In Search of My Body - Not the One I Ate... Vol. 6: Goddesses just want to have fun

[goofyfan-12]

newbie here.....found your thread quite by accident just browsing around the DIS. I am desperately trying to lose weight.....but I have been trying for years. Im currently at my highest weight and want this to be my all time high!

Im basically cutting calories and want to lose at least 100 pounds...honestly my only real goal at this time is to see 199 again...be under that 200 mark, cause currently Im way past it.

I have a trip to WDW coming up at the end of Sept, and am soooo excited about it, but yet also worried about how my weight is going affect this trip...ie meaning can I ride the rides? (fit on the rides)....this is so embarrassing! I have been to WDW before, but its been over 6 years, and though I wasnt small then, I also wasnt this size either.

So though, yes Im losing weight to help me at disney, Im also losing weight to find myself again and be healthy!

Tracy - welcome... if it helps, I am in the same boat. I focus on ten pound increments so that it is not too overwhelming. Good Luck!

 

[goofyfan-12]

Here you are!

I was too busy talking to take any more pictures!

You two just look fabulous! Simply fabulous!!!!

 

[AKASnowWhite]

So JC results - down 2.4 pounds and drumroll please.... brings me to a total of 72.2 pounds lost so far. We did measurements again and lost another 1/2" from both my bust and my waist and an 1-1/2" from both my hips and my abdomen bringing me to a total of 31-1/2" lost. Sorry Erika but I am busting out the banana man... (only one though )

You, my fine friend, are a GODDESS! So, so proud of you.

 

[cathie1327]

OMG - that is GENIUS!


Beautiful day here today. Sadly, it's the last day of summer vacation - tomorrow it's back to school. And back to getting everyone up and out early, packing lunches, and...it's apple season here in New England, so that also means back to lots of hours of working for me. drats.

Yeah people at work told me I was a regular Mcgyver. I was just glad to be able to get to work haha!

Yeah, going back to school is not fun no matter how you look at it. I started back to college two weeks ago and man, I forgot how much work it is to go to school full time and work full time haha!

newbie here.....found your thread quite by accident just browsing around the DIS. I am desperately trying to lose weight.....but I have been trying for years. Im currently at my highest weight and want this to be my all time high!

Im basically cutting calories and want to lose at least 100 pounds...honestly my only real goal at this time is to see 199 again...be under that 200 mark, cause currently Im way past it.

I have a trip to WDW coming up at the end of Sept, and am soooo excited about it, but yet also worried about how my weight is going affect this trip...ie meaning can I ride the rides? (fit on the rides)....this is so embarrassing! I have been to WDW before, but its been over 6 years, and though I wasnt small then, I also wasnt this size either.

So though, yes Im losing weight to help me at disney, Im also losing weight to find myself again and be healthy!

I am in the same boat as you there, Tracy. This is the heaviest I've ever been and have been trying since high school to get it all off....instead it kept just getting higher and higher! I'm also going to WDW in Sept and was upset I am going at the weight that I am, if nothing else, because it makes it a lot harder on my feet and makes the all-out commando days really hard.

This board has been a blessing to me and the people here are so encouraging but also real. It's not all rose petals around here; these are real people with real challenges who are a great help!!!!

Sorry - work is kicking my butt and I am wiped out by the time I get home. Made it to JC and to the gym for a spinning workout (so need to try and get there before 8:30 though) and was not happy that I needed to wear a sweatshirt since it was cold out.

So JC results - down 2.4 pounds and drumroll please.... brings me to a total of 72.2 pounds lost so far. We did measurements again and lost another 1/2" from both my bust and my waist and an 1-1/2" from both my hips and my abdomen bringing me to a total of 31-1/2" lost. Sorry Erika but I am busting out the banana man... (only one though )

Now, I think I am going to camp for one or two days this weekend and I usually eat my way through the time. Need to make sure I don't sabatoge myself this weekend and stay focused....

OK - I am off to bed. I need to be at work by 7:00AM tomorrow....

Catch you all on the flipside...

CONGRATULATIONS ON THE LOSS!!!! Wow, that is a lot of weight to lose (from your starting weight I mean) so that is definitely something to be super proud of!!!!

 

[3DisneyKids]

PAULA! SO freaking proud of you!!!! You are a rock star of a goddess! (And yes, you get special permission to break out the banana!)

 

[lisaviolet]

I'm here. Not home. Came from Manhattan to Long Island and decided to stay the night. Went to Jones Beach today. Wonderful day!

And good that we're not on the road cause I'm suddenly having some sick crap. As in sick not for the road. Okay TMI.

