In search of my body...not the one I ate!
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DAWN! Where the heck was that picture when i was buying MY wedding ensemble?
You were holding out on me you... holder outer
Holder outer!
That's classic. Brcs, glad you are feeling better!
No comment on the clamshells.
I did finally eat dinner.
Food for today:
B: Coffee
L: 2 eggo red berries (160), 1 pita (60) w/ 1/4 cup eggbeaters (30), 1 Tbsp bacon (25), onions.
S: 1 bag ff popcorn (180)
D: 1 Banquet chicken meal (400), 1/2 cup fiber one (60) w/ 6 strawberries (20) and 1/4 cup milk (20)
Total, 955. Exercise, none. Water, 64 oz (maybe more, still drinking).
Hope tomorrow is a better day. Found out today I will be working Sat night too. They all suck!
Kat. You must be wonder woman. You are working 24/7. I don't know how you are resisting inhaling all the food you can hold.
Goof. I feel you. Sorry for all the unknowns.
Tell you what...I will make a deal with you...I am already done with my workout for the day, but if you get a workout in today, I will add a second one in matching the amount of minutes you do. So, if at 7pm you post that you just finished a 60-minute workout, that means I have to do another 60 minutes today. Deal? C'mon....make me have to sweat...again!
You CAN do this and it IS worth it!
You're turning into a exercise freakshow.
It's 3DisneyKids...dba...AKASnowWhite. The other exerciseobsessivecompulsive. I'm bitter.
I'm here. Making bad choices. As always. Did you expect anything else. I'm too tired to care. I think I could sleep for 15 days straight. Don't know why. Maybe it's my TOM too. But I don't actually get a period due to my IUD. Maybe I just get the rest of the crap that goes with it.
Ok. Gotta run. People want paid. Blah, Blah, Blah...
larry's girl
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SO SORRY I have been MIA for so long. Lots going on with me - I have some "big doins" (as Mickey says in the wake-up call at WDW) happening and I just haven't had a chance to get here. Man, it's hard to keep up with this thread - it moves WAY too fast for people like me who only have time to get here about once every week or two!
So here's what's happening in my world: I am continuing to have stomach issues off and on - ever since the flu/stomach virus episodes I had last month (continuing into this month), my stomach hasn't been right. I will have days that I feel okay followed by days where my stomach feels lousy. I don't know what's going on - whether it's lingering effects of the illness or something else. I do know that last weekend, I decided to "experiment" (one day I'm going to learn to stop doing that) with how badly dairy affects me. My DD says it doesn't bother her that much, so I thought maybe I could get away with a small amount over the weekend. WRONG!!! It made me just as sick as gluten does - I had to take Monday off sick (like I have ALL the sick time left to do that - where is a sarcastic smiley when you need one???). So that just made me mad at myself - I should have known better. I really miss ice cream, but it isn't worth getting that sick. I have tried rice ice cream (which my DD really likes), but I just don't like the taste of it. I have even tried two or three different flavors, and it has an aftertaste I just can't get past. So I guess I am stuck with sugar-free popsicles if I want something cold and sweet!
Anyway, since the stomach thing is continuing to bother me off and on, I am basing what I eat and how much I exercise on that. If my stomach feels okay, I eat mainly meat, vegetables and a little fruit. If my stomach feels crappy (no pun intended), I can't really stomach meat and vegetables so I eat whatever I feel like I can handle (usually potatoes or homemade chicken noodle or chicken and rice soup). On the days that I feel okay, I walk before going to work. On the days that I don't, I opt to rest for that extra hour. I have yet to get back to the mall to do the distance walk, but am planning to do that this weekend if my stomach allows. I have an appointment with my doctor on April 7 for follow up with the thyroid tests, so if my stomach is still acting funky then, I am going to mention it to her and see if she has any suggestions. My blood sugar is lower on the days that I don't eat carbs, but it hasn't been HUGELY high on the days that I have (when I've remembered to check it - still bad about doing that when I don't feel well), so I am going to let her know that, also, to see if she feels I need more medication or if we can go on with things the way they are for a while yet.
