My Journal to Me - Comments welcome!

[Amy&Dan]

Anna, have a great trip! We'll see you when you get back, HAVE FUN AND DONT WORRY WHAT YOU EAT, ITS VACATION!!! And great news on being under 160 and in those size 12's !

 

[CACruisin']

Not to worry Cam & Amy, I just figured out that my hotel has free wireless internet so I can surf the web one more time before I go It is midnight in FL but only 9pm CA time I know I should go to bed, but I'm so ansy I can't sleep

Finished packing what ended up being an appalling amount of luggage around 2:45am and then dozed/watched survivor until the alarm went off at 4:30am. I did manage to doze a bit on the plane, so that is good. I readjusted some of the luggage after we got to the hotel and discovered that I have packed the labelmaker - I guess I was really too tired when I finished up the packing - who knows what else I've got squirrelled away in all of these bags

This really will be my last post until I get back even though I may have DIS withdrawl . I will have internet access hopefully onboard, but it will be for DD's to do H/W research. At whatever it is a minute, I've told them they will have to log onto whatever site they need, select all, copy & paste into a word doc and log out. Read the info offline! I'll look for the quiet place Cam. Thanks for the suggestion. Night all! Off for a trip of a lifetime!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Anna you rat, I am so jealous! I woke up thinking about you this morning and how excited you must be! Have a wonderful trip (I know you will) and have a bunch of pool bar drinks for me! Glad you brought the lable maker, you never know when you might need one of those! I once accidentally brought a can of lysol instead of my hairspray!

 

[eeyore25]

HI anna,

I hope you are having a wonderful time!!!

 

[traceycooper]

Hi Anna
just wanted to keep you on page 1
Hope your having a super time!

 

[CACruisin']

Hi gals! We made it back last night after +24 hours of travel time. It was an incredible, memorable trip. I'll try and do a mini trip report later in the week. There were great times (great DIS friends, lots of DCL Disney magic), bad times (13-20 foot seas with gale force winds) and downright ugly times (DD3's 4 trips to the health center), but I'd do it all again in a heartbeat!

Scale was 163 this morning - not bad! But I don't know how accurate that is since I know I'm really dehydrated right now. (Flying without bottled water stinks!) I did get to the fitness center once, took the stairs everywhere and I walked Deck 4 on multiple occasions. In Cadiz and Gibraltar we walked tons. In fact my backside was sore the day after we walked down the rock in Gibraltar! We walked a fair amount in Barcelona too.

Need to get back to unpacking, but thanks for keeping me on page 1 and I'll post more later. I'm glad to be back with my WISH buddies!

 

[toystoryduo]

Welcome Back, Anna!

I'm glad to hear that you had a great time on your cruise. Looking forward to your trip report!

Have a great day!

 

[CACruisin']

Just a quick post becuase I am determined to keep up with my journal. Yesterday took DD3 and DD11 to the dr's. Each has double ear infection and DD11 also has a sinus infection. Mind you, DD3 has already been on antibiotics for 10 days for an ear infection. I know I also have a sinus infection and possible ear too, but don't have time to deal with it right now. Maybe tomorrow I will call my PCP who I have never actually met...

Food:
b- too much kettlecorn (waiting at the pharmacy after dr appt)
l - bowl rice krispies & skim milk
d- roast beef sandwich & 12oz skim milk

DD11 is supposed to perform at Disneyland today with her honor choir. I don't think she is going to make it. So sad since they have been practicing all spring for this performance.

I am slowly catching up on journals in no particular order. I need to get back on the WISH track and keep posting, even if my food/water/exercise stink. I must get back on track!

 

[eeyore25]

Hi Anna,

Welcome back!!! Glad to hear that you had a good time, despit the weather and all that!

I am sorry to hear that both the girls and you are not feeling well. Make sure that you get to the doctor soon, you don't want to make yourself sicker!

I look forward to reading your report!

Have a great day

 

[toystoryduo]

Sending lots of get well for your family today. I hope everyone is feeling better soon.

Please be sure and take it easy today.

 

[Amy&Dan]

Hi Anna, welcome home! I can't wait to read your trip report. Now that I have been on a Disney Cruise, I love cruise reports so much more than I used to. So sorry you are all sick, I really hope dd gets to Disneyland for her concert. That is great you are at 163, thats like less than a five pound gain for that long of a cruise. Amazing and just goes to show you, if you stay active during your vacation, you can still eat very well and not gain a ton of weight. Feel better soon, we missed you!

How did dh do for that long on his own?

 

[traceycooper]

Welcome home Anna
Glad you had a great trip.
Cant wait to read all about it, hope youve got pics too!

 

[kmp1191]

Wow, I think I fell off the face of the earth there for a while!! (been stressing out on my journal and haven't been checking on others.. )
Can't wait to hear about your trip!!! Sorry the kids are sick....hopefully everyone is on the mend and doing better!

Oh, and don't worry, the vacation weight will fall off...you'll make sure of it!!

marie

 

[eeyore25]

Hi Anna,

Hope all is well and everyone is back to feeling good!

Have a great day

 

[lovinaz]

Welcome back! You did great on the cruise with such a small gain! Did you get sick of eating??

I hope everyone has finally gotten better, no fun getting sick on vacation!

I bet you are glad to get into a normal routine again. I know after 3 weeks on travel for work I couldn't believe that I actually told someone I was looking forward to cooking my own dinner! That thrill lasted about 2 days...

 

[CACruisin']

So I seem to be only at a weekly check-in. I really need to get back with the program .