Will picture you out when I get home. Only one more pic to share of Liz. One of Liz and Jean. Unless you want twin photos from my camera. We were just so in conversation mode and I was quite the little zombie child - woke up at 5:30 am that morning for no apparent reason. Amd toured ourselves into oblivion before Liz. Just adore NYC. So Jean and I were like - "ummm Liz just lead us in every decision please!!!!!!". It's like she had two more children. Poor thing.

Maybe the ridiculous morning wake up was preparing myself for meeting Erika one day.

Liz - I'll have you know - as you can see - looked absolutely beautiful in her dress. Breathtakingly beautiful.

Makes me think about how hard we all on ourselves. (And that weight can easily creep up during stressful times - Erika don't be so hard on yourself, okay?) But of course we have to have a balance. I took at peek at my March pics (lowest) and went "oh that was the weight." I looked small and wanted more and more". Because quite frankly I can't feel it but I can SEE it. So balance. and drive. But with compassion.

The reason you have two pics? My vanity. It's one of those tops that looks pretty good on and about six months into pregnancy on film. Lovely. And no child for the lovely look.

Liz has already told Erika that "yes I do sound Canadian!" - what is that?

And I talk like I write. Translation: I ramble in real life too!!!!

Lyz - my hair is taking no colour unfortunately. Or even a comb through it. It's bad. All red is in the drain.

See you all soon.

Didn't catch up but caught you Paula. Flippin' fantastic. Paula - you know I have building upon building for you. You know. My love for the buildings.

 

[adsrtw]

Welcome Tracy!

Liz & Lisa ~ loving the pics!


I scanned, that's about it. Had lunch today, that's about it. 2nd week of class was ok. I still like my professor. He's not the slightest bit scared to express his faith (it's a religion class), even his likes and dislikes of it.

 

[DisneyWorld Delight]

PAULA!!!!! SO AWESOME!!!!!



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Lisa - happy happy happy you are enjoying NYC! And got to run around with the fabulous Liz! I assume you sound Canadian, eh.

Tracy welcome! Jump right in or you'll get swept away.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

I interupt this thread to express my disgust.

The Freakin' Duggars are having ANOTHER BABY. Number 19. oy.

moving on....

 

[DisneyWorld Delight]

Nancy! You stole my post!!!

Well, we knew it anyway. The Farmers Almanac already predicted it.

"Riiiiight theeeere Jim Bob!!!!!!"

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Nancy! You stole my post!!!

Well, we knew it anyway. The Farmers Almanac already predicted it.

"Riiiiight theeeere Jim Bob!!!!!!"

 

[goofyfan-12]

I interupt this thread to express my disgust.

The Freakin' Duggars are having ANOTHER BABY. Number 19. oy.

moving on....

ewww....

when are these people going to stop trying to repopulate the world???

 

[Dizneydawn]

Hi all!

Been busy with some family minor issues that seem to have enveloped my last week.

I will post abit later - just wanted to let ya know I have been reading!

 

[cathie1327]

Good morning everyone...

It is a bright (okay not so sure about the bright) and early 6:47 here, and I was wondering if I mentioned to you all how much I stinkin hate working early to get to class on time twice a week!!!!

Back to your regularly scheduled lives

Okay so anyway, now that that is out of the way, I must say that I am thoroughly disgusted with myself, even though my weight watchers leader says I have no reason to be. Prologue: two weeks ago on the 18th of Aug, I started back to school at a new college. I have 4 classes on Tues and Thurs. These classes cause me to wog my happy butt across the campus in between each class, so I'm not late to the next one, being as how they are all conveniently located across the campus from each other...soooo class one on side B, class 2 on side B, class 3 on side A, and class 4 on side B, then, of course I'm parked on side A so there's the trek back to my car. I do this twice a week. So that week I start, I do that, and start the abs class at work that is offered Tuesdays and Thursdays. That week I only did it Tuesday as I was soooooo sore. Then that weekend, the beyonce and I went to the local zoo, and walked about 5.5-6 miles. So my weigh-in last week was phenomenal, I had lost 3.8 lbs and was really stinkin happy about it. So all last week I tried to be good about what I was eating, did my "campus" trek twice a week again, and did the abs class twice. Then Sunday, we went up to the mountains and went on a pretty long hike. I didn't bring my pedometer like a dummy, but I'm guessing it was somewhere around 6-7 miles to get through the whole trail, which we did, thanks only to Carlos's incessant pushing...something I thanked him for later after I was done complaining.

