TC2009's WISHboard Confessionals...Welcome Friends!

[TigerCheer2009]

Hey!! I'm Jen (TC2009)...some of you know me. I have another journal on here, but that's obviously not cutting the mustard...food related pun not intended. It's taken a lot to get me this far. I don't like change. but I want it??

Let's just face facts, now, shan't we? I'm a teenager, a cheerleader who has no less than a zillion things going on at once. I've already lost 26 or so pounds. But I can DEFINITELY tell I am slipping in my ways.

It's really hard to be dedicated to one thing when you're dedicated to many. Sometimes, this "plan" will be REALLY REALLY hard...but if you aren't willing to do what it takes, I guess you don't want it bad enough.

My last journal taught me a lot. I can do this-I really really can!! I got my first tags on that one. I learned a bunch about myself. And I hate to sound all sappy on this Inaugural First Post, but I started this as a kick in the pants to make myself better for my health. They teach in schools and at my church and in camps everywhere that Your Spiritual Entity is first, others second, and you are third. I've been living that way for so long that I eventually thought that I didn't deserve good, or that I could live on OK. I am not a robot!

Some days will be bad and some days can be good. You can't have a rainbow without a little rain, now can you?

Bet you didn't know what you were getting into when you first clicked this open, huh?
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I check in when I can. I promise!!!

I do Weight Watchers, and exercise. I have a real problem with portion sizes...I confess.

And I haven't done very well with my meals today (too many carbs and not enough of anything else. Gosh darn it!! Why does "turkey" always lead to "mashed potatoes" and "pumpkin pie" and "leftovers for weeks" instead of "vegetables" and "other vegetables" and "oh! we didn't cook enough so you'll have to eat cat food!! ). I did get some exercise in and lots of good water.
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Feel free to leave comments and help and such. I love you all!!!

Jen (aka Jen-jo or General Jen, Ma'am Yes Ma'am! )

Previews Tomorrow!!!

Weigh in is tomorrow!!!!!!!! First official one!!!!!!!

 

[TigerCheer2009]

Good morning, gang!

I went to an anniversary party last night. I had a hamburger, 3 tortilla chips with cheezy beef dip and lots of good veggies!!! No dessert...and one diet soda. I did well!

WI=179. Not too bad.

B: 1 bowl cheese smashed potatoes. Okay-the sooner those get out of my house the better, really.

 

[TigerCheer2009]

Hi friends!

2 wedges pumpkin Cakebread this AM. An egg with ham and cheese, and toast for lunch.

Carrots and water for a snack!

15 days...

 

[TigerCheer2009]

Today was good!

so far...

B: egg with ham, 2 slices toast, cherry tomatoes
L: foot long hotdog, fries.

2/3 won't be bad.

I think I will have carrots and tomatoes and water for a snack.

 

[cheerbop]

FOUND YOU!!!!

sounds like you are having a fine time dealing with all the leftovers and such...we ALL have those problems!

I can't believe I am down to, what, 13 days I think almost 12 til WDW..can hardly believe it!
Got some new luggage for the trip....DS 8 still doesn't know and we are going to keep it from him until the morning that we leave! He will fall over!

Keep up the great work!

 

[TigerCheer2009]

YAY!!!!!!! I was hiding well, huh?!

Thanks Cheerbop! You keep up the good work too!! I can't wait to possibly meet you AND your son in Disney!!!

B: egg with ham, 1.5 cups cereal (5)
L: 1/2 cup pasta and tomato juice (poor sub for spaghetti) 3...breadstick (3)
S: 10 marshmallows (4), 1 mug tomato soup (2)

Water: 0 Exercise: 0 but working on both of those!

 

[TigerCheer2009]

I had another mug of soup and about 20 chips (7).

TOM is coming. I can tell!

 

[Savin4Disney]

Keep up the good work. I also do WW and one thing I do is I weigh all my food. It really helps with the portion control. Then when I am out I can judge better how much I should be eating.

I have done WW in the past and lost 50 pounds. The reason I gained it back was I stopped being careful and let the other stressers in my life take over.

