In search of my body...not the one I ate! Part Deux... We sit at the popular table!

[HockeyKat]

Nancy, glad you are feeling better.

Steph, totally right about the involuntary sterilization thing.

Erika, glad you feel less knocked up.


And somehow, I got Paula's happiness for the little gifts and Erika's I might be knocked up mixed up....

Ok, here goes. Now - warning. No makeup, wet hair, dorky expression. And I'm not super skinny, but I'm wearing it anyway!

Liz, you look FANTASTIC. OMG! And yes, you are skinny. Like someone said, not anorexic skinny, but healthy pretty skinny.

It's funny... you won't show off your thighs, and I won't show off my waist. My thighs and butt are in GREAT shape now, but my waist and upper arms still need work.



I had two happy things at the gym yesterday... one, I could leg press over 200 lbs for the first time, and two, I went to do the leg extension and the thing that holds your thighs in place went SHUCK right to the smallest hole. It has been on the next-to-smallest for as long as I have been doing weight machines.


Today I am crazy and did 25 min on the arc trainer and 100 crunches at the gym, and am going to do an up to 2 hour hockey practice tonight...

 

[Dizneydawn]

I only have a few sec's, thanks for all the travel info. Y'all are a wealth of knowledge on pretty much everything- from pineapple juice to character dining. You have been reading the old pages!!!!
I'll be back later, but wanted to say, we love LTT! Meat and Carbs! What more could you want? Chip and Dale were hysterical and we will never forget which one is which, thanks to the loud family next to us! The conversation repeated itself over and over and over- Chip's nose looks like a chocolate chip, Dale's teeth are...... We were 4 adults and enjoyed this meal. But we are much more meat and potatoes than veggies or exotic. We are as well...I mean exotic to an extent..(see above pinneapple juice) but no FISH!
I've researched some of the places. I'll be back with questions, I'm sure.
Vicki

Ask away...

Well, I love the idea, Kat. AND I think Dawn should be blogging, no matter what we do here. And I am glad some others like LTT, too! We really go in for those traditional meals. The characters don't hurt, either.

Ok - In July I will begin a diary of blogging - you guys are right...I need a ventalation station...

I am NOT Lucky!
Get that one sooo much....I am sick of people saying I am lucky in Tupperware - I earn it...this month..could not work as much with all the kid and divorce stuff...so did not do so well...simple math...not luck...

Same with Dan...that was and is hard work...last year hardly ever saw each other...and both of us in the middle of a divorce with spouses not wanting any reponsibility for the end result of 18 years of a bad marriage...so luck is not Dan and Dawn...it was 3 years of counseling for me to know myself and what I want and not run from it...because I did all the time in high school...run from great guys...and for Dan...it is hard as well...he can speak for himself if he chooses...

It wasn't bad luck to be with Chad....it was choice...we have some great memories and 3 amazing kids...I would not change that part of it...and it is choice with Dan as well..to accept love....and not fight it...and I tell you that it is a concious effort each day...cause it scares me to love and be loved this much...

So EriKa....kick some @ss...next time someone tells you it is luck...tell them the only luck is theirs...that you are not beating them into the pavement right now...

Hi guys,

Now I was just reading the people mag. to unwind and there was a artical on Mario Lopez, (save the bell or dancing with the stars) Well, I found out I will be washing my hands and shoes after riding the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney. He said that is the most unusual place he ever had sex, Now I don't remember riding this ride, but are ther other people around you? Can they see you? And did he wipe the seat off? Jodi - you are sooo funny..you are just jealous...you would have too given the opportunity!!
and Dawn and Dan, just try to live your life the the fullest. Dan you are a great father and you know it. Dawn you are a great mother. Don't let someone else tell you different. Love ya.....Thanks - you truly are a great friend...I appreciate you more than I say sometimes...

Erika, as a girlfriend once said to me, the real question is what brought this on?

Okay - thanks for rubbing it in...Dan has been gone for 3 weeks and we will have 2 days of alone time before the 4th and then his mom and kids will hopefully be here...and I am verrrry glad for him...but then he leaves again for 2 weeks...so...yeah...maybe I am a tidge edgy...usually we excersize 4-5 times a day maybe 20-30 reps for him (seriously...he is a excersize machine)...maybe that is my weight gain too...being inactive!

BTW E - I am 2 months late...(not unheard of for me though) Dan too was de-nutted before we met...but never went back...sooo...how much drama would that create!!! We have talked about having a baby in the next few years..having him reversed...so...we shall see...lot's of the kids friends that are remarried are having new kids to add to the mix...and they are the same age as mine...so I guess it might not be impossible...no for certains yet...