SOOOOOO that should have resulted in weight loss yesterday, right? RIGHT? WRONG!!!!! I gained 2.6 lbs! Since I did so much work Sunday, my WW leader says that it is likely because my muscles absorbed tons of water from all the work, and haven't gotten rid of it yet, so it is likely water weight.......ugh. The blamist in me wants to believe her and say it's not my fault but I still can't help but feel extremely frustrated. This yo yo stuff is driving me insane.

And the worst part is that next week, because of labor day, we will have no meeting, and I will miss the next two meetings because of vacation (WDW WOO! lol), so I'm going to be so anxious to see how I'm doing. I'll be able to use a scale next Monday at home, but once we are on vacation, well, unless they let me weigh myself on the baggage scale at All Star Movies, I doubt I will get to weigh myself, as we aren't renting a car or anything.

On that note, I must say that I'm incredibly excited for my trip in 10 days, and desperately need the vacation.

Okay. That was long. Talk about rambling. Sorry ya'll Hope everyone has a fabulous day!

 

[Dizneydawn]

My girls went to school today. I can't tell you the peace that has come over me. I'm not one of those mothers who enjoys mothering. I love my children, but I just want to shop for them and have them be perfect and quiet. This has been a L.O.N.G. summer.

What is great - we can be all types of mom's and still be a great parent!
Treyner called yesterday to say hi on his first school morning. Man I miss that kid and I have no "first" day of school pic for his photo albums that are about only a wee bit behind. (Like 10 years at least!)

there is a new session of WW starting next week at work. I am thinking about joining to hopefully kick these last 20 pounds off me permanently!
Amy

Let us know if you do! Good luck and I am glad your life is going well!

Oh, and I scored Monday night. First and only goal of the season.

That is awesome!

Hi...tired. Kel is in pain. Lots of it. She can't sleep, which means I can't sleep. We were at Children's all day today and just get back in time to turn around and run out the door to Cam's soccer game. SO incredibly tired. But, things should settle down now. Just get to take care of her at home, etc. And Riley and Cammie are being angelic. Just perfect. That is a huge help. It is Thursday, which means I have my online conferences--terrible timing. So there is no way I can get to bed before 12:30. Tomorrow, I sleep.

Thinking of you.

The problem I'm still having is my sweets cravings. Especially when I am really stressed (like this week with sooo much schoolwork to do), so I need to find something to put in place of that, just haven't figured out what yet lol.

I am exactly like that. Need to track better and then staple my mouth shut! UGH!

I was too busy talking to take any more pictures!

You both look stunning and I am so jealous of NYC!

newbie here.....found your thread quite by accident just browsing around the DIS. I am desperately trying to lose weight.....but I have been trying for years. Im currently at my highest weight and want this to be my all time high!

Welcome and you can do this - listen toPaula and look at it as 10 pound increments. She is pure smart and dedicated to finishing this journey to a better her!

So JC results - down 2.4 pounds and drumroll please.... brings me to a total of 72.2 pounds lost so far. We did measurements again and lost another 1/2" from both my bust and my waist and an 1-1/2" from both my hips and my abdomen bringing me to a total of 31-1/2" lost.

I got goosebumps here Paula. Jodi and I really talk about you often and where we could be at if we had our head in the right place already.

At WW the woman who leads it lost 190 pounds and has kept it off since 2004. So it is nice for someone who gets the big numbers to talk to ya know?

She also said something I thought a lot about.

She explained that for a year she would gain about 5-7 pounds to just be high enough to have to loose again. She liked the praise and attention and recognition that the loss at weigh in gave her and she needed to accept herself at her new weight and the daily success of keeping it there versus the yo-yo she was punishing herself with.

She said there was even a moment of small depression for her because after 2 years of the loss, no one remembered her as the "big girl" so new people she met and people she always saw, stooped complimenting her or noticing the difference.

So it was almost that she went from feeding herself and her feelings with food to praise and still needed to figure out she was okay and that literally "feeding" was the issue. Validation, comfort etc. Something she could control.

So she went to a counselor and worked on some of the pieces that got her to the weight to begin with and life is all okay now.

Food is such a complex issue in so many of our lives. I just thought it was great that she has faith enough in us to know we will get to the "weight" we need to be at but equally important is keeping it off and maintaing the mental health you need to be good to yourself for life as well.

 

[DisneyGalUK]

Here you are!

I was too busy talking to take any more pictures!

Oh you two just look fabulous!

newbie here.....found your thread quite by accident just browsing around the DIS. I am desperately trying to lose weight.....but I have been trying for years. Im currently at my highest weight and want this to be my all time high!

