In Search of my Body...Not The One I Ate.. #4 "Inspiring Others... 1 Tiara at a Time"

[DisneyWorld Delight]

I have an alterior motive ~ I want some time off from kids to finish my book (1/2 way there). Bad mommy!

Amiee - totally feeling ya there!

the simple act of sitting down is painful at this point... have to keep pushing through the pain, but someone needs to tell my body that I am really trying to help it by doing this and not simply trying to kill it....

Your poor body, lol. It's in defensive mode. Good for you Paula. I wish I had a trainer whipping me into shape.

I am trying to charge my iPod so I can take it to work , I am thinking it shouldn't be to busy! I am only working 3-8 tonight.

Umm, you are downloading the podcast, right? EriKa and I can't be the only ones.

We weren't going to do anything but have a quiet night at home for New Year's, but a friend of mine had 2 extra tickets for the hockey game (and GOOD seats, too!) so we did that, and then because they won, we stayed for the after party and fireworks. This is the first time in a while that I have been out on NYE and it was a lot of fun. Have to admit that today is rather sucking because of it, though!

K.K. so glad you had a good time.

BUT...we had the best, and I mean THE BEST view of the fireworks right from our windows! OMG, it was like those fireworks were right in front of our faces! And we were WARM. Awesome. There is no room anywhere on Disney property that puts you that close to fireworks.

E - sounds like a good time your way too! I keep meaning to ask, have you spent any time at your cabin?

Btw, LYZ and others...

I am going to be interviewed on the PODCAST after the Half!

Really? Do I have to ask for more details?

I really am 4 lbs lighter.

Amiee!!!!! How awesome is that. That happened to me once, but it was NOT in my favor.

Ended up going into the hospital last night about 4 am....

Golly, you must have wacked it good.

I am so depressed right now. I just want to sleep. Any of you guys feeling the holiday let down?

 

[3DisneyKids]

AIMEE--Awesome! Love that!

Umm, you are downloading the podcast, right? EriKa and I can't be the only ones.

Aimee is in on it, too. She posts over on the podcast boards once in a while.


E - sounds like a good time your way too! I keep meaning to ask, have you spent any time at your cabin?



Really? Do I have to ask for more details?


I am so depressed right now. I just want to sleep. Any of you guys feeling the holiday let down?

The camp is not winterized, so no, we haven't been there. But we plan to winterize it this summer...that way, I can snowshoe up there next winter!

And Jeff is also depressed withthe post-holiday blues. Odd, since he is not a huge fan of the holidays. He used to HATE the holidays. But a few years ago he finally admitted that since I am so into it and make such a big deal out of it, it has made them fun for him.

Podcast details--ok, so you know about David Parfait, right? The new "roving reporter" who is working with the team (SO jealous!). Well, he is my buddy in a couple of ways. I helped him with work a while back (he is also a prof.) and we are teammates on the Warriros. So anyway, Pete asked him to cover marathon week-end, so he PMd me and asked if I would be part of the interview and race report, etc. I would be over-the-top excited, except that we are not totally sure we are even going to make it down there for marathon week-end just yet. Lots of reasons as to why we are up in the air, but I will go into detail later.

 

[adsrtw]

I confess! Yes, I am a podcast junkie. In fact, that's how I found my way over here. I was listening to an old show and Pete was talking about wanting to lose weight and the W.I.S.H. board was talked about. The rest is history.

Podcast details--ok, so you know about David Parfait, right? The new "roving reporter" who is working with the team (SO jealous!). Well, he is my buddy in a couple of ways. I helped him with work a while back (he is also a prof.) and we are teammates on the Warriros. So anyway, Pete asked him to cover marathon week-end, so he PMd me and asked if I would be part of the interview and race report, etc. I would be over-the-top excited, except that we are not totally sure we are even going to make it down there for marathon week-end just yet. Lots of reasons as to why we are up in the air, but I will go into detail later.

Super Cool!

 

[AKASnowWhite]

I ate a ham sandwich at 5:30, took some medicine, and the next thing i remember was Bruce waking me up at 12:08 when he got home. Whoops That's right, I rocked the crap out of this NYE

Well...at least you are feeling better...

Poor Dick Clark. He's so different.

You know, we were talking about that last night as we watched him on tv. Granted, we had been drinking...but we weren't drunk (the house was teeming with teens...we HAD to be responsible..) Anyway...we could barely understand a WORD he was saying. It was SO SAD and in a way...almost pitiful. I felt so bad for him.

