Marching Our Way to a Healthy Lifestyle ~ March 2016 WISH Challenge

[pjlla]

What a clever question!

For me, it's SWEEEEEETSSSSSSSSS. I love chocolate. I love gummies. I love cupcakes. I love cake cakes. I love cheesecakes. I love ice cream. I love cookies. I love sweets. Omnomnom. And I don't know how to stay away, because even when we do the "I won't buy these at the grocery store because then they won't be in my house and I won't be tempted", we just end up making special trips and spending more money to get them than if we'd just picked up something to have on hand. But if there's something on hand, it doesn't stay on hand long! Sigh.

As for healthy foods, I really love green grapes and bananas. I could eat them all day long. But alas, no matter how much I love most fruit, a grape will never be as good as a white chocolate Reese's cup, so no amount of grapes will keep me away. And I DESPISE dark chocolate so I can't even rationalize my chocolate binges as being even remotely healthy.

Wish I had a solution for you regarding all of those treat. I'm sure you've tried a lot of different techniques and strategies to help control them.... what is your plan going forward to limit them??

I was out of the house for a few hours this morning and I'm still trying to catch up on everything I didn't get to do, so I'm going to be doing replies slowly today. But hopefully I can get through a few replies right now.

No worries about replying to all or replying quickly!! We all understand when "real life" happens!

I have to go with the three "C"s - cookies, chocolate, and candy. I wish I could use the strategy of "keep them out of the house," but I live with other people who like to have them around.
My best strategy for avoiding them is to always go into the kitchen with some idea of what I want. If I'm not trying to decide what to eat, I'm less likely to grab the junk food that's sitting around. This strategy doesn't always work, but it does help sometimes.


My biggest "eat me" healthy food is berries - when I see berries, I eat them. Sometimes if I'm hungry and don't know what I want, I'll grab a handful of berries while I'm deciding. Which is not as good as going into the kitchen already knowing what I want, but it's better than reaching for the junk.
Of course, we don't always have berries in the house. Stupid seasons ... sometimes we can get decent berries in the off-season, but not always.

How about frozen berries? Not as good as fresh, for sure, but sometimes they are just enough. And I've recently discovered that the aerosol light whipped cream isn't terribly high in SP/calories (I know, I know... not exactly a health food either).... and a little goes a long way.... so a few times I have taken some defrosted berries (let them sit in the fridge in a bowl for a few hours)... swirled a squirt of the whipped cream over them and then stirred it in.... and YUM!! Sweet and creamy and berry-licious!! I actually like the frozen blueberry/strawberry/mango chunk blend available around here. Sadly it is not organic (we usually buy the Costco organic triple berry blend), but still delicious!


Okay, time for me to go back to other work. Hopefully I'll be back later to finish replies!

(Expand the quote for my other comments.) Again, no worries..... .just glad you are hosting this month! Thank you!

I just got a fitbit last week. Still learning a bit about it but I'm getting the hang of it.
I just need a smidge of free time and some warmer weather. I just can't drum up the motivation to get on the dreadmill.

I'm with you on the TM.... I pulled it out the other day, walked for 20 minutes, and gave up in a fit of boredom!!

The first mini-challenge will be going up tomorrow ... hopefully this will help people get a jump start!

Okay, it's almost Jeopardy! time, so I have to stop now. I love how active the thread is ... but it sure makes it hard to stay caught up! Oh well, there are worse problems I could have

Looking forward to the first challenge!!!

Thursday woohoo - DH won a contest at work that we didn't even know existed, lol, and came home today with a $500 gift card. I know the responsible thing would be to put it toward whatever bills we can.... but we're looking at a weekend Flower & Garden trip instead, haha. Of course, that gift card would only cover the two nights at Pop and the gas to get there and back, but we've already got one-day tickets good for EPCOT, and a little in Disney gift cards left over from October. @pjlla I'm having a "do I be responsible or do I make memories" dilemma! Haha.

Well.... I would love to say that MAKING MEMORIES is the way to go.... and in my heart I truly believe that! But if you have bills weighing you down and stressing you both and such, perhaps it would be best to be responsible. Yes, life is SHORT and we need to have fun and make memories while we can.... but not at the expense of our HEALTH due to stressing over money issues!!
I guess it would depend on your bills, your stress level over those bills, and such. This trip to California this fall with DD is a MASSIVE, HUGE splurge. With DS starting college in the fall it really SMACKS of irresponsibility in some ways. And I KNOW when I get not one, but TWO tuition bills this summer I will be second guessing my decision to take the trip.... but that is why I am working EXTRA HARD to save anything extra I can to put towards the trip... that is the only way I can do this without guilt/stress.

I find m&m's and chocolate in general really tempting. I try to avoid buying them and have blueberries and raisin around to give me a slight sweet fix.

I love avocados and berries but can't get them much where I live in China. Recently I've been sautéing mushrooms and onions a lot and I really like those for some reason. Sometimes having food I like helps me from staying away from the bad "eat me" foods and sometime just staying full helps me too.

How sad you cannot get avocado and berries! Two delicious healthy foods that I would miss, that's for sure! But I'm sure there are other delicious items available there that we couldn't get here! MMMM.... mushrooms and onions!! Delicious in a wrap, in an omelet, over some diced chicken, stirred into a bowl of rice.... MMMMM!

Hi everyone I'm a little late in joining in. I kind of waffled about whether I wanted to be in this challenge or not - I seem to disappear somewhere around mid month most of the time :/

However, I still love being on the Disboards, and I'm still working on my healthy lifestyle

I'm Lindsey, just turned 26, and I'm working my way toward some weight loss goals to make my life healthier and happier. My family history is pretty awful, so I'm trying to be proactive with my own health to try and avoid some of those issues!

Lately, I've been trying running again for the millionth time. Right now, I'm using the Galloway run/walk program and I usually run on the treadmill. I'm currently trying to build up to a 10k distance and have my grand ambitions set on the 2017 Princess Half I still think that's kind of crazy, considering the fact that my longest run was this morning at 4.5 miles, but I think I can do it! Run/walk intervals are the only time that running hasn't messed up my knees, and I actually think the exercise is helping my recurring back issues.