I admit I have developed a somewhat fatalistic attitude about these lifestyle changes. I have a problem with an all or nothing attitude. If I'm not eating perfectly, exercising perfectly and doing everything else perfectly, I tend to think I failed and am not accomplishing anything. I have worked on myself quite a bit over the last few weeks to change that because it was making me very unhappy with myself. So I am now at the point where I feel this way: I am doing the best that I can to eat a diet that is healthy for me. If I have a day where I don't do that perfectly, it's okay - tomorrow is a new day. That doesn't mean I intend to be lax for days on end (then it wouldn't be a lifestyle change), but if my health issues get in the way and I find myself eating mashed potatoes instead of cauliflower, so be it. I can eat cauliflower tomorrow. If I exercise today, terrific!!! Yay for me!! But if I don't feel well enough to exercise (not as in "I don't want to exercise today - I want to be lazy" but "I feel like crud today"), then I don't. I can exercise tomorrow. If I am able to finish the Disney 5K in May in the time frame allotted, super! There will be great celebration!!! But if I don't, then I don't. I refuse to sweat it anymore. My health is what it is. I hope it continues to improve - so far, when I look at the big picture, it has. But if it doesn't - or it doesn't improve as quickly as I want it to - then I have to accept that and live my life in a positive manner right now instead of waiting until I am "well" to do that. I am learning to be content with where I am today while still moving forward towards a better tomorrow. You see, I've come so far from where I was just a few yesterdays ago, and I have to learn to be proud of that. I'm not as far along on this path as I want to be. I haven't lost any significant weight on this journey - 10 pounds total altogether - and I'm not happy about that. But in the big picture, I feel better than I did a year ago. I have a little more energy than I did a year ago. So I figure if the weight comes off - however slowly - that's a bonus. If it doesn't and I stay really fat - then I stay really fat. I've been fat a long time - I know how to do it!! (Okay, that was a joke, but you get my point.) I just can't stay stuck at a point in my head where if I don't lose weight, I have failed. If I do, I will give up and stop exercising and eat whatever I want in whatever quantity I want - and that's not the way to go, I tried that already!! So that's where I am diet and exercise wise.
As for my "big doins" - I have reached a pretty big decision about my life aside from the healthy lifestyle changes. For some time now, I have been dissatisfied with how I make a living. I worked in the word processing center of a large law firm for many years. For most of those years, that involved creating and editing long, complicated legal documents and transcribing documents from tapes - something that I enjoy and am very good at. Over the last few months that I worked in word processing, that began to change - more young attorneys do their own word processing because they are accustomed to typing out documents on the computer through college and law school, so they don't need staff people to do that for them. So the word processing center began to work more with images, pictures, spreadsheets, databases, slide presentations, organizational charts, etc. And I did all that, but it wasn't what I truly enjoyed. Then I needed to go to a day-time schedule and there wasn't room for me in word processing on a day shift, so last spring I became a legal secretary. Now don't misunderstand what I am saying here - this is a good job. It pays the bills, I have pretty good benefits, and there is stability here. The problem is - I'M BORED OUT OF MY MIND!!! 90% of my day is spent filing, copying, filing, scanning, filing, preparing fed ex packages and outgoing mail, filing, preparing expense reports, filing, doing time entries, filing, making binders and did I mention filing??? I want to set my hair on fire just to see something different happen - I CAN'T STAND IT!!! I very seldom get to work on documents anymore, and that is what I love. So now that my daughter is grown and doesn't need so much of my time when I am home, I have begun to contemplate whether I want to spend the rest of my working years going to a job every day that I dislike so intensely. And I have decided that life is too short to spend most of your days doing something you don't love just to bring home a paycheck, if there is some way you can change that.
So I have decided to go back to school and learn to be a court reporter. Court reporters are in high demand, make a great living, and - most importantly - work with words all day long. They are constantly learning new and different things to prepare for trial or depositions, and that's what attracts me to this profession. I feel like my brain is shrinking - I need a mental challenge and this would definitely be a challenge. Of course, getting the education while working full-time (because I can't afford to quit my job) is going to be quite difficult - especially since I'd have to do on-line classes at night after working all day, then spend a good chunk of each weekend practicing on the steno machine to build my speed. You have to be able to transcribe 225 words per minute before you can graduate, so it's a formidable task to take on. Plus it takes a minimum of 2 1/2 years to finish school, and that's if you take a full-time class load on top of working a full-time job. So that's a long time to devote to that much work, but I think it's the right thing for me to do. I have spent all my spare time in the last few weeks doing the research and have finally selected a court reporting school that has a very well respected on-line curriculum. The next obstacle is coming up with the money to do it. Even with financial aid, you have to pay up front for the equipment, books and software for the first semester (which is a BIG chunk of change and more than we have available) to get started. So my DH and I have been brainstorming how we can come up with what I need. He says that if this will make me happy, it is the right thing to do. That's one reason I love him so - he's always in my corner!!
So anyway, I'm not sure how we'll work it out yet, but we will - we always do!
If this happens in a timely fashion (and I hope it does), I will be starting class in the fall. That will mean I will have even less time for the WISH board (and anything else that's not absolutely essential, for that matter), but I will do my best to keep you all updated on what's happening with me. Keep your fingers crossed that this works out - I REALLY want it!!!
Sarah, thank you SO MUCH for the postcard. It is BEAUTIFUL and it is hanging on my refrigerator now!
Well, that was another book - my posts just seem to get longer and longer, don't they? Guess I have a lot to say when I manage to get here. Hope all of you have a WONDERFUL weekend - hugs!!