OK - guitar hero totally rocks...

to quote Erika....word

We had snow yesterday and I shoveled so now I am in pain... I am meeting my trainer at noon and it will be a miracle if I can still walk when I am done... sitting down is downright wince inducing painful so squats and lunges should be fun....

Stephen has a t-shirt from the Marines (he had to do 20 pull-ups to earn it...) and on the back it says "Pain is Weakness Leaving the Body".

So there you go

When I went to rename a daily file at work today, I stepped on our scale there too. I really am 4 lbs lighter.

SWEET! That's an awesome way to start off the new year

Podcast details--ok, so you know about David Parfait, right?

Umm...no...I don't

The new "roving reporter" who is working with the team (SO jealous!). Well, he is my buddy in a couple of ways. I helped him with work a while back (he is also a prof.) and we are teammates on the Warriros.

What is this "Warriros" of which you speak?

So anyway, Pete asked him to cover marathon week-end, so he PMd me and asked if I would be part of the interview and race report, etc.

That I understand (at least enough)...and wowza how fun

I would be over-the-top excited, except that we are not totally sure we are even going to make it down there for marathon week-end just yet. Lots of reasons as to why we are up in the air, but I will go into detail later.

<sigh> I hope all works out for you....



DAWN - so sorry about your head wound! Hope it's on the mend


We had our final family Christmas gathering today...my family. What a trip. So "special" it deserves it's own post....and pictures. You gotta have a picture.

 

[3DisneyKids]

Ok, Nancy, you absolutely HAVE to join one of the racing teams. They will be forming now. Amy and I are on Walt's Warriors. If you got to the "Events and Competition" section of the Wish boards, you will find all of the teams. We are all part of the "Wish Racing Team," but for training and support purposes, we are broken down into 7 smaller teams. Other than the Warrirors, there are the Super Goofs, Buzz's Brigaide, Team O'hana, Team Hakuna Matata, and so on. We all post our miles and minutes and keep a weekly total, monthly total, yearly, etc. And there is good-natured competition and ribbing between teams, etc.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

ok. Y'all wanna laugh...at my expense of course....

I just took some pictures that I want to share with you.

I went to my husband and said "ok..ONE more time. I need a lesson in how to take the pictures off the camera".

He looked at me and said..."well good luck. That's the battery"



I am SUCH an idiot. So. He tells my son to take the pictures off for me....

I'll have pictures in a moment....I hope...

 

[AKASnowWhite]

So, Erika. You got yourself a paring knife from your MIL, right? To a certain extent, at least we can all agree that it's useful.

My family always celebrates Christmas together on New Years Day. It's kind of nice, because it allows us to do whatever we want on Christmas Day. Yes, it prolongs the holiday season, which can be good or bad...but it's just what we do.

I knew we were in *trouble* before we started opening gifts today, when my mother proclaimed that this year, she bought "gifts of folly" huh? Gifts of folly? What *exactly* did she mean by THAT?

Well...I was about to find out.

FIRST...she got me a t-shirt, which I think we can all agree, suits me. This one is a keeper. (yes, those are glittery little "bedazzler" type gems in the glasses...)

BUT THEN. I don't know what she was thinking. She got all 4 "girls" (me, my sister and 2 SIL's)...."objects d'art" I got a pear. A GIANT pear. To put it in perspective...that's a 2 liter soda bottle next to it

Of course, after he almost choked on his drink, hubby says "well. My wife *finally* has a PERFECT PAIR"

It's big. Really big. I have NO IDEA what I'm going to do with this pear.

OY.

Everything else, thankfully, was wonderful.

And yes, Steph...my SIL let my niece drink. the IRONY of it all was they were discussing some incident where underage kids were drinking and now the parents have had charges filed against them.

 

[adsrtw]

FIRST...she got me a t-shirt, which I think we can all agree, suits me. This one is a keeper. (yes, those are glittery little "bedazzler" type gems in the glasses...)

Love it!!!

BUT THEN. I don't know what she was thinking. She got all 4 "girls" (me, my sister and 2 SIL's)...."objects d'art" I got a pear. A GIANT pear. To put it in perspective...that's a 2 liter soda bottle next to it

Oh, laughing, hurting, stitches. Were the other fruits as big?

Of course, after he almost choked on his drink, hubby says "well. My wife *finally* has a PERFECT PAIR"



It's big. Really big. I have NO IDEA what I'm going to do with this pear.