I'm considering starting a journal here to keep track of my training and help keep me motivated, but I haven't decided if I would actually stick to it or not

In terms of my goals for this challenge, I think I'm going to lay off the weight loss goals in pounds. I haven't been very successful with those, and the lack of success seems to lead into self-sabotage for me a lot of the time. So I think for this challenge, my goal will be to keep up with my 10k training and stay consistent with my next 28-day challenge for strength training. The challenge officially starts March 14, so this may be a dual-month goal

10k training is 3 runs per week minimum, and my challenge has 5 days of routines. I'll plan to score each goal separately each week to make it easier on myself

Glad to be here, and as usual, I hope to be more active (but we'll see how real life goes)

Hi, hi, hi!! So happy to have you here!!

Arggg!! I am home sick today. And being sick is one of the worst things for my weight loss: I tend to be incredibly hungry when I am sick (unless I am so sick that I lose my appetite) and also lose all self control because: Eating does make me feel better - not just emotionally, but physically. And then I can't move. I am still under 2000 steps today and here it is already 2:30pm... And I missed Wednesday's and today's run because of that lousy cold!!

Thanks for letting me vent!

However, being at home has let me get caught up on a few things. I recently read an article about how in Japan most women would have a budgeting book and how this helps with keeping your spending under control. I thought that this was a neat idea and got myself a very cute budgeting book sometime in February. I started at the beginning of March, but still needed to catch up on researching the exact amounts of all the monthly payments I have etc. I really hopes that this will help me with saving money as I will have a clearer picture of how much money there is still left in the budget. I guess in a way it is like calorie tracking and I think with the little book that I bought I have a very good tracking tool! Since I am used to tracking my calories, I will hopefully stick to tracking my spending as well. The little book always wants me to formulate a goal and a plan for my budget for the month as well and the one thing I put down as a plan is to eat more lunches that I brought with me at work. So, in a way this is a budget and weight loss plan!!

Love the budgeting book idea! Hope you feel better right away! Keep the tea kettle hot today and grab a cup of tea for comfort instead of a cookie!

And today I feel horrible.

Don't eat/drink your feelings kids you'll feel like crap the next day.

Been there, done that, fully understand and sympathize! ............................P

 

[pjlla]

Wildcard Weekend – Friday, March 4th:

Weekends are an extra special time of the week – so we’ll use this time to celebrate extra special parades that we may not get to see very often, including special event and retired parades.

Mickey's "Boo-to-You" Halloween Parade runs during the Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party in September and October. This parade features Disney characters and special Halloween-themed floats, and is one of the most popular Disney parades!

Have you seen Mickey’s “Boo-to-You” parade? Please share your pictures!

With Halloween as our topic for this weekend, let’s talk costumes! Have you ever worn a Disney-themed Halloween costume? Please share pictures (if you have them)!
Have you ever worn a Disney-themed outfit for a different event? Do you wear Disney-themed clothing or DisneyBounds when you go to the parks?

BONUS: How do you make sure to stick to healthy eating on candy-centric holidays such as Halloween?​

I'm not big into Halloween, and other than a monorail round trip during a trip to Orlando for something OTHER than Disney in 2014, I have never been during Halloween/Fall... so obviously I've never seen the parades.

I LOVE Disney costumes.... but I'm not much of a costume wearer myself, but my kiddos are a different story!!! They have been, over the years.... Buzz Lightyear, Lizzie McGuire, Rapunzel, Minnie Mouse, Indiana Jones (sort of Disney), Thor (again, sort of Disney), Prince Caspian (and another "sort of Disney"), Winnie the Pooh, Luke Skywalker... that's all I can think of for now!

I've never done any Disney bounding while AT the parks, but I did a bit of it this past Halloween.... I was allowed to wear a costume to school, but didn't want to go "full on" costume mode... so I Disney-bounded at Rapunzel! I hate this picture of me because I think I look wrinkled and old and a my belly looks poochy and bloated.... but you gotta go with whatcha got, right?? And I don't have my "Pascal" in this picture! It was still FUN to dress up!!

I try to just not even START with the Halloween candies.... and I try to buy candy I don't like that won't tempt me at all.... things like Skittles, regular M&Ms (I prefer the pb), Snickers, Nerds.... anything that I don't really like! I buy it at the last minute and don't open the bag until minutes before Trick-or-Treating is scheduled to start. When the last kiddo rings the bell, any leftovers get dumped into a ziptop baggie and put with DS's lunch supplies for him to bring to school the next day...... or put into my school bag for me to unload onto the unsuspecting teachers in the teachers' room the next day! Once in a GREAT WHILE I will put some in the freezer and save for Christmas or something like that. Depending on how things have been going, I may pick out a piece or two to enjoy that day (eat it, track it, done) and then NO MORE... once Halloween is done, it is done! Can't say that plan works 100% of the time.... but it has worked pretty well for the past several years.

Weekly Challenge – Week 1:

We’re introducing something new this month – weekly challenges! Every Friday I’ll post a challenge, and you’ll have until the following Thursday to answer the challenge. Challenges are about sharing with your fellow participants and bringing everyone closer to your favorite parts of living a healthy lifestyle.

This Week’s Challenge:
Are you a walker/runner? Show us some pictures of your favorite walking or running path!
Not a walker or runner? Show us pictures of one of your favorite spots – whether it’s somewhere you go to exercise or just somewhere you enjoy sitting and thinking!
If you can, spend 30 minutes in your favorite spot or path this week, then come back and tell us what you did! If you can’t make it to your special spot, spend 30 minutes exercising while imagining that you’re in your special spot. Tell us what you imagined you were doing there!

Challenge Due Date: Thursday, March 10th ​

LOVE, love, love this idea!!!! Hopefully DD and I can walk on campus a bit later this week.... they have a "shell path" down along the shore that is really pretty and nice to walk on IF the weather cooperates!...................P

 

[Lady Marie]

Thursday woohoo - DH won a contest at work that we didn't even know existed, lol, and came home today with a $500 gift card. I know the responsible thing would be to put it toward whatever bills we can.... but we're looking at a weekend Flower & Garden trip instead, haha. Of course, that gift card would only cover the two nights at Pop and the gas to get there and back, but we've already got one-day tickets good for EPCOT, and a little in Disney gift cards left over from October. @pjlla I'm having a "do I be responsible or do I make memories" dilemma! Haha.

That's awesome! And a dilemma I know all to well too--- DH and I were thinking of buying a house this year, but now our trips are too much so we are just going to put that off for another year or so. Everyone in his family thinks we're dumb for not being responsible, settling our lives, and starting a family and yet everyone on my side is telling us how awesome we are for traveling and doing what we want before we start a family. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Different strokes I guess. You gotta do what you need to do for you--- whichever way that goes for you!