Susan
So here's what's happening in my world: I am continuing to have stomach issues off and on - ever since the flu/stomach virus episodes I had last month (continuing into this month), my stomach hasn't been right. I will have days that I feel okay followed by days where my stomach feels lousy. I don't know what's going on - whether it's lingering effects of the illness or something else. I do know that last weekend, I decided to "experiment" (one day I'm going to learn to stop doing that) with how badly dairy affects me. My DD says it doesn't bother her that much, so I thought maybe I could get away with a small amount over the weekend. WRONG!!! It made me just as sick as gluten does - I had to take Monday off sick (like I have ALL the sick time left to do that - where is a sarcastic smiley when you need one???). So that just made me mad at myself - I should have known better. I really miss ice cream, but it isn't worth getting that sick. I have tried rice ice cream (which my DD really likes), but I just don't like the taste of it. I have even tried two or three different flavors, and it has an aftertaste I just can't get past. So I guess I am stuck with sugar-free popsicles if I want something cold and sweet!
Anyway, since the stomach thing is continuing to bother me off and on, I am basing what I eat and how much I exercise on that. If my stomach feels okay, I eat mainly meat, vegetables and a little fruit. If my stomach feels crappy (no pun intended), I can't really stomach meat and vegetables so I eat whatever I feel like I can handle (usually potatoes or homemade chicken noodle or chicken and rice soup). On the days that I feel okay, I walk before going to work. On the days that I don't, I opt to rest for that extra hour. I have yet to get back to the mall to do the distance walk, but am planning to do that this weekend if my stomach allows. I have an appointment with my doctor on April 7 for follow up with the thyroid tests, so if my stomach is still acting funky then, I am going to mention it to her and see if she has any suggestions. My blood sugar is lower on the days that I don't eat carbs, but it hasn't been HUGELY high on the days that I have (when I've remembered to check it - still bad about doing that when I don't feel well), so I am going to let her know that, also, to see if she feels I need more medication or if we can go on with things the way they are for a while yet.
I admit I have developed a somewhat fatalistic attitude about these lifestyle changes. I have a problem with an all or nothing attitude. If I'm not eating perfectly, exercising perfectly and doing everything else perfectly, I tend to think I failed and am not accomplishing anything. I have worked on myself quite a bit over the last few weeks to change that because it was making me very unhappy with myself. So I am now at the point where I feel this way: I am doing the best that I can to eat a diet that is healthy for me. If I have a day where I don't do that perfectly, it's okay - tomorrow is a new day. That doesn't mean I intend to be lax for days on end (then it wouldn't be a lifestyle change), but if my health issues get in the way and I find myself eating mashed potatoes instead of cauliflower, so be it. I can eat cauliflower tomorrow. If I exercise today, terrific!!! Yay for me!! But if I don't feel well enough to exercise (not as in "I don't want to exercise today - I want to be lazy" but "I feel like crud today"), then I don't. I can exercise tomorrow. If I am able to finish the Disney 5K in May in the time frame allotted, super! There will be great celebration!!! But if I don't, then I don't. I refuse to sweat it anymore. My health is what it is. I hope it continues to improve - so far, when I look at the big picture, it has. But if it doesn't - or it doesn't improve as quickly as I want it to - then I have to accept that and live my life in a positive manner right now instead of waiting until I am "well" to do that. I am learning to be content with where I am today while still moving forward towards a better tomorrow. You see, I've come so far from where I was just a few yesterdays ago, and I have to learn to be proud of that. I'm not as far along on this path as I want to be. I haven't lost any significant weight on this journey - 10 pounds total altogether - and I'm not happy about that. But in the big picture, I feel better than I did a year ago. I have a little more energy than I did a year ago. So I figure if the weight comes off - however slowly - that's a bonus. If it doesn't and I stay really fat - then I stay really fat. I've been fat a long time - I know how to do it!! (Okay, that was a joke, but you get my point.) I just can't stay stuck at a point in my head where if I don't lose weight, I have failed. If I do, I will give up and stop exercising and eat whatever I want in whatever quantity I want - and that's not the way to go, I tried that already!! So that's where I am diet and exercise wise.
As for my "big doins" - I have reached a pretty big decision about my life aside from the healthy lifestyle changes. For some time now, I have been dissatisfied with how I make a living. I worked in the word processing center of a large law firm for many years. For most of those years, that involved creating and editing long, complicated legal documents and transcribing documents from tapes - something that I enjoy and am very good at. Over the last few months that I worked in word processing, that began to change - more young attorneys do their own word processing because they are accustomed to typing out documents on the computer through college and law school, so they don't need staff people to do that for them. So the word processing center began to work more with images, pictures, spreadsheets, databases, slide presentations, organizational charts, etc. And I did all that, but it wasn't what I truly enjoyed. Then I needed to go to a day-time schedule and there wasn't room for me in word processing on a day shift, so last spring I became a legal secretary. Now don't misunderstand what I am saying here - this is a good job. It pays the bills, I have pretty good benefits, and there is stability here. The problem is - I'M BORED OUT OF MY MIND!!! 90% of my day is spent filing, copying, filing, scanning, filing, preparing fed ex packages and outgoing mail, filing, preparing expense reports, filing, doing time entries, filing, making binders and did I mention filing??? I want to set my hair on fire just to see something different happen - I CAN'T STAND IT!!! I very seldom get to work on documents anymore, and that is what I love. So now that my daughter is grown and doesn't need so much of my time when I am home, I have begun to contemplate whether I want to spend the rest of my working years going to a job every day that I dislike so intensely. And I have decided that life is too short to spend most of your days doing something you don't love just to bring home a paycheck, if there is some way you can change that.