Do you have a big empty corner somewhere? I would be concerned that somebody would get hurt if it tipped over.

Seriously though, I like the shirt.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Seriously though, I like the shirt.

I like the shirt to. It is totally appropriate for me.

And NO. No one else got FRUIT. Only me. One SIL got an angel statue, like for in the flower garden...my sister got one of those rustic painted "message" signs (like the ones that say "live, love, laugh..."...kwim?) and the other, who IS an artsy person, got a totally cool glass sculpture.

I feel like Charlie Brown on Halloween

 

[AKASnowWhite]

OH. I forgot to mention that I totally spent the day today bulking up for my big weigh-in tomorrow

Yep. Packed it all in. All the crap I could eat.

Tomorrow, first thing...I will weigh in. Then I will break out the journal, and head to the gym for my first workout of the new-challenge-year. See y'all in the morning.

(I'll probably have nightmares about making pies with giant fruits now! )

 

[3DisneyKids]

OMG, the shirt is as fabulous as the pear is ridiculous! That is HI LAR IOUS! I am SO glad that you know how to post pictures now!

 

[goofyfan-12]

:
Stephen has a t-shirt from the Marines (he had to do 20 pull-ups to earn it...) and on the back it says "Pain is Weakness Leaving the Body".

So there you go

Nancy - thanks for the quote... I am loving it right now...

BTW - do you have any pears????

talk about a conversation piece....

Paula

love the shirt though..

 

[adsrtw]

Too funny. I am sure you will find a place (safe place) for your fruit.

Good night everybody, gotta be up and at work before daybreak. Good luck meeting your challenges!

 

[3DisneyKids]

I am STILL laughing about the pear!

 

[DISNEY4XMAS]

Umm, you are downloading the podcast, right? EriKa and I can't be the only ones.

Umm yeah! I haven't listen to it yet but I will I think I have two on there now!

I am so depressed right now. I just want to sleep. Any of you guys feeling the holiday let down?

AHHH SLeep yes I want to sleep all the time and I was right thyroid level is up, still in the NORMALrange but for me it's to high! So I will call the Dr. in the AM and let him know the results! This is good that I know why I am tired but also why I am holding on to weight!

FIRST...she got me a t-shirt, which I think we can all agree, suits me. This one is a keeper. (yes, those are glittery little "bedazzler" type gems in the glasses...) [/B]

OMG I LOVE IT!

BUT THEN. I don't know what she was thinking. She got all 4 "girls" (me, my sister and 2 SIL's)...."objects d'art" I got a pear. A GIANT pear. To put it in perspective...that's a 2 liter soda bottle next to it

HMMM not sure what to make of it! It is quite Big!

And yes, Steph...my SIL let my niece drink. the IRONY of it all was they were discussing some incident where underage kids were drinking and now the parents have had charges filed against them.

It's tough I remember drinking at friends houses when I was in school my BFF's mom used to buy for us! I thought that was so cool but NOW as a MOM I couldn't imagine doing that! Sam went to a party last night and I asked her at least 10 times if the parents were going to be home and there was to be NO alcohol. I actually gave her this song and dance about her being on pain meds and that drinking alcohol with it could kill her. I know it isn;t a lie I know it's the truth and I hope that the seriousness came across in my speech! I picked her up at 1230 this afternoon and gee I couldn't tell SO I guess I have to believe her that she was a good girl! and the parents are RESPONSIBLE!
Ok off to read a chapter in eclipse! THis one is taking me forever to get through! ANd I am sooooo tired! But stephen is home tomorrow and I think I will be sleeping in maybe 9 10 am! I know my levels are off to because I bit his head off tonight, I was fixing the last of my dinner and he shut the main kitchen light off ( there were two other lights on) and I snapped and chewed him out! Oh well he is a big boy he can handle it!
Night!

 

[princessrunner]

Good morning everyone and Happy New Year. Ok, I am still laughing about the pear!!

Dawn, take care of that noggin!! Sounds like more than just a little hit to the head.

Paula, ice and massage are the only ways to get rid of the pain from the workout. You need a tennis ball and just press it into the muscles that ache and roll it around. Yes it hurts but it will disperse the lactic acid build up in your muscles right now. Oh, and stretch. Stretch a lot and drink extra water. On the up side, when you first start working out, you burn tons more calories right off quick because your muscles are saying WTH all the sudden!

