Lightspeed ahead to a healthier you! April 2016 WISH challenge... all are welcome!

[courtneybeth]

First part of the QOTD: Did you ever attend a SW weekend? Tell us about it and share a picture!

Second part of the QOTD: How do you get yourself back on track/on plan with your eating and exercise after a vacation or a weekend away?

No Star Wars weekends - it's why we originally booked the May trip at the end of next month... but it was canceled to make way for Star Wars Land East Coast Edition. But the "good" news is that Disneyland's Tomorrowland has turned into a mini-Star Wars land so every weekend is a Star Wars weekend. (Any time they can change it back, really).


Getting myself back on plan is just starting the day fresh and saying "Okay, let's do this". I don't really have a method.



Weekly Check-in
Progress: 24/30 days of exercising
Percentage: 80%

 

[Oneanne]

Sorry for any potential spoilers, for anyone who hasn't yet seen it!

What I got out of it was that Bagheera spent the whole movie telling Mowgli he couldn't be himself in the jungle, that his "tricks" weren't welcome there and he had to play by jungle rules or get out... Then at the end, Mowgli and his "tricks" are exactly what they needed. The message I got out of it was knowing who you are and using your talents, whatever they may be and no matter what anyone else in the world tries to make you be. Kind of a nature vs. nurture, I guess. He worked with the pack, but he worked with every pack, and showed the entire jungle that man is not always the enemy, and showed Mowgli the kind of impact that man has on the natural world, even if completely unintentional (he took the fire out there to rid the jungle of Shere Khan and create a better and safer environment for his family... in doing so, he completely unintentionally set fire to the jungle. He showed the animals, though, that not all man is evil, because he worked with the elephants - who the other animals don't normally work with - to correct the damage and restore the jungle. He also earned and learned a new respect for the jungle and a new understanding of man's impact on their world.) The animals all hated and feared man (for good reason) but Mowgli showed them there is good in mankind.

To me, it was all about finding your role in the bigger picture using whatever strengths you may have and working together for the betterment of everyone and everything involved.


The above interpretation aside - I thought it was a good movie, but I definitely prefer the animated (and the mid-90's live action that played on the Disney Channel all the time! So many people hate it but I loved it). I just didn't like Bill Murray and Christopher Walken in it. It was jarring to hear their every day voices come from those animals, and really took me out of the movie. The Shere Khan scenes were also SUPER intense, which I didn't really expect. I know he's the baddy, but goodness. I also personally couldn't stand the kid who played Mowgli. The whole movie kind of felt like it dragged on until the final battle with Shere Khan. Just my $0.02, for whatever they're worth!

I had the Polar watch to measure heart rate which came with a chest strap and it felt pretty accurate. I have the Charge HR now and like you, I don't feel like it tracks my heart rate accurately. I also don't feel like it tracks my sleep accurately. Of course those were the 2 main reasons I went with this model. The majority of my walking is also on the treadmill and since both hands are almost always on the computer while I walk, I usually just loop the Fitbit through my shoelaces so it's reading steps. Basically I paid extra for a glorified version of the One. Haha. I've come to the conclusion that the HR monitoring really isn't super important to me, because I really don't need a device to tell me if I'm exerting myself. My body tells me that on its own.

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No SWW for us. Also don't have a good answer for part 2 of the question, because I didn't stay on track after our vacation. Like really really really didn't.

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My dog is super smart. SUPER smart. He knows that he's mommy's puppy and he can pretty much get whatever he wants from me. He doesn't do this with my DH AT ALL because he knows better, but when it's just me and DPup at home, he's gotten into this habit. When we take him outside, he gets a small cookie when he comes back in. With my DH, DPup goes outside, does all his business, comes in, gets his cookie, and behaves. With me, he goes outside, goes #1, comes back inside, gets a cookie. Eats the cookie, then throws a fit to go back outside so he can go #2. Then he comes back in and I kid you not throws a fit for another cookie. I, of course, give in, largely due to the fact that I know he absolutely will not calm down until he gets his second cookie. Way to manipulate the system, kid.

I feel like there's a good QOTD/metaphor in there somewhere. How many of us find ways to "manipulate the system" and find loopholes in our diets/exercise plans that technically make sense on paper but we know it's not what was intended? A good example that comes to mind is the "I can eat this and still be within my calorie goal" excuse. We all know that if you're on a 1500 calorie meal plan, yes technically you CAN have 1300 calories of cake and ice cream every day and still be "within calorie", but that's not really the intended purpose of your meal plan, and you know it. Haha.

