I am completely jealous of your cruises...yes, both of them!! You better take pictures and share them with us!!
Oh yes, I will share for sure. I am hoping to put together a TR. Especially after reading through Melissa's (melmar136)TR. I have a solid example of what to do.
I do need a new camera before this trip though. So any reccomendations from anyone for a good quality and easy to use camera would be greatly appreciated. Just send me a PM.
I'd be at EPCOT getting ready to eat and drink around the world.
I thought I was the only one who did that.
I made the top 10!! That was one of my goals for this challenge, to make the top 10 at least once. I'm so happy!
CONGRATULATIONS!!! No you just adjust your goal to be that you want to make the top 10 at least twice!!!!
Hi Chris Im glad to see we have a male added to our team to balance out all these wonderful women. Your morning posts seem so bright and cheery. Glad you are part of our team. Nice to meet you.
Thank you so much. It is a pleasure to be amongst such a strong group of women. Though I have to admit
that I thought for a while there was another guy around the boards somewhere named Tom.
I could not figure out why so many posts were talking about him but he never seemed to post on his own. It was after reading another 4 or 5 posts that
I realized TOM
was a what not a who......
But it is all good. I chuckled at myself and kept reading.
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Great News tonight:::::: I just got home a little while ago from booking our next trip to the world. We are going with my parents and doing an 8 night 9 day trip. Its the longest I have ever stayed them and I am looking forward to being able to have some down time during our trip and not feel like I have to go, go, go to squeeze everything in. My boys are going to be so excited when I tell them. They have an idea but dont know for sure. We got a pirate room at the CBR. It is the farthest room from the food court and pool but at least it will give me extra exercise on top of the millions of steps I will be taking that trip.
The only thing maybe I shouldnt mention is we
got deluxe dining because we plan to do alot of table service meals and a few that are 2 credits. I am really going to
need a good plan for this one. So I now have until Oct 5 to get to my goal weight. Only 46lbs to go!!!! I can totally get there if I keep my focus.
I admit I have done the same thing for my 2 days at WDW between my cruises in April......like I need to have extra food in between cruises. But you hit it right on the head: you need a good plan.
There are lots of resources to find the menus at the restaurants where you are planning to eat. Find them and really go through them to determine what are the best options for you. Then when you go into the the restaurant, you only need to open the menu long enough to check that your planned meal is still on the menu. Even better, you can do that while you are waiting to be seated. If your plan is still there, you don't even need to look at the other possible temptations.
And WDW is one of the best places to go because the servers and chefs are very helpful in making sure the diners are able to eat what is good for them. Ask them to substitute some steamed vegetables in place of the bed of risotto that your steak is supposed to be served on.....or ask that any sauce or dressing is served on the side so that you have control of how much you use.
Top this all off with the fact that more and more there are Healthier choices appearing on the menus.
The Dining Plans are good money savers especially for a family. Just make your plan and you will not only save the $$$ but be able to enjoy eating as well without the guilt....well a little less guilt maybe.
but now stressing over DS. He cam home with an arm injury from ice hockey. I'll be going for x-rays in the am. I'm hoping for no breaks,the swelling isn't too bad. I'm just happy it's not his head. He's always played Defense and now that the boys are in HS they are really big! He's 5'10 and 190 and nowhere near the biggest on the teams.
Please keep us informed about the results of the doctor visit. Our thoughts are with you.
I have consistanly posting a 1lb loss every week, and ive been awful about excercising and tracking my calories. I think learning healthy habits has really helped me still be able to "diet" when i'm not focused on trying. I went to the gym last monday and had a really fantastic run. 30 minutes at a 12 minute a mile pace. I was so happy and so proud..and then I was sore for a week!
But you are continuing in the right diretion. 1 pound a week is good pace. Getting a bit complacent about writing your calories down and getting the exercise done is something we all face. And in actual fact I would probably say it's "normal". But what is not acceptable is if we see ourselves sliding and do not do anything about it. I definitely don't see that from you!
Despite all the stumbling blocks you are still going! That's the true definition of awesome to me.
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HAPPY TUESDAY EVERYONE!!!
So yesterday was rather stressful day in all ares of life except my eating. Thankfully, I have my plan set out and when other things go wrong in my day, my food intake has remained rock solid.
This morning up to a strange glow coming through my window. I had not seen that glow at all this year. I jumped up to look out and yup, I was right. SNOW! When it snows the street lights reflect very differently and send this warm yellowy glow through my window.
This is the first snow we have had in the town where I live. There has been plenty (too much actually) in the higher elevations but just a rainy winter down in the valley along the lake.
As I looked at it I had to smile
. Not because it meant a delay of school (unheard of here) but it reminded me that no matter how messed up the day was before.....no matter how muddy the street was.....no matter if I was way off program or stressed out or wishing I could crawl in a hole. No matter what, that like a fresh blanket of snow in the morning, my day is fresh....wiped-clean....ready for a new start. So up I got, ready to put the first footprints in that new snow, marking my way on this journey. OK...I'll stop now. Getting schmaltzy....sorry
Have to say though.....not my usual first thoughts of the morning. Scared me a little.
CONGRATULATIONS to everyone on keeping on. Great results on the Weekly Stats and all of you have a right to be super proud. WAY TO GO TEAM DONALD.
All right, break time is nearly over. See you all later.
But now that I'm older, I find myself appreciating the little details that makes Disney what it is. Not to mention the food!
I just never thought about it until DD. Now I love it!
When you wrote at the beginning of January about all the inservice you have to do on the weekends ... I was feeling bad for you then. Tomorrow will be better ... and January is almost over!
. I have taken my children two times without him. He does promise that he will go again with me someday .... He hates waiting in lines and combined with the heat ... I end up having a very grumpy husband. So, we all had a good time on our last two trips (him ... not going and us). But I would love his company someday.
It's killing me not being able to book and make ADRs!!! 
