Losing weight for Mickey

[mom2val]

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[ksloane]

Update Time


Name: Kimberly
Age: 33
Location: Texas
Type of diet: Body by Vi
Excercise: 20 Second Fitness, Leslie Sansone Walk Away the Pounds
Start date of diet: 7/16/12
Goal: 150
Weight at start of diet: 191
Weight loss to date: 24.3 pounds!

 

[melindae10]

The ticker on my phone keeps going down. It makes me excitied and nervous all at the same time! I am excitied to get to Disney but at the same time I have less and less time to lose the weight! I really want this to happen, but I also have to tell myself that something is better than nothing I am just taking it day by day, making small goals, and hoping that is all works out in the end!

 

[KristiKat]

Well, I had a somewhat disappointing cardiologist appointment yesterday when I went back for my cholesterol check. High cholesterol runs in my family. One of the reasons I went on this diet was because the doctor told me to because I'm overweight and need to get my cholesterol down. Well, according to my doctor it has gone down but not enough. Ugh! Also, there scale is different from mine at home. It has me weighing more. I know I'm still losing the weight it's just that number irritates me and I don't know what scale is right and which is wrong. Anyway, here is my update according to my scale.

Name: Kristi
Age: 35
Start weight: 167
Current: 160
Goal weight: 130
Diet: Nutrisystem
Exercise: Walk whenever I can. Work a minimum of 45 hours a week and two kids, hard to have a routine.

In all since I began at the beginning of November I've lost 15 lbs.

 

[disney212]

Thank you ! It has been a long road. Today I weighed in at 179.2. I bought my first size medium ralph lauren polo-- last one I bought was a size big 3x!

Keep up the good work! I love Ralph. I can't wait until I can wear his "regular" sizes!

 

[disney212]

Well, I had a somewhat disappointing cardiologist appointment yesterday when I went back for my cholesterol check. High cholesterol runs in my family. One of the reasons I went on this diet was because the doctor told me to because I'm overweight and need to get my cholesterol down. Well, according to my doctor it has gone down but not enough. Ugh! Also, there scale is different from mine at home. It has me weighing more. I know I'm still losing the weight it's just that number irritates me and I don't know what scale is right and which is wrong. Anyway, here is my update according to my scale.

Name: Kristi
Age: 35
Start weight: 167
Current: 160
Goal weight: 130
Diet: Nutrisystem
Exercise: Walk whenever I can. Work a minimum of 45 hours a week and two kids, hard to have a routine.

In all since I began at the beginning of November I've lost 15 lbs.

Don't get discouraged. It is hard when you have little ones and job. You are doing great, it took a long time to put on the weight (and giving birth twice!) so it won't come off over night!

 

[tarzansmom]

I'm in. Maybe you guys can help keep me on track. Been struggling for two years to lose.

Name: Lara
Age: 33
Location: PA
Type of diet: 1200 calorie max each day
Exercise: yoga, Pilates, exercise ball, walking
Start date of diet: January 2010
Goal: 110 lbs
Weight at start date: 240 lbs
Weight loss to date: 63 lbs

 

[melindae10]

Well, I had a somewhat disappointing cardiologist appointment yesterday when I went back for my cholesterol check. High cholesterol runs in my family. One of the reasons I went on this diet was because the doctor told me to because I'm overweight and need to get my cholesterol down. Well, according to my doctor it has gone down but not enough. Ugh! Also, there scale is different from mine at home. It has me weighing more. I know I'm still losing the weight it's just that number irritates me and I don't know what scale is right and which is wrong. Anyway, here is my update according to my scale.

Name: Kristi
Age: 35
Start weight: 167
Current: 160
Goal weight: 130
Diet: Nutrisystem
Exercise: Walk whenever I can. Work a minimum of 45 hours a week and two kids, hard to have a routine.

In all since I began at the beginning of November I've lost 15 lbs.

The "correct" scale is the one you decide it to be. You still lose the same amount of weight. I think the one at home is your best bet! I hope your doctor encouraged you since you are trying and have lost 7 pounds which is amazing all in itself! Just keep going, you can do it!

 

[melindae10]

I'm in. Maybe you guys can help keep me on track. Been struggling for two years to lose.