Anyway. Happy Monday! Happy April 25th - the perfect date! Don't forget your light jackets!

yes, sorry for any spoilers! All good points. I totally get the be your own best self for the greater good of the pack message, and that if you help others they'll help you, in this case clean up your mistake. I don't know why it bothered me so much. Oh and aside from the cat distraction I kept thinking "forget Avatar Land they need to build Jungle Book Land"

 

[courtneybeth]

Do FastPass+ scheduling problems affect how you travel or do you just... take whatever is available and go for standby for the rest?

The reason I ask is that apparently Soarin' is down while we're at EPCOT and no Test Track FP are available for our first EPCOT day. We don't do Soarin for two obvious reasons: 1) it's the same as the CA ride and 2) we don't like it. So it seems everyone went for Test Track. I think the resolution for this is to simply build the car in the exit lane and go ride via the Single Rider. Hubs and I don't need to sit together on the ride.

I would rather have restaurants than FP... what about you guys?


(Side note: this is our first time booking at the 30 day window and not the 60 day window -- and oh man, is it different. All of the parades are gone and some of the better times for high demand rides.)

 

[Oneanne]

Do FastPass+ scheduling problems affect how you travel or do you just... take whatever is available and go for standby for the rest?

The reason I ask is that apparently Soarin' is down while we're at EPCOT and no Test Track FP are available for our first EPCOT day. We don't do Soarin for two obvious reasons: 1) it's the same as the CA ride and 2) we don't like it. So it seems everyone went for Test Track. I think the resolution for this is to simply build the car in the exit lane and go ride via the Single Rider. Hubs and I don't need to sit together on the ride.

I would rather have restaurants than FP... what about you guys?


(Side note: this is our first time booking at the 30 day window and not the 60 day window -- and oh man, is it different. All of the parades are gone and some of the better times for high demand rides.)

I'm not ride driven any more, so I get what is available and wing it from there. My which park on which day schedule is usually driven by ADR's because I am pickier about food than rides.

 

[courtneybeth]

I'm not ride driven any more, so I get what is available and wing it from there. My which park on which day schedule is usually driven by ADR's because I am pickier about food than rides.

I'm the same way. The food reservations are much more important to me - I'll wake up at 3am to make sure I get into the places I want.

 

[SarahDisney]

Do FastPass+ scheduling problems affect how you travel or do you just... take whatever is available and go for standby for the rest?

The reason I ask is that apparently Soarin' is down while we're at EPCOT and no Test Track FP are available for our first EPCOT day. We don't do Soarin for two obvious reasons: 1) it's the same as the CA ride and 2) we don't like it. So it seems everyone went for Test Track. I think the resolution for this is to simply build the car in the exit lane and go ride via the Single Rider. Hubs and I don't need to sit together on the ride.

I would rather have restaurants than FP... what about you guys?


(Side note: this is our first time booking at the 30 day window and not the 60 day window -- and oh man, is it different. All of the parades are gone and some of the better times for high demand rides.)

We always stay onsite and book our FP+ at midnight when the window opens, so mostly we get what we want. But if we don't ... we just wait standby. Personally, I don't mind lines. I prefer not to wait, but waiting in line for a ride won't ruin my vacation. And if the lines are too long ... I've been there before and I'll (hopefully) be there again, so if I have to skip something, I skip it.
Restaurants don't make that much of a difference for me, but if I do have an ADR that excites me (aka Be Our Guest or princesses), then I'll schedule my FP+ around that. Usually I can make the schedule work pretty well (but again, we book our FP+ as early as we can for exactly that reason).

 

[piglet1979]

Do FastPass+ scheduling problems affect how you travel or do you just... take whatever is available and go for standby for the rest?

The reason I ask is that apparently Soarin' is down while we're at EPCOT and no Test Track FP are available for our first EPCOT day. We don't do Soarin for two obvious reasons: 1) it's the same as the CA ride and 2) we don't like it. So it seems everyone went for Test Track. I think the resolution for this is to simply build the car in the exit lane and go ride via the Single Rider. Hubs and I don't need to sit together on the ride.

I would rather have restaurants than FP... what about you guys?


(Side note: this is our first time booking at the 30 day window and not the 60 day window -- and oh man, is it different. All of the parades are gone and some of the better times for high demand rides.)

We plan our ADRs and then always book at the 60 day mark for FP. If I don't get what I want I book what I can and keep checking every day for an opening for what I want. If we don't get what we want we will do standby only if the line is not over like 30 minutes. We are crazy with planning and we have touring plans set up that will help us with the what rides we should do when. We didn't follow it that closely when we were their in September. There was no need to. Going in June may change that.

 

[Flossbolna]

Happy Tuesday all!!