Is it worth it? So far, yes! I feel better about myself. I feel better about my marriage (and Jeff is happier as well), and I know I am doing the right thing for my kids and being a healthy role model. Great advice...


Are there some things that annoy me about it? Sure. My house and desk have taken a huge hit....always chaotic. I feel like I am last-minute with everything (we posted about this last week). So, I completely HATE feeling out of control that way and disorganized, etc. Hate it. And so now that is my next goal.I did not know there was any other way to be...3 kids in travelling soccer - I work nights as well...- I get it...my desk is a dissaster right now as well..

Ok, here goes. Now - warning. No makeup, wet hair, dorky expression. And I'm not super skinny, but I'm wearing it anyway!

Holy cow! I am in love with your body...and yes that sounds bad....see I have a poochie pouch...a lower belly...a dunlap...a foopah...a gunt..what have you...sooo...my stomach...will never be minus below bulge...until the surgery I will have...

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Okay, Steph, since you asked - here is the before next to the current pic, the after. Also, if you notice I'm hiding my thighs in the current picturea, but one day soon I will show them. Swear.

Here I am, before (first three photos courtesy of Richelle Akimow Photography, LLC:

After 37 pounds lost:

And the one you've seen recently, which is 66 lbs lost:

Yes, I lost 3lbs this week, so i am now down to 66lbs lost, and only 21 lbs to go!

Thank you for this..I am putting it on my fridge...when did you start WW again???

Bad week, 2 funerals- 1 16 year old, careless driving, My DD's boyfriend's cousin. They all live near and are a close family.
My best friends cousin, a little older than me, really bad choices. On a motorcycle, which in the area they were in, very high traffic, was already risky, and he lost control. He is fine, except for the fact he is in jail for intoxicated man slaughter ( I think that's it). A lady trying to help also got ran over, she has a broken leg. I've had enough drama and funerals for a while.
Honey...I hope life gets a bit easier..you have been through more than your share...
Vicki

At least you guys didn't offer them a "how to" video...
I am swammped this week...end of the month...I need a miracle to make my goal...okay only about $500 in sales...but it feels like forever away...

Trey gets Sr pics next Tues...got clothes last night...get hair cut tom...Carsyn's physical is tom...so we can start WW right away...and I have that speech Sat morning i have not prepared for for 60 people at the Historical Society...and no retro clothes found yet...I don't think they had fatties in the 50's...but...what about Aunt Bea!!!

 

[goofyfan-12]

OK - all of this talk about TOM's being synched and now more are chiming in to say that theirs is late is starting to wig me out... that is just freaky...

 

[DisneyWorld Delight]

Yesterday was just a great day without stress and I truly needed it....

Ahh, the lightness of a good day. I need a day like that.

LIZ--OMFG! You look AMAZING! Yeah, I would wear that EVERYWHERE if I were you. Gotta run to the store for milk? Don the bikini, I say! Off to the post office? Bikini is the perfect attire!

Did you notice in the background of the picture the pile of clean laundry I had to put away?

Yes, I noticed. And you had a high heel on the dresser! But it was you, so it made perfect sense.

3 more pounds,

People would ask, "Don't y'all know what's causing that?" My Dh started replying "Yeah, and we like it!" Shocked some elderly people.

LOVE it!

two, I went to do the leg extension and the thing that holds your thighs in place went SHUCK right to the smallest hole. It has been on the next-to-smallest for as long as I have been doing weight machines.

That's Awesome.

Today I am crazy and did 25 min on the arc trainer and 100 crunches at the gym, and am going to do an up to 2 hour hockey practice tonight...

You are CRAZY. The heat has gotten to you.

Ok - In July I will begin a diary of blogging - you guys are right...I need a ventalation station...

Ventalation Station - cute!

BTW E - I am 2 months late...(not unheard of for me though) Dan too was de-nutted before we met...but never went back...sooo...how much drama would that create!!! We have talked about having a baby in the next few years..having him reversed...so...we shall see...lot's of the kids friends that are remarried are having new kids to add to the mix...and they are the same age as mine...so I guess it might not be impossible...no for certains yet...

Dawn - I love you, but another BABY! You are NUTS!

 

[HockeyKat]

I decided against the hockey practice, Lyz, so maybe I am NOT crazy after all.

Actually I have my favorite day of the month, the neverending TOM headache. Bleah.

Part of me now wants to go to Target and look at bikinis, but I don't have a hope in he** of looking like Liz. And w/ TOM... I should wait until Monday.

 

[SeptemberGirl]

Kat - I love you but you are HIGH. No hope of looking like me??? Please, girlfriend. Go get yourself a bikini! Bikinis for all!