So I have decided to go back to school and learn to be a court reporter. Court reporters are in high demand, make a great living, and - most importantly - work with words all day long. They are constantly learning new and different things to prepare for trial or depositions, and that's what attracts me to this profession. I feel like my brain is shrinking - I need a mental challenge and this would definitely be a challenge. Of course, getting the education while working full-time (because I can't afford to quit my job) is going to be quite difficult - especially since I'd have to do on-line classes at night after working all day, then spend a good chunk of each weekend practicing on the steno machine to build my speed. You have to be able to transcribe 225 words per minute before you can graduate, so it's a formidable task to take on. Plus it takes a minimum of 2 1/2 years to finish school, and that's if you take a full-time class load on top of working a full-time job. So that's a long time to devote to that much work, but I think it's the right thing for me to do. I have spent all my spare time in the last few weeks doing the research and have finally selected a court reporting school that has a very well respected on-line curriculum. The next obstacle is coming up with the money to do it. Even with financial aid, you have to pay up front for the equipment, books and software for the first semester (which is a BIG chunk of change and more than we have available) to get started. So my DH and I have been brainstorming how we can come up with what I need. He says that if this will make me happy, it is the right thing to do. That's one reason I love him so - he's always in my corner!!
So anyway, I'm not sure how we'll work it out yet, but we will - we always do!If this happens in a timely fashion (and I hope it does), I will be starting class in the fall. That will mean I will have even less time for the WISH board (and anything else that's not absolutely essential, for that matter), but I will do my best to keep you all updated on what's happening with me. Keep your fingers crossed that this works out - I REALLY want it!!!
Sarah, thank you SO MUCH for the postcard. It is BEAUTIFUL and it is hanging on my refrigerator now!
Well, that was another book - my posts just seem to get longer and longer, don't they? Guess I have a lot to say when I manage to get here. Hope all of you have a WONDERFUL weekend - hugs!!
Susan
Susan, that sounds like a good idea. A girl on the PEEPs thread, Dawn, does court transcriptions. I wonder if that would be a stop-gap for you? I think it required less school time and may be a bit more flexible while you are in school.
I also like your attitude toward a healthier lifestyle. I know I get caught up in being perfect and tend to toss the whole HOUSE out the window when I eat one bad thing, and that is something that I am trying to work on too.
I am living in hell.
One bright side thing, though, I get to sleep in tomorrow....
I also like your attitude toward a healthier lifestyle. I know I get caught up in being perfect and tend to toss the whole HOUSE out the window when I eat one bad thing, and that is something that I am trying to work on too.
I am living in hell.
One bright side thing, though, I get to sleep in tomorrow....
3DisneyKids
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I'm pulling for you on the whole job thing! I so hope it works out that way that is best.
Paula...
I didn't make it to the gym at lunch but I am hoping to sneak out a bit early today and hit it on the way home.
You are amazing! You have the most incredible work ethic!Kat. You must be wonder woman. You are working 24/7. I don't know how you are resisting inhaling all the food you can hold.
HUGE DITTO!
You're turning into a exercise freakshow.
I know...total freakshow!
I'm here. Making bad choices. As always. Did you expect anything else. I'm too tired to care. I think I could sleep for 15 days straight. Don't know why. Maybe it's my TOM too. But I don't actually get a period due to my IUD. Maybe I just get the rest of the crap that goes with it.
Ok. Gotta run. People want paid. Blah, Blah, Blah...
Sorry you are so beat. Can you rest more on the week-ends, or with your business do you go 24/7?
What are we on today...k? Oh that is an easy one...KICK A$$! Just focus on one thing to kick...what are the minions in your life...soda? sweets? chips and salty snacks? alcohol? Try and just kick one of those things!
I have had a great food day so far and I have a ton of points left...so I am drinking my points tonight!
Rum and diet coke, here I come! I will be around a lot tonight as I have to grade a ton of mid-terms (I can only handle that level of grading when alcohol is involved...)SUSAN-- So good to hear from you!
I love that you are getting comfortable with where you are and the program you are on. I have a quick question...and I truly hope that it does not offend you as that is definitely not my intent. On the contrary, I think you are doing an AWESOME job of taking charge of your life! Since you have some significant health issues to deal with, I am wondering if many of them are due to weight? I know for me...at just 30 pounds overweight, I had all sorts of health stuff start up (sleep apnea, etc.). And I am thinking that maybe some of your health issues are related to weight (as mine are)...but yet you often feel so poorly that you can't focus on losing weight....thus, you are in this awful catch-22. Have you ever considered any of the surgical options to weight loss? This may be a great avenue for you...as then your body will take care of the weight loss and hopefully many of the health issues will go with the weight? My friend is having lap band surgery later this spring. It is VERY VERY safe and pretty non-invasive. It is laparascopic and done on an outpatient basis. After reading all that you have been dealing with, I thought this might be an option for you and was wondering if you had explored it.
