Morning and Happy Monday! I'm so sorry I didn't come back to post our weekly results and chat last night. I got caught up in a work crisis and am running off to another. Results will hopefully be up tonight!
No worries! Take care of yourself!!
In the meantime, let's chat!
QOTD - September 21
What are your greatest obstacles and challenges on this journey? whst see your plans for overcoming then? And how are you doing do far?
Obstacles.... biggest is probably my extreme dislike of exercise. Challenges.... like many of you it is remember to not seek COMFORT or CELEBRATION in FOOD! As far as celebrating with food.... I try to limit any celebration eating to just ONE MEAL, not a WHOLE DAY.... and then RIGHT BACK ON PLAN the next meal.
I've been doing this a long time (re-started this journey in 2008 and haven't stopped yet!), so I obviously have somewhat of a grip on it..... but I STILL have to remind myself everyday that food is FUEL and not REWARD or CONSOLATION!
webcreatix and jersey girl !
Magdalene I cannot imagine a nine hour time change! I've been fighting with a 3–4 hour time change from our Alaska trip and it's been just over a week & I feel like I'm almost back on track. Nine hours wow
Well I finally stepped on the scale Sunday morning, I'm up 5 pounds from my lowest point after our two week vacation. I guess that's reasonable, though it was a reality check of that I've been at this weight range of for over year and I need to get serious and bust through. Unfortunately, I am leaving today for a four-day getaway to visit with my Cushing's girlfriends, annual trip. The timing isn't great, but I hate to miss out on time with my peeps.
So I did the unthinkable and worked out on a Sunday! Because there is only one week left, and I will be gone for most of it and eating out, my goal this week is to not gain. I have to work out outfits packed in one of my buddies wants to work out at the hotel, so that's also my goal. My check is may be slim, but you are all in my thoughts
Enjoy your time with friends!
Morning, team. I hope everyone had good weekends! Sorry I haven't had the chance to pop in and catch up - I've skimmed the thread a little, but it was a long, exhausting, emotional weekend and I just wasn't able to get in more than that. Everything wedding-related has been falling apart over the last week, and the icing on the cake was a big 15-month-in-the-making family blow up Saturday night... Is it too late to elope? 
This was a weird year for our yard sale. Usually, it's wall-to-wall people and you can't move around the neighborhood at all. This year, it was dead. Totally, completely dead. Most years, everyone goes until the crowds die down or they run out of stuff to sell, which is usually 4-6pm. This year, we were packing up at 10:45am, and we still had 80% of our stuff left. It was so weird. Last year we made $1,050. This year, we ended up making $200, but we were thrilled with that because that's all we set out to do - neither of us were really feeling it this year, and we didn't put the usual 2+ weeks worth of prep into it, and 90% of the items we had out were his mom's, not ours. We set out that day saying if we could make $200, we'd be thrilled, as that would cover what we're expecting gas for WDW to cost round trip. We still ended up taking 6 or 7 bags full of clothes, purses, shoes, and odds and ends to Goodwill, but we just didn't care enough to stay out in the heat any longer for what probably would've ended up being an extra $10.
It's just a huge relief that it's behind us now. Even though we didn't put as much into it as we normally do, it was still a big event that we had to get through. Now it's strictly wedding stuff for the next month. Our countdown hits the 20's this week... Where did September go??
I think I saw that some people had already hit 100% this month?? Way to go, guys! So, so proud to be on this crazy train with y'all!
My biggest challenge is just lack of time to do anything. I hate saying that because I feel like it's just an excuse, but between 30 minutes to work, being at work for 9 hours, 30-45 minutes home from work, trying to knock out wedding tasks, dealing with whatever errands/emergencies pop up, trying to spend enough time with my puppy that I don't feel like I'm neglecting him and he doesn't throw a fit and eat the house due to lack of attention, and trying to get any amount of sleep, I just can't work in a jog or weights or cooking. Even if I could squeeze in that 1-2 hours, I don't have the energy to complete it.
My plans to overcome that? Quit my job. Haha, no, I'm just kidding. Can't do that! My plans to overcome that is just try to make it to November and accomplish what I can in the
meantime, and not beat myself up over what I fall short on. On the bright side, I haven't had the time or energy to really stress eat, so that's good. I'm hoping to visit Onederland this week. Fingers crossed!
