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

[matkensgirl2000]

My last weigh I was T +1... Ok, so now I am so ready to buckle down, but WOAH!!!! We are booked in a condo this weekend for 4 days of bday celebrations and eating out! I have already put in my time with my trainer so working out is all on me until Monday. And work has gotten busy. My husband and I share a common bday, and father-in-law is 3 days prior. We have reserved fancy dinners out nightly, plus the stress of family (wine, please), girlfriends Friday happy hour bday get-together, girl friends lunch...Ugh! I need a P-L-A-N---set in stone! I am DETERMINED to be T -2 by Monday!!! Just keep swimming!
Plan- water, water, water
---work-out! There is a gym in the hotel, and I can get in a really good run, too. Also a gym at the spa- NO EXCUSE (hold me to it, ladies)
----stock some healthy nibbles in the room- veggies, hummus, etc
------plan ahead- 1 vodka soda at happy hour, no to wine and beer, etc
------ big salads at dinner and a seafood appetizer as my meal (raw oysters, cocktail shrimp, crab claws...)
-----sooooo- I ordered a turtle cake, 6 red velvet cream cheese and fudge-filled cupcakes, and 6 chocolate cupcakes with raspberry filling. Help!!! What's the plan there? Half a cupcake? Run a little more beforehand? I'll take suggestions.
I can do it!
Call me OCD- but I'll check in daily. Seriously- I need all the help I can get!
Thanks, guys, for the continued inspiration and motivation!

Your plan is great! You can do it AND enjoy that cake.

Hey, I'm at T-1.8 for this week which I think is down .2. I'll take it.

 

[carolinamom]

So far, so good! I have managed to stick with the plan through ladies happy hour, one fancy dinner, cupcake time, etc. tonight we have our next fancy dinner. The plan is: water, seafood app (ray or steamed oysters with lemon), meal will be a small piece of lean steak or a seafood app as a meal (crab claws or shrimp), side of asparagus with lemon. My hubs ordered some amazing wine which the restaurant will cork, so I will do one glass. Also, I will have a taste of bday cake after dinner. I did an hour on the elliptical today, and an hour yesterday. Will run in the morning.
I know this seems "ad nauseum", but I really feel like if I can just break through this threshold, I will be really on my way. The board is helping me so much in terms of accountability! Thank you all for lending an ear!
I can do it!

 

[tiredsportsmom]

We are going July 5th - 20th, staying off site. I too started trying to lose weight a few weeks ago so far down 6 lbs! Good luck to everyone, hopefully we all become "losers".

 

[denisea51]

So far, so good! I have managed to stick with the plan through ladies happy hour, one fancy dinner, cupcake time, etc. tonight we have our next fancy dinner. The plan is: water, seafood app (ray or steamed oysters with lemon), meal will be a small piece of lean steak or a seafood app as a meal (crab claws or shrimp), side of asparagus with lemon. My hubs ordered some amazing wine which the restaurant will cork, so I will do one glass. Also, I will have a taste of bday cake after dinner. I did an hour on the elliptical today, and an hour yesterday. Will run in the morning.
I know this seems "ad nauseum", but I really feel like if I can just break through this threshold, I will be really on my way. The board is helping me so much in terms of accountability! Thank you all for lending an ear!
I can do it!

Yes You Can.... Just don't cork the bottle and take it to your room and finish it off (As I would probably do). Keep up the good work

Keep on swimming......

Denise

 

[3Rouselings]

So far, so good! I have managed to stick with the plan through ladies happy hour, one fancy dinner, cupcake time, etc. tonight we have our next fancy dinner. The plan is: water, seafood app (ray or steamed oysters with lemon), meal will be a small piece of lean steak or a seafood app as a meal (crab claws or shrimp), side of asparagus with lemon. My hubs ordered some amazing wine which the restaurant will cork, so I will do one glass. Also, I will have a taste of bday cake after dinner. I did an hour on the elliptical today, and an hour yesterday. Will run in the morning.
I know this seems "ad nauseum", but I really feel like if I can just break through this threshold, I will be really on my way. The board is helping me so much in terms of accountability! Thank you all for lending an ear!
I can do it!

You can do it!!

 

[KaylaSue22]

I had gained a few pounds over the holidays (though since I had lost a pants size!) I am finally back down to my low today!!

 

[StitchIsOurHero]

Trying to get back "on the wagon". Made it up to my 4 am workout this morning! 3 weeks and 3 days til WDW. . .gotta get that walking in gear!!

Have a wonderful week, everyone!!

 

[RomeGal]

Hey y'all!

Rough couple weeks here.

I am still at T-8 here but I'm ok with that. I haven't worked out as MUCH as I'd want, but mostly gone 3-5 a week to the Y for classes.

I am at 80 days or so until our trip and I'm getting super excited! I still need to decide what to do about tickets.

Since we will be there a potential 8 days, I can't imagine that we "need" park hoppers... and we are planning to take at least one pool/DTD non-park day, so I'm thinking we need 7 day base tickets. It's a little over $1100 for the 4 of us for 7 day base tickets...

I spent over an hour on the phone with a CM the other day trying to get the cost of adding tickets and/or dining plan. There is no CM rate discount but it took her an hour to tell me that and she never WAS able to get the ticket price for me.

It's getting closer and closer. I want to do some fun treats for the kids. I bought DS (8) a Perry shirt and DD (7) a mickey & minnie shirt, and I purchased a lot of 25 pins from mousepinsonline.com (that DD found while she had the flu last week and asked about - I just told her they were mine, none of her business...) Other thoughts? My kids will turn 8 & 9 just after our trip, so they are not "littles" and won't go for the whole "Mickey/Tinkerbell left this in your room last night" - well, DD might... but I want to still do some magic!