SARAH--where are you??? We may have to send out the search parties! Considering it is still the dead of winter here in Maine, I volunteer to go out to AZ to find Munky!
DAWN & GRUMPS-- Enjoy the week-end!
SG-LIZ--hoping you are having a magical time! I am SO SO SO needing a Disney fix right now. So miserable with this weather and cold! DH even said last night that he wishes we could go soon (and he is the reason we don't have a trip in the works right now...we went three times last year, so he felt the need for a break...but now he is ready to go back! I will definitely be working on him, don't worry about that!)
KIM--How did the interview go? I have been sending positive vibes your way all day! And we are having a massive wind storm, so I am sure that those vibes were able to make down your way!
Report in when you can. Have a great week-end everyone! I am going to my out-laws for Easter, but just for the day.
chbc
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Erika- Just settled in to get caught up, I was "not so really" feeling bad about the fact that I was sipping (well, a little faster than sips but not pounding) a rum and coke (pepsi-it is sweeter) while checking on our board and then thinking this is great for friday. Your post was the first to come up and I am still laughing . Enjoy your rum and coke. I am.
. Enjoy your rum and coke. I am.
3DisneyKids
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Hey Peeps and Body Board Babes--
In my ever-so-slightly inebriated state 
I had an idea...
I am getting ready to start spring cleaning and I know I have a bunch of clothes that I am going to be thrilled to part with because they are now too big. 
Since we are all changing sizes, what do you think of the idea of a clothes swap?
The way I figure it...there are folks here who are going to be thrilled to get rid of their size 14s (for example) while others are going to be just as thrilled to finally be IN a 14. And as much as we would all love to go shopping to celebrate each new smaller size, no one wants to spend a ton of money on "in-between" clothes.
Obviously, we don't want to clutter up our threads and make them seem like eBay, but when someone has some stuff to get rid of, they can just post something like, "I am getting rid of a bunch of size XX clothes...PM me if interested..." and then they can work it out privately and get descriptions of the clothes from there.
Since there is no money changing hands, this is allowable within the posting guidelines of the DIS.
Whattdya think?
Erika
In my ever-so-slightly inebriated state
I had an idea... I am getting ready to start spring cleaning and I know I have a bunch of clothes that I am going to be thrilled to part with because they are now too big. Since we are all changing sizes, what do you think of the idea of a clothes swap?
The way I figure it...there are folks here who are going to be thrilled to get rid of their size 14s (for example) while others are going to be just as thrilled to finally be IN a 14. And as much as we would all love to go shopping to celebrate each new smaller size, no one wants to spend a ton of money on "in-between" clothes.
Obviously, we don't want to clutter up our threads and make them seem like eBay, but when someone has some stuff to get rid of, they can just post something like, "I am getting rid of a bunch of size XX clothes...PM me if interested..." and then they can work it out privately and get descriptions of the clothes from there.
Since there is no money changing hands, this is allowable within the posting guidelines of the DIS.
Whattdya think?
Erika
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You're turning into a exercise freakshow.
Sounds like a smack-down! You make it seem like being an exercise-a-holic is a BAD thing
Are you telling us we need an intervention? A 12 -step program??? While we are on the subject...a woman at the gym that I don't even know told me this morning what an inspiration I am to her.
That I'm always so "focused" and working so hard...and she was going on about "how great you look..." 
and "how you make me work harder" I was both embarassed and proud at the same time Then I came home and asked DH how much he had to PAY HER to compliment me Now - if I could only see myself as others do...
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Hi!!!
I'm still in Florida, but not at WDW at the moment. We were at MK today and then we left for the place my parents rented in the Villages. I have read every post while I was away and have been missing all of you. It's a pain to post on the iPhone while bopping from thing to thing, but I could read easily! There are so many times I wanted to call all of you - phone in a post!
This has been an interesting trip. It's been great and not-so great. My dad has been both awesome and impossible, my mom had a very hard time - she is on round 4 of chemo and some days she couldn't make it to the parks until dinner. I felt really bad for her. Like I said, my dad was either great or impossible, and the same for my kiddo and husband. She was mostly the best behaved out of all of us!
I wish I could go through the thread and respond to each of you. Just know I read every word and am behind you in the good and bad.
A few things - DVC owners, if you did it through resale, PM, okay? I am so sold on the Disney - yes, three trips in six months IS a sign of addiction!
Dawn, I will wear sunset orange, but come on! I want the total Disney parks wedding! Please? Think of the cool pictures! Can we do Vero Beach and then go to WDW?
If anyone ever wants to go to WDW but needs to get away from their families, well, count me in. Because we are NEVER doing a trip like this again! My husband and child, sure. My mom and dad and me, sure. The grandparents with Emily? Hell, yes. But all of us together? Um, no. I feel like I need a few months of therapy and a stiff drink. And a hug.
Hugs to all of you, my friends.
I'm still in Florida, but not at WDW at the moment. We were at MK today and then we left for the place my parents rented in the Villages. I have read every post while I was away and have been missing all of you. It's a pain to post on the iPhone while bopping from thing to thing, but I could read easily! There are so many times I wanted to call all of you - phone in a post!
