@~Losing Weight for Mickey~@

[ckdsnynt]

Well good evening everyone finally got my DD in bed (she had a rough day competition this weekend and held a late practice )

Well everyone seems to be enjoying the thread ... and too think I just wanted someone to come on here and say "Get off the couch Crazy lady" instead it has become a thread for more than just support for me it has helped us all....





Hey Lisa!
Just wanted to say Thanks for starting this and "Get off the couch Crazy Lady!" Just kidding of course!
Hope you have a great day tomorrow.

 

[lisa_barrentine]

Hey Lisa!
"Get off the couch Crazy Lady!" Just kidding of course!
Hope you have a great day tomorrow.

MY BAD I'M UP ... THANKS ... YOU GUYS ARE SO MUCH FUN

 

[mpetti]

Good Morning: It is another cold yet sunny day out here in NY. The kids are starting spring break today and my DS (6) is getting sick. So I have been up since about 4am. But the good thing is I made it through the night without any food. I have half of my Subway Sandwich for lunch today and I swear it has been calling me all night. But I won this battle. I am going to start my food journal today and probably most of my exercise will consist of running up & down the stairs...lol. Everyone have a great day and remember to think before you put any food in your mouth. Thanks Lisa for starting this thread it is great.

Maryann

 

[KarBear]

Hi:
I hope it's not to late to join your group.
I never lost the babyweight from the birth of my only child DD6 and gained even more.
I have a free dining trip planned 8/20-8/28 and promised myself that I would lose weight. Last trip to Disney in 2007 I never wanted any photos of myself or with my family becasue I am just embarrassed how bad I looked. Now I regret not having photos with my daughter. I told myself that I have to loose 20 lbs before Disney, so that is 5 lbs a month. But I need to loose more than really, but one goal at a time-right?! Hopefully I can reach that goal.
I have tried WW and N.System, both helped but the weight just came back on. And with N System, the amount of sodium in a meal was more than I should have. So in effort to loose weight I joined a gym near my house.
I am glad to know that there are people out there who are in the same boat.
I'm almost 5' tall and almost 200lbs, I know that at 180 (my goal for the trip) I still won't be a beach bikini kind of girl but I am hoping I will feel better about myself.
My husband says he can't even tell that I gained weight from our wedding, which was 10 years ago and I was 135lbs ( I starved myelf and worked out everyday) he is such a sweet guy, but I know he is lying and only trying to make me feel better.
I don't eat big meals, but I eat a LOT of snacks at night and not working out does not help.
So anyway, I am on board and thanks for starting this thread!
Hope I'm not to late to join in!
Karin

 

[maidenfairy]

Hi:
I hope it's not to late to join your group.
I never lost the babyweight from the birth of my only child DD6 and gained even more.
I have a free dining trip planned 8/20-8/28 and promised myself that I would lose weight. Last trip to Disney in 2007 I never wanted any photos of myself or with my family becasue I am just embarrassed how bad I looked. Now I regret not having photos with my daughter. I told myself that I have to loose 20 lbs before Disney, so that is 5 lbs a month. But I need to loose more than really, but one goal at a time-right?! Hopefully I can reach that goal.
I have tried WW and N.System, both helped but the weight just came back on. And with N System, the amount of sodium in a meal was more than I should have. So in effort to loose weight I joined a gym near my house.
I am glad to know that there are people out there who are in the same boat.
I'm almost 5' tall and almost 200lbs, I know that at 180 (my goal for the trip) I still won't be a beach bikini kind of girl but I am hoping I will feel better about myself.
My husband says he can't even tell that I gained weight from our wedding, which was 10 years ago and I was 135lbs ( I starved myelf and worked out everyday) he is such a sweet guy, but I know he is lying and only trying to make me feel better.
I don't eat big meals, but I eat a LOT of snacks at night and not working out does not help.
So anyway, I am on board and thanks for starting this thread!
Hope I'm not to late to join in!
Karin

Karin, welcome and it is never too late to join the group. Your hubby sounds like a great guy. I also have a night time snacking problem, and what helps me is finding something to keep me busy. If I'm doing something then I probably won't think about food and go grab that bowl of ice cream. Good luck to you and once again, welcome to the group.