Nancy, I am team captain of the Super Goofs and IF the challenge starts again, you are more than welcome to join up with us. I am very unsure if it will be a go again as the originators of the WISH team were not happy with the original concept and are still voicing their dislike of it. Who knows but, if it is a go again, anyone here is welcome to request a spot on the Goofs. We ended up with a mere 11 people on the team including myself after starting with around 20. Sad.

Steph, got the PM and we will definitely hook up!

I read through the posts but I seem to have forgotten some of what I wanted to say so I am going to have to read through again.

In my little world, I have been working out and still gaining. I am now up 8 pounds from where I would like to be and about 18 from where I would like to finish. I am almost back to where I was when I started running 3 years ago. Sad but true. I did run on Wednesday night while David was at swim practice in the below crazy weather. I skied a couple times too. So today starts the one month challenge and I am really hoping that it works wonders for me. Fingers crossed!! I joined Sparkpeople to track my eating and exercise for me and I was very sad to learn that I am eating about 300 calories too many most days. I guess it is a good thing I burn about that much daily too but it sure does not put me in a calorie deficit like I need to be. I printed out my tracker for the last week and I am making notes on the errors in my ways!

Back soon!!!

 

[DisneyGalUK]

HAPPY NEW YEAR! This is OUR year people!

Dawn - Oh my, keep an eye on that injury!

AKASnowWhite (Sorry, im not too good with names apparently!) - Love the T-Shirt, love the pear more! Where are you going to put it?!

Okay. Ive weighed myself. Its not pretty.
I won't be posting my weight - I wont put you through that , but I will tell you that from August 22nd (my wedding day - when I was at my target weight) I have gained 15lbs Its out there now, you all know my shame!

Soooooo, healthy new year, healthy new Kelly.
Exercise, water, healthy eating, more exercise.

Whos with me.


Now im off to throw my scale and myself out of a window!

 

[goofyfan-12]

Lisa - thanks for the advice about the sore muscles. I am feeling a little better this morning, but I suspect that is because I have been sleeping for the past 7 hours.... I'll try the tennis ball thing though...

Since you mentioned calorie burning here's another question for the group. I usually weigh myself every other day or so to make sure that I am not veering too far from my plan and I have noticed that since I have started to work out again, my weight has been steadily tracking up... yes, I said up... as of this morning, I am up about three pounds since Monday... My eating habits have not changed that much since I started (I am staying on track with only a few minor slips on New Year's Eve) so I am a bit confused. If I am burning all of these extra calories, why am I packing on pounds... Granted my TOM is due to hit anytime now, so that could be it, but just wanted to prep myself if I have to gain before I can lose...

I am at work today (no rest for the weary). I am thinking that I may spend tonight just chilling and reading Twilight (yes, I started it - FINALLY) or knitting... I have another session with my trainer tomorrow so I am going to need a bit of a rest to gear up for that...

Have a good one everyone,
Paula

PS - I am with Erika in that the Giant Pear is still funny...

 

[BrcsDisneyPrncs]

I only have a minute, but i couldn't possibly leave without commenting on that behomoth fruit. That pear is insane

 

[DisneyWorld Delight]

He looked at me and said..."well good luck. That's the battery"

HI LAR IOUS!

And the Pear! OMG. Too Funny. You should totally regift that next year.

In my little world, I have been working out and still gaining. I am now up 8 pounds from where I would like to be and about 18 from where I would like to finish. I am almost back to where I was when I started running 3 years ago. Sad but true.

Lisa - sorry you are floundering. Maybe the new year will wake you up.

It never fails to amaze me when one of you runners falls of the wagon. I just feel such respect for a runner. It's so outside my realm of comprehension. Like if you do that, then you can do anything.

Okay. Ive weighed myself. Its not pretty.
I won't be posting my weight - I wont put you through that , but I will tell you that from August 22nd (my wedding day - when I was at my target weight) I have gained 15lbs Its out there now, you all know my shame!

15lbs. You can do it!!!!

"Healthy new Kelly" - liked that one.

I am at work today (no rest for the weary). I am thinking that I may spend tonight just chilling and reading Twilight (yes, I started it - FINALLY)

Ah Twilight. Good times.

The "I'm working my ask off and gaining weight" conundrum. I'm anxious to see the answer to this too Goof.

Ok - I HAVE to make some progress today. My new year is sucking so far and it's all in my head. I will take the tree down. I will take the tree down. I will take the tree down. (If I don't, I'm afraid it'll end up in the yard.)