This has been an interesting trip. It's been great and not-so great. My dad has been both awesome and impossible, my mom had a very hard time - she is on round 4 of chemo and some days she couldn't make it to the parks until dinner. I felt really bad for her. Like I said, my dad was either great or impossible, and the same for my kiddo and husband. She was mostly the best behaved out of all of us!
I wish I could go through the thread and respond to each of you. Just know I read every word and am behind you in the good and bad.
A few things - DVC owners, if you did it through resale, PM, okay? I am so sold on the Disney - yes, three trips in six months IS a sign of addiction!
Dawn, I will wear sunset orange, but come on! I want the total Disney parks wedding! Please?
Think of the cool pictures! Can we do Vero Beach and then go to WDW?If anyone ever wants to go to WDW but needs to get away from their families, well, count me in. Because we are NEVER doing a trip like this again! My husband and child, sure. My mom and dad and me, sure. The grandparents with Emily? Hell, yes. But all of us together? Um, no. I feel like I need a few months of therapy and a stiff drink. And a hug.
Hugs to all of you, my friends.
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I have had a great food day so far and I have a ton of points left...so I am drinking my points tonight!
Since you have some significant health issues to deal with, I am wondering if many of them are due to weight? I know for me...at just 30 pounds overweight, I had all sorts of health stuff start up (sleep apnea, etc.).
...
SARAH--where are you??? We may have to send out the search parties! Considering it is still the dead of winter here in Maine, I volunteer to go out to AZ to find Munky!
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Erika- Just settled in to get caught up, I was "not so really" feeling bad about the fact that I was sipping (well, a little faster than sips but not pounding) a rum and coke (pepsi-it is sweeter) while checking on our board and then thinking this is great for friday. Your post was the first to come up and I am still laughing
I don't feel that way all the time... I did make it to the gym though, 50 min on the arc trainer (510 cals burned!!) and 100 crunches on that daY-um dirty ball.
Weight gain gave me high blood pressure so I am with you on the health problems thing... it goes down with every lb I lose.
I am SOOOO with you and Heather on the drinking the rest of my calories thing. I somewhat deliberately ate low in order to drink the rest of mine tonight.
*clinks a virtual glass*
Too bad you don't have AIM, I would keep you company!
I am worried about Sarah.
Hi!!!
I'm still in Florida, but not at WDW at the moment. We were at MK today and then we left for the place my parents rented in the Villages. I have read every post while I was away and have been missing all of you. It's a pain to post on the iPhone while bopping from thing to thing, but I could read easily! There are so many times I wanted to call all of you - phone in a post!
This has been an interesting trip. It's been great and not-so great. My dad has been both awesome and impossible, my mom had a very hard time - she is on round 4 of chemo and some days she couldn't make it to the parks until dinner. I felt really bad for her. Like I said, my dad was either great or impossible, and the same for my kiddo and husband. She was mostly the best behaved out of all of us!
I wish I could go through the thread and respond to each of you. Just know I read every word and am behind you in the good and bad.
A few things - DVC owners, if you did it through resale, PM, okay? I am so sold on the Disney - yes, three trips in six months IS a sign of addiction!
Dawn, I will wear sunset orange, but come on! I want the total Disney parks wedding! Please?
If anyone ever wants to go to WDW but needs to get away from their families, well, count me in. Because we are NEVER doing a trip like this again! My husband and child, sure. My mom and dad and me, sure. The grandparents with Emily? Hell, yes. But all of us together? Um, no. I feel like I need a few months of therapy and a stiff drink. And a hug.
You have a PM. And a
.Food for today:
B: Fiber One + milk (80), coffee
L: South Beach wrap kit (230), salad (100), apple (60)
D: 8 oz tilapia (150), broccoli (30)
Total, 650. Exercise, 50 min on arc trainer, 100 crunches. Water, 64 oz.
The remainder of my calories will come in wine. 1 bottle = 430 cals.
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Kat-- AIM = DocErika...I am on all the time for work.
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SG--PMd you about DVC!
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Hey Peeps and Body Board Babes--
In my ever-so-slightly inebriated state
Since we are all changing sizes, what do you think of the idea of a clothes swap?
The way I figure it...there are folks here who are going to be thrilled to get rid of their size 14s (for example) while others are going to be just as thrilled to finally be IN a 14. And as much as we would all love to go shopping to celebrate each new smaller size, no one wants to spend a ton of money on "in-between" clothes.
Obviously, we don't want to clutter up our threads and make them seem like eBay, but when someone has some stuff to get rid of, they can just post something like, "I am getting rid of a bunch of size XX clothes...PM me if interested..." and then they can work it out privately and get descriptions of the clothes from there.
Since there is no money changing hands, this is allowable within the posting guidelines of the DIS.
Whattdya think?
Erika
I think it's a good idea.
You make it seem like being an exercise-a-holic is a BAD thing
No, I'm jelous (actually bitter is the word I used.) I'm OCD in everything else, why couldn't have I been blessed with the ExerciseOCD like you two.
Hi!!!