I recently read an article about how in Japan most women would have a budgeting book and how this helps with keeping your spending under control. I thought that this was a neat idea and got myself a very cute budgeting book sometime in February. I started at the beginning of March, but still needed to catch up on researching the exact amounts of all the monthly payments I have etc. I really hopes that this will help me with saving money as I will have a clearer picture of how much money there is still left in the budget. I guess in a way it is like calorie tracking and I think with the little book that I bought I have a very good tracking tool! Since I am used to tracking my calories, I will hopefully stick to tracking my spending as well. The little book always wants me to formulate a goal and a plan for my budget for the month as well and the one thing I put down as a plan is to eat more lunches that I brought with me at work. So, in a way this is a budget and weight loss plan!!

That'a a really good idea. I keep a spreadsheet for the bills, but it's in no way detailed for day to day expenses. I wonder if a journal would help all the little expenditures. Thanks for sharing that!

With Halloween as our topic for this weekend, let’s talk costumes! Have you ever worn a Disney-themed Halloween costume? Please share pictures (if you have them)!
Have you ever worn a Disney-themed outfit for a different event? Do you wear Disney-themed clothing or DisneyBounds when you go to the parks?

BONUS: How do you make sure to stick to healthy eating on candy-centric holidays such as Halloween?

You just opened up Pandora's box. I LOVE DISNEY COSTUMES!!!! I am a FREAK when it comes to this. Last month, I shared our Mary Poppins outfits for last years Jingle Jungle 5K, which I think is my favorite costume we've worn. But it's in close competition to these that I made for us for MNSSHP 2013:



I hope that posts right-- I am technically challenged when it comes to adding photos here since they switched it over.

Anyway, we love Up. Our wedding in the states was even slightly Up themed, and DH wore the Grape Soda badge on his suit. Last year for MNNSHP, I made us Aristocats costumes that were SOOOO much better in my head than how I ended up executing them. I was not too proud and want to have a redo on that. I have not DisneyBounded yet, but I would like to at some point. It's right up my alley, but I just haven't gotten it organized for our trips yet.

My way to stay out of the candy (especially at MNSSHP since that's where us two childless adults who live in a condo where no kids trick or treat are most tempted by Halloween candy) is we don't even take the bag when we walk in. Sure DH will get in the line for candy throughout the night and get some when he is feeling a little snacky, but we end up eating a few pieces over the night and that's it. No bag to continually munch on! Luckily, I am not a big candy eater, so the candy doesn't bother me so much.... now MVMCP-- that's another story....I could eat cookies ALL NIGHT!!! And they aren't even all that good to me, but it doesn't even matter! haha!

@Lady Marie My wife and I signed up for Blue Apron yesterday. If we don't like it, I'm blaming you. No pressure.

Uh oh! But I will say, they have us making pretzel bun burgers tonight, and I don't think you can go wrong on that! I'm already day dreaming about it! But I hope you like it. I love sometimes cooking with stuff we have never even heard of that ends up being delicious haha!

@pjlla Your outfit is SOOOO CUTE!!!!! Love it!!!!

 

[Oneanne]

Check in for the week:

Current weight: 198.6
Weight last Friday was 202.3 I think... weight on Tuesday 03.01 was 199.1
Loss for March -.5
1% of March goal

Current Distance walked: 18.57 miles
Goal: 125 miles
14.8% of March goal

I'm not a huge parade fan, but Boo To You I absolutely love. I have a picture where I managed to capture sparks flying off of the gravediggers shovels, but I also don't know how to upload pics... so I'm following to see the answer to Piglet1979's question regarding the same.

How do I maintain over holidays... I don't. Halloween I usually get candy I don't like and bring the leftovers in to the office right away, but will still munch my way thru the evening. I'm often the hostess/cook for Thanksgiving and even when I start out with a controlled plan it always goes sideways... I'm addicted to Pinterest and there are so many interesting new things to try. Even though we do potluck and there are only 10 people I can drop $300+ in a heartbeat. Same with Christmas, although I did do much better this year and stuck to my plan of doing just the main protein, one side and one dessert... well, no, I did two desserts counting the ice cream martinis. But it was still better... oh I made gingerbread cookies too. Dang.

I usually go into to holidays and vacations thinking "It's holiday/vacation I can let lose and do whatever I want", but this year I'm re-framing that and "whatever I want" is to feel good and have the energy to keep going and going and have maximum fun. My March goals are laid out to set me up for my April goals, which are to do my 35,000+ step day and to be able to buy regular sized clothing for my May vacation... no more plus sized for this gal. I've just gone from 2x to 1x, and 10 pounds is roughly a size, so -5 in March and another -5 in April, plus conditioning should get me there.

Hope all have a wonderful and healthful weekend.

 

[Oneanne]

I'm not big into Halloween, and other than a monorail round trip during a trip to Orlando for something OTHER than Disney in 2014, I have never been during Halloween/Fall... so obviously I've never seen the parades.

I LOVE Disney costumes.... but I'm not much of a costume wearer myself, but my kiddos are a different story!!! They have been, over the years.... Buzz Lightyear, Lizzie McGuire, Rapunzel, Minnie Mouse, Indiana Jones (sort of Disney), Thor (again, sort of Disney), Prince Caspian (and another "sort of Disney"), Winnie the Pooh, Luke Skywalker... that's all I can think of for now!

I've never done any Disney bounding while AT the parks, but I did a bit of it this past Halloween.... I was allowed to wear a costume to school, but didn't want to go "full on" costume mode... so I Disney-bounded at Rapunzel! I hate this picture of me because I think I look wrinkled and old and a my belly looks poochy and bloated.... but you gotta go with whatcha got, right?? And I don't have my "Pascal" in this picture! It was still FUN to dress up!!

I try to just not even START with the Halloween candies.... and I try to buy candy I don't like that won't tempt me at all.... things like Skittles, regular M&Ms (I prefer the pb), Snickers, Nerds.... anything that I don't really like! I buy it at the last minute and don't open the bag until minutes before Trick-or-Treating is scheduled to start. When the last kiddo rings the bell, any leftovers get dumped into a ziptop baggie and put with DS's lunch supplies for him to bring to school the next day...... or put into my school bag for me to unload onto the unsuspecting teachers in the teachers' room the next day! Once in a GREAT WHILE I will put some in the freezer and save for Christmas or something like that. Depending on how things have been going, I may pick out a piece or two to enjoy that day (eat it, track it, done) and then NO MORE... once Halloween is done, it is done! Can't say that plan works 100% of the time.... but it has worked pretty well for the past several years.