Lyz - Yeah, the high heel is for a dress my mom pushed on me. I'm not sure if it looks good on me, or if she is just insane. She made me try on all her dresses and kept telling me i looked better in them than her. I think she is just amazed I lost this weight. I will have to take pictures and let you decide if the dress is pretty or not.

 

[3DisneyKids]

Busy, busy, busy! But mostly with good stuff, so that is ok.

She has gone home MIL had to go to the dentist. Unfortunately I (not nice of me I know) I have agreed to keep her tomorrow to while MIL goes and gets custody of her from my DUMB SIL. How weird does this sound SIL has lost almost 75 pounds in little more than a month?? Drugs and not eating sound like to me SOME PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO REPRODUCE Kat said you should not be able to produce and then be able to apply for it when you are ready! i think this is true!!!

Ok, we need the scoop on this one. Either here or AIM.

Bad week, 2 funerals- I've had enough drama and funerals for a while.

I'll say that is a bad week! So sorry! Yeah, you have had more than your share this year. Time to be done with sorrow and drama. Hang in there!

I had two happy things at the gym yesterday... one, I could leg press over 200 lbs for the first time, and two, I went to do the leg extension and the thing that holds your thighs in place went SHUCK right to the smallest hole. It has been on the next-to-smallest for as long as I have been doing weight machines.

Both are awesome victories! WOO HOO!

Ok - In July I will begin a diary of blogging - you guys are right...I need a ventalation station...

See? You already have a name for your blog! Great!


...usually we excersize 4-5 times a day maybe 20-30 reps for him (seriously...he is a excersize machine)...maybe that is my weight gain too...being inactive!


UMMM...do you mean 4-5x/ WEEK? Or did you really mean DAY?

We have talked about having a baby in the next few years..having him reversed...so...we shall see...lot's of the kids friends that are remarried are having new kids to add to the mix...and they are the same age as mine...so I guess it might not be impossible...no for certains yet...


Right....good idea....cause you need MORE drama in your life!

Holy cow! I am in love with your body...and yes that sounds bad....see I have a poochie pouch...a lower belly...

Ditto that. I am in pretty good shape with my belly, but I don't think I will ever get rid of the three-baby pooch.

Yes, I noticed. And you had a high heel on the dresser! But it was you, so it made perfect sense.

3 more pounds,

I TOTALLY noticed the heel, too! And just like Lyz said, I thought to myself, "well, it is Liz's room, so of course it should be there..." HI LAR IOUS!



Dawn - I love you, but another BABY! You are NUTS!

DOUBLE DITTO!

My day was good--got lots of errands taken care of and spent the afternoon at the pool with friends. Then came home and started packing for camping...which is a HUGE deal. But we love it, so it is worth it.

And when I say we camp, I mean we CAMP. Sleep in tents, cook over the fire, no toilets (we dig a hole somewhere private and put up a tarp, etc.). We go 3 or 4 times each summer with a large group of friends. This particular trip is a great one because we camp on an very small island (too small for any houses or anything) off the coast of Maine. So we have this amazing 360 ocean view and a long PRIVATE beach on the ocean! There is no other way to get a private beach, so this is heaven.

All of the families who go are seasoned wilderness campers and we all have specialty jobs. Jeff and his bff Mike are wildlife engineers, so they know how to build shelters out of whatever trees and things are around. Mike is also a wildlife botanist, so he can deal with all of the plants...some we can cook, some he uses the berries to make paint for the kids to do a project, etc. I am the waterfront specialist, so I am in charge of knowing when and what the tides are going to do as well as water safety. Other folks are in charge of fire, and others are in charge of foul weather issues, and so on. We all have jobs. There are about 10 kids total and they have such an amazing time! Our kids like camping almost as much as Disney!

 

[SeptemberGirl]

Wow, you are so crunchy and outdoorsy! I am impressed! Tell us more.

And yeah, my closet is a little girl's dress-up dream. My child gets super excited when I go somewhere - then she gets to try on all my high heels! With matching purses, of course.

 

[DisneyWorld Delight]

- then she gets to try on all my high heels! With matching purses, of course.

Of course.

Hard to tell on the hanger. I'm gonna need to see it on. But it looks pretty with the hem and color combo.

E - you are wilderness woman. Bathroom in a hole. Momma don't think so.

 

[3DisneyKids]

Wow, you are so crunchy and outdoorsy! I am impressed! Tell us more.

And yeah, my closet is a little girl's dress-up dream. My child gets super excited when I go somewhere - then she gets to try on all my high heels! With matching purses, of course.

Outdoorsy, yes. Crunchy, hell no! I bring deodorant and a razor, thank you very much. And we have a portable solar shower that we bring (and it gets used every day!)

