - but then I waffled all week. I did work out 5 times at the YMCA (Kickboxing, Zumba and the treadmill) and I feel like I was hanging on to some water weight - especially from a new exercise routine. I'm good with the T -4. It's just hard to see a week slip by with no change.

I started PT for my neck/shoulder today. I'm sore. And I have a $1500 deductible for my insurance, so it's $60 per visit and they want me to come 3x a week??? I told them I can come once a week for a month and they can give me exercises to do at home...

I have so much work to do. It's totally Monday. BOOOOOO. Going to bed early tonight so I Can do 5:15am ZUMBA!

RomeGal- nice steady loss!!! Very inspiring! Hope you get all caught up on work. I get the PT- it would add up pretty fast! (and who has TIME!)- hopefully you'll be able to get a really good home program to keep up with your progress. Its impressive that you stick with your early Zumba despite neck/shoulder pain and what sounds like a really busy schedule! That can't be easy! I get a lot of inspiration from posters like you! Thanks

 

[momto3gr8boys]

Just ordered my TapouT XT workout system!! Should be here in 5-7 days!! Wish me luck!!

92 lbs down 128 to go!

Wow! That is an amazing loss - good for you! And I would love to hear your thoughts on the Tapout XT. I am not generally good with following a DVD at home type thing, but maybe if the right one came along...

I'm behind, but I wanted to say a big congrats to all of the "losers"! I have been keeping up with my workouts, but yesterday, we went out with my parents, and I had fried pickles, fried green tomatoes, and fried fish! I think the MFP about exploded! My weight wasn't as bad this morning as I was expecting, though. My goal this week is just to try to get back down to last week's weight by weigh-in day!

Matkensgirl, I love your intro and your plans! Your family is adorable! And just like you, I truly believe WDW is an "adventure" trip! I love the prep and planning, and when I'm there, I love the activity!! I think that's why I love reading everyone's plans so much!!

I can imagine your stress at adding the extra family in. Family is wonderful, but that huge of a group would be interesting to plan around!!

at the fried foods! The good news is that next week you will probably see a bigger loss since it was a one time thing.

Oh have mercy- daily workouts, no carbs, and I am weighing in at (drumroll, please) ...T. No change! Ah well, I'll stick with it and keep the faith. Got really bad food poisoning Saturday (oysters), which meant that Sunday was all about eating food that "stayed down" vs my usually protein and veggies. I'm still so motivated to be healthy that the weight is secondary. Sure, I would LOVE to look a little thinner for our trip to Islamorada this week, and I do t look forward to wearing a swimsuit, but I'm energetic, I'm in a great mood from no sugar crashes and slumps, my skin looks better then it has for a while, and I just feel great! What could be better then all of that?
Hope you ALL have a great week and keep the faith!

Those weeks happen for everyone - and being sick on top of it doesn't help. But the fact that you are feeling so much better shows that every smart choice you make when it comes to food does have results...even if they are not always the ones we are looking for (like numbers on a scale).

OK - so here's my weigh in
First Friday weigh in - 1/11 = T
Fri. 1/18 - T-2
Fri. 1/25 - T-4

I actually was at T - 4 on 1/20 - but then I waffled all week. I did work out 5 times at the YMCA (Kickboxing, Zumba and the treadmill) and I feel like I was hanging on to some water weight - especially from a new exercise routine. I'm good with the T -4. It's just hard to see a week slip by with no change.

I started PT for my neck/shoulder today. I'm sore. And I have a $1500 deductible for my insurance, so it's $60 per visit and they want me to come 3x a week??? I told them I can come once a week for a month and they can give me exercises to do at home...

I have so much work to do. It's totally Monday. BOOOOOO. Going to bed early tonight so I Can do 5:15am ZUMBA!

Congrats on your loss! And hugs on the neck and PT cost...I agree that you can do the exercises at home. Feel better!

*****************************

I lost 1.6 pounds this week, so that puts me at T-4.6

I am happy with that. I was careful with what I ate, ran three times this week and indulged a little bit. So it's all good for me as far as I'm concerned!

 

[momto3gr8boys]

I know people who have gone to Disney and swore they'd never go back. I tell them they have never done it the Matkensgirl Way. First of all, your time in the parks is much more pleasant if you at least have SOME structure (and it really helps a lot if you get the lay of the land). Secondly, to me, a good 40% of the fun of Disney is the planning and anticipation. Now, if I was a betting girl, I would bet that almost everyone on the DIS would agree with me. I think, also, a lot of people want to see a Disney vacation as just that...a vacation. I tell DH all the time that Disney is not a vacation...it's a trip...an adventure. Sure, you can definitely get some relaxation in, but I can hear my money clinking away if I am not up early to get my rides in or if I'm napping in the hotel. In fact, we always build in an extra day of vacation time after the trip so we can totally chill.