I'm still in Florida, but not at WDW at the moment. We were at MK today and then we left for the place my parents rented in the Villages. I have read every post while I was away and have been missing all of you. It's a pain to post on the iPhone while bopping from thing to thing, but I could read easily! There are so many times I wanted to call all of you - phone in a post!
This has been an interesting trip. It's been great and not-so great. My dad has been both awesome and impossible, my mom had a very hard time - she is on round 4 of chemo and some days she couldn't make it to the parks until dinner. I felt really bad for her. Like I said, my dad was either great or impossible, and the same for my kiddo and husband. She was mostly the best behaved out of all of us!
I wish I could go through the thread and respond to each of you. Just know I read every word and am behind you in the good and bad.
A few things - DVC owners, if you did it through resale, PM, okay? I am so sold on the Disney - yes, three trips in six months IS a sign of addiction!
Dawn, I will wear sunset orange, but come on! I want the total Disney parks wedding! Please?
If anyone ever wants to go to WDW but needs to get away from their families, well, count me in. Because we are NEVER doing a trip like this again! My husband and child, sure. My mom and dad and me, sure. The grandparents with Emily? Hell, yes. But all of us together? Um, no. I feel like I need a few months of therapy and a stiff drink. And a hug.
SG: Happy to hear from you. I feel for you, traveling with your family and your mom so ill to boot. You'll look back and laugh, and I bet Emily is having the time of her life. Everyone important to her, in the happiest place on earth! Life is good, ma.
How is your goal of eating within points at WDW going?
The remainder of my calories will come in wine. 1 bottle = 430 cals.
Kat, enjoy sleeping in today!!!! (I hope you actually get too. I know I look so forward to sleeping in on Saturdays, and you work 1000's harder than I do...)Susan, glad you had a minute to post. It is overwhelming to come and find 50pages to catch up on.
to help you find your way. (In your life, not here )Munky?
I've gotta go rustle up something to take to my first of 3! Easter shindigs.
I'm not worried about the food, I'm a closet eater, I do fine it public.
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Hi All--I finally have a minute to sit down and post. Easter week-end and a ton going on (though not THREE different Easter celebrations! )
That is awesome! I love random acts of complimenting!
I totally hear you there...I am perfect in public!
Ok, so I am on NO sleep thanks to Kat... ...kidding, of course! But I got up and hit the gym even in my semi-comatose state. And I ran for a full hour! A freaking HOUR...5.5 miles. Paying for my sins! DH just ordered me a running shirt that he saw online. It says "RUN...CHOCOLATE...REPEAT"
Now I have to spend the rest of today getting ready for tomorrow. We are going up to my out-laws for the day, but I am bringing the entire meal. Go figure.
Have a great day! I will be on and off for the day.
)
You make it seem like being an exercise-a-holic is a BAD thing
Yeah, I don't get it??
While we are on the subject...a woman at the gym that I don't even know told me this morning what an inspiration I am to her.
Now - if I could only see myself as others do...
That is awesome! I love random acts of complimenting!
No, I'm jelous (actually bitter is the word I used.) I'm OCD in everything else, why couldn't have I been blessed with the ExerciseOCD like you two.
It is really just a matter of flipping the switch. The issue (for me) was finding where the damn switch was located! Seriously, if you are a focused/OCD type, then as soon as you start exercising, the switch will flip and your OCD will kick in and this time be focused on working on. I have been saying for years...if I only I could apply this obsession to exercise! I just FORCED myself to workout for the first 2 weeks...and I have been on auto-pilot-in-overdrive ever since.
Oh no...Kat better NOT be sleeping in!
I've gotta go rustle up something to take to my first of 3! Easter shindigs.
I totally hear you there...I am perfect in public!
Ok, so I am on NO sleep thanks to Kat...
...kidding, of course! But I got up and hit the gym even in my semi-comatose state. And I ran for a full hour! A freaking HOUR...5.5 miles. Paying for my sins! DH just ordered me a running shirt that he saw online. It says "RUN...CHOCOLATE...REPEAT"Now I have to spend the rest of today getting ready for tomorrow. We are going up to my out-laws for the day, but I am bringing the entire meal. Go figure.
Have a great day! I will be on and off for the day.
Ok, so I am on NO sleep thanks to Kat...
Now I have to spend the rest of today getting ready for tomorrow. We are going up to my out-laws for the day, but I am bringing the entire meal. Go figure.
Have a great day! I will be on and off for the day.
Hehehe... sorry.
I did sleep in, but my hangover is rather unhappy. So maybe we are even.
I really did enjoy chatting though, and sorry for my inebriated unfiltered state.
DWD, I am an everywhere eater... closet... couch... parties... doesn't matter. Good luck with your celebrations!
Oh, I forgot... the scale said 174.0 this morning! Why is it when I drink half my calories, the scale always says happy numbers the next day? Maybe it is dehydration...
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Me as well....
PLUS - an every THING eater. Not much food I don't like... I so hate holidays - simply because I'm forced to spend them with people whom I'm told I share DNA with, but I really don't enjoy their company.