As for the group, well, we are all Mainers, and that is just synonymous with outdoorsy, so this is what we do. We all grew up camping, so this is normal to us. And this will be a fun trip because we can kayak all around the island (very calm and flat in a protected area) and the one side where there are waves, they are pretty small, so the kids can surf. Now THAT is hilarious to watch! I will post pics upon return.

The other reason I like this type of thing is because we all HAVE to be unplugged the entire time. No computers. No cell coverage. Nothing. And for me, that is truly liberating. It is absolutely impossible for me to work. And that is a good thing!

I like the dress from what I can see. Looks like it is definitely your style.

Of course.

Hard to tell on the hanger. I'm gonna need to see it on. But it looks pretty with the hem and color combo.

E - you are wilderness woman. Bathroom in a hole. Momma don't think so.

This had me roaring!

 

[SeptemberGirl]

Gang, come on AIM! Kat has a great, hilarious story to tell!!!

 

[grumpyyoungguy]

This part is just for one person....Yes ex-wife....I know you are reading this. Please enjoy it. Hopefully you will eventually find some peace in your heart. I will pray for you.

We will now return you to our regularly scheduled programing....


For everyone else....

Hi everyone. Hope all is going well

Peace out all

 

[3DisneyKids]

Sorry about that Dan.

 

[Dizneydawn]

E - the only way I will pee in a hole is if there is an after death movement in the grave...I cannot squat to save my soul and usually end up with pee on my sole....which if you are in flip flops is not cool...

BTW #2...I did mean a day...and his reps...20-30 legitamate...

I want on aim..invite me people

 

[grumpyyoungguy]

Sorry about that Dan.

E- It is not what happens to us in our life that defines us....it is more how we react to it. I am great. I was the product of divorce and had both a good and bad example in that situation. I will take the high road because some day the kids will ask questions and see through to the truth in the answers. I will be able to do 2 things.

1. Look my kids in the eye and tell them I did the best with what I had to work with inside of the law.
2. When I die I can face my maker and know that I will be admitted into heaven. I will not give FALSE witness.

There is my soap box and I am now done with that subject for tonight.

I appreciate the hug and support though.

 

[DISNEY4XMAS]

E - the only way I will pee in a hole is if there is an after death movement in the grave...I cannot squat to save my soul and usually end up with pee on my sole....which if you are in flip flops is not cool...

BTW #2...I did mean a day...and his reps...20-30 legitamate...

I want on aim..invite me people

I almost peed my pants on this one!

Of course.

Hard to tell on the hanger. I'm gonna need to see it on. But it looks pretty with the hem and color combo.

E - you are wilderness woman. Bathroom in a hole. Momma don't think so.

Hello.... I didn't get to see it!!!!
Just because I work vampire hours doesn't mean I don't want to see!!!

 

[SeptemberGirl]

I swear I will try it on and post a picture! Come on, do I make any wardrobe decisions without you all?

 

[DisneyWorld Delight]

Steph - you didn't miss a picture of Liz "in" the dress. She just pointed out, (in her edit of post 1188) that the dress is hanging on the closet door in the bikini pic. Gotta watch those edits.

I missed Kat's hi lar ious story. Is is family friendly for the DIS?

Not much excitement here today. Madeline is in safty town this week and it starts at 9am. We have HAD to be there on time everyday this week so far. And it's killing me. I woke up late at 8:05 this morning. And tonight is the last tball game, if the expected rains hold off. Other than that, will try to get some work done today. I tell ya, I'm ready for some excitement. Like a vacation.

 

[DISNEY4XMAS]

So here it is my only day off than the one day I slept because I work the night shift and the phone rings and it says that it is the hospital calling.... It is my boss saying that they had a call in and they need someone to work. Would I like to come and work? HE!! NO! it is my only day off. I have managed to clean the cat box today I HATE this job. Done a load of laundry so far and sorted about 6 more loads, I hate laundry too!
Plus I have the baby here Trying to have the boys entertain her so she doesn't tear my house apart!

Going to have to go back and look at the picture! BUT A body in the dress is always better than it just on a hanger!

 

[Dizneydawn]

Steph - a body in a dress is better as long as it's not a guy...can you imagine Dan at 6'6 in a dress?? Actually - Halloween is coming up....

LYZ - you do need a vacation...how's Dec looking!

Liz - did you get my pm?

Kat - what's the scoop??? Stories I hear?

EriKa - do we need to plan an Afternoon Tea at GF for a baby shower?? Whas uuuuuppppppp????

Off to the Doc w/ Carsyn - then hopefully to a WW meeting!