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LOVE, love, love this idea!!!! Hopefully DD and I can walk on campus a bit later this week.... they have a "shell path" down along the shore that is really pretty and nice to walk on IF the weather cooperates!...................P

What a lovely picture! I've never done Disney Bounding but was thinking of it for my next trip... your outfit is a wonderful inspiration

 

[MochaDrinker]

weighed myself today. Starting weight-215, current weight 212.8 lost 45% of total planned weight loss.

 

[flvy]

Wildcard Weekend – Friday, March 4th:

Weekends are an extra special time of the week – so we’ll use this time to celebrate extra special parades that we may not get to see very often, including special event and retired parades.

Mickey's "Boo-to-You" Halloween Parade runs during the Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party in September and October. This parade features Disney characters and special Halloween-themed floats, and is one of the most popular Disney parades!

Have you seen Mickey’s “Boo-to-You” parade? Please share your pictures!

With Halloween as our topic for this weekend, let’s talk costumes! Have you ever worn a Disney-themed Halloween costume? Please share pictures (if you have them)!
Have you ever worn a Disney-themed outfit for a different event? Do you wear Disney-themed clothing or DisneyBounds when you go to the parks?

BONUS: How do you make sure to stick to healthy eating on candy-centric holidays such as Halloween?​

Last Halloween my friends and I all dressed up as different Disney princesses. I originally was going to be Alice, but ended up being the one and only Anna. Everyone looked amazing, I can't share those and I didn't take many selfies, but here is me having some quality time with pascal.

 

[SarahDisney]

Arggg!! I am home sick today. And being sick is one of the worst things for my weight loss: I tend to be incredibly hungry when I am sick (unless I am so sick that I lose my appetite) and also lose all self control because: Eating does make me feel better - not just emotionally, but physically. And then I can't move. I am still under 2000 steps today and here it is already 2:30pm... And I missed Wednesday's and today's run because of that lousy cold!!

Thanks for letting me vent!

However, being at home has let me get caught up on a few things. I recently read an article about how in Japan most women would have a budgeting book and how this helps with keeping your spending under control. I thought that this was a neat idea and got myself a very cute budgeting book sometime in February. I started at the beginning of March, but still needed to catch up on researching the exact amounts of all the monthly payments I have etc. I really hopes that this will help me with saving money as I will have a clearer picture of how much money there is still left in the budget. I guess in a way it is like calorie tracking and I think with the little book that I bought I have a very good tracking tool! Since I am used to tracking my calories, I will hopefully stick to tracking my spending as well. The little book always wants me to formulate a goal and a plan for my budget for the month as well and the one thing I put down as a plan is to eat more lunches that I brought with me at work. So, in a way this is a budget and weight loss plan!!

I'm sorry to hear you're feeling sick, and I hope you feel better soon.
But it's definitely always nice to have a day off from work to take care of things around the house!

And today I feel horrible.

Don't eat/drink your feelings kids you'll feel like crap the next day.

Ouch.
I hope your day gets better!

One of the years that my sister was in Marching band they did Beauty and the Beast as there theme. She was in color guard and they wore the blue and white dress from the beginning of the movie. I wore it several years at the daycare I worked at. I wore it up until I had my kids and no longer fit into it. Everyone thought I was Alice from Alice in Wonderland. They are pretty close to the same dress. I was also Minnie one year when I was a kid.

I love that the marching band wore Belle dresses!! And yeah, people do tend to mix up Alice and Belle sometimes.

I am pretty good when it comes to candy at Halloween. I very picky with what candy I eat. I am really good at staying out of my kids candy. If they caught me they would be so mad so I just stay away. As long as I don't see it I am pretty good.

It's awesome that you can stay away from the candy - that's something I can never do!

Question, How do you upload a picture here? I haven't been able to figure it out.

There are two ways (that I know of):
1 - Right next to "post reply" at the bottom of the page, there's a button that says "Upload a File" - you can click on that and upload the picture. The picture will now show up under where you type your post, and you can click "Full Image" to insert the full-size picture in the post or "Thumbnail" to insert a thumbnail. Here's what it looks like:

2 - Upload your picture to a picture storage site and link to it. I generally use Photobucket, which actually gives you BB code to copy and then paste here

(Sorry if this is too complicated - I'm a bit of a techie and sometimes can't explain things in non-tech)

How about frozen berries? Not as good as fresh, for sure, but sometimes they are just enough. And I've recently discovered that the aerosol light whipped cream isn't terribly high in SP/calories (I know, I know... not exactly a health food either).... and a little goes a long way.... so a few times I have taken some defrosted berries (let them sit in the fridge in a bowl for a few hours)... swirled a squirt of the whipped cream over them and then stirred it in.... and YUM!! Sweet and creamy and berry-licious!! I actually like the frozen blueberry/strawberry/mango chunk blend available around here. Sadly it is not organic (we usually buy the Costco organic triple berry blend), but still delicious!

That's actually not a bad idea. Although
And I do put light whipped cream on my berries sometimes, which helps when I don't want to feel like I'm eating healthy but I still want to eat healthy!

I LOVE Disney costumes.... but I'm not much of a costume wearer myself, but my kiddos are a different story!!! They have been, over the years.... Buzz Lightyear, Lizzie McGuire, Rapunzel, Minnie Mouse, Indiana Jones (sort of Disney), Thor (again, sort of Disney), Prince Caspian (and another "sort of Disney"), Winnie the Pooh, Luke Skywalker... that's all I can think of for now!

That's a lot of Disney costumes! I love it!

I try to just not even START with the Halloween candies.... and I try to buy candy I don't like that won't tempt me at all.... things like Skittles, regular M&Ms (I prefer the pb), Snickers, Nerds.... anything that I don't really like! I buy it at the last minute and don't open the bag until minutes before Trick-or-Treating is scheduled to start. When the last kiddo rings the bell, any leftovers get dumped into a ziptop baggie and put with DS's lunch supplies for him to bring to school the next day...... or put into my school bag for me to unload onto the unsuspecting teachers in the teachers' room the next day! Once in a GREAT WHILE I will put some in the freezer and save for Christmas or something like that. Depending on how things have been going, I may pick out a piece or two to enjoy that day (eat it, track it, done) and then NO MORE... once Halloween is done, it is done! Can't say that plan works 100% of the time.... but it has worked pretty well for the past several years.

That definitely sounds like a great plan! No plan works 100% of the time, but as long as it works most of the time, I think you're in great shape!