Enjoy your trip! We just got back and I am ready to go again but need to wait till 2007.

 

[TigerCheer2009]

Thanks Savin4Disney!

Our first basketball game was last night!! JV lost. We cheered hard though!! Did you know they have a separate room for the cheerleaders that they put snacks and drinks in? It's ALL HEALTHY food like fruit, veggies, and cheese!! I love it.

Varsity won, and went into overtime, pulling out a lead at the end and sticking with it.

I have another game tonight! Heck yes!!

179 at weigh in this AM. Not bad at all! People noticed last night. I was so happy. People who don't know me as well were making snide comments about me being a cheerleader because 3 of the 5 JV girlies are like fit sticks. Yeah-that hurt. Dumbhead people...

I have to go shopping today.

We had to take in my cheerleading skirt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! O H M Y G O S H!!! It so totally rocked.

Eats: no idea from yesterday. I do remember some french vanilla bread, strawberries/grapes/carrots/celery/cheddar cheese/ranch dressing/water at the game though.

And I got to cheer for the varsity a smidge!!! YAH!

 

[TigerCheer2009]

Saturday:
JV lost, varsity won. Not much to say on that topic.
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Today-
getting ready to start getting ready to go!

B: grilled pork/tomatoes/cheese and a biscuit. 4
L: corn dog and fries! Lunches are always hard... 8
S: water so far.

Exercise: a little bit of a walk
Water: 12 ounces.

 

[cheerbop]

Keep it up...........AND..........
Can you believe we leave soon!?!?! Are you ready?
I am trying to pack and our son still doesn't know. Will be a complete surprise!

 

[Lesli54]

Just wanted to stop by your new journal to see how you are doing. I agree, it is really hard to stay so dedicated to this journey when you are dedicated to many other things, but the main thing is that you are sticking with it no matter what.

You have come along way and you deserve to be put above #3 in your life. Spiritual should come first, but I believe that you come next and almost hand in hand with the Spiritual. You just can't give fully to others if you are not good with yourself first. I hope this journal takes you far in teaching you how to make yourself a higher priority.

On another note.......I hope you have a great time at WDW! How exciting! I am getting really jealous of those who are going to enjoy that wonderful weather.

Keep up the good work!

 

[Cruise04]

Happy Holidays Jen!

Hope you are doing well and things are going good for you!

Hope you have a great holiday!

Keep on
Chris

 

[SunFloridaDisney]

Happy New Year, and you can do this, wishing you success in 2006!

 

[TigerCheer2009]

Thanks guys!

Things have gone somewhat out the window since the holidays have started. I'm getting in exercise when I can...drinking water...eating with some health to it...and have really narrowed down the mindless snacking.

Life has also gotten busier too. Basketball games, cheerleading practice, Solo and Ensemble for band.

Thanks for all the successful wishes!

My goal for 2006 is to stick to the plan for the first two weeks of the year. Then the next two weeks, then the next two weeks...

Goals tonight and the rest of this week:
New Years Party tonight. I know there will be many temptations there, so I am bringing along a couple of 100 cal packs, my Pop Century mug, gum and my iPod. I know that that's my dinner tonight too, and it's buffet style. I will go through the line twice and only twice....getting only ONE helping of the pizza/candies/cookies/wings/whatever and loading up on the healthier alternatives (like veggies, fruit, water and cheeeeeeeeeeeese!!)

Water...48 ounces every day

A gradually increasing 20 minute walk

To keep going along with God in my life (we've been doing pretty well so far)

Treating myself better (doing better at this too!!)

Hugs to you all and thanks for sticking by me!

 

[Twinkles6892]

Hey you! CONGRATS ON THE SKIRT! I'm always so excited when things have to be taken in. I could buy XL shirts at AE the other day, and I was estatic. I know, I'm a loser

Just keep at it! You can do it! I'm so proud of you on the 179 weigh in! Lets seeee, you're 31 pounds ahead of me, think I can catch up? Keep at it! And don't let people get you down like that. Yeah, they're sticks, but they're also snobs. "Those who care, don't matter. And those who matter, don't care!" to be quite lame

-Megs!