Im basically cutting calories and want to lose at least 100 pounds...honestly my only real goal at this time is to see 199 again...be under that 200 mark, cause currently Im way past it.

I have a trip to WDW coming up at the end of Sept, and am soooo excited about it, but yet also worried about how my weight is going affect this trip...ie meaning can I ride the rides? (fit on the rides)....this is so embarrassing! I have been to WDW before, but its been over 6 years, and though I wasnt small then, I also wasnt this size either.

So though, yes Im losing weight to help me at disney, Im also losing weight to find myself again and be healthy!

Welcome! This is a great group to join

So JC results - down 2.4 pounds and drumroll please.... brings me to a total of 72.2 pounds lost so far. We did measurements again and lost another 1/2" from both my bust and my waist and an 1-1/2" from both my hips and my abdomen bringing me to a total of 31-1/2" lost. Sorry Erika but I am busting out the banana man... (only one though )

You are AMAZING! Seriously, you rock

I interupt this thread to express my disgust.

The Freakin' Duggars are having ANOTHER BABY. Number 19. oy.

moving on....

I didn't know about the Duggars till I joined this thread. In fact, the day I visited their website was the day I almost swore off the internet forever.

Hi all!

Been busy with some family minor issues that seem to have enveloped my last week.

I will post abit later - just wanted to let ya know I have been reading!

I did my Disco Dance exercise DVD today, nearly killed me! Apart from not being able to stand afterwards, I tripped over the coffee table. Welcome to a day in the life of me.

 

[DisneyWorld Delight]

Jodi and I really talk about you often and where we could be at if we had our head in the right place already.

I do the same thing. "Look at Paula"

 

[HockeyKat]

Nancy! You stole my post!!!

Well, we knew it anyway. The Farmers Almanac already predicted it.

"Riiiiight theeeere Jim Bob!!!!!!"

Paula, you are a ROCK STAR!!!


Not much time to post... to everyone. Single-digit dance, T-9 days to WDW. Hey Amy, we need to coordinate a drinking time!

 

[Ronda93]

Paula, awesome results and totally banana worthy! and Goofy for good measure

I ran before work this morning. Three miles. I've been fiddling with run:walk intervals to improve my speed. Did 3:1 last week. Today was 10:3 and I had some of my quickest miles yet - quick is relative, 12:03. HR was higher than I wanted at the end. I kicked it up to get across a wide (FIVE LANES - ONE WAY! intersection as the light was running out on me) and stayed at a quickened pace to the end. Maybe I'll get faster if I'm simply in danger. There's an idea!

We are on vacation next week and I'be been looking for running routes in Santa Fe at mapmyrun.com. We're going to be close to downtown and there are several promising options that follow the river. Always run with the water. It's flat.

Tonight is golf. Last night for our group. Our leader will continue to look for tee times that let us get nine in before dark, but the pickings are slim.

Dawn - I may have missed it. How is soccer turning out for Treyner?

I have been listening to various Disney related podcasts and am getting so excited about our trip in January. It's been four years since in was in the World! Who has made reservations for Marathon weekend?

Ronda

 

[Dizneydawn]

I do the same thing. "Look at Paula"

That could be a song - "Look at Paula" by ...who? Who would be the great voice behind such an inspirational tribute. We need something bigger than Barry Mannilow - more awe inspiring than Julio Iglesias.

A voice that can manifest itself into an operatic climax at the drop of a hat.

Hmmmm...

I know!

What's Michelle Duggar doing?

Dawn - I may have missed it. How is soccer turning out for Treyner?

Ronda

Great and thanks for asking. He will find out today if he is redshirted for sure. He is hoping so because then his plans for next year if he leaves, would offer him at a full 4 years of elligibility.

He is in the best shape of his life he says but he is dissapointed because the whole coaching experience he wanted is not there.

Again - head coach leaves with one month notice, goalie coach moves to interim head coach which leaves a Head Coach and an assistant coach with no dedicated goalie coach. That means the senior goalkeeper has been running drills and manning practices and he is phenominal (a few English teams have already been here looking at him) but not the same as a coach.

So we know nothing about next year yet - he wants to see what happens with coaching staff etc. One of the 5 freshman keepers were let go from the squad already and Treyner thinks he and his roomate will be kept on and the other 2 will be released as well.

That can change tom. though, so I am learning to let go and not micromanage/analyze something well beyond my control. That is hard.

He likes his art classes and is liking the rest of campus life. I need to get airline tickets booked for Oct. I can't wait to see him!