I just finished my lunch time yoga class and I feel great! It is more about relaxation and a stretching in this class, not heavy exercise. But I always feel like I am on clouds afterwards!! In not so good news, my foot started to hurt today... Kind of on the inside of the ankle. I think I might have been a little bit too much on my feet the past week with those 28.000 and 31.000 steps days... So, will try to take it slower today. Which is difficult because walking has become so much part of my lifestyle and I hate having to pay the 2.62 € for the metro ticket!

@courtneybeth Sorry that the FP+ booking did not work as you wanted! Did you try for single FP+? That is a strategy a friend taught me: Don't try to book your whole group, but go for single FP+ for everyone. As long as you have a time that overlaps, you can still go together in that overlapping window (and you could even do it when they are just after each other considering that you can use the FP+ up to 10 or 15 minutes after its official end time). My friend is a CM and they can only book a week out or so for their friends and family and that is how she still managed to get a family group of 6 on the Mine Train together. Otherwise, Single Rider for Test Track is a good alternative.

@Dr Gunnie Somehow this really seems to be odd that you need to wear it so loose that it starts sliding around. I know that a few here have an apple watch, so I hope they will jump in and give you some feedback if it is better. I think I remember @iheartdisney44 and @ski_mom mentioning the apple watch! Otherwise: When you go to the fitbit website and are logged in, you should see your dashboard. On the top right corner there is your avatar (or something generic if you did not add an avatar), it is the third symbol from the right (to the most right is settings, then notifications and then the avatar). If you click on this it will get you to your profile page and there it will be display a statistic of your active minutes that are differentiated by "light activity", "moderate activity" and "high acitivity" (I am just guessing the English words as for me it is being displayed in German). You could go there and see how many minutes of "high activity" you are getting and try to get this up. Of course for you this might be connected with the haert rate. For me it is mainly connected withe speed I am moving with as my fitbit one is not measuring hear rate. And finally you could just get one of those breast strap heart rate monitors and wear this. I am sure there is a way of integrating this somehow (like in MFP) with the data from the fitbit.

@pjlla I loved your picture from the homestead! You really are a superfan! And it was interesting to see a "before" picture of you, you have changed so much, I nearly did not recognize you (well, I was also looking at it on my phone, so the tiny screen did not help!).

 

[4Mickeys]

Of topic - just saw this - Anyone have a spare $2 million? check out this article (link below) for those that love their WDW!

http://www.msn.com/en-au/travel/new...really/ar-BBse5g0?li=AAgfLCO&ocid=mailsignout

 

[pjlla]

PROGRESS REPORT for the weekend of April 22 - 23, 2016

Oneanne - 25%

CruisingKate - 50%


iheartdisney44 - 50%


PoohBelle - 50%


4Mickeys - 55.8%


Flossbolna - 60%


mamattorney - 67%


dsnyfn1022 - 75%


HappyGrape - 75%


courtneybeth - 80%


Dr Gunnie - 88%


DisPup75 - 90%


piglet 1979 - 108%


Great numbers here!! WTG! I changed it up just a bit and put it in progress order instead of alphabetical order.... hope that is okay!.....P

 

[pjlla]

Good morning all and welcome to your QOTD for Tuesday, April 26, 2016:


I really loved the responses to this style QOTD last week.... so I claim the right for a repeat (even thought it is totally not SW related)!!

sci-Fi film or chick flick

sunglasses or hat

oatmeal or eggs

swim or hike

Anakin or Luke

Facebook or Pinterest

chicken or fish

walking or weight training

rock or rap

Mickey or Donald

romantic or realist

museum day or hiking day

organized or clutter bug

traditional or modern

dancer or singer (i.e..... if I were to watch a hidden camera of your house, would I be more likely to find you dancing alone or singing at the top of your lungs??)

white potato or sweet potato

Coke or Pepsi

car or truck

 

[pjlla]

Good morning friends! Sorry I didn't get the results posted until today.... I started the list and then put down the computer and walked away and forgot! OOPS!

We did get DS's raked out yesterday. It got thoroughly dusted and vacuumed and rearranged (including the closet), but there is still a HUGE box sitting in my room of stuff to be sorted.... he can do that today... especially since it is a cold wet day here and he doesn't have Track and Field practice.

Time for breakfast.... I think I'll treat myself to a couple of eggs today, since I have the time to cook AND wash the pan!

BBL to chat................P

 

[DVCFan1994]

Hi Everyone! Phew, kids school vacation is over. Needing a vacation from your vacation has taken on new meaning for me since having kids. I meant to report in yesterday, but while catching up with everything I missed last week I totally forgot. I'm at 62.5%, I met my exercise goal (kept this kids active) but not my food/tracking goal. I wasn't horrible, but not great either. I should be back to normal now participation wise now.