Name: Lara
Age: 33
Location: PA
Type of diet: 1200 calorie max each day
Exercise: yoga, Pilates, exercise ball, walking
Start date of diet: January 2010
Goal: 110 lbs
Weight at start date: 240 lbs
Weight loss to date: 63 lbs

I have been struggling my whole life! But with 63 pounds already off, I think you are off to a great start and maybe you should be helping me! Fantastic!!

 

[JJ&JSMOM]

trip but I just can't get motivated. I am subscribing so that I can somehow get the motivation to lose some weight. I don't have a lot to lose but it really weighs on me (no pun intended). I haven't worn shorts for probably 2-3 years and I'll wear a bathing suit to camp but am in and out of the water quickly. So its a real mental thing for me.

I'm a single MOm with 3 kids and extremely busy. I need to make myself a priority too and am working on that as well. LOL...lots to work on!

Long story short...I'm subscribing and I'm not sure how it works but I'd love to report it on a weekly basis. The last time I weighed in was 1/3/2013 and I was 184lbs.

My goal is 20 lbs which is long term. My short term goal is just to somehow get motivated, make better choices, include exercise (which I love) in my daily schedule. My trip is in May 2013 so not sure I can lose all 20 lbs by then but this is a change of life plan. May take longer to lose...I'm older at 44 & noticed I am slower at alot of things....except eating.

So, Any help, advice, yelling at me would be appreciated.

Name: Joanne
Age: 44
Location: Maine
Type of Diet: more fruit & veggies, less bread, I need to calculate calories but I'm think a 1200 cal diet.
Exercise: treadmill, strength training
Startdate: Today 1/13/13
Weight: 184
Goal: 164 - ultimate goal is 160 but I'll start with 20 lbs first
Weight loss to date: 0

 

[ksloane]

trip but I just can't get motivated. I am subscribing so that I can somehow get the motivation to lose some weight. I don't have a lot to lose but it really weighs on me (no pun intended). I haven't worn shorts for probably 2-3 years and I'll wear a bathing suit to camp but am in and out of the water quickly. So its a real mental thing for me.

I'm a single MOm with 3 kids and extremely busy. I need to make myself a priority too and am working on that as well. LOL...lots to work on!

Long story short...I'm subscribing and I'm not sure how it works but I'd love to report it on a weekly basis. The last time I weighed in was 1/3/2013 and I was 184lbs.

My goal is 20 lbs which is long term. My short term goal is just to somehow get motivated, make better choices, include exercise (which I love) in my daily schedule. My trip is in May 2013 so not sure I can lose all 20 lbs by then but this is a change of life plan. May take longer to lose...I'm older at 44 & noticed I am slower at alot of things....except eating.

So, Any help, advice, yelling at me would be appreciated.

Name: Joanne
Age: 44
Location: Maine
Type of Diet: more fruit & veggies, less bread, I need to calculate calories but I'm think a 1200 cal diet.
Exercise: treadmill, strength training
Startdate: Today 1/13/13
Weight: 184
Goal: 164 - ultimate goal is 160 but I'll start with 20 lbs first
Weight loss to date: 0

Also a single mom. Not sure how old yours are, but I have one daughter and I've gotten her involved in my fitness routines. She may not do them so well, but when I put in a workout video, she does them with me, and we play Dance games on Wii and do the Wii Fit and such together. I look at it as also teaching her to live a purposeful active life.

As far as counting calories, I'm a HUGE fan of My Fitness Pal. It's a free way to track calories and sooo easy. If you have a smartphone, it's a free app. And you can also just use their website if you don't have one. If you join and want a friend, my username is krsloane.

 

[lepinski]

I'm in! ----------------------------------------------------------------Name: Laura Age: 46Location: New JerseyType of diet: Weight Watchers Excercise: Aiming to walk 3-4 days a week (hoping to up it as it becomes routine)Start date of diet: 1/11/13Goal: 180 for now still going for more but for Disney trip July 2013 Weight at start of diet: 220

 

[Jenny52]

I love this feed! I am going to subscribe! I have booked our next trip for October 2013- I haven't been in 12 years. It will be my 6 year old daughter's first trip and I want to be able to be in pictures- not just take them! I started WW Online on January 1st.

Starting weight- 275
Current weight- 265
Weight Loss To Date- 10

I want to start walking on my treadmill at home- just have to get it cleared out of our spare room! Can't wait to start chatting with fellow life-changers!