 

[KarBear]

Karin, welcome and it is never too late to join the group. Your hubby sounds like a great guy. I also have a night time snacking problem, and what helps me is finding something to keep me busy. If I'm doing something then I probably won't think about food and go grab that bowl of ice cream. Good luck to you and once again, welcome to the group.

Thanks for much for the support!
This is just what I need and the fact that everyone loves Disney as much as I do is an added bonus!
We are going out of town tonight for two nights, but I am going to try and make good decisions while I am gone.
Good luck to all! Stay strong and believe in yourself!

 

[mpetti]

Hi:
I hope it's not to late to join your group.
I never lost the babyweight from the birth of my only child DD6 and gained even more.
I have a free dining trip planned 8/20-8/28 and promised myself that I would lose weight. Last trip to Disney in 2007 I never wanted any photos of myself or with my family becasue I am just embarrassed how bad I looked. Now I regret not having photos with my daughter. I told myself that I have to loose 20 lbs before Disney, so that is 5 lbs a month. But I need to loose more than really, but one goal at a time-right?! Hopefully I can reach that goal.
I have tried WW and N.System, both helped but the weight just came back on. And with N System, the amount of sodium in a meal was more than I should have. So in effort to loose weight I joined a gym near my house.
I am glad to know that there are people out there who are in the same boat.
I'm almost 5' tall and almost 200lbs, I know that at 180 (my goal for the trip) I still won't be a beach bikini kind of girl but I am hoping I will feel better about myself.
My husband says he can't even tell that I gained weight from our wedding, which was 10 years ago and I was 135lbs ( I starved myelf and worked out everyday) he is such a sweet guy, but I know he is lying and only trying to make me feel better.
I don't eat big meals, but I eat a LOT of snacks at night and not working out does not help.
So anyway, I am on board and thanks for starting this thread!
Hope I'm not to late to join in!
Karin

Welcome Karin: It's never too late to join in or lose weight. Never starve yourself. Just go with smaller portions and counting calories and very important get up and exercise. Believe me I know how hard it is. I have struggled all my life. I am now 173.5 and am hoping to get to 130 or as close as I can by our Aug 23-30 trip. Back in 2000/2001 I lost nearly 100 pounds and weighed 129 when we went to WDW in 2001. I tell you it was the greatest feeling being able to have my picture taken and not hate what I see. To this day when I look at those pictures I can't believe how thin I was. But I was healthy and now for my health and to feel better about me I have to do it. It's really not a matter of a diet as much as it is a way of life. For the rest of my life I have to watch what I eat and I must exercise. I know you can do it. I bet between now and your trip you will drop more then 20ibs. Remember to think of it as 1 pound at a time. It's better then thinking I must lose 20ibs. Good Luck. P.S. When you crave those snacks stop and think about or do something anything else. Think to yourself am I hungry? Put on the radio and dance around.

 

[KarBear]

Welcome Karin: It's never too late to join in or lose weight. Never starve yourself. Just go with smaller portions and counting calories and very important get up and exercise. Believe me I know how hard it is. I have struggled all my life. I am now 173.5 and am hoping to get to 130 or as close as I can by our Aug 23-30 trip. Back in 2000/2001 I lost nearly 100 pounds and weighed 129 when we went to WDW in 2001. I tell you it was the greatest feeling being able to have my picture taken and not hate what I see. To this day when I look at those pictures I can't believe how thin I was. But I was healthy and now for my health and to feel better about me I have to do it. It's really not a matter of a diet as much as it is a way of life. For the rest of my life I have to watch what I eat and I must exercise. I know you can do it. I bet between now and your trip you will drop more then 20ibs. Remember to think of it as 1 pound at a time. It's better then thinking I must lose 20ibs. Good Luck. P.S. When you crave those snacks stop and think about or do something anything else. Think to yourself am I hungry? Put on the radio and dance around.