 

[denisea51]

How about autograph book, picture frame mat or something in that order. If you're attending MNSSHP maybe a special bag or bucket for trick or treating. I made a busy book all about WDW with games and puzzles and pages from each park and restaurant that had fill ins like your favorite food, favorite character, a place for pics, Put it all in a binder. Maybe a disposible camera so they can take their own pics. Just a few thoughts. Hope they help.

Keep on swimming

Denise

 

[matkensgirl2000]

We are going July 5th - 20th, staying off site. I too started trying to lose weight a few weeks ago so far down 6 lbs! Good luck to everyone, hopefully we all become "losers".

Welcome, tiredsportsmom (love the screen name). Congrats on your loss so far! You have a nice long vacation ahead of you...

 

[3Rouselings]

Weigh in day - and I'm a little disappointed.........still at -21.2 No loss this week, but that's ok. I have managed to get in 4 days of circuit training and you can really see the difference in my body after almost 9 weeks of watching what I eat and working out! So I am hoping that my fat is just turning to fit I have lost 4 inches off my waist, 2 inches off my thighs and 2 off my arms! For the first time in a long time I have biceps - and as long as you keep your eyes on the upper part of my arm you don't notice my wings

65 days until our trip We cannot wait!

 

[denisea51]

65 days till your trip!!! WOW. I really am jealous. I still have 207.

But I guess that will give me some time to get these lbs off.

Keep on swimming.

Denise

 

[matkensgirl2000]

T-3.2, ya'll.................!!!!!!!!!

Holla!! I need a raise the roof smiley. What, what!!

I'm hosting my son's (now he'll be DS4) birthday party at home tomorrow so I've been MEGA busy. I'm planning on some good DIS time Sunday plus I finally have a camera charger so I can take and post some photos.

 

[carolinamom]

I do not even want to weigh in tomorrow- SOOOO far "off that wagon"! I can't even see the wagon anymore! Lol!!
4 weeks until the cruise. I am still motivated to lose a few before we sail! Hey, anything is possible! Where is a fairy godmother when you need one!

 

[matkensgirl2000]

So, I'm just going about my daily life, being the crazy busy mother of 3 that I am and I realize....
We are in double digits already!! Not only are we in double digits, but we only have 73 days until we leave. Wha?!! By this time, I am in the throes of planning. Having involved big kids and maybe being a lot more familiar with Disney has kept me from having time or needing to plan so much, I guess.
I have all my ADRs made. I finally made my Sanaa ressie this weekend and also made a big payment on the trip. I've also managed to stop by the Disney store a few times...it is about 45 minutes away and my son had some soccer tournaments near the outlet mall where it is, so we made a stop in between games. Since it's an outlet, they had a shipment in from Disneyland with a really good clearance. We made a few little finds...

These pins cost between $1-$2.

The vinylmation was $1.99.
DS8 is pumped about trading pins. We have been looking online at the different sets and trying to research pin etiquette. We've trading 2 or 3 times in all the times we've been to Disney, but we've never very many to start with. I know the CMs have to trade, but that's about it as far as pin etiquette goes...any tips?
Our Disney bucket has been getting full...

That princess autograph book we bought 2 years ago at the Disney outlet for about $5. Sure, it says Disneyland on it but no biggie for us. DD9 is reserving it for female characters only. She got a few last time but still needs Mulan, Alice in Wonderland, Pocahontas, Ariel, Rapunzel, Jasmine and Tiana.
More in the next post...these picture posts make me nervous!!
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[StitchIsOurHero]

Yay for all of the planning!! It is always so much fun to get into the detail planning!! I don't really know anything about pin trading, so I can't help there, but I love the pins you bought!!

 

[blakrose9999]

way to go everyone. I have not been so well been super busy and not exercising as much as i'd like but I am still T-2

 

[3Rouselings]

Weekly weigh in a few days early and it's T-1.6 for a total of T-22.6 AND to top it all off we are now 59 days until our vacation and bright and early this morning I did our online check in Sending lots of healthy vibes to everyone.

 

[matkensgirl2000]

Weekly weigh in a few days early and it's T-1.6 for a total of T-22.6 AND to top it all off we are now 59 days until our vacation and bright and early this morning I did our online check in Sending lots of healthy vibes to everyone.

You are so awesome. Tell me more about what you're eating...I know you are exercising like a ninja. I hope to be soon...as soon as the weather gets warmer. And I AM coaching softball (we're doing coach pitch and if you think it isn't exercise to catch the throws of an 8-year-old catcher, you are sorely mistaken).

way to go everyone. I have not been so well been super busy and not exercising as much as i'd like but I am still T-2

What is it about this time of year where things just get CRAZY??

Yay for all of the planning!! It is always so much fun to get into the detail planning!! I don't really know anything about pin trading, so I can't help there, but I love the pins you bought!!

You are so close to leaving, I can't hardly stand it! I need to check up on your PTR!!

 

[RomeGal]

I have been out of pocket this past week or so because I have been in court and trials every day since 2/28...


I am happy to report that after back and forth since 1/15, I have *finally* lost TEN POUNDS!!!!!

So I am T ~10. Phew. I haven't worked out much this past week either because I had a nasty cold but I am back at it tomorrow.

Getting super excited about our trip. Almost to the 60 day mark! Crunch time!

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