My Journal to Me - Comments welcome!

[eeyore25]

Hi Anna,

Glad to hear that the kids did well in the swim meet. Way to go on taking/eating healthy instead of junk food!!!

Keep up the good work!

Have a great day

 

[traceycooper]

Hi Anna
Well done for taking the healthy snacks - great idea
Have a good week!

 

[kmp1191]

Just getting caught up tonight....
Congrats on losing the vacation weight!!!
Also sounds like you had a fun weekend!!

Take it easy and have a great week!!
marie

 

[eeyore25]

Hi Anna,

I hope all is well!!!!

Have a great day

 

[CACruisin']

Sorry I have been offline. DH's grandmother went into the hospital last week and passed away this morning. She was an incredible lady and up until this past week in remarkably good health. She was 101 years old! We are flying to Pittsburgh in the morning, so I am going to be offline for another few days. I need to do laundry and pack now. First I have to UNpack one of my cruise suitcases - Crap!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Oh Anna, I am so sorry about dh's grandmother. 101 Is a very long life but its still a shock. Have a safe trip to PA and know that we are all thinking about you all!

 

[lovinaz]

I am so sorry to hear about your DH's grandmother. Wow, 101, that is great, especially since she was so active until recently. I hope the visit back to PA will be filled with wonderful memories of her. Hang in there and have a safe trip!

 

[toystoryduo]

Anna,

I am so sorry to hear about your DH's grandmother. Have a safe trip, WISH sis. Let us know if you need anything.

 

[traceycooper]

Hi Anna
Sorry to hear about DH's grandmother,
its still a sad loss whatever age

 

[eeyore25]

Hi Anna ,

I am so sorry about the loss of your DH grandmother. Please know that we are all thinking of you.

 

[CACruisin']

Thank you all for your kind words. DH's grandmother was an incredible lady and will be missed. The services this afternoon will be difficult. Although, we have really enjoyed telling/hearing more stories with extended family yesterday and this morning.

DD's are doing HW now so I jumped on DH's laptop. I have had a mixed bag eating. I've had oatmeal & fruit for breakfast usually - good, but lunch yesterday was a 3 mini martini flight & fried asparagus - bad WISH, but really yummy! I thought the dinner I ordered last night would be ok, but it was literally swimming in a butter sauce . A little gross, even for me who loves butter. We'll see what the scale has to say next week . Saturday morning (at 3am!) I was at 158.0. The hotel has a exercise room, but I think DD's HW is going to take too long and I won't make it down to the TM before it is time to get ready for the services.

 

[Amy&Dan]

Hi Anna, I hope the service went well, that is always very hard and a relief when its over. Dont' worry about your food, given what you have been through, I think you are doing really well. I hear you on the butter thing, I can't eat too much buttery, rich sauces anymore either. See what progress we are making? 158 is awesome, that must feel so good! Just don't weigh yourself too soon after arriving home, give your body some time to rid itself of the water the flying will probably make you retain. You are doing great Anna, I hope the rest of your stay in PA goes well, we are all thinking about you guys!

 

[traceycooper]

Hi Anna
Hope the service went well

 

[toystoryduo]

Anna,

How did the service go? I hope you have a safe flight home.

 

[eeyore25]

Hi Anna,

I hope the service went well and you had a safe trip home.

Hope you are doing well

 

[eeyore25]

Hi Anna,

Just want to let you know I was thinking of you.

Hope everyone is doing well.

 

[CACruisin']

Hello WISH friends. We are home now. The graveside service was really hard, but the memorial was more of a celebration of life and that was really wonderful.

I am in major WISH doldrums. On the trip I ate well sometimes, and really badly other times. We flew home on Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday I drank +100oz water. I've been eating healthyily, but I had some major slips yesterday. I made cookies for DD's birthday for her swim team. I ate a lot of cookie dough and 4 cookies . I had 1/2 a slice of cake for her birthday yesterday too.

The scale this morning was 164.0 - DARN!!! I hate that stupid number. Every time I make progress, then it always goes back to that stupid number!! Now I am mad at myself, and mad that I know I will not make it to 154.5 by the time I leave on the cruise (two weeks from today!). So in complete self destruct mode I have had 6 cookies today and not one single ounce of water!! Stupid, I know! If I put on 6 pounds in 4 days what they heck am I going to look like when I get back from 17 days!!!! Dang it! I really want to use stronger language but I don't know what the censors will let pass!!!! DRATS!!!

Sorry, I'm having a pity party!

Oh, I am officially the mother of a teenager. DD turned 13 yesterday. It was a really good day, but super hectic. Everything I had planned to do last weekend and early week all had to get done in two days.

Oh and in all the craziness, I completely missed the 1 year mark on my WISH journal. I had wanted to do a reflection on what I have accomplished and not accomplished over the past 12 months. Now is not the time though. It wouldn't be very positive. Drat!!!

Anna

 

[lovinaz]

I have been in that mental state SO MANY times! I know it is frustrating, it's like you are stuck in self-destruct mode and can't turn off the switch. But you WILL get back on track, don't worry! You've come too far to totally blow it and at some point your brain will finally realize that and come to it's senses!

And I think you will do better on your cruise than you think. After the first few days, I bet you find that you don't enjoy stuffing yourself to the point of explosion every day and the eating will taper off. Plus, I loved the fitness room on the Magic, take advantage of it while the girls are in the club!! And never take the elevator. EVER!

Congrats on the 1 yr anniversary! You definitely accomplished more than I did on my 1 yr mark (I think I was either at the same weight or 1-2lbs heavier than when I started! ). Remember, you are in this for life and there is no time constraint to get to your goal. You'll get there someday!!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Anna, don't give up! I agree with Amy, I think for that length of cruise, you will learn to pace yourself. I know I did and ours was only a seven day. The last couple of days I had to stop or sink! I have been feeling much the same lately, having some good days where I think, ah ha, I have licked this, only to fall off the wagon so hard I feel I can't get back on. But I do and you do too. This is a journey and it can't always be easy. But you have made the long haul (one year, so awesome ) and you aren't going to stop. Just thow out those cookies and cake, slam the water and it will come back together I promise. Also, you may be a bit depressed about dd turning 13. Thats a huge thing for us mom's, I know when I made my WDW ADR's yesterday, they asked the age of my kids and I had to say 11 and 13 since they will be then and I realized I don't like the idea of my little boy being 13! It sort of took me by surprise how sad in a way that seemed for me. Maybe you are feeling the same way. And you have suffered the loss of a loved one, which is another huge adjustment to make. So dont' be too hard on yourself, that number is going away so wave goodbye to it!

 

[toystoryduo]

Anna,

I understand what you are saying. I have been on WISH for 3 + years now and weight-wise I haven't made much progress. I have the exercise thing down, but I am finding that my lack of control over food is my biggest issue.

It's hard... As moms and wives, we have so much going on all the time. It's hard to focus on weight loss with everything we deal with on a daily basis.

The wonderful thing is that we have a great group of friends here who have been there, done that. We can turn to them for support and encouragement and we help each other get through the rough patches. Together, we can do this!

You are a wonderful person, Anna. Please don't let the number on the scale define you. I for one firmly believe that scales should only be on fish!

Have a great week this week!