 

[4Mickeys]

sci-Fi film or chick flick CHICK FLICK!

sunglasses or hat SUNGLASSES - I JUST ABOUT ALWAYS HAVE THESE ON.

oatmeal or eggs EGGS

swim or hike SWIM

Anakin or Luke ANAKIN

Facebook or Pinterest I'M NOT ON EITHER!

chicken or fish CHICKEN

walking or weight training WALKING

rock or rap ROCK

Mickey or Donald MICKEY

romantic or realist I USED TO BE MUCH MORE OF A ROMANTIC BUT SEVERAL BROKEN HEARTS LATER I AM MORE OF A REALIST - BUT I THINK SOME OF MY ROMANTIC REMAINS - EVEN THOUGH I DON'T THINK IT WILL HAPPEN I DO KIND OF WISH MY TRUE PRINCE CHARMING WOULD HAPPEN ALONG AND SWEEP ME OFF MY FEET.

museum day or hiking day MUSEUM

organized or clutter bug SUCH A CLUTTER BUG - I GET SO EMOTIONALY ATTACHED TO THINGS ESPECIALLY THE KIDS THINGS I FIND IT SO HARD TO LET IT GO... I NEED ONE OF THOSE TV SUPER ORGANISERS TO COME RESCUE ME FROM MY STUFF!

traditional or modern I THINK I AM A MIX OF BOTH

dancer or singer (i.e..... if I were to watch a hidden camera of your house, would I be more likely to find you dancing alone or singing at the top of your lungs??) OOHH ANOTHER HARD ONE WE TEND TO HAVE TV ON RATHER THAN MUSIC WHEN AT HOME - BUT IF YOU CAUGHT ME IN THE CAR I WOULD SAY SINGER. PROBABLY MORE SINGER LATELY BUT AT TIMES WOULD HAVE BEEN DANCER. WHEN MY OLDEST WAS LITTLE WE USED TO PUT ON J-LO 'LETS GET LOUD' AND I WOULD HOLD HIM AND DANCE AROUND AND SING HE USED TO LOVE IT AND SO DID I.

white potato or sweet potato WHITE POTATO

Coke or Pepsi COKE SO DEFINITELY COKE

car or truck - JUST TO CHECK WHEN YOU SAY TRUCK DO YOU MEAN LIKE A 4WD/SUV? IF SO ... THEN YES TRUCK

 

[tortilla24]

Hi all! It's been a stressful month. Sorry I missed the last few QOTD and progress check-ins. This month has more or less been a wash for me... but looking forward to next month. Onto today's QOTD:

sci-Fi film or chick flick

sunglasses or hat

oatmeal or eggs

swim or hike

Anakin or Luke uhhhhh... tie?

Facebook or Pinterest

chicken or fish: definite tie. I always pick fish at a restaurant but mostly cook chicken at home.

walking or weight training (I just find it easier lol)

rock or rap

Mickey or Donald

romantic or realist

museum day or hiking day Another tie. I enjoy the outdoors immensely but also LOVE museums.

organized or clutter bug

traditional or modern

dancer or singer (i.e..... if I were to watch a hidden camera of your house, would I be more likely to find you dancing alone or singing at the top of your lungs??)

white potato or sweet potato: I have a weakness for potatoes... french fries in particular are my weakness. I'll eat even the crappiest of fries.

Coke or Pepsi

car or truck

 

[piglet1979]

sci-Fi film or chick flick - Chick Flick

sunglasses or hat - Sunglasses. I look horrible in a hat

oatmeal or eggs - Up until this year I would have said eggs. I can't even get past the way oatmeal looks to try it. This year I have started with a sensitivity to eggs and have not had any since September. So now my answer is neither.

swim or hike - If I had to pick one is would be swim even though I don't know how to swim. As long as I can touch and it is a pool I am good.

Anakin or Luke - Young Anakin. As he got older the less I liked him

Facebook or Pinterest - Facebook

chicken or fish - Chicken. We eat chicken several times a week. We do not eat fish in my house. I have tried some different kinds and I don't really care for it. We do eat fish sticks but that is on a rare occasion and usually during Lent. Must be smothered in tarter sauce though.

walking or weight training - Walking.

rock or rap - Neither. County all the way.