I used to be afraid that I was switched at birth - now I'm afraid that I wasn't, and I really AM related to those whacks! 
Have a Happy Easter everyone! Try to enjoy your day - I know that my crazy family is coming to my house (joy of joys
)....I may just run away...
chbc
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Hey Peeps and Body Board Babes--
In my ever-so-slightly inebriated state
Since we are all changing sizes, what do you think of the idea of a clothes swap?
The way I figure it...there are folks here who are going to be thrilled to get rid of their size 14s (for example) while others are going to be just as thrilled to finally be IN a 14. And as much as we would all love to go shopping to celebrate each new smaller size, no one wants to spend a ton of money on "in-between" clothes.
Obviously, we don't want to clutter up our threads and make them seem like eBay, but when someone has some stuff to get rid of, they can just post something like, "I am getting rid of a bunch of size XX clothes...PM me if interested..." and then they can work it out privately and get descriptions of the clothes from there.
Since there is no money changing hands, this is allowable within the posting guidelines of the DIS.
Whattdya think?
Erika
I like your clothes idea. I have been looking at some of my clothes and was right with you. A few weeks ago, I wanted to give away a brand new (had to take the tags off to wash and try and get the cinnamon out from a leaking bath and body works plug in that we did not want and it was in the return bag with the shirt) XL black long sleeve v neck liz shirt. I love the clothes idea!
Sweet Sixteen!!! WSU COUGS! DH and I are both Cougs. Love March Madness!! rum and cokes all around. We are making jello jiggler eggs and once again, I am so tempted to make them into jello shooters. We will stick to the G rated for Easter.
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Just a quick fly-by post here:
HockeyKat: Thanks for letting me know about Dawn doing court reporting. I did PM her and she does voice writing, while I am interested in doing machine writing. However, it was very informative to get her take on what she does and how she likes it - so thanks for the info!
Erika: I know your heart is in the right place, so I am not offended by your suggestion of considering weight loss surgery. I confess to being a little taken aback by it, though - not because I think I'm not heavy enough (at 325 lbs., I am more than heavy enough), but because both my internal medicine doctor and gastroenterologist strongly advised me not to even consider it due to the potential side effects and the fact that I have other factors influencing my weight besides how much I eat. I have sleep apnea and high blood pressure, which I do believe are weight-related conditions. The diabetes, female hormone imbalances, fibromyalgia, exhaustion, stomach problems and potential thyroid issues, however, are principally caused by the celiac according to my doctors, although I am sure the excess weight does not help any. The female hormone imbalance and fibromyalgia pain have resolved themselves over the past year since I have been eating gluten free, so those problems are pretty much gone. The exhaustion is not as severe since I stopped eating dairy, although it is still there - but I have hope that it will continue to get better the longer I adhere to my dietary restrictions. It will be at least another year before the intestinal and systemic damage from the celiac is completely reversed. Even then, there is no guarantee that my other health problems will be eradicated, but I am hopeful they will be much improved by then. In the meantime, I am going to try to eat well and exercise as much as I can and hope that knocks some weight off - even if it comes off slowly, it will be better than gaining more!
Liz - I am sorry your trip has been stressful for you, but I'm sure your DD had a great time. I own DVC, but we didn't buy through resale, so I can't help you with those details. I will just say that I LOVE my DVC and wouldn't trade it for the world!
Hope you all have a great holiday - take care!
Susan
HockeyKat: Thanks for letting me know about Dawn doing court reporting. I did PM her and she does voice writing, while I am interested in doing machine writing. However, it was very informative to get her take on what she does and how she likes it - so thanks for the info!
Erika: I know your heart is in the right place, so I am not offended by your suggestion of considering weight loss surgery. I confess to being a little taken aback by it, though - not because I think I'm not heavy enough (at 325 lbs., I am more than heavy enough), but because both my internal medicine doctor and gastroenterologist strongly advised me not to even consider it due to the potential side effects and the fact that I have other factors influencing my weight besides how much I eat. I have sleep apnea and high blood pressure, which I do believe are weight-related conditions. The diabetes, female hormone imbalances, fibromyalgia, exhaustion, stomach problems and potential thyroid issues, however, are principally caused by the celiac according to my doctors, although I am sure the excess weight does not help any. The female hormone imbalance and fibromyalgia pain have resolved themselves over the past year since I have been eating gluten free, so those problems are pretty much gone. The exhaustion is not as severe since I stopped eating dairy, although it is still there - but I have hope that it will continue to get better the longer I adhere to my dietary restrictions. It will be at least another year before the intestinal and systemic damage from the celiac is completely reversed. Even then, there is no guarantee that my other health problems will be eradicated, but I am hopeful they will be much improved by then. In the meantime, I am going to try to eat well and exercise as much as I can and hope that knocks some weight off - even if it comes off slowly, it will be better than gaining more!
Liz - I am sorry your trip has been stressful for you, but I'm sure your DD had a great time. I own DVC, but we didn't buy through resale, so I can't help you with those details. I will just say that I LOVE my DVC and wouldn't trade it for the world!
Hope you all have a great holiday - take care!
Susan
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