 

[Twinkles6892]

Hey, just checking in! How's it going! The winter months are hard, but hang in there!

 

[jennz]

How are your first 2 weeks of the year going? You've got great goals!

 

[TigerCheer2009]

You know...I still need to practice Solo and Ensemble. I better get back on that sometime...

Today was okay. The weather was blucky and it seems like nothing positive or constructive happens on rainy days here. Exams were exams...ucky but livable. Lunch was a horrid lasagna. Dinner was tomato soup and 1/2 a baked potato. I need two more Pop Century mugs of water to call it a day! Smarshmallows were my snack.

I really don't know what I was expecting for Cinderella tryouts. I got extremely nervous, drank most of a 12 ounce bottle of water in about two minutes and went on. I sang, I acted, I did my best and hopefully that's good enough to get in. It was a small group but everyone there was in choir. The director (the choir teacher) said that I should join the choir and that I had a good "low alto" voice. I couldn't sing to save my life in there.

I don't need to study tonight (Spanish packet is done and personal development has the story I finished two days ago).

Love and hugs to you all!
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Yeah-if I didn't mention it already, it's Heck Week (Exams!!! )

Water has been REALLY GREAT lately.

I tried out for CINDERELLA THE MUSICAL at my school today. Can't wait!

No walk yet. But I have been practicing cheers and jumps a little bit everyday!

Eating has been great today! Even with the smarshmallows!

jennz-HI! Welcome! The first two weeks have been kind of trial and error, fly by the seat of my size 17 jeans kind of days...getting back into the swing of things. Thanks!!!

MEGAN! You're HERE!!! Now the losing can start again! I'm proud of you too!!! An XL at American Eagle?! One of these days I'm going to go in there and get something very fabulous and I'm going to wear it with PRIDE! Thanks for that cheesy quote, too! I love quotes and I love cheese!

 

[TigerCheer2009]

"Taken and adapted: I Have A Dream Speech

I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration of willpower in the history of our DISing.

On our first days here, many great Americans, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed a contract to themselves. This momentous decree came as a great beacon of hope to many of others who thought they "couldn't do this", who had been seared in the flames of overpowering minds, cheetos-grabbing hands and bad habits. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. But even now, the WISHers still are not free. Still, the life of a 150 Clubber is still sadly crippled by the power of negative thinking and the chains of old habits.

In a sense, we have come to our senses to cash a reality check. When the mods of our contracts wrote the magnificent words of the DISboards and WISH, they were signing a promissory note to which every DISer was to fall heir.

This note was a promise that all men, yes, black (wo)men as well as white (wo)men (and all colors, even purple with blue polka dots), would be guaranteed to the inalienable rights of life liberty the pursuit of happiness and the neverending quest for Health.

It is obvious today that some of us have defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of ONEderland are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, we have given ourselves a bad check, a check that has come back marked "insufficient funds."

But we refuse to believe that the bank of willpower is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. So we have come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of carrots, low sugar Philly Swirls and water.

We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind us of the fierce urgency of Now. This is not time to engage in the luxury of taking a break when we have worked this hard or to take the tranquilizing drug of snacky foods!

Now is the time to make real the promise of weight loss.

Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of Cheetos n Chocolate to the sunlit path of Healthy Ways.

Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of backslipping to the solid rock of stability.

Now is the time to make losing a reality to all of the WISHers.

It would be fatal for us to overlook the urgency of the moment and to underestimate the determination of someone who is mentally and physically ready. This sweltering summer of the "Fatty Pattie"'s legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of health and opportunity. 2005 is not an end but a beginning. Those who hope that the "rising statistics" needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if we return to business as usual.

There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the 150ers are back on their tracks. The whirlwinds of chocolate and cheese will continue to shake the foundations of our plans until the bright day of rededication emerges.

But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of smaller sizes. In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds.

Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for two pieces by drinking from the cup of sodas and juices. We must ever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into potato chips and Edy's Grand. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting happy mouths with busyness.

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We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of all this weight, cannot gain smaller sizes on the way down and subliminal messaging of the advertising!!!
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