So, to wind away the dreary days of January, I have been planning my trip. Before, I could easily spend all day reading UG and the DIS but I really feel like I'm finally getting to know Disney well enough where I don't need to reread all that info like I used to. In fact, I get kinda burned out on that. Which is why I've been doing my planning in much smaller doses than usual.

Thus far, I've made most of my ADRs, renewed my subscription to touringplans.com, bought my 2013 UG on my Kindle (FYI, there's not a lot about the Fantasyland expansion in there) and made a few little purchases. I also started my Disney spreadsheet with park hours and UG crowd predictions but I still have only the haziest of ideas of where we'll be each day. I don't know if we'll do BBB for DD or a pirate experience for the boys. Last time, I took DD to a tea at Grand Floridian Cafe (we had a lovely time!). Will we do that? What shows/parades do we want to make it a priority to see?

Another question...my sister, BIL and their 6 (SIX!!) kids are considering coming the same time as us. We took them in 2008 (see my first PTR) but there were only 4 kids then and 2 were under 3 and she had one on the way. We enjoyed treating them but there's NO way we could swing that this time. I would love, LOVE to see my nieces and nephews at Disney but I know it could seriously throw a wrench in my need for structure. So, all the plans that I HAVE made so far could just go to pot

Wanna hear my ADRs so far? I'll put them in my next post!

I want to hear about those ADRs! Definitely post them. I posted mine on my PTR the other and then realized after re-reading the post that I completely forgot BOG! So I'm glad I did post them because I was planning on going off that list when I start making ressies in a few weeks!

I hear ya on the planning and family coming along. Several people have said they may "meet up with us" or come spend a few days on this trip. It may or may not turn out that way (has in two cases on our last two trips). But I am so happy with what I have planned out so far this trip that I don't want to put a dent in that. I think what I am going to do is go about my plans and whomever actually does come, I will let them know our schedule and they are more than welcome to join in, but I am not going to rearrange it.

 

[3Rouselings]

Wanna hear my ADRs so far? I'll put them in my next post!

Show me yours I'll show you mine

 

[KaylaSue22]

Thank momto3gr8boys!! and I will definitely keep you updated on tapout!! I also struggle with do the whole dvd at home since I think of 1000 other things I need to be doing! But I am going to give this 100%!!

 

[Alysa]

What a beautiful christmas photo. Your daughter looks exactly like you - so pretty! I'm in, I just had a third baby and I am giving myself until the first day of spring this year, and then I'm going to start training for the half in January with my sister and hopefully loose this 40 pounds I somehow put on!

 

[denisea51]

OK I've read through this whole thread so far and You all are an inspiration to me. We are going in Sept '13 and I certainly need to lose weight. We are planning on going to F&W and can't wait (1st time for F&W).

OK now confessional time. I want to lose weight (who doesn't?) but I am ultimatly LAZY! The food and calories I can control but it's that darn exercise that does me in. I NEED (WANT) ALL THE HELP I CAN GET! and I think you are just the group to give it to me. I have been watching and tracking my food faithfully for 2 wks now and know the exercise needs to start, Give me a push! I bought a DVD of biking through America to watch while on my stationary bike and so far the cover looks good. Tomorrow is the day! I weigh in on Wed and then onto the bike.

Thanks for listening to my whinning. NO more whinning I'm gonna do it!

Keep up posting all of your plans I love reading what other people are planning.

Denise

 

[Lita]

I'd like to join in! My goal is to lose 25 pounds by my trip. We are going on May 23-29 and staying at the Poly. I am LitaCA_74 on My Fitness Pal.

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[indimom]

Way to go, Losers.

I've been meaning to ask if there is a specific day to weigh in. I set my T weight on Wednesday last week, so I would weigh-in again tomorrow... or should I wait until a specific day? (Am i overthinking this??)

I don't think I'm going to do that well. I did great the first half of the week, not so great the last three days. Sick kids interfere with workout schedules, especially when you take over their weekend babysitting gigs for them. lol. I couldn't let the parents down, they were both working, and didn't have any other options.

But, I'm heading out for a run this afternoon and the weather is perfect so I'm going to try to get back in the game starting today.