Mickey or Donald - Mickey

romantic or realist - I would say romantic

museum day or hiking day - I am not much of a museum person. I will go if it is like the history or science museum. I will hike every once in awhile. I am to afraid of seeing a snake though.

organized or clutter bug - I have organized clutter.

traditional or modern - I say traditional

dancer or singer (i.e..... if I were to watch a hidden camera of your house, would I be more likely to find you dancing alone or singing at the top of your lungs??) - Both. I have dance parties in the living room with the kids and we sing like crazy in the car. The dance parties are starting to go away as they get older though. I miss dancing to the Wiggles with them.

white potato or sweet potato - White but I am not sure I ever even tried a sweet potato.

Coke or Pepsi - Pespi is much better then Coke

car or truck - I love my SUV not sure what category that would fall.

 

[Dr Gunnie]

Sci-Fi film or chick flick - I'm not much of a Sci-fi fan, so as much as it pains me I'm going to say chick flick. What a way to start this off!

sunglasses or hat - both, but I wear hats a lot, so I'll lean towards hats.

oatmeal or eggs - love me some eggs.

swim or hike - swim

Anakin or Luke - Luke I guess?

Facebook or Pinterest - never been on Pinterest, so Facebook it is.

chicken or fish - like fish, but I eat more chicken.

walking or weight training - slowly moving on this one towards weight training.

rock or rap - rap, but I listen to everything.

Mickey or Donald - mouse

romantic or realist - realist

museum day or hiking day - hmm, not a fan of either really... can I just go see a game instead?

organized or clutter bug - organized

traditional or modern - more towards modern

dancer or singer (i.e..... if I were to watch a hidden camera of your house, would I be more likely to find you dancing alone or singing at the top of your lungs??) - you would see both.

white potato or sweet potato - yes please! I guess white wins this one, but it's close.

Coke or Pepsi - Coke

car or truck - either, as long as it's a Cadillac

 

[HappyGrape]

Second part of the QOTD: How do you get yourself back on track/on plan with your eating and exercise after a vacation or a weekend away?

Pre cook and stock up the freezer with healthy meals
hit the gym the day after

 

[HappyGrape]

sci-Fi film or chick flick

sunglasses or hat

oatmeal or eggs

swim or hike

Anakin or Luke

Facebook or Pinterest

chicken or fish

walking or weight training

rock or rap

Mickey or Donald

romantic or realist

museum day or hiking day

organized or clutter bug

traditional or modern

dancer or singer (i.e..... if I were to watch a hidden camera of your house, would I be more likely to find you dancing alone or singing at the top of your lungs??)

white potato or sweet potato

Coke or Pepsi - water for me, don't drink sodas

car or truck

I will check my weight near the end of the week, still fighting hard! Not ready to set up May goals before I am done with this month!

 

[Flossbolna]

sci-Fi film or chick flick - hmmm, this really depends on the film. I like both genres, but I think chick flick would win if I have to make a decision.

sunglasses or hat - sunglasses. I look ridiculous in most hats. I have curly hair and it poofs out under a hat

oatmeal or eggs - oatmeal!! I love oats in every form!

swim or hike - I love both, but I think I would pick hike as besides the exercise I also get to enjoy the landscape around me

Anakin or Luke - neither... Han Solo would be my pick.

Facebook or Pinterest - neither again. I have inactive accounts on both. I prefer the DIS!!

chicken or fish - chicken

walking or weight training - walking

rock or rap - rock

Mickey or Donald - Donald, but I prefer Minnie over Daisy! Especially since Daisy always tries to flirt with my boyfriend. He promised her to get her a rock when we were on our Panama Canal 15 night cruise when we met her the first time and she kept telling Donald in subsequent meets that she was going to leave Donald to stay with my boyfriend. It was absolutely hilarious as Donald then started to flirt with me in retaliation. The great thing about the cruise was that most times the characters had very short lines and we got to meet them a lot and they really remembered the guests!

romantic or realist - romantic!!

museum day or hiking day - both? But as much as I love museums, I always get a hurting back from all the standing and don't like the stuffy air in museums, so I think hiking wins out.

organized or clutter bug - a clutter bug that wants to be organized...

traditional or modern - modern!!

dancer or singer (i.e..... if I were to watch a hidden camera of your house, would I be more likely to find you dancing alone or singing at the top of your lungs??) - dancer! I even skip down Main Street to the wonderful Main Street soundrack.

white potato or sweet potato - sweet potato!! I did not have them until about 5 years ago and it was love on first taste! I like normal potatos, too, but the sweet ones are just better. However, I prefer normal fries over sweet potato fries.

Coke or Pepsi - coke, but I really prefer non-cola sodas.

car or truck - neither. And this time really. I don't own a vehicle. I walk, bike or take public transportation. Or a taxi if nothing else is available...