Mpetti:
Thanks so much for the kind words. I am off of work today and just picked up my daughter at school and am headed off to Buffalo(after my hubby gets home from school-he is a high school special ed teacher) for a short trip to see my sister. Seeing the sun out today is reminding me that summer is coming(it's unusal to see the sun in Syracuse-it's usually rain or snow-lots of snow). And you are correct one pound at a time.
You are right I need to change my routine, I snack a lot in front of the TV. I am going to try watching less TV and more time reading (it's to hard to snack while holding a book).
Thanks for the happy thought and I am sending some good vibes right back at ya!

 

[lisa_barrentine]

Hi:
I hope it's not to late to join your group.
I never lost the babyweight from the birth of my only child DD6 and gained even more.
I have a free dining trip planned 8/20-8/28 and promised myself that I would lose weight. Last trip to Disney in 2007 I never wanted any photos of myself or with my family becasue I am just embarrassed how bad I looked. Now I regret not having photos with my daughter. I told myself that I have to loose 20 lbs before Disney, so that is 5 lbs a month. But I need to loose more than really, but one goal at a time-right?! Hopefully I can reach that goal.
So anyway, I am on board and thanks for starting this thread!
Hope I'm not to late to join in!
Karin

Hey Karin

Never too late ... I am in the same boat... I gained like 20 lbs with my DD 4 and never lost it just added more on top of it ... even though I thought I was trying to lose weight I never got any where ... So for my yearly Disney trip I decided I wanted to look better in the photos So here I go on my "road to losing 40 lbs" before our FD trip in Sept... (that's about 2 lbs a week which is a good safe way to drop weight)


MY current check in for today is:
Special K Protein Water- 30 Cal
1/4 Cup of Raisins- 130 Cal
100 Cal Pop Corn - 100 Cal

Doesn't look like much but with how I have been eating (take a couple of bites do something like right now I am eating my popcorn mmm
I take a bite or two and then I type some and then more bites.... its working for me I am filling full with as little as possible actually consumed.)


Support for all and thanks for all the Support

 

[loralie]

Hi guys,

Just wanted to check in and post that I worked out this morning. I did the Cathe Friedrich workout called Step Blast. I am so proud of myself for 2 reasons. #1 is I promised myself that I would workout 4 days this week and this was the 4th workout. I worked out Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and today. . Reason #2 that I am proud of myself is that I started late with the workout and for a few min. I felt that I would not have the time and ALMOST talked myself out of exercising. Instead I did all of the workout except for the last few min. which is a cool down. I just walked around a little to get my heart rate down. I wound up being 15 min. late for work but it was worth it.

Welcome to the group Karin...your DH sounds like a keeper. Just take it one day at a time and one pound at a time. Also...we have to remember that when we stop focusing on our eating and exercising, that is when the weight comes back. I realized that I will be doing this for the rest of my life and I am alright with that.

So what have you done today to make you feel proud? (Love the Biggest Loser!)


Loralie

 

[mpetti]

Hi guys,

Just wanted to check in and post that I worked out this morning. I did the Cathe Friedrich workout called Step Blast. I am so proud of myself for 2 reasons. #1 is I promised myself that I would workout 4 days this week and this was the 4th workout. I worked out Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and today. . Reason #2 that I am proud of myself is that I started late with the workout and for a few min. I felt that I would not have the time and ALMOST talked myself out of exercising. Instead I did all of the workout except for the last few min. which is a cool down. I just walked around a little to get my heart rate down. I wound up being 15 min. late for work but it was worth it.

Welcome to the group Karin...your DH sounds like a keeper. Just take it one day at a time and one pound at a time. Also...we have to remember that when we stop focusing on our eating and exercising, that is when the weight comes back. I realized that I will be doing this for the rest of my life and I am alright with that.

So what have you done today to make you feel proud? (Love the Biggest Loser!)


Loralie

I went to the Ice Cream truck and got ice cream for the kids and didn't get any for myself. That makes me very proud. (Love the Biggest Loser too)


Maryann

 

[lisa_barrentine]

SELF.com has a free "thing" dunno what to call it I have logged my food for the day and my workouts and it adds the calories fat protein fiber and carbs... I like it it doesn't have tons a food listed it has most fast food stuff and some general I just wrote everything done and then added manually (it has a link at the bottom to add your own meal & foods)

Well just thought I would share its SELF Challange @ SELF.com

 

[disneydreamertoo]

Hi, All! What am I most proud of? That I am trying hard to do a mind shift and not trying to look at my weight loss as a way to look better but as a way to be there for my kids! To live a long, healthy life and eventually enjoy grandchildren! To have the energy and the stamina for a long enjoyable day at Disney with my family. Looking better in my Disney Photo Pass pictures will be a great by-product of my weight loss--but I want to keep reminding myself that I want to loose weight so that I can be there for my family! I'm trying to brainwash myself!!!! I guess this is my vision statement!!!! Thanks for all your posts--it helps knowing that others struggle with the same issues!