 

[momimouse27]

About to start a new weight loss program so I guess this is a good place to post! Planning(hopefully) a trip to WDW in late May and I'd like to be at least 25 lbs lighter by then. I'll be mall walking 3 miles three times a week and hopefully bike riding for about 45 minutes taper day twice a week. I like using My Fitness pal.

1 year ago I had a massive heart attack and I have eased back into my poor eating habits. . My problem is I like to eat out since I'm not the best cook, and it's hard to eat right doing that...

Now: 211
Final Goal: 165
Goal for Disney: 186

 

[TriniandBre]

Ok I am rejoining this. I think I am now better motivated to reach my goal weight loss. I will be trying to cut my food proportions in half as well as eat more veggies and healthy snacks. No soda, maybe try half of each month with no bread, lots of water and green tea. As far as exercise my kids and I will be walking. I just want to loose 50 pounds before our Disney trip in December. Of course I want to keep up what we will be doing so I can loose more and be healthier but I don't want to be extra Pooh Bear size for our pictures lol. The walking will prepare us for the tons of walking in December also.

Starting weight: Pooh Bear
Goal: Lose 50 pounds before December
Exercise: Walking

I will be starting next month!!!! I'm excited.

 

[3BellesAndABeast]

We are going to Disney World in June. My weight is something I've dealt with for years but things got worse after my second daughter was born. Not the numbers on the scale, but my activity level, energy, and stamina. Big concern at Disney! I can't have the rest of them waiting on me because I can't keep up! So I'm doing Weight Watchers and DD9 and I have started walking almost every day. Hoping that I can stay motivated this time around!



Start date: December 28th
Disney World: June 8th
Start weight: 245 lbs
Current weight: 239 lbs
Goal weight: 220 lbs (for this trip)

 

[PizzaFryGirl]

So I am on the Dis all the time getting tons of info for trip planning but I never post.

But I have been trying to get my weight under control for years so I think that I will join in.

Name: Gina
Age: 35
Starting weight (on 11/16/12): 218
Current weight: 205
Disney Trip Goal (August 2013): 160
Final Goal: 145

I never went to Disney World as a kid but finally got a chance to go in August 1993 when I was 16 and fell in love with Disney World. Then didn't get to go again until a year after my husband and I got married in 2003 when I was 26, ten years later.

My weight was at about 160 during our August 2003 trip which was a very heavy weight for me at the time since I was only 105 pounds when I first met my hubby in 1995.

So we have been to WDW 3 more times since then in 2008 for DD7 first trip and then in 2010 for DS4 first trip and then in 2012 for DS1 first trip. Since I missed doing Disney as a kid I really wanted our kids to have the experience.

When I look at photos from our past three trips I am rarely in them (on purpose). I have been at least 200 pounds for each of those trips. So for the 20th anniversary of the first time I visited WDW I would really like to be in the photos and be happy doing it.

BTW: I know my name says Pizza Fry Girl but I have only had them once since starting in Nov, lol.

 

[DharmaLou]

Hi! Checking in for the first time - so glad to see there is something like this on the DIS!

Name: Katie
Age: 39 (40 in April - ugh)
Starting weight (on 1/22/13): 258
Current weight: 258
Disney Trip Goal (November 2014): 155
Final Goal: 155

I had my thyroid removed on 1/22/13. I have gained 100 lbs in the past 2 years and had Hashimoto's thyroid.

My plan is to decrease carb intake/increase protein as I am borderline diabetic and increase activity, especially walking. I belong to a gym, but with the fatigue from long work days and thyroid issues, I rarely made it. My goal is once I come out of the surgery related fatigue and am released to exercise to start at least twice a week. I have followed Weight Watchers before and may incorporate that as well.

 

[SnowWhite607]

I wanna join!!!

Allyson, age 44
Starting weight: 204.4
Current Weight: 200.4
Goal weight: 184 (summer 2013), 164 (Christmas 2013)
Plan: eat healthier, no junk food, no fast food, lots and lots of water, Wii Just Dance and walking

 

[TriniandBre]

I wanna join!!!

Allyson, age 44
Starting weight: 204.4
Current Weight: 200.4
Goal weight: 184 (summer 2013), 164 (Christmas 2013)
Plan: eat healthier, no junk food, no fast food, lots and lots of water, Wii Just Dance and walking

I might have to get some Wii games like that. We have the Smurfs Dance game but I should get Just Dance games. Those games are great exercise and fun too