I love this outfit!

LOVE, love, love this idea!!!! Hopefully DD and I can walk on campus a bit later this week.... they have a "shell path" down along the shore that is really pretty and nice to walk on IF the weather cooperates!...................P

I hope you can get your walk in and take some pretty pictures for us - I'm excited to see pictures!

Russell and Kevin!! I love it!!

My way to stay out of the candy (especially at MNSSHP since that's where us two childless adults who live in a condo where no kids trick or treat are most tempted by Halloween candy) is we don't even take the bag when we walk in. Sure DH will get in the line for candy throughout the night and get some when he is feeling a little snacky, but we end up eating a few pieces over the night and that's it. No bag to continually munch on! Luckily, I am not a big candy eater, so the candy doesn't bother me so much.... now MVMCP-- that's another story....I could eat cookies ALL NIGHT!!! And they aren't even all that good to me, but it doesn't even matter! haha!

Having never been to MNSSHP, I didn't realize that not taking the bag was an option. That's smart!

I'm not a huge parade fan, but Boo To You I absolutely love. I have a picture where I managed to capture sparks flying off of the gravediggers shovels, but I also don't know how to upload pics... so I'm following to see the answer to Piglet1979's question regarding the same.

I'm excited to see that picture! Hopefully my instructions above help you figure it out!

How do I maintain over holidays... I don't. Halloween I usually get candy I don't like and bring the leftovers in to the office right away, but will still munch my way thru the evening. I'm often the hostess/cook for Thanksgiving and even when I start out with a controlled plan it always goes sideways... I'm addicted to Pinterest and there are so many interesting new things to try. Even though we do potluck and there are only 10 people I can drop $300+ in a heartbeat. Same with Christmas, although I did do much better this year and stuck to my plan of doing just the main protein, one side and one dessert... well, no, I did two desserts counting the ice cream martinis. But it was still better... oh I made gingerbread cookies two. Dang.

Holidays are definitely tough, especially when you're hosting! Hopefully with time you can figure out a way to make it work better for you.

I usually go into to holiday and vacations thinking "It's holiday/vacation I can let lose and do whatever I want", but this year I'm re-framing that and "whatever I want" is to feel good and have the energy to keep going and going and have maximum fun. My March goals are laid out to set me up for my April goals, which are to do my 35,000+ step day and to be able to buy regular sized clothing for my May vacation... no more plus sized for this gal. I've just gone from 2x to 1x, and 10 pounds is roughly a size, so -5 in March and another -5 in April, plus conditioning should get me there.

I love this! Feeling good is definitely what you should want, and I think that going into vacation knowing that you want to feel good and have the energy you need will be a good motivator to stay healthy!

Last Halloween my friends and I all dressed up as different Disney princesses. I originally was going to be Alice, but ended up being the one and only Anna. Everyone looked amazing, I can't share those and I didn't take many selfies, but here is me having some quality time with pascal.

I love the idea of dressing up as Disney Princesses! And what I can see of your Anna outfit looks great!

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Okay, so ... replies took me longer than expected because my wifi hates me. Which means that you'll all have to wait a bit to see my various DisneyBounds.
And I'm hoping to go for a run on my favorite path on Sunday (assuming the snow is gone by then), so hopefully I'll remember to stop and take some pictures for the challenge

Keep the awesome answers, pictures, and stories coming!

 

[5xdisneyfans]

Wildcard Weekend – Friday, March 4th:

Weekends are an extra special time of the week – so we’ll use this time to celebrate extra special parades that we may not get to see very often, including special event and retired parades.

Mickey's "Boo-to-You" Halloween Parade runs during the Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party in September and October. This parade features Disney characters and special Halloween-themed floats, and is one of the most popular Disney parades!

Have you seen Mickey’s “Boo-to-You” parade? Please share your pictures!

With Halloween as our topic for this weekend, let’s talk costumes! Have you ever worn a Disney-themed Halloween costume? Please share pictures (if you have them)!
Have you ever worn a Disney-themed outfit for a different event? Do you wear Disney-themed clothing or DisneyBounds when you go to the parks?

BONUS: How do you make sure to stick to healthy eating on candy-centric holidays such as Halloween?​

I have not worn a Disney related costume since I was a kid. I have only done one Disney run so far and I was alone so I didn't wear any costume. Maybe next time if I feel more confident I will. I have put my kids in Disney costumes alot when they were smaller and in the last couple years I put Disney costumes on my cats. Yes I am a mean cat mommy.LOL. I do love a good Disney shirt for my trips. I actually got two great ones off the clearance rack at the Disney store yesterday.

@flvy I hope you have a better day today. I have had a bad food hangover many times before myself.

 

[piglet1979]

There are two ways (that I know of):
1 - Right next to "post reply" at the bottom of the page, there's a button that says "Upload a File" - you can click on that and upload the picture. The picture will now show up under where you type your post, and you can click "Full Image" to insert the full-size picture in the post or "Thumbnail" to insert a thumbnail. Here's what it looks like:
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2 - Upload your picture to a picture storage site and link to it. I generally use Photobucket, which actually gives you BB code to copy and then paste here

(Sorry if this is too complicated - I'm a bit of a techie and sometimes can't explain things in non-tech)


I understand the first way. I will try and get a picture out and about this weekend if the weather cooperates. I do so much better walking if I can get outside.

 

[Oneanne]

Woohoo... learned a new skill today!

 

[courtneybeth]

Thursday woohoo - DH won a contest at work that we didn't even know existed, lol, and came home today with a $500 gift card. I know the responsible thing would be to put it toward whatever bills we can.... but we're looking at a weekend Flower & Garden trip instead, haha. Of course, that gift card would only cover the two nights at Pop and the gas to get there and back, but we've already got one-day tickets good for EPCOT, and a little in Disney gift cards left over from October. @pjlla I'm having a "do I be responsible or do I make memories" dilemma! Haha.

I know some fun people that will be at Disney World the last week of May. I heard it's a good time to go

And today I feel horrible.

Don't eat/drink your feelings kids you'll feel like crap the next day.

This is me this morning. Ugh. ::hugs::

 

[courtneybeth]

With Halloween as our topic for this weekend, let’s talk costumes! Have you ever worn a Disney-themed Halloween costume? Please share pictures (if you have them)!
Have you ever worn a Disney-themed outfit for a different event? Do you wear Disney-themed clothing or DisneyBounds when you go to the parks?

BONUS: How do you make sure to stick to healthy eating on candy-centric holidays such as Halloween?