 

[loralie]

I went to the Ice Cream truck and got ice cream for the kids and didn't get any for myself. That makes me very proud. (Love the Biggest Loser too)
Maryann

Good for you! That must have been tough. I had a similar situation. I did not plan dinner very well today and it got late so I wound up getting McDonald's for the family and none for me. McDonald's is not so hard for me to pass up but the ice cream truck would have been very hard for me.

Hi, All! What am I most proud of? That I am trying hard to do a mind shift and not trying to look at my weight loss as a way to look better but as a way to be there for my kids! To live a long, healthy life and eventually enjoy grandchildren! To have the energy and the stamina for a long enjoyable day at Disney with my family. Looking better in my Disney Photo Pass pictures will be a great by-product of my weight loss--but I want to keep reminding myself that I want to loose weight so that I can be there for my family! I'm trying to brainwash myself!!!! I guess this is my vision statement!!!! Thanks for all your posts--it helps knowing that others struggle with the same issues!

I always say losing weight is a mind game. It's all on how you look at it and go about it. Sounds like you have your head in the game. Keep up the great work!

Loralie

 

[lisa_barrentine]

Ok so most of miss food or don't want to exercise.

So whats a good way to fix these issues ... Everyone who would like to note on these issues and help us please feel free....

The thing that makes me the proudest is the energy I have to play with my DD and actually keep up, and also I have felt good just about looking at myself as a person not a "big" person.... I am feeling beautiful and most of all HEALTHIER

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."

Support for All & Thanks for all the Support

 

[lisa_barrentine]

"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going."

-Anonymous

 

[Bagheera23608]

Gawd - I hate exercising. I am kinda hoping for a Wii Fit for my bday, but since we are saving for the trip, I kinda doubt it.

I'm in the same boat as a lot of you are, without the kids. But I hate that I can't run around and play with my dog the way he wants me too and I hate that I get winded coming up the stairs to my apt.

SO

I am trying to lose weight before my trip with the inlaws in Sept. I know the way I look now I don't want any pictures taken of me and the last time I went was right after I got married and I had to have gained 60 pounds in the last 11 years. (Jeez that's even more depressing when I write it down)

I don't stick to plans, but this worked in the past - counting calories, walking ALOT (need to get in shape for all that park hopping besides) I won't really be able to start till after next week since I am going home this weekend and get to eat my Mom's good home cooking. But after that - Five months of working on it.

Good luck to us all!!!

 

[maidenfairy]

I'm proud of myself for walking my dog 30min. last night and turning down the cheese cake that was at work. Now I am preparing myself for the holiday weekend. I will not gorge myself at the buffet dinner. We can stay strong with the temptations that will occur this weekend. And if we falter we will get up and start again.

 

[arielmomma]

I just thought I'd introduce myself and join in this thread. I can use all the support I can get! I am a 33 year old mother of 2. A year ago, I was finally able to get back to my pre-baby weight. However, beginning with free dining last year where I literally gained 7lbs in a week, I managed to put all of my extra weight back on. I am once again on the path to a healthier lifestyle. I am trying to lose the weight slower and more sensibly this time so that I can continue to eat this way the rest of my life rather than forever starving myself. I am a nurse and I have taken numerous nutrition classes over the last few years as I am attempting to genuinely change my life. If anyone has any questions about healthy dieting and wellness, feel free to ask. Good luck to all of you (and myself as well!)

 

[Momof3princess]

I am in we will be traveling in Aug and I have so far lost 10pds it is not easy but I want to be slim and trim my next disney trim. Hopefully I will beable to stick with it .. We have the free meal plan so that could be dangerous...Goodluck