SO SORRY that the family stuff is getting crazy! And your yard sale sounds like a few of mine.... lots of work for little money. Too bad.
What's "falling apart" as far as the wedding is concerned? Is it stuff that you can do without? Remember the day is about YOU and your man and your love and your committment to each other! Everything else is just icing on the cake! (I know.... easier said than done.... spoken by the gal who had a mini meltdown the morning of her wedding because the ribbon on her bouquet wasn't quite right!!)
Ok, I am interested in what is going on at WW.. I hope you can share it with us soon... Michelle
Well.... If you are a member I will say you have to wait until December! And if you are not a member.... I'm sure you will hear more about it as it goes public in December! But let me say.... I've been WAITING and HOPING that this was the direction I was hoping they were moving in!
Please add me I would love to participate! I'm on weight watchers currently and my goal is to just keep losing and not gain from week to week. I also need to make sure to work out at least 5 times a week. I'm looking forward to what this group does. I am new to DIS boards but loving it.
Welcome from another WW! Love to have you here!
So this weekend really put eating out into perspective and I hate to say it but I think I was
too cautious and ended up short-changing myself when it came to dinner last night. A 6 oz salmon filet was only 7 points and we somehow missed breakfast - here I was already down points for the day. I should have had the rice and sauce with the entree and indulged during Family Birthday Dinner at Carthay Circle because I ended up being 10 points short at the end of it. That glass of wine I turned down? Could have drank it. I should have indulged and enjoyed the moment, realizing that life is all about the little moments and I could have easily walked it off this week.
That for me will be the challenge. Going from one extreme of "EAT ALL THE THINGS" to now being hyperaware and sensitive of "EAT NOTHING BECAUSE POINTS MATTER". I'll need to find some middle ground for maintenance mode when I reach the goal weight. Yikes!
You are so going to make it to Onederland this week. I'm cheering for you. YOU CAN DO IT!
I've done that before.... UNDEREATEN in an effort to make sure I didn't OVEREAT. Yes, life is short and you do need to "stop and drink the wine" once in a while.... but you had your own best health in mind, so good for you! And you'll know better next time!
You know what is fun about looking at pictures of food -- you can enjoy the moment but not have it go to your thighs! I thought that I'd share some highlights from the Blue Bayou and Carthay Circle. Both restaurants were delicious and I wish that I could eat it again.
New cakepops for Halloween. Mickey and Minnie dressed up as Sugar Skulls! Inside is chocolate cake and the outside is white chocolate with sugar decorations. Minnie's flower is white chocolate with sprinkles. This was my birthday dessert since the one they gave me was a bit too rich and too many points.
Birthday dessert from Blue Bayou. Inside was a mousse -- really yummy but too rich (and point-heavy) for my liking.
And here is the dinner that I had. I think I inhaled this in about 90 seconds because it was just that good.
And lastly, a new dessert from Carthay Circle. A warm apple turnover with popcorn ice cream. I had one bite and it was delicious - but passed it along to the rest of the table so it didn't go to my thighs HAHA.
Okay, now that we've all drooled over the yummy Disneyland desserts, let's keep on goal and maintain our focus. Weight loss, healthy eating, and good supportive friends
That all looks DELICIOUS! I don't know how you kept such good control!! I"m impressed! Thanks for sharing the fun pictures!!
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Hey all! Just a quick moment to catch up with you all and then I've got to dash. SO far I'm not scheduled to work at school tomorrow, but I'm pretty sure that will change. And of course, I have WW tomorrow night. And then I am working at school and at night Wed-Fri, so I will say right now, you probably won't see me or hear from me much, if at all!
I made a triple batch of soup for dinner tonight so that I had plenty to put in the freezer for when I am away in October. My WHOLE LIFE now seems to be revolving around working or cooking in preparation for leaving for Bermuda!
Tomorrow night no one will be home to eat, as DH will be in Maine for a meeting and DS will go from school, to a Model UN meeting to a robotics meeting, and I will be at WW. So I am off the hook for dinner! Wednesday night's stew is cooking right now. I will cook it and cool it and the men can heat it while I'm at work. Thursday night is veggie meatballs for DS and myself and chicken meatballs for DH and Friday will be egg pie if my egg delivery boy comes through!
Off to check the stew and move the laundry along!.................P