Husband and I have dressed up for Mickey's Halloween Party twice at Disneyland! Once as Belle and Gaston and the other as Vanellope and Ralph from Wreck it Ralph.

(We haven't been to the Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party so... haven't seen the Boo To You Parade.)

We typically wear Disney-themed shirts for park days but don't like to wear actual costumes unless it's for Halloween. RunDisney events are usually in some sort of themed shirt. Can't imagine wearing a costume while trying to keep a 16 minute mile pace.

Bonus Question: we don't buy the candy. Makes it easy to abstain when it's not there!

 

[SarahDisney]

This is awesome!!! I love Cat Snow White!!

Woohoo... learned a new skill today!

Yay! It's always nice to learn a new skill!
And that picture is awesome!

Husband and I have dressed up for Mickey's Halloween Party twice at Disneyland! Once as Belle and Gaston and the other as Vanellope and Ralph from Wreck it Ralph.

Both awesome costume ideas!

We typically wear Disney-themed shirts for park days but don't like to wear actual costumes unless it's for Halloween. RunDisney events are usually in some sort of themed shirt. Can't imagine wearing a costume while trying to keep a 16 minute mile pace.

Disney-themed shirts are always fun
And I don't understand how people do the races in full-on costumes. I do DisneyBounds, which are basically just running clothes, and that's more than enough for me. I can't imagine running a race in a princess dress...

 

[ski_mom]

I myself am not much of a dress-up kind of gal, but this past Halloween my daughters both dressed up for Halloween in Disney fashion! Oldest DD was away at college, so I didn't even get to see her as Mary Poppins in person, but here are their costumes. My middle DD is the one dressed as Buzz with her friend Woody. I thought they all looked so cute!





Hopefully this works, I've never uploaded a photo here either lol!

 

[JacknSally]

Have you seen Mickey’s “Boo-to-You” parade? Please share your pictures!

With Halloween as our topic for this weekend, let’s talk costumes! Have you ever worn a Disney-themed Halloween costume? Please share pictures (if you have them)!
Have you ever worn a Disney-themed outfit for a different event? Do you wear Disney-themed clothing or DisneyBounds when you go to the parks?

BONUS: How do you make sure to stick to healthy eating on candy-centric holidays such as Halloween?​

I. LOVE. BOO TO YOU!!!!!!!!! It's my favoritest parade ever. It's really not so scary! Halloween is my favorite holiday (what can I say? I have a degree in theatre. I'll take any excuse to wear a costume) and Boo to You is my favorite parade and Hallowishes is my favorite fireworks show. I've been to MNSSHP 4 times, but only twice were my costumes Disney related... one year I was a Haunted Mansion ghost (and I can't find any pictures of that costume! :-( but it was complete with light blue ghostly makeup and a HM-period dress) and then last October DH and I were Pirates from PotC (I even convinced DH to wear eyeliner.... he couldn't get it off for the rest of the trip LOL)... I really wanted to be the Redhead but wedding projects took precedence over Halloween costume projects. Maybe next time!

No pictures from the Boo To You parade this past trip, but here are a couple of Pirate pictures, plus the Hocus Pocus stage show and general MNSSHP-ness.

Wish I had a solution for you regarding all of those treat. I'm sure you've tried a lot of different techniques and strategies to help control them.... what is your plan going forward to limit them??


Well.... I would love to say that MAKING MEMORIES is the way to go.... and in my heart I truly believe that! But if you have bills weighing you down and stressing you both and such, perhaps it would be best to be responsible. Yes, life is SHORT and we need to have fun and make memories while we can.... but not at the expense of our HEALTH due to stressing over money issues!!
I guess it would depend on your bills, your stress level over those bills, and such. This trip to California this fall with DD is a MASSIVE, HUGE splurge. With DS starting college in the fall it really SMACKS of irresponsibility in some ways. And I KNOW when I get not one, but TWO tuition bills this summer I will be second guessing my decision to take the trip.... but that is why I am working EXTRA HARD to save anything extra I can to put towards the trip... that is the only way I can do this without guilt/stress.

Unfortunately I don't have a plan... My typical plan is "don't eat as much of this crap any more" but that really hasn't worked out for me yet so I'm at a loss. I have no idea what I'm doing.

Bills aren't really an issue at the moment. We were able to pay off a credit card with our tax return which will free up that monthly payment to go toward other things... DH will be starting a second job soon which will also help make a dent in some things. It was mainly just a "we can pay this bill using this method this month instead of this method", which means not taking money out of the bank account, but then that money will just get spent on something else anyway, haha. It all kind of comes out to be the same in the end. Since they gave him gift cards, we're pretty limited on how we can use them anyway - the money can't go in a savings account or anything, and they're AmEx gift cards so we can only apply them to a very few monthly bills.

Odds are we won't end up going. I'll almost guaranteed talk myself out of it. But I want to go so badly! EPCOT is never prettier than it is during F&G. Sigh.

I know some fun people that will be at Disney World the last week of May. I heard it's a good time to go

I legitimately took that into consideration! DH is off that Monday (with the rest of the country, lol) but because of the holiday, the hotel rates are super high and I just can't justify $300 a night for a value resort. The cheapest dates we found were the weekend of April 8, and it's still $350 for two nights at Pop, and I don't think I can justify that either! Haha. Ugh, Disney. Why can you not care even a little that those who love you so are too poor for you.



We desperately need to hit the grocery store tomorrow morning. Which means I need to come up with some creative, yummy, healthy meals and snacks. I never feel like I'm a picky eater, though, until I start scouring recipes. We don't like fish, I'll eat walnuts and cashews but DH won't touch nuts at all, I can stomach yogurt if it's hidden in a smoothie but otherwise can't get past the sour taste, carrots and celery are the worst tasting things in the world... And those are key ingredients in the majority of healthy recipes I come across. Does anyone else have that problem? I suddenly feel like I have the palette of a 6 year old! Totally accepting any and all yummy ideas!

 

[donac]

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Woohoo... learned a new skill today!

Great picture. We got to see this parade in Oct and had a great time.

Sorry I can't answer anything today. I have run out of time. I had to go shopping for flowers for hats and then had to sew skirts. I am waiting for dh to have dinner and then off to the high school to get costumes finished. I will check in tomorrow. Maybe even post pictures. My favorite picture I got from the Halloween parade was of the headless horseman.

Have a happy and healthy day.

