TO: Disney Dieters ~ I am blowing it BIG TIME!

[SandraC]

Hi all! How are all the Disney dieters? I am actually GAINED weight! YIKES! My clothing is tight! Today I am trying to motive myself with lots of water, veggies and fruits! dh's Xmas party is in Jan, I really wanted to lose 5 - 10 pounds for the party. On the scale of worldly things, weight loss is at the bottom of the list, but it's bringing me down! What about you all?

 

[melindaandrob]

Hi Sandra
I'm a weight watchers lifer who is 8 pounds over goal. I had vowed to get it together for the WDW trip in Jan. but I'm not having much luck either. Sorry, you were probably looking for motivation.

 

[SandraC]

What kills me is that I lost 80lbs. THen I had a second child, gain preggy fat, lost most of it, except about 10 pounds. I just can't get it off! Last week I went to the gym every morning for cardio and most nights I taught either aerobics or yoga. It's the way I've been eating ~ it's out of control! I gotta tell ya', I was good today! I'll have a good dinner too! I have a late class and I'll be home late, hopefully I won't get into the junk later! THX

 

[Limmer]

I have also gained. Last week I was the same and this week I am up 1 pound. I only hope I do better on Thurs. This season is a killer on my waist! I have been trying to be good by bringing my lunch to work. It is easier to stay on course if there is nothing to tempt you!

 

[sammi]

Hi Sandra! It's really a tough time and all you can do is keep plodding away and trying (like eating your veggies!)Just look forward to January and the beginning of a new year and a new start for all of us weight watchers!....good luck!

 

[SandraC]

dh's Xmas party is in Jan 2002 this year. Tough one because I'll be fatter. I am a fitness and yoga instructor and I'm guessing everyone will except me to be a tiny little thing, I am not. I was 122lbs for a while, before my second child, but now I hover about 140 lbs. I am not huge (I know what big is because 3 years ago I was 210 lbs ~ not preggy ~ just ate my way there). I will lose the weight, that I know for sure ~ 120 days until Disney! I seem to stress eat alot these days. Like right now, ds didn't nap today so this mornings groceries are still in bags on the kitchen floor, dh just got home and so he's got ds in the playroom ~ I guess they expect dinner, but I said I needed time to myself. My instinct is to go for crappy food, comfort food. But I didn't (I munched a bit too much this afternoon). I will make a fatty English Toffee Coffee right now, but I'll drink my litres of water too! My clothes don't fit. Lucky for me, yoga pants are huge and comfy, so they fit, my sweats for aerobics fit and two pairs of demin overalls fit, but NOTHING else! All we can do is stick together and support each other thru to New Years! Good thing a glass of wine is only about 80 calories! S

 

[melindaandrob]

How do you find time to exercise? I had a gym membership that expired last April and I thought with the summer months I would be better at exercising. I found that with 3 kids (8,6,3) that getting them to take a bike ride was more stress than worth. They would fight, complain, wasn't worth the aggravation. I try to take a quick walk after dinner but by the time dinner is done, dishes, the whole evening routine and never mind getting the kids to any activities. I can't be bothered, I just want to catch up on email, watch a tv show. I used to take a yoga class but of course it fell on brownie night so I would have to leave before the class ended. So much for destressing. Tried carpooling but the other Mother FORGOT twice! so dd wasn't too keen on carpooling for awhile.
I find I give up trying for awhile. I have an exercise bike but I try to use it and the kids wont leave me alone!! I'm getting annoyed just thinking about this. So what are your tips?

 

[Pixie Power!]

My diet has gone right out of the window, and im not letting it back in until the new year

then im going to focus and loose my excess weight forever! my motivation for this is that i want to go to discon2, but im not going looking the way i do, i dont mix with people that well who i dont know to begin with so i dont want to put another barrier up too.

Emma

 

[SandraC]

I've been struggling to stay under 140 lbs. But last week I was up to 144. Today I am 142, so I feel better. Also, this morning I bought my Xmas party dress and it looks really nice ~ happy dance! dh's Xmas party is Jan 12, 2002, so we'll all have our Xmas weight on. I have been as heavy as 210 lbs (three years ago) and as light we 122 lbs (2 years ago). I would like to get to 130 lbs, 118 days until Disney trip, so I hope to get more motivated after Xmas.

As far as getting time to exercise. Well, it's my job to exercise. I have a heavy schedule (for PT work with two kids). I am the chair of volunteers on the school council and volunteer, so I am busy. I teach two classes Monday night, yoga and step, sometimes I teach Parent & Tot fitness Monday mornings when the class runs, Tuesday morning and Wednesday morning, I teach kids art classes, Tuesday night is prenatal yoga, Wednesday night is yoga and low impact aerobics, Thrusday night is dd's piano lessons, when I teach two yoga classes and in January I'll be teaching a cardio pump aerobics class before the yoga classes. I don't teach Fri/Sat/Sun. I save Fridays for school stuff and Chuck E Cheese, park etc.,. with 2 yo ds. 8 yo dd is in school. Sat/Sun are strictly family stuff, except for 5 or 6 Saturdays a year when I teach children's specialty art workshops. I also do fitness / yoga / wellness workshops when I have the time. I spend every afternoon with ds and after school dd and I do stuff. So exercise is not a prob, it's eating toooooo many cookies!

TIPS ON EXERCISING: seated ~watching TV / at computer: glut squeezes: tighten your butt as you slowing inhale, just tighten the muscle for the length of the inhale, slowly relax the butt muscles as you exhale. Do this slowly so you get the calming benefits of breathing and your gluts will firm up. Do about 2 sets of 8 (so that's 16)

BICEPS: grab weights (3 - 5 lbs to start) or if you don't have weights, get heavy soup tins (full of course for th weight), have your elbow close to your body as you inhale and bring your weights hand (fist) up to your shoulder for a bicep curl. Tighten the biceps (front upper arm), exhale to release the muscle, feel the muscle contract and lenghten. (2 sets of 8, to start, increase sets as you get better ~ but just go to about 4 sets of 8 and when was gets easy, increase your weights)

Do sit ups as you watch TV. I'll get back to you with more later! GOOD LUCK! We can all do this together! S

 

[my3princesses]

Sandra, your not the only one in this situation! I think everyone (unless they have an amazing metabolism) is in the same boat this time of year.
I have 3 kids (6, 8, 10) and not until this past September when our youngest went to school full-time was I able to get to the gym 2x/week (I really want to go 3x but feel fortunate to get there 2x). I am also lucky that I work out of my home office. We own two businesses, but I can almost make up my own hours (some weeks its impossible). Usually I drop the kids off to school and then head to the gym for the morning. Yet with all of this I am still putting on pounds simply because I am a stress-eater - and this is very stressful for us (we also have 2 of our kids birthdays (one yesterday, the other on Dec 7), and my birthday on Dec 6)). So we have lots of parties and cake to go with all of the Christmas parties. Running out to the gym is really hard as I live 20 minutes from it (if I was closer I would be there every day). As well I too volunteer at school, and Council, and organizing the church christmas eve pagent, and planning a New Years Party for 100, and our staff party next Saturday, plus making Christmas dinner for 20, then Boxing Day at the inlaws.

The only thing I can do right now, go day by day and wait for January to come so I will make the committment to get to the gym 3x/week and eat right. To add to the will-power my husband says he wants to go to a remote island in March (just the 2 of us).

Just get througth the next week and it will be smooth sailing after that -

Have a great Christmas, and enjoy the holidays and the foods you don't have on a regular basis - remember how you felt in September and the goal of living each day to the best of your ability!