Re-entry to the real world has been brutal. DD11 ended up missing school all of last week. By 10am wednesday morning, she was looking completely wiped out. I called the honor choir teacher (they were already at DL for the day) and told her we would not be making it up for the afternoon performance . Thursday morning DD11 did go to school in the morning. At 1pm I got a call from the school nurse "please pick up your child, and don't send her to school on Friday" - sigh, bad mommy award for me! DD11 has now missed 3 weeks of school and is drowning in homework! We spent most of the weekend finishing up schoolwork from our trip, but she still has to do all the stuff she missed last week. On top of that she has a bad case of 6th grade-itis!

DH finally convinced DD3 it was time to take her Oceaneer's Club bracelet off last night . "The teachers said to keep it on!" She is finally healthy again (after 20 days on antibiotics), but I am taking both her and DD11 back to the Dr's on thursday for a recheck. He said he wanted to seem them again if they were not completely better in 10 days. I want to confirm DD3's ears are finally clear and DD11 isn't even close to being completely better. She still crashes and takes a nap every afternoon around 4pm. No wonder she can't get caught up on her homework.

DD13 is quasi-healthy "mom, it is just a cold and I don't have time to go to the dr! I'll go when school is done. " Her well child check up is the 18th. She has finished all of the work she missed except for completing her travel journal for English. She's planning on getting that done (pictures, spell check, recreate missing days entries (!) ) by the end of the week. She started swimming this week with the Sr. Development team. She misses her old coach though. There are nice kids on this team, so hopefully she'll get settled in soon.

I have been bouncing around 160.5 and 163.0. Some days I am really good and others days have involved a lot of chocolate dipped in peanut butter . Stress eating about DD11 and TOM are both to blame, I think!

The rest of this week is still crazy busy. Tomorrow I will leave the house at 7:15am and not get back for more than 15-minutes at a time until nearly 10pm. I am also finishing up the very last PTA newsletter this week. I am just trying to survive this week. However, I have been thinking about what I'm going to do going forward for the summer and I have some ideas.

Anna

 

[CACruisin']

Ok really, this is procrastinating working on the PTA newsletter . I went back and looked at my New Year's goals and what I have accomplished so far:

1.My goal is to hit my target weight by July 1 and be in solid "maintainance" mode by the end of 2007. My target weight for now is 145. I'll see how I feel when I get there and may go for 135 (my ideal, but I'm not sure it is realistic.)Well, clearly not going to make that! I have lost about 5 lbs since the first of the year - not good, but something. Still need to lose +15 to get to goal.
2. Journal and post my food until I hit target and anytime I "drift" up while in maintainance mode. Sorry this is boring for everyone, but I don't seem to be accountable to just myself.
I've not been consistent here, but it definitely does help me to post my food log. I am determined to get back to this.
3. Exercise at least 3-5X per week, even if it only for 30 minutes each time. Unless someone is deathly ill, I cannot keep making excuses for not doing this. I know that eating alone will not take the weight off for me.
4. Exercise a minimum of 750 minutes a month - this is so I don't wimp out and just do 30 minutes 3X a week
I haven't come close on this one!

I still think all of these goals are attainable, reasonable, and yes, necessary. Now what to do about it.

In the past, I have lost weight in the spring, maintained over the summer and gained in the fall. In 2006, I lost weight in the spring and then maintained for the rest of the year. I did lose a little bit this past spring, but was never really consistent about it. My challenge now will be to not just maintain, but actually LOSE weight this summer. I would like to lose at least 10 lbs this summer to take me into the 140's! This summer should be pretty low key with only one trip planned and one set of houseguests visiting so eating should be pretty much in my control.

The real key is to get in exercise. This has always been hard for me, especially in the summer. The exercise challenges are not doing it for me motivation wise, so I need something else. My new thought is to train for the DL 1/2 marathon Labor Day weekend. That would give the motivation to get out and walk/run on a regular training schedule. I am already doing a sub 16 minute pace now, so I am ok there. It has been +5 years since I have seriously trained for a distance race though. I'm also concerned about the foot I broke 2 years ago. It is fine now and I had no problems when we walked for +5 hours in Gibraltar, I just don't know how it will feel when I train seriously. I talked to DH about it this morning since it will require a time commitment from me (and hence him!) and he was surprisingly supportive.

So what do you think? Am I crazy?

 

[Amy&Dan]

Hi Anna, no you are not crazy! I think there are several others disers over on the DL board who do that 1/2 marathon. You should totally do that, what a fun way to keep up the exercise. I hear you on the goals, its so hard to do the long term thing. But you are down, not up, and that right there tells me you are more consistent than maybe you give yourself credit to be. You have taken two cruises in the past few months and that travelling thing is killer. But you hung in there. I think losing 10 pounds this summer sounds very attainable. I know you can do it!

I really hope your kids are well again, poor dd12, she has really been through the ringer. And glad your PTA thing is done! Did that, never again! I'll bake cookies, clean up after a function but I never want that hassle of being the one to do a newsletter or any other clerical type thing again! Every time I go by Kinko's it brings back memories !

Think about those goals some more and then let us know what your firm plan is. You have come so far, you can achieve your final goal!

 

[traceycooper]

Hi Anna
I think doing the 1/2 marathon is a great idea & one i've been toying with for a while too
Hope the kids are doing ok & recovering
Any chance of seeing some holiday pics?

 

[toystoryduo]

I say, "Go for it, Anna!" Training for the DL 1/2 marathon sounds like a great way to get your exercise in!

How is everyone feeling? I hope everyone is feeling better.

Hope you have a great week!