 

[courtneybeth]

We're heading off to Easter Egg Hunt tonight at Disneyland -- just the Disneyland map tonight. Staying away from California Adventure because the new Carsland attraction is doing a soft opening tonight.

Nice end to a craptastic week.

 

[4Mickeys]

With Halloween as our topic for this weekend, let’s talk costumes! Have you ever worn a Disney-themed Halloween costume? Please share pictures (if you have them)!

Halloween isn't as big here in Australia but it has taken off in some areas in the last few years - last year we had a Halloween party and took a group of nearly 15 kids trick or treating around the neighbourhood. We had lots of fun. DD had insisted she needed a Rapunzel dress when we were at DL - and a year later it had sat in her cupboard unworn and beautiful. So she was Rapunzel finally wearing her dress! She insisted I be a princess with her lol so I was Snow White. My oldest son was Darth Vader his favourite and younger son kind of ended up in 2 costumes a Jedi and a Storm Trooper. I didn't manage to get many good single photos of the kids at the party there was so much to do



Have you ever worn a Disney-themed outfit for a different event? Do you wear Disney-themed clothing or DisneyBounds when you go to the parks?

In the past but not necessarily for Halloween they have been Buzz Lightyear, Woody, Belle, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. One year for school they had to dress up to represent a country my daughter wore shorts and shirt with Mickey/Minnie Mouse on them and my Mouse Ears from my long ago trip for the USA. We all proudly wore our Mouse Ears (hats and headbands) when we were there in 2014. My daughter had the BBB princess makeover and was Snow White - she loved it walking around all day being called Princess by the CMs she asked to wear it again a second day while we there. The boys has various Star Wars shirts worn - DS15 conveniently had his Darth Vader shirt on the day he unexpectedly got to meet Darth Vader and get a photo he was so happy (my son that is - but Vader also seemed pleased to have a convert to the Dark Side).



BONUS: How do you make sure to stick to healthy eating on candy-centric holidays such as Halloween?

I don't worry lol - its a candy holiday so we just go with it.

Open the quote to see my other answers an pics - oops.

 

[pjlla]

That's awesome! And a dilemma I know all to well too--- DH and I were thinking of buying a house this year, but now our trips are too much so we are just going to put that off for another year or so. Everyone in his family thinks we're dumb for not being responsible, settling our lives, and starting a family and yet everyone on my side is telling us how awesome we are for traveling and doing what we want before we start a family. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Different strokes I guess. You gotta do what you need to do for you--- whichever way that goes for you!

I agree with having FUN and ADVENTURES before being tied down with a house/mortgage and a family! I wish someone had told ME to go have more adventures when I was young! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE my kids and my house.... but what the HECK did we do with our time and money for the first two years of our marriage??? We had a reasonable rent payment, no car payments that I can recall and no kids and two incomes!! What a waste!

I will say, I made that recommendation to our friend to use the "found" money to pay her bills because debt is a terrible, stressful thing to have.... and paying EXISTING debt is different (to me anyhow) than saving, saving, saving for the future house/kids/etc. But honestly.... I don't fault her AT ALL for using the money for something fun!! I know it has been oversaid and is passe to say now, but .........YOLO!! TRULY!!



You just opened up Pandora's box. I LOVE DISNEY COSTUMES!!!! I am a FREAK when it comes to this. Last month, I shared our Mary Poppins outfits for last years Jingle Jungle 5K, which I think is my favorite costume we've worn. But it's in close competition to these that I made for us for MNSSHP 2013:


I hope that posts right-- I am technically challenged when it comes to adding photos here since they switched it over.

Anyway, we love Up. Our wedding in the states was even slightly Up themed, and DH wore the Grape Soda badge on his suit. Last year for MNNSHP, I made us Aristocats costumes that were SOOOO much better in my head than how I ended up executing them. I was not too proud and want to have a redo on that. I have not DisneyBounded yet, but I would like to at some point. It's right up my alley, but I just haven't gotten it organized for our trips yet.

Love, love, love the picture...... great costume and you guys are SO CUTE!!!

My way to stay out of the candy (especially at MNSSHP since that's where us two childless adults who live in a condo where no kids trick or treat are most tempted by Halloween candy) is we don't even take the bag when we walk in. Sure DH will get in the line for candy throughout the night and get some when he is feeling a little snacky, but we end up eating a few pieces over the night and that's it. No bag to continually munch on! Luckily, I am not a big candy eater, so the candy doesn't bother me so much.... now MVMCP-- that's another story....I could eat cookies ALL NIGHT!!! And they aren't even all that good to me, but it doesn't even matter! haha!

Uh oh! But I will say, they have us making pretzel bun burgers tonight, and I don't think you can go wrong on that! I'm already day dreaming about it! But I hope you like it. I love sometimes cooking with stuff we have never even heard of that ends up being delicious haha!

@pjlla Your outfit is SOOOO CUTE!!!!! Love it!!!!

(Expand the quote for my other comments.) MMMM.... those burgers sound delicious! Thanks for the compliment!

Check in for the week:

Current weight: 198.6
Weight last Friday was 202.3 I think... weight on Tuesday 03.01 was 199.1
Loss for March -.5
1% of March goal

Current Distance walked: 18.57 miles
Goal: 125 miles
14.8% of March goal

I'm not a huge parade fan, but Boo To You I absolutely love. I have a picture where I managed to capture sparks flying off of the gravediggers shovels, but I also don't know how to upload pics... so I'm following to see the answer to Piglet1979's question regarding the same.

How do I maintain over holidays... I don't. Halloween I usually get candy I don't like and bring the leftovers in to the office right away, but will still munch my way thru the evening. I'm often the hostess/cook for Thanksgiving and even when I start out with a controlled plan it always goes sideways... I'm addicted to Pinterest and there are so many interesting new things to try. Even though we do potluck and there are only 10 people I can drop $300+ in a heartbeat. Same with Christmas, although I did do much better this year and stuck to my plan of doing just the main protein, one side and one dessert... well, no, I did two desserts counting the ice cream martinis. But it was still better... oh I made gingerbread cookies too. Dang.

I usually go into to holidays and vacations thinking "It's holiday/vacation I can let lose and do whatever I want", but this year I'm re-framing that and "whatever I want" is to feel good and have the energy to keep going and going and have maximum fun. My March goals are laid out to set me up for my April goals, which are to do my 35,000+ step day and to be able to buy regular sized clothing for my May vacation... no more plus sized for this gal. I've just gone from 2x to 1x, and 10 pounds is roughly a size, so -5 in March and another -5 in April, plus conditioning should get me there.

Hope all have a wonderful and healthful weekend.

Congrats on making progress week one of March!! Holidays are SO HARD! Enjoying holiday goodies and treats IN MODERATION is harder than it sounds! WOOHOO on hitting the "regular" clothes department VERY SOON!

Last Halloween my friends and I all dressed up as different Disney princesses. I originally was going to be Alice, but ended up being the one and only Anna. Everyone looked amazing, I can't share those and I didn't take many selfies, but here is me having some quality time with pascal.

CUTE!!

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Okay, so ... replies took me longer than expected because my wifi hates me. Which means that you'll all have to wait a bit to see my various DisneyBounds.
And I'm hoping to go for a run on my favorite path on Sunday (assuming the snow is gone by then), so hopefully I'll remember to stop and take some pictures for the challenge

Keep the awesome answers, pictures, and stories coming!

Sorry about the wi-fi... can't wait to see your pictures!!

I have not worn a Disney related costume since I was a kid. I have only done one Disney run so far and I was alone so I didn't wear any costume. Maybe next time if I feel more confident I will. I have put my kids in Disney costumes alot when they were smaller and in the last couple years I put Disney costumes on my cats. Yes I am a mean cat mommy.LOL. I do love a good Disney shirt for my trips. I actually got two great ones off the clearance rack at the Disney store yesterday.

@flvy I hope you have a better day today. I have had a bad food hangover many times before myself.
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Love the picture! Your cat looks SO INSULTED!!!!

I myself am not much of a dress-up kind of gal, but this past Halloween my daughters both dressed up for Halloween in Disney fashion! Oldest DD was away at college, so I didn't even get to see her as Mary Poppins in person, but here are their costumes. My middle DD is the one dressed as Buzz with her friend Woody. I thought they all looked so cute!

Hopefully this works, I've never uploaded a photo here either lol!

They both looks SUPER adorable!!!

I. LOVE. BOO TO YOU!!!!!!!!! It's my favoritest parade ever. It's really not so scary! Halloween is my favorite holiday (what can I say? I have a degree in theatre. I'll take any excuse to wear a costume) and Boo to You is my favorite parade and Hallowishes is my favorite fireworks show. I've been to MNSSHP 4 times, but only twice were my costumes Disney related... one year I was a Haunted Mansion ghost (and I can't find any pictures of that costume! :-( but it was complete with light blue ghostly makeup and a HM-period dress) and then last October DH and I were Pirates from PotC (I even convinced DH to wear eyeliner.... he couldn't get it off for the rest of the trip LOL)... I really wanted to be the Redhead but wedding projects took precedence over Halloween costume projects. Maybe next time!

No pictures from the Boo To You parade this past trip, but here are a couple of Pirate pictures, plus the Hocus Pocus stage show and general MNSSHP-ness.

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Unfortunately I don't have a plan... My typical plan is "don't eat as much of this crap any more" but that really hasn't worked out for me yet so I'm at a loss. I have no idea what I'm doing.

Bills aren't really an issue at the moment. We were able to pay off a credit card with our tax return which will free up that monthly payment to go toward other things... DH will be starting a second job soon which will also help make a dent in some things. It was mainly just a "we can pay this bill using this method this month instead of this method", which means not taking money out of the bank account, but then that money will just get spent on something else anyway, haha. It all kind of comes out to be the same in the end. Since they gave him gift cards, we're pretty limited on how we can use them anyway - the money can't go in a savings account or anything, and they're AmEx gift cards so we can only apply them to a very few monthly bills.

Odds are we won't end up going. I'll almost guaranteed talk myself out of it. But I want to go so badly! EPCOT is never prettier than it is during F&G. Sigh.

I legitimately took that into consideration! DH is off that Monday (with the rest of the country, lol) but because of the holiday, the hotel rates are super high and I just can't justify $300 a night for a value resort. The cheapest dates we found were the weekend of April 8, and it's still $350 for two nights at Pop, and I don't think I can justify that either! Haha. Ugh, Disney. Why can you not care even a little that those who love you so are too poor for you.


We desperately need to hit the grocery store tomorrow morning. Which means I need to come up with some creative, yummy, healthy meals and snacks. I never feel like I'm a picky eater, though, until I start scouring recipes. We don't like fish, I'll eat walnuts and cashews but DH won't touch nuts at all, I can stomach yogurt if it's hidden in a smoothie but otherwise can't get past the sour taste, carrots and celery are the worst tasting things in the world... And those are key ingredients in the majority of healthy recipes I come across. Does anyone else have that problem? I suddenly feel like I have the palette of a 6 year old! Totally accepting any and all yummy ideas!

Let me think on the recipes and get back to you! Do you HAVE to stay onsite if you go to Disney? Yes, I know, we all LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to stay....and it gives you EMH and transportation, etc, but maybe you could go if you stayed off-site... just this once?

If you are trying to figure out how to use the AMEX cards for bills, do this..... use the AMEX cards for regular purchases like groceries and gas.... and then take the CASH you would have used for those things and put it towards the bills!

Great picture. We got to see this parade in Oct and had a great time.

Sorry I can't answer anything today. I have run out of time. I had to go shopping for flowers for hats and then had to sew skirts. I am waiting for dh to have dinner and then off to the high school to get costumes finished. I will check in tomorrow. Maybe even post pictures. My favorite picture I got from the Halloween parade was of the headless horseman.

Have a happy and healthy day.

Can't wait to see your pictures!

We're heading off to Easter Egg Hunt tonight at Disneyland -- just the Disneyland map tonight. Staying away from California Adventure because the new Carsland attraction is doing a soft opening tonight.

Nice end to a craptastic week.

So sorry your week was craptastic. Hope last night's egg hunt was fun!

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Morning friends! Well... proved my point that I'm not eating enough by eating EXACTLY to my SP target yesterday and having a decent loss on the scale today! Imagine that! Plus the extra steps I'm getting due to the Fitbit challenges DD keeps throwing out there is definitely NOT HURTING!

DD and DH are off to a SCUBA conference today (she signed her Dad up for an Intro to SCUBA class!!) and DS will be out of here in an hour or so for a day at the robotics lab. I was contemplating going along, but honestly there is really NOTHING for me to do when I could be doing a LOT of productive things here at home.

Cold and sunny here today.... high is only predicted to be the upper 30's, so not sure if today's walk will be outdoors. I will hang out a load of clothes and see how I feel after freezing my fingers off doing that!

Breakfast calls! BBL to chat.............P